The Endar Spire
An explosion rocked the ship, rustling the ship. Shockingly, there was a young man on the bed who was not waking up. That is, until another explosion knocked the sword off the wall above him, causing it to land on his head.
He woke up with a jolt, a series of flashbacks rocketing through his mind with every breath. He was interrupted when the door to his room opened and another Republic soldier came in. The intruder started talking, but the young man was not paying attention.
"Hey, will you shut up and tell me the situation? What are the enemy numbers? How well are they armed? What are we up against?" the young man asked.
"Well, we've been ambushed by a Sith battle fleet" the intruder told him before getting interrupted again.
"Yes, yes, I got that already" the young man snapped, grabbing his vibroblade and putting his boots on.
"I'm Trask Ulgo. The Endar Spire is under attack" Trask started before a hand from the young man stopped him just as another explosion rocked the ship.
"Ok, that's enough. Let's just get moving. You've already wasted too much time as it is. We need to get off this ship before those explosions make us a permanent part of the sky" the young man said, standing up and catching a glimpse of himself reflecting off his footlocker. He growled and ripped a piece of his uniform off, throwing it on the ground before walking out the door that Trask had opened. Trask looked back to see the nametag on the ground. Avner Krius.
"Hey, where are you going? We need a plan of attack!" Trask shouted after Avner.
"I am going to the escape pods. We have to make sure our little Jedi princess gets off this ship alive" Avner snapped back.
Trask kept trying to speak to Avner, but the younger man was having none of it. Avner stopped when he saw a dark Jedi fighting one of Bastila's Jedi protectors. When the Dark Jedi fell, Avner charged after her and tackled her, rolling a few meters farther just as the conduit exploded right where the Jedi would have been standing before.
"How did you know that was going to happen?" the Jedi demanded, shock written clear on her face.
"No idea. Well, I have an idea, but I'm still working through it slowly. We will talk more later, but first we have to get to the escape pods and get off this ship. Something tells me Bastila is already off this ship and Malak won't hesitate to blow us up" Avner snapped, pulling her to her feet. He grabbed the two lightsabers that were on the ground and handed his new companion her lightsaber before attaching the Dark Jedi's lightsaber to his belt. Avner nodded at his two companions before turning away, moving toward the escape pods again, leaving a bumbling Trask to follow behind, asking questions to no one who was listening.
Avner rolled his eyes at Trask, refusing to slow down as he cut down a pair of Sith troopers before getting to the bridge and using a frag grenade to take out the five Sith who were waiting on the bridge. The Jedi didn't even move to reach for her lightsaber, giving Avner a small smile when he turned back with a confused expression.
She shrugged and took the lead out of the bridge, ready to go toward the starboard section of the ship. Suddenly, Trask ran across the room, opening the far door to see another Dark Jedi waiting for them.
"Damn! It's another Dark Jedi! I'll hold him off! You get to the escape pods! Go!" Trask shouted before running into the room and sealing it behind him. Avner turned to the Jedi, expecting her to chase after Trask, but she was standing by the now opened door to the Starboard section of the ship.
"Aren't you going to chase after him?" Avner asked. Instead of answering him, she took a deep breath and her appearance changed. Her black hair changed into a dirty blonde, she lost a couple of inches on her height. Her facial features switched around, settling into a beautiful woman. Avner tried to say something, but the Jedi kept moving through the starboard section of the ship, forcing her companion to rush to keep up with her.
She used the Force to open a door with a small Sith party on the other side and used the Force to propel herself into the middle of all the troops before cutting them all down with her lightsaber before Avner could react. She turned toward him and smiled.
"Gotta keep up, kid!" she teased. He growled and sprinted after her as she opened the next door to see Carth Onasi waiting for them.
"You made it! You're the last remaining crew members on the Endar Spire! We have to use this last escape pod to get out of here!" Carth told them. Avner climbed into the pod with Carth and the Jedi following.
Mere seconds after Carth sent the escape pod rocketing toward the planet, the Endar Spire exploded behind them.
"I'm losing control of the pod. That explosion from the Endar Spire must have caused the controls to short circuit, so we're going to crash!" Carth shouted when the pod got into the atmosphere.
Avner closed his eyes and begged the universe to slow the descent of the pod. Carth, meanwhile, was working with the controls, slowly steering the pod toward the Taris upper city. The pod crashed into the ground with Avner's eyes still closed. The impact broke his restraint strap and he hit his head against the bulkhead. In an instant, everything went black.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am remaking my other KOTOR AU story, Shades of Gray, because I reread it and saw that there were a lot of plot points that were good but also a lot that I missed, both grammatically as well as continuity wise. I considered simply editing each chapter in the current story, but I have decided to take up the task of revamping the story and hoping to write a better quality story than I did the first time around.
There are going to be a lot of things that I am going to keep from the original version but I am going to fix of the subtle errors from the original version as well as hopefully continuing the story past Tatooine this time.
So, my next big project has begun. I hope everybody who reads will continue to do so and give me some feedback in the form of reviews as well. Thank you everybody!