In honor of star wars being released, I'm submitting this chapter. Warning, if you haven't see the movie, DON'T read this. It contains spoilers! This also takes place between the time of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
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My eyes shot open with a blink. When I looked up, I saw a very dark interior. There was a lever to my left. I flipped it.
I covered my eyes as the harsh sun came down on me. It took me a while, but eventually, my eyes adjusted to the light.
What I saw clocked me back to my senses.
I was on Genosis, and it was windy.
I turned on my communications device.
All I got was a really bad static. I conked my head, only for the communications device to go out.
Sighing, I picked up my weapon, a RE-P8, or Repeat as most people would call it. It was a rifle that was automatic but was made for accurate shots. I slung it on my back and started walking. However, I didn't expect a beep to come from behind me.
I shifted around to see a F8 droid, or Fate droid. It looked like a small metallic fox. It was Black and white. The fox had a red and black visor over its eyes. It walked over to me.
It said a string of whirls and beeps. I nodded. I started following me. As I wandered, started to wonder how long I would be wandering.
It felt like ages since I had gotten out of that cryopod. Of course, it also looked like ages since I got out of the cryopod. I looked to the place I would have called a battlefield.
It was long since abandoned. There were skeletons of Genosians and multiple clone troopers. There was also scrap metal littering the wastes. There were multiple craters, the fire in them reduced to a simple glow of ash or just ash in general. How long had I been in that cryopod?
"What did I miss?" I said out loud. My only response was the wind howling and the crunching of rocks under my feet. Fate kept close to me, the droid seemingly afraid of the large metal heaps on the ground.
I kept walking for what seemed to be hours. I kept passing dead remains and scrap metal and skeletons. Fate was always close behind.
Fate then made a series of whirling noises after we passed 172 bodies.
"Wait, I've been asleep for about 100 years?!" I yelled. Fate nodded in response.
"Of all the crazy things that could happen to me, this did?" I asked the world. The world seemed to chuckle with the wind blowing past my helmet.
"Maybe I can get off this wasteland," I muttered. It would be hard, but I could do it. After all, I was a commander and I was sanctioned primarily in Engineering, Heavy weapons, and Piloting. I started gathering a blueprint in my mind, sometimes changing it due to my needs.
I kept walking, scanning the area for signs of a broken ship. I came across something more import before that, though. I walked past a small rock when something felt off. I moved the boulder, the boulder itself crumbling after moving a few feet. I found a small cave, the inside pulsing with yellow power. I walked in, Fate making a whistling sound. When I got to the bottom, I saw a large computer. It was a blue screen, surrounded by other yellow screens. Each one was holding a blueprint. There was also a table nearby, one showing a battle long past.
The computer was doing something amazing though. It was trying to recover data from a removed drive. Somehow, it had succeeded. I looked to the blueprint with curiosity. Surprisingly enough, it had a blueprint for a giant planet like space station that would use a large amount of energy, specifically, a supernova or sun, and turn it into cannon that could take out an entire solar system. It was bizarre yet fascinating at the same time. It then clicked with me. I beckoned to Fate.
Fate came over, and looked up to me.
"I need you to copy that, maybe we can use it for something," I said, pointing to the computer.
Fate turned around and had its tail open up. Out came a drive. Fate made a whirl and beep noise.
"Alright. I'll stay here. Don't think anything is going to come here though," I said, looking down to Fate. However, I unslung my gun, just in case.
After a while, I heard Fate click, and her tail returned to normal. It then whirled and beeped, a proud expression on its face.
I nodded, and started to leave, when I heard a voice.
"Come, we must find another source," I heard a voice say. It seemed muffled.
I quickly hid behind some loose rocks near one of the other exits. Fate hid itself as one of the machinery nearby. I could only gasp as I saw a black clothed Sith come into the room. He had a mask on, and had a light saber with three lightsaber ends. He had a dead unloving look in his eyes, although, there was some kind of struggle.
"Find what data you can. My master is certain that there would be leftover plans here," He said. His troopers saluted
"Yes Kylo Ren!" One of the troopers said. He looked to be a newer version of my armor. I just scowled, the armor only being suited for civilians.
"Sir, there was a data recovery!" Someone yelled. They ran to the computer I was just at. Kylo ren seemed to take his time coming over.
"Exellent, my master will be pleased to hear that we have the plans for the Starkiller base," Kylo Ren said. One of the troops was shivering.
"We best get out of here. I don't want to be around when the Genocians come out," one of the troopers said. The others scoffed
"They have been extinct for ages. Come, I fear that there is something bigger here," Kylo Ren said. The trooper nodded, but still looked scared.
They started to leave when I heard a clank come from Fate. I gave Fate a pained look, but its face showed nothing.
Kylo Ren turned around, and looked. He seemed to have a spark of curiosity in his eyes as he scanned the room.
"You have hid your presence," He hissed. His mask did not convey expression. However, he did give the impression he was amused.
"Make it easy on yourself. Show me who you are and maybe I won't kill you," He said. I didn't move. I didn't breath. He then seemed to shrug.
Something felt off, as in he was about to throw something dangerous.
Kylo Ren went out. He then started talking with one of the troopers. I slowly, carefully moved to one of the exits.
I was glad I did, because they threw a thermal charge.
"Thermal Detonator!" One of the troopers yelled.
I ran, Fate already ahead of me. The cave soon started shaking, the cave closing in behind us. The wall seemed to be three feet thick, because when Kylo Ren stuck his lightsaber in, it didn't go all the way through. He then started yelling, slashing at the wall. I winced at every strike. However, his striking only caused more rocks to come down, the things nearly squashing me.
"Damn it," I muttered as I ran. When I came to a stop, I notice Fate was looking around.
I started to look around, the basic lights still working. The place seemed like a maze. I looked to my helmet controls. They were off.
"Fate, anyway you can get us out of this?" I asked my robotic fox. Fate whirled and beeped in response. It then had the tips of its ears turn into an antenna.
Seeming to be satisfied, Fate started moving. I let Fate lead the way, while I followed it. It moved past the corners, and moved past the dead ends. I was amazed at the robots effectiveness. However, I was a bit puzzled when Fate led me up some stairs.
We ended up in the flight deck.
There were lightsaber burns all across the floor. The walls were cut cleanly. It looked like four Jedi had a showdown here. There was also the skeleton of a hand on the floor.
"Jedi had a showdown here," I said to myself. One of them also lost a hand, I mentally added.
I looked to my left and saw a genocian sand skimmer. After a minute of thinking, I got in it.
I had gotten an idea, one that would work. I just had to search for a wreckage of a ship and repair it.
"Get in the other side!" I ordered Fate. Fate happily obliged by hopping in and closing the cockpit.
I started up the ship, soon going out at a fast rate. I was startled at first.
"Here is hoping I don't crash this thing," I muttered, slowly getting used to how fast it went. Fate beeped.
I flew across the area, scanning for any kind of ship. After a while of skimming, we soon coming across a small Hovercraft. It was damaged, but I could compensate.
I started scanning the damage, soon fixing most of the work. However, the hyperdrive was broken beyond repair, and I couldn't get into space without the oxygen tank working correctly. I shook my head in frustration.
"Fate, do you have something that can fix a structural oxygen decompresser?" I asked the F8 unit. Fate just whirled in response. I quickly grabbed the wrench and fixed the decompresser. I went inside the ship, soon seeing a dead pilot's armor around a skeleton. He had been shot in the head.
"Man this is depressing," I muttered. I then realized I was hungry.
There wasn't a single ration on me, to my surprise. I checked through the food stock that the jet had. It was all rotten or all stuff that needed water. I then remembered that all the food I needed was at the cryopod. However, It would only last a day.
"DEADGUMIT!" I yelled. The sound echoed throughout the area. I started to calm down when I saw that there was an ice moon nearby. Plus, it was inhabited. I formulated a plan.
"We're going for a field trip," I told Fate. Fate whirled in response.
"Yes I know how to fly one of these things! That's what I was good at!" I snapped. Fate hid its ears and beeped.
"Yes, humility. It's a great trait to have," I responded.
I touched a few of the buttons in the command seat, the plane whirling to life.
"Thank the Jedi this thing still works," I said under my breath. I looked to the controls, training courses coming back to me like that of walking.
I quickly sealed the ship and prepared to get off the planet.
Fate whirled with happiness
Of course, that was short lived due to a ship above us pulling us in with a tractor beam. I looked to Fate. Fate seemed to grin, a flamethrower coming out of its mouth.
"Heh, Love those droid makers sometimes," I muttered. I came to the side of the ship, the door being opened.
"Who wants to live forever?" I asked no one.
I hope you enjoyed. However, there will be a delay for this story, as the next chapter is supposed to have a mighty 7,000 words. This also means I'm open to OCs, however, I will only take three at the moment. Make them good! And do your research!
