Heya! Here's my new story! It takes place right after the Found a New Padawan story. Just sayin Eve and Riley will not show up in this, that is if you want them to review or PM telling me that. There has to be at least five people saying they want either one of them or both to show up for it to happen. Just sayin so that you know. Review! Luv ya! -RK :)
XXX Iko's POV XXX
"Iko on your right!" Obi's voice called out over the comm. I push the control down and my ship dove down as a blast went by. I turned the ship around and faced the enemy that shot at me. I press the button on the control and blaster shots came out and hit the vulture droid.
It exploded on impact and I looked at the scanner. "Thanks, Obi," I said as he flew by.
"Welcome," he said and I flew forward and shot more vulture droids down as they attacked other Jedi starfighters. Yoda had found that Maul had taken a Force Sensitive kid and trained them to be his apprentice and he sent me and five other Jedi, with a couple Padawans, to try and stop him.
Only no one predicted that he had droids from the Separatists with him. He seemed to have also upgraded them since they're smarter than before. "Has anyone seen Maul or his apprentice?" I asked over the comm.
"No," came the reply from all the Jedi and Padawans. "They might be on the surface," Obi said. Yoda had sent me because he thought that I would make good choices on what to do since I'm training to become the Jedi Grand Master.
"Obi, you and I will go down to the surface," I said. I then directed my instructions to the others. "Everyone else you'll cover our backs as we head to the surface to deal with them. If we need help Obi or I will comm you. Ok?" I asked.
"Yes. Wait until we have the vulture droids attention to go down," Plo said.
"Copy," I said and while we waited Obi and I destroyed droids.
"Now," Plo's voice said and we started our descent. We entered the atmosphere and continued down and two ships went by, fighter ships by the look of them.
"Plo, two ships just exited the atmosphere! They're not droids. Obi and I will follow them," I said and turned my ship around with Obi close behind me.
"Copy that, Padawan," came his reply. We flew after the two ships and they turned around to face us. They start shooting and Obi and I started dodging the blasts and shot a couple back at the ships.
"Who are they?" I asked Obi as we shot back a couple shots.
"Don't know. But if we could get close enough we could probably see their faces and recognize them," Obi suggested.
"Good idea. I'll distract them while you try getting closer," I said and Obi dove down and I shot at both ships. I heard static in my headset and looked down and saw it was an unknown channel. "Who is this?" I demanded. No one knew the Jedi Starfighter channel but…
"Do you not recognize me?" the voice asked and I snarled.
"Maul," I growled. "You will be taken down and brought to justice for what you've done!" I almost shouted at him and he gave a slow, evil laugh through the comm.
"I don't think so," he said in a low sneer. They started shooting at me again and I made the fighter dive and dodge all the shots. I turned the fighter around and started flying through the droids and destroyed bits and knew they were following me. A few shots hit me and I hit the control hard and started jerking around.
I grabbed the controls and got the fighter under control. "Obi! Where are you?" I called out over the channel and received static.
"I jammed your communication with him and the other Jedi scum. No one will hear your cries for help," he said and I looked around nervously. I closed my eyes and reached out with the Force to any Jedi close by. I felt a familiar presence and reached out to it right as my ship was hit again.
I gasped as the control was bent alarmingly and dug into my stomach, close to being sharp enough to cut through. I turned the ship and flew through and saw that Obi was dealing with the apprentice while I dealt with the Maul. I squinted at their fighting and dove the fighter to the apprentice.
As I got closer I shot blasts at the apprentice's ship and pulled up before I hit them and saw Obi nodding thanks. I fly away and turn to see that the apprentice is also following me. "Great," I muttered. I manage to turn my ship and shot at Maul and his apprentice.
The shots glance off their ships and my brow furrows. How are we going to defeat them now? I wonder. They start shooting at me and my R4 unit starts beeping. "I know R4. Can you divert power to the aft shields?" more beeping replies and I nod. "Thanks R4. Where are they? I can't risk looking behind me or turning when I don't know their position."
R4 beeps more and I nod again. "Good. Prepare for turning around," I said and R4 beeps more. "Now," with R4's help I turn the ship around and fire at their ships and see Obi doing the same. My blasts glance off their ships but one hits Maul's engine. I see that their preparing to fire back and turn the ship around.
I look around and see that half the vulture droids are gone and smile. Soon, they'll be able to help with these two, I thought to myself. I push the control down, well down more considering it's already bent down, and the ship dives, barely missing the asteroid in front of us. "How are the shields holding?"
R4 beeps and I nod. "Let's hope they hold up until the other Jedi can help," I said as I dodge droid parts. "Ah!" I yell out as we're hit and I get pushed forward onto the bent control which pierces my stomach.
I lower a hand to my stomach and feel the warm, slightly sticky substance of blood. I grip the control and dodge around blasts that R4 saw are coming and around droid parts. I hear Obi trying to shot but he misses too. "Come on," I mutter, willing the other vulture droids to be destroyed so the Jedi and Padawans can help here.
My ship gets hit again and I smell smoke. R4 beeps a warning and I send it a withering gaze. "I know, R4. I can see the smoke and the sparks," I said. I dive again and turn to the side, managing to get a glance of Maul and his apprentice. I turn the ship and shot some blasts at them before pulling away.
"And what happened to the shield?" I asked as I dodged parts and heard R4 beep. "They died? Oh brother," I said and I continued to look behind me to see them. "You can at least help by either saying were the shots are heading or try unjamming the comm," I said and heard beeps as a reply. "Then at least look at them."
As R4 beeps warnings I move the ship and dodge the shots and R4 starts beeping frantically. "What do you mean you lost sight of the apprentice?" I asked and was jerked down. My head banged against the control panel and heard beeping. I looked up and saw the apprentice was above me and saw my hyperdrive was starting up.
"Oh no," I see that random coordinates are put in for someplace far. I start pressing buttons trying to turn off the hyperdrive.
"Iko-...happening?" I heard Obi's voice glitch through my comm.
"Ship's damaged and going into hyperdrive. Trying to stop it but nothings working," I replied and looked up. The apprentice dived again and this time hit the cockpit canopy and I hit the bent control again, making a bigger cut on my stomach. Cracks formed along it and now I'm wishing for the ship to go into hyperdrive.
The ship suddenly goes into hyperdrive and I see that the other ship, the apprentice's one, was pulled along. That's what you get, I thought. As different shades of blue go by I reach down and grab bandages from the small first aid kit kept in every fighter in case anything goes wrong. I pull out a bandage and wrap it around the wound and tied it tightly.
We soon came out of hyperspace and in front was this planet that looked vaguely like Naboo. To the side was this building that looked like it was made from an asteroid and I wondered what that was. I've never seen anything like it before. We start going into the atmosphere and the apprentice's ship hits mine again.
It's like that ship has a magnet or something, I thought. We get through the atmosphere and I look with blurry vision at the water and the lands edge or coast. R4 beeps warnings and I look around and see that we will land on the shore if I don't move our ship. I grip the control and jerk it to the side and we go to the water.
"R4 get out and go onto land," I ordered and R4 beeps. "Go, I want you safe so that if I can't get out you can get help for me," I reasoned and R4 beeped again before flying out of the ship right as it hits the water. I wrestle with the buckle as the ship goes under the waves and see people in the distance coming closer to me.
I continue trying to pull it open and hear cracks. I look up as the cracks in the glass get larger and threaten to give with the pressure from the water. The glass breaks and water rushes in, embedding glass into me and in the metal around me. I take a huge gulp of air before my head gets submerged and continue.
I see my lightsabers floating away and reach out for one of them. I almost let out a breath as the strap dug into my skin where glass was punctured. My lungs burn with the need to breath in air. My vision slowly darkens as I'm denied any air and my struggles became weaker.
Soon I stop struggling and figured R4 probably got help. I try one last time at trying to get the buckle to release before my vision slowly went black and my mouth opened. Before my vision went and I fell unconscious I heard a splash and looked up.
A shadowy figure was descending and that's all I saw before I blacked out.
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Whoa! Ok so first chap of crossover and I left ya on a cliffy. I'm mean. Don't worry next chap will be up maybe tomorrow because let's face it, I'm horrible at keeping a cliffy and cliffy. LOL! Review! Luv ya! -RK :)