Galaxy Into Darkness

(Note: This is a side story that I'm working with to see how much I can work hard when it comes to a story these days. This is to build up motivation so that I can write a lot more words rather than just simply take slow amounts of time to do progress. This does not relate to Clone Rebellion in anyway. I hope everyone enjoys!)

Chapter 1: Everything Shifts

Yavin: IV

Ahsoka Tano and a platoon of soldiers have been stationed on Yavin IV to wipe of a separatist listening station. It was spotted after suspicious signals had been caught by a scouting party upon nearing the system. The party was a singular ship of clones who were scouting the system for threats by the enemy. Once they had discovered the location of the listening station, they had been shot down by AA guns. The ship had come down in a flaming pile and crashed, leaving no survivors. They had sent a distress signal and Coruscant had received it. Knowing how crucial this mission was, they had decided to send one of the Jedi Order's most promising students to deal with this issue. However with the galaxy busy fighting the Clone Wars, treachery was right around the corner, waiting to be hatched from its cold hard shell…

Ahsoka Tano was leading Torrent Company through a wet forest in the jungles of Yavin IV with the troopers following her toes directly. Because of the narrow terrain that they were forced to land in, spreading out wasn't possible as the biggest of spaces to be offered was at least four feet wide. The trees in the area weren't too natural in their alignment. The evidence of this disturbance was with the fact that the base of the trees were ripped out from the soil, making them lose balance from their upright standing positions.

Behind Ahsoka, there was Captain Rex. He is the trusted leader of the 501st that Anakin would vouch for when it came to supreme loyalty. There was no one else in the GAR who would be as fitting to follow the leader as he was. He marched close by to Ahsoka as he trekked forward, knowing where the goal was located. Rex had his dual set of DC-17 hand blasters out and to his sides with his hands gripping them while they walked. He, like Ahsoka would've guessed, thought that a surprise attack could be setup in case enemies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems might arrive. He is the most admirable Captain within the 501st and no one could ever replace him. He carried a strong friendship with General Skywalker but it didn't compare to his mutual respect with Commander Tano. Anakin and Rex have worked together on so many missions and they had become such good friends during the war's progress. They consistently work together well and the simplest disagreement was always something they could joke and laugh about later. Were it not for the Togruta being Anakin's Padawan, Rex probably wouldn't have been able to crack out of his shell that easily.

Behind Rex was the ARC Trooper who had seen it all and experienced many acts of violence in service for the GAR. He was carrying a standard DC-15S and held it in a relaxed grip to his side. His name is Fives. He had risen from being a standard Clone Trooper to a fully experienced Advanced Recon Commando in the burst of less than a year. When Rex had first met him, he was only a shiny who worked as a soldier in a station made for guarding Kamino. He had shown off his true colors that day and became a member of the 501st legion. As his career had moved on he had successfully defended Kamino expertly and was upgraded to the rank of ARC Trooper. He continued to display more skill during the war with brute strength and ability by participating in battles with only a few Jedi and men as a squad and came out alive. He had also shown much compassion for respect for his brothers on Umbara when Pong Krell wasn't. He had a Lightsaber to his face that battle but even then he still stood up for what he believed in. In the recent months fighting alongside Commander Tano after she had reinstated herself into the Jedi Order again, Fives had begun to work with her a lot more than he did during the first half of the war. The two of them had been teaming together and taking down clankers with ease and found it as more of a sport to one another.

Behind Fives there were at least one hundred and fifty Clone Troopers getting ready for the battle ahead, following the leaders as the marched forward into the warzone. In that group of soldiers were Coric, Jesse, Kix and Tup. The four of them were walking together in a straight line and appeared to be talking to each other about the terrain they were on. Jesse made fun of it and the other three found it hilarious to listen to. For people who carried the same face, they sure had their own personalities and knew that listening to each other wasn't like listening to an alternate version of themselves. They are pretty good friends.

Finally, the expected sudden fire had struck and red bolts were heading for the Republic soldiers. Ahsoka had ignited her Lightsaber but kept her Shoto retracted. She only needed one right now and stuck with that. Rex had decided to move a bit to the side so that he could spot the attackers. He could barely see anything through the disturbed terrain and found that they were in a tough moving position. Despite this, he took chances and fired his blasters in the directions that the droids were firing from. This battle was about to become interesting…

Coruscant Chancellor's Office:

Mace Windu was in the middle of the fight against the now convicted Chancellor who was definitely the Sith Lord in hiding known as Darth Sidious. With Anakin's information about Palpatine told to Master Windu, he found it his top priority to immediately take power back into the Republic's proper hands. Palpatine had been in office for far too long, beyond the normal terms.

He had taken the advantage against the Sith Lord and pushed him against the large window located at the back of his desk chair. The way the fight was going, it seemed as if Sidious would be losing. His back was pressing up hard against the window and with Mace's brute strength behind him, it would be long before it was cracked open and the Sith was to fall out.

'This blasted Jedi… He must be stopped here before he ruins my plans. Skywalker will be mine and I will not let a loose end stop what I've worked hard for to achieve. There is only one way I'll be able to finish him. It's either him or me…'

With a final push of his strength, Sidious lurked forward with his Lightsaber and pushed Mace back into the desk. When the Korun fell backwards, Sidious had drawn his secondary hand out and unleashed a violent barrage of Force Lightning out at the distracted Jedi Master. The lightning was singeing throughout the Jedi's body and unleashed pained screams while he was shocked. His arms were laid out to his sides and his Lightsaber dropped, retracting his purple blade.

The shock was intended to do more than stun Mace. The intention was to make him get paralyzed from the shock going through his body. Sidious was so angered by Mace getting close to undoing everything that he no longer cared about Anakin's opinion of him at the moment. As of now, it seemed as if Mace was the prime target to handle with.

Once the shocking had ceased. Make was left standing, not being able to move a muscle while the Sith moved closer with a ghoulish smile, indicating his revenge. He used the Force to gain a hold of Mace's Lightsaber and ignited it within his left hand.

Just as Sidious moved forward to engage against Windu, Anakin was at the edge of the office door with his jaw dropped while looking at what he saw was happening.

With a sudden thrust, Sidious drives his own blade into the chest of Mace and then twerps around his body to implant the Korun's blade into a lower section of his body. Because of his sudden thirst for blood, he had been too careless to notice Anakin watching what was happening.

Mace simply could only groan as his life was being drained from his body. Sidious laughed darkly at this and stepped closer to the right ear of the Jedi Master. With a dark crackle, Sidious said his next few words.

"I know that when the Jedi were to realize my true allegiance that they would act against me. It is too late now, Master Windu. The Jedi Order will fall once Anakin sees my way of things. He'll see the Jedi as the enemy and kill his allies and friends in cold blood. Your order is going to fall soon, you know. And feel how nothing you do will fix what will happen. An Empire will be forged and the Jedi will be extinct. You have failed… Jedi."

Mace couldn't do anything to react but the words had affected him greatly and a singular tear had dropped from his left eye before they had closed for the last time.

"Now get out of my sight, you Jedi worm!" Sidious roars.

He picked up the stunned body of Mace Windu and throws to through the glass window and down into the depths of Coruscant, where the body would most likely end up deformed from the impact.

"The Jedi will fall…" Sidious says darkly.

Suddenly he felt a realization that was strongly kicking him in the back of the head. He quickly turns to see Anakin standing there with his shocked expression, hearing and seeing the very truth that Sidious was trying to omit from him this whole time. This is a very delicate situation.

"A-Anakin?" Sidious says trying to revert into a soft tone once again. He slowly starts walking closer to Anakin trying to get him to understand in a desperate attempt to persuade him to listen. He was so focused on Skywalker that he didn't even take notice of his Lightsaber still burning blood red around him.

"Keep away from me!" Anakin shouts while taking out his Lightsaber and activating it at his side.

"Anakin, you have to understand, it was the Jedi who were plotting to-"

"No, you're lying! It was YOU who was plotting all along!" Anakin shouts raising his Lightsaber in an offensive position. "I trusted YOU, I supported YOU, and I was even trying to protect YOU!"

"Anakin, you know you can trust me. I promise you that I can help you save your wife from any harm." Sidious says trying to probe at the young Jedi's mind.

"Don't you dare try getting into my head!" Anakin shouts while raising his left fist. "That's how you found out about Padme, isn't it?! You tricked me into a false sense of security and looked into my secrets!"

"Anakin-"

"NO!" Anakin cuts of Sidious again. "You must be the reason why I'm having visions of her dying at childbirth, is it?!"

"I was only showing you the foreseeable future of what was to come. If you don't let me help you, it'll come to pass." Sidious says in a calm tone.

"I've had ENOUGH!" Anakin shouts and does a strong Force Push against the Sith Lord, pushing against the window head first and crack it open, dropping thousands and thousands of shard. A number of it had dropped onto the Supreme Chancellor's face. The Sith growled in agony as he felt the pain from the glass stabbing into his face.

Sidious resumed to stand back up and looked dead in the eyes of Skywalker. This time there wasn't a calm look within his eyes but instead there was a burning golden glow that shown how much hatred Sidious was holding. With a darkened chuckle, Sidious raised his left hand and struck some Force Lightning at Anakin. Anakin quickly brings his blade to block the attack, but the sudden force from it begins to push him back, taking him slightly off guard.

With his hand still glowing, Sidious takes the time to slowly approach Anakin and him on his choice. "You stupid fool! With my power you could've helped make a big change that would've been remembered for centuries! My plans to change the Republic would be something that could bring us into a state of… peace!"

"Your 'peace' is nothing by LIES!" Anakin shouts and summons the strength to push back the lightning directly into the face of the Sith Lord. The burning that was being felt on Sidious' face was so gruesome that he could no longer hold his own and it drew him back. During that window of time, Anakin decides to perform another Force Push and launches Sidious into a wall just missing his window. Using this chance to avoid anymore danger, Anakin decides to make a run for it and leave the Senate Complex as fast as he could.

Sidious resumed to stand back up and cursed into the Force, as he knew his plans for a bright new Sith Lord would not come to pass. With the rage building up inside him he swishes his blade around the walls of the office a few times, causing damage to walls, his desk and even the chair for it. With a breath of anger, he decides to do the only thing that he had left to offer. He walks over to a holo terminal near his chopped desk and brings up the image of a Clone Trooper who looked to be a Commander of a battalion of sorts. With a crackled voice, Sidious speaks to this soldier.

"Commander Fox, the Jedi have attempted to assassinate me and take control of the senate. Execute Order 66. Wipe them all out." Sidious commands.

"Yes, my lord!" Fox says with a slight nod.

The transmission was cut and then the Sith went to go fetch his Darkside robe which was hanging up nearby. He knew that the step he had taken just then wasn't one that he could back down from, and without the assistance of Anakin to help purge the Jedi Order, the Lightside was going to be a tough thing to completely wipe out from existence. Despite the false sense of security Anakin might feel, little would he know that the 501st wouldn't be there for him should he come looking for his legion. And considering what the legion has seen from their General before, they might be a tough force to fight against. But it is always that when a plan is failing that the Jedi are indeed at best. While Sidious seemed to be feelings his plan deteriorating in some way, he did have another plan up his sleeve. He made another call and this time it was to another Clone Commander.

"Commander Thire, send out the force BETA-7! They have a job to do!" Sidious orders darkly.

"Yes, my lord!" Thire responds.

End of Chapter:

What dark secrets does the Sith Lord have to offer? What is BETA-7? Could they be a formidable force to use against the Jedi while the galaxy slowly plummets into carnage beyond expectations? We'll have to see next chapter.