Persona 3: A Star Wars Story
Iwatodai: A newly acquired star port used in the construction of freighters and starfighters. Three years after Imperial conquest and occupation.
11BBY
The man named Makoto Arisato stared at the traffic ahead of him, cursing under his breath at his lousy planning. His wife, Hamuko Arisato, lightly touches his arm to calm his nerves.
"It's ok, we'll get to the spaceport in time to get the shuttle," She glances at the two children sleeping in the back seat of their land speeder. "All of us are getting off world!"
"I know I shouldn't worry, but the Imperial heard the rumors. Now they have patrols all over the city and are constantly performing raids all over the city. We need to get off-world before they figure out who it is."
"We'll get through it together, for they're sake," Hamuko says gesturing to the six-year-old twins who were starting to awaken.
"Mom? Dad? Where are we?" The blue haired boy asks, rubbing his eyes as he wakes up fully.
"Are we going on a trip?" The redhead asks, starting to sound excited by the prospect of leaving the city.
"Yes, we're going to visit your grandfather. It's been a while since he's seen-," Is all she's able to get out as a massive explosion goes off a few hundred feet in front of them. Both adults can make out an outline of a large, hulking form as it continued in their direction.
"What is that thing?!" Hamuko screams as she starts unbuckling herself and her children.
"I don't know, but you need to take the kids and run for the spaceport now!" Makoto yells, reaching under his seat and pulling out a blaster. "I'll buy you time, so go!"
Hamuko doesn't argue. Instead, she grabs her husband and pulls him in for a quick, and probably final, kiss. She then grabs her children and runs out of the speeder, racing for the safety of the spaceport. Makoto feels a tear fall down his face as he steps out of his car, blaster in hand as he strides towards the abomination.
Hamuko runs down the alleyway away from the road, hoping she can put enough distance between her children and the monster that was destroying everything around it. Praying to whatever being that was listening that at least her children would be safe. When she pulls around a nearby corner and doesn't see it following, she draws two necklaces out of her pocket before placing one over each child's head. A small crystal is hanging from each of the chains, one green, and one blue.
"These will help guide you, ok; they hold a magic power that will lead you to safety." Hamuko wanted to say more but was distracted by the sound of screaming and a massive explosion. At that moment, she quickly grabbed her children's hands and raced to the spaceport. She doesn't make it far.
CRASH!
That sound is all that Minato hears as he and his sister fly from their mother. When he looks back he sees the pale skeletal face of a massive being as it's head slowly looks up, an enormous sword in one hand, standing over the crushed body of his mother. He hears a slight whirring sound as it turns its head to survey his sister. That's all it took to drive him to act as he grabs his sister's hand and takes off running with her, the monster following close behind.
The twins aren't able to see much in the dark alley, and they quickly tripped over each other. Minato looks over at the monster as it swiftly approaches them, studying them with more intelligence than a beast should have as it raised its sword. Before it could finish the deed, however, something comes flying out of the darkness, embedding itself in the behemoth's chest.
Minato looks behind him to see a mysterious figure wearing a colorful mask and dark clothing charges out of the shadows, right at the monster. They quickly duck as it swings at them, delivering a swift kick to its abdomen during the opening it provided. They then rip the object from its chest, giving Minato enough of a look at it to recognize it as a vibro-ax.
ROOAARR! Is the only response as it brings it's fist back before slamming it into the ground where the figure used to be. Said character deftly dodges the punch and jumps into the air, bringing their ax into its head, damaging it. All that this does is anger it as it grabs them by the throat and crushes it, killing them quickly. The beast then freezes, staring at the twins before, sparks leaping from its head. Before anything else can happen the ground beneath it collapses, dropping the monster into the tunnels below.
Minato stares at the hole, waiting for the monster to rise from the inky depths. Nothing happens, and he begins to feel weary as the adrenaline leaves his body, making him feel weak and tired. He then crawls over to his sister, noticing that she hadn't moved after they tripped. He slowly turns her over onto her front, seeing a large bruise on her forehead in the process.
"Minako, please wake up," Is all he can say as tears well up in his eyes.