Hey guys! Well, I have decided! I AM doing the remake of my first ever fanfic: Cyber Chase! Only this time, this will be the FOR REAL OFFICIAL VERSION! I mean, the first one counts kind of, but this one will be more in depth, more exciting and better improved since I've got the hang of this writing thing.
And I will remake the sequel when this is done. Which will hopefully be by next year. And, I'm doing this as a Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Cartoon X-Over since The Clone Wars will be one of the main focuses of this story and where the story will be taking place for the most part. And, all you faves and followers from the first story, you had better be doing the same with this one. This is OFFICIAL! So, here we go!
I only own my OC's. Everything else is owned by their respective owners. And now, enjoy the return/remake of Cyber Chase!
Prologue
Everyone on Earth wonders if there is more life out there besides our own. To others, they see the planets, the stars, nebulas and constellations in the sky with their telescopes. But, with or without one, to me, there is more than just what appears in the deep vastness of space.
I believe there is more life out there. Ones that are far more advanced, sufficient, and vibrant than our kind. In life, we take what we can get. In life, everyone's the same. And in life, no one quite believes in the tales of fantasy and sci-fi like fairies, magic, and aliens. But not me. I do believe; from what I read, what I learn, and what I see on my TV screen.
I just wish … there was someone, anyone out there in the world … or out there in space that understands me. That gets me. And that accepts me as who I am.
And one day, that did happen. But in a way I never thought was possible.
This is the tale of my life.
This is the start of my big adventure.
This is the story … of Cyber Chase.
CC
It was nighttime on the lively planet known as Coruscant. The lights. The noise. The activity. An entire planet evolved around one big city. Hover cars, buses, transports and more zoomed through the sky as they decorated the tall skyscrapers of the bright city. As the bustle of traffic crowded the air space of the planet, the big Senate Building came in plain sight. The home to the many delegates, representatives, and senators that represent the many star systems that are loyal to the Galactic Senate.
And to the leading cause; the Republic.
The fighting force dedicated to bringing back the peace.
The sky was dark blue with many stars out, twinkling down on the Jedi Temple. The home to the Jedi Knights that serve in the name of peace and are soldiers to the Republic in the time of the Clone Wars.
But unbeknownst to everyone, someone was about to break the calm silence upon the fair city.
At the Republic Executive Building.
A figure in rugged clothing but armed with weapons hid behind a tall statue outside the building. She turned on a watch on her right wrist; which was really a cloaking device, and it turned her whole body invisible. She then ran over to the opposing wall and jumped up high; crawling up the side of the building when a security droid was walking in her direction. It sensed something on its right side so it turned that way. Its eyes slits shined light on the area, but nothing was there. So, the droid continued its sweep on the outside.
The woman sighed in relief before she resumed climbing until she reached the nearest window above her head. Once she slipped inside quietly, she ran down the corridors. Whenever a security guard came in her path, she stayed away hidden in the shadows of the halls. "Sheesh! Why do they have to have so many of these guards on patrol?" She asked herself in utter annoyance.
Finally, after running a little bit more, she stopped before a room with an electronic pad connected to it. "Hmm, too easy." Suspecting that it had a password encrypted code in it, she pulled out a chip from the small bag tied to her waist belt and stamped it on the pad. That's when the pad started to short-circuit and then a green light flashed, at the same time the door clicked open. She slyly smirked when she walked in. She looked around to see herself where all the files, records, and info on everything going on in the Senate were kept. Including the Republic. In the Senate Building's archives.
"Jackpot!"
The thief looked through everything in the systems on the computer terminal until she found a certain file under the name CLASSIFIED. "There you are." She opened it as well as it was brought up on the holographic screen. She plugged her hard drive into the computer, checking out everything there is on the Republic's secret weapon, as well as something called Project X. This made her smirk grow greedily.
Suddenly, the alarms started going off. The sirens' blaring starts hurting her ears. "Ugh, great!"
It was almost finished. "Come on, hurry up!" She growled.
Finally, the downloading finished. She pulled the hard drive out before stashing it in her bag and running the heck out of there. She just barged out of the door when the thief got caught by the security guards that ran down the hallway she came from.
"Freeze! Hands in the air!"
They raised their blaster guns at her when she smirked. She quickly pulled out a mini ball from behind and threw it at their feet. It was a smoke bomb, and the smoke made it hard for them to see and breathe. While they were blind to the smoke, the thief flipped over them and was perfect on the landing; going down to her escape route.
The landing dock.
She managed to sneak by or blind the other guards on the way there. When she finally made it outside to the hanger, she saw a small enough air speeder she could use for a quick getaway. But suddenly, tons of blasts came down on her from the balcony up above. Gritting her teeth, she kept on dodging and running, while at the same time she pulled out her blasters and started shooting at them. She managed to not get hit and hit some other guards herself. She hid behind a big shuttle. She tried to catch her breath, sweat beading her forehead before she wiped it away.
I have to get to that air speeder and fast! But how, she thought.
Then, she looked over to see the fleets of guards running her way. Another idea popped into her head. Maybe this will keep them off my back, she thought as she smirked to herself.
She planted a small device on the shuttle, just as the guards crept quietly to it, hoping to catch her with her guard down.
Beep, beep, beep.
Then, following the plan, she started to climb the shuttle.
Beep, beep, beep.
She got to the top of it and the guards aimed their guns at her. "Surrender, bounty hunter!"
Beep, beep, beep.
She chuckled and shook her head, "Sorry boys, but no can do." The beeping progressed on, which confused and alarmed the guards. That's when she took out a small gun and shot it to one of the hanging lights on the ceiling. It was a grappling hook.
Beep, beep, beep.
"What the –?" The leader of said group started speaking when he was overpowered by the beeping.
Beep, beep, beep.
Which he came to realize what it was and where it was coming from.
Beep, beep, beep.
"So long, boys!"
Beep, beep, beep.
She laughed as she zipped up in mid air at quick speed.
"MOVE!"
Beep, beep, BEEEEEPPPPP!
At the same time, the beeping stopped, followed by a loud explosion from the shutter.
BOOM!
The warm colored flames engulfed the shuttle, the guards, and the area.
She grinned maliciously at her work. "Perfect." She purred. She swung over to the air speeder. She back flipped right into the cockpit and started the engine, at the same time that more guards and security droids started making their way down to the landing dock. But, it was too late.
The speeder zipped away at high speed, leaving the Executive Building in distress. She turned on her communicator to contact her boss. A hologram of a hooded figure popped up before her. "Boss, I have the files you wanted."
The hologram chuckled lowly, "Excellent. Take it back to the hideout in the Underworld. Wait for further instructions."
"As long as I get paid my dues."
"You will get your reward soon enough. If I get my hands on the files, that is."
"As you wish, my mistress."
CC
Meanwhile, at the Jedi Temple, Anakin Skywalker; the Hero with No Fear, and Ahsoka Tano; his apprentice and snippy friend, were sleeping in their shared quarters. But, like always, Anakin was having trouble sleeping. You can say he just can't ever get a good night's sleep. He was tossing and turning in his bed. He was having a dream. And from the looks of the sweat beading his forehead and his tossing and turning, it wasn't a good one.
Anakin kept hearing murmurs, as he walked down a path that seemed to be endless.
Black, thick fog was surrounding him on all sides. It didn't suffocate him or make him tense.
He was on his guard. He was ready to take down whatever it was that lurked in the shadows.
That's when he could see someone up ahead. It wasn't someone he recognized. It was a tall figure, but not as tall as him. The figure was thin, curvy, but showed signs of something. He could sense it radiating off of them. It was fear.
He decided to walk towards them, only to have them walk away.
"Hey." Anakin got ignored. "Hey, you there!"
He tried running faster to keep up. But whoever it was was getting farther away by the second. "Hey, wait up!" He ran as fast as he could. But you know how in dreams time slows down when you run slower than usual? Yeah, this was just like that. "Hey, come back!"
Finally, after running for what felt like an eternity, chasing down an endless path, Anakin caught up to the figure and he put his hand on their shoulder. "Who are you?"
He turned the figure around and realized … it was a girl. She had her hair loose and flowing so he couldn't see her face when at the same time, something started shaking him, jolting him awake.
"Master ...master ..."
He was losing his grip on her shoulder. He could feel her floating away. "No, wait! Come back!" Shouting at her in hopes that it would bring her back, her figure started becoming the size of a doll, getting sucked back into the darkness. Finally, feeling himself getting woken up, he blurted out one last thing. "Who are you?"
All he got in response was a giggle. An actual one. Was she serious? Yet, it had such a innocent tone to it. It almost made Anakin smile. Almost.
He felt his eyes fluttering open …
"Master! Wake up!" Anakin heard Ahsoka's voice and she was the one shaking him out of his sleep. Anakin groaned and pried her hands off of his arms before pushing them away.
"Alright – I'm up, I'm up." He yawned before sitting up and wiping the sleep out of his eyes. It was still nighttime, the shadows and moon light merging across the room. Dark blacks and grays and creamy ghost whites."W – What is it this time?" Anakin asked, his voice sluggish from sleepiness. 'Cause whenever he did wake up, it was because of three reasons. One, he had a bad dream. Two, he had to leave early for a new mission. Or three, Ahsoka woke him up because it was an emergency or she just thrilled seeing him distorted and unprepared. He hated that.
"The Council just called an emergency meeting. Obi-Wan let me know through my comm while you were sleeping." Anakin met her gaze, raising his brow at her. What was so important that the Jedi Council called an emergency meeting, he thought. He asked her that himself.
"The Executive Building's been robbed."
Anakin's eyes widened.
That is important, he thought to himself. He nodded, his lips in a thin, straight line. He met her eyes in a heated gaze.
"Let's go."
CC
They made haste to the Council room, where everyone else was there, waiting for them so they could start their important meeting.
"Greetings, Master Skywalker. Padawan Tano." Master Yoda said.
"We heard what just happened. Is it true?" Anakin asked. Troubled looks were on all of them; especially Yoda, who nodded to confirm his question.
"True, this is."
"Someone broke into the building and stole some files from the archives," Master Windu spoke while he brought up a hologram of the building. They all saw smoke coming from the landing dock. "At least a dozen guards were killed from the detonator that was placed on the shuttle they last saw the thief near."
"The guards that are alive saw a air speeder fleeing the scene after, with the thief riding inside it," Obi-Wan said.
"Why would someone go to all the trouble stealing a bunch of files?" Ahsoka asked. The Council looked troubled; exchanging equal troubling faces, which made the atmosphere awkward and dead silent. Finally, Windu spoke, breaking the silence.
"Those files contained Republic information on a future project our research facilities have been working on since the beginning of the Clone Wars. It's been at work for months now and we're halfway to completion."
"It?" Anakin asked.
"It … is a weapon; equipped with a laser, capable of knocking out an entire high-tech system, radiating the effects within a large radius. In other words, if used on a security grid, shield, defense systems or any in the matter, the laser can shut it down within a millisecond, making it completely useless," Obi-Wan explained, dread etched into his voice. Anakin and Ahsoka both balled their eyes at the new information.
"Well, have you tested it?" Anakin asked; yet a hint of anger was laced in his voice. He was never aware of the Republic building such a weapon. And the fact that the Council knew about it except him was hurtful still. The Council always leaves Anakin in the dark because such topics of seriousness would be a weight on him, unsure if he could handle it, what with his emotional side and all.
"Only on a few small things like some deserted areas we equipped with our own vehicles and such. So far, it's doing fine." Obi-Wan said.
"For now." Anakin countered. Some murmured to one another, Ahsoka bit her lip for her master's attitude on the matter, Obi-Wan raised his brow at him, Windu narrowed his eyes at him, and Yoda frowned a bit at this.
"Anakin –" Obi-Wan started to say until he was cut off.
"I mean, whose to say that it'll work for real?"
"We won't know for sure unless we test it."
"And what happens when we do test it? And on a real system? Huh? What happens then?"
Obi-Wan and he exchanged serious looks. Ahsoka shifted from one foot to the other, anxious as to what would happen next. Yoda cleared his throat to continue the meeting. "Tests will be done, further in the process. No system, neutral or Republic, will be tested on."
"So, any systems loyal to the Separatists, then?" Anakin asked.
"Unsure yet, we are." Yoda said.
"So … about the thief, did they get a good look at them?" Ahsoka asked, wanting to change the subject to ease some of the tension off of her master.
"Unfortunately, no. However, the guards sent a few probe droids to go and track the thief. They caught the thief go to the downtown area; possibly to the Underworld." Anakin and Ahsoka cringed. The Underworld was a dark and dirty place where Coruscant's most deadliest assassins, bounty hunters, and low lives resided in. It wasn't a safe place for any good doer, especially Jedi. "The Chancellor has ordered for us to retrieve the files back." Windu didn't sound too pleased with the idea.
For you see, the Chancellor; Chancellor Palpatine, always wanted to take part in all matters concerning the Republic when it came to serious matters and their progress in winning the war. But he especially wants to stick his nose in the Jedi's business. It's a dog sniffing all over the place in search for his bone. Talk about being a nuisance!
"Is it really that serious? I mean, what's so important about these files?" Ahsoka asked. The Council exchanged some similar looks again, ones that made the master and padawan curious.
"One of the files that was stolen contained something. Something we never thought we would have to use. It involves something else. Project X." That dumbed them. Ahsoka repeated it, like a ghost whisper, her eyes widening as it sparkled from how cool that sounded.
"Which is?" Anakin asked.
"It's only used in a dire situation. We don't speak of it to anyone outside of the Republic. Only a few people know about it besides the Order." Obi-Wan said.
"What is it?" Ahsoka asked, trying not to sound too excited by the topic.
"It's a protocal. An initiative, actually. But, we don't use it unless there's a dire situation, one even we can't handle."
"Master, with all due respect, there's nothing we can't handle! I mean, what could possibly be the reason why the thief stole them in the first place?"
"Quite possibly give them to the wrong hands. Like the Separatists." Windu said lowly.
"Oh." Anakin said, deadpanned. That would be a serious situation.
"So, what are we going to do?" Ahsoka asked.
"We want you two to go with Obi-Wan to the Underworld and retrieve the files back. If the Separatists get a hold of them, they will use them to their advantage. All systems that aren't loyal to them will suffer and the war will play in their favor. No Republic and neutral system will be safe. We won't stand a chance."
"We understand, Master." Anakin said.
"Go, now, you must. May the Force be with you," Yoda spoke with such wisdom.
Anakin, Ahsoka and Obi-Wan bowed to him and all three of them left right away. But unbeknownst to them all, a new adventure would soon begin. For them, and for those that lie away, far apart, hidden beneath the stars.
Guys, I am so excited to get this show going!
So, please please please review, fave, follow and read on because I almost have Ch 1 finished! So, sit tight! I will be back! Until then, bye guys! ;)