JEDI KNIGHT: JEDI WAR
Chapter 2
Many lightsabers went through a short kata, blue green and yellow. Orange and purple. Luke closely observed the fresh batch of students as they went through the basic katas. Off to one side Kip was sparring with one of the jedi masters who
was weilding a staff-saber with green blades. The duel was fast and furious, but to a trained observer like Luke it was clear they were only practicing. He turned his focus back on the students who were just finishing.
"Ok, you al seem to have that down pretty well, lets move on to the fast style kata." Luke said with just a hint of pride in his voice. This latest batch was coming along really well.
Suddenly Luke's comlink beeped causing him to snatch it from hisside and lift it to his face. "Hey, Skywalker." Kyle's voice came.
"Luke here, whats up." Luke asked.
"I found a lead on Jaden, a moisture farmer said he saw someone who matched Jaden's description on Tatooine." Kyle replied.
"Do you need help?" Luke asked.
"No, i'd rather confirm that it really is Jaden first, i call you once i get some new info." Kyle said, then the line went dead.
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Jaden smirked, he had managed to get onto Courascant without being detected. He had launched a brief search on some of the outer rim worlds for a place to set up a droid factory and had found just such a place on Tatooine. Now all he had
to do was get Lannik Racto out of prison and convince him to make the droids.
He glanced out from the shadows in which he hid at the prison where his target was being held. He took a moment to straighten his shirt, he had to appear like a respectable citizen for a minute or two. He moved to the front door and entered
while stretching out his perceptions, feeling the security cameras, and quickly studying their inner mechanics with the force.
The man at the front desk looked up and said "I'm afraid visiting hours are over, you will have to come back tommorow."
"I see, well thats no problem as i am not here to visit any of the prisoners anyway." Jaden commented.
"Well, if your here to file a complaint you'll have to get one of those complaint forms over there." The man said pointing to a stack of papers on a desk to the right.
"I'm not here to file a complaint either." Jaden said, then through his control of the force he disabled the cameras, flicking them off and quickly erasing their memory.
The man looked somewhat nervous, though it was hard to tell. "Then why are you here?" He asked suspiciously. Jaden was amused.
He decided it was time to give his new lightsaber a test. A ruby red blade exteneded outwards, a sinister hum emmiting from it. The man recoiled reaching quickly for a blaster pistol at his side, but he never reached it. Jaden sent a burst of
lightning from his hand, launching the man from his chair and into the wall behind him with a sickening crack. Hie hit the floor with his neck twisted at an awkward angle.
"I'm here to take a prisoner." Jaden informed the corpse in a mocking tone as he moved dowsn the hall. A blaster bolt whizzed by his ear causing him to whirl around. A guard stood there with a look of grim determination.
"Your under arrest!" The guard said aiming his blaster at Jaden's face. Jaden hurled his blade javelin style impaling the man through the chest.
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Leia sighed as she leaned back on her couch. She had recently been elected as supreme chancellor of the republic, a job she had learned was incredibly tiring. She averaged four hours of sleep a night and always had one dispute or another to
solve in the senate. She was almost constantly direting the fleet to one planet or another to maintain peace, because many planets were claiming the new republic as just a mask for another empire. She knew such things would pass with time. Her biggest concern right now was tha lack of ships they had to stop these people from waging war. The majority of the republic fleet had been destroyed at Endor ten years ago, the rest were outdated. New ships had been put into production
but the fleet was still small, and she was having to stretch it pretty thin to keep the republic from splitting apart.
Han sat across from her in a comfy looking chair, though he himself looked very agitated. Ever since Luke had contacted them with the news that one of his jedi had turned to the dark side Han had become certain that an attack was coming.
He had alot to deal with as well. He was a general in the new republic with command over 2000 troops. Elite troops who were in charge of dealing with remnant uprisings, which were suprisingly frequent. He was also in charge of Courascants defenses.
Leia observed that one of Han's eyes was twitching in a very disturbing manner. "You need to relax." She said after a moment.
Han looked at her as he said "I know, but you also know how much i got on my plate."
"You think you got it rough, i am in charge of the security of the whole galaxy, or at least a large chunk of it!" Leia shot back.
"True but your used to being in charge. Speaking of, you wanna..."
"No." Leia cut him off decisively. "Too tired." She explained.
"We could fix that." Han said slyly.
"No." Leia repeated, leaving no room for arguement.
"Alright, but if you change your mind." Han said.
"I won't." She said.
Suddenly there came a beeping from Han's pocket. He reached down and pulled out a comlink. "Whats up." He said.
Leia couldn't here what was said next, but based on the pale look on Han's face it wasn't good.
"Get two elite teams there now! Send a couple of gunships too!" Han was saying. An affirmitave reply came back before Han placed the comlink back in his pocket and said "I have to go."
"Whats wrong!?" She asked. Han wouldn't be going along unless it was really serious, or if there was the possibility of wiping Lando out in pazaak. Either way it was not a good thing.
Han grimaced as he said "Luke's wayward jedi has decided to pay us a visit. He's attacking the prison right now." Then without another word he grabbed his blaster and was out the door.
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The police officers stationed to guard the prison, along with building security, had never fought such a foe. Jaden moved from room to room deflecting blaster fire back into the shooters as he went, often moving in and slicing through those
who opposed him.
Security officer Daniel Jackson rushed to a console while trying to ignore the battle that was going on behind him. He rpaidly pressed a number of buttons connecting him to republic defense building.
"Republic security how may i help you." Came the voice. Daniel winced as he looked over his shoulder. Jaden was nowhere in sight, but he could here the screams of the mans victims and the sound of battle down the hall.
"This is the republic prison and police station, we are under attack!!" Daniel said, the sound of the slaughter was moving back in his direction.
The person on the other hand was all buisness now. "Can you describe the attackers!?" The person demanded.
"Its a dark jeid!! Its a..." He looked down to see a red blade protruding from his stomache. He hadn't heard Jaden's approach. Daniel fell to the ground dead, Jaden slashed the console.
Jaden moved through the rooms unopposed now, it seemed he had killed all the guards. He picked up the pace a bit. That damn guard had gotten out a distress signal, which meant more troops would be here soon. Maybe too amny to fight alone.
He quickly entered a hall lined with cells, walls of blue energy keeping the occupants inside. Jaden quickly found Racto, two cells down on the right side. He was sharing the cell with a man Jaden did not recognize. A quick slash of his
lightsaber disabled the energy barrier of the cell, then a quick flick of his saber decapitated the stranger, causing Racto to let out a high pitched scream.
"Lannik Racto, i hope you haven't forgotten me." Jaden said.
Racto looked at him, then an angry look passed over his face as he said "You! Your the reason i'm in here. I oughta" Jaden cut him off by bringing his lightsaber to within an inch of the mans neck.
"Heres the deal. I will free you from this prison, in return you are going to make me an army of those droids you used to make. If you don't, then i will kill you." Jaden hissed.
"Ok, i'll do it! Please don't hurt me!" Racto said. Jaden felt a look of disguist cross his face. He remembered when Kyle had described Racto as a coward, he had been right.
"Follow me, and quickly." Jaden snapped. The moved quickly back towards the entrance. Racto took the time to grab a blaster off one of the fallen guards.
"How did you do this?" Racto exclaimed in awe.
"Easily." Jaden replied as thy reached the exit. Jaden shoved it open and they dashed out, only to find themselves in a spotlight. Jaden cursed as he saw several heavily armed republic troops aiming E-11 blaster rifles at him, and two military
grade gunship hovering about thirty feet off the ground with their forward cannons facing him.
A loud voice boomed out, obviously being amplified by machinery. It said "Stand down and drop your weapons now! Or we will destroy you!"
Jaden counted the ground troops and came up with thirty-six. Two full combat teams. Racto seemed ready to give up now, but Jaden was far from ready. He shved Racto sideways and sprang forward into a hail of blaster fire. He sent every bolt
back into his foes while avoiding weapons fire from the gunships. One of them sent a rocket at him. Bad move. With a simple flick of his wrist, Jaden sent the rocket back at the gunship which was enveloped in a fiery blast before its wreckage crashed o the ground.
That was the first thing Han saw when he arrived on the scene. A sense of horror filled him as he watched Jaden slaughtering the republic troops.. The he looked up as he heard the high pitched whine of another ship, a string of laser fire came
from above blowing the second gunship to peices before an imperial shuttle swerved around with its rear hatch opening. Jaden grabbed Racto and jumped into the shuttle which sped away back into space. Han could only watch as Jaden escaped.