Rise Of The Confederacy
Chapter 2:
Well not much traffic but screw it anyways, I like to write so away we go!
As Kenobi jumped down to face Grievous, immediately he felt something was wrong or more the lack of feeling that was seemed to enshroud Grievous. He tried to shrug it off as his focus was needed elsewhere but it refused to budge. Distracted, he almost lost his balance as he hit the floor but gathered his wits quickly.
"Well hello there." Kenobi greeted.
Startled, Grievous turned around quickly at the intrusion. "Ah, General Kenobi. So glad to see you survived the crash."
Chuckling Kenobi replied, "Sorry I can't say the same for your ship. First the Malevolence, then the Invisible Hand, you really are going through a lot of credits General. I wouldn't be surprised if you had been given a frigate now. They are a lot easier to replace."
"Enough of this! Bring me his lightsaber!" Grievous ordered his Magnaguards.
Thinking quickly Kenobi glanced up and saw a shaft right above the Magnaguards. Reaching out to the force he attempted to bring it down, but something felt wrong. The force seemed to trying to escape for some reason. With a final thrust of effort he managed to pull it down onto the guards but Kenobi felt quite fatigued after. "Honestly General, if I can take your elite guard out in one move, you might as well surrender now."
"Elite guard?" Grievous asked before he started to laugh. "I am afraid you are mistaken General Kenobi. Yes those Magnaguards are useful but they are limited in their abilities so I had to make due, but if you are so interested in taking on my elite guard, by all means then."
Bowing, Grievous walked backwards into the mass of droids while half a dozen individuals walked forwards, unsheathing vibroblades as they went. "What in the name of the force?" thought Kenobi before this new foe jumped into the offensive. Barely parrying the blows, Kenobi tried to push back with the force to gain some much needed breathing space but only to find it had deserted him. A moment later his lightsaber had been knocked out of his hand with two vibroblades at his throat.
Grievous seeing the look of distraught and confusion on Kenobi's face spoke, "as you see Kenobi, my new elite guard are much more effective than my Magnaguards. You Jedi are nothing more than a common man without your precious force to call upon!"
"I…what…how? How have you done this…unnaturalness to me!" Kenobi replied, starting to panic.
"Quite easily, all it took was a few Terrans to create a void in the force by grouping together. This void is currently being projected around you. Guards, take him to the br" Grievous was stopped abruptly by blaster fire and gunships approaching the hanger. Motioning to his guards, Grievous ordered, "Come, let us be off."
Kenobi felt his spirits lift by the arrival of Cody's forces, although over the noise of a beginning battle an odd humming noise seemed to permeate the battlefield until blackness consumed his vision.
Commander Cody was overseeing the setup of a FOB when a soldier ran up to him.
"Commander Cody sir!" stated the clone saluting.
"At ease, what's the situation?" Cody replied.
Immediately the clone took on a sombre expression. "I…uh.. it's General Kenobi sir, we've found him."
"And? What's his status?"
"…"
"Well! Answer me!" Cody shouted.
"We found him sir. It appears he engaged Grievous prior to our arrival." The private replied.
"That isn't the answer I asked for private." Cody said starting to get irritated.
"Yes sir. I understand sir, it's just I'm still in disbelief of the situation myself." The private answered shaking his head
"Grievous is dead?!" Cody asked startled yet hopeful.
"No sir. Actually it's the opposite. As of 1538 Galactic Standard time General Kenobi has been confirmed Killed In Action by our forward units and a follow up examination by a field medical team." The private stated.