Hey guys, I'm back with even more of Star Wars Episode VIII: Dark Ascenion! Once again, thank you to MarvelIsMyLife for helping with this chapter, and the character Myra.
General Organa and Poe were viewing the map of D'Qar.
"The First Order is moving straight towards us. We need to scramble the X-Wings, and hope to the Force that Luke and Rey arrive in time." Poe suggested.
"Of course. Good luck, Poe."" Leia ordered
"May the Force be with us." Poe said under his breath before leaving the room.
'Oh, Luke. When will you return?' Leia thought
Poe and his two squadrons made their ways to their X-Wings, and took off. TIE Fighters began to attack D'Qar, but the Resistance pilots fought back.
"Red Squadron, Blue Squadron, with me." Poe said
"Don't even think about it, Dameron." Said a female voice in his head.
"Poe!" Red Leader snapped the man out of his trance
"Sorry, team. Let's do this!" Poe said, confused.
Luke, Rey, Drake, and Chewbacca were eating on Atch-Too when Luke felt something in the Force.
"There is a disturbance in the Force. The Resistance is in trouble." Luke said as he stood up and made his way to the Falcon. Drake and Rey shared a look before moving to the ship.
"How does he know?" Rey asked
"Twins share an incredible bond, Luke and Leia included. Their bond is made even stronger by the Force, and can sense each other's pain and worries." Drake explained to his master's daughter.
Poe gritted his teeth as he spun between four TIE fighters before pulling a u-turn and shooting the First Order ships down.
"Make an example of him." Kylo Ren ordered his TIE pilots. They began to open fire on Poe's X-Wing, but the ace avoided the blasts.
"Finn, this is Poe. Can you walk? If so, tell the General to unleash the cavalry." Poe said into his comms.
"Roger that, Poe." Finn replied
"Thanks, Finn. Alright then, Red and Blue Squadrons, the cavalry is incoming. Until then, we need to hold the line. Let's give them hell." Poe ordered as the Rebellion X-Wings made their attack. Poe spun between laser fire from a TIE Fighter before it was shot down from ground fire. Poe smiled as the team of 10 Rebellion AT-ATs continued their attacks on the First Order.
"Need a hand, Dameron?" A female droid laughed as her AT-AT shot down another fighter.
"Thanks, 51L-V3R. Owe you one." Poe said as he blasted a TIE Fighter. Poe was about to be fired upon by another fight when the Falcon dropped out of lightspeed and fired at the ship, downing it.
"Attention all Resistance fighters. Rey and Luke have returned! I repeat, Luke and Rey have returned!" Poe yelled with delight into his comms, earning cheers from all the X-Wings and AT-ATs.
Rey, Luke, Drake, Chewbacca, Poe, 51L-V3R, and the rest of the X-Wing pilots and AT-AT drivers walked into the Resistance base with cheers. Leia walked up to Luke, Rey, and Drake with a smile.
"Welcome home, Luke." Leia said as she hugged her brother.
"I'm sorry about Han." Luke replied
"There was nothing you could have done." His sister sighed
"With all due respect to this reunion, we have a bigger problem. The First Order has a much worse plan in store." Drake interjected
"Of course. Poe, assemble the Resistance." General Organa ordered
The assembled Resistance was viewing the holomap. Drake moved forward to the table.
"For those of you who do not now, my name is Drake Gin. I am the great grandson of Qui-Gon Jin. My father is Darth Plagueis, or as you would know him, Supreme Leader Snoke. I was once known as Draconis Ren. When I turned to the Light, I chose to change by name. I still wanted a part of my past, so I took my mother's surname, and shortened the name my father gave me." Drake explained
"Thank you for your honesty, Drake. Now, the part of your presentation where you explain the First Order's newest weapon." Leia requested
"Of course, General. You are all familiar with both the Death Star and Starkiller Base." Drake said as images of both superweapons appeared.
"Yes, we are." Admiral Ackbar said
"Allow me to introduce you to the weapon that makes those two look like training droids." Drake deadpanned as he pulled up an image of a planetary weapon twice the size of Starkiller Base.
"By the Force..." Luke said
"Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the First Order's greatest weapon, Dark Ascenion. The Death Star blew up Alderaan, and Starkiller Base blew up the Hosnian System, but Dark Ascenion's power makes those two utter tragedies look like minor fights. Dark Ascenion used a fraction of its total power to destroy Tatooine, its twin Suns, the system it was in, and the asteroid belt that once surrounded it." Drake explained, with sadness.
"It has a weakness, right?" Rey asked, nervous.
"If you're asking about something like a thermal exhaust port or a thermal oscillator, then no." Drake replied
"Then how does it fire without overheating?" Finn asked, afraid of the answer.
"It is powered... By the Dark Side itself." Drake answered, earning gasps.
"What? How is that possible?" Poe sputtered
"Poe, is it? The Force can do anything. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together. It makes what should be impossible into the possible. My father's ability to cheat death. Anakin Skywalker's birth. The rise of the Empire. All done through the Force." Drake answered.
"This is off topic. How do we destroy Dark Ascenion?" Leia asked
"Rey was correct about the weakness. The weapon has one." Drake began
"And what weakness is that?" Rey asked
"In order to destroy the station, we must kill its means of harnessing the Dark Side. We must succeed where Darth Sidious failed. We must kill Darth Plagueis." Drake finished
Kylo Ren and Myra entered Darth Plagueis' chamber. The Sith was viewing a Bacta Tank with a slight smile.
"My Lord, the attack on D'Qur failed. You seem... Joyous, though." Kylo Ren said, confused.
"I will not be trapped in this wretched form for long. My true body has been almost completely restored. With it, we will have no problems crushing the last Jedi, his daughter, and my excuse for a son." Plagueis said with a laugh.