Chapter 3
The Siege of The New Republic
In the deep reaches of the Star War Galaxy, the Republic LAAT gunship carrying Jeremy and the others comes out of hyperspace and into the atmosphere of Coruscant.
"Feels good to be back here." Jeremy says with delight.
"Maybe for you, but the entire planet's just one big city." Odd says displaying some discontent.
" Really cool tall buildings, sure, but where are all the nature parks, the forests covered with trees to run around in. Nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live here is all."
"Hey guys! There's the platform where Master Ob-Wan is waiting." Ben points out.
They then begin their decent towards a large rectangular floating platform near the Jedi Temple.
After landing, they then exit the ship where they are greeted by legendary Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
"It is good to see you again, Jeremy, and to you as well my old padawan." Obi-Wan greets with a bow to them as they all do the same.
"Thank you, Master Jedi. It's been a while since I've been here. 10 months right?" Jeremy asks.
"11 by the end of this week, I believe." Master Kenobi answers.
"But anyways, about the matter of the construction of the embassy. We've managed to reserve a spot for construction on left side of the base of the temple right around there." he says pointing towards the base of the immense and towering structure.
"Now how large were you planning on building?"
"Well, on estimate, we were hoping for an area of 20ftx15ft. Just enough to reach the Temple Ziggurat." Jeremy answers pointing at the large rectangular structure.
"Well, let's knock off the talking and start building!" Anakin says enthusiastically heading towards the construction site followed by a small crew of Clone workers.
"Was he always this impatient and... em.. confident?" Jeremy says hesitantly.
"By the looks of things, I'd say he's toned down since then." Obi-Wan responds jokingly.
They then along with the others and the rest of the construction crew follow Anakin towards the site to begin the building the embassy, unaware that they are secretly begin followed...
By the days end as the base nears completion, nearly everyone is exhausted and worn out from the hard work they gave.
Anakin and Ben are seen standing on a floating platform near the embassy's circular glass roof.
"Well," Anakin begins. "I haven't worked this hard since I fought on the front lines in the Clone Wars."
"Well, working on a site that would normal take months to finish can leave you a litt..."
Ben stops in the middle of his sentence as he gets a slightly shocked look on his face.
"What's wrong?" Anakin asks.
"I'm sensing something... coming this way.. can't tell who..."
His eyes then widen with immense fear.
"DUCK!"
Ben pulls Anakin down in time just as an explosion hits the glass roof sending dozens of glass pieces flying in all directions.
The two then begin to free fall down the side of the embassy!
Anakin quickly manages to grab on to Ben and a nearby rope breaking their fall.
"Ya know, I spent 2 hours trying to weld that glass into place!" Anakin says in frustration as they spin around the base.
"Would you have rather had it be your face?" Ben says in response.
They then carefully land at the entrance of the base and try to catch their breathes.
As they do, they see 2 dark figures walking through the fog of the explosion.
They the come face to face with Count Dooku and General Grievous.
"You 2 survived. Not surprising based on both your previous combat histories. But now, we see to the end of it personally." Dooku says as he and his apprentice ignite their sabers.
"You take Dooku, I've got Grievous." Ben says to Anakin.
"What? No way. You've no idea what that monster's capable of." Anakin protests.
"We fight them together, we won't last long. We'll split them apart so each one has a chance against the other. Besides, this is nothing compared to the dozens of dangerous stuff I've gone through."
Anakin shows a look of concern for a moment, but then nods in agreement.
They the each ignite their blue and green blades.
"Just be careful." Anakin says to Ben.
"Aren't I always?" Ben says back.
Anakin then proceeds to face Dooku while Ben confronts Grievous.
"So, this is the legendary wielder of the Omnitrix known as Ben 10" Grievous says in confidence.
"Don't tell me you were "expecting someone with my reputation to be a little older." Ben says in annoyance.
"I can at least say that your reputation of being reckless and impulsive proceeds you." Grievous says to his opponent.
"But despite your age, I finally now have a proper trial to test my skills as one of the mighty Sith!"
"Oh, congratulations, my lord" Ben sarcasticly says.
"Should we throw a party to celebrate? Cause I've got one heck of a costume!"
With that Ben uses his Omnitrix (A device that transforms him into various aliens for those of you who don't know) to turn into the fire shooting magma based alien known as Heatblast!
"Hahaha!" Grievous laughs in delight.
"Even with your little "parlor tricks", you don't stand a chance against me."
He then extends his extra 2 arms and ignites 2 more lightsabers.
"Your move, tinny." Ben says provokingly.
Grievous then begins to do his signature move of rotating the lightsabers inhis hands at 360. creating a fearsome flurry of spinning blades.
Ben then collides his blade with Grievous's and the battle begins.
(Quick note: I'm terrible at describing lightsaber duels!)
They wage a ferocious stand against each other each displaying massive strength, skill and stamina.
Grievous swipes to the left, but Ben manages to block in time and hold in a saber lock!
After 4 or 5 seconds of trying to get the upper hand, Ben breaks off the lock and drop kicks Grievous sending both him and himself plummeting down into lower city levels.
Both duelists land hard on the city pavement, each growing very exhausted.
Ben manages to pick him himself up in time to block an incoming attack from Grievous jumping toward him with all four sabers out.
Ben then shoots a stream of fire from his hand knocking a saber out of his opponents hand and Force summons it into his own!
(Incoming cheesy Star Wars line.)
"Omnitrix or not, you must realize, you are doomed." Grievous says confidently.
"Oh, I don't think so." Ben replies.
And with that, Ben repels himself in the air with two intense fire streams that at the same time burn two of Grievous's hands clean off.
"Ahhhhgh!" Grievous yells in pain.
Ben then uses the Force to impact a landing with his saber sending Grievous hurdling towards a wall behind him.
Despite this, Grievous painfully picks himself up.
"I got to hand it to you General, you suck at dueling! Ha!"
"You show great swordsmanship for someone of your youth." Grievous begins.
"You are everything my friend Vilgax said and so much more. It's just a shame that such a powerful warrior is not on the very rewarding and forgiving side of the Sith."
Ben's face then turns concerned.
"What are you going at?" Ben asks.
"You know very well what I am "going at", Ben." Grievous answers.
"If you would join our side, not only will you gain whatever you want, but with your abilities, you would achieve a power greater then any Jedi that has ever lived!"
Surprising, Ben is not convinced or interested by Grievous's offer.
"You must think I'm as desperate and gullible as Anakin was" he says.
"I HEARD THAT!" Anakin shouts from somewhere giving Ben a slight shock.
"Anyways... No deal, Grievous. With the Jedi and Team Lyoko is where I stay for life!"
"Very well." Grievous replies.
" This is not a path I can force upon you, despite what I sense in you. But should you ever reconsider my offer to train by my side, my master and I will be waiting at our base on the planet Vulpter."
"And your telling me this why?" Ben says confused.
"Because I believe that there is more to your words then you lead on.
You lie on the border of light and dark with your ambitions to grow stronger with the Omnitrix.
It's only a matter of time before you turn full circle." Grievous answers.
His small CIS Bomber craft then hovers next to him by the edge of the scape.
"But we've spoken enough. I must leave and you know where to find me. Until then, farewell."
With that, Grievous enters his ship and blasts off along side Dooku's Sith Infiltrator deep into the clouds of Coruscant.
Ben's Omnitrix then times out as he turns back to normal staring towards the sky.
Later, the others regroup outside the temple along side, Master Mace Windu and Yoda and Ulrich who arrived soon after the fight began.
"A disturbing and risky move Grievous and Dooku have made today." Yoda says to the others.
"Very" Obi-Wan agrees.
"I can't imagine what made them think you would join the dark side Ben."
"Yeah. They're really risking a lot on this one." Ben says.
"But about their offer, did they say where to find them?" Obi-Wan asks Ben.
Ben then takes time to reflect on what Grievous had told him and comes to a decision.
"He didn't say, Master." Ben lies hiding his thoughts.
"Hmm. That's not good then. We've been receiving reports of assault from multiple bases all across the outer rim of many different universes, including ones on the Pokemon World and one on Hoth in our own."
"That's where Ash, Danny and Stitch are deployed!" Ulrich says in major concern.
"Not to worry, Ulrich. We're sending support there to assist the evacuation as we speak." Obi-Wan reassures.
"But we can't keep going on like this. We need to find out where these attacks are coming from."
"Luckily, we've deduced that all these string of attacks are coming from the same source, which is where we need locate if we are to put an end to this." Master Windu says to the group.
Ben then suddenly comes to a realization on where the base is!
(Vulpter.) He thinks to himself.
"Any ideas on how to find it?" Ben inquires.
"Our only option is to capture the leading commander of the assault on Hoth and interrogate him or her on where they came from." Obi-Wan answers.
(Insert another cheesy Star Wars line here.)
"To a dark place this line of thought will carry us." Yoda says.
"Hmm. Great care we must take."
End of Ch 3. I'm so glad I finally got this chapter done, and on my birthday even! That's right. Today I turn 18! Anyways, Chapter 4 will show how Ash Ketchum, Danny Fenton (AKA Danny Phantom), and Stitch will fend of the assault on Hoth. And some of you may be thinking, Is Ben really thinking about joining the dark side? The answer: Read and find out. Also be sure to check out my other Star Wars fanfic called Out of the Blue featuring Riyo Chuchi and myself. Well, I'm done here! Please leave reviews and stay tuned for Ch4. Peace Out Suckas!