Sorry about not updating for a few weeks. I will try to update at least twice a week from now on.

This chapter is the longest until now , enjoy ;)

Also : The rebels season 3 trailer will not impact the story a lot , new characters will be introduced as rebels season 3 progresses

Darth Vader entered the emperors throne room on his personal capital ship

He had been summoned by his master to discuss future plans

Vader kneeled in front of his master

"Rise , Lord Vader"

The emperor's voice was a cold one

The emperor never showed any sign of emotion

This frightened even Vader

"You have summoned me , my master?"

"Yes , Lord Vader"

"The Jedi have been in the possession of the Sith artifact for to long"

"It is time for us to get it back"

"Our spies have successfully infiltrated and located the rebel base"

"You will take a fleet led by Grand Admiral Thrawn to destroy the base"

"Bring me the artifact and the boy who has unlocked it"

"He could be a useful asset , Lord Vader"

"I understand , i will do what must be done"

A squadron of dark troopers entered the room

The dark troopers wore modified armor and equipment

Their arsenal consisted of a modified e-11 blaster rifle , a vibroblade and multiple explosives

"The jedi have proved to be a challenge , Lord Vader"

"And reports say that 2 more jedi have joined them"

"This squadron of Dark troopers was handpicked by myself Lord Vader"

"You are familiar with their captain , Captain Cody"

"Former commander of Kenobi's clone unit"

Darth Vader's became infuriated just by hearing Kenobi's name

"These will do well , my master" Vader said

"And Lord Vader"

"My former apprentice , Darth Maul"

"He will most probably try to claim the holocron , capture him and bring him to me as well"

"I have many questions for him"

The emperor's evil laughter than filled the room

Vader and his men than kneeled in front of the emperor and left the throne room

A fleet led by 5 imperial class star destroyers was being assembled

The rebels would not know what hit em

Some time later

"Commander Sato , what is your status?" Hera asked while trying to avoid being hit by the imperial bombers

"We are outnumbered 10 to 1 and have nowhere to go"

"Admiral Ackbar is coming to reinforce us shortly"

"Lets hope that we can hold on till than"

In the meanwhile Vader and his dark troopers were getting on a transport to land on the planets surface

They were being escorted by multiple TIE fighters

The rebels were taking a huge beating

The ghost had been hit before it could take off

"Dammit , the ghost has been hit , we can't take off !" Hera yelled

"Karabast !" Zeb yelled

"Were caught here out in the open" Rex said

"Get inside the bunker , hurry !" Kanan yelled

Rebel reinforcements had arrived

3 correlian corvettes led by Admiral Ackbar's home one

The rebels were still hugely outnumbered

A imperial star destroyer that had been damaged tried to move away from the fight

"Not on my watch !" Ackbar yelled

"Focus all fire power on that star destroyer !"

The star destroyer was just baiting them however

A group of TIE bombers was closing in

They had remained undetected and it was now to late

"Sir , imperial bombers closing in quickly !"

"Its a trap !" Ackbar yelled

Meanwhile on the surface

"Chopper , get over here !" Hera yelled

"This is not good" Rex said

The heavy guns surrounding the base had been destroyed by the empire

The rebels were trying to get their heavy altirelie such as tanks on transports

A transport landed in front of the rebels

Darth Vader and a squadron of unknown troopers exited the ship

Darth Vader could sense the fear and was feeding on it

Quinlan , Ezra , Kanan and Uvell all ignited their lightsabers but were not stupid enough to blindly charge at Vader

Zeb , Rex and Sabine accompanied by rebel soldiers were now facing the dark troopers

"These are not regular stormtroopers !" Zeb yelled

"I can see that !" Sabine yelled

Many rebel soldiers were being killed

The dark troopers were well organized and used strategies never seen before

The second dark trooper in command , Lieutenant Haies charged at Zab with his vibroblade

Zeb ignited his bowrifle and the fight broke out

Cody had recognized the armor Rex wore and couldn't believe what he saw

Shock soon turned into anger as Cody put all his attention to Rex

It had been a few weeks since Ezra returned so he didn't have time to construct a new lightsaber

And he was pretty much unbalanced while fighting

He decided to make himself useful and sprinted towards the landing path were Hera and Chopper were repairing the ghost

Vader saw Ezra sprinting away and ordered 2 dark troopers to chase him

Quinlan , Uvell and Kanan combined were providing a challenge that Vader hadn't had in many years

Vader decided to fight smart

Every move he made was planned

The 3 jedi were a bit overconfident because they had the upper hand

Vader saw his opening , he used the force to force choke Uvell just as he was about to swing at Vader

Vader than threw Uvell towards Kanan

Uvell hit Kanan's lightsaber while being thrown at him

The hit to the torso was vital and Uvell died instantly

Kanan was in shock of what had just happened but manned up and joined the fight again

Quinlan was one of the best swordsmen the jedi order had and was proving a challenge for Vader

"Arghhh !" Zeb screamed

Zeb got hit in the stomach while fighting the Lieutenant and fell to the ground

The rebels were all pretty much defeated on the surface

Sabine , Rex and the few remaining rebel soldiers surrendered

"Your friends have surrendered" Vader said

"Drop your weapons or i will have them executed immediately" Vader said

Jedi were selfless

Kanan and Quinlan deactivated their lightsabers

A ship quickly flew over them seconds later

It was the ghost

The doors of the ship than opened

"Get in !" Ezra yelled

Sabine quickly sprinted towards Zeb and used her jetpack to fly to the ship with him

Rex and a few rebel soldiers started sprinting towards the rebel ship

The dark troopers opened fire and the rebels were being killed and Rex was the only one left

"Not this one" Cody said

Rex still had no idea that that was cody

Quinlan and Kanan had utelized the force to jump towards the ghost and were also safely inside now

"We have to go back for Rex !" Ezra yelled

"I hate to say this Ezra , but there is no time"

"What ?!" Ezra asked in disbelief

"Bail Organa has send us new coordinates to a safe system until we find a base" Hera said

"The rest of the rebel forces have already fled there"

"It will be a wonder if we make it out alive" Hera said

"Hera is right , Ezra , there is no time !" Kanan yelled

"I won't leave him , not like i left Ahsoka !" Ezra yelled and than sprinted towards the back of the ship

"No you won't !" Kanan yelled

Quinlan , Kanan and Sabine were sprinting after Ezra

Ezra opened the doors with the manual switch and jumped down towards the surface

"Hera , fly back there !" Kanan yelled

"On it !"

The ghost was being chased by 2 dozens of TIE fighters

"Kanan , i can't get back , they have surrounded us!"

Kanan was shaking in frustration

"Calm yourself" Quinlan said

"The empire wants them prisoner , we need to escape here and can than rescue them afterwards"

"If we die here than we will never get that chance" Quinlan said

Kanan shaked his head but realized that Quinlan was right

"He's right" Hera said

Kanan nodded without a sound

Hera found an opening and jumped to hyperspace

They had lost Ezra yet again

"I will come and get you , Ezra ! I promise !" Kanan yelled through the force

Rex and Ezra were sitting on the ground , surrounded by the dark troopers

Vader stood before Ezra with his lightsaber ignited above Ezra's head

"Why don't you just do it !" Ezra yelled

"You have something that belongs to the sith , give it to me !" Vader ordered

"I don't even have it anymore !" Ezra yelled

Vader extented his arm and tried to get into Ezra's head so that he could see if he was lying or not

Ezra could not resist , no matter how strong he was in the force

"Hmmm , so the rogue sith , Maul has it" Vader said

"Very well"

"Captain , load these two into the transport , we are leaving"

"Yes , my lord !"

I have given Sabine a jet pack , thought that some of you might like it since she has it in rebels now