Division VIII: Duel on Hoth

The frigid wastelands of Hoth. Notably, Hoth was infamous for two things: the planet which housed Echo Base, and one of the most frigid and unpopulated planets in all of the Galaxy. Hoth's temperatures could well drop under -72° Fahrenheit, or -60° Celsius. However, the average temperature was generally about -20° Fahrenheit. Despite Hoth's frigid nature, the planet consisted of a molten metallic core with dichotomous crust. Essentially, there was a decent amount of volcanic activity on Hoth. Hoth is the sixth planet in the system of the same name. An asteroid belt surrounded the planet, resulting in meteors occasionally striking the surface. During the Galactic Civil War, the Rebel Alliance abided in Echo Base on Hoth, leading up to the notorious Battle of Hoth. Many spies had attempted to discover any important information left by the Rebel Alliance in Echo Base, however, not much had ever been found. A famous galactic explorer, by the name of Wen Truden, had only found blueprints for power vehicles that had never been built. He also found a handful of minuscule artifacts left behind by the Rebellion. Of course, this did not stop spies from continuously trying to find a secret area that may have contained something extraordinarily important, but to no avail. Queen Aliceea had departed from Csilla through the hyperlane Vaagari Corridor, and she had found her destination of the isolated planet of Hoth. She had a "plan B", as she had no idea that the Ascendancy had agreed to assist the Resistance. She was there to meet someone, an old friend…

Aliceea landed the Velocicraft on the snowy surface of Hoth, just near the abandoned Echo Base. The rubble (including fallen AT-ATs) left behind from the Battle of Hoth had been long covered up by the heavy, falling layers of cold snow. After she exited the starfighter, she pulled up her hood and slowly walked towards Echo Base. The tears on her cheeks were freezing to her face; she felt betrayed.

"D#####..." She kept thinking.

Soon she had reached the icy tunnel, leading to the underground Echo Base. As she continued walking, she noticed the icy stalactites protruding from the frozen ceiling. Soon she came across several abandoned control stations, all of them frozen over by the decades of frigid temperatures.

"Aliceea!" A muffled voice shouted.

She jumped at the sound of the noise, aiming the CV-74 Heavy Blaster Pistol (she had held on to it) at the heavily clothed figure, leaning on the side of a near tunnel.

"It's Desmid!" The figure shouted, thrusting his hands into the air.

Aliceea lowered the blaster.

"You know, you really should not scare people like that!" Playfully shouted Aliceea.

Desmid removed the gear off from his reddish-purple (from the cold temperature) face.

"It's been a while." Desmid smirked after speaking.

"It sure has…" Aliceea snapped out of her musing, "What have you found here?"

Desmid led Aliceea to a large slab of ice, acting as a table. A metal key had been laid on it.

"While I was searching with my metal-detector, I found this metal key." He said.

"What is it for?" Asked Aliceea.

After grabbing the key, Desmid walked over to a metal wheel, sticking out from the snow, which was attached to an underground door.

"That is what I am about to find out." He said.

Desmid thrust the key into the key slot, and he twisted it to the right. The wheel made a squeak like noise.

"Must be it." He mumbled.

Desmid grabbed the wheel and continued to turn it to the right. Soon the small door opened.

"Here we go." He said.

"What the h###'s down there?" Asked Aliceea.

Desmid snatched a flashlight from his belt and he inspected the room below them.

"Looks like some sort of treasury." Said Desmid, "Lot of valuable stuff down here."

Chunks of gold and ruby laid in the seemed vault.

"I'd say it's negligible based on my circumstances." Said Aliceea.

"Negligible?! I'd be d##### if that was so!" Shouted Desmid.

Desmid reached his hand down and grabbed some gold and rubies, stuffing it into his leather sack.

"I've hit the blasted jackpot!" He shouted.

"What will you do with the money?" Asked Aliceea.

Desmid paced around the room, staring at the minerals.

"Oh, I don't know… maybe buy a nice mansion… near a nice lake… with a forest around it too! Sound nice to you?"

Aliceea smiled "Yeah… that sounds perfect…"

"Cold?"

"Very."

Desmid unpacked his backpack and pulled out a brown coat.

"Here.. Take it." Said Desmid, handing out his coat to Aliceea.

"Thanks." She replied, taking the coat from his hand.

"You know… we could just… run away. You know, like away from the Third Order. We can get back together, Aliceea, we can start a fam-"

"You chose discovery over me…"

Desmid softly bit his lip.

"Because you did not want to leave Anoraelia…"

"I had to stay at the palace, I couldn't just abandon my hereditary duty!"

Aliceea followed Desmid as he walked around the cavern.

"Romance is one h### of a driving force…" Said Desmid, "Why didn't it work on you…"

"I didn't have a d### choice, Desmid!" Shouted back Aliceea.

"You're right, Adam chose for you…"

The Mandator X emerged from hyperspace, storming above the planet of Csilla…

*in Sy Bisti* "My God…" Mumbled Thrax, biting his nails.

"FIRE!" Screamed Commander Waray, aboard the Mandator X.

The large cannon fire upon Csilla's shield generator, destroying it. The shields instantly deactivated along the entirety of the planet's surface.

*in Sy Bisti* "GIVE 'EM HELL BOYS!" Shouted Thrax.

The Csandaxus's cannon fired at the Mandator X, piercing sideways through the top half of the massive flagship.

"D### 'em." Said Waray, stumbling forward in result of the blast.

The commander then spoke through the Csandaxus's intercom.

"This is Commander Waray of the Third Order. We simply ask that you give us the location of Varr Dynal and Aliceea Dwight, or we will destroy your capital city." He said sternly.

*in Sy Bisti* "Blast…" Mumbled Thrax.

Thrax felt the sweat rush down his neck; he grew unimaginably nervous. He tapped his finger, pondering about what he would say next.

"Well?!" Said Waray.

It was either the Ascendancy… or the Galaxy.

"I decline your request." Said Thrax.

"You… WHAT?!" Screamed Waray, slamming his right fist.

"I… decline… your request."

"DESTROY THE CITY!" Waray screamed, thrusting his right arm in direction of Csaplar.

*in Sy Bisti* "DESTROY THE CANNON!" Shouted Thrax.

The Csandaxus's cannon fired at the Mandator's cannon… and destroyed it. Unfortunately for the Chiss Ascendancy, the Mandator's cannon had already fired upon the crystal city of Csaplar. The blast demolished all of it. At that same fateful moment, Supreme Chancellor Aryon met his demise on his own death bed (because of the cannon's blast).

*in Sy Bisti* "BLAST!" Screamed Thrax, battering both of his fists and his torso onto the counter in front of him.

He began to weep softly.

"Wait a d### second…" Said Waray.

He looked down onto the screen in front of him; he noticed that he could hack into the Csandaxus, as he saw an unlocked file.

"Hmm…" Mumbled Waray.

He tapped on the file.

transport_file_?

Waray selected yes.

The file began to transport from the Csandaxus and to the Mandator X. Grand Admiral Thrax looked over to see the screen reading: file_number_07_transporting_to_Mandator_X

*in Sy Bisti* "STOP THAT FILE TRANSPORT!" Screamed Thrax, running towards the screen.

As he was about to cancel the transportation, the file had just transported to the Mandator X.

Thrax collapsed to the ground and screamed *in Sy Bisti* "NOOOOOOOO!"

The screen read: Velocicraft_number_37_location_Hoth Velocicraft_number_22_location_Hoth_System

"Hoth…" Mumbled Waray.

He began to chuckle.

"SET DESTINATION BACK TO THE SUPREMACY III!" Waray shouted.

"Yes, sir!"

The Mandator X flew off through hyperspace.

Varr slowly crept through the caverns of Echo Base, searching for Aliceea. After spotting the Velocicraft that she had flown in, Varr landed a few yards away from it. He had been searching for a few minutes or so, following the sound of two faint voices…

Desmid had been speaking "...you called them blue waste or something like that, all because they disagreed with you on something revolving around politics?"

"I never liked the idea of multiple rulers…" Answered Aliceea.

"How do you feel about democracy?"

"Not a big fan. Monarchies are the most reasonable."

"So I guess you two just went back and forth in some sort of cold war?"

"Basically."

"Can I ask you a question?"

"I suppose so…"

"Is the real reason you started calling the Chiss blue waste because of Aryon ditching you?"

"That's part of it…"

"Thought so- AGH! HOLY S###!"

A little less than three and a half meters tall, and nearly four meters long, approached a Crystallosaurus. It was the quintessence of the color blue, its underbelly, however, a light blue. Icy crests protruding above its eyes. Ice-like spikes went down its back, smaller spikes on the head and tail. The beast roared at Desmid and Aliceea.

"BLAST!" Screamed Desmid, jumping behind Aliceea.

"EXCUSE ME?!" She shouted.

She grabbed Desmid and pushed him a few feet in front of her.

"THE HE- AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHH-..."

The sounds of bones snapping, blood gushing from the creature's jaws as it crunched down on Desmid. His legs fell to the ground, while his arms were hanging on by a strand of flesh, blood oozing as they did so. Aliceea screamed as blood spurted towards her. She wept and wailed as she dashed away from the Crystallosaurus. The beast was satisfied after swallowing its meal, letting out a disgusting belch as it walked back to its lair. As it continued walking, it ran right into the horrified Varr. He activated his lightsaber right then and there, as the creature roared and charged towards him. Varr dashed under the raging beast, slicing open its stomach; its intestines falling out afterward. The Crystallosaurus collapsed down into the snow, Varr jumping a bit as it did so.

"D### me." He said.

Varr soon found Desmid's sack of riches, laying near blotches of fresh blood. He quickly snatched it and placed it in one of his pockets.

"ALICEEA!" He shouted.

Varr soon heard Aliceea's blood-curdling cries, as she rolled on the ground; blood, snow, and shards of ice in her golden hair. With slight hesitation, Varr dashed over to Aliceea as she was rolling rapidly on the freezing ground.

"Aliceea!" He shouted, as he tried to grab her, and bring her close to him.

Aliceea shoved Varr in the snow.

"D### YOU!" She screamed through her tears.

"You can't just go around like this, acting like a COMPLETE FOOL!" Shouted Varr.

"THE ENTIRE F###### GALAXY IS IN MY D### HANDS! I could expect less from a scavenger…" She snapped.

Varr thundered over to Aliceea.

"While your delusional a## was attempting to kill everyone in sight…" Varr pulled out the contract, "...I actually got Grand Admiral Thrax to renew the contract!"

Aliceea snatched the contract from Varr's hands, then scrutinizing it. Aliceea recognized the Chiss handwriting.

"You actually did it…" Remarked Aliceea.

Varr took the contract from Aliceea's hands and placed it in his pocket.

"We can contact Thrax for help!" Shouted Varr.

Aliceea seemed to ignore what Varr had just said.

"How did you find me?" She asked.

"Thrax tracked down your vehicle." Quickly replied Varr.

"B######..." Mumbled Aliceea.

"B######?! He swore to help us! Help the Resistance! Help the Galaxy!" Shouted Varr, following Aliceea as she walked away from him.

"All the Chiss cares about is their own benefit. Why do you think they isolate themselves from the rest of the Galaxy?"

"And why do you think the Chiss have been so successful for several centuries? They obviously know what they are doing, Aliceea!"

"Why are you still talking to me?"

"Where are you going?!"

"I'm leaving."

"Leaving? Where are you heading next?"

Aliceea began to weep again.

"I don't f###### know!" She screamed, kicking the wall of the cavern.

She stood there and continued weeping.

"It's not over yet. We can still win this." He said, touching her shoulder.

Aliceea swiftly flipped around, knocking Varr back; the blaster gripped tightly in her right hand. Varr had his hands lifted to the sides of his head as Aliceea held the blaster to his face.

"YOU BETRAYED ME!" She screamed.

"You almost killed the Galaxy's only blasted hope!" Returned Varr, nervously.

"You don't know what he did to me!"

The blaster twitched in her jolting hand; it was ready to fire.

"He had to lead the Ascendancy!" Said Varr.

"That FOOL only cared about his d### self!"

Varr digressed.

"Aliceea, I'm sorry. I felt incredibly guilty about what I had done to you. I broke you out for a d### good reason." Varr continued, "I defended you from Ridor in Snoke's throne room while you were unconscious. I-I care for you."

Aliceea felt a large amount of guilt as she deactivated the weapon, moving it to her thigh. She then turned around, and walked away, towards the Velocicraft.

"Aliceea!" Shouted Varr, resting his arms.

She continued walking, ignoring Varr's shouting. On the inside, she was breaking. She seemingly had nothing left.

"Admiral Vaxol." Said Commander Waray.

"Have you learned of the fugitives' locations?" Asked Vaxol, staring out into space, his hands folded behind his back.

"Yes, Admiral. They are located on planet Hoth, sir."

"I shall inform Lord Ridor immediately."

"Of course, Admiral."

"You shall be rewarded for your deeds."

"Thank you, Admiral."

Waray bowed and boarded the Mandator X, departing from the Supremacy III.

As Vaxol exited the Main Control Room, he said, "I can smell the sweet essence of victory."

"Supreme Leader!" Said Vaxol, bowing before Snoke's throne.

"I sense, good news, Admiral?" Said the Supreme Leader, resting upon his throne.

"Yes, mighty Supreme Leader…" Vaxol paused for a moment and thought of Waray, but he decided to take the glory for himself, "I have discovered the location of the fugitives, Supreme Leader."

"Well, let's hear it.. Where are they, then?" Asked Snoke, growing a bit excited.

"Hoth, Supreme Leader."

"Well done, Admiral Vaxol."

"I am most honored, wise Supreme Leader."

Vaxol smiled.

"Lord Ridor! You shall accompany Admiral Vaxol on his expedition. Bring me Varr, kill Queen Aliceea."

Vaxol grew angry as Snoke mentioned his sister's name. He hated his spoiled brat of a sister.

"Yes, my lord." Replied Ridor lifelessly.

Snoke turned to Vaxol.

"Admiral, leave us now." He said.

"As you wish, Supreme Leader."

Vaxol exited the throne room.

"This is your opportunity, Lord Ridor, to gain the rank of Sith Lord." Said Snoke.

Those two words, 'Sith Lord', instantly seized Rider's attention.

"Successfully return Varr to the Supremacy III, and you shall prove yourself as a master of all of the Sith elements."

Snoke reclined back in his throne.

"Depart from me now, and do not fail me, Lord Ridor." Said Snoke.

"I shall not fail, Supreme Leader." Said Ridor, as he marched away from Snoke's side, without hesitation.

As Ridor departed, Snoke laughed maniacally.

"Jade's grand lineage shall continue…" He said.

Ridor met with Vaxol at the private hangar, built for high-ranking Imperial authorities exclusively.

"Lord Ridor." Said Vaxol with a bow.

"Admiral Vaxol." Replied Ridor, ceasing his pace, looking over to Vaxol.

Ridor walked away, boarding his starfighter.

"Man of many words…" Mumbled Vaxol sarcastically, watching Ridor board his TIE Frighter.

Ridor was widely known by one word: fright. That is why his personal starfighter, the TIE Frighter, was named after that word. The TIE Frighter was built similar to Darth Vader's TIE Advanced x1, however, the starfighter's 'side-shields' (armored solar panels) were very similar to that of Kylo Ren's TIE Silencer. Kylo Ren, son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, was one of Supreme Leader Snoke's earlier apprentices. Snoke had trained many apprentices in the past, all for one reason

Vaxol boarded his TIE Avenger, and he followed Darth Ridor after he had departed from the private hangar. The two TIEs blasted into hyperspace and traveled towards the Hoth system.

Aliceea sat in her immobile Velocicraft, weeping. She held the blaster, just staring at it. She had thoughts of ending it all there, at that very moment, but how could she? Could she really abandon everything that she had accomplished? Let the entire Galaxy… die? She felt as if she had to stay and fight the good fight. The only thing that she knew to do next was to fly back to the Csandaxus. Aliceea exited the vehicle. Varr stood alone in the cavern, inspecting his cold lightsaber hilt.

"Contact the Csandaxus." Said Aliceea abruptly from behind.

"I was hoping that you would come back." Said Varr with a faint smile.

He called the Csandaxus on his subspace transmitter. Grand Admiral Thrax had accepted the transmission. Varr saw the horribly distressed look on Thrax's face.

"What is wrong?" Asked Varr.

"The city…"

"What?"

"Csaplar… is gone."

Varr felt as if his heart had suddenly dropped.

"Gone?!" Shouted Aliceea.

"The Third Order… has destroyed it… and they are coming for you."

"How did they find our location?!" Asked Varr, starting to panic.

"They pirated your Velocicrafts' information. You need to hide, you can not leave, pray that the Third Order shall not find you…"

Thrax exited the transmission. Aliceea began to scream and stumble around in absolute terror, Varr watching as she did so.

"IT'S OVER! IT'S FU-"

"Aliceea! We need to hide!"

She took the blaster to her head, pressing the trigger (which charged up the weapon), and she prepared to release…

Suddenly, Varr quickly Force pushed the blaster out from her hand, and the laser bolt had crashed into some ice. Aliceea fell to the ground pulling her hair, her face was a mix of red and purple; she was losing her mind. Aliceea vomited out onto the snow, it was a dark green.

Varr did the only thing that he knew to do in the heat of the moment, and grabbed Aliceea, holding her onto his right shoulder, and he hastily carried her through the icy tunnels. He had found in old, raggedy 'bed', which had been used by the Rebellion, and he laid her down onto it. It was at that moment that he heard possibly the most petrifying sound that had ever heard in all of his life: The sound of two, powerful Third Order TIE engines, and they were heading his blasted way.

Lord Ridor's TIE Frighter and Admiral Vaxol's TIE Avenger had landed onto the sparkling snow, melting it as they did so. Ridor was the first to depart from his starfighter. He glared out over the snow-covered hill, monitoring the surface of the glacial planet. His heavy boots making notable prints in the damp snow. Vaxol soon exited his starfighter, and at an average pace, he walked to Lord Ridor's side.

"Shall we inspect the abandoned Rebel base, Lord Ridor?" Asked Vaxol.

"Follow me." Ridor replied lifelessly, walking away from Vaxol.

"Yes, my lord."

After a few minutes of walking, Ridor and Vaxol had finally arrived at Echo Base.

"I sense that the Force is present here…" Mumbled Ridor.

Vaxol held his S-10 Heavy Blaster Pistol tightly at his side.

The two Third Order leaders began their inspection of Echo Base…

The sound of the two adversaries walking could be heard in the distance, and Aliceea had frozen still. Varr knew what he had to do: protect the Queen.

"Stay here…" He whispered as he walked off.

Varr felt the strong, dark, powerful presence as he gradually proceeded forward.

"This way." Said Ridor.

Varr and Ridor had locked eyes at that very moment. Vaxol swiftly aimed his S-10 at Varr's heart.

"If you kill him, I kill you." Said Ridor.

Vaxol gulped, and he slowly, and shakingly, lowered his weapon. Varr activated his blue lightsaber and got into his position to fight. Ridor had trained Varr extraordinarily well; he was no failure of a student. Ridor activated his double-bladed red lightsaber. Ridor himself had specialized in form four, Ataru, as well. However, he eventually branched off into a new class of lightsaber dueling, fast attacks combined with a good defense, in which he called form eight: Ridoran. Out from a distant tunnel, Varr heard something charging. He and Vaxol turned to see what was coming, yet Ridor considered it negligible and used the Force to lift Varr into the air (as Varr was caught off guard). But at that moment, a Crystallosaurus ran out from the tunnel, knocking Vaxol onto his back with its violently swinging tail, and it snatched Ridor into its jaws and carried him away into another tunnel. After Varr fell to the ground, in complete shock of what had just happened, he rose onto his feet and pounced towards Vaxol. The admiral quickly equipped his WD-92 Double-Axe Baton and clashed it with Varr's blue blade; Varr fell to the ground. Vaxol smacked Varr in the head with the edge of his baton, then slamming him in the gut. Varr quickly sliced upwards near Vaxol's tense face, barely missing him. Varr and Vaxol swiftly clashed their blades multiple times, Vaxol then ramming Varr in the chest with the edge of his baton, sending him flying over an abandoned control station.

"Surely Ridor has taught you better than this!" Taunted Vaxol.

Varr grew fiercely angry and unleashed a powerful Force push in Vaxol's direction. Control tables, Vaxol, and a flurry of snow flew back as if they were caught in a strong wind storm. Vaxol quickly rose to deflect several vicious slashes from Varr. Vaxol successfully sliced the edge of Varr's left shoulder with one of his one and a half foot long red blades. Varr dodged back, thinking of Arsuthius's tactics for form four, and continuously slashed at Vaxol, and then he would swiftly dodge back. Varr had chipped Vaxol's armor multiple times, but he was little affected. Vaxol swung at Varr's feet as he came in for another swift slash, and Varr fell over Vaxol, slicing his saber through his back.

"BLAST, D#####!" Vaxol shouted, his voice echoing throughout the cavern.

He flipped around and whacked Varr in the face with the edge of his baton once again. Varr fell back, and he then sliced Vaxol's left leg, causing him to stumble.

"AGH!" Screamed Vaxol as he toppled onto Varr.

Varr heard the sparkling blade next to his ear, the baton then flailing above his head, swishing his short, brown hair. Vaxol dodged to the side and sliced a bit of the right side of Varr's face.

"S###!" He shrieked.

Varr jumped back and clashed sabers with Vaxol several more times. The battle was intensifying; Varr was harnessing his anger, and Vaxol was losing his grip in result of his tiring body. Queen Aliceea crouched far behind, watching Varr clash sabers with her brother, Vaxol. Aliceea had realized that Varr was brave and courteous enough to do almost anything for her. She grew extremely tense, as she deeply cared for her brother, yet she had also grown some mild feelings for Varr. She was torn on the inside…

Varr sliced up Vaxol's weapon, hacking his weapon in half, and slashing through his chest, and also chipping his chin.

"ACK!" Vaxol wailed as he fell backward, landing into the cold snow.

"ADAM!" Shouted Aliceea.

Vaxol continued to wail and shout as he attempted to deal with the searing pain that he had been feeling in the incision on his chest. Vaxol gritted his teeth, screaming and slobbering through them. It was at that hectic moment, that Ridor had approached from the tunnel off to the side, his armor heavily scratched up, ruthlessly Force pushing Varr against a far-off cavern wall, knocking him out cold. Aliceea had gone to scream but stopped herself at the sight of the frightening Darth Ridor. Vaxol had rolled over, trying to get his sizzling incision to come in contact with the frosty snow.

"AEEEEEEEK!" Vaxol screamed as his wound smoked from the snow.

"The Third Order shall no longer fail in the result of your folly!" Said Ridor, raising his hilt to activate the lower blade into Vaxol's heart.

"HAVE MERCY!" Pleaded Vaxol, glancing up to Ridor.

"NO!" Aliceea screamed.

Aliceea hurriedly aimed her CV-74 at Ridor, and she fired without hesitation. Ridor activated his blade into Vaxol's heart, and as soon as he did so, the bolt deflected off of the blade and plundered into Aliceea's rapidly beating heart. Aliceea pummeled to the ground, hitting her head on a chunk of ice.

Varr had awoken to see the bolt nail Aliceea's heart and to watch her fall back like a ragdoll. Varr turned his full attention towards Ridor, and his anger flustered up inside of him…

With all Varr had in him, without hesitation he dashed towards Ridor, swinging at the side of his head. Ridor blocked the attack by activating his upper blade, and clashed sabers with Varr a couple of times, then stomping on his foot, causing him to drop his lightsaber, chipping the side of Ridor's leg armor.

"AGH!" Varr screamed in pain as Ridor's foot mashed onto his.

As Varr's blade steamed in the snow, Ridor raised him into the air in a tight Force choke.

"YOU BOW- TO ME!" Ridor shouted.

He slammed Varr into the snow, and Ridor Force pulled Varr's lightsaber to his hand, deactivating it, then resting it on his hilt. Ridor then did the same with his own. Varr had teared up in result of the pressure, and his face was hit with the uninviting, freezing snow. Ridor watched as he ran over to Aliceea, then sliding down beside her. He held her to his chest, his tears falling on her face.

"Tha-that spark….. it never st-started a… a… fire…." Silently said Aliceea.

Queen Aliceea had passed on in the arms of Varr. Varr forced Aliceea's lips to his, and he kissed her dead body. He moved her head away as he panted from the shocking sorrow.

"That spark will start a fire…" Mumbled Varr, attaching the CV-74 to his belt.

Varr stood up and looked over to Ridor, only to see him staring right back at him.

"Dear God…" He thought.

"The Resistance has lost, hope cannot save you…" Said Ridor.

"What would you know about ho-"

Ridor suddenly Force pulled Varr's neck into his clutch, raising him off of the ground.

"Don't make me kill you." Ridor said sternly.

He dropped Varr onto the snow once again, then Force pulling the CV-74 to his clutch, also latching it onto his belt. He turned his head to the left to see an Imperial Shuttle flying down towards Echo Base.

"Unexpected visitors... Follow me." Said Ridor, quickly walking off.

Varr had no choice but to follow Ridor. He looked back at the fallen Queen once more, then looking down at Vaxol.

"Why did he kill Vaxol?" Thought Varr.

The truth was that Ridor held Vaxol responsible for everything that he had done in the past, and he wanted him dead just in case if he made a gargantuan mistake once again. This was his opportunity to kill Vaxol, without Snoke knowing it…

Once Ridor had arrived at the shuttle, the shuttle door opened. Commander Phaedra stood inside.

"Lord Ridor." She said with a bow, "The Supreme Leader was getting worried."

"The mission has been accomplished." Replied Ridor, shoving Varr into the shuttle.

Phaedra watched as he did so. She then looked over to see what seemed to be Vaxol.

"What has happened to Admiral Vaxol?" She asked curiously.

"He was foolishly killed by the fugitive." Ridor lied.

"Thank God!" She joyfully thought.

"How foolish." Said Phaedra, maintaining her happiness.

"I shall meet with you at the private hangar, back onboard the Supremacy III."

"Have a safe flight, Lord Ridor."

Ridor boarded his TIE Frighter as Phaedra closed the shuttle's door. She sat down in the pilot seat and flew off behind Ridor.

"Ridor killed Vaxol." Said Varr.

"Silence, fugitive!" Snapped back Phaedra.

She thought about what he had said, then assuming he was lying to pass the blame onto Ridor.

The TIE Frighter and Imperial Shuttle flew off through hyperspace, heading towards the Supremacy III

"Lord Ridor, I see you were successful on your expedition." Said Supreme Leader Snoke.

"Correct, my wise master." Replied Ridor, bowing before Snoke.

"Have you killed Queen Aliceea?"

"She is dead, master."

Snoke smiled and glanced over to Varr.

"May I ask, where is Admiral Vaxol?"

"The fugitive has killed him."

Snoke turned to Varr "Is this so, young Varr?"

Moments of silence went by. Varr feared as to anger Ridor, but he wanted to say the truth.

"Yes… Supreme Leader." Said Varr.

Snoke didn't exactly seem to buy the answer, he could not tell if Ridor was lying to him or not.

"Most unfortunate." Said Snoke, sounding slightly angered.

Snoke stood up from his throne.

"Lord Ridor… I officially promote you… to the rank of Sith Lord."

"I express all of my gratitude unto you, mighty Supreme Leader."

Ridor was quite pleased with his new title.

"Indeed…" Said Snoke.

Snoke sat down upon his throne once again.

"Lord Ridor, 'escort' Varr to cell number… three." Snoke said with a smile.

Varr looked up in anger.

"As you wish, my wise master." Replied Ridor, retracting from his bow.

"This shall teach you, to not attempt treachery once again, young Varr." Said Snoke, still grinning.

Ridor then grabbed Varr by the neck off of the ground, and out of the throne room. Varr stared deeply at Snoke as he stared deeply back at him, with that horrific smile still across his scarred face…

Ridor tossed Varr into the cell, and the door slammed shut. Ridor then walked away.

"Keep vigilant watch on cell three." Said Ridor to Squad Leader Dravox.

"It shall be done, my lord." Replied Dravox with a bow.

Varr sat in the cell and wept, still smelling the fragrant smell of Avallen from Queen Aliceea's golden hair.

"D### me…" He mumbled and then began to weep even louder.

Adam Dwight, who stood on the Royal Palace's balcony, turned to his sister, who was weeping frantically.

"Oh Aliceea, I will never leave you…" He said, hugging her tightly.

A smile grew across his face, thinking of what was yet to come.

Once Aliceea had walked away, Vaxol mumbled "It is time… for the Jedi… to end."

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