Chapter 10. Attack on Keldabe

Part 1. Bloodshed

Dagobah

Ben Skywalker had been exiled to the swamp planet by the High Council for allowing Darth Saber to escape. A shuttle landed on the planet and after the ramp lowered two Jedi Enforcers walked him down the ramp. Ben's mother Mara walked him down the ramp and gave hima big hug.

"Be careful." She said slipping a vibroblade into his back pocket.

"I'll be fine!"

Mara took a tearful walk back up the ramp leaving her son behind on the swamp world. The first thing Ben did when the shuttle took off was reach out in the force and touched Vestara.

The Mandalorian Empire was under assault by the Umbarans caused by Darth Khaun who wished revenge on the warrior race. Elsewhere Darth Saber was preparing to draw Khaun out and get his revenge on Khaun for the destruction of his home world. "Are you sure?" Saber asked to Darth Cadeus who was on his knees.

"Yes Master I have foreseen it – Keldab! Attack the Mandalorians and we will draw out Darth Khaun."

Saber looked at his daughter then he looks at his General, "Prepare the fleet! We attack Keldab!"

("Vestars!") When she heard Ben's voice inside her head she stopped and closed her eyes. "Where are you?" She whispered pouring her words into the force and their connection.

("Dagobah – I am exiled!")

("I am sorry for you – I told you to leave.")

("You seem nervous what is happening?) She broke contact, because if Vestara told Ben that they were about to attack Keldab to draw out Darth Saber he would worry. ("Vestara! Vestara!") Ben turned his mind towards Coruscant and his father. ("Dad! I know you hear me!")

("Yes son what is it?")

("Vestara! I think she is in peril – I spoke with her and I felt her nervousness – I think they are getting ready to face Darth Khaun – He is too powerful! Please find them and stop them.")

Ben could feel Luke sigh, ("Ben I will try! Can you pinpoint their location?")

("No but I will try to reestablish my link with her!")

("I will see what I can do.")

Keldab

Darth Khaun was on Keldab awaiting the day he could destroy the Mandalorians once and for all. Then he felt a disturbance in the force and the force essence of Darth Saber, his daughter, Darth Cadeus the clone of Jacen Solo and Darth Divass the daughter of Darth Cadeus and clone of Allana Solo. Khaun was powerful but even he had his limits and fighting someone Cadeus and his clone daughter was pushing it. He reached out Ben Skywalker, ("They are on Keldab.") After sending the message Khaun hid his presence in the force.

Umbaran Flagship

"Did you feel that?" Vestara asked on the bridge of the flagship.

"Yes!" Darth Saber replied standing up.

"He is here Master!" Cadeus said.

"Deploy all ships and attack!"

Mandalorian Command Center

"Launch all fighters!" Boba Fett the present day Mandalorian ordered with Brason walking beside him.

"We already have several Basilisk war droids in the air and Bresoak tanks."

"Good fire up the planetary defense grid."

"What about the shields?"

"Wait until they have landed their ground forces."

The large cannons shook the ground with every shot as they fired laser bolts into space at orbiting ships. Meanwhile Umbaran Star Fighters dive bombed on the planet as Mandalorian cutters flew up to engage the enemy. As the battle unfolded Khaun stood on a hill. He pointed his hands into the air and pulled the flagship down from orbit.

Umbaran Flagship

"Sir! I have no idea what it is but something is dragging to the planet surface."

"Its Khaun!" Cadeus said.

"Counter his power!"

"I will try master!"

Darth Cadeus was powerful but he didn't put much effort into stopping Khaun as the ship plummeted to the planet surface. As the ship was pulled down Mandalorian fighters swooped on the ship firing their guns and missiles causing damage. The flagship struck the ground nose first and tore up the ground as it slid for fifteen feet and stopped. Then Khaun gathered his mind power for a thought bomb. When he unleashed the thought bomb every Mandalorian except for one died along with the Umbarans on the planet. Darth Saber, Vestara, Cadeus, and Divass survived because Cadeus and Divass placed up a force barrier for protection.

"He is coming and I must make a quick retreat! Come Lady Divass!"

Darth Saber watched as the two sith held hands and vanished in a bright red flash. "Where did they go?" Vestara asked in disbelief.

"Come back!" Darth Saber ordered in the force, but he no longer had control of the two Sith.

Then Vestara heard Ben inside her, "Vestara get out of there he is coming – He'll kill you!"

"Father we must go!"

There was a ripping sound of metal being torn apart. Sparks flew and Vestara screamed as the view screen and front part of the ship was torn in two like a banana being pealed. A dark robed alien entered and when Darth Saber spotted Khaun he ignited his lightsaber screaming and running towards the Sith Lord.

"DIE!"

Part 2. The Power of Darth Khaun

Despite the devastation on the surface of Keldab the fleets in orbit kept fighting. The Mandalorians were outnumbered, but they kept fighting on. That is when Luke's ship came out of hyperspace followed by an entire fleet division of the Galactic Alliance. "This is Grandmaster Skywalker target all Umbaran vessels!"

"Master Jedi what if the Mandalorians start shooting at us?" General Nadine asked.

"The defend yourselves but signal the Mandalorians that we are here to help."

The Mandalorians accepted the Alliance's help as Alliance Star Destroyers opened fire on Umbaran warships. Meanwhile Luke and Mara took the Stealth Xs toward the planet surface to rescue Vestara and her father.

"Be serious!" Khaun said, "Your pets those clones have abandoned you – So what hope do you and your daughter have against me."

"DIE!" He kept screaming with every swing.

Khaun blocked left and right as he was actually toying with Darth Saber. As when he sensed the presence of the Luke and Mara Skywalker that his mood changed. He grabbed Darth Saber's blade with his hand and stabbed him in the gut.

"NO!" Vestara screamed.

As Khaun turned his eyes on her Ben poured his will, power and love into strengthening her as Luke did to Jaina in the other time line against Darth Cadeus. "Even with your help boy she is no match for me!" Khaun said speaking to Ben who was Degobah. HE threw his hand out and unleashed force lightening at Vestara.

Vestara blocked with her hand – the force of the lightening caused her to slide across the ground. Vestara released the lightening when she jumped up flipped and landed on the side of Khaun. They fought at an incredible speed as Ben had tripled her power in the force. She ripped a terminal from the wall and threw it at Khaun who simply rolled underneath sweeping her legs, but Vestara jumped. They exchanged twenty-three blows in just a short span of nine seconds. They locked swords and he grabbed her free hand.

Vestara head-butts him, but Khaun counters by gut punching her. She bends over but on instinct swings her sword for his midsection. Khaun jumps over the swing into a roll and comes up on his right knee. He raises his sword and blocks an overhead attack. He spins around to his feet swinging for her right shoulder. Instead of blocking Vestara force throws him across the bridge with a telekinetic push. She charges, but Khaun switches to the Vong-Shii technique and severs her arm. With Ben feeding her power there is no pain and Vestara summons her sword to her left hand.

Before they start fighting Darth Khaun is hit with a force blast from Luke and Mara. The entire side of the ship blows out as Khaun flies through the air. He flips and lands on his feet. "So Darth Khaun we finally meet." Luke says.

("Lord Khaun do not kill them! This I command!") Kreia says touching his mind.

"It will be a short meeting!"

Luke and Mara attack at the same time and of the two Khaun must be weary of Luke because he knows the Vong-Shii technique. Mara isn't a slouch either and one false move Khaun could loose his head. He manages to block an attack from Luke and kick Mara in the neck. As she stumbles backward Khaun presses his attack on Luke, but Vestara joins him. She swings for his head but Khaun ducks as he blocks Luke's attack, then he unleashes a force wave that tears up the ground. Both Luke and Vestara leave their feet. As they fly through the air Khaun leaps at Luke, but he is tackled by Mara who knocks his lightsaber from his hand.

Khaun grabs Mara by the hair and shoves her face into his knee, then he takes her own lightsaber and stabs Mara in the side.

"NO!" Luke screams getting to his feet.

He leaps at Khaun who snatches him out of the air by his throat, "I expected better from the Grandmaster of the Jedi Order! Pathetic!" Khaun head-butts Luke, then he punches him in the gut and breaks his knee. As Luke is on his back he places his foot in Luke's neck. As Vestara charges him Khaun unleashes a lightening storm on all three Jedi. Because of Khaun's power Ben has to break the connection and all three pass out. Khaun turns his eyes skyward where the fleets of the Umbarans are fighting a desperate battle against the Mandalorians and the Alliance. He raises his hand and closes it into a fist, as he does there is a great explosion in space. Khaun walks across the ashen surface of Keldab until he finds Boba Fett. Who raises his flame thrower at Khaun. Khaun engulfs Boba in force lightening knocking him out. Then he summons his ship the Reaver.

2 hours Later

"What the hell do you want with me?" Boba Fett asks.

"Everything! I took a sample of your blood and will use it as a viral weapon to kill the rest of the Mandalorians. You see long ago in their great crusade your ancestors slaughtered my people – The Tosh.. Now I am returning the favor – You shall be the last of your kind as the Chiss are winning the war against the rest of your people." After extracting the blood Khaun placed Boba in an escape pod and launched it.

Keldab

Luke had healed himself and Mara. Vestara was gone when he awoke. They salvaged what they could but before they could send a message for rescue Jacen arrived with a Hapan force. They picked up the stranded Jedi and took them to Coruscant.