Son of Mandalore

Hey guys hope you've all been doing well, I thought that I would grace over some of the episodes towards the end of season 2 towards the finale, I couldn't see what I could effectively write about where Kandosii might have an impact or have reasoning to be tied into the story of those chapters. Anyway, after watching Trials of the Darksaber which was a great episode I've now run into a snag which I'm going to have to work around with regards to leadership of the Mandalorians and the saber which Kandosii wields also has history with his ancestors, it will be gone into more detail. The weapons themselves are linked which will make for an interesting story line. Hope you enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 10: Mysteries of Malachor

"I still don't understand why we have to take him with us I thought this was Jedi business" Ezra said

"Malachor has meaning to the Mandalorians as well as the Jedi, Ezra. Though even I don't know much of the planet only that it was forbidden to Jedi" Ahsoka explained a ship jumping out of hyperspace interrupting Ezra as he was about to retort.

"He's here" Kanaan said moving towards the docking bay to meet with Kandosii to get underway, the sooner they departed the better he thought to himself. The close calls with the inquisitors had been increasing and he wasn't sure if he could keep Ezra safe for much longer. The docking bay door opened and Kandosii marched in to the Ghost's hold with his armour already fitted looking around trying to remember the layout of the ship, it had been a few weeks since he had last been here and the last time he had seen or heard from Parjir who no doubt had stories to tell.

"Glad you could make it, any information on Malachor would be greatly appreciated. Come with me I'll take you to the phantom and introduce you to Ahsoka" Kanaan gestured before turning around and moving through the ship, as they moved through Kandosii began to recognise it. Before long however they had reached the Phantom where he could see a Togruta and the annoying one, he could see the feelings between the two of them were mutual.

"You must be Ahsoka Tano, I'm Kandosii Ordo of Clan Ordo" Kandosii bowed whilst introducing himself, he had heard tales of her from the Clone Wars and from those it was apparent that she was a reputable warrior. Definitely powerful to have stayed hidden and lived against countless dark force users and the likes of Dooku as well as Grievous the droid General.

"We should get going now, no need to delay" Kanaan in the pilot's seat disengaging the phantom from the Ghost before going into hyperspace hurtling them towards Malachor before turning to begin a conversation, he had been informed by Parjir of the link between Mandalore and Malachor but he didn't know exact details and suggested that Kandosii be consulted. As they lacked any information that could help put them on track to defeating the Sith they'd agreed with the newest recruit and asked for his assistance. Kandosii could see the pointed look from Kanaan as if prompting him to begin, he nodded before preparing.

"Malachor was a system where a great war between the Jedi alongside the Republic and Mandalore was fought, this system bore the brunt of numerous offensives, the system itself has never been worth fighting for, its vegetation could barely provide for the planet let alone an Empire's before its doom unlike Uphrades. From my clan's history archives, no clan would have been able to hold it without dedicating a fleet of warships to this sector. As you can see around the planet it has no moon's, I believe these were destroyed in the space battles that ensued, for some reason or another a large portion of the Mandalorian Outer Rim fleet was destroyed here; records from the time showed that our fleet numbered in the hundreds of battle cruisers and that this was one of the last battles of the war if not the last, which leads to a question" Kandosii grimaced had researched the planet, he'd heard the tales just like every young Mandalorian but there was truth in legend.

"Why were your people defending this place so fiercely" Kanaan finished looking thoughtful

"That is something I wish to know, but I fear the answer" Kandosii admitted.

"Maybe they were protecting the knowledge of how to defeat the sith, hey Kanaan if this place is off limits to Jedi why would Master Yoda send us here?" Ezra asked suspicious of the planet.

"I don't know, but I trust Master Yoda, there must be something here for us" Kanaan said

"Yeah something to help us stop the Inquisitors" Ezra spoke firmly but Ahsoka looked hesitant to come to that theory, there must be some sort of lesson to be learned if Master Yoda was still anything like he was back in the Clone Wars.

"Knowledge" Ahsoka voiced her opinion.

"I don't know about you Jedi but something feels off about this place" Kandosii spoke out hoping he wasn't the only one who felt this uneasiness, it was like a dark hand goading him to come forward. it was chilling and not at all pleasant and spooked him but he wasn't going to admit it to the annoying one or any of the Jedi for that matter.

"What's the matter? scared Mandalorian?" Ezra mocked causing Kandosii to clench his fist, the darkness came followed with the chill enveloping his senses trying to invade his very being, his vision began to cloud more dark whispers bouncing around inside his helmet reverberating off the sides of the Beskar becoming harsher and bitter. He shook his head frantically and the voices ceased, he glanced around to see if anyone had seen him act up but was relieved that the Master and apprentice were too busy glaring at each other and Ahsoka was now flying the ship.

"No I sense something too" Kanaan spoke up giving a disapproving glare to his Padawan, he never seemed disciplined but he supposed it was circumstantial, it was Ezra's way of dealing with situations so he didn't question him too often.

"Woah what is that" Ezra pointed to a huge crater on surface, it was huge and was bigger than seven star destroyers in length and could probably fit another five vertically to the bottom. It was not made recently which surprised the Jedi.

"A reminder of the weaponry of old, the detonation seems to have disturbed the very make-up of the planet itself. But it wouldn't make any sense, if you wanted to liberate this planet you wouldn't drop a bomb of this calibre onto the surface… Manda I wouldn't even fire this into a space battle, look at how the energy has been spread to the areas not affected by the initial blast, this type of weapon could decimate an entire fleet!" Kandosii exclaimed.

"Why aren't the Empire making them?" Kanaan asked, weaponry was not his forte and something everyone else on the Ghost left to the resident Mandalorian who made the explosives.

"The nature of the weapon is too unstable it would take them decades with all their resources to even begin testing and well beyond anything like the gravity well generators you encountered, this was designed to fight my people where the Republic could not beat them and I believe a similar device was used in the space battle it's impossible that the republic mounted an offensive that decimated our fleet otherwise" Kandosii explained his theory before looking towards Ezra who snorted in response.

"Why's that? Who was still in power the Republic or your people, it's obvious that you Mandalorians are too arrogant and that's why you lost this planet and ran away" Ezra sneered trying to taunt Kandosii who didn't know why Ezra was acting this way, he'd come here to help his little band of rebels and he was being harassed by a child who barely knew how to hold his own, the warrior inside him wanted nothing more than to put the pathetic Jedi in his place or even end the duse but he bit back that thought and continued otherwise ignoring the Loth-rat, An intense headache was starting to form.

"By looking at this damage it would suggest that the bomb must have been a sort of explosive gravity condensing device, it would be like… like an artificial black hole but much smaller and extremely unstable. In theory when a bomb like this goes off it sucks in the energy created by the explosion from impact and the warhead; only to compress it and release the potential energy outwards in all directions. Whoever was on this planet was lucky that this weapon didn't destroy the planet, this type of weaponry would be extremely unpredictable but you could possibly make this weapon draw objects towards the energy which could cause entire fleets to be pulled together or that a Planet's core simply tear itself apart… Thank the stars this technology is lost, I fear for the Galaxy if this technology re-emerges" Kandosii finished marvelling at the potential for such a weapon he loved delving into weaponry and the lost super weapons when he'd heard of these stories from his father years ago it had excited him that maybe he would re-discover lost technology which could be used for Mandalore but also gravely understood the significance of such a device, no one could be trusted with this weapon definitely not his father of all people.

"Especially to the Empire" Ahsoka added everyone nodding, Kandosii again was not so sure if the Empire was the worst alternative but definitely a close first if not a guaranteed second place.

"The cracks run for miles and there's thousands of them…" Ezra said looking into the distance as they flew over the planet's battered surface, no longer interested in baiting a response from Kandosii due to being reprimanded by Kanaan yet again.

"Millions and I'd bet that the integrity under the planet's surface is even worse, whoever dropped the bomb must really have wanted to destroy this planet but it looks like something or someone stopped it somehow if the weapon was truly capable of destroying Planets" Ahsoka theorised with the others nodding in understanding. Chopper began beeping frantically alerting the others before beeping more towards Ezra.

"A ship? What type?"

"He can't tell" Ezra said dejectedly shaking his head, things were bound to get more complicated than he first thought. Why couldn't they have a mission that went according to the plan with no surprises?

"Track it, let's see who else is interested in this place" Kanaan said

"The signal it's coming from the crater" Ezra pointed towards the unmissable feature on the horizon and the ship began its descent. The crew disembarked from the phantom proceeding towards the fang-like structures that were embedded into the ground, Ahsoka went to examine the markings on the pillar but it proved difficult the writing was incredibly worn most likely from age and the harsh environment.

"It appears to be written in the old tongue" Ahsoka spoke aloud

"Can you read it?" Ezra questioned impatiently

"I can make out the odd word but the markings are too faded to decipher correctly…" Ahsoka went to get up failing to notice Ezra reach forward with his hand, She gave the warning but it was too late.

"EZRA NO" Then they were falling, well the Jedi were falling. Kandosii managed to activate his jetpack and gently flew to the ground beneath the surface, it was when he was coming down that he looked around. His scanners on his helmet were going ballistic detecting weapons notably lightsaber's in the hundreds and not only that but he could see some sort of temple as he reached the Jedi he could hear Kanaan scold Ezra again, seriously if this was a regular occurrence between teacher and leaner it was no wonder both were no match for the inquisitors let alone his saber skills. If they spent more time training they'd rival such Jedi as Mace Windu in personal combat.

"I've seen a temple in the distance in that direction" Kandosii informed pointing towards the temple "Seems to be the only structure still standing. I don't know if my scanners are acting up but.."

"But what?" Kanaan questioned as they began walking towards the temple raising his brow inquisitively towards the Mandalorian.

"There are hundreds of lightsaber's or at least Kyber crystals up ahead" Kandosii explained, he felt the darkness again begin to cloud his mind and the whispers began re-emerged; yes come to us, serve us…like your people…give in…He shook his head and tried to clear his thoughts away from creepy voices, luckily he managed to regain some control before jogging lightly to keep up with the Jedi who had marched on ahead to inspect the clearing to see if his scanners were indeed acting up.

"Woah" Ezra gasped, what lay before them was a battlefield immortalized in stone and ash. Warriors of old petrified in place as if firmly at attention. The facial expressions were far too detailed for any craftsman to create not only were there Sith and Jedi present but Mandalorians; their armour was near archaic in comparison to his but it was of his people's crafting, Kandosii looked up and around the battlefield indeed showing that his sensors weren't malfunctioning. There were lightsaber's all around the statues some were still grasping theirs so whatever did this happened instantaneously, today was full of ancient weapons that Kandosii was beginning to expect that the Planet itself was a weapon. Kanaan went up to one of the petrified Jedi performing a bow of respect.

"This was a battlefield" Kanaan said surprised

"What happened here?" Ezra asked looking towards Ahsoka who was uncertain herself.

"Years ago, Jedi Knights must have attacked the temple"

"But the Jedi won right?"

"From the look of it, nobody did…"

"Mandalorians were present in this battle, though they seem different… none of these warriors bare the marks of their clans or any I recognise... Do you know this symbol?" Kandosii asked Ahsoka who began to make her way towards him.

"Hate to break up this history lesson but we should keep moving…" Kanaan said impatiently.

"These are Sith markings, I've seen the before in the form of tattoos on a Sith"

"Serve us like your people"

"KILL"

"KILL THE JEDI"

"KILL THEM ALL! FALSE SITH AND JEDI KILL THEM"

"Watch out!" Ezra shouted knocking Kanaan out of the way as an Inquisitor jumped out of hiding wielding the classic inquisitor blade.

"3 Jedi and a Mandalorian?" The inquisitor mused confusingly, this was unexpected. A small skirmish began resulting in the inquisitor being knocked back, he fired three bombs towards the crew causing the floor to collapse under Ezra making him fall further into the planets surface. Kanaan panicked before running towards the hole to try and spot Ezra and began shouting, Ezra replied telling them he would catch up causing the three remaining up top to chase after the fleeing Sith.

"I'll chase in the air see if I can't force him to ground" Kandosii jumped off after using his jetpack whilst the Sith was using his lightsaber like a rotor, he was gaining on the sith rapidly reaching for his Westar 38 blaster he quickly fired off three shots causing the Inquisitor back to the ground as he couldn't block the shots whilst flying, Kandosii remained flying above spotting which way he was running then he saw it…

"Guys I've found his ship, I'm heading there now" Kandosii informed

"Chopper is on his way just try and buy the bucket of bolts some time" Kanaan spoke into his communicator still chasing on foot though they were still a ways behind due to their distraction with Ezra.

"Roger that" Kandosii huffed, he didn't much like the annoying C1 astromech he was unpredictable and extremely annoying even for an Astromech but he would listen begrudgingly, they obviously wanted the Inquisitor alive or he would have said to destroy his ship with him inside. He circled around the inquisitor firing shots where it would be difficult to deflect back at him, it was something he'd do to take out an annoyance especially one in the air. The Droid flew past him landing inside the ship and began piloting it. The Inquisitor looked irate and was soon surrounded between the two Jedi, Mandalorian, he went to engage but was blasted to the ground by Chopper in the ship causing the Inquisitor to lose his saber. He was then cuffed by Ahsoka after retrieving some from his ship.

"Sometimes chopper you do it right" Kanaan complimented the droid on a job well done and it seemed to sit well with droid who was spinning his arms around and beeping. A small tug at the end of his mouth appeared on Kandosii's face at the droids' reaction, that was all though. He still hated it… really.

It had been an hour of interrogating the inquisitor and the Jedi weren't making any headway, they wouldn't do what was necessary to make him talk. It was infuritating Kandosii and the voices weren't doing anything to stop this frustration, Make him talk, Make him suffer! It is no better than they deserve! The Sith will lie to the weak Jedi, Break him, For Mandalore! Something inside him snapped and he began walking towards the imprisoned Sith.

"Ahh the force sensitive Mandalorian, I wonder how you are received? Your people hate the Jedi what are you going to do…." He was cut off as he was lifted off the ground in a choke hold by the force. Both Ahsoka and Kanaan were too shocked to even move, this was unlike the Mandalorian who proceeded to walk towards the suspended inquisitor, a frown on his face as he glanced at the Jedi who seemed speechless, didn't they understand? He thought to himself this was the only way to achieve what was necessary, the Sith only understand power and fear; only respect it as they lust for control.

"Tell me what I want to know!" Kandosii shouted at the Inquisitor who grasped frantically at the invisible force in vain, his windpipe sealed shut and if one could see underneath the mask they'd see fear.

"Why are you here?" Kandosii demanded, the Jedi were too compassionate to achieve their necessary goals. The Sith were evil, merciless and cruel how could you hope to obtain information from one by asking nicely. He'd make him talk…yes make him grovel… make them suffer!

"Hunting" the Inquisitor croaked out hoping that confessing would persuade the Jedi to intervene, a basic animalistic urge to survive took over his reluctance to hand information to the rebels.

"But you weren't expecting us?" Ahsoka questioned with narrowed eyes suspicious of the Sith and uneasy with the method of extracting information.

"So what are you hunting?" Kanaan asked causing the Inquisitor to laugh whilst being choked which sounded more like he was swallowing his tongue.

"A shadow…" Kandosii let him drop to the floor before falling to his knees gripping his head harshly, what had he done? He could remember getting angry at the Sith for not talking and then as if someone had placed a veil over his eyes he was blind to his actions, a mere bystander.

"Blast my head hurts, what happened?" Kandosii groaned Kanaan moved over to the downed Mandalorian whilst Ahsoka kept an eye on their prisoner.

"You don't remember? You used the force to choke him, you had this powerful aura resonating off you. I think it's this planet we need to leave as soon as possible. I think it's best if you go back to the ship" Kanaan tried to reason as he doubted either he or Ahsoka could deal with the Sith and a Rogue Mandalorian blade master, Kandosii merely shook his head he was staying with them… he needed information himself about this place, maybe it housed one of those bombs; he wouldn't let it fall into the hands of the Empire he couldn't.

Kandosii shook his head and replied determined "I'm staying with you" Kanaan looked sceptical and was going to voice his thoughts but was silenced when a loud rumbling sound emerged from the temple, the Jedi and Kandosii looked towards the temple momentarily forgetting about their prisoner who stealthily activated a button on his wrist guard more than happily remaining a prisoner to the unsuspecting rebels and Mandalorian.

"Why do I know Ezra is involved" Kanaan sighed rubbing his eyes, Kandosii glanced back towards the inquisitor narrowing his eyes, this Sith wasn't putting up a fight or trying to escape and it didn't sit well with him; He'd keep an eye on the duse personally. He marched over towards the Inquisitor roughly pulling him to his feet before shoving him hard towards the temple, the Sith growled and narrowed his eyes. He'd kill the Mandalorian soon enough.

Time Skip: Maul and Ezra are about to come out of the temple

"What do we do Ahsoka?" Kanaan shouted but another round of voices this time much stronger started to hit Kandosii like waves onto the rocks, he could even see what appeared to be ghosts.

"What are you?" Kandosii whispered to himself

KILL THE JEDI

KILL THE FALSE SITH AND THEIR SERVANTS

KILL KILL KILL

YOUR ANCESTORS COMMAND YOU TO KILL THEM

The voices began chanting in an old forgotten dialogue and a deep green mist began to surround Kandosii, his mental shields were being barraged and broken bit by bit he could only feel pain and it was becoming harder to reject the voices.

SERVE US ONCE MORE ORDO, SERVE US, KILL FOR US….

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Kandosii fell to his knees shaking, it was too much and now his consciousness had been locked away, removed from his body and he found his limbs were no longer obeying what he wanted them to do. Then all of a sudden he rose rigidly standing to attention and began moving towards the Sith calmly before stopping midway.

"Kando, what are you doing?" Ahsoka asked worryingly, the Mandalorian didn't respond only removed his helmet revealing shocking pale green eyes with no emotion displayed upon them.

"All Jedi and false Sith must die, The Galaxy must be run by the true Sith… ALL MUST DIE!" a cursed voice rapt out across the entire area before engaging the Sith, the Jedi made their way to help but were then turned on… Kandosii was screaming trying to fight his way back in control he didn't want to hurt his friends but as if the possessing Force Ghost could hear his thoughts he began attacking Kanaan whilst fending off two of the inquisitors, he knew the Ghost could beat Kanaan just by using his martial ability let alone what the Ghost had learnt in his thousands of years. The more he tried to fight back the more he was repulsed locked in a circle of fear and helplessness. Kanaan was kicked back into the stone doorframe when it suddenly opened.

Out emerged Darth Maul and Ezra Bridger, the Inquisitors backed away from the Mandalorian and looked at the lost rogue agent of the Emperor, a great prize awaited if they slew him.

"The Shadow" after a brief pause they began fighting around the Mandalorian again who erratically kept switch targets between all of the Jedi and Sith, no one was safe and eventually the Inquisitors pulled back with the possessed Mandalorian giving chase leaving Maul and the Rebels alone.

"We must reach the top now and retrieve the weapon to destroy the Sith"

"You are a Sith Maul why should we trust you?"

"The Empire has taken everything from me" Maul replied.

Time Skip

They were nearing the top of the temple and had split up, only two inquisitors were left. The fifth brother was dead cleaved in half as he had foolishly turned to fight the crazed Kandosii; the rebels watched in shock at how emotionless the Mandalorian was acting it seemed like bloodlust but the dark energy emitting from him spoke otherwise to the experienced force users. He was being affected by the dark temple or a force ghost but neither had experience dealing with force possessions, Ahsoka knew first hand what it was like to be under the influence of the brother and it was not pleasant being a prisoner in your own mind. She could only guess at how the Mandalorian was dealing with this.

"We should split up before the Inquisitors escape him and he turns his attention onto us along with the probability that the Inquisitors have no doubt reported their findings to their master, I'll take the boy you two go to the other lift on the opposite side of the temple" Maul suggested slyly.

"I bet that's what you would want isn't it" Kanaan stated unhappy that the Former Sith Lord wanted to take his Padawan, not on his watch he thought.

"It's okay Kanaan I've got this" Ezra replied before the situation escalated, the two looked about ready to fight each other but with two inquisitors, a crazed Mandalorian and kriff knows what down in the Planet's under surface they didn't need to be fighting each other.

Time skip –(after Kanaan is attacked by Maul and Maul killing the seventh sister)

The boy was on top nearing the Holocron when Darth Vader entered the temple on top of his Advanced TIE Fighter, he began fighting the young Jedi quickly overcoming him and destroying his Lightsaber. He neared the now defenceless Jedi ready to strike another one down, he heard a screech before turning meeting the Bounty Hunter he had hired to take down these rebels, though something seemed different. He managed to raise his Lightsaber to block a downwards strike which had been aimed for his head.

"YOU MUST DIE FALSE SITH" It screeched loudly the sound reverberating around the temple walls and ceiling.

"THE TRUE SITH WILL RISE AGAIN THROUGH THIS SERVANT, I DARTH SHAKAR SHALL RULE THE GALAXY ONCE MORE!" the force ghost had revealed himself and re initiated the engagement, a dance of blades began. Vader began mercilessly swinging attempting to overpower the possessed Mandalorian though Kandosii didn't stop or waver and met blow after blow before beginning to push back the Sith Lord. Both blades of Kandosii's became whirs in the air near impossible to discern from another except for the black cored saber, Vader parried a form V move set and began another advance both combatants a match for another. Vader's saber came down causing Kandosii to raise his guard to prevent being cleaved in half, the force ghost caught the blade but needed fuel to carry on fighting; throughout the skirmish Kandosii had been fighting the hold using negative emotions such as fear and anger which in turn reverted to hold becoming stronger, now his resistance and the mortal form were becoming weak as he grew fatigued. Shakar let the blade slip further until Vader's saber met the flesh just shy of Kandosii's right eye burning all the way to his chin. Kandosii let out a scream and Shakar had what he needed, refuelled he retook the initiative unleashing powerful flurries slowly breaking through Vader's impressive guard before finally landing a slash which caught the life support systems on his suit and cut open the left side of his mask revealing the face of Anakin Skywalker. He raised his blade as Vader fell back onto the floor grinning with delight before bringing the saber down.

However his victory was short lived, a powerful force push projected Kandosii and Shakar into the Phantom where Kanaan immediately held the Mandalorian down, he looked back towards Vader where a Togruta stood a few feet away glancing at Vader.

"Ahsoka come on!" Kanaan shouted out as he struggled to subdue Kandosii.

"Go this is my destiny, get off world!" Ahsoka turned around as the temple closed around them, with no choice Chopper flew the phantom off into space leaving the former Jedi with Vader

Ahsoka force pulled the walls shut to stop Vader from pursuing before she heard the laboured mechanical breathing, it drew her attention back to Anakin.

"Ahsoka…" The voice was a cross as if the darkness and light had mixed with elements of his former voice and the dark mechanical monstrosity in which he had become were present, he turned his head and she could see him, her old master.

"I won't leave you, not this time" she said defiantly

"Then you will die" They began fighting until the temple exploded, Vader emerged wounded and scarred with Ahsoka descending into the temple.

"Go back to the temple go back no!" The Voice left as soon as they made the jump to hyperspace a force apparition was torn out of the Mandalorian and with that Kandosii regained control of his body dropping to his knees inhaling deeply, he was breathless. He felt sick, he had attacked his allies hunted without remorse and slew without thought and he was too weak to stop it.

"Forgive me..." Kandosii said while he sat in the back with his head between his legs all the way, great guilt as they had lost Ahsoka and it was because of him.

Chapter Finished

I know this has taken me far longer than planned, I've had 3/5ths of this story written since January and I just havent had time to sit down and work on it unfortunately anyways I hope this is sates you guys and girls any questions don't hesitate to ask and feel free to drop a follow fav or a review and thank you very much for viewing the story