Sorry I havent updated in a while. I was sooooo busy studying for finals and trying to spend last minute time with a friend who I won't see anymore. Anyways, Bess Cullen is back in business. This chapter is long.
Chapter 9:
Angelious's POV
I was getting a key card to open the bridge door so I could leave, but then a hooded figure appeared at the corner of my eye. I was amazed to find out the hooded figure was Darth Sidious. At first, I thought it was a fake, but it turns out he was alive and well. "Master Sidious, is that you?" The hooded figure didn't say anything. But finally he began to speak; only not to me surprisingly. He began talking to a commander droid. He acted like I was not there, like I didn't ever exist. Finally I got his attention by showing my new apprentice, Darth Wroth, to him. "Lord Angelious, you have done well."
Several hours later
Angelious's POV
After many hours of watching him, Darth Sidious concluded that Darth Wroth was ready to face his first test alone. We all left the room and Darth Wroth left me with Sidious. "My lord, do you really think he is worthy of becoming a Sith?"
"I have assurances if the apprentice can teach the master the ways of the force he is more than ready."
"Do you think he knew you would return?" "Nobody knew. If I had wanted anyone to know, I would have told you."
"Do you trust him to actually complete his mission and confront Skywalker?"
"I would expect him to know he was trained by a wise master who trained with a very powerful master." "I trust he will succeed."
"Remember Darth Angelious, your apprentice must not forget that he cannot rush into battles. He must have patience." We stopped talking and I left to go to my quarters.
Ashoka's POV
Anakin freed us from the cell and we quickly raced to the landing bay. We were alarmed when we heard a series of rumbles. Eventually we discovered the noises were the cannon fire of republic cruisers. We traveled through many halls and corridors. We made it to the landing bay just in time to see the transport land softly on the ground. We scrambled to get on board when we found out they sent security droids. The ship took off and we contacted Admiral Yularen. "Senator Amidala, you must leave for Coruscant. You can't land on this ship in the midst of a battle." Padme interrupted him and they carried on in a debate. I left the communication room and went to the cockpit. Anakin was dodging laser fire and ordered four troopers to man the guns. He was so distracted that he turned back just in time to see a proton torpedo hit the ship's side. The ship rocked violently as Commander Bly took a seat next to Anakin. Commander Bly was pressing buttons and pulling handles on numerous control panels. Anakin was busy steering the ship away from the separatist fleet. The ship entered the Alderaan orbit as transmissions with Admiral Yularen were cut off because of tremendous interference. We all braced for impact as the ship came down in flames like a meteor. The ship crashed and bounced off the grassy plain. In the cockpit, several alarms were blaring. "R2 shut down the engines." *Beep blip bloop.* The cockpit ripped free from the rest of the ship and flipped over numerous times. Anakin ordered all of us to jump out. We followed his order and all leaped out of the enflamed cockpit. We landed on the grass with a thud.
Anakin's POV
I quickly jumped to my feet and ordered Ashoka to look for 3PO. Then, I ran to the rest of the ship. A couple clones followed. I walked inside and found two clone gunners lying on the ground lifelessly. I progressed through debris searching for survivors. I made my way to the engine room and saw the rest of the crew. Six of the thirteen clones survived. Finally, I found the communication room. "Sir, there's the senator." I looked over in the corner and saw Padme pinned by a crate. "Trooper, get this crate off her." "Sir, yes sir!" Obi-Wan came in the room and pulled me aside. "Anakin, I have done a full observation and we can't repair the communication radio in a decent amount of time. The troopers combined strength finally lifted the large crate. Padme got up and walked out with us.
Later That Evening
Anakin's POV
Us survivors set up a camp near a stream. We set up a medical tent for Padme, who had suffered a broken hand and three minor scratches. Unfortunately, we did not have many supplies left and had to sleep in the remains of the ruined ship. I quietly entered the medical tent as the medical droid finished wrapping a cast around Padme's hand, and then exited the tent. I helped her up and we left to the ship. After I took Padme to the ship, I left to collect water from the stream. When I got there, I met a local who lived near where we crashed. He explained that town was not far from the stream. I saw a faint light from our ship. The local left and I was alone. I began to meditate and I thought about what I would do tomorrow. Suddenly Padme approached me. "Ani, what's troubling you?"
"Nothing I just… Do you think Sidious wants to turn me back to the dark side?"
"Ani, if he wanted to find you he would be here by now." We both left to the ship.
The Next Morning
Anakin's POV
We all got up early so we could make it to town by afternoon. We set away on our journey to the city. It was a hard trip because there were separatist patrols all over. But we eventually made it to the city. We ended up going without the clones into the city and disguised ourselves as locals. We went to visit Bail Organa's wife, Queen Breha. And she told us that there was a separatist shuttle across the city. We made it to the shuttle in no time. But the problem was there were droid patrols all over the planet's city. Once we acquired the shuttle we went to go pick up the clone troopers. We got the clones location, (Which was right outside the city by the way.) But I could tell something bad was going to happen because Commander Bly kept scanning the city with some electro binoculars. Apparently Darth Wroth was in charge of this separatist operation. And when we were about to leave, he attacked us. There were droid fighters following us. We had to make the hyperjump while we were still in the orbit. But…I suppose that's what you get when you steal a Separatist shuttle.
Later in Coruscant: Chancellor's office
Padme's POV
We finally made it back to Coruscant and were discussing what to do next. "Chancellor Valorum, we have seen live proof that Darth Sidious is alive. His apprentice, Darth Angelious, has a new apprentice Darth Wroth." The discussion didn't carry on much longer due to a couple of interruptions, Chancellor Valorum finally left. Anakin and I raced home. We were both desperate to see Luke and Leia because we only planned to be away for a couple of hours and we ended up being gone for four days. We got home to be greeted by Luke and Leia. We went inside and Luke and Leia went to bed because it was their bedtime. Anakin and I went to bed also. Because it's not every day that you crash a ship into a planet you know.
Later that night
Padme's POV
I awoke to the sound of the wind. I got up, closed the window and got back in bed. Of course I was only half awake so I didn't realize that Anakin was not in the bed. I waited… and waited… and waited and finally he came back "Ani, where were you?"
"I was outside."
"What were you doing?"
"Have you ever felt there was another part to you that you did not know about?"
"No I have not. Why do you ask?"
"Because I think my inner self was revealed when I was Sidious's apprentice. Padme… this may not sound believable coming from a Jedi but for the first time in my life, I don't know where to go or what to do." "Ani, Sidious doesn't have the power to face you alone."
"Yes but Angelious and Wroth do."
"I don't understand how could Sidious not have enough power to face you but Angelious and Wroth's combined power do? Wouldn't Sidious still outrank them by far?"
"That still remains to be seen. Nobody knows why that is so."
"Ani, I know you are too powerful to easily fall to Sidious. I won't let anything bad happen to you."
"How can you do that? I do not mean to insult you, but you cannot protect me from Sidious."
"Yes, but Sidious wouldn't kill you. You are more powerful than Angelious; Sidious would do anything to get you as his apprentice again."
"Could we please stop talking about Sidious? Just the thought of him makes my skin crawl." Just then Anakin's comlink beeped. It turns out that Sidious had sent the fleet of ships to Coruscant and was now beginning to attack. He quickly left the apartment. But I was kind of disappointed when I discovered that he was loud enough to wake Luke up. I put him back to bed and since I was already wide awake now I went on the Holonet. There was not much to read online. I laid down in bed and went to sleep.
The Next Day
I walked into the kitchen and saw Luke eating and Anakin gathering his things before he left "Where is Leia?" Anakin replied "Oh, I thought she was getting ready for school. I forgot she had to leave early." Soon Anakin and Luke left and I was all alone. I did not have to go to the Senate until later. So I started to clean the house up. When I started to clean Luke's room, I noticed he left a note. Mom, I am going home with Jjeck today. I will be home at about 7:00. I continued to clean the house. I left for the Senate building. When I arrived, there were not many people there. Instead, I was greeted by Commander Fox and Commander Bly. "Commander what's going on?"
"Well… we think we spotted spies last night. If they were separatist spies, the droids would for sure know we were here." Just then Commander Fox's squad marched up behind him. He left with them. Commander Bly wandered off back to a gunship. I went inside the Senate to find a pair of Jedi investigating. But they were not just any Jedi. They were Obi-wan and Anakin. I guess Anakin pretended not to notice me because he just walked away with Obi-wan.
Later
Anakin's POV
Obi-wan and I were walking out. We prepared to leave when a large shadow loomed overhead. And it was not just one, but about twenty separatist Lucrehulk starships. And before you knew it, they already began to land their tanks and infantry. Obi-wan and I drew our lightsabers when we saw battle droids marching into the Senate. We ignited our lightsabers, destroyed droids, destroyed more droids, and then finished off squad 1. But that was just the beginning; the starships must have been monitoring the droids progress because they began to fire ALL of their cannons. Considering how many cannons were attached to the starships, the odds of surviving were 346,789 to 1. Obi-Wan and I darted into the Senate building and evacuated everyone, even the clones. I ran up to the turbolift and made my way up to the floor where the senators were located. I had to get everyone out. It was a Jedi's duty to protect everyone. The building rocked violently. "COME ON! LETS MOVE IT GET OUT OF HERE!" In the midst of all of it, Padme found us. "Anakin what's going on?"
"The whole building is being invaded. Just follow all the people to the exit."
Meanwhile
Darth Angelious's POV
I watched the ship slowly hover over the city while I was also watching the pilot droids fly the ship. "Commander, finish that building off."
"Roger roger!" The ship began to rock slightly and the droids continued to press buttons on their little touch screens. I sat down at a control panel and started to contact Darth Sidious, when republic cruisers arrived. "The republic fleet is here. We are outgunned. Get us out of here." All the Lucrehulk starships fled into hyperspace. The battle droid commander approached me. "Darth Angelious, the republic fleet on Coruscant was lead by Master Yoda. I advise caution if we are to attack again."
"Commander, we have to now take orders from Mater Sidious. We have to find out his plan of action."
"In any case, we must keep this fleet intact. Any plan that is more than capable is welcome."
Later
Anakin's POV
The remains of the Senate had to be reconstructed. So Padme and I went home. When we arrived, we were once again greeted by Luke and Leia. Padme took them to training. I would not be able to come with them due to a meeting at the Council.
Later at the Council
I walked into the room of which Master Yoda was sitting on a little stool, meditating. "Skywalker, troubled you are, why?"
"Master Yoda, you are aware that that Darth Sidious has returned. I can't fight him again. I am too weak to face him. He will continue to search for me."
"Hmm, troubled you are indeed." He began to walk out "Wait Master where do I go next?" Yoda just pretended not to hear me. Finally he turned around "If a new mission you seek, your senses you must use." Yoda exited the room as the door closed behind him. I sat down on a stool and my thoughts sank deep inside of me. I was so concentrated that I did not notice Obi-wan enter the room. I opened my eyes and stood up. "Anakin, I do believe you might want to come with me."
"Of course. Master where are we going?" He did not answer, perhaps Yoda was teaching Obi-Wan stubbornness. He led me outside "Anakin, Darth Angelious has returned to Coruscant. My guess is he wants revenge on the one who kept his master from him a.k.a. you. As long as you are here, you are endangering your children, the Jedi and Padme. The rest is for you to figure out." Obi-wan went back inside. I turned to see the sun set (which I don't do much.)
That Night
Angelious's POV
I flew my fighter to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, assuming Skywalker was still there. But after I did a full geo scan on the Temple, it appeared that Skywalker was not on the premises. I flew my fighter to his apartment. There were no guards, aside from Coruscant being a peaceful planet, I had expected Skywalker to be alerted to my presence. Where could he have gone?
I've already got chapter 10 started. So far it is good. Anyways, finals are over and summer is here. Please help me welcome it with a review or two
~*Bess Cullen*~