Hey everyone! Welcome back for another new chapter of The Assassin: The Shadow of Desric! Happy Black Friday everyone! I hope you're all enjoying this fine day!
On the last chapter, the rebels made their attack on Iziz's power generators forcing Rash to call Count Dooku for reinforcements. But instead of getting more droids, he got something far more terrifying than droids. He got Desric. With Desric using Rash as his puppet, the rebels will soon understand that there are things worse than death. Star Wars is owned by Disney while I just own my OCs. Alright everyone let's see what happens now!
Days Gone By
Iziz
A couple of days have passed since the rebels launched their attack on the power generators and ever since the attack the rebels have been far more active. With Steela acting as the rebels' leader, she had ordered her rebels to launch several offensive attacks throughout the city in order to eliminate the remainder of all the droids in the city. And while she was ordering her rebels, Aaron was ordering his team to monitor all of the rebels' activities.
In a small market located in the city a hooded figure is scene walking by the market. Under the hood, the figure is soon revealed that it is Lux who is walking around the market while avoiding any droids that walk by the area. He walks by a small crate and soon places a small device on top of it and soon here's the device give off several small beeping noises before leaving the market.
Several blocks away from Lux's position, Ahsoka is seen wearing her Jedi cloak while also pushing a small crate down a crowded ally. She also pulls out a similar device Lux had, before placing the small device on top of a dumpster before continuing to walk down the ally. As she walks down the ally she sees another hooded figure walking in her direction. She looks up and sees that it is Aaron wearing a black cloak over his head.
As the two approach each other, the two friends do not make any eye contact with each other while they slowly walk past each other. "We're good?"
"Yeah. We're good." Ahsoka said to Aaron without even looking at his face so that they wouldn't seem suspicious.
Across the city, dozens of droids are marching down the city streets while an MTT and a tank follow them on their patrol. However at the corner of their mechanical eyes, Saw is seen wearing a dark brown cloak over his head. He pulls out his communicator and contacts Steela. "It looks like more reinforcements are entering the city. A small droid convoy leading a MTT into the city, and a tank coming from the rear."
"Copy that." Steela replied on her wrist comm.
Across from where Saw was located, Steela is seen hiding on top of the rooftops that overlooked the streets of Iziz. This was the perfect spot for a sniper. After she looks at the small droid convy, she looks back at four of her rebels and signals them to initiate the next part of their plan.
In an instant, each and every rebel screamed at the top of ther lungs before unleashing a storm of bullets onto the droids below them. While some rebels were firing at the droids on the ground, Steela was aiming her rifle at the droids piloting the tank. She pulls the trigger and shoots both of the droids inside the tank.
Once the droids were aware of the attack, they immediately began returning fire. However they were too late, for one of the rebels managed to throw a grenade at them. "It's an ambush! We need-" BOOM! Before any of the droids could call for back up, the grenade detonates above them, destroying them all.
After the grenade took out the droids, the MTT soon releases several super battle droids onto the streets. But even they were destroyed when the rebels fired each droid before they could be deployed off the MTT.
As the fight continued on, the tank was still operational when one of the droids jumped into the war machine and aimed its large cannon at Steela and the rebels on the rooftop. However Saw sees this happening in front of him and he soon takes action when he decides to run behind the tank while blasting several droids in his path.
He soon jumps onto the tank and throws a coupe of grenades inside while also blast the tank's new pilots. He then quickly jumps off the tank before the large machine is quickly engulfed in a large explosion.
With the tank, the MTT and all the droids destroyed, the people of Iziz watch these rebels destroy the machines. All are in fear of these dangerous people but Steela climbs down the roof andjumps onto the destroyed MTT. "Do not be afraid brothers and sisters! We mean you no harm!" She said to the people before she pressed a small button on her wrist.
Across the city, Aaron, Ahsoka and Lux are seen meeting in a small ally when they hear their wrist comms go off. They knew it was time. They each press their wrist comms before several holograms of Steela are projected in different parts of the city. The people of Iziz are all surprised when they see this young woman speak against the Separatists. "People of Onderon the time has come to take back our freedom. We have all been deceived! King Rash is a traitor who sold Onderon to the Separatists for the Crown. But Onderon is ours. We need your strength to reclaim our planet and restore Onderon for our true king. King Dendup" When Steela spoke of Dendup, the crowd of people gasped as they found out that their king was still alive.
Unifar Temple: Throne Room
As the rebels continued their campaign to get rid of Rash and the droids, a storm was approaching as the skies were growing more dark and the thunder began to blast throughout the sky. But while the rebels were making great progress, Rash grew furious.
Inside the throne room of the Unifar Temple, Desric is scene sitting on the throne while Rash informs him about the rebels, and an elderly man with short grey hair and a grey mustache stands before him. "The terrorists are no longer a nuisance but a threat to Onderon."
"Do not worry Rash. It is only a matter of time before they are dead." Desric said in his new horrific robotic voice.
"Really?!" Rash asked in anger. "How much longer they punge this city into chaos?!"
"It seems they are only targeting the droid army." The elderly man said. "If you allow the royal Onderon militia to assume control of security the terrorist may stop and discuss terms."
"You will assume nothing General Tandin." Desric said. "With their coordinated attacks and lethal weapons it is possible that they're finding sympathy within your own ranks."
"The threat is external and your reinforcements have done little to stop them."
"That is where you are wrong General." Desric stated. "You see…you lack imagination. While the terrorists were attacking several tanks and convoys across the city, my personal assassins were busy watching their every movement while also bringing in more droids and assassins into the city, undetected. We will not negotiate with these terrorists. If they are inside the city we will draw them out. And if they are outside, we must draw them in. We will squeeze Iziz until these rebels are found and destroyed."
After Desric told Tandin and Rash about his methods, Rash speaks up about the rebels. "What else do we know about them?"
Tandin signals a small astro-droid to come forward before displaying a hologram in front of the three men. "We've identified Steela Gerrera as the woman in the hologram. Her brother Saw is also part of the group as well as the fugitive criminal Lux Bonteri."
"Bonteri?" Desric asked. "Do you mean the late Mina Bonteri's son?"
"Yes my lord." Tandin said.
"Why was I not told of this?!" Rash asked.
"You just were." Desric said.
"It seems that Dendup is behind all of this." Rash stated. "We mustn't allow any of his followers momentum!"
When Rash spoke up, Desric get's off the throne and shows the two men his size. They were stunned to see that Desric stood over both Rash and Tandin. While Tandin showed no fear, Rash did not want to even look at this horrific figure.
Acting as the dominant figure in the throne room, Desric looks down upon Rash with his glowing red eyes. "Justice will come swiftly without any sign of mercy." Desric said as he placed his hand on Rash's shoulder.
"Bring him in!" Rash said before Desric could do any harm to him.
Suddenly the entrance to the throne room opens, and the three men watch Desric's assassins escort Dendup into the throne room. With his hands cuffed behind his back, the old man slowly walks into the throne room where he sees Desric, Rash and Tandin stand before him. "What now?" Dendup asks.
Desric allows Rash to freely speak against the king. "Your supports have been publically tearing down my reign. Am I still to believe that you are not behind all the attacks?"
"If you are behind the attacks, you must order them to surrender." Desric said.
"Impossible. I have been isolated and alone without visitors, confined to my prison." Dendup said. "Again, the will of the people is theirs not mine."
Rash laughs at Dendups last comment. "Well then we shall see what the will of the people is made of."
Desric then nods his assassins, signaling them to take the fallen king back to his cell. After Dendup left the room, Desric says to Rash, "You do know that with every day he lives his followers grow. With every day that goes by, these terrorists become more defiant. The only way to break them is by taking the thing most precious to them…hope. And now we know what hope means to them. To them hope is Dendup. You're going to announce Dednup's execution tonight. And when it is done, and Dendup is dead…then we will destroy these terrorists."
Safe House
Back at the Rebel's safe house, the storm continues to drown the city in rain while the rebels continue to work at the safe house. Ahsoka and Steela are outside the building where they watch several rebels bring in a few crates inside the house. "Alright guys put them in the back with the rest." Ahsoka said to the rebels.
Suddenly, both Steela and Ahsoka see a rebel run toward the safe house. "They're executing Dendup tomorrow at Yolan Square!"
"Where did you hear this?!" Steela asked, surprised that the Separatists were ready to execute Dendup just as the rebels were malking progress.
"Malgin Morkin, the merchants, the Separatists are saying that Dendup is behind all our attacks."
"More lies." Steela says to herself. "They're making him an example to humiliate us."
"Maybe, but their efforts could work against them." Ahsoka said before the two friends began to walk inside the safe house. "Executing him would only make him a mardor."
Saw hears the two girls speak and decides to step in. "We can't let him die. We have to break him out some how."
"No." Steela said. "We should wait until he's in public. At the execution."
"That's where they'd expect it."
"I know but this will be our moment. We'll save him in front of Iziz." Steela pointed out. "We don't have much time."
"They're counting on us to show up." Saw said before he began to walk out of the safe house.
"Where are you going?!" Steela asked.
"Trust me!"
"Stop!" Steela said aggressively.
Saw stops in his tracks and looks back at Steela. "Let me take care of this!"
"This isn't about you." Steela said.
"We can't afford a reckless move right now." Lux said as he too began to become part of this conversation.
"Yeah…go right a speech about that." Saw said to Lux which only angered him.
"You have to way the risk." Ahsoka added.
"That's why I'm going alone." Saw said before he putted on his cloak and slowly walked into the rain, focused on his new mission.
Steela is not pleased at Saw's decision and looks at the rebel that gave her the news about the execution. "Follow him." Steela said before the rebel nodded her head before she left the safe house to catch up with Saw and monitor him from afar, hoping that Saw would come to his senses. But deep down she knew that Saw was putting everyone's lives at risk. If he were to get captured than he would be risking everything the rebels had achieved.
She also knew that this rescue mission was not about Dendup. Instead this mission was about Saw. Ever sincethis rebellion started he always saw himself as the leader. But after the rebels elected Steela as their official leader, he has been more jealous of his sister than ever before. If he were to rescue Dendup alone, this could help him become more popular than Steela.
But if Saw were to fail, if he failed to rescue Dendup and got himself captured by the droids, than he would be putting his sister's life and every rebel's life in danger.
Alright folks that will be it for this chapter. I was very surprised to see how fast it took me to get this chapter finished and I am pleased on how this one turned out.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I did and I'm sorry that this one was a little short, but the next chapter that I upload will be a little bit more longer.
With Desric making his move on the rebels, what do you think about him so far? He's come a long way since we first saw him in The Journey Of Aaron Carter, and he is more ruthless than ever, and a lot more frightening.
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Well I think that'll be it for today than. I hope to hear from you guys and I can't wait to see you all next time. May the force be with you!