A/N "we get notifications when a story is updated."
Apparently you don't, if you did you would have realized that chapter thirteen went from a note, to an actual chapter, you get notifications for new chapters, not for chapters that get changed. At least that is what it seems like. Go to the previous chapter to find out what happened or you will be left wondering what's happening, it isn't very action oriented, it's kind of short, and even though I said I put my best effort into it, I'm not very happy with how it turned out, but it sets up what happens in this chapter fairly well, and while it isn't as entertaining, it's a decent transition and filler for this one.
Also, I have said that battle droids are no longer idiots, they are now actual soldiers, and can fight, and are honestly pretty bad ass, I hope that throughout this story you will see them as people, with their own personalities, and as skilled troops, instead of slapstick comedy and cannon fodder, you will see just what they are capable of next chapter, more specifically, Sparky. I hope you enjoy what the B1 battle droids and their counterparts have turned into.
As always please leave a review! And with that out of the way, on to the fic!
C.C. and the figure stood off against each other, neither moving an inch, until the cloaked assailant dashed forward and slashed downward with his red blade, only for C.C. to counter with a steady block, using her own blade, and pushed back.
"All of you go, this one is mine!"
The hundreds of troops in the hangar obeyed, and while Lelouch., along with the other veterans and officers didn't like it, they left as well, moving on to carry out their objectives, weather it was part of the three main groups, or being a distraction to the stations defenses to lighten the load on the main parties, the 6 bipedal walkers hammered away at the blast doors around the hangar, their twin linked heavy plasma cannons made short work of them, before the troops flooded through.
Lelouch and Sparky ran down the main hall, over 600 storm troopers, clones, and battle droids of varying classes ran after them, and instantly encountered resistance, out of nowhere, dozens of HK-50 model droids materialized from seemingly nothing and fired away at them as they began to block the main hall.
Lelouch brought his sabers forward, and slashed at them with lightning speed, while deflecting blaster bolts with cat like reflexes. His troops fired with their blaster rifles, but it wasn't as easy to kill them as one might think...
"They have personal energy shields!" Sparky shouted over the sounds of combat, he fried with his pistol, while using his vibro knife in a backwards grip, stabbing them through their chests and cutting off limbs. The advance was slow, but as a result casualties where minimal. By the time they reached a room near the control center, they had only lost two platoons worth of troops, while that was normally a high casualty rate, it was low considering they where battling HK droids with personal shielding.
The room they entered was some sort of large recreational area, most likely for whatever organic crew members the station holds at one point or another, it was also a mess hall of sorts, with many metal tables and benches.
"Sparky, what lays ahead is for me to deal with, and me alone, stay here, and hold out as long as you can."
"... Yes sir, good luck."
Lelouch ran out of the only other door in the room, heading for the command center.
Sparky turned to face his troops. "Seal off those blast doors, and set up some cover, prepare to defend this location at all costs!"
His com link beeped, signaling that someone was trying to contact him. He answered.
"What is it?"
"Sir, this is the acting captain of the Gawain, the enemy fleet is launching boarding parties straight at the station, we will hold them off as long as we can!"
"Affirmative, I wish you the best."
His men set out to prepare for the enemy to come and re take the area, it was only a matter of time, they made make shift cover out of tables, machinery, and everything else that wasn't attached to the floor. After that they waited, crouching down behind their defenses, and pointing their blasters at the main door.
I took only seconds for a thunderous march of metal meeting metal to make its way to them, they all said their prayers, and prepared to squeeze the trigger.
Then, just as suddenly as it began, the noise stopped, it was close, very close, and then it was gone.
Sparky was the only one standing out in the open, holding a single pistol out, aiming it at the blast doors.
"HOLD STEADY, WE WILL WIN OR WE WILL DIE, AIM TRUE AND DON'T STOP SHOOTING UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF AMMO, ALL HAIL THE IMPERIUM, ALL HAIL LELOUCH!" He screamed his order as if it where a commandment of god.
"ALL HAIL LELOUCH!" The small army replied.
Sparks began to fall from the doors magnetic locks, the distinct sound of a fusion cutter melting durasteel sounded throughout the room.
"Steady!"
The troops steadily aimed down the sights of their weapons, several of them holding pistols as they primed grenades.
The door groaned as it strained to stay intact. They where almost through.
"STEADY!"
The door couldn't take the pressure anymore, and sprang open, revealing an equally sized army of HK-50 drones.
"FIRE AT WILL!"
Sparky fired the first shot, aiming for the head of the lead droid...
POV SWITCH LELOUCH
He felt it, his crew was scared, his personal star destroyer was under assault, and they wouldn't be around much longer... he hoped their death would be quick and painless, and that they would be in a better place, as he walked down several thin hallways and corridors, making a bee line for the observation deck. His opponent was near... he could feel it, but it was more than that, he felt something wrong with the force, it wasn't the dark side, though it was associated with evil, the dark side was not inherently bad, it was a stereotype, this wasn't the dark, this was pure chaos and destruction, a wound in the force that sucked out the life blood of all living things in its grasp, he was getting weaker by the second, but pressed on.
He made it to a blast door, he was about to force it open, but it didn't try to keep him out, and he passed through. He looked around, it had the same look as the rest of the station, a dreary, dark, rust red and brown, he could see his star destroyer outside one of the view ports in front of him. A single Harrower star destroyer was blasting away with its guns, tearing it's shields down, after its shields where beaten down the enemy ship concentrated it's power on the ships midsection, it took a ferocious pounding for over thirty seconds of unrestrained plasma cannon fire, the hull was raked with explosions, and eventually the ship went down, the destroyer was torn in two, as it was sawed in half by the enemy ship.
"Beautiful, isn't it, the death, the pain, it has always been intoxicating."
Lelouch sprang into action, bringing his lightsabers into his hands as he looked for the one who spoke, the voice seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere, even in his own head. The deep, unnatural rumble vibrated throughout the room and his very being, causing him to get goose bumps.
A cloaked figure jumped down from the catwalk above, landing in front of him, the adversary faced the view port, and slowly turned without making any noise whatsoever, like a phantom, the figure was tall and imposing, but the cloak seemed to cover his entire body. Lelouch felt wrong, his head was pounding, he could hardly stand, he was working up a cold sweat and breathing heavily.
Then he, or rather, it, turned, and Lelouch felt his body freeze, numb, as his blood ran cold from the sight before him. Only one distinguishable feature lay before him, a mask on the ghostly figure, bone white, with a pair of red markings like bloody tears near the pitch black eye sockets.
'It can't be, the Jedi destroyed him thousands of years ago!'
"All life exists to serve me, for I am death incarnate, I am the destroyer of planets and stars and the bringer of chaos...
I... am Darth Nihilus." The figure spoke to him more directly this time.
"I don't care who you are, I will end you here and now!"
Lelouch sprang forward, slashing with his lightsabers, but no matter how hard, or fast he swung, he couldn't hit the malevolent entity before him.
"Pathetic."
Lelouch found his sabers clashing with a single, long, red blade. Then, faster than the human eye could comprehend, the blade pulled back and struck, and he was sent flying.
He crashed against the cold metal floor several feet away... he tried to use his hands to stand up, but found only pain in one of them, and complete lack of responsiveness. He brought up his left arm... and he stared in pain, fear, and shock...
His arm was gone, severed at the elbow, a smoldering black stub of seared flesh remained...
He was suddenly lifted from the ground, he struggled to breathe as an invisible hand slowly began to crush his wind pipe, his remaining hand dropped it's saber and held his throat, as if trying to pry off whatever was strangling him.
"You are weak..."
His body was flung into a council, smashing it, and he was electrocuted with thousands of volts of power, lightning sprang from the council and enveloped him, causing him to twitch and spasm in agony, his back arched in an unnatural angle, his breath had left him, and the force was filled with his silent screams.
"An insect..."
He was flung to the other side of the room, planted into the wall, dozens of bones shattering from the impact and muscles tearing.
"And the only thing I do with insects..."
Lelouch was brought back into the middle of the room. And the ancient sith squeezed, hard...
"IS CRUSH THEM!"
His rib cage was pulverized, the bones priced his internal organs, the liver...
Lelouch felt his body slowly shut down.
The lungs...
His vision left him, Blood leaked from his eyes.
The stomach...
Blood trailed from his nose, and flooded out of his mouth.
The heart...
He was released, he landed on his knees, and then slowly fell backwards, his eyes dilated, then stopped...
Lelouch VI Brittania, was dead...
A/N cliffhanger for the win! Some of you pricks deserve this for hating on my story for no reason! How do you like them apples assholes!?