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I am back from my long break with a new chapter in my story, Star Wars: Twins of the Force. I am so sorry for being on hiatus for so long. When we left Cardek, he had saved Kashyyyk from civil war and Freyyr swore a life debt to him, but Necros will throw every world he can into turmoil? What is the next planet Necros will deceive? What will Cardek do to stop this? And what will next order be? All the answers are in this chapter of the story, so please read, enjoy, and review.
Star Wars: Twins of the Force
The Strike of the Raven
It has been months since they were able to save Kashyyyk. Revan left for the Unknown Regions three months after the events, claiming he was trying to stop the True Sith, taking HK-47, T3-M4, and the Ebon Hawk with him. Everyone was completely shocked he left just like that.
The one who took it the hardest was Bastila. She was in love with Revan deeply, and just to see him leave like that devastated her so much that she left them and went to an unknown location. Juhani also left, not believing the man who brought her back to the light left them. Canderous also left because Revan told him to unite the Mandalorian clans as Mandalore in case the True Sith came.
After Revan left, more planets fell into turmoil and chaos. Cardek, Carth, Mission, Freyyr, and Jolee did everything they could to save these worlds. They were able to bring most of the worlds back to peace, but some worlds were too thrown into chaos to listen to reason.
The next world to fall to deception, shockingly, was the peaceful water world of Manaan. There was war about one side of Selkath harboring surviving Sith on the planet, and another side giving away all their secrets to the Republic. Even Manaan wasn't safe from this plague of civil wars over foolish and illogical reasons.
They arrived on Manaan where they were greeted by a Selkath, but a few Selkath jumped them, and they were forced to fight them. They couldn't believe that the once peaceful planet had become like this. Not even the streets were safe. They saw fights between the Selkath. An order called the Order of Shasa tried to intervene but was having no luck.
Cardek and the others tried their best to restore peace to Manaan for weeks, but all their efforts were in vain. Whenever they stepped into a fight to stop it, the Selkath attacked them viciously. Some of the Selkath even tried to kill them in their sleep. And they would have if they weren't caught by patrols.
Cardek had gotten sick of the all this fighting so he secretly sent messages to both sides saying that one side wanted to surrender to the other and to meet in the court room of Ahto City. Cardek was about to end this, once and for all, and he would do what ever it took to do it.
The leaders of the two sides of the Selkath war had shown up in the court room, and when they asked for the other's surrender, they got angry. "You told us you would surrender!" one said. "YOU told us YOU would surrender!" Then the door behind them closed. They were shocked. Then the lights went off and then went back on and Cardek was in the room. "Both of you will sit down and listen to me," he said. And they both did as he said as if they had no reason not to.
"Now tell me," he said, "When did this whole war started?" "Well," one said. "Someone came to Manaan saying he wished to stay here. On that night, he said he found out that a group of Selkath were harboring Sith. And it took us a while to believe him." "Wait!" the other said. "He told us the night after he arrived that you were giving away all our secrets to the Republic for credits!" "What?!" Cardek noticed something was suspicious. "And what happened to him?" he asked. "He… he left before the war started." They knew what had happened.
"Seems you were both deceived by this man," Cardek said. "But… but this isn't possible." "It is and it happened. And it's not the first time. Many other planets have fallen into civil war because of this deception by this man. But now you have the chance to fix it." "You're right," they said. "We will fix this and make Manaan a better place. Thank you for helping us see the truth." "Hey, it's what I do."
When he came back to the hotel they were staying at, he told everyone what he did and they were overjoyed. "Wow, I can't believe you did it!" Mission shouted. "I knew you wouldn't let the Republic, Kedrac," Carth said. "I knew I was coming with someone who could make a difference when I swore my life debt to you," Freyyr said. "Well, it seems you have a way with words it seems," Jolee said. Cardek noticed Nodarc wasn't anywhere, so he said, "I have to go for a while, okay?" He then went to look for Nodarc.
He looked around for him when he heard some voices in a hotel room that sounded like Nodarc. He opened it slightly and couldn't believe what he saw: Nodarc was on the communicator with a Sith Lord. "I'm sorry, master Necros, but Manaan has been returned to peace." "You've failed me again, Ravenstrike. You can't seem to stop those you're traveling with from preventing civil wars." Cardek couldn't believe it. Nodarc was actually a Sith spy named Ravenstrike. Anger was swelling up in him. "That back-stabbing Sith bastard."
"These people you're traveling with are making a mess of my plans. I need you to eliminate them." Both Ravenstrike and Cardek were shocked at this order. "Kill everyone, my lord?" "Kill every last one of them. I don't care how you do it. Just make sure you aren't caught." "Yes, Lord Necros." Cardek was in shock. Ravenstrike was going to kill them. "Not if I have anything to say about it." He then left to prepare for stopping Ravenstrike.
Later that night, with everyone asleep, Ravenstrike snuck into the security room to hotwire the cameras to make sure they won't record him. As he walked back through the courtyard, Cardek was in front of him. "Kedrac, what are you doing up?" "I know that you're a Sith, Ravenstrike." Ravenstrike was shocked at this. "I found out when I saw you talking with that Sith Lord in the room."
"So you know," he said. "But you want to mess with me cause I'm a Sith Apprentice." He then showed his saber to Cardek which was on his belt. But Cardek showed his to Ravenstrike. Ravenstrike found out he was a Jedi. There were no more words between them as they walked towards each other. Ravenstrike and Cardek took out their red and purple sabers and began fighting.
They were as furious as the sun's heat was. Ravenstrike went on the offensive first. He dodged a decapitating shot. Cardek dodged a strike and blocked another. They then locked sabers, moving them around. Ravenstrike struck from behind, but was blocked. They then exchanged blows quickly. Ravenstrike gave a kick ands struck twice, but was once again blocked. They then punched each other hard. Ravenstrike struck, then tried to elbow but was blocked. Cardek tried to strike form behind but was blocked. They continued fighting when Ravenstrike went for a stab, was blocked, and Cardek grabbed his hand and tried to strike at him, but Ravenstrike stopped his hand and was kicked backwards.
Ravenstrike and Cardek still continued to battle when Ravenstrike was kicked back to a wall and dodged a strike. Then they both grabbed the other's hand holding their sabers, and they still continued to fight, though their movements were limited. Ravenstrike broke free of Cardek's grip, and Cardek went for a stab while his hand was still held, but was blocked, and, with successful maneuvering, began using his hand and saber to push Cardek's saber out of his hand. Cardek punched his back a few times, but he didn't budge. He nearly lost grip of his saber when he kicked Ravenstrike's hand, causing him to let go, and then punched him.
They continued fighting as Cardek went for Ravenstrike's head, but he ducked. Ravenstrike did a dirty move when he used saber to throw sparks at Cardek's face, he then locked sabers and pushed Cardek back against a wall. Cardek's lightsaber was an inch from his face when he was able to push it away. Then he dodged a strike, which left a mark on the wall. Ravenstrike pinned Cardek's saber to the wall, and began kicking him, then kicked him up against the wall, and went for a stab, but was dodged. Cardek tried to strike, but Ravenstrike let go of his saber and hit him. It deactivated and fell, and Ravenstrike kicked it back into his hand and struck, but it was dodged. Cardek then kneed him to the wall, and punched him several before slamming his fist to the wall. Ravenstrike struck, but his saber was pinned by Cardek up against the wall, but he tried to push Cardek's head to the saber. He pushed it away in time, and then elbowed Ravenstrike.
They continued fighting when Cardek was thrown into a wall and Ravenstrike smashed his hand with his foot, causing him to drop his saber. He then went for a strike, but was dodged. Ravenstrike kicked Cardek's saber away, and went for a strike, but Cardek caught the hand with the saber, hit Ravenstrike in the face, and used the Force to call back his saber. But Ravenstrike used the Force stop the saber in its tracks. Cardek, realizing what he was doing, head-butted him and had his saber come to him. But Ravenstrike swatted his hand down, letting the saber hit Cardek's face, causing him to let go of his hand. Cardek dodged a few strikes before maneuvering to a position where he was trying to get Ravenstrike's saber from him. He succeeded, but Ravenstrike hit it away. They looked at each other, and then went to use the Force to get their sabers. They did, and then stared at each other.
They walked down the courtyard, still watching each other as they walked. They were gathering the last of their strength for this final assault. They stopped, and, after a while of waiting, charged at each other. They were unrelenting in their assault, despite being exhausted. They locked sabers and Cardek looked into Ravenstrike's eyes with hatred. He broke away and Ravenstrike hit his lightsaber so hard that he lost hold of it and it spun in the air. Cardek grabbed it just in time to block a strike, and did an upward strike. But Ravenstrike dodged it, saw an opening, and cut off Cardek's left mechanical hand. The pain caused him to let go of his saber. Ravenstrike struck at his leg, burning it, causing him to fall to his knees, and for good measure, kicked him, making him fall on the ground on his back.
Ravenstrike looked down on his victim, wondering what he should do to him. Cardek realized he didn't have much time, so he used the Force with his right hand to bring back his saber. But before it could reach him, Ravenstrike stopped it with his foot and sliced off the top of it. He then shoved his lightsaber through Cardek's shoulder, causing him to scream in pain. He thought of killing him, but wanted to see him suffer, to see him in pain.
But it was a mistake not to kill him. He lowered his lightsaber hilt too low, letting Cardek grab it and use his last ounce of strength to kick him away. He then sat up, pulled the red saber out of his shoulder, and threw it at Ravenstrike. It severed his head, right arm, and left part of his chest from the rest of his body, and he fell to the ground dead. Cardek got up, limped toward his body and kicked for good measure. He know knew he was foolish to use anger and hatred against a Sith. He now dedicated to finding a way to control his fury.
Cardek reattached his robotic arm, repaired his saber, and healed his wounds with kolto and the Force before dawn, but not completely. So he hid these wounds away from the others. Everyone in the morning was shocked at seeing Ravenstrike dead. Mission cried from seeing his severed body. Cardek couldn't take seeing Mission crying. It hurt him inside for some reason, so he went back to their ship. Carth and Jolee noticed how he was limping his way back. They decided to keep a closer eye on him.
On Malachor V, Necros had received word Ravenstrike was dead, but he now knew who did it. "Well Cardek, my twin brother, you seem to be interfering with my plans. I guess I will have to deal with you myself."
Cardek has killed Ravenstrike and saved Manaan and the others, but Necros is determined to stop him. What plan will he have to stop Cardek? How will Mission deal with Ravenstrike's death? And what are Cardek's feelings toward Mission? All the answers are revealed in the next chapter, True Feelings Revealed, so I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review.