Chapter 9 – Confrontation with the Dark Lord PART 2

The Firefly soared past another Star Destroyer as TIE fighters fired making the ship violently jolt sending Uiw falling over as R12 rolled out of the living quarters. Uiw lay on the floor as he cried, "R12, where do you think you are going? I need help!"

R12 bleeped back in response as he left the room bound for the hyperdrive motivator.

Hattq sat with Hope in the cockpit as he tactically piloted the ship across the belly of a Star Destroyer.

"Do you have any idea where Jarren might be?" Hope asked in desperation.

"He's not with the fleet, Lord Foxy went looking for him in the rebel base," Hattq replied as the ship was hit again as it hit the side of the Star Destroyer, "Damn it, shields at twenty percent!"

R12 raced down the corridor and into the engine room as he searched frantically for the port to reactivate the hyperdrive. He knew it had been fixed, his data sources obtained from Imperial computers had told him all he needed to know. All he needed to do now was activate it. He drew a metallic arm and inserted it into a port and began to twist.

Warnings flashed in cockpit as another light flashed.

"Incoming transmission, don't accept it Kas," Hope instructed him.

"It's not an Imperial code, this code is unknown," Kas Hattq replied, "I think we should accept."

Hope clicked the button as a cloaked figure emerged as Kas whispered, "Who is that?"

"Hope, don't worry about Jarren, I'll deal with that," Nightshadow instructed, "I'm transmitting coordinates to my fleet, and may the force be with you."

The holoprojector faded away and all that was left was the control panel as a light flashed as the ship rapidly jolted, this was no laser blast. This was the jump to hyperspace.

Jarren, scarred and wounded clenched onto a thin catwalk as he used his strength to regain his balance on the metal walkway and walked towards a processing vane. A light illuminated the end of the corridor. Jarren used the force to pull his lightsaber to his hand ingniting it as Foxy raced around the corner spinning and kicking the boy sending him into a wall. Foxy swung his lightsaber at the wall to miss Jarren who had already begun his retreat up the catwalk.

Jarren defended against the dark lord with furious speed aiming for his already wretched face. Foxy ducked using the force to push the weak child back as he hit his head on a signal conductor. Foxy swung the crimson blade at the conductor, hoping if he took that, he took Jarren's head. In a rush of desperation Jarren used one hand to hang onto the conductor and the other to defend against Foxy.

Foxy violently screamed in anger as he sliced Jarren's arm clean off sending it falling with his blue lightsaber down to the depths of space. Jarren screamed in raw pain as he fell back onto his knees in-front of the superior dark lord.

"You have lost Skywalker," Foxy snarled watching the boy cringe in pain and edge away from the red blade which was at his neck.

"I am not defeated yet, you have not killed me, the Skywalkers never die!" he yelled trying to gain some influence over the situation.

"Oh really, I've killed one before and I know one right know very well!" he replied as Jarren looked down to the depths below in fear, "The destiny of the Skywalker bloodline was to rule the galaxy with an iron fist, I have achieved that though I am ashamed to announce that I am a Skywalker!"

"No!" Jarren yelled edging back as he watched Foxy's blade be absorbed by his black lightsaber hilt, "I will not suffer the same fate as you!"

"It is for your own good!" Foxy yelled, "Join me and we can complete this vow of destiny, we do not need Nightshadow, with our combined strength we can destroy her!"

"Nightshadow is a good person!" Jarren yelled falling back even more stumbling to get up off the floor, "I'll never join you!"

"If you only felt the power of the dark side!" Foxy replied, "Do not continue to be a servant of light, break your chains, and be free!"

Jarren peered down below him again, perhaps only one type of darkness was going to solve the situation, the one far below him.

"Come with me, it is the only way," Foxy instructed as Jarren dropped from the catwalk and flew down into the darkness below as he passed out being choked for air in the sparse vacuum.

Foxy's ship raced from Radr One as a laser from a Star Destroyer pieced the reactor sending shards of asteroid flying in all direction as Jarren's figure fell from a exhaust port and towards a shining spot in the far distance.