Chapter 26: time for war
As nox and obi-wan entered the hidden rages war room as satine took bethany and xalek to mandalore in a shuttle nox slammed his hand on the massive table getting everyone's attention, "ok you nerf herders what intel do we have for this plot?" nox said looking at everyone in the room and anakin says "the chancellor was near the jedi temple last time i spoke to him he said he wanted some clone troopers to test some new star fighters."
"Do we have any information on these star fighters?" nox asks and anakin replies "yes we do one looks a bit like a flying bow tie the other i think i heard one of the pilots call it a 'X wing'" but you know how my boys are like with their toys."
Obi-wan rolls his eyes "anakin we are about to commit high treason and you are joking" obi-wan said slightly disappointed but his spirits were somewhat raised, "just trying to lighten the mood master" anakin said sarcastically and bane looks at anakin and says "where is the chancellor jedi you know where to look" and anakin looks like he is about to slap bane. "If you must know bane he is having them demonstrate their abilities in front of the jedi temple."
"Then an assault on the jedi temple it's then" nox said clapping his hands together and everyone in the room looks at him like he is crazy and they all say at the same time "WHAT?". Nox simply smiles and says "well obviously i do have a plan my droids and the 501st will attack the front of the temple to distract security whilst me and bane go after the chancellor and obi-wan and anakin go plant the bomb in the centre of the temple."
"And me?" ahsoka asks nox wanting to join in on the fun "well your duty is to make sure any loved ones are not near the bomb when it goes off so that means you get to padme and get her off planet and back to naboo" anakin says, "listen to your father ahsoka the thought bomb we have physically regresses any force sensitives that sway too far to the dark or the light anakin, obi-wan, bane and me are in the centre so we won't get affected but you and the children inside padme are not" nox says looking down at the pre made thought bomb on the table, "i understand" ahsoka said giving a small bow and anakin nods back to nox but it was now obi-wan's turn to speak.
"What equipment have you got onboard for such an assault anakin?" obi-wan asks "well we have 200 AT-RTs, 40 AT-TEs, 10 AT-ATs and that's it in terms of ground support but we have about 40 z95 headhunters and even 20 X wings" anakin says smiling, "how did you even get the X wings?" nox wanted to ask but obi-wan sighs and says in his daddy voice that made nox feel small "well you always were the chancellors golden boy"
Nox felt slightly unnerved that his daddy's voice made him want to nuzzle up to obi-wan but he shook that thought from his head he had a war to win "then it's settled we shall send ahsoka in a reconnaissance shuttle ahead of us to do her duty" nox said and everyone nodded in agreement, "how much time will i have?" ahsoka asks "the ship is small and fast so we will give you a couple of hours before we come in and please be careful we don't know if reports of you being with anakin at the battle over the mother machine got to them" nox said and ahsoka bowed and left to go complete her task.
After ahsoka's allotted time passed and the lucrehulk, the hidden rage and the 501st carrier drops out of hyperspace over coruscant nox looked out over the planet below them and looked to a clock on a control panel. "Times up" nox said simply walking out of the control room as out of his vision a small blip which was the shuttle he gave ashoka sped away toward naboo with its precious cargo.
"So how are we getting to the temple?" anakin asks as the je'daii make their way to another fury class interceptor with 4 weird pods attached to the bottom, "well this ship has a droid crew so they will fly us close enough to use these pods so we get dropped in these stealth pods like bombs" nox said and bane, anakin and obi-wan look at him like he was crazy, "nox are you sure?" obi-wan asked concerned, "dad i butchered my way through the jedi temple of yavin 4 i can handle being dropped in one of these" nox said and obi-wan frowned a little and nox felt a little guilty, "well let's just get this done already" bane said boarding the ship and the rest follow.
As the interceptor made its way down to the planet Rex looked at the other 2 cruisers he had control of and looked back at a hologram of 2 tactical droids that both saluted and say "at your command captain Rex."
"Clankers it had to be clankers" rex thought and then boomed out "begin the assault throw everything you have at that temple make it look like you are going after the temple" and both droids salute as all 3 commanders began to launch their resources.
Meanwhile with nox & co:
"Approaching the drop zone" a pilot droid said as they flew closer to the jedi temple and each of the je'daii get into their pods each of them wishing each other luck "if we die nox i am going to kill you" bane said to nox through the communicator making nox laugh, "well bane you still need my knowledge and remember i am more powerful than you" nox said smiling as the ship dropped its payload, each pod cloaking itself so not to be seen as they sped towards the ground and landed each with a silent thud.
"Told you it would work" nox said to bane through the force as they climbed out of their pods and used force mirage to disguise themselves as jedi "of course master jedi" bane said a hint of sarcasm in his voice as they began to make their way towards the demonstration.
Meanwhile with obi-wan:
"Well that was a smoother landing than your piloting" obi-wan says to anakin and anakin says back "i am still a better shot than you" as both je'daii use force cloak to hide their presence as they made their way towards the jedi archives at the very heart of the temple.
Back with nox and bane:
As nox and bane snuck past clone assassins and temple guards as they made their way through the corridors of the jedi temple nox felt something inside of him grow uncomfortable, "you have been using diapers too long" bane echoed to nox through the force "oh shut it i know we can't have a bathroom break il just hold it in" nox echoed back as they turned to a viewing platform where they saw what the new ships were like.
"Now that is a good looking ship" nox said leaning towards bane and pointing towards the X-wing "listen baby you can buy your toys later" bane whispered back "oh a joke never thought you would be capable of joking" nox said as they moved away and towards the chancellors viewing booth.
Back with obi-wan and anakin:
"I wish we didn't have to hide" obi-wan said as they moved through the halls sticking to the shadows and hiding in rooms as they made their way to the library, "well master at least we have not been seen" anakin says and realises some of obi-wan's thoughts are on nox "and nox will be fine he is just like me when it comes to it" anakin adds at the end, obi-wan puts his head in his hands "he is basically a prototype you so i don't know if that is better or worse" obi-wan minorly chuckles out as they hide in a cleaning supply storage room.
As some clone troopers walked by the storage room anakin and obi-wan snuck by them trying to be quiet but they both freeze when they hear a youngling saying "nice to meet you master kenobi and master skywalker."
"Kriff RUN!" anakin says and they both begin to sprint towards the library as nearby clones and temple guards notice them "ANAKIN WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE" obi-wan yelled as they used force speed to go faster through the halls.
Back with nox and bane:
After hearing a clone trooper say through a communicator about anakin and obi-wan nox whispers to bane "I see daddy is having fun" and bane whispers back "well we will be having as much fun in a moment" as they approached a group of clone assassins and senate guards, "i like what they did with the senate guard but purple is more my colour" nox echoed through the force and bane wanted to groan at noxs childishness that he realised must of developed because of the regression.
"Stop state your business" a senate guard said stopping what he thought were 2 jedi "we are here to provide direct bodyguard for the chancellor" bane says looking at the guard firmly, "we are providing protection for the chancellor" the senate guard says looking suspicious and nox walks forward and waves his hand over the group, "we are here to provide protection and it's from the chancellor himself and not on the books" nox says using force persuasion and the guards moved aside with the head of them saying "go ahead."
Back with anakin and obi-wan:
When obi-wan and anakin burst into the library they were presented with a group of jedi temple guards sabers drawn "this is where the fun begins" anakin says as they both draw their sabers and prepare for a fight.
2 of the guards lunge for obi-wan and obi-wan cuts them down in one upward swing anakin was shocked "you are the master of the defence form not the offence form" anakin says "i read noxs holocron on lightsaber combat all 7 forms into 1 defensive form" obi-wan says raising his saber above his head, "show off" anakin says as 4 guards lunge towards him and the two je'daii dodge them with anakin decapitating 2 of them and obi-wan slicing through the heads of the other 2, "ok lets move" obi-wan says as they both get ready to sprint but were blocked by jocasta nu and master yoda.
"You two are in so much trouble" jocasta says putting her hands on her hips "my line that was" yoda says with a smile, "listen we don't want to do this but it's what we have to do" obi-wan says as they turn their lightsabers off "master windu dead by your hands he is" yoda says and anakin nods no, "that was darth nox i saw it with my own eyes" anakin says force pushing more jedi temple guards out of the library.
"The dark side consumed by it you are obi-wan" yoda says stroking his chin "no you are wrong yoda the jedi is corrupted by not by the dark but by the light but they are blinded by the dark that chancellor is the sith lord" obi-wan says, "kenobi what are you talking about?" jocasta says then goes wide eyed "wait where's nox?" jocasta adds in a hurry.
Back with nox:
"Ah master jedi" palpatine says as nox and bane approached causing them to look at each other he just used the force to sense them without being detected "must be near my level of power during the war" nox thought, "oh i am powerful yes please do take a seat" palpatine said gesturing to two seats either side of him and both bane and nox sat down, "so i guess you are here to kill me" palpatine continues "impressive use of force cloak" nox says casually looking at a tie-fighter doing a barrel roll, "thank you master nox i learned from the best" palpatine says and reaches into his pockets causing bane and nox to reach into theirs and suddenly 4 red lightsabers were locked together as the 3 sat in their seats.
Suddenly an explosion sounded as a plasma shell hit the side of the nearby jedi temple causing palpatine to break focus and nox and bane flip over their seats and get into form 2 fighting stances killing the guards around them and dropping the mirage, "oh how i have dreamed of fighting you bane but nox i have dreamed of learning your secrets" palpatine says speeding forward locking lightsabers with nox and bane again, "you can go to kriffin hells" nox growled pulling on both the dark and light to force push palpatine out the window.
"Good one" bane says as they jump after palpatine and all 3 land and slash lightsaber against lightsaber in a dance of red lights and onlookers gasp at what they saw.
"THE JEDI ARE ATTEMPTING TO KILL ME!" palpatine yelled out and nox felt anger surge through his system and bring down a heavy blow down onto palpatine's saber cutting right through the blade screaming "I AM NOT A JEDI!"
Back with obi-wan:
As obi-wan and anakin sped towards nox being chased by jocasta and yoda with their blue and green lightsabers drawn, "NOX!" obi-wan yelled seeing nox and bane locked in a duel with palpatine "LOOK WITH YOUR OWN EYES YODA DON'T BE A BLIND FOOL!" obi-wan yells pointing to the chaos that was unfurling. Yoda took a second to look at the two red sabers palpatine was holding and saw the two figures fighting him "that man who is he?" yoda asks, "that is darth bane" jocasta nu says jaw dropping and obi-wan looked at her confused "how did you know?" obi-wan asks "well she is the protector of the archives master but i think we should just go ahead and plant this bomb" anakin says impatient and runs back towards the archive.
"SKYWALKER WAIT YOU M-" yoda yells stopping when anakin who has the bomb on his back runs out of sight, "i recommend you attempt to evacuate as many jedi as you can" obi-wan says following anakin.
Back with nox:
nox and bane send a surge of darkside energy right into palpatine causing the force alchemy disguise he was wearing to melt away like ice, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" sidious roars a sends a torrent of force lightening at both bane and nox and they both caught the jolts on their sabers, "showing the people what you truly are" nox said sending his own lightening back at palpatine and sending the sith lord flying.
Palpatine got up "you two are distracting me" palpatine said dodging one of banes strikes "no we are trying to kill you" nox said missing sidious by a hair, suddenly palpatine looked alarmed and force jumped into the temple quickly being chased by bane and nox all 3 charging past yoda and jocasta.
"Ok anakin just focus the force onto the bomb and try and keep centred" obi-wan said as anakin planted the bomb in the middle of the library and they both began to channel the force into the bomb the door to the library barricaded.
"Keep up nox" bane shouted as palpatine dodge a swing from bane suddenly nox charged forward with both of his red and yellow lightsabers drawn locking sabers with sidious, suddenly sidious lets out a pulse of darkside energy sending both nox and bane flying across the hall.
"He must be using the dark lotus technique" nox says panting "the what?" bane says getting his breath "it's a technique a dark side user can use to channel the opponents lightside and use it against them" nox explained as they stood back up, "well then let's not use the light side then" bane said and reignited his saber "if we do when the bomb goes off we will befall the fate of the jedi" nox said igniting his sabers and getting into a fighting stance.
Sidious charges sabers drawn towards the barricade as nox and bane channel only the darkside and follow the sith lord becoming more and more frustrated with each missed slash, "thats it late the hate flow through you" sidious says dodging each slash then moves out of the way of bane and nox and uses a force push to use them to smash the barricade to pieces.
"NOX!" obi-wan shouted as nox and bane flopped unconscious on the floor but had to focus on keeping the bomb stable as sidious appeared to be gliding into the room "you send a child and a relic to kill me kenobi" sidious says not noticing nox regain consciousness, "i didn't send anyone he sent himself" obi-wan says furious that sidious hurt his baby boy the love and anger flooding the bomb charging it completely.
"That thought bomb won't work and even if it d-" sidious says interrupted by nox who got unsteadily to his feet purple smoke emanating off his body and raises a finger in sidious's direction and sends a huge charge of darkside energy in sidious's direction.
Sidious dodged the energy "YOU LOSE" sidious shouts but looks alarmed when the energy is soaked up by the thought bomb "you were not the target" nox says as the bomb detonates filling the room in a blindingly white light and a energy dome emanates from it and nox falls unconscious again and sidious falls unconscious.