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So, this is Part 1 of 3 parts that will unveil almost everything, IDK yet, hah! XD It's a long chapter too, as will Part 2 and 3.
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Ch 28. Above and Beyond: Part 1
(Third Person P.O.V.)
In deep space, in the exact spot where they had a perfect view of both Naboo and Coruscant, their hideout cloaked so that no one can detect them, the assassin watched with heavy eyes when the automatic doors opened. In walked Icy, who glared at the sleek back of the suit.
"Excuse me, Boss?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"We're all ready to leave." The assassin smirked behind the black helmet.
"Excellent! Prepare for departure. And I can sense them. They're coming, including the girl. And once I have her all by herself, none of her friends will be there to stop me. Not even those Jedi Knights can interfere. That's where our new friend kicks in . . ."
Both villains cackled, their evil laughs echoing throughout the endless voids of space, as the many fleets of magic creatures, Jack-Bots, droids assembled, with the villains in the front of the lines when Darcy and Stormy opened a portal, showing them the palace of Naboo, where several Republic ships were parked in the area.
Icy magically appeared between the two. "Sisters, shall we?"
"Lets!" One by one, the dark army marched through the portal, straight to Naboo.
(My P.O.V.)
"Ugh . . . wha – what? Ugh . . . my head!"
Raimundo's eyes fluttered open to see all of us there while Kevin drove the ship. He looked dazed and confused, yet when he saw me, he suddenly gritted his teeth.
"YOU! YOU DID THIS! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU!"
He was still binded, so he was stuck to his seat, with his teammates holding him back. We all frowned at the sight, especially me. "I guess I wasn't strong enough to break him free," I whispered, sadly.
Ben turned my seat around so we could face each other. "Man, he messed your shoulder up real good." He touched it softly but it stung like crazy. I gasped in pain so he pulled back, fear etched on his face.
"There's no way you can go out and still do this!"
"Quit worrying so much!" Susan's voice broke through the dead silence, then the twins holographic images beamed into the center of the room. "The suits we gave you have healing properties, kind of like a built-in first-aid kit. It should heal up that shoulder of yours, no problem!" Susan exclaimed.
"But it will take time for it, and other injuries to heal. But the suits will help amplify your powers, so put them to extremely good use," Mary explained.
"Plus, they're mobile. And I've added some extra features to it. So, let's get changed!" Tecna said. All us girls went in the other room to change. And when we were done, we all came out. And all the guys, even Raimundo, gaped at us. The suits on us were sleek and slim, totally mobile in blue, with shoulder pads and knee pads, sort of like armor, and it twinkled from the stars in the endless black void.
"Hmm, these could use touch-ups," Stella spoke out, before waving her hand and sprinkling her Stella charm on us.
Then, magically appearing, each of our suits had their own style to it, including our own symbols. Like Bloom had an orange flame on her chest, Flora had a flower, Stella had a sun, Tecna had small numbers, Musa had a music note, Kimiko had the symbol of fire, Gwen had a pink twinkle, and I had a golden heart. "Now, that's more like it!" Stella exclaimed.
I walked over to Kevin and I pulled the hard drive out from behind and plugged it into the system. The screen showed the locations of where the blockades appeared.
"Okay, now, if we take the planets that have been under these blockades," I pressed a button, making red dots appear on the planets in the galaxy, "and if we cross-reference that with your worlds being under siege as we speak," Tecna waved her hand and their worlds/planets popped up as well, "then where do they all point to?" I pressed another button.
And BING! They were all connected to somewhere in deep space, and it looked like it was close to us! "Step on it, Levin!"
"Yes, ma'am!" He locked on to the coordinates and we all went off into hyperspace. But when we got out of hyperspace, we all saw something big heading our way. "Holy cow! It's . . . it's a space station!"
"And we need to stay hidden or they'll catch us! Activating camouflage mode! And we better jam their frequencies too!" Tecna worked her magic and turned the ship invisible. "I've got this! Guys, you go and change. Georgethe, keep an eye on Raimundo. He may be able to break through your energy binds."
While the guys changed, I watched Rai. He death-glared me the whole time, and it still made me feel guiltier than before. Plus, the memory of us before made me feel worse. "I will save you, Rai. I promise." For a moment, I thought I saw his eyes turn green for a measly second, then change back to black.
"I promise!" It happened again, only longer. And for once, I saw his lips point up, giving me a small smile.
'He's still in there! Hang in there, Rai! We'll fix this mess, together!' The guys came back. Omi had the symbol for water, Clay had the symbol for earth, Kevin had the number 11, and Ben had the Omnitrix's symbol. I smiled more at how good Ben looked in that suit but I simply shook my head. "We're ready."
"Great, 'cause here we go!" Tecna exclaimed as we saw the hanger bay in there. We flew in there and landed soft enough as to not make any noise. "So, what's the plan again?" I grabbed my bag and hoisted it over my shoulder.
"Simple. We go in there, find the main control room, deactivate the system, and blow up anything that gets in our way."
"But what else for?"
"I just know that Boss is in this place, hiding somewhere. I can feel it."
"He, she or it may also be waiting for us and watching us as we speak. So, keep your eyes open." Ben said before we all filed out, Clay carrying an extra important bag when a voice spoke out.
"Hey! Where are our suits?!" I walked back and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Johnny, it may be too dangerous out there. You and Dukey stay in here in case we need to make a getaway if things get too crazy. Your sisters' orders." He groaned and crossed his arms while Dukey patted his back. "We understand." I nodded before we all took our leave, speaking also, "Let's take Rai too. I just hope my plan will help bring him back."
"Me too." I heard Kimiko murmur. Then, the ship's door opened up, and we marched into enemy territory . . .
(Third Person P.O.V.)
The whole gang walked away from the ship, now in camouflage mode but armed just in case, with blasters at the ready, built by the twins. So far, the sleek gray inside was empty except with cargo boxes and such, but no baddies in sight.
"It's awfully quiet in here," Clay remarked.
"Too quiet," Kimiko added.
"Which gives us more reason to keep our guards up. Ge, you sense anything?" Ben said then asked.
"Uh – I think so. But something's wrong. My senses aren't as strong as before. It's like this darkness is weakening the light in all the worlds, and it's weakening me too."
"Same here. I'm getting weaker every passing minute." Stella wobbled a bit but Bloom helped her walk. "Me too. You're right, Georgethe. The source is definitely in here!"
"I can't stand the silence anymore! It's too quiet in here!" Kevin barked, annoyed. Then, as if his wish was granted, but instead came from the main control room of the station, the Boss watched in the chair at the screen which showed the heroes in the hanger. A smirk grew behind the helmet before their gloved finger pressed the alarm button.
Blaring sirens filled the entire station, startling everyone. Ben glared at Kevin, shouting over the loud noise, "Is that better for ya?!"
"Not really!"
"Guys, look!" Ben saw what Ge was pointing at and just as they predicted, they were under attack, but not by the villains, oh no.
It was, in fact, droids. Or more really, Separatist droids!
"Hey sergeant? Is that them? The enemy?"
"I think it is. Hey, you! Are you the enemy?"
"CHARGE!" Ge shouted before they all charged.
"That answers that question."
The droids charged as well, blasts firing from all angles and all directions. As both sides tangled with one another, the Boss watched with amusement as the heroes had some struggling, especially Ge. The same evil smirk came back under the helmet. "This is going to be fun," the Boss spoke lowly.
Meanwhile, down on the planet of Naboo, the villains were flying down to the palace, under an invisibility spell by the Trix, with the small Separatist fleet coming from a distance. The Jedi, clones and Senator Amidala were in the meeting room with the members of the Naboo court, discussing how the attack on the planet could happen any moment now, luckily there was no blockade surrounding Naboo so that was good for them.
"I just hope that they don't put too much damage on our home," the senator spoke with fear evident in her voice.
"We have every area of the palace secured with troopers, and in the kingdom. Plus, our generators can produce a barrier strong enough to delay them, hopefully, with enough time for us to take them out," Obi-Wan assured her.
"I hope you're right, Master Kenobi."
While he and Ahsoka talked to the court, Anakin whispered soothingly in her ear, "We will stop them, Padme. I promise." She smiled sweetly at her husband and her knight, "I know you will." They both started into each others' eyes deeply, and they wanted to kiss each other right then and there so badly, if only it hadn't been for them not being alone, and then at that moment did they hear a crash.
BOOM!
"What was that?!" Anakin caught Padme from the crash that made the palace shake. He ran to the balcony doors to see smoke covering the sky, followed by fired blasts, hearing war cries, and he could see small shadows on the horizon, getting bigger by the second. He already knew that it was the enemy fleet coming. But he didn't know that the villains, led by the Trix, were behind this. "Master, what do we do?" He went for his lightsaber, and gritted his teeth. "Simple . . .we fight!"
Back at the space station, the heroes and droids clashed. They all kept blasting at every one they spotted, and only a few times did they get hit themselves, but the damage was only on their arms, shoulders, and legs. Luckily, the suits were mending the wounds just like the Test girls said
"Ge, take them down!"
"Okay!" But as she tried to summon up an energy ball, it was diminishing just as she conjured it. She tried it again, only it happened again. "M-My powers! They're not working!"
"Aw man!" Ben cried out. That's when many things happened all at once.
Ge's energy binds wore off as well, freeing Raimundo. He cried out like a mad dog and tackled Clay behind, jumping over Bloom, and sweep kicking Kevin. The rest of them tried to surround him while blocking the fired blasts at the same time, but the shield Gwen used to cover them was breaking the more it got hit. Rai cried out again and when his eyes connected to Ge's, they turned green for a split second.
It looked like he was in so much pain, that she frowned.
"Rai-" She was cut off when his eyes turned pitch black. Veins popped up all over his eye area slowly, his screams pierced the station as he clutched his head, eyes balling and teeth gritting. "RAI!" Kimiko cried out in horror, tears threatening to leave her eyes.
He screamed again. "WIND!" He shot like a rocket, breaking through the shield, shattering it and he flew out the hanger door to the hallway, overhead the droids. "RAI!"
"I'm going after him! Clay?" He nodded and cupped his hands. Ge got her foot in his hold, and he gave her a lift. She flipped over as many droids as gravity could take her. She landed, scuffing her feet as she rolled over, her eye squinting as she threw some small mini bombs behind the droids backs.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Don't touch that!"
"But Sergeant, it looks harmless-"
BOOM!
"Oh, why do I even bother?" The sergeant droids' head was stomped on by Kevin, who he plus the others ran after her.
She could see Rai's figure zooming past the sealed metal doors and she kept calling out for him to stop, but he ignored her because he was deep in the Dark Side's hold, its dark energy pulsating off of him. His negative energy bounced off of him and onto her, halting in her tracks. She wobbled on her feet, falling back too quickly when Ben caught her. "Ge, are you okay?"
"I – don't know. I felt weak for a second. But, I feel better now." He nodded, held her hand firmly, and they continued the chase. But Rai was getting away and time was running out. They'd be a minute too late if they couldn't find the Boss in time.
"We'll go after Rai. He's our friend and our teammate."
Ben nodded, "Okay! But be careful!"
"We will." Team Xiaolin, along with Dojo under Clay's hat, ran after him down the hallway to our left. Suddenly, blasts were fired at them from behind. They turned to see more droids, marching and firing, as a sealed door opened to let in more battle droids and super battle droids.
"We'll handle them! You guys go and find the Boss!" Bloom hugged Ge and she hugged back. She gave her a reassuring grin and she nodded, grinning less confident in herself before Ben tugged her away as she and Team Ten ran down the hallway. The droids advanced as Tecna brought up her hands. "Fire Wall!" The shield was holding, for now at least, as the droids piled up against the wall.
"Let me over there!" Tecna let Stella jump through the shield. "Solar Flare!" She hit at least a dozen droids. "Huh! These suits really do work!" Musa smirked, "In that case, let's get 'em!" Tecna nodded, smirking the same way, and she dropped the shield.
"Static Sphere!"
"Sonic Blast!"
"Flower Twister!"
"Solar Flare!"
"Dragon Fury!"
They all held hands as their powers merged to fire one, big magic blast. "MAGIC WINX, CONVERGENCE!"
A super battle droid was blasted through a sealed door by Gwen. It crashed into the wall behind the control monitor stations. Ge grinned, "Jackpot!" She and Ben ran to the scanners to check out everything. "What a piece of scrape metal! The robots from Dimension 12 are much more of a challenge, and entertaining." Ge pulled of a hologram of the entire station, which was huge according to the schematics.
"Looks like the other hallway leads to a room where . . . whoa! There's a large sum of energy radiating from that room . . . and the monks are near that place . . ."
"I let them know, right away!" Ben tried to call them but all he got was static on the other side. "Uh, Clay? Kimiko? Omi? What's keeping them from answering?"
Speaking of them, Team Xiaolin saw Rai fly right through the armored door. Omi was the first to get in by jumping through the massive-sized hole. He gaped and his eyes balled. "What is that?!" The others got in to see just what he was talking about. Before them, was a huge sphere-like see-through container with something purplish-black, kind of like mist, swirling in there like it had a mind of its own. Raimundo was hovering over it, awing at it with his purple-black eyes twinkling deviously at it. He was smirking. He had an idea.
The bag Clay brought with him contained four Shen Gong Wu, meant to help bring out their elemental powers. He would use that to his advantage.
He blasted at the bag and it dropped hard to the floor, the Wu clanging when it fell. He flew after it at high speed. "Stop him!" Omi cried out before he tackled Rai just in time. But he growled and tugged at Omi's robes and threw him over the shoulder, making him hit his back to the wall hard. "Raimundo, partner, get a hold of yourself!" Clay charged and grabbed him when his back was turned. Rai hit him with his elbow in the gut, earning a grunt from Clay when he also got sweep kicked under his legs, hitting his head hard.
"Raimundo, my buddy, think about what you're doing." Dojo slithered out of Clay's hat, trying to get through to him when Rai grabbed him by his scaly neck. He brought him to his face. "I have!" He threw Dojo aside, hitting the container and knocking him out, when Kimiko was the last one standing. She saw the bag of Wu laid out just a few feet behind him, now she just had to distract him.
"Rai, you need to stop this! This isn't you! Please! I know you're in there somewhere!" But he stalked over to her as she tried to get him back, black veins popping around his eyes, with a big snarl meant for her.
"Okay, Rai, you've let me with no other choice!" But he secretly smiled for what would unfurl. She pounced and jumped over him, quickly grabbing her Wu, and screamed through heartache, anger and tears. "STAR HANABI, FIRE!" She glowed lava red and fired a huge fire blast at him, but he changed its course.
"WIND!" He roundhouse-kicked with the power of his element to direct the blast . . . right at the container. "Uh-oh!"
BOOM!
Waves of purple and black caved on all of them, trapping them as the wave of darkness flooded the hallway and pretty soon . . . the entire station.
The Boss grimaced at the sight, yet the dark sight made a conniving smile appear in its place. But still, Ge and Team Ten left the control room and made their way to the observation platform, where the Boss was. A black-gloved finger pressed to the comm unit on their wrist. It was answered on the third ring. "Yes, you graciousness?" Icy spoke, sarcastically.
Change of plans. Come back here and handle the other heroes, while I take the girl for myself."
"As you wish, mighty assassin."
"But . . . leave a farewell gift for the senators and their people . . . perhaps our new comrade?"
"Done!" The connection cut off and the Winx were hanging in there finishing off the rest of the droids. But not for long . . .
"Dragon Flame!" Bloom shot her power out from her heart and turned the rest of the droids advancing into scrape metal, extra crispy. "Way to go, Bloom!"
"Gee, thanks Stella!" They all heard clapping, all around them.
"Well, now, aren't we feeling special right now? How sweet!" Bloom recognized that voice anywhere, for it was the same one that took her rightful power from her, the same one that almost hurt Ge, and the same one she wanted to make her pay for her crimes and terror.
"Icy," she said as coldly as the name. Her cackling made everyone tense to keep their guard up, knowing too well that these witches were slippery serpents, ready to strike for the kill.
Just as they readied themselves, the wave of dark energy collided with the steel walls, rumbling as it crashed into them, dragging them under the waves. Bloom's lungs cried out for air as it was running out. She could see her friends' forms flowing with the shadowy current. She tried swimming against it, but it was too strong, even for her.
Then, as she saw three forms appear as silhouettes over the purple tides, an snowy blast hit her in the forehead, hard on, knocking her head against the floor.
It cracked, the immense pain forcing her to black in and out. The last thing she saw, as she struggled to stay awake, was the evil smile of Icy as her cold blue eyes met hers. Then, Bloom gave in to the darkness fully.
The hologram of the space station showed that they were getting closer. Then, after a few strides, they finally made it. It was a big double-door, silvery-black, matching the color scheme of the whole place. The Separatists never had a taste in color, except in these and in red.
Ben and Kevin pushed the doors back and walked in cautiously, eyeing the area to make sure they weren't surrounded. It was dark, the wide glass window that overtook the opposite wall that gave them a view of space and the stars, and there were control panels here and there. Ben was still trying to call Team Xiaolin, even the Winx, but no one was answering him.
"You think we could rent this place?" Kevin asked, awed at the technology.
"Why would you even need a space station?" Gwen asked back.
"Well, you know. For . . . "space stuff"." Suddenly, a shadow moved in the corner, catching Ben's eye. It was moving in the blackness, etching closer to Ge who was in a trance by gazing at the stars, reminding her of home, of the night she had with him, and of Anakin. His protective side made him drape his arm around her securely.
"Ben, what is it?"
"Something's not right. It's all too quiet in here." That uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach, plus no response from the others . . .
The shadow took the form of a silhouette, making its way to them, to her specifically.
"We gotta go, now!"
But before they could, the silhouette shoved their palm out to them, forcing them all back up against the wall. The team struggled as they were . . . being choked! Ge watched in utter shock as she watched her friends getting their lives choked out of them, then she turned to the figure, who was indeed in a black suit.
Realization kicked in her brain as she recognized the suited stranger. Not just from the clues she gathered to determine the identity of this person, but from her old memory, the mission at the warehouse!
"You . . . It was you?!"
The figure nodded at her as her friends were dying as we speak . . .
Back on Naboo, a battle droids' head was sliced off by Anakin who managed to take down at least a hundred droids, maybe even more than that. But to him, his effort wasn't enough. It barely scratched the surface of taking the fleet down. So far, the attack on Naboo was still going, as Republic and Separatist cruisers clashed over the atmospheric layer of the planet.
Clone troopers and droids clashed in waves, many men dying on the battlefield as well as droids falling to pieces. Ahsoka led the squadron in the kingdom square, aiding citizens to flee to safety shelters while taking the swarms of droids as well. Obi-Wan was in another part, taking down a swarm of droidekas, and there were many.
Smoke, high-pitched screams, and thousands of swarms of droids everywhere . . . it was all too much to handle. And just when it all seemed that he would be able to catch his breath, it actually caught in his throat when he heard a familiar, high-pitched scream.
"PADME!" Anakin ran as fast as the Force could let him, absorbing its energy to go beyond the limit. He ran into the palace and followed her energy signature, reaching the main room where a huge serpent tail was crawling through the windows, trapping the senators inside, with Padme being wrapped by it.
Anakin stabbed it with his lightsaber and it got a loud scream from it. The tail retreated back outside and he ran over to see a real live giant snake creature. He never saw anything like it. He ran over and helped Padme up, worried etched on his face. "Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes, I'm fine." The others were getting the décor and furniture back in order when a beeping sound was coming from his comm unit. "Skywalker, here."
"General, there's a transmission. Coming from the Jedi Temple."
"A transmission? Send it through, then."
"Right away, sir!"
Seconds later, a hologram popped up, of someone's face. Anakin recognized it, and so did the senator. It was Ge.
"Anakin, if you're getting this message, then that means that I'm no longer at the Temple." He squeezed his free hand, anger spiked up at her disobeying his direct orders. But he continued listening.
"I know you're steaming at me right now, and I deserve it. But, I just have to do this! I know that Naboo is going to be under attack by the Separatist fleet. But it's not for weapons or control over the planet. It's a diversion, all of it! This whole blockade situation was a distraction so their real plan would succeed with out the Republic knowing." Anakin flinched at the news, as did Padme.
"Someone wanted to steal machine parts from all the planets they invaded so they could build some kind of super weapon to win the Clone Wars and take out the Republic and the Jedi Order. I'm positive of it!" Anakin secretly wished she was there in person so he could hug her for telling him this and strangle her for being another Ahsoka for him to deal with.
"And I believe that it's a Sith behind all of this."Anakin clenched his free hand, already knowing where she was going with this.
"And this Sith wants me. She always has, ever since I came to Coruscant, maybe it stretches farther than that. Which is why, for your safety and for the safety of the Republic, the Order, and especially for you guys . . ." He felt himself start to break as she got teary-eyed, Padme was doing it too, and when he heard the words Sith and she, he felt himself shatter like glass. "No," he whispered in dread.
"We're going to confront her on her home turf. I'm sorry, Anakin, but that's the way it's meant to be." She was going with her friends, to stop the Sith, who overall is someone you don't want to mess with, let alone if you were the Chosen One.
"Kid, no. No – No – No!"
"I'm so sorry, Anakin. I truly am. And I know that you'll never forgive me for this . . . and that you may never want to teach me again, let alone never wanting to see me again either."Tears were sprouting in her eyes and she looked up, meeting his own as he bit his lip from how much pain she must have been through recording the message. "Shorty, no!"
"The Sith . . . the identity . . . the same one who I've seen in my dreams and visions and . . . and my memories . . ." Anakin got confused at those parts, but he remembered that she told him about those kind of things associated with her gift. He already knew the name. He just wanted to hear her say it.
And when she did, she looked like she saw something shocking. "I have to go now. Even if you won't be with me physically, you'll be with me spiritually. Good-bye, Anakin. Wish me luck." Her hologram zapped away, leaving everyone still. One word left his mouth, reminding him when she told him she hoped they would be there for her when the time came. And it did. And he was there. And she was somewhere in deep space, with her band of misfits, fighting off a real live Sith when she clearly has no expert training in that sort of thing. "Always."
"So, I assume that was her?" He whirled around to see his former master and his padawan behind him, worn out and tired with battle scars. He only nodded and walked past them both. "Now, where are you going?"
"Somebody has to save her skin."
"I had a feeling you were going to say that. So, where do we start looking?"
"I'm . . . not sure . . . yet."
"Of course." He ignored his master's comment.
"Ahsoka, stay her and protect the senators. We'll have some troopers back you up while the rest are still in battle."
"Alright." They were just leaving for the doors when Ahsoka spoke out. "But . . . Master?" He turned back to her. "Is . . . is Georgethe alright?" He frowned, but he shook it away.
"I sure hope so, Snips. And we will bring her back. I promise." And that's a promise he intended to keep, until the end.
(My P.O.V.)
I was shoved back and slide down the wall, landing hard on my butt. I groaned, rubbing it, when I head three hard smacks on my right.
SLAM!
Ben, Gwen, and Kevin fell against the doors, their bodies crumpled over one another. I saw the assassin stalk over me and I hurried back, hitting my shoulder again, when their arm trapped me in a corner.
"You don't scare me!"
"Oh?"
"Yeah! Especially since I know who you are!" And to prove it, as if agreeing with me, the sleek black hands took the helmet and pulled it off, slowly revealing the harpy that laid hidden underneath it.
"I never would have thought we'd meet like this . . . Ventress!" She smirked her purple lips off and her pale blue eyes narrowed as she crushed my face with her hand, when she whispered.
"Miss me?"
Oh snap!
Who else knew it was Ventress the whole time? I did! And about time it was revealed too! (I may edit this up a bit too!)
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