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Year: 7 BBY
Chapter 29: Destructive Measures
General and Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi stops hugging his family as soon as he saw Mark duel Maxus Zane. He walks over to where the fire is and uses the Force to kill the flames. Standing along the other side was Rachelle guarding the Padawans as bunch of Imperials was firing on them. Obi-wan sensed that Mark thought Rachelle was dead.
Obi-wan uses the Force to send some of them crashing through the windows. Leia then leaps from behind her mentor, to the wall and jumps off it. While she jumps off the wall she slashes all the Blasters that soldiers was holding with her blue plasma bladed Lightsaber and uses the Force to send them trembling down the stairs they came up. Then the Imperials try to throw bombs up at her. Leia redirected the bombs back at the Imperial troops. She covers her eyes from the explosion with her robe.
"Whoa you trained her good." say Obi-wan. Then Imperial troops with Jetpacks begin firing through the windows. Mara leaps out one of the destroyed window on the backs of the Jetpacks and uses her purple plasma bladed Lightsaber to cut the Jetpacks and leaps back into the window before the troopers went flying around like crazy and explodes.
"Remind me, to never get those two mad." say Luke shocked as he shakes his head. Then the Force gives him a warning. "I think we better get out of this hall!" shouts Luke as they begin to scramble out the hall as a missile from a tank went through the wall and explodes.
Obi-wan stands by Satine with his Lightsaber activated. "We need to get you out of here." say Obi-wan looking to his wife. Through the Force he could sense she is still bother by the fact that she has used a weapon that could kill, but he can also sense that she is glad that she manages to protect their son. He put an arm around her to support her.
"I SAID THAT IS ENOUGH!" roars Mark's voice echoes through the halls. It made Satine jump. Obi-wan, Leia, Luke, Rachelle and Mara sense that Mark is very angry. "What exactly happens?" ask Rachelle. "Well, I think Mark thinks you are dead and I do not know if that made him angry." say Obi-wan.
Rachelle took off running. She knows it has to be something more than he thinks she is dying. Why does she have this strangest sense that Maxus Zane might not live to see another day. She runs down the battle worn halls and got to the end just in time to see Mark spins around to dodge an attack by Maxus Zane and then swings his Lightsaber toward the right. Mark's electric blue plasma bladed Lightsaber went through the neck of Maxus Zane, burning and cutting it. The head rolls away to one side while the body collapses the other way, ending the life of the highly dangerous terrorist that was known as Maxus Zane. How have the might have fallen. He used to be a highly respected Bakuran General until 19 BBY.
Rachelle watches as Mark stumbles backwards until he hit the other wall and put his face in his palms while he slides down the wall. Rachelle sensed that Mark was stress out. Rachelle walks forward to him, stepping over the headless body of Maxus Zane and walks to him.
Mark senses Rachelle and looks up shocked. He got up quickly and hugs her for a few seconds before cupping her cheeks in his hands as he gives her a deep kiss. "Oh my… I though he have killed you and the Padawans." say Mark lightly as he looks into the blue eye of his lover.
"I sensed you were very angry, are you okay." ask Rachelle looking back into his eyes. Mark looks down to the deformed head of his father. "I let… I let my emotions get the best of me. It has been a long time since I had that kind of brush with the Dark Side. He had me flared up. He keeps going on and on about younglings and how it seems like they die around me. He brought up the younglings in my class and how he wishes he was the one to kill them." say Mark. Rachelle gasps a little bit at this. No wonder why when she heard him shout earlier she has sensed that it was full of anger. Maxus Zane was playing on Mark's heart easily.
"I think I scared him quite a bit before he died." say Mark. "Well that is not hard to believe, you are very strong with the Force and how he have you angry, I think even Master Yoda will be a bit scared." say Rachelle.
Mark than senses bunch of Dark presence surrounding them as they talk. Mark looks around and sees 10 Dark Jedi standing in a circle around him with 10 Imperial troops. "Holy shit is that General Zane?" ask an Imperial trooper with eyes full of shock when he sees the headless body of Maxus Zane. "Master Zane you are coming with us, Lord Vader would want to see you." say a Dark Jedi activating his yellowish red Lightsaber.
"You sure you want to go down this path?" ask Mark as he let go of Rachelle as he unclasps his Lightsaber and activates it. He took a defense stance with having his Lightsaber directly in front of him. Rachelle took a defense stance with her back facing him.
"Come on there 20 of us and two of you. You outnumber by 10 to one." say a Dark Jedi. "Well you can count, that is impressive. Glad to see your blind following of the dark ways didn't danger your intelligence, but then again you must not have a lot to be following the Dark Side." say Mark sensing the anger in the Dark Jedi.
The Dark Jedi rushes at Mark throwing Force Lighting, Mark uses a massive Force Push that send the Force Lightning back at the Dark Jedi and send the Dark Jedi crashing through the walls and out a window.
Another Dark Jedi leaps to the side to attack both Mark and Rachelle. Rachelle blocks the attack and Mark slams him down to the ground hard. He then quickly blocks a Bothan Dark Jedi. The Dark Jedi attempt to kick Mark, but Mark spins his Lightsaber from blocking to slashing off the Dark Jedi leg. Mark then brings his Lightsaber around and slashes the wrists of the Dark Jedi. The Bothan falls down; Mark uses the Force to throw him into the oncoming Dark Jedi, hoping that it will delay them a little bit longer.
He was just reminded how careless the Dark Jedi are to their follow members. A female Zabrak slashes through the body. The body was cut into four uneven parts. The female Zabrak tries to stab Mark, he ducks and plunge his Lightsaber through her stomach at an angle. He uses the Force to send the dead female Zabrak crashing to the ground.
"Rachelle, there is more coming, when I say jump, I mean jump." say Mark. Rachelle did not even reply as she sees 20 more Dark Jedi arriving. When the Imperial troopers were entering the hallway, Mark kept focus until they were in place where he wants them. "JUMP!" shout Mark. Rachelle uses the Force to jump high into the air as Mark uses a very powerful Force Wave. The ability Force Wave is a form of Force Push but pushes everything from all sides.
Rachelle lands on the ground and then the Force give out a warning. Mark and Rachelle quickly dive out of the hall and into another hall and the place they were standing in exploded.
"What are they trying to do, destroy the palace!" say Rachelle as they got out. "The palace is a symbol of peace among the New Mandalorians. Destroying might make a lot of people think the new form of the government is not so good." say Mark as they ran down the stairs. Mark did not want to use any lifts right now because they might be dangerous to be in. On the next floor they meet up with Obi-wan, the Padawans, Satine and her son.
"Do not use the lifts; we are going to have walked down. They are destroying the palace." say Rachelle. "Mommy, why are they attacking our home?" ask the little boy. Mark looks down at him. "Come, young one. It is not safe to idle." say Mark as he put his right hand on the shoulder.
"Ah, Master, I think they are aiming that one tank at us." say Mara looking out a window. "If they fire that thing right now, we are not going to be able to make to the other set of stairs." say Satine. "Let me deal with this, you go!" shout Mark as he looks through the stain window.
Mark hears an explosion and sees a missile launches at them. Mark holds up his hands and focuses the Force. Satine saw the missile slows down to a stop and explodes in the air as she was running down the hall.
Mark looks at his friends running down the hall. Mark uses the Force to burst the window and leaps out of it and landed in the middle of a bunch of Imperial troopers softly on his feet.
"Now, where do you get the right to fires missiles at a building? Let me show you what I think of your destructive toy." say Mark as he uses the Force to lift the tank in the air and rips it. He then let it fall down around the group scaring them.
"Now where is Vader." demands Mark as he uses Force Wave to send everyone flying. He opens himself up to the Force to find Darth Vader. Through the Force Mark sensed that Darth Vader and Darth Solaris is standing in front of the palace by the entrance.
Mark walks up behind them and crosses his arms. "If I recalled right, Vader, some of your members were telling me you were looking for me?" ask Mark. "Ah, Mark. Sometimes you are too honorable; you should have attacked me while you had the chance. Solaris, I sense the others are coming toward us. Deal with them, while I deal with this pest." say Darth Vader turning around, raises his hands to his side and uses the Force to summon his two of his Lightsabers to his awaiting hands.
Mark draws his Lightsaber and activates it. "Well, well. Feeling brave are you Zane? A single Lightsaber going against two?" say Darth Vader as he launches forward quickly. Mark quickly sidesteps Darth Vader and swings his Lightsaber. Darth Vader uses the Force to push Mark away from him. Darth Vader uses the Force and sends a large wall of flame at Mark. He has use the ability Pyrokinesis to create fire. Then out of that wall of fire came Force Lightning and Force Blasts.
Mark watches as the wall encloses around him. Mark quickly put up a Protection Bubble around him as he lightning and purplish energy balls came toward him. He could tell right away what Darth Vader is trying to do. Darth Vader is trying to kill him by starving him of oxygen and attack him. Then again, he wasn't taught the basics of the Force yesterday. Mark closes his eyes and let the Protection Bubble falls. Then he begins to focus the Force of the moisture in the air and ground around him.
Soon there was a wall of spinning water around him that was crashing against the fire and killing it. Darth Vader stares in shock see a perfectly fine Mark standing in the middle of a steaming ring. "You were forgetting one major thing Vader, no matter what planet there is always some type of moisture. Making fire is easy, taking something likes moisture in the air and around you to create enough water to see, now that is skill." say Mark.
Darth Vader laughs as he sends Force Blasts rapidly at Mark. Mark was spinning his Lightsaber in speeds that would be impossible for most beings, let alone a human, to accomplish. The thing is Mark is a master when it comes to the Force and he knows how to work with it. He is using the Force to increase his speeds and skills.
He is going at speeds that would make General Grievous green with envy. Every time when a Force Blast rebounded from Mark's Lightsaber and went everywhere randomly. Then Darth Vader added something new to the mixture. He uses the Force to explode up the ground Mark is on. Mark went flying through the air.
Darth Vader leaps into the air and kick him down to the ground hard. When they both landed on the ground, Darth Vader landed on his feet which break the ground as Mark landed on his back. Darth Vader was standing over Mark and swings his Lightsabers down at Mark. When they were about to kill Mark, Darth Vader feels his arms was blasted to the side as if there was an explosion between them and then he went stumbling backwards.
"I really am getting sick and tired of you Sith. I have to not only put up with two but four." say Mark. Darth Vader unleashes a Force Destruction. Mark quickly drove out the way. The edge of the attack nailed Mark and sends him crashing to the ground.
Darth Vader was on him once more but Mark uses the Force to summon his Lightsaber and blocks Darth Vader's attack on him. "You might think you are something just because you killed your father." say Darth Vader as uses the Force to try to pull Mark up to his blade. A very powerful Force Push nailed him from behind and sends him stumbling over Mark and lands. Mark leaps to his feet and was surrounded by bunch of Imperial troops. They begin firing upon Mark as if he was target practice. Mark uses the Force to create a wall around him of the ground.
Then Mark was nearly surprise when Darth Vader uses the Force to shake the ground like an earthquake. Mark nearly missed when a pillar lava erupted near him. Darth Vader then jumps at Mark and tries to behead him. Mark spins out of the way and angles his Lightsaber downwards to block. Mark then kicks Darth Vader in the chest, which didn't do much. Darth Vader then uses the Force to activate his other Lightsabers and have it spins around Mark.
"I am going to gut you like I did with Maul! You have been a thorn in my side for way to long!" shout Darth Vader as he sends a powerful voltage of Force Lightning at Mark as his Lightsabers begin to attack him.
Mark got hit by some of the Lightsabers, but Mark reaches out through the Force and grabs one of Darth Vader. It went into his palms and he destroys the other one with Darth Vader's Lightsaber as he blocks the Force Lightning that was coming at him.
Then Mark slowly begins walking toward Darth Vader as he uses his Lightsaber to block the Force Lightning. Then he nails Darth Vader the shoulder with the red Lightsaber.
Mark then uses the Force to jump out of the way of the Force Lightning and uses the Force to explode Darth Vader's Lightsaber that was sticking into his armored shoulder a bit.
Darth Vader screams in pain as he stumbles backwards. Shocked that Mark manages to get through his armor. "Must not be taken care of your armor so much, last time we fought that was able to stand up to a Lightsaber strike." say Mark.
While Darth Vader is distracted Mark launched at him with his Lightsaber. Then the Jedi Master and the Sith Master was dueling each other at close counters both of are getting hit by each other Lightsaber.
Then Darth Vader did what could be described as a cheap shot. He uses the Force Blast and sends it into Mark's stomach. Mark uses the Force to weaken the blow a bit, but it still did some serious danger as it send Mark flying backwards and landed hard on the ground. If that Force Blast was not weaken down, it might have blow a hole right through Mark, but instead it just seem to cause Mark to bleed and in a lot of pain in that area.
"Where was I, oh yeah killing you." say Darth Vader as he approaches Mark and the last thing you are going to see is the damaged face you give me." say Darth Vader as his facemask split in half to review his scarred, burnt face. His Sith yellow eyes glow.
Mark quickly have a flashback when he was dueling Darth Vader one time. He had used Force Blindness but it did not work. Mark raises his hand into Darth Vader Face and closes his eyes. A very bright white light erupts from Mark's hand as he uses Force Blindness.
Darth Vader stumbles and screams in pain as his facemask closes. Even through it close the bright light is still having effect on his eyes. Mark didn't stop; he got up and uses a very powerful Force Push to send a tank into Darth Vader.
"YOU ARE DEAD ZANE!" roars Darth Vader as he launches a very powerful Force Lightning the went out not just out of his hands but all around him in a ring. The trees it touch went blazed, the vehicles exploded and the ground that it was dancing across was melting. Mark eyes widen as he uses the Force to create an invisible wall around him. The Force Lightning separates around.
There were quick screams of pain as some Imperial troopers died. Mark saw someone thing that their bodies literally begin to burn and melt like butter on a hot stove. Then Darth Vader thrusts his arms upwards and pillars of Lightning nails down the ground around them. When the lightning hit the ground it was exploded. Mark stumbles from the impact alone.
Mark then uses the Force to sends Darth Vader crashing through a building that was a quarter of mile away. Mark gives a big sigh and looks around the highly damaged area. The attack Darth Vader just did caused a lot of damage. There were still pieces of ground that was flowing like water in a river.
Mark sees some 3rd Legion troops coming toward him. "General sorry we're late. A lot of Imperials in our way." say one of their members. "There are various group of Imperials around the palace, they need to be taking care of. We got a few people inside, so we should try to focus on the tanks. Where are the AT-TE?" ask Mark. "They're on they way sir. What about Vader?" ask the Clone. "Leave him to me, he is bound to come back." say Mark as he clips his Lightsaber on his belt.
Okay here is the second part of what I now realize is the 3rd major event in this story. You know if Vader is going to be there, he going to end up doing something drastic. Either it is damaging Mark a lot or stuff just get destroyed with him.
I forgot to mention who suggested of whom to kill Maxus Zane, the person who suggested it is canonman89. Through he suggest something of him being beheaded by Mark in a samurai kind of style. Well, I know a little bit about that stuff, but when I watch a youtube video of it, not really something I think a Jedi would do, because Maxus was unarmed. So I keep the beheading part, but I did it so it was a defensive attack.
To be honest I had different visions of Maxus Zane death come up with. One that keep coming up with is Padme shoot him in self-defense. So that is why I had Satine shoot him in the last chapter. Yes, I know she is against that type of thing, so that is why she is shaken up about it. Through, I am not a parent but can guess what can happen, but if you child is held at gunpoint and you have gun, you are going to shoot to protect. So it was her motherly instincts to protect her child, no ought it go against her beliefs.
Also this chapter shows that Mark is not the perfect Jedi that some might think. Maxus played to much on Mark's emotions or as Rachelle stated his heart, that it made him angry. No that does not mean he is turning into a Dark Jedi or a Sith, was just a moment of weakness and his reaction after he killed his father proves that. No ought Maxus Zane deserved to die and Mark stated something in the last chapter that some people just deserves to die, it still hurts Mark to kill someone.
Now Darth Vader and the fight, I just wanted something destructive and what is better than my Vader doing his evil deeds. Now there is nothing on Wookieepedia about the last attack Darth Vader did, so I guess you can call it that he was making up things on the fly. Not someone you want to get angry at you, that is for sure.
Enough of my rambling.
Until next time, enjoy!
