The Ghosts of Yesterday
Chapter.29 Living on the edge of death.
Living on the edge of Death….After a bloody and Brutal battle. Jedi Knight Judas Malsestro hangs on to dear life. After killing the force Vampire. Will he live for another day? No one knows for sure….Meanwhile the battle is over above the planet, with the Republic victorius now focus their attention on the planet below.
The Planet Alderaan
Current time: Right now
KRAKOOM
That sound echoed everywhere on the planet Alderaan. Some people thought it was an explosion and some people thought it was the echoes of a thunder and lighting crashing due to a storm. However many people were wrong on that account.
In the hemisphere in which a great battle between the darkness and the light had occurred. Both colors of light and dark had vanished upon colliding with each other. The Jedi and any other force sensitive being could sense the change in the force as in something that transpired in which got their attention.
On Coruscant, The Grand Master of the Jedi order, Master Yoda of a mysterious species sat in mediation in his room and immersed himself to the force. He is in fact the oldest and wisest Jedi around. To get a better understanding of what is transpiring on the planet Alderaan, it was difficult to do due to the fact that the dark side clouds everything, but managed to sense the battle between the Miralukan Jedi Knight Judas Malsestro and the force vampire once known as Tel Agnor.
By the way the battle had shifted until the final ending he had sensed it had shifted in the light sides favor at least for now, but the darkness still remains. Yoda awaited for the news of what will happen next as he kept on mediating for a bit. This is one of those rare incidents that the light prevails over the darkness.
Perhaps the light will win the war.
But it is rare he is wrong.
Only if that was true.
Elsewhere on Coruscant, the dark lord of the Sith. Darth Sidious also known as Chancellor Republic is standing at the balcony of the Works tower headquarters. It is still night time and the senate is not in session as he did not have any boring meetings or people to see him for various reasons. These times are the only time he can be his own true self, at first he was absolutely livid that someone more powerful than he is, is, out there.
No one is as powerful as he is as he clenches his fists in anger, but settled down a bit to sense a change in the force as there was a great battle between the darkness and the light. In which in the end in turn favored the light side. But then again he was not angry because now he is the most powerful there is.
He grinned sinisterly.
Things are still in motion.
But it is rare that he is wrong.
On Ryloth the liberation of the planet is over with and the Separatists defeated, along with the capture of Wat Tambor. The parade was now over with, as four Jedi stood on top of the hill overlooking the capitol of Ryloth.
Anakin Skywalker the chosen one, his Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Masters Mace Windu along with Obi-wan Kenobi had closed their eyes as they as well sensed a change in the force from very far away. They know full well the dark side clouds everything but this event wasn't clouded at all. The Jedi sensed a great battle somewhere in the galaxy and could feel the light had won this time.
But the war!
Is far from over
Wordlessly they walked away as the hot sun slowly sets over the horizon on Ryloth. But only Anakin the chosen one had sensed something was wrong but didn't know what. Only soon him self and the others will know for sure what had transpired.
Even on Count Dooku's home planet of Serrano, he and his daughter sensed what had transpired as well. His master had already informed him about a creature more powerful than his master is out there. A creature of the dark side or what if felt like was a dark side nexus that was defeated by a light side nexus. He and his daughter understand that the game has changed in the lights favor. But know for sure everything is still in motion as they wordlessly went about other matters of the war.
Soon they will learn what happened.
But for now they will wait.
Also near Alderaan James Bond had no knowledge of what is transpiring on the planet below, even he sensed a change in the force between the darkness and the light in a great battle. As in who won, the light seemed to prevail. He folded his arms and stands there with the rest of the Delta Squad in silence as Fixer used his excellent piloting skills to sneak away from the Separatists fleet.
Heavy smoke rises upwards in the air and upon the sky after the massive collisions of both dark and light side energies. A brisk wind blows in both directions and the sounds of silence as if no one moved and no one made a sound.
Not surprising that anyone was not around to bare witness the battle, the smoke starts too dissipated until finally disappearing for good. The grounds surrounding the battle and a square mile looked barren, like a desert. No trees, no grass and no structures left in which the force vampire had attacked previous hours leading up to the battle.
A bird flies high above the area as the animal had no where to land and moves on else where. No clouds were around as the warm sun is out and the skies are blue. A very noticeable crater consisting it is as large as a small bomb or meteor impact.
Two bodies lay across from each other on the opposite ends of the crater. The creature of darkness known as the force vampire lays motionless on the ground, his clothes are charred along with the rest of the body and a light saber from a Jedi is sticking through the chest of the creature with the blue blade still humming. The eyes show signs of no life left from the creature.
Miralukan Jedi Knight Judas Malsestro lays motionless on the ground; his clothes are torn as if he is barely wearing anything at all, he had smirk on his face but his socket less eyes are exposed.
He looked bloody and sweaty, in which he has a nasty light saber gash across his back, a black and bruise across his left cheek, blood running down his nose. Then finally as there was no sound from before a gasp of breath is heard coming from the Miralukan as his chest slowly rises up and down a bit. This could mean one thing.
Judas is alive.
He gasps for a breath but in which it hurt a lot due to the fact he has a couple of ribs broken and his nose as well. He tried to move his left arm but that was broken as well. He could barely move his right arm as his whole body is howling in pain, but other than that he knew he survived as in for how long he did not know. Judas has the urge to laugh like a maniac but he decided not too do just those because he is injured from the battle.
Although he can't see like normal people can do he sensed the force vampire know as Tel Agnor is dead. Judas smiled as he did not know he had it in him but he did. Getting up would be a bad idea. He decided to contact anyone who would listen as Judas could barely speak; his right arm shakes in pain as he can feel his wrist communicator is still in tact.
"Computer….."said Judas, who can barely speak at all. "Activate…..automated….m-m-message…..send…..on….all…frequencies
The wrist communicator does its job.
"This….is…..General Judas Malsestro….." he gasps, for another breath to breath in the air. "I…..need…..medical….attention…..lock….on signal…..to…find…m-m-me."
After that the wrist communicator sends the message in all directions in many frequencies.
The Planet Alderaan
Above the planet
Current time: Right now
After what James Bond and the Delta Squad had done involving stealing a Separatist cruiser and planting explosives on the ship in which the ship was programmed by Fixer to set a collision course to the flag ship of the Separatist fleet that had just arrived to invade Alderaan but to their surprise the Republic fleet had arrived the same time they did.
It made no sense until it was too late, the surprise had been made. The flag ship of the Separatist invasion force had been destroyed in a collision by the ship that the five had stolen, but what did the job is the explosion combined with the collision destroyed the flag ship.
This in fact had crippled their moral and took them completely by surprise. As James Bond and the Delta Squad consisting of Boss, Sev, Fixer and Scorch had driven the shuttle they commandeered in space to a safe distance out of the battle site.
With the sheer beauty of the planet shown in the background between the two engaging fleets, a large flash was seen just for a moment coming from the planet. It had a look of two converging colors that became one, until finally both colors had vanished. The Jedi who are there could sense a change in the force but focused more on the battle.
Did the republic fleet paused to consider what had transpired on the planet below and the destruction of the Separatist flag ship? No because the droids are not very smart and knowingly what had happened.
They used this surprise as their advantage in which Jedi Padawans J'alla Galen and Barriss Offee pressed on their attack by attacking the Separatist fleet with their own clone fighter squadrons. Attacking ship after ship, all the while the Republic ships lead by Admiral Marianna Creel and Jedi Master Luminara Undil move forward by out flanking the Separatist.
The barraged of blaster fire from ship to ship seemed to be impressive enough and even the dog fighting in space between both forces would make dog fighting with air planes on Earth. Look completely and utterly significant. Explosions occurred on either side as debris from the battle is floating around in space.
And the Alderaanian space fleet had joined in the Republic had done well also despite their losses they put up a good fight for a bunch of aristocratic society of people. The battle continued onward as Jedi Master Luminara had ordered the bombers to join in the fight as they had their orders to strike at the enemy ships with the bombs.
About a minute or so the bombers did their job, along with fancy flying by both Padawans along with their clone fighter squadrons. The Separatist knew they were on a very bad losing end, from before they thought this was going to be an easy invasion.
They were wrong. With many ships damaged or destroyed, what was left of them did the most tactical thing they retreated from the battle as the rest of them jumped into hyperspace to get away. This left the Republic forces cheering for victory as the Republic had won a bloody space battle.
But their cheering was short lived with this chilling message.
On all frequencies of communications!
"This….is…..General Judas Malsestro….." all of them heard a momentarily gasp of breathing, as the Miralukan tried to speak some more, "I…..need…..medical….attention…..lock….on signal…..to…find…m-m-me."
Jedi Padawan J'alla Galen's mind race at wondering what happened on the planet below. Questions lingered in her mind as in is her master all right, is he still alive. But the teachings of her master told her to calm her mind, but it did not stop her from growing concerned and with worry.
She closed her eyes and put her hand over her heart as she sat in her Jedi star fighter and prayed to the force along with the moon goddess of her people in hopes he will live. Barriss did the same as well but knows they can sit there in their star fighters and do nothing.
Everyone else grew concerned also in the Republic fleet, even the Dragon Corps of the 606th.
"J'alla, Barriss get down there to help him." said, the Jedi Master over the com-links. "I will send a medical team along with myself down to meet you."
"Delta Squad and I will back you up, kids" said 007 over the com-links.
Wordlessly the shuttle that was stolen, the two Jedi star fighters fly down to the planet in a hurry after locating where Miralukan Jedi Knight Judas Malsestro had been pinpointed. Hopefully it is not too late.
The Planet Alderaan
Below the planet
The battle site
Current time: right now
The sheer magnitude of the battle field looked destructive as they never imaged in all their lives they could see this. A whole mile or two has been vaporized and wiped out by both energies of the force. It left nothing more that just barren land like a virtual desert.
It would take a long time for planets to grow here and animals to come back here as well. The natural order of the Planet Alderaan is still safe as everyone who picked up Judas's chilling signal didn't know what to make of it in which they will soon know what will transpire afterwards.
James Bond and the Delta Squad were first to arrive at the battle filed. They had found the crater of the battle at taken place as their breaths were taken away by the destruction. However Scorch is shocked at the explosive power it would take to do such damage but rather liked it.
If only the others would let him use powerful explosions like this, but he will make do what he has for now. James Bond the secret agent looked out the window with a stern expression on his face as the last time he had seen this measure of destruction was the aftermath of the battle of Britain and years later when he visited Japan after the bombs were dropped on the country.
Then the shuttle landed nearby and spotted two bodies in the opposite direction of the crater in which one of them a creature they have never seen before lies dead on the ground with an active light saber belonging to the Jedi Judas Malsestro is sticking in the chest of the creature and out of the back of the creature.
It looked dead and scarred badly, but recognizable with an ear missing and the left arm had been sliced off. There is Judas who lies motionless on the ground as James Bond and the Delta squad walked towards his to see if he is alive.
Moments later both Jedi Padawan's star fighters flew overhead and landed nearby as well. Both Padawans hopped out of their crafts and rushed towards Judas Malsestro as J'alla kept her emotions in check but is still worried about her master who looks worse for wear and Barriss could see that he looks seriously injured so that means she will need to heal his injuries before he is put in a bacta tank to be healed even more.
"Master," said Ja'lla." Master can you hear me, are you ok."
"Can…..you….not yell so…..loud." said, Judas. "I-I…will be…ok….Kid."
"I'll need to heal you Judas, you look bad." said Barriss, as she noticed the light saber gash across his back and felt his left arm is broken along with his ribs.
Barriss went right to work by using her Jedi healing powers.
Then Jedi Master Luminara along with a medical team had just arrived as well. In which the Jedi master was surprised by the devastation of the area including seeing the creature known as the force vampire lays dead on the ground with a light saber sticking from the body and Judas didn't look too good as he is laying on the ground as well in which her Padawan is healing him but it will take a lot more like a bacta tank to heal him even further with time.
"Hang on Judas." said Luminara
"Master…..Luminara….."said, Judas. "Before I…pass out…..do….me….a favor." He took a breath to breath "Burn…..that….monsters…..body." the Miralukan passed out from exhaustion from the battle.
Barriss kept on healing as Judas's padawan prayed to the force that he will live as she kept her emotions in check.
Jedi Master Luminara Undil turned to the James Bond and the Delta Squad stood attention. "You heard General Malsestro burned that body, now."
Yes sir," said Boss "All right boys you heard her let's burn that freak."
"I don't mind." said, 007. "That thing smells bad anyway."
James Bond and the Delta Squad walked up to the dead creature. The secret agent had taken out Juda's light saber and then it finally began as all of them kept on shooting and shooting the creature until finally. It is burned to a crisp by Scorch's flame thrower until it became a pile of ash.
Even the ash was gathered up by Bond and put in a jar to be thrown in the heart of Alderaan's sun so no one would clone the creature. They found its ear and severed arm in which that was burned as well to ashes until finally the creature no longer existed. Even the grounds where the creature lay destroyed as well.
The Planet Coruscant
The Jedi temple
Current time: 0:1:30:0 hours afternoon time
Five days later
It was five days later and the whole Galaxy was a buzz about what had transpired on Alderaan like the invasion by the Separatists and the monster known as the force vampire at the planet below. Many Jedi were shocked in how Judas defeated an evil creature like this, even Anakin, Yoda and Mace Windu were taken back by how Judas had done it.
The chosen one was so concerned for his friend he dropped everything when his secret wife had informed him what had happened and rushed to see Judas in bad shape. He and the Miralukan had been great friends since they first met as him self, J'alla Galen and several others never left the room for five days in the Jedi halls of Healings.
It had taken five days in a bacta tank for Judas to heal and it wasn't easy. There were a few times he was almost lost to them, but the Miralukan is tough so he'll pull through. It was the fifth day as everyone was still there waiting for Judas to wake up as he passed out of Alderaan until finally he catches his breath why laying in bed.
Although he could not see them in human ways of seeing but he used force sight that his people in which he could see ripples of the force emulating off of them except for non-force users who are there. Anakin and the others are there including his old master.
"Hey guys." said the Miralukan as he felt his injuries being fully healed but he is still tired. "What's up? And before you ask, I'm really…..really hungry."
Everyone just looked on and laughed as Judas told the story about the battle.
