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Dromund Kaas' moon, Dromund system, staging area for the 212th Attack Battalion.

All across the Dromund system, the burning wrecks of dozens of Sith battlecruisers and many support ships floated lifelessly. On the other hand, Republic warships, from an Armada large enough to capture this system 5 times over, continued to tear what was left of the Imperial Navy apart, before plastering the surface of several worlds with blaster fire.

Cities burned. Buildings were blown open. Clone Troopers walked over the corpses of Sith warriors and troopers, who lay where they died. Imperial citizens were rounded up. At least those who were willing to give themselves up. Others... many others... made sure they couldn't be captured by the Republic, and experience the horrors that they've heard the Republic committed... from their masters who were deceiving them.

On one of Dromund Kaas' two moons, General Obi-Wan Kenobi stood over a holo-table that surrounded by several clone officers, including his second-in-command Clone Marshal Commander Cody.

They were discussing their next moves, concerning the operation.

"Sir, we've made some incredible progress since we came here. We've cut off Dromund Kaas from the rest of the system, but the Sith Navy is trying to take the system back," a clone officer said, as the holo-table showed images of Sith fleets that had been pushed away from Dromund Kaas, and deeper into the system, by the Republic, but were advancing back on the capital planet. Holographic republic ships that were flashing were in active combat. More holographic Republic ships were hovering above Dromund Kaas itself, bombarding it from orbit. The image then zoomed in on a large dome shield protecting the capital, Kaas City. "The last bastion of Sith resistance on this planet is the capital city. If we can make the capital and kill their leadership, then the Imperial forces will become disorganized and be easy prey for our fleet. But it appears that Kaas City is well protected by a hyper-velocity cannon. It's keeping our ships from getting too close to this part of the planet."

Cody looked from the holo-table to Obi-Wan. "How do you want to proceed, sir?"

Obi-Wan stroked his beard thoughtfully as he studied the holographic image of the city.

"I think I'm going to go for a tour of the city."

RSV Vigilance, starboard launch bay.

Obi-Wan sat on a speeder bike, which was surrounded by a capsule that was made of trans-parasteel. He was inside of a launch tube, ready to be shot out into space. Behind him, just outside the tube, a clone technician was outside, ready to launch his General into space.

"Alright sir... you're just about ready to go. Are you sure about this?" The 'soft-shell' asked.

Obi-Wan chuckled. "Absolutely not. But I need to get to the surface and shut down that cannon. With this speeder, I'll just seem like a small piece of debris."

"Whatever you say General," the technician said before he closed the door behind Obi-Wan. The launch tube depressurized, and when it was, the hatch in front of Obi-Wan opened up, and he was shot out into space.

He flew through the chaos of battle, as warships from both sides hammered away at each other with red and blue laser bolts.

Sith flagship, the battlecruiser Marauder.

Admiral Layek Davos, a human admiral with a cybernetic eye, facial implants, and a mechanical arm - something he acquired in the recent battle against Sidious and his confederate minions - stood on the bridge of the Sith flagship, shouting orders to his subordinates.

"Target their bombers. Protect the defense platforms." Davos called out.

"Sir, there's too many of them. We can't shoot them all down-aaccckkkk!" An Imperial crewman said before he was choked with Davos' cybernetic arm.

"If we can't shoot them all down, then call in our fighter reserves to do so!" Davos exclaimed as he continued choking the crewman. "We can't allow the Republic to break through to the surface."

Before anything else could happen, an explosion ripped through the bridge superstructure, causing the ship fall out of orbit. The last thing that Davos saw before being sucked out into the crushing black void of space, was a bearded man inside of a capsule that rammed right through the superstructure.

Obi-Wan's orbital insertion pod.

Obi-Wan's speeder capsule pierced through the superstructure, causing the ship to lose altitude and crash into a Sith defense platform. Then he entered the atmosphere, causing the re-entry to heat up his capsule. The heat shields protected him from the flames, and they eventually stopped before he was surrounded by puffy white objects. Then he broke through the cloud cover and saw the city on the horizon.

When he was close enough to the surface, the capsule disengaged and split apart, leaving the speeder bike part, which Obi-Wan continued to pilot to the surface. Minutes later, he was safely on the ground, and coasting across the ground.

He was on a mission to destroy what was left of the Sith Empire. Something he never thought that he would be doing when he was Qui-Gon's student.

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Medical Center, underneath the Imperial Citadel.

Deep inside of the Sith's main fortress on Dromund Kaas, a man that was thought to be dead was in the medical bay, being worked on by several droids and medics. The many limbs, robotic and organic, danced across the man's body, as they worked to fix him.

When they were done, their lord and master rose from the table.

Though his lungs burned, and his muscles ached, he was as good as new, because the pain gave him power. And Darth Malgus was going to use that to get his revenge.

Darth Malgus' private chambers.

Malgus, wearing a mask over his mouth and nose, stood in front of his window, which allowed him to look out over the city.

He watched as his forces moved back and forth throughout the city, taking up their assigned positions in order to repel the inevitable Republic attack. When he looked closer, all he saw were ruined buildings, damaged by Darth Sidious' Separatist forces. When the Empress and her apprentice were both killed, Malgus took over. But he wasn't the emperor. He was merely a servant to Sidious and his lapdog, Darth Vader. Something that irked him to no end, especially since he was forced to watch as his forces were cut down around him.

All while Sidious watched from his ivory tower.

A hologram of his apprentice, Darth Wyyrlok, appeared next to him.

"I am pleased to see that you have made a full recovery, my Master," Wyyrlok said. "When can we expect to see reinforcements from Lord Sidious?"

Malgus continued to look out over the city.

"Never."

Wyyrlok was taken aback. "What!?"

Magus turned around to chastise his holographic apprentice. "Don't you see, apprentice? Sidious was using us the entire time. He created the Clone Wars so that he could give the Republic an enemy. And because they had an enemy, they had someone to place all of their blind trust and loyalty in. That gave Sidious the power to rule over the galaxy with an iron fist. But when he was disposed those plans were put on hold. Now he's given the Republic another enemy to fight: the Separatist holdouts... and us."

Wyyrlok was listening in stunned silence.

Malgus continued.

"And since his lackeys have succeeded in portraying Dalyell as incompetent, he has been removed from office. And now that Sidious has been pardoned by the Senate, nothing will stop him from reclaiming the Chancellory and ruling the galaxy. We were merely a means to an end. Once he's in power, he will simply cast us aside. Or at least... that's what he thinks."

Wyyrlok cocked one eyebrow above the other. "Master?"

"Ever since I've returned, I've been using the force to go into a deep battle meditation. I can feel the entire Sith Empire. I control their every move. Because of me, we are retaking this system planet by planet, moon by moon, one battle at a time. I can feel the Republic's desperation. Their presence here is faltering. Once they are defeated, and the Jedi Order is destroyed, we will form up and make our next move. Against Sidious and his lapdog, Vader".

Wyyrlok was smiling.

"This galaxy will be ours".

"Yes Master," Wyyrlok said with a bow, before his hologram disappeared.

When the hologram disappeared, Malgus saw his wife standing behind it, watching the entire time.

She was smirking.

"Impressive, my lord. This plan might actually work". She walked up to him and pressed herself up against him in a very tender manner. She rested her head against his chest and stayed there.

Eleena Daru has been by Malgus' side for several years now. She fought by his side in several battles, and even rescued him from the disaster at Alderaan. She was also his wife. She would support and comfort him for as long as he required it.

Malgus wrapped his arms around her waist. He then petted her lekku, which began to slither around his neck.

"Eleena, I-"

She looked upland placed the tips of her fingers on his mask, shushing him.

"You don't have to say anything, my lord. I know that you love me."

He grabbed her wrists and looked down at her, their eyes locking in a loving manner for what seemed like an eternity.

"I do love you... and I always will.

When he admitted that he did indeed love her, Eleena wanted to leap with joy. But then she noticed something. Something that made her joy quickly turn into concern, when for perhaps the first time in her life, and even perhaps Malgus' life, she caught tears streaking down his face. The only other time she had seen so much emotion from him had been in anger.

"What's wrong?"

With a pained and emotion filled voice, he gave his reply.

"My love for you is wrong," he said.

"Verdadun..." she said in a soft and sad tone, using his real name.

Suddenly, the familiar snap-hiss of a lightsaber sounded off as it ignited through her chest, piercing through her heart. The blade jutted out of her back, and she looked up at her lover. She felt her life force start to slip away, and she was soon overcome with darkness.

Then he deactivated the blade, and she went limp in Malgus' arms. He knelt down and continued to hold her dead body in his arms.

For too long, Malgus had let his emotions drive his actions. Darth Sidious used her to get what he wanted from him. It made him week to Sidious, in front of his men. He was not going to allow that to happen ever again.

In the face of the Republic and the possible destruction of the Empire, he couldn't afford anymore weaknesses.

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Kaas City, Hyper-velocity cannon, between the outer and inner walls of the City.

Obi-Wan trekked through the jungle for several hours. He left the speeder behind and covered it with tree branches in order to keep it away from prying eyes. Then he continued to make his way to the Sith stronghold.

When he came through the treeline, overlooking a massive ridge, he could see the city just a couple miles away. The walls were massive, and were patrolled by Sith troopers with an itchy trigger finger.

This is what happens when you're exiled for nearly a thousand years: you rebuild, and you don't take any chances.

Then, the Jedi master continued his journey.

A couple hours later, Obi-Wan made it past the outer wall, dodging Sith patrols or fooling them with a simple mind-trick. Then he eventually made it to the hyper-velocity cannon.

The hyper-velocity cannon was a fixed planetary defense weapon used against orbiting space-craft such as capital ships. It was protected by both particle and kinetic shields, whose generators were buried underground along with the gun's generator.

He walked up to the entrance, which was only guarded by two black armored Sith troopers.

They raised their guns at Obi-Wan.

"Halt, who goes there?"

"Hands where we can see them!"

Obi-Wan raised his hands when he was right in front of them. But he waved one to the side. "You will let me pass."

"We will let you pass." Both troopers said, as if they were caught in a trance, which they were. They lowered their guns, and they let Obi-Wan continue through. But then he turned back around to face them.

He waved his hand across again.

"I was never here." He said.

"You were never here," the guards repeated.

Obi-Wan smiled to himself. Another win for the negotiator. He reached for his com-link, held down a button, and then spoke into it.

"Cody, I'm inside".

He released the button to get a reply.

"Okay General, what you're going to want to do is overload the cannons' power. Head for the generator room, and find a terminal."

"Copy that." Then he saw a patrol coming his way. "Be ready to attack within the next thirty minutes," Obi-Wan ordered before cutting off the transmission and hiding in crevice in the wall.

He patrol walked past him. None of them seemed to notice him. Of coarse, they didn't bother to look to the sides. They disappeared behind a door, which closed with a hiss. He was on his way after that. After avoiding another patrol, and mind-tricking a few technicians, he found his way to the cannon's power source.

He looked to his left and right, and found that the room was oddly empty. But then he saw another technician in the room. He didn't seem to notice the robed bearded man. Obi-Wan speed walked over to him.

"Excuse me, friend."

The technician turned around, and looked surprised. "who are you?" He asked as he reached for a blaster that was on his belt.

Obi-Wan quickly waved his hand in front of the man's face. "Never mind that. I need you to get on this terminal and overload the cannon for me."

The man was caught in a trance. "You need me to get on this terminal and overload this cannon for you." He then turned around, and his fingers started to dance across the terminal's keyboard.

Obi-Wan looked over his shoulder to study his work. Then he heard the hiss of a door opening. He turned around and saw an entire squad of troopers walking in.

"Jedi! Get him!"

They raised their blasters and started firing on Obi-Wan. He used the force to summon his lightsaber from his belt and activate it just in time to deflect the first blast bolt. It flew back and hit a wall. A second blast caught a trooper in the knee, causing him to drop to one knee and teeth in pain. Another trooper was caught in the face by his own blaster bolt, making him drop to the deck.

When the technician was done with the terminal, an alarm started to go off, and he ran off to the side and disappeared.

"That weak-minded fool overloaded the controls. We have to take them back and regulate the power," the lead trooper called out.

They pressed their attack, but Obi-Wan continued to expertly deflect the blaster rounds. He then summoned a force blast that sent the troopers to the ground. Then he swiftly turned around, and plunged his blade deep into the control console, before dragging across the keypad, rendering the terminal useless and the cannon doomed.

Obi-Wan then force jumped onto a cat-walk above him, and disappeared through a maintenance hatch. The cannon started to shake as explosions began to form deep inside the cannon.

"Cody!" Obi-Wan shouted into his com-link over the sound of a wailing alarm. "The cannon's out of commission. You can start you're landing!"

"Copy that, on our way," the clone commander replied.

Obi-Wan fought his way through another unit of Sith troopers and made it out of the cannon. When he was at a safe distance, he looked back to observe the damage. Bolts of energy crackled around the cannon. Then several small explosions began to dot the exterior of the cannon. Then a large explosion ripped through the building from underground, causing the cannon's barrel to be thrown into the air, along with several small structures.

Obi-Wan smiled.

Another day, another Sith tool destroyed.

Kaas City's outer wall.

Two Sith troopers were standing on top of the outer wall that kept the city safe from the surrounding wildlife. They stood watch, waiting for anything usual to happen. But then one trooper looked to his companion.

"Hey?"

The other trooper turned to face his companion. "Yeah?"

"You ever wonder why we're-" the trooper started to say before he was interrupted by a whistling noise, which stopped and was abruptly followed by a loud boom, which echoed across the landscape.

"What the hell?!" One trooper exclaimed.

They both looked off to the side and saw an orange explosion blossoming from another section of the wall further down from the two troopers. Then they looked up and saw the gray overcast clouds suddenly start to glow blue. To the utter shock of the two troopers, dozens of blue blaster bolts started raining down from the cloudy sky like deadly rain. It was the last thing they saw before one of the bolts landed between them, vaporizing them and blasting apart the wall that they stood on.

Near the destroyed Hyper-velocity cannon.

Obi-Wan watched as his flagship, the RSV Vigilance, cut through the cloud cover, unleashing a wave of gunships and turbo-laser fire across Kaas City. Blue laser bolts rained down across the city, gutting buildings and destroying important military targets, as well as anything Sith related.

"It's the Jedi known as Kenobi!" Someone shouted behind Obi-Wan.

He turned to see a platoon of Sith troopers and war droids, had gathered near him.

"The Jedi Master?!" Another trooper asked.

"Yes, you idiot! Blast him!"

The Sith troopers charged, firing their blasters as they did. Obi-Wan deflected every round that was fired at him. He was about to rush in and meet their charge, when suddenly, a hail of blue blaster fire tagged the Sith troopers in the back, sending them all crashing into the jungle floor, all dead.

Obi-Wan looked at the Imperial corpses and then looked up to see a squadron of Clone Troopers from the 212th rappelling down from a gunship that was just hovering above the jungle floor.

The clones rushed up to him, and they saluted him before the lead clone spoke up.

"General, Commander Cody sent us. We're ready to fight when you are Sir." the Clone said.

Obi-Wan nodded. "Very good, sergeant," he said before he looked at the inner wall, which protected Kaas City itself. Then he reactivated his lightsaber. "Follow me".

The older Jedi master pointed his saber at the wall, before he started running off in that direction. The clones followed him. As they charged towards the wall, they cut through several units of Sith troopers on the way.

it was time to bring an end to the Jedi's ancient enemy.

All across the battlefield, clone forces were deploying to the surface, ripping apart the armies of the long lost Sith Empire. The cruisers held back to provide fighter, artillery, and logistical support for the troops on the ground.

The fighters raced around the skies, dogfighting with the Sith fighters above the city. Republic tanks and artillery were deployed to the surface, providing cover for the clone forces as they inched their way towards the city proper.

But they had to hurry. The Sith's fleets were preparing to drive the Republic invasion fleet away from Dromund Kaas.

Obi-Wan's squad, en route to the city's inner wall.

As Obi-Wan and his men continued to fight their way to the inner wall, the Jedi master reached for his com-link, and he spoke into it as he continued deflecting lightsaber blasts.

"Commander Cody! This is General Kenobi! Do you copy?" He asked as the clones continued to fight around him, holding off a wave of counter-attacking Sith troopers.

"Loud and clear, sir," Cody said, acknowledging his General's question.

"We need to take out the Sith's leadership. I want you to scan the enemy's transmissions. Find out where the Imperials are receiving their orders and then lock onto that location. We're going to storm it," Obi-Wan said.

After a few seconds of silence - from Cody, not the battle - the commander finally responded.

"Understood, sir. Beginning signal scan," Cody said. Obi-Wan was about to put the com-link away and focus on the fight, when Cody's voice buzzed in from the device. "Sir, we're taking fire!"

Obi-Wan looked up at the sky and saw several Republic fighters, and a few gunships being shot down. He looked around and saw where the fire was coming from. His eyes scanned the top of the inner wall and saw several towers. Two of them were topped off with heavy dual-barreled AA cannons. He saw a door at the base of each tower, and deduced that they might lead to control centers of some kind.

Kenobi spoke back into his com-link. "I'll take care of those cannons. You concentrate on finding the enemy command center." When he cut the transmission, he looked at his men, who were still fighting off a wave of Sith troopers, which were thinning out rapidly, at the cost of two clone troopers. "Sergeant, we need to get to that wall and take out their AA towers."

"Copy that, sir," the clone sergeant said before he turned back to his men. "You heard him lads! Let's go!"

An instant later, the team bolted in the direction of the defense towers guarding the city.

As the team charged, a unit of Sith sharpshooters took aim at them from the top of the wall. Several clones went down. The rest were forced to take cover behind a fallen tree. They returned fire as best as they could, but sticking their heads out in this situation would've been suicide.

But Obi-Wan stood firm, standing out in the open, daring the snipers to take a shot at him.

They did.

But they didn't expect a Jedi to be so resilient. Every shot they fired was merely deflected back at them. Several snipers fell, and since they were so focused on Kenobi, the clones were forgotten.

Big mistake.

The clones stood up and aimed their rifles up at the red muzzle flashes at the top of the wall, and fired. The firepower they laid out was murderous. Eventually, it got the job done, as not another sniper dared to brave the fires of the Republic's deadliest weapon: A Jedi master and his loyal soldiers.

They continued forward, and were at the base of the wall in no time.

"Sergeant," Obi-Wan said. "Get you're men to the top of this wall and secure a defensive position. I'll deal with the defense towers," Obi-Wan said.

"Yes sir!" The clone said before he turned to his men. "Ascension cables!"

The clones all aimed at the top of the wall and fired, sending cables to the top, and allowing themselves to scale the wall.

As they began their ascent, Obi-Wan looked up and force jumped all the way up to the top of the wall. More specifically, the top of one of the towers. He summoned and ignited his lightsaber, slashing his way through several Sith troopers. The surprised gunner shouted in fear, before reaching for a sidearm. He squeezed off two precise shots. But Obi-Wan deflected both of them. Both hitting the trooper in the face and chest.

Obi-Wan then climbed up and pushed the dead gunner out of his seat. "I'm just going to borrow this for a moment if you don't mind," he said to the dead gunner. He took the controls and rotated the turret, aiming at the adjacent towers. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see the clones he was with fighting the Sith troopers in hand-to-hand combat for control of the wall. He wished that he could help them, but he had to focus on the task at hand. When his crosshairs were highlighting the adjacent cannon, he pressed the triggers, and sent a volley of deadly cannon fire at the cannon, demolishing it. He then located several more cannons, and repeated the process several more times.

When the last cannon in the vicinity exploded, a voice came from his com-link. It was the clone sergeant from earlier, whose men has taken the wall.

"The enemy cannons are disabled. But two Sith gunships are coming in. I think they know what's going on!"

Obi-Wan looked up and saw that the sergeant was indeed correct. The two gunships came in slowly, ready to demolish his cannon, kill his men, and retake the wall. He wasn't going to be able to turn in time.

That's when the two ships suddenly disappeared in a pair of violent explosions. That's when a Republic gunship flew out of no-where and through the pair of fireballs.

"General, we're clear! Thanks again," Cody said from Obi-Wan's com-link.

Obi-Wan smiled and waved his lightsaber in the air at Cody's gunship, which responded with a tilting of the wings. When more and more Republic ships began to pour through the gap that Obi-Wan created, going battle with the Sith, he then jumped down from the cannon and joined his troopers. They had already set up a defensive position, and were raining down a storm of blue laser fire on what looked to be an army of Sith advancing on the wall, in order to retake it from the increasingly large Republic presence.

That's when a large shield dome formed over the inner wall. More shields started activating, blocking doors, and intersections, which were all heavily guarded by Imperial forces.

A droid voice came through on the city's PA system.

"Activating emergency defense shields. Broad-band lockdown activated. All levels secured."

"Ray shields. This just keeps getting better," Obi-Wan said sarcastically.

A clone ran up to Obi-Wan.

"Sir," he said, getting Obi-Wan's attention. He then activated a mp of the city. The red parts were the main shields. "The shields are blocking our reinforcements, and several of our units are trapped inside the city. The Imperials are also using them to dig in for a fight. But if we can disable them, we'll have access to the entire stronghold."

"Good, where".

The clone zoomed in on a specific part of the city with his holo-projector. "Initial scans indicate a massive power surge in this area just before the shields were activated. The power source should be somewhere here. There's a commando unit from foxtrot company in that area now. They might be able to lend a hand."

Obi-Wan nodded as he looked off in the direction of the generators.

"Good luck, sir." The clone finished.

Obi-Wan faced him. "Luck? In my experience, there's no such thing," he said before he jumped over the side of the wall, and into the city.

Kaas City's shield generator complex.

After several hours of trekking through the streets of Kaas City, avoiding enemy patrols and moving through deserted buildings, Obi-Wan eventually found the shield generator complex.

There was a large building, guarded by several turret positions, each surrounded by a few Sith troopers. On a regular day, if Obi-Wan entered this area, the enemy troopers would've immediately started firing on him.

But this wasn't a regular day for the Sith Empire.

It was their last day. Which meant that they were fighting against the Republic military.

The Sith troopers were firing on a squadron of Republic commandoes from the Special Operations Brigade, who were infant of a building. One of the commandoes, wearing yellow marked armor, called him over.

"Over here, General!"

Obi-Wan dashed over to their position, dodging and deflecting blasters bolts as he went. When he made it to them, he slid on his knees behind their cover. "What's your name, rank, and unit, trooper?"

The commando snapped a quick salute. "Sir, Commander Gregor, Foxtrot Squad, Special Operations Brigade. Boy are we glad to see you, Sir!"

Obi-Wan looked around at the bodies and the building that the unit was using for shelter. He saw three dead commandoes, and several more inside the building that were wounded. By his count, their were only seven Commandoes left that could stand and fight, including Gregor and the two commandoes that were dealing with the wounded.

"What's your situation, Gregor?"

"That generator complex is heavily protected. It's got the entire city on lockdown. The Sith want to wait out this siege until their fleet can lift it. Commander Cody wanted us to change that. But we failed to enter the facility. We've been pinned down for a while. Half of my men are injured, and three more are dead. Any ideas, General?!"

Obi-Wan scanned the facility for a way in. Then he saw a guard tower all the way to the left of the enemy's front line, which had a blind spot, which would allow the commandoes to infiltrate the facility. But then he had a better idea.

"Commander, I want two of your men to follow me, We're going to seize that tower on the enemy's right flank. I want you and the rest of the men to stay behind and provide supporting fire," Obi-Wan said.

Gregor looked at the situation in front of him and then looked back at Obi-Wan. Then he nodded.

"Alright," he said before he looked at his squad. "Stitch, I want you and Jace to stay behind and protect the wounded. Keep them under cover. Nash, Tosser, you're going with the General. Help him get to that tower on the left".

The squamates he called out nodded. "Got it, Boss."

"The rest of you: prepare to lay out suppressing fire on my mark!" Obi-Wan said.

The commandoes got into position on the window sills, ready to fire out of the building, which had served as their mighty fortress for several hours. Two men went with Obi-Wan, and prepared to charge.

Obi-Wan and Gregor looked at each other.

The Jedi master reached for his saber and glanced at his two companions to the left of him. He looked up over cover. "NOW!" He shouted as he vaulted over cover, as his lightsaber made a snap-hiss sound as he ignited it.

The two clones followed, and the storm of laser blasts came next almost immediately.

With the Sith focusing on Obi-Wan and his two men, they left themselves exposed to Gregor and the others.

"Suppressing Firrrre!" Gregor shouted, before he and his men aimed their weapons over cover, and unleashed as big of a storm as they possibly could upon the Sith defenders. Some of the Sith turned their attention back to Gregor and the others, taking the pressure off of Obi-Wan's group.

Obi-Wan continued to deflect blaster bolts back into the Sith defenders aiming at them, keeping his two clone companions safe from the enemy. They eventually made it to the tower on the enemy's right flank, which was out of the firing arc of the other enemy positions.

The three of them took cover behind a wrecked speeder.

Obi-Wan looked up at the defense tower. "Let's take them out. Now!"

Tosser and Nash prepped their grenades. They tossed them at the exact same time, aiming for the window that the Sith gunners were using to fire out of. But they weren't close enough. The grenades bounced off of the wall, just short of the window, before falling back towards the ground.

The grenades landed a few yards away, exploding. Some debris bounced off of the commandoes helmets.

"Gawh! We have to get closer to the wall!" Nash exclaimed, frustrated.

"Try again. I'll give you a hand." Obi-Wan said.

The clones nodded and reached for another grenade each. They looked at their General, who nodded. Then they tossed their grenades again. They were about to fall short again, but Obi-Wan quickly raised his hand, and reached out with the force, focusing on the two grenades. Then he made them fly straight into the bunker's window.

Then they heard screams, which were all silenced by an explosion that ripped through the top floor of the defense tower, which crumbled and collapsed, falling over, off of the wall, before crashing and shattering on the ground below.

"Follow me!" Obi-Wan said, before he ran off to the wall, with his comrades following close behind. They didn't even have to use cables or the force. The tower made a nice ramp for the three of them.

"What now, General?" Tosser asked.

Obi-Wan looked at the enemy defenders, who were mostly still focused on Gregor's men. The rest that did notice them, were rushing towards them.

"The Jedi have breached the facility. Keep them away from the generators!" One Sith trooper called out.

"You two, clear this wall, and help your men get to the front gate. I'll take care of those generators".

The two clones nodded, and went to work, blasting at the backs of the Sith troopers on the facility's perimeter. Obi-Wan jumped off of the wall and charged straight through the enemy troopers. They blasted at him, but he merely deflected their rounds back at them, before getting up close and hacking away at them.

When he was done, he went up to the generators, which were large. They pulsated with energy as they supplied power to shields all over the city, keeping the Republic forces at bay.

Not being able to find a control panel, he decided to do it the old fashioned way. He placed his saber back on his belt, before lifting both of his hands. He closed his eyes, and reached out with the force, concentrating on the four massive generators.

For a moment, he struggled, as the generators refused to budge. Then he heard the shriek of metal, and he could feel the generators move slightly, as they protested in response to his pressure. Then he heard the generators snap, and the energy released from the damaged reactors crackled majestically. Then there was an explosion, and then sparks began to fly out of the generators. And with one final push of the force, the generators were all ripped out of their housing.

He opened his eyes and looked around. He saw Gregor's men enter the facility, before fanning out to secure it. But other than that, he didn't see anything to indicate that the shields were down.

Suddenly, a flight of Republic fighters screeched overhead, unleashing their payloads on an unseen target. Then he saw gunships flying overhead, ready to deploy their clone passengers into the streets, and start taking this city block by block.

Obi-Wan smiled as he saw the RSV Vigilance firing it's turbo lasers at several targets across the city, while unleashing another wave of fighters. Then felt his com-link start to chirp.

He answered it.

"General Kenobi!" Cody said from the com-link. "Our forces are entering the city now, and we've located the enemy command center. We're closing in on your position now".

"Copy that, I'll meet you at the pick-up sight." He said before cutting off the transmission.

"It was nice running with you, General," Gregor said. "We'll hold this location. Give those Sith bastards a good kick from me and the boys".

Obi-Wan smirked. "You can count on that," he said before he heard the buzz of a gunship's engines closing in.

The door opened, to reveal Cody and his squad. He ran over to the hovering gunship and jumped into the passenger bay.

"Sir, the enemy command center is located underneath the Imperial Citadel, at the center of the city. Ghost Company is heading in that direction now."

"Good, let's go," Obi-Wan said.

The Gunship banked hard and began to fly towards the tallest structure in the city, over a battle that would soon mark the end of the greatest struggle in the history of the galaxy.

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Imperial Citadel courtyard.

"The Republic is breaking through! DON'T LET THEM INTO THE PALACE!"

Outside of the Imperial Citadel, Red and Blue laser bolts were flying back and forth. Dead Imperial Soldiers lied everywhere, and more were trying to hold their ground at the front entrance.

Despite their best efforts, they were unable to hold off the wave of clone troopers that were flooding through the courtyard.

Sith troopers had set up heavy weapons to try and hold the Republic back. They used repeating blasters, flamethrowers, and grenades. But it wasn't enough. The Clones, being led by someone wielding a blue lightsaber, advanced yard by yard.

The Sith had standing orders not to retreat under penalty of death. So they fought and died where they stood. Imperial troopers that were firing from balconies and window sills disappeared in a series of explosions that took out the face of the building.

With the way finally clear, Obi-Wan and Cody's men ran up to the front door.

Obi-Wan clenched his hands together, and used the force to summon a ball of telekinetic energy, before he extended his arms to blast the door open. "I'll go deal with Malgus," Obi-Wan said before he looked around at his men. "Cody, I want you and the men to stay out here, and secure the perimeter. What's left of the Sith fleet is here, so their reinforcements will be here soon."

"Don't worry General. We'll hold this position." Waxer said.

"Yeah. Anyone out here that wants to stop you will have to answer to us!" Boil added.

"Alright, cut the chatter. We pull this off, and we win the war. So set up that perimeter, mop up what's left, and prepare for the enemy's counterattack. Move!" Cody ordered.

"SIR, YES SIR!" All of the clones shouted in unison.

Obi-Wan smiled, and then he turned around, and took off inside the building. It was time to put an end to this final remnant of the Ancient Sith Empire.

Throne Room.

The Jedi Master walked through the halls of the Imperial Citadel. Everywhere he looked, he saw a mess. Some of it was because of the battle outside. But in here, it must've been sheer chaos.

Documents and personal effects littered the floor. Imperial troopers must've, literally, rushed outside to meet the Republic onslaught. There were also bodies in some parts of the building, possibly because of Imperial political officers trying to maintain order.

For the most part, the building was deserted, as most of the troopers were outside the protect the palace. But Obi-Wan ran into the occasional Imperial patrol, dispatching them with ease.

The Elevators were disabled, so he had to take the stairs. Eventually, he found what seemed to be the level with the throne room, thanks to a cold, dark presence that Obi-Wan could feel.

He also felt pure anguish. He could only guess why that was the case, until he found a dead Twi-lek lying on the floor. He recognized her. Her profile was in Republic intelligence. She was Eleena Daru, wife of Darth Malgus.

He shook his head with distaste, before continuing forward. That's when he found a bald man, with his back to Obi-Wan, sitting on the floor.

"Darth Malgus, I presume?" Obi-Wan asked, his lightsaber at the ready.

"You must be the great Obi-Wan Kenobi. I've heard much about you. You're the first Jedi in a thousand years to defeat a Sith in battle. Impressive. I suppose it's fitting that you should be leading the Republic to take this planet. But I'm afraid that you will fail in that regard." Malgus said, not turning his head to face Obi-Wan.

"It's over, Malgus. You're Sith warriors, masters, and acolytes are almost all dead. You're fleet is burning, and you're allies are isolated. You've lost." Obi-Wan said.

"Really, Kenobi!" Malgus exclaimed, finally getting up from his meditative position in order to face Obi-Wan, showing him the extent of the damage that Ahsoka and her men inflicted upon Malgus on Alderaan. "And who won?" He asked, slowly walking towards Obi-Wan. "The Republic is internally divided, while its armies are bogged down in endless conflict. You're fellow Jedi are hated by the very citizens they have sworn to protect. Does that sound like a Victory to you, Master Kenobi? The Sith Empire will never be defeated. We have fought too hard, for too long, to be cast to the ash heap of history."

Malgus started stepping to the left, causing Obi-Wan to step right, mirroring his opponents steps as they walked in a circle around each other. He made sure to keep his lightsaber in front of his face, the blue light illuminating his face, and clashing with the orange light from the fires raging across the embattled city.

But still, Malgus didn't ignite his saber, continuing to maintain his composure as he mirrored Obi-Wan's movements.

"Does it hurt, knowing that no matter what you do, no matter how hard you fight, no matter how many lives you save, the Jedi will always be seen as a hated enemy?" Malgus asked.

"Many good people were killed in this war." Obi-Wan snapped. "You and the Sith will face justice for what you've done!"

"Justice for what we've done? What will we face justice for? For giving our people pride? Purpose? We've rebuilt this great Empire from nothing! We've conquered and worked away on empty stomachs, ravaged by disease and war! We are fighting for our rightful place as the masters of this Galaxy!"

"A lot of good it did you," Obi-Wan said sarcastically. "Look around you. You had to kill you're own wife in a desperate attempt to hold onto your slipping power. You're Empire is about to die. The Sith's time is over!"

Malgus smiled. "On the contrary, my dear, delusional Jedi Knight, our time hasn't even begun."

Obi-Wan clenched his hands around his lightsaber and prepared to strike. But before he did, he heard a lightsaber ignite behind him. He looked around and saw Malgus' apprentice charging at him with a dual-edged red lightsaber.

He held his blue blade up to block.

Their sabers locked together. That's when he saw Malgus activating his own red lightsaber in his peripheral vision. He then lunged forward to try and strike Obi-Wan in the back. But before he could, Obi-Wan disengaged from Wyyrlok's saber lock, and dashed to the center of the room. He turned to face both of his opponents, who were inching towards him, in an attempt to corner him.

The only way that Obi-Wan could survive this was by staying on the defensive. But if that was going to happen, he was going to choose his own field, and fight on his terms alone.

And that's what he did.

He led the two Sith Lords into a corridor outside of the throne room. The Two Sith Lords followed, standing tall with their lightsabers in hand.

"Why do you even bother, Kenobi? We are two, and you are no match for us both," Malgus said.

Obi-Wan merely replied, "You are mistaken".

Darth Malgus struck first, lashing out at Obi-Wan, who raised his blade to block the blow. Then Wyyrlok swung his dual-edged saber down on top of Kenobi. But the Jedi Managed to force push Malgus away in time to dodge Wyyrlok's strike, before bringing his own blade down on Wyyrlok's, keeping it in the ground. The Sith Lord snarled at Kenobi in frustration. But before Obi-Wan could take advantage of the Sith's immobility, Malgus jumped back into the fray, again bringing his blade down on Kenobi, who stepped back just in time to avoid the strike. Then he delivered a well aimed kick that pushed Malgus back by several feet.

Malgus growled when he looked back up, and saw his Apprentice trying to use his massive stature, and both ended of his sword, to try and keep Obi-Wan on the defensive, corner him, and eventually overwhelm the Jedi. But Obi-Wan was deflecting every strike with all of the speed that he could muster. Kenobi then delivered a couple swift kicks underneath Wyyrlok's defenses, to strike his unprotected knees. This caused him to stagger, before Obi-Wan swung his blade at the Sith's legs, who jumped up and back just in time to save his legs.

That's when Malgus jumped back in to strike at Obi-Wan.

It was like a deadly wrestling match, with the combatants tag teaming their lone opponent.

Of coarse, Obi-Wan wasn't having any of it. The narrow corridor gave him an advantage. He only had to deal with one opponent at a time. But his disadvantage was that he was still outnumbered. The Sith could keep this up longer than Obi-Wan would be able to. He couldn't afford a drawn out fight.

Obi-Wan expertly parried Malgus' strikes before launching a vicious counter-attack, which pushed Malgus back. And then, just like last time, Wyyrlok jumped back into the fray, striking at Obi-Wan.

But before he could bring his blade down on Obi-Wan's face, the Jedi swung his blade up as hard as he could, pushing Wyyrlok's away. The larger Sith stagger back. Then Obi-Wan spun around, delivering several strong kicks to the Sith's knees. He then collapsed to his knees and leaned over, before he groaned in frustration.

Obi-Wan stood above him, ready to plunge his blade straight through Wyyrlok's back. But before he could, he felt himself lock up. He couldn't move. That's when he saw Malgus with his peripheral vision, walking towards him. Obi-Wan groaned and struggled in a vain attempt to break free. That's when Malgus threw Obi-Wan into the wall.

The Jedi shouted in pain, and took a deep breath in, before he looked back up to see the two Sith walking back over to him.

Wyyrlok spun his blade like a propeller and swung it at Obi-Wan. The Jedi raised his blade, blocking the strike just in time. But he couldn't strike back. He was cornered.

As Wyyrlok kept him cornered, Obi-Wan could see Malgus smiling. "Keep him right where he is, apprentice," Malgus said, before lightning started to crackle and whip off of Malgus' blade. He then began to slowly walk towards him.

The situation was desperate.

Obi-Wan looked around, trying to find a way out of this situation. Then he looked down, and noticed that Wyyrlok's knees were still exposed. With all of the willpower that he could muster, Kenobi raised his foot and delivered a kick straight into his Knee. A sickening crack could be heard as the knee bent back all the way.

Wyyrlok shouted in pain. He fell onto his side. Malgus struck swiftly to finish off Obi-Wan and save his apprentice, but Obi-Wan used the force to throw Malgus into a wall, leaving Wyyrlok alone.

Obi-Wan then swiftly plunged his blade deep down into Wyyrlok's chest, impaling and cooking his heart.

Then silence was all that came out of Wyyrlok after that.

"Wyyrlok! NO!" Malgus shouted. Then he looked at Obi-Wan with nothing but pure hatred in his eyes.

"It's over, Malgus. You've lost." He declared.

The Sith Lord chuckled. Then it turned into a laugh that began increasingly maniacal and sinister. "You know what, Kenobi? You're absolutely right. Sidious took away by Empress. Dooku took away our Empire. Skywalker took away my rightful place at Sidious' side, his little togrutan brat took away my lungs, her clones took away my face, and you took away my apprentice."

Obi-Wan arched one eye brow over the other.

"You're right, Kenobi. I have lost." He said before he raised his sword, and pulled his former master's sword off of his belt, igniting it. "But I have noting else to lose."

And with that, Malgus crossed his blades over his chest in an 'X' formation, before he plunged them into the ground behind him and charged at Kenobi, his blades leaving a trail of molten gashes in the floor.

Obi-Wan raised his blade to defend himself. When Malgus was right in front of him, he launched several vicious strikes against Obi-Wan, which were all expertly parried. Malgus took heavy swings at Obi-Wan with both blades.

But Obi-Wan was able to even the odds, by slashing his blade through one of Malgus' with deadly precision. The Sith Lord shouted in pain, before using his last sword to engage in a saber lock with Obi-Wan.

Each of Malgus' strokes were heavy, causing Obi-Wan to black and avoid as much as possible. He ducked, causing Malgus to swing his blade over his head instead of his neck. He then jumped back to avoid the red blade when it was swung back the other way. He then delivered a mighty kick to Obi-Wan sending him sliding through another narrow corridor, which led back into the throne room. When Obi-Wan was done sliding, he looked back up to see a red blade spinning towards him like a propeller. He jumped over it to avoid it, but before he could react to anything else, he saw Malgus raising his hands to deliver a powerful force push towards Obi-Wan, while he was still in the middle of his jump, and send him crashing through a holo-table in the middle of the room, which displayed the battle outside.

When he looked back up, he saw Malgus jumping at him while shouting a battle-cry, ready to plunge his blade down through Obi-Wan. But Kenobi jumped over Malgus, while he was in midair, and landed behind him, at the same time that Malgus landed.

The Sith Lord turned around to see Obi-Wan staring at him. A split second later, the Jedi charged. Malgus raised his sword to defend himself against Kenobi's newfound aggressiveness. The two warriors dulled until they were both on the balcony, overlooking the war-torn city.

Fires created an orange background for their duel.

When Malgus placed his sword in front of his face to defend himself, Obi-Wan crossed his own sword with him. But instead of striking with his blade, he clocked Malgus in the face with his hilt. A sickening crack of Malgus' jaw and breathing mask caused him to shout in pain, and stagger backwards, just as compressed air began to escape the damaged mask. Then Obi-Wan spun around in a circle and slashed his blade through the Sith's sword arm, and across his chest. Magus screamed again. Then, Obi-Wan spun around again. Except this time, he was loading up and preparing to deliver a powerful force push. When he finished spinning, he released the telekinetic energy blast, and sent a screaming Malgus crashing through the stone balcony, where he began to plummet down to the courtyard, to his death.

Obi-Wan looked down, just in time to see the Sith Lord hit the ground.

Then his opponent stopped moving. He could see several clone troopers at the bottom gathering around the corpse and then looking up to see what had just happened. Looking up, Obi-Wan was able to see the Republic and Sith fleets battling for control of the planet's orbit. He had no idea who was winning. But then later, he saw Sith debris falling out of orbit, before crashing into the ground like metallic meteorites. The burning debris was followed by more Republic cruisers, which began to unleash a fresh wave of Republic reinforcements.

One thing was for sure: The Sith were doomed, finally defeated by the Republic that had long rivaled them.

Or were they?

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That was part 37 folks. Part 38 is being worked on as we speak. Keep your eyes peeled for it, and prepare to have your eyelids blown off.

Anyway, until next time as always, this is Grubkiller19, signing out.