A.N: Hold on to your butts but guess what! One of my animation professors is friends with the one and only Dave Filoni! Long story short, I'm going to a screening of the series finale today by the time this gets posted. I would usually rant now about how fricken amazing the last few episdoes have been WHICH THEY HAVE! Spoilerish here but I can't belive that HE is gone and that they made THAT canon in star wars and SHE is back! Also, the voices in that time-space made me shed a tear. But anyway rant over I'm too excited for that screening to say more so…

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Chspter 43: Between Land and Sky


The clash of wood against plastid was heard all around. Blasters fired all around as arrows and spears flew across the battleground. Tribe and Nomad warriors were met with resistance, using their armor or shields made of thick wood to block blaster fire. But to show the Stormtroopers they would go down easily, they would everything they had. Spear managed to knock out and push back the enemy. Arrows met what little-exposed skin there was between armor and with great precision. Clubs broke knees and fists were not afraid to meet their mark. Many warriors even pounced out of nowhere to take down a Stormtrooper, proving even the simplest sneak attack was effective. The Imperials had never faced such adversaries that were primitive to them. But their underestimation was their weakness.

Kerchec and Urak faced Agent Kallus, a death glares hidden behind tall masks as they watched the Imperial. Both chiefs hunched over, trying to act slow and hesitant to attack. Kallus thought he could strike more fear by extending his bo-rifle. As soon as he did that, Kerchec charged with spear in hand. The weapons crashed as Kallus on instinct put it up in defense. He was not expecting that at all. Kerchec hissed, "Neyho" towards Kallus as he pushed his spear into Kallus's bo-rifle. Kallus tried to push against him with his own weight, but probably hidden beneath all the mesh of fur capes and feathers and bone was a well-trained man. Having heard the phrase, and having enough of this mission, Kallus growled back, "What does that even mean!"

"White Demon" Kerchec stepped back as Urak jumped over him to come down with his spear onto on Kallus. Kallus jumped away but attempted to quickly get a hit on Urak before he could recover. Urak managed to step around the attacker as he spun his staff. Once behind, he slammed the side of the spear into the Agent's side. Kallus dropped to his knees but he swiped his weapon towards his opponent's feet. Kerchec and Urak jumped to avoid it it before coming to stand in defense as Kallus got up. All three charged at each other.

Depa clashed lightsabers with the Seventh Sister. The stepped back but immediately Sister stepped forward to spin her lightsaber above Depa's head to force the Jedi to bend down. Depa was ready for the sneak attack that came left. She jumped back to give herself some space, but Sister took the chance to say, "Who are you? You fight like a Jedi but it's nothing but a mask, like the one you wear. Who is the master that taught you?"

Depa didn't let her take the chance. Sister wanted to mess with her, so she would mess with the Sister in turn. Depa charged, making the Sister stand upright and ready. But then Depa changed course. She ducked left, bending down low so that went she came up it was just behind the Inquisitor. Seventh Sister expected a swipe up with lightsaber and got ready to parry. But Depa did a flip, bringing her leg up to kick the lightsaber out of the darksiders hands. As she landed she grabbed it in the other hand so now she had two lightsabers and three blades. Seventh Sister was dumbstruck. The mysterious stranger used several forms in one go. Depa stood up straight and said, "You will never know, no matter how hard you try and figure it out." Depa deactivated both lightsaber and holstered her own so that she had one hand to us the Force and push the Sister into a tree.

The Fifth Brother was pushed to the ground, but he skidded on his feet, kicking up dirt as he did while keeping a hand on the ground to balance him. When he stood tall with lightsaber, he faced Kanan wearing the painted green and yellow mask. "Your new friend may wear a mask for necessity, but it's useless for you, Kanan Jarrus. We know very well who you are."

"Yeah I know," Kanan said coyly. "Doesn't mean I can't have a little fun." He held his lightsaber by so with the other he motioned for the Fifth Brother to strike. Jarrus was being Cocky? The Fifth Brother was slightly confused but didn't dwell. This was a fight after all. The Fifth brother charged attempting to swipe left and right to force Kanan back to give him a kick. That never happened. Kanan instead ducked and jumped between the Inquisitor's legs. As he landed behind his opponent, Kanan rolled back so that when he got on his hands he kicked out with his feet like an animal. Just like Demira would do. Fifth Brother went down on his knees, but he growled loudly and looked back at Kanan who was chuckling. Fifth Brother, got up and attempted to strike right to fake it and make a left, but Kanan gave him no time as he commanded the force to wrap the grass around the fifth Brother's legs. The momentum of the charge and being stopped forcing him to slam into the ground. Kanan said, "Not your best move, huh?" He said, teasingly. Fifth Brother slashed through his bonds before jumping high to come down on Kanan

Ahsoka came down and sliced her dual sabers through some blasters. She then stepped away, letting the warriors come in to force the Stormtroopers into hand to hand combat. She continued onto another group of Imperials but they let out a barrage of blaster fire on her. She had to block each one as quickly as she could as they kept coming. To help her, some warriors attacked some Stormtroopers to the ground. This gave Ahsoka the chance to focus on redirecting the blaster fire to the Stormtroopers. As some went down by the redirection, others used Ahsoka's shield to sneak an attack on her and get to the Stormtroopers with a quick blow of their own. At one point a net was being thrown into the fray of Stormtroopers again, but some were getting destroyed by blaster fire or missing because of the escalating chaos. Ahsoka used the force to ring up three Stormtroopers that tried to escape the net. Then they were pulled up into the trees as she moved on to the next group

Soon the sound of TIE fighters were heard in the distance. Kerchec stopped the fight to look up as Kallus gave a chuckle. "No matter what, the Empire is always ready with backup." The fights all around the clearing slowed down to watch three TIE fighters break through some clouds in the sky. Stormtroopers cheered and moved away, getting ready to push back to let the TIE pilots do their work on the enemy. Then everyone froze hearing another sound. Kallus frowned. Now Kerchec was the one to laugh, "You know, I've never heard the Ghost fly before. It is a beautiful sound."

From inside the Ghost, Hera pushed against the joysticks. A smile was on her face as she said, "Boy did I miss flying you, ol' girl."

She fired two shots onto the first TIE before the other two swerved around her to avoid the shot. Hera pulled down the brake lever and then used the wheel to pivot and turn the Ghost around quickly to face the TIE fighters. One came at her while one went around. Hera focused on getting the one coming from the front. Above from the top guns, Chopper fired some shots to the other TIE that tried to sneak around. At the same time, the twi'lek and the droid made their mark. "Yes!" Hera cheered

Suddenly four more TIE fighters came, forcing Hera to push the Ghost forward and back over the clearing once again. At first, it seemed it was a chase after the Ghost, but then two large blue figures and one larger yellow one flew out of the deep jungled canopy and into the open sky. Demira and Ezra stayed firm on the backs of their Kuru with Bele flying alongside them as they maneuvered around and toward the TIE fighters. Demira grabbed her spear and pointed to the TIE on the right. He pushed forward, avoiding a blast by zigzagging up and down. Then he reached with his large talons to grab one wing of the ship before pulling it off. The TIE fell and crashed into the forest.

Sar Sar maneuvered up as Dhaman went down. Demira felt Sar Sar spin so that Demira was facing upside down with the TIE below her now. On instinct, she used her lightsaber to cut through the top of the TIE. The ship jerked with the contact but then began to descend as the controls began to misfire and the TIE pilot couldn't control his ship. Ezra held on as Dhaman had gone down then looped up. The creature grabbed the TIE fighter by digging his class into the metal and pulling it up. Ezra knew he was going to need a little help so as the got high enough, Ezra held on to the creatures neck then leaned back. Dhaman leaned back with his rider and then moved his body around to swing the TIE fighter around before letting it go. The disoriented TIE fighter couldn't get a grip of his ship until it was too late. The TIE crashed into the fourth and last one, an explosion following. "Wow!" Demira exclaimed seeing what Ezra and Dhaman had done. Ezra smirked. He was getting the hang of this. With Ezra and Demira on Dhaman and Sar Sar long with Hera and Chopper in the Ghost, they took control of the sky.

With that, Chief Urak took the shook of the Imperial's as a distraction and yelled out, "Kusha!"

Chief Kerchec yelled, "Attack!"

On the ground, everyone was back to fighting their opponents again. This time, Depa and Kana were back to back, switching between the seventh sister and fifth brother among each other. They sued the mismatch up to confuse the Inquisitors, making them lose track of who they were fighting. Depa managed to say breathlessly, "Like old time, my Padawan."

"Even better!" He said.

Kerchec and Urak surrounded Kallus. He now had the electric ends of the bo-staff on and ready to use. But his lightning strikes were still no match against the Chiefs. Urak swung high with his staff as Kerchec low, forcing Kallus to jump, duck, and almost lose his balance. This made it easier for both to charge and slam their bodies into Kallus. He was pushed far back enough to skid onto his back then come around to skid on his feet to a stop. In anger Kallus tightened the grip of his bo-rifle before charging.

More TIEs were slowly pouring in from behind the clouds. Ezra and Demira had Sar Sar and Dhaman regroup with Bele and the Ghost as they came around. The flew in a line, aiming for the TIE fighters inbound. Then Demira raised her spear, swing it around, and gave a loud war cry. "AAAAWWWWWHHHHHHAAAAA!"

From below the trees, five blue kuru flew out from their hiding place in the jungle canopy. They came from behind the line and pushed forward towards the TIE fighters. They attacked from all directions. Left and right, up and down, front and behind. Claws and teeth dug into metal and wings and glass were ripped off and shattered. Occasionally, they wouldn't completely destroy the TIE, leaving the damaged ship to be finished off by Hera as she flew the Ghost into the fray and fired some blasts. Chopper would do the same from his spot on the top gunners. As more TIE fighters came, Hera would find herself flying the Ghost alongside some Kuru. Often she would look at them, acknowledging their help and not realizing that they too acknowledge her before the next round of TIE came in.

Holding tight to Sar Sar with her legs, Demira would do some of her own damage with both hands occupied. She grabbed her spear strapped to her back and made dents into the metal surface. She then holstered that and grabbed a boy slung over her chest. Then taking a bow from a pack strapped to Sar Sar's side, Demira loaded her bow, aimed and fired into the glass window of another TIE. Slinging the bow over her chest again, she grabbed her lightsaber form her strap and lit it up again to slice the side of a fighter.

Ezra came up next to her and said, "Hey! Try this!" He held his lightsaber as another TIE came in from above. Focusing in on the force, Ezra had Dhaman pull up to go towards the incoming ship. As it got close enough, Dhaman moved aside to avoid a blast as Ezra swung his lightsaber back. Once the came up next to it, Ezra swung forward slicing one wing clean off. Demira gawked and said, "Many surprise!"

Ezra came back down, flying by Demira as he yelled, "You try!"

Demira nodded then smirked, getting Sar Sar to push forward into the last TIE fighter. She had Sar Sar spin to avoid a blast as Demira held her lightsaber out. The green light cut smoothly between the wing and the cockpit, letting what was left fall to the forest floor.

From below, Sabine continued to work with the hunters to throw nets into the battlefield to catch some Stormtroopers for Zeb and his warriors to bring up. As she and the others made sure to catch as much as they could, she noticed they started to run out of net. She would try to compensate by using her dual blasters to strike out some Stormtroopers. To helped Sabine, they used their bows and arrows to hit the space between the knee guards of the trooper armor and slow them down. From Above, Zeb and his group tried to pull more up, but some had to fall back and stop Stormtroopers that were already caught in nets from trying to escape. It was becoming apparent that there was something not quite right. They should have had enough nets for about more than half the army that came down. The the rest would be taken care of by the ground troops. But it seemed that even more then half wasn't enough. There must be more coming somehow. Zeb climbed up the trees to look at the sky above. He saw Sar Sar, Dhaman, the Ghost, and Kuru flying around and attacking TIEs coming in all directions. But it was so busy up there…. Zeb almost missed the Transports that were in the distance coming through some clouds and landing in the clearing far behind.

"Karabast! More soldiers are coming!" He tried to yell as even more TIE fighters were heard coming from beyond the surface of the planet. They were going to be overwhelmed!


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A.N: I planned to make this longer but with the screening I'm going to cut it short. So I'll be updating the week after next week to recover from any trauma the finale gives me. Anyway, so Everyone's being all cool working together a nd fighting off our favorite Imperials, all showing off things they have learned on this journey as they fight. From the land to the sky. Anyway, I gotta go! Wish me luck! I'm KikaKatTIOI, peace out!