STAR GUPPIES WARS
EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI
Part 8: The Last Stand
Ground combat on the moon of Endor seems to improve slightly. The Ewoks who managed to survive set traps to stop the Imperial soldiers and shoot down certain speeders and AT-STs. The battle was improving, but it was not enough to stop the lobster troopers. Goby, Deema, and Bubble Puppy were still trying to open the shield generator door while defending themselves against the Imperial soldiers.
"I think I already have it" Goby commented. He moved some cables, but only managed to close the door more "Oh oh. Forget that"
"AAAHHHH" Deema was shot in the shoulder with a blaster.
"No! Are you okay?" Goby was very worried. He bent down so he could get closer to his beloved.
"I'm fine" Deema said.
"Stop here!" Lobster troopers arrived behind Goby. Goby worried a little bit like Bubble Puppy. But Deema gave him a suspicious look. She showed Goby that she had her gun in her hand, ready for a surprise attack.
"Oh….I love you" Goby confessed.
"I know" Deema smiled him.
"Very good. Hands up!" One lobster trooper said that. Goby obeyed him "Get up!" Taking advantage of an oversight, Deema pulled out her blaster weapon and shot the lobster troopers who tried to stop them.
"You...are amazing" Goby smiled her.
"I will not deny ... that I learned a little from you" Deema smiled him too. Before they could become more affectionate, a fearsome AT-ST appeared. Goby and Deema were concerned. They had nothing to stop one of those things. They were going to give up, but they noticed something strange. The machine did not fire at them, the hatch of the vehicle opened and they discovered who the driver was.
"Hey, you two! Are we on a battlefield or on a romantic walk?!" It was Molly mocking them.
"Molly!?" Goby and Deema shouted happily.
"Arf Arf"
"Where were you?" Goby asked.
"It took a little time on my mission ... but look at the sky. Reinforcements have arrived" Molly pointed the sky. Some rebel ships arrived with more troops and ships that would stop the remaining imperial ones. Still, the Ewoks helped a lot, but thanks to the troops Molly brought. The battle on the ground is almost won "I took care of some imperial vehicles with this thing. Tell me, do you need something?"
"You can get down from there. Deema was hurt" Goby answered. Molly nodded and was going to get off the AT-ST walker. But Goby stopped her earlier "No, wait! I have a better idea" Goby smirked a little.
We return to the Death Star, in the throne room. Gil was in a lightsaber duel with Darth Krader, his own father. They were both fighting hard clashing their lightsabers. Gil in a good opportunity, pushed Darth Krader using the Force to bounce him off the stairs. The Emperor only laughed evilly and watched the duel.
"Good...Good….Use your aggressive feelings. Let the hate flow into your being" The Emperor said. Gil noticed that trick of the emperor. He just switched off his own weapon and looked at Darth Krader once more.
"Master Grouper has taught you well" Darth Krader admitted.
"I won't fight you" Gil was determined. His father just approached him slowly in silence. Only his mechanical breaths could be heard.
"It is not wise to lower your defenses" Darth Krader tried to attack his son with the red lightsaber. Gil quickly lit his green saber and defended himself. They continued to fight clashing their lightsabers. The battle was intriguing. But Gil did not want to kill his father. Gil dodged some attacks and ran away. He was placed in a very high conduit for Krader.
"Your thoughts betray you. I feel the goodness in you. The conflict within you" Gil tried to convince his father.
"There is no conflict" Krader answered.
"You didn't want to kill me before and I don't think you're going to do it now" Gil commented.
"You underestimate the power of the dark side. If you won't fight then you will meet your fate" Darth Krader released his lightsaber to cut Gil. His son dodged it, but cut parts of the duct causing Gil to fall. Krader recovered his lightsaber thanks to the Force. The Emperor rose from his throne to get a better view of the fight while still laughing like a madman. Gil hid from Darth Krader and the Emperor. Krader would start looking for him all over the throne room.
Meanwhile, in the shield generator. Goby was implementing an interesting plan to open the blast door. Molly used the AT-ST to communicate with the officers inside the shield generator. She told them that the rebels fell and were withdrawing. The soldiers and officers who were inside the base listened to her and left the base hoping to see their fallen enemies. But when they opened the door and left the base, they were surrounded by rebels (Molly's reinforcements) and by the Ewoks.
"All right. We will put the bombs inside it" Goby and Molly did it. They placed the bombs inside the shield generator. It wouldn't take long to detonate them.
We return to the Death Star. Darth Krader was looking for his son in the dark room. Only the Sith's mechanical breaths were heard. Gil remained hidden. The Sith tried to get his son out of wherever he was.
"You can't hide forever, Gil" Darth Krader said.
"I won't fight you" That was Gil's voice. He still doesn't come out of hiding.
"Give yourself over to the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends ... Yes ... your feelings for them are strong. But ... you especially have a strong feeling for ... for your friend. Your best friend ... Molly, that's her name, right?" Darth Krader said that. Gil was shocked. He discovered her "So she ... also has that power. Your feelings have betrayed her too. What you feel for her ... is ... love. That will only take you to the dark side ... like it happened to me with your mother" Krader said that. Gil was surprised "It seems that Master Grouper failed on that. He failed to discover the power of that girl...Very well, Gil. If you don't join the dark side ... Maybe ... maybe Molly DOES"
"AAAAAHHHHHHH" Gil gave a cry of fury at his father.
Gil attacked Krader with full force. The blue-haired man was carried away by his hatred. He would not allow him to make the most important person for him into a being of evil, like his father. It was a tense moment, Gil showed no mercy as they both clashed their lightsabers. They fought across the room until they reached a small bridge where the Death Star reactor was under it. Gil was attacking him with more force, and surprisingly, Darth Krader was weakening. The sith could not block so many multiple violent attacks from his own son. In one of those attacks, Gil did something terrible. The blue-haired guppy cut off his father's hand, the one with the lightsaber. Now his father fell to the ground very weak, unarmed, and his classical mechanical breathing sounded distorted and damaged. Darth Krader was vulnerable. Our protagonist's face showed deep hatred. The Emperor approached while laughing evilly.
"Good...Good….Your hatred made you powerful...Now fulfill your destiny and take your father's place at my side" The Emperor ordered. That was the Emperor's plan all this time. Have Gil kill his own father so Gil can take Krader's place as a new apprentice.
Gil had the green lightsaber lit in his hand. The opportunity to kill his father was very easy. But ... Gil began to see things happening. His hand trembled. Gil stared at Gil's robotic hand for a moment. The hand was severed by Krader in his previous duel. Now Gil noticed that he cut off his father's hand himself. Now he understood everything. He let himself be carried away by hatred, anger and revenge. That ... is not the way of the jedi. He was close to falling to the dark side like his dad did in the past. Gil decided to turn off his lightsaber and put it away.
"Never!...I will never join the dark side" Gil was very confident. He overcame the temptation of the dark side, which the Emperor did not like at all "You have failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, just as my father was before me" Gil would no longer change his mind. He was determined to follow the path of light, the path of the Jedi.
"As you like ... Jedi" The Emperor was angry.
Rebellion is close to victory. When everything seemed to be lost, everything suddenly changed. Molly, Goby and Deema managed to finally blow up the shield generator. The Death Star is now vulnerable.
"Shields have been disabled. All ships attack the Death Star reactor" Admiral Shrimpbar shouted.
"Here we go, Admiral!" Oona answered. She piloted the Millenium Falcon to the Death Star with some X-Wings and Y-Wings "I told you, Nonny. They did it!"
"Yeah...Now let´s finish with them" Nonny was determined. And so, both went with other ships direct to some sectors that would take them to the reactor at the space base.
Now, in the throne room ... someone was not happy.
"If you don't let yourself be seduced by the dark side. Then you will be destroyed!" The snail held out both his hands and electric rays came out of his hands. It was a dark side technique called "Force Lightning". That caused Gil a lot of pain and he fell to the ground. He was still alive. Darth Krader finally got up and approached the Emperor without saying anything or doing anything about it. Gil was very hurt by those electric rays "You are stubborn. Only now at the end is when you understand" The emperor gave more electricity to Gil, torturing him slowly.
"AAAGGGHHH" Gil was suffering.
"Your useless and weak skill does not compare with the power of the dark side" The evil sith continued torturing Gil with his power.
"AAAAHHHHHH"
"You paid the price for not having vision"
"AAAAGGGHHHH" Gil was still suffering from the Emperor's power. Darth Krader could only see how his own son was slowly dying "HELP ME….FATHER! AGHH"
"And now, Gil Gordon ... you will die" The Emperor said evilly. He continued with the Force Lightning. Torturing poor Gil more. Krader was already in doubt. Sometimes he looked at his teacher who enjoyed Gil's slow death and sometimes he saw his own son dying in front of him, he was suffering. After a long time of doubt, Krader was about to do something shocking.
"No…...No…...NOOOOOO!" Krader yelled that loudly. He decided to use the last remaining strength to lift his own master away from his son. The Emperor was still using his power, so Krader was damaged by electricity. But even with that, the sith did not stop. He slowly led his master over a precipice where the Death Star reactor was and threw him at it.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH" The Emperor screamed while he was falling.
The Emperor finally exploded in the base reactor. This was the death of the powerful sith that ruled the galaxy. Gil got up slowly, saw what his father did for him. He saved his life from his own teacher. But ... not everything was happy. The Emperor's lightning struck Darth Krader's mechanical suit, allowing Gil's father to live. His mechanical breathing was damaged. Gil took him in his arms and carried him to a ship to escape. The place would soon be destroyed.
Now, Oona and Nonny's squad entered through the Death Star pipelines. They were large so the ships were able to enter. But they had to be careful about narrow conduits, defensive towers, and some Imperial ships. While on the outskirts of the Death Star, the battle was improving for the rebels.
"Take down the Super Star Destroyer!" Admiral Shrimpbar ordered. A ship decided to launch a suicide attack on the Executor's command center. His sacrifice was not in vain. Karder's Super Star Destroyer was shot down and crashed into the Death Star. Oona and Nonny were approaching the center of the imperial base.
Inside the Death Star, some lobster troopers, pilots, officers, commanders, and engineers were trying to escape of the battle station. Among them was Gil carrying his own father, hoping to get out of there together. Gil approached an imperial shuttle before his father spoke to him.
"Gil, help me take off this mask" Darth Krader said.
"You...you would die" Gil was surprised.
"Nothing can prevent it, my son. I want to see you with my own eyes for once in my life" Krader begged him. Gil just obeyed him. He slowly removed his father's mask. He had to do it carefully. Finally, Gil saw his father's face. He was badly damaged. His skin was pale, he had scars and burns on his face, his eyes were yellow for so many years on the dark side, in addition to not having hair. But it was still him, Gilligan Gordon "Now, go away, my son. Leave me here"
"No. You are coming with me. I will not leave you here. I have to save you" Gil hoped he could save his father's life.
"You already saved me, Gil...You were right about me...Tell your friend Molly that you were right about me" Those were Gilligan Gordon's last words. Once a Jedi Knight, then a Sith Lord ... but ... redeemed in the end thanks to his son. Gilligan closed his eyes and died quietly.
"Father…." Gil was sad for his father´s death. He decided to drag his father's body onto the ship and left the base that was being destroyed.
The Millennium Falcon was at the center of the Death Star alongside a few rebel ships. They were about to destroy it.
"Nonny, activate the proton torpedoes into the reactor. We have to leave quickly before everything explodes" Oona ordered. He just obeyed her and activate the weapons. The shots shot down the core of the space base. The rebel ships quickly retreated as everything began to explode. The Millennium Falcon managed to get out of the Death Star before it exploded.
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