Hi everyone. Sorry for the long silence, this chapter took me quite a while to work on and correct a few things. The FF finally make their way to the Star Forge and the Black Arms are dealt with. by the Sith all the while setting up to finally reveal who Revan truly is.
Enjoy!
A week had passed for the FF at Mobodoon and for Traya and Revan at the Chao garden. The training for Sonic was...lackluster to say the least. No matter he did, he couldn't tap into the inner energies despite encouragement from Sally and the rest.
The problem wasn't the training itself. The problem was Sonic's thought process. He always had to be on the move, to be doing something. Taking something slow...just wasn't his speed.
Sonic's ear twitched as he tried to meditate once more, Skarr watching over him. The hedgehog then groaned, falling back onto the floor.
"This is totally nuts! I need to be moving! I GOTTA MOVE!"
"Sonic, I know this is challenging for one such as you-"
"Damn right it's challenging!"
"-but you must concentrate! Do you really want to let down all of your friends and family? Revan is not going to hold back against you if you are not ready."
Sonic just scowled, sighing. Skarr was right. Revan was nothing like Eggman. Eggman didn't try to kill mobians, considering them a cheap labor. Revan though...he had killed and shown no remorse over the action.
Then again, it was only Jack he had killed...who admittedly did deserve it. Sonic sighed, returning to his 'training'.
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While this was going on, in New Mobo, trouble was brewing. During the week that the FF cells had left for Mobodoon, Hamlin had been busy.
He contacted Shadow the Hedgehog after being informed by Amy of the DFF and Merlin appearing before she was thrown out. Talking with the hedgehog had Hamlin grin. Shadow had revealed that he was pissed off at Revan for reasons of his own making. The pig happily informed the Ultimate Lifeform of Sandblast City (he would never call it Sandopolis) of the Sith sending shuttles of supplies to the Baron there.
Taking that info, Shadow had gathered some GUN agents along with his teammates. They led a raid on the base, capturing some Sith and one of their shuttles before retreating.
Oh, Tower wasn't happy and had called the council, but Hamlin just ignored the Overlander. The council though was upset at Shadow going AWOL and attacking the Sith. Thankfully, none of it could be traced back to him. After that, Hamlin left the city, citing he needed to oversee a project he has going on.
What he was actually doing was meeting with the AWOL agents and Team Dark. The reason? They had some Sith to interrogate.
He came upon the clearing, seeing Team Dark and several GUN agents. Before them, on their knees was several creatures the pig had never seen before. They simply looked straight ahead, back straightened, shoulders square, sporting busted lips and bloodied noses. Shadow looked up, seeing Hamlin enter.
"Were you followed?"
"No. So...shall we begin?"
"We've already started." Shadow said, shocking Hamlin.
"Where is Revan?!" Hamlin demanded, the Sith trooper just staring ahead.
"Lieutenant Commander, zero-zero-nine-five-four." The Sith said blandly.
One of the agents shook their head, sighing.
"All three are like this...they just repeat their rank and serial. We've done everything...even truth serum. They resisted it."
Hamlin was stunned; what were these Sith made of?! He turned to Shadow.
"What of that shuttle?"
"Omega is plugging in right now, but its gonna be a few."
Hamlin nodded, grabbing a pistol from a crate. He pointed it at the head of the nearest Sith trooper, his eyes still staring blankly ahead.
"Last time...where. Is. Revan's base? Tell me now or I swear to Gaia, I will shoot you." Hamlin said, expecting the fear of Death to make the Sith a blubbering fool.
What he got was the Sith Soldier kneeling straighter.
"I give my life to the Force. May it aide Lord Revan in his conquest." The Sith Trooper said, their eyes showing something that Hamlin couldn't believe.
Loyalty.
Hamlin snarled, squeezing the trigger.
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Revan's head snapped up, feeling an echo in the Force. The Force also looked up, frowning. Before the pair, a ghostly image appeared, stopping and saluting Revan. Revan returned the salute, his mask hiding his tears. The trooper moved on, The Force showing them to the door of their eternal rest. Before they entered, the soldier turned around.
"Lord Revan...it was Councilor Hamlin that killed me. Several agents captured me and my crew as we sent supplies to Baron Beauregard. They have a means to get to the Star Forge. It has been an honor, my lord. Glory to the Sith!"
Revan watched the trooper leave, going into their eternal reward. The Force looked to Revan who looked up at it.
"Your training is completed, dear Revan...you have unlocked that which has been locked. Go...protect your home, make the galaxy yours. But be warned. The Black Arms have found one of your ships and is chasing it."
Revan bowed low, thanking the Force. He turned around and walked away, his tears now dry...but even the Force could feel Revan's burning rage.
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Traya woke when she felt a massive tremor in the Force. Scrambling out of her living quarters, she saw the lake bubbling and foaming. Rising from it, like a creature of darkness crawling out from the light, was Darth Revan. Traya joined him, bowing low.
"Traya, we must return to the Forge. The time to fight the Black Arms is near."
"Yes, my lord!"
The pair exited the temple and explained to the Chao what was going on. They understood and wished the pair luck. Traya and Revan entered the Hawk taking off and used the cloak. The Sith warship that had stayed behind reported to them. Yesterday, the entire Raiju Clan had contacted the captain of the ship. The clan wanted to join the Sith. One discreet shuttle ride later, the entire clan was onboard. Revan looked at the Bride as she spoke.
"You were correct Lord Revan. Eggman was...displeased when I asked about the microbombs. He nearly attacked us, however, I had my people disable his troops."
"I'm glad you are safe and sound, Bride of the Conquering Storm. Rest assured, this will be a very profitable alliance for you and your people." Revan said. "Sadly, I need you all to get to the Forge ASAP. The Black Arms has discovered one of ours."
The name made the Raiju clan leader's eyes to widen but she nodded. The captain came on, understanding the orders. The two Sith would be right behind them. The hologram went off and the pair saw the ship speed into Hyperspace.
Once they were clear of GUN's surveillance satellites, the ship decloaked and Revan activated the Hyperdrive.
Traya frowned, centering herself in the Force. The upcoming battle was going to be brutal.
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Sally woke with a start. The reason? A rapid beeping from NICOLE.
"NICOLE? What's wrong?" Sally asked, opening the handheld.
"It's Penelope! She sent a message not too long ago. Hamlin has managed to convince GUN to lead a strike on Revan's home base!"
"WHAT?!" Sally shouted, throwing off her blanket. "We need to let the others know!"
An hour later, everyone was informed much to their shock. Even Sonic was staring in stunned silence.
"Is GUN really that stupid?!" Barby demanded.
"No, but Shadow is." Sonic griped, crossing his arms. "Revan made a fool out of him so he wants some payback. We've poked the dragon twice now...chances are this is it."
"Well, sadly for us, Shadow managed to get most of Station Square riled up...so we're committed to it."
"Mates, we're with ya all the way on this one." Walt stated, smiling.
"Too right dude. Count on my support." Guru stated, giving a peace sign.
"Mine too." Barby said.
The KFF all smiled, giving them thanks. Skarr watched it all, frowning. The Force was whispering to him. That this battle would lead to the FF discovering just who Revan truly was. He grimaced; the revelation would break them more then Eggman or Robotnik ever could. But...in order to prevent what happened before, it NEEDED to happen.
"We need ta get Rosemary and Amadeus...their son is up there." Bunnie said, putting a hand on her hip.
"Right. We'll head to New Mobo to get that. Merlin?"
The mage nodded, Skarr quickly stepping in.
"Princess...I am not stopping you, but I must tell you two things. The first is this. Return to Mobodoon when you discover Revan's true face. The second is...do not take my descendant lightly."
That made everyone look at the dead Jedi. His descendant? Skarr nodded, pacing.
"Yes, my descendant...Sonic, you dated her for a time."
Sonic wracked his head for a few minutes before his eyes flew open.
"FIONA?! FIONA IS YOUR DESCENDANT!?" Everyone screamed, making the Jedi nod.
"Yes. She is."
"How?!" Antoine blurted out, Skarr chuckling.
"Well, there is this thing called Sex..."
"NOPE!" Everyone yelped, covering their ears, not needing to hear Skarr doing the nasty with someone.
All Skarr did was laugh heartily. Merlin rolled his eyes, preparing the spell that would take them back to New Mobo.
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Reappearing back in the city, the FF were shocked to see GUN and Team Dark waiting. Sonic shot a glare at Shadow who returned it. Omega simply stood and looked at them. Rouge strode forward, a sway in her hips and a smug smirk on her face.
"About time you all decided to show." Rouge said, haughty.
"We just got done on an intelligence run. You're not going to like what you hear."
They told the GUN and Team what they had learned; The Force and Chaos Force being one and the same. Revan had access to a wide variety of powers, not to mention his training in sword and unarmed combat. When they got done, Shadow was actually looking smug.
"Nice story. He's just a man, he'll fall before the Ultimate Lifeform."
"Like he did before, Faker?" Sonic retorted, making Shadow scowl. "You're laboring under the assumption that Revan is like Eggman. He's anything but. Revan only attacks when provoked. You do this Shadow...you'll just be putting nails in Mobius' coffin!"
All Shadow did was scoff.
"Damn it Shadow this is not a game! Revan has no qualms about killing or holding back. Furthermore, Revan has the ability to see futures. Whose to say that he's be given a vision of what's coming and plans to prevent it!" Sally snarled, marching up to the hedgehog.
Shadow look unimpressed, but Rouge actually looked thoughtful. Hearing the new info made her think back over everything. The troops they had caught didn't crack, even with the death of their ally. The Sith troopers were now in Station Square, being held as political hostages while being questioned. But even the best of their interrogation teams working them over hadn't gotten anything. Tower had never seen anything like it. If the men were like this...what was Revan like?
The bat shook herself out of it when Shadow spoke.
"Be that as it may, your highness, your Council has approved the mission."
"Great, just great! Let's all go to war against an enemy who has humiliated us not once, but twice now!" Walt snapped at Shadow, who glared at the wallaby.
"Didn't ask for your opinion, Civvie." Shadow sneered.
Sally just stormed past him, Sonic glaring at the hedgehog.
"This goes south, Shadow, you best hide yourself as best as you can...cuz you are gonna have all of Mobius hunting for you."
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Sally and Sonic burst into the council chambers, stopping a screaming match between Hamlin and the rest. Once the pig saw her, he threw up his nose.
"We've all made a choice, Princess. The strike is going through." He stated making Sally snarl.
"Damn it, Hamlin, this isn't Eggman we're striking against! This is a being who has an entire GALAXY behind him! Say we succeed? What's to stop the rest of the Sith from striking back and striking back HARD?!" Sally pleaded.
Her pleas fell on deaf ears. They all told her that it was to commence. Sally looked ready to cry, Sonic scowling. He looked at Rosemary and made a face.
"Alright, we'll do it, BUT!" Sonic said, seeing the smug look on Hamlin. "We're taking Rosemary and Amadeus with us."
Hamlin raised a stink over it, but Rosemary looked thoughtful. Sonic stated that her son was up there and she deserved a chance to see him before things went south. Amadeus was a soldier himself and could talk with Tails, maybe even convince him to betray the Sith. Rosemary stood up, glaring at the council.
"Sonic is correct. My son is up there. I waited twelve years as a Robian to hold him again. I am not waiting anymore."
"But you took an oath! You cannot see him!" Hamlin protested.
"Then I quit." Rosemary said, stepping down and removing her sash.
Seeing the stunned looks of the pig, Sir Charles shook his head. Clearly they underestimated the love Rosemary had for her son. He accepted her resignation, stating that he'd miss her. Rosemary nodded, already calling Amadeus.
Within minutes, he was there once told of what had happned. When he heard what his wife did, he did the same. Taking off his medal, he tossed in at the feet of the Council. He joined his wife who joined Sonic and Sally. Sally gave a glare at the council, mostly at Hamlin.
"Revan most likely knows we're coming...I warned you not to do this. So whatever happens, just remember, YOU set this in motion, Hamlin. You may have gotten your position back...but I swear that this will make the people go apeshit." Sally spat.
Without another word, the group walked out.
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When Rosemary and Amadeus joined the group outside, needless to say, Shadow was not happy about it. He stated that no civilians were coming along. Sonic shrugged his shoulders.
"Fine, then the FF don't take part. The council may have ordered the strike, but they never ordered the FF to take part." Sonic said, smirking at the shocked looks.
"Sonic is right. We only ordered the strike to take place. There wasn't an order for the FF to join the strike force." Rosemary said, crossing her arms. "Without me, they cannot even do that. I have resigned from my post on the Council and my husband has done the same with the Military. Like it or not, Mister Shadow, you cannot go with just your own force."
Shadow's eye twitched, Rouge shaking her head. All the while, Omega just continued to watch on. He marched past the group and into the council chambers. Five minutes later, he stormed back out. Sonic was now looking smug.
"Fine. But I'm holding you responsible for their well-being, Maurice." Shadow snarled.
Sonic froze a full minute, allowing Shadow to push past him. The rest all followed after the black hedgehog, Sally stopping by him. Placing a hand on his shoulder, she roused him from his shock induced state. Sonic gave her a reassuring smile, Sally returning it.
They didn't say anything about the growing fear in their stomachs.
"Wait!" A voice said, making them all freeze.
Everyone turned to the area where the air shimmered. Appearing before them was a panting purple chameleon wearing dark gray shoes and gloves.
"Espio?" Sally asked. "What's wrong?!"
"Raiju Clan...left Chan-un. Joined a ship...this symbol on it." Espio gasped out, holding out an image.
Everyone looked at the image, the KFF eyes widening.
The emblem of the Sith Empire.
Now things got difficult.
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The shuttle that GUN and Team Dark had acquired was twenty eight meters long, had two laser turrets, two point defense systems and what looked like six countermeasures.
Two of the GUN special forces took up seats in the pilot's section, telling them all to strap in. That made Sonic look a tad afraid.
"You all know that this is an ALIEN ship right? How'd you manage to fly it if you all just captured it?"
The FF voiced the same question. One of the agents sighed, explaining. They had found several odd robots, droids, they were called. All of them were destroyed, clearly a means to prevent the team from finding out about Revan and the Sith. They had taken parts from the droids and hooked them up to Omega.
Said robot plugged into a port of some kind. Omega accessed the systems, the pilots were back in SS, under tight lock and key. The entire ship came to life then, Omega turning his head around.
"ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO. LIFT-OFF."
The ship took off from the ground, the engines roaring the ship into the skies, breaching the atmosphere. Shadow told them that the entire thing had something that could go faster then light. Hearing that, Sally frowned.
"So we were right...they have a means of FTL travel."
"INPUTTING LAST COORDINATES. NAVIGATION ACCEPTED. ENTERING WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED 'HYPERSPACE' BY MAIN COMPUTER IN THREE...TWO...ONE."
The shuttles engines flared and the stars turned into streaks. With a blast of speed, the shuttle entered the blue vortex.
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Darth Revan sat on his throne, gazing out at the Rakata System. He had just gotten done informing the gathered about what had happened on Mobius. The troops on Mobius who were delivering supplies to the Baron when they were attacked. The group was captured and then interrogated by a strike team of some kind. The crew had given nothing to their captors which Revan applauded them, but it saddened his heart to inform Commander Hendricks' family of his death. Naturally, it had made the family upset, but he swore he would make the planet pay from the nose for this.
"What of the shuttle, my lord?" A Mandalorian commander asked.
The shuttle had been taken. Now he knew why.
"They are coming here for a strike. What's more...is that the Force is warning me that the Black Arms are also closing in." Revan said, turning around.
The Grand Admiral was not happy at all when he got the news nor was he happy about the death of a good man like Hendricks. The two tailed said he would have his fighters blow it out of space when they dropped out of Hyperspace. Revan shook his head.
"No, Grand Admiral. On board are your parents, along with the Freedom Fighters. They are not to be fired upon." Revan said, the fox nodding.
"This is clearly an act of war though, Lord Revan." Lien-Da said, Conquering Storm nodding.
Revan nodded, but he would not go to war over such an speck of a world. Not yet at least. The Galactic Consortium was the main threat. That needed to be dealt with first, not secondary problems like Mobius. If they focused on Mobius now, it would expose their back to the GC. No, they needed to deal with the immediate threat.
"For now, we need a plan of attack for when the Black Arms come." Miles said, pulling up a map.
Before they could start planning, an alarm went off. Pushing a button, a hologram of a Sith Captain showed up, cutting in and out.
"Lord Revan! -Zzt- ...s under attack! -KRRZT- Black Arms! -crackle- Shan's Battle -warble- useless! Returning to Star Forge!"
Hearing that, Revan stood up, slapping his hand down on a station wide communicator.
"All personal! Code Supernova, repeat, code supernova! This is not a drill! Repeat, this is not a drill! All hands to stations! SCRAMBLE!"
As one, the station scrambled. Troopers rushed from their quarters, suiting up. Weapons were checked, cocked, and locked in. Mandalorians gathered their own weapons, chanting Mand'oo prayers for glory and battle. The Dark Legion helped the troopers and station personal ready whatever systems they could. Turrets came online, Fighters were fueled, ships moving into formation. The Dark Jedi headed to their command posts, ordering their troops into position. Those not meant for the battle were escorted to safety zones. Calls were sent out to their allies to warn them of an attack on the Forge.
Their allies stated they'd send a ship each if they could. The Constortium was launching their own offensive on them.
That meant that for the time being...The Sith were on their own.
The Grand Admiral and Mandalore joined his Emperor's side, Traya coming up next to them.
The map changed from a hologram of the galaxy to a hologram of their system.
"Lord Revan, Captain Vino said that Shan's battle meditation was useless. Can the Black Arms have a means to disrupt or block out the Force itself?" Miles asked.
Revan thought a little and stated that it certainty sounded that way. In that case, they couldn't rely on the Battle Meditation like before. Hearing that, Mandalore said that they'd have to rely on good old fashion battle tactics then. Battle meditation took their casualties down a fair bit, so expect a lot of death without it.
"I'll relay the word to the rest of the Knights and Dark Jedi Generals." A Mandalorian commando said, hurrying away.
Traya frowned, looking at the ships. Eyes widening as she read the readouts, she looked to the three.
"Miles, Lord Revan, Mandalore what about our Drone ships?"
The three looked at her, Revan gesturing for her to explain. Traya pulled up the ships, looking over them them. Several of them were Leviathan Class ships, several smaller ships with them. Traya pulled up the star chart, saying that Vino's ship would drop out of Hyperspace here, highlighting a place on the map, sixty kilometers from the Forge. The Drone ships in a diamond formation could provide cover fire while Vino made a run for the heavier fortified station.
"No doubt they will be heavily damaged and need repairs. The Drones can be a distraction until our main forces are ready."
"Not a bad idea, Lady Traya. How about we expand on that?" Miles said, pulling up the drone ships.
He stated that since the Drone ships didn't have any organic life forms on board, if the Black Arms scanned the ships, they'd believe all would be killed aboard or evacuated once the ships took enough damage. Given that the Star Forge cranked out Leviathan Class ships in hours, the automated snub fighters in minutes, the Drone ships could effectively ram into the Black Arms so they would be no loss of personal or ship.
"The tactic would be last resort of course, but given how we know little to nothing about the Black Arms and their ships, the more we take out, the easier it'll be for our other forces."
Revan nodded, stating that the plan was excellent in and of itself. Simple and effective. Both Miles and Traya smiled, but awaited to hear his own input. Wordlessly, the Emperor pulled up his own plans. The Dark Lord told them that the sixty-first fleet was to go to the designated set of coordinates. If the Black Arms appeared where Revan believed they would and after the Drone ships deal the first wave of damage with both turrets and kamikaze runs, the sixty-first was to rain fire from 'above' so to speak.
"Then the thirty-second and Mandalore's Fist will go into a pincer move on the hopefully disoriented ships."
"A bold gambit...but one that can pay off well. I have another suggestion. The first and second armadas returned recently right?" Mandalore asked.
At Miles nod, the warrior pulled up the fleets. He had a similar plan to Revan's, but the coordinates were BELOW the projected Black Arms drop point. Miles frowned slightly, seeing the ships firing from below and voiced his concern over Friendly Fire. Mandalore nodded, saying that it was a risk, but stated that if the Black Arms pulled up to confront the fleet 'above', they'd be exposing their rear flank. Traya and Revan both got it.
"Making them easy to kill off from behind! Smart!"
"And it further disorients them making it even easier for the rest of the fleets to take them out." Revan said, nodding in approval.
Miles pointed out that Vino would arrive in thirty minutes. They relayed the orders to the commanders in charge of the drone ships and the captains of the live ships what to do. Once all orders were given, they all watched their impressive fleet follow through, the Drone Ships getting into the Diamond Formation.
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The Sith warship Kraken and its support ships sped through Hyperspace, but behind it was several ships. Captain Vino of the Kraken hadn't expected the aliens to know of Hyperspace, but now he knew. He just hoped that his lord had a plan.
Behind the Kraken was a fleet of organic ships. The Black Arms had found a single Sith Warship after weeks of fruitless searching. They reported what they had found to Black Doom and then engaged. The ship actually held its own for a while, damaging the ship that had found them. But then it became a losing battle once the main fleet and its flagship appeared.
Black Doom had been impressed at the sight of the damage one of his ship had taken.
Then Black Doom opened his hive connection to his children and to the Universe at large. The Sith crew had a unique power user on the ship. Black Doom allowed them to get a few small victories before unleashing the Black Arms full psyhic power.
The odd power user collapsed, the rest of the Sith fighters falling to his offspring. Before they could finish off the fleet though, it had jumped. That had been a welcome surprise! Black Doom hadn't expected the ship to know the Dimensional Lanes. They quickly gave chase, following the Sith.
Several smaller beings like him ran around the ship with several starfish with single eyes floated through the air. He watched the retreating ship, stroking the arm of his chair.
Soon they would find where the Sith made their home and destroy them. That should send a clear message to this Revan.
No one attacked the Black Arms and got away with it. They would all pay for his child's death.
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The Kraken and the support ships dropped out of hyperspace, several parts of the larger ship scored by the Black Arms weapons. Other parts were on fire and billowing smoke. Vino saw the diamond formation and tried hailing them. When they did not reply, Revan appeared.
"Captain, they are the Drone Ships. They are there to provide cover fire for you when these Black Arms drop out."
"I see, Lord Revan! A plan of Lady Traya's no doubt?" Captain Vino asked.
Revan nodded, stating that himself, Miles and Mandalore also added something to it.
Vino smiled. When those four made a plan, it was bound to be a success. The Dark Lord asked about Shan. The Captain stated that she was unconscious, no doubt an attack from the Black Arms. Several alarms went off making Vino pale.
"They're here."
"Get your ship to the Star Forge. Commanders of the Drone ships, prepare!"
The Kraken slipped through the only opening the Drone ships had made. In front of the automated ships, the entire Black Arms fleet appeared.
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On board Black Doom's ship, he was temporarily taken aback by the massive station and the large fleets of ships. He did not expect the Sith to have this many! One of his children told him that more were coming from the station. So it was a factory as well! If he had lips he would have smiled.
Instead, all three of his eyes crinkled up in delight. Now he was going to enjoy this. With that factory under his control, Shadow would pay for his defiance. He commanded his children to contact the factory. A hologram of a figure in a robe and mask appeared, their arms crossed.
"Greetings...I am call Black Doom, but you may call me Master." Black doom said telepathically.
The alien could sense the same power from before, but unlike the one he felt, this one had much more of the power. Cutting it off from him would not be easy if he did not project it like the last one did. The masked figure seemed pissed off at what the Alien had said.
"I serve no master but myself. If you are here to demand our surrender, forget it. The Sith surrender to no one!" The figure said.
The contact was cut off. The ships that were in front of the Black Arms began firing their turrets. Red bolts of energy filled the void of space, smashing against the Black Arms shields.
The battle was on.
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"How much longer?! Can't you make this jalopies go any faster?!" Sonic whined.
The group had been in the shuttle for well over two hours, much to the hedgehog's annoyance. He had been over every part of the ship in the first hour and was now just tapping his foot. Sally calmed him down with a touch, but Shadow shook his head.
"This is the fastest we can go without burning out the engines. Hope did a lot of simulations on the drive after getting the designs off."
An alarm went off, Omega turning its head.
"APPROACHING COORDINATES. DROPPING TO SUB-LIGHT IN FIVE. FOUR. THREE. TWO. ONE."
Everyone had gone to the various windows, watching the blue fade to the black of space. The stars snapped back into place and they marveled at the beauty of a planet below them. The moment was ruined when the entire ship was shaken like a baby rattle. Everyone went flying, landing in a heap on the ground. Sonic got back up and looked at Shadow.
"The heck was that?!"
"Hold on everyone! Seems we picked a bad time to come here!" One of the GUN agents said on the comms.
"Why is that?" Rouge demanded.
Bunnie looked outside and saw several of the Leviathan Class firing their turrets. Her eyes went wide at seeing another ship just crawl into view.
"Oh mah stars! It's the Black Arms!"
That made everyone sit up. Joining their friend, they saw the Sith were engaged with the Black arms and they had dropped right into the middle of it all! The shuttle lurched to the right, the engines roaring.
"Omega, divert whatever power you can to the rear shields! Those Black Arms are swarming!"
Omega acknowledged, channeling all available power to the rear shields. Shadow looked annoyed, but he held it in. He joined the two, looking at the massive warships barreling down on the Black Arms. He scowled, seeing the massive ship.
"Black Doom...so he survived." Shadow said, pissed.
"Well, guess the Sith got his attention." GUN Agent 1 said, navigating.
The massive Sith warships flew on, getting barraged by the Black Arms. Several sustained damage, their turrets going silent. But there was a flare of the engines and the ships surged ahead. They smashed into the oncoming Black Arms, exploding in several brilliant displays of fire. The FF watched on, horrified at the thought of so many lives lost not knowing that they were just automated. Shadow grunted.
"Well, have to say he's efficient with his people's lives." Shadow commented.
The loss of the ships seemed to have done little to nothing to slow down the Black Arms, despite losing so many. Flashes of red suddenly rained down from 'above' striking the ships. Sally pursed her lips together, looking up. She saw another massive fleet above, their turrets blazing.
"They were a distraction..." She mused aloud.
A coms came to life, an alien language being shouted over it.
"###################!"
Everyone looked at the coms for a few moments. The coms came on again, but this time with another voice, one the entire FF recognized as Revan's.
"Shuttle AA-23, return to the Star Forge right away! Get yourself out of that killzone!"
They gave no arguments. They locked onto the massive station and headed toward it.
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Black Doom had been floored.
The oncoming warships had done scores of damage to his own ships. That wasn't what took him by surprise though. After their own ships did heavy damage to them and scanned them, they found no life on board. Just as they were pushing past to engage the rest, the ships all surged forward, ramming into the many heavy ships they had. Several support ships also met the same fate.
Like flowers, they bloomed into fire and twisted pieces of organic and metal. A report from one of his children showed that they had just lost thirty-three percent of their fleet from the surprise ramming. Black Doom had to give it to this 'Revan'.
He was ruthless.
Ordering his children onward, he watched as the factory grew in his window. The ship was suddenly rocked from side to side, making many go flying. One of them noticed dozens of ships being destroyed and shouted mentally.
They were being attacked from 'above'! Ordering his fleet to engage the new threat, the ships re-oriented themselves. They saw another massive fleet raining blaster fire down on them. The crew re-positioned the shields they had, absorbing the onslaught from the Sith.
Shrewd. Distract him with a tactic like the ramming so the other wave of ships could get into position. Such a shame the Sith didn't bow to him.
They returned fire.
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"Ah don't believe it...Revan's got them on the back pedal." Bunnie breathed out, watching the space battle behind them.
"Focus. We have to deal with Revan." Shadow said coldly.
The group managed to get to the Star Forge, all of them marveling at the massive station. Sally commented that it was a good thing Eggman didn't know of this station otherwise he'd try to take it over. Sonic nodded, but was frowning hard. Something was nagging at the back of his head, like something was seriously wrong here. He shoved those thoughts out of his head, the shuttle landing. Opening the ramp, they all walked out, seeing several fighters scream out of the hanger to join the battle. The two agents quickly began to assign jobs.
"Alright, we need to go through this entire station, find their weak points and then blow it all to hell."
Team Dark nodded, the FF looking affronted.
"This was meant to be a simple strike, not a destruction mission!" Barby snarled.
"That was before we saw this place. We're destroying it, end of story." Agent one snapped.
Sonic looked ready to rumble but Shadow got in his way. The black hedgehog glared, pulling out a pistol. Seeing it made Sonic back off. Re-holstering it, Shadow began to direct the GUN agents and the rest of his team. Sally looked at the FF and the Prowers.
Gesturing for them to follow her, she had them huddle around.
"Our mission is to find Tails. Convince him to rejoin us and then get off this station."
"Sally girl, not ta question ya, but somethin' is tellin' my little ole self that this is gonna go pear shape fast."
"Bunnie's right. Ever since we stepped on this station, I've gotten this...feeling." Rotor said, Rosemary and Amadeus nodding.
Sally felt it too, not liking the queasy sick feeling. Like someone was watching them.
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Revan watched the battles happening outside the Star Forge. The holographic display of the ships showed that after the kamikaze run of the Drones, the Black Arms lost thirty-three percent of their forces. The second wave took out another three percent, leaving them at a solid thirty before they re-oriented the ships. Traya reporting that they lost five percent of their own forces when the First and Second got into position.
Now the Arms were exposed on their backside.
"First and Second fleet, you have clearance to engage!"
The First and Second fleets opened fire. Bolts of red cut through the blackness of space, hitting several engines of the Black Arm ships. Multiple explosions bloomed out on the Black Arms side.
The Black Arms were reeling from the surprise attack! Several ships tried to break formations and flee, but they were cut down by the pincer move of Mandalore's Fist and the thirty-second fleet. The groups all cheered seeing the Sith fleet cut through the remains of the Black Arms attacking the main ship with everything they had.
The main ship became nothing but molten fire, exploding in the void.
STHSW
Black Doom could hardly believe it. His fleet was wiped out. He had felt the fear and last thoughts of his children. He watched the ships he had explode all around him, caught between the four fleets.
The Sith had outmaneuvered him, HIM!
He was irate but at the same time, respecting this Revan more and more. The Sith had taken little knowledge about him, made a battle plan no doubt with the help of several brilliant generals, and decimated his entire fleet. He himself got into a small craft with the last of his children, but he was not going to flee.
No. He was going to confront Revan himself.
As the ship reached critical, the engines of the craft came to life. With a scream, the ship shot out into the void, the massive ship behind it exploding into stardust. Deftly weaving around the ships, he made his way to the Star Forge.
Yes, revenge would be sweet indeed.
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Revan saw the tiny craft and slammed down on a comms.
"ALL HANDS PREPARE FOR BOARDING! DO NOT CONFRONT BLACK DOOM, HE IS MINE!"
Moving swiftly, the Dark Lord began to make his way to the lift, Traya at his side. Before he entered, he heard Miles speak.
"Sir! The crew of Shuttle AA twenty-three is the FF, Team Dark and several unknowns! They have split up. Permission to have them delayed until you're free?"
Revan nodded, pressing a button on the lift. The doors closed and he began to ride the lift down. He meditated on the ride down, centering himself in both the Dark and Light sides of the Force. Upon reaching the destination, the lift doors opened. Stepping out, several Sith Troops and Dark Jedi stood at attention.
"Miles has need of you. The Freedom Fighters have boarded and are accompanied by others. Three of them are Shadow the Hedgehog, Rouge the Bat, and Omega the robot. Delay them."
Saluting, they took off down the walkways. Revan pushed past the running war droids, troops and Dark Jedi. Entering one of the many hanger bays, Revan was treated to the sight of his Sith troops fighting several small creatures. The smaller creatures were running around, cackling and wielding odd weapons. But the longer they were out in the open, they were gunned down by a hail of blaster fire.
But they were just distractions. Several of the small creatures jumped onto the backs of his troops, his people, cutting their throats open. For every one Black Arms death, five Sith Troopers died as well. Revan was pissed but was stopped when a blaster bolt came and struck another Black Arm. Turning around, he was greeted by a wolf wearing a mask and the armor of a Sith.
"Whisper..." Revan said.
"Leave this to us, my lord. Deal with Black Doom." Whisper said, her voice steely.
Several Sith war droids charged in, taking over for the dead troopers and easing pressure on the still living ones. Whisper was quickly joined by Tangle who was holding a vibrosword in one hand, a blaster in another and a cannon on her tail. She gave a salute to her Emperor.
Abby joined up just then, a mobian sized heavy repeating blaster in her arms. She too saluted, gunning down a squad of the Dark Arms. Nodding at the sight of the three, Revan turned back to the battle field and saw Black Doom float out, looking about. His entire frame went rigid before he grabbed and ignited his two lightsabers, feeling the Mantle and Heart singing. With a Force Jump, the Dark lord closed the distance and struck down several of Black Doom's guards.
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The massive alien was taken aback at the sudden appearance of the Dark Lord. Even more so when he cut down his elite guard with ease. All three eyes narrowed; this was not like the last power user. This Revan's power was far greater then the alien had thought. Seeing the blade coming at him, Black Doom swapped himself with an duplicate illusion. The blade sliced through the illusion making Revan look at the decaying copy. Spinning around, Revan sliced through more Black Arms members.
"Black Doom...you have made a grievous mistake attacking me here." Revan snarled, dropping into Form II.
The Starfish began attacking him with eye beams. Revan smoothly deflected them, directing them into more of the Black Arms troops, killing them easily. Black Doom watched it all, his fist tightening.
This Revan was good. No, better then good. Revan was a master swordsman with that strange weapon.
He appeared before Revan, two weapons in his hands, both swords Black Doom created. Sensing the attack, Revan quickly attacked with Form VI, jumping around and using the entire chaotic battleground as springboards. Unused to the two swords in his own hands, Black Doom was backpedaling away from the Sith, clumsily blocking whatever he could.
The flurry of light kept on striking his own blades, Revan leaping high over the Alien. Seeing the opening, Black Doom threw him back with a telekinetic push. Revan deactivated his sabers before he landed hard, skidding over the floor. Seizing his opening, the alien attacked with a large energy boomerang. The energy blade bounced back and forth heading for Revan. Recovering himself, the Sith saw it coming and leaped high over it. Preforming a flip, Revan landed on a crate. Black Doom seemed to look mad but Revan paid it no mind.
He went on the offensive again, using Form VI to attack the Alien.
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Shadow looked down to see the fight between the Sith and his creator from fifty years ago. Revan was actually pushing Black Doom back, but Shadow knew it would only be a matter of time before the Alien got the upper hand again. Returning to his task at hand, he planted the C4 in the strut, smirking. His smirk soon fled when there was laser bolt that scored too close to it. Spinning around, he saw pair of Sith Troopers, a man and woman in black robes, masks covering their lower face and a two tailed fox in a black military uniform, holding a laser gun of some sort. Shadow squared his shoulders.
"Miles Prower I presume?" Shadow said coldly.
"You presume correct. You look like that child, Clarence, but you aren't. Who are you?" Miles snarled.
"None of your concern." Shadow said, pulling out a pistol.
Seeing the gun, Miles and the four ducked behind a nearby wall. Shadow fired several shots, the shots bouncing off the metal. He heard a click, muttered a curse, and knelt down to reload. Miles took that time to suppress him while the other three began moving to a better spot. Gritting his teeth, Shadow got on his coms.
"Blue faker, I found your boyfriend. He's currently interfering with my mission!"
"Faker, Tails is not my boyfriend. Second, I'm on my way."
Shadow bit back his reply, snapping up to shoot at the two tailed. He didn't see the fox anywhere which made him frown.
"Where-?" Shadow asked before a boot hit him in the head.
He went for a tumble, his gun clattering against the durasteel. Getting up, he tackled the fox away from the C4 making the fox snarl.
"You will pay for humiliating me, Sith!" Shadow snarled, Miles headbutting him and making him stumble back.
"You're doing a wonderful job of that yourself!" Miles parroted Revan, bringing his gun up.
Shadow kicked it out of the fox's hand, the pair beginning to grapple. Shadow had power in spades, but not a whole lot of training. Miles, on the other hand, had no power, but he did have training. He used Shadow's momentum to send him crashing into a wall, the fox heading for the C4 again.
He was stopped not by Shadow, but by a boom. Miles looked up to see a blue blur skid to a stop.
Sonic the Hedgehog had arrived.
The blue hedgehog's eyes were wide as saucers. But could anyone blame him? He was seeing Tails, his long lost brother for a second time. He didn't get a real good look at the two tailed fox before, but now the hedgehog did.
Tails had changed. The fox was as tall as he was, decked out in a black uniform, several medals on him. His hair was parted to the side, reminding Sonic of Miles, the anti of Tails. The blue eyes were icy, a frown showing off the elongated canines.
"Clarence..." Miles said in a dead tone.
Sonic's entire fur bristled. Oh how he HATED that name! He shook it off, smiling.
"Hey bro...you look good." He said, a watery smile on his face.
"Yeah. Thanks to Lord Revan." Miles said, staring coldly at Sonic.
"What happened to ya, lil bro?"
Miles stated that when he appeared in the Galaxy where Revan came from, he joined the military school there. Then came the Mandalorians. A war unlike anything the fox had ever seen erupted. Billions of lives destroyed. He fought, bled, and nearly died had it not been for the Dark Lord of the Sith.
During the entire exchange, Shadow crept his hand to his gun. Miles was distracted and Sonic was blissfully unawares of he was doing, pleading with Miles.
"Come on, Tails..."
"It's MILES, Clarence! Tails died in the Mandalorian war." Miles spat.
"That's not who you are and you know it, bro! You're a freedom fighter." Sonic pleaded, tears falling from the hedgehog's eyes.
Miles shook his head, scowling. That was his younger self. The naive self. He was neither now. He had grown up. He was going to help Revan take over this galaxy...or die trying.
"Apt choice of words." Shadow snarled.
"Grand Admiral! WATCH OUT!" One of the Dark Jedi warned.
Miles spun around, seeing Shadow grab the gun. The gun went off...but the target wasn't Tails.
It was the C4.
Realizing what was happening, the two Dark Jedi acted. One pulled the two troopers to them using the Force, the other doing the same with Miles. The bullet hit the C4, just as Miles was being pulled toward the group. Seeing what was happening in slow motion, Miles had only one thing to say as the Fireball consumed him.
"For REVAN!"
The Shockwave from the explosion sent the six flying, the Dark Jedi and Troopers falling on their backs. Sonic and Shadow went over the edge, falling to the battle below.
STHSW
An explosion made the battle pause for a moment, two bodies crashing onto Black Doom. Angrily, he threw the pair off of him, sending them to Revan. The trio went skidding across the durasteel floor, Revan's mask clattering away, his hood falling back. The pair of hedgehogs recovered, getting up as Revan tried to find his lightsabers.
"Faker...we are gonna have a SERIOUS talk!" Sonic snapped, anger in his voice.
"Can it! We need to deal with Black Doom NOW!" Shadow snarled, using his jet skates.
Sonic said nothing, his legs becoming a figure eight. Black Doom, winded from his battle with Revan, saw the pair and went on the offensive. Shadow fired bullet after bullet, Black Doom using his telekinetic powers to drag dead bodies into the path of them. Sonic used Buzzsaw attacks and spin dashs, making the Alien bleed hard.
The pair were soon joined by the Sith and their war droids, a commander standing on a crate, roaring.
"AVENGE OUR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS! STRIKE DOWN THE DOG THAT THE GALACTIC CONSORTIUM HAS SENT! FOR THE SITH! FOR EMPEROR REVAN!"
The Sith heard the cry and all roared. Charging out from behind all the rubble, they all opened fire. Blasters barked and laser bolts crashed into the body. Coupled with Shadow and Sonic still attacking him, Black Doom could not defend himself. He fell to the ground, groaning. Scores of melted flesh hissed and bubbled from the impacts of the high heat energy. Black Doom looked as Sonic and Shadow stood before him, Sonic scowling.
"Guess this time, you won't escape prison." Sonic said.
"This time...I will not make the same mistake." Shadow said, cocking his gun.
"Freeze!"
The pair turned to see them surrounded by Sith troopers and war droids. Both shared a look of being unimpressed. Before the Sith knew it, they were disabled and disarmed, the droids destroyed.
"Boy, dumber then advertised." Sonic said, his arms behind his back, the pair turning to Black Doom once more.
"Quite...now, let's-"
Whatever Shadow was saying, it was cut off by something flying to Black Doom. The only thing he had time to see was a tiny silver orb.
The world exploded in light and a high pitch scream echoed. The light faded from the hedgehogs eyes, both seeing Black Doom on fire. All around, the remaining Black Arms collapsed, dying. Both saw a lone figure in their peripherals standing, hands out. They turned and saw the true face of Darth Revan.
"W-what?!" Shadow gasped out.
"Impossible..." Sonic whispered, staring.
The pair, still in shock, didn't react when a massive blast of lightning from Revan struck the pair. Both screamed in pain, twisting and writhing under the assault. Revan kept up the power until he saw the pair passed out. Cutting off his attack, he barked to the troopers.
"Get the collars on those two and throw them in the brigs."
Two troopers hurriedly carried out the orders. Whisper coming over, holding the mask of the Dark Lord.
"Your mask, my lord." Whisper said, bowing and lowering her head.
Revan took the Mandalorian mask and placed it back on, raising his hood.
"Thank you Whisper." Revan said, looking down at her as Tangle and Abby joined her.
"My lord, we have taken into custody Amadeus and Rosemary Prower...they came of their free will." Abby reported, Revan nodded.
"Very well. Take them to the conference room."
Everyone bowed to him as a trooper rushed up.
"Lord Revan, its Grand Admiral Miles...he's...dead, sir."
Many of the Sith gasped, but Revan just looked at the trooper.
"I am aware...he gave his last breath to give us this victory. Gather the dead, send the dying and wounded to the medical wing. We will honor them at a later time. For now...I want answers from these Freedom Fighters."
The trooper nodded, running off.
The battle was over. Now it was time to deal with the FF.
Well...that got heavy fast. Yep...Tails is dead...Sally and the rest are not gonna be happy about that.