Shadow's Odyssey 2: The Chaos Continues

Petro felt what would normally be considered a disturbance in the Force. But this was far more than a disturbance. It was more like the Force itself was letting out a cry of agony.

But it wasn't until he looked and saw his apprentice, or rather, his former apprentice, stand back up with the Dark Side radiating from his body that the true horror of the situation sank in.

They. Had. Failed.

Not-Ezra stretched his arms. "Ahhh, it feels so good to be part of the Force again."

Ganodi tried to grab him with the Force. "Get out of Ezra's body you monster!"

Sidious easily broke free and Force choked her. He ignited Ezra's lightsaber and impaled her. That done, he strolled over and kneeled in front of Yoda. "Thank you for releasing me."

Yoda stared back with a look of defiance.

"How does it feel to once again lead the destruction of the Jedi Order?"

"The end, this is not. Destroy us, you may. But another, there will be. Always another, there will be. To extinguish the light, impossible it is. Allow it, the Force will not."

Sidious just impaled Yoda through the chest. He glared down at him. "I do not bend to the Force's will. The Force bends to mine."

Yoda collapsed.

Petro grunted as he was left to hold up the ceiling by himself. Sidious used the Force to pick up the Chaos Emerald and strolled over to Petro. He held up the lightsaber to Petro's throat.

Petro considered simply letting the ceiling drop and crush them both, but a quick glance at Shadow still laying on the floor quickly ended those thoughts.

"You still want to save him, even after it led to this. Pathetic. You're wise enough to use the Dark Side yet too weak to fully embrace it." Sidious deactivated the lightsaber. "But I suppose you got what you wanted. You saved Shadow. I hope it's worth all the destruction that will come from it." They heard the sound of someone running towards the room. "I'm afraid I must be going now but don't worry, we'll be seeing each other again very soon."

Sidious fled the scene.

Rouge and Rex ran in. "Petro what happened? What was that explosion?"

"Take Shadow, Ganodi, and Master Yoda and get everyone down to the lower levels!"

They took all of the bodies out of the room. Petro walked over to the exit and let go.

"What happened?" Rex repeated, this time to the old master cradled in his arm.

"Free… he is."

"But that means…"

"No. Hope… there… still is. Another… way… there is." Yoda's breathing was a faint wheeze and the light started to fade from his eyes.

"No no no! What way? What do we do?"

Yoda's body vanished, leaving Rex holding an empty set of robes.


The Mandalorians were positioned around Knuckles's hole.

"They can't stay down there forever, right?"

"Well, we can't stand around here forever either. We have to get back to rescuing Shadow."

"Don't bother. I am your ruler now."

The three Mandalorians whipped around. What they saw was a teenaged Jedi.

"You? You defeated Shadow?"

"Indeed, I have. And according to the Mandalorian code of honor, that makes me your leader."

"I don't believe it! There's no way this kid beat someone as powerful as Shadow."

He smirked. "If you doubt my power, perhaps you would like to challenge me?"

"It would be my pleasure."

The other two put their weapons away and stepped back let them duel. The Mandalorian aimed his blasters at the young Jedi. Sidious gently moved one hand and his opponent's arm snapped.

He screamed in pain but refused to be defeated that easily. He raised his other arm and fired his blaster. That arm was broken in a second.

Realizing he had no chance, he backed away. "Alright, you win! I yield!"

"No. The demonstration is not finished yet."

Sidious reached out with the Force again and broke apart the pieces of his armor. His helmet split into pieces, revealing the terrified face behind it. Sidious blasted him with Force lightning. The Mandalorian screamed as the lightning charred his skin.

Then Sidious stopped blasting him, leaving the Mandalorian quivering on the ground. He picked him up with the Force and with one swift motion, cut his head off.

The body fell the ground, leaving the head suspended in the air.

Sidious turned to look at the two remaining Mandalorians. "Any more challengers?"

They stood frozen for a moment, not sure it they believed what they just saw. They quickly bowed before their new ruler.

"I thought not."


"I told you so!" Eggman shouted. "Now we're all doomed and it's all your fault!"

Everyone in the room desperately wanted to punch Eggman, but they had to admit that he was right.

They were distracted from this by a section of the floor suddenly bursting upwards and revealing a fist. "Guys we need your help! There's a bunch of annoying guys with jetpacks out there and Sonic's hurt and so is Leia."

"Oh Knuckles! You're just in time for my I told you so!" Eggman spat.

"Uh, what's he talking about?"

"Sidious had escaped!" Eggman said with a manic grin, equal parts terrified and smug over being right.

Knuckles looked around and saw Shadow laying in a bed. "Isn't that him right there?"

"Oh no. Sidious escaped Shadow's body and possessed one of the Jedi! So not only is he free, he has all his Force powers back!" Eggman flung his arms out to emphasize. "Meaning no matter how many times we kill him now, he can just hop into another body! So that's a big round of applause for all of you! You've doomed this galaxy!" Eggman started laughing like a madman, high pitched and hysterical.

Boba rapped Eggman sharply on the back of his head, sending him to the floor in an unconscious heap. "Shut up."

"Oh… um… I'd better go expand the tunnel so the others can get in." Knuckles awkwardly retreated back to the underground.

The others sat in silence until it was broken by a groan. Everyone turned in it's direction and saw Shadow beginning to stir.

Shadow lifted his head. He seemed confused as he looked around at everyone.

Rouge ran over to him. "Shadow! You're alive!" She wrapped her arms around him.

He shoved her away, which she was expecting. This was normal for Shadow. He was very much against hugging for as long as she had known him. But this usually didn't stop her from trying.

But this time, Shadow's push was far more aggressive. This push was not out of annoyance. It was rage.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU? I TOLD YOU TO KILL ME!"

"Shadow I-"

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE? YOU HAD HIM AND YOU LET HIM GET AWAY!"

Rex tried to intervene. "Whoa, whoa, calm down. We'll figure this out."

Shadow's eyes snapped over to him. "REX! REX HE KILLED THEM! HE KILLED ALL OF THEM!"

"Who?"

"THE CLONES! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!" Tears poured out of Shadow's eyes. "They're all dead."

Rex felt something deep inside of him break. He stood there, motionless. He wished he could change his vote. He wished could have been there, even if it would only have been to die along side them.

"Shadow I'm sorry." Petro tried. "We tried to-"

"AND YOU FAILED!"

"We did it to save you!"

"AND NOW SIDIOUS IS GOING TO KILL ALL OF US ANYWAY! YOU HAD ONE CHANCE TO KILL HIM AND YOU WASTED IT!"

Petro fell silent.

"IDIOTS! ALL OF YOU ARE IDIOTS!" Shadow curled into a tight ball and sobbed. "We're all going to die now."