CHAPTER 6
The end of the beginning- part 1
Even Piell watched as the several dozen gunships came zooming out from the Republic assault ships to the Jedi Temple landing platforms, where the Jedi would unload from the Gunships to their home. Even stayed behind while 200 other Jedi went to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Senator Amidala from Geonosis. He and the other few Jedi that stayed at the Temple had no clue whatsoever to what happened, but he became mournful once he saw only a dozen Jedi unload from the Gunships.
"Why so few?" asked Even to Ki-Adi-Mundi, the nearest Jedi to him.
"There were thousands and thousands of droids", said Ki-Adi. "If it weren't for the clones, all of us would've died in a matter of seconds."
"That's a relief", said Even. "At least you won't be doing any more fighting for a while." Nearly on cue to Even, a loud buzzing noise filled his ears. He then turned around and saw several shapes in the sky. The shapes turned out to be ships, which were coming straight for the temple. Each ship had a flat rectangular wing, and had a similar cockpit that connected the two wings that made an H-shape. But everyone knew that they weren't friendly once they started firing upon the city of Coruscant.
"Take cover!" yelled Mace Windu, leader of the Jedi. "All pilots get to your starfighters!" Then, all the Jedi who could pilot a starfighter ran to their triangular Jedi Starfighters and took off to face the starfighters (or H-Wings by the survivors of the battle). The Jedi starfighter's lasers seemed to have no effect on the H-Wings, while the Jedi Starfighters would blow up with one hit. Even, who was the highest-ranking Jedi who wasn't piloting a starfighter, led the other Jedi into the temple. But as they walked into the temple, several white objects came towards them, and Even could make them out as droids. They were taller than the average man, with black and white armor and had a large vertical spike where their nose would be. The droids then grabbed lightsabers and activated them, giving a result of having the room illuminated with their red blades and the buzzing of the weapons filled the ears of the Jedi. The Jedi then activated their lightsabers and faced the droids.
"Charge!" yelled Even. The Jedi then charged at the droids and slashed at their bodies, but the droids struck back. For some strange reason, the lightsabers seemed to have no effect on the droids, and force- powered attacks didn't seem to do much damage. However, it was the opposite for the droids, who were making the Jedi drop like flies. Even, however, wasn't having too much trouble, for he could roll under the droids due to his short size. He decided to use that feat to his advantage and tried to warn all the Jedi who were already hidden, but the droids had several long- range weapons to dispatch him. Even's right leg was blown off, and he fell to the floor. He looked out the window near his position to see if the pilots were having any luck. Strangely enough, several O-Shaped fighters came swarming towards the enemy craft. Hope had come at last.
Shaina Malon hadn't felt important enough lately. She felt like that in this mission, she was just a little tool for Kaldo to use. It seemed like Kaldo was getting all the action, all the attention from not only Aayla but also Anakin and the other future people. It was like she was invisible. She wondered if it was because she was a woman, a human woman to be specific, or a way she acted. Maybe it was her vulgarity. But she would have to ignore those facts for the moment. Or maybe they knew about her time with Perit the night before. A Jedi shall not know doubt. She would take that lesson from Master Yoda and put it to life once she exited the black of the time warp and entered into 22 B.B.Y. There were literally thousands of ships in the sky, and each of weird and futuristic designs. She heard orders from Kaldo and Aayla, but she ignored them and just followed the other pilots and shot at the ships they shot at. Once she knew the difference between the good guys and the bad guys, she started shooting at all the nearest H-Wings and battle cruisers. Shaina knew that all the other pilots were frustrated, because Aayla put a tracker on CX-PX and he wasn't detected on any of the battle cruisers present.
"Oh well", said Shaina to her astromech droid. "We'll probably win this one. The force tells me so".
"You know that's not going to work", said Dyaka to Zerra. Ever since she thrown into her dark and clammy cell, she worked rigorously to try to under her handcuffs so that she and Dyaka could escape. She had tried everything, from making devices to using a pick, but none of them had worked. And, at the moment, she was doing something that would obviously not work- she was banging the handcuffs against the walls.
"We must escape", said Zerra. "I've told you the plan before". Dyaka knew that she had a great plan, but it wouldn't work unless they got out of their handcuffs. They were to escape the cell, go down to the engine room, sabotage the engines, get in an escape pod, and pray to the gods that they would live.
"Might as well use your teeth", said Dyaka. "It'll be just as effective". Zerra's face then lit up.
"THAT'S IT!" yelled Zerra. "I'll use my teeth!" She then used her teeth to pry open the handcuffs, and this time it actually worked. She then quickly opened Dyaka's handcuffs and they quickly left for the door, but noticed a bigger problem- the door.
"I'll get it", said Dyaka. "OH, HELP ME! HELP ME! OH, HELP ME MR. GOD PERSON! HELP ME!" The two guard droids then quickly opened the door to see what was wrong, but Zerra immediately launched at them. With a kick she brought the first one down, and she used a series of punches and blows. She then grabbed each of their blasters and kept one for her herself and then gave another to Dyaka. They then stormed out of the room, but stopped once a loud rumble was heard through the ship.
"What was that?" asked Zerra.
"It's the Hydrolica bomb", said Dyaka. "Just pray that the galaxy isn't destroyed right now, because you cannot imagine what the Hydrolica bomb does once it hits the ground".
"I've got you now", thought Perit. He was zooming in his O-Wing when all of a sudden Jshaka Ybatra, a Trandoshian Knight he had grown fond of, was shot down by an H-Wing. Once he felt his friend's life go to the force, he pursued the H-Wing. The pilot must've been a very good one, for Perit must've been chasing him for a minute.
"Oh, hell", thought Perit. He then launched a proton torpedo at the H- Wing and it was destroyed on impact. Perit was going to celebrate, but a huge crash was heard and a huge cloud of whiteness enveloped Perit's eyes. Perit couldn't believe it- the weapon that Kaldo had been talking about had finally been tested on Coruscant.
The end of the beginning- part 1
Even Piell watched as the several dozen gunships came zooming out from the Republic assault ships to the Jedi Temple landing platforms, where the Jedi would unload from the Gunships to their home. Even stayed behind while 200 other Jedi went to rescue Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and Senator Amidala from Geonosis. He and the other few Jedi that stayed at the Temple had no clue whatsoever to what happened, but he became mournful once he saw only a dozen Jedi unload from the Gunships.
"Why so few?" asked Even to Ki-Adi-Mundi, the nearest Jedi to him.
"There were thousands and thousands of droids", said Ki-Adi. "If it weren't for the clones, all of us would've died in a matter of seconds."
"That's a relief", said Even. "At least you won't be doing any more fighting for a while." Nearly on cue to Even, a loud buzzing noise filled his ears. He then turned around and saw several shapes in the sky. The shapes turned out to be ships, which were coming straight for the temple. Each ship had a flat rectangular wing, and had a similar cockpit that connected the two wings that made an H-shape. But everyone knew that they weren't friendly once they started firing upon the city of Coruscant.
"Take cover!" yelled Mace Windu, leader of the Jedi. "All pilots get to your starfighters!" Then, all the Jedi who could pilot a starfighter ran to their triangular Jedi Starfighters and took off to face the starfighters (or H-Wings by the survivors of the battle). The Jedi starfighter's lasers seemed to have no effect on the H-Wings, while the Jedi Starfighters would blow up with one hit. Even, who was the highest-ranking Jedi who wasn't piloting a starfighter, led the other Jedi into the temple. But as they walked into the temple, several white objects came towards them, and Even could make them out as droids. They were taller than the average man, with black and white armor and had a large vertical spike where their nose would be. The droids then grabbed lightsabers and activated them, giving a result of having the room illuminated with their red blades and the buzzing of the weapons filled the ears of the Jedi. The Jedi then activated their lightsabers and faced the droids.
"Charge!" yelled Even. The Jedi then charged at the droids and slashed at their bodies, but the droids struck back. For some strange reason, the lightsabers seemed to have no effect on the droids, and force- powered attacks didn't seem to do much damage. However, it was the opposite for the droids, who were making the Jedi drop like flies. Even, however, wasn't having too much trouble, for he could roll under the droids due to his short size. He decided to use that feat to his advantage and tried to warn all the Jedi who were already hidden, but the droids had several long- range weapons to dispatch him. Even's right leg was blown off, and he fell to the floor. He looked out the window near his position to see if the pilots were having any luck. Strangely enough, several O-Shaped fighters came swarming towards the enemy craft. Hope had come at last.
Shaina Malon hadn't felt important enough lately. She felt like that in this mission, she was just a little tool for Kaldo to use. It seemed like Kaldo was getting all the action, all the attention from not only Aayla but also Anakin and the other future people. It was like she was invisible. She wondered if it was because she was a woman, a human woman to be specific, or a way she acted. Maybe it was her vulgarity. But she would have to ignore those facts for the moment. Or maybe they knew about her time with Perit the night before. A Jedi shall not know doubt. She would take that lesson from Master Yoda and put it to life once she exited the black of the time warp and entered into 22 B.B.Y. There were literally thousands of ships in the sky, and each of weird and futuristic designs. She heard orders from Kaldo and Aayla, but she ignored them and just followed the other pilots and shot at the ships they shot at. Once she knew the difference between the good guys and the bad guys, she started shooting at all the nearest H-Wings and battle cruisers. Shaina knew that all the other pilots were frustrated, because Aayla put a tracker on CX-PX and he wasn't detected on any of the battle cruisers present.
"Oh well", said Shaina to her astromech droid. "We'll probably win this one. The force tells me so".
"You know that's not going to work", said Dyaka to Zerra. Ever since she thrown into her dark and clammy cell, she worked rigorously to try to under her handcuffs so that she and Dyaka could escape. She had tried everything, from making devices to using a pick, but none of them had worked. And, at the moment, she was doing something that would obviously not work- she was banging the handcuffs against the walls.
"We must escape", said Zerra. "I've told you the plan before". Dyaka knew that she had a great plan, but it wouldn't work unless they got out of their handcuffs. They were to escape the cell, go down to the engine room, sabotage the engines, get in an escape pod, and pray to the gods that they would live.
"Might as well use your teeth", said Dyaka. "It'll be just as effective". Zerra's face then lit up.
"THAT'S IT!" yelled Zerra. "I'll use my teeth!" She then used her teeth to pry open the handcuffs, and this time it actually worked. She then quickly opened Dyaka's handcuffs and they quickly left for the door, but noticed a bigger problem- the door.
"I'll get it", said Dyaka. "OH, HELP ME! HELP ME! OH, HELP ME MR. GOD PERSON! HELP ME!" The two guard droids then quickly opened the door to see what was wrong, but Zerra immediately launched at them. With a kick she brought the first one down, and she used a series of punches and blows. She then grabbed each of their blasters and kept one for her herself and then gave another to Dyaka. They then stormed out of the room, but stopped once a loud rumble was heard through the ship.
"What was that?" asked Zerra.
"It's the Hydrolica bomb", said Dyaka. "Just pray that the galaxy isn't destroyed right now, because you cannot imagine what the Hydrolica bomb does once it hits the ground".
"I've got you now", thought Perit. He was zooming in his O-Wing when all of a sudden Jshaka Ybatra, a Trandoshian Knight he had grown fond of, was shot down by an H-Wing. Once he felt his friend's life go to the force, he pursued the H-Wing. The pilot must've been a very good one, for Perit must've been chasing him for a minute.
"Oh, hell", thought Perit. He then launched a proton torpedo at the H- Wing and it was destroyed on impact. Perit was going to celebrate, but a huge crash was heard and a huge cloud of whiteness enveloped Perit's eyes. Perit couldn't believe it- the weapon that Kaldo had been talking about had finally been tested on Coruscant.