Knights of the Republic
Author's disclaimer: The characters here are for the most part not mine, however some are. If you have played K.o.t.R then you know which are and aren't. Please Review and Enjoy.
Chapter 1: The Endar Spire
Mona Daala woke up with a start she could have sworn the entire room had just shaken.
"Probably just my imagination" she thought, but then the entire room shook once again and she remembered where she was. She was on board the Endar Spire, a Republic starship. She wasn't sure where they were headed but she knew there were some Jedi on board. Just then the door to the room opened and Trask her bunkmate entered. She hardly knew him as they were rarely in the room at the same time. She had only seen him a couple times in passing.
"What's going on?" Mona asked.
"The Sith surprised us," Trask replied, "Come on we have to get to the bridge to protect Bastila."
"Isn't she the head Jedi?" Mona asked.
"For this ship yes," Trask replied.
"I think she can take care of herself," Mona said, "Besides she's probably already escaped on an escape pod."
"Be that as it may," Trask said, "It's our duty to ensure her survival, she is the key to the Republic military."
Mona decided not to bother asking for details, "But I'm just a scout, I didn't sign up for this."
"Doesn't really matter," Trask replied, "We have to go there if we want to get to the escape pods anyway."
Mona sighed, "Fine," she agreed, "I'll grab my stuff."
Slipping into her light combat armor and grabbing her vibroblade and blaster pistol she followed Trask out of the room they opened a bulkhead door to see a Republic soldier collapse from fire from to Sith troops. Mona pulled out her blaster pistol and dove through the door firing off several quick shots. Two of them deflected harmlessly off the one troopers armor but the other two found a weak spot in his armor, the neck, and he went down suffocating. The other trooper ran at Mona firing but she dodged it. Trask then jumped through the door and stabbed the Sith in the chest with his vibroblade. Trask grabbed a medpac off the soldier, "Might need these," he said.
Mona nodded and the two continued to the next door. Opened the door they were met by two more Sith Troopers. Trask opened fire and felled the trooper closest to him. Mona hit the trooper nearest her in the arm but he fired at her with his left hand and the shot grazed her shoulder causing a nasty burn. Trask shot the trooper down and then handed the medpac he had just picked up to Mona, "Told ya we might need it," he said with a grin.
Mona applied the medpac to her burn and the two of them continued on there way. At a cross section of corridors there was a heated battle taking place between Sith troops and Republic soldiers. A Sith trooper and Republic soldier were dueling with vibroblades another Sith threw a grenade in the middle of the two killing them both as well as two other Republic Soldiers who had been coming to their comrades aid. Noticing Trask and Mona a third Sith prepared to throw a grenade their way. Mona's blaster flashed and the Sith fell to the ground dead, his colleague dove aside in an attempt to avoid the grenade's blast but the force flung him hard against a bulkhead wall. Trask pumped a few shots in him to make sure he was dead. Trask grabbed two grenades off the dead Sith and handed them to Mona, "Here you might need these later."
Mona nodded and strapped the grenades to her belt. Trask walked up to one of the doors on the far side of the intersection. "This leads to the bridge," he said, "Let's hurry. It obvious the Sith have boarded and we need to get off as soon as possible."
Mona ran over as Trask opened the door. On the other side there was a humming noise and a distinctive electronic clashing sound as well. Mona looked through and saw two Jedi battling one was young woman wielding a yellow lightsaber while the other was an ugly bald man who held a red lightsaber.
"We'd best stay back," Trask said, "We'd only get in the way."
Suddenly the Jedi smacked the dark Jedi's blade aside and swung across his mid section. The dark Jedi fell to his knees and then fell forward.
Just before his lightsaber went out it burned into a power conduit behind the Jedi. The conduit exploded killing the Jedi.
"Damn," Trask muttered as he ran past the two bodies.
Mona followed her eyes stuck on the dark Jedi; something about him seemed familiar for some reason. Ahead of her Trask opened the door to the bridge.
"Shit!" Trask cursed, "They're here."
Mona turned to see two Republic officers fall due vibroblade wounds inflicted by a pair of Sith troopers. Two more troopers near the door turned to face Mona and Trask.
Mona flipped her blaster from her right hand to her left and fired at the closest trooper while pulling a grenade off of her belt and flinging it into the bridge. The trooper near her fell from the blaster fire while one of the Sith further away died from the grenade. The other managed to avoid the blast but the large electrical surge from the malfunctioning bridge equipment pulsed through him killing him instantly. Meanwhile Trask had dispatched the trooper near him. Trask led the way to a set of doors on the right hand side of the bridge.
"Come on, Bastila must have already escaped, the escape pods are this way."
Trask opened the door which came to a T-Intersection. The door across from them opened to reveal a man wielding a red lightsaber.
"I'll hold him off," Trask said, "You get to the escape pods."
Trask leapt through the door which slammed shut. Mona tried to open the door but it was no use. On the other side there was a loud explosion. Mona only hoped that Trask had managed to take the dark Jedi with him. Mona ran to the and down a corridor where she encountered a Sith trooper, she pumped several blaster shots into him and grabbed a grenade off his body before she came to a room with a power control station and a deactivated droid. Just then here communicator beeped to life.
"This is Carth Onasi," the person said, "I've been monitoring the security cameras. You and I are the only to republic soldier left on board. On the other side of that door is a squad of Sith troopers you're going to have to do something to get rid of them."
Mona went over the power control panel and overloaded the power box in the next room. She heard the cries of pain as the Sith troopers were electrocuted to death. Mona opened the door and stepped over the dead bodies only stopping to pick up strange looking vibroblade before entering the next room. Inside was a man with short dark hair and beard and mustache.
"I'm Carth Onasi," he said, "But there's no time for formalities now. We've got to get out of here."
Mona jumped into the last escape pod and Carth followed hitting the eject button. The door slammed shut and the escape pod shot free of the Endar Spire.
As the escape pod fell towards whatever planet it was that the Endar Spire had been near Mona watched the Endar Spire through the tiny window in the escape pods hatch. As they began to enter the atmosphere a large Sith Capital Ship slowly flew past the Endar Spire and raked her with Turbolaser fire. As the outside of the escape pod began to glow the inside of the Endar Spire did the same as the ship erupted silently. The escape pod jerked about and Mona was thrown violently against the floor before blacking out.