Chapter 5 Part 2
Luke guided his X-wing fighter toward the top of the main spire to the Jedi Temple. The building was old and beat up. There were black laser marks, holes from explosions, and missing segments from the spires. There must have been a huge battle here. Look at those blast marks. Whatever hit here must of been big. Luke thought. Suddenly as if by a wave of power the force filled up in him like he had never felt before. It was as if he could take on Corusaunt himself. Luke easily guided his fighter on the top of the Jedi Temple.
He settled the craft and got out. He was wearing tan clothing similar to the one he wore in Bespin. Through the force he saw movement below him. The people inside were tense and worried. He walked to the center of the platform and clicked some buttons on a control panel. Up came the turbolift. Luke walked in and looked at the control:
Floor 136...Floor 137...Council...Roof Top. Luke pushed the Council button. The turbolift doors closed and the lift went down. With a soft beep the lift opened its doors and Luke stood face to face with a gun barrel. "Don't shoot." he said. The rifle barrel moved down from his face to reveal a dozen or so Rebel troops standing around guns ready.
"Commander Skywalker? We're so sorry for this mistake. We just had to make sure it wasn't on those stormtroopers." said one in the center of the room.
"That's okay soldier. Why are you up here? Shouldn't you be downstairs defending the base?" said Luke.
"We were, sir, it's just that we got surrounded and this was the safest place we could go."
"Hmmm...What about the others?"
"This is everyone, sir. Even if there were more they would be dead by now. The Empire has taken control of the building."
"So this is a last stand?"
"Yes, sir this is it. Those Imperials should be here any minute now once they access the turbolift's logs and find us here."
Luke took a few steps towards the window and eyed the place. Surrounding the windows were small chairs about three feet tall with red cushion. Next to the chairs were small silver display screens with handles on the sides. Behind the chairs on the wall were large windows. Luke peered out and saw the last bits of sun fade away from the planet. The long shadows blended in with the rest of the light to form darkness. On the buildings millions of white lights went on. With a flash the room lit up from the automatic lighting.
Suddenly the Luke felt something in the Force. It was them, the stormtroopers, they were coming. He made his way from the windows to the head of the troops. "Rifles ready. Aim for the kill." he said. Then the lift could be heard coming near. Luke got out his light saber and ignited the green blade in front of his face. It stopped and made a soft beeping noise. Then the doors parted open. Revealed were a dozen stormtroopers. They started blasting away at Luke and the other troops. He deflected all the bolts that came his way and even sent some back to their owner. He saw the opportune moment and dove into the lift. He quickly killed each clone one by one. Undercut. Overcut. Stab from behind. Swing from over the shoulders. There was no stopping him. Soon there was no one in there but him.
The Rebel troops were amazed of how quickly he had made work of those stormtroopers. It was unbelievable. "How did you do tha-." one started to say, but Luke cut him off. "No time to talk. We need to take back this building."
The troops rushed in to the turbolift with him and made there way to the main level.
Thousands of miles way in the Imperial Super-Star Destroyer Executer stood a holographic image of Vader. His black, mechanical hands were on his belt like his usual stance. Next to the holo-image stood the captain of the ship, clad in the usual gray. "We are gong through the former Alderaan system now, Lord Vader. We should be there by Coruscaunt's morning."
"For your sake and the Empire's you'll be there." said Vader , "When you get here you'll see that the Rebel fleet is set up in front of Coruscaunt. Do not attack the main capital ships straight unless they you are forced to. Only attack the ships with your fighters. The Emperor has something special planned."
"Yes Lord Vader. We will do our best to follow the commands."
The image of Vader flickered out and the captain was left alone. Not attack the capital ships straight on? What is he thinking? The captain thought. He walked over to a commander by a computer monitor, "Stay on target, but enter the system a little farther from the planet then originally planned."
