Ties that bind, Chapter Twenty three.
Here we go. I'm hoping I can round this story off at twenty five chapters, maybe thirty. Oh, and this is kinda gonna involve Knights of the Old Republic a little more. It's a what if the Star Forge wasn't destroyed kinda thing. I know. It's not that creative, but hey, it fits. Enjoy!
Luke regained consciousness. As the most powerful force sensitive being in the area, it affected him the worst.
"What happened?" He asked, seeing half the crew around the bed he was laid on.
"You cried out, then passed out. Leia almost did. Everyone else is fine, except for you two." Han told him, nodding towards the next bed, where Leia sat up, head in her hands.
"Hundreds of people died. We couldn't stop her. We have to stop her!" She was muttering, over and over. Luke got up and walked over to her, wincing at the pain of moving.
"Leia. What happened?" He asked, resting a hand on her shoulder. She looked up, and for a moment, Luke didn't recognize her. Her eyes had lost the usual sparkle, the authority behind them.
"She killed people, to gain their life power. On Commenor. People are dead because we didn't stay and destroy her ships." Leia dropped her head again.
"Are the ships in hyperspace?" Luke asked, and Ackbar nodded. " Push the engines. We need to get to Commenor, now!" Luke barked, and many people left the room to do so.
Jaina rubbed her eyes. She had been fixing fighters for the past seven hours. Well, except for the break the excruciating pain brought her. Beside her, her grandfather also worked, fixing the Falcon. Her dad wasn't gonna like the fact that someone else had worked on the ship, but he wouldn't mind so much when his ship ran like new.
Anakin poked his head out from under the ship, smeared with grease. "Jaina, your dad may be a good pilot, but his mechanics skills suck. Can you come and help me with this?" He asked, and Jaina crawled out from under the A-wing, and over to the ship.
"He's got the wiring all wrong again. I swear I'm still amazed this thing runs." She muttered, pulling out wires, and replacing them.
Little under an hour later, both of them sat in the cockpit. "Well, lets see if it works. Let me call dad real quick, and tell him that we're testing it."
/Dad/
/Yes, Jaina/
/Grandfather and I are going to test some new repairs on the Falcon, okay/
/Yeah,Okay. Just, don't blow it up or anything/ Jaina rolled her eyes.
/Whatever./ She cut the comlink and ran her hand over the starter switches for the ship.
"Well, the repulsorlifts seem to work just fine. Navicomputer and flight courses check out okay. Take her out, do some spins." Anakin gripped his seat in momentary shock as Jaina rotated the Falcon while swinging it around.
"Warn me next time you do that, capiche?" Jaina smirked, banking it, and flying it around a Battle Dragon.
"Drive systems check out fine. Sensor arrays, fine."
"You did a better job fixing this thing than I thought. Dad's gonna be happy. C'mon. The fleet's gonna leave here soon" Jaina commented, and flipped the Falcon over again. It 360'd into the hangar of the Dodonna.
Alora felt them coming. She knew it was time. She summoned her ship, a sleek cruiser called Hercinia, and traveled to the center of the galaxy.
The fleet arrived at Commenor. Nothing. The planet was dead. No life what so ever.
"Look. It's a crippled yacht. Bring it into the hangar. " Jaina ordered, and ran to the hangar.
Two girls were brought out. Both had pale blue skin, and emerald hair. They looked ill. Jaina winced as she felt their pain.
"She nearly killed us. Our lady Alora. She went to the Star Forge. Here. Take these coordinates and stop her…" They both passed out.
Jaina handed the coordinates to a technician, who ran to the bridge to program them into the navicomputers.
"Get them to the medbay." Jaina sighed. She had heard of the Star Forge. It was supposed to be destroyed, but apparently not.
She headed towards the library to do research on this new turn of events.'
The terminal said as follows:
Star Forge: Builder-Rakatan Empire
A galaxy as ancient as ours is filled with inexplicable wonders and secrets lost to the ages. Long before the Galactic Republic held together the scattered worlds of the galaxy, the Rakatan Empire held many systems in thrall. The Rakata were incredibly advanced, but their warlike and aggressive spirit was their undoing. Their crowning achieving was the Star Forge, the ultimate war machine.
She read through the rest of the information, her dread growing after each sentence. This needed to be destroyed!
Alora smiled. Her fleets surrounded the Star Forge. Nothing could break the defenses.
Four girls knelt on the lower level, meditating. They were her apprentices, and they served her well.
"Darth Sev'rance?" Alora turned, and found one standing up. This one. Yes, this one was special. She was gifted, like Bastila, a Sith apprentice before her. What was her name? Oh, yes. Heather Vao, a Twi'lek girl she picked up on Tatooine.
"Yes, Heather?"
"I sense the Jedi. They're approaching, Master." Heather told her. Alora simply smiled. She knew this. She anticipated wiping away the New Republic with one swift stroke.
" Let any strike teams penetrate the defenses, and once their in, pummel the capitol ships. I want this to be messy." Alora told her, and the girl nodded. Sure enough, she saw through the thick haze of her ships the New Republic fleet. It had increased in size, but it wasn't nearly enough.
Four Hapan Shuttles, two New Republic shuttles and the Falcon streaked towards the Star Forge.
Kay. Another chapter
down. Review people! In case you were wondering, my info came from the star wars website