Here's the next chapter. A little more in depth…this side of the fic WILL be more action packed, I guarantee that. Please review.
Disclaimer: (not again) I don't own Star Fox, Yugioh, or Star Wars.
Dark Side Rising
Chapter 2
Invasion
Serenity kept looking up at the flying objects in the air that came from the numerous ships in the air. They fired some kind of projectile from the left cylinder as it kept flying towards the city. As it got there, the projectiles detonated into a building as many others detonated in mid air, spewing out shrapnel. Serenity ran back inside and wanted everyone in the basement.
"Everyone, get in the basement, now!" Serenity commanded.
"We know, we know!" Joey yelled.
Everyone managed to get in the basement as they all heard explosions outside the house. They began to cover up with blankets and gigantic sized boxes to cover themselves up from the falling debris. As the bombing and the attacks were taking place, Serenity held her lightsaber close to her, just in case.
"I just hope they'll be here soon…"
A few hours has passed as everyone began to regain conscience. Serenity threw the boxes and blankets off as a lot of debris fell off. Everyone began to follow Joey and Tristan up as everything was at ruin in the house. They got to the top of the stairs only to see destruction outside of the house as houses were down, debris everywhere, and bodies lifeless on the ground. Tristan and Joey both got a couple of guns that remained intact while they were going around the area to search out for survivors. Bakura found some dull displayed swords that were still intact. Serenity activated her lightsaber as soon as she began to feel a presence from somewhere.
"Ah, we finally found some survivors. Tell the commander that we have a group."
"Yes sir."
Joey and Tristan were holding their hands up as they returned to the group without their weaponry. Serenity kept a firm grip on her lightsaber as the blade shone its blue light. The soldiers clad in white were standing in perfect formation as another group that consisted of tan looking droids which were holding their blasters at the group. Serenity wanted to attack them, but she knew that it would only mean death. The soldiers clad in white were beginning to approach the group until they all heard something jam into the ground. The soldiers looked behind them to see someone in a cloak. Serenity could tell that she wasn't a native to the planet as she was wielding the same staff that Fox and Falco have. The mysterious woman began to talk in a somewhat British accent.
"You'd better leave them alone!"
"Or what?"
"…I won't hesitate to retaliate."
The soldiers brought up their blaster rifles as they began to fire many shots at her. The newcomer Jedi jumped out of the way flawlessly and threw her cloak off, using it to veil a couple of the soldiers. Serenity could recognize the person from a picture she remembered seeing.
"Wait…isn't that Krystal, the Cerinian Jedi Knight?"
Everyone stared at Krystal as her flawless tactics with a bo staff kept the soldiers on their feet. Krystal kept slamming her staff into the soldier's helmets as they fell down while others she had to deflect shots away from her. Serenity eventually decided to jump into the action as the droids began to open fire as well. Serenity made a suicidal dive at the droids as she was able to knock numerous droids over. Krystal finally dispatched all of the soldiers clad in white and began to charge energy as she was in mid-air, holding her staff up as the staff started to glow red. As she finally charged it, she dropped back down and jammed the tail end of the staff into the ground and created a seismic reaction around her that went out to the droids. Everyone felt the shockwave as they stumbled to the ground. All of the soldiers and the droids were lying on the ground as they all were dispatched with ease.
"Thank you, young one," Krystal said. "I could've easily dispatched those Stormtroopers and Battle Droids myself, you know. Still, the help is appreciated."
"You're Krystal, right?" Serenity asked.
"Yes, I am, why do you ask?"
"I'm just wondering…where's Fox?"
"That I will explain later. If you want to live, then follow me."
Krystal left the scene as she began to run towards the city. Serenity followed along as well while Joey, Tristan, and Duke picked up a couple of the E-11 blaster rifles. As they all got to the city, they could see many bodies lying everywhere as there were task forces everywhere.
"How do we get around them?" Serenity whispered.
"Follow my lead and I'll tell you when to go."
Krystal saw that a task force passed by without noticing them and looked around to see no one else there. Krystal called over for the more vulnerable ones as Yugi, Téa, Mai, and Bakura all went over. Krystal held a hand up, wanting the other four to wait as another task force passed by. They then saw that it was clear and began to run over. As they got over, Krystal began to talk in a wrist communicator.
"Blue group, what's your status?" Krystal asked.
"I've already freed a number of captive civilians. We had a casualty here, but no fatalities."
"That's good to hear."
"I'm closing communications now."
"As you were."
Krystal was beginning to cross over into a street until a shot went by her. She backed off behind the building again and waited as a group of droids were approaching them. Before the soldiers did get to them, they all heard the sound of a lightsaber activation. Everyone thought it was Serenity at first, but they saw that she was standing there with her blade off. Krystal looked out to see that someone else has already dispatched the group.
"Fox, you made it!"
"Krystal, what's the status?"
"I believe I found your friends."
Fox looked around the corner to see everyone standing there as they all were hiding in the shadows of the building.
"Hey guys…sorry we couldn't get here earlier," Fox said.
"As long as you got here," Serenity added. "I guess you also kept your promise as well."
"We can't stay for chit-chat now. I'll lead you all to-"
Before he could finish, he heard an explosion near him as he reacted into diving behind the building. Krystal pushed back whoever was closer to the wall as they saw more missiles pass by. They all few by harmlessly as they detonated a few feet after they passed by the next building. Fox had his lightsaber at hand as he stood behind the wall, waiting for the enemies. As the enemies were about to turn the corner, Krystal already fired a shot from her staff as it flew towards the enemies. The shot hit as it caused one of the soldiers to fly back. A droid held up a grenade launcher, but couldn't fire it in time since Fox blasted the droid back with his Force powers. Fox began to run out, telling everyone else to stay in there. Krystal began to proceed out, but she stopped as she began to sense someone else's presence. Fox looked to his left to see someone jump out at him as his red blade was shining against Fox's green blade.
"Dessan, when will you give up?" Fox asked.
"You will fall to the Dark Side this time," Dessan said.
"Oh, if it's the story with Lauren, I already told them!"
"WHAT!"
Dessan pushed Fox away as Dessan stood there in shock.
"I would never have believed that you would've told them about that day!" Dessan said.
"Well, I'm not that stupid, you know!" Fox answered.
"Well then, I'll fight this one out with YOU!"
Dessan was about to strike at Fox until someone popped in front of him. Dessan was forced to block the attack as she was able to pull a sneak attack, even without anyone else knowing. Dessan looked down to see the same person that he fought a year ago.
"YOU!"
"Remember me?" Serenity said.
Dessan pushed Serenity off as he stood there with his lightsaber in front of him pointing at his target in an offensive/defensive position. Serenity held her lightsaber at an upward angle for a defensive position as Fox held his lightsaber high and back for an offensive strike.
"You two will fight me to the death, no?" Dessan asked.
"Oh, we'll fight, but not to the death!" Fox said.
Dessan began to back off as he was hoping to seduce them into a trap, but Fox and Serenity stood there, not moving away from their friends. Dessan decided to leave as he knew that he's at a disadvantage. He pressed a few buttons on his belt as he began to fade out. Fox saw that it was clear and called everyone else to follow him to the shuttle.
"Fox, where did you land the shuttle?" Krystal asked.
"It's not too far from here," Fox said, "but we have to rendezvous with Falco."
"What for?" Duke asked.
As they got near Kaiba Corporation, they saw a shuttle sitting there as all three wings were pointing up. Fox came to the door until they all heard glass shatter above them. Fox ducked for cover underneath a tarp that covered the entry way to Kaiba Corporation. Everyone looked up to see that Seto and Mokuba jumped down with jet packs as blaster fire followed. There appeared to be a voided area as they also heard shots being blocked. They looked closer to see that Falco was still up there. He pulled something off of his belt and threw it at the enemies.
"TRY A THERMAL DETONATOR!"
Falco tossed the thermal detonator at the group of soldiers that were firing at Falco. They all tried to run from it, but it was too late as the bomb blew up. Falco was long gone as the grenade detonated. He landed in a kneeling position. He looked over to see that the whole group was there.
"Hey guys!"
"Falco, you're okay!" Téa said.
Fox stood there as the hatch of the shuttle was opening up, he saw that there was a whole group of enemies coming at them. Falco pulled out two guns from his pack that looked similar to 9 mm pistols. The difference is that the guns are bigger. Fox did the same as well, but he only pulled out one gun.
"Oh my god, are those Desert Eagles?" Tristan asked excitedly.
"Yeah, get in, okay?"
Fox and Falco both started to fire their Desert Eagles at the approaching enemies. As they did, Krystal got into the cockpit and started to press numerous buttons on the panel. The engines began to roar to life as they began to lift off, leaving Fox and Falco behind. The hatch to the shuttle was beginning to close as the two side wings began to fold down.
"But…what about Fox and Falco?" Serenity asked.
"They'll be fine, so sit down and hang tight!" Krystal said. "They have ships of their own so they'll be all right as soon as they dispatch all of those troops."
As Krystal got out of the atmosphere and into outer space, they all saw laser fire going between a few gigantic ships.
"There's a battle now?" Joey asked.
"Yes, but we can't bother with that now," Krystal said.
"Does this ship have any defensive weaponry?" Duke asked.
"Yes, but we'll only use that if we're being fired upon."
"Why?"
"Because this shuttle is meant for transportation, not battle!"
Duke sat back down as they began to see two ships start flying next to them. They appeared from Earth as they kept flying with the shuttle at its sides.
"Krystal, we've got you covered," Fox said.
"Yeah…next time, give us a little bit of cover, because we almost got killed there!" Falco said.
"Sorry, I thought you two could handle it," Krystal said with a chuckle.
"Well, we survived it, so there's no point whining about it," Fox commented.
As they began to make their way to their mothership, they were watching as the evacuation ships were escaping with Blockade Runners and Cornerian Flagships guarding the transports. They began to leave the area in a flash as the transports were able to make the jump to hyperspace. They finally got into the hangar of the Great Fox as there were four slots for ships to enter. Two of them were occupied as the other two were open for two ships. Fox and Falco entered a slot each as the shuttle landed on the landing pad provided. The hatch opened for them to get out on as they began to make preparations to make the jump into hyperspace.
"Fox, I have the coordinates in for Coruscant. We're going to make the jump soon," Rob said in his emotionless speech.
"Okay. Lock all ships down for the jump, okay?" Fox commanded.
"As commanded."
The ships began to lock down as they all got into the main deck, trying to find a place to sit down in. Fox turned around to see them frantically finding a place to be as they make the jump.
"Guys, I suggest you all to sit against the back wall so that you don't get blasted back to the walls."
Everyone began to sit against the back wall as they began to feel the hyperdrive engines starting up. As the stars started to appear like they're stretching into long blue lines, they began to make the jump into hyperspace.