Destiny
A Knights of the Old Republic fan fiction
Disclaimer: Yeah… yeah… yeah, I don't own any of this stuff… and it sucks but I guess I'll live. –sighs- Anyways, all the credit for the lovely characters and the not so lovely characters goes to other people. Not me. Definitely not me.
Anyways, I got bored and was reading another fic and I was a little annoyed at how bloodthirsty some characters were, but that might just be the goody-two shoes of me coming out. Go light side. Woohoo. And all that jazz… so here it is, another kotor fic. Yay. By the way in case I spell anything wrong, don't shoot me. -hides from angry spellfreaks- I have a knack for spelling everything wrong and never noticing. So… here we go! O.o
Chapter One: Escape
There is only darkness. Light is non-existent. Hatred is fuel and compassion is poison. Death is the future, there is no hope. Pain is a necessity. Anger is life.
Black consumed her, and she felt cold and only cold. But the frigid temperatures were… comforting? Satisfactory? How could this be?
She shivered lightly. Her shoulders were bare and her arms were crossed, rubbing at each other. But she couldn't see anything going on; only hear heavy breathing approaching her. It was all her fault too… these mechanical sounds were her doing. But she had to remember her lessons, the teachings she had dealt with.
There is no hope… pain is a necessity…
And the ship shook violently.
"Alaanis!" a male voice was yelling frantically through a closed door. There was a hiss and a door opening as the women named Alaanis awoke and sat up in her bed. The man by the doorway, she had seen him once or twice before. But she had caught his name: Trask.
"What's going on?" Alaanis asked groggily. She rubbed her eyes and slipped out of her bed, noticing then that she was wearing quite revealing clothes. Blushing slightly, she rummaged through her small footlocker of supplies and slipped on her Republic uniform.
"Alaanis, we have got to get moving, the Endar Spire is under attack!" Trask said urgently.
"What?" Alaanis called out in surprise as she placed her vibrosword in her belt. She felt the sword slip slightly, slicing a finger. Wiping the blood on her pant leg, she looked up at Trask. "The Sith?" she questioned simply.
"Yes," Trask replied. "But we have got to get moving! We need to find Bastila, see her to safety, and then get off of this wreck!" He began to hurry out of the room, Alaanis trailing behind quickly.
"Where is she?" Alaanis asked as they walked briskly down the hall.
"Probably on the bridge if she hasn't already escaped on an escape pod," Track answered. "There's probably some sith onboard already."
"Wouldn't shock me," Alaanis muttered. She pulled her vibrosword out as Trask opened a door revealing three sith troopers behind it. She swiftly stabbed one in the stomach and then took a fatal shot at his neck, decapitating the victim. Trask took out the other two with blaster bolts to the head.
"Come on, we have to keep moving," Trask commanded. Alaanis rolled her eyes as Trask hurried on. She hadn't even time to strip the Sith of any weapons they possessed on their person. Oh well, she thought to herself as she hurried on behind Trask. There'll be more.
The soldier and the scout continued along the Endar Spire, killing the few Sith that crossed their path, on their way to the bridge. Alaanis was getting a little annoyed that Trask wasn't allowing her to pickpocket any of the dead Sith, or even the one dark Jedi that they had found.
Finally Trask and Alaanis had reached the bridge… to find no survivors.
"Damn," Trask muttered to himself. "Hopefully Bastila made it to the escape pods."
"I think a Jedi can take care of herself Trask," Alaanis pointed out. "She's not defenseless you know."
"Yeah, she's not…" he said distractedly. Suddenly Alaanis' comlink started blinking rapidly. She took it out of her belt and clicked on it.
"Yes?" she questioned whoever was contacting her.
"Alaanis Pi?" a male voice questioned. "This is Carth Onasi. I'm tracking you through the Endar Spire's readouts. Trask Ulgo appears to be with you as well. There is one escape pod left and no other survivors of the Endar Spire. You two have better hurry up if you want to live. Good luck." The connection ended.
"That was certainly chipper news," Alaanis grumbled sarcastically.
"Come on," Trask straightened up. "We had best be off to the escape pods." He hurried off through a different door, Alaanis just a step behind with her hand on the hilt of her sword. Trask was fingering his blaster lightly.
Through a few more corridors they met only one lone Sith trooper. But then there were two doors. Alaanis knew which one headed towards the Escape pods, as did Trask, but curiosity overwhelmed the experienced soldier.
"There's something behind here…" he mumbled. He tinkered with the door and Alaanis suddenly felt a surge of something… of sudden emotion… hate and anger.
"Trask, no!" Alaanis yelled as the door flew open and Trask was suddenly stuck with a red lightsaber. Alaanis gasped and stared as Trask slumped to the floor and died instantly. Her instincts back in full swing, Alaanis switched on her stealth generator, but not before the dark jedi who had killed Trask had spotted her. He flung his lightsaber at her invisible form and Alaanis blocked it with her vibrosword, staying slightly invisible, though her hurried movements revealed her slightly. Falling in step with the technique the dark jedi was using, Alaanis found a flaw as her opponent left his legs clearly open for attack. She flung her feet down at his and tripped him.
With a grunt, the dark jedi fell onto the ground, and with that, Alaanis hurried off in the other direction, closing and jamming a door behind her. She knew she was no match for a dark jedi and had to get away. Now. She switched her stealth generator onto full power and ran past a small group of sith, needing to get through as quickly as possible. Finally arriving at the escape pods, she switched off her stealth generator and stared at a man standing in the corner of the room. That must be Carth.
"Alaanis Pi," Carth acknowledged the woman standing in front of her. "Where's Trask?"
"There was a dark jedi," Alaanis informed him. "Trask didn't survive."
"Damn," Carth mumbled under his breath. "Well, we needn't waste time here. Let's go." He hurried over to the only escape pod still around and slipped inside, Alaanis following and closing it behind her.
"You don't need to tell me twice," she muttered as Carth pushed the ejection button. The pod flew towards the planet of Taris below and though the fall wasn't too quick, Alaanis fell into unconsciousness as soon as she felt the first tremor when the pod hit a tall building… and she fell back into darkness.
-End Chapter One-
I'm sorry it's kind of short. I wrote more, but it didn't fit with this first part. So, the next chapter should be longer. XD I hope my story is good enough and please read and review. o.O Adios!
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