Xenosaga : Destiny of The Force

Part One : Re-Ignition

Story:
A Star Wars/Xenosaga crossover. AU of Xenosaga. A Jedi Knight happened to be a member of Vector Industries on board Woglinde when all hell broke loose. Little did he know that the following events will set him up in a battle with his age-old enemy.

Disclaimer:
I don't own Star Wars nor Xenosaga but I do own the characters Alexander Darkblaze, Daron Sol/Darth Exodus, Darth Malice and E1-D1.

Chapter 3: An Old Friend

In his room, Alexander was floating in mid-air, crosslegged and deep into meditation. For the first time in hundred years, he could feel a disturbance in the Force. And it was tipping towards the Dark Side. This further confirmed his suspicion that his foe, Darth Exodus had finally caught up to him. He started to wonder how many years has passed on Coruscant.

(I don't think many years passed since I fled Ossus. I could be wrong.)

The door suddenly slid opened and Allen entered. "Alex?"

Still floating, he opened his eyes. "Yeah?"

"We're contacting the Headquartes. Just thought you wanna know."

"You go on. I'll be right up."

Alexander reached the communication station to see Shion in a VERY foul mood. She was talking to Miyuki, Alexander's one-time date.

"You've got to be kidding me! This is ridiculous!"

"B-but there's nothing I can do about it." Miyuki stammered. "I'm just passing the orders."

"And I'm saying those orders are unacceptable! Oh, forget it! It's not doing me any good talking to you. Get the Director on the line, now!"

"Y-yes, ma'am! Just a moment, please."

As Miyuki put the Director on, Allen and Alexander approached her.

"Chief, did you see how scared she was? You're even scaring me. You don't have to yell, you know..." Allen said.

"What do you expect? How could you expect me not to yell about this?" she replied, almost yelled and threw the data to the floor. Alexander decided not to say a word. Moments later the Director was on the line.

"Director! What is the meaning of this!" Shion demanded.

"It means exactly what it says." replied the Director, half scared at Shion's fury.

"I see. Unless this is a figment of my imagination, it looks like it says that as soon as KOS-MOS receives her secondary equipment, we're to turn her over to the Second R&D Division on Second Miltia and return immediately to Headquarters." Shion said.

Alexander raised his eyebrows.

"Like I said, it means exactly what it says. This was the plan from the beginning. I don't see why this is such a problem." the Director stated.

"DIRECTOR!"

"Shion, please don't give me a hard time about this. I understand how you feel. But I've read your reports, and it appears as though there are no major problems with KOS-MOS."

"No, sir, you don't understand at all! Are you listening to me? She's moving around on her own accord! I can't turn her over to the Second Division before determining the cause! It's still far too dangerous to use her at full battle spec! And besides, you should know full well that I understand her better than anyone else!"

"Togashi informed me about what happened on the Woglinde. Fortunately, we didn't suffer any human casualties, but it sounded like it could have been catastrophic. Do you really expect me to leave you and the others in such circumstances?"

"I'm well aware of the risks."

"Even so..."

Shion slammed her hands on the console before he could finished. "DIRECTOR!"

"All right. Have it your way. I'll smooth things over with the people upstairs. Miyuki can take care of the paperwork."

Hearing this, Shion calmed down. "Thank you, sir."

"One condition. Don't do anything foolish. The moment you sense even the slightest bit of danger, get out of there immediately. I don't ever want to see a report of what happened two years ago. Got it?"

Shion nodded. "Understood, sir."

Alexander smiled thinking that was unlikely to happen. Moments later, Miyuki was back online.

"Hey, good going, Chief!"

"I just did what I had to do."

"I'm just so glad that you're safe! Oh, you should have notified us sooner that you were okay! The military sent us a notice saying that you were killed in the skirmish. The whole department was in an uproar. You have a lot of admirers."

"Oh, come on. Stop joking around." Shion replied, blushing slightly.

"No, it's true!"

"So, what about me?" Allen asked, pointing to himself.

"Oh, hey Allen. Didn't see you there."

"Didn't see me? Hey, I was missing too, you know!"

"You're kidding! I didn't even notice!"

"Didn't notice! Well, what about the others?"

"No one said a thing."

Allen sighed. Alexander couldn't helped but to feel sorry for the poor man.

"Guess they just forgot about you. You don't really make a strong impression on people. But hey, it's great that you're okay too, I guess."

"Yeah, thanks. That makes me a whole lot better."

"Hey, is Alex there with you?" Miyuki asked excitedly. Hearing this, Alexander gulped and slowly walked away but was pulled by Shion. "Chief!"

"Here he is! C'mon Alex. Say hi." Shion said.

Alexander waved. "Uh...hi?"

Miyuki swooned the moment he was in view. "Kyaaaa! It's really you! I heard from Togashi that you didn't board the escape pod. I was worried. In fact, a whole lot of girls were worried about you."

"Uh, I should feel...glad?"

"Jeez, Alex. You sure are slow in this matter. Like the Chief, you have a lot of admirers here."

"I can imagine..." he muttered.

"I can now say that I'm the only girl from Vector that dated THAT hot looking guy from First Division." Miyuki said, half giggling. "So, how about another date sometime soon?"

"Umm...okay, I guess..."

"Great! I'll arrange everything and get in touch with you soon."

With that, she hung up. Alexander sighed.

"You just can't say 'no' to her..." Shion said.

"Yeah. I guess so. I might like her. But...ah, I don't know what to say..."

Then, Matthews' voice echoed through the intercom. "Hey, Ms. Vector! You can hear me, right? Get yourself over to the bridge!"

The three Vector engineers made their way to the bridge. They were currently in the hyperspace tunnel.

"You don't need to shout, I can hear you just fine!" Shion retorted.

"Just take a look at this." Matthews said.

The screen showed a small ship being chased by a few automated (Drone) ships. Alexander could detect two aura of living beings from the chased ship.

"Wow. I had no idea there are ships that small that can enter hyperspace." Shion remarked.

Then a few Drone ships passed the Elsa, narrowly avoiding contact.

"Hey, watch it!" Tony yelled.

"Do you know who those guys are?" Matthews asked.

Shion shook. "No idea. Doesn't look like one of our products."

"What about the other small ship?"

"I'm sorry. I have no idea."

"There's a distress signal from small ship." chaos informed from the communications terminal.

"Why aren't we helping them?" Shion asked the Captain.

"We've got enough trouble just dealing with you guys!"

"Damn! We're in their line of fire!" Tony shouted.

"What? Get out of the way!"

Tony maneuvered the ship sideways, nearly hitting the hyperspace column walls.

"If we hit the column walls it's over!" Matthews yelled.

The Elsa's right side suddenly skidded on the column walls.

"I want to live!" Hammer cried.

"Someone save us!" Allen followed.

Alexander reached out the Force and shifted the Elsa's position slightly away from the column walls. It was barely noticable but only Shion seem to noticed what he has done.

"Damn it! You try to be polite and they just walk all over you!" Matthews cursed.

"What's the plan, Capt'n? We gonna join the party?" Tony asked.

Matthews lowered his seat. "What, are you nuts! What'd I just say to you! We've already got enough trouble!"

Suddenly, one of the Drone ships misfired and it hit Elsa's hull.

"There's a hit to sector four! Outer hull partially damaged!" chaos informed.

"They've done it now, those bastards!" Matthews cursed again and kicked Hammer.

"Captainn!" he whined.

"Shut up! Any enemy of theirs is our ally!" He yelled before turning to Tony. "Tony!"

Tony nodded before returning his focus to the controls. "Aye aye, sir! That's more like it!" He then increased speed, catching up with the Drone ships.

"Wha--? Wait a second! You're gonna take a ship like this into battle in hyperspace! You've gotta be kidding!" Allen yelled in disbelief.

Tony put a thumb up. "Ya better believe it! Don't worry about it. With Elsa's Logic Drive and my immaculate piloting skills, there's nothing we can't handle! Let's do iiittt!"

"Don't worry, Allen. Tony's skill is top-notch. Trust me." Alexander said.

Tony thanked him. "Heh. Thanks for the vote of confidence."

With that, he fired a few shots at the Drone ships and took them out. In respond, the pursued ship circled around the column and emitted flames which burned the remaining Drones.

"Woooo! That ship's got some serious moves! That's what I call wave riding! Yeah! I can feel it, baby, I can feel it! Yahoooooooo!" Tony shouted in estacy before executing the same move. Allen and Shion felt dizzy while Alexander remained composed, cool as ice.

"Reinforcements!" Hammer informed.

"What!" Matthews exclaimed.

Another wave of Drones arrived at attacked the small ship. The pursued tried to dodge as much as possible. Alexander could feel that they will eventually be overwhelmed. chaos seemed to think the same.

"No! There's no way they can avoid all that!"

One of the Drone's attacks hit one of the ship's booster and it skidded along the column, causing more damage.

"Does this ship have a grappling device?" Shion asked.

"You can access it from my terminal. Here." chaos replied and removed himself, allowing Shion to activate the ship's grappling claw.

"I'm not so sure if I can do this. But it's better than seeing them die like that." Shion said.

Alexander touched her shoulder. "It's alright, Chief. I'll guide you. Through the Force."

Shion wasn't sure how the Jedi will do it but she trusted him nonetheless. "Okay."

Alexander nodded and closed his eyes, extending his Force powers beyond the boundaries of the Elsa and guided Shion telepathically towards the intended target.

(Okay, Chief. Steady now. You're almost there.)

(I can't hold it much longer...)

(Let the Force flow through you, Chief. That's right. Steady...right about...NOW!)

With that, the grappling claw grabbed the damaged ship before it turned to ashes. Shion heaved a sigh and Alexander smiled and nodded in approval.

"Nice catch, Shion! Looks like we made it just in time!" Tony complimented.

Matthews then commed the damaged ship. "We're gonna pull you in. Hurry inside once the hatch closes. We'll get rid of 'em."

The Elsa closed the deck but halfway through, it stopped. "What happened?" the Captain demanded.

"The deck isn't closing!" Hammer informed.

"What?"

Shion gasped, remembering about the electrical problem Matthews asked to investigate. "Could it be that..."

"Damn electrical problems! At a time like this!" Matthews cursed.

chaos commed the occupants. "Attention vessel occupants. Can you make it up on your own? The ship's shielding should cover you a bit, so if you put on your spacesuits and use the hull as a shield…"

A reply came from the salvaged ship. "Roger. Neither of us here are human, so I'm sure we can make it."

Alexander raised his brows.

(That voice sounds familiar...)

Then, red alert appeared throughout the bridge. "Damn it!" Matthews cursed for the umpteenth time.

"Intruder alert! They're on the catapult deck!" Hammer shouted.

Then, a Drone attached itself on the window and sent a message;

"Surrender and maintain cruising speed. If you do not comply, we will attack. Repeat. Surrender and maintain cruising speed. If you do not comply, we will attack. We guarantee you will not be harmed if you follow our instructions."

Matthews folded his arms in defiance. "An Auto-Tech. My ass…Who are you kidding? We're screwed either way. Tony! Full throttle! Use the ship to take him out!"

"You got it!"

The Elsa pushed further forward and the Drone was thrown away and exploded near the catapult. Right after the explosion, the catapult deck closed.

"Nice! That shock closed the catapult!" Hammer said.

"Oh, this is insane!" Allen moaned.

However, it was not the end of it. "We've got trouble! They're taking over the rear hangar! I'm detecting transfer waves! They're calling in terminal units!" chaos informed.

"We'll just have to take 'em on! Prepare for hand-to-hand combat! Seal the internal barrier doors!" Matthews ordered.

"Roger!" Hammer complied.

"I'll take the corridor!" chaos declared.

"I'm going too." Alexander said, hovering his hands over his lightsabers.

"I'll go too!" Shion said, much to chaos' surprise.

"No. It's too dangerous." warned chaos.

"I can't let you two go by yourselves. Don't worry, I've got KOS-MOS with me. Right, KOS-MOS?"

Shion turned to KOS-MOS who made her entry silently. The anti-Gnosis weapon stared before she uttered a reply;

"Yes. I will eliminate the enemy units."

"But don't damage the ship! Understand?"

"Understood. I will proceed at 30 percent output."

"Allen, go find the Commander and protect the cabin!" Shion ordered.

"Huh! Are you serious?" the bewildered engineer said.

"I'm counting on you!" Matthews said.

The group made their way down to floor B2. They saw a few Drones guarding the path they want to get by.

"Any ideas?" Alexander asked. "If you guys don't have any, I'll drop in there."

"That won't be a good course of action to take." KOS-MOS said. "From my calculations..."

"Okay. Just stop right there." he said and turned to the smiling chaos. "Well?"

He shook. "Too bad I have none. Like you, I can only think of fighting them head on."

"I think I know the way." Shion said. "If we use the electromagnetic floor, we might be able to slow down the enemies a bit!"

chaos nodded. "Good idea."

"The only problem is the switch is a little far from here. We might distract them here." Shion stated, looking at the switch across the corridor.

"Leave that to me." Alexander said. He then used Force Push to push down the button for the electromagnetic floor. The effect was almost instant, the Drones suddenly felt the electricity ran through them and jammed their movements.

"Alright." Alexander turned to KOS-MOS. "Shall we?"

KOS-MOS nodded and the pair leapt high in the air towards the Drones. With a hiss, Alexander pierced one of the Drone's head upon landing with his crimson saber. KOS-MOS used her R-CANNON to take down another one. chaos and Shion looked at each other and charged forward.

Two occupants of the wrecked ship got out of it. The cyborg Ziggurat 8, fondly called Ziggy by his companion, the Observational Realian MOMO.

"We must first get to the bridge in order to explain the situation to the person in charge. Can you make it?" the blonde cyborg said.

"Tee hee…don't you remember what I said earlier? I'm built a lot tougher than I look." the little Realian replied.

"That's right. Let's go!"

Then, they heard a beeping sound and the two turned around, expecting one of the Drone to attack but instead it was E1. He was hiding in the corner near the small ship.

"I've never seen that robot before..." Ziggy said.

"Me neither. But I don't think it meant us any harm." MOMO said and approached the scared droid. "What are you doing here?"

E1 spun its head, beeping his reply. MOMO smiled.

"I see. You were fixing the catapult's electrical problems until the Auto-Techs came in. And you hid from them, right?"

E1 beeped, saying 'Yes'.

"You understand what it says?" Ziggy asked, puzzled.

"Yeah. Somehow."

Shion and the others had almost reached the hangar when they met up with Ziggy, MOMO and E1. The droid beeped upon seeing its master.

"E1! Thank goodness. You okay. Do you know how much will it cost me to fix you up should you got damaged?" Alexander remarked.

E1 beeped an apology.

"It's alright, mister. We did our best in protecting him. E1 was a big help." MOMO said, defending her new friend.

Alexander laughed. "Of course. I was kidding there. Sorry E1." He then turned to Ziggy. "I've known you from somewhere. Jan Sauer, is it?"

Ziggy too, was surprised to see him. "You're...the ''Negotiator''."

"Haha. So you remember. Anyways, we'll have time to catch up, friend."

"Are you two the only ones from that ship?" Shion asked.

Ziggy nodded. "Yes, that's right. I am a Federation government cyborg, Ziggurat…" the corner of his eye caught MOMO's disapproval before he restating his name. "Call me Ziggy… She is MOMO… She's a Realian. She is with the Federation government just like me."

MOMO waved. "Hello, I'm MOMO. Thank you for saving us."

"I see. I'd like to say, "Thank goodness you're safe," but enemy units have invaded the ship. It's way too early to be saying that. Who are these people after you?"

"The enemy units are Auto-Techs that the U-TIC Organization uses. Basically, they're unmanned fighter craft. We escaped from their base, and they are the last of the pursuit. Unfortunately, the mother ship has a transfer system. The combat units will continue to arrive unless we destroy the mother ship." Ziggy gave a detailed info on what will they face.

"Damn. U-TIC?" Alexander silently cursed.

"So unless we do something, the enemy will overrun the ship." Shion stated the obvious.

"I'm sorry for getting you involved in this." Ziggy apologized.

"What? Oh, no, don't let it bother you. It isn't your fault, Ziggy. More importantly, we have to do something about that mother ship!"

"Agreed. We can't do much but we will help too. It's my responsibility to take care of this."

"We? As in MOMO too!" Shion asked, much to her surprise. The group turned to MOMO.

"Yes, she might not look it, but she's actually more useful than me."

"Really?"

"Well, I don't know about that, but I'll do my best!" she said.

"Okay, let's hurry!" With that, the group headed further down with two new members. Alexander, who was left behind turned to E1.

"E1, get to the bridge. You'll be much more useful there."

E1 beeped a few times. He patted the concerned droid. "Of course I'll be back."

The group made their way towards Hangar 2 to see a massive Drone called Domo Carrier.

"Is that the thing that's controlling the other smaller Drones?" chaos asked.

"That's it." Ziggy replied.

"Think we can do it?" Shion asked, re-equipping her MWS.

"With all of us attacking it at once, there won't be any problem." KOS-MOS said upon completing her calculations.

"Easier said than done." Alexander said, activating both his lightsabers. "Are we gonna get in or not?"

"Leave your injuries to me! I can heal it within seconds!" MOMO said, offering her service.

"Thanks, MOMO." Shion said.

"The Force fights with me!" Alexander shouted his battle cry and jumped down towards the massive Auto-Tech, intending for the first strike. Sensing this, the Domo Carrier swung its massive arms and Alexander was forced to use Force Protection to lessen the damage. chaos put up a few combos of bare handed attacks on the lower parts while KOS-MOS attacked from far with her Vulcan. Shion attacked from the side with a powerful lightning blast, hoping to stun the mechanical monster for a moment. Ziggy took this chance to launch a powerful machine gun-like kick, sending it a few steps back. Alexander recovered and switched off his lightsabers and charged up his hand hands.

"Everyone, step back!" he shouted. Shion and chaos rolled away and Alexander unleashed a powerful Force Lightning, trying to fry the Domo Carrier from the inside. However, the enemy was undeterred and managed to release a massive earthquake like attack and caused the Jedi to lost his balance and fell. It then drove down its large fist down at him for the kill. But KOS-MOS appeared and blocked the attack by crossing her hands. Alexander reignited his lightsabers and with one swift attack, he sliced off an arm of the Drone. He then jumped away from it, exhausted. The others then pressed on their attacks while he recovered with the help from MOMO. Eventually, KOS-MOS and Ziggy delivered the final blow together with the android pierced the head with R-BLADE and Ziggy's powerful kick punctured through its lower body, causing explosions that damaged some parts of the hangar.

"Phew!" Alexander managed a sigh. "That was hard."

"Please don't overdid it." MOMO, who was sitting beside him, said.

"Yeah, I know. That lightning cost me much of my energy." He then turned to KOS-MOS. "Thanks for helping me back there."

KOS-MOS blinked. "I am happy to be of service."

"But without you taking off its arm, we might be having a much more difficult time." chaos stated.

"That's how a Jedi Knight fight? I'm impressed." Shion remarked with a smile.

"That was my first actual battle after almost a hundred years, Chief. You've seen nothing yet." Alexander boasted. Shion chuckled.

"How can you still be alive after a hundred years?" Ziggy asked.

"Well, I wanna ask you the same question but I think the answer is obvious." Alexander said, referring to Ziggy's cybernetic body parts. "I suppose I can tell you why."

Notes:
NukeDawg:
The silver lightsaber represent the light side while the red is for the dark side. Alex decided to have these colors for his sabers because to him, light can't exist without dark and vice-versa. It is a constant struggle for both sides. Hope you like this chap as well. I put up three possible pairings involving Alex. KOS-MOS, Shion or Miyuki. Which one do YOU want? LOL