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 4: Emotion

With everyone else in front not far from them, Alexander and Ziggy were catching up on old times.

"So you left the police force when you were about to be promoted to captain." Ziggy said to his former colleague from his days as a policeman.

Alexander nodded. "Yeah. I just have to. With my inability to grow old, people will grow suspicious about me. Since then, I drifted from one place to another, hiding myself in between. Before I came to Vector, I was a soldier for the Federation. Last assignment was Old Miltia 14 years ago. It wasn't pretty, I tell you..."

The group entered the bridge to see Matthews was berating both Tony and Hammer. Allen was monitoring the damage status while E1 simply watched the whole scene.

"Uh...we're back." chaos said, interrupting the situation and preventing it from turning bad.

"Ohhh...If I had known I'd be doing this, I would've spent more time at the firing range." Shion said to MOMO then turned to the heated situation. "Hmm? What's going on?"

"Nothing. Good work." Matthews instantly replied. "So, who's this?"

chaos introduced MOMO and Ziggy. "She's MOMO, and this is Ziggy. Looks like they're both with the Federation government."

MOMO bowed. "Nice to meet you."

"You two were the ones in that ship out there?"

"Yes.Thank you very much for rescuing us."

"Thanks for your help." Ziggy added.

"They were being held by the U-TIC Organization, but they managed to escape." chaos explained.

Matthews eyes widened. "The U-TIC Organization!"

"Captain?"

"Never thought I'd have to hear that cursed name again."

"What is it? That U-whatever?" Hammer curiously asked.

"Nothing you need to worry about. Stop wasting time and plot our course already."

Tony snickered. "You heard him. It's nothing a stupid navigator needs to worry about."

Grudgingly, Hammer went back to his seat and unleashed his anger at Allen.

"Allen! Hurry up and clean up the top of the panel! This stuff's in the way!"

"What? You're the one who left these here. Don't take it out on me!"

Pleroma...

Margulis just received the news of the Drone's failure to capture MOMO and left followed by Pellegri.

"What will we do now? The 100 Series Prototype escaped with the Y-data, we..."

"Pellegri, stop there. Looks like we have a guest. Back away."

Pellegri looked ahead to see Darth Malice standing in their path. His yellow lightsaber ignited in readiness for battle. Pellegri could feel an intense dark aura from the cloaked figure.

"Who...are you?"

"So, you're the Sith from another world Wilhelm talked about." Margulis said, unsheathing his katana.

"I just want to see your worthiness of being an ally." he replied.

"Hmph. Is that a proposal?"

To the swordsman's surprise, Darth Malice turned off his weapon. "It is not fair to fight with this." he stated before he pulled out a Sith Sword from its sheath.

Margulis grinned. "Very well. I accept this battle."

With a growl that only a Sith Lord could do, Darth Malice launched himself at him for the first attack.

Back at the Elsa...

KOS-MOS was serving some refreshments to the group in the cafeteria.

"This is for you." she said to Shion.

"Thanks, KOS-MOS." she replied before trying to wake Allen who was sleeping at the counter. KOS-MOS then served drinks to Captain Matthews and the rest of the crew. Alexander was having a chat with Ziggy, MOMO and E1. The droid beeped to his master. He raised his brows in surprise.

"Really? MOMO can understand you?"

MOMO sheepishly smiled. "Yeah. For some reason."

"From the looks of it, he's been with you long." Ziggy commented.

Alexander shrugged. "About the same as my age. Furthermore, maintaning him is hard work since most of his parts aren't exist. Thankfully, Hammer there was a big help."

"I'm telling you, that was crazy!" Tony exclaimed, describing the hyperspace battle.

"It was a close one, wasn't it?" chaos added.

Tony then turned to Ziggy. "I gotta say though, those were some pretty sweet moves out there, old man."

Assuming that Tony was referring to the way she piloted the ship MOMO answered; "Thank you very much!"

"Wha-? Whoa! Hold on a sec. That was you!"

"Well...I handled the flight controls."

Tony shook his head. "Unbelievable. Shown up by a little girl. Kids these days..." Then he left, with his ego stripped off a few notches, to the counter.

"That's pretty amazing, even for a Realian." Shion said to MOMO. "Hey...that insignia on your uniform..."

"Yes?"

"Is that...are you from the Mizrahi Lab?"

MOMO nodded. "Yes. I'm a 100..." realizing that she might give her secret away, hesitated but a nod from Ziggy suggested otherwise. "I'm an Observational Realian."

The Vector engineer smiled at her. "It's okay, you don't have to worry. If you're concerned about government secrets, KOS-MOS is one too. So, you're a 100-Series Observational Realian from the Mizrahi Lab? A Hilbert-equipped model, right?"

MOMO nodded again.

"KOS-MOS is equipped with it too, you know. The Hilbert Effect. But of course, ours is a Vector original."

"You're with Vector Industries?"

"Yup. So to Allen and Alexander over there." Shion pointed to both men who were in a different set of situations.

Tony tried to wake Allen but he simply push him away. Alexander, on the other hand, was talking about his Jedi Knight days with Ziggy. KOS-MOS was standing beside him, listening intently to the history of the Force and the Jedi Order. E1 wheezed to KOS-MOS. The female android stared at him for a moment.

"I cannot comprehend of what you are trying to say."

E1 wheezed again. Then beeped. Noticing this, Alexander laughed.

"What E1 was saying is, you sure are paying attention to my story."

"Of course. The history of your place of birth is intriguing." she replied monotonically.

"By the way, where are you headed? We might be able to get you there for a small fee if it's not too far out of the way. Right, Captain?" chaos suggested.

No reason of turning down chaos' request, Matthews shrugged. "Yeah, of course. After all, we are in the transport business."

Hearing that, MOMO's face brightened. "Transport? Then, could you please take us to Second Milt… Could you please take us to the Second Miltian star system?"

Shion and Alexander looked at her curiously. "Second Miltia? You too?"

"What do you mean, you too?" Ziggy asked.

"Oh, um, it's just a strange coincidence, that's all. KOS-MOS' new deployment is on Second Miltia, too." Shion replied.

"Hey, that's great. It'll cost less if you're all going the same way, Shion." chaos stated.

"Well, I suppose that's true…"

Hammer turned to Matthews. "Captain? What about ship repairs?"

"Yeah, we gotta take care of that first. Let's stop at a nearby dock colony. That all right with you?"

Ziggy nodded. "Of course."

"Thank you for taking us." MOMO thanked, almost jumped with joy.

"Well, relax and enjoy the trip. Hey, Ms. Vector, show'em around, would ya?"

Shion stared curiously at Matthews.

"What? I got a booger hanging out of my nose, or…?"

"Wha? Ah, n-no, nothing, nothing. All right then, shall we go? MOMO? Ziggy? How about you, Alex? Wanna come along?"

Alexander shook. "Nah. I'll pass. Looks like KOS-MOS here is interested in the history of the Jedi. I'll just finish up part one for today."

Shion smiled. "Yeah. You do that. After all, KOS-MOS needs all the knowledge she can get."

With KOS-MOS washing the dishes in the kitchen, Alexander was deep in thought as he tried to clear his thoughts and have a glimpse of what will happen. He opened his eyes wide.

"Gnosis..." he muttered.

Moments later, Shion, MOMO and Ziggy arrived.

"This is the kitchen."

"Oh, it's KOS-MOS. And Alex too."

Seeing that KOS-MOS was washing the dishes by herself, MOMO offered to help.

"I'll help out too!"

"There is no need for additional manpower to complete this task." KOS-MOS coldly replied.

"Oh, uh, I'm sorry."

Shion turned to Alexander but he could only shrugged. "Hey, KOS-MOS! That was rude! She was trying to be nice."

"Analysis of the current situation shows that I can manage without the help of others. There is no need to divert more personnel to this location."

Alexander barely suppressed his laughter after seeing Shion annoyed by her statement.

"… See? She's sooo not cute! And she's always like this!"

Pleroma...

Margulis just gave an order regarding their next plan when a strange man appeared.

"You just love barking out those orders don't you, Margulis. Show a little love to your dogs, or else they might bite you one day."

The warrior turned to him. "You..."

"The prototype belongs to me. I've grown bored with these Kirschwassers."

"You're going?"

"I think I'm more likely to succeed than your dogs."

U-TIC soldiers stared at the unknown man.

"Ah, yeeessss… Feed me your hostility…pierce me with your hatred."

He then laughed hysterically until another presence entered the room. He turned to see Darth Malice emerged from a dark corner of the room.

"Albedo, is it? You will be a worthy ally."

"And who might you be? Wait, you're the Sith Lord I've heard."

"That is right. I am Darth Malice."

A few hours later, the Elsa arrived at a dock colony for repairs. Alexander was about to left when Shion and the crew emerged from the bridge area with a worried look.

"Oh, Alex. You're heading out?"

"Yeah. Since this place is a technological dump, I might find some useful parts for E1. And a few for the AGWS. What about you? You guys seem pretty worried."

"We're searching for the Commander." chaos said. "We heard he had gone outside."

Alexander raised his brows. "In that clothing?"

"I'm gonna get Ziggy to help. He might be of help." Shion suggested.

"Well, if he's coming with you, my services won't be required then." Alexander said. Then, he continued; "But I'll be sure to tell you if I see him around."

"Thanks, Alex."

His search was not in vain as Alexander managed to find some parts that were usable and compatible with E1. He also acquired a new booster pack for AGWS and have the shopkeeper loaded it into the Elsa.

"Alright. Now I just have to think which AGWS needs the booster more..."

He suddenly felt a sudden burst of Force energy from the colony. Then, it was gone. Without hesitation, he rushed outside and saw Cherenkov was running in his direction towards the ship. He just ran passed him without a word. He smelled blood.

(Something is definitely wrong with him.)

In Hangar 2, Alexander was having a lightsaber training with a few training remotes. Managed to deflect all the bolts directed at him, the remotes then fired at the same time. Alexander took the bolts one at a time but as the shooting grew intense, he was forced to whirl his red saber around and deflected all of it.

"I'm done, E1. Call off the remotes."

E1 beeped in acknowledgement and called off the remotes and stored them into a small compartment in his body. Alexander switched off the lightsaber.

"Phew. After all these years, I still fail to take all the blast."

His companion whirred. He laughed. "Yeah. You're right. I'm slacking off all these years. Now that Daron had returned, I must do what it takes to take this curse off me. To tell the truth, I've had enough of living this long. It's just not right for me outlive any normal beings."

The astromech droid whirled his head, worried about his master's tone. Alexander grinned.

"Who knows? The aging effect might cancel out should I defeat Daron. But then again, it might not."

"Alex?"

"Huh?" He looked up to see Shion. "Oh, Shion..."

"Do you...really mean what you just said?"

He sighed. "No point in hiding it. To tell the truth, yeah. I've seen too much that I could make a history book out of it."

"But Alex! Without you helping me two years ago...I..."

Alexander pressed his index finger on her lips. "Stop there, Shion. I just did what was right."

"But...!"

"I know, Shion. I can flee somewhere and go on living but for how long? My past will eventually caught up with me and I will have to face him. It is...my destiny."

"Alex..."

"A Jedi shouldn't fear of death. There is no death, there is the Force..."

Shion suddenly hugged him and caught Alexander by surprise.

"Please don't say anything about dying. I don't wanna hear that. I won't permit it."

She started to cry and Alexander felt a rush of emotion surging from Shion through the Force. Instictively, he hugged her by the slender waist.

"Alright, Shion. I won't say that word again." he said, smiling as he slowly broke the embrace. "In front of you, at least..." he murmured.

"I heard that!"

After the repairs were done, the Elsa was now on its way to the Miltian star system. Everything was going smoothly during the hyperspace flight until Alexander detected a massive amount of life forms ahead.

(So, they finally come...)

Shion entered the bridge where the group was, still dazed from her sleep.

"Wh-what's going on?"

"Something REALLY bad, Chief." Alexander said.

"A powerful force is affecting the ship from outside hyperspace." KOS-MOS informed.

"What does that mean!" MOMO asked.

"Something is trying to come into contact with the ship. If this persists, we will be dragged out of hyperspace."

MOMO suddenly looked around her. "What's this…? I sense…!"

Then, hands of both Shion and MOMO emitted a blue glow.

"Huh! What's…!"

Alexander narrowed his eyes at Shion and MOMO.

(Shion isn't a Force Sensitive. But how in the Force did that happen? MOMO is a Realian. Technically, she's not human but the Force are flowing through her like any other human beings.)

He pushed that thought behind to focus on the current situation. The Elsa had been dragged out of hyperspace and they were now facing a huge batallion of Gnosis in front of them.

Shion gasped. "Gnosis!"

"What the hell! Hey! Are you sure you got the right coordinates!" Matthews berated Hammer.

"Ah, well…they're…"

"Man…look at all of them…" Tony said as they looked at the amount of these life forms around them.

Shion turned to KOS-MOS. "KOS-MOS! Ultra Wide-Range Hilbert Effect!"

"Affirmative." the android complied and the visor pulled down and activated the Hilbert Effect. The effect was instantaneous and the Gnosis were fully materialized.

MOMO looked at the feat in awe. "That's amazing… Even an amplified system should only achieve a range of a hundred kilometers."

"C-Captain! I can't control her!" Tony yelled as he tried to pull the controls.

"Distortion in the gravity field! We're being pulled in!" chaos informed.

The Elsa was slowly dragged in towards a humongous Gnosis.

"Prepare for the worst, everyone!" Alexander warned.

Alexander opened his eyes. The last thing he remembered was a light washed over the Elsa. He sat up and saw KOS-MOS was analyzing the surroundings. The place where they were seemed to be made from jelly-like substance. Everything was semi transparent. He looked around to see Ziggy and chaos standing not far from him.

"By the Force, where are we?"

"We're not sure..." replied Ziggy.

Moments later, Shion woke up followed by MOMO. Chaos smiled. "I'm glad we're all okay."

"chaos, where are we?"

"I'm not sure. I remember we were all engulfed by this light, and..."

"Wait a second..." MOMO said, analyzing the area. "This feeling...I'm sure of it. We're inside a Gnosis!"

Shion gasped hard. "Inside a Gnosis?"

KOS-MOS then revealed a shocking revelation. "To be more specific, we are located at the approximate center of a giant Gnosis. This Gnosis is nearly 16,000 kilometers in diameter. To date, the only Gnosis of this size on record is the one named Cathedral Ship."

"Does that mean...we were eaten?"

"That may not be far from the truth..." chaos agreed.

"I don't sense any activity from the Gnosis outside. It's almost as if they're sleeping..." MOMO informed before she realized something. "Hey! What about the Elsa? Where's the Captain and everyone else?"

"Hopefully, they too are alive and in here somewhere..." Ziggy said.

Alexander felt a massive aura within this gigantic Gnosis. KOS-MOS then stepped up.

"What is it, KOS-MOS?" Shion asked.

"My sensors have picked up a signal." she replied.

"A signal? Is it the Elsa?"

"Yes. And something else near it. Although it is faint, I am picking up a waveform similar to the Zohar that was taken from the Woglinde."

"The Zohar? You mean that gold-colored object that was in the hangar? That thing's here?"

Alexander silently muttered. "Figures."

"How far is Elsa from here?" Ziggy inquired.

"Approximately 10 kilometers from our current position."

"Not too far."

"But it won't be easy. After all, we're inside a Gnosis. Who knows what montrosities we will have to put up with." Alexander added as he unclipped the hilt of his silver lightsaber.

"Stay here or find the Elsa. I'm worried about Allen and the others..." Shion said with a worried expression.

"Looks like we have no choice..." chaos stated. The others agreed.

The group trudged along the path, fighting Gnosis along the way. They were powerful than the ones at the Woglinde but there was nothing for them to worry about as Ziggy and KOS-MOS were strong enough to take them. Lightsaber attacks were useful but not effective enough to take down these stronger Gnosis. And Alexander was forced to rely on his Force Powers and Jedi Sense to power his way through them.

"So this is the Cathedral Ship..." Ziggy stated as the group walked along the forced path before them. "It does feel like we're inside a ship, but it certainly doesn't look like anything that belongs to the Federation..."

"Could it be an alien ship?" MOMO suggested.

Alexander shrugged. "Obviously, but that's not entirely correct either."

"Look…over there." Shion pointed to a metal plate. It has words on it.

"What is it? A sign or something?" chaos stated.

"Hey, it's written in English!" MOMO exclaimed.

"But this is odd… It doesn't look like it's stuck on the wall… Doesn't it look more like a part of the wall itself?" Shion suggested.

"Are you saying this sign is part of the Gnosis? How could that be…"

"Take a look around… That's not the only one. There's a lot a other stuff here, too."

The group looked around to see cars, buildings and assortments of items floating idly. It seemed that time itself was frozen for these objects.

"Are we really inside a Gnosis…?"

"Seems that this Gnosis swallowed the entire area..." Alexander stated.

"How can that be possible?" Ziggy asked with much confuse.

Alexander shrugged. "Beats me."

They continued their walk until they arrived at a structure that appeared to serve some importance to the Gnosis.

"It looks like…we've arrived at the center… What is that?"

The group looked at the structure.

"A building? Or maybe some sort of device…" chaos speculated.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know, it's just…"

"Yes?"

"Well, if this is really the center, it's possible that it may be of some importance to the Gnosis… But this, of course, is from our frame of reference, so we could be completely mistaken."

"In other words, if that is a man-made object, it could be a ship or some other wreckage that was swallowed just as we were…" Ziggy added.

"What about us…? Are we gonna end up like that too?" MOMO murmured.

Shion patted her head. "We'll be sure to get out of here before that happens." Then, she turned to KOS-MOS. "KOS-MOS, what's the Elsa's current position?"

"Location unknown. I have lost its signal."

"Lost?"

"The Gnosis' magnetic and gravitational fields have become unstable near the center. The last known coordinates point to a location on the lower level, 300 meters below our present position."

"That's pretty close. Shall we go?" MOMO asked curiously.

Shion nodded. "Yes. Let's just hope the Elsa isn't in the same condition as the wreckage around here."

Alex called out to Shion. "Chief."

"What is it, Alex?"

"Now I don't claim to have sensors like KOS-MOS, but I could sense an energy emnated from the position she said. I have a feeling we'll be in for a lot of trouble."

After battling their way through a few groups of Gnosis, they eventually found an elevator down. Shion was about to push the switch that will open the massive door when Alexander stopped her.

"What's wrong, Alex?"

"Chief, you must be strong when you see what lies beyond. That is all I can say."

Shion blinked and nodded at his cryptic words and opened the door. The group entered and was greeted by a golden brilliance. chaos was the first to recover.

"Shion! Look at that!"

The rest looked at the golden object. It was the Zohar and Alexander felt a calming presence about the object.

(The Force is flowing from the Zohar. But...how?)

"We must go." KOS-MOS said as she approached it.

Shion was annoyed by her statement. "Hey, KOS-MOS, wait! Don't you go off on your own. But what's the Zohar doing here?"

"I have confirmed that this object can be identified with a 99.99998 percent probability, to be the Zohar Emulator that was stored onboard the Woglinde." she informed. Alexander raised his brows.

"An emulator? Are you saying a real one exists somewhere else?" Shion asked, puzzled.

"Affirmative."

"Affirmative? KOS-MOS, how do you know all of this? I never stored any type of information like that in your main databank..."

Cherenkov suddenly appeared not far from the Zohar. "You...you're the creator of that thing...And yet...you didn't know about that..?"

Shion gasped and approached the marine. "Commander Cherenkov! Are you all right! Let's get out of..."

His body jerked and suddenly turned transparent, much to the group's astonishment. Sensing danger, Alexander ignited his silver lightsaber.

"Commander, your body..."

"Escape? What are you talking about? You think you'll survive...through something like this?" Cherenkov retorted and moved closer to the Zohar. "That's right...I was the one behind the disappearance of the planet Ariadne. All that mattered was the recovery of the Emulator. That was the reason behind the deployment of Vector and the military. They were really only pawns...but in spite all that..."

Cherenkov suddenly saw something that the group but Alexander couldn't see. He then swatted around, to no avail.

(Another type of Gnosis?)

"G-go away! Don't come near me! You were the ones who rejected me! So why are you bothering me now..!"

Then, the Gnosis finally materialized and entered his body. "NOOOOOO!"

Shion and the group looked at the situation in shock. "W...What is that?"

"All photon, lepton, hadron, and graviton scans read negative." KOS-MOS replied.

"Then what is it that we're seeing!"

Then, Cherenkov transformed into something monstrous yet it was all too familiar. Shion gasped.

"Oh no!"

Alexander stepped in front of her. "Get back, Chief!" He then twirled his saber expertly and raised it horizontally, aiming at the monster.

"I sense...It's a Gnosis!" MOMO exclaimed.

"It's the same. Just like that day..." Ziggy muttered.

Seeing Shion was in deep shock to issue orders, Alexander turned to KOS-MOS. "KOS-MOS, prepare for battle. 80 percent output."

She acknowledged the command. "Affirmative. I will initiate combat at 80 percent output."

"That is no longer human. We will have to take it out!" chaos shouted.

Alexander, chaos, Ziggy and KOS-MOS took the frontline with MOMO comforted Shion at the back. The four not only have to battle the winged Gnosis, but its two spike-like companions as well.

Alexander glanced at the others. "Battle plan, anyone?"

"Me and Alex will take those two spike Gnosis. KOS-MOS and Ziggy will take the main creature." chaos suggested.

Ziggy nodded and KOS-MOS acknowledged it by making the first move at the Gargoyle. chaos then formed a flaming pentgram and unleashed it at one of the Oudogogue. Alexander glanced at the shell-shocked Shion.

"MOMO, please take care of her."

The Realian nodded and the Jedi engaged the other Oudogogue by zig-zagging his way towards it. The Oudogogue launched a lance that appeared from the sky. He dodged and rolled from harm. He then Force-jumped at it and the Oudogogue launched itself towards him, attempting to pierce his body in a stroke. Alexander summoned the Force to create an invisible barrier and the spike attack hit the transparent shield with a loud thump. Seizing the chance, he canceled the effect and used the combination of Force Speed and Force Jump to land on top of his opponent. With one mighty cry, his silver-bladed weapon seared the Oudogogue in half, reducing the power of the Gargoyle in the process.

"Need help, chaos?" he shouted at the white-haired youth. chaos simply smiled.

"Thanks for the offer but I'll manage."

With lightning speed, he pounded his opponent with multiple combo attacks before finishing it off with an explosive palm attack. The other Oudogogue almost instantly exploded upon impact.

The destruction to both its supporting ally decreased much of the Gargoyle's power. But despite that, it still a formidable enemy as KOS-MOS and Ziggy were forced to dodge and roll from its claw attacks. Alexander turned to chaos.

"Well?"

chaos nodded. He then aided KOS-MOS while Alexander assisted Ziggy. KOS-MOS used her R-BLADE and it left a deep wound on the Gargoyle's shoulder and it howled in agony before slamming its fist at her, sending her sprawling on the floor. chaos followed up what was left and unleashed hundreds, if not thousands of palm-fist attacks. On the other side, Ziggy generated an electrical energy on his cybernetic arm and zoomed at the lower part of its body before slamming his fist at the weakest point. The Gargoyle roared and used its wings to throw away all of its attackers. The Gnosis then extended its claws and attacked the fallen KOS-MOS. Seeing this, Alexander pulled out his red lightsaber and let it fly at its arm. The crimson saber pierced its target and as the Gargoyle howled in pain, Alexander recalled his weapon and used the Force to aid him. Within moments, his hair turned red and his eyes turned to white as he used Force Rage to enhance his speed and strength. Using this new-found energy, he stood at the Gnosis' arm and ran up to its shoulder. Before it realized anything, Alexander sliced its arm cleanly, spurting blood out of it. KOS-MOS already recovered by this time and used the R-DRILL and the attack went through its chest, causing the foul creature to howl and groaned before uttering a dying curse. Not taking any chances, Ziggy launched the Cyborg Kick at the head to end its misery.

White brilliance covered the whole area as the Gnosis was finally defeated. Shion finally recovered and called out Cherenkov. chaos approached her and gently said;

"The commander has gone, Shion..."

"No..."

Alexander looked at her sadly as his hair and eyes returned to normal state. He switched off both sabers and turned to KOS-MOS.

"Are you alright?"

She blinked. "Yes. I only suffered minimal damage. Thank you for your...concern."

Alexander nodded.

"What just happened? Where is he? What have we done! Tell me..." Shion demanded, still sobbing.

MOMO looked up at Ziggy. "Ziggy, did something happen?"

Ziggy closed his eyes. "There's nothing for you to worry about." He turned to Shion. "I'm sorry."

"Was that really the Commander! Tell me, chaos! Surely we didn't..."

chaos placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Shion, the truth isn't always a pleasant thing to know."

"Are we...going to end up like him?"

"We're still here and none of us have turned into Gnosis. Perhaps we can take solace in that. Here, stand up."

Finally calmed down, Shion stood up. "Okay."

Then, the whole are rocked. "This isn't good!" Ziggy said.

Suddenly, they floated as the Cathedral Ship slowly faded away.

"Oh, Force! What will we do now?" Alexander shouted.

MOMO pointed upwards. "Oh! Look! Over there!"

The Elsa appeared with the search lights on.

"Heyyy, Ms. Vector! You still alive?" Matthews called.

"Chieeef! Are you all riiight!" Allen interjected.

Shion smiled and shouted with relief. "Captain! Allen!"

The group boarded the ship and the Elsa escaped from the destruction of the Cathedral Ship. Their problem wasn't over as they had to escaped from unendless waves of Gnosis.

"They're coming after us!" Hammer warned.

Matthews turned to Tony. "Full speed ahead! Shake 'em off!"

"Aye, sir!"

Tony pushed even further but the Gnosis were simply too many to escape from.

"Man! There's a ton of 'em!"

All appeared to be lost until a wave of lasers came in from above, hitting the Gnosis. Alexander grinned for he already knew who came in to help.

"What the--?"

A thin, yet long battleship with a spiky ring entered the scene. Matthews instantly recognized it.

"The Durandal?"

The Durandal fired again and destroyed the Gnosis in chains. While the crew watched the spectacle, Shion and the others entered the bridge.

"Sounds like the fighting's started." Ziggy firmly said.

MOMO slightly disturbed by the sight Gnosis and closed in to Ziggy. "Are we going to be okay? There were so many of them when we transferred in."

"They destroyed an entire Federation fleet. It would be wiser for us to flee than fight." Shion replied.

The Gnosis didn't show signs of letting up and it worried the crew. "Captain!" Shion shouted.

"Tony! Can you lose 'em?"

"Doubt it. They're a lot faster than we are."

"Damn it! The Durandal's guns aren't slowing them down. What're we gonna do?"

Despite his exhaustion, Alexander used the Force to knock the Gnosis that were blocking the escape path. The others stared at his feat in awe but his tiredness started to give in.

"Faster...Tony...we must...escape..."

"We're already at maximum speed!" Tony shouted.

"Alex! You must stop it! You're in no condition to..."

Alexander finally went down on his knees, panting heavily as soon as he exhausted his remaining powers. Shion kneeled beside him, holding him in place. He flashed a weak smile.

"Sorry, Chief. That is all I can do..."

Shion shook her head. "It's alright, Alex. You did your part..."

"Huh? Hatch number 17 is open?" Hammer informed when he checked the ship's status. "Was somebody still down there!"

Shion gasped when she realized one person(?) was missing. "It's KOS-MOS! What is she..."

"I'll put it on monitor." Hammer said.

The screen showed KOS-MOS using the elevator on her way up.

"KOS-MOS! KOS-MOS! KOS-MOS! What are you doing! Get back here!" Shion ordered.

KOS-MOS refused to listen and the hatch opened.

"There's too many of them for you to destroy! You're not equipped to handle that great a number!" Shion continued.

"Shion, Will feeling pain...make me complete?" KOS-MOS asked but due to the vacuum of space, no one heard what she said. Except Alexander as he listened through the Force.

(KOS-MOS. Is the emotion module started to kick in?)

"What? I can't hear you!"

KOS-MOS didn't reply and her red eyes turned blue. She stepped out, floating towards the back of the Elsa, facing waves of Gnosis. She then opened up her abdomen and fired massive laser blast at the Gnosis. Later, she did another amazing feat. She used her powers to pull the Gnosis towards her, dragging them inside her opened abdomen. As soon as the last of the Gnosis was absorbed, she closed her eyes momentarily and opened to reveal her usual red eyes.

The bridge of Elsa were still astonished of what happened. Matthews folded his arms.

"Heck, that wasn't so bad."

Allen turned to Shion. "Chief..."

"Did...did that really just happened?"

Allen nodded. "Yeah. It appeared that she absorbed the Gnosis."

"How could she have weaponry we don't even know about? No, that wasn't a weapon, that was..."

"...something impossible."

But Matthews doesn't care about what happened. "Who cares if it's possible or not? She got rid of the Gnosis, right?"

"Uhh, Captain?" Hammer said. "Little Master's been buzzing us for a while..."

"Huh? Oh. Patch him in."

As Matthews talked to the 'Little Master', Alexander stared at Shion who was probably wondering about KOS-MOS. He decided to reach her telepathically.

(There is no need to worry, Shion.)

(Alex...)

(We have many things to worry about right now. We will figure it out. Eventually.)

(Thanks, Alex.)


Notes:
NukeDawg:
Force Lightning is not necessarily used by Sith or Shadow (Neutral) Jedi. Even a Light-Sided Jedi is capable of using it (as demonstrated in KOTOR). Just to let you know, there's a (exclusively) Light Side version of Force Lightning. Alex will eventually get this awesome Force Power later. About the coupling. Yeah, it makes sense to let Alex and Miyuki get together but looking at Episode 1, that won't happen. Maybe Episode 2? Mary and Shelly? Hmm...interesting idea. Let see what I can come up with...

To other reviewers, thanx for commenting and adding it to their fav and alert. I'm glad you like this type of story.