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 5: Fifty Years of Pain

Pleroma...

"Commander." a U-TIC soldier approached Margulis.

"What is it?"

"Commander Cherenkov's S.M.S. tracking signal has disappeared."

Margulis was annoyed. "And the U.M.N.?" Pellegri asked.

"I was able to track him while he traveled through hyperspace, but I lost him at point 2100-783. There are traces of a space-time anomaly at the same point, so we believe the Gnosis may have been there."

"I see."

Margulis didn't say a word. There was a growl in the corner as Darth Malice appeared from the dark.

"Useless."

"Forgive me, Lord Malice."

"It is not your fault, Commander. I should have known better."

"What will you do now?"

"I have to do this myself. I'm leaving."

Darth Malice turned around and left the room. Pellegri sighed in relief.

"Are you sure about having him as ally?"

"He had proven to be worthy of my respect, Pellegri. Besides, he have no interest in our cause. His only objective is the exiled knight."

The Elsa docked into Durandal and the group made their way up.

"Durandal. It's been years..." Alexander muttered.

"Oh, you stayed here?" Shion asked, hearing his silent muttering.

He nodded. "Yeah. I have a room here. Bet it all covered up in dust though."

They reached to the bridge and was greeted by a seemingly red-haired short teenager.

"Thanks for helping us out." chaos said before anyone else.

"You guys better fill me in on the situation later. Man, what the heck is going on here? And Momma's gone and caught a bug, so we can't perform any investigations or analyses for a while." he said.

"That's terrible."

"Huh. Tell me about it."

Allen whispered to Matthews. "Hey, is that the Little Master?"

"He's our boss...the head honcho." he turned to the boy. "Hey, Little Master. We picked up a couple of passengers headed for Miltia while we were working. What should we do with 'em?"

He examined each of them. He grinned when he saw Alexander. "They look like they're in pretty deep with something. Well, your first concern should be to repair the Elsa. Why don't you get it fixed over at the Foundation? You won't make it very far in that kinda shape."

"Foundation?" Shion gasped. "The Kukai Foundation? From the Galactic Finance 500's "Top 10 Fastest Growing Corporations" list? Then you must be..."

"Ah..." he smiled sheepishly. "The business stuff was meant to be a side thing. We got lucky, that's all."

Allen whispered to Shion. "This is bad, Chief! We can't associate with these people!"

He noticed this and approached Allen. "Hey, hey, I heard that, man. Would you rather we left you here in space?"

"Uh, n-no, sorry, sir!"

"Look, Little Master, what do you say we just leave this wuss behind?" Matthews said.

Shion turned away with a lot of things on her mind as Alexander whistled away. Matthews went on and told the Little Master about Allen's attitude and the engineer begged chaos to help. The Little Master chided about kicking him out. He then turned his attention to Shion.

"What's wrong? Something worrying you?"

"Huh? Oh, no, it's nothing. I'm Shion Uzuki. Nice to...meet you...um..."

He smiled and extended his right hand. "Jr. Gaignun Jr. I got a real name, but let's just leave it at that for now. Good to meet ya."

Couldn't help himself, Alexander extended his hand as soon as Jr. done with Shion. "Alexander Darkblaze. Pleasure to meet you."

Jr. grinned and simply slapped his hand. "Hey Blaze! It's been years! Like, five?"

"Yes it is, Jr. A lot of things happened since then. Can't say I like it..."

"Tell me more about it." He then turned to Shelly, the ship's navigator. "Shelley, change the plans. We're returning to the Foundation. Make sure to tell Gaignun that we've secured the final Emulator."

The purple haired woman nodded, taking the chance to glance at Alexander. He smiled and nodded. "Roger. Preparing to return to the Foundation." she acknowledged.

"She hasn't changed..." Alexander remarked.

Jr. nudged him in the gut. "Go for it, man! I know you two used to be together until you decided to left the Foundation..."

Alexander grinned at his little friend. "It's alright, Jr. From the look of things, she's pretty happy with the way things are."

The group then was allowed into the Isolation Area. While everyone wondered about the strict environmental controls, Alexander felt an unwelcome presence. This caused him to prepare for the worst.

"What is this place? The environmental controls here seem extremely strict..." MOMO asked as they looked at thirteen structures around them.

"They're so big..." Shion remarked. "Six to each side, with one directly across..."

"Thirteen in all. Looks like each block has a name inscribed on it." Ziggy informed.

"You've got great eyesight! Let's see...Peter...Andrew...Boanerges...Thomas...John...umm..."

"Philip, Matthew, Bartholomew, James, Thaddaeus, Simon, Judas." KOS-MOS continued.

"And the last one..."

"It appears to say Marienkind."

"Marienkind...I've heard that somewhere..."

"It means, "the child of Mary."" Shelley replied, accompanying the just-entered Jr.

"This is where we store all the really dangerous items. Stuff like this..."

He pushed a button on the console and the structures raised, revealing the hidden items; thirteen gold-colored objects.

Shion instantly recognized them. "Zohars?"

"Actually, they're all Emulators. And they've all been sealed, including the one we just retrieved."

"Why are these Zohars here?"

"Well, our corporation does dabble a little in everything. Besides, these days, you can't get by without having something to deal with the Gnosis. And we definitely can't wait around for the Federation to get off its lazy butt."

Suddenly, there was a hiss and everyone looked at Alexander, his silver lightsaber activated.

"What's wrong, Alex?" Shion asked.

"Get back, everyone. There's someone here! Come out, whoever you are."

There's a sinister laughter and the group saw a man standing atop on one of the Emulators. He was wearing a black robe that was typical for one with the Dark Side. His eyes were green and other part of his face was covered.

"A Dark Jedi..." Alexander said.

The Dark Jedi jumped down, activating his red lightsaber. "Jedi Knight Alexander Darkblaze. I have come here on behalf of Darth Malice to take your life."

"Darth Malice?" Alexander raised his brows. "What happened to Exodus?"

"Lord Exodus has destroyed the Jedi Order and he is now on his way here."

Alexander was shocked upon the news about what had happened to his order. But he managed to keep his emotion in check. "This Malice is his apprentice then?"

"Defeat me and you will have your questions answered."

Alexander turned to the group. "Get back, everyone. No one supposed to interfere in this."

With a howl, the Dark Jedi leapt at him. Alexander blocked the attack and countered. The Dark Jedi leapt back and launched Force Lightning upon the Force-exhausted knight.

Both Shion and Shelley shouted at the same time. "Alex!"

Alexander silently cursed. He only managed to recover little Force powers but that doesn't mean he didn't have a way to counter the menacing blue electric. Calling up all the Force, he used his palm to absorb the Force Lightning. He neutralized the dark side power and made that energy his own.

"That's refreshing. Now I feel better than ever."

"Impossible! How could you..." the Dark Jedi stammered.

"I have lived over a hundred years. My knowledge in manipulating the Force is beyond anything you have ever seen. So now, stop playing like a little girl and settle this the way our ancestors did."

With that, the two resumed their duel as the others were forced to watch from the sidelines. They slash, jump, thrust, dash, block, dodge and roll throughout the duel.

"It is almost like a dance. The way they fight..." Shion said in amazement.

"I know it is not appropriate but those silver and red countering each other. They are so pretty!" MOMO said.

"So this is how they settle their differences..." Ziggy remarked.

"Like Alex said, by the mastery of lightsaber dueling." Jr. added.

"Little Master, is it true that..."

Jr. nodded before Shelley could finish. "Yeah. He is over a century now. There's no proof of this but you have to believe from the way he thinks and percieve."

Shelley returned her gaze at Alexander. Despite the heat of the battle, he remained ice-cool while his foe was getting more and more frustrated upon his attempts.

"Not bad. For a rookie. No point in extending this."

Alexander dodged the flurry attacks and used a violent Force Push. The Dark Jedi was thrown afar by the impact. And before he could get back to his feet, his throat was Force-choked by the Jedi Knight. Switching off his weapon, Alexander pulled him closer.

"Now talk! Where is Darth Malice?" he demanded.

"Your threat won't work. I know how weak you Jedi are. Oh, I forgot. There are no more Jedi."

Alexander narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip. His fallen enemy gasped for air.

"Don't think that I've gone soft after a hundred years. I know a necessary death when I see one. And getting rid of a Sith scum like you IS necessary."

"I won't...talk..." he said, defiantly. Alexander sighed and turned to his friends.

"You guys might wanna turn around. This won't be pretty."

Jr. nodded. "Unless you guys could stand violence, better do as he says."

Ziggy covered MOMO while the others didn't bother to do the same. Alexander smiled. "You guys are scary, you know that?"

With his free hand, he conjured up an illusional image of someone, or something that his opponent feared most. He struggled to scream and free himself from the Force Grip. It went on for a while and eventually, he died from fright. His expression explained it all. Alexander released his body and searched for any clues. He took the lightsaber and a datapad, most likely containing the orders to kill him.

"Hmm. That wasn't so bad, right?" he said to the group.

"At least you tried to make it...bloodless." Jr. remarked.

Alexander shrugged. "Sorry about what happened. I'll take care of the body. Why don't you show them around in the meantime?"

After disposing the body, Alexander went to the park for some relaxation. To his surprise, he saw MOMO sitting on a bench by herself.

"What do you all think?" she said to herself, playing with artificial insects called enviromental bugs. "Joachim Mizrahi, the lunatic...Was daddy really like that? Since daddy built us, does that mean Realians are bad people, too?"

"It's easy to put blame on one's fault, MOMO." Alexander said from behind.

"Alex..."

"It is the human nature to do so. You have to accept it. Especially in Jr.'s case. He have some bad memories because of the Miltian Conflict."

MOMO gave a thought about it before asking, "How about you? Have you ever blame my father for the Gnosis?"

Alexander shook. "No. I don't blame anyone for the Gnosis. I blame myself for even involving with it." He then looked longingly outside.

"That man said that your order is no more..."

Alexander closed his eyes before looking out the window again. "I don't want to believe, MOMO. But I didn't sense any lies from him...I have to accept it and move on. I have to accept that I am now the last of the Jedi Order."

MOMO stared at him as he looked to the stars distantly. She could see tears welling up in his eyes. While she was lucky to have the mass production 100 Series Realian as her 'sisters', Alexander now have to deal with the loss of his kinsmen and maybe the one he cares from his homeworld. He have to accept the fact that he is the last of his kind. She then held his hand, much to Alexander's surprise.

"Don't worry. You don't have to burden yourself too much. Everyone is here with you, right?"

He smiled sheepishly. "Ah, thanks. MOMO. I think I better give in. Having to do battle twice a day is really tiring. Even for a knight like me."

MOMO smiled. "Sure. See you later."

On his way out, Alexander met up with Shion and KOS-MOS.

"Hey Chief. Having a stroll in the park?"

"More or less. We are looking for MOMO, by the way."

"Oh, she's here. Look for her near the window." he said, pointing at the back.

"Thanks, Alex."

"No problem. Enjoy the sight. It's beautiful."

"We will. You're retiring?"

"Yeah. My body just screaming for rest. Good night, Chief. Good night, KOS-MOS."

Shion smiled and waved. "You too. See you tomorrow."

Alexander waved in return and left. KOS-MOS stared at Alexander for a moment before saying, "Good night, Alexander."

Alexander reached his room to see Shelley was waiting for him outside.

"Shelley..."

She nodded. "Alex, it's been a while."

He shrugged. "Five years isn't exactly a while. Come on in. Bet we have a lot to catch up."

Shelley nodded and Alexander unlocked the door and they entered the room. Everything was exactly the way it was when he left five years ago. Everything were neatly arranged with a vast array of bladed weapons hung on every side of the wall. He looked at the workbench. It was covered with thick layers of dust. He picked up a sword from the workbench.

"I never get to finish upgrading this one...oh, please have a seat, Shelley."

She smiled and took a seat on the couch. Alexander sat beside her.

"So, how's Gaignun doing?" he begun.

"Still finding means to fight the Gnosis. With a bit of everything in other business."

He chuckled. "He's getting slick over the years..."

"Ask Little Master about it." she said. "So, how are you doing?"

"Huh? Me? Was doing fine with Vector until what happened to Woglinde. Wrong place at the wrong time, I guess. You?"

Shelley hesitated. "I...went through a lot since you left. It was hard going on without you..."

Upon seeing her sad expression, Alexander looked away. "I...I'm sorry, Shelley. I was being selfish..."

Shelley shook. "It's fine now, Alex. Master Gaignun helped me a lot during those times. Though I'm still confused about why did you left in the first place..."

"Shelley. By now you should know that I cannot grow old. With my inability to age beyond twenty-one, I can only watch the ones I cared died naturally while I'm still young and alive, being forced to bear a lot of grief..."

"Alex..."

"Ever since my...lover died fifty years ago, I promised myself not to get emotionally attached. But that changes after I met you at the Foundation. For the first time, I felt so much affection for you and I knew it will be a detriment to myself. But still, I'm giving it a go. And after a while, it only grew stronger and I came up with the decision of leaving you here, hoping to sever myself from it. Forgive me, Shelley. I..."

Shelley touched his hand. "It is alright, Alex. I understand now. You don't have to be strong all the time."

Tears rained down his cheeks as Alexander tried to hold back. "I...I don't want to feel sad anymore. The fear of losing someone. I don't want it..."

Shelley pulled him close, hugging him tight. "Cry all you want, Alex. I'm here for you."

Alexander hugged her back, crying as loud as he can as he let out all the pain he suffered throughout the years. Shelley simply stroked his hair gently and felt some of the pain from him.

Notes:
NukeDawg:
Thanx for the input as always, man. Anyways, sorry for not reviewing your fic even though I read most of em. Umm...laziness? XD

Will try to get my lazy arse to get back to reviewing.