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 title taken directly from a New Jedi Order novel, Specter of The Past.

Chapter 7: Specter of The Past

Alexander reached the bridge after getting a call from Jr. Shelley noticed him and ignored him. He felt a sudden pain but he shrugged it off and looked at the current event that was about to unfold. A whole batallion of Federation ships were surrounding the Foundation just when they are about to reach Second Miltia. Just when Alexander was about to ask what was happening, an announcement from the Federation was transmitted;

"In accordance with Federation law, we hereby place the Kukai Foundation under arrest for the suspicion of violating Article 798, Chapter 37: Collection and Concealment of Defense Information, and Article 2153, Chapter 105, Acts of Aggression against Federation Vessels, and hereby revoke all rights previous granted. Shut down your engines and relinquish your weapons…"

Jr. gritted his teeth in anger. ""Acts of Aggression against Federation Vessels"!"

The announcement went on further; "Furthermore, should the Miltian government allow the Kukai Foundation to dock the Durandal, we will issue a state of emergency notice under Article 2384, Chapter 115, Part 18…"

"W-what in the world is going on?" Allen asked, half-scared.

"It looks like they think the Durandal conspired with the Miltian government in an attack on the Federation fleet." chaos informed.

Alexander and Shion blinked. "Huh? What Federation fleet?" the latter said.

Mary turned to the group. "Hey! Check out the network news on the sub-monitor. You're not gonna believe this!"

They looked at the news to see the footage of Durandal destroying the Federation ships. Alexander instantly recognized the flagship. It was the Woglinde.

"On the morning of the 21st, it appears that the 177th Marine Division flagship Woglinde, of the Galaxy Federation's Tessodora division, came under attack by a heavily armed ship belonging to the Kukai Foundation."

Shion gasped. "The Woglinde! What! I thought the Gnosis attack had been reported already…!"

"What in the Force..."

"The company has been identified as operating in conjunction with the Second Miltian government. And considerations for the possibility of treason have forced the Federation Parliament to dispatch a fleet…"

chaos nodded in approval. "They did a good job doctoring that video. But how did they synchronize the battle coordinates as well?"

Jr. slammed his hands on the console. "Damn! That's from when we fought the U-TIC Organization! Those bastards were recording it!"

"I see. That would explain how the absolute coordinates match. I guess that's their indisputable proof. Even I'm starting to think that we did it." Gaignun said calmly. Alexander grinned.

(He's up to something...)

"Considering the situation, you don't sound very worried." Ziggy stated.

"In any event, this is confirmation that the remnants of the U-TIC Organization have infiltrated both the Federation government and the military." Shelley said, avoiding any eye contact with Alexander.

Jr. nodded. "Which means…their next target is…" he turned to MOMO.

Shion stepped up. "This is such a blatant lie, it's ludicrous. As survivors, if we testify…"

"They'll just claim that you survived because you were in on the conspiracy." Gaignun cut her off.

Allen scratched his head miserably. "This is insane… Do you think this is why Headquarters hasn't communicated with us…!"

Alexander shrugged. "In any case, we're sitting ducks here..."

Minutes later, a female captain and her men reached the bridge.

"I am Captain Lapis Roman of the Galaxy Federation's Special Ops Command Headquarters, intelligence Bureau. I hereby place this ship under custody of the Galaxy Federation."

She then turned to Shion, Allen and Alexander. "I understand you're from the

Woglinde. I'll take you in as witnesses. All Vector property will be temporarily confiscated as evidence."

"KOS-MOS..."

The soldiers then proceeded with the arrests. Since Ziggy was a cyborg, his hands were handcuffed to the back. Shion's weapon was taken away but Jr. managed to hide his guns somehow.

"Here's the 100-Series Realian under warrant!" a soldier said, trying to drag MOMO with him.

Jr. was angered at the situation. "Hey! Don't hurt her!" With that, he broke free from his captive but was hit on the head by another soldier. Jr. felt the effect and fell.

A soldier was about to remove the lightsabers from their wielder when Alexander started to moan in his mixed up ancient British accent he learned many years before.

"Aww. You lot already took the ship, them weapons and now you want to deprieve me from MY flashlights? MY PASSION? MY LIFE? How LOW can you Fed sods stoop?"

The others, especially Shelley suppressed their laughters at his convincing act. And Lapis appeared to be swayed by it.

"Nevermind him, soldier. Detain them in a single room, and watch them carefully."

"All of them?" one of the soldiers asked, puzzled.

"Splitting them up will only serve to underman our guardposts. Investigate as much of the ship as possible before we rendezvous with the others."

"Yes ma'am."

While the group taken into custody, Lapis turned to Gaignun. "Gaignun Kukai, you are hereby under arrest for suspicion of treason against the Galaxy Federation. Come with me."

"As you wish."

The group then placed under house arrest. They were now inside an empty room in the residential area. Alexander was leaning near the door while the others grouped around the table.

(The dark side influence is getting stronger. It is not Exodus for sure. It must be Malice. But this aura. There is something familiar...)

"It's all orchestrated too well…" Ziggy said, breaking the silence.

Shion was startled by the sudden comment. "Huh?"

Seeing their confusion, Ziggy continued, "The fleet deployment came too quickly. They must have been prepared to ensure that MOMO would return to them regardless of what happened… Or perhaps ensnaring Second Miltia was part of their plan from the very beginning."

"As a neutral territory, Second Miltia was invested with a whole bunch of rights and legal privileges after the Miltian Conflict. There are a whole lot of folks who still have problems with that, even outside of the U-TIC Organization." Jr. added.

"The asteroid where MOMO was imprisoned… I wondered where the information about that place came from… Now it seems like it was all part of the plan from the very beginning."

MOMO blinked an turned to Ziggy. "Do you mean…from when Mommy sent you to rescue me?"

"You don't think there are U-TIC members within the Subcommittee itself…?" chaos speculated.

"It's not inconceivable. Perhaps it was the very person who arranged for MOMO's rescue, Dr. Juli Mizrahi herself…" Allen sagely said, folding his hands.

"No! Mommy would never do something like that!" MOMO instantly shot back and followed by Shion. "ALLEN!"

Allen stepped back. "I…uh…sorry…"

"Hm. Whatever it is, U-TIC still have many followers even after the conflict. But I'm getting the feeling that something more powerful is at work here." Alexander said.

Jr. turned to him. "You mean the U-TIC is just a facade to cover whoever that is working behind the scene?"

Alexander nodded. "Correct. But unless we do something about our current situation, there will be no way for us to find those guys."

Darth Malice and Albedo had concluded their meeting about their next plan. The Sith Lord turned and left the throne-like room.

"I'll capture the one you want." he said as the door opened.

Albedo, sitting on the throne, laughed. "Hehehe. Of course. Unless you theory is wrong, your target is bound to follow ma peche here."

"A Sith Lord is never wrong, Albedo. All will proceed according to what I said."

"Whatever you say, Malice. You have my permission to do whatever you want with him. Once I got my precious."

After about half an hour, Lapis entered the room followed by only one of her men.

"The preliminary inquiry shall now begin." she stated. She then took a seat near Shion and MOMO.

"I am an agent working for Representative Helmer of the Second Miltian Parliament."

Alexander raised his brows as Shion gasped at the soldier near the door.

"He's also with us. We can go into detail later, but for now I'll just debrief you on the current situation. You are presently under the custody of the Federation government and the military. I'll be honest with you." She glanced at MOMO before went on. "The way things are now, within a few hours, she'll be turned over to anti-Miltian forces, specifically the U-TIC Organization. Soon after, the Second Miltian government will be stripped of all its authority. At this moment, Representative Helmer is working with the leaders of the Miltian Parliament to buy us additional time. However, our opponents' skillful manipulation requires us to find concrete proof of your innocence."

"But...how?"

"That's the question. We need something that would give conclusive evidence of your innocence."

"Conclusive...evidence... What about the Woglinde's black box?" Shion suggested.

Lapis shook. "We've already recovered that. Unfortunately, sometime after the final gate-out, it was modified to be exactly the same as the video recording, down to the time axis."

"Not to mention, I shot up the database on that U-TIC battleship..." Jr. added, scratching his head.

"What about the Durandal's database? A record of the battle against the U-TIC should still be there. Can't we use that to prove our innocence?" chaos said.

"Is that a standard database?" Lapis asked.

"Yeah." Jr. replied, frustratingly.

chaos turned to Lapis. "Is that a problem?"

Lapis nodded. "Yeah. Standard databases are too easily modified. I'm not certain how reliable they would be as evidence. If we had something that even the owner couldn't change, say, a system with a AAA class encryption, then maybe..."

"Wha-? Triple A! You don't find systems with that kind of protection just lying around! For something like that, you'd need the Federation government's motherframe, or the U.M.N. operating system!" Jr. exclaimed.

"We..." Shion muttered.

"What?"

"We have one!" she stated.

"Oh! KOS-MOS!" Allen said.

"Right. Just how can we forget that?" Alexander added.

"KOS-MOS?" Jr. asked, with a surprise look.

"Yes. KOS-MOS' database has a recording of the battle against the Gnosis onboard the Woglinde. If we enter that as evidence..."

"Yeah, but in order to copy the record, we need the keys from both the Federation government and Headquarters." Allen added.

Shion shook to dismiss it. "By diving into the Encephalon and experiencing the record

ourselves, we can make a copy through the Connection Gear."

"But...that's impossible without the dive equipment."

"How about the Service Module's Simple Dive Unit?"

Allen gasped. "You've got to be kidding! Besides, that's a violation of protocol!"

Alexander laughed. "Haha. That is so like you, Chief."

"We don't have any other choice, do we? Oh, I'm so sick and tired of protocol..."

Jr. folded his arms, wondering. "But..."

"The real question is, how do we get to KOS-MOS?"

Hearing this, Lapis activated the U.M.N. Key and released Ziggy from his cuffs. She then gave the key to Shion.

"That'll open any locked doors you come across."

"Are you sure 'all of them'?" Alexander asked.

Lapis turned to him, slightly embarassed. "Eh, well...there is one room we are unable to access..."

"That will be mine. Unless you blasted the door, I'm the only one who can access it."

"I see. The security for the door is beyond our knowledge. But we never attempt to blast our way in."

"Well, that's good to hear."

She then turned to Ziggy. "I'll just say that we were careless. But to make it look legitimate, you'll need to knock me out."

"You sure?"

"Otherwise no one would believe it, right?"

Ziggy looked at everyone. He turned back to Lapis. "You have a point."

"Go easy on me, okay?"

MOMO covered her face while Ziggy knocked Lapis out with a punch to the gut. He did the same thing to the soldier.

"Forgive me." He said.

The group then walked out of the room only to be confronted by two soldiers who were guarding outside.

"What? They escaped?" one of them shouted.

With that, the two marched in at the group. chaos and Jr. stepped out to counter them but Alexander signaled them not to get involved.

"Let me deal with them. I won't kill them. Promise."

He then spread his arms wide, straying his hands away from his lightsabers. Jr. grinned.

"Oh, it's been a while since I've seen this."

"What is it?" Shion asked.

"Blaze possess the skill to charm other person's mind, allowing him to order the victim to do whatever he wants."

The soldiers were within shooting distance, preparing to fire. Alexander moved his hand.

"We are not your enemies." he said.

As if they were in a trance, one of the soldier said, "He is not our enemy."

"Go inside and beat yourselves silly." He ordered, managing a small laughter from his friends.

"We will go inside and beat ourselves silly."

"You will forget this encounter." he ordered again.

"We will forget this encounter."

With that, the two unfortunate soldiers went inside and sounds of fist and kick exchanges could be heard. After a while, everything went silent. Smiling, Alexander turned to the group.

"There. All settled. Like I promised."

"Man, that was the best. To have them beat each other like that..." Jr. said, still trying to stop laughing.

"Always avoid needless killing if possible. And it is not charm, mind you. It's Force Persuasion."

"Err...yeah. Whatever."

"That's a pretty useful skill, Alex." Shion remarked.

"But it's also scary if it to be abused." Alexander said. "Well, let's move on to Elsa and get this over with."

The group managed to find their equipments before proceeding to dock. They met some resistance but they were easily dealt with Jr. determined to get this problem over with. And Alexander didn't even ignited his improved lightsabers to help his friends as he relied on the Force in dealing matters. They eventually reached the Elsa and used the cargo elevator to gain entrance. They reached to where KOS-MOS was and set up for the dive.

"Here we go. Allen, handle backup for me, all right?" Shion said as she put on her Dive Unit.

"Roger. Opening Interconnection." he replied before muttering to himself. "Ahh…get a grip. Don't worry. I'll back you up no matter what happens."

Alexander smiled as he put on his own Simple Dive Unit.

"Thanks." Shion turned to the sleeping KOS-MOS. "Ready, KOS-MOS?"

After the dive was initiated, Alexander felt nauseous as they were sucked into the Encephalon. After a few moments, he recovered to see only Shion. They were now in a place where he was all too familiar.

(Miltia...)

The atmosphere was dark and as they stared at a skycraper, thunder and lightning crashed down and Shion freaked out. Instinctively, Alexander held her in his arms to keep her safe. Then in an instant, they were taken to a playground where a little girl was sitting on the swing. Alexander recognized her. It was Shion when she was just 8 years old. Little Shion got out of the swing to meet an elderly man.

"Daddy!" she said.

"Daddy!" Shion repeated.

"All right, Shion…let's go home." Shion's father said.

"We're not… …going to see Mom?"

"No…not today… We'll visit her tomorrow, okay?"

"…Okay."

Then, the two left. Shion slowly walked towards them, muttering a warning. "Wait… Don't go… "

"You cannot go…" another voice appeared. Again, Alexander recognized the voice and turned to confirm it. A girl was sitting on the swing.

"You..." Alexander muttered.

She looked at Shion, without showing any emotions. "That's right. This was the last day you spent together with your father. I've been waiting a long time for you…"

She then got up. "We have much to talk about."

"You've been waiting…? For us…?" Shion repeated her words.

A while later, Allen and chaos appeared. "chaos…Allen…?"

"Chief…? Where are we?"

The little girl then placed her hand in Shion's. "Who are you?"

"I am…Nephilim. That's what I have been called. Ever since I existed in this form…"

"I'll rephrase it for her then." Alexander interjected. "Just WHAT are you? How do you know us? What am I have to do with anything that is happening?"

Nephilim looked at him coldly. Alexander didn't flinch. "Your questions will be answered in time, knight. That is all I can say."

Alexander muttered a silent curse and turned away from her. "Tch."

(This is getting crazy by the minute. Does the Force had a hand in this?)

Nephilim silently smiled at his antiques and returned to the swing and Shion followed suit.

"So you're saying this really is Miltia?" she asked.

"Yes. A world of unbroken memories slumber at the depths of your consciousness… KOS-MOS has sensed this and recreated it. This world…it is also KOS-MOS' memory as well."

"KOS-MOS' memory…? No, that's not…"

"Memories do not belong solely to one person. And they are not fixed to just one location. "

"No, I mean… It's…the original KOS-MOS was…"

"…Destroyed, during that incident, two years ago…"

Shion went silent as she remembered the massacre where just as soon as Alexander collapsed after saving her from U-TIC soldiers, she pulled herself together and confronted KOS-MOS. She fired and explosive bullet from her pistol and it hit its target obliterating the archetype completely.

"And you lost someone dear to you as well…" Nephilim continued. "Joyful memories form only one half of a whole. Only when they are combined together with the other half, can your consciousness truly take form. You must…no… All of you must accept the entirety of your memories."

"Accept…our memories…"

After a moment of silent, Nephilim added, "You must…return to Miltia once again."

Hearing this, Shion got out of the swing. "Please…tell me. Why must I go to Miltia?"

"Only KOS-MOS knows the answer to that question… She is waiting for you there."

Shion looked at an archway not far from them. "KOS-MOS is…out there…?" She then left. Not wanting to left behind, Allen followed her. "Hey…wait up! Chief!"

Alexander waited for a moment before finally left chaos alone with the mysterious girl.

(Things won't be easy from now on. That's for sure...)

Notes:
NukeDawg:
Like Alex said, he only changed the colors of his sabers because both Mantle of The Force and Heart of Guardian crystals are powerful core lightsaber crystals and will help him in going against the more powerful Gnosis and eventually Darth Malice.