Star Wars: Knights of the New Republic Episode II Chapter 5, a kim possible fanfic

Chapter 5: Arise, Darth Demonus

"No my father didn't fight in the wars, he was a navigator on a spice freighter," a young Luke Skywalker stated, almost laughing at the old hermit before him.

"That's what your Uncle told you," Old Man Ben said with a knowing smirk, "He didn't hold to your father's ideals. He thought he should have stayed here and not gotten involved."

"You fought in the Clone Wars?" Luke asked suddenly very interested in the old man's stories.

"Yes," Ben chuckled, before growing serious. "I was once a Jedi Knight, same as your father."

"I wish I had known him …" Luke sighed looking down.

"He was the best starfighter in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. I understand you've become a quite the pilot yourself." Obiwan said before his eyes glazed over sadly. "Annie was a good friend …" he then stood up. "That reminds me I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough. But your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you'd follow old Obiwan on some fool idealistic crusade like your father did."

"What is it?" Luke asked as he took the hilt.

"Your father's Lightsaber: The weapon of a Jedi Knight." Obiwan explained as Luke ignited the blue blade. "Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand years the Jedi Knights were guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic." Obiwan said sitting down. "Before the dark times... Before the Empire…. "

"How did my father die?" Luke asked, causing the old man to blanch for a moment.

"A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a student of mine until he turned to Evil. He helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights." Obiwan took a deep breath. "He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all but extinct. Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force."

"The Force?" Luke asked curiously.

"The Force is a stupid Farmboy who's wasting time standing around staring into space." Ben stated smirking at Luke.

"What was that again, Ben?" Luke blinked before he got patted on the side of his head by his wife.

"Wakey-Wakey, hon, we need Jedi Master Skywalker, not dimwit backwater Lukey." Mara stated shaking her head. "Kyle's going to be here any time now. He sounded upset so I don't think it's going to be good news."

"R-Right lets go." Luke said wondering why that memory appeared in his mind then of all times as he followed Mara to the docking platform. The Skywalker couple were surprised to see the normally cool and collected Kyle barrel down the platform of the Raven's Claw right into Luke and gripped his tunic desperately. "Kyle, what's wrong?"

"It's this Erik Amidala, I know who he is!" Kyle gasped worriedly.

The sound of clanking metal boots sounded as a force of Sith Troopers stormed toward the landing Wildecat coming down beside Fist's Sith Shuttle. "Secure the ship, don't let any of its passengers or crew escape!" a Trooper Commander barked as the gangplank lowered. Four troopers quickly ran up the ramp, there were silence then a series of pop-hisses followed by screaming.

Before any of the outer troopers could respond Ron, Jim and Tim were in the air over them, sabers drawn, and striking faster then any serpent.

Troopers fell quickly to the shimmering red, blue and green lights as Kim stood at the gangplank of her ship firing down on the troopers. "Don't let up, boys! Push through!" Ron said as he sent one trooper falling in half to his blazing red blade.

"Hicka Bicka Boo!" Jim called out as he force shoved a group of troopers back, and then slashed another one across the chest.

"Hoosha!" Tim replied sending his saber right through the stomach of an attacking trooper.

"Look guys, we're trying to save our sister's boyfriend," Jim said as he threw a Trooper into a wall with the Force.

"And you're NOT going to stop us!" Tim stated, as he did the same to another trooper.

"They might not, but I might be able to show you boys a good time." A feminine voice chortled, as the Possibles and Ron turned to see Darth Shego walk out of the shadows, throwing off her dark green cloak.

Ron held his saber before him toward Shego as he nodded toward the Twins. "Go get Erik, I'll deal with her."

"But …" the twins said at the same time both with worried expressions.

"Look, I'm the Jedi Knight, you're both not even Apprentices yet," Ron argued, "So don't question … GO!"

Jim and Tim looked at each other then at the sole reason they wanted to be Jedi in the first place. "Ok, may the Force be with you, Master Stoppable!" The called out to him before running into the Korriban fortress.

Ron took a step toward Shego, and then snapped his head to the side when a blaster shot was blocked by Shego's light claws. "Kim, Go with your brothers!" Ron snapped at Kim who was standing a few yards away with her blaster trained on Shego.

"I'm not leaving you." Kim stated not taking her eyes off the Sith Lord.

"Yes you are," Ron stated blocking a slash from the Sith. "Now go before they get too far ahead of you and you three get separated!"

I'm. Not. Leaving. You." Kim stated again, emphasizing each word.

"Look, I'm a Jedi now, Kim, a full fledged Jedi Knight," Ron stated kicking Shego back. "I can handle this, Erik's just a politician, THINK, Kimberly! Who needs you more right now? Me or him?"

"But … Ron …" Kim shook her head lowering her blaster slightly.

Shego jumped at him again, but Ron easily force shoved her along the ground. "Look, we're talking here!" Ron snapped at the Sith before turning to Kim. "Kim … KP, I'll be right behind you as soon as I deal with her, ok? Go, please. Don't even think about me, ok? Just go."

Kim glanced from the door Jim and Tim disappeared into, then to Ron, and back again. With the image of Yori's death still fresh in Kim's mind's eye she took a deep shuddering sigh before lunging forward and kissing Ron softly on the corner of the mouth. "Please be careful." She said before she dashed into the fortress.

"That's too cute," Shego mock-cooed as she leapt back to her feet, "guess we both can see who she really prefers, huh?" Shego asked as her claw slashed at the Jedi who quickly dodge the strike and slashed back at her.

"The heck are you talking about?" Ron asked as he kicked her in the chest and brought his saber down on her only to be blocked by her own light claw.

"Oh nothing," Shego purred as she moved in to head butt Ron, then slashed at him. Her blazing claws burning the very edge of his shoulder. "Just that didn't take too much convincing to leave you to the woman who took your arm and eye."

"You got your facts wrong, babe," Ron said as he slashed at her nipping her forearm. "I took your arm. I lost my arm and eye when I took away your toy."

Shego growled and pounced at the Jedi who blocked both her claws with his lightsaber. "Can't take the truth can you?"

"You're one to talk, Stoppable!" Shego snapped, before a smirk crossed his features. "That's why you broke up with your little redheaded whore, huh? Afraid of me getting my little glowing fingers on her, were you?" Shego asked working her claws to push the message. "You tried to run from the truth that it doesn't matter how strong she is, how well you've got her protected, I WILL find her and break her."

"SHUT UP!" Ron bellowed, his eyes glowing a mixture of yellow and red. He lifted his free hand and Shego rose into the air holding her chest and gasping. "I'll crush your heart if you even THINK ABOUT THAT!" Ron hissed.

"T-That's it Stoppable …" Shego forced out, the force manipulations from the Jedi squeezing what felt like all her major organs. "Do you see … what your anger has done? It has made you … so powerful …" Shego gasped out, staring at his twisted face.

Ron's eyes widened and returned to their natural brown color as Shego fell to the ground hugging herself. "Could anything Rue Fus or Skywalker have taught you given you that kind of power? That kind of control over those you battle?"

"That's the power of the Dark Side, Lord Demonus …" Shego said standing up and stepping away from the stunned Jedi Knight. "Can anything you learned from the Jedi match what you just felt?"

"I'll never give myself to the Dark Side!" Ron stated taking a fighting stance once again, which only caused the raven haired girl to laugh heartedly.

"Give yourself, Stoppable? Master it, control it, be its master, there is no giving in," Shego lifted her arms. "All you have to do is let go and be yourself! No inhibitions. The Jedi are servants to an ungrateful galaxy that destroyed them not once but many times over. Sith, my Lord, the Sith are GODS!"

"No …" Ron shook his head.

"Would it be such a crime to follow in your father's footsteps?" Shego asked, causing Ron to turn his attention to his father's lightsaber in his hand. "Darth Akuma was a powerful Sith Lord, and my first teacher. He was like a father to me. In a sense we're brother and sister." Shego then smiled flirtily. "Or we could be more. I can guarantee I won't let you go as easily as Possible did."

Shego deactivated her claws and smiled warmly at the young Jedi, "My father, my Master can teach you the true ways of the Force. All you have to do is … let go." She said before easing back into the shadows, leaving Ron to stare at his father's lightsaber.

Ron stood out there for several moments before remembering what he was there for in the first place. He could feel it even without the Force as he made his way down the hallway of the fortress; this was a blatant trap. "Ron!" he heard Kim call from a large door at the end of the hallway where Jim and Tim were working on cutting through the massive lock. Ron smiled slightly as Kim embraced him. "I was worried you'd get hurt …" She whispered as she pulled away.

"I'm ok." Ron nodded brushing a lock of hair from her face.

"No you're not," Kim narrowed her eyes concernedly as she studied him. "What's happened?"

"Nothing, nothing to worry about anyway," Ron said turning away, and looking to where the boys were cutting with their lightsabers. "We've got bigger things to worry about right now."

Ron lit his saber and jammed it in to the arch the boys were making and slowly but surely the three Jedi cut a large enough hole in the blast doors for the four of them to pass through.

The 4 slowly eased their way into the large barely lit chamber. "Erik!" Kim called out when she saw her boyfriend chained to a large throne-like chair at the far end of the chamber.

"Kim! Ron! Thank goodness you've come!" Erik beamed at the foursome.

"Hang on I'll get you …" Ron said as he force leapt to his side and brought his lightsaber down on Erik's chains.

"Oh thank you, Ron," Erik said, giving Ron a thankful smile. "That strange fellow was starting to scare me."

"Where is the monkey boy anyway?" Ron asked, then froze at the sound of a single blaster shot.

Bum-bum

No one moved an inch as the shot echoed through the quiet chamber. Jim and Tim stood frozen in place both their faces edged with pain and terror. Tim held his chest before pulling his hand back to see the hole in his robe and the bleeding hole in his chest. "Jaina …" Tim moaned before collapsing to the ground sending a shockwave through his connection with his brother. The pain and shock caused Jim to yelp and fall beside his brother.

Bum-bum

Ron watched numbly as Kim screamed out her brothers names and dropped to her knees pulling them both to her. "Baby brothers … wake up …" She begged as she watched their shallow breathing, Tim's being the shallowest. "No … don't leave me too … please … Jim … Tim … please don't leave me …" she sobbed, horrified tears streaming down her rosy cheeks.

Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum

Ron could only hear Kim's sobbing begs and his heart thumping in his ear. All his training under Rue Fus and Luke, all his accomplishments, everything he has done. He couldn't save Yori … Yori died right in front of him … Jim and Tim were … are his brothers. He watched them grow into the fine young men… and now unconscious bodies on the floor in his one true love's lap. One of which possibly dieing, which would probably take the other to grave as well.

Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum

"Where was your Light Side of the Force in this battle, Ron?"

Bum-Bum

"I'm truly sorry, my friend." Erik said approaching Ron who was gazing up at the fire. "I know you must hurt, but you can use that you know?"

"What?" Ron asked, glancing to the young representative.

"The hatred, anger, pain," Erik stated softly, watching the smoke rise. "Harness it, Ron, it can make you powerful."

"But … that's of the Dark Side …" Ron whispered weakly.

"Only if you let it control you," Erik stated with a nod. "If you control it, it'll only open up your full potential."

BUM-BUM

BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM

"That was too easy," Darth Fist smirked as he walked out of the shadows a blaster rifle in his hand. "As pathetic as the Jedi should be."

Ron's shoulders rose and fell rapidly as he stared at the Sith Lord as he stood on the other end of the chamber laughing at Kim and her wounded brothers. "That's it, cry, cry like the pathetic winch you are," Fist laughed loudly, but that laughter was not to last. Kim and Fist both looked up when what sounded like a feral animal's bellow, and Fist barely got his lightsaber up to block the slash of Ron's crimson blade, which seemed to glow brighter now then ever before.

"YOU MONSTER!" Ron screamed as he brought his saber down harder and harder against the Sith's lightsaber. "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!" Ron screamed as his lightsaber finally hit Fist's grip, going down between his fingers, his hand, splitting his arm in two all the way down to the elbow.

Darth Fist screamed in pain as the two halves of his lightsaber clung to the ground. He reached for his other but Ron was ready. Ron's saber went down slicing his arm and shoulder blade all the way off from the base of his neck to his rib. The Sith Lord fell to the ground but Ron didn't let up. He continued slashing, and stabbing, and attacking. Darth Fist started out screaming with pain, which slowly turned to whimpers for mercy and finally low gargles.

"I hate you …" Ron whispered as he finally stopped hunching down on his knees before the remains of the Sith Lord.

"Ron?" Kim whispered not believing Ron could be so … brutal.

"By the Force, Kim!" Kim heard Mara's voice and turned her head to see Luke and Mara Jade-Skywalker running into the chamber. "We got here as fast as we could, what happened?"

"Darth Fist … he shot Tim … they both fell down … I can't wake them up …" Kim sniffled, staring at her brother's still faces. "And Ron … he killed Darth Fist …"

"Mara, you see to them, I'll handle him," Luke said motioning to Erik who was still seated on the throne. "Ron … are you ok?" Luke asked but got no response. "It'll be ok, Ron, I promise …" Luke said as he walked toward Erik. "And you; old man, I'm putting an end to this once and for all."

Kim's head snapped up in surprise at what Luke said to Erik.

"Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?" Erik asked, lifting his hands. "I don't know what for, I've done nothing wrong."

"I know who you are, Palpatine," Luke snarled, lighting his lightsaber, "I won't let you harm anyone else."

"Ah … very well, Young Skywalker, You've got me." Erik smiled evilly. "Most impressive, you and your Jedi are most resourceful."

"So are you going to come quietly and face all the crimes you've committed against the Republic both new and old?" Luke asked, narrowing his eyes, "Or are we going to do this the hard way?"

"How quickly you forget, Master Skywalker, I'm but a politician, not a warrior, I shall go quietly …" Erik said lifting his hands. "If you defeat my new apprentice."

"New apprentice?" Luke narrowed his eyes, "What are you talking about …" he growled, the bad feeling coming back in full force.

"Darth Demonus," Erik called out, sitting up and glancing to where Ron remained kneeling on the floor.

"Yes …" Ron whispered softly and strangely, "My Master?"

"Rise."

Darth Demonus slowly placed a hand on his knee and rose up still hunched over. His breath steady he slowly brought his head up to stand perfectly straight. He turned to face the gawking Luke, and stunned Mara and Kim. All of their breath caught in their throat at the sight of Ron's … no Demonus' yellow and red mingled eyes. "No …" Luke whispered, as Ron approached him with his glowing red lightsaber in his tight grip.

"Ron … don't do this … he's messing with your head," Luke said stepping away from him. "Don't give into the Dark Side … please …"

Demonus answered by twisting his face in anger and bringing his lightsaber against Luke's with such force it almost knocked the blade from the Jedi Master's hand. "Ron, stop it!" Kim yelled running up to them, tears streaming down her face. The very sight of what the Dark Side has done to Ron twisted at her heart painfully. "Ron, please! Don't! This isn't you! This isn't you!" She begged, as she approached the two duelists.

Kim's eyes suddenly widened to the point they were almost bugging out of her head and her hands shot to her throat as she gagged and fought for breath. Her tear and pain filled eyes where shocked to see Demonus' face twisted in anger and hatred toward her with his hand stretched out to her. "Ron … no …" Kim whimpered as she was lifted into the air by an invisible force around her neck.

"STAY OUT OF MY WAY, KIMBERLY!" Demonus screamed, before he used the Force to slam Kim into the far wall. She yelped in pain and collapsed to the ground in limply.

"Kim!" Luke called out, as Mara ran to the fallen girl's side.

"She's ok, just knocked out," Mara replied after checking the unconscious younger redhead out.

"Get her and her brothers out of here on Kim's ship, I'll follow behind in the Sabre after I deal with this." Luke yelled as he stared down Darth Demonus.

"Luke …" Mara started but bit her lip. "Just be careful ok? And come home … both of you." Mara said as she used the Force to lift the three Possibles into the air and left the chamber.

"Ok …" Luke said, as he approached the new Sith Lord. "I'm going to get Ron back, even if I have to beat the Dark Side out of you."

To Be Continued

NEXT CHAPTER: Battle of the Heroes