Chapter 9 Leaving
" As you wish Lord Sidious." The guard said, he turned to the turbo lift to exit.
" Like he can't do this himself, all it is, is starting up the engines." The guard thought. He hated his job, his feet hurt his back ached and he had a headache every day from Sidious's maniac laugh. Sidious sensed his guard did not wish to prepare the shuttle for him and his thoughts as well.
" You will do what I ask or I shall find someone else that will. Understand?" Sidious asked the guard through the force.
" Yes my lord."
A Few Minutes Later
The turbo lift doors opened and they guard stepped out to resume his post. Revan walked towards the lift followed by Grevious and last Sidious who put a force choke on the guard as he exited.
When the lift doors opened once more and Sidious stepped out the force grip was released and they entered the ship.
Revan sat down at the controls. The ship took off fast and as soon as it was out of the atmosphere, it jumped into hyperspace.
Coruscant Same Time, Military Base
" Is that all that we can get?" Luke asked as he and a Jedi knight who was a captain of the mission entered the last new ship.
" Yes it is master."
" How many do we have?"
" At least three hundred knights and masters."
" Acceptable, the Sith there are quantitative, qualitative is what they should be and what we are." The ship lurched up. Usually Mara was a good pilot, perhaps she was having a bad day, or maybe the controls were difficult to figure out.
Luke walked away from the Jedi and into the cockpit.
" How is it going?"
" Fine." Mara said. Then she clicked on the comm. network." Prepare to make the jump to hyper space."
A lot of ' yes master's' came through the speaker as Mara entered the coordinates. They were off.
" How long do you expect it'll take us?" Luke asked.
" Ten days."
" What!"
" Just kidding."
" I knew that. I'm going to meditate."
" Force Luke, you are just like your father."
" Yeah right. From what I've heard he hated meditation."
" I was being sarcastic."
" Very well Darth Xio Jade."
" That's not my name."
An Hour Later
Mara silently crept into the room Luke was using to meditate.
" Been ten days yet?"
" Funny. We have just come out of hyperspace."
" Really, I thought you said ten days though. That felt more like five."
" It was an hour Luke."
" Nah it must have been five days."
" You're beginning to sound like that nerf-herder."
" Who Han?"
" Yea, your scruffy brother-in-law."
" Are you taking come-back classes with Leia?"
" Come on Luke."
" No I'm serious."
" No I'm taking come-back classes with Fang Zar. Come on."
" Very well."
In mock reluctance Luke stood up and followed Mara into what you might call the lobby of the ship. The ramp was down and Jedi were walking down it. Mara and Luke came out last. Their ships ended up in an enormous hanger bay. Outside water and fish were clearly visible.
" You encountered no resistance?" Luke asked Mara as more Jedi stepped out of the many ships.
" None. I doubt the Selkath have any weapons here on Ahto and they sank it because the Sith wanted defense."
" Were you restricted landing?"
" No."
" Not one person contacted you."
" Well if they did wouldn't you have sensed it Mr. Meditation?"
" Mara now is the time to be serious."
" No, no one contacted me from here."
" Then they are preparing for attack." No sooner had Luke said that then the door to Ahto blew open and dozens of cloaked men with red lightsabers ran through.
" So this is where the fun begins." Luke muttered as Jedi ran up and began slicing the little Sith poser's in half. Luke and Mara ran up along side Kyle who had just finished removing an apprentice's head.
A little Sith ran up to Luke who immediately took his head off.
" This is really going to be easy." Luke said after Mara sliced another in half. Then a Jedi went down.
" Number's do help."
" So does quality and that's what's on our side." Soon the Sith stopped pouring through and the Jedi were able to take the hallway outside. They had lost little more than five knights and possibly Master Vin, but that was unconfirmed.
No resisters were in the hallway. The Jedi, led by Luke, then went through the end door. They found themselves in the main courtyard of Ahto city.
" This isn't so good." Kyle muttered as battle droids, Sith, and armed Selkath appeared out of ever door, corner, and on every veranda, over look, and window that was available. Shot erupted and were deflected. Several Jedi fell but the droids and Selkath were falling even faster. Sith fell gradually too.
An Hour or Two Later
The Jedi had done it, every Selkath had surrendered. There were still droids and a few Sith but now that the Selkath were on their side, they were guaranteed success. Luke, Mara, Kyle and several others walked into an empty courtyard.
" Something is wrong here." Said a knight activating his saber. Everyone else followed suit. The out of a small arch way appeared a band of Sith, most likely the last. They were led by a masked man, most likely the General of Ahto. He carried a double bladed saber and supported three others on his belt.
" Hello Jedi, you may call me General."
" Why? Do you not have a real name?" Asked Mara.
" Attack." General cried. Luke ran up to him as the Sith swarmed to everyone else. The fight began. This man in a word sucked. His saber skills were about adequate to a padawan that was a year away from the trials. The fight laster about one minute and the hand that held General's double bladed saber fell to the ground. The rest of the Sith fell as well. The Jedi that had survived ( which just happened to be all) crowded around the man as Luke lifted the mask.
The face under it was not a man's but a woman's.
" So are you really in charge at Ahto?" Luke asked.
" Quite so." The woman said her voice very sweet and soft without the mask.
" And your name?"
" Sylvia."
" Darth Sylvia?"
" Correct."
" And so are you Maul's master?"
" No."
" Where is he?"
" Currently off planet."
" Good. We'll wait for him. Slap a pair of electro force binders on her. Take her to my ship and search her." Luke said. Kyle rushed up and did so.
" So now what Luke?" Mara asked as Sylvia was taken away.
" Mara have the Selkath bring Ahto up out of the water. Call Leia, tell her Ahto is ours, ask for some clones to help guard. Station a squad of Jedi at every landing platform."
" And where are you going?"
" I'm going to pay Sylvia a little visit."
Five Minutes Later
Luke arrived outside his ship. Kyle stood there.
" Luke, the General is in the holding cell."
" Wait doesn't that fill up with water?"
" Yeah."
" Stupid feature." Luke muttered as he entered the ship. He walked down the hall that led to the small room. He entered a code on the keypad to the cell and entered it.
It was a white room filled to knee-high length with water. There was a bench on the far side supporting Sylvia. She was dressed in a Kamino prison gown, which wasn't really a gown more like a Hutt's dancer's bikini except not colorful and made entirely of white fabric.
" Your little Jedi enjoyed searching me." Sylvia spat. Her hands were above her head and the electro binders she wore were hooked to the low ceiling.
" Why is that?" Luke asked.
" Because I was naked." Luke had no doubt about that. This woman was attractive, to bad she was a Sith, she and Kyle would go nicely together.
" I guess you know why I am here then?"
" Either to interrogate or search me."
" Interrogate." Luke said. He grabbed a syringe an and a bottle of high douse issued truth serum. After sucking it up he walked over to Sylvia and injected it into her arm. She moaned slightly.
" Who is your master?"
" His name is Sith." She slurred.
" Yeah. What's his real name?"
" It doesn't matter."
" Then tell me about him."
" He is ugly."
" That helps."
" Good."
Luke could easily see this was getting no where so he left quickly. Before he did though he poured a bucket of water on the woman's head to shut her up. She had been screaming incoherently. And now all Luke could do was wait.
Hoped you liked it. A little action, and some comedy to get through the few boring parts. Anyways two more Chapters till the fight between Grevious and Luke.