Chapter 11 Hello My Name is General Grevious
The shuttle piloted by Grevious neared the camouflaged landing platform for the secret base. Sidious must have contacted them because the few command battle cruisers that had been hidden underwater had surfaced. Grevious took the shuttle down slowly and landed with a metallic ping.
The ramp lowered and Grevious hobbled out toward the turbo lift. Instead of taking it to the bottom floor five he took it to floor one instead. No sooner had the doors closed they opened once more into a gray hallway with wide view ports on the left looking on into the murky ocean.
Unenthusiastically and slowly Grevious made his way to the door at the end of the hall. It opened into a small throne room like office completely clear like Sidious's room. In a chair behind a desk sat a cloaked man.
" General Grevious." He greeted.
" Save your greetings. Are you and the rest ready?"
" Yes General the army here has boarded the five ships already. The one on Ahto have failed to contact us."
" Really?" Grevious asked in an irritated tone." Have you tried contacting them?"
" Of course! I am not inept."
" I was not implying you were. No drop the subject. Are you and the remaining captains ready?"
" Yes." The man said rising." The should be at your shuttle now."
The two walked out of the room and back to the lift taking it up one floor and stepping onto the platform. Indeed there were two captains boarding the shuttle. Grevious followed them in and shortly after the ship arose off the platform. Hyperspace coordinates were set in the navigation computer for Ahto pilot and off they went in the direction of Ahto
Twenty Minutes Later
" General I am sorry to disturb you." One of the Sith captains said as he entered the room where Grevious had been reading data pads.
" What is it?" Grevious asked. He had distinctly failed to address the man as captain, he really he had a thing about Sith ever since he had met Revan. Sidious was really the only one he trusted or got along with.
" We have reached Ahto… and there is something strange."
" What?" Grevious asked angrily.
" Ahto is no longer… underwater."
" Those damn Selkath. They are going to regret this." Grevious exclaimed to himself.
" Actually sir no Selkath are answering our calls."
" Hmm… strange."
" We are fatly approaching sir, what are your orders?"
" Land. I want to see what is going on."
" Of course sir."
Jedi entered the hanger. They included Luke, Kyle, Mara, and the bearded council member everyone called Andre. The ramp lowered. Luke sensed four presences about to exit, perfect. The first one that came out was distinctly odd. It looked like a droid but if one had keen eyes, they would notice the droid's blinked and were organic. Then unsurprisingly three Sith followed it out.
" Hello my name is General Grevious." Grevious said in a mocking tone. That name his Luke like a charging wampa. The stories Ben had told him of the clone wars. General Grevious, leader of the droid army, but Ben had killed him himself how was this possible.
" That is impossible." Luke said as the four began to circle them." Grevious died in the clone wars."
" It is entirely possible… Jedi." Grevious said noticing the saber hilt Luke was gripping." But first I want some questions answered."
" No first mine, you are in no position, we have any army here."
" Very well my question was just answered. Now for yours, the original General Grevious's brain was cloned and here I am." Grevious answered in an irritated voice.
" Then I assume you work for the Sith."
" Quite so." Grevious said, had he used a mouth his teeth would have been gritted.
" Then you are under arrest."
" I do not believe so." Grevious said. He split his arms and grabbed four sabers while activating them. His Sith accomplices followed suit.
" Before we dual, who are you?"
" Luke Skywalker."
" What, son of Anakin… impossible he was not married." The droid seem confused so Luke struck but it was immediately blocked. The minion Sith tried coming at him as the fight bagan but luckily Mara, Kyle, and Andre rushed up to keep them busy.
Luke wasn't doing so hot. It was surprising he wasn't splattered all over the floor. Grevious could put up a hell of a fight, amazing for a droid. As Luke was thinking a red saber came in a roundhouse nearly decapitating him. Thank the force for quick reflexes. Luke did and upper cut as he stood back up only to have three of the four red sabers parry it. Grevious did an overhead strike at the same time Luke did. Both all five saber locked. Luke was at such a disadvantage right now.
This droid was clearly stronger than anyone in this room. But then a thought popped into Luke's head, this droid could only fight with sabers there was no way he could use the force. That would explain his need for four sabers. Luke had a trick up his sleeve that would work once.
He carefully used the force to unlock the servos in Grevious's hand causing him to drop one of his sabers. This had come to a big surprise to the droid but four sabers were still locked. Luckily Andre had just killed the Sith captain he was fighting and he rushed to help Luke. Grevious broke the saber connection unexpectedly, he brought his saber down through Luke's right arm as dozens of clones and Jedi entered the place. Grevious took off fast into the shuttle, the remaining two Sith right behind him. Mara ran up to Luke and immediately saw the burn stump that had once held Luke's arm to his body. Ironically it was the same arm with is mechanical hand.
" Get him to the med center." Mara commanded as the shuttle rose up. Quickly she reached into her belt pouch and threw a tracking device on the shuttle's hull. They had paid a small price today. The arm of a Jedi master for the location of the Sith. All in all it balanced out okay.
There I was so tired of no saber action and I really wanted to reveal Grevious. Perfect time and it granted Sidious a small fleet plus an addition to his new army at the forge.