Chapter 9: Death Star Siege Part II

Control Room

Xen eyes flashed yellow at the grand moff of the Death Star, his name was Tarkin.

" What do you mean our maintenance consoles exploded!"

" The Republic seems to have hacked into our control system." Tarkin said straightening up.

" And you're telling me we cannot fix the super laser unless they are repaired."

" Correct."

" Then someone better get down there and fix them."

" We have no way of doing it though."

" You are telling me we have no spare parts?"

" We do but they all happen to be on the part of the floor the Republic captured."

" Then somebody better go get them!"

" But I'm not in charge of that."

" Well starting from here on out you are, and if those consoles aren't fixed in at least twenty four hours I'll rearrange your vocal cords. Do I make myself absolutely clear."

" Yes."

" Then why the hell are you standing here! Get down there and find some parts."

" That is impossible though!"

" Why?"

" I told you the Republic accessed our system. They screwed it all, we cannot access that section."

" Break the turbo lifts there then. Make sure they cannot proceed further."

"I'll have my guys on it right away."

" You'd better hope your guys are good or its your neck."

" M-my neck ma'am?"

" U-huh, your neck."

" I'll get on it then."

XxX

Anakin and Obi-wan arrived in the Death Star again. This time the section they had taken was almost overflowing with men, it was so crowded that it was a chore just to walk around. After at least a half an hour of it they reached the hall that led to the turbo lifts. The blast door was still shut and bared heavy scorch marks on it as if the troops had attempted to blow it up.

Without any word from the general of the operation the two Jedi activated their lightsabers and carved a giant hole in the door big enough for three men to fit through. As they walked through it and into the small lobby on the other side troops followed them and poured out like ants.

Once the techs were in they began operating on the turbo lift doors which could not be opened through the system. Finally they got one open. No turbo lift. Anakin and Obi-wan looked up and down the shaft with night vision binoculars. Nothing, it was as if the thing was taken out. Though there was a load of charred rubble at the bottom of the shaft. They had blown it away. Xen was desperate.

Anakin turned to the general.

" The lift is gone. Obi-wan and I can go ahead. You need to set down repelling systems. We are going to the control room." Anakin said with finality. The general didn't argue with him. Now getting to the shield generator ( which they could not shut down from a regular system access consol) seem positively easy. If the Jedi had their own hidden agenda that was fine with him.

They bade the man goodbye and jumped in and up the shaft. As the height of their jump ended they grabbed onto one of the pipes sticking out. They continued to do this until they reached the second to last floor.

The door was sealed and welded a simple task for lightsabers. Anakin cut through the slab of metal as if it were butter. After he brought his lightsaber out the door fell into the shaft and was swallowed by darkness. The two Jedi leaped into the room above them and came face to face with practically a squadron of battle droids. They were all crammed together in this room which appeared to be a computer room just outside the main control room.

The droid that appeared to be in charge raised his weapons first. The others followed suit.

" Drop you weapons, Jedi!" Spoke the commanding droid.

" Roger, roger." Muttered all the others. Anakin merely raised his lightsaber higher.

" All right I'll let go of it." He said. Physically anyway.

Before any of the metal heads could reply a lightsaber spinning ferociously in the air. It looked as though it was being controlled, it swooped around in a great arch killing many droids and leaving the others momentarily baffled. After all their tiny brains were not built to understand the phenomenon's the force created.

At the end of the weapons arch it swirled around to its wielder. Anakin caught it by the edge of the hilt. Seizing the moment while to droids were confused he flipped into the air, Obi-wan following him, and landed in the center of the crowed. It appeared that several gusts of blue wind were now sweeping through the room knocking down droid after droid.

Once they were all down the wind stopped and the blue went away. The two wielders of this wind walked up to the door that supposedly led to the main control room. It opened for them and was not even locked.

They stepped basically into a meeting room with a huge view port to one side and control panels to the other. Standing by this view port were a few droids a few officers and a leather clad woman in high heel leather boots with two lightsabers clipped to her belt. She turned around to looked at the two Jedi and signaled the officers to flee and the droids with them. Her eyes were bright yellow with red orange tinged outer edges and a circle of red around the pupils.

" Welcome Kenobi and Skywalker. I have been expecting you. Welcome to my world, now prepare to leave it." Xen said activating her two lightsabers.

" You first." Said Anakin.

In blind fury she leapt at both Jedi and prepared to strike.

Aw, don't you just love my little cliffhangers? I do.