"Alderaan? Where the hell is that?" James yelled as he pushed Andrew to the ground.
The snow broke his fall but nonetheless, he was still just as upset. Andrew slowly got up. "It's in the Star Wars universe," Andrew said with a hint of bitterness but James was too thickheaded to notice.
spoke up. "Are you saying we are in those Star Trek movies?" he said very worriedly and confused. Some of his students were glaring at Andrew from the conversation they overheard. Most likely blaming him for their predicament.
Ignoring the glares Andrew dusted off the snow and looked up at Mr. Cooper. Obviously, he wasn't a big fan otherwise he'd know the difference. Andrew nodded and Mr. Cooper looked as if he was going to faint. Most likely a mix between fear and the massive altitude change. A gust of wind blew past everyone and they all shivered, it may have been cold in new york but this was so much worse.
Mr. Cooper began to speak up. "Alright everyone, it seems we were all transported to this mountain, and seeing as it's freezing up here I think that we should seek refuge in the city below. So follow me." most people mumbled in agreement.
As they were preparing to head down the mountain three small transport ships seemingly came out of nowhere and flew over them and landed on the mountaintop. Everyone was confused and scared Mr. Cooper even fainted. Andrew knew it was the local militia. About 15 people with blasters came out of the transports and pointed their weapons at the kids and began to yell at them to put their hands in the air. These men wore grey shirts and pants along with a black vest and a white oval-shaped helmet. The men began loading up the students in the transports. All 20 students were divvied up among the three transport ships and then they flew towards the city.
All the transports landed in different areas of the city and placed the students in nearby holding cells. Andrew had the unfortunate luck of being placed with James and his two stupid goons, Harry and Sam. although there was a silver lining, Haley was there, and one of her friends Chloe. She was the same height as Haley but her bust wasn't as prominent and she had shoulder-length blonde hair with green eyes. The six of them sat in a small holding cell waiting for answers, well some were. Andrew sat and did what he did best, stay quiet and observe. The three stooges had a more difficult time with that as they kept yelling at any guard that walked by to let them out or demand an explanation. The girls were relatively quiet but talking to each other trying to understand what was going on but Chloe kept shooting glares at Andrew whenever she got the chance while Haley didn't even look at him.
Andrew just kept going through the recent events in his head. "We show up on Alderaan and are quickly whisked away by what I can only assume are rebels but I can't be for sure since that attire was around in the clone wars…maybe I can get an audience with Queen Breha Organa.." Andrew was jerked out of his thoughts as some of what he assumes are the rebels came in and dragged all six of them to the throne room. Under different circumstances, it would've been nice to traverse the castle but he, for one thing, had a bag over his head, and for another, he was scared that his life might be on the line if he didn't play his cards right. He heard a door open and he heard a large number of people talking to each other in a hushed tone he could only assume he was in the throne room being watched by the people of Alderaan.
The bag was ripped off his head and the same happened to the other five as they stood side by side in front of the queen and her loyal subjects on both sides of the room. They looked upon the six with both fear and disgust in their eyes, if you listened closely you could hear a few hisses. While Andrew was used to this look the others were not and it made them all very angry. Andrew hoped they could keep their emotions in check long enough for him to bail them all out of this mess.
The queen rose her hand and the crowd silenced immediately. "Which one of you is Andrew Peterson?" the tan queen asked. Everyone turned to Andrew with glares except for Haley. Andrew raised his hand. The queen continued "As previously stated by the rest of your comrades the one responsible for your trespass. Is this correct?"
He was nervous, If he didn't do this right he could get them all executed. Sweat began to drip down his face and his heart was pounding. The silence that enveloped the throne room was deafening. After trying to decide how to go about this he finally spoke. "I am not the one responsib-"
"LIES!" The shout came from James. "He took all of us against our will to wherever we are and now he lies to you about it to save himself!" James was sweating and looked pale as he shouted at the queen. After his little outburst, the people began to speak to each other in the same hushed tone as when they walked in. "He's right he forced us here and threatened our families if we didn't comply!" Harry shouted, the redhead sheep going along with James' outburst like the good pet he was. The queen rose from her golden throne. "There will be order and I will have it now," she demanded in a very stern tone, and an equally cold glare shot at the teens. "Well, then Mr. Peterson looks like your hostages have finally broken out from your disgusting grasp." The queen finished standing tall waiting for a response from him but he was silent and then continued. "Before we conclude this hearing I want to give the floor to the innocent young adults, If there is anything we should know please speak up now." Chloe stepped forward and clenched her chest and had tears in her eyes. "He…he took advantage of me…" she fell to the ground sobbing uncontrollably. Haley looked shocked and for the first time since they had arrived, she looked at Andrew with confusion. Andrew froze in utter disbelief as everything he had planned had just been thrown out the window. James got down on his knee to comfort Chloe and she practically threw herself into his chest sobbing even harder. James threw an ice-cold glare at Andrew. The entire courtroom erupted into chaos. A man's voice cut through the commotion. "The rapist shouldn't deserve to live, public torture, and then execution!" another voice came through, this one a woman. "Kill that sack of shit!" the queen then raised her hand. "I will not tolerate this kind of behavior in my own throne room!" the room was silenced, the only thing of sound was the sobs of Chloe. The queen continued. "What say you, Andrew Peterson, in your defense." Andrew was stunned and could barely find the words. "I..it..it wasn't me I swear." the queen looked suspicious but took a deep breath. "I will give it to the floor." the courtroom spoke among themselves in a hushed tone for what felt like hours. After a while, one of the men from the left side of the room spoke up. "We find the defendant guilty and wish to implement a public display of execution for the defendant while also freeing the hostages and we humbly ask that they be given asylum until they can be returned back to their homes." Haley's face paled as did Andrew's. James looked at Andrew with fury and Chloe smirked at Andrew when no one paid her attention. Andrew snapped, this was it, after all, the bulling and humiliation from these assholes and now the false accusations against him. It finally broke him. He balled his fist so hard his knuckles were turning white and his breathing became erratic. He lunged toward Chloe but James got in the way and threw a punch at him and took it full force but it didn't stop him like they all thought it would including himself. He made to shove James but before it could connect with his chest James flew backward onto the ground and made everyone go silent.
Andrew was confused he hadn't touched him and yet James was already on the ground. He looked to Chloe who gasped and backed away in genuine terror. Now he was really confused. He looked towards Haley who shared Chole's reaction. Guards had surrounded him and took aim. "Freeze and get on your knees now!" one of the guards shouted. Andrew was still angry but it wasn't as strong as he began to calm down. then all of a sudden a voice whispered in his mind. "Kill them all..." Andrew shook his head but the voice only got louder "KILL THEM NOW!" Andrew covered his ears, closed his eyes, and yelled, "Shut up!" "DO IT NOW!" Andrew opened his eyes and rage enveloped him once more. this time pure instinct took over and he reached out with his hand and one of the guards was lifted into the air as if he was being hung and scratched at his throat as he started to choke.
The queen looked horrified and demanded that her guard be released but Andrew didn't listen the guards lowered their weapons out of fear but then regained composure as the queen yelled at them to shoot. The guards all took aim once again at Andrew and were about to shoot but froze as they looked at Andrews's face. He had golden eyes and an ice-cold glare was shot at the queen. "Tell them to stand down and I put down this dog!" he snarled
The queen was in awe never in all her years as a ruler had someone talked to her that way. it took her a few moments to collect herself after she had she then signaled for her men to stand down.
as promised Andrew dropped the guard. Then his eyes returned to their natural state and his body felt like it was holding a sack of bricks and then he collapsed.
