Moss Plot' ki sat on the very top of the spire, surveying the water landscape. In the distance was Gasha, the capitol city of Bestine IV. He also noticed over the few years he had been living in the spire, that the space-based repairing stations were moved to the water where they stood on off shore platforms. Near the bottom of the spire was a painful reminder of how he got here, the droid gunship. He flew in it for his last mission in the Clone Wars. His master died in it when the clones turned on them, and then the Republic shot down the gunship and he crashed on the spire. He was forced to live here ever since.
The Bothan Jedi wore Orn Tenel's old robes that he had found. Orn Tenel was a Separatist leader that Moss and his master had to kill. His base was within the spire.
Over the few years that he lived alone, he took the remaining battle droid parts that were scattered around and built a new droid as a companion. Its head and body were once part of a regular battle droid, its arms were once the arms of a MagnaGuard, and it didn't have legs. Instead, it floated on a thick disk with a repulsorlift to help it float. Moss programmed the voice to be less mechanical and fitted the droid with an information retrieval jack, like an astromech droid has. He also gave it the knowledge of four languages, Basic, the beeps and boops of an astromech droid, Jawese, and Wookiee. But it wasn't like he was going to need any of those languages. He named the droid CP-30.
Moss climbed through the hole and landed in what once was a control room. He could hear CP-30 calling for him down the hall, so decided he would trick it with one of his new found Force tricks that he learned and mastered while living in the spire. The tricks were Force Cloak, he used the Force to make him invisible, another is Force Projection, he used the Force to make more than one image of himself, the next one was Force Blinding, he used the Force to make a bright flash which would temporarily blind the enemy, the last one was a Dark Side trick, but he didn't realize it. It was Force Drain; he would drain the life out of something in order to heal himself. He practiced on seabirds. But Moss chose to use Force Projection.
"Hello, Seepee," said Moss as CP-30 entered the room.
He was about to say something, but another Moss came from the droid's right. "Hello, what do you want?" he asked.
"Oh my, I am so confused," said the droid.
"Don't be," said another Moss from behind the droid. CP-30 turned around and the other Mosses disappeared. "Now, what is it you came to tell me?"
"I have found an energy source and hooked it up to the gunship," announced CP-30. "The ship's sensors say that an Imperial Landing Craft is coming straight for this spire."
"Turn it off!" screamed Moss. "The Imperials probably know that we are here now." He ran out of the room and down the hall with Cp-30 following close behind. "With any luck, they will just check out the ship and not do any further investigations." Moss reached a window that he punched out with the Force earlier that year. Just as the droid said, an Imperial Landing Craft was headed straight for them. And on it, Moss could sense nothing but darkness.
When the landing craft landed, and the ramp was let down. Six Royal Guards, in their red robes, descended down the ramp in two lines. When they reached the bottom, they took a step to the side. Then a hunched over, shadowy figure dressed in black robes descended the ramp. Moss assumed it was the Emperor. The Emperor turned to his guards and held a short, inaudible conversation. When he was done, the guards went over to the gunship. The Emperor turned around and walked inside the spire.
"Get to that landing craft," he told CP-30. "Take an alternative route to avoid the Emperor. I will come when I have the chance." Moss knew this was his only chance to get off the spire.
"Yes, sir," responded CP-30. It turned around and floated off. Moss hoped that both of them would make it to the ship alive.
Moss stood there for a moment and concentrated and soon disappeared. He walked around, looking for the fastest way to the exit, but also avoiding the Emperor at the same time. He rushed through the maze-like corridors. He knew it like the back of his hand, but now it seemed so confusing to him.
He turned a corner and saw the door at the end of the hallway after a couple of minutes of searching. But to his dismay, the Emperor turned out into the same hall his was in. Moss froze. The Emperor slowly walked down the hall. He stopped right in front of Moss. The Emperor lifted his hands to his chest, and extended his fingers outward. Moss wondered what he was doing but then it hit him like a bolt of lightning, literally.
The Force Lightning made him reappear and threw him a couple of meters down the hall. Moss desperately tried to get his lightsaber out. But the Force Lightning stunned him. Moss panicked as the Emperor made his way towards Moss, with his hands still lifted. "Apparently my attempt to expunge the Jedi wasn't as thorough as I would have liked," the Emperor said in a low growl. Moss tried to brace himself for the next round of Force Lightning, but then he regained his strength and took out his lightsaber
The two of them ignited their own at the same time. The Emperor made the first move, which Moss easily blocked. The Emperor struck again and this time the two locked lightsabers. They stared at each other for a while, but then the Emperor growled and shoved Moss back. Moss recovered by spinning and attacking at the Emperor's side. The Emperor blocked it and forced Moss' lightsaber around in a circle, which made Moss temporarily lose control of it.
The Emperor took advantage of the moment and used both hands to stab his lightsaber into Moss. Moss jumped back, out of the Emperor's reach. Moss tried to cut the lightsaber out of the Emperor's hand, but the Emperor jumped back. Then, out of no where, the Emperor mustered up enough strength to try and overwhelm Moss. Moss did his best to block every attack. Moss began to tire and the Emperor saw it, "I have you where I want you."
"You only think that," retorted Moss. He held out his hand and attempted Force Drain. But the Emperor blocked it with his lightsaber.
"Interesting move, Jedi," said the Emperor. Moss thought about why the Emperor said it the way he did. Meanwhile, the Emperor was about to deliver the finishing blow to the distracted Bothan Jedi. Moss quickly snapped out of his thoughts and reflexively used Force Push. It threw the Emperor down the hall. The Emperor screamed and landed on his back, a coupled of meters away.
Moss ran into a nearby room. He went through a door and could hear the Emperor quickly following him. He shut the door behind him and locked it. It wouldn't stop the Emperor but it would slow him down. Moss ran through another room and into the same hall their battle took place. The door was a few meters away. Moss used the Force to help him run faster. He made it out side and ran onto the ship.
When Moss got on, the ship started to lift up from the ground. Moss checked in on CP-30, who was flying the ship. Below, on the spire, he could see the Royal Guards and the Emperor running out to see their ship being stolen. "I am going to check incase a guard decided to stay on the ship," Moss told the droid.
Moss went back out of the cockpit and looked around. He came across a closet and opened it. It contained a spare Royal Guard uniform. "Where should we go?" called out CP-30.
"The Star Destroyer. I know it may seem crazy, but I have a plan," answered Moss.