The New Jedi Knights 2: Threat to the Jedi Order

Chapter 7: Darth AISA and the Sith Trap

By MagicMansion

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Wars or Luke Skywalker. My characters are Jarrod, Josh, Kyle, Victor, Shawn, Mary, Abby, Rebecca, the Padawans, and the android.


A laser fired at Victor's head, and he quickly spun his double lightsaber in front of him to deflect it away. Another fired at his back, and he spun his lightsaber behind him to deflect that shot. Two lasers fired at the Jedi Knight this time; one at his right leg, the other at his left arm. Victor spun his lightsaber in front of his leg to deflect the first shot, and brought his lightsaber around to deflect the other one behind him.

The lasers stopped, and Victor stared at his new opponent, a cloaked figure that was now across the room from him. The figure stared at him for a moment, and then brought its own lightsaber out. The two blades of the lightsaber activated, and Victor's opponent jumped towards him.

Victor blocked the first attack aimed at him, which was an overhead swing with one of the blades. Victor stopped the attack, and attacked the blade with his own double lightsaber. His opponent's lightsaber spun in front of the figure, stopping at Victor's now still blade. Victor spun counterclockwise and stabbed at his opponent with his other lightsaber blade, but his opponent, also being equipped with a double-bladed lightsaber, deflected the stab away.

Victor swung one of his blades at his opponent's head, but his opponent ducked. His opponent slashed at Victor's legs, and Victor jumped to avoid the attack. As both double lightsabers came back around, Victor put his down a little, and his opponent put his up a little, causing both to clash in the middle.

"Okay Michael, that's good for now."

The cloaked figure removed his hood and Victor's Padawan bowed. "Thank you Master."

Victor nodded. "Just remember not to be so showy when you're fighting a Sith. When you do that, you're fighting for your life, and you can't afford to show off."

"I understand Master."

"Okay. Now, let's go take a break."

"No time," Rebecca said as she walked in. "We just received a report of another attack by the Sith, on Coruscant again."

"Oh wonderful," Victor said, throwing on his cloak. "Let's go then. This time that Sith won't get away."

The four Jedi: Victor, Michael, Rebecca, and her Padawan Terry, jumped on two Speeder Bikes, with the Padawans piloting. The two bikes flew out of the Jedi Temple and through the city. The Padawans piloting the bikes received the coordinates for the attack The Padawans piloted across the large planet-city and to a large open area. The area was a large courtyard surrounded by large open-air buildings. The buildings contained old ships, droids, and weapons.

The Padawans slowed the bikes down and the Jedi got off of the bikes. They walked down to a large building which contained a few old Jedi Starfighters. The Jedi stopped at the entrance to the building.

"Okay everyone," Victor said. "Let's split up between these two buildings. Michael and Terry, you guys go into the Jedi building. Rebecca and I will take the Separatist Droid building."

The Padawans and the Knights split up to their separate buildings. The Padawans walked into the Jedi building, looking at old lightsabers recovered from the Clone Wars, equipment from Jedi belts, old Jedi robes, and the Jedi Starfighters flown in the Clone Wars. The Padawans checked behind and under the Starfighters, and walked around the rest of the large square building, but found nothing.

The two Jedi Knights were searching a building containing old Separatist droids and ships. Rebecca walked past a few battle droids while Victor checked under a vulture droid. Victor then walked over to the destroyer droids, two of which were rolled up, two unrolled.

"Hey, I don't remember there being four droidekas here. I thought there were always just two," Victor said as Rebecca walked up.

"Very good Jedi," a mechanical voice said.

Rebecca and Victor turned and activated their lightsabers. The android jumped off of the vulture droid's roof.

"You won't escape this time," Victor said. "Who… or what… are you anyway?"

"I'm very glad you asked that. You'll be the only Jedi to find out before you die. Seems your Jedi friends were too focused on destroying me without finding out anything. I suppose that's what led to them all being killed."

Victor and Rebecca stared at the android.

"My name is Darth AISA. The name stands for Artificial Intelligence Sith Android. I was programmed by my master, Darth Kiazee. I was sent to destroy all of the Jedi, and now you two are the only Jedi that remain."

"Wrong," Michael said as he and Terry entered. "You've got us to deal with too."

Darth AISA laughed. "Ah, Padawans. They are supposed to be entertaining. It's very much a shame that you are missing the bigger picture in our current situation."

"I don't think so," Terry said to him as she and Michael activated their lightsabers. "It seems as though you're outnumbered four to one."

"If only you knew the true odds young Padawan. If only you knew."

The building shook and engines roared. The Jedi looked outside and saw smoke spraying from under the building.

"Oh man, this isn't part of the museum," Rebecca said.

"It's a ship," all of the Jedi said.

The ship, disguised as one of the museum's buildings, lifted off the ground. The Padawans looked out and saw the ground getting further away. Then all the Jedi looked at the android.

"You're still outnumbered," Victor said.

Darth AISA smiled. "I beg to differ. You see, it would be rather difficult to steal all of the displayed droids from the museum, and hardly worth the effort."

Victor and Rebecca looked at the android, surprised. Victor looked around as he realized what Darth AISA was talking about. He looked at all of the "displays" in the ship. Battle droids, a crab droid, a spider droid, and the vulture droid. Victor heard the two destroyers behind them unroll, and all four now stood behind them, armed.

"I believe you lose Jedi," Darth AISA said.

The battle droids began moving, aiming at the Padawans. The large crab droid shifted and moved forward a little, as did the spider droid. The vulture droid changed into its ground mode, standing behind Darth AISA.

The Jedi looked at each other, searching for answers on what to do next. Victor looked at the Padawans, and Rebecca looked at him. Victor simply nodded.

"Fine, you win. But we are surrendering, so you can't kill us."

"True, very true. My master wants to deal with you anyway. Now, hand over your lightsabers."

The Jedi threw their lightsabers to the android, which picked them up and handed them to two battle droids.

"Hold on to those, and watch the Jedi. I'm going to the bridge to let Darth Kiazee know we have the Jedi."

The android pressed a button and a ladder lowered from the ceiling. The android climbed up, and the hole in the ceiling closed.

"Sit down," the yellow colored battle droid said to the Jedi. All four sat down against the wall.

"Master," Michael said to Victor. "Why did we surrender? I thought for sure we could have taken them."

"Oh, we can. But I want to get to Darth Kiazee. I'd like to meet this Sith Lord."

"What of Master Skywalker," Terry asked. "Won't he want to find Darth Kiazee too?"

"Yes, but if we can get rid of this Sith Lord now, this war will be over. I know that the Sith Master is always more powerful than any other Sith, but with the four of us, we might be able to take him."

"Let's not get overconfident though. This is a powerful Sith Master we'll be dealing with, not to mention we still aren't there."

Glass doors slid closed to keep oxygen in the ship, and the Jedi watched as the black of space surrounded them.


Up on the bridge, a hologram of Darth Kiazee appeared before Darth AISA.

"Master, we have four of the Jedi on board. I'm bringing them to you so you can deal with them."

"No," Darth Kiazee said. "I don't want them here. They will attempt to destroy us. I want you to take them to the flagship."

"The flagship? But, General Titanus is on board the flagship. The Jedi will surely destroy another flagship if given the opportunity."

"No, the Jedi captives you have on board will be defeated on the flagship. Now, take them there, no more questions asked."

"Of course Master," Darth AISA said as the hologram disappeared. "Pilot, set a course for the flagship."

"Yes sir."


Back in the main room, Victor and the others were meditating, the droids paying little attention to them. Victor quickly opened his eyes.

"I think we have a change in plans guys," he said, motioning his head to the noticeable directional rockets that were now firing.

"We're changing direction? Why," Terry asked.

"My guess is that we aren't heading to meet this Sith Lord."

The ship jumped to light speed, and came out minutes later near a Super Star Destroyer in orbit over a small planet covered in trees.

"I'd like to meet the systems that supply funding for the Empire. They must be rich," Michael said, looking at the size of the large ship.

Victor looked at the large ship, and stood up. "Guys, we're going to need to be rid of our escorts here." Victor looked over at the two droids carrying their lightsabers. "Get ready."

Victor concentrated, and used the Force to activate both blades of his lightsaber, which stabbed both droids. He summoned his lightsaber to his hands.

"Hey, get them," the yellow droid said to the rest.

Victor slashed the legs off of one of the droids guarding them, and then both arms of another. The rest of the Jedi summoned their lightsabers and activated them. The droids turned to the Jedi and started firing their blasters. The Jedi countered by deflecting shots back.

Victor deflected a shot aimed at his head, and held his saber still to deflect a shot aimed at his legs. He stabbed the droid in the chest, and then spun around to cut off the droid's head. Two droids walked up from his left and right, and both fired. Victor deflected the shot to his left, and quickly deflected the one aimed at his right. He Force pushed the droid on his left, causing it to take a few steps back. Victor turned to face the droid that was on his right, and it fired a laser blast at his head. He deflected it behind him, the laser missing his cheek by inches and hitting the other droid in the head. Victor attacked the droid in front of him, cutting off its legs, and then spinning to cut off its head.

"Piece of cake," he said, turning to see if the others needed help.

Michael was taking care of droids easily, deflecting a laser blast with one end of his double lightsaber, and cutting a droid with the other. As for Rebecca and Terry, they were going through the droids with a true Master and Padawan combination.

Terry and Rebecca remained close to each other, their lightsabers missing each other by less than an inch. Terry deflected a shot by placing her lightsaber horizontal to the ground. Rebecca stabbed the droid in the front of them as Terry shifted her lightsaber 90 degrees and to her right side to deflect another shot. Terry ducked to avoid Rebecca's lightsaber, which cut off the right droid's head as Terry deflected a shot aimed at the front of her legs. Terry deflected another shot aimed at Rebecca, who attacked the droid directly in front of them, cutting its head in half as the two lightsabers collided to make a cross. Terry spun clockwise to deflect a shot from behind them, and then both girls reached their lightsabers back to stab the droid behind them. Both deactivated their lightsabers.

After finding out they had defeated all the battle droids, they turned their attention to a more serious threat; the four destroyers that were rolling up, as well as the crab and vulture droid that were walking towards them.

"Girls, can you take out the big droids? Michael and I can take care of the destroyers."

"Sure," the girls said to Victor.

Victor and Michael turned to the destroyers, which had just unrolled and put up their shields. Victor and Michael began spinning their double lightsabers in front of them to deflect the dozens of laser blasts being fired at them. The two Jedi walked towards the destroyers, still deflecting shots by spinning their lightsabers in front of them. Victor nodded to Michael, and the Jedi both jumped over the row of destroyers. Victor jumped a few feet higher than Michael, and they switched sides by crossing their jump paths. Victor and Michael landed, and then stabbed the destroyers at the ends of the row. They formed an X with the other blades as they stabbed the droids diagonal from them. Both Master and Padawan deactivated their lightsabers.

"Nicely done my Padawan," Victor said.

"Thank you Master."

Rebecca went after the crab droid, avoiding the arms that were attacking her. She sidestepped to avoid the right arm, and then rolled forward to avoid the left arm. She rolled to the side just in time so she didn't get stepped on, and then she jumped onto the crab droid's back. She stabbed it in the back of the neck, and it flopped to the ground.

Terry deflected two shots fired from the vulture droid, rolled to her left, deflected two more shots, and then rolled forward under the large droid. She cut off the front legs, spun to cut off the back legs, and then cut the droid down the middle so it didn't fall on her. Both halves landed to her sides. She deactivated her lightsaber and watched as Victor and Michael cut the legs from the spider droid.

"That's everyone," Victor said, deactivating his lightsaber.

"Not quite," Darth AISA said as he dropped from the bridge. "You Jedi are in for a surprise. I give you the new flagship of the Imperial Separatists."

The Jedi looked over as the Super Star Destroyer got bigger, and the name on the side of it appeared.

"Another one? The Titan II. Don't the Imperial star systems get tired of painting?"

"Very funny," the android said. "This ship is going to be your demise."

The tiny ship was pulled in and set down on the floor of a very large room. Battle droids and guard droids walked up, destroyers rolling up behind them. The glass doors of the ship slid open.

"I suggest you hand over your lightsabers, unless of course you think you can handle the hundreds of droids in front of you," Darth AISA said to the Jedi.

Victor glared at the android, but threw his lightsaber over to the android's feet. The other three Jedi followed in suit.

The guard droids walked aside of the Jedi, destroyers and battle droids around them as the Jedi were led to the bridge of the large ship. The blast doors opened and the large group walked in. Darth AISA walked up to General Titanus and set the four lightsabers on the table in front of him.

"Thank you Darth AISA. So, four little Jedi, handed to me with no resistance. What an odd situation, don't you think?"

"So Titanus," Victor said. "You think since you have four Jedi, you've finished us off?"

"Oh, I think so. You don't seem to realize, your friends are all gone. I trust you recognize this lightsaber," Titanus said, picking up a lightsaber and tossing it a few feet from the Jedi.

The Jedi looked at it, and soon recognized the handle.

"Master Skywalker's lightsaber," Michael said. "It can't be. How?"

"Darth AISA defeated him in lightsaber combat. Such a shame to lose a worthy and powerful Jedi, isn't it? I suppose that means that all the Jedi Masters are dead now, and you are the only Jedi remaining."

Victor only stared at the lightsaber that was lying on the ground. He smiled. "So, Titanus, now having defeated Master Skywalker, I suppose you'll be rid of us then?"

"Victor, what are you doing," Rebecca asked.

"Why don't you just get rid of us now? Keeping us for something? Possibly as… captives?"

Titanus stared suspiciously at Victor. "Of course, to convince the Republic to surrender to the Empire. To show the Republic that we do have power over them, and we have the strength to defeat a few lousy Jedi."

"But not a Jedi Master," Victor said back to the general.

"Of course. Keeping a Jedi Master alive, however, is far too risky."

"That's not what I meant Titanus. Master Skywalker isn't dead. It is nice that you can replicate a lightsaber handle that you've never seen before, but a Sith getting a hold of a green crystal…"

Victor summoned the lightsaber and pressed the button. Nothing happened.

"It seems that you can't build a Jedi lightsaber. Nor can you defeat a Jedi Master. And lying about the reason for our captivity; that's just like a Sith. Master Skywalker won't come to save us, he knows better than that."

"So I suppose you'll defeat Darth AISA and all of these droids yourself then," the general asked.

"And you as well," Victor said, summoning his lightsaber and activating it.

The droids surrounding them turned and aimed at him.

"No. Hold your fire. I'll deal with him," Titanus said.

He stood up from his seat and walked down the stairs to the lower part of the bridge where the Jedi were. He walked through the droids and stood a few feet from Victor.

"You're a smart Jedi, but I doubt a better duelist," Titanus said, removing a lightsaber attached to his belt from behind him. He activated it, and a red Sith blade extended from the handle.

Victor smiled. "I knew it. There was a reason we were sent here and not to Darth Kiazee. So, how long have you been a Sith Lord, a few years now? It had to be at least 5, especially since you asked us to join you on good old Noomi, isn't it Snuttai?"

General Titanus smiled. "Very good. I'm surprised you didn't figure it out sooner young Jedi. I would've thought you knew a long time ago."

"I had my suspicions," Victor said. "Especially after I first heard your voice, and what it was saying. Only a Sith in charge of the Imperial and Separatist armies would set a trap like the one we got caught in on Noomi."

"And only a Sith could defeat such a skilled Jedi Knight such as yourself."

Titanus swung his lightsaber at Victor's left leg, and Victor quickly ignited his double lightsaber to block the attack. Victor pushed the Sith lightsaber up over his head and spun around clockwise and attacked Titanus from the right. Titanus spun his lightsaber in front of him and stopped the black lightsaber while Victor was facing away from him. Titanus attacked the other blade of Victor's lightsaber as it came towards him, and both duelists did a counterclockwise spin. Victor blocked an attack aimed at his left shoulder. Victor and Titanus both spun their lightsabers in front of themselves for a few seconds, daring the other to attack. Both of the duelists stopped their lightsabers, and Victor attacked Titanus' right leg, and then his left arm. Titanus spun his lightsaber counterclockwise in front of himself to block both attacks, spun counterclockwise and stabbed at the Jedi Knight. Victor jumped to his right and attacked Titanus' head. Titanus blocked that attack, and Victor spun clockwise and attacked the Sith's right leg. Titanus continued a clockwise spin with his red lightsaber and hit Victor's blade on the wrong side, pushed the Jedi's blade towards himself, and was forced to jump over the double blade. He spun in the air, and landed facing Victor. Victor attacked Titanus' right leg, and the Sith blocked. The Jedi attacked Titanus' left leg, and the Sith blocked that as well, and pushed the black blade back.

Victor spun clockwise and spun his lightsaber counterclockwise. Titanus did a back flip over Victor's blade, landed, and his lightsaber was forced into the ground about a foot and a half from Victor's right foot. Titanus pushed Victor's blade up, but Victor was faster and spun his lightsaber counterclockwise and hit the Sith's lightsaber up. Titanus spun his lightsaber counterclockwise a full spin, with Victor's blade pushing it. Titanus spun clockwise, bringing his lightsaber over his head. Victor spun counterclockwise, sidestepped slightly, and blocked the attack to what would have been his left shoulder. Victor pushed the Sith's lightsaber up over his head, and pushed it past his own left leg. Victor stopped his lightsaber, and attacked with the other end, hitting the red lightsaber and sending Titanus into a spin. Victor used this opportunity to jump back a few feet.

As Titanus and Victor dueled, the other three Jedi were deflecting laser blasts away. Rebecca was moving towards AISA, while the two Padawans protected each other, spinning their lightsabers within inches of each other.

AISA watched as a fury of lightsabers and laser blasts lit up the bridge of the ship. The android looked around, and saw an opportunity to defeat Victor by assisting Titanus. The android activated two red lightsabers, one in each hand, and began walking over to the battle between the Jedi Knight and the Sith Lord. The android began slashing his own droids out of the way in order to get to the duel.

Without warning, a flash of gold cut one of the lightsaber handles in half, leaving the android with just one. Rebecca spun her lightsaber in front of her, daring the android to attack.

"Don't think for a second you're getting through me. If you want to join that duel, you'll have to find another way."

"Ha, foolish Jedi. You are no match for me. I will kill you just as I killed your friends."

"You think for a second that we believe that? I don't think so. I know very well that all of the Jedi are alive. I can sense their presences."

"Well, in a few minutes, they won't be able to sense yours."

The android swung his lightsaber over its head, and Rebecca blocked. Rebecca countered back with a swung at the android's legs. The android jumped up to avoid the attack, and slashed at the Jedi Knight with its own lightsaber. Rebecca sidestepped to avoid the attack, and the android landed, turning to face her.

"Thank you for letting me through. Foolish Jedi."

The android continued its journey through the droids, pushing them aside to get to the other duel. Rebecca rolled under the android and brought her lightsaber up to block the android's downward attack.

"You Jedi just don't give up, do you?"

Rebecca turned and swung at the android's left leg, but the android blocked the attack, pushing the gold lightsaber up over its own head and pushing it towards the Jedi's left leg. Rebecca jumped over her own lightsaber which then deactivated and slid across the floor when it was pushed from her hand. The android took a swing at her head, but she ducked and rolled through a bunch of droids.

AISA continued walking closer and closer to the flashes of red and black that was Titanus and Victor. The android almost made it, but it quickly blocked a flash of gold the came in to attack its stomach.

"You Jedi are quite annoying. And very persistent. Don't you understand? The Sith will rule, whether you defeat me, Titanus, or Darth Kiazee."

"Not surprising to know a machine will accept its fate," Rebecca said as she blocked an attack from the android's lightsaber. "It also isn't surprising to know that a machine can't predict the future."

Rebecca swung at the android's legs, and missed as the android jumped up over her. The android landed on its feet, and spun around to attack the Jedi Knight's back, but Terry jumped in behind her master and blocked the attack. The android made a quick move, launching a lightsaber out of its arm and into its hand. It activated the lightsaber and stabbed the young Padawan through the stomach. Rebecca quickly brought her lightsaber behind her and blocked the tip of the red lightsaber, which had just pierced her Padawan. AISA removed the second lightsaber from the Padawan, who fell to the ground to reveal a gold lightsaber aimed at the android's neck. The swing hit its mark, and the android fell to the ground.

Victor blocked an overhead attack from Titanus, and then spun to hit the Sith's lightsaber away. During the spin, he saw Rebecca kneeling, holding Terry in her arms. Victor hit the red Sith blade away and kicked Titanus back. Then Victor used a Force Push and threw Titanus up to the front of the control room.

Michael spun his double lightsaber from his left side to his right and back again, cutting through the droids, who were now fleeing when they saw the motionless parts of AISA. On the way out, one droid hit a button that turned off the ship's engines, and then the droid blasted the controls. It ran out, but its head was lobbed off by Michael's green lightsaber.

Titanus looked at the two Jedi holding double lightsabers. "We shall settle this another time I think," the Sith said as he stepped to the side and entered a door. An escape pod fired off of the front of the ship and off into space.

Victor and Michael watched the escape pod for a few moments, and then turned their attention to Rebecca and her Padawan. Rebecca was holding Terry in her arms, slightly sobbing.

"Terry, why? Why did you have to try and protect me? You could have been safely protecting me from the droids. Why did you do it?"

Terry's eyes opened weakly. "I… I saw a glimpse of the future the other night. A vision of me getting struck down by a red lightsaber, and then of a droid, a human-like droid, falling to the ground. When I saw AISA back on Coruscant, I knew it was him in my vision. I knew I had a destiny to fulfill. When I saw him jump over you, I knew the timing was right."

"You have fulfilled your destiny," Victor said calmly as he watched the young Padawan speak. "May the Force be with you young Padawan. And remember always that you had a part in destroying the threat of the Sith."

"Thank you Master Victor. And you Master Rebecca. May the Force be with you."

With those last words, the Padawan passed on. Victor, Michael, and Rebecca felt it, felt the moment when she was no longer the concentrated Force contained in a human body, but the Force that moved around them.


Luke was flying towards Coruscant with his Padawan not far behind when he felt it. A change in the Force. A small change, but a change nonetheless. A Force-sensitive being had moved on to become the Force around him, and all Jedi. He felt it to be a Padawan, an older one.

"May the Force be with you," Luke said quietly to the Padawan's life force as it passed on.


"We need to get off the ship, and fast," Victor said as he and Michael walked out of the control room. Rebecca followed them, carrying Terry in her arms.

"The closest hangar is on level ten. We're on level twenty. But the elevators should still be working," Michael said. He called one, and it opened for them. They traveled down ten levels and got to the hangar. A few droids were getting onto a small Imperial Shuttle.

"That's our ride home," Victor said, walking towards it.


Two droids sat in the cockpit of an Imperial Shuttle, starting the ship up. They heard laser fire, but it soon stopped.

"Is everything ok back there private," the captain asked. "Private?"

"Hello captain," a voice said.

The two droids turned to look at a double lightsaber being held between them. The hand holding it activated the two black blades and stabbed both droids in the head. Victor deactivated his lightsaber and moved the droids out of the way. He sat down, and lifted the ship up as his Padawan sat down next to him. Rebecca laid Terry's lifeless body on a medical lift in the back of the ship, and then sat down next to it.

The tiny shuttle left the ship, and the three Jedi watched as the Titan II was pulled into the atmosphere of the small, unknown planet. Victor and Michael looked back to Rebecca, who sat in the back of the small ship, holding her Padawan's motionless hand. Victor looked down at the floor for a moment, realizing that this probably wouldn't be the last death of a Jedi in the current war. He plotted the coordinates for Coruscant into the ship's computer, and the ship shot off into hyper-space.


Well, I'm sure you knew something was going to happen like this. Anyway, the next chapter will be up soon. Please review.