Chapter 15

Year 0 Month 9 Day 3

The Shield Generator has been destroyed at Pare. The battle is about to heat back up.

Karel looked at the sky, and saw the shield evaporate.

"That's not good." He said. Bora got her sniper rifle out and flew to the top of a building.

"Do you see anything?" Karel asked. Bora got her weapon ready and looked down the sight.

"Nothing yet. They may not have noticed." Bora hoped. Ruby made it quickly up to where Bora was. Bora nodded at Ruby and went back to looking.

"Ruby. Good, now we can cover more ground than before."

"I got your back." Ruby said. She took out Crescent Rose and waited with Bora

The rest of Team RWBY followed Karel close to the front lines. He got a message from Bora.

"There's a lot of them coming." He knew what he needed to do.

"122nd, This is the time to prove ourselves as warriors! We're outnumbered, out gunned and outmaneuvered, but they haven't won yet. This is your only objective! Hold the city!" Karel yelled. His troops followed him. Team RWBY turned around and saw everyone shouting their war cry. The roar was awe inspiring. Even against all the odds they were still warriors.

"Alright 122nd, send all the snipers into the buildings all around, all different levels. We can't have a random bomb hitting the top kill an entire squad. Now move out." Karel said. Division four left and went into the buildings.

"Now all heavy units, we're going to the front lines. All pilots got back to HQ and find out where the ships are. We're going to need air support!" Division seven moved forward while Division ten went back. "All engineers, scatter and help all out everywhere. You will be very mobile. Scouts, you will accompany the engineers. Assault troops we're going to Mix with the Heavies. Everyone else, separate at equidistant positions. Everyone move out!" Karel shouted.

The 122nd spread out. Team RWBY followed Karel to the front lines.

Ruby called.

"They got tanks moving in. One heavy cannon, two turrets. Got any tank busters?"

"We got the idea. How many?" Karel asked

"About two dozen right now. Each seems to be surrounded by a squad of droids. That's the least of our problem. They're too far away for us to hit them. They're just gathering in one spot. Why?"

"I don't know. Do you see a leader of some kind? Look for a Sith or someone like that. They're bound to be here."

"Do you know what a Sith looks like?"

"Wearing black. Have a red lightsaber. Just look for a lightsaber."

"Alright, I'll try to find someone."

Ruby looked down her scope and looked for her target. She found her target. She recognized the face from somewhere, but she didn't know who it was. She had to think about that face for a moment.

"That's the Emperor." Bora said

"Karel, we've got a problem." Ruby called

"What is it?"

"The Emperor is here."

Karel swore.

"Do you see the Emperor's guard?"

"Do they wear Black armor?"

Karel swore again. He made a call to the HQ to report everything

"Confirmed. Sending for support now."

"We'll try to hold off as many as possible." Karel said. "We've combined with anyone else, but we're still out numbered."

"What's wrong?" Major Pixi asked.

"The Emperor's here."

Major Pixi sighed. "So, this is going to be one of those days. Never an easy day for the 122nd."

"That's very optimistic of you. Shouldn't you be getting to the Ships?"

"Problem is, we've already filled up, and have many more troops. About three dozen fighters, and everyone else went in your ship. We still have squads 118, 119, and 120 without ships."

"Get them to the guns. We're going to need everything." Karel said

"Yes sir." Major Pixi sent out the order.

"And also look out for any ships. Shoot down any enemy ships and notify me when our allies arrive." Karel ordered.

"Of course, Boss. Good luck." Pixi ran off.

Karel went to the edge of the line. He saw the enemy forces gathering, but no one moving yet closer to the city.

He waited for the charge to come, but it didn't.

"Karel, the emperor's talking to that guy who we fought last time." Bora said.

"Really? I would have though he would have moved on."

"Looks like he didn't. I see a few more tanks gathering, but still, why aren't they charging yet?" Bora asked.


Emperor Sym started to gather his troops together, but they were waiting for the signal. Soule would arrive shortly. Once he and his apprentices arrived, they would create havoc. That's when the Sym's forces would march into the city.

Sym looked at Echo.

"You have been extremely useful. For that I give you credit. And we'll transfer more into your account. Now, I want you to show the power of the Empire to your next target. That will be transferred to you when less ears are around." Sym waved him off. Echo bowed.

"As you wish." Echo left with Jet.

Sym looked at the defenses being made.

"Which division is that?" Sym asked one of his generals.

"I believe that's the 122nd. Led by Commander Karel Allusis." The General said.

"Allusis. Isn't he a Jedi?" He asked, then though about it. "Yes. I remember him. He is a Jedi. He may prove to be a challenge for Soule's new pets."

He turned to his troops. They went silent

"Everyone. Once Lord Soule gets here, we march. When he gets here, the tanks will fire the first volley with the smoke rounds. After we enter the city, our first objective will be to take out all the guns at the top of the buildings. Then we destroy the enemy, and once we take the city, we can finally push forward. This City is halting us from our conquest. We shall not let it stop us!" Sym got the call from Soule.

"We've almost arrived. Get everyone ready. Ten minutes."

"Alright. Your special target this time is the commander of the 122nd legion Jedi Knight Karel Allusis. I believe that your first apprentice ran into him a year ago."

"She did. Got it."

"Then we shall begin. Try not to get killed."

"You should know me by now brother. I don't die easily."


Soule ended the call. Sno looked at him.

"Master, who are we going after this time?" Sno said, arms folded across her chest.

"Remember the Jedi you met a year ago."

"So, I finally get my chance to put an end to him." Sno said. In the year she had grown greatly in strength. She had received her lightsaber, but she wasn't alone any longer. Soule had a few taken more apprentices. Now she had competition.

Zia walked into the room.

"I heard we're going after the 122nd. I've heard that the second in command is one of my people. It'll be good to see how my people have changed over the past four millennium." Zia put her helmet on.


Karel saw movement from the tanks. Then they fired the first volley.

"Brace for impact!" He yelled, then when the shells hit the ground, smoke came out. "What?" He asked

Bora called

"They took out our line of sight. Switching to thermal. May take a minute."

"That's alright. Send out the order, then bring Ruby down here. She doesn't have a thermal scope."

Bora looked at Ruby, then she nodded. She jumped off the side of the building. Just as soon as Bora changed the scope, she heard a noise. She looked up and saw a ship above the city. The bay doors opened, and people started to fall to the ground.

"Karel Watch out. Enemy units are coming down fast. They're right above you!" Bora fired at them. They dropped faster than her shot would travel, but one had a jetpack on. They flew to her location. She pulled out her pistols and aimed them at the enemy. They landed on the top of the building. They looked at Bora.

"So, that's what the current armor looks like." She said.

"Who are you?"

"What Clan are you from?"

"I am Bora of clan Lone."

She pulled out a pistol.

"I am Zia, we both Claim to be Mandalorians, but time separates us. Do the houses still stand?"

"Some of them yes, but I left over a decade ago. Much has happened since then."

"Little training. And you still call yourself a Mandalorian?"

"I have the spirit of the wilds, the taste of the hunt, and the blood of my ancestors still in me! Don't think that I don't for a second, or you will suffer." Bora Got a wrist rocket ready.

"Well, let's see how you fight. Then we'll know for sure if you are a Mandalorian or not" Zia pulled her trigger.

Bora rolled to the side, then fired a wrist rocket. Zia dodged it, but wasn't in a good position to fight. Bora shot at it, blowing it up. Zia got hit by the force of the explosion causing her to fall to the roof. Bora threw two shock grenades. Zia got up and jumped down from the roof. She used her Jetpack to give her the power to kick through a landed a few floors below the roof. Bora crashed on the same floor.

Zia looked at Bora and bent her head, cracking it.

"I may have underestimated you. No more."


Sym ordered the march and air support. He marched with his men into battle. The smoke would make it impossible to see the enemy until they were right on top of them, making this a very bloody battle very quickly, but it had to be done. He would be on the front lines with his troops.

Soule and his group would make things easier, but there would still be tremendous casualties.

Sym felt something was going to happen, then it started. Sniper fire. Emperor Sym ordered his tanks to fire. The shells blasted through the smoke hitting buildings. The smoke was gone too soon for Sym's liking, but he had to deal with it. Everyone was in firing range. They had to cross the bridge. The air strike came, but it was met with alliance fighters. One ship was able to drop the bombs, braking a small whole in the line.


Karel avoided getting hit by Weiss. She created an Ice shield around her, Yang, Blake, and him. It crumbled. Ruby came up and ignited her lightsaber.

Major Koa called. "Sir, my men are getting destroyed out here. More Sith have arrived."

"Don't fight them. Wait for Back up." Karel said "Ruby, Yang, we've got Sith."

They nodded. Blake and Weiss came next to Yang and Ruby.

"We're going too."

"I'm going to need someone to stay at the front."

"We're not leaving you to take them on by yourselves."

"Fine. We don't have time to argue." Karel called Major Roy

"Roy, you're going to have to take charge of this front lines. I'm going to deal with a problem behind us."

"Alright sir. We'll try to hold them off."

"We need you to buy us time, but don't waste your life."

"Got the message."

Karel started moving towards Koa's position.

"Major Pixi, launch it."

"Alright." Pixi turned to her troops. "Let's fire this up!"

The ship lifted off the ground.

Karel called the HQ

"Do we have anyone else in the city that can help us?"

"Not many. Most of our forces are holding off the western front from the surprise attack. Until reinforcements arrive, we' can't move many people."

"Do we have any Grey Jedi in the City. We have multiple Sith that are attacking and I'm the only knight. I'm going to need assistance."

"There are a few. I think we can spare two."

"Then send them to my front lines. The Emperor's coming."

The person on the other end swore.

"We're sending them right away."

"Also do you have any idea when our reinforcements will be coming?"

"No idea."

"Alright. Inform me of any changes."

"Yes commander."

Karel finished his walk. Soule had his lightsaber in one of his men. He turned to Karel.


"I see you finally decided to arrive Jedi. Remember my Apprentice?"

Sno came out. Weiss glared at her. Sno smiled back at her.

"Yes, I remember her trying to kill my friends. That made me mad." Karel said

"Don't think you're getting an apology." Sno said

"Well, now, I've got a few more." Soule snapped his fingers, and seven other people came. They were all at least as old as Karel.

"So, you're going to fight us nine to five."

"I won't fight until I need to. You're going to be a good test for my apprentices." Soule said.

Two Grey Jedi jumped over the Sith and ran past Karel.

"They're going to hold off the Emperor for as long as they can." Karel said

"Fine by me."

"Now master, It's hardly fair, nine fighting three, with two handicaps." Sno said. She smirked at Weiss.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Karel said.

"Are you going to stop me?"

"If you didn't stop me from fighting you, I would have easily killed you." Karel said.

"You want to test that theory?"

"Enough Sno. You can't beat him. Not Yet. Jaden, attack."

One of the Sith Apprentices nodded then rushed forward. Karel dodged the attack, then took out his lightsaber. Jaden tried to attack again, but he was slow and inexperienced. Karel side stepped it and slashed him across the back. Jaden fell to the ground.

"Why waste a life like that?" Karel asked.

"Simple. He was weak. He would never have survived to become a Sith Lord. And it's taking your precious time."


Bora was fighting with everything she had. She liked it. She had used up all her wrist rockets, all her grenades, and most of her other munitions. Zia was an experienced hunter, and a great warrior. She had forgotten what it was like to fight another Mandalorian.

"I have to admit, you're not that bad." Bora said.

"Are the rest of our people still warriors like us?"

"Mostly no. Pacifists. Or at least when I left."

"That's disgusting. How could we have abandoned our traditions like that?"

"To be fair, Mandalore is a wasteland with only a few domes being livable."

"How far we've fallen." Zia said. Bora couldn't see her.

"I think I remember you now." Bora said, changing the Magazine.

"I don't remember meeting before now."

"We didn't. I saw you. You killed a Grey Jedi. That was the same day you got the White Fang on your side."

"Where were you hiding?"

"Outside the city. Lucky, we didn't have Master Roni with us, or you probably wouldn't have made it."

"We make our own luck." Zia popped out and punched Bora, splitting her lip.

"That we do." Bora grabbed a vial of fire dust and threw it at Zia. It broke on her armor. Bora jumped out a window and flew away. She saw the fighting everywhere. She scanned for Karel and found him. She started to fly to her. Zia was stunned for a few seconds, but she wasn't out yet. She followed Bora.


Sym was making his way through the front lines, but it was slow work, and costly. Since the Cruiser joined the battle, it has been able to get a few shots down, destroying a few tanks. The snipers have been slowly defeated. The Grey Jedi tried, but they couldn't stand up against the might of the Emperor. Or even get to him. His guards took care of them.

"We need to get a stronghold in the city!" Sym said

He went in a building to make a call.

"Love, how's it going on your end?"

"Swimmingly." Empress Vox said. She was leading a surprise attack on the other end of the city, with great success.

The empire had a two-pronged attack. They attacked from both sides and planned to meet in the middle.

"Good to see that You're not in as much trouble as I am"

"What's the matter Dear?" Vox said, as she impaled an Alliance troop.

"The ship in the sky isn't very kind to us, and we have no air support. We're getting bogged down here."

"We're moving closer to the enemy HQ as we speak. Of course, they started to put up more resistance than before. We're running into a few problems ourselves."

"We'll meet up again soon. I think this building's getting to be a little unstable."

"Don't try anything stupid. We have a nation to run."

"I know, and that's why One of us should head back."

"I've taken more ground."

"Yes, so I have to catch up to you."

"Fine. I'll retreat. But if we lose this ground, I'm not going to be happy."

"I doubt we would want that area. I's against what we have."

"True enough."

Sym ended his call. He left the building, and shortly after it came crashing down.

Vox got her troops and ordered them to retreat. She sent half of her troops to boost her Husband, and the other half would go back to Mistral.

Right after Vox left, Six Alliance ships came into view.


Karel had taken down another two apprentices alone.

"You are good. Now, we're going to test your friends." Soule said.

Karel put up his lightsaber, but Soule moved to block it. He grabbed Karel and tossed him behind. Karel rolled with the ground, and as a lightsaber was about to come down on him, he used his shield made of dust to block it.

The Gauntlet he wore was useful indeed.

Soule looked at it with a smile.

"I like that. Where can I get one?" Soule asked.

"It's not for sale."

"Well then, maybe I can take it off your corpse."

He sent Karel flying.

Ruby was fighting two Sith Apprentices, and she was doing well. Roni has trained he well. But not this well. Something was off about her, but she liked it. It was also making the enemies sloppy. She was able to quickly put and end to one, but the other one was more stubborn.

Ruby was able to switch between Crescent rose and her lightsaber in less than a second, which would confuse her enemy, but here, she used it to get hits in that she wouldn't be able to normally. She was getting very good at this style, and her opponent was finding that out.

Yang was able to more than hold her own. She was holding off the rest of the Apprentices besides Sno. She was getting taught by Arin Jones, but this was better than she would normally be able to do. She was wondering what was happening.

Bora landed by Karel and pointed her pistol at Soule's head.

Zia came up behind her.

"She's a worthy opponent." Zia said

"Stop, you're going to make me blush." Bora said.

"Though if you pull that trigger, you won't make it." Zia said

"And if he attacks my Fiancé again, he won't make it either."

"A Jedi and a Mandalorian. I've seen everything now." Soule said.

"Have you seen six Alliance ships dropping troops off right above your head?" Karel asked.

Troop transport ships exited the ships. Snub fighters came out and backed up the few still in the sky. Tanks and everything was coming out of the ship.

"You seem to think that I fear a few more troops."

"Maybe you don't, but maybe, just maybe, you fear my troops. My troops are still around here. My elite squad follows me everywhere. They are my Havoc squad. With a little practice and time, they'll be just as skilled too. You are also surrounded by my troops. Now, you have a chance to kill me. You may even do it, but your wife would die, your apprentices would die…"

Five Jedi drop by Karel.

Master Roni, Vuren, Arin Jones, Akio Jin, and Mizuki Muto dropped. They all took out their lightsabers.

"But I think I would say that if you continue to fight. You're going to lose this battle. We're beating you're forces back. We may push them out of Pare. This is your last warning, leave." Karel said

"We haven't lost yet. Have you any idea how many of your men have died today?"

Karel raised his hand. Dozens of guns came out of buildings.

"Not enough to stop us."

"Fine. You haven't beaten me, just outmaneuvered." Soule looked at his remaining apprentices. "Let's go" They left quickly.


Arin turned to Yang.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm fine."

He turned to Karel.

"You didn't ask me if my Apprentice could come with you."

"I must have forgotten. Sorry."

Arin shook his head.

"You forgot? Are you kidding me?" He sighed.

"Commander Allusis." Roni said

"Are troops moving to where mine are?"

"Yes. Though we have no idea who's still alive."

"We have to save everyone we can. Everyone, move up."

Everyone except Roni and Karel moved up.


They stood their silent for a moment.

"Did you even trust me?"

"Of course, I did, but how could I have explained this to you?"

"You could have told me. I've been on this planet a lot longer than you have. I've been doing all of this for so long." Karel said

"Could you have handled it?"

Karel stood there silent.

"I don't know. I'm sorry about how I was acting."

"It's alright." Roni smiled "I'm still proud of you. And I know your master would be too."

Karel doesn't say anything.

"Let's get going."

Karel and Roni started to move to the front lines. They passed by many new troops.

"Who's using battle meditation?"

"The Grandmaster."

"She's here?"

"Yeah."

"Then we may just win this yet."

Karel got a call from the HQ

"We have confirmed reports of multiple enemy ships arriving. Five."

"I spoke too soon."

"What is it now?"

"Enemy reinforcements have arrived." Karel sighed

"Then we start this all again." Roni said. "Let's just hope Salem doesn't decide to show up here. Or bring any unwanted guests"

"Why does she have a stake in this war?"

"I don't know. But she does." A mortar round was flying over their heads. Karel stopped it and moved it into a damaged building.

"We're going to have to be careful. Remember, we don't have auras."

"I remember."


Salem watched as the battle was going on. She was very amused by it.

"This right here shows us the truth about mankind. They are a violent race. They always fight each other, kill each other, steal from each other, hate each other. They are a despicable race. That's why we are going to end them. But first, we need troops. That is your mission. I will send a distraction while you gather our new troops."

She turned to her followers.

"Avoid the Jedi for now. Get those Sith acolytes. I can use them." Salem said

"Should we bring Ulric?" Cinder asked

"Yes."

"Let's have that child see him for a second. Make her lose focus."

"If you can."

Cinder smiled.

All of Salem's inner circle stood up and went in portals to Pare.

Salem used her magic to send an army of Grimm to the battleground. She wanted to destroy as many as possible and gather an army. Another thought came to her mind. She summoned two Ancient warriors.

"Caled, Baron, My warriors and spies. I have a mission for you."

Caled was an ancient Sith Lord. He was killed by Salem over two thousand years ago. He wore an Assassin's outfit, covered in black. He wore a Grimm mask.

Baron was a Jedi Knight. He was a Jedi Shadow, and tried to kill Salem, but failed. His clothes were changed, infected. His eyes were black.

Caled and Baron kneeled at Salem's feet.

"We will do everything you ask us our Lady." Caled said

"What is our mission?" Baron asked.

"The two of you will go to the droid factories of the Remnant Alliance and the Empire at Pare. You will find a way to turn the droids on the humans, then you will return here with the codes. Once we are ready to reveal ourselves, we will show our full force."

Salem opened two portals.

"Now go"

They got up and left. Salem returned to the orb to watch the battle. Her plans would have to wait until she had the relics, but to do that, they would have to find the current holder of half the power and kill her.

"But to do that, I'll need to have my own army, and I know exactly what I shall call them."

Author's Notes: Pare isn't done yet. Neither is the War. Salem is going to do many more things before the end.

Remember, you can still send me OCs and they will be put in the story.

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-DragonZlayerx12