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Rage
Damian peeked around the corner, grinning as the Stormtroopers guarding the hangar bay turned, patrolling away from him. It felt good to work with the others again. He missed them. And their current employer loved the idea of them working together. Especially given their task was to steal a Tie Interceptor while also freeing a prisoner from the star destroyer. The prisoner was one soon-to-be very grateful Cad Bane.
Damian motioned for the others to follow and jogged through the hangar to the hallway leading to the elevators. Barriss, Ahsoka, and Katie would ride them down to the detention level and free Bane. While they did, Damian, Jek, and Shaeeah would work on hijacking an interceptor. Then, R3 would bring the Wraith into the hangar and pick up everyone not in the interceptor and they would be off again.
"Go," Damian said, Barriss, Ahsoka, and Katie separating and running down the hallway.
Damian looked at the patrolling stormtroopers again and held a hand out, making the stormtroopers turn and walk away again, walking to the edge of the hangar then step out into open space, drifting away while still walking, thoroughly convinced they were still patrolling.
"Nice," Jek grinned. "Wish I could do that."
"It has its uses," Damian smirked. "Now, get that interceptor fueled."
Jek nodded, running to the interceptor they had chosen while Damian handed Shaeeah a rifle.
"I hear you're a good shot," Damian said. "Care to put one of these inside one of the thrusters on each of the fighters we're not stealing?"
Shaeeah nodded, aiming and opening fire, rapidly placing each of the miniature detonators, before handing the rifle back. He took it, breaking it down and putting it in a briefcase that he then sent out of the hangar. Just as he did, an alarm began to sound and he groaned.
"I was really hoping I wouldn't hear that until we were lifting off," Damian sighed. "Jek, hurry up!"
"Almost done!" Jek called back.
Just as he did, Barriss, Ahsoka, Bane, and Katie entered the room beside them and a door at the back of the hangar opened, a full squad of stormtroopers opening fire at them. Ahsoka, Barriss, and Damian stepped in front of the others, deflecting the blaster bolts back at them as Shaeeah called R3, telling him to get to the hangar. Jek finished fueling the Interceptor and disconnected the fuel line, tossing it away from the fighter and Damian, seeing it was still open, shoved it to the stormtroopers before deflecting a blaster bolt into the fuel, the fuel canister almost instantly exploding, blasting the stormtroopers and collapsing a part of the ceiling in front of the door, as well as collapsing more of it around the hangar and smashing two or three of the fighters. Ahsoka and Barriss caught the pieces falling toward them and Damian shielded Jek and the intercepter, clearing it a path out just before a wave of cold hit him. He glanced at Barriss and Ahsoka who both nodded. Just as they did, R3 arrived, setting the Wraith down and opening the ramp.
"Run!" Damian shouted.
They all sprinted at the ramp just as a blood red lightsaber cut a hole in the debris in front of the door the stormtroopers had come from. Damian, Ahsoka, and Barriss stopped at the bottom of the ramp, Bane sprinting onto the ship and Shaeeah stopping on it, looking back nervously. The Sith Stalker stepped through, the same dual wielder Damian had met on Mustafar. Damian swallowed hard but separated his lightsabers, readying himself.
"Can we take him?" Ahsoka asked.
"If he's alone, yes," Damian nodded. "Yes we can."
The Sith Stalker and Damian both raised their hands, lifting the debris and hurling it aside, clearing a space to fight. Then, the three Jedi and the Sith Stalker all charged. When they met, Damian flipped over the Sith Stalker, meaning to get on the other side to fight him only for it to flip, kicking him and launching him sideways into a wall of debris. Damian slid to the ground, groaning as the Sith Stalker blasted Ahsoka with the Force, launching her directly into the Wraith, knocking her unconscious. Damian stood, charging and slashing at him as he moved to simply kill Barriss. The Sith Stalker spun, blocking his blades with one of his own before using the other to block Barriss's. Damian twisted one of his blades, shoving the Sith Stalker's upward then slashing at him, the Sith Stalker spinning out of the way and slashing again. Damian spun, blocking the slash before the Sith Stalker's foot collided with his gut, throwing him. Damian flipped, putting a hand to the ground and flipping to his feet as Barriss flew toward him. He caught her as Shaeeah opened fire on the Sith Stalker.
"Shaeeah no!" Damian shouted.
Too late. The Sith Stalker charged at the ship, easily deflecting the shots. One hit Shaeeah in the shoulder and she screamed and dropped. Then, the Sith Stalker flipped backward, a blue laser shooting past as Jek dropped down from the intercepter, drawing his electro staff.
"Jek, stand down!" Damian said, standing only for the Sith Stalker to hurl a massive beam at him, pinning both he and Barriss to the ground.
"You hurt my sister," Jek snarled, slowly circling as the Sith Stalker did the same. "I'll kill you."
"You can try," the Sith Stalker smirked.
Damian shouted in rage and charged, swiping at the Sith Stalker faster and more viciously than he had Damian. If Damian weren't so busy trying to get free to save him, he might have been impressed. Jek flipped and spun, swiped and jabbed, and yet everything he did, no matter how flawless, the Sith Stalker was able to deflect or evade. Then, he slashed the staff, hurling it aside.
"No!" Damian shouted as the Sith Stalker raised his lightsaber.
He shoved with the Force, his rage filling him with power and sending the beam flying at the Sith Stalker. Jek lay flat on the ground and the Sith Stalker leapt into the air, flipping over the beam. Then, as he descended, he drove his lightsaber down through Jek's abdomen. Jek screamed before Damian's foot crashed into the Sith Stalker's face, flipping him backward, the lightsaber remaining. Damian retracted its blade and crushed it in his hand before using the Force to send Shaeeah, Barriss, and Jek onto the shuttle, Bane catching Jek and nodding to Damian, closing the ramp. A moment later, R3 took off, flying out of the hangar and escaping. Damian extended his lightsaber blades again as the Sith Stalker pulled out a spare lightsaber, extending both of his as well.
"You, you're not a Jedi," the Sith Stalker said. "Jedi do not use their anger."
"You hurt my family," Damian snarled. "I'm going to rip you apart."
The Sith Stalker laughed before charging, slashing at Damian rapidly, Damian ducking out of the way, slashing back when he could, the Sith Stalker blocking each strike. After several seconds, Damian flipped over a slash, slamming his knee down on the Sith Stalker's shoulder, targeting a pressure point and dropping him to the ground. Before he could finish him, however, the Sith Stalker hurled him off, standing and grinning. Damian landed hard, growling in rage as his hands began to go numb. He looked down as electricity sparked between his hands and the floor. Then, he grinned, holding his hands out.
"Die," Damian grinned.
Lightning flew off of his fingers, an agonizing burning sensation coming with it, and blasted into the Sith Stalker, slamming him to a wall and pinning him there as it raced over his body. As the pain grew worse, Damian began to shout in pain, holding it as long as he could before dropping the Sith Stalker. Then, he stared at his blackened fingertips.
"That's a very high level Dark Side power," the Sith Stalker said. "You're very strong in the Force."
"You have no idea," Damian growled, pulling his lightsabers to himself. "I told you I was going to kill you. And I meant it."
He pulled his lightsabers to himself, extending the blades and charging, the Sith Stalker doing the same. When they reached each other, Damian flipped over the Sith Stalker's blades, spinning upside down and slashing like a saw blade. The Sith Stalker ducked under the blades and Damian landed on his feet, lunging and slashing. The Sith Stalker began to backpedal, blocking every strike Damian threw. Then, as he slashed again, Damian blocked both, struggling to force them back. The Sith Stalker grinned then, spinning and slashing at Damian as he passed. Damian shouted in surprise, flipping away and landing on his feet, staring at his left lightsaber, the end of which was now missing. He hurled the empty remains aside, holding out his hand and pulling the crystal to himself, tucking it safely into his belt before gripping his remaining saber with both hands.
The Sith Stalker grinned, sprinting forward but before he could reach Damian, Damian retracted his Lightsaber blade, shoving at the Sith Stalker with both hands. As he expected, the Sith Stalker raised a hand and the blast reversed, instead throwing both Damian and the intercepter out of the hangar. Damian pulled the intercepter to himself quickly, getting in and sealing it, pressurizing the inside before turning to face the hangar and grinning, holding up the detonator. Then, he pressed it and all of the other ships exploded, blasting the remains of the hangar into space along with the Sith Stalker, who was able to live thanks to his augmentations. The Sith Stalker landed on a chunk of rubble, watching as Damian flew away, jumping to Hyperspace and retreating to open space where the Wraith and the cruiser owned by their employer were both waiting. He docked with the cruiser and hurried to the medical bay, finding Shaeeah and Jek both in a bed. Ahsoka met him at the door.
"He's alive," Ahsoka said. "He'll make a full recovery, thank God, but he's going to need to recover for a while."
"Good," Damian sighed. "Now I think I might need you and Barriss's help."
"With what?" Ahsoka asked.
Damian held up his hands and Ahsoka gasped, taking them in her own and staring at his fingertips.
"How?" Ahsoka asked.
"I used Force Lightning," Damian said. "I used the Dark Side and shot Force Lightning at the Sith Stalker."
"I thought so," Ahsoka nodded. "Your body wasn't adjusted to the Dark Side, so using such a powerful Dark Side power made your body reject it. Which is good. Because it means it'll be easier for you to go back to the Light Side."
"But I was so much more powerful," Damian said.
"No," Ahsoka said. "The Dark Side gets results faster, it doesn't make it stronger."
"In the short term, yes it does," Damian said.
"Damian, trust me," Barriss said. "If you start using the Dark Side, you're going to lose yourself to it. And then you will end up more than likely killing Ahsoka. Is that what you want?"
Damian stared at her before shaking his head.
"No," Damian said. "It's not. What do I do?"
"Meditate," Ahsoka said. "Find your center and meditate. Like you always have. Let go of your anger and fear."
Damian nodded and Ahsoka hugged him.
"And thank you for coming back," Ahsoka said.
Damian smiled and hugged her back.
"I told you I would always come back," Damian said. "I just regret not having a Sith Stalker's head this time."
"We'll have other chances," Ahsoka smiled. "Now go meditate."
Damian nodded, walking to the observation room of the cruiser and began to meditate. Since they'd be staying with the cruiser for a couple hours, he didn't have to go back to the Wraith yet.
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