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Cleaning House

Damian watched out the observation deck's window as Jakku grew closer before them. Ahsoka glanced at him and he smiled, nodding.

"The last time one was on a ship it ended with Coruscant being destroyed," Ahsoka said.

"This time it's going to end differently," Damian said. "We're going to give him a home he can survive in without being disturbed by anyone."

"How do we know he'll have enough food, or water?" Ahsoka asked. "How do we know the air won't be poisonous. How do we know-"

"Ahsoka, relax," Damian smiled. "Trust me. He'll be safe and happy there."

Ahsoka sighed and nodded.

"But first, we have something we need to get his help to do," Damian asked.

"What?" Ahsoka asked, confused.

"We're going to have him help us fight the Sith Stalkers," Damian said.

"How many?" Ahsoka asked.

"As many as answer the call," Damian said. "We're going to give them three days to come to us. Then we're leaving."

"Will the original show up?" Ahsoka asked. "How many are left?"

"Three that we know of," Damian said. "Including the original, who will almost definitely not be showing up."

Ahsoka nodded and Damian looked back at the planet again. They both remained silent for a long while before landing and taking a speeder to the Zillo Beast. It greets them both happily, and they both greet it with a hug to the end of its snout before climbing onto its head.

"Are you ready?" Damian asked.

"No," Ahsoka said. "But I don't get that choice. Let's do this."

Damian nodded and both closed their eyes, beginning to meditate, projecting their Force connections as far as they could.

"Two?" Ahsoka asked after a few minutes.

"Should be," Damian nodded.

"And if the inquisitors show up?" Ahsoka asked.

"They're weak," Damian said calmly. "If they show up, we'll kill them."

Ahsoka nodded and both fell silent again. Slowly, time ticked by with both meditating to attract the Sith Stalkers. Seconds ticked by into minutes, which dragged on into hours, which eventually bled into days. Finally, Damian sighed, standing. Obviously they weren't coming. Whether because they couldn't sense them, or because they knew it was a trap, they weren't coming.

However, just as Damian turned to Ahsoka, hlhe froze. He could feel them. Both of them, closing in quickly, along with four Inquisitors. Damian swallowed hard. For all his big talk, four Inquisitors was a lot, and when coupled with two Sith Stalkers at once, it was a terrifying prospect. Ahsoka slipped her hand into his and Damian smiled and nodded. As a ship came into view, Ahsoka and Damian took their hands backn, both extending their lightsaber blades, Damian separating his.

The shuttle flew to the ground and the hatch hissed open before the Sith Stalker with the dual lightsabers walked out, followed closely by the one with the staff, currently held in his mechanical arm. Behind him came four Inquisitors of several humanoid races, all of whom had the same kind of lightsaber, a handle inside of a ring. Damian and Ahsoka dropped to the ground and the Zillo Beast roared, rising to its full height.

"You were fools to challenge us," the one with the staff said.

"Yiur arm disagrees," Damian said. "I'll take your head off this time."

"You're a fool if you believe I haven't improved since our last fight," the Sith Stalker said. "I'm far more powerful than before."

Damian snorted. "You don't seem to understand your situation. Allow me to show you." He clicked his tonge twice and the Zillo Beast roared and charged.

The Inquisitors leapt into the air, their lightsaber blades extending. Then, the rings began to spin, the lightsabers spinning into blurred disks. However, as they were in the air, one of the Zillo Beast's hands flashed down, crushing one of the four. The other three's blades skipped off of its hide before another hand slammed a boulder into one, then crushed him between the boulder and the wall of the cliff. The other two retreated, narrowly avoiding being crushed, and the dual-weilding Sith Stalker stepped forward, putting as much power into his Force Push as he could. The Zillo Beast stepped back one step before roaring and swatting at the Sith Stalker, forcing him to retreat as well. As it chased the two Inquisitors and the Sith Stalker, the Sith Stalker with the staff charged at Damian and Ahsoka. Damian shot forward, deflecting the first blade, then bending backward under the other end before slashing upward at him. He deflected it on his staff and Ahsoka jumped over Damian, spinning and slashing rapidly with her lightsabers, forcing him to jump backward. Damian shot forward after him, spinning past his staff and slahsing at him. He knocked the blade aside and Damian stabbed with the other. The Sith Stalker propellered his staff and deflected the blade before pushkicking Damian, a blast of the Force sending him bouncing backward. Ahsoka flipped over the blast and shoved down at the Sith Stalker, a blast exploding down into him, flattening him into the ground and shattering it before he bounced into the air. Then, as he began to fall, Damian's Force Push slammed into him, sending him exploding into a stone pillar a ways away, collapsing it on him.

However, as Damian stepped up beside Ahsoka again, the debris exploded skyward and the Sith Stalker roared angrily, charging. As he reached the two Jedi, he began to spin and slash a them rapidly, the pair deflecting the staff and backpedalling, struggling to keep up. He was faster then before. Damian ducked under the cross end of the staff, then sttod and blocked the other end as Ahsoka blocked one of the arms of the cross. Both slashed at the Sith Stalked but he flipped over them, then blasted both in the back with the Force.

Damian flipped, landing on his feet as Ahsoka bounced to a stop. Then, the Sith Stalker hurled his staff at Ahsoka like a javelin. Damian hurled himself in front of her, one hand rising on a pure muscle reaction, but when it met the blade of the lightsaber, the lightsaber bounced off. Damian blinked in surprise just as the Sith Stalker caught his staff and slashed downward with the cross. Damian raised a hand and the arm of the cross hit his hand and stopped, Damian using the Force to disperse the energy of the blade, holding it at bay without being harmed.

"Who are you?" The Sith Stalker demanded.

"Damian Shan," Damian said. "I'm the guy that's going to kill Palpatine."

Then, he slashed upward, splitting the staff in half and removing the Sith Stalker's remaining arm. He screamed in pain, leaping away with the straight end of his staff and Damian pulled his fallen handle back to himself, reattaching his handles before charging. The Sith Stalker's blade met his, only for Ahsoka to instantly step around Damian and slash at the Sith Stalker. He managed to avoid it for the most part, but she did manage to score a small hit to his side. As they rapidly continued to press him, he continued to fall back, suffering more and more small injuries as he did. Finally, he switched tactics and lunged at Damian. However, before he could reach him, Ahsoka blasted him into the cliff face. He staggered out of it as Damian raised his blaster.

"Checkmate," Damian said, firing.

The Sith Stalker's blade flashed up, and Damian's shot punched through it and through the Sith Stalker's forehead. Damian sighed and flashed Ahsoka a smile before they turned and ran along the canyon after the Zillo Beast. After a few minutes, they rounded a corner and slowed to a stop as they found the Zillo Beast playing with the Sith Stalker. Both of the Sith Stalker's arms were broken, and the Zillo Beast was knocking him over, then letting him run for a few meters before knocking him over again. Behind the Zillo Beast, the Inquisitors were lying broken and bloody.

Damian walked over, stabbing both in the face to finish them, then jumped onto the Zillo Beast's head, Ahsoka joining him. "Well look at you. The great Sith Stalker. You're a joke. Go ahead and finish it." He patted the Zillo Beast's head.

The Zillo Beast cooed, then slapped its hand down on the Sith Stalker, blood splattering out from under it. Damian sighed in relief and signalled the ship. Once it had arrived, he and Ahsoka urged the Zillo Beast onto the ship and sat with it as they left the planet.

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