Tales of The Cosmic War EXE Vol: The Secret War Beyond Good and Evil!

by Darth Necron

Five years after Ben Auro saved the universe from Chaos Zannacross Necron he is still helping try to guide the people to a better place alongside his lover Lacus Raystar. However they must reunite with their friends Mario,Cloud Strife, and others as everything they work for is threatened to unravel at the hands of the reality-destroying Incursion at the hands of the Beyonder!

18. C218: Ground Zero of the Phantom Pain!

Chapter 218: Ground Zero of the Phantom Pain!

As James and his comrades rapidly found their situation spiraling out of control, and to the ground, and the group he was trying to help was stuck in a showdown with the manifestation of Jacen's vicious resolve to force order, an even more hateful outburst was being unleashed in the distance, from Kylo Ren.

While the XOF soldier's unorthodox methods caught off the head Knights of Ren member for a bit, after they landed a few glancing shots Ren's angry exploded and he begun Force Choking everything in his sight at once that did not have a Storm Trooper helmet on, and also showed off more of his power by not only deflecting shots with his lightsaber, but also using his skills to freeze every other incoming energy blast and hurling them at their comrades.

Ren chuckled as he heard someone cry out for the name of her just recently killed comrade before he dragged her vie the Force right into his light saber. As she coughed up blood Ren just titled his head." Are you petty low life's just so stupid that you refuse to see superiority even when its right in front of your face? Of course, you are, that's why you have to suffer, every last one of you!"

Ren had begun attacking Zao's men even though they did not attack him out of sheer rage. Despite his face being covered his next targets saw vie the man in black's body reactions how eager he was to decapitate them and screamed in panic as they fired.

Ren prepared to revel in expressing the futility of their actions. But before he could raise his light saber, General Gong suddenly burst out of a pile of TIE fighter wreckage to tackle Ren to the ground.

The Panda general snarled as he used all of his might to keep Ren on the ground. "I'm not losing any more of my men to a skinny twit like you! Time to rip your smug m...GUH!"

Gong gagged as Ren used the Force to choke his attacker and smash him into a rock. Ren saw Gong's hateful glare before sneering out," I'm far above the likes of you grub, physical mass is worthless in the face of the power of the Dark Side!"

The masked man prepared to go for the kill, only for his path to be cut off by a crescent shaped blue energy wave. He swiftly batted back the projectile with his light saber, and saw more blue energy beams coming his way. Ren instantly froze them in place with the Force, only for the orbs to suddenly explode in to shards of ice.

The user of the Dark Side of the Force snarled with rage as his left arm got frozen before he could react, and as he saw the ice blast came from Neera, the Chief of the Shang Tu Police Department merely pointed her spear at him. "Your powers may be vast Ren, but a stronger corrupt being will still have to answer to those he wronged! You and the rest of your First Order will pay for all the injustice we suffered at your hand!"

"Your wrong!" Ren spat out." The true injustice is superior beings having to suffer because of the impulses of the inferiors that surround them! Existence has already been corrupt for too long because of filth like you, the time for the grand purge has come and there is nothing your kind can do about it but writhe in agony!"

Snoke's number one enforcer kept lashing out as Gong, Neera, and their most loyal soldiers tried to keep Ren at bay. As they did Rey slowly made her way to the First Order shuttle Ren had arrived in with BB-8 in tow. The plucky scavenger from the world of Jakku frantically tried to avoid crossing the Knight of Ren's sight in hopes that her ball like droid companion could secure the rest of the data to Star-Killer base.

As the insides of the First Order shuttle became visible to her she patted BB-8 on the head." No matter how crazy it gets don't make a sound, everyone is counting on us."

As she said that Rey saw Kylo slice another solider in half, and could not help feel terror creep down her spine at the brutal sight. Regretfully, this feeling of fear and disgust was felt by Ren in the Force, and as the masked man looked in the direction of the emotional current he was hit with, the moment he saw Rey he blurted out a frenzied," YOU!"

The man in black instantly unleashed a Force powered shock-wave that blasted Gong, Neera, and their men away. He then pointed his Light Saber at Rey." You, I remember your fear, your insolence! A worthless scavenger like you...did you really think you could deny someone like me what is rightfully mine for long?"

Rey panicked as she saw Ren move for him and fired at him with a blaster in her pocket. Kylo easily batted away each bolt till he but up his free hand to immobilize her. As Rey was lifted right in front of her attacker he put his lightsaber over her face. "You would kill me. Knowing nothing about me."

Why wouldn't I kill you? I know about the First Oder, I know what you did!"

I would say otherwise. But that is a small thing. Simple ignorance are easily remedied. Heh...so afraid. Yet I should be the one who should be scared. You shot first. You speak of the Order as if it were barbaric. And yet, it is I who was forced to defend myself against you. So you see when it comes down to it this situation is your fault. So apologize, and tell me what I want to know.

To think a frantic rat like you caused me this much effort, the feeling I had must have been a glitch, created by this chaotic world. All the better to end this game swiftly, so tell me, where is Luke Skywalker and the other "Jedi"? Where are all the frauds hiding with their so-called master plan?"

Ren touched her face, causing her to scream in pain as the masked man used the Force to extract memories Rey had. As he felt her resist he merely moved his face closer." It's useless to resist me, even if you had the time to train you would learn nothing form those frauds. The superior masters of the true power cannot be denied by incomplete, huh?"

Ren's rant was cut off as he heard a humming sound he knew all too well get louder rapidly, and glanced to his right to see a Light saber being spinning in a circle and heading right for his back. The target of the spinning energy was shocked at how fast the attack was coming, and only had time to dash out of his way.

While the warrior of the Dark Side managed to avoid a fatal blow, part of his cape and his right shoulder got hit, causing Ren to seethe with fury, a feeling that only grew as he saw that the blade returned to its owner, Ben Skywalker.

The son of Luke Skywalker just gave Ren a deadly serious look." You have no right to talk since for all your boosting your showing your just a novice fighter who can't beat anyone that's on an even playing field. Tsc...nothing more pathetic then a bully who can only act tough by preying on the weak."

Ren's anger grew so much at Ben's jab that he unleashed enough hateful emotions in the force to knock Rey unconscious. "You dare think your better than me? "Ren shouted out hatefully as he jabbed his lightsaber at the younger male." Foolish boys should respect their elders, because they suffer terribly when they don't!"

"You really are even more of a blow hard then most of the other guys. " Ben uttered dryly as he got into a fighting stance." But I guess one of the few things dad and Jacen still agree on is that it's the job of guys like them, like me to cut down blowhards who's egos have gotten to high."

Ren snarled with rage and hurled his lightsaber at Ben with the Force to try and slice out his heart. Before the red energy blade could get another blue lightsaber intercepted it. As the Knight of Ren returned his unique blade to his hand he saw that the new lightsaber belonged to a blond woman, another Jedi who thought Jacen's path was the right one, the former lover of Jacen's brother Anakin Solo, Tahiri Veila.

The older Jedi saw Ben giving her an uneasy look before she grinned." Your right Ben, don't let this pompous clown make you think otherwise. Taking down idiots like this Vader poser is what the Jedi do, because that's what Jacen, I, and all the others were doing around your age when we were training to become Jedi back at Yaven.

Hell, him, me, and the others took down a poser just like this guy with that whole Second Imperium thing, the First Order seems to have a bigger budget but they seem just like those guys. So c'mon Ben, Jacen's counting on us to shut this Ren and his pals down so they don't get the last laugh. I have been conflicted on what's right for a while, ever since the Vong tortured me really. But...I know this is the right thing to do, and even if you're not seeing eye to eye with him this is the kind of thing Luke Skywalker's son is supposed to do to!"

Ren saw Ben nod before he chuckled darkly." Son...of Luke Skywalker you say? Now I see. Ben...your just another fraud...just another part of the sham legacy of Luke Skywalker! But for as much as the worthless masses revere him and that scum Han Solo, they will all be forced to see the truth, when I shatter their fantasy and force them to submit to reality, to me! I'll start with you!"

Kylo Ren grasped his hand before he beckoned the Force to hurl all the wreckage in the area into the air. With the wave of his hand the wreckage promptly rained down on Ben and Tahiri.

As the two Jedi dodged and slashed at the failing ruble Ren attempted to force Tahari into his lightsaber with another Force Pull, only for the blond women to resist.

The Jedi saw Ren's free hand twitch at the sight of her resistance and just snickered." What...had it so easy that you not even had to deal with those who know how to fight back with the Force? If only you popped up the same time that the Vong did, would have been a laugh seeing you get ripped apart."

"Tsc...it has been a while since I had to try against more than bumbling janitors. But the more effort you make me give, the more painful your death will be!"

Ren followed up his rant by drawing more power from the Dark Side and breaking through his target's defenses to push her slowly in his direction. Ren saw her struggle and raised his saber, only for Ben to charge at him with his own blade.

The son of Luke Skywalker tried to break through his target's defenses with all that Jacen, his parents and the other Jedi taught him, but while Ben was skilled enough to parry the incoming blows he quickly realized the head of the Knights of Ren was faster than him.

The masked man quickly deduced that to as he and Ben got their light-sabers in a deadlock, and while Ben struggled to hold him back Ren twisted his unique lightsaber, and had the smaller beam of energy on his sword's right side cut Ben across his right arm.

Ren snickered as Ben fell back in pain, but before he could slice the younger man across the chest Tahiri dashed forward to try and stab him in the head. Snoke's warrior blocked the blow and with only a short nod she and Ben begun to attack their masked enemy in unison.

Despite it being a two on one duel Ren, the elite member of the First Order was able to keep ahead of the two's strikes back to back and still keep on the offensive.

Ren chuckled as he saw his opponents sweat, and as Tahiri charged again he prepared to try and over power her. However just before their sabers could collide the Jedi revealed the true extent of her move as she used the Tràkata skill to suddenly shut off her Lightsaber, and at the same time use the Force to drag her own blaster to her hand and fire it at Ren the moment her saber went off.

Her target was shocked but still managed to use his power to freeze the blast before it could hit him, though he froze the blast right in front of his face. Ben tried to make use of that to slash at Ren from behind, only for his target to block the strike with the left mini burst of energy from his red saber.

As Tahiri struck again and Ren saw the determination in both of his opponents eyes he sneered." This batch has more tricks then the last group of Jedi I killed, but its useless! I am the true chosen one! Not Anakin Skywalker, not Luke Skywalker, not Sheev Palpatine, but me, Kylo Ren! I am the one that will bring true balance! But I will go beyond what the old weak Jedi thought, and not just bring balance to the Force, but all life! Yes, all will be purged so that things will be how they should be, and none of the tricks of lesser beings will stop me!"

"Guess we will just see what tricks are inferior eh blowhard?"

As the two Jedi struggled to push Ren back, Ben and Tahiri combined their will to hurl the remains of a shot down TIE fighter to try and smash their target from behind. Ren was to focused to notice the incoming rubble, however before the Knight of Ren could get hit, a green energy blast collided into it to vaporize it.

The blast hit the ground and exploded with enough force to cause Ren, along with his attackers to stagger. The masked man nearly fell over, after just regaining his balance he saw that the projectile was fired from" Jade Face" before he hissed at the mechanical sniper." You made me look foolish you damned defective droid! The Jedi are mine alone to kill, just keep the trash away like a good servant!"

"My apology for your loss of face Kylo Ren." Jade Face retorted coldly as he looked at the Jedi," My orders were to ensure the success of the First Order, and it seemed that the Jedi were using their power to smash a TIE fighter into you before you noticed and thus I fired. Also, I'm not a battle droid but a Mechon, your memory might be impaired by your fighting."

"Silence! Your data was flawed, it was all, all part of my master plan to lure their hopes up only to crush them! It's impossible for me to lose to the likes of them!"

As Ren pointed hatefully at the two Jedi Ben prepared to retort, when suddenly a energy blast rained down right in front of them. As it exploded with enough force to launch them off their feet a new harsh voice cut in." That's your opinion Kylo Ren. However, while the data indicates it's not impossible, the odds are not high enough for me to trust your faith!"

Ren saw that the voice had come from Egil, and that the leader of the Mechon was in his massive gold faced Yaldabaoth battle armor before he grasped his fist." Did Supreme Leader Snoke send you? His faith has no reason to be shaken, I won't lose to this scum."

"His faith remains unwavering in you Ren. However, we don't have time for games. Return to Star-Killer base so we can grasp victory in short order. And bring that women, the one you encountered previously. Snoke...wants to have a closer look at her to resolve all anomalies before the final stage."

As Ren glanced at the unconscious Rey, Tahiri staggered back to her feet before she pointed her lightsaber at her new mechanical enemy." You're not running away from what you started you Ren lapdog! I don't care how fancy your battle droids are, they won't help you!"

The Jedi unleashed a burst of Force Energy to try and crush Egil. However to her dismay... four metal spheres swiftly burst out of the shoulder armor on, and a blue barrier appeared around him. The Jedi loyal to Jacen winced as the leader of the Mecons aimed various targeting lasers at him." I'm far above those scarp piles you call machines women! Your powers can't save you Jedi...the ether particles my Apocrypha Generators emit can neglect your" Force" as easily as it can neglect the Monado! Submit to your obsolete fate!"

Egil had his battle armor's tail segment suddenly lash out and smash Tahiri hard. As she went flying into a rock her attacker attempted to finish her off. However, before he could, Ben charged at him from behind to try and stab him in the back with his lightsaber. While he was silent as he made his attempt, before he could have his energy blade strike his target he found someone else had got in his way.

To Luke Skywalker's son's shock, the person in his way was neither Kylo Ren nor the Jade Faced machine but a new Mechon...a humanoid in red armor. Ben saw his lightsaber cut through the interloper's helmet and chest before he winced." Don't think you can save yourself by throwing lackeys in my way! They are just...huh? No...impossible!"

Ben's jaw dropped as the face of his target shattered, and underneath it was a women's head.

As Ben saw the women with long brown hair and brown eyes and a black tattoo on the right side of her face stare blankly at him, he blurted out." Vestara...your alive!? What...what the hell is."

Vestara merely kicked him hard enough in the face to produce a smashing sound. As Egil glanced at Luke's son he sneered out." That's right, the data showed you had a history with Ebony Face. Yes...formally the hom female Vestara Khai, part of the faction that identified themselves as the Dark Lords of the Sith from the world of Kesh. I found it highly amusing how much that tribe and Snoke bickered over who were the true successors of their precious Dark Side, and when that tribe's leader "Grand Lord" Darish Vo made their all too predictable attempt at betrayal they were all massacred.

And yet this Vestara had more potential than her father Gavar Khai, thus I transformed her into the core life unit of the Ebony Face unit. Heh...the Jedi and Sith are supposed to be arch rivals, having as intense a rivalry as I have with the Bionis, yet the data shows you had feelings for her eh boy? And this feeling persists even after you know she tricked you? The delusions that homs are governed by are so chaotic, and pathetic."

"You don't know Vestara like I do, she's not just a killing machine! I don't know what kind of tech they got but you got to fight back Vestara and remember who you are! You, GUH!"

In an instant, the women in the machine thrusted her hand into Ben's gut hard enough to make a cracking noise. An electrical current instantly surged through her gauntlet to shock the Jedi. As Ben looked at her in shock she just coldly muttered." I know who I am Ben Skywalker, my existence has always been to kill Jedi."

Vestara swiftly slapped the man with her hand to knock him out. She raised her hand but before she could go on Egil flew above her." Cease your assault Ebony Face...Snoke said he could be, another possible test subject. Let's return to Star-Killer Base for now. Much as I yearn to shatter Zanza's puppet, unlike the hom's I'm not a creature ruled by base emotions and we must stick to the plan to ensure that...among other things Ren does not let his emotions lead him astray in this crucial venture. While everyone's caught up in the chaos of battle let us return before are enemies mobiles and."

Before he could finish Jade-Face suddenly flied in front of him, just as a bullet hit the green metallic man in his face. As an explosion burst out Egil had his eyes glow." Well...seems these homs are more focused then I calculated. That was closer than it should have been, my thanks for doing your job well Face 20814...I'll correct that error now."

The one who tried to snipe Egil, Shulk's comrade Sharla revealed herself from the rubble she was hiding in. As she threw off the scan blocking cloak she was wearing she glared at her intended target as she saw Jade-Face fall to the ground and cursed before reloading her rifle." Damn grunts, I only have a few Pulse Rounds left that can take Egil out in one shot! No matter how many drones you have swarm around you to protect you, I'll scrap you yet to avenge Juju and all the others you bastard!"

"Ah...the Monado welder's sniper friend eh? Careful now woman...if you're too quick with that trigger finger of yours then you might find out to late that the pile of scarp you blew up just might have been more important to you then you thought!"

Sharla just sneered at Egil, but before she could aim at him Jade-Face got back up again, and Sharla saw that her pulse round destroyed much of the smaller robot's head, revealing a tan man with short blond hair attached to the machine.

The sight of the man's face nearly caused Sharla to drop her rifle." What kind of joke is this? Gadolt, your, alive? No, the rumor is true after all, you turned people into your machine soldiers!"

"Tsc...I improve them you impudent women, to beings of worth. Soon the glitches across all existence will be purged, your kind's arrogant defiance will at last be erased. Now, you wasted enough of my time on your emotional urges. Mumkhar, clean up the threats here understood?"

Sharla got dismayed as she saw Kylo Ren's shuttle fly into the sky, just as the Metal Faced villain that attacked the Great Fox when James's group first arrived flew down from the sky. As Mumkhar extended his claws he grunted out." Always happy to shred some Hom's! Still...what about those smug new guys? They seem to have quite a lot of tricks up their sleeves!"

Egil just chuckled as he looked in the distance." Stay alert, but don't get craven about those interlopers Mumkhar. They are indeed...unique, but they seem to be so unique that they are attracting the overseers of this cosmic game. No matter how strong they are, they, nor anyone else have the power to stand in the way of destiny, so just make sure none of the enemy interferes!"

The gold faced Mechon saw Vestara grasp the unconscious Ben and fly above him before he flew into the sky with her. Tahiri had just recovered enough to see Ben be taken off. As she saw Sharla and the others fight Mumkhar, Gadolt, and other Faced Mechon she saw an injured First Order Stormtrooper trying to shoot her before she kicked him in the head and cursed out in rage." Damn it, Jacen won't like Ben being kidnapped by those freaks one bit. This was never going to be easy, but not going to let theses crazy bastards win! This won't be like the Myrkr mission, this time I'll make sure everyone comes back alive. I, won't see another Solo die before me!"

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As the Jedi female frantically tried to figure out her next move she did not realize at the same time others were trying to figure a solution to an even more frantic situation, and that would-be James.

It only took a few moments for the Enji Master to see that the Black Swan's attack on the Great Fox's engines was no illusion. As the ship rapidly heading for the ground James saw Ramlethal keep flashing her unnaturally sharp teeth before he quickly looked at the others." Quickly Slippy...can we stop the ship from crashing?"

"If everyone works together a few things could work, "The amphibious member of the Star Fox team screamed out." But if we get attacked any further its over!"

Ramathel glanced at James coldly before her massive swords reappeared in front of her in a flash of green energy and pointed them at him. "It's already over Enji...it was over the moment you dared defy my master. The only question remains is how much pain it will take you all to be forced to realize that all of your power and skills are powerless to change that fact, another question the great Rabum Alal is curious to see the answer to."

James and his allies prepared to retort when suddenly one of the others that was with James's ship, Ben Grim ran into the chamber. The member of the "Fantastic Four" had already transformed into his rocky state when the fighting broke out, and as he saw Ramathel coldly glaring at him he cracked his neck." I take it this dame is why things turned form dandy to disaster in a flash? Sorry toots but dames don't get a pass when they try and blow stuff up!"

"As if I need mercy from a lesser being that can't see when death is staring him in the face." The Black Swan uttered coldly. Seeing the glare the woman was giving him caused "The Thing" to crack his knuckles." I hear how big and bad your boss is girl, but Sussy and "Stretches" counted on me to help make sure everything does not go boom, and Ben Grim does not turn yellow to some nasty looks!"

The man made of orange stone charged right for Ramathel and in response she had two giant swords float above her and swing down. Ben Grim caught the blades in his hands, and after seeing her target was able to keep them at bay in the blink of an eye she kicked the Thing hard enough to cause the entire ship to shake while muttering," Your deaths won't be painful, the Master desires an amended temporal schedule to all anomalies to his game."

"UghrReport amended Temporal schedule, is that some kooky way of asking what time it is?" The Thing blurted out as he stood his ground." Well…let me help you out with that. Its clobbering time!"

The muscular brick skin man gave his opponent a head butt that had enough force to smash Ramathel to the other side of the command bridge. The blond Enji captain from the frosty nation of Fendel, Malik Caesar, grasped his bladerang before shouting out." Now…pin this hostile before she can cause any more damage! Blistering Waltz!"

The Enji Captain had his weapon surge with energy before he flung it at the Black Swan before she could get up. At the same time Malik's comrade, the blue haired Enji from, Yu Liberte, Hubert Lhant, took out his Dual-Bladed Spears before adding." No matter how powerful the enemy we must be relentless till we break through! Expiation!"

The Enji knight had his Dual-Blades transform to Duel-pistols before he barraged the Black swan further. James observed that Ramlethal seemed to at least be phased by the bombardment of projectiles before he powered up and fired as many energy arrows as he could release at once.

As he glanced at every detail he could detect from his current opponent he glanced at the comrades around him." I think I have an effective plan to take her down guys, just give me some time to pull it off."

"Got it man, leave it to me to pull off opening a window fast!" Sonic threw out before giving his usual grin. The blue hedgehog then unleashed a sonic spin dash to try and knock the Black Swan in her head.

She tried to kick him away only for the hero of Mobius to break off and move fast enough to leave after images around her body. Ramathel prepared to attack what she thought was the real Sonic, till Shadow, Samus, Tear, and others blasted her at all sides.

James saw tentacles morph out of his fanatical enemies' cloak to bat away all the projectiles before he re-positioned his glasses." Slippy, my apologizes to you Fox and the others but I must deface the Great Fox a tad. I'll fix it once this is over. Magnega!"

The red haired Enji Master swiftly cast a magnet spell to rip the doors to the command deck off along with the walls around it before flinging them at the Black Swan. The tan women swiftly tried to slice the incoming metal chunks with her blades, but James showed the extent of his mastery of magnetism magic as he had the metal morph mid flight, and becoming giant shackles.

One shackle wrapped itself around the Black Swan's neck while two more bound her arms and legs. Ramathel saw electrical currents surge into her body before she narrowed her eyes." You think you can immobilize me like some lesser being?" The women unleashed a surge of power that shattered the metal bindings." The envoy of the all mighty being cannot be felled by the antics of mortals."

"Maybe…but as powerful as your master is, you're not him." James dryly retorted."

"Enough, your banter serves no purpose. You are useless. Go away now." "Funny, I just had the same thoughts about your fanatical drivel. Magnetic Plasma Bloom!"

Ramathel prepared to attack with her floating swords, but before she could command the balloon like Lucifero to attack him her target snapped his fingers, and suddenly a metallic flower burst out of one of the cuts the Black Swan had on her gut. "What nonsense is, ugh!"

The white-haired women was shocked to find her aura wither, just as the metallic flower got larger by the second. As James saw his enemy fall on one knee he aimed his bow at her." I assure you this is no illusion, as you are feeling right now the flower produced by the Magnetic Plasma Bloom spell drains the blood, aura, and all other energy that comes from my target's body as the plant sets its roots on my target's body, quickly forming a symbiotic relationship."

"No…how did I miss such an attack? Unless."

"I see your quite the sharp pawn but you're not good at seeing beyond the surface of things. I knew quite well metal bindings would not have very good odds of immobilizing you, but it did stand a good chance of distracting you enough for me to launch the metallic seed into one of your wounds while you were distracted. One way or another, your meddling ends now."

"Impossible, the will of Rabum Alal...can not be."

Those around James saw Ramathel cough out blood before Guy whistled." Damn James, here I was thinking you were slacking off with your magic during peace time and you pull off a spell that's nastier then what Jade usually dishes out!"

Jade chuckled before throwing in." Want me to test on you Guy? To be honest me, James, and a few others thought up of spells like this as "fun" ways to help repair some of the worlds that mixed nature with advanced machinery. Of course, a sharp mind always knows how to convert things that were not lethal in purpose into a weapon."

James eyed Ramathel and saw she was struggling to retain being consciousness but did not seem to be able to do more than flinch before he saw more metallic flowers sprout out over his target and lowered his bow." I wanted to push my skill and research to the limit, glad it was not for naught. While the agents of the Beyonder are powerful, we can all note they are not invincible beings without limit."

Samus saw how detached James was before she kept her cannon aimed at the Black Swan." Nice call kid, let me know if you can make ammo out of that move and it could come in handy seducing some of the nastier monsters."

"I'll be happy to do some brainstorming with you, after we deal with this crisis."

Everyone heard another explosion erupt out before the member of Squad 7 chuckled darkly. "I suppose we must address the most pressing issue. Status report everyone, this fanatical women did not have friends sneak on board did they?"

"No but the damage has been done Master Elrond." Bright grimly answered." You guys stopped her before she could blow us up but the damage she did to the reactor was to extensive for us to repair. Everyone, you might want to use whatever magic you can to evacuate the Great Fox because a crash is intimate. To be frank, reports are saying the enemy's attack might be causing the ship to split in half, if the reactor splits with them it could be devastating."

James saw an outside monitor showing that the Black Swan's attack indeed was causing the entire bottom half of the Great Fox to be split open. As he saw the crack getting wider he saw some of the others looking anxious before he grasped his hand tightly." We can't afford for this ship to be destroyed, too much work remains to be done! Even if the plan's been derailed a tad…I won't be the weak link, the plan won't fall apart on my watch and neither will the ship I'm on! Magnetic Shockwave!"

James slammed his fist into the ground before he unleashed a surge of magnetic energy that went through all of the Great Fox. The Enji Master focused as hard as he could to use his spell to cause the slashed parts of the ship to reattach.

Tails saw the Great Fox heading right for the ground before the two-tailed fox winced." Whatever you're doing seems to be working so keep it up James! I'll help with the steering Slippy! Sonic, you and everyone else better hang on!"

As James kept his spell up the others steered the Great Fox the best they could, and while the next few seconds were very bumpy, when it was over everyone was relieved to see that they were still there, and that the monitors that were still functioning were showing that nothing outside had fell apart.

Slippy looked at a monitor and saw that James's spell had managed to pull the Great Fox's pieces back together before he wiped his brow." Now I know how Peppy felt, the ship was closer to blowing up then when the time at the Aparoid Homeworld! I mean, sure it blew up that time but this time we were not near the escape pods, and a lot more people are on board. So, yah…thanks for keeping the Great Fox together James."

"My pleasure." The man with glasses retorted." Can't say it was a flawless job but, least we avoided the worst-case scenario. That being said, how long till we can get back in the air?"

Tails saw some sparks break out before he winced." Sorry James but, it's going to take a while. You kept the ship from falling apart but the main generator still got damaged. We can shield ourselves at least."

"Very well." James retorted." I'll check the engine to assess out next move, we just might have to rely on our new allies to get to the enemy base though. All the more reason we must figure out the best way to clear out all the hostiles around us are cleared."

Master Chief and a few of the others saw the Black Swan groan even as the metallic flowers on her body grew before he aimed his rifle at her head." Speaking of hostiles, your spell seems to be keeping her down so should we go ahead and finish her before someone tries and bail her out?"

James saw Ramathel glare at him before he sighed." Not just yet Chief. I know it's risky, but I want to see if we can get any information out of her. As a minion that has direct access to the Beyonder we might be able to pry info from her one way or another. No matter the risk we need as much information as we can to maximize the odds of our success."

Ramathel tried to command her Lucifero to attack the flowers, only to see them fall to the ground form a lack of energy before she spat out blood." Damned…redundancies. You will never break the will of a Black Swan. My Master, will never allow it."

"That's entirely possible." James retorted as he walked around his target." But I'm going to wager that your master does not seem very fond of losers, and since you lost, you lost value to your master, thus he won't find you worth warping away or something of that sort."

"No…impossible, your spouting nonsense to and try and make my resolve waver."

"We will see who's judgment is nonsense by the time this is done yes? Throw as many barriers as you can around her while I check the reactor. If she looks like she is going to escape feel free to land a lethal blow."

Wrex nodded before the Krogan charged up his Hydra class plasma shotgun." This girl seems more durable then the biggest thresher maws on Tuchanka. But, long as your spell does not wear off soon we will plaster her with enough shots to shut her down, just be quick with it."

James saw Fox fire a Smart Bomb to blow up a group of TIE fighters in the distance before he nodded and hurried to the reactor. As he, Knuckles, Shadow, and a few others stepped into the room he saw the more tech savvy of his group like the red and white-haired genius women technician from the Amarcian Enclave Pascal, and the woman clad in blue with a mask over her helmeted face, the Quarian woman Tali'Zorah nar Rayya were frantically going from one monitor to another.

James saw the Great Fox's reactor glowing before he cleared his throat." Ladies, how's the situation looking?"

Pascal winced before blurting out," The reactors one bad shove away from going boom! Does it look like anything else behind your glasses dude?"

Hubert winced before throwing out," Show some respect for the chain of command Pascal Master Elrond is in charge of the operation!"

"No time for formalities little bro!"

"Damn it…wait, is that smell form the damage of the flight or did you forget to shower, again?"

"I just said no time for formalities!"

James sighed before he cleared his throat." Let's focus for now yes? I just want to know how fragile the reactor is currently, and how much it will take to repair it."

Tali just went to another monitor before the Quarian woman threw out." Your spell prevented the reactor from cracking sir, but it's still very unstable. We should be able to repair it, as long as you all can ensure we can work in relative peace. It will take some effort, cables, wires and more are shifted around because of all the, turbulence."

James saw some of the larger rubble littered around before he glanced at a collapsed hallway." Well, then we might as well help tidy up before heading out."

Ben Grim saw a large cargo crate blocking a pathway before he nodded." Mom always said to keep the room tidy, guess it's even more important when folks got to bail in a hurry. I'm used to cleaning up Reed's lab work so this will be easy, hopefully there will be less surprises."

The Thing casually lifted up the wreckage, and everyone was shocked as a fat man with goggles over his eyes, a long mustache, and wearing a long red shirt with black pants. The man was sitting in a round floating platform called the "Egg Mobile", and as he sprung out he gasped for air like he was about to suffocate.

The man happened to be Sonic's oldest enemy, and as Sonic, Knuckles, and Shadow saw the man gasp for air Knuckles blurted out,"Eggman? What the hell are you doing hiding under a rock?"

The mustached scientist collapsed into his seat as he looked like he was going to throw up." Are…you…getting…dumber…echidna? I was not hiding you idiot, when we landed here the cargo crate fell on me and I been trapped ever since! I'm filing a complaint, I been trapped for hours!"

Sonic rolled his eyes before spitting out," You don't have the right to complain when your causing trouble Eggman! I knew you were lying about turning over a new leaf, you just used your machines to fool us and want to get revenge now eh?"

"Screw you Sonic! Don't blame me for being too impatient to look at the briefing! I may be on parole but I don't have to put up with baseless accusations! I know what I did but I was given the impression I still had rights!"

James sighed before he readjusted his glasses." You do Ivo. My apologizes for not helping you earlier but it's been, a tad chaotic. Sonic, everyone, Doctor Ivo Robotnik was indeed invited to take part in this operation. With how much was on the line we needed his expertise for further help.

I know you guys have had your differences but Ivo has been working with me and the others since the end of the war and has proved his commitment to reforming from his sins. Are you injured Doctor?"

"Eh…thanks Master Elrond but Sonic put me in worst spots."

"Glad to hear it. Not sure how much you overheard while being trapped but, we could use your talents. One of the Beyonder's Black Swans, his direct servants warped right into the command bridge and attacked. We have her subdued for now but as you can see she left some damage before that. We would be grateful if you could, help assist with the repairs."

The scientist swerved around to see the Great Fox's reactor, before he had his glasses swerve around." Of course, not keen on being a sitting duck. Heh…I see…well the damage is not trivial but should be easy enough to fix compared to the Death Egg, the Egg Carrier and some of the other things I had to fix up over the years. Might as well test things out while I am at it, time to go to work, Hard-Boiled Heavies! "

Robotnik pressed a button before five slots opened up on his craft, and five steel and red orbs rolled out. After a few seconds they all glowed before transforming into robots that looked like Robotnik himself with round steel head and red eyes. They each had their own color, one was blue, another was green, another was purple, another was yellow and the last one was glad in attire that was similar to Robotnik himself. As the robots all stood up E-Omega had his hands transform into blasters once more." Egg-Man robot detected, commencing termination!"

Sonic just narrowed his eyes before adding," Still loving turning people into robots eh? Not going to fall for your tricks like at your lame theme park, time to crack this egg!"

Robotnik saw the Hard-Boiled Heavies look alert before he cringed." Stop being so blasted trigger happy! Yes they are robots but I swear on my grandfather's name they don't have anyone trapped inside! They are new modified customize machines based on my old Egg-Robo's, it's a lot easier to be more creative when you have resources from the entire universe! They exist to repair not cause harm Sonic I swear!"

"He's telling the truth Sonic." James casually retorted." Robotnik has been quite helpful repairing many of the worlds damaged in the after math of the war, I seen these very robots repair a great many things, and now let's see if they can help get this ship back into shape in time."

Robotnik nodded before he snapped his fingers, and the Hard-Boiled Heavies flew around the room. Everyone saw them have various repair tools form out of their hands before they begun patching wires and infusing some machines with energy to slowly repair the Great Fox.

Sonic saw Pascal and the others looking excited before he tapped his foot." Well…guess with how fast things are moving along beggars can't be choosers and all. Just don't pull a fast one on us Egg-man!"

"I assure you I have no intention of helping the enemy Sonic, I don't want my universe being blown up either! Let's see, current reports say the ship can fly again in half an hour."

Everyone heard a rumbling before James grimaced." Guess we better make sure that's enough time to get the job done. Let's go do what we can. Oh, one last thing Ivo, is your data on the Sibyl System intact?"

"What? Oh yes that. Seems so."

"Good…picked up a few new samples that could prove useful for the Crime Coefficients project. All the more reason we can't fail here yes?"

Luke fon Fabre saw Robotnik nod before he raised an eyebrow. "You're talking about this Sibyl stuff even now James? You been working on that stuff for years man, can't you take some time off when you know, all of existence is at stake and all that?"

"No worries my good man its nothing that will distract me from the task at hand." James retorted to his fellow red headed Enji. "Nothing for you guys to dwell about, we got bigger issues to deal with."

"True enough man but, just in case things get hairy out their just curious, what have you and Ben been working on the past few years? All this Psyco Pass stuff…why are you working so hard just to figure out how to detect what people are thinking?"

"It's more than that Luke, far more. Its, part of our plan to at last break the cycle that's bound society to its fate of infinite warfare, to evolve in a way to not succumb to the nature of mortal desires. Its, a very complex plan, but one that's vital to truly make everything we worked for not be in vain. But, all of that won't mean a damn if we die before we can pull it off so let's get going."

As the others nodded Robotnik pressed a few buttons before he stroked his mustache." Good hunting and all that. Oh yes…since I was knocked out before all the "fun" started…who are the primary threats again?"

James chuckled before retorting with a wry," That's what we are trying to figure out at the moment Ivo. Well, we do have a Black Swan subdued for the moment on the bridge and I would highly recommend making sure things stay that way. Aside from her, we are seeing who is the most fanatical of the current game "contestants"."

Ben's friend prepared to depart with the others to try and regain control of the battle.

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As they did others were trying to get the upper hand in their own situation, and that would-be Luke Skywalker and the others having the showdown with Jacen Solo. Luke's ruthless nephew showed just how committed he was to kill his family as his Force Lighting kept getting more immense by the second.

Despite this, Jacen saw that his uncle, even while unfocused, was still the legendary leader of the Jedi as Luke narrowed his eyes, before he unleashed a surge of energy and caused a type of Force "shock-wave" to rupture the lighting his nephew unleashed. Jaina saw her brother have a look of shock flash across his face and quickly charged at Jacen to attack.

Jacen stared coldly at his sister, and as Jaina struck he merely side stepped her strike and slashed at her spine. While she quickly swerved around to parry the strike Jacen slowly pushed her back." You give in to your passions all to easily "Sword of the Jedi." After all of these years, I've had your every battle impulse memorized dear sister."

Jacen unleashed a swift Force Push to cause his sister to be unbalanced and proceeded to slash for her sword arm. As he did Raiden suddenly intercepted the strike with his own sword, and quickly showed his opponent that his High Frequency Katana had enough energy to clash with a light saber.

Raiden gave his opponent a glare of his own before hissing out," You may know her moves, but you don't know mine punk!"

Raiden proceeded to try and kick his target in the head, only for Jacen to freeze him in place with the Force. Jacen saw his opponent's shock and sneered."True but I don't need to for you cyborg. You're just a sleeker General Grevious, no matter how polished your fighting skills are, without the Force your nothing to me."

Jacen attempted to prove his point by unleashing another Force Push to blow Raiden back, and swiftly stabbing him in the chest. While his target yelled in pain Raiden suddenly grasped Jacen's sword arm before he grinned." I don't know about that puck, for one thing I don't fold so easily! I heard you have a high pain tolerance or something, well so do I so guess we will see who can take more!"

Raiden's body suddenly glowed red before he kicked Jacen hard enough in his hand to force him to lose his light saber. The Galactic Alliance Guard Colonel saw his opponent quickly attempt a kill blow and once more used the force to freeze him in place. Raiden sneered before he released a flash grenade he had in his hand to unleash a light strong enough blind his opponent.

Jacen knew Raiden would try and stab him while he was blinded and used the Force to have the rubble around him be hurled up to act as a barrier. After hearing a noise, Jacen regained his light saber and slashed in the direction of the sound, and saw Raiden's blade when he regained his vision.

Raiden made full use of his Zandatsu fighting style to unleash a furious assault with enough speed to keep up with Jacen, and after parrying a few blows Raiden suddenly dropped his sword, only to pick it up with his foot and unleash a thrust that was so swift that Jacen got cut across the right side of his face. The rouge Jedi winced and once more tried to push Raiden back with the Force, only for Raiden to grit his teeth and brace himself, before charging through the invisible push.

As the cyborg swordsmen unleashed a spinning slash to once more slash through Jacen's face the ruthless Jedi narrowed his eyes and unleashed a burst of force lighting to hit Raiden right in the chest.

The blast caused Raiden to scream in pain and fall to his knees, and as Jacen saw sparks erupt all over the cybernetic man's body before him he got closer." No doubt your skills are impressive, your merely not on the same playing field as me so the façade ends now. Your built to endure, but let's see if you can be so resilient when your decapitated."

Jacen prepared to go through with his threat. However, before he could swing his blade, he heard a running noise and quickly unleashed another blast of Force Lighting in the direction of the noise. As he looked at the source of the noise, he saw it came from Shulk, who was already in the process of side stepping out of the way of the lighting.

The blond-haired man had his special sword shimmer with blue light before he grinned." You can't fool the Monado! Stream Edge!"

The Monado rippled with energy as Shulk attempted a jump slash on his target. However he was shocked to see Jacen casually block the blow with his smaller energy blade. As he saw the shock on Shulk's face Jacen gave him a deathly glare." Your Monado blade may give you the power to see the future like someone linked to the Force, but it merely makes you as much as a fake Jedi as that General Grievous and others. Substitutes can only go so far, especially in the face of a true master such as myself!"

"Don't underestimate the Monado villain!" Shulk cried out." Or me! No matter what you learned, I'll make you answer for what you did to Riki and the rest of the Nopon!"

"Are you referring to those ball like buffoons? They were enemies that while not as physically imposing, were as greedy and petty as the Hutts, they paid the price for choosing the wrong side."

"Your more heartless then the Mecon you monster! True Riki was on my side, but most of the Nopon were just doing what they could to stay alive in this crazy world!"

"If they would not side with me then they were a threat that had to be erased! There is no room for mercy in war boy, I'll erase all facades from this reality once and for all!"

"Your wrong, despite what you think the will of tyrants are not the ones that are right, I won't allow it! Jacen Solo, you're not as above all of us as you think! Monado Cyclone!"

Jacen saw the blond-haired man have an odd symbol appear in the circle part of its structure, before the blue energy grew three times its size. Shulk attempted to unleash a spinning slash to slash Jacen through, only for his target to suddenly fling Raiden into him mid slash.

As the two crashed into the ground Jacen unleashed another force burst to smash them into wreckage." No matter how strong your convictions are, when they are based on deluded views they are useless."

The member of the Solo's attempted to unleash another kill strike, but before he could he felt a burst of the force that nearly blasted him off his feet. As he used all of his will to stand his ground he realized he neglected Luke Skywalker to long as not only did that burst come from him, but the Grand Master of the Jedi order was already at his face, with Kyp and Janina at his sides.

As Jacen blocked his uncle's slash Luke uttered," I could say the same to you Jacen! Your hell bent on going down this path, while all it amounts to is rage and hate!"

"Maybe that's how you choose to see it Luke, but what you call rage I call focus. You were so afraid of becoming your father you blinded yourself to the positive aspects of anger. Its true many Sith Lords of the past were shackled by their emotions, but that does not mean every aspect of the Sith Creed was a lie. I'm going to do what you could not, and bring true peace to the galaxy!"

Kyp tried to slice through his legs and as the two clashed the older Jedi muttered,"Damn it Jacen, you took down Dark Sider users since you were three, how the hell did you con yourself into thinking it was the right path? All those years you were in your little odyssey you said you were learning stuff but you just got lost in your own damn ego after beating the Vong!"

"Tsc…I assure you I was not just fooling around "Master" Duron, I learned how to focus, in many ways."

Kyp tried unleashing his own force push to make Jacen get unbalanced but his target blocked with his own blow, and then had a grim look form on his face before he suddenly attacked at such a rapid, vicious pace that was a liquid precision that put all of his attackers on the defensive.

Jacen suddenly attacked at such a tense pace that he was an oblate sphere of green fire" which contained dozens of blades attacking from every angle.

Kyp could hardly defense himself, and just as a blade looked like it was going to price his throat suddenly Luke blocked the strike. Kyp tensed up before muttering," Thanks Luke. Jacen must be using some illusion, it's like he is everywhere at once!"

"It's not an illusion Kyp." Luke answered calmly." I recall that stance from the Holocrons, he's perfected the most aggressive lightsaber style, Vaapad. They said that the only one who truly perfected it was the combat master Mace Windu…because this extreme adaptation of the Juyo style that was chaotic and erratic, that takes in the fury of one's opponent and enjoy the flow of battle. In theory, it leaves one open…and even Master Windu took years to prefect it."

"Yet I mastered it." Jacen uttered coldly." In the end I was just better then Master Windu, you, and all the other Jedi Luke. I have reached further heights than any other Jedi in its history, and that's why I am the one that has the right to guide the galaxy to its destiny."

"You learned aspects of various skills and Force moves Jacen, that's true. But your mastery is hollow."

"No…you just refuse to admit your wrong, that your methods are obsolete. And yet they are. You failed to bring justice, you failed to save my brother and so many others in all the wars and invasions that fell on your watch."

"Judge me all you want for failing to save your brother and all the others, but only when you been through what I have can you see just how hard it's been."

"Guess we will see, when I do just that. You can act as tough as you want, but I can feel how fearful you are of losing everyone in the Force Luke. Yes, the stress is causing you to have an nervous breakdown, and your fears are correct! After all, soon, you will be forced to submit to your true destiny, just like your wife."

"Mara? What did you do to her Jacen? Answer me!"

"Who knows, she did not seem to come with us to Battle-World. But either way, if you won't face the truth, your wife and Ben will have to face just how much of a failure you are."

"Enough!" Luke unleashed another burst of Force energy to make Jacen stagger, before he went on the assault. No longer hesitating, Luke had his emerald blade rain down on Jacen with such force that it too looked like multiple light sabers were being unleashed at once. Unleashing all of his rage, Luke was able to push his nephew back with each strike, to the point that Jacen felt himself falling to his knees.

The leader of the Jedi Knights hammered his blows so strongly that Jacen hardly keep Luke back, yet just as Luke could try and break through the ground underneath Jacen crumbled, and Jacen stumbled down a few feet. Upon seeing how furious Luke looked Jacen just chucked darkly." This rage, the same kind of rage that defeated Vader, Shimrra, Raynar, and all the others that stood in the way of the Jedi in the past decades. I see desperation is creeping in, are you going to relapse and embrace the Dark Side like when you were cornered by the Emperor's clone? Tell me Luke, is striking me down worth becoming the very evil your fighting to stop?"

Luke saw Jacen slowly get back on to his feet before he got back into a fighting stance." We been debating the best way to embrace the Force since we defeated the Vong Jacen. You made it quite clear that you think about seeing the Light and the Dark sides of the Force as interchangeable, but while I tried your methods for the duration of the conflict with the Killik colony, but I realized that just saying everything is grey just gives one an excuse to not take responsibility for one's actions.

I've seen too much to know that not everything is black and white, but good and evil still are tangible things Jacen. Not every choice can be a good one, but that does not mean we just go for whatever is easier, like Yoda said the Dark Side is easier, but wrong."

"You think I'm doing this because it's easier for me Luke?" Jacen suddenly snapped out." Don't think I did this because I take pleasure in killing. I steeled myself to not be effected by it but, I don't enjoy doing what has to be done. But this has to be done Luke, your method of being the polite saviors only made the masses treat you and the Jedi like their guard dogs!

You and my mother kept clinging to your dream of a merry democratic republic but the dream is dead, and the reality is that the ordinary folk of the galaxy don't care if they are ruled by a republic or an empire, as long as they are given enough food and shelter to live without suffering they will not complain, even if other planets get blown up by Death Stars as long as it's not them its someone else's problem.

You and my mother have too much faith in others Luke, but I saw just how people truly are, that's why I'll give them what they truly desire, what they truly deserve!"

"I'd be lying if I said people have not disappointed me Jacen. It may seem futile for the Jedi to serve those who betrayed them, after the Clone Wars, and even during the fight with the Vong with the…Peace Brigade, and with others. But, even if there are those that are hopeless, those who are not should not be damned by them! It's not as easy Jacen, but compromising for the easiest path is not the right answer!"

"Guess we just can't agree on what is the best path to peace eh "Master" Skywalker? You call me reckless and impatient, and in my eyes, you're too proud to admit your failed, but like always there is only one way for us to see whose path is superior!"

Jacen was about to prepare his next attack before suddenly Tahiri cut in to his commlink with an urgent," Jacen, I need your help, its urgent!"

"This is not the time Veila! I'm "settling" things with Luke, Jaina and the others!"

"Sorry I figured it was something like that, but you got to know that Kylo Ren abducted Ben and took him to the Star Killer Base!"

"What? You lost to him?"

"More like he got back up from those super droids! They took that girl from Jakku that was hanging around Luke back with them as well! Ren said something about this Snoke guy wanting both of them for his plans!"

Jacen saw Luke and the others looking at him warily before he tensed up." Their supreme leader's cryptic obsessions are proving to be even more erratic then we calculated, and more annoying. I'm not about to let him and Ren get in my way. Good work surviving Velia, regroup with Brevon and the others, I'll be making the counter attack, shortly."

Jaina saw her brother looking conflicted before she smirked." What's wrong "bro"? Things not turning out like you thought and everything you were so sure of is turning out to be a giant pile of Rancor dung? Too bad, we are way past the point of regrets!"

"I regret nothing Jaina…but everyone will regret trying to undermine me. You can decide to submit now or be painfully dragged to reality."

Before the Jedi could answer Raiden suddenly shouted out," I have a better idea punk, and that involves pounding your smug face in!"

Jacen swerved to the right and saw that Raiden had rebound enough to grasp a fallen AT-ST and show off just how strong he was by kicking it right for Jacen. The fallen Jedi was able to freeze it in midair with the Force.

However Jacen realized to late Raiden planned for that as he took a missile launcher he took from a trooper, and fired it at the assault machine. Jacen could not fling it away in time and the AT-ST promptly exploded in his face. The Force user used all of his power to push himself out of the explosions range. As his focus was strained he saw that Luke, Kyp, and Jaina were trying to finish him by slashing at him from all sides while his focus was distracted.

Without a word Luke prepared to finish his nephew, but before his blade could go through, it was intercepted, not by a lightsaber, but a large machete sword crackling with energy. Luke was shocked that he did not sense this new arrival, and saw that the interloper was Sundower.

At the same time an energy infused Sai blocked Kyp's light saber and Jaina was blocked by a spear. As the Jedi backed up they saw that the spear belonged to a tan woman with long red hair and black and violet armor and the owner of the Sai belonged to a man with white and black armor who had long white hair and had a red helmet covering the upper part of his face.

Luke took one glance at the new arrivals to see they all had blood thirsty looks in their eyes, and as Jacen glanced at Sundowner it was one of annoyance over surprise. The taller man saw the look he was given and just chuckled." Know you did not give the go ahead boss, but looked like we were about to miss out on a pay check if we did not step in."

"Tsc…you're not at the level to be the proper judge in a battle of this scale, but you had good timing anyway. My presence is required else ware, so it's time for you Desperado soldiers to prove you're not talk."

Sundowner just chuckled as he threw off his coat." Find by me, I want to see what's the big deal about this Skywalker anyway."

"What's the matter Jacen?" Jaina threw out tartly "Not happy you're not as invincible as you thought and have to bail like a sore loser?"

"Hardly Jaina, it's just like a good commander the situation has changed, so I'm shifting my priorities. Despite what you think, what matters most to me is not killing you all out of spite, its removing the obstacles that are in the way of my new order. So, you can play with the Winds of Destruction here to stay out of my way, or die if you so choose."

"The only ones who are going to die are your throw away flunkies!" Kyp spat back bitterly." Don't have time to humor grunts."

The man with long hair named Monsoon just licked one of his Sai's with his tong." Think the Winds of Destruction are cannon folder and you're going to find yourself seeing your body fall as you die!"

"Damn it I'm not in the mood to mess around punk. Mess with a Jedi Master and you're going to fall to pieces!"

With a burst of speed Kyp charged at Monsoon and sliced at him with his glowing blade. To his shock, as his blade contacted his target's arm fell to pieces. Everyone saw Monsoon had his limbs form into segments linked by lighting before he chuckled." Sorry, been there, done that! You Jedi fail to see your just pawns controlled by the pretty memes of "Swords of Justice". At last it's time for nature to take its course!"

Luke just grasped his light saber tightly before he walked forward." I see you found some, exotic commandos Jacen. But like Kyp said, there is no time to play around."

The scion of Darth Vader unleashed a Force Push to try and blow the new arrivals away, only to see the Desperado commandos' only get pushed a few inches. Jacen saw Sundower chuckle and smirked himself." Really now Luke, think I would waste time with disposable pawns? I would not say they are on your level but, I did work with my comrades to at least enhance their bodies to the point where you can't blow them away like a cheap Trade Federation droid or Storm Trooper. So sorry but, you will just have to reflect on how wrong you were "Comrades".

Jacen dashed away without another word and Luke screamed his name and tried to go after him, only for Sundowner to get in his way. The Grand Master of the Jedi tried to slash at the tall man with his lightsaber, only for six shield like platforms to suddenly sprout out of the bald man's back. One got in the lightsaber 's way, and the moment it made contact it glowed red before it unleashed a small explosion.

Luke used the force to throw the flames in another direction, and as Jaina saw this she swore before glaring at the Desperado Women Mistral. "Damn it all, you guys really think Jacen gives a damn about you? Don't matter if you have Force resistant gear, he is just throwing you away like pawns! You don't have to do this!"

Mistral just chuckled darkly before she leaned forward." Don't think you can shoo us away with one of those Jedi mind tricks girl. The Winds of Destruction live for battle. In this Battle World, what else is there to seek but the ultimate battle, the ultimate death? You're not truly alive unless your experiencing the ultimate rush."

"Just great, theses freaks would fit right in with the Vong or the Sith Tribes."

Raiden and Shulk rejoined the Jedi before Raiden growled out." Don't take Desperado lightly, I don't know just how many you guys beat but I do know these guys are very good at killing, and that was before your former teammate gave them upgrades!"

"Noted." Luke uttered sorely." Jaina, Kyp, don't forget to be mindful of our surroundings. If we are so focused on Jacen we will fail to see the danger in front of us. Don't get sloppy, it's not too late. Despite what he thinks, Jacen's not the force itself, so just focus on doing what we can so that we can save Ben, and Rey."

The fellow Jedi nodded before Sundowner gave a battle cry and slashed at Luke and Raiden at once. As Jacen's blood thirsty reinforcements ruthlessly went to show the extent of their will, little did the Jedi, or their target realize reinforcements were coming for them as well, in the shape of James's group.

After the Enji Master and the others departed the Great Fox it did not take them long to sense and detect the various sources of power raging across the battle zone.

Having already being detected, James and the others agreed to forgo stealth so the red haired Enji used his magic to cause the ground around them to directly move for the location, causing James to see Luke's group fighting the Winds of Destruction, and then saw Jacen dashing away at a fast pace using the Force to boost his speed.

Seeing this caused James to sigh." Well everyone, as we expected the family squabble between the Skywalker's is not going well. Guess Jacen does value his life over his ideals, I'll add that to the profile."

"He wants to run away eh dude?" Sonic threw out dryly." He can try but after how he's treated us I'm more than willing to show him how slow he is!"

"I appreciate the thought Sonic, but that does not sound like the best plan. Seems our allies are currently being attacked from both enemy groups. It would be keen to help them, we need all the help we can get to break into the enemy base as long as are own ship is disabled. So, please do that while I have a little, chat with "Colonel Solo".

Samus looked at Jacen with her scanners, before looking at the Faced Mecon attacking Shulk's group, and then back at James again." You sure you want to handle him one on one kid? I know he does not seem as powerful as some of the other guys you defeated but, with how loose the "rules" are here he could suddenly become as powerful as one of the seven demon lords if the Beyonder wished it."

"Thanks for the concern but, while some of you are free to go with me if we have enough people to cover everyone, this plan requires my customized touch for the best chances of it to be pulled off properly. I'm going to try something, a bit outside the box. Might not be the politest approach but based on what we seen I say the situation calls for it. Very well then, best of luck everyone."

James then repositioned his glasses before he used a flash step to move at full speed, and moments later appeared in front of Jacen. As the Jedi drew his light saber James just sighed." Colonel Solo…I see are alliance was even more hollow then I first assumed."

"Don't feel so smug Master Elrond…you're the one that broke things off when you froze Serpentine." Jacen coldly retorted." It seems you were indeed hiding something from us, and without trust there is no alliance."

"I could say the same to you, but to be honest it was clear from the start you had a hidden agenda. Your poker face was well enough, but you're not the only one who's been through war Jacen. Yes…to be blunt I and my comrades dealt with someone just like you in the past.

Yes, Kira Myers had much in common with you, he was a talented man from an esteemed bloodline who was above his peers in most things, so far above that he thought he knew better than everyone else, that he had to answer to no one. He to thought only he could bring about "true" peace, and part of the process was backstabbing everyone that would not agree with him, including his family. He was close, but we overcame Kira, and that's why you won't win either."

"Tsc…I knew from the start your group seemed just as self-absorbed as Luke, my parents, and the rest of the Jedi. It was only a matter of assessing just what your group could do and how to deal with you, and it was a good thing I did not listen to the others and deal with you the moment you came on board. I can see you "Enji" have mastered the Force in ways even I did not expect. But even so, I won't let naïve fools like you get in my way!"

"So I'm the naïve one?" James retorted wryly?" You know if you don't have the faith to even be honest about your intentions does that not mean you have little faith it will come about? Before we conduct aggressive negotiations, I want to know what your true plans are Jacen Solo, I want to know just what you wanted to do. To be more precise, I want to know what you intended to do before you were drawn into Battle-World, how you planned to guide your galaxy."

"You seriously expect me to think you care one way or another?"

"How do you know? You don't know me very well, you clearly were unnerved about a outside factor. If your sells pitch is good enough maybe it might appeal to me? Your sister and mother had their own interpterion but I always prefer to hear from the source if possible."

Jacen paused for a moment before he looked at his light saber. He grasped it tightly before answering with a firm," Fine…I'll bite Enji. My plan, was to rule the galaxy with an iron fist. With the support of competent comrades who understand the value of order I would weed out disorder little by little, till at last there would be true peace."

James saw the passion in the man's eyes and after realizing he was done he raised an eyebrow." That's…it? There is no…key to making theses ideals of your stick?"

"Tsc….you will pay for underestimating me. I have studied more about the Force than any other Jedi, then any other Sith. What I can do with the Force will soon surpass both Palpatine and Luke, and I'll reshape civilization with my wisdom!"

"You say that, yet you clearly still are beneath Luke Skywalker in mastery of the Force in many ways. I was not their myself but Palpatine had his Death Star and various other weapons of mass destruction and still failed to force order, and yet you think you don't even need that level of power to dominate over everyone? I was…under the impression you were wiser then this but your clearly not thinking very far ahead."

"Tsc…things like the Death Star, the Sun Crusher, the World Devastator and all the others may terrorize others, but they also invite themselves as big targets. Better an invisible power, a terror that can't be targeted, but can also linger in the hearts of the masses.

Yes…the terror of war and the desire for safety amount to a far better symbol then any weapon. The exhaustion of war will make the masses bend to the solution I will provide them."

"I do believe that such logic is in line with what Palpatine thought when he sought to turn the Republic into the Empire yes? But even after how terrible the Clone Wars were supposed to be, after a few years people seemed to find that they were tired of living in a galactical fascist government, thus the Rebel Alliance yes? It's truly astonishing how one can spend his entire life being taught how something is wrong, and still delude himself into thinking that the wrong answer is the right one."

"Bah…your no better than Luke and my parents and all the others who won't admit they are wrong! Palpatine and Vader were to consume by their sinful emotions, but the reality that no one will admit is that their path while flawed, is the best true path for the masses to live!

I suppose your about to retort that the best path is the path of freedom eh? Please, democracy is chaos, pure and simple. It's a glorious word to justify abdication of responsibility by those who could, I f they were prepared to make the effort, create a better galaxy for the vast majority.

It was a word for finding someone else to blame. Yes, democracy, freedom, and peace, they all are tricks, like words to train veermoks to come to heel or attack. They are sounds with no real meaning, nothing definable, just triggers that everyone is conditioned to think are desirable, tangible things.

Peace…can be defined well enough but democracy, freedom? Whose freedom, and to do what? Freedom is a pretty nebulous concept, when all most beings want is an absence of disorder, a full stomach, and some hope that their offspring can have a better life then they have.

Some think this is not enough for them, and yearn for more, and such yearnings, such delusions are what cause wars to break out, for people to die over delusions. No matter how pure their intentions were, Luke and my parents and all their friends caused people to suffer and die over their inability to grasp the true nature of existence, that's why they must be stopped one way or another! Palpatine thought he was having a tighter grip on things with the Death Star, but that was just to take the easy way out.

No…I'll take the more mundane but long term effective path of simply not allowing any world, from the Deep Core to the Outer Rim to have insolence tolerated. I saw how powerful, if risky the Alpha Red virus the Chiss were prepared to use on the Vong, and I've prepared a more, controllable virus that would tame the unruly populace.

Yes, I merged Alpha Red with both a sample of the Krytos virus that the former director of Imperial Intelligence, Ysanne Isard had stored away, and the nanokiller virus the Imperial Remnant's Council of Moff's foolishly thought they could use as a fail safe to me to form my Omega Black virus, one that can target with absolute precision, and absolute effectiveness. You can't merely blow up a plague with a Proton Torpedo, a virus that changes its weakness every time is something that will truly bring terror to the disorderly.

Yes…a invisible judgment that can not be defied, it suits me more. Such things are unsightly maybe, but it's the way to enforce true order. Yes. it's a path that requires the focus of a droid, but unlike Palpatine I'm not doing this for personal enjoyment. Others can be the public face of the government, I'm fine sticking to the shadows, less red tape to get in the way of business. And makes it even easier to strike from the shadows, to bring fear to the sinful.

No matter how mundane or tedious I'll squeeze out the foolish ideas out of every single person in known space, till at last people are forced to see how things truly are. Only then, when the very idea of foolishness is grinded out of the entire galaxy, will they're at last be peace."

James saw the pure drive in the Jedi's eyes before he just sighed." Your sister told me you were a gentle person who had many pets, and that there was a time that you wanted to be a total pacifist.

Even for someone that's gone through war, it seems you changed so much that you become a different person. Yes, now I hear that recently you fired your own sister from the army for not firing on a ship just because they had a chance of being a threat, and among other things, ordered Ben Skywalker to assassinate the Prime Minster of Corellia, Dur Gejjen.

I must say, that Kira person I reminded you of did many horrible things, but forcing my friend to kill someone, at least, in that kind of setting, was not something he reduced my friend to. It just seems, so petty to force someone you care for to dirty himself so when they did not have to."

Jacen had his right eye twitch before he burst out a livid," You think you know what I been through, Enji? Did Luke and Jaina tell you that, as they stood aside debating all the ways to absolve themselves of responsibility and guilt as things spiraled into hell? So what if I ordered Ben to kill Gejjen? That man was no saint, he was a man responsible for causing the war, and tried to kill my w, someone important to me and the stability of the galaxy. His death was needed for peace to take root. True, it could have been easy for someone else to kill him, but it was vital Ben did it, so that he could grow properly.

To become truly strong he needed to be purged of all weakness, to grow up and see the world how it truly is! You think I was being sadistic? No, I was being kind! Being sadistic would be letting him grow up like me, a naïve fool who had faith in lies! I bought all the dribble Luke and my parents spouted about people, and all it did was make me weak, too weak to save my own brother and countless others, till the Embrace of Pain under Verge forced me to shed every last delusion and see the truth.

It was not the Vong's fault for all the suffering I and the others endured, it was the weak-willed masses that were to be consumed in their own echo chambers to realize the threat was coming till moons were literally colliding into planets! Even when I killed Omni and ended the war with the Vong I quickly realized the true threat, the collective mass of filth that infected existed still remained, and as long as the root of the problem remained nothing would change, and everything I went through would be pointless!

That's why I vowed that I would do whatever it took, and pound the galaxy as hard as it required to force people to evolve. The Jacen Solo that had faith in the masses did die along with my brother, and from the ashes came the new Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Caedus!

The masses say they want kindness, yet they truly desire strength absolute that will not be stopped by anything so I'll give them what they truly want, wither they like it or not!"

James quickly had his gear scan Jacen before he took a deep breath." So…is that it? Unless your withholding something, to be blunt it sounds like you have no grand plan and are just throwing a massive tantrum to get back at the society that wronged you. Your former comrades wondered just what the Sith lackey Lumiya did to you or show you to get you to turn dark, but from what I gathered seems she just told you want you wanted to hear so you could give your self-permission to do what you really wanted.

Pathetic really, as mad as he was Kira at least had more than sheer rage at the core of his agenda. You say your acting on logic when your acting entirely on emotional whims and just saying they are the logical choice again and again to absolve yourself of shame. Such a broken agenda, can't be allowed to be ac,"

"ENOUGH!"

Jacen roared out as he used the Force to choke James as he got closer.' You think you can judge me? My powers are advanced enough that I can see the future, and the vision I saw made it clear to me that I must act before it could unfold! No matter what, I must do what it takes to make a peaceful world, for her sake.

I knew you were different since you arrived James Elrond, but even if you're some direct agent of the Beyonder you have no right to look down on me! You're a fool that know's nothing, and it's time for yet another deluded tool to die!"

James winced for a moment before his aura suddenly exploded with enough force to shatter the grip Jacen had on him. The Enji grasped his hand tightly before the ground around the self-proclaimed new Sith Lord rippled, and four metal spikes erupted to bind James's attacker's limbs.

As James saw Darth Cadeus look shocked he just rubbed his neck." I have more right to judge you then you think, Sith Lord. For one, I know without a doubt that no matter how highly you look at yourself your plan is a failure.

The reason for that, is that your right about me hiding something. Normally I would not want to mess with things so delicate but based on how things are there are more important things to worry about. And so Jacen Solo the truth is that I'm from the future.

And the fact is that when it comes down to it, the name Jacen Solo does not even come up in the future."

Jacen had his eyes twitch, then turn yellow, the yellow of one who has the mantel of a Sith Lord before he grit out," You think you can shatter my resolve with such basic lies?"

"Take my word for what you will but the truth is that Kylo Ren is the one mentioned in history, not you. Granted the records around the time of Luke Skywalker are not precise after the fall of the Empire, but we do know that Han and Leia Solo only had one child, that the New Republic never turned into the Galactic Alliance like you think it does, and that this much hyped Yuuzhan Vong War, never happened, at least not at the time period you think it did.

I did not want to disturb the one you called sister but she, and many of those around Luke and Leia did not exist in history.

There are a few possibilities about why you exist, but the truth is that in the end it's a fact that your acts will not bring peace to the galaxy Jacen, you will only case pain. So one more time, you say you're doing this for the future? A child perhaps?"

"What, how the hell did you find out about Allana? Did one of those worthless Hapes royals somehow get something out of Tenel Ka?"

"Tsc…I needed no outside information on that one Jacen, based on the legacy of Anakin Skywalker and your own cues I deduced it myself. But the Hapes you say? Ah, they were rather prideful, so prideful they annoyed everyone around them to jointly destroy them a bit after the legacy of Luke Skywalker but that's for another time.

I know even if I show you the holo recordings of what we have about history this very moment you will think this is a trick, but I just want you to know that for what it's worth, you're making a big mistake because you think it will amount to something when truthfully, it really does not."

Jacen paused for a moment and James readied his bow in case the man unleashed an explosion of rage. However, the red-haired man observed how Jacen just chuckled bitterly as he looked down." After our first battle with the First Order, my men were able to steal data from one of the First Order's Star Destroyers, they are so incompetent that those they are fighting must be even more incompetent to lose to them.

Relius and the others were able to break their systems defenses and we were able to access their data so I looked over their files to get a grasp at their plans. I found there, history files, baffling, almost as if it was a joke. We knew that their Supreme Leader Snoke was a fanatic, but history was altered even more than usual.

Yes…there data said that unlike the history I knew, to them Luke never publicly had the Jedi return, he went into hiding nearly right after the Battle of Endor and was never seen publicly again, and the Jedi never seemed to return.

While my mother became the head of the new Republic for a time, and would also become a Jedi Knight, in the history according to the First Order my mother never became a Jedi, and was just a normal senator who was respected but did not accomplish much. It was as if both Luke and my mother were, far weaker in this reality, I almost thought it was mere propaganda to discredit them.

But then, there was other data that seemed odd to make up. The First Order cherishes the Empire, but their history is that the Empire collapsed much faster than how it did for me, so fast that the New Republic had grown lazy with peace. In this " other" history they did not have their capital be on Coruscant , but Hosnian Prime and other worlds, shifting the capital in a attempt to be more democracy and appease everyone, only to satisfy no one. On top of that, even events before the Empire's fall unfolded differently.

The Death Star was built primarily in the Maw Installation, and was built by the top scientists of the Empire such as Raith Sienar, Tol Sivron, Qwi Xux, and Bevel Lemelisk, and others while being over seen by Admiral Daala, the secret lover of Grand Moff Tarkin, the man who blew up my mother's world with the Death Star.

However, according to the First Order, it was built by a scientist who did not even care about the military. Some Galen Erso who thought he was under some Project Celestial Power to restore worlds and that the Death Star was overlooked by an Orson Krennic, the Director of Advanced Weapons Research for the Imperial Military.

On top of that the files say this Erso gave the Death Star's flaw on purpose out of revenge of losing his wife to this Krennic, even the Death Star's power source is different in their files, based on the same crystals as the Jedi use for their light sabers. Tsc…even things like when Grand Admiral Thrawn was active was different for them. It was such nonsense that I thought it had to be distorted propaganda, the fact that the captive Ezra Bridger said such facts were the proper history meant little, after all the fool thought he could defend himself with a plasma slingshot, he seemed like a clueless pawn.

But now, your saying that everything I suffered, everything I experienced, my entire life is a sham? That I'm just an insane clone like Joruus C'baoth? That this clown Kylo Ren is the true successor?"

James saw sincere confusion in the man's face before he sighed." I can't say I have all the answers Jacen Solo, unlike the Beyonder I'm far from godly. I just do my best to gather all the data I can and figure out the best way to utilize it.

We both been through wars, albeit mine spanned the entire universe, and we both want to make the most of what we learned to try and make something better out of it. If nothing else, I do feel that you're not lying about you truly desiring a better world, however twisted it is.

But you're doing it the wrong way, I can say that without a doubt. Its true democracy is messy, it's not been easy keeping things together where I'm from either. It's true there are many shallow, superstitious people out there, but there are also honest people that don't deserve to suffer for sins they did not commit.

If your too aggressive people will resent you and want you gone, regardless if you use superweapons or not. Frankly, what I been gathering after the war's end is that no matter your intentions, people will resent you if you try and force your hand, if you're too aggressive about telling them what you want them to do.

Think about it, all the great leaders get people's support because they think it's their idea, even if half the time they are acting against their own interests. Sure, you can try and force people to bend to your will with overwhelming force, but even if it seems like the most direct path it's bound to fail.

Trust me as someone who's seen more of history unfold, even with the power of god people will resent you and one day undermined you.

That's why, if you want "true" peace, you have to make the masses you despise so much truly evolve, and truly care about it."

Jacen saw James was completely serious and just raised an eyebrow." What kind of farce is this? Your implying something like using the Jedi mind trick on every single being in existence to "make" them be good and just? The power of something like that, would require something far more than even the Centerpoint Station."

James calmly readjusted his glasses as he looked up at the make shift sun the Beyonder was using as his lair." Well, there are perks of having friends in high places, the highest of places. It's not all tricks, some of it is just trying to give everyone a good education. Some of it requires, something more ambitious than anything attempted in the history of the universe.

But one must be ambitious to change the status quo, and my friend, the hero who saved the universe in my time, is as serious and committed as I to making true change. So, I just want to know one last thing Jacen Solo. I have no idea where you truly are in history but are you truly committed to wanting to make change or just lashing out to feel good about yourself?"

Jacen saw James had his bow ready, but seemed curious before he winced. He then looked at his own light saber." Sounds like you're going for a path more aggressive then Luke but subtler then my own methods. I did not care if history despised me or not, I just wanted to force change to make sure history would not repeat itself. Tell me Enji, are you sure that your plans are not just based on your ego, that they will truly work and that you just want them to work?"

James sighed before he looked down." I can't see the future, not even visions like yourself. However, the data tells me that this is the most likely path to succeed, so I will do what I can to make this dream become a reality. So, are you going to still cling to your pride or, huh?"

The Enji Master was cut off as he saw a blue light flash above the sky, before suddenly Brevon and Alma, along with a squad of XFL soldiers, and bulky black and red Zin "Wardens."

Brevon saw Jacen's shock before he took out a sword. My apologizes Colonel Solo for intervening, but Relius, Skull-Face, and Full Frontal all concluded you're in danger so it would be best if you were warped back. I'm afraid time is running short, Snoke and his lap dog seem to be preparing to use Star-Killer soon."

Jacen saw James get into a fighting stance before he nodded." Well, we can't let that happen yes? Well Enji, one way or another we will see if your all talk."

The red-haired man quickly unleashed a barrage of energy arrows, but Alma made a command gesture and the two Wardens jumped in front of Jacen to protect him. As they got vaporized Jacen, Brevon, and Alam were wrapped away in a beam of light back to the Anakin Solo.

While the soldiers prepared to fire a barrage of energy meteors and lances composed of holy energy rained down to blow them away. James glanced behind him to see the attacks came from Jade, Tear, E-Omega and a few others walk up. Jade saw James's glance and just chuckled." Well I suppose that's not the worst end to negations I seen Master Elrond but neither was it the best."

James glanced around and saw that the Star Destroyer was not firing on him, possibly because Jacen's own forces were fighting some of the Gundam's above him before he sighed." It was not the ideal outcome Jade but neither was it a loss. At the very least I managed to gather some useful information and get a read for him. I think, the information I gave him will have an effect on the battle one way or another."

Tear raised an eyebrow before she looked up." You mean, you told Jacen Solo that he was not in history and that Kylo Ren was and so he was the fake? I can understand wanting to chip away the enemy's resolve but it's just, if we reveal to the enemy their true nature don't you think the Beyonder might interfere?"

"Fair point Tear, but while we can't absolutely assume things about a divine being bent on eradicating the universe, he seems a tad lax on a few things. I did not tell him the Beyonder recreated him, just what is true about his origins, that he likely came from fictional holothriller stories on the legends of Luke Skywalker. It's very likely he would have found this out when he confronted Kylo Ren, his master Snoke or one of the others, and that this was the Beyonder's intention.

A theory is that he wanted to see how one reacts but, I have no idea what such a chaotic deity truly wants. Let's just try and live long enough to find out yes? First thing's first, help are comrades take out the threats on both sides. Hopefully, there are no more traps among the minions still on the battle zone but be careful everyone."

The Enji Master's comrades nodded before James tried to figure out where his attention was needed most.

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At a glance to the left he saw that some of the others had helped Shulk's friends fight off Mumkhar, Gadot, and the other Mechon.

Mumkhar saw some of the Enji attack him before he snarled." Damn homs just can't face that yours obsolete eh? Fine by me, I don't get tired of making fools squeal!"

Sonic charged for the long-clawed enemy before he chuckled." Your one to talk since you don't realize you're a walking scrap pile! We took down tougher dudes then you creep, you may be a bit fancier then the Egg Man's bots but you're going down all the same!"

Mumkhar just snarled and fired an energy blast at the blue hedgehog, only for Sonic to eagerly show he was far from at his speed limit as he burst up and unleashed a spin dash in midair to smash the Metal Faced villain hard enough to knock him into the ground. As Sonic landed on the ground Gadolt aimed at him with his rifles." Mumkhar is correct organic…the time for the cosmos's evolution is at hand."

Before he could fire Samus grasped at him with her grabbling beam and swung above him before dropping a power bomb right on his head. The Jade Mechon noticed the Chozo bounty hunters ploy just in time to defend himself, but as the explosion knocked him forward Guy was ready, and just as Gadolt saw him the Enji Knight unleashed his Razing Phoenix Mystic Art to slash through the robotic enemy's rifle cannons.

Sharla winced as she saw her former lover yell in pain before she cried out," Wake up Gadolt! I don't know what those Mechon did to you but I know the man I love is still in there!"

"Damn hom's and your squealing, I'm not weighed down by your inferior emotions the only thing I care for is serving Lord Egil! Suffer, as we have suffered!"

He tried to fire at Sharla only for Luke Fon Fobre to deflect the attack with his sword. Gadolt sneered at this, saw that Reyn was blocking attacks with his back turned and prepared to snipe him.

Sharla saw the larger man about to get hit before she could warn him, and with a surge of desperate will aimed for part of the damaged circuitry on Gadolt's machines between its chest and right arm and fired just as it started to glow. The women sniper's aim was even truer then she realized, as the shot caused a back lash of energy, causing her target's entire right arm to be blown off.

Gadolt saw his entire outer Mechon body start to fail before he glared at Sharla. He was about to curse something out when the systems on the Mechon repressing his human memories begun to fail. As his old life suddenly flooded back into his eyes he yelled out," Ugh… Whose… voice… is that?! WHO… AM I?! AAAAAAAGGH!"

Sharla saw Gadolt crash in to the ground, and as she cried out to him Mumkhar sneered at his fallen comrade." Bah…Face Mechon or not he was as weak willed as the rest of the lot! Got to do everything myself!"

He tried to burst forward with his thrusters and stab Sharla with his claws, only for Reyn to block the strike with his shield. Mumkhar was shocked that the man was able to stand his ground, and as he got off balance the orange haired man spat out," Shut your trap you metal wanker! No matter how blood thirsty you are your never going to kill us all! In fact, your killing spree ends here!"

Dunban charged at the Mechon before he grasped his sword."That's right, you killed my sister you bastard! Maybe you're not programmed to feel remorse but I'll make you see what regret is as I avenge her! Worldly Slash!"

Shulk's mentor had his sword glow, and Mumkhar tried to slash him away only for Knuckle to punch him in the head. As the Faced Mechon staggered Dunban unleashed his attack, and succeeded in slashing his target across the face and chest. Dunban grinned as sparks burst out of where he slashed.

However, while he thought the enemy was done as an explosion broke out, his confidence wavered as he saw the Metal Face fall to the ground, and yet heard coughing noise from within the smoke.

The coughing was soon followed by a bitter," You always did have to be the big shot, eh Dunband?"

Dunband tensed up as he saw that there was a man in the middle of where Mumkhar's face was, but unlike Vestria and Gadolt he looked quite alive, and murderous.

Dunband blinked to make sure he was not seeing things, but as he saw the others were seeing the same thing he just closed his eyes." So…you survived the battle of Sword Valley after all, eh Mumkhar? Well, seems like survive is not quite the right word. Seems I should have searched the area with Dickson a tad more, after you fled like a coward!"

The man in the machine with wild brown hair and eyes just had a wide grin flash out as he stepped forward." Don't get the wrong idea Dunband, I'm here by choice! Sure the Mechon were not really keen on letting me walk away on my own back then. But in the end it was just choosing to be on the winning side!"

Reyn remember all the times Mumkhar caused him, Shulk, and their comrades woo during their fights with the Mechon before he snarled out," Winning side? You, you're the one that killed Fiora, and all the others in Colony 9, Alcamoth and more! I figured only a machine could be so cold, but you were supposed to be one of us!"

"Tsc, one of you?" Mumkhar sneered out." This is why you're a weak loser boy! I don't care about loyalty to either Homs or Mechon, I'm loyal to who the winners are because there is nothing more worthless then being a loser! I should have been the savior, but the Monado chose you over me because of sheer bad luck!

And now its chosen that sap Shulk! But I been denied what should have been mine for far too long! So, get out of the way, the Monado boy is going to pay up for the debt he has a long time coming!"

"The Monado is not something your worthy of touching "old" friend. "Dunband sneered out." You're not going to see Shulk again, because I'll cut you down where you stand! It was one thing when a mindless grunt killed my sister, but now that it was someone I once trusted, I won't be able to let myself live if I let the monster get away with it!"

"Then I guess you just won't be living much longer eh mate? Bah…you don't even understand how things really are you wanker! It's not like I was keen on gutting her, she was just being real stupid! I got a pretty good memory and it went something like, 'Fiora! Get outta there! Get out!' Hahaha, her screams were music to my ears, as my claws slid right through her soft flesh. Like a hot knife through butter!"

Dunband gave a cry of sheer outrage as he charged at his former teammate. Mumkhar licked his lips at seeing his former friend get riled up before he showed his outer body still worked, as he swiftly had his main energy cannon aim at Dunband and fire. Before the blast could hit the former welder of the Monado, Luke fon Fabre jumped in front of the blast before yelling out." Don't think we are letting a petty bastard like you having the last laugh freak! Lost Fon Drive!"

The red haired Enji Knight had his aura explode, moments later he unleashed his hyperressonance power. A wall of red energy erupted up around him and Dunband with enough force to counter act the blast. As Mumkhar cursed at the sudden turn of events the Enji from Kimlasca-Lanvaldear charged at him and unleashed a fury of sword slashes.

Luke's target was able to block with his claws but the red-haired man attacked at a faster pace than the half man half Mechon could keep up with, and after Luke hit Mumkhar with enough force to knock him off balance before he unleashed a massive energy blast from his Key of Lorelei sword.

The blast was powerful enough to force Mumkhar into the air, and as he tried to stabilize himself but Natalie quickly unleashed her Astral Rain Mystic Art to have a barrage of energy arrows rain down, and hit Mumkhar in the back all over his body, propelling him downward, right for Dunband. The expert swordsmen of Colony 9 saw his former teammate looking at him before he formed a deadly serious look." Mumkhar, this time we say good bye for real! Demon Slayer!"

"This... this... can't be happening... I DON'T LOSE! I'll kill you Dunband! "

As Dunband took an enhanced leap at him Mumkhar tried to slice him to ribbons with both of his claws. However, Dunband, having seen his old friend attack with his claws for over a decade knew the way he would strike, and changed his direction mid jump to avoid the claws before unleashing a powerful spinning slash. The slash hit home and sliced right through Mumkhar's heart and right side.

As Dunband landed on the ground Mumkhar coughed up blood, and as small explosions burst out around his mechanical body he coughed out." You bastard, you won't win, you can't win! Egil and that Snoke guy have a plan that the likes of you can't stop!"

Reyn just chuckled as his allies gathered around him before he gave the man who attacked his home the middle finger." Course we are traitor! Bad guys have kept saying we can't win and we will keep proving them wrong till it's over!"

"Damn…vermin!" Mumkhar cried out, before coughing out blood." You will see soon enough; how worthless you are in the face of god! Yes, losers like you can only die! Damn you Dunband!"

The one who betrayed humanity tried to tackle Dunband in one last desperate attempt, only for Sonic, Knuckles, Blaze, and Shadow to all hit him at once. Mumkhar gave one last cry of outrage before he blew up.

Dunband heard his former brother in arms fall silent before he sighed." Mumkhar…may you at last find peace, before going to hell at least. Well everyone, thanks for proving who's side your on and all that. What's going on?"

Everyone heard a tremor in the distance were the Jedi were fighting Jacen before the Desperado units intervened before Sonic chuckled." Sounds like the rest of are buds are helping the rest of you guys clean up shop here so we can get a move on! Even for me we don't have that much time to waste! So let's,"

Sonic was cut off as a laser zoomed past him. The member of the Justice Force saw that the blast came from a Dalek, one of many along with various lesser Mechon. The Daleks all just charged up their lasers while screaming their usual," EXTERMINATE! DALEKS ARE SUPERIOR!"

"Man it's a pain when tin cans don't have enough programming to know when they are beat!" Sonic threw out after rolling his eyes." Eh, that's something you can work on later Tails eh? All right, get out of the way you cheap Badniks! "

Sonic unleashed another light speed dash barrage as he and the others went to work taking out everyone in their way, and as they did the rest of their group was busy doing the same helping the Jedi.

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As annoyed as Luke Skywalker was over the mercenary soldiers getting in the way of settling matters with Jacen, even he had to admit they were skilled enough to not be taken lightly.

Jaina was even more annoyed then her uncle at being interrupted, but her opponent Mistral took advantage of her impatient to get a few cuts in with her L'Etranger spear. Jaina was even more frustrated that her opponent's spear was able to keep her lightsaber back and tried to break through the deadlock by dashing at the red-haired women with a burst of speed from the Force.

However, Mistral was all too happy to show her cybernetic enhancements allowed her to not only react in time, but turn the tables as she had her weapon suddenly take on a whip like nature, and quickly lashed out to grasp Jaina's hands. Just as the Jedi realized what happened Mistral had all the extra sets of hands on her body grasp Jaina to restrain her.

The female Wind of Destruction giggled as Jaina yelled in anger." Your supposed to be an elite warrior Jedi? Seems to me that without being able to push people around with your precious force your no true warriors, you're just a joke!"

Jaina wince before she glared at Mistral." Your right, I can't use the Force on you because of whatever modifications Jacen gave you. It's too bad I can't use the Force on anything else."

Jaina then let her lightsaber drop to the ground, and as it fell Mistral grinned, till Jaina grinned back, before using the Force on her lightsaber to have it float in midair and then send it upwards. Mistral started to notice what Jaina was doing, just as the lightsaber spun around like a fan and sliced through all of her arms at once. As Jaina caught her lightsaber she saw Mistral scream in pain and just shrugged." Who was reckless now? Too bad."

Mistral tried to scream out something but Jaina just cut her opponent's legs off and then kicked her hard enough in the face to knock her out. Raiden, who with Luke was fighting Sundower and Monsoon saw Jaina knock the Desperado fighter out before he glared at Sundower." Damn it get out of our way you bastard! Nothing Solo promised you matters if your dead before you could get it!"

"I thought you were a pro killer that fought with Solid Snake" Jack", but all your coming off of is a yellow-bellied wuss! For a true soldier, the ultimate fight is the only thing I need in the first place!"

Sundower cried out eagerly as he had his Bloodlust blades combined into a pincer before he charged and tried to rip Raiden apart. Before he could try, Luke Skywalker blocked the pincer thrust with his lightsaber, and as the taller man glared at him the Grand Master of the Jedi just gave him a solemn glance." You Winds of Destruction clearly have skills, it's a pity that while Boba Fett would see you as good Mandalorians , you're wasting those skills. You could use those skills to help bring peace."

"Tsc…you Jedi really are just a bunch of magical hippies!" Sundower growled out." You rant about peace when you don't even admit how good war is! What about all the good things war has done for us huh? Why don't we ever hear speeches about that?"

"I did hear speeches like that, from people who love to make others suffer."

"Bah…you're not listing! Jobs, technology, a common purpose…just give war a chance! If you won't, guess I just have to be part of the winning team to make the world I want become reality!"

Sundower had his moveable shields appear around him to try and ram Luke and Raiden, only for a red blade to come at him from the left at a speed fast enough to cut Sundower in the face.

The bald man saw the strike came from his former comrade Sam, and as the man with the red katana saw the glare he was getting he just chuckled." You always were over the top man but now you're as one note as one of those comic book villains"

"Never figured you would wuss out this bad Sam!" Sundower snarled out." You're the one who always said a weapon should never be denied its purpose!"

Sam got into a fighting stance before retorting with a wry," Oh it's not like I saw a vision and suddenly decided to be a pacifist or something cliché like that. It's just that, I'm willing to fight in what I believe in and all but only if I really believe it. Armstrong's plan already was farfetched but, even if it sounds nice I know there is no way in hell it will come true so I'll side with the team that's not going to totally screw me over thank you very much!"

"Bah…always thinking you were a hot shot when your just weak! Armstrong owned yah, and if your stupid enough to try and stop us I'm going to rip you apart! Your fancy Murasama sword still can't cut through my shields! I'm god damn invincible to the likes of you!"

Sam saw his former coworker try and cut him with his Bloodlust pincers and jumped out of its path. Before he could even prepare to strike back he saw the taller man's moveable shields defend him. The swordsman from brazil saw just how fast the shields moved before he put his sword into his sheath and got into the taito stance.

Sundower assumed Sam was at a lost at how to win and gave a battle cry before he swung his blades from the right to try and cleave his target in half. But as he did, Sam swiftly dodged, and pressed a button on his sheath.

His swords customized design his sheath contained a rifle mechanism with a magazine loaded and a trigger located below the sword's hilt. By triggering this mechanism Sam launched his sword so fast that it was a blur, before he unleashed a iaido style sword technique to slice at Sundower before the taller man, or his shields could react.

Sam's gambit paid off, as his customized move sliced through Sundower's shields before they could block the attack, shattering them, and also slicing deeply into Sundower's arms.

The bloodthirsty member of the Desperado commandos saw Sam grin before he bellowed hatefully." Son of a…think this will stop me traitor! Hell no, this is just a flesh wound, I'll rip you apart!"

Sundower tried to ram into Sam, only for Raiden to show what he thought by stabbing Sundower in his right shoulder. As the bald man glared at him Raiden glared back harder." Your killing spree is done! This is for Prime Minster N'mani you bastard!"

Raiden quickly sliced Sundower across the throat before he spun around and slashed his target's head off with the follow up slash. As Raiden saw the man who caused him substantial grief have his head land near him he saw Luke look at him before he chuckled bitterly." Sorry…you got to trust me when I say this guy did not deserve any mercy. Tsc…at least Solidus had ideas beyond bloodlust."

"It's alright Raiden. "Luke retorted." You're not a Jedi so you get more leeway. Besides, I'm not rigid enough to be blind to our situation. Just, don't start killing innocent people and I can stomach a little, brutality. Right now, we have to do what we can to defend what's important to us."

Everyone heard a snide laugh before Luke and Raiden both deflecting two incoming thrusts from Sais. Luke saw they came from Monsoon, and as the last Winds of Destruction drew his Dystopia Sai's back to him before he laughed." You Jedi cling to your memes like "Light" and "justice" but they are as fragile as every other meme across history! Mortals are merely pawns controlled by memes, in which it shapes people's will with any individual acting as a carrier to whatever memes had been passed onto them! If I can win Battle World, I can at last break the cycle!"

"You can be as into your meme ideas as you want Monsoon." Raiden spat out." But your so into them that you're too crazy to realize you have no chance in hell of winning now!"

"If I can just kill Luke Skywalker, they will revive me when this battle's over! Besides, you can't slice me up, and your Force tricks can't stop me either! You can just die!"

Monsoon showed off more of what his unique powers were as he used his Sai's to have all of the metallic wreckage around him so far be dragged above him, before with a wild yell he had the wreckage, which included many destroyed TIE fighters, mobile suits, and even parts of the warships that were destroyed so far to rain down as a massive sphere of wreckage.

Monsoon laughed as he prepared to see his targets get crushed he was shocked as Luke took a deep breath and used the Force to stop all of the raining rubble in midair. He then glanced at the Desperado mercenary and sighed." The Force may not be able to affect you but as long as a Jedi can use the Force he has many options. Besides, your modifications do nothing to effect other objects."

Monsoon tensed up as he saw the Grand Master of the Jedi use the Force to force everything his enemy threw at him right back in his direction.

The man with the sais tried to float his body out of the way, only to see that a large chunk of the ground had been ripped out of the ground by Kyp, and was thrown to cover the other direction. The black-haired Jedi aster just gave a slick grin before Monsoon cursed, and got smashed between two large objects, getting crushed in the process.

Kyp walked up to Luke, and saw the older Jedi was breathing heavy before he chuckled." Thanks for setting up that punk, he learned to late he was biting off more than he could chew testing Jedi Masters. Still…you really winded taking down a punk like that old man? I heard that Starkiller dude, er, the one Vader had as a pawn back in the pre-rebellion days was able to force down a Star Destroyer as just part of his day! Hell, I know you did more with the Force then that without even sweating!"

Luke had his eye twitch before he grasped his head." True enough Kyp, but it's been a very long few days. The Force is getting more and more, erratic. Hope the others can ready the Mortis Monolith soon, I can feel that we are closer to the moment of truth."

Jaina looked around and saw that the group fighting Mumkhar had joined the rest before she shrugged." Well, those Enji guys came through at least taking out all the grunts here, so let's hurry up and get after Jacen before he gets away!"

"I'm afraid your misguided brother has already eluded us for the moment Jaina."

James answered flatly as he walked up to the Jedi. Jaina saw how focused Ben's friend was before she yelled in frustration." Seriously? All your exotic spells and you could not do a thing to stop him?"

The Enji Master looked at the sky in the direction where the Anakin Solo Star Destroyer was before he sighed." I'm sorry, his allies came to his aide and I did not expect them to use warping technology till it was too late to act. Still, the encounter at least left its mark, hopefully rattling his resolve will give us a bit more time."

"Well I'll take your word on it but you guys seem like your being sloppy." Jaina blurted out." After all, I thought you guys were going to stick around and fight from the shadows on your ship?"

"That was the plan, but sadly one of the Beyonder 's direct agents, one of his Black Swans managed to catch us by surprise. I'm sorry for that, we are trying to rebound as best as we can."

Luke nodded before throwing out a firm," Its ok, trust me I know all about plans going awry. The question is, how do you plan to rebound from here?"

James looked around to see how everyone looked before he shrugged." Well…mostly just trying to clear enough of the hostiles out so we can try and launch a strike on the Star-Killer Base. As driven as Jacen seems to be at the moment, the Star-Killer Base still poses the most upcoming physical threat to us. Alright, is everyone here?"

Sonic looked around before he raised an eyebrow." Everyone but Lilac and her group. What's that girl doing? If she's fast enough to make me try hard I know she's too fast to be shot by these punks!"

"Not sure Sonic." Tails answered as he flew up with his tails and looked around." I remember they kept saying they wanted to help someone save their brother during all of this. Hey, that's them, right?"

Sonic saw his longtime pal point to the right, and everyone indeed saw Lilac and Carol in the distance running from what seemed to be a humanoid panda in regal attire riding a large green metallic peacock. The pilot of the weaponized peacock was busy firing lasers out of its feathers, and since there was many feathers Lilac and the others were running as fast as they could to avoid being vaporized.

As they came into James and the others vision the panda saw them and growled." You rats dare think you can outrun justice? Your allies can't save you, the unclean will be cleansed!"

Lilac saw how hateful the man looked before she rolled her eyes." Seriously, how can you be so loyal to the man who killed your father Prince Dail?"

"That's King Dail to you peasant! You know nothing, Lord Brevon opened my eyes and showed me how wrong my father was. That's right…all who oppose divine will, will face divine punishment!"

The brainwashed ruler of Shuigang had the thrusters on his robotic peacock go to full throttle to fly ahead of Lilac, Carol and the rest with enough force to nearly blow them off their feet. As Dail flew above them he had his eye twitch." You vermin must pay the proper punishment for defying your superiors!"

Lilaic's friend Milla saw how crazed Dail looked before she closed her eyes." Punishment? We are just trying to survive! I don't care what you say the law is I won't let you harm my friends!"

The white furred dog summoned her green energy barrier to block an incoming laser blast, and used the absorbed energy to unleash an even bigger laser. Dail saw the blast melt part of his machine's left wing off before he grit his teeth and had his machine's feathers all glowed before a massive blue energy orb formed." Why can't you vermin face the truth like I did? The weak have no rights. No one is above me, I rule this land and I will, GUH!"

Dail felt a force smash his neck and felt the wind leave him. He glanced up and saw that the man who struck him was a humanoid panda like him, albeit older and dressed in red ninja like attire with sunglasses. The man saw Dail glare at him and just glared back." I'm still above you, brother. And if you're going to be a weak-willed pain then I have to do something about it."

"Spade…you meddle now? Why…why were you, ugh."

Dail fell unconscious as the blow took its full effect. Before he could fall his brother, Spade caught him, and then had the mechanical Peacock land." Sorry Dail, not sure if I could have helped save father, but I'm not going to run now. Lilac…I knew you guys would get soft after leaving the scarfs!"

"Don't try and be so dramatic Spade things would have been fine but we are being shot at from all sides here! Still…thanks for that, managed to calm things down before they got too late."

"Yah about that…maybe it's my fault for being out of the loop but what are you trying to do before it's too late?"

"Oh…something about getting into the doomsday weapon. Speaking of that, there you guys are!"

Sonic ran over to Lilac and saw Spade before he chuckled." Glad you gals are alright, looks like you were in a bind till your bud showed up. Heh, guess you still have ways to go before your as pro as me."

Lilac blushed before blurting out," Hey I was holding back because he was brainwashed by Brevon otherwise I would have trashed his bird a while! Anyway, did you guys clear things up yet so we can get on with this?"

"Beats me I'm not the one to ask for tech questions. So, how's it looking Tails?"

Sonic's fox friend glanced back where the Great Fox landed before he winced." I guess…it seems it will boil down to how good Eggman's new bots really are at repairing ships."

James saw Robotnik flying over to him with his Egg mobile, with a still subdued Ramathel in a capsule with his Hard-Boiled Heavies flying around him. He saw the scientist give a defensive grin before he sighed." The Great Fox is stabilized for now, but the engines will not be ready to take off for at least half an hour.

That's time we don't have so we need to get ready to switch to plan B, or C. We can either try and size an enemy warship and use it to get into Star-Killer Base, or we each get on a Gundam and get on board individually. I realize they are not the best plans, but time is short so we must play with the hand we got."

Luke was about to respond when he heard something. He then closed his eyes before he grinned." We don't need to take such drastic options just yet James, we might have a plan F. Knew he would get clear, he always loved his timing. Theirs a ship coming, but it's on our side."

James looked up and saw what the Jedi said as a ship indeed was heading right for them, a grey freighter ship that James thought looked familiar, and seeing Jaina's face confirmed his thoughts as the female Jedi threw out an eager," Heh…I knew dad would not let the Millennium Falcon get shot down by anyone no matter how fancy their ships are!"

James nodded to his comrades as the Millennium Falcon landed in front of him. Before long a plank rolled out, and a man in his mid-fifties strolled out. He had greying hair, and was wearing a rugged outfit composed of a black jacket, black pants with a blasted hoisted on them and boots.

Despite his age he still had a half-lopped smile that could get many women to stir, and at his side was a tall wookie with a Bowcaster weapon and a black skinned man in a blue and black outfit.

As the man looked around Kyp broke the silence with a chuckle." Trying to be a big man even now Han Solo? Well…glad you still know how to dodge old man."

"I could say the same to you Kyp." Han threw out with bluster as he strolled down the plank. " There have been a lot of crazy things going on today but no matter what the other guys looked like they still were not fast enough to shoot down the Millennium Falcon! Still…I admit it was a good work out so I had to pull off my best moves. Still, seemed like at least some of you guys could use a ride eh? Heh, guess that's like, the hundredth time you owe me eh kid?"

Luke chuckled as he and Han grasped hands before the Jedi muttered." If it makes you feel better Han, though I still say two dozen of them don't count. Either way, your timing's even better than the time with Vader on the Death Star. I'd almost say you had the Force."

"Close kid, just got pushed by someone who did. Eh Leia?"

James and co turned to the right to see Leia, along with C3PO and R2 walk up. Luke's sister just smirked as she crossed her arms." You're not the only one keeping a close eye on the battle. Once Rouge Squadron saw are new teammate's ship go down I figured you guys might need a lift. Thanks for making sure Flyboy stayed on target Lando."

Han's longtime friend just chuckled before he waved to all the ladies in the group." No problem Leia, was not about to let down all the lovely ladies, right? Well, Winter's makes me happy but figured I be a good wingman and get old Chewie here a gal. Ah don't give me that look Chewie of course I was serious, not my fault you were dead for over a decade and your just back to life now!"

As the Wookie roared something Jaina just rolled her eyes." Act your age guys, we don't do something no one's going to be able to go on a date again! Just hope you remember to fuel the Falcon!"

Han looked at Jaina for a second, before his eye twitched. He grasped his head, and then chuckled." Well…at least you would not be able to date Fel anymore. Seriously though Jaina when have I ever dropped the ball making sure the Falcon's ready? She's ready to go if you guys are fast enough to get on in time!"

Samus eyed the Falcon carefully before she looked at Han." This bucket is going to get us into the enemy base? It was one thing when we had a heavily modified ship like the Great Fox to break through but this thing does not look like it will even last even if it's not going to get shot at. Can…we even all fit in there?"

"Hey listen fella!"

"I'm a woman cowboy."

"Damn it, someone like Fett with the helmet eh? Whatever, listen lady the Falcon's an ace at getting on board superweapons! And don't worry about space, it will be cramped but the Falcon's been," Customized" for extra space, you all can fit if you pack your guts in."

James looked at the Falcon before he glanced at Han and shrugged." Well, I know all too well how much Max delighted in customizing the Tri-Edge to stack the deck in his favor. With the Star Fox team and the Gundam's giving us back up there is a decent chance we can make it on board, decent enough to take. Of course, getting pass Star-Killer base's shields will post a challenge but, with the Wing-Zero and the other Gundam's we should have enough space guns to break through."

Threepio suddenly looked alert before he ran up to the others." Master Luke, you should know BB-8 was captured along with Rey, but he was able to transfer a access code to Artoo, and it should be enough for us to at least lock on to the Star Killer Base! Granted the odds of success still are twenty-five to one but I suppose they are better than when Master Solo got us out of the Asteroid Belt."

Han just laughed before he patted the protocol droid hard enough to make him stagger." Glad your catching on Goldenrod! Only took you, a few decades. See it will be fine, will be easier then when I beat the record on."

Jaina cut her father off with a moan," No one wants to hear you talk about the record on Kessle dad just show you can deliver! I know it's not the most impressive ship guys but it does deliver so are you on board or not?"

James glanced at Luke before he grasped his bow tightly." If the Jedi trust him, then that's good enough for me, now's not the time to be picky. Every moment wasted gives both the so called" Darth Cadeus" and Kylo Ren time to intact their plans."

Han winced before he looked at Leia." Don't have to tell me twice specs, I saw him during the battle. Leia, I saw are son. I saw him, act like a monster."

As Leia looked remorseful Jaina just chuckled." Yah we butted heads with Jacen but no matter what he's calling himself these days he's not as above us as he thinks. Don't worry, we will stop him."

Han and Luke looked at each other before he chuckled bitterly." Yah honey, Jacen's got to be stopped. After everything, last thing I wanted was to shatter our family even more but after all this, guess it's too late now, even Vader's not as deep in the dark side as, my son is now."

Leia looked conflicted before she grasped Han's face." It's not too late, I know there is still light in him, in B, in my son! Just reach out to him Han, and blast whoever is whispering into his ear in the face!"

"Leia…Luke could not get him to turn around, how the hell am I going to pull him back?"

Leia and Luke looked at each other, and saw James trying to look as detached as he could before she smirked." Luke may be a Jedi, but even if you're not a Grand Master of the Force, your still his father! Just, do what you can."

Han saw Jaina looking confused before he sighed." Well, with how crazy things are this is going to be a real pain. But I guess I have a knack for pulling the impossible by now, should be easy compared to convincing you to marry a scruffy nerf herder like me eh? Even if I have to wish it in this stupid contest I'm going to get my family, my life back no matter what! So, are you slackers ready or not?

C'mon, we have another Death Star rip off to blow up. Leia, want to tag along?"

Leia winced before she looked up." I can't fly boy, even if it makes me a sitting duck someone has to coordinate things down here. Just think of it like back on Yavin, as a reason not to slack off you here? "

Han saw Leia was looking conflicted before he nodded." Well, not going to argue you on that. Alright folks, if you're coming on board get in."

James nodded before he looked around, then saw Ramathel still glaring at him bitterly in the capsule before he sighed." Let Robotnik in first everyone, we can't risk are uninvited guest being able to break free."

Master Chief grasped his rifle tightly as he looked at the Black Swan." Are you sure you want to bring her aboard after she already wrecked one ship? With all due respect, having her around in such a hostile area is like dealing with a ticking bomb."

"Bomb?" Han blurted out as he glanced at the still subdued Ramathel." I smuggled a lot of things over the years but I've lived that long because I did not drag around ticking thermal detonators!"

"No worries Mister Solo." James retorted." It's risky but I assure you this is the best option we have available, while risky its better we have a close watch on this girl less she manages to escape to cause further havoc."

"True but what if another one of her Swan buddie's poofs down from the sky to bail her out?"

Sonic added. James paused for a moment before he cleared his throat." Let's…just get to the target zone before anything else has a chance to go wrong yes?"

While Han looked uneasy Johnny Gat patted Han on the back." Don't worry boss man, these guys looked totally square at first but they have some hard-core moves. It will be fine, so let's mess those freaks up am I right?"

Han looked at Gat, then at Luke before his old friend gave him a reassuring nod. The pilot of the Millennium Falcon nodded before everyone gave quick good byes and the group packed themselves into the Corellia ship with just enough room for most people to wiggle their toes. Leia saw her husband, brother, and the rest take off, and quickly shoot down a TIE Fighter and fire a missile at a charging mobile suit.

C3P0 saw how tense Leia looked before he got in front of her." Don't worry P, Commander Leia Master Luke and Master Solo will do whatever they can to reach your son. Why…I do think that the odds are good that they will have a better chance of reaching out to him then your mother Padme did at reaching out to Darth Vader."

Leia just gave the protocol droid a deadpanned look before he flinched." Or…at least that's what the data says, even though I was around at that time my memories of that time period were erased so I'm just going on what Artoo gave me. Blasted prankster always has to."

Leia sighed before cutting him off with," I know they will reach out to him goldenrod, but I can't stop dreading how it will turn out. Things are so, unstable. Jaina…I'm so sorry but while I care for you, I have to do what's right in my heart, I have to reach out to what feels like family, in my heart. Everything depends on, who runs into who first."

Leia tensed up as she saw that the Anakin Solo and Finalizer Star Destroyer's, along with various other ships and mobile suits clash. As she saw explosions erupt near her she hurried back to the other Jedi as she hoped things were not as bad as she feared.

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As she did, the one that called her mother, Jacen Solo, was forcing himself to figure out the best way to deal with the information James gave him.

After being warped back to the Star Destroyer by Brevon he at once went to his private quarters in the ship. After making sure his presence was not needed on the bridge he opened a passage way to a private chamber he had installed on the Star Destroyer, a chamber devoted to things that embraced his true nature as a Sith Lord.

As Jacen entered a black hall way his thoughts went back to what James said, and the data he got from the First Order, before he cringed.

He tried to use one of the powers he learned in his five-year trip to master all knowledge of the force, the power to see through time. When he attempted to use this Flow Walk skill, all he saw as Kylo Ren, and Rey, before he was forced back to the present.

Being so rapidly snapped out of the future caused Jacen to stagger, before he cursed out." Damn it…was that Elrond telling the truth? Is, everything I been through, everything I worked for, a lie? My child, my ambitions, are all fake? No…I refuse to accept that! I'm not some deluded being like C'baoth, I know my destiny is real! I'll confirm it, with the oldest power in existence! If there was ever a time for its use, it's now."

Jacen slammed a button and the lights in the wide chamber turned on. They revealed a blood red object that looked like a disembodied eye with wings on each side. Membranes stretched between jointed fingers of vanes like webbing. The dull amber surface seemed covered in a tracery of blood vessels.

The sphere glowed as Jacen entered, and its eyes widened before Jacen felt a robotic voice in his mind." You seem…troubled. Your focus has never felt this, lose."

Jacen had a bitter grin sprout before he nodded." I've found information, very troubling information. I have no time for games so I'll be blunt. Is what you said before true, is it still a fact out of everyone here, no one is more fitting to be the true lord of the Sith, the true champion of the Dark Side?"

"Yes." The voice from the ship uttered instantly." Nothing has changed, your still prime Sith material. Though, your transformation is incomplete. As Lady Lumiya said you must pass the ultimate test of selflessness—whether you're ready to face unending emotional pain, true agony, to gain the power to create peace and order for billions of total strangers.

That is the sacrifice. To be vilified by others, by people you know and care for, and for your personal sacrifice to be totally unknown to those billions you save, to do your duty as a Sith. To do your duty for the good of the galaxy."

Jacen had his eye twitch before he snapped out," I did that without hesitation! My own public image, the bounds I had with my family and friends, I threw that all away for the means to at last end the cycle of endless war! But I did not do all that for a farce! If this was just a trick to get revenge on Luke and my parents, I'll destroy you and make sure even a Sith Sphere like you feels pain and fear!"

"I am not programmed to lie, Jacen Solo."

The organic ship retorted. "But that does not mean your future is absolute. You must have the proper resolve to weld the power for the desired future. To do that, to truly become the successor of the Sith you must have the will of the ruler. You must Immortalize your love, Darth Cadeus."

Jacen grasped his lightsaber tightly before he glanced behind him to see Brevon and Relius, the members of his Conclave he trusted with his more, ruthless secrets. He then shrugged." Well Relius, what does your readings say?"

The masked man in purple just chuckled." The nature of this ship is, unique, but Ignis has scanned it enough to conclude its not lying to you."

"Very well…then let's begin purging all those that dare challenge my supremacy. Brevon, is the boarding party ready?"

Brevon glanced behind him and saw besides Serpentine were a dozen human like beings that all had armored masks, had dreadlocks and were extremely well armed. He then grasped his own sword." The Yautja are all ready to board at your command Solo. They are, quite eager to prove they are the ultimate hunters in existence, and to be honest I'm eager to see them in action."

Relius then glanced behind him and saw five identical looking bald men in black armor, all welding lightsabers and having their eyes twitched before he chuckled." The Star-Killer units are all ready as well.

From what I'm told they are not quite as, stable as the original Galen Marek but, they are stable enough to get the job done and prove excellent distractions. After all, you have to protect what's most precious to you, yes?"

The nearest Starkiller clone had his eye twitch before he yelled out," JUNO! Must, protect, Juno!"

Relius sighed before he grasped his fist and all of the Starkiller clones suddenly looked passive." Like I said, they are not, as stable but they will keep together long enough to serve their use. A fitting pawn for the true successor of Darth Vader yes Colonel?"

"Indeed." Jacen uttered coldly before he looked back at the Sith Sphere." At first I was not sure if Ben finding you on Ziost amounted to anything more than some amusement, but you truly are the key to my victory after all eh? I'll be making use of your power ship, prepare to ram right through the Star-Killer base so my and my elite comrades can kill this Kylo Ren, his master Snoke and all the others of this First Order so that my new world can begin. One thing first, I want you to awaken her."

"Are you sure? Her feelings about you, have not changed."

"We will see, like I said the situation has changed, and I must make use of all of my assets. Do it now."

The Sith Sphere paused for only a few moments, till its surface rippled, and something bound by wires emerged out of its center. The object was in fact a person, a gorgeous women with flame red hair to her shoulders, emerald green eyes and dressed in torn black leather attire made for battle.

The women stirred for a few second, and instantly opened her eyes like a caged animal. She thrashed about till she saw Jacen, and yelled in outrage. She then saw Jacen was motionless, and chuckled bitterly." Aw…what's wrong Jacen? Getting cold feet at being a Sith Lord? What is this, want to feel even better about yourself?"

"I don't have time to humor you, Aunt Mara Jade. I'll cut to the chase. Much has changed since you tried to kill me, but now I need your help."

Mara raised an eyebrow before she spat at her nephew's direction." You really lost your mind eh? Think you can mock me Jacen? I don't care how much you learned, I swore I would not let another emperor happen in my watch! I should have killed Palpatine, but I'll make up for that with you!"

"Tsc…first of all you're the one with a bloated ego if you think you ever had a shot at killing Darth Sidious. Second of all, I understand your, rattled, but it's in your best interest to stop being so petty. Your son's life depends on it."

"Ben? What did you do to him? I swear to."

"It's not me you should be focusing your rage on Mara. Heh…the Force was ironic when we were warped to battle world right before I could kill you, but I can't deny your skills as a former member of the Emperor's Hand. And I won't deny I need those skills now, to save Ben.

You and I don't see I to eye to say the least, but we both would rather not have Ben die. You can disagree with me as much as you like on what the proper path for him is, but I always cared about him.

However, Kylo Ren, the man who now has him captive has no such concern, in fact he might be fanatical about killing him if my suspicions prove valid, so if you want to save your son, you will help me board the enemy base and stop him before that happens."

Mara froze for a few seconds, and used her own Force skills to realize Jacen was not lying. As she slowly nodded Jacen begun to brief Luke Skywalker's wife about all she needed to know.

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As he explained just what the current threat was, said threat was grilling another women, Rey. After being knocked unconscious Rey awoke to find herself bound to a angled platform in a high tech cell, with Kylo Ren staring at her face. Rey made a gasp, and saw Ren was as still as a statue.

The women from Jakku glanced around and only saw Ben Skywalker to the right, still unconscious in his own platform. She saw Ren was still motionless before she winced. "Where am I?"

"Does the physical location really matter so much?" In Kylo Ren's voice there was unexpected tenderness. Not quite sympathy, but something less than the hostility with which he had bared at her before." You're my guest."

"I feel so privileged…who else is a guest to your little genocide party? Where, where is everyone? The ones who were fighting with me?"

Ren just grasped his fist tightly.": You mean the traitors…the hypocrites…the heretics you called allies? Consider carefully now: I could easily tell you they were all killed, righteously slain in battle. But I would prefer to be honest with you from the start. You will be relived to hear that as far as their current status and well-being is concerned, I have no idea."

She stared at him. Though at the moment he was calm, she could not escape the feeling that with a wrong word, one wrong gesture an unsatisfactory response might set him off. Ren looked at her as if she had just spoken aloud. For all the chance, she had of hiding her emotions from him, she realized, she might as well have voiced her feelings.

"You still want to kill me," he muttered. "

"That happens when you're being hunted by a psychopath in a mask."

She had a moment to ponder his possible reaction and to fear it. But he did not do what she expected. Instead, he reached up, unattached, and removed his mask. She just stared at him in silence.

In itself the narrow lanky face, beady eyes, long nose, and long unruly oily black hair that made up Ren's true face was not remarkable. It was not ominous, not even aggressive, it was almost sensitive. If not for the intensity of his gaze, Ren could have passed for someone she might have met on Jakku. But his gaze, and what lay shimmering behind it that put her on edge.

After a few moments Ren just walked forward." Is it true? "He finally asked." You're just a scavenger?" She didn't respond, and he almost looked awkward before he cleared his throat." Why…why did Luke Skywalker and his disciples entrust everything to you, a simple, solitary, scavenger, to his trump card? Sheer desperation? Insanity? I know you seen his plan. It's what I need. At the moment, it is all that I need."

While Rey kept up her poker face he just winced, looking unfocused." I can take whatever I want…lesser beings can't deny me what I want."

A chill crept down her spine before she blurted out," Then…you don't need me to tell you anything."

"True." He rose, resigned." I would have preferred to avoid this. Despite what you may believe, it gives me no pleasure. I will go easily as possible but I will take what I want."

Ray braced herself as his hand rose to her face. He touched her, and hesitated. She struggled to resist his force probe, he pushed into her, brushing aside her awkward attempts to keep him out.

While he probed her mind, he spoke softly. "You been so lonely," He murmured as he searched for what he needed." So afraid to leave." A thin smile crossed his face." At night, desperate to sleep, you'd image an ocean. I can see it…I can see the island." And Han Solo," Ren continued relentlessly." He feels like the father you ever had. A dead end, that vision. Let it go. I can tell you for a fact he would have disappointed you. After all the smoke and mirrors, that's all Han Solo ever does."

All the anger and terror bottled up insider he came out as she turned to meet his stare.

"Get…out…of…my…mind!"

It only made him lean in closer, enhancing her feeling of total helplessness as a small smile crept across his face." Rey, you've seen this Mortis Monolith. It's in their. And I'm going to take it. Don't be afraid…this is natural order."

"No…I'm not giving you anything."

His response reflected his unconcern." We'll see."

Narrowing his gaze and focus, he locked eyes with her. She met his gaze without trying to look away. While the rational idea would be to look away, she just glared, trying not to flinch, not to blink.

"A…of something of interest. Not the Monolith…something else worth investing."

He shifted his perception toward it, seeking to identify, to analyze, when just as he saw an image of Luke Skywalker his vision turned blank, and it was Kylo Ren who blinked. Blinking in shock he pushed harder with his mind, and felt his mental probe make no progress.

The look of amazement replaced the fear on Rey's face as she discovered herself inside his mind. Stunned at the realization, she blurted out." You…you're afraid. That you will never, never be as strong as Darth Vader!"

Ren's eyes widened like he just got shot as his hand pulled sharply away from her face as if her skin suddenly became magma. Confused, rattled, he stumbled back from her. Her gaze locked on to him, and something had changed. Rey felt a flicker of resolve before she grasped her fists." For all your posturing, in the end you know you will never live up to him, or Luke Skywalker! You're just a pretender!"

Ren had his eye twitch before he suddenly erupted with rage and sent a shockwave to smash her all the way into the wall." Your wrong, you're just a simpleton from a worthless world that understands nothing! I'm the one who surpasses everyone, and soon everyone that denies that will suffer! You…you can't deny me!"

Ren went for his lightsaber when suddenly a storm trooper walked in." Sir! The Supreme Leader has requested your presence!"

"Not now!" Ren snapped out." I'm correcting something that must be fixed! Damn it, this is your fault, you broke my focus!"

"Sir…I did not arrive till you were done with...whatever you were doing. Er...it's just that it's just that J…the Cabal's forces are surrounding us! That Full Frontal has some hidden machine. Furthermore, the Millennium Falcon is heading in this direction. Are agents tell us that, Luke Skywalker and the new group are all on the ship!"

Ren looked like someone being told their ex was coming inside before he cracked his neck." Han Solo is coming, here is he? That trash, at last he is owning up to what a miserable loser he is! Why did you not say so? Focus every single gun we command and blast that damn ship into space dust!"

"With all due respect sir while the judgment of the others is that while the Falcon is a threat if we neglect the other threats the base's defenses could be compromised. That's why Lord D, GUH!"

Ren showed how little he cared for the trooper's remark by suddenly stabbing him in the throat. As the trooper gasped in pain Ren looked like he was going to snap as he ran up and pulled the trooper deeper into his saber." You think I care what you think? That was unwise of you soldier, after all this time how could you be so stupid? Damn it, it was your fault I lost focus and this damn girl made a fool out of me! YOUR FAULT!"

The head Knights of Ren smashed the soldier into the wall with the force, again and again while howling out."Han Solo has to die…every last cell of that pathetic loser as to be purged from existence! It's because cowards and fools like you little people let things go on that things are how they are.

But soon…I'll correct the grave injustice, soon, the worthy will take back what the unworthy weak parasites took from them and justice will be restored, just like my grandfather, like my legacy wanted! So beg for forgiveness for getting in the way of the worthy!"

The trooper just gargled out something and Ren just snarled before crushing him so hard with the force that his body broke apart. His eye then twitched like he had rabies before Ray saw him stagger over to a pillar that was surrounded in ash. Ren suddenly bowed before muttering,"Forgive me…I feel it again. Every time I hear that name, I feel that damn feeling. I don't…mean to feel it, it's the damn instinct all those parasites planted in me! Yes…the call to the light…it keeps gnawing away in my head! Supreme Leader…and the others sense it.

But…I'll prove to everyone that I'm without a doubt the worthiest of them all, not that imposter Jacen or anyone else! I just…I need to remember your resolve! So please, show me the power of the darkness. And I will let nothing stand in our way! So please…show me the path, show it to me grandfather!"

Rey wormed her head to see just what Ren was talking to, and gasped as she saw the object of Ren's fervor: A ghostly, deformed mask that had once belonged to another. To a figure of rumor and legend and fear. Misshapen and malformed as it was, even Ray had seen enough to know after just a few moments that it was the helmet of Darth Vader.

Ren suddenly took up Vader's helmet as he looked more unhinged. "Show me the path to true power, so I can finish what you started! Just need to keep the heretics back a little while longer, and my Star-Killer will be the chariot that purges all the heathens.

Then, Rabum Alal will have to see I am the true winner, and I'll make my reason, the reason of Yosuga a reality. Those who are useless and weak do not deserve to live and will be purged from society. Only those who are strong may rule, and power is acknowledged as the only thing of value. The weak will forever serve the strong, they will forever serve, worship me! Things will be as they should be, those who don't see my greatness will not be allowed to exist!"

Rey tried not to be overwhelmed with dread as she spat out," You…you really are related to Darth Vader and am not some fanatic?"

"QUIET!" Ren snapped out as he unleashed a burst of energy to cause the entire room to his helmet off, Rey realized just how unstable and erratic he looked with each breath." It's your fault for doubting me, for not seeing my greatness! It's all of you lesser beings fault for not seeing things clearly! You will all pay for denying me what's mine, every last one of you! Yes, no more deluded fools who dare mock me for not being as " fun" as Han Solo or as " dependable" as Luke Skywalker, they will not be allowed to exist! So just cling on to hope foolish scavenger, with the wisdom of the Supreme Leader I'll burst every last one of your hopes till even a single-minded fool like you will have to see that it's not Luke Skywalker, Han Solo or anyone else who's superior, but me!"

Ren slammed the pillar where Vader's helmet was to put back on the energy shield before he walked out of his personal chambers. As the door slammed down Ben Skywalker at last woke up before he saw Rey looking pale and raised an eyebrow." Huh? Your…that girl that's been hanging around with d, with the Grand Master. What is this place?"

Rey gulped before muttering," The sanctum of a madman, one that will destroy everything to make his insanity become reality. One…that has to be stopped at all costs."

Authors Notes: Sorry for the delay, I should be on track now, though I am going to hopefully start up subbing again so I'll be a tad busy. Alright I know I have another big one today so lets hopefully clear up some confusion.

Vestara Khai: was the romantic interest of Ben Skywalker that came from the Fate of the Jedi book series. She was introduced after the arc with Jacen Solo but for the sake of, having her I mixed things up a bit. While it felt like cheap writing to randomly introduce a whole entire planet of Sith, the conflict between Ben Skywalker and a women who's lived as a Sith Lord was well done for the most part, and sadly the conflict between them never got resolved so, I'll try and give my take on closure to that.

The Sith Sphere is another unresolved plot line from the EU timeline. Introduced in the middle of the Legacy of the Force arc, it was as you see a talking ship that, more or less seemed invincible and survived the end of the EU...another unresolved thing I hope to address with this arc lol.

Meanwhile the Hard-Boiled Heavies are the bad guys in the recent Sonic Maina game, I figured I could have some fun with Robotnik in this arc, hopefully it will not be a waste lol.

That should be it for now, I did not forget the fleet battles, that will be addressed next chapter as I , simply did not want to cram that all in today's chapter lol. Sorry for the wait but hope it was worth it, see you guys next time in Chapter 219: Those Wrapped in Black, Those Bound by the Shadow of Darth Vader!