Well I am back after some time (A long... long... LONG! time.) and I have returned. I am sorry for not always updating but I am busy with IRL stuff out of this. Other stories, school, work, so yeah I am very busy so I am sorry for taking so long. I am kind of losing my mojo with the story, trying to bring it back up and will most likely be back up when a certain arc come into place. Anyways onto the review responses:
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People, if this story hasn't been updated, it's because of three reasons! ONE: I have fourteen other stories to work on! I can't get to this story at a moment's notice. Two: It takes time to actually work on the story and I get WB sometimes. And THREE: I HAVE STUFF OUTSIDE OF FANFICTION! I have school, work, etc. I can't get to my stories instantly but when I do I try as fast as I can. So everyone stop asking to update because that won't get it any faster. However now I have officially graduated!
Okay moving on we have the Guardian voting poll:
Titans: 3(Done)
Hunters: 2(Possibly completed)
Warlock: 0
Villain: 0 (For now)
So Titans are done I am thankful for everyone for them. Sorry for those I did not choose, I greatly apologize.
Pairings:
Drake (Harem): Padme Amidala, Ahsoka Tano, Shaak Ti, Luminara Unduli, Aayla Secura, Awoken Titan (My OC), Riyo Chuchi, and Human Titan (My OC).
I think we are good on him.
Lyle/Sera Ketto
Cole/Barriss
Kara/Secret (No it is not that fucking little shit Lux. Fuck him.)
Alright everyone now with that done I hope you guys enjoy this chapter. I'm gonna try.
Chapter Six: The Raid on the Senate
(Senate Building)
Drake stared up at the massive building before him, while not as tall as say the Tower it was still wide, even wider than the Tower and had a dome like surface on top. The reason he came was he wanted to hear any news of recent battles that his team should take place in, he didn't know many Senators here so he was going to ask Padme. True his team hasn't decided whether or not they are helping the Republic but if they were, they at least need to be prepared. Luckily she gave him the number of the floors
"So, what exactly are we here for again?" Cole asked, his hand constantly gripping his holstered Last Word, ready to draw at a moment's notice. Drake looked over at his Hunter friend who was leaning on one of the statues. Cole decided to tag a long so he didn't get bored, while Lyle and Kara stared behind to do whatever they wanted to do in the meantime.
"We need info on battles that are still taking place across the galaxy. Get a ship, head to that planet, and help them out. We just need to meet Padme for this information." Drake said as he walked up the stairs.
"So...business as usual?" Cole asked as he followed after the Titan.
"Yes, we're not on vacation, Cole." Drake said as they walked up the stairs and towards the doors.
"You know, you are one of few people I know who can take the fun out of anything." Cole said as the two walked further into the building.
"We're not here for games, Cole, I simply want to get my information and get back on the battlefield." Drake said as they walked over to one of the elevators. Quite frankly he didn't like being in a new place, one that was bigger than what he was use too. The first time being at the Tower he was very nervous where he was, he got lost in the main hanger.
"That's why you don't have a girlfriend." Cole said, making Drake glare at him. "Have some spirit! Have fun! Don't be Mr. Serious All The Time." Cole said. "Zavala's already taken that spot." He added.
"I have to be when we are on a new world in someplace far away from our home. There might not be a way home so in the meantime we have to find someway to help this place…...even if it is confusing." Drake said as he crossed his arms as the elevator doors closed.
"Then start by looking for the fun stuff!" Cole said, as he pressed the floor they were going to. "You know sooner or later down time will come our way, and whether you like it or not, majority votes will happen, and even if not, you have a Kara." Cole said, as if the mere mention of her name was enough to describe everything else. Drake sighed as he realized his friend was right, it wasn't that he was always serious, it's just being far from home, especially this far was making him ever more stressed out.
"How about this, we get the info we want, and afterwards we all go get something to eat?" Drake asked.
"...That's a start, though I pick the joint." Cole said.
"Done." The Titan finished as the two fist bumped. "... What do you think Kara would do if we we were bored?"
"Sleep overs." Ghost informed from within Drake which Cole heard.
"Please don't remind me." Cole said. He then shuddered. "All those time she had them back at the Tower…" He shuddered again. The door opened and the two walked out looking around for Padme's door.
"She said she was on this floor." Drake said as he looked for a certain door.
"She's a few doors down on the right." Ghost informed.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" The two walked down the right until Ghost appeared in front of a door. Drake looked at the Hunter and his Ghost.
"You two stay right here, I'll just ask her a few questions and be back." Drake said as the door opened.
"Yeah, sure, not like I want to go anywhere in this building." Cole said. Drake smirked as he walked in and the door closed on him.
"...Want to play a game?" Ghost asked.
"Depends." Cole said.
"How about a guessing game? Who can guess what species is what here?" Ghost asked.
"Seriously?" Cole asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's better than nothing and standing in awkward silence." Ghost stated.
"...Point taken." Cole said. "Though I don't really feel like standing around either." He said. Inside Drake stood on the other side of the room while Padme sat behind her desk typing on her holo computer. She was so focused on her work she just noticed Drake.
"Oh hello Sir Titan." Drake was surprised by the title.
"Please just call me Drake, not use to the word Sir." Drake said as he walked towards her desk.
"Well what can I help you with?" The Naboo Senator asked as she stopped what she was doing.
"Well I was wondering if you had any info on some battles taking place?" The Titan asked as he stood in front of her desk.
"Well let me look through my data, though I am curious why you want that kind of information?" Padme asked.
"Well my team hasn't fully agreed in helping your Republic in their fight, so we might as well find something to keep us occupied." Drake said with a shrug.
"I see, well let me look." She said as she looked through the holo computer. The two stood in silence, Drake hands behind his back as he stood in front of her desk with Padme typing.
"It's very quiet in there." Ghost muttered as he leaned to the door.
"Uh huh." Cole said, quick drawing his Last Word and holstering it like a cowboy over and over.
"I wonder what's taking so long…..and what is that tall creature?" Ghost said as the two watched a pale white long neck creature walk past them, both confused on what just walked past them.
"I believe that's...I got nothing." Cole said.
"Should we ask?" Ghost asked while the Hunter shrugged. Back on the room Padme sighed, which didn't go unnoticed by Drake.
"Something wrong Senator?" The Titan asked.
"Can I ask you something Drake?" Padme asked as she looked up at the Titan.
"Of course."
"...Why would you want to fight for us?" She asked, the question surprising Drake. The Titan was not expecting this kind of question, but knowing she wanted an answer he thought she would get one.
"Well it's my job as a Guardian, to protect people in need." Drake answered.
"But why? Don't you wish to go home? Find a way or something." Padme said. Drake sighed under his helmet as his shoulders dropped.
"Even if we wanted to go home, we can't, we have no idea where we are." Drake said as he walked around her desk and stared outside.
"I have several things to do as a Guardian. One: Look after the innocent people who didn't deserve this. Two: Use our powers responsibly. Finally: Look after my family." Padme eyes widen at the word of the Titan. He seemed very determined on protecting people, those that didn't even ask for it.
"Right now we only have each other in this crazy galaxy, so we're sticking together." Drake said. Padme said nothing as she could feel the determination radiate over the Titan.
"I see, I'm sorry if I sounded like I offended you." Padme apologized. Drake chuckled as he looked over at her.
"It's alright…..but may I ask you something?" Drake asked.
"Of course."
"Why are you apart of all this?" Drake asked. Padme sighed as she stood up and stood next to Drake as they looked outside the city.
"I am Queen of my home planet, well was. Now I fight not for just the ending of this war but the ending of all suffering." Drake looked over at Padme.
"My group is about stopping the taxing and funding to create more soldiers on the battlefield." Padme said as she looked at Drake. "Does your world have something like that?" Drake shrugged at the question.
"More so three veterans that talk while three other groups try to prepare for a potential war, leave for the stars above, or rebuild our golden age like it once was." Drake said. "But I know and respect what you're doing." Padme blushed at the compliment, before both hear voices outside the room.
"Excuse me Sir, I must go in to see Senator Amidala." The voice of Organa said from outside.
"Well, she's kinda busy at the moment. Sorry, pal." Came Cole's voice.
"She'll be done in a minute." Came Ghost's voice. But neither could stop the door opening as the Hunter held the Senator back.
"Senator Organa." Padme said as she walked over to them.
"Senator Amidala, The Senators are waiting for the meeting." Organa said as he stepped back from the Hunter. He had heard the story of four soldiers that destroyed an entire Droid army, and would very much like not to get on their bad side.
"Of course, Drake." The Titan turned to her. "You may use my computer to help you, lock the door after you are done." Drake nodded his head as Padme walked past Organa and left leaving the Guardians while Drake sat in her seat and looked at the computer.
"So, what exactly have we got?" Cole asked, stepping into the room.
"Well at the the moment a computer with alien language. Ghost."
"On it." Ghost said as he disappeared into the computer. "Gathering information now."
"Now?" Cole asked, leaning against the window.
"I'm in their systems now, we literally have info about the whole Senate, and battle information." Ghost informed.
"That's a lot of info." Drake said.
"Well, what do we got?" Cole asked.
"A battle on a planet called Felucia is taking place, been going on for two days now with neither side pushing the other back." Ghost informed.
"I guess Felucia it is." Drake stated.
"Great. Anything after that?" Cole asked twirling his Last Word around his hand.
"Hmm." Ghost muttered as he found something strange.
"What?" Drake asked.
"Nothing just thought I saw something being hacked. It's gone now, that was strange though." Ghost stated as he reappeared from the computer.
"Hacked?" Cole asked, his eyes narrowing behind his helmet. "Could be a glitch, but I'll go check it out, just to be sure." He said.
"Alright but be cautious, I'm sure their security is on it though just in case." Drake warned while Cole looked over his shoulder.
"Security, pssh...child's play." Cole said, as he stepped off the window, and began walking toward the door.
(Elsewhere)
Famed Duros Bounty Hunter Cad Bane waited impatiently for his hacker to finish his job. His team that consisted of Aurra Sing a galaxy known Bounty hunter like him, two IG series assassin droids, two commando droids who were disguised as Senate Commandos, a Weequay, Shahan Alama, and a male Patrolian, Robonino, who was to be his hacker. He had been hired by the Hutts to recover Ziro the Hutt so he can pay for betraying them to Count Dooku. After murdering all the guards and droids in sight he looked at the Pratrolian.
"You better know what you're doing." Bane said to Robonino as the creature growled at him.
"Don't worry about it, I'll have the power off in no time." He said as he continued to hack the system.
"Everyone else follow me." Bane said as he continued to walk through the hall with everyone else following him. He needed something to help make the Chancellor give him Ziro, but what exactly?
"We're all in agreement then?" Bane looked up to hear several voices as the others behind him stopped. He walked over to the giant doors as they automatically opened up to reveal several Senators. The Bounty Hunter smiled at the Senators as he raised his blaster in the air.
Perfect.
(Elsewhere)
"Uh oh."
"What do you mean 'uh oh'?" Drake asked as Ghost stopped his scans and looked at the Titan.
"Well now that I am connected to the Senate building I discovered someone is hacking, and that the Senate building power flicker." Ghost informed.
Vreeem!
The lights suddenly turned off, before the backup power came online leaving everything in red. Drake didn't like this one bit as he reached for his helmet.
"Cole? You there?" The Titan asked over the comm.
"Yeah...and you're not gonna believe what I've found!" Came the cheery response on Cole's end.
(Generator Room)
"Why, I've found out we've got company!" Cole said, as he currently held a knife to Robonino's throat. Once he made it to the second floor his nose was filled with taste of burnt corpses. Following the smell he found an entire room of soldiers killed, as if something exploded on the inside. He kept the pace as he arrived to what must have been the main generator room, and found the creature trying to escape. "Now, you wanna tell my friend what you told me?" He asked, pressing the knife closer.
The Patrolian tried to back his throat away from the knife, but found it hard to do with how tightly the Hunter had pressed him against the wall. "We were sent here to hold the Senate hostage!" He said, the voice heard on the comms.
"But why? And who sent you?" Drake asked as he stood up from his seat and walked out the door with Ghost.
Cole simply looked at Nino. "You heard him."
"I don't know who hired us, and they didn't tell me why. Only Bane seems to know." Nino said in a panicking tone.
"Bane?" Cole asked.
"Where is he?" Drake asked as he walked down the hallway, Suros Regime in hand.
"Well?" Cole asked as the fish alien with the knife edging closer to his neck.
"He's on his way to the Senator's location!" Nino panicked as he tried to push the blade away but with no avail.
"Senate location?" Drake asked before a realization hit him. "Padme!" His walk now turned into a full sprint. "Ghost?"
"They are on the fourth floor." Ghost informed.
"You get the Senators, I'll go get Bane!" Cole said, before he slammed Nino's head into the wall, knocking him unconscious.
"Make sure that thing doesn't get away." Drake said as he ran down the hall passing scared Senators. He knew the elevator was off so he bolted down the stairs.
"Oh, this guy won't escape…" Cole said, before he got a mischievous grin behind his helmet. He then picked up the Patrolian and began to put his plan to effect.
(Senator's Meeting)
Padme and the other Senators jumped in fear from the sudden gun shot. Looking they saw a Duros, and what he wore didn't exactly speak 'friend!' as he walked into the room with a blaster in hand.
"Morning Senators." The Duros stated. "You should all consider yourselves to be in my power." He said, as the other members of his crew came in, blasters in hand. "As long as everybody behaves, this will be quick and painless." He said. "Do nothing, and it will all be over soon." He said, as they now stood within several feet of the Senators.
"I don't know who you think you are," One of the Senators stated, before walking past the Duros. "But I have no intention of listening to this kind of insolence."
BANG!
This received a literal shot to the back, killing the Senator instantly. The Senator's cried in fear as the Duros smirked at them before walking to the closest one.
"Alright then, now, if you'll all gather in the center of this lovely atrium, my coworkers and I will relieve you of any communication devices." The Duros stated. Meanwhile Drake and Ghost entered the fourth floor and instantly heard the sound of gunshots. He ran towards the noise and heard several voices, slowly stopping to a silent walk as he walked into a large room. Crouching behind the railing he looked through the cracks to see Padme and the Senators, surrounded by several not very friendly looking people. He guessed they were Bounty Hunter, though he had never seen one, their clothes didn't exactly speak 'Senator'.
"Cole, I found them." Drake whispered over the comm.
"Yeah, same here." Drake then saw a flicker of light flash from the small left corner of his vision, leading to him looking up to see Cole waving. "Think the blue guy's Bane?" He asked.
"No doubt about it. Don't risk taking a shot, if anything happens they will end up hurting the Senators." Drake whispered as the Senator's handed the Bounty Hunter's their communicators. While he would like to take out the group with a flash bang grenade he might risk not only hurting the Senators but a Bounty Hunter could shoot a Senator by accident.
"I know Drake, I was more or less gonna say the same to you. I heard your sprinting from here the moment you realized Padme was here." Cole responded. Drake looked at his Hunter friend with confused glance.
"What's that suppose to mean?" The Titan asked.
"You clearly care about her." Cole stated right off the bat surprising Drake at what he said, before his voice went serious. "So, be careful. You charge in there, it could cost either one of their lives, or hers." Drake was about to retort but Ghost appeared.
"Can we please focus?" Ghost asked. Drake shook his head and concentrated again at the matter at hand.
"Right…though you might be right about one thing Cole." Drake said an idea popped in his head.
"What's that?" Cole asked.
"My steps can be heard, you stay there." With that Drake cut off communications as he holstered Regime.
"What do you plan on doing?" Ghost asked.
"If it helps save the Senators, than I need Cole to stay invisible the entire time." With that Drake did something that surprised both Cole and Ghost: He jumped over the railing. The Titan landed on the ground with a thud which literally shook the entire room nearly catching everyone off balance.
"Hello there." Drake said as the Bounty Hunter's and Senators to turn around and see him. Bane was the first to react as he fired several shots at Drake. The Titan simply took the shots and bolted for the door, running out of the room. The Bounty Hunter's were confused at what transpired, who was that guy? Bane however didn't really care as he looked at Shahan and an IG unit.
"AFTER HIM!" Bane ordered as an IG unit and Shahan chased after Drake.
"...You've gotta be fucking kidding me." Cole said.
"I hope that wasn't his entire plan." Ghost muttered.
"If so, then love has made him stupid." Cole said.
"But it has made some of the Bounty Hunters leave, maybe that's what he planned on doing." Ghost suggested as he peered through the railings.
"Well, some are still here." Cole said. "Not exactly a victory." He said.
"He said he wants you to stay invisible the entire time, wonder why." Ghost said as he disappeared, but Cole could still hear him.
(With Drake)
The Titan ran down the hallway as he appeared in one with several doors opened. He heard footsteps behind him, thinking fast he ran in one of them. The IG unit and Shahan notice the doors and realized there was way too many.
"You check this floor, I'll check the other one." Shahan said as he left leaving the droid alone. The droid checked the first room and scanned it for any lifeforms, found none. It checked the next one finding a Twi'lek Senator with it's concubines, the droid had no feelings so it had no care for them as it left and checked the next room. It kept checking and checking until it came to the final room, this is where he sensed the life form and checked it's gun again.
It opened the door and started firing hopefully killing the life form, once it's gun was empty it scanned the room again to find the life form still alive. It looked down to find a weeping Senator as it covered itself with its hands for protection. The shots missed him by inches as he hid in the corner, the droid calculated again as it realized Shahan will have a better time find the life form. It turned around only to bump into something hard. It looked up to meet the life form as the helmet stared down at him, the beings tall form covered the droid in his shadow.
"Hi." Before the droid could react Drake grabbed the droid and crushed its head. In the other side Shahan heard gunshots and some sort of crushing noise. Quickly hurrying back he made it back to the first floor, only to find it empty and no sign of the droid.
"Where did he g-!" Shahan felt something tap his foot, looking down, he saw a chunk of metal on the floor in a ball like form, sparks flying from it. Next to the metal was a gun and that's when Shahan put two and two together.
(Senate meeting)
The Senator's sat in silence as the Bounty Hunters waited for their comrades to return with whoever tried to attack them. The doors opened up to reveal Shahan, minus the droid.
"What happened?" Bane asked. "Where's the droid?" He asked. Shahan simply tossed him a metal ball at Bane. Bane inspected the ball, putting two and two together. "We're not dealing with a Jedi." He said. He then looked at the rest of the crew. "Stay here." With that he left….before coming back and grabbing a Senator, a blue woman. "Just in case it gets messy." With that Bane left.
Meanwhile, up above, Cole sat, hanging on the ceiling, with an Exotic helmet, Celestial Nighthawk equipped. "How much longer is he gonna take?" Cole asked, watching the scene unfold below.
"I have no idea, but I hope this whole plan of his works." Ghost said.
"Yeah, well, it looks like Bane could care less about Drake having a plan or not, because he looks ready to blow someone's head off." Cole said.
"That reminds me, what did you do with that creature?" Ghost asked. Cole smiled.
"I hung him off the nearest post with a sign that says, 'Arrest me, then kick me'." Cole said.
"That is evil." Ghost said with a chuckle.
"Hey, not my fault he decided to break the law." Cole said.
"Hmm." Ghost hummed.
"But yeah, Bane might use that Senator he took as leverage to further his escape. We can't just let him leave." Cole said.
"It's not just that, look at the droid with the backpack." Ghost said. Cole looked at the droid who had the backpack on.
"What about him?" Cole asked, having detailed the droid as not that big of a threat.
"It's carrying something, and I have scanned explosives before and I know explosives when I seem them." Ghost informed.
"Then we take out the droid and disable the explosives, fucking simple." Cole said.
"No, we wait for whatever Drake is doing. I know it sounds stupid but as his Ghost I trust him." Ghost stated as he watched silently.
"Well, sometimes, plans call for action to be made." Cole said, as he seemed to zone in on only the droid. "And I don't know what Drake's doing right now, but he's not here, and I am."
"WAIT!" Ghost whispered harshly. "Drake has a plan, I don't know what it is but it involves you being invisible, he would never have wanted you to do this without having a plan, it's clear he knows something the Bounty Hunter's don't." Ghost said as he reappeared. "SO hold back that itchy trigger finger and wait, Drake has something up his sleeve." Ghost said.
"Well, from the radio silence and the fact that YOU don't know, I'm not even sure he HAS a plan." Cole said. Ghost suddenly beeped with his eye turning red.
"Drake just sent me a message, it says…'Are you Fallen? Because you stole my heart?'" Ghost said out loud with a confused tone, but Cole grinned.
"Flattered you think of me that way, Ghost, but I don't swing that way." He responded.
"What does that mean? This message?" Ghost asked.
"It means it's my time to shine." Cole said, as he kicked off the plan.
(With Drake)
Drake rounded the corner as he silently sneaked across the hallway with only silent footsteps. He had hoped more had followed him so he could take them out one by one. Good thing he sent Cole that message if things go sideways.
"Help!" Drake looked around a corner to see Cad Bane with a senator and a gun to her head.
"I know you're out there! Come on out or I blow her brains out!" Bane threatened as he reached for the trigger. Drake glared at the Mercenary and prepared to fire his Suros Regime but now he realized if he did he could kill the Senator.
"Using a hostage? Man I didn't think Bounty Hunter's were such cowards in this galaxy." Drake taunted as Bane started shooting at the wall close to Drake.
"Why don't you step out of the shadows, or else I kill her." Bane growled as he once again reached for the trigger. Drake took a deep breath as he holstered his gun, before stepping out. Bane was quite amazed at how tall this guy was but knew he wouldn't risk this woman's safety.
"Just promise me the Senator's won't get hurt." Drake said. Bane merely smiled before gesturing Drake to walk forward. Drake sighed as he walked past the Duros with the gun pointed at his back.
(Senate meeting)
The Senator's were very surprised to see Drake walk back in with shackles around his wrist as Bane pushed him to his knees and let the Senator go.
"Take his helmet off." Bane said as Shahan pulled the Titan's helmet off and tossed it towards the Senator's. Bane went on one knee as he and Drake stared into each other's eyes.
"...So how does this work? I talk first or do you talk first?" Drake asked as the Duros smirked at him.
"For not being a Jedi I gotta hand it to you, making a mess with my crew is very risky." Drake shrugged.
"What can I say, I'm just FALLING for you." Drake said putting emphasis on falling. Bane had no idea what this meant but didn't care as he hit Drake with the side of his gun, but instead of hurting the man as he expected he found his gun shattered in pieces.
"Interesting." Bane muttered as he stood up and walked past Drake. "Put him with the others." Bane said as Shahan pulled, tried to at least, Drake up. The Titan just stood up and walked over to the Senator's, standing next to Padme as the Senator grabbed his arm.
"Are you okay?" The Senator asked, while Drake smirked pointing at his cheek.
"What? This? I've been through a lot worse." The Titan said confidently.
"The Chancellor said he is bringing Ziro to us." Aurra stated putting her communicator's away.
"3D, are we on schedule?" Bane asked, likely getting a reply on the other end. He then looked at his crew. "Go and get...the parting gifts." He said. Each member nodded, before each pulled out what was likely an explosive charge from the IG unit, and began setting them around the room on each pillar. Bane then called the Chancellor. "Well Mister Chancellor, thanks to your kind leadership, the crisis has passed. I got what I want, so I'll return your Senate and your Senators." He said, before he spoke again to prevent the Chancellor from speaking. "Enjoy them...but don't try anything until the sun has set. Understand?" He asked. He then looked at his crew. "We have to get to the landing platform. Is everything ready?" He asked, getting a nod. "Turn on the field." At that point, buttons were pressed on the charges, setting a laser grid around the atrium, preventing all inside from leaving. "If you so much as breathe on one of these lasers, the whole room will blow up." Bane said, before tipping his hat. "Senators...human." He said, looking at Drake unable to decide what he actually is. "I bid you all a most respectful farewell." He said. Once his crew was gone Drake let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, I thought he'd never leave." With a yank Drake broke the shackles and pulled off the metal surprising everyone. He simply popped the kink out of his neck as he looked over at the blue woman, his helmet in her hand. Drake muttered a thank you, unaware of his hand brushing against hers.
"You could escape the whole time?!" Organa asked in shock as the Titan retrieved his helmet from a Senator. He clipped it back on before looking at everyone, balling his hands into fist.
"Yep, now don't panic." Drake said as he threw his arms out, before anyone could react a purple dome appeared around them keeping them safe from the lasers. Each Senator along with Drake were covered in a purple shield around their bodies. It's a good thing he activated Ward of Dawn along with Armor of Light.
"Now just wait out the time and wait for the Sun to set. Ghost is everything good?" Drake asked as he pulled his hand out, his Ghost appearing.
"Everything is all set."
(Landing platform)
Bane and his crew walked out to be greeted by three Republic drop ships with Security Clones forming a wall and their blasters at him. His communicator went off, pulling it out to reveal the Chancellor.
"You were foolish to think you could get away with this, Bounty Hunter." The Chancellor said. "Now lay down your arms and come quietly." He demanded.
"No, Chancellor." Bane started. "I'm afraid it is you who has been foolish...with your Senator's lives." He said. "One false move and the entire East Wing of the Senate Building goes up in smoke." Bane said. "Are you willing to risk their lives?"
The Chancellor was silent, but the look on his face said it all. "You win, Bounty Hunter." He said. Bane then looked at the clones still aiming their blasters at him. "HOLSTER THEM!" He shouted. The clones stood their ground ar first...then…
"Stand down." The captain said, as they lowered their weapons. Bane smiled. Things were going as planned…
"Hold it right there, pal." Came a new voice. Turning around, Bane saw a man standing at the entrance to the Senate Building, with his hand nearing a holstered weapon. He wore a dusty brown cloak covered in armor. His face was covered by a mask with a hawk-like visor and the hood of the cloak. "If you think you're just gonna walk on outta here...you've got another thing coming." The man said. Bane smiled as he reached for his gauntlet, his finger an inch away from the button.
"Stand down kid, or as I said before. Are you willing to risk those Senators lives?" Bane asked.
"Go ahead, pal. Make my day." The man said. Bane smiled as pressed the button.
KA-BOOM!
Everyone looked up in the sky as smoke rose up from the Senate building. Bane than smirked at the man, he had to admit not many had those kind of balls. Maybe this one could be fun.
"Looks like you lost." Bane said chuckling.
"Really?" The man asked. "Cause here's a question for you." The man said, nobody noticing his body was starting to take on a slight orange glow. "You think this'll play out like a story, where the hero has the villain caught in a super convoluted trap, ready to finish them off, and I'll just keep on talking until you find some equally convoluted way to escape?" The man asked, as the glow slowly traveling to his weapon. Bane simply gave a grin, showing his fang like teeth.
"Sounds good to me." He said, only what appeared to be orange eyes flashing through the helmet to appear.
"Well, this ain't that kind of story."
Faster than the eye could see, the man had drawn his weapon with a blaze of fire appearing all over him as he took aim at Bane, and fired a single shot. The last thing Bane saw was the golden man before his head exploded, the golden bullet made him incinerate on contact like firewood being burned and reduced to atoms…even than those didn't survive. The other Bounty Hunter's jumped in shock at the action while the Clones raised their weapons.
"Hands in the air!" The captain ordered. The Bounty Hunters realized they now had no getaway, so having no choice, they lowered their weapons and held their hands in the air. Meanwhile Cole holstered his Golden Gun as the flames dispersed and reached for his helmet, activating the comm.
"Drake, you still there?" Cole asked.
"Yep, I'm still here." Inside Drake simply stood by as the Senators were on the floor losing their balance from the explosion. The pillars were destroyed and sent the upper floor falling but thanks to the Ward of Dawn everyone was fine. Drake realized two people were holding his arms, on his right was Padme and on his left was the blue woman that Bane held prisoner. Both holding his arms very tightly, their breasts pressed against his arms.
"...Yep we're fine." Drake said with a blush. Thankfully his helmet hid it but not the slight high pitch tone in his voice.
"Well, Bane's dead, and his crew have been arrested." Cole said.
"Good. I'll be out there in a few." Drake said.
"Yeah, be careful, Bane had a severe allergic reaction to my Golden Gun, kinda like everyone I use it on." Cole quipped before cutting the comms.
(Later)
Drake, Cole, and Ghost stood side by side as the Bounty Hunter's were taken away. The one that helped Ziro get away was also taken away and Ziro was back in prison.
"SO that's what a Hutt looks like." Drake said as the three stared in strange awe at the fat worm like creature.
"It's so fat." Cole said as he stared at the massive creature.
"Is it a girl or a boy?" Ghost asked in confusion.
"...Both?" Cole suggested. All three shuddered at the thought before looking away. Ghost looked at Drake, lowering down to his eye level.
"So your whole plan was to simply get their attention so they didn't know Cole was there the whole time, get captured, making them think they won so Cole would ambush them, and use Ward of Dawn to protect the Senators?" Ghost asked, the Titan giving a mischievous grin.
"It was better than going in gun blazing." Drake said shrugging.
"I'll just say there were probably a dozen ways that plan could have gone wrong." Cole said. "No way you could have taken everything into account. I say this was a success based on luck." He said crossing his arms, Drake just smiled at the Hunter.
"Maybe." Drake shrugged. "Or maybe I just had confidence in my partner." Drake said patting the Hunter's shoulder.
"You better fucking believe it." Cole said, patting him right back, before holding up his fist. Drake held up his fist as the two fist bumped.
"Guardians." Both turned to see Chancellor Palpatine walk up to them.
"Oh, this oughta be fun." Cole muttered to Drake as the Titan merely nodded his head in agreement as the Chancellor was already before them.
"I would like to be the first to thank you both for risking your lives for the Senate and for taking down that Bounty Hunter." The Chancellor praised as he shook Drake's hand.
"It was nothing, sir, just doing our job." Drake said as Ghost disappeared. Ghost not feel liking talking to the Chancellor so he decided to hide within Drake.
"Yeah, kick ass and take names." Cole said giving the double thumbs up.
"Well I hope we can see you and your team out there on the battlefield. If you have decided to help our cause?" The Chancellor asked. Drake and Cole looked at each other and than back at the Chancellor.
"We're considering it." Drake said..
"...We'll get back to you on that." Cole said. "We gotta discuss with the team after all." He added.
"Of course but if you ever decide to, Senator Padme will inform me." With that the Chancellor left leaving Padme alone with the two. Padme smiled as she walked up to them and stood in front of Drake.
"Thank you so much, Guardians for saving us." Padme said bowing to the two.
"Geez, please stop the formalities. You're killing me." Cole said but received a jab to the ribs from Drake. The Titan smiled as he shook Padme's hand.
"It was nothing Senator Amidala. I-We are just glad you are safe." Drake said as he nodded his head at her in respect. Padme smiled before taking a deep breath, backing away.
"I should probably check and see if the others are okay. Thank you again, Guardians, and thank you, Drake." With that, Padme left leaving the two. Drake looked at Cole and saw the smirk on the Hunter's face.
"What?"
Cole's smirk never left his face as he turned around to walk away. "Let's get Lyle and Kara! Time we pick a joint to eat!" He said. Drake was about to join when he heard someone clear their throat. He turned around to see the blue woman again.
"Yes ma'am?" Drake asked.
"I…..I just want to say thank you for saving my life… I MEAN OURS!" She quickly corrected herself. "I mean for saving everyone's life, if it weren't for you and your also strangely dressed friend we would have been killed." She said making Drake smirk at her.
"It was no problem miss?"
"Chuchi, Senator Riyo Chuchi of Pantora." She said. Drake smiled as he offered her his hand, the woman took it as they shook hands.
"Senator Chuchi, I am Drake O'Connell, but you may call me Drake." The Titan said as they let go of each other.
"Drake….. Drake. Yes, I like that name." Drake eyes widen at her statement.
"DRAKE, COME ON!" Came the voice of Cole. "WE GOT PLACES TO BE, FOOD TO EAT! LET'S GO!" He shouted. Drake snapped back into reality and started running to his friend, looking back.
"It was nice meeting you Senator!" With that the Titan was gone leaving the Senator alone with her thoughts.
"Drake…"
(Later)
"And so, he says to me, 'Sounds good to me', to which I respond with, 'Well, this ain't that kind of story'...before BLASTING him with a single shot of the Golden Gun, vaporizing him on impact!" Cole said exuberantly to Lyle and Kara, retelling the story of the hostage crisis at the food joint he had picked: Dexter Diner. The food was…..interesting to say the least. It was better than nothing as the four talked amongst each other and ate the food. To them, this was second nature for Cole, as he'd always have their latest adventure ready to tell as a giant story, which he'd always tell back at the Tower, with many Guardians and kids enjoying the tales he told.
Drake ordered something close to a steak….except it was green. Lyle had already eaten before coming here, so he just ordered a drink...it was blue milk. Cole had gotten something that looked like rice, and he had already eaten half of it while he was telling the story. Kara ate something close to looking likes eggs, except they were black like obsidian.
"What did you two do?" Drake asked as he cut the steak with a knife and ate a piece…..tasted like Lobster surprisingly.
"I spent the day at the Jedi Archives, actually met up with Serra again, had a nice chat with her." Lyle said.
"I watched their television, they even have a movie that is exactly like Romeo and Juliet." Kara said as she pet Ghost like he was a cat.
"So...your days weren't as exciting as ours?" Cole asked.
"Seems like it." Drake said. "Why do I feel like that might become a trend here?"
"Hey, why not get food after an awesome fight?" Cole asked, biting some more of his rice.
"I think your rice is moving Cole." Kara said as she pointed at the bowl, noticing several bits wiggle out of the bowl. Cole simply looked at them...then back at Kara.
"Food is food." He said, before plucking his knife into some of the parts that tried to escape, before flicking them back into the bowl.
"Back at the matter at hand." Ghost said. "What of the offer the Chancellor gave us?" The four sat in silence for a moment, before Lyle spoke up.
"You mean helping his army." He said. He then shrugged. "Why not? We're not really in a position to go anywhere. So why not make some time and do something?" He asked.
"It's better than sitting around and doing nothing…...unless everyone wants to have a sleepover?" Kara giggled and clapped her hands together.
"NO!" The males of the group yelled in unison.
"Please don't!" Cole said.
"I'd rather not!" Lyle said. Drake simply said nothing as he stared at his drink he got. He knew that the others were right and they shouldn't sit by, good thing Ghost had all the data they needed.
"I guess beginning tomorrow we get started. Until we can find a way home we stay here and help this Republic." The Titan said as he raised his glass. "To Fireteam Epsilon!"
"To the best damn Fireteam the City's ever known!" Cole said, raising his own glass.
"To future victories!" Lyle said, raising his glass.
"To the fear we're going to give those Separatists!" Kara said as she raised her glass.
"To the fun we will have!" Ghost said flying over them.
"Who the fuck are we?" Cole asked, in the style of their team chant.
"FIRETEAM EPSILON!" The five yelled in sync and clanked their glasses and chugged the drinks. Everyone in the diner looked at them weirdly except for the owner…he liked them already.
(Senate building)
Chancellor Palpatine sat in his chair with his hands together and waited patiently for an answer from the Guardians. It would only be a matter of time until they would work for him…..maybe, just maybe they can help go further beyond his original plans. However he must be patient.
BEEP!
"Yes?" He asked on the comm.
"Chancellor I have received a message from the Guardians. They have agreed to work for us." Mas said over the comm as Palpatine smirked, rubbing his hands together as a dark essence appeared over him.
"Good…very good."
Okay I think this is good let's end it with an AN:
Zer0: And done bitches! What's up everyone I am back with Destiny: Attack of the Guardians and this time I am not alone as I have my Co-Author, Partner in crime, Dynamic duo in Destiny: BioshockerN7.
Bio: Hey peoples. It's your boy, and the biggest reason this story has gotten back on track, as I practically reminded the author of this story every single day, every time we got on Destiny together, and generally, EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A CONVERSATION.
Zer0: YOU DON'T BRING UP SHIT! ALL WE DO IS ROLEPLAY EVERYTIME WE PLAY DESTINY!
Bio: Still counts.
Zer0: Yes, I will admit it has been slow, I have graduated High School, some other things came up so hopefully now I can get to work. Now take in mind, this only works for Destiny/Star Wars story. I am gonna try and work things with my other stories (Might take some down, who knows and keep them in the Archives.). This however means we can get this story done much faster.
Bio: Slap them in the Zer0 Vault, like Disney does with their movies.
Zer0: I mean it only took us about… five hours?
Bio: I didn't sleep till 4:00 in the morning. I was almost late to class.
Zer0: Same….well not the last part. However we still have normal lives outside of FanFiction…. normal….pssh.
Bio: All we do is chat on Fanfiction, Discord, play Destiny together, roleplay this story in the game together, and generally, show lack of lives outside of that.
Zer0: Speaking of Destiny, D2 is the BEST!
Bio: Raid matchmaking is as hard as it's always been.
Zer0: Game is still fun and we can't wait for that point in the story. Until then let's focus on the first story.
Bio: Yeah...along with all the other shit we've got planned.
Zer0: In the meantime, enjoy the chapter you all long awaited for. This is Zer0the0mega108, please review, pm for ideas, etc. Zer0the0mega108 out!
Bio: BioshockerN7 out!