Alright, back with another chapter. This may be again a shorter chapter, but hopefully its still good.
So, this one will be wholly dedicated to events of the Siege of Mandalore, and end with the duel with Maul. Also, this chapter technically begins, timeline wise, about half an hour before Mace Windu and the other three masters attempt to arrest Palpatine, and will end seconds before the Order 66 order arrives on Mandalore.
Let's get to it.
Guest 1: They may capture some Separatist ships and droids. On General Kalani, no. As for your idea about the Vietnamese...maybe.
Guest DCDGOjira: Can't tell you the title yet :) I do plan for all members of the original team to appear at least once in the second story. May include that little 3PO scene.
CT7567Rules: Yeah, Fives won't like having to explain it to them. As for those three Jedi, you'll just have to wait and see.
Guest 2: Yes, I'll try and develop Order 66 more emotionally. The Terrans wont be able to save everyone.
Guest 3: We will definitely see in the second story how much Palpatine hates the Terrans.
Guest 4: Well, Adams will figure it out. Not sure who else, but a lot of people will eventually become aware of the truth.
Chapter 67- Duel on Mandalore
Adams ducks to avoid the blaster bolt flying at his face. He then aims his blaster pistol and fires back hitting the warrior in the face. Two of Bo-Katan's warriors race past him, firing their blasters.
The battle in Sundari has been raging for several hours. The coalition has been pushing back Maul's forces further and further into Sundari, but progress has been slow.
Ahsoka runs up beside Adams, twirling her two blue bladed lightsabers, borrowed from the Jedi Temple by Adams to give to Ahsoka. She crouches down beside him and says, "Captain Hartnell and Captain Mirza are still searching for Maul. They think they have his possible locations narrowed down to a few places, but it may be a few more minutes before they're able to pin down his location."
Adams nods, then says, "Well, let's keep whittling away at his defenses until they find him." He then jumps up from his position and races forward after Bo-Katan's warriors, his M4 assault blaster in hand.
Several of Maul's warriors fly down, firing their blasters at Adams and the four Resistance warriors around him. Adams dives for cover while the Resistance warriors fly up to meet them.
Two of Maul's warriors land a few yards away, firing their blasters at Adams. Adams keeps behind his cover, and snaps open the grenade launcher attached to his assault blaster, loading a grenade into it and snapping the launcher closed and into position. He then pops out from behind his cover, aims his assault blaster, and fires the grenade launcher. The grenade hits one of the warriors right in the chest and explodes, killing him. Adams then fires his assault blaster, hitting the other warrior in the face and killing him.
Another of Maul's warriors flies in out of nowhere, flying right at Adams and firing his blaster. Adams ducks to avoid it, then jumps up and kicks the warrior in the face, knocking him back to the ground. Adams then rushes towards the warrior.
The warrior gets back to his feet and rushes at Adams, having dropped his blaster. He throws a punch at Adams' head, but Adams sidesteps and throws a punch at the warrior's face. The warrior stumbles back, but leaps back into the fight very quickly.
Adams and the warrior exchange a flurry of blows, neither of them landing a particularly hard hit. Then, Adams manages to land a kick right to the warrior's knee, knocking him down to one knee. Adams then leaps up, scissoring the guy and throwing him to the ground. He then pulls out his combat knife and lunges forward, driving the knife under the warrior's helmet and into his neck, killing him.
As Adams stands up, Bo-Katan flies in and lands beside him. "Captain Adams. I just got word from your Captain Hartnell. He's located Maul in the palace," she says.
"Thank you, Bo-Katan," Adams says. He then raises his commlink and says into it, "We have located Maul at the palace. Colonel Tano, converge on my location. I want three Black Hawks on my position right now, and I want 15 clones and 15 American troops with us."
Ahsoka quickly makes her way over to Adams, blocking any blaster bolt that comes her way. As she does, clones and Americans seem to melt out of the surrounding buildings. Among the clones are Rex, Hardcase, and Jesse.
"Alright, men. This is it. Let's get Maul and end this once and for all," Adams says.
The clones and Americans cheer. Within a minute, they hear the sound of rotors and see three UH-60 Blackhawks approaching. Within seconds, the Black Hawks are hovering beside the building they're standing on. Adams, Ahsoka, and the 30 men they are taking with them race to board the helicopters.
Once all of them are on board, the three Black Hawks begin moving again, heading towards the palace. Several Resistance warriors fly alongside the Black Hawks to protect them from Maul's warriors.
After just a minute, the Black Hawks come into view of the palace. As they come closer, the pilots see a number of Maul's Mandalorian warriors, as well as some of his other forces, standing guard outside the palace.
"Gunners! Take 'em out!" the pilots say as they slow the helicopters down and rotate them in mid air, so that the gunners manning heavy blasters in the open doors of the helicopters are now in range. The gunners open fire, raining blaster fire down on Maul's forces, killing a number of them and sending the rest scattering for cover.
"10 seconds!" the pilots call out as they move their helicopters to set down. 10 seconds later, the pilots call out, "Move out!"
Adams, Ahsoka, and their men race out of the helicopters. The clones and Americans open fire on any of Maul's forces in view. Meanwhile, Adams and Ahsoka look at each other and nod once, then walk towards the door into the palace. A nearby American soldier uses the grenade launcher attached his assault blaster to blast down the doors.
Adams and Ahsoka hurry through the doors and into the throne room. And inside, they see Maul sitting on the throne, and four of his warriors standing around the door they just walked through.
Adams glances around and says, "You've got them. I've got the big guy." Ahsoka nods and ignites her lightsabers, rushing to attack them. Her attack distracts them, and she is able to lure them off to the side.
Adams walks slowly towards Maul, who stands up from his throne as he walks slowly to meet Adams.
"Why have you come here, Terran?" Maul says.
"To kill you and free Mandalore from you. I thought that would be obvious," Adams says nonchalantly.
"Who do you think you are to stand against me?" Maul demands arrogantly.
Adam's face hardens. "My name is Captain Samuel Adams, former US Navy SEAL, and now the leader of the Anti-Sith Assault Team. I trained under Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker themselves. But, more than that, I am an American, and I will defend freedom wherever its in jeopardy to final breath," he says. As he says this, he slowly removes his outer camouflage jacket and removes his lightsaber hilt from his belt.
Maul glares at Adams as he steps towards the American. "You will die here, American. Your Terran Alliance will fall. And the Republic, and the Jedi, will die," Maul says with a fury.
Adams glares at Maul. "Not if I have anything to say about it," he says. And with that, Adams ignites his lightsaber, its purple blade shining brightly.
Maul glares at Adams, pulling out his double bladed red lightsaber and igniting it, spinning it several times in his hand. Adams spins his lightsaber and settles into his fighting stance.
He and Maul slowly start to circle each other, eyeing each other. Then, Maul takes another step, and ends up the tiniest bit off balance by the way he sets his foot down. While it lasts only for a split second, it's enough for Adams, who charges at Maul.
Their lightsabers clash in a mighty crackling. The two hold their sabers together before Adams pulls hi saber back and slashes at Maul's head. Maul blocks the attack and slashes at Adams' side, but Adams deflects the blow.
Adams and Maul slash and parry at incredible speed, their sabers flashing in a blur. After several moments, Maul attempts to slash at Adams' legs, but Adams jumps back, then deactivates his saber as he does a backhand spring. He lands on one knee, then ignites his saber again and charges at Maul, striking at his head. Maul again blocks it and deflects Adams' saber away, but Adams immediately tries a strike at Maul's legs, which Maul again blocks.
As Adams and Maul are dueling, Ahsoka continues her fight with the four Mandalorians loyal to Maul, having already killed one. As one of the warriors takes to the air with his jetpack, Ahsoka uses the force to throw a piece of rubble from the destroyed door into the warrior, knocking him to the ground. She then leaps forward and cuts him in half with one of her sabers.
Another warrior fires his blaster at Ahsoka several times, but Ahsoka blocks the bolts with her lightsabers, and deflects one back at him, hitting him in the face and killing him.
The final warrior tries to fly right at Ahsoka, but Ahsoka jumps over him, and at the last second, slashes at his jetpack with one of her sabers. The damage sparks, and a second later, the jetpack explodes and kills the warrior.
Standing over him for a moment, Ahsoka turns around and sees Adams is still dueling with Maul. Fearing she may end up distracting Adams if she tries to get involved, Ahsoka decides to hang back.
As Ahsoka watches, Adams gets knocked back by a particularly strong blow from Maul. Adams glares at Maul with fury in his eyes, and charges at the Sith again. He slashes at Maul's neck, and Maul blocks it with his saber. Maul blocks it, and their sabers clash with another mighty crackle.
As the two struggle against each other, Adams glares at Maul, their faces inches away from each other. "You've escaped death for a long time, Maul. No longer. I'm gonna enjoy killing you, you SOB."
Adams pushes Maul back, then attacks him with increased ferocity. He begins slashing away at Maul with greater fury and strength, slowly forcing the Sith Lord back.
Then, Adams deflects away one of Maul's strikes, then slashes at Maul's saber, cutting it in two and destroying one half of it, leaving Maul with just a single working half. Adams slashes at Maul several more times, then, to Maul's shock, cuts off his hand holding the saber. Adams then kicks Maul in the chest, knocking him on his back.
Adams stalks over and plants his foot on Maul's chest, glaring down at him. "It's over, Maul," he says angrily, feeling a sense of dark accomplishment fill him.
And, I'll end there. I know, I'm evil to do so, but going any further would mean I'd have to start Order 66 right now, and that would make this way too long. Sorry!
So, yes, the next chapter will cover Order 66, and you'll finally see which Jedi survive, and how the Terrans will react and fight back. I will actually try and post that later today, so you dont have to wait too long for it. If not, I will have it up tomorrow. Until it's up, please leave a review, and stay tuned!