The Story of forgotten Jedi Owen Sun
Chapter 11: Destroying the Core
Owen Sun ran frantically through the depths of the Trade Federation facility.
"Where is that flaming core?" he said to himself taking out his datapad.
Owen had been looking for the precise location for quite some time but each possibility he came across it seemed like his datapad was playing a trick on him, he kept running around in circles. "It should be right here" he said to himself but there was nothing more than dense hallways that seemed never ending.
Getting overly frustrated Owen was beginning to lose focus straying from the Jedi way, but he quickly fell back on what he knew and remembered his training calming himself down. "I can do this, I just have to focus my mind like my Master taught me" he believed in himself.
With his datapad blinking in the right spot Owen went to one knee, closed his eyes and cleared his mind. Silent echoes guided him as he searched through the Force for an answer to his problem; stillness took over as everything around him went quiet. Owens frustration faded away and he began to hear a light hum of something close by. He opened his eyes and looked around as the humming grew louder, where was it coming from he wondered? He looked up and around but nothing, he knew he was in the right spot.
Then it became as clear as day, Owen took out his lightsaber and switched it on revealing his bright yellow blade. He drove his saber through the floor as sparks flew about making a perfect circle in the flooring beneath him. Owen kicked as hard as he could at the crimson circle now in the floor causing it to give way, he peered down through the rather large hole he made and sure enough down below he had found his path to the core.
Meanwhile close by Administrator Sedros readies the Trade Federations new deadly weapon.
"Is it ready?" Sedros asked impatiently.
"Yes Administrator, it is now fully operational" responded the maintenance droid.
"Good, bring it online" ordered Sedros.
The maintenance droid powered up the new prototype the Trade Federation had just received, it eyes then lit up and the unique droid stood up off the table and grabbed its staff.
"What are my orders?" the droid asked coldly through his mechanical voicebox.
"Ha-ha-ha Viceroy Gunray will be extremely pleased with me" praised the Administrator.
"Orders?" asked the droid again coldly.
"Oh yes of course" responded Sedros. "Find and kill the Jedi!"
Meanwhile Owen had landed soundly near his objective.
"Now to find that core" he said to himself.
But before he could venture forward his comlink sounded, Owen promptly responded. "Master Arca is that you?"
"Yes my Apprentice, I have contacted the Council with help from the Nubians and have discovered that war has broken out on Naboo" explained Arca.
Owen was stunned by the news as Arca continued. "Fighting has already broken out on the planet and they're organizing a strike force to hit the Droid Control Ship from space; they don't know how long the Gungan Grand Army can hold out"
"Gungan?" questioned Owen.
"A story for another time" replied Arca.
"Is that all Master?" asked Owen.
"No, that droid army we found earlier in the hanger is scheduled to leave the facility and dock with Naboo" informed Arca.
"Oh no" he gasped.
"I'm afraid so Owen, if that droid army makes it to Naboo then they will be overwhelmed and have no choice but to surrender to Viceroy Gunray and the Trade Federation" confirmed Arca.
"You must find that core and destroy it!" pleaded Arca. "It's the only way to fully shut them down, I have faith that you will succeed my Apprentice, good luck and May the Force be with you, Arca out" he stated ending the transmission.
Owen was stunned by the news, the fate of millions now rested in his hands…
He was close to the core but Owens train of shock was cut off by sounds of trampling feet as to his left a large door slid open and out poured a flurry of battle droids. "There he is, blast him" ordered the OOM security battle droid.
Owen jumped high in the air as the slew of battle droids opened fire; he landed in the center of the group of droids igniting his saber. With the Force he twirled himself around fast in a circle decapitating the many battle droids. After coming to a halt the only two droids left shot frantically at Owen but he easily deflected the blaster shots and cut both droids in half, shaking off his dizziness he continued on through the large door.
Owen now found himself in a larger, more wide open portion of the facility. "This must be one of the hanger bays, I'm close" he commented.
Taking out his Jedi macrobinoculars he scanned the rather large hanger. "Hmmm not there" he observed.
He continued scanning coming across an ominous circular object in the distance, he focused in on the bulbous object barely making it out but it was certainly something. Owen conferred with his datapads map and his search was a success, the massive circular object in the distance was in fact the core. "There it is, I finally found the blasted thing" cursed Owen.
But any joy was suddenly cut short with the sounds of blaster fire, off in the distance a number of super battle droids had spotted him.
A few shots rang past his blond Padawan do as he dodged the blaster fire, with the gathering of the hefty droids he knew he was outmatched so instead of fighting them head on he picked up a massive durasteel grate with the Force and threw it at them. The heavy grate smashed right through them all turning the squad of droids into slag.
The desperation of the situation kicked in as Owen remembered what was counting on him, with that he used his Force speed to jet across the hanger, on the way he passed several thousand deactivated battle droids lined up defunct ready to be delivered to Naboo. Owen stopped a fair enough distance from the core when he realized a simple throw of the saber wasn't going to do it; he needed something with a lot more firepower to destroy the massive core. As he panned around the hanger looking past all the neat files of deactivated battle droids he found what he would need to get the job done, an AAT.
But just as he got to the super battle tank Owen was abruptly startled as every battle droid around him rose up and grabbed their blaster rifles, he froze as they all panned their blasters towards him. Owen was completely surrounded, it looked like the end for him but surprisingly the head of the facility Administrator Sedros came on the speaker.
"You really think I would let you get this far and not have killed you, foolish Jedi" stated Sedros. "Your other Jedi friend may have eluded me but not you, no, not you at all ha-ha-ha…"
"I could easily kill you where you stand but that would be too easy, first I wish to test our new weapon against the skills of a Jedi" stated Sedros. "Let's just see how good you Jedi really are"
With that Sedros ended his diatribe and all of the battle droids around Owen cautiously backed off.
Then suddenly out of nowhere flying through the air a startling new droid landed near Owen, it stood up towering over him with what appeared to be a large staff of some sort, a cape draped over his shoulders.
Finis Sedros came on the speaker again. "May I introduce our new technologically superior droid weapon, an IG-100 MagnaGuard…ha-ha you're doomed Jedi, this hanger will be your tomb" menaced the evil Sedros.
"MagnaGuard I order you to kill the Jedi now!" yelled Sedros over the speaker.
Owen just stood there amazed at what he saw before him, it was unlike anything he'd ever seen, but he had little time for amazement as the MagnaGuard took out its electrostaff and swung it almost directly through him.
Owen jumped out of the way just in time and landed frantically drawing his lightsaber, once again the MagnaGuard with unparallel speed swung at him with its staff. It came close but found nothing but metal as it drove its staff through the floor, the droid quickly got itself up and kicked Owen in the stomach knocking him down. He was winded but rolled away just in time as the MagnaGuard nearly drove its shiny electrostaff through his head.
It was Owens turn now as he attacked the droids center but the MagnaGuard was almost playing with the young Jedi as it easily dodged the attempt and punched him to the ground.
Sedros laughed with amusement as his new droid was proving to be more than a match for any Jedi.
While the MagnaGuard regrouped Owen tried collecting himself as the last shot made him wonder. "Can I actually do all this; can I even defeat this droid?"… he contemplated as doubt and uncertainty clouded his thoughts.
But Owen remembered the inspirational words of his Master who had so much faith in him; the words renewed his vigor and seemed to transform his belief in himself.
Owen got to his feet and picked up his saber falling into his lightsaber dueling stance, the IG-100 MagnaGuard defied him letting out a sickly mechanical growl. Twirling its staff the droid lunged at him, Owen deflected the staff blade for blade and waited patiently for his opening, then as the droid let its guard down with a quick swipe Owen had lopped off one of its arms. The droid fell to the ground seemingly beaten.
"WHAT!" yelled Sedros from his viewpoint of the hanger bay. "You stupid hunk of junk destroy him!" he ordered.
Owen thought himself victorious but as he turned around he couldn't believe that the droid had sat itself back up. "You've gotta be kidding me" he commented in disbelief.
The MagnaGuard clearly furious discarded its cape and jumped high in the air towards him. It landed hard enough to knock Owen on his rear to the floor, as the MagnaGuard lunged for him once again he reached out with the Force and pulled his saber towards him just barely igniting it in time to block its sparkling electrostaff.
Owen got himself out from under the now one armed MagnaGuard and unexpectedly swung up and onto the prehensile droid, the two tumbled to the floor. He found himself face-to-face with the glowing red eyes of the evil MagnaGuard as it kicked Owen off itself sending him hard into an AAT. Owen was stunned but with what strength he had left pulled himself under the super battle tank, the MagnaGuard jumped up on top of the tank and swung frantically through the open space at him.
The droid eventually calculated its inaccuracy and jumped down to the floor, however it misconstrue Owens position as he rolled out and chopped his right leg off. Owen got up and surveyed the damage as the MagnaGuard was now severely handicapped, the droid swung madly with its one good arm left, he went for the kill but shockingly the droid leapt off its one good leg and was back in a prone stance.
Owen shook his head in disgust. "What do I have to do to put you down?" he commented.
The MagnaGuard horizontally swung at Owens head with its staff; fortunately he ducked just in time and drove his saber into the one good leg of the droid. It fell to its guts still swiping away with its electrostaff.
Owen grabbed the staff away from the broken down droid and drove it straight through his chest, the MagnaGuard's evil red eyes faded as its core was severed, the new IG-100 MagnaGuard had been destroyed.
Sedros looked on in disgust; he couldn't believe that a mere Jedi could destroy his powerful new droid weapon. "I have underestimated you Jedi, a mistake I will not make again"
Owen threw the electrostaff to the ground. "It's over Sedros, give it up" he stated.
"Over my dear Jedi, oh I don't think so" replied Finis Sedros via the speaker.
With that said all the battle droids surrounding Owen suddenly turned their attention back to him and opened fire. He dodged the blaster shots with his Jedi acrobatics flipping and twirling his way through the hanger; with everything he had left Owen jumped up and fell directly into the AAT. He quickly turned the tanks heavy laser cannon towards the large circular core and fired.
"All droids report to the hanger, section H-47" shouted Sedros over the speaker.
The core was weakening as Owen continued to fire, Sedros had to stop him or he would be ruined.
Owen glanced at the tanks scanners. "Fifty-five percent, not good enough" he said noticing several assault droids converging towards him.
They all opened fire sending several rockets towards the tank as the shield now read thirty percent, Owen fired two last shots as he bailed out of the super battle tank. The tank exploded leaving his plan in ruins but the core was severely weakened and now visibly on fire, he was so close the core was almost destroyed. Owen had to think fast however as several droids converged towards him, he quickly Force jumped into the air and kicked one of the assault droids in the chest disabling it. He picked up the now defunct droids rocket launcher but just when he thought it couldn't get any worse he heard the sounds of rolling thunder. Owen knew what that meant, he wouldn't stand a chance against the droidekas by himself, just then a hefty super battle droid swatted him to the ground and opened fire, he quickly grabbed his saber from his belt and sawed the super battle droid in half.
Owen wasted little time, just as the droidekas sat up and activated their shields he fired a rocket into the facility's core blowing it sky high. The huge explosion blasted him back and out of action but he'd done it, the facility's core had been destroyed and the droid army on Nubia was now useless.
As the smoke cleared from the shattered core Owen briskly came to. "Uunhh" he moaned in pain not able to move, the blast was closer than he thought it would be.
He could barely make it out but there was a figure coming towards him, it was Administrator Sedros.
"You…You damn Jedi, you're going to pay for all the trouble you've caused here" stated Finis Sedros coldly.
"I may have lost the battle Jedi, but I'll win the war" he assured.
He withdrew his blaster from his holster. "Now you die Jedi"
The defeated Administrator pointed his blaster pistol towards a defenseless Owen Suns head; he tried to reach out with the Force but was far too weak. "Uunhh no" he muttered helplessly.
"Yes…I think so" replied Sedros as he began to press the trigger.
But just in the nick of time Arca swept in from seemingly nowhere holding his green saber to Sedros' throat. "No Sedros, I agree with my Apprentice…now put down the blaster" he ordered.
Like the constant hero Arca had arrived to save the day yet again…
The great Finis Sedros knew when he was beaten; he put down the blaster as Arca knocked him to the ground and strapped on the stun cuffs.
Arca helped his sluggish Apprentice to his feet. "I'm proud of you Owen, you've done well"
Suddenly the facility's alarm sounded. "What is that?" wondered Arca in a sudden panic.
"Oh I forgot to tell you Jedi, once the core is destroyed the self-destruct is automatically activated" mocked Sedros.
"Sedros you fool, you'll kill us all" stated Arca.
"I'm a dead man anyway, at least I'll take you both with me" grinned Sedros obviously referring to the Viceroys backlash.
"You're mad!" exclaimed Arca as he picked up a weak Owen and draped him on his shoulder.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha" laughed Sedros insanely.
"How much time do we have!" demanded a concerned Arca.
"Wouldn't you like to know" replied a mad Finis Sedros.
"T-Minus 20 seconds" announced the alarm voice.
"Great" said Arca sarcastically as he threw Owen into one of the nearest Droid Starfighters.
"I'm not coming with you Jedi, I'm going down with her" euphemized Sedros insanely referring to his facility.
"You'd like that wouldn't you Sedros, you're going to stand trial for what you've done" reminded Arca.
The facility started to fall apart on itself as the ceiling caved in and rumble fell everywhere.
"There's no time for this" said Arca as he nailed Sedros in the nose knocking him out.
Arca threw Sedros into the Vulture Droid Starfighter then quickly leapt inside and started the fairly intact starfighter; luckily for them this particular model had a built-in hyperdrive.
"T-Minus 5 seconds" the alarm sounded as the whole facility started to blow.
Arca madly hit the thrust on the control stick and spud out of the hanger just as it collapsed, he took the fighter high into the sky as the facility blew up behind him. The Trade Federations reign of terror on Nubia was over as Master Arca and his Apprentice Owen Sun had solved their mission and captured the evil Finis Sedros alive.
As Arca took the starfighter into orbit with the industrial Nubia now behind them he wondered what had happened on Naboo and more importantly what was the fate of his old companion Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi…Arca was disturbed by this as he could feel Obi-Wan through the Force but not Qui-Gon.