The Story of forgotten Jedi Owen Sun
Chapter 48: Order 66
The end of the Jedi and the Republic was at hand as Sidious and his new Apprentice Darth Vader began to liquefy all enemies of the Sith, Order 66 had been given and now clone troops all across the galaxy had turned on their Jedi companions.
It was chaos, it was madness, it was the beginning of the Empire…
The main threat to Sidious power was the Jedi themselves, Darth Vader had been given his orders- storm the Jedi Temple and kill all Jedi inside. That meant Masters, that meant Knights, that meant students, and that meant Owen Sun.
In neat files thousands of clone troopers marched towards the Jedi Temple with Darth Vader in front leading the charge, nothing could stop them…
Meanwhile deep inside the Jedi Temple.
Owen suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. "Something is wrong" he stated.
"What is it Master?" wondered one of his head students.
That same horrible feeling Owen felt before has risen up inside him except this time it was much more deadlier. "Something terrible has happened" sensed Owen.
He didn't hesitate as he sensed the attack coming. "Go, rally the other students…we must defend the Temple!" ordered Owen.
Leaving his students Owen ran frantically through the Jedi Temple still not sure of what exactly was happening. "It may be an attack by the Separatists" he thought running.
"Maybe it's their last desperate strike" Owen thought still running.
But deep down Owen knew it was something else…something far more terrible.
As he kept running Owen started to hear the sounds of blaster fire and soon after as he got closer to the fighting he noticed several scattered clone trooper corpses as well as many other unfortunate dead Jedi…just what the hell was happening?
Rounding the corner Owen ran into a familiar ally he wasn't expecting to see. "Commander Appo, thank the force you and the 501st are here…what's going on?" questioned Owen not seeing the carnage taking place below the balcony.
Owen didn't get a response as Appo and his troops simply stared at him through their new intimidating helmets. "It's the CIS isn't it, they've attacked the Temple…I should've known they wouldn't go out without a fight" concluded Owen.
Suddenly Appo and his men raised their blaster rifles and ripped into him.
Owen wasn't quick enough as he went for his saber on his belt and was struck several times by the elite clone troops. Owen fell from the balcony and landed unconscious. "Get down there and finish him off" ordered Appo not caring about their previous companionship.
As he slowly came to Owen suddenly realized what was happening…the 501st weren't here to protect them, they were here to destroy them. Getting to his feet and out of sight Owen searched through the force and could feel not just the clones but a dark force somewhere else in the Temple, probing even deeper he could feel Anakin…but why?
Owen put the two together as the final piece slid into place. "No…no, it can't be" he thought.
Owen couldn't deny what he felt. "Anakin has betrayed the Jedi…he's turned to the dark side"
"There he is men, blast him!" interrupted Appo having found him.
Owen quickly jumped out of the way as he avoided the heavily concentrated blaster fire, igniting his yellow Jedi blade he knew all alliances were over. "My turn" stated Owen.
Spinning and twirling his saber about Owen cut right into Appo's men sawing arms, legs, torsos, even heads completely off. Finishing off the unit Owen went after Appo. "We need more troopers in here!" demanded Appo fearing Owens backlash.
Before Owen could deal with Appo he was surrounded by clone troopers as they fired menacingly at him. He did his best to deflect and dodge the heavy fire but Owen was struck a few times causing him to rethink his strategy.
With a push of his hand Owen sent all the clones on his left flying as most collided with the Jedi library's bookshelves. Next Owen tossed his saber into the gathering of troopers on the right as his lightsaber twirled through the air slicing them to pieces, he then jumped into the remaining group in front of him trying to get to Appo once more.
Maiming one trooper at the waist and impaling two others with the same lunge Owen was nearing Appo, beheading one final trooper and sending another soaring out of his way he was right on top of the man that helped him take Castell. But Appo was just waiting for him as he tossed a thermal detonator towards an unprepared Owen Sun.
Owen was caught in the blast and thrown backwards as several more Jedi library bookshelves went up in flames. Collecting himself he suddenly noticed a chaingun turret being setup in front of him, knowing he couldn't win this fight Owen got himself out of there as he retreated farther into the Temple with the clones in hot pursuit.
As he ventured through the Temple he ran into several heated battles between Jedi and clone troopers, Owen did what he could as he fought bravely beside his Jedi brothers against an overpowering number of clone troops. It was a lost cause though…there was just too many, slowly but surely the Jedi were being exterminated.
But before Owen was forced to leave the libraries he noticed several clone troopers stealing and downloading Jedi knowledge, with a firm toss of his lightsaber Owen destroyed each bookshelf of glowing holocrons as his saber made its way around the room…it was better to destroy the centuries of knowledge than have whoever was doing this plunder the remnants of the Jedi Order.
Owen quickly left the libraries and vanished deeper into the Temple, in the meantime commander Appo wasn't satisfied until he had a body. "No sign of him Sir he appears to have disappeared somewhere inside the Temple" reported the clone Sergeant under Appo's command.
"I want him found Sergeant…until we have a body I'm not giving up the search" demanded Appo.
"Yes Sir" saluted the clone Sergeant as he left with his troops.
Meanwhile deep inside the Temple.
Owen had taken a secret passage that only Jedi knew of to elude the pursuing clone forces, he knew he couldn't fight this threat alone he needed more powerful Jedi…he needed Master Drallig.
Exiting the passage into a separate part of the Temple Owen found more and more dead Jedi, but there was a difference between these and the ones that were brought down by the clone troopers, these dead Jedi were killed by a lightsaber.
Owens thoughts turned to Anakin again. "How could he betray us like this" he thought.
Regardless he continued to search for Master Cin Drallig as he was growing increasingly worried because he couldn't feel him through the force. Arriving where he thought Drallig might be Owen came across his Apprentice Seira Keto.
He immediately grabbed Seira sensing a small trace of life left in her, Owen cradled her in his arms. "Seira" he said trying to reach her.
"O…Owen" she replied in disbelief saber wound still burnt deep within her.
"What happened here…who did this?" questioned Owen wanting to know for certain.
"I…It was…it was A…Anakin" revealed a dying Seira.
Owen clinched his jaw tight in disbelief knowing for certain, is this how the Jedi would end…killed off by one of their own. Seira continued to explain as her seconds were numbered…
"He…he killed…" Seira couldn't finish what she was saying as she died right then in Owens arms.
Owen noticed which direction she was pointing before her demise though, as he left Seira's lifeless body he ran into the main meditation chamber for Jedi Masters, inside Owen discovered the truth…his mentor Master Cin Drallig was dead.
Seeing his maimed body Owen backed into the wall in utter shock, dropping to the floor he plunged his head into his hands completely hopeless. "How could it end like this" he thought.
Owen sat there for what seemed like forever weighing the loss of his Jedi mentor wondering how Anakin could do such evil things…Owens vision of him had come to pass though and there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Sitting there in his dismal state Owen suddenly remembered his unprotected students…surely the older ones may be able to handle themselves but the younglings were left completely defenseless, including Julia. He couldn't leave them to their fate, he had to go after them.
So springing to his feet Owen took one last look at his fallen mentor and left to save his helpless students…