Hey everybody here is the final chapter for today on Fallen Brothers. Star Wars is property owned by Disney while my OCs belong to me.
Chapter 9: Brain Invaders
Mess Hall (Adam's POV)
After Anthony and I heard the shots we immediately ran into the mess hall to see what was going on. When we entered the mess hall we saw Ahsoka and Barriss with their lightsabers activated and we saw two clones that were slammed against a wall. I looked at the girls and asked, "What happened?"
The girls deactivated their lightsabers and Ahsoka said, "I don't know. Barriss and I were eating when these two clones opened fired on us."
"Are you serious, they just decided to shoot you?" Anthony asked.
Barriss nodded to him and Ahsoka asked, "What's happeneing?!"
"I don't know." I said. "But if these two clones turned on us, there could be more that have gone rogue." I said.
"What do you suggest we do?" Anthony asked.
"We need to make sure that the bridge is still under our control." I said as we started to run to the bridge to check on it.
Bridge (Anthony's POV)
After we entered the bridge we noticed that there were no clones inside the room. "That's strange." I said. "I thought that there would be at least a few clones here." Adam then inserted Zeta's chip inside the computer.
"Hey Zeta do you mind telling us what is going on?" He asked.
"I don't know what's going on, but it seems that the ship has been set to autopilot and the security shields have been activated. It also looks like the clones have blocked all of our communications."
"Can you fix that?" Adam asks.
"I can try to reestablish our communications but I need a little more help to handle the ship." She stated.
I then inserted Theta inside another computer. "Theta I need you to help Zeta with anything she needs."
"Of course." He said. "But in order for me to have control of the shields I need one of you to turn off the reactor."
"I'll do it." Barriss said.
"Okay I'll go with you." I said.
"No I need you to stay here to make sure the bridge is safe. If the clones take over the bridge, they will take Zeta and Theta. I need you to keep them safe and not disturbed." Adam said to me. "I'll go with Barriss. Ahsoka stay here with Patriot in case he needs anything."
"Got it." She said.
"Alright." Adam said. "Let's go Barriss."
Hallways (Adam's POV)
After I assigned everyone's jobs, Barriss and I walked through the halls of the ship. As we were walking we two clones saw us and began to fire at us. The both of us activated our swords and began to deflect the bullets that came at us. But as we were stuck in that one hallway four clones came from behind us and fired their guns. "Barriss look out!" I said as I turned around and began to deflect the bullets.
"Thanks." She said as she waved her lightsaber.
"Don't thank me yet." I said. "At this rate we won't be able to reach the reactor." After I said that one of the clones came at me and began to choke me as his other friends went over to hold me down. As they grabbed me one clone opened his mouth and a green worm was coming out of his mouth. "What the hell!" I said. Barriss then turned around and saw that I was in danger. Using the force she pushed the group of clones that were in front of her and pushed the clones that were on top of me. Once I was free the clones ran towards me where I activated my lightsabers and cut them down. Barriss did the samed with the other clones.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah I'm fine." I said. I then took a look at the dead worm that was lying on the ground. "What the hell is this?!" I asked.
"Do you think this could be responsible for the rogue clones?" Barriss asked.
"I think so." I then pulled out small device, which scanned the dead worms body. "I'm sending this to Patriot and Ahsoka." I said to her.
The Bridge (Ahsoka's POV)
While Anthony and I were at the bridge I received a holocomm message from Adam. "Razor what is it?" I said.
"Ahsoka I think I may have found what is responsible for the rogue clones." He said to me and then a image of a strange worm appeared. "I think this worm is the cause for all of this trouble. Listen once you reestablish our communications I need you to send this to the medical station we're heading to."
"Okay." I said to him as I turned off the holocomm. I then looked at Zeta and asked, "Zeta how much longer until communications are up?"
"Should be finishing just..about..now!" She said.
"Hello this is Ahsoka Tano can anyone hear me?! This is an emergency can anyone hear me?!" I said.
Just as I was beleiveing that no one was responding, I heard, "This Master Kit Fisto of the Ord Cestus Medical Station."
"Master Fisto I need you help." I said.
"Ahsoka is that you?" He asked.
"Yes and I need your help." I said as I explained to Master Fisto of our situation.
After I told him about the worms, he said to me, "Ahsoka I need you to keep those parasites quarantined until we get a hold of them."
"How do we do that?" Anthony asked.
"The parasites are very vulnerable to extreme cold temperatures. You'll have to freeze the ship to do that." He explained.
"Okay got it." Anthony said.
"Good luck." Master Fisto said before we turned of the communication.
Hallways (Adam's POV)
As Barriss and I were making our way to the reactor we crossed a dark hallway but were separated by an energy shield that came from the walls. "Dang it!" I said. I then looked at the control box and sliced it in half with my saber. But when I cut the box, the shields did not go down. I looked at Barriss on the other side of the shield and said, "Barriss you're gonna have to get to the reactor on your own. I'll try to find another way to get to you."
"Go ahead. I'll go shut down the reactors." She said as she continued to get to the reactor.
Once she left I started to run down the hallways of the ship until I my wrist comm was going off. "Ahsoka what is it?"
"Adam I just found out that the worms are very sensitive to cold temperature, we need to freeze the ship to quarantine them." She said to me.
"Okay I'm near the coolant system so I'll go shut them down." I said as I turned off my wrist comm and ran to the coolant system.
Hallways (Normal POV)
As Barriss reached the Reactor she began to shut them down one by one. Once she was finished left the room and contacted Anthony, "Patriot are you there?"
"Yeah what is it?" He asked.
"I just shut down the reactors and I'm on my way to the bridge." She said to him.
"Okay." He said to her. As she was going down the hallways she stepped on a tripwire and was electrocuted.
As she fell to the floor, three clones walked in with their blasters and an egg. One clone looked at her and said, "If there's one thing we clones know, is how to catch a jedi."
Barriss' eyes grew wide when she saw the clone with the worm in his hand coming closer to him, She looked at him and said "No!"
Coolant System (Adam's POV)
As I reached the coolant system noticed that only a few clones were guarding the area. Using my shurikens, I threw them at the clones. When they hit the clones a burst of electricity went through them and incapacitated them. Once they were not a threat I walked over to the coolant system and shut it down. "I hope you guys like it cold." I said as I saw the temperature on the machine begin to drop. I then left the room to meet up with everyone at the bridge.
Bridge (Anthony's POV)
After a few minutes of waiting I heard Theta say, "Good news, Barriss was able to shut off the reactor and Razor has just shut down the coolant system."
"Good." I said to him.
A few minutes later Barriss walked into the bridge, "Barriss." I said. "Good job on shutting down the reactor." She did not say anything to us.
"Barriss is everything okay?" Ahsoka asked. But then she pulled out her lightsaber and activated it.
"Barriss what are you doing?" I asked. She then ran towards us and began to attack us. "Barriss stop!" I said to her. She then opened her mouth and screamed at us. When she screamed, we saw that there was a worm coming out of her mouth.
"She's infected!" Ahsoka said, as she activated her lightsaber and began to deflect every attack that came at her. As we fought for our lives the temperature began to drop very rapidly. I grabbed my pistols and set them to stun before I began to fire at her, but failed when she deflected every single bullet I shot at her. This made her mad as she ran towards me with her lightsaber. Before she attacked me with her lightsaber, it was blocked by another lightsaber, but this one was black. I looked up to see that it was Adam defending me.
"Mind if I cut in?" He said as he began to attack Barriss. As the fight was going on the ship had exited hyperspace and was heading to the medical station.
I looked at Zeta and Theta and said, "Guys I need you two to take control of the ship."
"Got it." The two said.
While Zeta and Theta were flying the ship, the three of us were trying to keep Barriss under control but this turned out to be a difficult task when she used the force to send us flying across the bridge. Both Adam and Ahsoka were knocked out when they hit their heads against a wall while I was knocked against the main computers. After she used the force she collapsed on the floor with tears coming out of her eyes.
She looked up at me and said, "Kill me…please…kill me." I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"I won't." I said as tears began to form in my eyes. But then she started to scream as the worm inside her could not take the cold. I then grabbed her lightsaber and said, "I love you Barriss."
(Normal POV)
Once the ship landed at the medical station, Master Kit Fisto and his clones walked inside the bridge of the ship and saw Razor and Ahsoka cradling each other to keep each other warm and a dead worm that lied next to Barriss and saw Patriot cradling her to keep her warm as well. "Hey Master Fisto." Patriot said in exhaustion. "We're ready to drop off the medical supplies."
"You four just relax. We'll take care of it." He said to Patriot.
Medical Room (Anthony's POV)
After we were rescued, the clones were able to Ahsoka and Barriss some medical attention because of the cold temperatures they went through. Adam and I didn't need any because our armor was able to keep us warm. While the two of us were looking at Ahsoka and Barriss resting in their beds, Adam looked at me and said, "I'm proud of you."
"For what?" I asked.
"For stepping up and telling Barriss how you feel about her." He said.
"Thanks." I said.
"What made you tell her?" He asked.
"When she was dying from the cold I realized that if this was my last moment with her I wanted her to know that she was my love." I said to him. "She's something more than just a friend, she's my entire world. And there's no way that I'm letting go of her."
Alright everyone that is the end of chapter 9. Toon in tomorrow for the next three chapters. If you like this story then leave a comment. See you tomorrow.