Star Wars: AU
Summary: The battle of Donadus continues, with the Jedi outnumbering Ventress and Grievous having fled, how will the Separatist forces win this battle? What's Ventress' secret plan?
Disclaimer: I don't own SW.
Chapter 3:
Ventress dusted off her clothing and jumped up, enraged and filled with hate. 'Kenobi!' she shouted and her voice made a cold vibration run down Obi-wan's back. 'Ventress.' Replied Kenobi, calmly. The dark Jedi raised up her lightsabers and crossed them in the sky.
'Jedi! Be ready to meet your maker!' shouted Ventress and she slashed one blade at Obi-wan, whilst holding the other two Jedi off her with her free weapon. Obi-wan blocked her attack and countered with a quick stab. Ventress moved her saber down diagonally and blocked the attack, she jumped back quickly to avoid a strike from Windu and threw the experienced Jedi master down with an amazing display of dark side power.
Anakin Skywalker now rushed into the battle, kicking up dirt from his boots into Ventress' face. This blinded the dark Jedi for a split second, enough for Obi-wan to take her down with a sweeping kick. She fell on her back and rolled to the left in an instinct, dodging Obi-wan's saber strike.
She then jumped back up with lightning speed and stabbed at Kenobi. The Jedi master dodged the attack with his quickness and tried to counter, but Ventress blocked the counter with her other blade. She then threw up her knee in Obi-wan's face, knocking him down and rendering him unconscious for at least a few seconds.
Anakin growled at the dark Jedi in anger and threw his saber arm up into the air. He then brought his other arm to his saber and struck down with all his power. Ventress threw up both her blades to block the attack, but it was so powerful that she was knocked onto her knees still.
She managed to stand back up, pushing the Jedi's arms up with an incredible surge of power. Anakin was knocked back and needed a few seconds to regain himself. Ventress saw her chance and tried to stab at the young Jedi when Mace Windu jumped back into the battle and landed in front of the dark Jedi.
He let his violet purple blade swing at his adversary and Ventress had to step back in order to dodge it. She swirled her lightsabers around and Windu had to do considerable effort to stop the blades from reaching him. Sparks flew up into the air when the blades collided and Windu performed a backwards flipping kick, which caught Ventress on her chin and sent her flying.
She flipped in the air and landed on her feet. She roared in rage and the dark side increased her strength as she dashed at the dark skinned Jedi master. She slashed at him wildly with both blades, but Windu blocked the attacks with the use of the deadly form of saber combat called Vaapad.
He then countered her attacks with a powerful force push, but Ventress managed to block much of it's impact with the power of the dark side, so she was only pushed back by the attack a little bit. She then unexpectedly threw one of her blades at Windu. He let out a cry of surprise and ducked out of the way.
The blade spiralled towards Anakin, who used his impeccable timing to grab the weapon's handle whilst it was in mid-air. Now armed with two deadly weapons, Anakin dashed at Ventress. He swung his own blade at the dark Jedi and she blocked his attack with relative ease, but the attack had left her off balance slightly.
He used this to his advantage and stabbed forward with the crimson red blade in his other hand. Ventress jumped out of the way, but didn't fully succeed and the blade burned a wound into her thick skin. She screamed in pain and Anakin was thrown back by this outburst of anger.
She turned around on her adversaries and leapt over a group of fighting clones and battle droids. Anakin and Windu immediately leapt after her, but she had already disappeared.
Anakin looked at the master of the order, his glare asking for advice.
'Check up on Master Kenobi and assist in the battle afterwards!' commanded Windu. Anakin nodded briefly and turned around. He cut his way through the battle droids in front of him and reached his master who had just gotten back up. He shook off his dizziness and recognized his former Padawan.
'Ventress…' said Obi-wan. 'She escaped!' yelled Anakin in reply. 'No! Behind you!' informed Obi-wan pointing behind Anakin. Ventress had reappeared and she now pulled her saber out of Anakin's hand with the force and smirked evilly. The two Jedi immediately formed a wall in front of the dark Jedi, ready to fight.
'Let's do this together Anakin!' shouted Obi-wan and he ignited his blade. 'Keep your eyes on the skies Jedi! I have some nice surprises for you!' she cried out, and laughed. The two Jedi simultaneously glared at the sky to see two trade federation battle ships appear with thunderous noise.
Hundreds of vulture droids hopped off the ship, immediately firing away with their cannons. Bolts rained down on the battlefield and Ventress smirked. Explosions all over the battlefield killed anything that stood close enough, hundred of clones died in mere seconds, but the forces of the Republic struck back and fired into the skies.
Vulture droids collided and exploded, creating large balls of fire in the sky. Ventress used the chaos to get away from her Jedi opponents, leaving the Jedi wondering what to do. 'Those ships! They must have passed our blockade to get here, I'll try to contact Odd Ball to find out what happened!' Yelled Obi-wan and he pressed a button on the comm link located on his cheek.
'Odd ball! Odd ball are you there?' Said the Jedi master, but there was no response from Odd Ball. 'Darn it! Anakin! Follow me.' Commanded the Jedi and Anakin nodded. They fought their way through hundreds of droids, some of them vulture droids that had landed, but even these hulking machines stood no chance against these two Jedi.
Anakin cut through one of them and Obi-wan used the bits of the destroyed vulture droid and launched them into another one, causing it to explode. 'Master Windu!' yelled Obi-wan upon reaching the dark skinned Jedi. 'The Separatists must have broken through our blockade! This is bad news!'
Windu nodded whilst swinging his blade and severing a super battle droid's head. 'We need to establish contact with the base camp and set up artillery, there is no way for us to take down those federation ships from here!' Windu suggested. Anakin nodded. 'I'll do it! I can reach the camp in ten minutes. Hold out!' announced the young Jedi and he ran off away from the battlefield, destroying any droid that blocked his path with a quick strike, stab or force push.
He ran across the grassy plains, faster than a normal person with the use of the force. But stalking him with great, fast leaps was Asajj Ventress, waiting for the right moment to oppose the lone Jedi. The pair got close to a rock formation when Ventress jumped over the young Jedi and landed in front of him.
She ignited her blades and held them out in front of her chest. Anakin didn't stop running but ignited his own weapon and lunged at Ventress. He stabbed down when he leapt over her, and Ventress blocked his attack so violently that the young Jedi flipped over. He used the force to twist his body over faster and landed back on his feet.
He twisted around and pointed his blade at the dark Jedi, who grinned at him with fire burning in her pale blue eyes. 'Let's see which one of us is superior in fair combat!' yelled Ventress and she dashed at Anakin with blinding speed, but the Jedi anticipated the attack and jumped to the side.
He slashed his saber at Ventress, but the dark Jedi was able to block his attack by twisting towards him and letting her double sabers clash with Anakin's. Anakin pushed Ventress away from him with his superior physical strength and swirled around, swinging his blue blade at Ventress.
The dark Jedi avoided the attack by rolling to the side and immediately jumped up again. She slashed with both her weapons, trying to cut off Skywalker's legs, but he jumped up in the air and avoided the attack. He then let his weapon come down on Ventress' head but the dark Jedi blocked the attack and flipped backwards out of Anakin's reach.
She threw one of her blades at Anakin, steering it with force. Anakin blocked the attack, barely. The saber was struck out of course by Anakin's block and Ventress used the force to pull it back to her. 'You've improved Jedi, but so have I!' shouted Ventress and the ground beneath them shook violently from Ventress' power.
Anakin grinned. 'Those tricks don't impress me!' shouted the Jedi and he slashed at his opponent with his weapon. She jumped back whilst blocking the attack with one of her blades and then countered with the free blade. Anakin bent over backwards and avoided the attack.
He then kicked forward, catching Ventress in the stomach and pushing her backwards. She cried in pain when blood flew out of her mouth and spilled over Anakin's robe. Anakin used Ventress' moment of weakness and dashed forwards, he punched with the hilt of his saber, knocking Ventress in her face.
She collapsed to one knee and Anakin kicked her against her head with great power, knocking her out. Her body fell down with a thud and Anakin reached down and grabbed the magnetic cuffs every Jedi had in their standard equipment.
He cuffed her and quickly ran off again. He reached the camp five minutes later. 'I need to see the clone commander!' the young Jedi shouted out. A clone nodded and the commander known as Zoid arrived a minute later. 'Set your artillery for the dots in the sky! They are trade federation battle ships, dominating the battle!' Commanded Anakin.
'Yes sir.' Said Zoid in reply. He gave the order to a clone who immediately sped off.
The battlefield,
The two enormous battleships gunned down the most of the opposition with their turbolaser turrets. Suddenly, one of the ships was shook when a blue laser drilled itself in the ships hull.
The ship swerved to the right slightly when another blue laser struck.
There was a small explosion in the front of the ship and the ship was struck with many more artillery shells. Explosions all over the ship made their way up to the bridge. The bridge was blown up, rendering the ship uncontrollable. It spun around and crashed into the other ship.
A huge explosion in the sky knocked down many of the combatants on the battlefield below. Mace Windu looked up into the sky, with Obi-wan standing next to me. A rain of large debris came straight down at the two Jedi. 'Kenobi! Try to avoid them!' Yelled Windu as he cut a large bar of steel in half with his lightsaber.
He rolled over forwards, dodging what seemed to be a plate of thick steel armour. Obi-wan flipped through the air, skimming past many pieces of burning debris. He cut a screaming battle droid falling from the ship apart and used it's cut up body as a platform to jump from, now high up in the air, he used the force to push a flaming engine away from a few squads of clones.
The engine was launched into a set of battle droids instead, and the engine exploded so violently that Obi-wan was knocked over in mid-air. He fell on his back, but wasn't hurt badly. He was helped to his feet by Windu and the two Jedi continued the fight with the droids still present, inspiring their clones to do the same.
The battle's balance was quickly turned over in the favour of the Republic and it didn't take long before every last resisting droid lay on the ground destroyed. Smoke and fires surrounded Windu, who marched over the battlefield. He inspected the losses his forces had suffered and eased a clone's pain by putting his hand on his chest, using the force to make him feel better.
Meanwhile,
Anakin and a few clones flew towards the battle in a gunship. He hopped out next to his former master and Windu. 'I had cuffed Ventress, but there is no more sign of her. I'm afraid she escaped.' Anakin said. Windu pulled up his shoulders. 'We won the battle, the war can't continue on for long now.' Said the wise master.
Obi-wan and Anakin nodded, agreeing with Windu's words.
===End of chapter=== R&R
