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Chapter 35: Realization
On the a Providence-class Destroyer that is own by the Empire that is sitting powerless due to an Ion blast in the middle of an clearing in the forest on the planet Corellia, newly Knighted Jedi Rachelle Hunter is being engulfed in pain from the Force Lightning which is being directed by Darth Destria. She knows that if she does not do something she would not be able to move let alone save herself and her sister.
Despite all the pain she is feeling, Rachelle is trying to focus the Force on her Lightsaber. She is hoping she can focus enough to summon and activate in her hand. She tries to ignore the pain as she focus on her Lightsaber. The green plasma blade appears in action as she focuses the Force on it. Close to what she wanted. The activated Lightsaber gave a couple twitches and it flew straight into her awaiting hand. Quickly as if someone had manipulated her body to do something on its own, she brings the Lightsaber around and blocks the blast of Force Lightning.
She notices the hand on the silver hilt is shaking slightly. It was her nervous system acting up because of being alit on fire by the voltage of the Force Lightning that had engulfed her. Darth Destria was shocked when she saw this. Not many could focus enough to use the Force when they are engulfed in the Force Lightning that is now pouring out of her fingertips.
Rachelle slowly gotten up after the Force Lightning that had been put on her was no longer there. "You will not harm my sister nor anyone else!" shout Rachelle as she used the Force to send the Force Lightning back at Darth Destria. The Lightning hit Darth Destria and sends her flying. Rachelle swings her Ligthsaber in circles to reveal some of the energy her muscles had built up during the time they were being shocked.
Rachelle was about to run over to check on her sister, when the Force warned her of danger. An YT-1000 light freighter came flying at Rachelle. Rachelle leaps on top of it and run across the top of the hall of the disk like ship. She then did a front flip and landed on the hanger bay floor as the YT-1000 crashes into the wall.
Darth Destria is standing on top of an YT-1300 with her one of her Lightsaber activated. Rachelle leaps, with the aid of the Force, and lands on top of the ship that Darth Destria is standing upon. As soon as Rachelle landed, the Jedi and Sith was once more locking blades with each other. They kick back from each other and made a slashing motion with their Lightsabers. The tip touches each other. From underneath, Rachelle swings her Lightsaber upwards to meet with Darth Destria's Lightsaber which was coming down at a 52 degree angle.
Rachelle twist her body and to tosses Darth Destria's Lightsaber far to the left as she stands on rounded part of the YT-1300 which makes her slightly taller then Darth Destria. Even at this distance, due to the Sith's hood she can only see the bottom half of Darth Destria's face. It annoys her that she cannot see whom she is fighting.
Then their Lightsabers strikes each other hard. Darth Destria was a vertical slash upwards with a slight stabbing effect to it as Rachelle's was more of horizontal slash. Their blades got locked together once more and Rachelle was now standing on the opposite side of Darth Destria's Lightsaber. Her Lightsaber is on the other side.
Rachelle deactivates her Lightsaber and leap onto brace that was on the ceiling of the Hanger Bay. Darth Destria uses the Force to throw her Lightsaber. The Lightsaber spins like a disk and cut small brace in half. Like a boomerang, the Lightsaber came back to Darth Destria.
Rachelle falls down to the ground. As she falls down to the ground, she was blasted by a Force Blast. She lost focus on the Force and landed hard on the Hanger Bay floor. Rachelle groans as she rolls over to her back. Her whole body seems to explode in pain. She is breathing deeply.
She notices that she is much closer to the spot where her older sister is. Then a hiss of a Lightsaber brings her back to reality. She quickly turns her head and sees Darth Destria is standing above her with the red purple Lightsaber pose to stab Rachelle.
Rachelle closes her eyes a bit and Rachelle uses the Force to slide the YT-1300 at Darth Destria. Darth Destria leaps in the air spinning around like a top as the YT-1300 slide underneath her feet. When she was in the air she did a back flip and landed on the ground.
Rachelle then use the Force to stop the YT-1300 and slide back toward Darth Destria. This time Rachelle use the Force ability called Combustion to have the YT-1300 exploded. When she hears the explosion, Rachelle slowly stands up.
She did not have a lot of time to rest because waves of Force Blast erupted out of the flames where Darth Destria was. The Force Blasts was coming like a plasma bullets from a machine blaster. Rachelle notice Darth Destria was walking toward her firing off the Force Blast. Parts of her robe was on fire but it seem to Rachelle, that the Sith did not seem phased by it.
Rachelle uses the guidance of the Force to avoid the blasts. As the Force Blast nails the wall of the Hanger Bay it left dents in it. Darth Destria rushes over to Rachelle as she sends a wave of Force Lightning at her.
Rachelle uses the Force to create an invisible wall in front of her. The Force Lightning engulfs the invisible wall. Darth Destria than leaps over that invisible wall and tries to slashes Rachelle downwards through the head. Rachelle blocks the attack with her Lightsaber. The attack made her stumbled a bit.
Rachelle than pushes the Sith away from her with a Force Push. The Sith tries to counter the attack but failed as she stumbles while sliding back. "You are powerful but not as powerful as me!" roar Darth Destria as she stands up. Areas of the ship exploded around Rachelle. When she was caught off guard Darth Destria rushes at her with her Lightsaber with the intent of finishing the fight.
Rachelle them used the Force to manipulate the fire around her with the Force ability Pyrokinesis. She sees Mark used it to create fire, but she also knows she can use it to manipulate existing fire. She sends a wave of fire to Darth Destria and made it into an infernal.
Rachelle races over to her sister who is still knocked out after hitting the metal wall so hard. Rachelle used the Force to sense any more problems. Her sister has a few broken bones from falling on the ground. She notices her sister is bleeding through the bit of armor she is wearing. Rachelle used the Force to break the armor that was coving her sister chest. After seeing the white CorSec suit cover in red in the area around the chest, Rachelle used the Force to heal it enough to stop the bleeding.
Then a warning through the Force stopped her. Rachelle grabs Lillian and leap out of the way just in time when raging fire nails the area they were just in. She put Lillian down on the ground and turns around to face Darth Destria.
The fire has burn the black robe completely. Now Darth Destria stands there with smoking armor black tunic that was burnt in areas. It was until Rachelle looks up to Darth Destria's face when she was surprised.
"Ma….Mas…..Ma…. Ma….Mast….Master Aluna?" say Rachelle as she stumble a bit. Darth Destria sky blue eyes turn Sith Yellow. "DO NOT EVER CALL ME THAT! I AM DESTRIA!" roar Darth Destria as send a powerful voltage of Force Lightning at Rachelle.
Rachelle used Protection Bubble to protect her and her sister. She almost has a hard time command the ability due to her being shocked at whole Darth Destria is. She wouldn't be so shocked if it was any other Jedi Knight or Master she know. The reason why she was so shocked is because she died because of Grievous, and she senses this is not a clone.
"MASTER ALUNA STOP! IT'S ME RACHELLE HUNTER!" shout Rachelle as the Force Lighting begins to go through cracks that are forming in the Protection Bubble. The Protection Bubble exploded and Darth Destria sends the flames at Rachelle. The flames wraps around Rachelle. Rachelle begins to cough without the lack of oxygen. Slowly she begins to fall down to her knees. The twister of fire ends. Darth Destria walks forward to the gagging Rachelle.
As Darth Destria walks forward, she used the Force to lift the gagging Rachelle through the air so she can look at her victim straight in the eyes before she ends the insulting Jedi's life.
"Master…please. You… would never… do this." whispers Rachelle. Even through she senses a bunch of hatred from her first mentor, she notice there is a glint of lightness within the Sith. She remembers when Leia told her about Darth Destria, well not by name but by the name Sith Lady, she told her that she still senses there were a bit of goodness in her.
With that goodness, Rachelle senses her first mentor does not remember her life that much. She wonders if somehow she can make that lightness bigger. It is hard to believe that her first mentor, the kind and gentle Celestia Aluna could become a Sith. Along with the small amount of lightness within, she senses a lot of confusion. She does not remember her past that much.
"SHUT UP! YOU DO NOT KNOW ME!" snap Darth Destria. "You… are… wrong. I was your Padawan! You were injured by General Grievous on the planet of Arbra." say Rachelle quickly.
Anger flare across the former Jedi Knight turn Sith. Rachelle feels Darth Destria using the Force to chock her. Rachelle will hate to die on Corellia knowing that her first mentor is a Sith. She must try to save her, in order to save her she must somehow get out of Force Choke that Darth Destria has her in.
Rachelle manages to summon a Force Push to push Darth Destria away enough to lose focus on the Force Choke that she was using against her. Rachelle falls down onto her knees. Rachelle falls down to her knees and hands as she looks at her first mentor.
"You are only delaying your death! Just bow down to me and let me rid your of your life!" laughs Darth Destria as she walks over. "Please, listen to me! I am not your enemy!" shout Rachelle. "You are a Jedi scum! You are my enemy! The Jedi betrayed me! I made a vow that I will make every Jedi paid for their betrayal!" snaps Darth Destria.
Rachelle stands up, but refuses to summon her Lightsaber; even through she needs it to protect herself. "You are wrong! The Jedi were your friends! They would never try to kill you! I know for a fact! You were friends with many of them! You were like a mother told me!" shout Rachelle backing away to the right.
"You must have not been that important because I do not remember you at all!" say Darth Destria as she raises her hand. "Just because you do not remember me, does not make me important! I was your Padawan, you cared about me! I am Rachelle Hunter of Corellia." shout Rachelle.
Darth Destria who was about to launch a Force Lightning at Rachelle stumble a bit in shocked. Why does that name sounds so familiar and personal to her. She lowers her hand. "You remember me? I know there is still good in you. Darth Vader hasn't twisted you that much. He had lied to you." say Rachelle.
Then Darth Destria anger flare. She sends a powerful voltage of Force Lighting at Rachelle. It hits Rachelle so hard that she did not have time to block it. It sends her crashing into the wall. She broke though the wall and landed in the next room. Darth Destria then uses the Force to rip the wall a bit so she can walk through.
Rachelle sits up and looks at Darth Destria. As she sits up she spits out some blood. From that single attack, Rachelle has a lot of cuts that are bleeding. "Don't you dare lie to me! Darth Vader offer to help me to learn how to get my revenge on those who betray me. He offers to help me get my memories back! I owe him my life! Now you filthy Jedi scum say goodbye to your life!" say Darth Destria as she used the Force to pin Rachelle down on the ground.
Darth Destria was about to stabs Rachelle when she got shot from a blaster from behind. Darth Destria screams in pain as she turns around and sees an injured Lillian holding a Blaster in her hands weakly. "Stay away from my sister you bitch!" say Lillian more as she leans against the wall.
Darth Destria rushes at her but she was slammed against the wall hard. Lillian looks at Rachelle to see if she used the Force. She notices a look of utter shocked on her sister's face. Lillian turns around and sees Obi-wan Kenobi standing there with his blue plasma bladed Lightsaber activated and his left hand hold out.
"Sorry I was late. Bunch of Dark Jedi jumped me a lot of times. I do see that I missed all the fun." say Obi-wan as he walks across the room. Not paying any attention to the knocked out Sith. He helps Rachelle up and walks back over to Lillian. As they walks passed the area that Darth Destria is laying, Rachelle cannot help to feel sorry.
Only if she disobeyed her orders back in 22 BBY, her first mentor would never have fallen to the Dark Side. Rachelle hangs her head down in shame. Lillian got help walking out by Obi-wan too. When he got out of the Providence-class Destroyer, Lillian was put on a Hovergurney.
Obi-wan walks Rachelle back to the LAAT like ship that CorSec used. He told them to hold off he forget to grab something from back in the Providence-class Destroyer. As he was making his way back to the ships he notices them taking off as he came up the ring of hill. Well, it looks like Rachelle will need to construct a new Lightsaber. He turns around and head back to the LAAT like ship. When he got aboard, he notices that Rachelle is getting check up by some of the CorSec. When they try to check Obi-wan, he waves them off as he sits back in his seat.
As he sits there he senses there is something different about Rachelle. He does not know what, but there seems to be something that she now knows that bothers her. Also while the Force let him knows this, he also knows that she would not want to talk to him about. So he let it go and decide to enjoy the peace and quiet of the ride back to CorSec headquarters.
Okay there the second part of the plot bunny that I had for the end of this conflict. Rachelle learning that her first mentor, the one she was close to, turns out to be a Sith. Matter of fact I had this idea stuck in my head since I decided that Celestia Aluna/Darth Destria did not die from her wounds.
Oh yeah you may have notice, that in chapter 32 I stated that Darth Destria had brown eyes. I went back to fix it, they should be sky blue. See I use Microsoft Excel to keep the information of the characters I created and her was right underneath Maxus Zane and I did not see her name or his name there and got confused on her eye color. Sorry about that.
This story have a few more chapters left in it. Be ready for the next story. I am still thinking of which title I should use.
Till next time, enjoy.