I watch as a group of B1 class battle droids moves below me, concealed from my position on the rooftop above. There are a very large number of them patrolling the palace and the surrounding areas protecting my quarry inside, the group of Neimoidians that had dared to double cross Sidious. I don't know why and I don't care, I am here for one purpose, to crush them with the Dark Side of the force like the insects they are.
I had landed the Infiltrator deep in the forest, away from the civilized areas of Cato Neimoidia. Using the ships cloaking device to bypass the droid control ships in orbit and space traffic control, and landing without alerting the Neimoidians to my presence. Immediately upon landing I deployed several Dark Eye probe droids to survey the area, sending them in to the bridge cities to find my prey. After a few hours they had reported contact with the target, a delegation opposed to Sidious that has assembled in this palace.
Wasting no time I had set out on foot, using the Dark Side to move through the thick flora of the forest with ease. With the force enhancing my speed I reached the bridge city in no time at all, now I observe from the shadows mapping out the best way to get into the palace without being detected. I wasn't concerned with the pathetic army of droids protecting them (they are ants compared to the force), but this is a covert mission and I was ordered to leave no witnesses, the fewer droids that see me the better for my mission.
I growl at the droids and open my mind to the Dark Side of the force, embracing the power it offers. I stretch out with my senses searching for life signatures inside the palace. There are many Neimoidians inside. Servants on the lower levels, rich politicians and military leaders on the upper floors, I sneer in disgust sensing their greed and obsession with wealth. The whirring sound of mechanical parts betray the presence of battle droids inside. No doubt protecting the sniveling Neimoidians. I continue my probe searching for the targets until I finally discover a large group of them seated at a table in a meeting. They are on the top floor of the building. I smile ferally, breaking off my probe and looking up at the outer walls of the palace.
It is a massive building, towering over the others around it. The entrance is heavily guarded by droids and security cameras, there is no way through without being seen or creating a disturbance. I begin counting the floors and windows. It is an elaborately decorated six story building, each floor lined with stained glass windows, there are a series of ledges outside of those windows with small Neimoidian statues on them. Outside the top floor is a vent that leads inside. Perfect.
I wait as another group of patrolling droids passes by. When their backs are turned I leap down from the rooftop of the building and dash towards the palace with force speed. I run past the droids in the blink of an eye, a dark blur moving to fast to be seen. It only takes a few seconds for me to reach the outer wall of the palace, completely unnoticed by the security droids, pathetic. Using the force I easily jump up to the ledge at the top of the first floor and secure my footing. Then I begin ascending the side of the palace, jumping from ledge to ledge in a flash. It only takes a few moments for me to reach the top floor. I gently lift the cover of the vent and set it aside, then I climb into the cramped space and enter the palace.
The vents are dark, dusty and very tight but I manage to squeeze through, moving further in to the palace at a slow but steady pace to avoid detection. I use the force to guide me towards the Neimoidians as I crawl through layers of dust. After a while I reach an intersection in the vent and turn to the right after the force tells me to do so. I continue on for several minutes sensing I am close to my prey. I crawl for several more minutes until I suddenly start to hear voices coming from below. I stop at a grate in the vent and look down into the room below, my yellow eyes shine in the darkness and I turn my lips into a feral grin.
The Neimoidians are gathered at a table directly below me. There are ten of them, along with a group of ten B1 battle droids taking up various positions in the room. It is a large room, with the table in the center and large stained glass windows overlooking the city below. There is only one door, they are trapped like rats. I listen to their meeting.
"I tell you Nute Gunray has lost his mind! The Republic will not stand for this invasion of Naboo he plans to carry out. They will not sit idly by and let the planet fall", I can tell this one is the leader of the group.
"But Lord Sidious has assured us they will not act!"
"And what sway does he hold over the Republic? Senator Palpatine has grown very influential in the Senate, the Republic will not allow his home world to fall. Even the Sith can not stop the Republic from intervening". I almost laugh at the irony.
"The Republic will be forced to accept the invasion once Queen Amidala signs the treaty, they will have no choice in the matter".
"What makes Gunray think she will even sign it, what if the Queen escapes?"
"She will have no choice but to sign it!" another one pipes up.
"No I will not support this. I do not trust Sidious. This alliance with the Dark Lord will lead us into war without end! A war that will destroy the Trade Federation itself!"
"Blasphemy!"
"We cannot stand against the Republic!"
I watch as they go back and forth in their pathetic little argument, knowing these were the insects my Master sent me to crush. I grow tired of these pathetic lifeforms, I want to leave this worthless planet. It is time, I tell myself. I reach to my waist and grab my lightsaber staff, grinning at them again my face twisting into an animalistic visage.
Reaching into the Dark Side I lift the table they are sitting at with the force and slam it against the door forming a barricade and crushing two battle droids in the process, the Neimoidians fall to the floor yelling in fear, a sound that brings me sadistic pleasure. Without wasting another moment I come crashing down from the vent above, igniting the right end of my saber staff and landing right in their midst. The Neimoidians scream in horror when they see my demonic looking face, the yellow of my eyes and the red glow of my blade. I grin showing them my teeth then I swing my lightsaber through the midsection of the one closest to me and smirk as he goes down writhing in mortal pain.
The battle droids step in and open fire and all hell breaks loose. I deflect the bolts with my saber sending them away as alarms blare through the palace. I execute a series of jumping spins to dodge their fire and move in on them, deflecting some of the bolts as well. I reach one of the droids and swing my lightsaber through its chest, then I bring my blade around and cut through another. I advance on another droid deflecting several more shots before reaching it and slicing off its head, then I spin around and stab another through the chest. I pause and use the Dark Side to lift the remains of the droids and throw them at the Neimoidians blocking more bolts as I do, the broken droids hit five of them with enough velocity to slice through and kill them. I drink in their deaths using my blood lust to fuel the Dark Side roaring through my body.
I twirl my blade through the midsection of another Neimoidian and move on to attack a nearby droid as he screams in agony. I swing my lightsaber through the front of it, then I stab behind and into its back erupting through the chest of the droid destroying its vital circuitry. Another Neimoidian trys to run from me but I am on him in a flash and my lightsaber stabs through his chest. The remaining droids continue firing everything they have at me, but I deflect the bolts back with pitiful ease taking one of them down with its own bolt. The last two I lift with the force and smash into the wall with enough power to turn them into piles of junk.
With the droids eliminated I turn my attention back to the Neimoidians. There are two of them left, crying in the corner like sniveling cowards. I look at them in pure disgust and grab one of them with the force pulling him to me, he slides on the floor and comes to a stop at my feet with a look of horror on his face. I smile down at him before stabbing him with my blade.
The final Neimoidian is the leader of the group, the one that betrayed Sidious. I slowly advance on him taking the time to revel in the shear terror he emits. He trys to back away as I approach.
"Wh..what are you?" he asks with fear in his voice. I stop and look at him, my irises burning yellow as the Dark Side flows through me. A storm of infinite power.
"The last thing you will ever see" I respond, then he screams as I bring my lightsaber down ending his life.
I smile in satisfaction as I survey the room, covered with dead Neimoidian bodys and scattered droid parts. Smoke rises from all the blaster fire and surrounds me, my horned red and black face shining through like a demon. I soak in my triumph, tilting my head back as the darkness roars through my body. I am suddenly interrupted by loud banging on the door as the droids try to get in to help the Neimoidians I had just slaughtered. I reach into my belt and pull out a thermal detonator as the door starts to glow and they try to melt through. I grin as I dial in the timer and the glow spreads across the door.
I toss the detonator and take off running at full speed towards the large window as it beeps. I jump through the glass shattering it with my body and making my escape from the palace just as the bomb explodes. A massive fireball rips through the building, blowing the palace away and killing everything inside it.