Chapter 58
Endgame
The Lord Sorcerer sat on the ancient chair, watching the battle unfolding before him on the main view screens. The enemy had the armada completely on the wrong foot, slowly encircling them and picking them off, already several fractures had appeared within the main Chaos ship clusters. Explosions flashed in the lines between the two forces, each one symbolising the death of a starfighter, an escort, a capital-ship.
Then it happened. He felt the ruinous powers influence dim considerably, as if a bright flare had lived out its life and died. The Warmaster had died. He felt it in the very fabric of the warp. For a while the warp got dimmer as if it would disappear completely, then it suddenly flashed with a raw surge of power, a power which was unmistakable. The Warmaster had just released the ultimate power which the dark gods had bestowed upon him.
Lord Sorcerer Kahn, one of the highest ranking members of the Night Lords, the legion who had just recently swore loyalty too the god of fear raised his armoured hand so that the traitor serfs could see.
"Magnify too the Planet Killer" he ordered simply.
The view screen came too life in an explosion of static which quickly cleared, showing the massive form of the Planet Killer. It was not a sight that anyone in the armada wanted too see. The once magnificent and terrifying warship, created within the warp, supposedly impregnable too anything was a bleeding corpse of what it once was. Several massive holes adorned its superstructure, spilling bodies and equipment out into open space, many of her gun emplacements had gone silent, in fact the only sign that it was still in their hands was the random flashes of still usable dark lance batteries, aiming for the vessels of the Coalition fleet.
"Closer, too the bridge section" he ordered and the image magnified again, showing a massive creature floating towards the closed shutters of the mammoth view ports. It was a sight of pure power, even as he starred at it he saw several weak serfs fall from their stations, their forms convulsing and their mouths frothing. He saw the massive dragon wings, the bulging muscles of its arms and legs, the power which radiated from it.
Their Warmaster wasn't quite dead yet.
"Prepare too exit the warp" he ordered, turning off the view screen.
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Anakin awoke too the sounds of clanking feet and raised voices. He opened his eyes slowly, allowing his vision too get used too the suddenly bright lights. Jedi were all around him, looking down at him with worried expressions. Obi-wan grinned as Anakin slowly looked at each face in turn. Obi-wan Kenobi, Mace Windu, Luke Skywalker, Kyp Durron, Kyle Katarn, Corran Horn and Saba Sabatyne.
"Welcome back Anakin" Obi-wan said with relief.
"Help me up" Anakin said weakly. Obi-wan and Luke immediately took a shoulder each and helped the chosen one too his feet. He looked around the bridge. Most of the bodies had been cleaned out by the void but the blood still stained the decking, every console not attached too the wall had either been wrenched from their positions and those that were still there were unusable, either sparking or on fire.
Besides the Jedi around him there were several squads of Space Marines from the Blood Angel, Blood Raven and Ultramarine legions as well as ten Dark Troopers and twenty crack Stormtroopers. All running around the bridge either too defensive positions or too burn away the hideous warp growths on the walls of the former Chaos flagship. Leading the entire force was Gabriel Angelos, the famous captain of the Blood Ravens, a retinue of apothecaries, chaplains and librarians around him as he barked out orders.
More Coalition warriors moved in through the entrances. Kasrkins, battle sisters and alliance marines took up positions with those already there. Among those was a librarian carrying the prone form of a young blonde haired girl, whom he immediately handed over too one of the apothecaries. Luke seemed too recognise her and handing his father too Mace Windu moved over too the small cluster.
The Space Marines behind the librarian were keeping their bolters trained on a small form. A young man in tattered clothing
"Anakin" Luke said in disbelief as he nudged his way through the towering Marines "Anakin Solo?"
The young man looked in Luke's direction and managed a slight smile "Hello Uncle Luke"
Luke tried moving closer too his revived nephew only too find a long staff hitting the ground at his feet, it was the librarian who was carrying Tahiri earlier "Nigel Barsark, Librarian, Crimson Guard Legion"
"Luke Skywalker, Grand Jedi Master, Jedi Order" Luke replied before gazing at the marines who had their bolters trained on the young Solo "What is the meaning of this?"
"This man was possessed by a warp daemon" Barsark answered "Although I sensed that he has forced it out he needs a thorough mind examination by a priest of the holy ecclestriarch"
"There are also other things too consider" another marine added "The daemon limb is reason enough too put him out of his misery"
"Calm brother" Barsark replied calmly "We still do not know how dangerous the limb is and I must admit I find it interesting that a limb of daemonic nature was attached too this boy who obviously is not under the influence of Chaos"
"The one who gave me this limb called himself Malal" Anakin explained simply, making the marines tense "He calls himself the Chaos god of destruction. Basically he represents Chaos' need to destroy everything, even its self"
"And the limb" the librarian asked sharply, tapping his staff on Anakin's left hand, which was covered by a cloth embroidered with ecclestriarch markings and anointed with their holy water "What was his reason for giving you this"
"He wanted me too destroy every daemon I came across" Anakin answered "When I did that he would release me from his service…he didn't even give me any chances too answer"
"I have heard enough" Gabriel Angelos muttered but before he could reply one of his marines trotted up too him and saluted sharply.
"Brother Captain the site is secure" he reported "There is no daemonic activity in the area, likewise our shock teams have reported a substantial decrease in daemonic incursions"
"It's because they're scared" Anakin Solo said simply.
"How can you know that?"
"I can see them" he answered "I can see every daemon on this vessel and they are running, running back through warp tears…something is coming, something which they fear more than anything else"
"What are they running from?"
Anakin seemed to concentrate before his eyes widened in sudden horror "By the emperors black bones!"
"You dare too-" one of the marines stuttered before being stopped by the thundering voice of the boys great grandfather.
"He doesn't mean your emperor you idiot!"
"It's out there" Anakin said, his voice trembling as he pointed towards the shutters "A daemon, an extremely powerful daemon!"
Just then a powerful force hit the shudders, causing several dents too appear on the strong material. Every soldier be they mortal or immortal raised their weapons and took aim, all activating their magnetic boots too stop themselves being driven into space. Suddenly a long snout phased through the shudders, followed by a head adorned with blade like spikes, eyes of shinning crimson starring at all in attendance. A long masculine arm of black flesh was next too phase through, claws at least a meter long digging into the decking for a foothold.
"Fire at will" captain Angelos shouted and aiming his bolt pistol fired the first shot, his battle brothers and fellow Imperials followed suit, followed closely by the warriors of the Galactic Alliance. Blaster bolts, bolt shells, heavy bolter rounds, streams of flame all bounced harmlessly off its black skin. The creature continued too emerge, its body all the way down too its abdomen was visible, wings of black night stretched out, the delicate skin dripping black and crimson blood onto the metal decking.
"It's Abaddon" Solo muttered.
The daemon opened its maw and shrieked, releasing a wave of supersonic power upon the warriors before it. The Space Marines were protected by their armour, the droids were unaffected, the Psykers and Jedi were able too bring up mental barriers too deflect it but all others fell too their knees, blood seeping from their eyes, ears and nose, many were screaming in agony.
Warp tears appeared around the monster, each one big enough too fit a battle-tank through, clawed hands grabbed at the seams of the tears and pulled them open further revealing what was waiting on the other side. Four Greater Daemons forced their way through the openings, a Bloodthirster of Khorne, a Keeper of Secrets of Slaneesh, a Lord of Change of Tzeentch and a Great Unclean One of Nurgle. The four daemons looked at all in attendance before roaring with the daemonic form of Abaddon the Despoiler.
"Pull back" someone shouted.
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Grand Admiral Antilles watched from his command throne as his carrier fired wave after wave of turbolance and turbolaser fire upon far away Chaos starships. Smaller defensive guns dotting his Decisive carriers hull flared, hosing Doomfire starfighters with thin red lances of laser. Occasionally a laser beam grazed an enemy fighter or hit it dead centre, causing it too either explode or spin out of control.
An explosion rocked the starship. The area affected clearly seen from the high tower the bridge was located. A section of the starboard side, one of the main turbolance guns had been strafed by a trio of Chaos Fury bombers, the shields had failed and the main munitions magazine for the long range weapon had been caught in the blast, vaporising the gun and the surrounding decks with the detonation.
"Seal off all bulkheads to main gun two" Wedge shouted over the chaos of his bridge "Where the hell is our fighter support!?"
"Green and red squadrons are tied up with enemy fighter units, gold and blue squadrons are taking heavy casualties with Chaos Ssi drones" his communications officer, a middle aged woman with high cheek bones and short brown hair stuffed under an officers cap reported "Silver squadron has been completely wiped out!"
"Incoming"
Wedge looked up just in time too see a series of flashes as a swarm of drones hit the bridge deflector shields in kamikaze runs, that was the third time in a half hour they had gotten under their defence barrage and rammed the shields.
"Bridge shields are down too fifty percent"
"What in the nine hells are the defensive gunners doing" Antilles shouted "Shoot those drones down!!"
A large series of explosions brought his attention away from the bridge too the far starboard side of the taskforce where an old Imperial star destroyer, the Vindicator lost her shields too a swarm of suicidal drones, the survivors moved on past the shattered shields and smashed into the armour platting, a nearby Chaos Cruiser took full advantage of the defenceless ship and fired a salvo of lance beams from its main batteries, causing the star destroyer too crack in half like an egg.
Wedge gritted his teeth and balled up his fists until the knuckles turned white. That was the third star destroyer that his taskforce had lost. The enemy armada may have just lost its head with the death of its Warmaster but they were still fighting with the fanatical zeal of a wounded animal in a corner. The situation on the ground was the same, the Imperial Guard regiments and Alliance Divisions were reporting harsher resistance from the Chaos armies on the ground and high losses from relentless and desperate counterattacks.
Thousands of Coalition soldiers were already reported either killed or missing in action with twice as many wounded. Several Imperial regiments and Alliance divisions had been wiped out with the fall of the northern sector including three Homeland Guard Brigades, the Imperial 92nd Stormtrooper division and the Cadian 30th Royal Regiment.
"Sir we have an incoming signal. Position, about nine thousand kilometres above us"
A warp tear appeared in the fabric of space, roughly a thousand kilometres from where the 17km long star defender Fire Water was stationed. Through the tear came a vessel that the Grand Admiral had never seen before, it was massive, dwarfing anything that he had ever seen, and that included the Planet Killer. Its basic design reminded him of a massive pyramid made of black material with eight massive arrow shaped arms separated into two sets.
The fortress fired, a concentrated beam from one of the many large gun emplacement which dotted the arms and pyramid like centre, the beam bypassed the shields of the Fire Water immediately and impacted its sleek hull, blasting through the thick armour like it were paper. The star defender cracked, several detonations blanketed across its hull before one final explosion erased it from the space ways.
At the same time as the star defenders death the fortress fired a full salvo from every gun emplacements. Dozens of vessels were caught by the barrage and exploded in a blanket of fire and debris, among the many ships too die in that opening salvo was Wedge Antilles carrier, the last thing the Grand Admiral was able to see was the beam of power from the Blackstone Fortresses main warp-cannon.
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The Greater Daemons descended upon them, their claws and mandibles outstretched too grab anything they could. The Bloodthirster brought down its heavy axe in a sweeping arc and a full squad of stormtroopers were cut in half from their waists. The Keeper of Secrets moved with a finesse that should have been impossible for its size, slicing men and droids alike too pieces. The Lord of Change swiped with its claws and beak like maw, cutting anyone in its path too pieces while the Great Unclean One simply sat on the floor, letting its spores and air borne diseases spread.
All the while the daemon form of the Warmaster tried too stand, showing its great size too all in attendance. Compared too the greater daemons who were three too four meters tall the 'Daemon King' stood a grand ten meters high, with claws which could encompass a Bloodthirsters head. It shrieked again and several more mortals fell too the ground, either dead or bleeding too death from the sonic charge.
Bolter, blaster and lasfire rang out from the guns of the Coalition soldiers. Only too bounce harmlessly off the daemonic entities tough skin.
"Find some cover" Angelos bellowed as he drew his nemesis sword and charged the Bloodthirster, the Chaplains and Librarians at his back following his lead. Surviving Imperial Guard and Stormtroopers were retreating back too the main corridors where the daemons could not follow, releasing salvoes of blaster and lasfire in their retreat, the Dark troopers and regular Space Marines were taking cover anywhere they could find, firing off blaster and bolter rounds in an attempt too give some cover too the charging elites.
The Jedi hesitated for just a moment before they ran into the fight as well, lightsabres drawn and ignited. Luke Skywalker led the charge, jumping past the Bloodthirsters axe and jumping onto the back of its neck, he raised his lightsabre, ready to plunge it into the monsters head. Its tail flew up and swiped at Skywalker, forcing him to abandon the attack and force jump to safety. Others were attempting the same thing only too be forced back by the daemons. They were surrounding the Despoiler, acting as a shield until the Warmaster could master his new body as a true ascended daemon.
Gabriel Angelos charged the Bloodthirster, his nemesis blade held firmly in his right hand. The greater daemon swung his axe at him, but the Captain easily jumped over it and grabbed the daemons long ears, hoisting himself up over its head. It tried swiping him away with its wiped tail like it did to Skywalker but the Space Marine was stronger physically, he grabbed the tail in mid-swing with his free hand and plunged his sword into the back of the daemons head.
The daemon convulsed and screamed before falling in a heap on the metal decking, its entire form flaying in a vain attempt to right itself. The captain of the Blood Ravens now stood over the daemon and with his sword cut off its head in one powerful downward stroke.
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The Blackstone fortress was almost unstoppable, in the space of a few moments it destroyed several Alliance and Imperial vessels. A large hole had been punched in the Coalitions blockade and the remnants of the Arch-enemies fleets were funnelling through and escaping too open space.
The Coalition was trying too redeploy its forces too block up the recently opened hole only too be meet by the monolithic guns of the fortress. As the blinding light died away another nine star destroyers, three light cruisers and an Armageddon-class Grand Cruiser had been skewered and left in space as burning carcasses.
The Lord Sorcerer smiled, if he hadn't interfered the armada would have been destroyed down too the last scout but with this timely intervention enough ships and personnel would escape too prowl the space ways and secure the worlds they had taken, turning them into fortresses. Some may run all the way back too the eye but he knew most would follow the Warmasters counter strategy.
Alarm claxons wailed.
"What is wrong!?"
"Incoming vessels" a serf reported "A hundred plus!"
Flashes of blue light stung the Lord Sorcerers eyes, and a rip of blue energy appeared just beyond the Blackstone fortress. Small bands of sleek vessels streamed through the recently opened webway and dived towards the ancient weapon, lances of turquoise and violet energy streaming from gun emplacements.
The vessels were sleek and slightly dragon like in design, they moved with a speed and manoeuvrability which should have been impossible for their classes. He only knew of two races which used vessels with that capability and of those two only one had the colour schemes which adorned their hulls. Crimson and white for half of the vessels, blacks and purples adorned the hulls of the other half.
"Eldar" the Lord Sorcerer murmured, his pike like teeth appearing beyond his torn lips "Siam-Hann and Ulthwe…gunners send these lightling scum too the warp, I'm sure Slaanesh will enjoy the taste of so many Eldar souls"
The small vessels swarmed around the Blackstone fortress, torrents of violet and turquoise beams escaping from their guns and smashing into the great monsters shields. The Blackstone fortress fired its main guns again, tearing a half dozen apart in a storm of flame and debris. The Eldar doggedly hung on, pummelling the large war machine with their weapons.
And finally from the still open portal a single Imperial battleship emerged, its armoured hull engraved with an Imperial double eagle and two lightsabres ignited in front of it. The Reverent Blade opened fire with all main lance batteries, battering the shields of the Blackstone fortress along with the already deadly salvoes the Eldar were dishing out.
"Status on the armada" Kahn asked simply, the firepower arrayed against them was fierce but still no match for the shields of the ancient warship.
"Over two thousand vessels have escaped my Lord" a serf replied "But the Coalition is coming for us with more ships than we can fight"
"Very well" Kahn muttered "But we have one last thing too do before we make our grand exit…prepare too destroy the Planet Killer, arm the main warp-cannon"
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The torrent of warp energy encompassed the Lord of Change, and the bird like greater daemon screeched out before its head and upper body disintegrated. Anakin Solo stood before the now collapsing and dissolving corpse, eyes glowing red, daemon hand outstretched and crackling with tainted power. The Keeper of Secrets had met the same fate a few moments before, as had the Great Unclean One. Several dozen Space Marines, soldiers and Jedi lay dead on the metal decking, Dark Troopers and YVH Battledroids lay among them as sparking wrecks, taken by the daemons before Malal's gift had dealt with the massive monsters.
All that was left now was the daemonic form of Abaddon the Despoiler, the Daemon King as many of the warriors around Anakin were calling him. Bolter rounds were detonating continuously off the monsters black flesh. The daemon looked up, raised one of its long clawed char black hands and released a torrent of warp energy. The beam encompassed one of the dug in positions and erased all taking cover there from the materium.
Anakin ran around the daemon as fast as he could, his hand raised and firing bolt after bolt of warp energy at the monster. Beam after beam impacted off its armour like skin and had the same affect as the bolter rounds and lightsabre blades had, that was nothing. Anakin wasn't strong enough too break the back of this daemon. With every blast he felt weaker and weaker, the amount of warp power he was releasing taxing him physically and mentally.
He didn't even see the long whipped tail until it hit him head on, throwing him off his feet and sending him flying against the far wall with a bone jarring thud. He slumped too the ground, consciousness ebbing. He could feel his very life leaving him. Something was draining him of his life. Somehow he knew that it was the daemon hand.
Anakin Skywalker reached out with the force and elevated several thermal detonators into the air, he took a deep breath and, activating them with the force threw them at the monster. The bombs hit off the dark skin and detonated with a series of deafening explosions. The surviving soldiers were forced too find cover.
Gabriel Angelos jumped over a sparking control console and used it for cover, muttering praises and prayers too the god-emperor as he reloaded his bolt pistol. Darth Vader's attack had fazed Abaddon but the captain knew that he hadn't killed him. He rose too a firing position and fired several bolter shells into the fog. Several space marines and dark troopers joined him, releasing a salvo of blaster and bolter fire.
A shriek bellowed throughout the chamber, a blast of warp energy tore a hole in the fog like dust cloud and sliced through the back bulkheads of the otherwise ruined bridge of the Planet Killer. It traced its way across the black metal, leaving a feint trail of crimson in its wake, the beam stopped and the crimson trail exploded, showering the soldiers below with debris and shattered metal. A Dark Trooper was crushed under a bulkhead, a Jedi peppered with sharp pieces of metal.
Clutching the bloodied stump of his arm too his chest Anakin used his one good hand too raise another cluster of frak and plasma grenades, he activated them and sent them flying at the daemon king. A series of explosions followed.
A black claw reached through the ash and dust, so fast that Anakin was only given a fraction of a seconds warning through the force. Not enough time for him too react. It clutched him in its vicelike grip and squeezed. Anakin felt his armour crack, his ribs break. In that moment he thought it was the end.
His son appeared from nowhere and with his ice blue blade cut into the daemons forearm with all his might, he drew black blood as the blade forced its way through the nearly impenetrable skin. Abaddon released Anakin, letting the chosen one fall in a heap on the floor and let out a screech of pain.
His son stood between him and the monster, his lightsabre ablaze in his hand and his long cloak billowing in the maelstrom that Abaddons great wings were creating. He looked like one of the masters from the old texts. Other Jedi appeared around him, their own lightsabres blazing. He recognised masters Windu, Obi-wan, Durron, Horn and Katarn.
Furiously the massive daemon opened its mouth and a small ball of energy came into being, swirling strings of curved warp energy flowed into it, doubling, then tripling its size until it was as big as a Bloodthirsters head. Anakin was horrified, he felt the immense power that the Despoiler was about too unleash. It could destroy the bridge and plunge through the decks below until it punctured the belly armour and into space.
His limbs moved slowly at first, but he gathered enough force energy too make them move. He rushed past Luke and the remaining Jedi and raised his hand, drawing upon the force and creating a barrier greater than he ever made. The Despoiler released the condensed ball of warp energy. A beam of power shot through the air like a bullet, the very oxygen molecules in the recycled atmosphere caught fire around it.
It plunged into Anakin's barrier, sending him skidding backwards several meters, but it held firm. The beam continued, smashing into the barrier, creating an eternal explosion of dark red and sapphire blue light which burned into the vision of all who looked upon it.
"Go" Anakin yelled over the deafening clash.
"Not without you" Luke replied heatedly.
"I'm dead anyway my son" Anakin shouted back, he felt the ribs when they punctured his internal organs and severed arteries. The only reason he was still standing was because he was numbing the pain and prolonging his life with the force.
"No" Luke went too run too his fathers side, only too be stopped by Obi-wan and Mace. The Korun Jedi master smacked Luke in the neck, knocking his son out so they could carry him away.
"Take care of my son master" Anakin said, gaining a nod from the Vaapad user.
They ordered a withdrawal. The Space Marines and Jedi were slowly retreating through the doorway, carrying as many wounded as they could. He saw his unconscious grandson being carried by Obi-wan and gave his lifelong friend one final nod before turning back too the clash with the daemon king.
He gritted his teeth. The Despoilers strength was too great. His power too vastly superior too his own weakened state. Eventually his barrier would be overwhelmed by the daemonic warmasters barrage and he would fall. Become one with the force once again.
At that moment a Chaos god snapped his fingers, and time stopped.
Anakin could only look around, bewildered, as a man wearing a black suit appeared several meters above him, floating sideways.
"Who are you?"
"The god who will claim your grandson" the being replied "I am Malal, a being of the immaterium and I will take great delight in using your grandson's corpse for my plans. Once the life is sucked from him by my little 'gift'"
Anakin felt anger well up in his chest, the pure apocalyptic anger which made him Darth Vader. But he immediately quelled it.
"Why?"
"Ever since the wormholes connected our galaxy too yours I've become fascinated by your power source, what was it called…ah yes, the force. I wanted too create a hybrid, a being who could control both the warp and the force, and use him for my own plans"
"That's where the daemon hand had come from"
"Exactly"
"What do you want?"
The Chaos god took that moment too smile "You"
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Captain Gabriel Angelos fired his bolt pistol, taking off a daemon head in an explosion of pink mist. All around him his battle-brothers were running, either carrying wounded or firing their weapons at the daemonic presence. The captain found it odd, there had only been sporadic daemon activity so far, it seemed that ever since that monstrosity appeared the other entities of the warp had vanished too whatever dark corner they originally slithered from.
Something just didn't feel right. Something was keeping these creatures at bay. It seemed that a great presence had engulfed the Planet Killer. A presence which brought fear too the black hearts of these abominations.
Gabriel hoped over a piece of twisted debris. Put a bolt round through the head off another daemon and quickly changed the clip.
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"You want me" Anakin said.
"Yes" Malal replied "I never wanted your grandson, he was just a flare too get your attention. I want you Anakin Skywalker. Or more precisely your body"
"If I accept"
"Your grandson will be free from my service, no strings attached…and ill even take care of this big grotesque monstrosity here" the chaos god smirked "You can keep your soul too"
Anakin felt death creep closer too him by the second and in that moment he saw that this was the only way too defeat Abaddon and end this once and for all. If it cost him his life then that was his loss, he would be saving millions more.
"Done"
Malal grinned "Then be at peace son of the sons"
At that moment the Chaos god's image fell backwards and disappeared inside Anakin's body, black mist covered him and time stated moving again. Malal opened the eyes of Skywalker and starred at Abaddon. He raised the stump that was once a hand. A new limb came into existence. Bluish purple scales adorned the skin and long midnight blue claws extended from its fingers.
"A king of daemons you may be Abaddon the Despoiler" Anakin's body said with a voice which was not his own "But you are no match for a Chaos god!!"
He raised the daemonic hand and a small ball of crimson energy appeared, small strings of curved force energy became visible around it. In the blink of an eye the two powers merged, creating a ball of blackish red energy. It bubbled and sizzled with incredible power. Malal held out his hosts newly created daemon limb and released it.
It bypassed the force barrier and struck the warp spear Abaddon was firing. For moments the two forces clashed, jockeying for possession, the beams moving back and forth as more energy was added by both monumental powers. But the hybrid spear was winning. It sliced through Abaddons warp lance like a blade and encompassed the monsters head, disintegrating it in a wave of powerful energy.
Abaddon was dead, and he wasn't coming back.
The show of power ceased and Abaddons headless form slumped too the ground with a great bang. Anakin Skywalker was dead as well. his soul had been forced from his body and had rejoined the force the moment Malal took control. Such was the price for being possessed by a god. Malal looked out the massive view-ports and scowled. A powerful lance of energy was advancing quickly on the Planet Killer.
Malal!!
"Oh dear" Malal muttered with a grin as the booming voice echoed through the immaterium "It seems I made someone angry"
The lance of warp energy struck the bridge of the Planet Killer and punctured the titanic vessel all the way back too its furthest engine nacelles, destroying everything in its path.
I hope that was too your satisfaction.