Light in the Darkness
Chapter Six
The voyage towards Alderaan was uneventful. Kota stood aboard the command bridge of his capital ship watching the blue lines fly past. The comm crackled to life, "Is everyone ready?" asked Anakin through the communication channel.
"My ships are prepped, with weapon batteries warming up," called Kota back into the comm. The voices of several others called out their own affirmatives. "When we get there we need to hurry up and take the brunt of the fleet out as quickly as possible, and when we do arrive in Alderaan space, we're coming in hot. It's a warzone right now," said Kota grimly.
A monitor blared a shrill warning and Kota glanced down at the proximity alarm. "Entering Alderaan space in 3...2...1!" he called out across the bridge. In a split second, the familiar blue streaks of hyperspace vanished and were replaced with fire as the husk of a ruined frigate floated dangerously close. The ship floated aimlessly past, and Kota was given a clear view of the fleet before him. An array of Mandalorian ships were packed in a defensive line blockading this portion of the planet.
Kota keyed in his ship's own communications channel, "Fire the ion batteries and follow up with maximum firepower on the disabled ship," he ordered. He added the rest of his fleet to the channel, "Fire on the Keldalbe-battle cruisers!"
Several shots of blue light struck the hulls of several enemy capital-class ships completely disabling them. The turbolaser and laser batteries were lighting them up within seconds utilizing the disabled shields and rendering the hulls of the ships into pieces of scrap. Several proton missiles flew into hangars with the containment shields down and engulfed the crew and starfighters in a blazing fireball.
Kota watched Fisto's starfighter flash past and open fire on a transport heading for the surface, gunning it down. The Mandalorians reacted faster to the ambush then Kota had anticipated and returned fire on the Acclamator-class frigates. Kota shielded his eyes as one of his fighters exploded in front of the viewport hit by a stray turbolaser shot from the Mandalorians.
Anakin passed into the command bridge of their corvette watching Ashoka navigate through the wreckage and he pressed a few buttons on a console activating the defense turrets and keyed in their targets. Shaak turned to him, "We have to get to the surface quickly; the command ship is launching fighters to bomb the capital city. The first wave of bombers hit the outskirts of the city," she said worried.
Anakin stared at a gap in the blockade, "We need to get through the blockade," he said, "Ashoka put maximum power to the engines we need to get through that gap in the blockade."
Ashoka nodded with a look of fierce determination and gunned the engines aiming for the gap in the formation of the fleet. Another ion strike gave them enough time to pass through the fleet. "Thanks Kota," chimed in Shaak over the comm system.
"Hurry and help Bail," said Kota gravely, "And may the Force be with you all. Something's not right about this attack."
"We'll make sure to keep an eye out for anything Master Kota," replied Ashoka.
A few streaks of red flashed by the command bridge dissipating into the distance, "They must have recovered from the ion cannons," said Anakin grimly, "No matter, we're out of range of their weapon's batteries." The corvette broke through the atmosphere and entered the cover of the clouds. Ashoka steered the corvette away from the sudden appearance of durasteel jutting through the bottom of the clouds. Ashoka continued to descend through the clouds and the main portion of the command ship came into view. Shaak rose from her chair staring in fear out the viewport, "It's huge," she muttered.
The ship dominated the skyline for nearly two thousand meters. Several flashes of green light pelted the corvette and the shields flickered sending the ship rocking. Ashoka centered the ship and dove beneath the belly of the command ship avoiding the turbolaser batteries. The capital city quickly came into view. Thick black plumes of smoke obscured the outskirts of the city. The deadly dance of orange flame terrorized several buildings still left standing in the outer reaches of the city.
Anakin stared out at the devastation with the seed of pity growing inside of him, sympathy starting to from for the people of Alderaan. Their homes were tarnished and destroyed and families torn apart or killed off by the thousands. Ashoka banked right as several bombers flashed past again unloading their payloads on a new portion of the city.
Anakin stalked off from the bridge seeing the airlocking system being unlocked. He rounded the corridor and leapt gracefully down the stairs heading in the direction of the escape pod bays. Several doors swung open to admit him and Anakin peered down the hallway towards the airlock seeing Obi-wan keying in a sequence into a data pad mounted on the wall. "Where do you think you're off too?" asked Anakin.
"I have to help the people in the city," said Obi-wan, not even bothering to turn and face him. The data pad beeped three times and then the doors unlocked. He stared at the altitude monitor vastly dropping until it reached a relatively safe distance. Obi-wan pressed a button and the airlock opened letting in a torrent of wind. Obi-wan called out over the roar of the wind, "I'll rendezvous with you all at the palace after I try to help secure the city," promised Obi-wan.
Anakin raced forward, "You don't have to do this," he pleaded with Obi-wan, "We have no ground forces down there yet and the city has been evacuated by now."
Obi-wan looked sternly into Anakin's eyes his copper hair glowing as the afternoon sun hit his beautiful locks just right, "Anakin don't pretend you can't feel the dark side lingering below us. I must kill the Sith," he said.
Anakin nodded and quickly kissed Obi-wan before stepping back away from the airlock. Obi-wan paused for a moment and leapt out landing in a roll across a rooftop only a little more than fifteen feet below. Anakin sealed the airlock and trekked back to the command bridge.
Obi-wan surveyed the area and spotted it as soon as he had felt the tremor. Several black Mandalorian transports had swooped into the area and landed in the courtyard nearby unloading soldiers to secure the city. Obi-wan jumped several alleyways and paused at the edge of the apartment complex adjacent to the courtyard and unclipped his lightsaber from his belt and leapt down on top of a transport silently. The Mandalorians scanned the area guns at the ready before splitting up into patrols and vanishing down alleys and marching down streets.
Obi-wan leapt off as a cloaked figure descended the lead transport's landing ramp. Obi-wan ignited his lightsaber and pointed it at the cowled figure. "You're not going anywhere Sith," he said. The Sith looked up laughing, "A Jedi? Oh, this will be fun."
Obi-wan said nothing and somersaulted forward vaulting down upon the Sith with a vertical downward chop. The Sith easily dodged the ferocious attack and thrust her red blade at Obi-wan. Obi-wan deflected the blow easily. He went on the offensive slashing and hacking at her flanks and legs. The woman parried every blow but jumped back to dodge an extremely fast lunge for her throat. The Zabrak woman countered another strike nearly achieving a shallow cut on his shoulder. Obi-wan darted behind her and slashed at her back. The woman spun blocking the blow and planted a booted foot in his chest sending him reeling a few feet away.
The woman charged, her tattoos casting eerie shadows in the daylight. Obi-wan gathered the Force and lashed out with a powerful concussive blast sending her hurtling through a wall to vanish inside the belly of the apartment building. Obi-wan sprinted inside to find only the dust beginning to settle. He ducked as a battle cry split the air and the Zabrak leapt off of a ruined stairway and slammed her blade hilt deep into the floor where he had been standing.
Obi-wan slashed for her left leg leaving a shallow cut as she ripped her blade free and attempted to dodge his strike. The Zabrak never lost momentum and leapt across the room slamming her foot into Obi-wan's gut lifting him from the ground to slam into the wall. White hot pain flashed through Obi-wan for a second and he fell to his knees. Feebly fending off the woman's assault, Obi-wan gasped as she lifted him off of the ground in an iron grip and began to feel his oxygen supply start to dwindle feeling the Force tighten around his windpipe.
He lashed out with his foot catching her across the cheek and she spat a little bit of blood out on the ground. She tightened her hold and Obi-wan groaned before making one last desperate attempt. He reached out with the Force and the stairs groaned before ripping out of the wall and slamming into her pinning the Sith to the ground. She let out a shocked squeal and suddenly the ceiling grumbled and groaned cracks starting to fall overhead. The chandelier falling was Obi-wan's clue to escape. The ceiling toppled as Obi-wan left. He deactivated his lightsaber and clipped it to his belt and raced across the courtyard stopping dead in his tracks as his nerves suddenly lit on fire. Electricity coursed through his blood and he dropped to the ground dazed smoke rising off of his tunic. The Zabrak stalked towards him her fingertips crackling with lightning.
"I see your Master has taught you a few tricks," spat Obi-wan annoyed as he rose his muscles groaning in protest.
"Master?" she asked innocently.
"If you are a Dark Lord of the Sith I'm severely disappointed," said Obi-wan, "The Sith have fallen far."
The Zabrak shrieked with fury and attacked slashing at every inch of flesh on Obi-wan. He blocked each blow and parried the last skewering her through the shoulder with his cobalt blade. The Zabrak pulled herself free and tried to attack again. Obi-wan slapped away her crimson blade and slashed a shallow cut from hip to her midriff. The Zabrak gasped and dropped to her knees, her black apprentice robes smoking.
Obi-wan rolled to the side as a storm of lightning flashed into existence pulverizing his last location. He casually tossed his lightsaber with a flick of the wrist and watched her corpse topple her head a few feet away. His blue lightsaber returned to his grasp and he stalked off heading towards the palace.
Anakin descended the landing ramp his lightsaber already in his grasp in activated. Shaak followed just as cautious with Ashoka in tow with her green and gold blades. Anakin swatted aside a blaster bolt as several Mandalorians entered the hangars firing at them. Shaak let the Force flow through her and sprinted towards them dismembering them with several strikes. She lifted the last up with the Force and blasted him out of the royal hangar.
Anakin's eyes darted suspiciously around the hangar disturbed by the lack of Mandalorian interference. The Force suddenly screamed out a warning inside him and he felt the imminent danger before it struck. He lashed out with the Force and pulled Shaak back to them as the crimson cruiser in the hangar exploded, obviously rigged to kill them. Shaak turned to Anakin, "Thanks," she breathed.
Ashoka jumped in front of the two deflecting twenty or so blaster bolts from a heavy repeating cannon as a massive Mandalorian stalked into the hangar firing on anything living. Ashoka charged ducking under another burst of fire and leapt up skewering both of her lightsabers into his chestplate. The Mandalorian let out a muffled gasp from beneath its helmet and toppled lifeless to the floor.
Anakin rolled into the corridor and redirected two blaster bolts back at their owners and ducked as a Mandalorian armed with a rocket launcher fired. The rocket zipped past and flew into an opening doorway killing a platoon of Mandalorians. Anakin hurled his lightsaber at the Mandalorian trying to reload and yanked it free from his chestplate with the Force.
The entire palace shook suddenly. The crackle of an empty channel became clear as Kota's voice rang in, "We cleared the blockade. Aayla and Kit have already penetrated the palace and I'm storming the gates right now with my men."
"Affirmative, General Kota. Good luck. We're on our way to help Bail," called Anakin into the comm hooked to his wrist.
Anakin carved open a hole in an elevator shaft, "Sorry the power just went down," he said to Ashoka and Shaak, "We're going to have to climb manually." Ashoka gently brushed past him and pulled out a grapple and fired felling it pull taught several stories above. "Ashoka wait-"
She clicked a button and zipped up landing on a ledge outside a doorway. "Hurry up!" she called down to Anakin. He pulled out his own grapple begrudgingly from his belt and vaulted up the wall towards her. Shaak jumped off of the sides of the shaft and landed in a crouch. She swept her hand towards the door with the Force and unlocked it. Anakin ducked under the doorway and entered the corridor cautiously. A thermal detonator rolled across the durasteel floor towards them. Ashoka darted forward and kicked it down the hall back at the Mandalorians and looked away as a bright maw of fire engulfed them.
Shaak cut down the survivors and cut a hole into the throne room doors. She kicked down the molten circle of durasteel and ducked inside followed by Anakin and then Ashoka. Anakin stopped staring at the tall man sitting on the throne across the room with Bail in Force cuffs beside him. Anakin started forward only to crumple as several bolts of dark purple lightning flashed into existence striking him down. "ANAKIN!" cried out Ashoka. She vaulted across the room furious and locked blades with the Sith Lord. "Good give in to your hatred," snarled the Sith from beneath his cowl.
"Never," she hissed and jumped up kicking him across the face. The Sith rolled with the blow and caught her in a tight Force grip and hurled her across the room back towards Shaak. Shaak lashed out catching him off guard and a massive wave of Force energy slammed him against the wall nearly rendering him unconscious.
Ashoka rose shakily and raised her blades to fight again. She nodded at Shaak and then both sprinted with the Force across the room and flanked him catching the mountainous man off guard. Shaak slashed for his throat and Ashoka aimed to lop off his legs at the knee with both of her lightsabers.
The Sith shoved Shaak away with a concussive blast and blocked Ashoka's blades before slamming his foot into her stomach sending her reeling away from him. His eyes darted from each and he turned sensing a disturbance in the Force and recoiled as the wall behind him exploded and Aayla and Kit entered cutting down two Mandalorians.
Aayla turned on the Sith instantly her dual blades twirling in wide arcs. The Sith parried her blows with his double-ended lightsaber and jabbed at Kit as he joined the fray. Shaak rose and received a vicious kick to the side of the head and collapsed knocked out from the force of the blow. Ashoka darted in to attack as well. The Sith flipped over her attacks and delivered a shallow cut to her forearm and swept her legs out from under her raising his lightsaber to impale her. Aayla darted forward intervening and forced the Sith Lord to give ground until he backed up against the wall.
He ducked as her blades tore through the wall where his head was a moment before and received a wicked blow to the shoulder his crimson blade ramming through hilt deep. Aayla gasped and toppled. Kit leapt across the room and blocked the fatal strike to end her life and blasted the man across the room. He kneeled beside Aayla his heart pounding with fear.
"I-I'll be fine Kit," she breathed clutching at the wound.
"No you need medical attention," he said.
"Now's not the time," she growled rising from the ground. She retrieved her fallen lightsabers and tossed one at the Sith Lord attempting to skirt around an irritating Ashoka keeping him at bay.
The Sith Lord howled in fury as the blade slashed deep into his shoulder and arced back around him to land in Aayla's outstretched hand. Kit darted forward and probed the Sith's defenses. Aayla drove him back again with Ashoka's assistance. "ENOUGH!" he roared and the Force rippled in waves off of him and a powerful shockwave blasted them all away. He lifted Bail off the ground with the Force and pulled him towards him forcefully. His hand tightened around his throat.
Bail gasped for air and the Jedi stopped dead in their tracks. Kota appeared with his Echani apprentice and Obi-wan through the hole in the doors. The Sith frowned and edged towards the veranda still holding Bail hostage. Suddenly, a crimson blade appeared out of Bail's chest and extinguished as quick as it had appeared. "NOOOO!" bellowed Kota as Bail let out a gasp before toppling with a distant look in his eyes to the floor.
The Sith Lord cackled and jumped over the railing and landed on a starfighter zipping towards the command ship and vanished on the horizon. The command ship vanished back into the clouds the city safe from the wrath of the bombers.
Obi-wan rushed to Anakin's side shaking him desperately, "Anakin? Anakin?! ANAKIN?" he yelled. Anakin stirred and opened his eyes regaining consciousness. "O-Obi-wan," he murmured quietly.
Obi-wan smiled and a tear slipped down his cheek vanishing on Anakin's robes. He pulled him close into an embrace, "Don't ever scare me like that again," whispered Obi-wan.
Smoke rose from all corners of the city and transports swooped into the city to assist the citizens as Kota's Acclamators unloaded their transports. Aayla's fleet landed in various parts of the city as well. A team of medics rushed in to the throne room to attend to Bail and Shaak. Kota quizzed his own men, "Do you think Bail will make it?" he asked.
"We can't tell yet, but it looked like the blade missed most of his vitals so he should make a recovery," said the head medic. A stretcher glided in and carried Bail away. Shaak stirred and shrugged off the medics, "I'm okay," she said dismissing them.
Anakin stood on the veranda staring down at the city with Obi-wan, watching the city slowly begin the road to recovery. From the ashes something greater will rise.
Three Days Later
(Detailed Sex Scene! You have been warned!)
Anakin stood alone in the refresher staring at his reflection in the mirror rubbing his clean-shaven face. His abs rippled as he stretched cracking his back. The refresher door swung open and Obi-wan ducked inside turning on the shower. He wrapped his arms around Anakin's waist smirking at his reflection in the mirror. "Obi-wan I just took a shower," protested Anakin.
"Take another one then," murmured Obi-wan into his ear. He kissed the side of Anakin's neck and his fingers untied the towel around his waist and let it fall to the floor. Anakin craned his neck towards Obi-wan and kissed him softly. Obi-wan grabbed his hand and tugged him into the shower smiling at him. "Fine," said Anakin laughing.
Anakin slid into the open shower and lifted Obi-wan off the ground his hands cupping his firm ass. Obi-wan cupped his own hands in Anakin's brown locks and behind his neck. Anakin leaned forward kissing Obi-wan fiercely. He shut the refresher door with the Force and locked it.
Obi-wan slipped his tongue into Anakin's mouth intertwining his own with Anakin's. Anakin leaned back against the soft tiles adorning the wall letting Obi-wan leans his chest on his, their bare skin brushing every now and then sending jolts through his body.
Anakin took the initiative this time and trailed his tongue along the nape of Obi-wan's neck and planted a trail of kisses down to Obi-wan's navel. Obi-wan could feel the skin slightly burning where his lips touched despite the water running all over the two of them. He always had that effect on me, though Obi-wan.
Obi-wan let out a gasp as Anakin grabbed hold of Obi-wan's arousal and started to glide his hand up and down slowly at first. Anakin smirked up at Obi-wan clenching his eyes shut as he dared to let his tongue escape his lips and trail up his shaft. Obi-wan groaned as Anakin finally slipped his cock in his mouth. Obi-wan thrusted his hips gently forward forcing a little more little by little.
Obi-wan ran his fingers through his wet copper hair and clenched his eyes shut tight as Anakin reached the base of his shaft. Obi-wan gently fondled Anakin's hair and Anakin finally stood back up and leaned him against the wall turning him around. He whispered huskily into Obi-wan's ear, "It's your turn." He slid his finger into Obi-wan's ass, the water conveniently providing lubrication. Obi-wan bucked his hips from the touch and Anakin took that as the cue to venture deeper inside started to press at him gently with a second finger.
Obi-wan moaned as Anakin's finger began to draw closer to his prostate. Anakin added a second finger now starting to lightly scissor his fingers to widen him a little bit. Obi-wan pressed his chest against the chilled shower tiles crying out in pleasure as Anakin added another and brushed his prostate.
Anakin pulled out after a bit longer and started to prod Obi-wan's ass with his head brushing against his entrance. Obi-wan whimpered inaudibly and Anakin gently thrust inside until he was completely sheathed inside before placing his hands on his hips and began to thrust slowly inside, pulling his dick in and out. Obi-wan sighed in content and stared at the water flowing to the drain.
Anakin thrust harder and faster after no protests of pain from Obi-wan and drew closer to his prostate and the sound of slapping skin filled the refresher. Anakin began to grunt along with Obi-wan. Obi-wan cried out as Anakin finally reached his prostate, just barely brushing it. Flecks of white dotted his vision still lingering. Anakin thrust deeper and rammed his prostate driving Obi-wan wild. Anakin smirked slightly at his reaction.
Obi-wan pulled himself off as Anakin grabbed him from behind and flipped him around hoisting him in the air with surprising strength. Obi-wan wrapped his legs around Anakin's naked waist and Anakin lowered Obi-wan back onto his shaft letting Obi-wan ride him. Obi-wan slid down on Anakin's shaft burying it deeper inside feeling it coming closer to his prostate again. Anakin started to buck his hips gently thrusting to meet Obi-wan and began to ram Obi-wan's prostate repeatedly driving him wild.
Anakin thrust harder meeting Obi-wan slamming himself down and Obi-wan let out a scream, "A-ANAKIN!" he roared finally reaching his climax. His hot seed spilled down Anakin's chest and a few spots coated his own midriff. Anakin smiled dragging his own out as he continued to ram into Obi-wan. He whimpered slightly and his gritted his teeth feeling his own climax coming close. He pulled out of Obi-wan and jets of his own seed splattered all over Obi-wan and dribbled down onto their legs.
He lowered Obi-wan back to the ground and began to clean Obi-wan washing the semen of off each other. Obi-wan leaned against Anakin nuzzling his own head of copper hair underneath Anakin's chin, who was pulling him close in an embrace. "Why can't it always be like this?" murmured Obi-wan to Anakin after several moments. "Because life isn't fair," replied Anakin sadly. Obi-wan leaned against his muscular frame and let the lukewarm water wash all of their troubles away.
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