The twelve hours until midnight were hell for the Imperials, they lost great numbers as three so-called Jedi attacked from all positions they were followed by what seemed to be hundreds of soldiers, the Rebel Clones had a better twelve hours they slaughtered over sixty Civilianists then proceeded to take up the back flanks of the Imperials and the so-called 'Civies' took the forward positions, they couldn't go backward, left, right or forward so the Imperials went back to back, in long lines, formed by six lines facing each way, the first three were taken out in under two hours, green, yellow and pink flashes put the men on edge many jumped into blaster-bolts in order to not be sliced and diced by Jedi. The fifth line fell at twenty hundred hours and soon they converged into smaller lines and many more lines protecting the one sitting in the centre, some Rebel Clones or 'whities' saw the man who looked more like a boy than a man sitting as if he didn't realise that there was a war on. Imperials fought and at twenty-two hundred hours they managed to push backwards toward the pole of the planet, which is just what Galen Marek wanted.

Galen fought well but it was obvious to even a blind man like Kota that he was injured and trying not to show it, Syen tried to keep close to Galen at first but Galen made him stay in the centre position, Kota took right flank, Galen took left.
Midnight brought a new brand of hell upon the Civilian Admiral and Imperial Emperor, the Imperials had forced the Rebels into a full retreat after killing half of the men assigned to them but at the same time they had pushed their way back to the pole, with their Emperor seeming to levitate in order to follow his men in the centre without being trampled.

"Sericius, Kota fall back! Central Square is being flooded by whities!" The governor shouted threw the com.
"Go Kota I'll be fine."
"But-" Syen started but stopped as he feared he would give away the friendship Galen shared with the Emperor.
"GO!" Galen shouted as he forgot something essential, that Cye was in amongst the Imperials.

Kota and Syen seemed to dash off so quickly when Galen realised that Cye was closer to him and that he had broken the un-spoken vow of distance they had silently promised to keep.

Galen couldn't order his men to retreat, it would cause too much flak and he could push the balance of the war in Imperial favour so he sucked in a vast amount of air before exhaling and muttering 'Forgive Me'.


The council archives were empty when Kallium entered by cover of semi-darkness, he connected to the mainframe and began inserting coordinates for the Relay station, it opened a com-channel quickly and greeted him by name.

"Taho."
"Authorisation accepted accessing Mainframe. Complete." The Relay replied.
"R7, access records on subject 7942 name Cye Sericius project Vader."
"Acessing. Complete."
"State information plainly."
"Request accepted, Project Vader: Subject sort code 7942, Name Cye. Creation thirteen years ago, accelerated growth amount four years, maturity complete. 7942 was sent to Musafar after his cellular structure was modifie-"
"Wait? When was subject 7942 modified."
"After sentient life was confirmed and it was released from tank 7942."
"Continue" Kallium said with shock in his voice.
"Power ranking 96% efficient, skill ranking 91%, achievement of primary goal prediction ten years after sentiency. file end."
"Understood, send all files on subject 7942, 7943, 7944 and 7945 to data feed templecoru987.663 cut access after transmission end, erase files."
"Processing, denied."
"Define failure"
"Access restricted to 60% file access only."
"Sent all accessible files to specified feed."
"Denied."
"Define."
"No hard copies permitted."
"Vocalise and sent vocal recording to specified feed."
"Access terminated."

"DAMN IT!" Kallium shouted as he kicked a neighbouring chair across the room and into a aisle of data.

"What you should have asked is for the relay to clear the request on Kamino." Shaak Ti said as she emerged from the shadow across the room to Kalliums left.
"Master!?" Kallium aid as his draw dropped and red grew like a rash on his face.
"You aren't in trouble. As long as you can explain yourself."


The last twenty Imperials were KM squad soldiers, they were dispatched by various means: Blaster bolts to the head, blaster bolts to the chest, blaster bolts to the thigh, decapitation, being sliced in half, choked, crushed and of course tricked into killing each other, obviously Cye had taken great care in making their minds weak and the soldiers on a whole non-force sensitive, Galen pondered as Cye rose from his sitting position and drew himself upto his full height, a black lightsaber hilt flew to his right hand, his left hand motioned vertically down his chest, his armour plating Click-cracked-snapped off of him like rain slithers from a building, his usual robes were now present, his armour lay in between him and Galen.
Neither man spoke, words would betray them if they spoke to deeply, Cye tried to penetrate Galen's mind but Galen blocked him out for some reason, Galens hand flew out in signal to his men not to engage, Cye ignited his lightsaber and stood in a defensive stance. Galen took his lightsaber into a tight grip, his yellow blade pointed sky-ward in perfect alignment to the symmetry of his body. Cautiously they circled each other, Galens ComLink beeped and flashed as he continued to circle, he paid it no mind. Cye twirled his lightsaber slightly so that he could block what he was guessing to be Galen's opening move. Weapons clicked into readiness after half an hour went by, hearing the clicks of cocked blasters Cye jumped and dived into a twirling pole-dive, his lightsaber flashed and span as he advanced on Galen.

Sizzle, crackle hiss their lightsabers connected sending blue, yellow and greenish coloured sparks every where, Galen parried Cyes move, Cye counted Galens jab for his chest with a backflip, Galen threw a ball of lightening at Cye he dived into a roll and glided near a pillar of ruined house, Cye jumped up and then dived down to snag the advantage Galen had from him, Cye pushed down on his blade harder and harder as white light glared on his features and Galens. Galen saw his lightsaber slowly failing toward him, he slacked his posture, deactivated his lightsaber and flipped his body clear of Cye's blade. Whilst Cye remained in shock Galen kicked him hard in the gut, Cye fell backward but pulled himself back up using the force to guide him.

'I know you can heard me Galen. What is this?' Cye spoke directly to Galen mind-to-mind, to no avail.

Sparks flew, and suddenly two of Galens men had gotten in Cyes way and died because of it, Galens rage boiled inside of him as he shot a burst of lighting into Cyes back. Cye writhed only for a moment before gaining a sinister grin and turning in the lighting and raising his bare hands he absorbed the lightening until he could will his lightsaber to come back to his hand after the burst had knocked it across the field. The blue blade shone back into life and halted Galen's lightening, Galen stopped as soon as he felt it hitting him back, he drew his yellow blade and began to circle his opponent again. Now they had tested each others defences they calculated and plotted their next moves carefully.

They both leapt up high into the air almost on par with each other and began to push closer to each other with blades in hand for lethal force...