Asakura Chronicles
The first day of the Operation Holodroid Crisis is here
Stage One begins... now!
"Are all members of Squad A in position?"
"Fisto and Mundi are in position!"
"Paratus is in position. All equipment is set and ready"
"Unduli is in position"
"Is the bait in place?"
"Yes"
"Good. You may begin whenever your ready, Senator"
"I'm ready"
"Then, let the operation commence"
"And now that we are done greeting our new member of the Republic family, the people of Onderon, we hear a few words of wisdom and splendid news from Senator Amidala of Naboo" The Supreme Chancellor ended his greetings to the new Senator of Onderon, Lux Bonteri and everyone clapping which echoes through the Senate Chamber. They turn to a golden hooded figure, standing with two guards behind the figure on the large, round hover table. The hooded figure talked like Senator Amidala
"Thank you Chancellor. I'm here to discuss today about the Jedi related murders. The ones that are related to the death Zygerria's prime minister, Atai Molec and the murder of Senator Aang of Roonan. It is said that high ranking members of the Jedi Order were involved in these murders. But after further investigation by the Order to prove their innocence, some members were attacked by... themselves. If you pay attention to the image"
A large holographic screens showed four Jedi, Anakin, Obi Wan, Plo Koon, and Windu confronting the two droids disguised as Windu and Plo Koon. The four of them were ready to fight the two fakes but then they retreated.
"Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master's Obi Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon and Mace Windu were attacked in the middle of the day on Courscant. This happened almost a week ago. And later that day, Skywalker, along with Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Thomas Asakura were attacked by more copies. And during that battle, they learned that the people they faced weren't just copycats. But they were Separatists droids using holographic technology"
Another large image of the two droids that Anakin, Ahsoka and Tom faced showing their true forms and getting defeated by Tom and Paratus.
"Anything yet?"
"No. Everything's good on our end"
"Same with mine"
"I'm good here as well"
"The enemy should make it's move anytime soon. Just keep your positions a little longer"
"And after hours research and further investigation, the Jedi Order learned that the droids were built to frame them and have us turn against them. Further more, they've learned that the enemy base, as well as the droid factory that creates these new droids are somewhere here on Courscant"
"So... they're already on to us huh? The Jedi must have a genius with them in the temple"
"Thomas Asakura, no doubt is the genius your referring to"
"The boy that we're doing this invasion for, my lord?"
"Yes. But remember, I need him alive so that the Jedi and the Republic will completely fall to their knees to the Separatists. With the Jedi's most prized pupil and their treasure of the Asakura Clan is in the hands of the Sith, they will certainly fall into despair. Just the thought of failing the clan again by losing the last and youngest generation of the clan will ruin them. I'm counting that you'll succeed on your part"
"Of course Count Dooku. It's not everyday you get to face off with a member of the legendary force sensitive clan that even the Jedi feared. Oh, and what if anyone else tries to interfere?"
"Dispose of them"
"Understood. And what about Senator Amidala? It appears the Jedi have told her about the droids and my factory but not it's location"
"True, it appears they don't know where it is. Still, she might become a bother like she was in the past. Eliminate her"
"Very well then. Consider Padme Naberrie Amidala (BLAM!) exterminated"
In just a split second, with shot of a blaster bolt, the laser like bullet ran through and destroyed the Senator's neck, while her head falls onto the flooring of the hover circle. Not more than a mini second has passed and almost every Senator and Representative panicked.
Screaming and shouting with confusion, some were already crying with disbelief, despair and loss and some were already demanding answers and justice of the recent death. It's astonshing that just after one tragic event, order immediately falls into chaos.
"Ha ha! If only you could see this in person Count Dooku! The Senate is filled with nothing but children when they need their diapers changed and no one is around to anything to do about it. Or when another child steals another's toy, that child immediately bursts into tears. How pathetic. How truly pathetic"
"Yes. But it would be more pathetic if you actually shot the really Senator Amidala"
"What? What do you mean my lord?"
"Check your scanners"
"Fine, but I don't see the... wait... the person I just shot... it's not..."
"It's not Senator Amidala. You've only shot a droid impersonating the Senator"
"But that's... that's my idea! Is this some kind of joke?! Who would dare do this?!"
"Stay focused! Go find the Senator and finish the job!"
"Fine! When I find out who took my idea and used it to make a fool out of me, I swear that they will feel wrath and awe of my... perfection"
(In a small, white room in the Senate Building)
"Have they took the bait?" Luminara asked on her com link while Barriss stands next and Padme sitting behind on a stool
"Yes Master. They'll be coming for you and the Senator. Be prepared. If their attempting a assassination, then their's a good chance their coming in alone. Remember, don't face them one on one, but two against one"
"I understand. Unduli out"
"Is it really necessary for us to stay in such a bleak room while guarding Senator Amidala?" Barriss asked
"We needed to find a room that didn't connect to any air ducts so that the assassin wouldn't use one to search the building until it finds the Senator. We want to make sure that the assassin will come through that door if it's to get to us. Another assassin tried using the same tactic a few years ago, am I right Senator?" Luminara turned to Padme and asked her.
"A bounty hunter named Aurra Sing was hired to kill me by Ziro the Hutt to get revenge on me for imprisoning him. Aurra used the air ducts to get to me and finish the job. The Jedi read the report during that event on Alderran and one of them already came up with a plan to get to the enemy"
"Which Jedi was that?" Barriss asked and her Master replied: "Thomas Asakura"
"Thomas? Well that explains it. He always was one with a plan back in the day" Barriss replied while Luminara leered at her
"I didn't know you were associated with Asakura, Padawan Offee" Padme said which startled Barriss
"Oh, uhh... yes. We went together on a few missions a while" Barriss replied
"That's right. In fact, we went on a assignment on Mustafar a few months ago. Remember Barriss?" Luminara asked
"Y-yeah, we did! What were we doing there Master? I forgot"
"We were investigating a raid in the ore mines. It was Asakura that found out that the mine was being raided by..." Luminara squinted at Barriss and her face became grim when she said: "...assassin droids" Barriss' eyes widened and then both her and Luminara grabbed their light sabers
CLASH!
Two blades that came in different colors intersected right in front of Padme's face. Luminara struggled to push Barriss back with her blade, stopping her apprentice from cutting the Senators face. With all her might, Luminara used the strength in one hand to her blade and used the other to Force Push Barriss away, making them both at least one feet away from each other
"Senator, stay behind me" Luminara told Padme, looking over the Jedi's shoulder and watched her raised and readied her blade, preparing it for the battle. "So tell me, am I talking to a droid or am I speaking to the one whose using a signal to control the droids?"
"So you knew that my droids were being controlled by the signal I created, I'm impressived. When did you know about my disguise?" the fake Barriss asked in a low, grumbling voice
"Since the beginning. Before we even started the operation, we decided it'll be led by three groups of four that takes part on different roles. The group that I'm assigned to was to draw you in. And among group one, my apprentice wasn't among them. The padawans and younglings that weren't assigned were to stay at the temple. And another thing, me and Barriss had never shared a assignment with Asakura. Instead of taking their appearances, maybe you should try a little background check on them before impersonating them"
"Thank you for the advice, Master Jedi. Now be dear and move aside. Count Dooku has had several bad after tastes because of that woman whose behind you. He's given me strict orders to eradicate her and I must be on my way soon"
"I'm afraid I can't allow that. I too have been given strict orders to protect Senator Amidala. Plus, you impersonating my padawan has put me in a foul mood"
"I don't want to kill her either. You see, I have better things to do then going out, impersonating Jedi and killing politicians. Unlike the Jedi, I have a life. But credits to build droids and droid factories just doesn't grow on trees"
"How very insulting of you. Not only you've impersonated several Jedi, committing murders that look like we performed treason against the Republic and now your inferring we don't have lives. You don't think very highly of the Jedi, do you?"
"If did think highly of you, then I wouldn't be doing this in first place, let alone work under Count Dooku. No wonder it took you Jedi so long to figure out who and what was going with the impersonations. Your so feeble minded and slow that you needed the help of a child to help you figure things out"
"I think I'm done with our conversation. Your foul mouth has already worsen my mood" Immediately after that, several clone troopers in camouflage armor appeared in the room, surrounding the fake Barriss, making veweow sounds
"My my. Armor that camouflages the wearer and hides them in the background, making it look like their invisible. Very nice. But do you really think that you and these clones are going to stop me?"
"We're all aware that your droids can go toe to toe with a Jedi. But we all know they have limits. Like they can only take on a Jedi one at a time and they can go up against Jedi Knights and any Jedi lower ranking but not against Jedi Masters"
"We've noticed when two of your droids retreated when Master Windu and Master Plo assisted Master Kenobi and Skywalker. As powerful as he maybe, Skywalker is still a knight at rank and Kenobi has just become a Master. However, powerful, experienced Jedi like Master's Plo and Windu can easily take on your droids. And I wonder how one of your droids can fair against a Jedi Master and a whole squadron of clones"
"Heh heh. Well color me impressed Master Jedi. But you made one, honest mistake today. You're not dealing with a droid that's on remote control right now. You're dealing with... the Master Controller!"
SLASH!
With one slash a light saber, one camo trooper was cut down vertically upwards by Barriss.
BLAM BLAM!
Several shots were fired by a clone that was a few inches from Barriss and repeatedly shoot at her.
"Gaaaghhh! Die! You stupid..." The sentence ended when a light saber speared through the clone's helmet to his head. Barriss then grabbed the clone that she cut down earlier and threw it at Luminara who was already charging at her. Once Luminara got a hold of the dead clone, Barriss kicked her by kicking the clone she caught in the gut, impacting Luminara to push herself back.
Barriss grabbed her light saber out of the other clone's head and then threw it to a nearby clone, piercing the clone's gut, mortally wounding him. In a mini second, she thrust it deeper into the clone, ultimately killing him.
She was pulled away from the clone (not able to grab her light saber) and was smacked in the face and again another fist connected to her face by a clone, sending her backwards. Barriss was then slammed by the back of her head by another clone, knocking her to the floor. By the time she tried to get up, there were already five blasters pointing at her head
She smiled while two silver cylinders slide down her sleeves into her hands. Gripping them, she jumped and activated the two blue light sabers, slashing at the air while at the same time five heads with clone trooper helmets dropped to the floor while five headless bodies fell down as well
CLASH!
The two blades intercepted with a one green blade from Luminara, stopping Barriss from getting to her target. During all the chaos and bloodshed, she forget her objective right now
"Senator! Get going! Now!" Luminara yelled out as Padme ran to the door and exited the room
"Oh ho! Where do you think your going Senator?"
BOOM!
An explosive caused a wall in the room to collapse and made a huge opening in the room while two Magna Guards with electro staff's in their grips
"What? But where did those droids come from?" Luminara asked while Barriss pushed away from her and the two droids walked passed the fake Jedi
"You two take care of her for awhile. I'll be going out Senator hunting. Have fun" She walked to the door then looked at Luminara for a second
"Sorry Master Luminara. Chatting with you has been interesting indeed. And for your sake, you should pray that we'll never meet again" She ends and exits to the Senate halls, leaving Luminara to deal with the two droids when suddenly a blade reaches to her neck
"I should've known that we were one extra" Ki-Adi-Mundi said while holding his blade next to Barriss.
"Really? I hardly even noticed" Kit Fisto said, standing next to Mundi
"Master Fisto, you should keep an open mind these days. It could really help you during the war" Mundi replied
"Aah! Jedi Master Kit Fisto and Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi. What a stroke of luck it is to meet not one, not two but three members of the Jedi Council. Well anyway, can one of you tell me where Padme Amidala is? I have some business with her"
"Who knows. Maybe you can refresh our memories... after you get pass us" Fisto said activating his light saber
"Hmm... tempting. But I really need to know where she is right now and I can't waste any time. Maybe they know where she is" Barriss pointed at several Magna Guards and they all surrounded them
"Droids? But how?" Mundi asked
"Please Master Jedi, don't insult me with these obvious questions. Did you really think that the Republic military were the only ones to think of camouflage technology to support troops?"
"Camouflage... now I see. This is how you gain your information on us. You had droids use camouflage to hide in the temple search data that will be used against us and for your droids, am I right?" Mundi asked
"Wow, sounds like your the first one whose noticed that. Though it's a bit too late for that now. Oh, and don't think that I'm helping you but... duck"
Mundi moved his head to dodge the end of one of the electro staffs which belonged to a Magna Guard then blocked with his blade while Fisto did the same with another droid
"Sir, the Senator went this way" a Magna Guard said to Barriss
"Very good. All of you take of these two. Later's" Her body started glow and is swallowed by a bright light. When the light disappeared, it showed a Magna droid that was glowing crimson red and it's eyes glowed black
"So long Master Jedi's. I wished our conversations lasted a bit longer but time is of the essence. And I've got a date with a Senator"
(10 minutes later)
"Well that took longer than I expected" Fisto said, looking at the severed and destroyed droids on the floor. Mundi on the other hand places his hand on his back and pants slowly
"Probably or maybe I'm just getting too old. Not as young as I use to be" Mundi replied
"Now come on! That's quitter talk!" Kisto said, slapping Mundi on his fragile back
"Owww! Master Kisto! Would you please leave my back alone?! I think I suffered quite enough"
"What? I was only trying to reassure you"
"Well try not reassure my back next time"
"You got it!" Slap!
"OOWWWWW! What did I just tell you?!"
"Master's..." Luminara exited the room she was in and walked towards the two Jedi Master's
"Master Luminara, we were worried about you" Mundi said
"I'll be fine. But what about you two?" She looked at the pile of destroyed droids and then looked at the Master's, covered with cuts and fatigue
"We'll be fine. We were just caught off guard by this weird looking droid. We better go after it before it gets... uh oh. Senator Amidala!" Fisto stopped himself and panicked while Mundi and Luminara gasped. They began running into the droids direction and after a few minutes of running, they saw a women in a golden dress. with brown hair and has a mole on her right cheek. She lays on the floor with a hole through her chest
"Oh no. We're too..."
"Actually, it's quite the opposite" Another voice appeared and a door slide open. Kazdan Paratus and Padme walked out of the room and faced the three Jedi who were all speechless
"What you see on the floor and what the assassin killed is my prototype holographic droid. I set it out as soon Master Luminara contacted me that she manged to put the tracking device on the assassin. Now it's time to alert group two" Paratus said all three Jedi nodded. Luminara reached com link and started talking
(Somewhere else in a dark room lies a young man sitting on bench with his head faced down and his folded hands pressed against his head. A plastic bag filled with blood, hanging on a hook on a wall being poured into the boys right arm with a syringe. He sits silently in the dark, hoping it will consume him)
"Asakura! This is Master Luminara! Our side of the plan worked. The droid has the tracking device" Luminara said on Tom's comlink which was on his left robotic arm
"Good. Group Two will take it from here. Tell Group Three to ready themselves. And how's Senator Amidala?"
"She survived. She hasn't been injured or harmed in any way"
"Good. Group Two will be heading out in three hours. Everybody standby. Asakura out" He cut himself from the comlink and went back into his regular position. He started to shudder and mumble to himself
"Hikari... soon... so very soon... I will finally atone for my sins in the past. For what I have become. For what I've done to our friends... for what I've done to the Jedi... and... for what I've done to you... my beloved... Hikari