"Word is going around that the Empire has sent an Inquisitor to the galactic northwest to help the Empire liberate lone systems. We have confirmed that this Inquisitor has been located in the Kommaden system, an outer rim territory." One of the council members speaks over the rebels in the council chamber and as Mon Mothma, Karus, Rakine, and myself enter, he acknowledges our presence.
"Councillor Camaan," Mon Mothma nodded and walked to her chair in the council chamber. "It is true, that an Imperial Inquisitor is going around and liberating systems to the Empire's will." Many of the rebels gasp and some shout angrily. Karus, Rakine, and I sit down in the back of the council chamber as Mon Mothma continues.
"This Inquisitor has been sighted in the Kommaden system, true. What we will do about this-" she turned to me and Rakine. "Rakine Cerivian. Darth Venison. You two will go to the Kommaden system, to stop the Inquisitor. You will be accompanied by Captain Karus as well."
"You want us to chase after this Inquisitor?" Rakine stood up. "He could kill us all." Some rebels continued to shout at the council.
"I have faith, rebels." Mon raised a hand in the air as she stood up. "I believe that if you can take this Inquisitor, then we should have less worries now. The Empire relies on Inquisitors to liberate areas of the galaxy."
"But if we fail?" Rakine asked her.
"We must not fail. If we fail, then we may never grow another opportunity like this again. Lord Venison-" she turns to me and I stand up. "Lord Venison serves the Rebel Alliance as a fighter. He is the Dark Knight of the Rebel Alliance. He may help us to rise against the Empire."
I looked around as the rebels applauded after Mon Mothma finished talking. And they all turned to me, in respect. Im caught thinking of my past life as the warrior on Zant. I was feared, I was intimidated. I was respected. And now here I'm getting all that back. The rebels respect me, and Karus is intimidated by me. The Empire might fear me and even be intimidated by me. I turn to the door and I motion Rakine and Karus to follow me.
"We are going to the Kommaden system, to stop this Inquisitor."
"Ven-" Rakine looked at me with worry. "You may have fought and killed Lord Sorin, you got in multiple fights with Darth Vader himself and luckily survived. What makes you think you have a chance against an Imperial Inquisitor?!"
"There's three of us to take care of this guy." Karus chuckled and held his big gun in his hand. I walked out to the ship and opened the door, Karus and Rakine following after me. Rakine took the pilot seat and Karus and I took the seats next to him. The ship started off the ground and out of the base away from Yavin 4.
"Do you know where the Kommaden system is?" Karus turned to Rakine.
"I've been around the galaxy many times. Especially the outer rim. I can find the Kommaden system easily." Rakine flew the ship out of the atmosphere and activated the ship's sails, flying to the galaxy's outer rim. Karus laid back in his chair and rubbed his bandaged head.
"So this Inquisitor, do you think he will be like the others? With spinny blades?"
Rakine shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know yet. But we'll find out when we get to Kommaden." The ship sailed smoothly through space to the Kommaden system and I looked at my darksaber and felt my new antler-sabers attached to my head.
"Whatever it is, we'll be ready for it." I sat back and Rakine shut off the ship's sails.
"We are nearing the Kommaden system. Brace yourself for any Imperial attack as we land there." He pointed to a small grey planet and upon further inspection, it bears resemblance to Coruscant, with a big, bustling city. But instead of skyscrapers, solid metal towers stretch from the surface of Kommaden and large metal beams connect each of the towers.
"It's like a giant mass of beams." Rakine nodded and pointed down to the planet's surface. "The cities are down there. These beam towers are an advanced architecture. Nobody else knows what these were for, and some Kommaden civilians say that these towers already existed when they first settled here on the planet."
Karus and I looked around in awe as the large towers and beams dominated the skylines on Kommaden.
"Where should we go if we were to look for an Inquisitor?" Karus asked as he stood up from his chair.
"Should we try the cities on the surface first?" I look out the window to the surface below.
"Then we might as well start there. He could be talking to the rulers of Kommaden to surrender to the Empire and join them." Rakine flew the ship down to the nearest city on the surface. The door opened and we walked out, feeling the cold air of Kommaden hit us. A Kommadenian figure walks up to us, a tall, blue skinned being with long limbs and a long neck walks over to us. He looked at us with bright yellow eyes.
"Where can we find an Inquisitor on Kommaden?" Karus asked the being.
"There is no Inquisitor, or war, unless you brought it with you?" He bent down to Karus and looked at him curiously.
"We heard that the Empire has sent an Inquisitor to Kommaden to liberate you all and make you join the Empire."
He nodded.
"Oh yes. That Inquisitor. He has gone to the Senate of Kommaden to negotiate with the Kommaden high council. I think you two should join in on the politics. It really is quite exhilarating. Let me take you there." The tall, blue Kommadenian man walked up to a large tower-like building and we all followed him. He walked up a large stairway and through a large doorway, with us following. And as we entered the tower, we heard the loud voices of the high council down the halls. the voices died down and one voice came from the center. As we entered the council room, we saw in the middle, four figures. The first was a tall, slender, six armed, pale faced being standing tall on a side of the platform. The second was a human figure with a reddened beard and a black protective patch over his right eye. They were guarded by two stormtroopers. Both dressed in black Imperial suits, the human spoke to the council in a soothing voice, to pacify the Kommadenians.
"Fellow citizens of Kommaden, I, as you can see, am an Imperial captain, and this," he points to the tall, pale figure, "is an ambassador of the First Galactic Empire. An Inquisitor so to speak. We have come here to grant you all one of two choices. Submit to the Empire and join us all in one large reunification of the systems, where we will all live in peace. Or you can take the shorter path, denying acceptance to the Empire and all be forced to suffer as a rebellion against a perfect rule. I do warn you though, if you choose the latter path, there is a high chance that you will all die."
Immediately, the entire council starts shouting angrily at the central platform and the human cleared his throat.
"So, will you join, or die?"
The council continues their bumbling about, some murmuring, some rioting and shouting to the Imperial captain. I turned my head to see Karus pull up his gun slowly, to aim at the Inquisitor and the captain.
"Now, Karus, are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Not at all. But if I can shoot and kill him now, we won't have anything to worry a out." He fired a shot toward them and the Inquisitor immediately turned, drew a lightsaber, and deflected the shot into the ceiling with his red blade.
"No," Karus stared at the Inquisitor in disbelief. The human captain turned to us, and the stormtroopers cocked their guns.
"Rebel scum," the human captain said as the stormtroopers fire at us, Rakine and I deflect their shots and Karus shoots at them. The stormtroopers fall down, one from Karus' shot, another from a deflected bolt. The Inquisitor runs across a narrow bridge toward us and Rakine and I turn to run out of the council chamber. I looked behind us and Karus is just behind us. The Kommadenians are all panicking and running around, desperately trying to avoid all the conflict. Karus runs out of the council chamber behind us and we stop to talk to him.
"Karus, what happened?" Rakine looked at him, in slight anger. "Why did you shoot?"
"I thought right there, we could have taken them. I thought this would be an easy shot. But they know we're here now. It's all my fault."
"Karus-" Rakine began to feel sympathy for the poor man. "Never is fighting for the Rebel Alliance easy. It's a hard and dangerous work."
"You're right, Rakine. But they're onto us now. We gotta get out of here," Karus yells in worry as the Inquisitor charges behind him. He Force jumps through the air, drawing one lightsaber blade, swiftly flying through the air, and swings his red blade, slashing through Karus' neck.
"Oh my God," I stared, taking a step back as Karus sinks to his knees and his head falls to the floor, his last glimpse, his wide eyes staring at us and his mouth slowly opened. But he was dead.
"Oh, sh-" Rakine looked at me in fear.
The Inquisitor lands on the floor in front of us and we turn to the stairway to flee. The Inquisitor Force jumps off the top of the stairway and lands in front of our ship, blocking us. With another of his six hands, he draws another lightsaber and points both of his blades at me and Rakine. This was one enemy unlike any we have ever seen.
"Prepare yourself, Venison," Rakine drew his lightsaber and pulled out my darksaber, igniting both it and my black antler-sabers.
"This is about to get ugly." The two of us began to face the large Inquisitor, but with each swing, he simply blocks each attack and slowly forces us back up the stairway.