Phantom Rebellion
Chapter 22 Rescue
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything this is just a story for fun.
Tucker and Wulf flew in the Tempest though space. Tucker looked at the coordinates he had gotten from Chaos and then he checked the ship's radar. Four dots appeared on the screen.
"Well the easy part is done, we located the Empire's ships now we just have to lure them to the pirate base." Said Tucker.
Wulf let out a nervous growl, pretty much saying he was against the idea of being bait.
"Relax Wulf, we can outrun those Imperial ships and once we lead them to the pirate base they'll be to busy to care about us. In the confusion, will sneak on board rescue Danny and Maddie, and be on our way." Said Tucker reassuring his friend.
Wulf just sighed as the Tempest moved on.
Several miles away a Star Destroyer and four Imperial Light Cruisers we're going through space. Bullet was on the bridge of the Star Destroyer with O and K standing behind him. Bullet had been been given the Star Destroyer and the Light Cruisers to track down the Rebels and the Jedi. The Star Destroyer was named the Sentinel and it along with the small fleet were heading to Dar to investigate a alert they received from an old Jedi Temple. The Jedi and her apprentice must be on the planet and Bullet was determined to catch them this time.
"Sir our radar has just picked up a ship nearby." Called a technician officer as he pointed at his screen.
Bullet then glanced out the Sentinel's window and spotted the Tempest up ahead. The captain recognized the ship immediately.
"It's a Rebel ship. All ships after it!" Ordered Bullet.
All the ships focused on the Tempest and a dew of them fired at it. The laser blast grazed the Tempest and bounced off it's shields. Duda and Chipper who were in the back of the Tempest freaked out as the ship shook and shuddered. Tucker gritted his teeth as he piloted his ship towards the direction of the pirate base. It would be rough, but the ship would hold out. The chase continued.
On board the Dutchman, Maddie and Danny were in a cell with one human pirate guarding them. Danny was holding the Kaiburr crystal in his hands. Maddie turned to her son.
"Time for a little lesson in the Force." Said Maddie as she walked up to the cell door.
The guard was lazily leaning against the wall next to the cell and glanced over at Maddie, who waved her hand at his direction.
"You want to open this cell door, drop your weapon, and go out drinking." Said Maddie in a soothing voice.
"I...want to open the cell door...drop my weapon, and go out drinking." Said the pirate as he licked his lips and opened the door.
The pirate then dropped his blaster and walked away. Danny starred at his mom in awe as she picked the blaster up. Maddie gave Danny a small smile.
"The Force has great power over the small minded."
The two of then walked out of the room and began exploring the Dutchman trying to locate Youngblood and a way out.
Youngblood was in his captain's quarters admiring himself in a mirror. The pirate leader pulled out Maddie's Lightsaber and activated it. Youngblood grinned at the lightsaber. It was truly something to behold. What other pirate captain could brag about having a lightsaber? None! The Empire would treble at Youngblood and his crew once they got the Dutchman's engines fully working and with Youngblood and his lightsaber leading the charge no one would stand in his way.
It was then that the Tempest and the Imperial ships chasing it arrived at the Dutchman. Bullet and the rest of the Sentinel's crew were shocked at the sight of a Lucrehulk-class battleship.
"This could be the Rebels's base! They must have joined forces with the Pirates of this area and are trying to gather a force big enough to take the entire Amitrax System." Said Bullet.
"What should we do sir?" Asked O.
"All units concentrate all fire on that battleship and any ship that tries to defend it." Ordered Bullet.
"Yes sir!" Said O.
Tie fighters were deployed and the Imperial ships began firing at the Dutchman. The pirates were taken by surprise and the Dutchman received some damage, while a few other ships in the pirate fleet were destroyed. The remaining pirate ships quickly rallied and charged at the enemy ships. In the confusion, the Tempest flew towards the Dutchman and landed inside. Tucker and Wulf hopped out and went racing off to find their friends. A few pirates fired at them, but Wulf took them out with his bowcaster. The two Rebels raced down a hallway and came face to face with Meglar. The big shark alien let out a fierce growl as he swiped Wulf's bowcaster away with one of his clawed hands. Wulf let out a howl as he leaped at Meglar and the two of them crashed to the ground rolling and clawing at one another. The two fighters rolled into a cafeteria and Meglar managed to get on top of Wulf.
"Get off my friend fish face!" Shouted Tucker as he picked up a chair and smashed it on Meglar's head.
The blow seemed to anger Meglar more then hurt him. The large alien stood up and glared at Tucker with it's black eyes, before he used his powerful jaws to yank what was left of the chair out of Tucker's hands and crush it to bits before spiting it out.
"Um...sorry." Said Tucker with some fear in his eyes.
Wulf came to Tucker's rescue by smashing a table into Meglar and tackled him to the ground. The two began fighting and clawing at each other once more.
On another part of the ship Danny and Maddie found themselves near the dinning room they had eaten dinner with Youngblood a few hours ago. A group of pirates appeared and Maddie engaged them in a firefight. Danny ran into the dinning just as Youngblood himself came running in. Both people were surprised to see one another. Youngblood pulled out the lightsaber and activated it.
"Just give me the lightsaber and me and my master will be on our way. We don't want any more trouble." Said Danny.
"To late for that! The Empire is at my door and I have a feeling that your Rebel friends lead them here. For that I'm going to make an example out of you and that Jedi. My reputation will rise even higher once I killed a Jedi." Said Youngblood as he charged forward swinging the lightsaber.
Danny grabbed an empty goblet that was sitting on the table and hurled it at Youngblood. The pirate sliced the goblet to pieces and swung wildly at Danny. The teen ducked and dove under the table as the top of a chair was sliced to pieces. Youngblood then hopped onto the table and stabbed his lightsaber through it barely missing Danny's face by a few inches. Danny crawled quickly on all fours as Youngblood ran down the table slicing through it with the lightsaber. As they reached the end, Danny rolled out from underneath the table as Youngblood leaped off of it. The table collapsed to the ground in half. Danny shot to his feet as Youngblood charged at him with a thrust. The teen dodged to the side and grabbed Youngblood's arm twisting it and forcing him to let go. Youngblood staggered back as snarled in pain, before he pulled out a knife from his belt and charged at Danny. The boy dropped to his back and kicked his legs up at Youngblood using the pirate's momentum to catch him and sending crashing onto the wrecked table. Youngblood groaned in pain as Danny picked up the lightsaber and ran out of the dinning room. A few minutes later Assistant and several pirates came rushing into the dinning room and helped Youngblood up and began carrying him to safety.
Back in the cafeteria a explosion of sparks had separated Wulf and Meglar. The two fighters glared at each other intensely as blood dripped from their wounds. They wanted to continue their fight, but they realized that now wasn't the time. The two of them glared at each other one finally time before they went in separate directions. Tucker went to over to Wukf to help support him and as the two of them moved on they ran into Maddie and Danny.
"Well it's good to see your doing alright." Said Tucker.
"Thanks and I'm guessing your the ones, who brought the Empire ships here."' Said Danny.
"Yeah it was all part of the plan. Now let's get out of here." Said Tucker.
The four of them headed to the hanger and Danny and Maddie managed to locate their ship and loaded up in it. The Tempest and the shuttle headed out of the Dutchman. Outside the fight was still going on, but it appeared the Empire was winning. One of the Light Cruisers had been destroyed along with a bunch of Tie fighters, but nearly half the pirate fleet had been destroyed. The Rebels took off in one direction, while Corona-class armed frigate, the two EF76 Nebulon-B escort frigates, and few other pirate ships began to head in another direction. Youngblood was bandaged up a little as he glanced out one of the Corona-class armed frigate's windows to see the Empire blasting away at the Dutchman. The massive battleship was exploding as the Empire blasted at it. Soon the Dutchman was nothing, but wreckage. The pirate captain made a vow to himself that he would strike back hard against both the Empire and the Rebels. The remains of the pirate fleet headed off into space.
To be continued.