Chapter 7: Next Target
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Last Paragons
The next day finds the group making their way toward the commons when they stop, an intoxicating smell invades their nostrals. Reaching the kitchen Leliana sees Leon preparing breakfast, using whatever ingredients the smuggler had.
Leon shook his head, "When was the last time you restocked your kitchen with high-quality ingredients and spices?"
Leliana answered, "Being on the Empire's wanted list tends to make you cautious and not stay in the same place for too long."
Leon said, "I would have fought my way through."
The smuggler rolled her eyes, "Yeah, that would certainly be something you'd do. Unlike you, some of us like to remain careful if they're wanted by the Empire." A collection of footsteps alert the two Alexandra and her Sith Masters have arrived.
Alec greeted, "Good morning, Leliana, Leon." The Sith grunts when the ex-Jedi doesn't greet back, it will be some time before he can start trusting them if he chooses at all.
Leliana sets the plates down as Leon finishes up cooking, placing the food on each plate.
Grabbing his Leon walked to the other end of the room, "The first thing on our to-do list is restock this kitchen, the stuff you have sucks."
Leliana said, "In case you've forgotten, this is my ship thus you can't order me around. Second, I've been in hiding for two years, Leon so it'd make sense to have difficulty restocking my kitchen with supplies." After eating the tasty breakfast, the crew places the dishes into the dish washer.
Turning to the newest member of the crew, Yuna bowed, "Thank you for the breakfast, Leon. It was something else."
The ex-Jedi snorted, "Whatever."
Yuna said, "I'm simply giving you a compliment on your cooking. No need to be so hostile."
Leon stared at her, "That's funny, getting a compliment from a Sith. You may be gaining Leliana's trust but you won't be earning mine. I know better than to trust your kind."
Kenta came to his friend's defense, "Please, Leon can you try at least be civil toward us? We're trying to prove we are not like the Sith you've encountered."
Alec said, "Let it go, Kenta. Arguing with him won't solve anything. I can tell this lad's been through a lot."
Leliana snickered, "Oh if you only knew." After that, Kenta decides it's time for another training session.
Gathering in the back of the ship where Leon had set up residence, Kenta asked, "Have you heard of Sith magic and alchemy, apprentice? That's a dumb question, you are new to the Force. Sith magic and alchemy is the dark side of the Force at its full potency. Very few have a strong enough connection or knowledge to access this area. With Sith magic, one can generate illusions so real they can cause real harm to the subject and can manifest the victim's deepest fears or regrets until they break. However, this tactic can be thwarted if the subject has come to terms with his past, strong willed or uses battle meditation to see where the illusion breaks up. It also requires lengthy concentration, not something you'll have during battle. Sith alchemy on the other hand is a whole new level. Sith can use this ancient art to strengthen objects such as weapons, instilling them with the power of the dark side and even create genetically enhanced creatures twisted by the dark side's influence. Even the fearsome rancor can be altered by Sith alchemy." Chills go down Alexandra's spine, her mind struggling to comprehend such menacing creatures while Kenta continued, "The ancient Sith were masters of this lost art. We'd be mere children to them."
Gathering her courage, Alexandra said, "So if you've put your inner demons to rest or strong willed the Sith illusion is practically ineffective, leaving the caster exposed. Does that sum it up?"
Kenta nodded, "Yes, precisely."
Leon cut in tapping his foot on the floor, "Enlightening as this is, we got an Empire to destroy."
Leliana said, "I thought Jedi were properly mannered."
Leon told her, "I'm not a Jedi anymore, Leliana. If I'm pissed, I express it."
The smuggler waved it off, "Whatever you say. Back to the matter at hand. The Empire controls mainly the Core Worlds for now. We attacked Kuat, where next?"
Leon said, "We'll attack Anaxes. The Emperor is still establishing his rule there, if we attack the Imperial forces occupying the planet the inhabitants will be grateful."
Alexandra asked the ex-Jedi, "Have you walked on the planet's surface?"
Leon replied, "Don't see how that's relevant but no. I do know Anaxes was part of the Clone Wars, Alex. No star system was spared of the conflict. From what information I could obtain Anaxes is a fortress world, known as the 'Defender of the Core' for many, many years. Though not as industrialized as the neighboring planet Axum, it's considered the site of navel power, tradition and prestige by the Galactic Republic and now the Galactic Empire."
With no other suggestions, Leliana agrees to Leon's target and leaves for the cockpit. Flying the Forgotten Star down to Anaxes' surface the crew takes in the scenery through the cockpit window. The sky was blue and tall skyscrapers similar to Coruscant but with beautiful parks and green areas in and around the city's capital, Pols Anaxes.
Setting the light freighter down, Leliana knows they need to change clothes to blend in with the local populace. Unfortunately she didn't have enough clothing for them all so they had to go shopping while in town.
They walk down the ramp and the platform rises after Kenta steps off.
The group ventures into Pols Anaxes seeing the occasional patrol but other than that, nothing unusual. Continuing their journey through the streets, Leliana asks a person where they can find a clothing store. The citizen gives her directions and the smuggler thanks him and leads the group there.
Stepping foot inside the store, Leliana and the others take in the scenery. It had racks among racks of clothes ranging from casual to special tailored.
Leon asked, "So why are we here exactly?"
Alexandra said, "We need to get some clothes, I don't want to wear this armor day after day. It's uncomfortable."
The ex-Jedi titled his head with scrutiny on his face, "And how do you plan on paying?"
Leliana answered, "I'll pay. Been saving credits during my two years of hiding. And before you cut me off, we are going to purchase new spices and food."
Leon added, "High-quality products, not crappy ones. I will not be held responsible if you lot get food poisoning."
The green-eyed woman nodded, "We will, calm down. Okay, guys, pick out some clothes." The group splits up.
After picking her set of clothes Alexandra heads to the dressing room, closing the door behind her and locking it. Setting the clothes on a hook, Alexandra begins removing her armor, starting with her belt. Locating the buckle was easy and carefully places it on the stool. The gloves and boots are next, she then locates the clamps on the shoulders. They detach and and Alexandra removes the armor, leaving her in blue undergarments.
Reaching for the first article of clothing she picked out, Alexandra holds it to her front testing to see if it'd fit.
The outfit was composed of a sleeveless red dress with black trimming and a skirt that stopped just below her knees. Stepping into it, Alexandra pulls the dress up and puts her arms through the sleeves and secures the top around her neck then secures the zipper located on the left side of the skirt. She stares at the reflection. The dress looked nice on the young Sith, the coloration bringing out her feminine charms yet a sharp contrast to her skin and black hair. Turning and looking over her shoulder Alexandra notices the center of the dress having a diamond cut-out, exposing parts of her mid-back.
Doing a twirl she watches the skirt spin with her before she comes to a stop. Running her hands across the outfit, Alexandra feels the silk of the fabric against her hands. Whoever made this spent a great deal of time into making it. The dress showed off some of her curves and was a comfortable fit without being too tight. If it showed all of her curves, she can easily imagine Leliana giving flirty comments. Her cheeks light up just thinking about it.
Shaking her head, Alexandra removes the dress and tries on the casual clothing she picked out. She chose relaxed shorts since Alexandra wasn't in for those tight fitting clothes, they restricted her movement. The last bunch of clothing the young Sith apprentice chose was lacy undergarments ranging from black to red in color. She had no idea why she picked them. Alexandra remembers her mother say it's important to mix things up especially with being in a love relationship. Perhaps that was the reason behind her decision.
In her changing room, Yuna finishes putting her armor back on. Her choice of clothing was both casual and flirty. The redhead knows she had generous curves and wasn't afraid to show them, especially during her time in the Sith Academy on Korriban. She started using her looks on intelligence gathering missions, seducing the target even showing her bust to them if needed. Once she got the information she wanted Yuna ended the target's life, knowing he or she would tell their superior what happened once they came out of their trance and that's something Yuna didn't want.
With Kenta and Alec, they finish picking their clothes, which were just civil attire. As they wait for their companions to finish up they see Leon flirting with a yellow-skinned female Zabrak that served as the cashier. Judging by the way the Zabrak was blushing, he was doing a good job.
Kenta commented, "This is going to be one interesting journey."
Alec said with sarcasm, "Two flirts in the form of a smuggler and ex-Jedi, so exciting."
Kenta asked his friend, "What made you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?"
Alec said, "I'm just hesitant about Leon, he is walking the knife-edge between the light and dark side of the Force. I fear during one of our missions he will attack us in a fit of rage. Everybody has moments of falling to the dark side. Both of us are no exception."
Kenta replied, "Yes, I know. But we were able to realize it and stopped our descent." They hear the dressing room doors open, seeing Alexandra and Yuna emerge wearing their armor and clothes hanging over their left arms.
Walking up to the cashier, the group places their items on the desk for the female Zabrak. She brings up the total and Leliana uses her personal card, with the amount she accumulated during her career this will hardly put a dent in her account.
The Zabrak handed the group their bags and bowed, "Thank you for shopping, hope to see you again."
Leon winked, "That may be sooner than you think, honey. Would love to take you out to dinner." The Zabrak blushes harder and Leliana winds up dragging Leon out of the store.
The smuggled told him, "We've got work to do. Stop flirting and focus."
Leon retorted, "Like you're one to talk."
They next find themselves at a grocery store to restock Leliana's ship with high-quality food and spices. To everyone's surprise, Leon brought a holopad for the list of culinary supplies they need. He suddenly acts like a drill sergeant, telling Leliana which food or spice to get, the smuggler ignores his boss-like attitude for now. It's not long before they have a cart full of supplies and pay the total amount. They each take 3 bags each and head to the Forgotten Star to restock the cabinets and fridge.
Once that is complete the group starts formulating a plan on attacking a supply base. The size of the structure meant it could hold a huge amount. However, the Empire offers a small fraction of the supplies to the citizens as part of conserving what supplies they have. That's what the Imperials claim, anyway.
This made Alexandra sick to her stomach. For all their bravado of bringing peace to the galaxy the Empire is doing it poorly.
Activating the holographic projector, Leliana allows Violet to explain the technical layout of the base. Taking in the information, Leliana contemplates who does what.
She said, "This base will have a formidable defense and will have to split into groups again. Alec, Alex, you deal with patrols that guard the entrance. They might even have walkers stationed outside. Kenta, Leon, you'll sweep the floors, taking out any resistance."
Leon refused, "I can do that on my own. I don't need a Sith watching my back."
Leliana snapped, "Leon we're working together on this, all of us."
The former Jedi replied crossing his arms, "I can take down this entire fortress on my own."
Leliana chose to ignore him, "Finally, Yuna and myself will try to persuade the commander to hand the supplies over to the city." Kenta looks at Leon, wondering if they can cooperate.
Leon asked, "Why? Seems like extra work that doesn't involve killing our enemies."
Leliana explained, "Because Leon, giving the people these supplies will help the citizens prosper with a side of giving the Empire a headache."
Leon shrugged, "Fair enough, as long as I get to kill the one in charge afterward. When do we attack?"
The smuggler said, "Dusk. The lower lighting will help us."
Kenta stated, "Until then, I think we'll spar. Still have some dueling rust to shake off." The other three Sith nod in agreement and walk toward the back of the ship that Leon resides at.
Kenta decides to do a team spar with him and Yuna vs. Alexandra and Alec. They ignite their lightsabers, red, blue, yellow and silver lighting the interior. They next enter their chosen lightsaber opening stances.
Alec makes the first move swinging his dual lightsabers at Yuna in the Cross Strike, the fiery redhead parries the attack with her blue-bladed lightsaber. Alec reverses his hand grip on his secondary blade and swings it upward making Yuna bend backwards to avoid the strike. She next brings her lightsaber sideways to thwart an overhead chop from the fellow Sith.
Kenta swings his saberstaff in one hand at Alexandra, the young Sith apprentice thwarts each strike. Kenta deactivates one blade, switching to the standard two-handed grip. After blocking a horizontal sweep Alexandra nails a Force imbued kick to her master's chest the taller adversary stumbles back but quickly restores equilibrium. He retaliates with Force lightning and Alexandra bring her lightsaber up to absorb the current. Deciding to switch to counterattack, Alexandra frees one hand, pointing her weapon to her right and thrusts the lightsaber in a diagonal strike that Kenta easily thwarts. He suddenly thrusts his saberstaff at his student, Alexandra barely reacted in time to escape. She contemplates on trying Vaapad but decides against it, feeling it wasn't the right time.
From the sidelines, Leon watches them spar, analyzing them and taking in every detail about the styles they utilize and the moves they execute. The ex-Jedi notices Alexandra's fighting style was still rough around the edges. He considers talking about it, having plenty of experience in lightsaber combat. He decides to hold off on it.
Anaxes' sun descends turning the sky a combination of red, orange and pink. The gang takes it as their signal to commence the attack.
Stormtroopers stand guard outside the main doors of the huge supply base. Imperial walkers stand by the front entrance of the supply base, their heads slowly turning left and right.
It's then lifted off the ground and the stormtroopers hear the sound of metal being compressed, turning around they bear witness to the walker straining against an unknown force. They next watch it being compressed into a cube with every loud metallic pop then ripped in two. Turning around, the troopers are hit with red lightning, screaming in pain. When the current stops the stormtroopers collapse to the ground, their armored figures smoking.
A tall Human male Dark Jedi duo appear.
The first stood at 6'3, pale skin, muscular build, possibly around 25 years old and piecing silver eyes.
The second Dark Jedi stood 5'10, equally pale skin, more leaner build than his companion, 23 years old and dark brown eyes.
Behind his mask, Alec is intrigued by the eye color of the first Dark Jedi. He knows immersion in the dark side of the Force leads to the user gaining red-rimmed, yellow eyes but he had no idea it can drain the color of someone's eyes.
The two Dark Jedi draw their red lightsabers glaring at their opponents. In response, Alexandra and Alec draw their blades entering the stances of Niman and Djem So respectively.
Alexandra brings her lightsaber up to thwart a downward thrust of her opponent's blade and pushes back unleashing a series of rapid strikes, the Dark Jedi avoids a roundhouse kick but fails to evade a Force imbued uppercut. Next Alexandra throws her lightsaber making the Dark Jedi leap over the blade however it was a feint leaving the human open to a Force push. Skidding on his back, the Dark Jedi rolls to the left avoiding a leaping stab. Alexandra pulls her blade out of the ground, spinning on the heel of her boot to block a stabbing move by the Dark Jedi, her opponent's red blade skidding down the horizontally held silver blade creating sparks. The young Sith apprentice sends the challenger away with a Force push.
Alec launches the Cross Strike on his opponent, the force of the impact staggers the second male Dark Jedi. He parries the counterattack launched by his opponent and throws a knee strike to the Dark Jedi's chest. The dark side user leaps at the Sith Warrior but gets blasted with Force lightning.
Inside one of the hallways of the supply base, legions of stormtroopers run toward the corridor the base commander said intruders were spotted. The hear lightsabers ignite and see Leon and Kenta appear seemingly out of nowhere.
Using the Force to augment their speed, the duo cut through the brigade of stormtroopers in a flash of red and silver. Once they end their barrage, Leon stares at the corpses.
He scoffed, "What a joke. The clone troopers had better aim than these guys. I miss my old squad they could mow down an entire battalion of these so-called soldiers without breaking a sweat." Kenta mentally agrees with Leon's assessment of the stormtroopers. The Empire focused more on quantity over quality. It also seemed their training lacked proper discipline.
Leon said, "Come on, we got more Imperials to kill." The two ventured further down the hallway and wiped out another bunch of stormtroopers and he yelled, "This is getting boring. I want to face a real challenge."
Kenta asked him, "Why are you so obsessed with murdering these Imperials? I know they're causing the galaxy a lot of pain but murdering in cold blood?"
Leon stared at him with fire in his eyes, "Murder? I call this therapy. The Empire is tyrannical and I lit the spark that'll lead to its destruction."
Kenta objected, "But can you go about this with caution?"
The ex-Jedi scoffed, "Ha! Caution? That kind of thinking led to the Jedi Order's demise. The Empire took everything away from me. Countless Jedi I respected and called brothers and sisters. Untold number of souls perished in the Clone Wars that the Emperor orchestrated in his quest for absolute power. The clone troopers the Jedi formed bonds with turned on them slaughtering them without hesitation. Now the Emperor seeks to crush any who oppose his rule." He indicated the bodies they left in their wake, "This is justice. The Emperor is paranoid and rightfully so. When he realizes that I'm back and tearing his empire down piece by piece, he will know fear and I won't stop until he's dead!" With each sentence Leon's eyes gained a look that Kenta could equivalent to a Sith plotting.
'What kind of nightmares had this guy been through?' He thought.
Twirling his dual lightsabers, Leon said, "Come on, we still have a lot of floors to clear." Moving to the 15th floor that housed weapons, they see two Shadow Guards waiting for them.
They wore attire similar to the Emperor's Royal Guard but were dark gray instead of red and lacked the robes. The bodysuit was composed of black armor weave, had large helmet that completely covered the face down to the traps, gold pauldrons protected the shoulders, similar colored gauntlets rested on the arms and gold greaves protected the shins.
The first Shadow Guard was a Human male about 6'4, had muscular build and radiated an aura of malice.
His partner was obviously a Human female around 5'10, had a slim yet athletic body, 38C cup breasts and unlike her companion, her aura was more controlled and confident.
Their age was difficult to estimate but Leon took an educated guess and placed them in their early 20s.
The male Shadow Guard said, "You made a huge mistake coming here. That will cost you."
The female advised, "Be careful, Wraith. These two are strong in the Force."
The taller Human looked at her, smirking under his helmet, "So what, Alana? These weren't the intended prey but I'm always up for a challenge." They draw their lightsabers, his red and Alana's blade purple, earning a curious look from Leon. Purple lightsabers were rare, the only person he knows that wielded one was Mace Windu.
Wraith enters the Djem So attack stance while Alana enters the Makashi opening stance waiting for him and Kenta to make the first move. When they don't, the two Shadow Guards attack.
Wraith leaps into the air, slamming into Kenta who blocks the power attack and parries the opponent's vicious strikes. Thwarting a strike aimed for his head, Kenta unleashes a series of sequence of slashes forcing Wraith into a defensive posture, he next surprises the Shadow Guard by grabbing his arm pulling him in to drive his knee into the dark side practitioner's stomach. He raises the saberstaff to deliver the killing blow when he suddenly jumps away from a blast of Force lightning. Wraith gets up and charges at Kenta targeting his feet the Sith Warrior angles his weapon downward to protect them.
Kenta decided to use Dun Moch, "Is this all you can do? You can do better than this, right?" Wraith growls and locks blades with him trying to push Kenta back, the Sith Warrior pushes back as well. The two act like Ranchors testing each other.
Reaching an impasse, Kenta releases the lock and sidesteps making Wraith stumble, the Shadow Guard fights to maintain his balance. He ends up being successful and quickly turns, rushing Kenta. He executes the Falling Avalanche with the intent of shattering Kenta's defense but it holds up, batting the maneuver away with tight parries. He next launches a Force imbued backhand that launches his opponent onto his back. Watching the challenger get to his feet again Kenta can feel Wraith's frustration building, exactly what he planned.
Alana proves to be a worthy challenger to Leon, her skills with Makashi was impressive though Leon knows it was nothing compared to the late Count Dooku's. That said the ex-Jedi landed a couple of good hits on Alana, striking her in the leg, arm, shoulder and nearly cutting off her sword-arm.
Entering a saber lock, Alana said, "Your skills in lightsaber combat are impressive, Jedi."
Leon flashed her a grin, "I'm no Jedi. Trust me, beautiful, you ain't seen nothing yet." He launches a powerful Force push making Alana skid on the ground though she manages to stop herself. Looking up, Alana spots Leon jumping toward her, lightsabers up. The female Shadow Guard brings her purple blade up, thwarting the strike. Leon retreats when he sees Alana targeting one of his hands.
She catches both of Leon's arms and head butts him.
Behind the helmet Alana had a small grin on her face, "Don't let my young age fool you, I've seen my share of battles." That grin disappears when Leon shoots Force lightning at her, causing Alana to absorb the current with her lightsaber. This proves to be a distraction as Leon grabs her with the Force and throws her into a wall. Alana gasps in pain when her back hit the wall even with the armor taking the brunt of the hit. Small groans escape while she rubs her back.
'Shouldn't have gotten cocky there. Need to watch it.' Alana mentally reprimanded herself.
Leon cocks his hand back preparing another Force push and thrusts it forward, Alana mirrors his actions thrusting her arm forward. The enter a Force lock both grunt as they attempt to overpower the other. Leon increases power behind the push sending Alana flying. She rolls across the floor. Getting up she calls her lightsaber back to her hand.
Kenta swings his blade across the enemy's visor. When Wraith looks at Kenta, the Sith Warrior sees rage-filled gray eyes. With a roar of unbridled fury Wraith targets Kenta's chest the slightly taller Sith Warrior blocks the attack and throws a kick. Wraith swings his red lightsaber at Kenta who back-peddles each strike.
He taunted further, "You're growing frustrated, I can sense. Soon this will be over."
Wraith growled, "Shut your mouth!" Kenta activates his second blade, switching to the one-handed.
Undeterred the male Shadow Guard shoots Force lightning at his opponent, Kenta brings his free hand up to block the lightning via Tutaminis and shoots it back. Wraith uses his lightsaber to protect himself.
Kenta said, "Your training lacks discipline. Unrefined. You fight like a wild animal rather than a tactical warrior. So disappointing." That comment doesn't sit well for his challenger Wraith charges at him again, Kenta spins around getting behind Wraith and slices his back with one blade, Wraith yells in pain. He turns to face Kenta who quickly thrusts the other blade forward, piercing the armor and through his chest. Wraith's gray eyes widen in shock, his lightsaber deactivates as it falls out of his grip and hits the floor with a metallic clank. Kenta pulls his saberstaff out, this in turn causes Wraith to fall to his knees then onto his side.
Alana evades Leon's Force tap when she hears her partner yell in pain. Directing her gaze toward him, she sees Kenta deliver the killing blow. She jumps back to avoid a horizontal strike from Leon. Alana spots Kenta walking up to Leon's side, twirling his saberstaff but Leon holds his hand up to stop him from joining in.
He told Kenta, "I will handle this on my own." Leon's muscles tense about to execute another move.
A swinging attack from the side and Alana raises her blade to block only to have her guard knocked away without any resistance. Alana realizes she underestimated her enemy, she thought they were evenly matched but now she knew her opponent had been holding back this entire time. She decides to cut her losses.
Looking at the ceiling in front of her, she extends her arm gripping the ceiling with the Force. Cracking ensues and rubble piles on the ground, separating the combatants. Kenta and Leon clear the wreckage using the Force, when it's removed Alana was nowhere to be found.
Leon said, "What's the matter, beautiful? Can't handle this?"
Alana's voice echoed, "We'll meet again, Leon Solstice."
The ex-Jedi cocked an eyebrow "You know who I am and yet you still chose to fight me? Either you haven't been told what I'm capable of or you're incredibly stupid."
Alana said, "You may be powerful but you are nothing compared to Lord Vader or the Emperor. Until next time."
Leon groaned, "And I wanted to take her on a date."
Kenta looked at him with confusion on his face, "What? You had no intention of killing her?"
Leon gave him a deadpanned look, "You've never been around gorgeous women, have you? Typical Sith." Kenta ignored the last part and Leon waved his hand, "Come on, there are still many Imperials that are breathing." He starts advancing again leaving his partner even more confused.
'Does this guy have a split personality?' Kenta mentally asked himself.
Removing that line of thought he follows Leon.
Elsewhere in the supply base, Leliana and Yuna find themselves dealing with a blockade composed of stormtroopers.
Planting herself against the wall, Leliana pulls out a grenade and tosses it. The device rolls toward the group, stopping at the feet of the leader. The troopers in the front half don't have enough time to gasp before the grenade explodes sending the men flying.
Yuna ordered, "Leliana, I'm going in! Cover me!" The redhead runs from her cover as the remaining stormtroopers fire on her, Yuna uses the Barrier of Blades to redirect the shots. She slashes at the chest armor of the stormtroopers. Leliana follows her and shoots a stormtrooper in the face when she spots him reaching for a thermal detonator. She next hears the device go off killing the trooper.
They see a whole squad of stormtroopers running to them ahead. Leliana and Yuna briefly look at each other then back to the enemy brigade. Aiming her blaster pistols, Leliana pulls the trigger red bolts of plasma scream out of the barrel and hit the stormtroopers while Yuna runs through her share of targets, cutting them down with her blue-bladed lightsaber. One stormtrooper breathes at the sight of his comrades lying on the ground, the breathing intensifies when directs her eyes at him. He turns to run but doesn't get very far when Yuna throws her weapon like a boomerang, slicing the trooper in half. Walking up to the dissected corpse she picks up her lightsaber and wipes her forehead.
She sighed, "That was disappointing. The Imperials need to have the stormtroopers work on their aim." She looked over her shoulder, "Right, Leliana?"
The smuggler twirled her blaster pistols around before placing them in the holsters, "Wouldn't know, I was too busy watching you the whole time. A sexy form like yours just dancing through battle, it was so hard to take my eyes off of you."
Yuna didn't respond, she knew from her interactions with Alexandra that Leliana enjoyed flirting with other women, but her tone, her choice of words and the subtle shift in her body language caused the Sith's blood to rush to her cheeks.
Leliana grinned as Yuna blushed, "Come on. The base commander should be ahead of us according to Violet."
Inside the command center, the commander said into the communicator, "What do you mean the defenses have been breached?!" Blaster fire and men being murdered can be heard on the other end.
The stormtrooper said, "The intruders are chopping my men down like they're nothing! I need reinforcement before-" The next thing the commander hears is the sound of a lightsaber and the trooper's death rattle.
Leliana and Yuna reach the door and easily tell it's locked.
Yuna walks up to the door and stabs her lightsaber into it, carving a human-sized entry. Completing the task, Yuna kicks it down allowing her and Leliana to enter.
Leliana takes the in Imperial officer's appearance.
He stood around 5'8, somewhere in his early 20s, short dark brown hair, matching brown eyes, lightly tanned skin and wore the green uniform Imperial officers wore.
The young man reaches for his blaster pistols when it's shot out of his hand and Leliana pushes the Imperial into the seat he occupied moments ago.
He asked, "What do you want?"
Leliana crossed her arms, "Simple, really. Hand over this base's supplies to the people of this world."
The officer said, "No." Yuna decides to use a different strategy.
She walks up to the young lad, swaying her hips making sure his eyes followed and unintentionally Leliana.
She said, "Oh come on, don't be like that." She straddled him, "Can you do it for me? Pretty please? The people would benefit from it." His dark brown eyes follow Yuna's hands as they undo the buckles to her chest armor.
Tossing the metal aside Yuna asked him, "How about now?" She runs her hand over his clothed chest trying to entice him. The redhead sees his resistance wavering and takes it a step further, reaching for the bottom of her short top Yuna pulls it up and over her head showing her breasts concealed behind her frilly white bra." After shaking her long hair, she stared into his eyes, "I'm truly sorry we had to attack your base and kill so many soldiers but we did what we felt we had to do. You understand right? I know it was wrong but if you help the people by them some more supplies, I'd be more than happy to make up for what I've done."
Her captive gulps involuntarily.
Cupping his face in her hands, Yuna continues eroding the Imperial's resistance.
Titling her head to one side, she flashed him a sultry smile and whispered into his ear, "I should be punished after all." The Imperial officer feels his heart starting to beat faster at the thought of seeing the red-haired Sith without her bra on. He lets out a gasp as she grabs his hands placing them on her bra-clad breasts allowing him to feel their softness.
Leliana quirked an eyebrow at her partner's bold move.
She remembers doing something similar on some of her missions. Most men were this easy. A grin appears on her face, flirting with the redhead is going to be so much fun.
It's not long before Yuna breaks the man and the Imperial said he'll hand over the supplies to the city.
She requested, "Good boy. Now close your eyes."
The Imperial cocked his head, "What for?"
Yuna whispered in his ear, "It's a surprise." After seeing the Imperial close his eyes, Yuna quietly grabs her lightsaber and aims it at the man's skull. She pushes the button activating her blue blade, piercing the Imperial's forehead killing him instantly.
Yuna clips the weapon to her belt and gets off the now dead Imperial. She feels a pair of arms wrap around her.
Leliana said, "That was hot." The moment Leliana licks her earlobe, Yuna feels her entire body shiver. A gasp escapes her when the smuggler gropes her breasts in a teasing manner, her fingers quickly finding the protruding center of Yuna's breasts. Unlike Alexandra, the redhead finds the strength to pry Leliana's hands off her.
Directing her eyes at Leliana she said, "Don't do that."
Leliana playfully pouted, "Why? You were enjoying it."
Yuna looked away, "No Leliana, you just took me by surprise." Clipping her lightsaber to her belt and putting her short top and chest armor back on, she pulled out her communicator as Leon and Kenta show up.
Kenta stared at the Imperial's dead body, "Used your feminine charms to break the guy, huh? Need to be careful, Yuna. Relying on your looks will only get you so far."
Leon objected, "Only if you use it correctly. I don't recall giving you permission to kill him by the way."
Yuna ignored him, "Alec, Alexandra, can you hear me?"
Alec replied, "Loud and clear, Yuna. We finished mopping up at our end. Did you guys prevail on your end?"
Yuna looked at Leon and Kenta, Kenta nodded while Leon waved his hand gesturing that there's more they could do, said to the fellow Sith, "Yes. We can call this mission a success." Outside the main door, Alec looks at the corpses he and his apprentice made.
Alec said, "Quite a pile we stacked up." On her part, Alexandra managed not to freak out like she did after her first duel but she is still shaken by the fact that she took so many lives even if they deserved it.
They hear the entrance doors hiss open as Leon, Kenta, Yuna and Leliana emerge.
Leon said, "I still say we should burn this place to the ground so they can't rebuild."
Leliana sighed, "No, Leon we've done enough."
Leon growled under his breath, "There's never enough dead Imperials." Later that day they're requested to meet with the young female Twi'lek mayor.
She stated with gratitude, "The people of Anaxes are grateful to you five, we were running out of supplies for the hospitals. The amount of supplies that Imperial base holds will keep the hospitals running happily for quite some time. I thank you for your heroic deed. How can I repay you?"
Kenta waved his hand, "Nothing. The fact that your people are happy is more than enough for us, mayor."
Leon said, pushing the Sith away, "If you want to thank me, you could agree to join me for dinner."
The Twi'lek smiled, "I'm sorry but I will have to decline. I'm married."
Leon smiled as he hung his head, "Well, your spouse is incredibly lucky, to have such a lovely lady like you, as beautiful as a field of flowers painted by a sunset."
The Twi'lek blushed,, "If you need anything, give a call." She gives them her holo frequency.
Kenta nodded, "We'll keep it in mind. See ya."
Twi'lek held up her hand, "What's your name?"
Kenta looked over his shoulder, "Darth Maelstrom."
The mayor gave him a friendly smile, "Thank you, Lord Maelstrom." The gang returns to the Forgotten Star where Alexandra stands outside the ship looking at the sunset laughter can be heard inside the ship.
A voice said from behind, "You love watching sunsets or something, Alex?" The Sith apprentice turn her head as Yuna walks up to her side.
Alexandra nodded, "It's one of the few remaining positives during these dark times."
Yuna said, "Alec told me you held your own against a powerful Inquisitor. Without flinching as well. Very impressive."
Alexandra gave her a friendly smile, "I'm eager to learn, Master."
Yuna chuckled, "That's good to hear." Walking up to her student, she placed a hand on Alexandra's shoulder, "It means you are progressing. Kenta, Alec and myself knew you were the one who could lead us to victory. We had a feeling about you when we met, despite our initial surprise about how long we were asleep, we could feel you were destined for greatness."
Alexandra said, "The Empire's army is vast but with the Force at our side, we won't lose."
Kenta poked his head out of the ship's door to say, "Dinner's ready. Come and get it!"
Alexandra said, "Okay, thanks!" Returning to the fellow female Sith the black-haired girl said, "Come on, let's eat. I'm eager to have more of Leon's cooking." Yuna watches her leave.
'You are strong in the Force, apprentice. That I know but you must not allow this hunger for power become your downfall. Too many have fallen victim to that, Jedi and Sith.' She thought.
The redhead stares at the sunset one final time before heading to the Forgotten Star to eat.
A/N: Chapter 7 done.
Sorry for the late update.
The last few weeks have been stressful and had a severe case of writer's block.
Here the gang launched an attack on an Imperial supply base on Anaxes and wound up succeeding on handing it over to the people of the planet.
Before you go and rant about the female Shadow Guard standing toe to toe with Leon, it'll be explained later in the story.
Leliana tried to flirt with Yuna but didn't have much luck.
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Stay tuned for chapter 8.
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