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Post by hk47fan on Jul 11, 2007 17:01:22 GMT -4
Naos
"Unless those hunters told Vader about us." I interjected "They probably want us all. The Queen, Jedi she's already housed, and mabye us. Probably Padme too if Vader knows she's here. But those hunters didn't care about her."
I looked to Padme "You should be safe if you stay inside the palace and the rest of us go out." I said to her, then looked back to the rest of the group
"The Royal Guard is large, and has good support from the gungans, but they won't hold these troops off forever. Even the Jedi couldn't hold them off when they and Vader raided the Temple. We need a plan, or they'll eventually kill us all." I told them
I looked to the window as the speeders and turrets in the street in front of the palace sat and waited for the Imperials to arrive "Something's odd about this. I feel something familiar....." I said, scratching my chin
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 11, 2007 17:12:02 GMT -4
"The ships have been destroyed," Fi said. "Remotely. Someone has been planning this."
Nait frowned. Then, as if he made a lifechanging decision, he stood. "I'm goin' out there," he said.
"No!" Darrina said, standing up from her seat on the ground. "They'll kill you!"
"I agree with the girl," Craan said. "Time for planning, not for action. Stay here, where it is safe."
"And what?!" Nait said loudly. "Let those people down there be killed?!" Muttering a few choice words under his breath, he headed for the exit. "Well, I'm not going to sit here on my ass and let those people die. There's something down there."
And he was gone.
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 11, 2007 17:20:39 GMT -4
Naos
"If they get close enough....I'll go out there." I said to them all "To protect Padme and the Queen."
I looked to Fi and Craan "I'll need some support from the Force. Can you guys provide assistance?"
I looked at Darrina and Clat'Ha "You two protect the Queen and Padme." I said, almost sounding orderative
I continued to stare out the window as Nait entered the battlefront. I sighed. He better not get himself killed.
Suddenly out of the complete blue, I could sense the familiar presence getting closer.....
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 11, 2007 17:33:28 GMT -4
Cerasi felt a stirring in the Force. Someone was out here, and whoever it was, it was bent on destroying her. Lightsaber flashing, she pivoted on her heel, bringing it down on top of another guard. Turning around in a complete circle, Cerasi, satisfied that no one in the immeadiate area was trying to kill her yet, pointed to the next ally. "That's Command Post B. Set up communications relays and turrets. Move it!"
So, in the middle of a wide alley, Cerasi left six 501st members to set up a small communications post. Command Post A was on the other side of Theed, where troopers could get medical assistance if wounded. Command Post C would be the Palace Landing Platform. Cerasi had to take that one herself so drop ships could enter and storm the place.
Cerasi and at least forty more men charged in the direction of the Palace.
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Nait's lightsaber activated seemingly out of its' old accord. Entering Theed from the Palace was easy, which meant there were no incoming troops. Stretching out with his senses, he located the familiar presence, and felt it drawing nearer. Drawing a quick breath, he took out his comm. "Area secure in the immediate targeting zone. But trouble's heading our way. I'm going to go check it out."
Clipping his comm back to his belt, he ran into the nearest street. Terrified guards scrambled for cover admist the explosions. Nait's eyes followed something soaring through the air. It landed at his feet. His eyes widened. "Thermal Detonator!" he yelled, right before it exploded in front of him, engulfing him in flame.
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Post by tallboydave on Jul 11, 2007 22:03:55 GMT -4
Mariel
I was tagging along behind Sora and Selas as they left the Incom. Suddenly I staggered and put my hand to my forehead. "Oh... Spirits, no..." I whispered.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 11, 2007 22:43:04 GMT -4
Everything Nait did was instinctive, drawn upon years of Force Training from the Temple and the field. He knew he could die right then, even though the Thermal Detonator was a watered-down version of the real one. This one seemed to be a cross between a sonic grenade and a detonator, from its’ design. Nait wanted to pick it up and study it, but he knew what was going to happen next:
The grenade exploded in front of him, and he bent both knees, using his right hand as if he was clearing his eyesight. The Force throbbed so strongly within him, he felt he could lose himself within it. A Force barrier was in place around him, though no one could see it: everything was happening in slow motion now.
His barrier, as unique as it was, was taught to him by Selas. Absorbing the blast and radiation within his shield, the fire disappeared around him, leaving only a few crackles of it where his shield was still in place.
Now for the sonic part---
Which was as far as he got. Nait felt his eardrums scream in protest as the sonic wave passed through. All the other Royal Guards were on their knees, holding their heads with their hands. Their ears were bleeding. Nait felt something trickle down his neck and deduced that he, too, was bleeding. He was temporarily deaf.
Another surge in the Force. His looked up, and he saw an approaching boot. It connected with his face, powered by the Force, and Nait slammed into the home behind him. Dazed, he looked up.
An armored face stared down at him. Purple hair poked out of the woman’s helmet, and the only unarmored place on her—her lips—twisted in a grim smile. In her hands were two pulsing red lightsabers. And, through the Force, Nait felt, one by one, the death of the Royal Guards as the 501st took their taxes. The lady in front of him squeezed her hand slightly, and Nait felt his windpipe close.
Choking, he looked at the woman, and decided that she was the one who was leading this strike. She was the leader. And Nait wanted to kill her. He wanted to rip her mask off and watch the light leave her eyes…
Instead, he choked out, “Who… are you…?”
The feral smile seemed to be a part of her, now. And, it was a good chance that that smile would be the last he would ever see. As his vision started to darken around the edges, he saw her lightsaber come up for the death strike. My name, she said, is Cerasi.
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 11, 2007 22:53:41 GMT -4
Naos
I suddenly felt three things at once through the Force. I froze. Imperials. Familiar presence. Nait. were my main three instinctive thoughts
I stared down into the large streets. And suddenly, from the side areas, came Stormtroopers.....
And it began. Blaster shots started firing, and soon enough the streets were engulfed in it. The Stormtroopers were climbing on top of balconies, stealing enemy vechicles, anything they could do to defeat the Guard.
I suddenly spotted one with a cannon, and they began to fire at the controls of one of the Guard's speeders. "It's time!" I yelled
I sensed the danger increasing. It increased by the second. I watched as the speeder went out of control and barreling through buildings, killing many. Innocent, Guard, and Imperials.
I decided to take the quickest way out, and in the next second I took a dive through the window behind the Throne. I went straight towards the street in front of the Palace, and quickly used the Force to support my fall and help me land on my feet.
I took out my lightsaber as I landed and ignited it. Then I quickly began to cut through Stormtroopers of all kinds.
"What are you doing here?!" Kent yelled as he stayed close to the Palace gates and fired at the Stormtroopers "You should be inside the Palace!"
"Always trust the Force!" I yelled back "You might not understand, but I had to do this!"
I twirled my lightsaber, blocking many blaster shots. I stayed next to Kent and near the gates, and soon enough I saw troops coming at me from the air via jetpack. As I tried to deflect the shots with one hand, which was incredibly hard, I took a blaster pistol out from it's holster. I then tried to look closely at their jetpacks, and once I saw a weak point, I immediately aimed and fired. "Bullseye!" I yelled and smiled slightly as the trooper on the left exploded in the air with his jetpack
I yelled out as my right shoulder was hit. I seethed in pain and looked at the trooper on the right. He had a rifle in his hands, and was flying around in the air. I couldn't deflect his blaster shots; my lightsaber was in my left hand.
I deactivated my lightsaber for the moment and clipped it back onto my belt. I put both hands on the trigger of my pistol and managed to dodge the next few shots. My shoulder continued to burn in pain ,but I shut it out of my mind for now.
I stood completely still for a moment, and let him get a direct aim at me. I watched his fingers on the trigger of the rifle closely. I had learned percision while fighting in the Clone Wars. And I definately needed it today.
Slowly, I saw their finger begin to press down on the trigger. Immediately I ducked and rolled right under where he was and behind him as he fired repeatedly. I looked for the weak point I had seen on the other jetpack and once I found it I immediately fired three times. The jetpack then exploded in a flame, again taking a trooper with it.
I smirked and put my pistol back in it's holster and took out my lightsaber once again and ignited it, then looked out into the main street. The Stormtroopers were multiplying, and this battle was just heating up.
My senses came back full first and I looked up to one of the balconies to see a sniper aiming right at me....
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Post by tallboydave on Jul 11, 2007 23:04:15 GMT -4
Mariel
"Sora, Selas..." I said softly catching up to them. "We have a problem..." I began to tell them that I'd just had a vision, from the Force.
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 11, 2007 23:24:03 GMT -4
Sora
My eyes widened at Mariel. "We've got to get to Naboo!" I yelled and turned, running for the Killer
Padme. Nait. Naos. They were all there. And Naboo in flames? I couldn't let them die, I couldn't. Not after all this time. They couldn't die like this.
We had managed to get Incom on our side. Koensayr we still had to visit, but that could wait. Right now, Naboo needed us.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 13, 2007 9:25:50 GMT -4
Apailina gasped as Naos broke the window and actually jumped out. Darrina crossed over to the window and looked down at least one hundred feet below her. Putting her hand on her mouth, her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. “In the name of… He landed!”
Fi and Padmé were already moving. Padmé took Apailina’s arm. “It’s time to leave.” Apailina nodded. “Where’s the nearest local Hanger?”
“Zed block,” Clat’Ha announced, looking it up in her datapad. “There’s still eight Nabooian ships there, plus another Unregistered.”
“We’ll take a Naboo ship,” Fi said. “The Unregistered may be an Imperial.”
Master Craan nodded. The five Jedi behind him stood alert. “We’ll follow you ‘till death, M’Lady,” he said, bowing his head.
“Let’s go,” Fi said.
As both Jedi and Handmaidens formed a protective circle around the Queen and Padmé, Fi loaded up her rifles and clicked the safety off.
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Nait felt he was going to die then and there. Cerasi was pacing back and forth, and while Nait struggled to read her lip movements, he had to constantly look to the left or right to straighten out his vision. Struggling to concentrate, he started to probe her chokehold slightly, just enough for him to get a sense of the weaknesses, but not enough for her to feel. Surprisingly, there were many weaknesses. All her had to do was push here…
He fell to the ground and landed awkwardly on two feet. Immeadiatly, he called his lightsaber back to himself. Cerasi returned to a lightsaber stance which seemed to mimic that of Juyo. As Nait fell into his own Soresu stance, he bracedhimself for what heknew would come next:
Cerasi rammed into him with both herself and the Force, burying her head deep within his chest and pushing with both feet. Nait stepped to theside, out of her way, and used the Force to accelerate her run. She caught herself just before she ran to the brink wall, and turned back to face him. Her mouth said it all.
No more games.
Then they ran towards each other. Cerasi’s twin lightsabers were a blur, and Nait was pushed back on the defensive. As his hearing started to come back, he heard the whispers of her own lightsabers buzzing past his head. He struggled to see through the feints and into the real attack, successfully defending himself for three straight minutes until…
There was a lull in fighting, and both Cerasi and Niat broke off. She must have been really burning up inside that armor. Nait licked his lips to get the moisture to gather there again, and centered himself in the Force, just as Yoda had taught him. As they clashed together again, Cerasi started to use the Force to drag down his sword arm, making him slower and slower at parrying her attacks. She was smiling, now, and he knew something was about to happen.
It did. She stepped backwards and kicked his chin—hard—with her boot. Spinning around on her bottom foot, she twisted, and delivered a roundhouse to his chest. Falling backwards, she leaped two meters in the air, and brought both lightsabers down for the killing blow.
Nait rolled out of the way, but not quite: he felt the bite of both lightsabers nick his shin and back and struggled not to moan in agony. This, he thought, isn’t good.
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