Deviation Actions
Literature Text
Several hours passed as our heroes finally found the labyrinthine catacombs beneath Had Abbadon. One major problem had been solved… though this led to another problem. In that they had no idea where the First Order leadership was, there only real guide was the Force. But with the permeating corruption of the dark side surrounding the planet, it quickly proved difficult in its own right.
“This is getting ridiculous. We’ve been down here for Forces knows how long, and we still haven’t found anyone!” Finn complained.
“So you want to be ambushed by Stormtroopers, Knights of Ren, or whatever or whoever else might be down here?” Luke said sardonically.
“I’m with Finn on this. We should have run into people by now.” Diiran said.
“Rey…”
“Did… did one of you just say my name?” Rey asked.
“No, it must be the dark side… or worse. Vader himself is calling to you.” Luke said.
“Rey… come… I’m expecting you.”
“It’s… it sounds like it’s coming down that way.” Rey said.
“What?!... what am I not hearing anything?” Finn asked.
“Hmm… it’s an obvious trap. Let’s go and spring it.” Luke said.
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Gcarin and his party went through the First Order command center. “This looks to be the right place… but it’s deserted.” Iraa said.
“Barriss is here. In this very room… I can sense her. Just uncover as many First Order files as you can. I want to know EVERYTHING those monsters are planning.” Gcarin said as he and his team began to look through the First Order terminals.
“Hmm… it seems the First Order isn’t as powerful as it’s made itself out to be. While they do have a number of secret bases up and down the Unknown Regions. There mainly production facilities for their oversized war machines and ships… and with recent victories by the Resistance, New Republic and the Phoenix Legion. There dangerously undermanned.” Harq Lu said as she looked over a terminal.
“I take it there’s a specific reason why they haven’t turn to battle droid production? Early Trade Federation battle doctrine would fit the New Order like a glove, space stations that control entire armies of mindless drones.” Gcarin asked.
“That’s for me to know and you to never figure out.” Darth Coorva said as she rounded a corner, with Barriss Fy’nyx in her grasp.
“You are foolish, Sith filth, to think that you can face us alone with only a hostage.” H’laris said as she drew her baster.
“Let’s put a foot on the specism pedal… had to put up with enough of that back in my youth. Furthermore… I’m not alone, and the little Togurta is no hostage.” Darth Coorva said as she tossed aside a barely conscious Barriss. Then a number of First Order Storm Troopers arrived, throwing detonators amidst Gcarin and his peers. Gcarin merely smirked and froze the detonators in midair.
“Darth Coorva… did you really think mere thermal detonators would be enough to deter me?” Gcarin said confidently.
“Oh… you those were THERMAL detonators… no my child. There ion detonators, they won’t kill you unfortunately, all they’ll do is scramble and eradicate the terminals and their databanks.” Darth Coorva said as the detonators went off, shorting out the command centers terminals and causing Harq Lu to fall to her knees in pain.
“No… NO! NO ONE DISHONORS THE AUTARCH AND WALKS AWAY!” Iraa shouted as he charged at Darth Coorva with his sword drawn. His rage was cut short as Darth Coorva chopped off Iraa’s sword arm. Followed by her grabbing his sword, and ramming it through Iraa’s chest.
“Don’t beat yourself up too much Mr. Fy’nyx. Almost all assume that Sith are mindless rage-filled brutes… oh, how I love exploiting that stereotype to my own ends. It’s been centuries since I’ve had the chance to use it. But it does my heart good to see that I still got that old-” Darth Coorva’s rambling was cut off as she, and the Storm Troopers began to gag.
“…you took my sister and used her as a food source, denied me further knowledge of the First Order and their vile schemes, and you have maimed my right-hand man.” Gcarin said, his voice booming with anger.
“No… pretty sure a metal object through the chest… is lethal.” Darth Coorva said as she was chocked by Gcarin’s raw anger.
“Nah… we O’Krani are more durable folk then most… one of my aunts had her head lopped off, and it was reattached three days later… none the worse for wear.” Iraa said as he removed his sword from his chest.
“You dare to stand in my way… and gloat of your hallow triumphs? Know this Sith slave… from this day hence forth. All who serve the darkness will be burned.” Gcarin then caused the heads of the First Order Storm Troopers to explode. “Nothing will remain of the Empire. But blood, ash, cinders… and entire worlds forged from the corpses and ruins of Palpatines labors and atrocity’s.” Gcarin then threw Darth Coorva out of the observation window, and into the barren plains of Had Abaddon.
“Your anger… is intoxicating!” Darth Coorva said excitedly as she ignited her twin bladed lightsaber. And Gcarin floated down towards her.
“Not anger… rage… rage at the atrocities of the Galactic Empire. Rage at the nightmares I awaken screaming in terror, through the eyes of folk braver then I will ever know. Rage at the lives needlessly snuffed out, all for the sake of proving power and supremacy where none are needed. RAGE AT THOSE, WHO DARE TO CARRY ON PALPATINES HERACY’S AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF THIS GALAXY! YOU WISH TO SEE ME EMBRACE MY DARKER NATURE?! THEN I SHALL DO SO… AND YOU. WILL. CHOKE ON IT!” Gcarin roared has he changed into the form of a dragon like monster.
“…well. I obviously bit off more than I can chew… let’s see if I can choke it down.” Darth Coorva said defiantly.
“CUTE… BUT DEFIANCE WILL NOT SAVE YOU FROM MY WRATH FILTH. HAVE AT THEE!”
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Below, in the darkening labyrinths of Had Abaddon; Luke, Rey, Finn and Diiran finally found who they were looking for. Supreme Leader Snoke, and Kylo Ren… now Darth Vader reborn.
“Ah… it is good to see you all in person at last. The Last Jedi, the Scavenger, the Traitor, and… a fourth person I do not know.” Snoke said.
“And you… are even uglier then Sidious was… I’m not even trying to be mean. You genuinely are uglier than that shriveled excuse of a man was. And I only met him in person the one time during the Battle of Endor. Was that deliberate? Or have you just spent your whole life smoking Death Sticks…? And somehow not die?” Luke said, with Vader giving a bemused smile.
“Hmm… well it is no concern to me. You will either kneel to me, or you WILL be destroyed.” Snoke said.
“How about they just get destroyed? I’d be so much easier… as I can attest from personal experience with Skywalker.” Vader said smugly as he fondled his lightsaber.
“You dare defy me?” Snoke said indignantly… he was answered by Vader igniting his lightsaber, and tossing it through his heart.
“I do more than defy you fool… I betray.” Vader gloated as he walked towards Snoke, and removed his saber.
“I… I created you!” Snoke pleaded.
“No… you created Anakin. His anger, fear, and hate created me. Sidious merely named me… and I swear upon the graves of the Old Order. I will never bend my knee to a petty creature like YOU ever again!” Vader proclaimed as he cleaved off Snoke’s head. “…and let me tell you. I’ve been waiting DECADES to do something like that. It took more self-control then I knew I could have. Just to wait to kill that shriveled husk of a being, for you to see.” Vader said at length.
“I bet you were itching to kill Sideous.” Luke said.
“Tell me about it, but that weakling Anakin beat me to the punch… and saved you from certain death. And cast me into the Void between the realms of Life and Death.” Vader said.
“Just shut up and die!” Rey said as she charged at Vader with her saber drown, Vader blocked the blow.
“And you must be Rey… the young women who stood up to dear Ben with Ani’s old saber… killed a lot of Jedi with that blade during Order 66 I did.” Vader gloated.
“You’re not leaving this planet alive monster!” Rey said defiantly.
“Rey! Watch your anger!” Diiran said in concern.
“Oh yes…! Not as potent as the anger up on the surface. But your rage… I’ve waited for three decades in the Void for a chance like this!” Vader said as he began a duel in earnest.
“Keep at his flanks! Don’t let him get a chance to strike!” Luke commanded.
“Really wish I remembered to bring a melee weapon.” Finn muttered to himself.
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The very ground heaved and roared with pain as the duel between Gcarin and Darth Coorva raged.
“What… what has become of my brother?” Barriss asked, weakened by Darth Coorva’s blood feedings.
“He has changed skins, made himself into a great beast of iron scales, blazing eyes of fire and rage, and great spires of wrath and woe.” One of the Lat’rani entourage said.
“Well to be fair, he’s had the rug pulled under him. And on his behalf, I must apologize that it took so long to find you… we didn’t even know where this planet was before that Orrery was figured out.” H’laris said to the exhausted Togruta.
“Barriss… are you alright?” Harq Lu said, still wounded by the ion detonators affecting her cybernetics.
“No… I spent months in that… monsters captivity. As she drank my blood… and drew strength from it.” Barriss said.
“What happens now?” Iraa said as the Lat’rani helped reattach his severed arm.
“Now…? Now comes to pass what I saw in my dreams, while in Coorva’s imprisonment. The… Breaking of Had Abaddon, as foretold during the ancient Sith Wars of millennia pass, during the heights of the Old Republic. That will see this ancient and dark world turned to rubble… the Sith to return to their ancient strength. And a war of light and darkness… that will finally decide the fate of the Jedi and the Sith, and who will have dominion of our galaxy.” Barriss said at length.
H’laris just sighed, and then said. “I think I liked it better when it was just that ‘Chosen One’ prophesy. How many more prophesies do the Jedi even have?”
“More then you know… probably less then I, or even mother suspect there to be.” Barriss answered.
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In Snoke’s meditation chamber, the duel between the reborn Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Diiran Sundancer, Rey and Finn raged. The three Jedi battled against the infamous Sith Lord, as the very ground itself heaved from Gcarin’s battle with Darth Coorva.
“You’ve grown weak Skywalker! I wonder if your sister will be even easier to turn now!” Vader gloated.
“She didn’t give in when Alderaan was destroyed, or when her own son fell into darkness,” Luke said.
“What...? oh I misspoke! I meant that she would be even easier to turn… into a corpse!” Vader said as he made a slash across Luke’s face. Blinding him.
“MY EYES!” Luke cried out.
“WHY WON’T YOU DIE MONSTER!” Rey shouted as she charged at Vader, only for her left arm to be chopped off by Kylo’s light saber.
“I could ask the same of you Jedi. Your age is over; all of the Jedi are dead. Obi-Wan, Yoda… so why will you not follow their example? So that I might freely rule this pathetic galaxy, reshape it in MY image.” Vader said.
“Never! For all the Jedi you killed, and innocents you slaughtered. You will be brought to justice!” Diiran said as she engaged Vader.
“And you must one of the old guard? Even before my time? How does it feel to see everything you fought for in ages past to amount to nothing?” Vader gloated as the two locked light sabers.
“We’ll rise again as we always have! As we always will Sith!” Diiran said defiantly as she used her temporal displacement powers to fight against Darth Vader.
Rey and Luke lay where there were, wounded by the reborn Vader. “Master… Luke… I’m so sorry.” Rey said to the blinded Jedi.
“For what…? It was your own fault… that you lost your arm.” Luke said sardonically.
“Rey… this is not the end… take your pain. And wield it… against those who would harm those you care about the most.” An ethereal voice said to Rey. She then saw Finn, still bravely trying to fight Vader despite wielding
“Come on Luke! A Skywalker doesn’t quit until their done!” The ethereal voice of Anakin said to Luke.
“F…F-Father?” Luke asked.
“No, it’s Mace Windu-OF COURSE IT’S ME! Now get back up on your feet!” Anakin said.
“But… he’s just too strong… stronger even then he was… at Cloud City.” Luke muttered.
“True! But that’s only because he’s got a new, younger body to use. Not mine, that had been ravaged by my duel with Obi-Wan on Mustafar. But look, look through the Force. And see that Rey is getting up! She lost her arm, and she’s still trying to fight Vader! You know what happened when I lost most of my arm on Geonosis at the start of the Clone Wars? I was out of the fight! And ultimately Obi-Wan and I had to be saved by Yoda. But this scavenger from a dust ball even more remote then Tatooine is getting back up!” Anakin ranted.
“Why… why are you even here? Why did you show yourself to Rey before?” Luke asked.
“That isn’t important Luke…! Now please… get back up on your feet. Please… you were the only one who believed that I could return to the Light. Don’t… don’t give up on me now kid.” Anakin said.
“Vader! I may now be a blind old man! But so were you! Even now you’re blind!” Luke proclaimed as he stood up, and took up his father’s blade.
“No, I can see you quite clearly.” Vader quipped.
“And you have not noticed that this entire time, the chamber has been hurtling towards the surface of the planet?” Luke said with a cocky grin on his face.
“What does that even-” then the chamber burst out to the surface… in full view of Darth Coorva and Gcarin’s duel. “…mean?” Vader said.
“Vader… you’ve brought the Butcher to me. About time… I was growing bored dealing with this petty mynock.” Gcarin said in contempt.
“And you made such a big deal out of-” Darth Coorva was cut off as Gcarin used one of his enormous claws severally wound her.
“So… you’re the one whose caused the First Order so much grief of late. So… so much power.” Vader said, in awe of Gcarin’s draconic form.
“You will not leave this world alive creature… YOU. WILL. BURN!” Gcarin said as he readied a fireball.
“And that’s our cue to leave!” Luke said as a shuttlecraft showed up behind them. “Not even going to question where this came from!” Luke said as he and his part hurriedly entered.
“Hold on to your tails! Or whatever else have you! This ride is going to get bumpy!” H’laris said as she flew the shuttle away. As the shuttle ascended into space… the damage that Gcarin had done to the planet was made evident.
“My… baby brother did THAT?” Barriss said in surprise.
“Yes… incidentally, I’m blind now.” Luke said.
“This is General Leia to all forces. The First Order flagship is in orbit of Had Abaddon, along with a massive fleet. I repeat: the Supremacy is here and they’ve brought help!” Leia said over the ships comm device. And indeed, the Supremacy itself, and a fleet of First Order Star Destroyers were in orbit… and their guns were pointed at the surface.
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“General… send down a volley before you evacuate the survivors.” Vader said in his comm unit.
“But Kylo Ren-”
“Did I stutter General? Do as I command, or I’ll find someone who will!” Vader barked as he jumped out of the direction of Gcarin’s fireballs.
“BURN AND DIE! LIKE THE REST OF YOUR MISERABLE KIND!” Gcarin said as he belched and breath fire. Trying to catch the reborn Sith Lord in his wrath.
“So much anger and wrath… and you waste it SERVING others?! How a creature such as you deserves to exist is a mystery!” Vader said.
“Do not waste your last hours bellowing like a sick bantha… spend them SCREAMING IN AGONY WHELP!” Gcarin bellowed, but before he could make another attack on Vader. A massive volley of laser fire rained down on his head. “NO! SITH RUNT! EVEN IF YOU DRIVE YOUR BLADE THROUGH MY HEART! YOU WILL NOT END MY WRATH!” Gcarin bellowed as the orbital fire hammered him.
“Well… I might actually have an equal I can respect… to a point. One way or another, I will rule this galaxy. And ALL who disobey me shall be punished.” Vader gloated.
“NEVER! I WILL BURN THIS GALAXY TO ASH BEFORE I ALLOW ANY SITH LORD TO CLAIM DOMINION OF IT! JUSTICE WILL BE RESTORED! AND YOU, THE SITH LORDS OF OLD, THE FIRST ORDER, THE EMPIRE, SHALL BE REMEMBERED ONLY FOR THE SOULLESS MONSTERS YOU ARE! DO YOU HEAR ME SITH LORD!? DO YOU HEAR ME?!” Gcarin shrieked as an Imperial shuttle landed near Vader.
“How could I not… I believe I’ll grant this… New Republic time to prepare, a year from today I believe. They better be ready… because I’ll bring down the hammer on your pathetic little worlds.” Vader said as he force pulled the wounded Darth Coorva towards him, and boarded the shuttle.
“Gcarin… please… come back to me.” Ahsoka said telepathically to her enraged son. “The prophesy of Had Abaddon has been set in motion… and the last great war of Light and Dark has begun.”
“What… what have I done?” Gcarin said as he returned to his sense and changed back into his form as a Togruta. “Mother… I’m we’re going home… all of us.” Gcarin said he teleported himself off of the crumbling surface of Had Abaddon, and onto the bridge of the Avenger.
