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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 15, 2011 1:20:31 GMT -5
*Alex winces as the Sith guised as a Senator picks him up. He didn't want to be near him, let alone touched by him. He couldn't sense it of course with the neural suppressant collar on, but Alex was sure he could taste the evil taint on this Zabrak. But Nias's (if that even was his real name) sudden about face confused Alex - he was expecting more outbursts, more anger, more punishment for whatever Alex had done to this Sith. But instead he walked away and took out... his lightsaber? Alex's lightsaber? The one he had created as a Padawan - the one he thought lost on Yavin IV when he had been taken captive by the Sith. Before Darth Talik had invaded his body and taken control.*
*It seemed so long ago... and yet, it was so clear. The mission to Yavin to save Natan. The duel with Allia and Sinclair. The collapse of the Temple roof. The loss of Zerrec. Being trapped under the rubble until the Sith dug him out, beaten and weak. The torture on Yavin IV and then interrogation on Korriban. And finally he remembered Exar Kun showing him a holocron, and then crushing it - allowing Darth Talik's spirit to take control of Alex's own mind and body.*
*But now he sat here above Coruscant on one of it's moons, free of Talik's spirit - but haunted by the acts the Sith Lord had committed while in possession of his body. And this Sith... impersonating a Senator had a small fragment of his former life. And it sat just a few feet from where Alex stood.*
"You plan to kill me then, Senator Nias?"
*Alex could not think of many other reasons why the Sith Senator would suddenly procure the weapon from his sleeve.*
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Post by Nias Acaadi on Aug 17, 2011 17:23:03 GMT -5
*Acaadi laughs at Organa's conclusion. It was funny how much the Jedi relied on the Force to guide them - this one, even as powerful as he was, couldn't see the truth right in front of him without a little push from the Force. It was ironic. Though, Acaadi had to admit, he wondered if most Sith would be any more observant.*
"Ha ha ha! Me? Kill you? No, no General. What purpose would that serve, except to reveal my true identity? And we can't have that. It's not who I'm going to kill, it's who you are."
*Acaadi pushes a layer of his ornate senatorial robes to the side and removes a single hilt lightsaber with black and white markings matching his own tattoos from a hidden pocket. He presses the activation trigger and a brilliant silver blade erupts from the hilt. He backs away toward the door and then pounds on it multiple times frantically.*
"Guards! The prisoner is loose! Guards!"
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Post by Republic Soldier on Aug 17, 2011 17:28:10 GMT -5
*The door slides open and the two guards that had bee standing outside rush in with blasters raised, but instead of seeing the Jedi attacking - they see the Senator standing directly in front of them with a lightsaber in his hand.
"What the....?"
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Post by Nias Acaadi on Aug 17, 2011 17:49:53 GMT -5
*Giving the guards no more time to do anything but mutter a startled reaction, Acaadi thrusts his sliver lightsaber through the first one and then swings it around to behead the second. He then shuts off the blade and punches the panic button located just on the other side of the "interview" room. An audible alarm begins to blare throughout the building, and red lights flash in the hallway. Acaadi spins around to face Organa.*
"Now look what you just did."
*Acaadi reaches out with his hand and the stun binders and neural restraint collar click off and fall away.*
"Run."
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 17, 2011 17:58:13 GMT -5
*Alex doesn't understand what is going on at first. He couldn't read his opponent's emotions or predict his actions. The Force was silent. When he activates the silver lightsaber blade Alex instinctual wants to go for his own lightsaber sitting in front of him. But instead of attacking, he turns around and puts on an act.*
"No!"
*But his words are futile, and with the stun binders he's in no position to help the doomed Guards. The Sith quickly dispatches the two prison guards and a second later the alarms throughout the building can be heard. Then the binders and the neural restraint fall away. He looks at the Zabrak in shock - was he really releasing him? Now, with the ability to sense the Force he could feel the hatred and the evil washing over this man. He hid his dark allignment well, but only on the surface. It was still there, and if one knew what to look for, it was easily distinguishable. Alex reaches out with the Force and the lightsaber he had constructed as a Padawan flies off the table and into his hand, the emitter erupting into a brilliant blue glowing blade. He sidesteps around the table, holding the blade aloft, ready for any counter-strike.*
"I won't play your game, Sith. I won't run. You and your charade are done."
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Post by Nias Acaadi on Aug 17, 2011 18:08:26 GMT -5
*Acaadi matches Organa's pace, and sidesteps around the table - keeping the object squarely between the two. He was inching away from the door, while Organa inched towards it.*
"Is it? Twenty seconds from now a legion of the Republic's finest is going to barge into that hallway and they'll see three things. The first: their dead comrades. The second: an escaped prisoner holding the same type of weapon that just killed said comrades. And third: a loyal Republic senator standing defenselessly at the end of a madman's blade. Do you think they'll ask questions? Do you think they'll even consider your incredible story of an elaborately laid out plot to frame you and the Jedi Order of treason? No. They're going to come in, guns blazing and kill you. That is... unless you escape."
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 17, 2011 18:18:44 GMT -5
"Which would only make me look more guilty of the crimes I'm accused of...."
*Alex understood. This wasn't about him. This Sith had engineered this entire thing, while the whole time doing so elevating himself as a patriot and protector of the Republic. First his arrest, and now his escape. And why? To make Alex look guilty. To make the Jedi Order look guilty. He was turning the Republic against the Jedi - and he had just successfully made Alex into a fugitive. Yes, Alex could lay down and surrender. But what good would it do now? It would still look like he had tried to escape and he had killed Republic soldiers in the process. No one would believe that Senator Nias was a Sith - not coming from him. He needed someone else to prove it... he needed hard evidence to prove his innocence. Proof of Nias's true allegiances. And he wouldn't get that in a cell, or dead if the soldiers got here quickly enough.*
"You win this round, Sith. But I'll be back."
*Having now circled around the table far enough, Alex dashes for the door and into the hallway. He then sprints down the corridors, following the path he had been led after being processed through intake.*
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Post by Nias Acaadi on Aug 17, 2011 18:25:53 GMT -5
*Acaadi grins wickedly, showing his sharp pointed teeth.*
"I look forward to it."
*He watches Organa sprint out of the room and nods in satisfaction. Yes, everything was going exactly as planned. Organa looked guilty now - of every charge. And the more the Jedi Order defended him, the worse the relationship between the Jedi and Republic would get. Soon the Jedi would be out of this war. And with the Jedi gone, the Sith would be able to sweep in and seize the last of the Republic worlds. It was all running so smoothly.*
*After Organa is gone, Acaadi uses the Force to flip over the table and throws it up against the wall. He then slips his lightsaber hilt back into his hidden pocket and walks over and lays down under the table, as it is propped up against the wall. Two more accounts of Murder, Felony Escape and Assaulting a public official. Those would be fun charges to add to Organa's list. Acaadi closes his eyes and waits to be found.*
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Post by Republic Soldier on Aug 17, 2011 18:37:49 GMT -5
*True to Acaadi's prediction two full squads of Republic Soldiers come storming into the hallway from both sides. The first group makes their way directly for the interview room to find two of their own dead and Senator Nias trapped beneath the table and seemingly unconscious. There is no sight of the prisoner.*
"Get the Senator out of there and get him medical attention!"
*The squad sergeant radios in to the other squad*
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*The other squad had come in to cover the exit to the main landing pad. Fortunately there were no ships currently docked - so the Jedi couldn't go very far. As they fan out and turn the corner, they spot the prisoner in his bright orange jumpsuit running toward them - a blue lightsaber in hand. How he had smuggled it in without them knowing was unknown. The radio crackles.*
::The Jedi's not here, he must be headed your way. We've got two men down. Watch it.::
"Affirm. We got 'em."
*The second squad of soldiers take positions around the corridor and begin firing on the approaching escapee.*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 20, 2011 23:33:36 GMT -5
*Alex is sprinting down the hall but soon finds a full squad of heavily armed Republic Soldiers blocking his path. To make it worse they create two full lines across the hallway; the front of which is kneeling while the others stand behind him. They then start firing their weapons. Not stun blasts - but real lethal blaster bolts. They weren't giving Alex many options here.*
*With his blue lightsaber still ignited he jumps through the air and deflects as many blaster bolts as he can - spinning his lightsaber around rapidly. As he comes down, he spins his saber around in a downward direction and plants it into the steel floor below him - letting out a massive Force Shockwave through the flooring - hopefully toppling the soldiers ahead of him.*
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Post by Republic Soldier on Aug 20, 2011 23:44:14 GMT -5
*The soldiers are thrown backwards as the Shockwave rips through their defensive line and scatters them about.*
"Ahh!"
"Keep on him! Keep on him!"
*A few manage to regain their footing and composer and press their attack while the others stagger over each other or are still reeling from what had just happened.*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 20, 2011 23:51:58 GMT -5
*As soon as the soldiers are knocked offline Alex sprints forward and then leaps through the air, clearing their heads, and spinning his lightsaber below him to deflect the few blaster bolts from the Soldiers that managed to regain their footing. The bolts pass harmlessly by them and bury themselves in the walls and ceiling. He didn't want to cause any more harm than Senator Nias already had. He was just trying to get out of here alive so that he could expose this whole ordeal for what it was. He didn't want anyone else hurt. He lands on the other side with a tumble and rolls into a crouching position. He then thrusts his hand backwards and uses Force Wave on the Soldiers to keep them off balance and hopefully not shooting at him. He then points two of his fingers at the door and wills it open with the Force. The door slides open and Alex sprints through it from the crouched position. Once on the otherside he does the same, and the door slides closed. He then takes his lightsaber and slices through the control panel beside the door.*
"Hopefully that'll hold them for a few minutes...."
*Look back to the corridor he was now in, he glances around and recognizes it from when he was first brought in. The landing pad should be just a few junctions away. He races off in that direction.*
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Aug 21, 2011 1:10:52 GMT -5
*Having received clearance from the Chacellor himself as well as the coordinates for the Prison facility on Centax-1; a shuttle carrying Leiah Macillan, Lara Rhys and Nahte Somht passes through the orbital security checkpoint and begins it's decent to the facility's landing pad. Just as Leiah is about to set it down, an emergency comm channel comes through the speakers in the shuttle cockpit.*
"Shuttle E7-387V. Do not land on landing pad A! I repeat do NOT land on landing pad A. There is a security breach in progress."
*Leiah looks back at Lara with a skeptical look. It might have been a decade or two since she had attuned her Jedi senses - but something about this seemed off. She couldn't quite put her claw on it.*
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
*She keeps the shuttle hovering about a hundred feet off the landing pad. Hopefully they would get this security breach thing under control quickly.*
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Post by Lara Rhys on Aug 26, 2011 20:47:23 GMT -5
*Lara listens to the transmission and looks back at Leiah, shrugging her shoulders.*
If you don't have a bad feeling about a security breach in one of the Republic's top prison facilities, I don't know that you could say what a bad feeling was. Think we should tell them we have the Chancellor's clearance? What if Alex is in the middle of this? What if he's involved or even a hostage? He is a well known Jedi among the Order and I assume they'd have some sort of Force inhibators on him, making him rather vulnerable.
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 27, 2011 20:23:57 GMT -5
*The door from the facility onto the landing pad bursts open, and the door flies through the air and then tumbles off the edge of the landing pad into the large canyon below. A second after it does, Alex jumps through the opening with his blue lightsaber activated, and a series of blaster bolts fly past his head. He looks around wildly - but see's no ship on the landing pad.*
"Son of a..."
*But the thought is cut short as several Republic Soldiers climb through the hole as well and fire again toward Alex. He spins around and deflects the bolts into the sky, with his lightsaber - one finds it's mark on Leiah and Lara's shuttle - which causes Alex to look up in response to the sound of the bolt colliding with something in the sky.*
"Well I'll be damned."
*It was the same shuttle he had come to Coruscant on. And when he focused his mind on it, he could sense the familiar presence of his Padawan on board. With more soldiers pushing through the broken door onto the landing pad, Alex backs up toward the edge of the pad, and glances over his shoulder at the large chasm below.*
"Why are there always giant completely unnecessary chasms in the most unhelpful places?"
*Though being a prison facility... it made a little more sense - what with escaped prisoners not being able to go very far. More sense here than at the Telos Academy, where it seemed like there was a pit to fall into around every corner. Was it too much to instal a few handrails? Hopefully Serra was keeping a close eye on Ariel and Ben.... Alex looks back at the soldiers approaching him - fanning out into a semi-circle to cut off his escape. Alex looks back up at the shuttle. It was a bit to far to jump to, even with the Force.*
"A little help here would be hot."
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Aug 29, 2011 16:25:22 GMT -5
*Aboard the shuttle Leiah sat at the controls and peered out of the front window. Nothing on the exterior of the prison looked out of place, that is until the door to the facility blows open and flies across the landing pad. A second later a familiar figure in an orange jumpsuit wielding a blue lightsaber jumps through the opening followed by a stream of blaster bolts and Republic Soldiers. Leiah looks back at Lara in response to her last comment.*
"Doesn't look that vulnerable to me."
*There was a mix of admiration and shock in Leiah's voice. Organa's ability to deflect so many blaster bolts was incredible - showing his true connection with the Force and his raw power. But instead of deflecting them back at his attackers, she could tell that he was sending them off in harmless directions... Well, mostly harmless. One bolt hits the underside of the shuttle and Leiah curses under her breath. Organa was being surrounded, she glances at Lara. Something wasn't right. Organa had laid down his weapon and surrendered peacefully on the surface... so why was he suddenly trying to escape? Something more was at play here - she could sense it. She makes the decision against her better judgement.*
"Ah screw it!"
*Leiah hits the controls, breaking the shuttle out of it's hovering pattern and takes the yolk, driving it forward. The shuttle dives down directly at the landing pad, Leiah pulls up and the shuttle levels out, coming to a rest just beside the landing pad - hovering over the canyon below. She then triggers the port thrusters and spins the ship around so that the back end, and therefore boarding ramp, was facing the landing pad. She shouts at Lara.*
"Go! Get to the hatch!"
*Leiah presses the control on the dash to extend the boarding ramp, and the back end of the shuttle begins to open up.*
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Post by Republic Soldier on Aug 29, 2011 17:48:33 GMT -5
*The soldiers begin fanning out in a semi-circle around the escaped prisoner as he back away to the edge of the landing pad. But just as they get him cornered, the shuttle that had been hovering up above them shoots down. The Republic soldiers duck down to keep from being blown over or even possibly hit by the low flying shuttle.*
"He's getting away! Stop him!"
*The Soldiers get back up as the shuttle comes to a stop just off of the landing pad and lowers it's boarding ramp. They resume the blaster fire, aiming at the escaping Jedi and his accomplices' ship.*
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Post by Alexander Organa on Aug 29, 2011 17:48:41 GMT -5
*He was surrounded. With his back up to the edge of the landing pad and nothing but a bottomless canyon below him, things were looking less than ideal. But just when he thought that he'd have to risk the jump up to the shuttle after all, he looks up as the scream of the shuttle can be heard. He ducks down as the shuttle swoops just over his head and then comes to a sudden stop a the edge of the landing pad. He looks back at the soldiers who were similarly ducking down to keep from being knocked over. Looking back at the shuttle he can see the boarding ramp opening up. Alex Force Jumps up through the air and lands solidly on the ramp as it is extended out, and steps into the cargo hold of the shuttle. As blaster fire starts coming after him again from the soldiers, he deflects them with ease away from the cargo hold. He shouts to whomever is piloting the ship - likely Leiah.*
"Go! Get out of -"
*But one of the blaster bolts finally gets past Alex's defenses and finds it's mark, pegging him in the leg. The sudden shock of being hit, makes him falter and another shot hits him in the chest, burning a hole through his orange prison jumpsuit and knocking him off balance. Alex's lightsaber clatters to the deck plating and extinguishes itself. His eyes go wide in shock and he stumbles forwards, clutching at his scorched chest. He falls from the edge of the shuttle ramp and lands hard on the landing pad with a thud. He rolls himself over and breaths heavily as the soldiers advance on his position.*
"Lara... help...."
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Post by Lara Rhys on Aug 30, 2011 1:01:18 GMT -5
*Lara's jaw drops when she sees Alex fending off the soldiers with a-. Wait! He gave her the only lightsaber he had on him. Lara clutched it firmly as it was still attached to her belt. When Leiah tells her to go to the hatch, Lara doesn't hesitate. She runs towards the hatch. However, she watches in horror as Alex is shot. First in the leg, then in the chest. Lara cries out.*
No!!! Alex!!!
*She leaps from the hatch and next to Alex. She then thrusts her hand outward as she kneels next to Alex.*
Stay away from him!!!
*In the midst of the soldiers forms a whirlwind, an ability Lara had only used once before. This time, however, it was much stronger as Lara's emotions were much higher and fueled her power. Usually reserved when it came to her emotions, Lara couldn't bear seeing her master's life in danger, and now he had been shot twice and pleading for her.
She quickly grabs Alex's lightsaber and attaches it to her belt alongside the other saber Alex gave her. She then picks up Alex and makes a run back to the ship. It didn't seem to matter that he was bigger than Lara. She seemed to carry him with ease in her state. She then leaped back aboard the ship where she once stood and yelled back to Leiah.*
Get out of here right now!
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Post by Leiah Macillan on Aug 30, 2011 23:06:09 GMT -5
*Leiah doesn't waste any time, she wasn't quite sure what was happening in the back but the tone in Lara's voice as she yells for them to take off was clear - something was wrong. Leiah slaps the control to raise the boarding ramp, and then takes the yolk again, and drives the accelerator forward. The shuttle races off through the thin atmosphere of Cetax-1 and into the orbit of Coruscant.*
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Post by Nias Acaadi on Aug 30, 2011 23:48:55 GMT -5
*As the shuttle blasts off into orbit, Acaadi steps through the blasted-open doorway onto the landing pad and watches as the ramp closes. He catches a glimpse of the young girl in the ramp-way holding Organa - a Miraluka. He looks around as the guards start to pick themselves up - having been thrown around by the girl's Force Whirlwind. The Sergeant walks over.*
"Senator Nias, the Jedi... he escaped. He had help."
"Yes. I can see that, Sergeant."
"The orbital defenses should prevent their escape. But I will warn Admiral Onasi's fleet in orbit as well."
"See to it then. And call me a shuttle, Sergeant. I will have to speak with the Chancellor immediately."
*The Sergeant nods then motions for his men to return to the facility. Acaadi stands on the pad, watching the shuttle disappear into orbit. Organa and his Jedi companions would escape, Acaadi had seen to that. And then the Chancellor would have not choice. The Jedi had betrayed the Republic. Soon, the entire Jedi Order would be fugitives, just like Organa. And the Republic war effort would grind to a halt. The Sith would then sweep through the Core Worlds and this war that had lasted ten years would finally be at an end.*
*Several minutes later, a shuttle bearing the red and gold markings of the Republic Senate rises over the rocky cliffs in the distance and heads to the landing pad. Once it sets down, Acaadi boards the shuttle. It was time to turn all the Jedi into fugitives. The shuttle takes off again, and heads back to Coruscant - for Acaadi to meet with the Chancellor one more time.*
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