Ender's Guardian: Silver Knight (Page 8 of 8)

(Freedom's bridge)

The situation on the bridge was tense. The fleet was supposed to engage in battle with just one ship and capture it, but everyone was expecting a trap. Mat's info said that there was a sith fleet present, but when Silver fleet arrived they just saw one warship.

You could smell the tension. Everyone was waiting for George to give the order. Everyone, but Takayashi, he was the comm officer and he was relaying final orders. Adama looked cold but you could see in his eyes that he was wondering "what if". Two female officer were whispering in corner, they were gossiping about George, supposedly he hasn't slept with anyone since his wife died more than a year ago, it's time that he finds somebody else, they thought. The nearby guard heard them and shook his head in disbelief and just saying "Women". Girls giggled but Admiral Riker was annoyed when he looked at them, so they stopped.

George didn't pay attention to any of it. He looked gloriously in his white robes with silver stripes on its edges, he even carried a white cloak with a small emblem on it. A red eagle preparing to fly off with a planet in its claws. The same emblem was on his belt. His lightsaber was on his right side, and his hand was on it. It calmed him, it felt almost too good to hold a lightsaber in a hand. That was a dangerous thought. The lure of the dark side was always present. But George resisted it... For now.

Lt. Takayashi turned from his console and looked and George: "Master Kwei. All ships have reported that they're ready for battle. They are awaiting your command."
George looked like he didn't hear that Takayashi has said anything, and just as Lieutenant was readying himself to repeat all that George spoke out:
"Connect me to the fleet" he turned his gaze to the comm officer. He nodded and pushed a button on the console.
"Fleet is on the speaker, Master", Takayashi said calmly.
"This is The Silver Knight to all fleet members. In front of you is a Large ship containing hundreds of soldiers and one Sith Lord. The Sith Lord that destroyed our beloved planet. Nobody can commit such a crime and go unpunished. Today... we're going to give them justice!" George finished his speech with a roar. The crew applauded. And then George gave the order: "Los She'en Khalar"

The Fleet moved in so rapidly that the Sith Warship barely got time to scramble its fighters before the first shoots were fired. Turbolasers were hitting the ships hull as fighters clashed. Sith couldn't hold out long, as they were outnumbered and outgunned. Silver Bombers approached the warship and launched missiles at its shield generator destroying it. Two Small cruisers got out of Cloak and fired it's guns at warship's engines. The attack was too well organized for Sith to have any chance. Soon, all of their fighters will be destroyed and Knights will board the ship.

General Mat was in one of the boarding ship with his most elite soldiers. Nano Squad. Soldiers who were wearing an exoskeleton that was immune to Force Damage. Aside from its excellent armor, the suit was augmenting their speed, strength, sight and even made them possible to cloak.
With them were few of the She'en Khalar soldiers in their black armor. Well trained, but not as good as the Nano.
"Why do we always get the worst spot?", one of the soldiers was talking to his friend, "I mean last time we almost got killed by that crazy saber wielder, if it weren't for our Silver Knight, we would be dead know."
"Well Jenkins, in that you should go find him, just in case you come across on some more saber wielders" Other soldiers laughed at that comment.
"Hey! I ain't looking to hide under a skirt. I just wished I had one of those suits that our buddies have here. It would surely help me." One of Nano approached Jenkins, some of the other guys whispered his name. Psycho.
"Well, Boy." Psycho put his hand on Jenkins shoulder. "Even If you did have this suit, it still wouldn't protect you from the saber. It still cuts you like you're wearing nothing but your own skin." Jenkins looked scared, so Psycho smiled and tapped him on the shoulder. Then the pilot turned to say:"Yo, ma boys. We're almost there, prepare yourself.

Soldiers were making final checks on their equipment when the boarding ship docked and the blast door opened, Soldiers ran out into the hangar into the mess, blaster shots everywhere and few lightsabers blazing. One of the Silver Guard was fighting with his white saber agents two Sith. Psycho took his Gauss riffle and shoot one of the Sith, giving his comrade a chance to strike. The other Sith fell as well. This Hangar bay was soon cleared. Then Mat shouted:"With me, Master Kwei is almost to the bridge" Mat's squad alongside with one Silver Guard ran out of the hangar. Fighting was everywhere, but they fought they way to the Bridge easily. When they arrived they found Sith Guards that were guarding the Bridge Blast Doors dead.

Mat turned off his blue lightsaber frowning. He looked at Nano squad leader.
"Prophet, go check it out." Prophet just and showed his squad to follow him. They approached the blast doors. and found that they were locked.
"Damn! We'll need to smash them!" Prophet said and showed mat to come over.
"Prophet!" Psycho called him.
"What is it?"
"These guards were killed by lightsabers" Psycho kneeled down to one of them to show recent lightsaber scarings. That's when Mat arrived with Jenkins. "Report!"
"Blast doors are locked we need to blast them with explosives. And these guards were killed by lightsaber." Prophet exclaimed.
"We don't need explosives" Mat smiled, and then someone shouted from down the corridor: "They are behind us!"
Mat frowned and turned to Jenkins: "Go and help them, I'm gonna break this door." Jenkins nodded and ran towards the shooting.
Mat then turned to the door and starting using the Force, grabbing the doors with it... More... more... more... the blast doors started crumbling and soon they cracked...

(few minutes before)

George and two of his Silver Guard just arrived to the Bridge Door. The two Sith guarding raised their blasters, but they were too slow. Two beside George throwed their lightsabers at them, cutting then like they're meat. Three of them went through the door.

The Sith bridge was dark. Just like the rest of the ship. Through the glass you could see the Silver fleet patroling around. The Sith Lord was standing just at the front looking at it. His two apprentices who were beside him ignited their red lightsabers, when Knights entered. The Bridge crew just looked at them. They knew who they were.

Sith Lord turned. His face was pale and scarred from the overuse of the darkside. George stopped few meters from him. The Sith Lord spoke out first: "You! You are a fool for not destroying my ship at fitst. Instead you came here to duel me. How foolish."
George was cold. Too cold: "I want to bring justice myself. You destroyed the planet of Ender, and now you must be punished. The penalty for mass genocide and for destruction of worlds is death. Surrender!"
The Sith Lord laughed, but George didn't give him time for anything else. He turned his lightsaber and charged and him. Sith Lord quickly drew out his red saber, barely blocking the strike. He regained balance and striked back.
George was so focused and dueling with the Sith Lord that he almost didn't notice what was happening around him. His two Silver Guards were fighting with Sith Lord's apprentices. The Blast Door were cracked by a strong Force Push, and Mat with Nano squad came through battling the bridge crew.
The Sith Lord attacked with a powerful swing, but George Force pushed him away. He didn't give up so he used Force Lightning on George, but that was to easy for him. He just absorbed it, and threw it back. George rushed forward entering an intense duel. Block, parry, strike, jump over, slash... Suddenly George destroyed Sith Lords lightsaber, and quickly stabbed him in the heart.

Another Sith Lord was dead. Eleven more to go. He looked around and saw last of the Sith taken down by Psycho. It was finished. None had died. He noticed Mat talking with someone over the comm.  George approached him: "Mat. Talk to me."
Mat had some blood on his uniform but it wasn't his. He smiled like always do after battle and said: "I didn't got al the reports yet but it lookls like the entire ship is secure. There is still some resistance in the ships Mess Hall. But I sent Jenkins to deal with it." George hugged him: "Great job Mat." Mat hugged back, and George turned to speak with the soldiers on the Bridge. "Great job everyone! I'm proud of you all." Soldiers saluted him. George turned back to Mat to give him further orders: "Place the charges around the ship, and take remaining non-force users as prisoners."
"But what do we do with enemy Force-users?" Mat asked.
"Kill them", George said coldly and went off the bridge towards the hangar bay followed by two Silver Guards.
Mat frowned at that, but he immediately started giving orders over the comm...

(about 15 minutes before the duel)

Jyro was in a boarding ship with Master Kwei, and his Silver Guards. They looked so magnificent in their white uniforms that it would be a shame to see blood on it. Silence. You all you could hear was the hum of the engines and the sound of breathing from the person next to you. It was Silver Guard's custom before the battle. The pilot turned around to say: "We're there." The boarding ship docked, and the door opened. The men cried out: "Tai'shar She'en Khalar!" and charged off to the Sith soldiers. Jyro joined them and ran off to find an opponent. He chose a Sith with a sword. The Sith was good but Jyro cut him down with ease. Other boarding parties arrived and the hangar bay was quickly cleared.
Master Kwei ordered the Guard to go with him towards the bridge. They fought along the way, but no one could stand up to a group of most Elite She'en Khalar men. Jyro had one more kill. A Sith soldier with a blaster in his hand. But he wanted to face a Force user.
They arrived at the corridor leading to the Bridge.
Master Kwei turned around to speak to his men. "I need two volunteers." The entire squad raised their hand, even Jyro. Master Kwei chose two. "The rest of you split up and go help our comrades!" He turned around and continued on to the bridge with two of his Guards. Jyro went on with three other Guards.

They arrived at the mess hall . There were soldiers fightining, but many of those Sith Force users. Finally, Jyro thought, someone worthy to fight with. He entered into a duel with one of them. Their sabers met, and he was excited, his first fight to the death with a darksider. They dueled and Jyro killed him, but when he turned around, two more Sith Force users attacked him. He was barely blocking the attacks, he was wielding his lightsaber like never in his life, he felt encouraged and counter-attacked them. He stabbed one of them, but not before the other one put his saber into Jyro's side. Jyro fell down, and just as the Sith moved to give him a final blow, a blaster shot hit the Sith in the head, killing him... Jyro shook his head in disbelief. He must be the luckiest guy in the universe. One of the soldiers approached him and gave him a hand: "I'm Jenkins, boy. What's your name?"
Jyro barely got up, he looked at Jenkins. But It was all blurry. He noticed that the battle was over.
"I'm Jyro. Are you the one that shot this Sith." Jenkins nodded and Jyro hugged him, "Thank you, you saved my life."
Jenkins just said: "No problem, just battle is not a place for boys", he stopped and looked at Jyro's eyes. "But I guess you're not a boy anymore. Let's find you a Force Healer." He looked around but one of the Silver Guard approached them. The Guard placed his hand on Jyro's wound. Jyro felt a current flowing through his body, and sharp pain around the wound, but soon it all had disappeared. The Guard removed his hand and smiled at Jyro's expression. He looked confused, he still couldn't get the pictures of battle out of his head.
"Let's go, young man. You must return to Freedom with our Lord." The Guard said to Jyro. Jyro said goodbye to Jenkins, and followed the Guard to the boarding ship, when they got inside, they've found the rest of the Guard present, even Master Kwei was there. The Guard smiled and told everyone how Jyro got his first scar. Everyone congratulated him but the Master. He just looked cold, and you couldn't read anything from his face.
When they arrived on the Freedom Master Kwei spoke to him: "Jyro, follow me to the bridge. Your Master will want to hear about your little adventure." Jyro smiled and followed him to the bridge...

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George nodded to Konah when he entered. And when she hugged Jyro he just said: "I'll leave you two alone. I'm sure Jyro has much to share. I'll be in my office." With those word he entered his office.

Jyro smiled when she asked that and started telling her everything. From the first Sith he killed, right to the last two, and how Jenkins saved his life and how that Silver Guard healed him. "And in the end, when we returned to the boarding ship, everyone congratulated me. It was so cool." He finished with that and looked at Konah with his smile.
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Just for now. He's your character after all.

Last edited by George Kwei (2011-06-14 20:09:50)

(in the meantime on the Sith warship)

Mat was on the bridge. With him was the Nano Squad who were telling jokes about the, and that soldier Jenkins. Mat thought about promoting him once they get back on their ship. The radio beeped and he heard a voice coming from it... "General Mat?"
Mat took the comm and answered, "Yes this is General Mat"
"General, this is sergeant Johnson in the engine room. Charges are set."
"Alright, Johnson. Get back to your ship, we're gonna evacuate soon."
"Yes, General. Johnson out."
Mat, turned off the comm and grabbed the apple that Jenkins brought him from the Mess Hall. He took a bite and started walking around the bridge. He listened to Psycho's joke...
"Nomad! You know why Sith stands on one leg when he is looking in the mirror", he was eating an apple too.
Nomad smiled at Psycho's face:"No. Why?"
"Cause, he's imagining how he's gonna look in a few months" Everyone laughed at that. Even Jenkins: "That's a nice one, Psycho"
Psycho turned around to see Jenkins: "Jenkins was it? I heard about that headshot in the mess hall. You've finaly learned how to shoot."
"Oh yeah I did", Jenkins smiled at his rifle.
Mat approached them and clapped his hands: "Ok, I've had it of this ship and its Sith. Gather your men. We're going back to the Freedom."
Jenkins:"Back to Freedom boss"
Prophet:"Roger that."
The group went to the hangar, and boarded their small ship. The ship touched off, and went towards the "Freedom" The light from the nearby sun reflected on ships hull, making the ship slightly "glow"

(meanwhile on the Freedom's bridge)

Riker watched as George and that little Jyro were entering. It was strange that Master Kwei didn't say anything to him, but he turned back when he entered his office. The battle was swift, easy victory. Though he was wondering how the duel with the Sith Lord went. And he was also wondering where they will go next. He heard from certain people that they will probably go to Naboo or Mon Calamari. Someone even said Telos, but he didn't believe that.
Mat entered the bridge, and all bridge officers saluted him.. He was even smiling! He never takes that grin of his face.
"Yo, Riker. Everything's ready. You just need to push the button."
"Finaly.", Riker felt relieved, he got tired of waiting, "How was the battle?"
"Fine, fine... Just don'g ask what happened on the bridge." Mat's smile disappeared and he cursed,"Damned Sith. Just destroy the bloody thing. I've had it."
The bridge crew was surprised when they saw Mat's face. General Mat was never like this. When Mat left the bridge, everyone started gossiping about what might have happened.
But Riker didn't pay much attention to that. As long they were working he didn't mind.
"Adama?", Riker called him.
"Yes, Admiral!", Adama approached him. He was a simple man, but a good officer. He has been to few battles. But he mostly spent his time here on the Bridge.
"Destroy the damn thing." Riker frowned, as Adama approched the console and started typing in the commands.
"Countdown" Adama started, "Five... Four... Three... Two... One... Setting off charges... Now!" he pushed a final button, and through the window you could see the big blast from the Sith warship. It exploded, and everyone started celebrating. After all, it was a good fight...
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Well, I was long asleep when you posted that.