Xenosaga : Destiny of The Force

Part Three : Return of Light

Story:
A Star Wars/Xenosaga crossover. AU of Xenosaga 3. The battle of Light and Darkness is drawing close. So is the end of the world. Who will triumphant in the end?

Disclaimer:
I don't own Star Wars nor Xenosaga but I do own the characters Alexander Darkblaze, Daron Sol/Darth Exodus and E1-D1. KITT from Knight Rider is copyright to Universal Studios. Unlimited Blade Works is property of TYPE-MOON. The name Jon Antilles is the property of LucasArts.

Chapter 1: Return of The Chosen One

T.C. 4662

The X-Wing fighter crashed violently on an unknown planet, rendering its pilot unconscious for several hours. His droid companion kept sending signals to wake him up until he did.

"Ugh...what are those visions? We were heading for the Unknown Regions...the system went haywire..."

Then, he looked at his surroundings. Everything looked foreign to him. Barren wasteland spread as far as his eyes could see. He flipped open his portable computer, trying to locate where he is now. To his dismay, nothing useful came out.

"No data about this place. E1, you okay back there?"

E1 beeped. He smiled. "I see. At least this place is breathable. Let's go and have a look."

He unbuckled his seatbelt and got out of the cockpit while E1 jumped out from its place. "Reminds me of Tatooine. But less sand. Let's go, partner."

E1 beeped his concern. The pilot smiled. "Right now, we can only trust The Force." He put on his Jedi Journeyman cloak to cover himself up. Together, they trekked the wasteland for hours until they saw a relatively large city in sight. They walked towards the security outpost. A guard came up to them.

"Security ID, sir."

The pilot waved his hand. "I need not require ID." he said.

"You...do not require ID."

"I may pass."

"You may pass."

He and E1 passed the security without problems. "I hate doing that." he grumbled.

They made their way into the city. Civilian and passers by glanced at him before continuing their business. He spotted a police headquarters. He looked at the sign; ARCHON POLICE STATION. There was a small advert promoting the planet plastered at a nearby wall; WELCOME TO PLANET ABRAXAS.

"So, this place is Abraxas, huh. E1, create a log under this name. Everything that is happening here, log those too."

E1 acknowledged with a beep. "Let's go inside, shall we? We need some general information about this place."

He stopped in front of the door. He turned to E1. "I think you should wait outside."

The astromech droid replied with low tone. He patted its metallic head. "It'll be fine, E1."

He opened the door and stepped inside. The place was hectic and busy. Long queue at the information counter, heavy atmosphere throughout with loud curses from those who were dissatisfied with them.

"Am I in Nar Shadaa?" he thought.

Suddenly, a female officer bumped into him from his back. She was struggling to hold a man she just caught.

"Oh, excuse me." she said.

"I'm sorry for standing in your way, officer." he apologized.

She gave a nod before heading inside. He took a number from the counter and stood at the corner of the room and observed his surrounding. He immersed himself into it and he could feel various feelings coming from the people here.

"All this negative feelings...they are not influenced by the Dark Side. This is the first time I feel this way. Maybe, this will be a good place to settle down..." he thought.

Then, his concentration was broken by a gunfire. It was fired by the same man that the female police officer caught. Everyone ducked and the area was silenced instantly.

"GET BACK!" he said, pointing his gun at the female officer.

"Don't do this, Fred." The female officer said. "Put the gun down before you hurt others."

"Shut up! I know your so-called justice! You all gonna make me submit that I'm in the wrong without doing proper investigation. The whole galaxy knows how Abraxas police works!"

"I assure you, me and my team will investigate your claims, Fred." The officer pleaded.

"Don't make another step!" Then, he turned to the one who was watching the scene from the corner of the room. "You! Come here!"

"Me?"

"Yes, you! Do as I say before I hurt you!"

"Hey, don't involve innocent by standers in this!" The officer said.

With the gun pointed at him, he walked to the man called Fred with his hands raised. "There is no need for violence, friend. Everything can be sorted out if we sit down and talk." he said.

"Who's your friend!" Fred yelled. "If we can simply sit down and talk, there would be no war in the first place!"

"True. But these small steps will at least minimize casualty and needless killings, no?" he said calmly.

The female officer stared at this stranger, impressed by the way he talked. "Besides, I know you're innocent. Prove it by cooperating with them. You don't want to set a bad example to your children, right?" he continued.

Fred paused, shivering as he dropped the gun. He smiled. "Thank you. I know you're a good man, Fred. I trust the officials to sort out your problem. So, you should to."

Fred looked up at him, tears welling in his eyes. "Thank you, stranger. Thank you for bringing me back." He simply nodded as the female officer confiscated the gun and a male officer brought Fred inside. Then, other people who were on the scene cheered for him.

"Thank you for the help." the female officer said to him. "I don't know what I should do if you didn't persuade him."

"No problem officer. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time."

"What's your name? From the way you look, you're new here."

"Yeah. I'm new in town. My name is...Alex Blaze."

The officer smiled. "I'm Melisse Orthus of Spec-Ops Detachment Squad. Welcome to Abraxas, Alex Blaze."

T.C. 4767

Alexander opened his eyes. He sat up, looking at E1 who was in recharge mode. "Melisse..."

"Silverblade, are you ready for your next assignment?" the voice of Doctus said from a computer terminal.

"Yeah. I'll be ready in ten minutes. What sort of madness will you drag us in?"

"Oh, nothing serious."

"Right, nothing."

"Of course. Do I ever lie to you?"

"Don't even go there, Doctus."

E.S. Dinah was moving across a well lit city while at the same time, avoiding shots from several pursuing drone machines. Shion, the main pilot was mildly irritated. At her co-pilot specifically.

"Miyuki! You didn't tell me that they had macrophages deployed! What the hell have you been doing?"

She kicked the back of the seat below her. Miyuki, the co-pilot moaned. "Take it easy! I checked it out the best I could. It's not my fault!"

Dinah dodged several more shots as it got closer towards the destination. "Look, Shion! Three more interceptors just appeared out of nowhere!" Miyuki stated the obvious, getting Shion even more annoyed.

"Then concentrate on supporting me instead of making excuses!" she shot back.

The minor crisis was averted when a black A.M.W.S. appeared and shot their pursuers down.

"You two make a fine pair." Doctus said with sarcasm.

"Doctus!" beamed Shion.

"You two go to the target. My agent will brief you when you get there."

"Agent? You didn't mentioned anyone before." Shion said.

"Oh, I didn't? Must've slipped from my mind. In any case, you can trust him. He is a little mysterious but usually get the job done."

"Alright." Shion nodded.

Doctus turned to her co-pilot, the Realian Canaan. "Three at seven o'clock. You got it?"

"Yeah, I'm on it." he said.

They easily destroyed each interceptor drones and made their way towards Vector S-Line Division entrance. Miyuki hopped out of the cockpit and waved and winked at Canaan just as soon as he landed.

"That was incredible, Canaan! The way you maneuvered that A.M.W.S. was unbelievable!"

"We don't have time for that kind of thing, Miyuki. Has anything come up on the scanner yet?" Shion asked as she miniaturized the Dinah.

"I hope you understand, what we're after poses a considerable threat to Vector. I'd appreciate you taking the situation more seriously." Canaan said in a 'matter of fact' manner.

"Exactly. I don't care if you get yourself killed. Just don't take us down with you." added from inside her AMWS.

"All right, all right, fine! Why's everyone picking on me?" Miyuki whined.

Shion suddenly felt someone else was nearby. "Who's there?"

A hooded man appeared from the shadows. He was wearing a black cloak over dark gray suit. His features were well hidden by the hood covering his head and upper part of his face.

"I see you arrived early, Jon." Doctus said.

"He's your agent?" Shion asked as she stared at the stranger suspiciously.

"Yes. This is Jon Antilles. Our top spy and infiltrator. He did much of the work during the Gnosis Terrorism Crisis."

"Well met, Shion Uzuki, Miyuki Itsumi. I have heard a lot about you two." he said in a coarse and gruff tone.

"The pleasure is mine. I never know you're the one who provided the intel during the crisis. Thanks for the help." Shion said, smiling at him.

Jon managed a grin. "Don't mention it, Miss Uzuki. I was just doing my job."

Then, he threw a disc at Canaan. He caught it. "Just in case you find difficulties in breaking down some of the rather odd security systems inside."

"Odd...security?" Miyuki asked with a confused expression.

"You'll come across it soon enough."

"Well Miyuki? Is this it?" asked Shion.

Miyuki analyzed the data on her portable terminal and nodded. "Yep, perfect! No doubt about it. This is Vector's S-Line Division."

"Then the top secret data we want is just ahead."

"I'll handle backup. You three, take care of the rest." Doctus said.

"You're not going to help, Doctus?" Miyuki asked, hopefully.

"Don't depend on others to do everything for you!" Shion snapped.

"Usus magister est optimus." Doctus said before leaving.

"What will you do now, Jon?" Canaan asked as he handed the disc to Miyuki.

"I'll hang around for a bit. Be careful, you three."

"Right, you too."

He gently waved before jumping down to the city of light below. "That is one hell of a mysterious guy." Miyuki commented. Shion nodded.

"Rumor has it that he was around when Scientia was formed." Canaan stated.

"When it was first came into existence? That was like a century ago, right?" Miyuki said with with shock.

"It's just a rumor. Nothing more. Come on, let's finish this quickly."

"Agreed." Shion gave a nod.

The three made it through the complex maze and mildly irritating security drones. They finally arrived at the data storage area. At the end of a hexagonal plane, there was a computer terminal. Canaan took out his equipment and get to the task of getting the secrets of Vector.

Shion motioned to Miyuki. "Miyuki, keep watch."

She nodded and came over to Canaan and did her thing.

"Canaan, please start the data backup." Shion said to the Realian.

"I'm already on it. Don't screw up, now that we've made it this far."

"I know, I know! But will this really expose Vector's crimes?" Miyuki said to both of them.

"Miyuki, do you really understand what this U.M.N. really is?" Shion asked her, narrowing her yes.

"Uh, it's a wide-area network system or something, right?"

"A wide-area information network system with non-local connections. Its characteristics enable warp travel and light speed communication." Canaan corrected.

Shion nodded. "An exemplary answer. But do you think that's really all there is to it?"

"What do you mean?"

"A wide-area network that connects our star cluster. But who built it, and when? Who established the gate jump columns? For that matter, what division of Vector even handles the base theory development?" Shion quizzed.

Miyuki mumbled for answer. "It's um..."

"Exactly. No one knows, because no one established it or built it. It was already there. We just use it as if we invented it."

"That's nothing more than your own conjecture. I'll give you credit for your vivid imagination, but you have no proof." Canaan said dismissively.

"He's right. Don't you think you're jumping to conclusions?" Miyuki added.

"I hope so. If I'm wrong, everyone can live in peace. But we need to make sure. We need to know what they intend to accomplish with the U.M.N. What their ultimate goal is." Shion said.

"Huh? Shion, there's something weird." Miyuki said, blinking at the data.

""Something"? I've told you time and again to make precise reports."

"Well, there's a strange fluctuation in the particle flow. It started about 300 seconds ago. Looks like a fractal pattern. I think someone or something's trying to interfere with us."

"Is it a pursuit craft, or the cyber surveillance system?"

"No. There hasn't been any physical contact from macrophages- And there's no sign that the jamming of the surveillance network has been broken. It's like someone's watching, no, studying us." Canaan explained elaborately.

Shion crossed her arms. "Studying us? Who? Why?"

"There's no way for me to tell." Miyuki replied.

"How's that data coming?"

"Just a little more."

"Hurry. It's dangerous to stay here much longer."

Then, a blue monolith nearby started to glow red followed by the sound of an alarm. Miyuki looked up at the glowing monolith.

"Sh-Shion! I think it's a little too late for that now."

A flying Gnosis emerged from glowing monolith and circled around the area before landing in front of them. It arched back and roared.

"Ugh. Do we have to?" Miyuki asked.

"Do we have a choice?" Canaan added as he armed his combat knife.

Shion gave a nod. "We can take this, Miyuki."

Miyuki sighed. "If you say so..."

The Gnosis started the battle by attacking Canaan. The Realian calmly avoided the vicious claw swipe and attacked it at close range. It roared in pain as several scratches appeared on its chest. Shion fired a beam shot followed by an uppercut from close range. She did a backflip as Miyuki threw a hand grenade from her MWS prototype. The Gnosis roared and flew up in the air and attacked Miyuki. The terrified Miyuki dodged frantically until Canaan came in and blocked the attack by crossing his arms.

"Shion." he said.

"I got it." Shion pulled out the crystal blade Heart of The Force. The red blade shimmered as she slashed with great precision. Canaan joined in and both of them sliced the creature repeatedly as Miyuki attacked from a distance with several fire blasts. They were too much for the Gnosis to handle and Shion delivered the killing blow with an overhead slash to its head. The monster stuttered before it fell off from the platform. The three were speechless about the appearance of a Gnosis inside the system but they had no time to worry as more of them came out.

"Shion!" Miyuki shouted.

The three fled the area and one of the Gnosis was bearing down on them but was cut by a large sword. They looked at the newcomer. It was Jon Antilles. He was holding an oversized curved greatsword.

"Jon!" Miyuki exclaimed.

"Sorry I'm late. Help will arrive soon." Jon replied.

"I'm already here." Doctus' dark AMWS, Astrea appeared and pulled up alongside them. "Shion, we're getting out of here. Realian, you're with me!"

Shion nodded and pressed the button of a remote to summon her craft. "Transfer E.S.!"

Canaan got inside Astrea with a slightly annoyed look. "My name's Canaan! You should remember that by now."

Doctus smiled. "Sorry, didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I don't waste brainpower on trivial things." Then, she turned to Jon. "Will you be alright, Jon?"

Jon swung his sword. "Don't worry about me. Just get them out of here. I'll be off when the time is right."

With that, he engaged a wave of Gnosis and easily wiped them off with a single stroke of his large blade. Another wave came in. Jon spun his weapon to form a gigantic typhoon and it dragged many of them inside before they were cut up to death. Shion and Miyuki were impressed by his display of power.

"Come on, there's no time to be impressed." Doctus said.

"Right." Shion nodded.

The two crafts left the scene with Jon facing waves of Gnosis on his own. He smiled as the greatsword disappeared from his hand.

"Time to test out this technique I've been working on." Jon clasped his hand together and started to chant;

I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body, and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to death
Nor known to life
I have withstood pain to create these weapons
Yet, my hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, I summon forth, "Unlimited Blade Works"

The moment he completed the chanting, various bladed weapons appeared through many portals. Silently, he commanded them to attack.

"That one was a little too close for comfort." Shion muttered as she exit from the UMN network. She was inside Dinah. Miyuki commed.

"Are you all right, Shion? Whoa, you look pretty sexy!" she commented at her former Vector colleague's outfit; a two piece swimsuit. Shion was slightly disturbed by the comment.

"Miyuki... you're starting to sound like a dirty old man."

"Well, we completed our mission."

"Although someone made it more complicated than it should've been."

"Oh, come on, Shion. I promise it won't happen again."

"Anyway, how's the data? Don't tell me we lost it in the end."

Canaan entered the conversation. "It's fine. The backup completed with .002 nanoseconds to spare."

"Good." Shion said.

"Not bad, former Chief of Vector's First Division. You and your brother are both good." Doctus commented.

"The translation method was sloppy and a bit lagging, but thanks to you, we made it."

"I'm going to start analyzing the backed up data. I'll let you know if I find anything - along with that other thing you asked."

"Thanks. By the way, is Jon alright?"

"He made it out in time. He caused quite a havoc though."

Shion smiled with relief. "I'm glad."

"He is more than capable of taking care of himself. As I said, he is our best agent." Doctus added before turning to Canaan. "Start the data transfer, Realian."

Canaan narrowed his eyes. "It's Canaan. You seem to have a defect in your memory."

"Errare humanum est." she said before they both went offline, leaving only Shion and Miyuki.

"Um, uh, Shion, you aren't mad, are you?" Miyuki worriedly asked.

"No. Everything turned out all right. I don't make a habit of fussing over details."

"Oh, good!"

"No, it's not good. I'm sending you text on basic structure later and I want you to answer them."

"Aww, again?"

"Your method is unable to adapt to the language because you skipped the basics during assembly."

"Yes, ma'am. Shion, is what we are doing really okay?"

Shion raised her brow. "You're asking me now? You're the one who demanded we let you help."

"I mean, well, what we're doing is a crime."

"Yes, but that was before the Gnosis terrorism. We know that the Gnosis phenomenon is symbiotically linked to the U.M.N. So the U.M.N. as it stands now is dangerous. Just like Doctus said, Gnosis may not have been called by Professor Mizrahi, and the U-TIC Organization or even the Immigrant Fleet, but rather Vector, the constructor of the U.M.N. If that's true, there may be an ulterior motive in KOS-MOS's development as well."

"Is that why you're having Scientia investigate the Miltian Conflict? Because your father might have been involved?"

"I don't know for certain... but I think someone has to do something. And I don't want KOS-MOS to suffer."

"Shion, you still can't forget about her?"

Shion went silent.

"You quit the company without any hesitation, so I thought you'd be over it by now."

"It takes a lot of courage to renounce everything you've worked for. I'm sure Alex felt the same way."

"Alex...I missed him." Miyuki mused. "Anyway, if there's any developments over here, I'll let you know."

"Right. But be careful. You're in more danger than the rest of us since you are where you are."

"Oh, Shion, stop trying to scare me."

With that, Miyuki went off and Shion left her craft. Her feet barely touched the ground when she felt a sudden pain in her head. However, it subsided quickly.

"That's happening a lot lately. I wonder if I'm just worn out."

She made her way down the cliff to her small enclave just beneath Dinah. She's been staying on this Pedea Island ever since she left Vector six months ago. She listened to the sounds of waterfall and chirping birds synchronized in harmony. She noticed a mail alert on the terminal. It was from Allen.

"Ah, um, uh, I guess it's been a while, Chief. Um, actually, this is pretty difficult to tell you, but... at a staff meeting a few days ago, they officially decided to cancel... First Division's KOS-MOS development project. Actually, it's being transferred to the military, so the project itself isn't going away, but the military is going to oversee the development of a new model, so the KOS-MOS unit development will come to a close at the end of this month. Togashi and I have the misfortune of being transferred to the military along with it. The decision was sudden, so we're all scrambling to organize the data we've accumulated. Though, all of us are pretty down since you've left. So, now I'm on Fifth Jerusalem, where the project is being transferred to. Would you like to come and visit us? Everyone misses you. I'm sure even KOS-MOS- Well, she's anti-social as usual, so I don't know what she thinks, but I bet she misses you, too. I'll await your answer. I hope to see you soon, Chief, our Flower of First Division."

Shion smiled at the last sentence. "Well, he's certainly learned how to talk smoothly. I can't believe it's been six months already."

Her mind traveled back to six months ago, the day she tendered her resignation from Vector. She was having a discussion with her colleagues from First Division.

"Chief! Wait, calm down! Please, tell me why-" Allen pleaded.

"Weren't you listening to what I just said?"

"I was listening. I heard what you said, but what do you mean, you're quitting? Upper management has yet to make a decision."

"I can't just stay on as Chief like nothing happened after causing an incident like that."

"You mean the Gnosis terrorism, right? It was that Grimoire guy who caused it. There's no reason for you to take responsibility for it. You haven't been accused of anything yet. You don't have to resign."

"KOS-MOS will be sealed and placed under observation and I'm responsible for it. It may be irresponsible to leave in the middle of development, but I can't stay at Vector."

"She's only being sealed temporarily, and- Wait, Chief!"

"Allen, please take care of KOS-MOS and everyone."

"Please, give it a second thought! I don't know if I can pull it together. Not without you and Alex..."

"I'm sorry..."

"Chief..."

Alexander was getting ready get on his AMWS Galaxius when Doctus appeared from nowhere. "Fifth Jerusalem, I presume?"

"Aye. I want to see...no, I need to see her."

"Farewell of some sort?"

"Maybe. But if all possible, I don't want to see her being scrapped off like that. Especially after what Shion and I went through to develop her."

"I won't stop you, Silverblade."

Alexander flashed a smile. "You can't after all I did for you."

"Of course. There is now way I can stop someone like you."

"Thanks, Doctus. For everything."

"Our feelings are mutual, Jedi Master Alexander Darkblaze."

"We'll meet again."

"I hope so."

Alexander turned to the approaching E1. "Hey E1. What took you? Don't tell me those female techs are begging you to stay."

"The droid is quite a hit with the females. Unlike his owner." Doctus said with a smirk.

"Oh, shut it, woman."

"Melisse was quite fond of him, yes?"

"Melisse...hm, yeah. She liked E1 a lot."

"Everything is ready, Alex. We are good to go." KITT said from the craft. He gave a nod.

"Alright. E1, load yourself up."

E1 whirred and turned his head. Alexander sighed. "The hell? E1, if you're staying here, I might not come back here for you."

"It is alright, droid. Go with your owner. He needs you more than us." Doctus said. "Like he said, we will meet again."

E1 sighed in his own language before loading himself up. Alexander smiled at Doctus. "Thanks."

"Take care, Silverblade. Ask me if you need anything."

"I will."

With that, he boarded the craft and started up the system. "How are you feeling, KITT?" he asked the AI.

"I feel fine, Alex. I feared I may not have been useful since we don't really go out often but thanks to Doctus, she transferred me to her network and I'm glad to help her."

"That's great, KITT. But now time to take it outside. The end is near. I can feel it. The Force is screaming in my head."

"The end of the world?"

"The end of everything, KITT. I can't predict the outcome of this conflict but one thing for sure. It won't be pleasant."

"You are clear for takeoff, Alexander Darkblaze." an operator informed through the speaker.

"Alright. Let's go. You two ready?"

"As ever." KITT replied.

E1 beeped his reply. Alexander grinned. "Yes, E1. We'll see them again. Shion, KOS-MOS, everyone."

He pushed the ignition and accelerated forward, reaching 500 parsecs within ten seconds. "AMWS Galaxius. TAKING OFF! Fifth Jerusalem, here we come!"

Notes: The action will shift to Fifth Jerusalem. Also, the return of Darth Exodus. Will he continue his hunt for Alexander or try to get his hands on the Zohar by power? Also, who is Jon Antilles? What is his part in the story? All will be revealed soon. Really.