This is my first star wars fan fiction. Hope you enjoy it. Story starts in episode three and takes place mostly during the galactic civil war.

Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars or any of these characters unfortunately. Because if I would, I wouldn't have to work anymore and I would have more time to write fanfictions.

Also if someone still wonders, my car keys were in a pair of pants in the washing machine.

Chapter 10

Rham Kota, Jedi and former general of the galactic Republic lay on the floor of the imperial TIE factory unconscious. Eventually two of his militia soldiers spotted him and ran towards his position.

"Sir! Is everything alright?", cried one of them. Naturally the Jedi didn't respond. "He looks really bad. Something must have gone terribly wrong," stated the second soldier : "Do you think he encountered Vader?" His fellow warrior replied: "Maybe, but weren't this Grievous guy and that scary woman with him? I doubt Vader could beat all three of them."

"Does it matter?", cried the first soldier: "We should just get the hell out of here and retreat. Our plan has obviously failed. Our leader is wounded and someone slaughters our men. I'm losing contact with more and more of our teams every minute. We failed."

His colleague sighed in defeat and answered: "You are right. I'll try to reach the captain. The gunships must evacuate all remaining soldiers from the factory and then we should retreat before imperial reinforcements appear." He did as he said and soon the militia started preparations for leaving the battleground and the two soldiers dragged Kota towards the newly landed gunship.

Not all militia troops were as lucky though. 3 of them in the same time had to endure being cut into pieces by a red lightsaber. Galen Marek, also named Starkiller by some, smiled down at his fallen opponents. The young Sith apprentice could feel his final target getting closer. Finally it was time to face a Jedi and prove that he was indeed worthy to be a Sith.

Then he and his master Lord Vader would throw over the emperor and rule over the galaxy. Rham Kota would fall and he would rise. Stepping over the charred corpse of a black clothed imperial guard, that lay on the floor, the young Sith apprentice walked towards the elevator that led into the command center, eager to face his opponent.

In the meanwhile in said command center Asajj Ventress had finally found her second lightsaber and clipped it to her belt, while General Grievous stared at the holoprojection of the spacebattle. "Looks like Kota's men prepare to retreat", he stated. His female partner replied: "Oh great! How exactly do you actually plan to get us out of here without the Jedi now?" "Don't worry assassin, I have already taken preparations for our departure", responded the cyborg.

"Oh, right I forgot you were the master of running away during the clone wars", Ventress mocked. Grievous shot her an angry glare and wanted to say something. But he was abruptly interrupted, when the doors of the elevator opened with a hissing sound. Both the heads of the cyborg and Ventress snapped into its direction.

Then a dark clothed figure walked into the room. But it wasn't Darth Vader as the two former CIS leaders expected. Instead it was a relatively young human male who looked quite surprised himself right now. His eyes scanned the command center and finally rested upon General Grievous and his companion. For the breakpoint of a second terror flashed up in the boys eyes but he hid it again immediately.

"Where is Rham Kota?", he inquired with firm voice. His two counterparts fully turned into his direction. "The Jedi filth is dead!", hissed General Grievous: "But I am more interested in who you are supposed to be boy and where Darth Vader is." The newcomer arrogantly replied: "I am Starkiller, apprentice of Darth Vader. I was sent here to destroy Rham Kota and end his cowardly attack on this factory."

"So, Vader is too afraid to show up himself. We should have known the Jedi's plan wouldn't work out", sighed Ventress disappointed. "It doesn't change our plan", said Grievous and fixed his golden eyes on Starkiller menacingly: "In this case the apprentice dies and afterwards this place will be blown up into pieces."

With the last words the cyborg unfastened his cloak and let it fall to the ground. Then he stretched out his arms and watched in amusement how Starkiller's face twisted into one of pure horror as each of his arms parted into two. With all of his four hands the general grabbed one of his lightsabers and ingnited them.

"Good idea. Killing Vader's apprentice will at least be a little satisfaction", agreed Ventress and her two red blades flashed up.

Starkiller was close to panicking right now. Quickly he ingnited his own red lightsaber and tried to think up a way to get out of this mess. This mission had just gone seriously wrong. Instead of one Jedi there were two of the most wanted criminals of in the entire galaxy, both of them infamous for killing countless Jedi during the clone wars and hundreds of imperial troops afterwards. And the worst: They seemed very intent on killing him. The two of them already started to encircle the young Sith apprentice.

Warily he tried to keep an eye on both of them. Suddenly General Grievous rushed forward, his four lightsabers darting forward with unnatural speed. Glen was barely able to block the first few strikes of the cyborg. His blades seemed to be everywhere at once. Within a mere second ten attacks were flying at Vaders apprentice.

Only due to his fast reflexes and a great deal of lack Glen was able to avoid all of them. As he dodged a series from stabs from the gruesome droid general he realized that he stood no chance. He barely avoided another twirling green blade, let himself fall to the floor and rolled himself over the ground and out of Grievous reach, coming back to his feet in the same movement.

Unfortunately for him he was facing two opponents at once. He heard a hissing sound behind him and spun around just in time to clock a read red lightsaber aimed at the back of his head. Ventress made a disappointed sound but continued her attack instantly. Her second blade flashed up and she slashed after Starkillers legs. The Sith apprentice parried the blow and finally saw an opening to start an offensive.

In a quick motion he jerked his weapon upward, trying to stab it right into Ventress chest. The woman easily his blade with one of her own and used her second one to try and decapitate her foe. Galen had no choice but to dodge the assault by moving to the right. To his dismay that gave Asajj the chance to bring up her right leg and kick him fully in the guts.

He winced in pain and stumbled a few steps back.

Suddenly he saw twirling blue and green lightsabers in the corner of his eyes and his reaction almost came too slow. Grievous attacked him furiously from the side. The cyborg chuckled viciously as his blades crushed down on the defenses of his foe. Starkiller parried and dodged the blows from the cyborg while steadily retreating backwards. But he felt his strength fading to fend four lightsabers off at the same time was nearly an impossible task.

The weapons of the former CIS leader swirled through the air and cut into the floor, computer terminals and the walls, leaving a trail of destruction. Starkiller knew he couldn't outmatch his foe in lightsaber combat. So he decided to take a risk.

Hastily he called upon the force, drawing upon his fear while doing so, and channeled it into a quick gesture with his free hand. A wave of force energy was crushed into General Grievous who was caught off guard. It sent him flying backwards. Finally Galen had some time to gather himself. Grievous was jumping back to his feet on the other end of the command center and Ventress was a few steps away circling him.

"Impressive", stated the latter: "I didn't think you would last this long. But you are still no match for either of us and certainly not for both of us."

Unnoticed by any of the three warriors the imperial commander Ventress had rendered unconscious earlier had reawakened quite some time back. Now he saw his chance to escape. General Grievous, Asajj Ventress and the force sensitive who claimed to be Lord Vaders apprentice all seemed to be busy with each other.

If he was lucky he might make it out of here alive. The emperor would definitely want a report of the occurrences here. Slowly the soldier crawled to the elevator and inside. Nobody seemed to notice him. With a sigh of relief he pressed the button and the elevator moved down.

In the meantime Ventress crept closer to Starkiller and prepared to assault him again. Her opponent had other plans though. "I am more than a match. The dark side provides me with powers far beyond your knowledge", he hissed. Then he brought his free hand up and all of a sudden blue rays of energy burst out of his fingertips and crackled in the direction of the dark Jedi woman.

But to his own surprise the woman lifted her own hand and immediately produced force lightening herself. The electricity rays of the two opponents met in midair and blocked each other creating a line of blue energy between Ventress and Starkiller. The former one smirked and asked: "Are you really that naive? Do you really think you are the only one capable of that little trick?"

"Maybe I'm not," retorted Vader's apprentice trough gritted teeth:" But I'm more powerful than you!" He canalized more force into his lightening and suddenly Ventress cried out in shock (literally) s her own electric rays were pushed back by the ones of Starkiller and eventually hit her with full force. Searing pain surged through her veins and she was hurled backwards directly into the approaching Grievous, knocking both to the ground.

Galen saw his chance to escape and darted toward the elevator shaft.

Noticing that the elevator wasn't up anymore seemed somehow odd to him but he didn't have time to think about it and swiftly jumped down the shaft.

Ventress came to her feet first, rage burning in her eyes. She wanted to go after Starkiller immediately but Grievous held her back with a cold durasteel hand. "Don't worry he will not make it out alive, but it is time to abandon this place." He pressed a button on his wrist signaling his magna guards that it was time for an exfiltration. Ventress wasn't pleased, but reluctantly deactivated her lightsabers.

A few moments later one of Kota's gunships burst through one of the remaining windows and hovered in the spacious command center while the emergency veil closed itself behind it. A magna guard opened the door and the general and the dark Jedi entered the shuttle. "Get us out of here," commanded Asajj the piloting magna droid. With an nod the advanced artificial being turned the ship around and once again crashed right through the windows into space where it joined the retreating rebel forces without causing any unwanted attention.

Grievous chuckled maliciously as he pulled the remote control for Kota's explosives from his belt and without further comment pressed the button. Behind them burning fire lit the darkness of space as the TIE factory was shaken by a series of explosions. Burning wreckage started to rain down toward Nar Shadda and Tie fighters that were still swarming around the facility were consumed by the flames. Pleased with the amount of destruction they caused Grievous gave order to jump into hyperspace and the ship disappeared into the depths of space.

Galen Marek was running through a hangar of the TIE factory that literally fell apart around him. All around him explosion wracked everything. He had endured several minor burns already. IN front of him the Rogue Shadow, miraculously still unharmed, took off the ground and opened cargo hatch for him. "I suggest that you hurry up, or we are all going to die," Juno Eclipse screamed in his comlink.

With a huge leap he jumped into the cargo hatch and screamed back at her: "I'm in. Go, go!"

The Shadow rushed forward through a wall of flames, warnings beeping all over the ship, then they were out of the hanger and drove off into deep space, while the TIE factory behind them ceased to exist in a final huge explosion.

Hope you enjoyed the tenth chapter of my star wars fan fiction. So, what will happen next?

If you want to know this just wait for chapter eleven (empiric studies have shown that this might be an extremely long wait. It is advised not to bet huge amounts of money on a short time till the next update.)