Star Wars

Across Time

and

Space

It is a dark time for the galaxy. After the betrayal of a trusted ally, the Jedi Order was once again eradicated.

Save for one.

I was never one to follow rules, that was Arica's department.

Yet I sat there, betrayed by the closest being to me in the galaxy.

Arica.

No, Darth Enim.

Up until two years ago, Arica had been a servant of the Light side as I was, and would always be.

Then she met him.

Jarek.

We met him while patrolling the Outer Rim territories.

I blame myself for not sensing the darkness within him.

If I had, perhaps the Jedi would never have been killed off.

Perhaps my parents would have survived.

Perhaps...

"No." I said, "Never again."

He turned her to the Dark Side, and she slaughtered her own parents.

Mom and Dad.

Jacen and Jaina.

Uncle Han and Aunt Leia.

The Jedi Order.

She even killed Jarek.

She took over the Republic, and was in the process of having it absorbed back into the Empire.

As soon as I heard, I left Tatooine.

I violated my self imposed exile.

And I'll kill her.

"Artoo, drop us out."

The astromech jacked into the wall beeped, and the enchanting blue tunnel known to many as hyperspace faded away, exposing the billion points of light that were about to be subjugated to an evil dictatorship the likes of which hadn't been seen since the time of the late Emperor Palpatine. I grasped the control yoke, and set the Jade's Scion on a direct course for the planet in front of me.

Coruscant.

I hadn't been there since Arica's falling.

She'd hesitated, and I escaped.

I left them.

I left them all to be slaughtered by the girl who had become a monster.

That's when I realized.

It truly was my fault.

In her moment of hesitation, I could have killed her.

But I was a fool.

My tactical display lit up, and I could see the iconic red X-wings of Rogue squadron fall in around me.

The comlink beeped, and the voice of my old friend, Lon Shevu came through.

"Jade's Scion, you are entering orbit without proper clearance. Break off or be destroyed."

I hit the reply button.

"Piss off, Lon."

I pushed the yoke forward, and my ship accelerated way past the acceptable orbital speeds. The X-wings gave pursuit, firing lasers.

I take after my Dad in that I'm an amazing pilot.

"Artoo, take them out with the turret."

The ship rumbled as the dorsal laser turret fired on my old friends. I scowled.

'Damn you, Enim.' I thought.

I flipped the ship over, and three of the pursuing fighters were set aflame.

The rest didn't last long.

I pulled left, and stopped the ship over Fellowship Plaza.

A very ironic name.

I sprang from my seat, and hit the control for the boarding ramp.

Artoo nudged my leg.

"Bye, buddy." I said, patting his dome head.

I ran to the edge, and leapt from the end of the ramp. A perfect swan dive into the air.

I drew my twin lightsabers.

I heard an explosion above me.

The Scion was gone.

Artoo was gone.

My family was gone completely.

I landed in the middle of the plaza, among the thousands of other sentients that had come to witness what would, unbeknownst to them, destroy them.

A dozen stormtroopers raised their rifles in my direction.

I didn't care.

All I cared about was retribution.

Not the Jedi way, but then again, I was the last Jedi in the galaxy.

My way was the Jedi way.

I let loose a Force push, and they went flying into traffic.

Lightning lanced out at me from the crowd.

I raised my hand and absorbed it. It was painful, but I dealt with it.

"So, the last of the Jedi finally shows himself!" Arica sneered, "At last, the Sith will fully take revenge. The Jedi will finally be destroyed."

"I don't think so."

"Silence! We shall settle this one on one."

She threw off her blood red cloak, and I activated my twin cobalt blades.

"Observe and learn, my apprentice." she said, and another girl stepped forward. I recognized her. She was a friend of mine from before my temple days.

Tetra Lehswana.

I'd had no idea she was Force sensitive.

She had a lightsaber at her belt.

Enim charged, activating her twin crimson blades.

Luke Skywalker, my father, had trained us both in the fine art of Jar'Kai. She mastered it far faster than me, but I'd truly mastered it.

I blocked her strike, and put in a leftward slash, which she easily blocked.

We exchanged blows for quite some time. Her attacking, me defending. Up until recently, I wasn't the attack Nexu that she'd always been.

Times had changed.

I Force pushed her back, lifted her into the air, and threw her. I leapt into the air after her and lifted my blades over my head. I slashed down, but she blocked.

She got up and slashed again. I blocked it and jumped over her head. I stabbed at her, and she parried. I rolled left, and stabbed again.

No success.

I jumped and rolled all around her. Trying to keep her confused.

My guess was that she got tired of it, because she zapped my with lightning again.

This time, it hit me.

I hit the ground, writhing in pure agony.

She stood over me, smiling maniacally.

"You're even worse than Sidious!" I screamed.

"You're damned right. I will bring peace, order, and justice to the new Empire! With the Jedi gone, there will be no one left to challenge the rule of the Sith!" she yelled.

The lightning ceased, and a crimson blade swung at me.

I backed up, but it grazed my face, leaving a long cut over my left eye.

"AAAGH!" I screamed, bringing my hand to my face.

"Another scar to remind you that I am superior." she said.

She shocked me again, draining the life out of me with a constant stream of Force lightning.

I screamed, she laughed.

"Yes, scream! Cry for mercy and I might consider giving you a quick death!"

I couldn't deny it. I was mad. I felt hate boil up inside me like a raging storm.

I threw my hands out, and my lightsabers came flying into them, igniting in mid air. Her lightning stopped, and she took a defensive posture.

I advanced on her and let loose a series of vicious, lightning fast attacks, taking her off guard. She barely blocked them and all of a sudden, I had the advantage.

Her defense crumbled like a thousand year old wall, and I soon had her at her knees.

"You've taken everything from me!"

"I took what was mine."

"You took what was ours!"

"Then kill me. Strike me down in anger and complete your journey toward the Dark side."

I hesitated, but it wasn't the kind of hesitation that would make me stop.

I raised my lightsaber, when a bright yellow light exploded into existence behind me.

I turned to look, and felt a slight pull from it.

"No..." I whispered.

I turned back to Arica and raised my blade again. The pull grew so strong, I started to pull backward. I deactivated my sabers, and returned them to the hooks on my belt.

"You were right, Ben. Years ago, you told me that the Force was a strange, unpredictable thing. Something that could turn on you at any minute. I think you're finally experiencing your turning point." Arica said, and slashed me across the chest.

"NO!" I protested, my left leg starting to enter the light.

It was excrutiatingly painful, made more so by the fact that my chest had a burning line across it.

"NOOOOOOO!" I screamed, as I was fully pulled into the light.

Pulled through the light, into an era of darkness...

So that's the first update. I've made Arica a lot more Sithy if you ask me.

I really need reviewers to tell me if I'm doing okay.

Please, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! review.