star wars

intruder wing

Narm piloted the Eternal Dream out of the Intruder’s hanger, it had taken a lot of persuasion but Kevin had finally gone to let him go to Courscant and find Master, it had been two weeks and they hadn’t even received a message from him so Narm knew something had happened. Narm would have asked Hippie to come but he was out on a patrol until tomorrow and Narm felt like he couldn’t wait, Narm hated silence it got him thinking of times past.

Master awoke and jumped up to fend off a attack, but it never came, it took him a moment to remember where he was, some dank hole, looks like his captors whoever they were took him and threw him in here and Kristy was no where to be seen. Master shook his head to clear the cobwebs of the stun blast but it did no good, he managed to stand and looked around to jail, actually there wasn’t much to see, no windows hell not even a door that he could see which didn’t help his escape plan, best to wait and use the force when someone comes for him.

What seemed like an eternity later a part of the wall opened up and three men armed with blaster rifles dressed in robes came in and threw Kristy on the floor in front of Master, his first feeling was to run at the men and knock them down and escape with Kristy, but since she didn’t move when they threw her down, he checked on her, she had a weak pulse and was breathing, he knew she had a fairly good chance to live but being in a dungeon didn’t help the odds, "Best you be concerned with yourself because your next" One of the guards said, Master glared at them and used the force to throw them backwards, but it never happened, they remained where they were, confused Master tried to touch with the force but he could feel nothing almost as if he couldn’t even use it. The look on his face made the guards laugh, they brought Stun Batons to bear and managed to stun-cuff Master.

The next two weeks were a blur, countless interrogations, beatings, very little food & to top it off Master had no access to the force, if it had not been for Kristy, Master would have gone insane and vise versa. Many things Master found out while he was a prisoner however, for instance he was being held by a Bartog Hydra who must somehow be related to the Senator Kylla Hydra but Master couldn’t find out any connection. Opportunity struck at one stage, Kristy had just been brought back from a interrogation and she was pretty beaten up (as usual) but unlike the usual she slowly sat up and leaned against the wall "You ok"? Master asked concerned "Yea, ill be alright but I don’t think I can take much more of this, I don’t know much else", she replied after a moment. Master got up and paced around trying again to get a way out of here, he leaned on the door and it swung open and Master crashed to the ground, Kristy couldn’t help but laugh but Master didn’t care he got up and stuck a head out the door to see if anyone was around which there wasn’t, "Come on, this might be our only chance to get the hell out of here" Master said as he ran over to Kristy who stayed put "I….cant" she said looked away from his eyes, "Why"? Master asked, Kristy remained silent. Master noticed her looking at her leg and noticed its weird shape, he put his hands on it and she flinched put didn’t stop him, he pressed on a certain point and she yelped in pain. Master nodded "I’m no Med. droid but I think its broken and looks like you couldn’t walk on it even if you wanted to", Kristy sighed "Leave me, escape on your own", "No way in hell that’s going to happen" Master said with no backing down in his voice. Kristy just looked into his eyes, Master sighed "I got an idea, ill be back, ill send a message to the fleet, let them rescue me for a change, don’t die on me" Master said as he kissed Kristy, she just smiled.

Narm gained clearance from the traffic controller on Courscant to land which he did. After locking up the Eternal Dream, Narm walked around the space port wondering where to go next, he rounded a corner and noticed the Vornskr and a big ‘For Sale’ sign next to it "What the hell"? Narm said to himself as he walked up and found out someone was auctioning off the ship. The bidding was already up to 25000 creds, Narm knew Master wouldn’t be too happy if his ship got sold to a total stranger, Lucky I got plenty of money, you better pay me back Master, Narm thought "35000" Narm shouted, "40000" Someone else yelled back, everyone else seemed to drop out of the bidding besides Narm and another person "50000" the man yelled, I’ve had enough of this Narm thought "100,000 Credits" Narm shouted, the crowd gasped at he figure, "Master you better pay me back" Narm said between clenched teeth to himself. "200,000" the man said after a few moments "ahh…200,550" Narm said, the other man swore and the auctioneer declared him the victor, Narm gave him the credits with a small sob, the crowd cleared away as Narm wondered what to do next.

Master ran around the installation as quickly but as quietly as possible but luck was on his side so far he had yet to see any guards, he reached the communications room, he locked the door and sat in the chair trying to think of the comm codes to the Intruder but his mind was blank, so he sent one to the Vornskr hoping that someone would go looking for him and find it. After the quick message and the co-ordinates where he was (which they were stupid enough to leave around) he ran back towards the cell but stopped when he went past the computer room, he felt something was up when there was no one around but because he could not touch with the force he was uncertain but went fishing through the computers to find out any information he could in as little time as possible, all the time Master was being watched by a pair of eyes.

Master entered Master’s ship to see if there was any indication to where he may have gone but found none, "Dammit, where the hell do I go now" Narm said out loud, "You ask me", A voice came from the entrance ramp and a hooded man walked into view, Narm knew who it was right away. Luke Skywalker.

"Why are you here Skywalker"? Narm asked in a cold tone "The same as you apparently" Skywalker answered, "You are in search of Master, he is your friend, that is why you paid 200500 credits for his ship and why you and you alone are looking for him" Skywalker said, "How did you…never mind, do you know where he is"? Narm asked, Skywalker replied "No, but I do know he was captured by someone, his hotel room door was blown in and Kristy and himself were nowhere to be found, and I can not sense him, there fore he is either hurt or dead", "I don’t want to hear that, he is alive and I will find him" Narm said angrily, "Then I wish you luck and ………" Skywalker said but got cut-off by the ships holo-vid coming online. Narm walked over and hit the message play button, Master’s face appeared above the keypad "Someone better hear this message or I as well as Kristy are as good as dead, for starters if I don’t know who you are, get the hell off my ship, now we are being held captive by a Bartog Hydra who must be related to the senator Kylla Hydra somehow, the co-ordinates of this planet are" A series of numbers flashed under Master’s face "We need your help, Kristy is pretty beaten up and I’m not sure how much longer they will keep us alive, help" The connection closed, Narm hit the print button and it printed out the co-ordinates, grabbed the printout and turned to look at Skywalker, but he was gone, "Just as well" Narm said to himself.

Master went back into the cell and closed the door behind him, leaving it the way it was.. Master ran over to Kristy who was on her side on the ground, he checked on her, she was out but still alive. "Dammit" Master thought as he punched the wall "OWWWWW" he yelled, Master thought back to what he found on the computer.

Hydra Structure, Master clicked on it, it appeared to bring up some sort of family tree but Master noticed that it said House Vorlisha on one side with several people’s names underneath, and on the other side it said House Aratech with about the same amount of names under it, Master went back a screen and hit the Hydra History button and it brought it information on nine different houses and indicating that the Hydra "Family" was some sort of clan, he read as much information as possible and ran back to the cell.

Narm sat at the communications station on the Vornskr. "That’s right Sector Admiral, Master has been taken by this Hydra person and I want to rescue him, but I will have no chance on my own, so we need at least some ships to go" Narm said to SA Stan "Ok Commander I agree, I have know Master since he joined Intruder Wing and we need to help him, do you have to co-ordinates to the planet"? Stan answered. "Yea, but I will meet you in orbit over Sullust because it is close, that way we can meet up and I can show you where to go" Narm replied. "Ok, we will see you in two days then" Stan said as he closed the connection.

Narm went back to the Dream and locked her up tight and told the owner of the starport not to sell her while he was gone. He went back to the Vornskr and took off towards Sullust.

"I hope I made the right descion letting him send a message to Intruder Wing" Bartog Hydra said to a hooded person, "You want to destroy Intruder Wing, it is you best shot for them to come here so you can fight them on our own turf" The hooded one said. Both laughed.

Kristy’s eyes snapped open and she sat up looking confused, "What’s wrong"? Master asked worried. She leaned against Master and said "I don’t know, I felt someone, somehow, trying to probe me" She said sounding scared. "I believe you, but I don’t see how, because we are in some sort of force bubble probably caused by a Ysalamiri" Master replied after thinking. Kristy still looked worried so Master hugged her. "Try to go back to sleep" Master said, Kristy closed her eyes and was asleep in minutes.

Narm arrived at Sullust a day before the fleet was meant to arrive, he wondered what to do, so he went looking around Master’s ship. He wandered through the engine area, living quarters, gun well until he came to a small locker area. He opened one of the lockers and found a small box with Intruder Wing written on top. "Hmm, wonder what this is" Narm said to himself as he tried to open the box. It wouldn’t open. Narm looked it over and noticed a thumbprint reader, he put his right thumb on the reader, it scanned it and the box opened reveling a holo cube and a small electronic device. Narm picked up the holo cube and it sprang to life in his hands, Master’s face appeared in mid air above the cube "Only three people can open the box which contains this holo cube, SA Kevin, Major Hippie and Commander Narm, if you are listening to this then I am in deep trouble and I need help, the small electronic device if you didn’t know is a Beckon Call Unit, if the button is pressed the ship will come making an excellent escape for whoever beckons it. I need your help" The Holo vanished into millions of cubes then vanished all together. "Ok so how do I get down to the planet in one piece" Narm thought.

Master found himself in some sort of circular room, one side was lightened but the other was dark, it was a few stories high and there seemed to be no doors or windows. "Where the hell am I" Master thought, he noticed his Lightsaber in his hand deactivated. Then out of nowhere a hooded figure appeared with a blue lightsaber in hand and went for Master. He activated his saber and struck back blocking the blows, some made it through and slashed through his tattered flightsuit leaving burns on the skin. Master moved to block a slash to his head which would have decapitated him, the slice missed but Master moved too far and tripped on something falling onto his back, the hooded one walked up and put his foot on Masters arm which was reaching for his saber. He brought down his saber blade and it sliced threw Master’s Lightsaber chopping it in half. Master looked up at him, he pulled back his hood to show a skull, it was the last thing Master saw as the blade went threw his chest, his heart and lungs.

Master woke up with a jerk waking Kristy up also "What’s the matter"? She asked trying to wake up, "I had a vision" Master replied, "What of"? She asked, Master paused then choked out "My Future"!

The Strike Cruiser Darkness, Modified Frigate Destiny and Corvettes Wild and Raptor exited Hyperspace near Sullest. "Bout time you guys showed up" Narm’s voice came over the comm. "Commander this is SA Stan, I am in command of this mission, if you board the Darkness we have a supprise for you" Stan said into the comm. "Ill be there ASAP" Narm said closing the connection.

Narm flew the Vornskr into the hanger and exited the ship and made his way up to the bridge. There he noticed Admiral Macintosh and Sector Admiral Stan. Narm saluted and they saluted back. "Good of you to come so quickly Narm" Stan said. "Time is short, Master knew something was going to happen after he left the Intruder, he left a message with some instructions, here is the co-ordinates where we need to go" Narm said as he tossed a Data Disk to Mac who gave it to one of the officers on the bridge. Narm then showed them Master’s messages, the one from the holo cube that Narm found on the ship and the message sent from where Master was being held. Stan nodded to Mac "Come on, now for that supprise Narm, if you would follow me", Mac told Narm

Mac led Narm down to a smaller hanger bay near the nose of the ship. When Mac opened the door Narm gasped "Is that what I think it is"? he asked "Yep, Dark Trooper Exo Suit, ready for you to try out down on the planet". Narm had a grin from ear to ear as Mac explained the weapons and the way to control it. After a few simulated runs Narm got the hang of it. He would need all the practice hey could get once he reached the stronghold.

The door opened to the cell and five people walked in, Master recognized Bartog Hydra leading them. "Come, it is time for your execution, you have no more information that is of any use, your death awaits" Hydra said as three of the people grabbed Master and pulled him to his feet, Master struggled but a shot with the but end of a blaster to the small of his back stopped it. "Get up" Hydra told Kristy, but she didn’t stir. "Get her yourself you laz…." Master said but was cut off by a kick to the chest from a guard, Master muttered a curse under his breath. The remaining guard picked up Kristy and dragged her out with Master in tow, Bartog Hydra strowd in front as if he had conquered a planet single handedly.

The Noon sun was blinding as Master was cuffed to the wall next to Kristy, he noticed serveal deep cuts into the stone and dried blood. "We are using an older way of executing you today, no firing squad but you will be chopped in half" Bartog Hydra said with an evil grin. "You will watch her die then you will follow". Master looked at Kristy who was uncounis, he noticed a man wearing a leather mask striding towards them "What your not going to do it yourself Hydra, thought as much, too weak, couldn’t stomach it huh" Master gloated as he struggled with the rusted shackles. The Executor brought a VirboAxe to bear and was about to swing at Kristy, cutting her in half "HOLD" Bartog Hydra yelled "You think I’m too weak to kill you, then I will prove you wrong, give me the Axe" he said as the Executor handed him it. Bartog was about to swing when Master moved his feet onto the wall and forced his hands off and the shackles gave way releasing him. The guards unhostered their blasters and started taking shoots at him but that didn’t worry Master who launched himself at Bartog Hydra knocking him flat and the Axe flying from view. Master then went to kick the executor coming at him but stopped and stood up, he could feel the evil coming from him, the Ysalamiri or whatever it was couldn’t reach him so Master could use the force. He pushed the Executor back using the force but surprisingly after a few feet he stopped and Master flew back into the wall making his head hit it with a sickening thud knocking him down but not out. They closed in for the kill as Bartog Hydra dragged Kristy off toward the buildings followed by the executor.

The Fleet emerged from Hyperspace and scanned the area. Not to far away there was a planet at the co-ordinates that Master had sent. "Shields up" Stan said "You better get your pilots ready for takeoff incase of trouble Admiral" Stan told Mac who saluted and ran off towards the hanger bay. SA Stan picked up the intercom mic "All hands this is Sector Admiral Stan, I wish you all luck in the up coming battle, May the Force be with you" Stan handed the mic to the comm officer who put it down. Narm’s face appeared on the view screen "Ok Sir, ready to go" he said. Stan replied "Good luck Commander, we have put the Vornskr outside the ship like Master requested, do you have the remote call unit"? Narm looked down to his belt "Yea, I got it, (Under his breath) time for me to save Master, think he could look after himself for a few dam weeks". Stan told the weapons officer to launch the Dark Trooper pod and Narm sped down towards the planet.

Narm streaked down to the planet and hoped that the auto brakes worked or he would be one squashed Dark Trooper. The pod hit the ground with a large crash but the pod worked perfectly and Narm and the Dark Trooper armor was undamaged. The Dark Trooper exo-suit emerged from the pod with a bit of diffilcuty but soon Narm got the hang of it and was working it like a pro. Narm engaged the repulsor’s which propelled him towards some sort of buildings which Narm thought would be the best place to start.

In the complex a officer ran down the hall towards where Bartog Hydra was "Sir we have a Intruder Wing Strike Force exiting hyperspace, they have sent a message demanding that we release the prisoners" he said sounding worried. "Ignore the demand, Bring the fleet around from the other side of the planet and get them to launch all fighters" Hydra said in a relaxed voice, the officer ran out and Bartog Hydra turned then said "You know what to do" The Executor came into view and pulled off his mask and ignited a lightsaber "Yes, destroy the Jedi"!

Dream Squadron launched into the blackness of space in X-Wings. All the pilots signed in.

Dream 01 = AD Macintosh.

Dream 02 = Major Hippie.

Dream 03 = Ens Kim.

Dream 04 = Gen. Daishi.

Dream 05 = Gen. Jingo Yatani.

Dream 06 = Major James.

Dream 07 = Lt. Fu-Fighter.

Dream 08 = Capt. Bozzie.

Dream 09 = Gen. Jinx.

Dream 10 = Vacant. (Capt. Master’s spot)

Dream 11 = Major Geist.

Dream 12 = Ens Kroyie.

They had done a circle around the fleet when there threat indicator’s lighted up, A Imperial Star Destroyer, Neb A Frigate and a Marauder Corvette came around the planet and started launching Tie Interceptors, X-Wings, Tie Bomber’s, A-Wing’s and A-9’s. "Darkness, we are reading several incoming ships including 29 fighters, a ISD, Neb-A and Marauder Corvette coming in, please advise" Mac said into the comm. It took a moment for them to respond "Mac, this is SA Stan, we need you to split your squad, half will help us engage the capital ships while the rest of you engage the fighters, we will send the Wild to help with the fighters" Stan said. "Ok sir but I don’t know how well 6 X-Wings are going to be against 29 fighters but we will try" Mac answered closing the connection with Stan. "Ok gang listen up, I’m only going to say this once, we are splitting the flight group, I’m going to lead flight one with Maj. Hippie, Ens Kim, Gen. Daishi & Capt. Bozzie, we are going to take on the fighters while the rest of you led my Gen. Jingo Yatani are going to take on the capital ships, you will follow the orders of SA Stan, he will tell you what to attack, everyone understand" Mac said to the squad. "Yes Sir" All the pilots answered at once.

Master looked up and saw Five blaster barrels being pointed at him, to make it worse because of the blow to the head Master couldn’t concentrate on the force "Kristy I have failed you, please forgive me" Master said to himself as he passed out from the multiple stun blasts which the guards fired at him before killing him so they got no resistance, they were wrong "How bout you mess with me" A powerful voice came behind them. The guards turned and two of them looked down the barrel of a plasma cannon with two more just behind them, the other a bit further behind them. Narm pulled the trigger. Four of the guards got their heads blown apart, the surviving guard was pretty injured but was crawling away, Dark Trooper Narm (love the sound of that) walked up to him, brought his plasma cannon to bare and said "If I let you go, you’d run along and tell your little friends, can’t have that can we" Narm pulled the trigger.

Master slowly regained counsisness a few minutes later and looked up into the helmet of a Dark Trooper, Master almost jumped out of his skin until the helmet retracted showing Narm’s face "Don’t do that to me Narm, you scared the hell out of me", Narm laughed "I’m suprised you didn’t sense me", Narm helped Master up.

"Yea well I’m a little off after being in that hole forceless for what seems like an eternity, so judging that you have some Dark Trooper armor, I’m guessing you got my message and brought some re-enforcement’s" Master asked. "Yep, did just that, also brought this" Narm said as he handed Master the Call unit for the Vornskr. "Excellent, I need a few things, Does that Dark Trooper suit have any rockets"? Master said then asked. "HA, I wish, they couldn’t find any to fit" Narm replied. "Never mind, I got a few things that might help" Master said concentrating hitting the buttons on the Call unit. A dot appeared in the horizon then got closer and closer until they could recognize it as the Vornskr. As it passed the buildings several laser bolts lanced up at it but because of the quick reactions from Master they all went wide. The Vornskr landed a few feet from them. Master went up the ramp and came out with a few weapons and a crate. "Since when did you have all that stuff in the Vornskr, and how come you didn’t tell me about it"? Narm joked
"You didn’t ask" Master replied putting the crate on the ground and ignited a lightsaber which had a topaz glow. "I thought your saber was Red"? Narm asked "Yea it is but they got it so have to use my backup one that’s been hidden" Master said as he waved it round testing it.

What’s in the crate"? Narm asked. Master smiled "A whole box of thermal detonators, I’m going to make sure this place gets blown to bits and doesn’t come back". The ground shook repeatedly. "Oh shit, I don’t need the radar in this thing to tell me that was a Imperial Walker" Narm said. Master nodded. They ran towards the compound.

Hippie hit the accelerator and did a fast 180 coming around behind an enemy Tie Interceptor that was originally chasing him. Hippie fired his cannons but all four shots went wide as the Interceptor did some quick turns trying to lose Hippie, they did no good and Hippie stayed on his tail. The T/I tried to duck behind a wreaked A-9 Fighter to lose Hippie but miscalculated the turn and almost clipped the wreaked ship, the pilot noticed it and pulled away from it, straight into Hippie’s line of fire. The shots ripped apart the T/I in a fire ball. The next second Hippie’s back shields took at hit and his shield gauge flashed to determine a hit. Hippie looked in his radar and noticed an enemy A-Wing had snuck up behind him while he was chasing the T/I. The A-Wing took a few shots at Hippie, some missed a few splashed against the surface of his rear shields. The A-wing stopped weaving behind him and flew straight. Hippie’s HUD flashed saying that the A-wing was going for a missile lock. It went red to show he had a lock then………the A-wing blew up and an X-wing flew past. "You ok there Hippie"? Mac asked over the comm. "Yea no problem, cant take much more punishment like this though Mac, we are lucky we haven’t lost anyone yet" Hippie answered "Have to agree there, lets hope we get some good luck" Mac replied.

Master and Narm reached a warehouse, they looked outside through the open doors and saw three AT-AT walkers and four AT-ST walkers. "Narm I don’t think your Dark Trooper suit can stand up to all of them" Master said. "Your right, but I’m getting some strange readings on my radar saying there is something big in the warehouse next to us, want a look" Narm replied. Master nodded then him and Narm ran up to the door of the next warehouse, opened it slowly and saw four guards guarding a huge strange sort of version of an Imperial Walker. Narm burst in and took out each guard with his plasma rifle before they could even scream. Master ran up to the "walker". "That’s It!!!!, I remember reading something about the New Republic finding some lost technology on several remote planets in the outer rim, they were described as Walker like, bursting with weaponry with a Timberwolf picture on the side. I think this would be one of them" Master explained. "What did the New Republic do with them" Narm asked. "It I remember correctly they dismantled them because they were a threat to their forces if they ever fell into the wrong hands" Master replied,

"Well seems this one, assuming this is one of them escaped dismantling, wonder why it isn’t being used"

"Probably going to use it as a back up" Narm said, "Lets take it for a spin and take out those walkers hey Master" Narm suggested, Master just grinned.

The Marauder Corvette Minotaur blew up above the planet cause some slight damage to the Neb-A Frigate and several of the surrounding enemy fighters. "There it goes boys now we move on to the frigate" Jingo said to flight two as they headed towards the Neb-A Frigate. "Launch two torpedo’s each on my mark, confirm when you have a positive lock" Jingo told them as he went for a lock of his own, his R2 unit beeped to say he had a good lock. "This is Dream Six, locked on" Maj. James radioed in. "Dream Seven, I’m locked on boss" Lt. Fu-Fighter radioed in. "Dream Nine here, Birds are locked on and ready to fly" Gen. Jinx followed in suit. The rest confirmed their locks. "Flight Group two, this is SA Stan, you are authorized to attack the Neb-A Frigate, good hunting" Stan said as he broke through the comms. "You heard him boys, lets light it up" Jingo said as he launched two of his Proton Torpedoes at the Frigate as did the other fighters.

"Make a pass around the warehouses before going back to the landing field, hopefully we will see that ship that passed us" The commander said. "Yes Sir, bearing 0.564" The officer said. They went around the warehouse and found themselves looking straight into incoming 20 Long Range Missiles. (LRM20)

The AT-AT walker head blew up followed soon by its "body". Two of AT-ST walkers came running to see what had happened but meet a similar fate but this time from the pulse cannons and PPC’s. "Great shot Master, lets get the others" Narm yelled in delight. "Its all yours, in going into the buildings to find Kristy, clear the area of any walkers and ground based defenses so we can take off, oh and don’t get trigger happy and blow the buildings till we are out" Master said half laughing at the last comment. "Got ya, good luck" Narm said as Master opened the hatch, "You too" Master said exiting the Timberwolf.

Master ran into one of the buildings after exiting the mech, armed with his lightsaber, blaster and some of the thermals, he feared not, so he started the search. After searching several rooms and taking out several guards he didn’t have any luck. Master entered a room which was bear. After a quick look Master accidentally stood on a plate which retracted from under him and Master fell into the darkness below.

"There goes the last of the Tie Bombers and A-9’s Mac, still got a lot left of the other types" General Daishi radioed in. "Tell me about it" Mac replied as he did a quick turn to save himself from being hit from an oncoming wave of A-Wings. Captain Bozzie chased a enemy X-Wing, the X-wing pilot was very good but Bozzie believed himself one better, so he didn’t give up the chase. The X-wing moved from side to side out of Bozzie’s line of fire. All of his concentration was on the X-wing. Bozzie loaded a Proton Torpedo and hit the firing button. The torp streaked toward the X-wing, only at the last second did the X-wing notice it and tried to pull away, but it was too late. The torpedo hit the bottom of the X-wing which blew it apart in a magnificent fireball. Captain Bozzie smiled then his X-wing was blown to bits by a Tie Interceptor that had snuck up behind him when he was after the X-wing.

Master shook his head and looked up to see how far he fell, he couldn’t even see the roof, he looked around he was in some sort of circular room, one side was lightened but the other was dark, it was a few stories high and there seemed to be no doors or windows. Then it hit him, he remembered this place from that dream he had. Then out of nowhere a hooded figure appeared with a blue lightsaber in hand much the same as Master remembered. Master thought Dam these dark Jedi, like cockroaches never stop coming, if this goes the same of that of my vision then I will die. The Dark Jedi went for Master. He activated his saber and struck back blocking the blows, some made it through and slashed through his tattered flightsuit leaving burns on the skin. This is going the way the vision was, and there is nothing I can do Master thought.

Master moved to block a slash to his head which would have decapitated him, the slice missed but he moved too far and tripped on something falling onto his back, the hooded one walked up and put his foot on Masters arm which was reaching for his saber. He brought down his saber blade and it sliced threw Master’s Lightsaber chopping it in half. Master looked up at him, he pulled back his hood to show a skull. I have failed Intruder Wing and Kristy, I hope they forgive me. The a voice echoed in his head "The future is not written, it is morphable". Master looked up at the Dark Jedi who was about to deliver the killing blow "The future is mine to do as I wish, I can do what I want and it is not up to you, when my time comes, it will not be from you or your kind. It will be on my own terms" Master yelled as the Jedi brought the lightsaber down. It stopped about an inch from Master’s chest. The Jedi tried to push the saber down but it would not budge. The Dark Jedi flew backwards and the lightsaber flew from grasp. Both rised to their feet and fought unarmed.

The Corvette Raptor blew up taking the Neb-A Frigate Rapier with it. 90% of the enemy fighters had been destroyed but there were still to many to attack the ISD without being bothered so Dream Squad re-joined and went after them. SA Stan paced on the bridge, "All capital ships are to attack the Star Destroyer, hopefully we might do a lot of damage combine, they out gun us but if we hit at either side of the bridge we might be able to destroy them" Stan told the comm officer "Yes sir" he replied.

Only a few enemy Tie Interceptors were left, so far Intruder Wing had been very very lucky, they had only lost Captain Bozzie a few of the pilots had also bailed out but they were picked up by a shuttle. "Lets take out these fighters boys then we can join the fleet and take out that ISD" Mac said to Dream Squad. "Yes Sir" the pilots answered. Tie Interceptor after Tie Interceptor were blown apart, mainly because of them not having any shields, a few of the IW X-wings had taken hits but their shields had held. The last T/I was destroyed by Major Hippie as it tried to make a run for it. The ISD fired in every direction trying to stop any ships attacking it, but it did no good but one shot did hit Ens Kroyie vaporizing him. The combined firepower from the Strike Cruiser Darkness, M/FRG Destiny, Corvette Wild and the torpedoes from the X-wings ripped threw the bridge where the firepower from the ships were directed. The ISD out of control crashed into an nearby asteroid with a large fireball. "Great work gang, back to the Darkness to refuel" Mac said to Dream Squad.

The fighters landed and Mac went up to the bridge. "Sector Admiral" Mac said as he saluted. "Good work out there Admiral, I’m sorry about the pilots you lost" Stan replied. "We are lucky we only lost two and a few ships, we could have lost a hell of a lot more, so what do we do now" Mac answered after thinking. "We wait for contact from Commander Narm or Captain Master" Stan replied heavily.

Master went for a kick to the chest of the Jedi, it was blocked and the Jedi countered with a punch to the head, Master didn’t have time to block it and it hit him in the nose breaking it. The Dark Jedi smirked. Master raised his hand and the dark Jedi flew backwards into the wall. He got up and he shot force lightning at Master. Master jumped to get out of the way but didn’t move in time and took some of the Lightning in the side which blistered and made the skin burnt and bloody. Master stood up called on the force and threw the Dark Jedi as hard as possible into the wall which he did, a wooden stake went threw his chest pinning him to the wall a few feet from the ground. Master walked up to him "You Dark Jedi never learn, the dark will never purge the light, In the name of all the Jedi out there, the Hydra’s and the Dark Jedi will be purged from this galaxy and I will be the one to do that, I swear it on my soul". The Dark Jedi laughed blood oozed out of the side of his mouth "I will die with a smile on my lips knowing that it will never be true" Master picked up the lightsaber and ignites it. "You wont be alive to see it either way" Master throws the saber ignited and it slices the dark Jedi in half killing him but leaving him hanging on the wall.

The last walker blew apart from the combined fire power of all the Timberwolf’s weapons. "Now that’s how its done" Narm shouted in delight. He piloted the Wolf back into the warehouse and tried to raise Master on the comm. "Master you read" Narm asked. After a moment "Yea, how does it go out there"? Master replied. "All walkers and defenses have been taken out, you ok"? Narm asked. "Yea nothing like taking out a Dark Jedi to get you in the mood for some Hydra destroying, I’m still looking for her, why don’t you plant some of the detonators around the place, ill put a few more inside so we can blow this place sky high" Master replied. "Ok, good luck my friend" Narm said before terminating the connection.

"Hydra Sir, out fleet has been destroyed in orbit as have out ground defenses" A officer told Bartog Hydra. He slammed his hand down on the desk "Order the ISDII Vindicator around to stop defending the other side of the planet and take on their fleet, oh and tell them not to put up their shields until they get close to lull the IW forces into false security" The officer ran out. "Now where we little one" Hydra said as he ran his hands through Kristy’s hair who was strapped to a chair, she just turned the other way so she wouldn’t have to look. The door burst open and Master walked through "You have one second to get the hell away from her before I blow your brains all over this office" Master said as he pointed a blaster at Hydra’s head.

"Come any closer and ill snap her neck" Hydra said as he wrapped his hand around her head "Now drop the blaster or I might slip" he said and turned her head more to the side which also made her look strait at Master. "Fine you win, ill put it down" Master spoke as he put the blaster on the ground. "Good choice, there is no way you can stop me" Bartog Hydra said. "You are mistaken, I know your fleet has already been destroyed and I have just defeated your champion Dark Jedi, your next" Master goaded "Now let her go and I might spare your life and put you in a nice cell for the rest of your miserable life". Hydra laughed "The Brotherhood can not be destroyed so easy, if we are destroyed two will rise in out place, I’m going to take the thing most precious to you" Hydra said before turning her neck.

But it didn’t budge, he struggled to snap it but couldn’t turn it any further, Master smiled "I warned you now you will pay the price". The blaster rose into the air, leveled at Bartog Hydra who started to run towards the door but it closed and it wouldn’t open, he turned to face them, then the blaster fired.

"I’m getting a transmission from Commander Greyrunner from down on the planet sir" The comm officer said to SA^Stan. "Patch it through on the big screen" he replied. Narm’s face appeared on the screen above the viewpoint. "Sir, Threat level is minimal, Master is safe and is looking for Kristy, we will be leaving as soon as they come out, oh and id keep any men away from here, we have set a few fireworks" Narm reported "Good Work Commander, see you soon" Stan said and Narm cut the connection.

Narm jumped back into his Dark Trooper armor and took it back to the Vornskr and loaded it into a small cargo area near the back of the ship. Now he had to wait.

Master untied Kristy and was rewarded with a kiss "Dam, I gotta rescue you more often, can you walk" He asked. Kristy replied "No but I’m going to anyway" she said smiling. Master placed a few thermals around the office and they made their way back to the ship as fast as possible. Narm was waiting and helped Kristy into the med. couch while Master got ready to "get the hell out of here".

They flew away from the base taking a slightly longer route back to the fleet, when they came out of the cloud cover they looked directly into a ISDII "Ah Master, I don’t like the look of that" Name said when he was in the co-pilots seat. "Hmm, they haven’t noticed us, and they have there shields down" Master said smiling as he loaded the warhead launcher. 10 Rockets streaked towards the ISD with a tail of gold, the ISD wouldn’t know what hit them until it was to late.

SA Stan paced around the bridge waiting for some more word "Um sir….we have a Imp II Class Star Destroyer coming around at the planet" The Radar officer said "WHAT, we cant fight that with the damage we have, all power to engines, we are running, hopefully the Vornskr will catch up with us" he said to the officers in the bridge. BOOM the ISD blew up "What the fu…" Stan said as he watched it be blown to millions of pieces, "I got the Vornskr coming in from near where the Star Destroyer was, they are sending a message" the comm officer said. Master’s face appeared on the screen "Sector Admiral, thought you may like some help, can we land so we may leave", Stan laughed "Sure you can land in bay one, come up to the bridge when you get aboard" Master saluted before switching off the comm.

Master and Narm walked up to the bridge, Master had a limp but was ok, both saluted Stan and Mac who saluted back. "You look pretty beaten up Master, have some fun did we" Mac said joking "You should have seen the other guy" Master replied. "So what about these "fireworks" Commander Narm said you had planed" Stan asked. Master held up the remote for the charges then hit the button. A fireball covered a large portion of the planet "And how many detonators did you use can I ask" Stan asked.

"Well let me put it this way Sir, I had a crate of thermals on my ship before coming here, now I don’t" Master said smiling. Mac and Stan laughed "So its over then, the Hydra are no more"? Stan asked. Something stuck in the back of Master’s mind, something he had read then Bartog had said "The Brotherhood can not be destroyed so easy, if we are destroyed two will rise in out place", then it hit him "No, in fact it is far from over, I remember reading something about them, they based there family on a mythical creature named the Hydra, it had nine heads, when one was cut off two grew in its place, if this base was counted as one head, then we now have 10 more to worry about if they follow the legend". Stan lisened carefully "Ok ill report what you said, now go down to the med. lab we will be jumping to Hyperspace in a moment. Stan ordered "Yes Sir" Narm and Master replied and saluted.

Three Weeks later on the Intruder.

Narm bumped into Master in the corridor "Hey, how goes the healing, haven’t seen you since I got back from getting the Dream" Narm asked. "Yea I’m good, few aches and pains but ill live, as to where I was, I was ah…looking after Kristy while she got better herself" Master said smiling. Narm chuckled "Hope you don’t injure her more, so what you going to after you get bored when she has to go back to work". Master thought then said "Well Kevin gave me two weeks off, I would go home but he wants everyone to stay on the ship for another week so ill be around, ill probably come down and kick you in the simulator or beat you in sabbac so you can win back some of that 200500 creds I owe you".

Both men laughed.

By Captain Master