Chapter Seventeen - A Bold Escape
After their battle against Dark Ace, Piper and Starling began making their way to the hanger bay where the Condor was. Suddenly, the doors slammed shut in front of the two Jedi.
Starling: Damn! They're trying to lock us out!
Piper: Wait....did you hear that.....
Suddenly, a squadron of Death Troopers rushed through the door behind them and readied their blasters.
Piper: Death Troopers!
The Death Troopers relayed X1's orders to each other in their Death Trooper encryption. As they aimed their blaster rifles at the two Jedi, Piper looked to her master.
Piper: Master! You get the door! I'll keep these guys off of you!
Starling: Just be careful! Keep your guard up! These Death Troopers are not to be trifled with!
Starling then rushed to the door and began cutting through it with her Lightsaber. As she does this, the Death Troopers began firing on Piper. Piper managed to deflect some of the blaster fire on the Death Troopers.
Starling: I'm almost through! Just hold them off for a little longer!
Piper soon began cutting down the Death Troopers with her Lightsaber. Despite her skills with the Lightsaber, the Death Troopers kept Piper at bay. Soon, Starling cut through the door.
Starling: Piper! Let's go!
Piper used Force Push to push the remaining Death Troopers away from her. After that, Piper and Starling began running away. Meanwhile, Aerrow along with Finn and X2 began making their way to the hanger bay. They came across a locked door.
X2: Damn! Looks like it won't be easy.
As X2 said that, rapid footsteps could be heard behind them.
Finn: We got company!
X2: Captain! You got any explosives on you?
Finn: I got some. Why?
X2: Toss some to me! I'm gonna set some up to blow the door! I need you to cover me while I set the explosives!
Aerrow: We got you covered!
As Finn gave X2 explosive charges, the Clone began preparing the explosives. Soon, a squadron of Stormtroopers caught up with the Rebel group.
Stormtrooper Commander: There they are! Open fire!
As the Stormtroopers fired on the Rebels, Aerrow fired his DC-15 Blaster Rifle while Finn covered him DL-44 Blaster Pistols. As they covered X2, some of the Stormtroopers began flanking around them.
Finn: They're getting closer!
Aerrow: Radarr! Cause some mayhem!
Radarr then makes his way to the flanking Stormtroopers. As he runs through the Stormtroopers, some of them become startled at his sudden appearace and begin accidentally shoot each other. Soon, X2 one sets up the explosives.
X2: Explosives set! Get to cover!
Aerrow along with X2 and Finn ducked to cover while the Stormtroopers continued firing on them. Finn tossed X2 the detonator and detonated the bombs. The resulting explosion not only blew the door open, but the debris took out the Stormtrooper squadron.
Aerrow: Everyone good?!
X2: Affirmative!
Finn: We're lucky that explosion didn't blow a hole in the damn Star Destroyer!
Aerrow: Let's get out of here!
Meanwhile on the Condor, Junko fends of a Stormtrooper attack while Stork keeps the Condor on standby. He uses the Condor's blaster turrets to keep the Stormtroopers at bay.
Stork: Where are they?! They should've been back by now!
Junko: They'll be here!
Junko then mows down the Stormtroopers with his Z-6 Rotary Blaster Cannon. As the Stormtroopers fire on Junko, Aerrow along with Finn, X2 and Radarr begin supporting the Wallop.
Junko: Glad to see you Captain! Where's Piper and Starling?!
Aerrow: They're not here?!
Immediately, Aerrow contacts Piper from his holocommunicator.
Aerrow: Piper! We're at the Condor! We're surrounded by Stormtroopers!
Piper(Holocommunicator): We're nearly there!
Aerrow: We'll be waiting!
Meanwhile, Piper and Starling ran through the corridors of the Star Destroyer. Eventually, the two Jedi reach the hanger bay and helped clear out the Stormtroopers. When the battle was over, the group rendezvoused.
Starling: Did you get the tractor beam?
X2: Disabled. They won't be repairing it anytime soon!
Finn: Can we just get out of here? I don't want to wait for more Stormtroopers to show up!
As Finn said that, a red lightsaber began cutting through the door. Without hesitation, everyone boarded the Condor. As they did, Dark Ace cut through the door and walked through it along with X1 and a squadron of Death Troopers.
X1: Death Troopers! Fire on that ship!
Without hesitation, the Death Troopers began firing on the Condor. Meanwhile, everyone rushed to the cockpit.
Finn: STORK! GET US OUT OF HERE!
Stork: No need to ask me twice!
Stork then began flying the Condor out of the Star Destroyer. But as the Condor was about to exit the Star Destroyer, the Condor stops in place.
Finn: Why are we stopping?!
Stork: I don't know! Something's keeping the Condor in place!
Piper then looked out one of the windows and saw Dark Ace reaching out to the Force and keeping the Condor in place.
Finn: We need to take that guy out! We'll be sitting ducks out here as long as that Inquisitor is up and around!
Without hesitation, Piper rushed to one of the gunner's seats and aimed the turret at the Dark Ace. She fires a rocket on Dark Ace. The resulting explosion forced the Inquisitor to let go of the Condor. The Condor then exits the Star Destroyer and begins flying away from the Star Destroyer.
Finn: We're clear Stork! Hit the Hyperdrive!
Stork: Copy!
Stork then hits the Hyperdrive and the Condor soon jumps into Hyperdrive, escaping from the Star Destroyer. Meanwhile, Dark Ace recovers from the explosion and is left scarred by the attack.
X1: They've escaped my lord.
Dark Ace: Assess the damage.
Dark Ace said nothing as he walked away. Piper had escaped once more. But his strength and resolve was now stronger. He would use his hatred to focus his power and efforts to enforce not only his own ambitions, but for Darth Cyclonis's.
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