Starwars Fanfiction: Rogues Chapter 2 Part 1

Chapter 2: Revelations; Part 1

Kyshin, Jesyn, Auran and Lorin are on the bridge of the Nova 7 as the star destroyer
exits hyperspace. "Look, there." Jesyn says, pointing out the window at a large fleet
of Separatist battleships in orbit above an unknown planet. "Shall we ready weapons,
sir?" A clone officer asks Commander Zachary. "Commander," Jesyn says, "I recommend
launching fighters as the primary attack, I seriously doubt that this ship could
withstand direct combat with an entire battleship fleet." Commander Zachary contemplates
the tactic for a moment before ordering it done. "Come on; perfect opportunity to try
out my new concussion missile tubes." Jesyn says, tugging on Kyshin's sleeve. The 4
young Rogues make their way to the Noon Shadow and Jesyn switches control to manual.

The Noon Shadow exits the hangar of the Nova 7 along with hundreds of clone fighters.
Jesyn uses the Force to guide her hands on the controls, elegantly dodging turbolaser
blasts and ion beams on her way in. "Let's see what this baby can do." Jesyn says to
herself as she squeezes a pair of triggers on the controls. 4 high-yield laser cannons
on the underside of the Noon Shadow's wings deploy and open fire. The barrage is quite
impressive from Jesyn's perspective, but bounce off of the battleship's deflector
shields. "Time for something new." Jesyn says, pulling a spectacular maneuver and
avoiding the blasts of a turbolaser turret. She arms the concussion missile tubes in
the tail, homing in on the deflector shield projectors. "Alright, say goodbye to your
shields." Jesyn says, unleashing a pair of energy-sheathed rockets into a small orb
atop the battleship. As a swarm of vulture droids lock onto the Noon Shadow, the
concussion missiles detonate and the battleship's shields are down. The Noon Shadow is
moving incredibly fast toward the front of the ship and Jesyn arms another concussion
missile. She uses the Force to aid her engines, performing a 180 vertical flip as they
pass the bridge of the battleship. "Goodbye!" She yells, launching a concussion missile
into the window of the battleship's bridge. The ensuing explosion as the oxygen within
the ship burns engulfs the swarm of vulture droids and the battleship begins to sink
into lower orbit.

The other battleships begin to leave, scared away by the loss of an entire battleship to
the guns of a tiny frigate. The Nova 7 clips one in the unshielded thrusters with
several turbolaser blasts, disabling the vessel for the Noon Shadow to tear into. As
Jesyn finishes decimating the last battleship, she returns to the Nova 7 and docks.
Several dozen clone fighters were lost in engagements with vulture droids, a mere
nuisance to a ship such as Jesyn's. "That was exceptional." Commander Zachary says.
Auran pipes up. "I felt a Force presence on one of those battleships; it was a Sith Lord."
He says. Kyshin's mind fills with excitement at the idea that he may have a chance of
avenging his family. "We have to track him down." He says. "One does not just go
charging after a Sith Lo…" Commander Zachary begins, cut off by the flash of Kyshin's
lightsaber igniting. "We have to track him down." He repeats, using the Force to aid his
persuasion. Commander Zachary is unusually strong willed for a clone. "Okay, we set up
base on this world and order reinforcements from the Republic. While we do that, you 4
can take your ship and investigate." He says. Kyshin deactivates his lightsaber and
agrees.

The next day, the Nova 7 lands on the new planet and Jesyn and her friends take off in
the Noon Shadow. PK-73 engages a map of their new section of the galaxy, seeing a few
systems in the path that the Separatist fleet took to escape. "This is the most likely
system" PK-73 says, indicating the closest system within the trajectory. "If they only
meant to escape, they would have jumped to a close system." Jesyn says as she punches
in the coordinates. "Distance; 1 parsec." PK-73 says as the Noon Shadow enters
hyperspace. An hour passes, Auran and Lorin meditating together in the cargo hold and
Kyshin and Jesyn dozing on the bridge. "Did you build this yourself?" Auran asks after a
while, referring to Lorin's pod racer. "Well, I couldn't find any pod racers built for
humans, so yeah. I scavenged most of the parts from other racers." Lorin replies. The
intakes on the engines are built in a half-circle design, shielded from sabotage by
malicious competitors. The main bodies of the engines are highly streamlines and have
high-power exhaust ports. Lorin's pilot pod has a shield projector windshield.

Their destination is reached at last, proving only a single Separatist battleship around
the planet. "That's weird." Kyshin says. Jesyn makes sure the cloak is up as she
approaches, hiding the dark hull of the ship against the black of space. Suddenly, the
ship becomes impossible to steer. "What the…" Jesyn says as the Noon Shadow begins
moving toward the Separatist battleship. The doors of the battleship's hangar open and
they realize they are caught in a tractor beam. Jesyn redirects all available power to
the deflector shields as the battleship fills the window. "Get ready for a fight."
Kyshin says, moving to don his gear.

As the Noon Shadow is set down on the floor of the hangar, Jesyn looks out the window to
find battle droids swarming around the ship. "Let's go." Kyshin says, triggering the
cargo hold ramp. All 4 of them leap out and the battle begins. Several moments later,
the swarms of battle droids are in pieces on the ground. "This way." Auran says. "I feel
him here. The same presence as that Sith Lord." Kyshin says, following his friend to a
door in the hangar. After several minutes of wandering around and slashing down droid
patrols, several red lightsabers appear out of the darkness around them. "Don't touch
your sabers." A sinister voice says. The 4 young Rogues look around to see several black-
armored soldiers with Sith lightsabers. "We could take them easy." Jesyn whispers. "No…"
Kyshin replies. A tall shadow approaches from the end of the hallway and a Sith Lord
steps out of the darkness. The Sith master simply laughs. "Bring them." He says, turning
to walk away. The Sith soldiers all fire Sith Lightning into the 4 kids, stunning them
from both the number of sources and their unacclimated stamina.

Kyshin wakes up on the ground. He comes to his senses, feeling the Sith master standing
over him. Reaching for his lightsaber, Kyshin finds it missing. As he stands, the next
thing he realizes is that he and the Sith are the only life forms in the room, which
happens to be the observation platform of the battleship. "Kyshin Zola… it's been a
while." The Sith says. He pulls back his hood as Kyshin looks at him, revealing the 2
oscillating rings of his cyborg left eye. Kyshin instantly has a flashback to when he
was 5 years old. They were on a luxury star liner. His father was dueling the Sith and
his mother was shielding himself and his older sister. The Sith slashed Kyshin's father
and moved on to his mother. Kyshin's sister drew her newly built lightsaber, but it was
cut from her hand before she was stabbed in the heart. As the flaming fuel tanks of the
damaged ship rose behind the black-cloaked figure, he turned toward the young Kyshin.
The last thing Kyshin remembers before passing out of smoke inhalation was the face of
his family's killer turning away and leaving him to die.

"You…" Kyshin says. He starts looking around frantically for his lightsaber. "Looking
for this?" The Sith asks, pulling the lightsaber out of his cloak. Kyshin tries to use
the Force to rip his saber out of the Sith's hand, but his grip is too powerful. "Aren't
you curious why I left you alive?" He asks. Kyshin stops trying to reclaim his weapon
and listens. "I saw in you a powerful Force user. Your thoughts were being affected by
the Dark side." He says. "You wanted me as your apprentice." Kyshin says with a tinge of
horror. "I knew that your rage would be increased by being the only surviving member of
your family." The Sith says. "I draw on the Dark side as part of classical Rogue Order
training." Kyshin replies. "You have learned to control your anger. Maybe you will
respond better to something closer to your heart." The Sith says, opening a door on the
back wall with the Force. 6 Sith soldiers walk out holding his friends on chains.
The expression on Jesyn's face melts Kyshin's heart as the flames of rage explode
within him.