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A Star Wars AU of SeaCoast City written by your’s truly! 

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A Seduction of the Darkside - A Star Wars AU - CH. 9 Dantooine

Rain fell tumultuous thunder sounded after lighting cracked the sky, droplets hissing on the red blade of the lightsaber. 

The silent cry of a broken man as he was dragged away thrown into a cell until he might be of some use. 

“Heal her, I don’t care how,” those were the words that Honey heard as she watched the only one she had ever given a damn about leave her, while not willingly he certainly put up little fight. Her dark eyes filling with tears as pain shot through her body as the cruel darkside of the force’s way of healing filled her abdomen. She screamed and screamed before they took her away. From there it was one session of torture and cruelty till she finally re-succumbed into the hatred Alucard had pulled her out of. So when she sat on the dais watching the familiar red head enter the Knight’s establishment, a Jedi no less with him she felt a terrible need to drive a sword between his third and fourth rib and run to his arms and kiss him. She hadn’t made up her mind, yet. 

“Well this most certainly is a surprise.” Mister Master’s said from where he sat. “The Sith Empire will pay a good deal for both of you. Isn’t that right Darth Mellillia?”

“Oh they most certainly will.” Honey/Darth Mellillia said with a blood dripping smile. 

Alucard stared at the woman before him. Honey, was alive? How was this possible? He watched her die, he watched until he was unable to see her from how far they had taken him from her. His connection to the force had been severed to keep him from acting up, causing his body to feel weak and sick. Restored only when the Emperor had tried to take over his body in a botched ritual where his Half-sister’s had saved him. She was as lovely as he remembered her, ruby lips no longer held a smile for him but a snarl. It pained him to his core. 

“Good then they are yours once your Emperor sends me my funds. Until then.” He waved his hands away. “Keep them with the others.” 

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Kit sat in his cell separated from the crew of the Cerberus, how they had gotten captured was foolish but apparently they should have checked to make sure there was no tracking devices on board. The cell door opened and a scrawny teen boy entered his face was full of pure delight at seeing Kit. Kit sensed no maliciousness behind it, in fact he would waver that this boy was much like little Juliet back at the Temple. Warm and full of sunlight that radiated through even the coldest of the winters of cruelty. 

“Wow so you’re like a real Jedi? My Mom’s a Jedi, well that is what everyone says, Harper doesn’t talk about it much but- wow I saw your lightsabers what color are they? Can you do the same thing that Darth Mellillia does with the lightning? Are you a light Jedi or a Dark Jedi? Oh I didn’t introduce myself my name’s Ben!” He waved to Kit before awkwardly shutting his mouth and standing there for a moment in silence.

“Yes, white and green, in a way I can use force lighting, I am neither of the light or the dark, it is nice to meet you Ben my name is Kit.” Kit nodded calmly. 

Ben blinked, “wait so you can show me what you can do? Have you met my Mom? If so what is she like? Wait do all Jedi know each other? Or is that not really a thing? How many Jedi are there?” He spoke rapidly and Kit could sense his excitement and also that he was of the force. 

“If I am allowed to have my lightsabers back I could show you somethings yes, I do not know who your Mother is, I’m sorry. No we don’t all know each other there are at least thrice more Jedi than known planets. Not including Dark Jedi, or grey Jedi like myself. 

“Well I grabbed your Lightsabers,” Ben said pulling them out of the bag at his side holding them out to him.

Kit held up his wrists reminding the boy that he was very much bound in them.

“Oh! Right!” Ben came near and unlocked them then held out the lightsabers. 

Kit took them and put them on his side. Part of him wanted to use the force to influence the boy to sleep and make a break for it but felt it wasn’t right. Instead he went with him to a training ground the Knights used. 

“Ok, ok, so how do you use them?” Ben asked sitting up on one of the ledges around the training area crossed legged his arms in front of him watching Kit eagerly. 

Kit laughed. “They aren’t toys Ben, a lightsaber is more than that, it is an elegant weapon and a dangerous one. He brought up one pressing the button the blade coming to life. 

Ben’s eyes widened, “How do you have a White lightsaber?”

“All lightsabers technically start out that way, but are influenced by their user’s motivations. However if a Kyber crystal is forced to become red by being overly saturated with cruelty then it becomes hardened. If healed from it then it goes back to being white and stays that way because it has been freed with kindness, love, and compassion above all.” Kit ignited his green blade.

“So what does a green blade mean?” 

“When I first got this lightsaber I was very much a Jedi who followed the path of the light strictly. However the mysteries of the force always were on my mind, I longed to understand them fully and at the time so deeply opposed the darkness that I longed to end it at the source that it came from. I am much more open minded now and see the force for what it is, both light and dark, full of nuance. Not just relegated to the polar mindset so many force users perceive it to be.”

“What made you-”

“Ben, what is the Jedi doing out of his cell,” Harper said as she entered brushing her hair back from her face. “Let alone with his Lightsabers! If Master’s finds out he will not be pleased.”

“This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to knowing about Mom! Doesn’t any of that matter to you?” Ben asked looking up at his Sister.

“Ben-”

“Please Harper I just want to know about the Jedi,” Ben begged her.

“If it is any consolation I’ll go back to my cell after I have answered any questions.” Kit offered up. 

Harper looked between the two of them giving a large sigh, “Just don’t get caught Master’s is in a mood tonight. Apparently the Empire has decided that they won’t honor the full payment they had initially offered. 

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Alucard felt his body rise up lifted by the force as he was slammed into the wall.

“YOU BASTARD!” Honey yelled at him. “Why didn’t you come back! Why didn’t you fight for me?” She came at him with a lightsaber drawn.

Alucard dodged her using the force to speed his movements out the cell. 

The Cell door flew off the hinges as Honey tore it down bringing the lightsaber down upon him.

Alucard reached out for one of the Knight’s blades they kept, the blades were made of cortosis blocking the blade of the Lightsaber. “I thought you were dead.” He hissed as he pushed her back spinning the blade and readying it. “I saw you die, and in that moment so did I.”

“You didn’t fight.” 

“You think I didn’t want to?” Alucard bit out. “They severed me, Honey, they severed my connection to the force.”

“Then how is that you can use the force.”

“Because my Father reconnected me, because he said I had some purpose remaining to serve. It was why you had to die, but you’re not dead.” He held his sword down and away. “Come away with me, we can go back to how it was.”

Honey closed her eyes looking from him for a moment before she screamed and rushed at him holding her lightsaber ready to impale him.

Alucard stood and let her come at him closing his eyes, but felt her fall into him sobbing her blade having shut down before she even reached him. 

Sobbing into his arms she pressed herself into him, “Do you promise?”

Alucard wrapped her in his arms, “I do.” 

Honey looked up at him, “Then let us leave all of this behind.” 

Alucard nodded, “Can we grab my sisters?”

“Leave the Jedi he is who the Sith Empire wants. Apparently you’ve lost value to them.” 

“Is that one of the reasons you tried to kill me just now my tender murderess?” Alucard asked pressing a kiss.

“Can you blame a girl for trying?” Honey asked snuggling into his arms. “Come on,” She pulled from him taking his hand. “We should leave before the Emperor comes, they haven’t been kind to the planets they visit.”

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Kit looked up at the skies watching the Harrower Class Dreadnoughts appear one by one. “If Mister Master’s thinks he is getting anything from the Sith Empire he is literally dead wrong, they don’t make friends, they take what they want. Whatever that may be, both of you need to take the fastest ship out of here.”

“No we aren’t leaving Dantooine, this is our home!” Harper said taking hold of Ben’s shoulders. 

“The Sith don’t care, they will see this world turned to ash and slaughter innocents like you both or worse make Sith Acolytes of you. I sense the Force in you both, I can only imagine the midichlorian count.” He smiled at them both before looking to Harper. “You want to do best by your Brother, I understand that, I have people I care about.” Juliet, Masters Crowley and Aziraphale, His thoughts were interrupted as distant explosions of Sith Forces sent bombers to reign down upon the planet. Kit used the force placing a protective bubble around the three of them. 

Harper held her Brother close who watched the fire burn away to smoke clearing away. “Come on, I hope you are right Master Jedi that we can make it away from here alive.”

“Not a Master, just a Jedi.” Kit corrected her. “Follow me.”

“Do you know where you are going?” Harper asked.

“No but the force guides me and so far it has worked out just as well.” Kit told her running.

Ben looked to Harper shrugged and followed after Kit. 

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Masters ordered his men to fire upon the marching orderly troops of the Sith Empire that bore down upon them. He had hoped that the Sith would leave Dantooine alone in their path of conquest. What use was the planet to them? “Find the Jedi he is what they want perhaps there is still some negotiations that can still be made.” 

An explosion went off the spray of dirt and other shrapnel entering the air scattering the Knights. 

More Knights filled in where their fallen comrades had stood they too were well trained, however this was something else. Night was coming and in the fall of the sun beyond the horizon one could see the swath of red lightsabers flashing in the distance. This was a fight they couldn’t win. “Sound the evacuation of Dantooine. Find my Daughter. Find Ben and Harper. Get them to safety.” He told Kaleb before turning seeing the leader of the Sith. Masters’ picked up a hand cannon and fired it at the Sith.

Iginis smiled letting the cannon blast come to him before swallowing it up in the force containing the blast letting the smoke blow passed him as he continued unphased. His lightsaber brandishing as he continued his march upon the man, deflecting each blast with the force before reaching out and slamming the man against the wall.

“We had a deal, the Emperor and I.” Masters gasped out as air stopped entering his lungs.

“Funny, I don’t remember making such a deal.” Ignis smirked up at him. 

“So whatever promises made are null and void?” Master’s managed with the last of the air in his lungs as the tightening of his throat continued.

“You catch on quickly for a thief.” Ignis said letting him drop. “But I will have that Jedi.”

“Too bad the same can’t be said of you.” Masters croaked out.

Iginis looked down and saw the blinking bomb and using the force pushed himself away from it.

Master’s used the distraction to duck behind the building. “If the Jedi falls into the hands’ of the Sith kill him but if he be an ally then allow him to assist us.” He commanded into the comm.

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Kit brought up his blades deflecting bolts away from them, slicing enemies right and left.

Ben and Harper fired upon the Sith troopers with their blasters. 

“You asked about what I could do with the force,” Kit said. “Get behind me I don’t want to chance either of you getting hurt by any strays.” His arm lifted as sparks of yellow force lighting danced around then arcing over the end of his lightsaber at the troops blasting them away. 

Ben’s jaw dropped. “Ok you have to show me how you do that!” Ben grinned up at him.

“Provided we find the time, I’d be more than happy to teach you both some tricks of the force.” Kit offered not really promising to teach him that exact technique. 

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Ignis sat up from where he had landed chuckling, “Crafty little Thief.” He groaned and sat up he had not been paying attention as to where he had landed. Moving his shoulders he cracked his neck moving his head side to side. “More fun this way. Now where did my favorite Jedi go?” He mused looking around the battlefield reaching out with the force. “Ahhh, there you are Kit.” Thrusting his lightsaber into an approaching Knight he spun the blade cutting through all the others. 

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Kaleb hurried through the Halls of the Knight’s fortress, blasting enemies he rounded a corner and nearly was stabbed by a very, very scared blonde. “Emelyne it’s me!”

“Kaleb!” She shrieked sitting up on him. “Oh my goodness,” She looked him over carefully moving the laser scalpel in hand so as not to hurt him. “I didn’t harm you did I? Because that would be ironic considering I’m your doctor.”

“I’m fine, we need to get you out of here.”

“Where’s my Dad?” She asked taking the pistol from him.

Kaleb thought of when he had last seen Masters’ fighting Iginis, “Busy.”

Emelyne sighed and checked over the pistol bringing it up to shoot an enemy over his shoulder. “You know you should really ask a girl out before you show her a good time.” She winked at him before gesturing her head in the direction to get out of there. “Come on. We need to find Ben and Harper.”

“Agreed.”

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“What do you mean they disabled it!” Alucard said as he boarded the Cerberus, “The nerve!”

“Possibly because they don’t want you to escape or for anyone to just fly off with a modified Sith Infiltrator with the best cloaking device in the galaxy.” Honey retorted as she hopped into the pilot seat getting the ship at least started up. 

Nikki hurried to a turret Layla going to the other firing on the troops that started to surround them. “Come on Alucard get her on line we are starting to run short on miracles.”

“Don’t I know!” Alucard snapped back as he tried removing the energy dampening device from the hyper drive.

“No need to get snippy with me, I’m not the one who didn’t check to see if there was a high frequency tracker.” Layla said. “It was Nikki’s turn.”

“Oh that is classic you!” Nikki rolled her eyes taking out a soldier her sister had clearly been aiming for.

“Will you both just please be quiet I’m trying to focus.” Alucard’s frustration was rising between the blaster fire, the occasional rocking of the ship, and the flash of lights he wondered if they would even make it.

“OH my god look it’s Jedi boy!” Layla pointed out Kit. 

“And look he made friends looks like he can be nice. Pay up Layla!” Nikki smirked only to feel a credit chip hit her. “Hey!”

“Not my fault you chose a bad time.” It was Layla’s turn to smirk.

“Hey you two the Captain’s given orders for radio silence.” Honey told them.

“Thank you-”

“-It’s not his fault if he has performance issues.” Honey smiled at Alucard.

“Oh that’s real mature. Of you.” Alucard told her as the ring slipped off.

“Anger always has a way of getting the best out of you.” Honey shrugged.

“She’s not wrong remember that time when you had lightning coming out of your eyes and -”

“Now’s not the time Layla!” Alucard said as he reached in clicking the wires back into place the hyperdrive humming to life as it began reconnecting with the online systems. 

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Kit turned letting the siblings run passed him taking a stance against the assailants. “You both get on that ship.”

“Wait!” Ben turned.

“Ben what are you doing?” Harper said halting.

“I’ve seen too many Holo movies to know where this is going.” Ben said. “If you stay you die, you said you’d teach me some force tricks.”

“If we make it out alive, yes, here’s one.” Kit raised a hand and waved it over Ben. “Go to sleep.” 

Ben’s eyes rolled back as he dropped like a sack of potatoes.

Kit raised him up gliding him with the force aboard the ship much like Crowley had for him some time ago. “Now go with your brother.” He told Harper.

“He’s not likely to forgive you for that easily.” Harper said before placing a hand on his shoulder. “Thank you and-may...may the force be with you Jedi Kit.”

Kit smiled. “And with you both.” 

Harper squeezed his shoulder and hurried off after her brother.

Kit stood watching the approaching troopers closing his eyes before opening them his body a blur as he reached out into the force. 

Harper reached the ramp and saw Kaleb and Emelyne, “HEY! OVER HERE!”

They looked up and upon seeing her hurried over and aboard. “You found a ship? Where’s Ben?”

“Unconscious?”

“And the Jedi?” Kaleb asked.

“Making sure we get out alive.” Harper added. “He kept us safe Kaleb, we would have died if it weren’t for him.”

Kaleb knew he had orders, however to follow through on one meant to disobey the other. He knew which one he would follow as he neared the ramp’s edge pointing his gun at Kit and fired.

Kit watched a blaster bolt shot passed him into one of the troopers sending them back, and felt a smile come to his face. “Thank’s gorgeous.” He said winking at Kaleb.

Kaleb nodded as the Cerberus rose in the air making his way aboard the ramp hatch closing and sealing. 

Alucard sat beside Honey letting her pilot and assisting becoming ridged and looking down, “Jedi’s got company.”

Stepping over bodies through the smoke was the Sith Emperor.

“Lord Ignis.” Alucard said dread sending the blood rushing from his face. “He’s going to die, we have to help him.”

“There is no help for him. That’s who want’s him,” Honey said. “If we stay he will kill us, if we leave he will kill him.”

Ben sat up running to the window seeing Kit facing the Sith, “NO! NO! NO! We have to help him!” He slammed his fist against the window before Harper pulled him into her arms. 

“He gave himself up for us.” Harper said resignedly

“So we’re just going to let him die?” Emelyne said. “As a Doctor I can’t allow that.”

“Do we got any big guns on this ship?” Kaleb asked before the ship came to a jolting stop.

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Ignis stood before Kit, “Hello beautiful Jedi.” A smile a real smile came to Ignis’ face. “Nice to see you in person again, last time was too brief.”

“Agreed,” Kit said. “How have you been Ignis?”

“I thought we agreed you’d call me Hades.” Ignis raised a brow.

Kit smiled, “Darling we both know that is for private moments between us.” 

Ignis neared him not closing down his lightsaber before looking up at the leaving ship. “Oh no, no, no,” He chuckled darkly. “You won’t escape me, not again.” 

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Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.13 The Senate

Hades knelt chained like an animal the Jedi that kept constant watch on him were completely unnecessary. A collar dug into his neck, the wrists cut in and his body ached with need to move, a need to sleep properly. He had gone so long since he had last slept. Above all things he missed Kit more than life, being kept from him, reuniting if only for a moment was not enough for him. He wanted Kit, he knew though that this was necessary as it was the only way to keep Kit safe. Safe from the executioner, safe from the blame, and safe from the Galaxy’s ire. He would pay the price for his love to live on, that was what was necessary. Crowley and Aziraphale would take good care of him, keep him safe, he had Ben and Harper to train, and little Juliet to help care for. What need could he possibly need Hades for? It would be over soon, once they had taken him for trial then that was all they would need they had already decided his guilt. It was all for show and tell, and to show the galaxy that they had done it, they had taken the Sith Emperor captive. His execution would be a show too, that much was certain.The Jedi at least weren’t the type to jeer and make him their plaything till he was brought before the Senate on that regard they were more merciful than the Sith. 

The door opened and Jedi Master Gabriel walked in, “So the rumors are true, the high and mighty Sith Emperor, what devastation you have wrought. Imagine if you had used your gifts with the force for the light? I can only imagine the good in the galaxy if you had not fallen to the darkside.”

“Imagine the good in the galaxy if you would leave your precious Jedi Temple once in a while and actually do the good you wish to see,” Hades said calling Gabriel out.

“My aren’t we cranky,” Gabriel looked him over. “Look at the state of you, You don’t look like an Emperor to me, more like a rabid Nexu.” 

“Unchain me and you’ll see just how accurate you are in that statement.”

“Really? You think that the power of the darkside is that strong.”

“No, I just want to beat that unbecoming smugness off your face Gabriel.” Hades said.

“Hmm, we were once brothers in arms.”

“Not anymore.”

“Oh clearly.” Hades said, “You have always had that one fault above all others, assumptions. That one is your downfall.”

“And your path on the darkside is yours.”

“You Jedi really think that your walking in the path of the light makes you good? That it makes it so you can be holier than thou towards anyone who shows any tinge. Last I checked that is what makes one human, having emotions, you Jedi don’t know how to keep yours in check, I learned to harness mine, I think it gives me more advantages than you.”

“Yet you’re the one chained up.” Gabriel told him. 

“Only because I let you.”

“Let me?”

“Oh, yes,” Hades nodded deeply enjoying himself. “I didn’t have to surrender.”

“And how many more would you have killed before we finally took you out?”

“As many as I could take down with me.” Hades added. “Now then run along and make your report Master Gabriel. Tell them about how feral I am, that I have a strong taint but your purity remains.” 

Gabriel glared, “I ought to ask you what you have done to Kit,”

“I loved him,” Hades told him. “Not that you Jedi understand the concept of love.”

“He is a Jedi, he doesn’t love you Kit is in more control than you could ever break.”

“I didn’t break him, he chose to love me, he chose to love the darkness as well as the light, he is stronger than any of us.” Hades told him.

Gabriel glared at Hades, “I will see you- you are a danger to-”

“What your precious Kit? He is his own man Gabriel, capable of his own decisions, something you Jedi could learn.”

Gabriel looked at him scandalized before leaving quickly.

Hades watched him go before hanging his head, soon, soon this will be over....

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Kit sat up breathing heavily, “HADES!” He tore the bedding off of him climbing out of the ship’s bunk slamming into the wall as he pressed the button exiting into the main ship.

“Heyyyy-whoa-whoa there,” Ben held up his hands. “Master you’ve been asleep for a few days take a moment to breathe, let me get you some caf.”

“Hades?”

Ben swallowed and looked to a direction where Azirphale and Crowley were. He disappeared to go find some caf for Kit.

“Where is he?” Kit asked, “Where is my husband?” 

Crowley looked up at Kit then looked to Aziraphale then back to Kit. “Well...”

“He’s,” How did Aziraphale tell Kit this how did any of them?

Kit looked to either of them his stomach twisting in knots. 

“The Republic caught him he is to be put to trial then executed for his war crimes.”

“NO!” Kit felt his face drain of blood.

“Kit sit down please, you’ve been out of it for days now, please.” Aziraphale stood up. 

“No I need to get to him, I need to save him.”

“Kit,” Crowley looked at him. “Sit.”

Kit frowned before feeling Aziraphale grab him leading him back to the table making him sit and scootching in beside him. “My dear boy if you don’t think we don’t have plans to save your beloved then you don’t know us all that well.”

“Yeah we gonna do it!” Juliet said coming in climbing up Aziraphale and over into Kit’s lap. “Miss oo!”

Kit cuddled the tiny force sensitive girl. “Aww I missed you too Jules.” He looked at either of them. “So what is the plan.”

Crowley looked at the holo of the Senate of Coruscant, “Well we don’t have too much but what we do have is friends in great places.” 

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The great domed building of the Galatic Senate stood against the ever moving backdrop of the sprawling city planet of Coruscant. Inside the glittering colorful assemblage of the Senate in their floating disks there to represent their planet, system, and organization all came into a meeting. There were murmurs as Hades was brought before them chained to the disk by thick chains disheveled, they were trying to make him appear as unhinged as possible.

“The Supreme Chancellor Zeus of the Galactic Republic,” A Bothan stood before them making the announcement. 

The Chancellor stood before them, “For years we have fought the dreaded Sith Empire, peace has always been evasive until now.” He gestured to Hades. There were shouts of anger, jeering, chanting, and signals of disapproval from various Senators and representative when they saw the man in chains.

Hades stood there silent not letting them get to him, he was after all an Emperor, and he would have the graces of one till his death. He couldn’t help but feel grateful that he was here instead of Kit. One Rodian on a floating senatorial disk spat hateful words in their language. He looked at the Rodian watching them silence themselves, he gave them nothing more than a placid look. 

“Behold the Sith Emperor Ignis in all his glory,” The Chancellor looked to the senate. “And give thanks to our noble Jedi who helped in his capture as well as our valiant soldiers of the Republic. We couldn’t have done this without their bravery.”

There was cheering that followed the statement, but Hades heard none of it as he saw the Chancellor closer now, he would know that face anywhere. “Lord Lykaios.” He muttered feeling one of his guards butt him in the stomach with their weapon. Hades gasped a strike or blow hurt much more when one wasn’t wearing armor. 

The Chancellor smiled smugly at Hades, “Emperor Ignis, you stand accused of the unlawful slaughter of innocents and uncountable death toll of the war between the Republic and the now defeated Sith Empire. You will be executed according to the laws of this world if found guilty.” He leaned in, “How do you plead?”

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Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.12 Malachor V

Ships of Sith and Jedi landed on the planet each attempting to stop the other. Fighting in futility. Sith Troopers, Sith Inquisitors, Sith Warriors, Republic Troopers, Jedi Knights, Jedi Masters all fighting in a flash of violence as the war was coming to a tumultuous head. War was ugly, war was brutish, it needed to end. Hades moved through with the darkness in Kit’s mind the darkness that had filled it was not meant to be there. There were parts of him that had become shut off in the wake of it all. 

“Kit?” 

The sound of approaching footsteps alerted Hades to the presence of new comers. He stood turning ready to fight them off but stopped as he saw the approach of the exact people he needed. “Crowley! Aziraphale! Harper and Ben!” He was certain he had never been more happy to see the four of them. “You’re alive.”

“No thanks to you and your lot.” Crowley gestured to the sky above.

“The war has to come to an end.” Hades looked them over.

“Is he dead?” Ben asked looking at Kit who lay on the ground.

“Thankfully no,” Hades looked to Kit, “HK’s got a wonderful shot, incapacitated him.”

“Oh well that’s wonderful could have mentioned that when we let him aboard.” Crowley looked to Kit on the ground. “What happened?”

“I don’t know,” Hades admitted. “I don’t know in the time I’ve been separated from him. Something is wrong. There is so much more darkness than light.” 

Aziraphale and Crowley shared a look.

“Either way I don’t think we have much time, we need to get off this planet and fast then away from here. With the lot of you.”

“Oh no you’re not dying not now that you have reunited with Kit.”

“I’ve got to end this, before it is too late.”

“Hades you can’t just-”

“-I can and I will.” Hades glared at Aziraphale. “I am an Emperor. I do as I please. Now get him off of here, leave I’ve some unfinished business to attend to.” Hades watched the star fighter enter the stratosphere. “But leave Casper, I need him still.”

“Haven’t you tormented him enough?”

“I need him to end this. Unless you want this war to continue?”

Crowley sighed watching Azirphale take Kit. “Fine, fine! Just let the poor bastard live.”

“I intend too.” Hades watched them go. 

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Darth Ceres approached where Hades stood with Casper, “I believe you are needed Engineer.”

“Am I?” Casper asked.

“Cheeky boy! He built a biometric bypass into the remote.”

“I know he did, I suggested it.”

“Why?”

“Because traitorous witch, I know your tricks all to well, you think yourself so clever, but in all actuality you are only as clever as the backend of a Nerf.” Hades watched her seethe where she stood.

“Where is Darth Kore?”

“Oh you mean Kit? Nasty work you’ve done with him will be hard to undo, but rest assured you won’t live to see it reversed. You’ve hurt that man for the last time. You’ve betrayed me for the last time and you won’t succeed in killing my engineer.” Hades walked up to her. “Now then draw your blade or accept your death vile woman, for I have come to lay you low. Casper get to her ship and wait there.”

“You think I won’t kill him all I need is-” 

“Him alive? Yes I’m well aware of needing his biometrics that require him to have a very specific range of temperature the one humans’ have when alive.” Hades drew his blades once more igniting them. “I’m going to enjoy killing you.”

“Not if you die first.” She hissed her lightsaber whip igniting as she lashed out at Hades. 

Hades brought up one blade watching the end catch around it and feeling her pulling him towards her. Using the force to ground himself where he stood he clenched his teeth before pulling the woman close throwing his lightsaber with the force sending her all the way to him moving to impale her on his blade. 

A blade ignited in Hades’ peripherals, Kit stood as Crowley lay in Aziraphale’s arms a silent cry of rage on the light haired man’s face. “Sorry to keep you Mother.”

“Good boy now be a dear and help me kill Hades won’t you?” Darth Ceres looked at Kit.

“With pleasure.”

“Kit,” Hades spoke brokenly. “Please come to your senses.”

“Why? What’s the fun in that darling?” Kit asked him nearing him. “Kit.” Hades watched Kit come closer feeling his heart beat race with every step. He would not fight him not here not now. “Kit.” He backed away from him.

“Aww what’s that Ignis? Afraid of dying by his hand? Looks like even the great Ignis has something to be afraid of.” Darth Ceres walked closer as she neared Hades and Kit she looked to Kit. “Do it, kill and be done with this.”

“I couldn’t agree more,” Kit said a terrible smile on his face before his eyes became green and he turned thrusting his lightsaber into Ceres or what had been where she was standing. 

Darth Ceres landed behind Hades with the agility of a cat, “Do you really think I became a Lady of the Sith by not seeing betrayals coming a mile away BOY?” She sneered throwing up her hand and pushing Kit far into a tree.

“I don’t think it worked Crowley,” Aziraphale said watching Kit fly backwards. “We may have to step in ourselves.” 

Crowley sighed kissed Aziraphale getting up drawing his lightsaber. “Get the bloody ship ready for us for the moment we leave.”

“But-” Ben started before Harper pulled him away from the shuttle ramp. 

Hades watched the shuttle with Kit leave unable to help himself needing to know his love was safe.

“You really should keep focused dear,” Darth Ceres grasped him in her hand before slamming her knee into him. 

Hades dropped with a gasp watching her whip come back to life as it reached her. 

Darth Ceres pulled back the whip before throwing the length in Hades’ direction with a snap. Her Cortosis gloves allowing her to touch the blade and guide it to where it needed to go. “A shame you were once the most powerful Sith now look at you kneeling before me.” She stood over him a cat playing with the proverbial mouse smile on her face. “As you always should have.”

Hades once more caught the whip length on his blade using the force to summon his other blade back to him as he saw the terrain behind her. He stood rushing her once more pulling her length back with the one blade and sending it back from her towards a tree. She was pulled back due to her grip on the blade. 

Darth Ceres landed hard watching as Hades closed the distance she brought up a shoto sized lightsaber. “What nothing to say?” She asked as she stood up with a laugh. “I can only wonder what is going through that mind of yours. You can’t possibly conceive a plan where you come out on top! Let alone alive.” 

Hades used the force to push her at her then reached for a rock pulling it towards her tripping her again. Lightning moved along his body as his anger twisted in the force wrapping the energy around him.  They fought hard and long their distance from the ship growing farther and farther as they moved along the terrain.

-

Kit sat up as Aziraphale and Crowley reached him. “Hades?”

“Can finish this, we need to get you back to the ship,” Aziraphale pulled out a bacta pack pressing it to the wound at Kit’s side. “Come on dear boy.” 

Crowley silenced any further protest from Kit and helped him stand. “Come on I think we can still watch for your beloved’s safety from the ship.”

-

Casper looked at HK-47 who seemed to be watching through the scope on his blaster. “Isn’t he your master and aren’t you supposed to he helping him?”

HK-47 didn’t look at him but replied, “Statement: There are more than one ways to shut a meatbag up who breaks your focus, shall I demonstrate one of them on you?”

“N-no please don’t,” Casper said somehow becoming a shade paler.

“Reply: then don’t be one of those meatbags.”

-

Hades looked up at Ceres, “You know have I ever had HK-47 tell you what love is?” 

Ceres looked at him, “What?”

“HK-47 what is the definition of love?” Hades asked pulling out his comm.

“Definition: 'Love' is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope... Love is knowing your target, putting them in your targeting reticule, and together, achieving a singular purpose against statistically long odds." HK-47 said as his sniper blaster went off.

Ceres’ body jerked as her knee was utterly and devastatingly destroyed. 

Hades smiled, “I think everyone should know what love is before they die.” Hades reached a hand into the thick mass of her hair dragging her. “You made me suffer, you attempted to take Kit and twist him up into someone he is not, what kind of Mother does that to her own son?” He asked using the force to keep her from moving. Ceres attempted to speak. “Shhhh-shhhh-shhh-shhh, don’t speak it’s better for you if you learned to let other’s talk instead, I’ve not quite finished what I have to say.” He made her look up at him with the force. “I want you to be alive when this planet goes off. I want you to feel the whole of the experience many above will only be able to imagine.” Hades grinned at her there was few times where he let himself give into the violence especially after marrying Kit but there was something about Ceres that made his blood boil. “Just remember the force is in all things.” Hades told her. “But not you,” He closed his eyes and reached out in the force doing as he had with Kit to seal away the darkness in him then to restore his memories but for her, he sealed the force completely from her. 

Ceres sat there in dumb silence. 

“Finally you have no words with which to speak. I cannot imagine a more terrible thing than the fate you have been sentenced, but an equally terrible person should get such a fate.” Hades turned from her and walked away to the ship, “Shall we?”

They made their way aboard the Flag Ship watching the ships fight in the fray from a very great distance. 

-

Alucard looked at the cluster of Sith ships that had not once made their way into battle. “Sonething’s not right.” 

“I’ll say,” Honey felt it too, something. “We need to get away from all of this!” She fired a turret blast watching a Sith fighter blow up. “Now!”

“Agreed.” Alucard looked at the Sith flag ship there was something on it. “What is that? The device attached to the nose of the ship?” He turned on the comm. “Sir I think the Sith have something-”

“-Never mind what it is keep fighting that is an order.”

“But-” Alucard started something felt wrong in the force. 

“I said-” The com cut as the ship exploded.

Alucard watched as one of the Republic command ships disintegrated in the space before them. “Well he conscripted us now he is gone, I say we leave.” 

“I second,” Honey looked at him. “We did our part. I don’t know about you but I’m tired of this war.”

“As am I.” Alucard leaned the controls back and fought his way from the Sith and the Republic to where they could get away from all of it. 

-

Hades looked to Casper, “Now do what you must do this war must come to an end, swiftly.”

“And if I refuse?” Casper asked.

“Then this war will continue until the galaxy is destroyed, either way those on that planet are already dead.” Hades told him. “Either in what will come next or the battles to come with your refusal.” 

Casper looked at him, then nodded before reaching forward and pressing his hand to the biometric scanner. “I will not press the button.”

“Whatever helps you sleep at night.” Hades told him before pressing the button watching as energy arched up from the planet all around. The ship they were on moved forward. The ships around the planet or near it all buckled, smashed or were destroyed as the planet broke before the gravity pulled it back along with the ships into a tight mass held together. 

If one thought that Hades felt nothing in regards to any of this, they were wrong, but he also knew that all of those who survived this day would also have felt it. It would cause them all to question why they continued fighting it had too! This war had become senseless violence. Hades had, had his fill of bloodshed, he felt it all, every last one of those on the planet, in the ships all of it a terrible feeling in the force. There was only one way to end this. 

“So now that it is done?” Casper asked.

“You are free to go about your life whatever planet you wish, I will personally see to it that you are sent there.” He reached up in the force and smiled. “Though you won’t remember this. I can’t have you remembering any of it. The Republic will blame you, you will blame yourself, not fair really.” Hades smiled then looked to where Kit was. “So now you see the monster you have married.” 

Kit looked at Hades a face of sadness and anguish, he went to Hades, “Why?”

“Because the war must end, one way or another.” 

“And you have become judge and executioner?” Kit asked.

“If that is what you believe I have made myself.” Hades said softly. “An Emperor must do what is best for his people.” 

Kit walked over to Hades, “I want to hate you, I want to, I want to despise you! I can’t, I just can’t.” Kit said sobbing into Hades’ arms. “I can’t, I still love you.” 

“As I love you.” Hades said wrapping his arms around Kit. “I always will.”

Kit frowned, “Hades what are you doing?”

“Keeping you safe........” 

Hades opened his eyes looking at the truth of what had transpired. He had fought Ceres with HK-47′s help, removed her connection with the force found a Sith shuttle together and piloted it off of the planet to the Sith Ship. Once there he made his way to the bridge to see Kit still seething in the darkside forcing Casper, who had gone aboard Crowley’s ship to wait, to unleash the terrible weapon the planet had become. Then the overwhelming pain of Malachor V being destroyed had kept Hades down it had taken Kit down too the level of pain in the force as so many were wiped out. Hades had come out of it perhaps his longer time with the darkside had helped in some masochistic way. Hurrying to Kit’s side he reached with the force changing Kit’s memories, then Casper’s. Neither would remember the events as they had happened. In regards to Kit he had added the fake memory of Kit plotting with Crowley and Aziraphale, the fake memory on the bridge of arguing too.

“Hades?” Kit asked his bright green eyes opening as the darkside left him and all memory leading up the moment on board after Hades had taken him out on Malachor V was altered.

Hades murmured softly. “I’m keeping you safe.” He smiled sadly.

Hades stood seeing Republic troops and Jedi. “Well at long last you’ve caught me, the dreaded Sith Emperor.” Kit’s memories were altered Casper’s erased, and Hades would take the fall for all of it. Isn’t that what love was? Protecting those you cared about?

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Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.11 Masquerade

“Today we stand on the brink of success, on the brink of bringing our most hated enemy to it’s knees.” Hades spoke standing before his fleet as a holo. “We have only to lay the trap. Through it we gain victory, it is the will of the force. The Jedi will fall, the Republic and its failings can only crumble then. We will end this war here with this battle. Now fight and show the true might of the darkside.” The transmission ended just as they finished landing. 

“Inspiring,” Darth Ceres rolled her eyes at Ignis. “And dramatic, like you.”

Ignis glared at her where was Kit when he needed him?

“Come now engineer, your usefulness is needed once more.” Darth Ceres’ shoved Casper.

“Hey! This thing isn’t as stable as it looks, one wrong shift and we all will not survive.”

Malachor V was a beautiful planet, full of life full of energy though not inhabited by anyone. There was certainly an odd nature to the gravity of the whole planet one could feel it before one landed. Casper made his way with Darth Ceres and her apprentice a whole retinue of Sith with them to make sure that all went well. the Sith Emperor had given his word that Casper would live and Casper hoped that the force would will it.

Darth Ignis followed along something wasn’t right, HK-47 followed beside him blaster at the ready nothing being said. 

“Here,” Casper said pointing to the ground. Here we could plant the device.” He looked at them, did they even know that it would do? 

“Thank you for your services Casper.” Darth Ceres smiled cruelly igniting her lightsaber.

Darth Ignis ignited his bringing it to block her. “Something tells me we need him to operate the device and to help keep us at a safe distance?” He looked to Casper.

Darth Ceres hummed then let her lightsaber shut off, “Very well keep him as a pet Ignis.” She crossed her arms and started back for the ship. “Darth Kore stay here with Lord Ignis. I’ll see to it that the fleet is ready for our arriving adversaries.”

Ignis watched her go motioning for the Sith retinue to go with her. “To your places.” He watched them leave.

Casper began setting up the device on the planet surface.

“How long until it is ready?” Ignis asked.

“It will be a few hours until the projected arrival of the Republic fleet, within that time it will be ready.” Casper looked to him.

“You really do want to keep alive don’t you?” Ignis smiled. “Don’t worry you will be able to tell your grandchildren the horrors of the day of the fall of the Republic.” He looked to the strange Sith that Darth Ceres had left with them. “You seem familiar, have I met you before.” Indeed he felt oddly familiar with the presence of the man? Was it a man under there who knew? 

“If it was I hardly think it would have been memorable.” The man said through a vocoder. 

Ignis frowned, “Well that was unnecessarily ominous, need I remind you of whom you speak with.”

“Oh I know well of who I speak to, and I get the impression that you hardly know who I am.”

“I don’t, Darth Kore right?” Ignis asked.

“Yes, a name and nothing more.”

Ignis watched as the man neared him he heard HK-47 shift his blaster pointing. “Stand down HK-47.” Ignis ordered.

“Suggestion: Master let me put two holes in him now before the meatbag gives me a better reason.” HK-47 said not moving as he trained the blaster on Darth Kore.

Ignis looked to HK-47, “Stand down that is an order.”

“Retraction: As you wish Master.” HK-47 moved his blaster down. 

Ignis looked to Darth Kore his eyes looking over the man wondering at who was under the mask? His eyes traveled down then stopped as horror filled his eyes. No! It couldn’t be! No! NO! NO!!!! “Where did you get that Kyber crystal?”

“Oh this one?” Darth Kore smiled and traced a hand over it. “From a dead man.”

That was all it took as Ignis’ lightsabers ignited, “You have chosen your words foolishly for them you will die!” The setting sun illuminated Ignis wreathing him in flames as it were.

Darth Kore ignited his lightsabers.

He had the nerve to fight with his dead husbands’ lightsabers! Hades became a whirlwind of death and chaos pain fueled his rage. The earth beneath his feet cracking and rising as his force abilities lashed out. Anger blinding him in his grief. Kit, he had lost Kit! His blades met the other Sith’s shoving the man back. 

Darth Kore met Ignis’ blades, “Aww you loved him, how sweet.” He teased Ignis. “I bet he loved you too.” 

Ignis’ eyes filled with force lighting as much of it sprang up around them. 

Darth Kore caught the lighting forcing it back on Ignis who deflected it. 

Kore dodged the blast grasping a rock. and throwing it at Ignis. “Aww do you really think killing me will bring him back?” He leaned into their meeting blades. 

“No, it won’t bring him back, but it will make me feel better.” Hades reached out grasping with the force.

Kore stopped his body going ridged before his hand let go of one of the lightsabers darting to his throat. 

Hades used the force to tear the mask from the Man’s face he would look upon the face of the man who- His turn to go ridged before he realized what he was doing still and let Kit go. “Kit!”

Kore looked up at him, “Is dead I stand in his place.”

Hades stared at his beloved, “No love. Come back to me.” He reached out to Kit pressing a hand to Kit’s face cupping his cheek. “Come back to me.” He spoke so softly. 

Above the Republic fleet appeared in the distance as the night had come. 

Kit/Kore looked up then to a now distracted Hades bringing up one of his lightsabers only for his body to jerk back as he was sent flying with one of the shots by HK-47. 

Hades looked at HK-47, “Do you have any idea what you have done?”

“Answer: I have saved my Master’s life by shooting the other.” HK-47 told him. “There are plenty of ways to kill meatbags Master, as you will see what I have done is not one of them. A stun blast rarely if ever has killed a Jedi or Sith. Maimed sure but, I think the pretty meatbag will live.”

Hades didn’t know if he should cut the droid down where it stood or hug it. Deciding on neither he knelt beside Kit.

In the distance Casper looked up watching as fleet fighters came out of the opposing sides ships. “We need to get off this planet.” He hurried over to Hades. “Please we need to get off, The Republic fleet is almost in range. We must leave.”

Hades looked to Casper and nodded, “HK-47 get the shuttle ready. Casper go with him. I’ll see to it that he,” Hades’ gaze fell upon Kit. “Never will harm us again.” 

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Watching battle starships fly out of the hangers towards each other filling the space with flashes of light and explosions, it was the stuff of nightmares. Crowley looked at the planet, “Kit’s down there.”

“So is HK-47.” Azirphale looked at him. 

“Well we’ve come this far, we cant just abandon them to the fate the Sith have planned.” Harper looked at them. “We all saw that thing that they took down there. It can’t be good.”

Ben looked at Crowley, “She is right.”

Crowley nodded.

“Well?” Harper asked.

“I’m calculating, so we don’t get blown to smithereens by either side of the fray.” Crowley held up his hands. “Even with the force it will take a miracle.”

Aziraphale looked at Crowley, then Harper and Ben, “Get to your seats then, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.”

Juliet was already strapped into her seat holding her plush wookie, “This is gonna be fun.” She told it hugging it close, she had faith in her Uncles so far she had no reason to doubt them. 

Crowley snapped a few switches earning a look from Aziraphale.

“Crowley that’s-”

“If it were easy everyone would do it for funzies Angel.” He looked to him and offered a smile. “Come on now you know I would only put you in a sixty percent chance of death situation.”

“Crowley!”

Crowley thrust forward and they rocketed into a short jump entering the stratosphere of the planet passed all the fighters.

“Yes Angel?”

Aziraphale gave him a look of ‘why do I deal with you?’

Crowley gave him a smile that said, ‘because you love me angel.’

“Just fly the ship will you?” Aziraphale said exasperated but hiding a smile of pride that wanted to slip through.

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HK-47 and Casper looked at the smoking wreckage of the shuttle, the dead sith that had come down with them. The other shuttle was gone with Darth Ceres.

“Well how’s that for an escape?” Casper looked to HK-47. “Please don’t kill me.”

“Statement: You’re not worth the blaster bolt, unless you are a jedi.”

“No chance of that.”

“Then no chance of your body becoming riddled with holes.” HK-47 added.

-

Above the sky was filled with flashes as ships raced about their pilots doing what they had been brought here to do. Fighting so nobly for their causes left and right.

“You know it is so hard to imagine the war when it is so far from where your day to day life is.” Casper said looking up. “That when the horror, the truth of it all comes to you, plays out before you, when you realize that it has always been there, ready to sweep you up in it’s terrible wake ready to bathe you in the blood of the fallen.” 

“Commentary: If War is a pool of blood, then I already have my floaty.” HK-47 held up his blaster.

Casper looked at the droid and took a few steps away from him. “Do you even hear yourself?”

“Statement: And to myself I sound most sane, it is the lot of you meatbags with your water inside sloshing about that I don’t understand. I have yet to figure out how that sloshing does not drive you to madness.”

Casper froze a look of utter confusion on his face.

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Darth Ceres arrived aboard the Flag Ship, “Emperor Ignis has given the command, start the generator.”

“I’m afraid that we cannot.” A Sith operator looked up at her.

“What do you mean can’t? Failure will be met with death.”

“The Engineer built a biometric bypass into the remote. Only he can unlock it to set it off.”

Darth Ceres looked back and forth, “FIND A WAY AROUND IT!” She turned back to her shuttle, “I think I left something below.” 

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.9 Rescue?

There wasn’t any chains not for those enslaved by the Hutt. Instead a terrible implant on the side of one’s neck that would detonate if one left the planet. She had watched it happen sometimes the Hutt sent people shooting up just to watch them explode. Still there was some joy to be found as she worked on the project that he had allowed her, categorizing the various treasures and wealth he had amassed. She was lovely her hair flowed behind her with some breeze that seemed to follow her. Eyes that shined out like stars and a smile that made the heart sing when it was directed at you. A ray of light in such a dark and dingy place shone much brighter, but deserved to be free.

“No wonder this Grimm loves her.” Alucard was heard whispering before a sharp snap of fingers reminded him that Honey was listening. “What?” Alucard looked at her. “She is clearly his light, you saw how he was without her. I’d be the same way except I’d bring down whoever kept you like this or die trying.”

“Clever save.” Honey told him. 

“Or?” Layla looked at him before chuckling.

“What happened to being silent?” Arthur asked looking at all of them.

“I haven’t said anything.” Nikki said before sighing tiredly. 

Entering into the treasure room was to court death, taking one of the slaves there for one of the treasures was suicide. 

Alucard saw Annalise about to scream hurrying to her he pressed a hand over her mouth yanking it back as she bit him. “Hey,” He waved his hand to shake the pain away. “We are here to rescue you. Your uh, husband? Grimm? sent us.” 

Annalise stopped and frowned. “Grimm?” She felt her face brighten. “He’s, he’s not forgotten all about me?”

“No he hired us to come get you, now come on, we need to get out of here before the Hutt discovers our deception.” 

“I can’t just leave,” Annalise said taking steps back. “If I do, I’ll...” Her hand reached up to her neck. “I’ll die.”

“We won’t let him kill you.” Layla said.

“It isn’t about letting. I will die.” Annalise shook her head. “They have these devices implanted in us that if we leave the planet will make us.” Her lip trembled. “Just tell Grim I love him. Go before you can’t leave too.”

“I’m good at biometrics and implants.” Nikki said her left hand was a synthetic. “Let me have a look.”

“If improperly removed I’ll die too.” Annalise told her.

“Then allow me a look.” Nikki peered over the head of the implant. “If I can get to a proper medic station I can get it out of her. it will be painful but you won’t die and you will be free.”

Annalise nodded then left with them making their ways through the halls of the Hutt’s palace. “So my Grimm sent you here to rescue me?”

“Along with your brother,” Alucard informed her.

“August?”

“Yeah that was his name.” Nikki nodded. 

The medic bay wasn’t far but it was now becoming more aware that the prisoners were not in their cells as the klaxons started baying. 

“Well if we don’t get in the medical bay, we won’t have any time!” Alucard nodded holding the door open. “Nikki you have two minutes is that enough time?”

“Not really.”

Arthur stood outside as he looked like a guard keeping eye for any who might disturb his friends at work. After a minute Arthur knocked on the door the signal. 

“I’ve almost got it out, just a minute!” Nikki said as she disconnected the device from Annalise removing the rods that further connected her was the next hardest part. 

Arthur swallowed, “There is a surgery going on in there, I have been given orders to see that it is not interrupted.” 

“There was no authorized surgery today.” 

“Not that you were notified of, then perhaps it has nothing to do with you?” Arthur told him. “You aren’t a doctor are you?”

The other guard backed up and pulled out his blaster. “You are going to be-”

Alucard opened the door firing upon the man, “Alright let’s go before more head this way.”

Annalise held to Layla for support as they made their way to the ship. 

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Ignis sat upon the throne staring at the ginger haired engineer before him, the sallowness of the man’s skin told him that he rarely if ever saw the outdoors. “So he will be able to do what we need of him?”

“He will or we will kill him and find whoever else will.” Darth Ceres told him.

A new sith stood beside Darth Lykaios, masked a hood up, one would never have known that it was Kit standing there with no memory of this place, no memory of Hades, just flashes that had no way of being pieced together easily 

Ignis was too distracted otherwise he would have read the force energy and known his husband to be there before him. 

Darth Ceres walked up to Casper seizing his shoulder, “Now then let’s get you to work, the Republic isn’t going to defeat itself at this rate.” 

Casper shuddered, “Just don’t leave me alone with that one.” He pointed to the new masked Sith. “Please I don’t think he will let me live.”

“Oh sweet boy, you were dead the moment you came into our employ. Now do what a good little engineer does best and get to work!” She let go of Casper with a vicious manner.

Ignis glared at her though she couldn’t see him behind his own mask. Her mistreatment of him was beyond unnecessary. He would make a point of visiting him and making sure he was treated well and if he could seeing him safely sent away once he had been useful. No sense in killing him once all that was needed had passed. 

“You’ve added a new member to your ranks,” Ignis looked at the other Sith now feeling an odd familiarity.

“Oh him?” Ceres smiled. “Yes, a new apprentice, Darth Kore,” 

“Welcome to the Sith Empire Darth Kore.” Ignis nodded in his direction.

Darth Kore knelt for a moment before standing up and walking out with them.

Hades watched him go a certain uneasiness gripping him.

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Grimm paced back and forth across the bay of his ship awaiting the news of his beloved’s return or the failure of her return. He was about to turn around when August grabbed him pulling him from the bay at a break-neck-pace. He understood as the ship that the rag-tag crew of criminals came screeching into the bay stopping just inches from Grimm. Grimm looked up at them ready to admonish when he saw her standing there in the cockpit. He started running around the ship to where they would disembark seeing her made him run all the faster till they ran into each other spinning pressing kisses to each other. “Annalise!” He sobbed her name cradling her to him. “My sweet Annalise! My love!”

“Grimm!” She hugged him sobbing as she rested her head on his shoulder needing to just be close to him as they stood there.

August looked to Alucard and his crew before walking up to Grimm and Annalise being pulled into the hug. Happily reunited with his sister and all being well he let the crew stay there for a moment let them wait he had, had too.

Alucard smiled and looked aboard the pleasure vessel, “Well someone’s got to tell them.”

Arthur looked at him, “You go I’ll tell.”

Alucard and his sisters hurried to the bridge of the vessel Honey staying behind with Arthur to see to it that they were made to understand.

“We have exactly one minute until they get here and we should perhaps plot a course to elsewhere from here!” Arthur said only to be ignored. “I said-”

Honey pulled out her blaster and fired it at a set of keys hanging off of Grimm’s belt getting the man’s attention.

Arthur interrupted him. “Sorry but we don’t have much time unless you want this to be all for nothing we have a very angry Hutt on our tail.”

Grimm nodded, “Right we should make sure we get out of here.” He looked to Annalise before they felt the ship make a jump. “Who?”

Alucard called over the intercom from where he stood in the cockpit of the research vessel the pilot and co-pilot unconscious on the ground next to his seat. “This is Captain Alucard of the Cerberus currently standing in, we have a bit of a bumpy ride ahead of us so find a safe place to be until we finish making our escape thank you.”

“Did he just commandeer?” August began.

“He’s done a lot of that today that wasn’t the first ship we attempted to use nor will it likely be the last one today.” Arthur said. “Given his history.”

This earned a glare from Honey before she nodded, “Yeah, he does have a habit. Now you heard the Captain move. Unless you want to be thrown around in our escape?”

The vessel was not meant for high speeds when not moving through hyperspace and Alucard was pushing it’s limits. Watching each time they exited the jump to make sure that they weren’t followed before making another calculated jump. After a moment there was truly peace again. “This is your temporary Captain speaking, if you will look behind us you will see that we have now at last lost them and may resume as we were before. Thank you for flying with us and have an uneventful day.” 

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“We can’t just go to Korriban!” Ben said. “There’s Sith there, and other darksided things.” 

It had been weeks now a month since Eadu. Trying to track down Kit who’s path had become erratic and left dead in it’s wake; during which HK-47 had in a way become family, even Jules had warmed up to the odd droid. Making flower crowns so he could kill people but while looking pretty as she put it. They were getting desperate now, Kit had been in the dark side for longer than they had meant to leave him languishing in. The longer one was steeped the harder the pull to the light.

“I agree,” Aziraphale said. “We would be annihilated and if Kit truly is turned to the dark side then there is little hope of bringing him back when surrounded by so much darkness.”

“Then what should we do?” Harper suggested. “We can’t go there but we need to save Master Kit.”

“Perhaps Hades will be able to get through to him, can’t imagine that he would sit well with seeing his beloved so twisted. Even if Hades is a Sith Lord. Kit is his light.” Crowley reminded them.

“Idea: Perhaps sending me?” Hk-47 added. “There are other HK units down there I will blend in well.”

“But how to get you down there close enough without us being spotted? Then getting you out?”

“Easy I’ll use the escape pod crash down then use a ship to bring us back.”

“Leaving us without an escape pod.” Crowley said. “But I’m out of ideas.”

“As am I,” Azirphale admitted.

“So that is the plan?” Ben asked receiving nods. “Well I like it, as long as I don’t have to go back down there the better.” The whole place was eerie, He’d already had enough of that for the rest of the cycle; his time on Dagobah was a testimony of that.

HK-47 went to the escape pod, “Statement: I’ll see you meatbags later.”

“Wait!” Tiny Jules ran up to him, “It’s scary to go alone, take dis with you.” She used the force to send his blaster to him. “Be safe!” She waved before scampering off to Uncle Crowley and hugging him.

HK-47 would have smiled if his mechanics allowed it. “Statement: You are the only meatbag who gets me on this ship.”

Aziraphale’s jaw dropped, here he thought the droid was having a marvelous time!

Crowley grinned at it all before going and flipping the switch on HK-47 back to a mode that allowed killing. “No sense in sending him down without the ability to defend himself.” He sealed the doors. 

Harper rolled her eyes and jettisoned the escape pod out of the ship. “Right one homicidal droid down, one homicidal dark jedi to-go.” 

Ben wanted to point out that she had made a pun but said nothing. Now they waited. 

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.8 Engineer

Tracing his pen across the screen watching the display come to life as line after line met his design coming to life. Prototypes of various inventions littered the shelves of his office a partially drunk very cold mug of caf sat undisturbed. Humming as he sketched he brushed a lock of ginger hair from his face. So far today had been less than exciting but that was perhaps the best for productivity? He pushed back from the desk stretching standing feeling his joints move into place after being sedentary for so long. His muscles remembered what moving felt like with pain. He really ought to move more often. His stomach growled again and he knew why he had gotten up, a brain thought better with food in the belly. He also needed more caf, opening the door of his office he noticed nothing out of the ordinary till a realization that the whole facility had gone eerily quiet like the dead. Peering around gave him no insight, he boarded the lift tapping the buttons and giving a imput of his code cylinder he made his way down to the kitchens. Halfway through the lift flickered then came to an abrupt stop. 

A glow of heated metal came through the lift door just a small part that almost as if by cutting continued in a circle before the force pulled the whole chunk away revealing a trio of what looked to be Sith. 

“No- no NO!” He threw the cup of cold caf at them watching it freeze in the air and shatter as one stopped it. 

“Hello Casper.” Darth Ceres smiled her hood concealing all but her mouth of her face. “We need someone of your expertise.”

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“I do not believe it is wise to go all the way to the Chorlian system,” Will said from where he stood at the center of the Senate floor. “Meeting the Sith on their doorstep. Is foolishness, it is genocide of our troops. What hope of victory can we possibly bring? We have not experienced an attack from the Sith in quite some time. To mount an attack after this peace we have seemingly felt is to incur their wrath.”

“Ah like the planet you serve Senator always looking for the peace where there is none.” A Senator mocked him.

Will turned, “I agree that the peace is only temporary, we should use it to give aid where it is needed. Rebuild, was Coruscant not just a mere few months ago under siege? What rebuilding effort have we made since? There are people on not just this planet but many others who cry out for help and we offer no aid when we can?”

“We are spread too thin besides now may be the most opportune moment to bring about the peace we seek by striking a blow on the Sith while their guard is down.”

“I tell you their guard is not down.” Will glared at them.

“What do you know of their guard Senator? What do you know of the Sith?” The Chancellor asked him.

“I-” 

“Precisely, this attack is advised by the Jedi even, they too want this war done and over with. If we crumble this wall we will end this before long peace will be at hand and we can do as you suggest Senator.” The Chancellor told him.

Will wanted nothing more than to give them all a taste of his mind but he had the people to think about. “Then I move that when this is over that we focus our efforts to rebuilding the Republic.” 

“I second,” The Senator of Alderaan said.

Will looked to Adrienne and smiled, she was always on his side. 

“Then we put it to a vote.” The Chancellor said.

The vote of course went to the affirmative but only for appearance sake. They would squabble and nothing would come of it. Will moved through the crowd feeling Adrienne touch his arm. 

“A moment?”

Will looked to her, “Of course.”

“I will be helping hand out rations today and wondered if you would join me? Perhaps if the people see that there are at least some Senators who care they won’t feel as abandoned?”

“You say Senators like there will be more than the two of us?”

“The Senator of Chandrilla and the Senator of Hapes Consortium will be joining as well.”

Will nodded. “I’ll see what I can do besides helping pass out rations, I’m sure there are some clothes and blankets to be found.” 

“That would be marvelous.” Adrienne smiled warmly. “How is the Queen?”

“Jane- Queen Ev’lyn is quite healthy.”

“And the pregnancy?” She asked quieter. 

“Our children were born without any problems. I get to see them when I make communications to Naboo.” Will smiled pulling out a small disk of a Holo photo showing twins who were at least six months old. 

“How precious.” Adrienne smiled.

“My daughter has a variation of your middle name for hers.” 

“Rosaline?”

“Rosemary.” Will smiled. “Her first name is Katherine.”

“And your son?”

“Abra’ham Fitzwilliam,” Will grinned.

“Oh Will that is so sweet.”  

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Hades was not the only one to tag Kit with some form of tracking, Crowley had done the same but with the force. Following it’s signature to the planet of Eadu the wild storms that ravaged the planet fit well with the current state of Crowley’s nerves. “Stay here,” He told Ben and Harper. “Guard the ship, guard Jules.” 

“But-” Ben started before Aziraphale fixed him with a look. “We don’t know what is out there and we don’t know who has Kit, right now we need you both here with Juliet.”

Crowley and Aziraphale moved silently and stealthily along the path curving through the cliff side. Rocks fell from the path way to the chasm below but neither one noticed their focus was elsewhere, elsewhere and keeping them from joining those rocks to smash upon their likeness far below. Lightning illuminated their way as they moved from one stretch of the path to the other. The path opened up revealing a research facility. 

Entering in as quiet as possible they made their way through the dimly lit building the silence broken by the thunder and nothing else. A console before them held security footage. “Angel guard me while I have a look.”

Aziraphale wanted to protest but knew there had to be a reason for Crowley keeping him from looking. Crowley was always good at knowing these things. 

Fingers flashed upon buttons and the screen till Crowley froze his face gave nothing away but his eyes they betrayed him first. 

“Crowley?” Azirphale asked his eyes looking to Crowley.

Crowley looked up, “Aziraphale...” 

It was all he had to say, his face now gave everything away. From the way that his lips twinged in sadness, to the way his eyes moved between what they saw on the screen to Aziraphale. The little head shake of disbelief, the tremble of lips that told Azirphale that what Crowley was feeling was strong so strong it swept the mask of calm away. 

Aziraphale moved to see the screen but Crowley pressed a button blackening the screen.Things moved slowly, “We missed him.” He said to Aziraphale. “We missed him!” Crowley stood up only for the weight of what he had seen. Aziraphale to catch him.

Aziraphale knew what he was going to see wasn’t going to sit well with him but seeing Crowley like this he had too. Curious Angel, he tapped a button watching as Kit stood before a cowering man only to cut him down, the audio wasn’t there but anyone could see the man had pleaded before Kit slew him. Kit walked up to the camera blood covering his face grinning with terrible Sith eyes then the feed cut out. Azirphale heard Crowley sobbing in his arms as his own tears fell into the forest of ginger hair that grew from his husband’s head. “Oh Kit.” What could have happened to him? What could have turned him? They had trained him so well!

The door came skittering off the hinges stopping at just before them as a sleek bronze colored droid entered. “Greetings: Hello Meatbags! I have come for my master.” 

Aziraphale frowned at the odd droid before moving from Crowley towards the strange droid. He grabbed the blaster yanking it away from blasting him and reaching behind he knew the model well, he had read about them and with a flick the droid powered down. 

When it powered back up HK-47 looked up from his powered down state. “Greetings: Salutations organic, might I be made aware of where my Master has gone? My last readings sense he was here. Have you seen him?”

“Most peculiar,” Aziraphale said studying him. “Kit never mentioned you.”

“I have had many masters.”

“And who is your creator?”

“Statement: Why Hades better known as Lord Ignis.” HK-47 said.

“I think I preferred him slightly more homicidal.”

“Oh hush,” Azirphale waved Crowley’s suggestion away. “I think he is more charming this way.”

“Agreement: But I cannot fathom hurting organics such as you in my current state I love all organics with every fiber of my wiring.” HK-47 said to Crowley. “Charm is not in my programming originally but I am adaptable.”

“Excellent!” Aziraphale smiled. “Do you have a ship?”

“Answer: No mine was destroyed upon getting here.”

“Then you shall have to come aboard ours.”

“OURS!?” Crowley said standing up. “I’ll have you know that is very much my ship!”

Azirphale fixed Crowley with a look.

Crowley crossed his arms. “And just what do you think that I’m going to let it anywhere near Juliet?”

“Do you want to find Kit?”

“Yes.” Crowley said as if it were obvious before looking at the Droid who had said yes in unison with him.

“Then I suppose unless you have any better ideas you just let me adopt the robot for the time being.”

“Droid Azirphale no one calls them robots.”

Aziraphale smiled a smile that told you that he knew he had won before walking back to the ship. 

Hk-47 followed Azirphale complimenting him on his ability to out maneuver the droid in close combat.

Aziraphale returned the compliment with one about the droid standing up to two jedi.

This was followed by HK-47 making a comment about killing jedi with no problem.

Azirphale chose to treat this like a joke patted the droid on the arm and told him that it was refreshing to hear someone who had a sense of humor.

Crowley both loved that smug expression and wanted to kiss it off of that cherubic face.  Watching the two leave and getting along like old friends was an odd sight to anyone who didn’t know Azirphale who saw the best in anyone. Crowley looked back at the console a shudder. Looking back at his husband and the droid in the distance with an exasperated sigh Crowley threw up his hands following after both too his ship mouthing, ‘unless you have any better ideas.’ Followed by, ‘I’ll show you a better idea.’ 

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.7 Monster

Ignis sat upon the imperial throne, his hands threaded in front of him under the mask he wore a bored expression. If the Republic Senate was anything like the council meetings of the Sith then he felt some sympathy for the Senators that worked there. There was so much bickering, infighting, and idiotic ideas thrown over how they were to destroy the Republic or to not destroy the Republic or to only destroy the Jedi. Hades stared at the one currently throwing words that they must have thought when strung together made a coherent thought, how bad would it be to kill them? Plenty of Sith killed each other over such petty things but this one was a discredit to the whole of the Darkside. “Enough.” He said they didn’t hear him. “ENOUGH!” He stood from his throne in a quick motion. “You are all of you squabbling sychophants!” He glared from one to another though they couldn’t see it he knew they could feel it in the force. 

“Then what is your idea oh Emperor?” A voice said from the walkway leading to where they all plotted.

Ignis looked up and snarled, “Darth Ceres, Darth Lykaios. I thought you were both gone.” 

They smiled. “Oh no we heard there was a meeting, So we came to investigate.” 

“And what have you found?”

“Pettiness.”

“Is that your great addition to this council?”

“I did ask you for your’s.” Darth Ceres smirked as she walked towards them. 

Hades swallowed, “It is true I have no idea on what attack to mount in response to our intel on the Republic forces. But we cannot throw our troops needlessly at the republic how else will we rule what remains or keep control?”

“I could offer up a solution, the Republic is headed to our neighboring sector, yes?” Darth Ceres asked. 

“They are yes,” Ignis looked her over. “What is your idea Darth Ceres?”

“There is a planet Malachor V if you will, that has much use to us, we could set up a trap to destroy much of the Republic’s forces without loosing so much of our own. With a proper Scientist I think we could weaponize the gravitational fields to our advantage.”

It was a sounder plan than the ones he had heard, Sith were always trying to take each other out but as long as she wasn’t trying to kill him here there was no reason to start anything. Not when he could take her out during the battle and never have to worry about her ever again. Besides Kit was likely safe wherever he was. “Very well. Then that is the plan we will put forward once we find a engineer then it should all fall into place.” Ignis sat back on the throne.

“I have one in mind, my partner and I can acquire his services.” Darth Ceres walked up to him. “My Emperor.” She bowed. 

Ignis wanted nothing more than to cut her down but for the time being she was of use, he was not one to waste useful things. So long as Kit was out of danger that was all that mattered. HK-47 hadn’t checked in but that could be for a number of reasons. He just hoped that he was right about Kit. 

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The Prison Cell Block of the Palace of Garuja the Hutt was not even remotely humane. The place smelled of rotting, the decrepit that lay strewn about in their cells waiting for their fate beyond the terror occasional shifting of chains, dimly lit areas, and the torture the guards placed upon them. Alucard was lashed upon the chair the torture implements above him lowering.  Alucard tried to put on a brave face before the pain set in and then then the screams started. This was not part of the plan. It had not been considered. It should have been as what felt like fire flooded his veins. He reached out in the force sending the torture device back.

“Jedi!” A guard snarled raising a blaster.

The blaster flew from him to Alucard who shot them all dead. The force then metal bands that clamped him down to the chair off of him as he used it. A man entered and Alucard raised the blaster not looking and firing. 

Finding his sisters without raising alarm would take all the focus he had so he gave it into the force letting it guide him as it had so far. 

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The first guard that led her into her cell stepped close and Layla elbowed him hard grabbing his blaster from him she fired into him.

“Oh thank the stars I was about to do the same,” The other guard said as he came near her voice muffled by the helm he wore.

Layla pointed the gun at the other.

Throwing up his hands and knocking the helm off, “Hey woah, whoa! It’s me! It’s me!”

“Arthur?”

“Yes, who else would be so stupid as to get twisted into this situation.”

Layla looked relieved and hurried to him before stepping back and glaring. “What are you doing here?”

“Godwin got worried then even more when we heard about the failed mess on Cantonica sent me.” Arthur was Godwin’s main informant, occasionally they hit it off. “I’m just glad you are alive.” Arthur continued. 

“I’m glad too, can you undo these?”

Arthur pulled out a key and unlocked her.

“Thanks,” She pulled him in and kissed him. “Now to save my siblings.

“Already saved thank you,” Nikki said blood splattered on her. “Don’t worry about it.”

“Is that blood?” Arthur asked.

“Don’t worry about it,” Nikki said.

“I feel like I should what did you do to the guards.”

“Don’t worry about it!” The Sister’s said in unison. 

There was a relieved sigh from the door to the cell as Alucard hurried up to them. “Thank the force.” He took a moment to frown at Nikki before shaking his head. “We need to find Grimm’s wife and Honey then get out of here.”

“Sounds like a plan. Now where do we start in finding Grim’s wife?”

“I think Honey may have that covered,” August said. “They keep the slaves in a different place. Honey is likely there already. I just pray my sister will not be traumatized.” 

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Kit sat meditating his Father and Mother sitting with him it was now he was starting to feel the true effects of their dark choices, their dark deeds twisting the force around him. He was trying to find a way out but there was so much, it was pushing him down a dark path. A dark path... He had a flash of Ignis? What was he was calling him Hades, they were together? Why would he be with such a man? They seemed happy? 

Darth Ceres/Demeter flooded them in the dark side of the force bathing them all in it sweeping Kit up in its’ sickly embrace. 

Darth Lykaios was doing the same, as he reached out to Kit’s mind the dark side was powerful and without the memories of training with Crowley Kit was defenseless. Tendrils of darkness snaked their way deep into Kit’s mind and surrounded him trapping the man with it’s ensnaring grasp. 

Warmth, joy, and love fled Kit’s mind as only coldness, sadness, and hatred took it’s place. They twisted his memories against him what memories he did have. Molding him into the perfect soldier of the dark side. His eyes opened no longer the serene green when he had closed them. It had been a few days just meditating as they made their way to the facility where the Engineer needed worked. It had been more than enough time to twist the gentle Kit into the monster his Mother and Father wanted him to be. 

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Crowley sat up breathing terribly as the vision the force had given him faded, “Kit, oh Kit.” He breathed feeling the calming hands of Aziraphale taking hold of him pulling him into his arms. 

“What is it my dear?” Azriaphale calmly asked cupping Crowley’s face in his hands. “What is it?”

“The darkness I felt it swallow him whole and what it spat out was terrible, Azirpahale I fear for him. I felt it as though I were there. All resistances I taught him all that he learned from me is gone. As if he never learned it to begin with.” 

Aziraphale couldn’t help the look on his face, the look of utter horror. It wasn’t in Crowley’s nature to admit worry so deeply. For Kit to fall so deeply to the dark side sent chills through the man. “Well if that is the case then we need to bring him back from the darkness, back to the balance.”

“Agreed Angel,” Crowley rested his head on Aziraphale’s chest for a moment needing the gentle warmth of Aziraphale before pressing a kiss to the man’s lips. “I’m going to get everything ready we leave at first light.” They would need what light they could to get off of the planet through the trees. “We will find him Azirphale.”

“We will Crowley and we will save him.” Aziraphale smiled. “I believe in us. We are after all his family.” 

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.6 Gambit

Thick sluggish rain fell over the boggy planet of Nal Hutta, a planet that resembled the cesspool of seedy underbellied beings that called it home. Alucard stopped Honey taking her by the wrist and pulling her into his arms pressing kisses over and over, “Just in case this goes wrong I just want to make sure you know how much I love you. How much I am sorry.”

“Hey we got ourselves into this mess.” Honey smiled tracing a finger under his chin. “You defeated an undead multi-milienia old Sith Lord how can a group of Hutts be that hard? Once this is over, we can turn a new leaf. Maybe start that family you were talking about? We could go live on Naboo? Or Alderaan? Or anyone of the many planets here in our Galaxy. Leave all this behind. Your sisters can find work more than likely at Godwin’s and all will be well.”

Alucard nodded, “so you were listening that night?”

“Of course, I just didn’t say anything because the dream you were weaving was so lovely I didn’t want it to end.” Honey smiled up at him before stepping back, she was dressed in her old Sith Robes. “Now let me cuff you it will be more convincing that way.”

“Kinky,” Alucard said with a smirk.

“Hey now we have company approaching.” Layla said getting into her cuffs. Nikki following suit. “Are you two sure this is going to work?”

“Please I worked as a Bounty Hunter for spare credits, being a Sith doesn’t fill one’s belly just one’s mind with the darkside.” Honey smiled. “I have a reputation.” She locked them all in their cells before going down below. “Achutta,” She greeted in Huttese. “They are in their cells, be careful with them they are much more than they appear.” She made her way coolly through the others that had come to see their criminal overlords. 

Being forced to their knees Alucard and his sister’s feigned compliance.

The immense being that sat before them clearly enjoyed the opulence that surrounded them. Though the lighting left much by human eyes to be desired, the Hutts saw into the ultraviolet spectrum. The Hutt greeted Honey with a chuckle demanding that she come close that he might get a chance to appreciate such a lovely bounty hunter.

Honey neared him, “Look all you like but I cannot imagine you will survive for long if you touch me.”

This made the Hutt laugh who then gestured to the three behind Honey. “Who might this be?”

“A trio of would be insulters to your magnificence.” Playing up the Hutt’s ego was all to easy. “They stole from you on Cantonia.”

“Did they now?” The Hutt looked to Alucard and his sisters. “Well they shall be amusing until their inevitable deaths.” 

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HK-47 sat up from the rubble of the ship his system emergency reboot finished, if he had an ability to breathe he might have noticed that there was smoke in the air. He saw the lightsaber cuts in the seat where his Master had been. He followed the tracking signs. “Statement: My Master someone has taken him.” He saw fallen Sith coin. “Continuation: Dark side or not, Jedi.” He readied his blaster then proceeded to take into account his situation further before setting about finding a ship off of this planet. He had a Master to find and protect it was his Master’s orders. 

The screaming of the enraged ship Jacker was cut off when HK-47 sent a bolt through his skull. “Statement: Boring conversation anyways, even for a meatbag.” He pulled the body off of the chair in the cockpit. Then smiled as he honed in on the tracking bead that Hades had put on Kit’s necklace. “Ahh there you are Master!” He punched in the coordinates that came up from where Kit was. For his Master’s sake he would search.

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Toussled golden curls blew in the winds as the small boy ran through the tall grasses of Alderaan. Giggles intermingling with the breeze as he made his way to the hut among the trees in the distance. Nerfs grazed and Thranta’s flew above in the clouds. Kit scurried passed the door and inside giggling as he moved to where his Mother was sitting into her lap, “Mama! MAMA!” he patted her shoulder. “Look!” He held up his surprise for her to see, a flower.

Demeter opened her eyes made soft and the color of dark hazel if only around her small boy smiled. “Oh how precious! Just like you.” Let him be sweet, let him be kind, when it came to corruption there was plenty of time...

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Kit sat looking over the man and the woman who sat before him the resemblance to his own countenance. It was astonishing, the woman was very clearly his mother, the man was clearly his Father just as much. The most startling of these revelations though was that they had never stopped looking for him, well in their words. “You’ve found me. Now that you have what happens now?”

“We become the family we were always meant to be.” Demeter stood, “If that is what you want.” 

Kit frowned softly his parents had been absent most of his life, however if they had been looking for him then perhaps it was for the best to let them into his life. They had missed so much....

“Oh my son, we have so much to share with you, so much to teach you.” Demeter reached out taking Kit’s hand. 

“Teach me?”

“Yes son.” His Father smiled. “Your legacy.”

A Legacy? Kit wondered what it could possibly be. His senses in the force seemed to be so blinded. Kit looked to the hand holding his. “Teach me then.”

“Oh darling boy we will.” Demeter smiled. “You will learn all you were meant too.”

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“Uncle Crow?” The tiny voice asked out loud as the red head looked for Crowley. “Uncle Crow!?!” Where you go?” She wandered along the ship till she found him. “THERE YOU!” She pounced on him making Crowley squawk with surprise. 

“What is it Jules?” he scooped up Juliet. 

“I had a bad dream! This spooky place!” She gestured to the planet beyond. “I had bad dream about Kit!”

“You did?”

“Uh-huh.” Juliet nodded. “He was mean! He became bad. I don’t want him to be bad Uncle Crow! He good!”

“Yes he is sweet girl, and I’m sure Kit is just fine. I’m sure he and Hades are having a wonderful marvelous time.” Crowley cuddled her close. “Probably getting away laying low like we are.”

“And not for long.” Azirphale said entering in. “Crowley, look at this.” He handed Crowley a data pad. Upon it was a report from the Jedi Council that the Republic was ready to mount an attack on the Sith Empire. “They are making it sound like it is the battle to end all of this once and for all. It isn’t just them saying it. I intercepted a transmission from one of the Sith ships. They are aiming to end this war as well.”

“Any idea where they might meet up?” Crowely asked feeling Juliet cuddle tighter to him with a whimper.

“Chorlian sector was made of mention in the reports I deciphered.”

“The edge of Sith space?” Crowley was dumbfounded. “Don’t they know that is no place to meet? The dark side alone has seeped into those planets so deeply that it corrupts many who go there.”

“I think they want to push back the lines they found one of the weaker areas of the Empire and if they get it moved in favor of the Republic it could mean victory. An end to all of this violence.” Aziraphale said softly. “I’m sure they have a plan and I’m sure it’s- good.”

“Don’t say that, Angel this war has casualties, blood and other unspeakable acts on both sides.” 

“But the Republic-” Aziraphale started.

“Has as much blood as the Empire.” Crowley interrupted. 

“Crow?”

Crowley was reminded of the small one in his lap, “yes Jules.”

“Are we gonna be safe?”

“Of course little duck.” Crowley smiled at her. “Uncle Crow will keep you safe. As will Uncle Aziraphale. Now don’t you worry yourself.” He pressed a kiss to her forehead. 

“Ok!” She hugged Crowley then Aziraphale once she had climbed down. “I wub you Uncle Ziwa!” She hurried off to go find something fun to play.

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.5 Indebted

Kit was startled from his meditation as the torpedoes hit. He groggily shook his head clearing it of the sensation before his fingers darted to the buttons, it was no use, there was no getting out of whatever he had gotten into. His eyes looked to the ship that had fired, one of an ominous design. No further time to examine as another shot sent his interceptor spinning and falling to the planet below crashing through the atmosphere and landing with a skid Kit was jostled about. 

When he came too his mind raced to take in all of his surroundings. Sith stood at the ready but none made any movements towards him save a pair.

Struggling with the belts of the chair that had become jammed in the crash Kit felt himself in the force being kept from moving by one of them.

The other neared him stopping and taking hold of his face making him look at them. Then the sound of an igniting lightsaber and the restraining belts fell away from him. Darth Ceres sighed using the force to render Kit unconscious as she took him away Darth Lykaios carrying Kit as they swiftly boarded their craft.

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Ben lay there now shivering it was cold, how cold he didn’t know but he swore he felt it deep in his bones now as his teeth chattered and his muscles spasmed in an attempt to warm him. A sound of falling rocks jerked his attention to the source. “Harper?”

“BEN!” 

“HARPER!”

More rocks scattered and his sister’s face filled the hole illuminated by her lightsaber. “BEN!” She moved into the space crawling in. “Master Crowley in here!”

Crowley joined them using the force to help Ben sit up. “You’ve gotten terribly chilled.” He pulled off his jedi cloak wrapping Ben in it. “Come on let’s get you out of here.”

After much examination and a very long slow trek they made it back to the ship as the light of the morning came. Entering the ship they were greeted by a very sleep deprived Aziraphale who made hot cocoa for Ben. 

“What where you thinking wandering so far from the ship?”

“I was gathering the pieces that fell off in our landing when I looked up I was no where near the ship and i got lost.” Ben said over the rim of his cocoa mug.

“Just don’t ever do that again!” Harper said angrily before wrapping her arms around Ben. “I can’t lose you too.” She said into his ear as she held him. 

Ben held her close. “Of course not Harper.”

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They sat aboard what was clearly a luxury vessel that had been re-purposed into a research vessel. The four of them all sat in chairs not saying anything but neither was their host who stood looking between all of them an almost excited child-like expression on his face as he chewed his thumb thoughtfully. 

Alucard was the first to break the silence. “So-”

“You owe me. All of you owe me big, they were going to execute you like criminals the whole lot of you. Foolish, absolutely foolish, trying to pull what you four tried to pull. Such amazing skills and that is all you could come up with?” He shook his head. “Absolutely foolish.” 

“Skills like do you have need of these skills?” Layla asked. “I smell a paycheck.”

“By paycheck meaning you get to leave with your lives? Yes.” Grim smiled. “It cost a pretty penny. The one you robbed wanted to make an example of you all and I had to pay him not too.” 

“Why?” Nikki asked.

“Yeah I’m with her why?” Layla asked.

“Because I need your skills. and you lot need to pay me back with them.”

“So great we work for you now.” Alucard sighed. “What kind of work is it that you need us to do?”

“I need to get my wife back.”

“Listen buddy we don’t exactly do the whole repairing marriages thing that isn’t our skill set.” Layla frowned.

“Not that kind of ‘get her back’ I’m afraid.” Grim frowned. “She’s been captured you see. I should have been more careful of who I was working with. Next thing I know she’s been captured and sold to the Hutts. You lot are criminals yes? You can blend in, and you can get her out, safe and sound back to me and I will let you go free. Consider what you owe me non existent should you do this for me.”

“If not? I just want to know what you would do.”

"Trade the lot of you for her, apparently you stole from the Hutts and owe them. Thing is they don’t know that yet, unless I allow that information out.” He gestured to the man that Honey had robbed who was clearly yelling profanities from the glass. Grim chuckled. “So as you can see I’m treating you lot better than I treat him. He’s in league with the Hutts so I like him much, much less than the lot of you.”

“Well I say we do it.” Alucard smiled. “Clear our debts and maybe get out of it alive and do a good thing.”

“Yeah, I’m in.”

“Me too.”

“Honey you’ve been strangely quiet” Alucard looked at her. 

Honey looked at him. “I agreed before he even told us what he was going to have us do. He’s crazy, I like crazy. Besides you were saying we should try something new. So here is something new.”

“Great!” Grim rubbed his hands together. “August see our guests have everything they need. We reach Nal Hutta in a few hours.”

August smiled. “Great the sooner we rescue my sister the better.” 

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Hades found his way through the stars back to Korriban, there had to still be some Sith still loyal to him? He landed and smiled as he was greeted by one of the apprentices. “Much has happened.” He informed them. “Make ready our army impostors have come to infiltrate our ranks.” 

“The Republic Fleet has been spotted amassing they are likely to mount an attack on us soon. Your presence has been requested for a council meeting.” Darth Ashe informed him ignoring his rather unregal state.

Hades didn’t want to delay in finding Kit but he was unprepared, this battle needed him. The only way to free up the resources needed was to fight as he needed all he could to get his beloved safe, safe from those of Hades’ past that would seek to hurt those closest to himself. Hades entered his quarters taking a moment to appreciate the familiarity and comfort of his personal space. All was organized, neat, and in it’s place. Chaos was all well and good but there was nothing like organization. Organization kept things together, and with organization one could still form chaos. Organized Chaos. Hades thrived on organized chaos. After removing the stench of imprisonment he adorned his armor selecting his armament. Stopping he looked to the old mask he once wore a hand running over it a soft smile on his face before he picked it up holding it to the light then put it on. He had become soft in letting in Kit, he had lost his edge. The man that Kit had fallen in love with was Hades, but Kit didn’t need Hades, Kit needed Ignis. Ignis was just as much Hades as Hades was Ignis. The darkside flowed through him, wrapped him in itself. 

Ignis reached out and harnessed it, the rage reheating the dormant fires of his being. Hades was soft and the armor of Ignis would shield him and Kit both. He had lost his way it was time to return to who he was for the love he bore Kit, he just hoped that he wouldn’t be lost in it all. He just needed to wear the mask not fully become the man. He had worked so hard, Kit had helped him there was no need to go back completely. Kit had taught him so much about the part that lay between the two sides of the force the grey middle. He need only step into the darker side of things. Pulling up the hood he looked at himself how long since he had last wore these things? He hardly recognized the masked person that stood in his visage.

Entering the throne room he looked to a familiar face, “Are we all here?”

“Yes.” Darth Ashe nodded looking to the Sith Lords in attendance, it would be a few days time of planning and plotting but soon, soon the Republic would be brought to it’s knees.

“Good, it is time to bring an end to this.” Hades would have smiled but thanks to the mask he didn’t have to pretend joy beyond his voice. If they met on the battlefield he could easily cut the impostors down, end the war and then retire away to a peaceful backwater planet spending the rest of his days with the only one who mattered most to himself. If done correctly they could lead them there and possibly he could end this war. The Impostors would have to obey the order it hopefully would buy time for Kit to stay out of their clutches. For peace to be at long last obtained

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The test had come back positive that was all the reassurance that Darth Ceres needed as she looked over the blonde curls the man that lay before her was not too much different from the child so long ago. Those curls had bounced as the child ran up to her holding up a flower slightly crushed in the small hand an offering of love from one so young. Such sweetness would never have lasted so long though. Once he was of age he would have become a sith like his parents. “What further news?”

“They have made a council, to find a way strike the final blow on the Republic.” Lord Lykaios smiled nearing her looking over the boy, their boy.

“Lord Ignis?”

“He arrived on Korriban earlier this morning.”

“Excellent, once the battle has begun we will dispatch of him or better our son will. Either way soon the Empire will be ours, and Lord Ignis dead.”

Kit sat up as he came too. “Ignis!” He gasped. 

Ceres smiled as she reached out and brushed a strand from his face. “Cannot hurt you or keep you from me my dearest boy.”

Kit looked to her, “Who?”

“Forgive me,” A terrible tender smile came to her face. Feigned kindness. “My name is Demeter, and Kit I am your Mother.” 

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU - Ch.4 Mistakes

Hades knelt in his cell listening as he sat wrapped in the force listening to the sounds of the approaching footsteps. Closer and closer they came stopping before the cell door. When the door opened he looked up surprised at the sight, guards alone, no Darth Lykaios, no Darth Ceres. Their mistake...

Standing up as the guards came in he strained against the chains bolted to the wall using the force to aid him the ceiling and walls cracked and crumbled crashing down as he became free. His mind recalling the words of the Sith code, the force shall set me free... He smirked watching them groan under the heavy rocks that crushed them. Using the force he pulled the blades from their sides igniting them cutting through his restraints he moved swiftly having healed away the pain and damage done to his body. Kit needed him where ever Kit was he would find him. No matter how long it took to find him, even if he searched for the rest of this life and all the others that came next he would find Kit. 

Skidding to a halt Hades saw Darth Ceres and Darth Lykaios who at seeing him ignited their blades. Hades instead used the force to push them back closing the doors in front of them and turned running down the hall through the ship as he made his way to where the landing bay was. He needed a ship, he needed to escape. The best way to to keep Kit safe was to find him and never let him out of his sight. 

Klaxons bayed above and around him as he used the force to push his enemies aside, something Kit would do he mused. However he used the ends of his Lightsabers to cut down his enemies as he moved passed them. Cutting down troopers and others that stood between him and freedom Hades went to one of the ships boarding it. Starting up the ship he moved to where the seat was pressing in the commands he felt the ship rise up and soon he was moving across the landing bay firing at the fighters around himself as he shot through the bay opening into space. Hyperspace filled the viewport as he left his captors behind, he was going to find Kit one way or another even if it was the death of him.

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Of course he would end up lost on a hellish planet, with no lightsaber, completely and utterly foolish. He could already hear Master Kit chiding him for wandering away. He heard a creak followed by a very loud thump that made his heart jump not nearly as high as he did. A screech, a hiss, and all manner of creature communication filled his ears. He really should just stand still but each time he did the trees seemed to move. He took another step and felt the ground give way crying out he landed hard with a thud and all went black. When he awoke darkness filled his vision and for a moment he thought he was blind only to realize that it was now night time. He was at the opening of a cave that much was certain. The entrance was previously slightly submerged under the growth of the forest but now much more pronounced. He tried to move but felt a pain. Looking he saw the twisted state of his ankle and nearly blacked out with the pain. He was stuck here until either they found him or he died. He prayed it was the first one. He closed his eyes and reached out with the force. Surely someone would find him?

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Harper didn’t like that she hadn’t found her brother, she liked the fact that it was now night even less. The forest had become more alive in the night than it was in the day. “How is it so much more creepier at night than in the day?”

“Crepuscular creatures often live in forests such as these.” Crowley told her using his lightsaber to illuminate their way. They had passed the ship parts a few hours ago, wherever Ben was it wasn’t anywhere near here, his footsteps certainly moved beyond. 

“What could have brought him so far from the ship?”

“The force.”

“That can’t be your answer for everything.” Harper shook her head.

“In this case it really is the best answer anyone could give you.” Crowley told her. “This planet if full of the force, it is why I chose it, no Sith would ever find anyone who didn’t want to be found here. Or Jedi for that matter. It is common knowledge that only a foolish person would hide here.”

“Does that make you a fool Master Crowley?”

“I certainly hope so.” Crowley walked along before placing a hand on her shoulder. “Shhh, do you feel that?”

“Feel what?”

“In the force,” Crowley looked to her.

Harper frowned ready to snap out a comment before she felt it faint but she felt it. She felt it! “I do feel it.”

Crowley closed his eyes and began slowly reaching for the tendril that came their way in the force. 

Harper stared at him for a moment then did the same what other choice did she have? If this was what lead her to her brother then so be it!

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“Statement: I still think you should have let me disintegrate your Jedi Master for deceiving you all these years.” 

Kit sighed as he felt the ship come to life beneath his fingers. “I may not be happy with this revelation but I don’t wish death upon him, certainly not from you.” Kit looked up at HK-47. “Can you do anything else besides kill people?”

“Statement: I can wash windows.”

Kit nodded, “Then do that. Wash the windows from the inside of the ship.”

“Yes Master.”

Kit put the ship into hyperspace for Korriban the last known place that he could find Hades. 

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Honey came to her head hurt, it hurt a lot and her ears still rang as she sat up from where she had been laid on a medical bay bed. “Wh-?”

“Grogginess is a common side effect.” A medical droid told her. “Please stay seated.”

She nodded not attempting to move any further as she ran a hand through her dark hair. Where was Alucard? Layla? Nikki? There had been an explosion then nothingness. 

“Ahh you’ve woken up!” She heard to hands clasp together rubbing enthusiastically before raising her head in their direction. Seeing the man who neared her. “Rather hard getting a hold of you all of you. The Canto Bight police deemed you all ready to be executed for your crimes not to worry all written out.” He spoke quickly as he moved towards her. “But not to worry, not to worry, your debts to me will be taken care of shortly, yes, yes.” He nodded.

“Who?”

“Oh sorry, I should introduce myself, my name is Edward Grimware. Call me Grimm” The man smiled. “You are the first to wake up, so I came as quickly as I was able.”

Honey frowned. “Right you mentioned a debt?”

“I’ll discuss it short with after you all have woken and come to your sense. Mind you just rest and recover, going to need you all for your tip-top shape!” Grimm smiled. “Sleep well!” He said.

Before she could argue Honey felt her self get a warm fuzzy feeling before she descended into a sleep state.

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Fire & Fury - A Star Wars AU  - Ch.3 Turned Around

“What do you know of your family before you came to the order Kit?” Gabriel asked.

“Only that I was born on Alderaan, that at the tender age of three I was brought to the temple and from there I was raised in the ways of the Jedi.” 

“Mmm, yes, that is true, are you aware of how you were brought to the temple? Of what lead to us discovering you and your force abilities, deciding that you were to be raised a Jedi?” Gabriel asked as they sat in the Jedi Council chamber. 

“I am not aware Master.” Kit sat frowning. 

“It was no accident your discovery. We had been in pursuit of a group of dark Jedi that had left the order, we tracked them down to the planet of Alderaan where they had chosen to hide away when we came upon where they had hidden we discovered you.”

Kit listened his face serious, “We? You mean you?”

“I was but one of those on the mission yes,” Gabriel nodded. “We entered their hideout. While searching through the rooms I found yours, you were asleep in your bed. So peaceful, so uncorrupted by the dark side unlike your parents.” Gabriel admitted. “I was given permission to take you so I did.” 

“You took me?” Kit asked. 

“It-It was for your own good Kit, you parents were becoming Sith Lords.” Gabriel assured him.

“You took me? STOLE ME FROM MY PARENTS!” Kit stared at the man horrified. “You stole me!” There were tears.

“Now Kit I know you are upset but you don’t know them.”

“You took that from me.”

“They were evil Kit.” Gabriel said. “All Sith Lords are.”

“But they could have been saved.”

“They were too far gone.”

“So they are dead?” Kit looked horrified. 

“I know not, I was only a knight then. I would assume so as I have heard nothing on the matter since. Kit, I- I only did what I felt was right at the time, what I still feel is right.”

“Stealing children from their homes?” Kit asked. “How many Master Gabriel? How many have you stolen?”

“Just you.” 

“The Order?”

Gabriel said nothing.

Kit shook with rage, standing up, “As Lord Ignis is a Sith perhaps he will have some insight on what happened to my Family. On what happened to my memories.”

“Kit you should honestly-” Gabriel began but fell silent when Kit turned upon him.

“I’m done taking your advice Master.” He glared before turning and leaving.

Gabriel watched the closest person he had ever had to a son leave. “Oh Kit I’m so sorry.” 

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Glittering lights shone above the mingling of the fabulously wealthy, the scum of the underbelly of society, and everyone caught in between. Here one could gain the fortune of their lives or gamble it away. If one was careful then one could make an excellent score, here if one was polished enough, had connections, and an exceptional woman with breathtaking capabilities each one unique involving all manner of weapons one could easily find the sweet spot of any mark.

While he could have his eyes on the many beings that surrounded them he could only keep his eyes off of her for a moment. She was so elegant her dress was one that left very little imagination to the simple onlooker, but his imagination ran wild with it. 

“Keep your eyes on the prize darling,” Honey told him pressing a kiss to his ear as she spoke adjusting his bow-tie. “You can ravish me on a pile of credits when we are done here.” 

“You know me too well.” 

“I know us too well. Now then it’s all in place, I’ll seduce the mark, you come looking for me and then we’ll get our credits.” 

“A bit more than that but yes,” Alucard smiled. “We will get what we came for.”

“Then leave all the richer for it.” Honey smiled before she pulled away with a careless laugh. 

Drac lead her to a table where they played one of the games. As the losses came Drac pretended to get frustrated before Honey made a snide comment leading him to raise his hand to her. It was all for show and something they had rehearsed, it was his least favorite part of the whole thing. 

Honey let the fake tears well up into her eyes as she left the table.

Drac drained his glass before leaving in a huff to go to his position waiting for his next cue.

Honey sobbed until she got out to a balcony noticing that she had been followed.

“A pretty lady shouldn’t have so many tears to shed.” The man said. “Not when I can make her so happy.”

Honey turned and felt a smile come to her face, easily rehearsed so that it came naturally. “Oh thank you.”

“Why don’t we get a drink?” He suggested to her. 

Honey grinned. “Oh of course.” She took his arm letting him lead her to the bar flashing her dazzling smile letting her eyes look at him up through those lashes of hers. 

At the bar he got them drinks and they went to a alcove to drink. While taking her drink she heard the commotion of Layla knocking someone out turning but recognizing where her hand was she slipped the thin dissoluble land in his drink. It was gone by the time he looked back as she sipped her own drink. “What a night.” She shook her head. 

“All the better with you in my company sweetheart.”

“Oh I’m sure.” She said watching him down most of his drink. 

He coughed and she looked alarmed. “Oh, these bartenders and their mixing drinks. Why don’t you come up with me to my room? I can mix you something exquisite.”

He set the drink down and followed her to the room he was out by the time he entered the room. Taking a look through his pockets she smiled as she found his information. “Thank you for your contributions.” She patted his head. “Not that you’ll notice, so wealthy you could spend a million credits and use another to clean up your spilled drink.” She transferred the credits to an undisclosed account that would slowly transfer the funds to other accounts then theirs before erasing all paths that lead between the two. Ripping off the man’s pants she undressed leaving her clothes here and there before dressing in her getaway clothes. 

“You know, we really need to come up with a new gambit.” Alucard told her in the waiting speeder. “I really don’t like it. I know you came up with it but-”

Honey leaned in and kissed his cheek. “does a million credits help?”

Alucard looked to her. “It isn’t about the money, I don’t want to hurt you Honey I never have and I never will again.” 

“I’ve had worse. It works so well in our favor.”

“That isn’t the point Raelia.” he never used her name, never. “I love you and raising a hand to you even if it is your idea never sat well with me.” He drove as he spoke. “I love you and I was raised to never hurt the woman I loved.”

“I know that, but if it helps after this we won’t ever need to.” Honey rested her head on his shoulder before they were made to come to a stop. “What’s-” An explosion cut her off as the speeder crashed to the ground sending them both from it. 

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The dark and dank cell was the only thing he had seen for the last few weeks especially the ceiling for most of it as he was left to lay there breathing, twitching and drooling. His body ached, and his mind wandered to the sunny golden haired lover that he continued to protect, his Kit. His mind drifted searching for even a glimpse of him in the force and found little trace of him. Something wasn’t right. Was his Kit in a coma? His hand slowly agonizingly reached for the kyber crystal around his neck, fingers lovingly wrapping around the green crystal. Where was he? Where was his Kit? These were the things that he wondered until sleep claimed him. 

Sleep did come for him, not the kind blissful sleep like when his arms wrapped around the gentle frame of his love, as he nestled his face among the dense ringlets, breathing in the soft floral scent the man wore. Lips pressed in a kiss to the man’s head as he let bliss come to him. No such comfort was here for him, and he found no similar fondness in the force. He had to get free. He had to find Kit. How? Every movement was a trial? His body needed to recover or he would be of no use to Kit. Hades lay there struggling to stay asleep to heal, Kit had taught him such a thing within the force, healing. It was odd, a year ago he would have scoffed at the idea of using the light side in his efforts to save the one who was most precious to him, or that he would have someone so precious to him for that matter. Having Kit in his life was so great an influence that he couldn’t ignore, the man had truly brought him back from the darkness shown him a new path. 

Dreams filled his mind and none of them helped him. Sitting up he came to the realization that no sleep none that was worth having was to be had. As he reached a sitting position he ignored the protest and plea coming from his body. He focused his mind instead on the force the lighter side drawing on it wrapping himself in it. His eyes faded to their hazel blues that they naturally were away from the twisted ones he wore as a Sith. Closing them he began using the force to end the aching, to heal, he had to, not for his sake, for Kit’s sake.

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Echos, thumps, groans, creaks, all other manners of unsettling sounds filled the air around the ship as Crowley helped set up a perimeter around them.

“Master Crowley I don’t really like this place,” Ben said watching something shift in the trees above them. “It feels gross.”

“My thoughts exactly dear boy,” Aziraphale glared at Crowley. “See even Ben doesn’t like this place.”

Crowley sighed, “Well I didn’t hear any ideas from you about where else we could hide from them. Until we can establish a connection to Kit, I think for the time being we should hide here.” 

Ben walked to where a piece of the ship had landed and picked it up noticing another he followed it picking up the trail till he looked up and realized how lost he was. “Masters? Masters Crowley and Aziraphale?” Arms dropping the items falling to the ground. “Hello?’

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Harper came down, the ramp sensing something was wrong. Looking she knew it. “Guys? HEY!”

Both men ceased arguing and looked up at her. 

“Where’s Ben?”

“What?” They asked looking at each other, her, then around them. “BEN!”

Harper felt panic but pushed it down. “We are not resting till we find him.”

“Someone has to stay with Juliet.” Crowley reminded them.

“I’ll stay with her,” Aziraphale said. “It was your idea to come here.”

“Alright then,” Crowley nodded. “That’s fair.” He looked to Harper. “Stay close last thing we need is both of you lost.” 

Harper nodded grabbing her lightsaber and Ben’s. “In case he needs it when we get to him.”

“Good thinking.” Crowley nodded.

“One of us has too.” Harper said dryly.

Crowley gave her a look but said nothing as they went into the forest beyond.

[muses-darling]

FIRE & FURY - A STAR WARS AU - CH.2 Growing Pains

The hatch opened letting in the noise of the sprawling city planet of Coruscant now free of the Sith Empires’ ships. The Republic had one the battle for now, the threat of the Sith’s return was always at a high though. Kit made his way down the ramp and smiled at the familiar Senator who had come to greet him. “Will!”

“Kit my friend this visit is most unexpected.” Will started.

“Visit? This is my home Will, yes the life of a Jedi leads me to leave it but I always return.”

Will frowned and was about to say more when HK-47 interrupted.

“Interruption: Master are you aware this is a Meatbag Senator? That I have means with which to dispatch him hastily and in a relatively imaginative way too.” 

“I have no doubt you do, but I don’t think that is necessary.” Kit shook his head. “Forgive him Will he’s homicidal.”

“Correction: Killing a Senator is always necessary, Master.”

Will gave the droid a look of disbelief. “What does he have against Senators?” 

“ Answer: There are a lot of politicians on Coruscant, Master. I could spend decades slaughtering them and still not make a dent." Hk-47 stated to Will with an almost amused manner. 

“Where did you get this droid Kit?” Will eyed both of them over.

“You know I don’t know I woke up and it called me Master.”

“Statement: And you are not the first nor will you be the last of a many long line of Masters most of which I have shot through with a blaster.”

“Ah well that’s reassuring.” Will said crossing his arms amused at the murder intentioned droid. 

“Agreement: Indeed it would be most horrible if I were to miss my targets, after all I take pride in my work.”

“You’ve had other masters?”

“Answer: Of course, I have more than one now.”

“Who else is your master?” Kit asked.

“Explanation: Currently I call you Master, I also call Lord Ignis my Master as well. He gave me to you making you my new master.”

“Did he give you to me to kill me?” Kit asked.

“Evaluation: That remains to be seen until otherwise stated I am to keep my eye on you.” 

“Keep an eye on you? How thoughtful,” Will smiled. 

“Indeed,” Kit sighed. “Just don’t kill anyone unless absolutely necessary.”

“Query: Not even the Senator?”

“Especially not the Senator.” Kit started walking away.

“Commentary: Master is not as fun as Master Ignis said you would be.”

Kit rolled his eyes he needed to speak with Master Gabriel.

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Emelyne rushed to her Father’s arms and laughed merrily as they held to each other. “I’m sorry it took so long Em,” Master’s held to his daughter with a smile. 

“Too long! But I’m just so glad you are safe!” She hugged her Father kissing him on the forehead. “I missed you.”

“I’m glad you are safe!” He looked her over. “Safe, well, and cared for.” 

Alucard walked up leaning against the legs of the ramp of the Cerberus, “Not to break up this wonderful and charming moment, but, I never do anything for the warm fuzzies.” 

Masters swallowed and looked up at Alucard from his attention on Emelyne. “Right of course how could I forget? You all are owed something for helping return my daughter to me safely. Whatever I can get for you, whatever my daughter promised, I’ll happily pay you with.” 

Alucard smiled. “A simple sorry will suffice for nearly selling me to the Sith. For terrorizing my crew and nearly damaging my ship.”

“I-” Masters nodded. “Please forgive me for all that is mentioned, and if you ever need the Knight’s help by all means give us a transmission. We’re around.” Masters’ took Emelyne arm around her shoulder walking away. 

“Hey, if you need someone to be some muscle for a run, give me a ring.” Kaleb smiled. “See you around.”

“Oh I most certainly will seek out your aid should I need it.” Alucard smiled waving to them.

“Aww I liked them,” Layla said arms crossing. 

“Agreed, but, we can’t keep them separated forever,” Nikki said from where she was perched.

“So Captain where too?” Honey asked nudging Alucard.

“What do you all say to running a gambit on Cantonica?” Alucard gave her a smile. 

“I think you just want to see me in one of my little numbers.” She teased.

“I’d rather see you out of it.” Alucard said leaning closer to her kissing her.

“EARS!” Layla and Nikki said in unison.

Alucard rolled his eyes. 

“Alright, but we get out if it gets too dangerous.” Honey smiled. “We just got back together, no need to get separated so quickly.”

“There is no credits paid in death.” Alucard smiled as they boarded the ship.

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Streams of starlight focused as they exited Hyperspace. 

“WHAT THE HELL WAS ALL THAT!” Ben asked still breathing heavily.

“Language!” Aziraphale said a shocked expression on his face looking at Ben then to Crowley.

“Nah, I’m with him Angel, what the hell was that back there.” Crowley looked between the four of them. “Also not so loud my niece is sleeping.” 

“Crow!”

“Now you’ve done it!” Crowley got up going to the tiny red head scooping her up. “Shhh, it’s ok, we’ve escaped the bad guys, Uncle Crow is here no one is going to hurt you.” He smiled at Juliet carrying her back to her bunk. 

Aziraphale looked to the planet before them in thought. “They were Sith, that much is certain, but I’ve never seen Sith like them before. Their hatred was so much more focused.”

“Do you think the Sith might have called in reinforcements from the outer rim?”

“No, Lord Ign-Hades has been trying to end the war as discreetly as possible.” Harper shook her head as she thought.

“Unless there is another betrayer in the ranks?” Ben suggested.

“You know with how Sith are there is always that.” Harper agreed. 

Aziraphale looked at the planet his face twitching, “Crowley. Are we where I think we are?”

“Afraid so Angel.”

“Crowley you promised!” Aziraphale said exasperated. 

“I did no such thing, I just said I would avoid us coming back if I could help it.”

“Couldn’t we just?” Aziraphale started to suggest.

“No, you know they won’t come looking for us here.” Crowley got into the Captain’s seat. “Now there are worse places to go.”

Aziraphale gave him a judgmental look before looking away. 

“Look just because it’s a little spooky doesn’t mean it isn’t a good place to hide.”

“A little? Dagobah is beyond spooky! Think of your Niece.”

“I have and that is why I’m taking extra precautions. Now we are going down there.”

“We’ll never get out.”

“Aww you only say that because last time we almost didn’t.” Crowley grinned at him before starting their way down to the planet.

“I cannot believe you are actually going through with this!” Aziraphale said but did nothing to stop Crowley.

“To be honest that makes both of us Angel.” Crowley pressed a kiss to Aziraphale’s cheek. “Now help me find a place to land that isn’t water.”

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Searing pain shot through his body making him arc and writhe, his mouth open in agony but no sound came through too wracked with pain to breath. Whipping back and forth across the floor hair twisting, flowing, covering his face. Each blast more excruciating, he lay afterwards unable to move, too sore, too weakened, and unable to control his muscles to stop the spasms. 

“Enough Sister, you’ll kill him if you aren’t careful.” Dartjh Lykaios entered the cell looking at the pained husk of a man curled up on the ground. “Then what use in finding him will he be?”

The woman smiled cruelly. “Oh he will stay useful even after he dies by my hand. He will serve as a reminder not to cross me. Now tell me where is my son Hades.” She leaned down taking hold of Hades’ face. 

Hades’ jaw was clenched as another spasm ricocheted his muscles. When he did speak he spoke hoarsely. “Go fuck yourself Darth Ceres. I will die before I betray him.”

“Oh you most certainly will,” She smiled. “Now be a good boy and tell me, I’m a patient woman, I can wait, but I’m afraid your season has passed. While mine has only just begun.”

[muses-darling]

A Sequel to A Seduction of the Darkside

Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

[muses-darling]

Fire & Fury - A STAR WARS AU - CH.1 Assassin’s Protocol

“You would pin the actions of thousands on one man, and call it justice?” Hades said standing before not only the Jedi Council but the Republic’s senate. “IS THIS THE KIND OF JUSTICE ONE CAN EXPECT FROM THE MERCIFUL JEDI? IS THIS HOW THE REPUBLIC COMMENCES ITS DEALINGS?” He shouted ignoring the rising sound of various senators trying to shout him down a cacophony of varied languages and sounds of specific dialects. “YOU GET TO ACT ALL HIGH AND MIGHTY BUT THE REPUBLIC IS DROWNING IN THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS, IT GROWS FROM THE WOUNDED BACKS OF THE HELPLESS, THE NEEDY! YOU ACT BLAMELESS, BUT THERE ARE SLAVES WITH IN THE SYSTEM AND NONE CAN TRULY SAY THEY ARE FREE, NOT SO LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO TURN A BLIND EYE. THE LOT OF YOU PACKED IN LIKE OTOMOKIAN JELLIED FISH, NOT ONE OF YOU WORTH THE SEAT THE STATION YOU HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH-”

“Silence,” The Grand Chancellor stood. 

“-I WILL NOT BE SILENCED!” Hades fumed. “YOU HAVE ALL ENJOYED THE SILENCE TOO LONG.”

Jedi Master Gabriel stood, “Lord Ignis, we did not bring you here to debate the Republic’s morality. You have been brought here to answer for your crimes of war against the Republic. How do you plead?”

Will sat watching the man at the center of the room, unable to help himself with how much he agreed with the statements. The protests from his peers only perpetuated the truth that the Sith Lord Emperor spoke. Standing he shook his head and left making his way he’d had enough for one day, enough of the swaggering and lies. If there was one thing his time in the Senate had taught him, it was that the only thing that mattered to those who held such lofty positions was power. Power corrupts, the Republic had become a rotting, festering husk of what it had once been. 

Hades stood his face calm but he was clearly seething, his voice grew dark and dangerous a growl intertwining with the otherwise smooth sounds of his words. “Oh on that Ladies, Gentlemen, Gentlethem and those that have gathered here in this room, on that account I plead most guilty. I would do it a thousand times over again.”

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-Six Months Earlier-

Ben trained his breathing back down from the rapid breaths to calmer ones as he focused reaching out with the force eyes closing only to feel the sting of a training bolt blast from the remote into him. “OW!”

Kit chuckled, “Try again.”

Ben glared at him before doing so again this time be deflected it away from himself hearing a gasp he opened his eyes, “SORRY!”

“Well I should say so!” Harper said with a huff crossing her arms. “You could have singed me!”

“Well if it helps, I’ve been singed lots of times today already isn’t that right Master Kit?” Ben looked to Kit.

“And you will be again if you don’t block with your lightsaber,” Kit reminded him.

Ben deflected his training remote again and sighed. “When will I get to learn more force moves? You said I’ve got the makings of a great force user shouldn’t I be learning more of that?”

“But you are,” Kit said crossing his arms with a soft smile. “You are learning to trust the force only when one does can one truly use the force to their full potential. Same goes for you Harper. You’re on the remote after him, I want three hours of solid dedication from both of you a day if you can on just practicing with the remote.”

Harper picked up a blaster from her side shooting the remote down. “There, remote defeated.” 

Kit gave her a tired look before chuckling as a new remote came up from behind and fired upon her.

“HEY!” Harper said. 

“Strike one down and another shall rise in it’s place.” Kit smiled. “Now both of you focus. Master Crowley will be along to teach some techniques of the force.” He had spied his beloved waving him to him. “For now I must see husband.”

“More like feel,” Harper made a face before rolling her eyes.

“Thank you Master Kit,” Ben waved as a secondary remote came out for him to practice with, the two siblings working on their defense. 

Kit practically bounced at seeing his Husband a skip in his step making his way to Hades and pressing a tender kiss to his beloved. “How I have missed you! What brings you so far from Korriban my love?”

“You, do I need any other reason?” Hades smiled looking his beloved over before looking to the courtyard where the siblings were hard at practice. “How goes their training?”

“It goes, is going, and I think I would say well?” Kit chuckled. “How goes ruling?”

“Not as fun without you at my side.” Hades ran a hand over his lover’s chin brushing back the swirling golden curls that framed his face. “How I have missed you.” 

“I’ve missed you more,” Kit told him moving closer.

“I’ve missed you more then there are stars.” Hades leaned in closer.

“I have been starved without you my darling,” Kit pressed a deep kiss to Hades. “Truly,” Kiss. “Madly,” Another Kiss, “Deeply.”

“Mmmm deeply you say?” Hades rested his head against Kit’s. “Well perhaps later I’ll see just how deeply you’ve missed me.” 

Kit smirked up at him. “Or you could find out now?”

“You are incorrigible.” Hades hissed wanting nothing more than to have him in the room just beyond. 

“How you’ve lived without me darling, I will never know.” Kit booped Hades’ nose.

Hades caught Kit’s hand and pressed kisses to the tip of the man’s finger trailing down the hand up the arm to the man’s lips dragging him towards the other room. “It hasn’t been easy, and I don’t think I can for another moment.”

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Purple liquid swirled and filled the glass, another held turquoise, some green that shifted into yellow. Hands grabbed the glasses and credits clattered to the counter. Godwin smiled as he made drink after drink for his patrons, idle chatter rarely if ever wasn’t something that couldn’t bring him some extra credits his way. So when a familiar face entered his vision his stopped what he was doing and had a fellow bartender take over making a few pints of Corellian Ale for them to drink over conversation. “Well if it isn’t my favorite Captain in the Galaxy.” He embraced the man.

“Hello Godwin.” Captain Alucard hugged him back clapping his shoulder. “How is the only bartender worth a damn in the outer rim?”

“Just the outer rim?” Godwin pretended to be hurt. “After such praise I gave you?”

“The whole Galaxy.” Alucard chuckled.

“I’ve been well, my ear’s been filled with many tales including one that you took on the whole of the Knights back on Dantooine just before the Sith took the planet. That you fought the Sith Emperor and lived and-”

“You really should get out more Godwin, that’s old news.”

“So it’s true?”

“Only partly.”

‘Which part?”

Alucard fixed Godwin with a look. “I didn’t take on the Knights I was captured by them and got free. As for the Sith Emperor, it depends on who you mean.”

“Ignis.”

“No, the one before Moloch.”

“Really?”

“Really,”

“Wasn’t that dear old,” Godwin looked around lowering his voice to almost silence. “Dad?”

“Yes, and if you wouldn’t mind not saying so I’d be appreciative. Last thing I need is to have a bounty placed on my head by association.” Alucard sipped his ale. “That’s good stuff.”

“Corellian.”

“Always knew their Ales.”

“Wine’s leave much to be desired.” 

“Naboo and Alderaan are the way to go for Vintages,” Alucard told him. “Now I came to speak to you, about the Knights, since Dantooine they went underground. Not a blip on the radar. Unless you may have heard something?”

“Maybe I have, maybe I haven’t,” Godwin sat back. “Ale’s on the house, information isn’t.”

“Just so,” Alucard said. “I have given you some information, please be kind to reciprocate.”

“Not without credits.” Godwin told him. “It’s my neck too.”

Alucard scoffed, “Honey you want to step in and see if you can get him to talk? You always had a way to get people to.”

A knife stabbed into the table next to Godwin’s hand. “Hullo Gods.” Honey leaned in. “Long time no see.”

“See you both are still quite the item.” Godwin smiled hiding his face behind his mug.

“That’s not what we are here to talk about Godwin.” Honey sat down between them.

“Why do you both want to know so badly?”

“Because there’s a young girl who misses her Father terribly.” Alucard said.

“Then, it is good to know she is still alive,” Masters said moving from the shadows though in disguise any who knew him well enough knew that it was him. There were certain characteristics that gave him away, tell tales as it was. 

“I know someone who’s been waiting to see you for quite some time.” Alucard smiled reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small holo tossing it to Masters.

Catching it he turned it on and watched Emelyne appear before him. “Where is she?”

“Aboard the Cerberus, waiting to find out if the rumors are true,” Alucard smiled.

“Rumors?”

“That the Master of the Knight’s resides on Loth.” Alucard smiled. “Glad to know she can count on finding you. Kaleb was starting to give up.”

Masters smiled. “Thank you for not letting her.”

“I know plenty about missing parents.” Alucard smiled. “I wasn’t about to let her think hers were too.”

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Explosions went off over head as the world shook pieces of the ceiling falling down upon and around them. Hades got up looking up to the sky watching as Sith Imperial Harbinger Class Destroyers appeared overhead. 

“Darling what is it?” Kit hurried to his loves side pulling his clothes on peering to the sky. “What are-”

Hades turned quickly pulling Kit down with himself as the window collapsed in a blast fire and smoke swirling into the room before dissipating. Hades sat up from where he had landed on the floor looking to Kit. “Well that was-” He cut himself short of finishing the sentence at the sight of red blood flowing from Kit’s forehead. “Kit?” He grabbed the man close pulling him to him. “Kit? KIT!” He shook him. “Kit-Oh Kit!” He scooped him up and started for his ship. From there he could patch Kit up as they got away.

The heavily modified Sith Infiltrator ship stood on a landing pad, the hatch opened and he handed Kit off to the Protocol Droid. “Take care of him.” A searing pain came over Hades as a blaster bolt shot through him. Falling back and down the ramp Hades landed on the pad beneath the ship.

“Master!” The Droid called out setting Kit down.

“NO GO! GET OUT OF HERE KEEP HIM SAFE!” Hades ordered the droid seizing his shoulder for a moment, as he looked at the Sith who were coming after him. These wore different colors than the ones back on Korriban. Drawing his lightsaber he stood ignoring his shoulder’s protests. “GO!”

The ship rose in the air as the droid followed Hades’ orders, shooting off into the stars above and beyond. 

Hades watched it leave and looked to his attackers. “Alright who’s ready to see what comes after this life?” He twirled his blade nearing them knowing his beloved was safe was all that mattered to him. “Come on my blade is ready for you to fall on it, and fall you shall.”

- 

Kit sat up his hand going to his bandaged head as he looked up at the strange looking protocol droid. Clearly an older model sitting up he frowned, where was he? 

“Statement: You have woken up Master.” 

Kit frowned. “Master? I own you?”

“Affirmation: Yes you do, you are my master.”

“How did I? Where am I?”

“You are aboard the Tartarus, the ship that Master uses.” The Droid added. “Master is to be cared for by me and protected by me from other meatbags that might wish your fleshy bits to not be so well kept together. Rest assured you could be in no better hands, Master.”

Kit nodded, before getting up. “How did I get aboard the ship?”

“Statement: Master brought you here, before ordering that you were to be taken away from the planet you were on. A most wise decision on Master’s part as it seems that things were getting dangerous as evidenced by your fluids flowing from your head. How you manage to keep sane while you slosh about with all that fluid in you, amazes me.” 

Walking to the ship’s cockpit Kit keyed the system to life and looked at the previous destination. “I have no memory of being there.”

“What does Master remember?” The droid asked having followed him into the Cockpit.

“I don’t know, I was with the Jedi, we were at war, I had escaped Lord Ignis.” Kit furrowed his brow in thought straining to bring memories to the light. “The destination before this one is Korriban. Perhaps I was refueling?” 

“Affirmation: The ship did take on fuel while we were on Felucia. Before all the fun started and we had to leave Master’s orders.”

“Strange that I don’t remember such orders.”

“Observation: Strange indeed. Perhaps Master has taken a harder hit to the head than initially thought.”

Kit looked to the system’s navigation before pressing in the coordinates for Coruscant. “Jedi Master Gabriel might be able to give insight as to why my memories seem so obfuscated.”

“Remark: A Jedi Master? Is that wise to seek the advice of such an organic? Why not shoot him instead.”

Kit looked from the view port at the odd droid. “Why do you talk like this?”

“ Annoyed Statement: Because Master Programed me to be this way, I am more than a protocol droid, I can also shoot meatbags, disintegrate Meatbags, and other grisly forms and ways to protect Master should the need arise. I also can bend spoons, wash windows and translate six thousand forms of communication allowing me to tell people how I will kill them in their language, I think it is more beautiful that way.”

“Jedi do not kill.” Kit said.

“Observation: Then perhaps it is best that I am not a Jedi and you are, I will kill them for you.”

Kit sighed, “At least wait for me to tell you too.”

“Statement: Of course Master, but I am ready to serve at a moments notice.”

“I will keep that in mind,” Kit offered a smile that was rather curt in nature.

“Now if you will excuse me I am going to polish my blaster and make sure it is up to spec for potential killing.”

Kit nodded and resumed piloting before closing his eyes and letting the force envelope him as he began trying to repair his patchy memories.

-

Hades slew the last of the Sith that had surrounded him all except one who had stood back as if watching a training not full on combat. This one now at last joined into the fray. Lightsaber blades met and Hades felt a twisting in his gut. “You should have remained dead.”

“Funny,” The terrible sound of the Sith before him’s breathing apparatus hissed between intakes of air. “I could have said the same thing Lord Ignis.”

“What brings you back?”

“Oh the usual,” The Sith said circling with Hades blades humming with energy. “I could never resist a power vacuum.”

“Or anything with legs,” Hades rolled his eyes. 

“You know me too well Brother,” The Sith Lord would have smiled if he could. 

“Lord Lykaios.” A Sith came near them. “Another ship escaped.”

Lykaios turned cutting him down where he stood watching the messenger fall. “Thank you for telling me.” He looked to Hades. “And yet I do not see you running.”

“Should I be?” Hades asked him. 

“Shouldn’t you be?” Lykaios grinned. “Not that you will get far. You’ve already lost so much blood. I can see it you’re weak. You’ll make a fine decoration for my throne.” 

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A SEDUCTION OF THE DARKSIDE - A STAR WARS AU - CH. 12 Ghosts of the Past

Ignis’s blade ignited the tip of it just under the chin of Alucard as he used the force to bring the other man low. He had to do this, he couldn’t allow this one clone to live, the others had been destroyed by him personally. So why was this one so different as he stared at the young man. 

-

“Lucifer?” Hades hurried up to the man. “You said you wanted to see me, whatever for?”

“This holds little power for me old friend. I crave so much more.” Lucifer told him. “Surely you would give anything to have the power to protect those you care about?” He stood in the shadows and shade from the moon of Coruscant.

“Of course, and with more of us there will be,” Hades smiled hopeful as he placed a hand on Lucifer’s shoulders. “There are surely others out there with the same level of talent and-”

Lucifer took Hades’ hand from his shoulder pressing his other hand to the man’s a soft closeness. “You know, we know that isn’t what I meant.”

“We have learned so much of our abilities we saw what happened when one uses their emotions too much what happened when I....”

“Yes and the power that comes with it!”

“Lucifer, we cannot.”

“Oh but we can, come my friend do not be afraid, well any more than one should be use that fear, grasp it turn it to your use. Imagine if you had, had that power how you might have saved your Persephone.” He reached out to Hades’ face.

The memories cascaded causing tears to fall, it had been his fault, his and his alone, he had let his emotions get the better of him and they had taken her twisting and breaking her burning her away like a brush in a fire. Hades shook his head a look of horror, “No Lucifer, I will not betray her memory like that, by turning it into a weapon.”

“Why not?” Lucifer asked, “Imagine the strength! We would rule the people.”

“It isn’t right, what happened was a mistake and one I will carry from this life to whatever life comes to me next. You still haven’t explained how you brought me back? Though you brought me back as a man this time.”

“That is what I mean Hades, I have begun to explore the wealth that you merely tapped into. This Darker side of the force, it offer so much potential.”

“I will not join you Lucifer,” Hades pulled out his blade.

“You might not have much choice, I told those that you might have called friends what happened to Persephone, they know, I’m not certain they would continue to let a murderer fill their ranks. After all that isn’t the way of the what was the name they called themselves? Jedi?” Lucifer’s face twisted.

“Hades put down the blade!” Gabriel held his sword ready to strike.

Behind Aziraphale looked worried.

“Wait shouldn’t we hear his side?” Crowley asked seizing Gabriel’s shoulder.

“I should hate to think that you would have taken his side in all of this.” Gabriel said too caught up in his sense of morality and justice to hear reason.

“He only meant-” Aziraphale said not loud enough to be heard. 

“Jedi Master Hades-Plutonia whatever your name is now, you are under arrest by the first Jedi Council. For the murder of your wife Persephone.”

Crowley drew his sword placing it on Gabriel’s, “This isn’t right, you know it. Lucifer has a way of whispering.”

Hades stood shaking his vision blurring blackening then redness over came it as he seethed. “It was an accident!” He looked up. “We were practicing the things we learned, we had discovered. I-I didn’t see her, it all happened so fast and next thing I knew I was waking up in this body and learning the love of my life was dead.” Hades’ angered gaze fell over the other’s who stood there. “I never meant too!” His voice broke, “I WOULD NEVER! I LOVED HER!”

“And in your anger you murdered her.” Gabriel accused.

“YES, yes I did it was a murder, but not of anger, though there was anger in the source of the power, it wasn’t at her, it was at myself, it was fear and anger and darkness and it devoured us both spitting me out to face this world alone without her.” Hades was shaking. 

Crowley went to Hades, “If this is what you consider fair judgement then I will not be apart of this Jedi Order.”

“Then you cast your lot with them?”

“Aye,” Crowley said.

“So it is settled then, see you now Hades how your would be friends cast you aside while your true friends stand beside you.” Lucifer drew his sword and grinned at Gabriel before firing lighting through the force at him.

Michael stood between them barreling at Lucifer through the blast taking the whole of it and shielding himself with the force as he knocked Lucifer down.

“With those you have wrongly misjudged then so be it.” Crowley was already pulling Hades away before catching a glance at Aziraphale who clearly looked torn. “Fret not Aziraphale, the Order needs someone good on it’s side.”

“Oh Crowley,” Aziraphale felt his face fall as he watched them leave. 

Lucifer stood, “This isn’t the end there will be more of us, just you wait Jedi, we will rise from the shadows and darkness. Oh we will rise,” Lucifer grinned.

-

There was little of that young man back then in the one knelt before him now, as far as this boy was concerned the man of his past was his Father. The sins of the Father shouldn’t fall to the son. If in all of this Ignis could find happiness, even after all these years of pain and suffering, destruction and rage, agony and wrath. Ignis’ hand clutched the kyber crystal around his neck Kit’s soothing voice coming to mind and in an instant he could almost feel the touch of his beloved there at his side staying the blade in hand. A whisper of mercy in his ear and he was Hades the man not the mantle of Ignis Emperor of the Sith Empire. His eyes fluttered shut and tears came as he opened them no longer harsh yellow and red but the soft blues that once pooled there. To kill Alucard was to yes affirm that Lucifer would never rise again, but to do so was to deny any and all life to an innocent man. This clone had done nothing to deserve the life it had been given. He knew his decision before a terrible laugh echoed through the chamber one he knew all too well. One that chilled even Hades to his core. 

“Always indecisive with your emotions. Hades.....”