Outside of the separatist outpost, a heated battle in the air takes place. With no clear victor, the fight is very intense with both sides calling for backup, starfighters and gunships falling out of the sky and badly damaging the jungle around the outpost. Suddenly, the flagship of general Grievous, the Malevolence, enters the airspace about a mile above the outpost. As it appeared from a hyperjump, it caused a huge propulsive shockwave that shook the land, causing a minor earthquake. An enormous swarm of vulture droids spill out, overwhelming the republic with sheer numbers, and riding on one of the droid starfighters is general Grievous. He jumps off of the droid and onto an LAAT by the cockpit, his large taloned feet piercing the metal to hold on. Then he smashes the two windshields with each hand and throws the pilots out. He takes control of the ship enough to crash it onto the roof of his outpost where he makes his way to the hangar... He saw that his ally was about to be overwhelmed by three Jedi and quickly leaps in to take them all out.
Jinang, Kal and Aayla are all very nervous about the sudden arrival of the Jedi slaying cyborg warrior. Especially Aayla, who encountered him before and barely survived...
"Zorsia..." He says quietly, slightly turning his head to the Chiss behind him. "Go complete the mission..."Then he turns full attention to the Jedi and hunches over in an aggressive stance, ready to lunge at any moment.
"I'll handle the Jedi..."The Chiss woman is humiliated, having needed the help general Grievous to make it out of this. But she does as he says and hurries off, slinking past the clashing forces of droids and clones. Kal'Agur gulps, and Jinang takes a deep breath, and Aayla seems to have become a paler shade of blue.
"I can smell the fear in your sweat..." Grievous says menacingly. "On top of that inescapable weakness, you are all tired and hurt..."Then Grievous slowly draws two lightsabers, one blue and the other green.
"Surely you must realize..." He continues. "That you're all DOOMED..."The taunting didn't exactly have the effect Grievous hoped for, but instead just lit the flame in Jinang and Kal's eyes and they both shout "Bring it out!" At the same time as each other. And with that, the fight against the cyborg menace begins.
The Malevolence's arrival for the battle did not go unnoticed. And it's abrupt appearance was immediately reported back to general Riyarra, as was general Grievous' presence in the hangar of the outpost. Since its now a guarantee that he won't be attacking the temple, Riyarra is going there right away to fend him off personally.
"I want you to stay here, Shara." She says, speedily walking towards a loaded up LAAT with the other Jedi. "I know I shouldn't be leaving but those three can't stop Grievous.""Riyarra, we'll have a better chance together." Shara says as they approach the gunship.
"I know..." She says, starting to sound a bit grim. "And maybe I can't beat him, but I will at least be able to save my padawan so he can escape..."
Shara is shocked, and doesn't know what to say about her friend's implication of self sacrifice...
"I may not come back..." Riyarra says, looking up at Shara, grabbing her shoulder. "If I don't... Promise me you'll look out for Jinang... I know they won't let you take another padawan but -""I promise..." Shara says, interrupting Riyarra with a hug. "Now go kill the cyborg clanker."
Grievous is not just capable of handling Jinang, Kal and Aayla all at once, but he can keep them all on the defensive with just two lightsabers. His attacks are very powerful and someone as small as Jinang can't block them without getting pushed around. He has to switch to a two-handed style with just one lightsaber to increase his defense, but even still, the cyborg monster's strikes are too heavy to block. Grievous' upper body can also rotate 360 degrees independently from his lower half, and his speed and reflexes are incredibly fast, making it ineffective to try and get behind or flank him.
Grievous kicks Kal in the chest, sending him flying away where he crashes into some crates - then Jinang descends upon him from above, but Grievous catches him and throws the Jedi into the ceiling while back-flipping into Aayla with a powerful strike with both lightsabers, knocking her saber right out of her hands.
"I remember you." Grievous says, towering over Aayla as she backs away. "I never forget the faces of Jedi..."
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Star Wars: A Thing Of Beauty
FanfictionA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Sheev Palpatine is the dark lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious! With with this shocking revelation, the Galaxy is shaken and the clone wars escalated to further violence with more planets joining the separat...