(SWR AU Story Number 25) The nightmare of Lothal

The final encounter

This was it. Kill or be killed.

At this stage the nightmare was at its most powerful, but so we're the crew thanks to their artillery and unity. So the light and the dark side were locking horns, but only one side could survive. A duel to the death, but who will fall?

It all began in an instant moment in time, the light Vs the dark in the lothal capital. The large group of rebels had numbers and unity as their advantage, but this dark side terror had so much armour plating and health that the rebels would have to bring it down fast, otherwise their tiredness would be their downfall. The fate of lothal was in the hands of the rebels.

As they all jumped in they only had one plan which would give them a remote chance at winning this....overwhelming it with sheer firepower. but would it be enough? The three jedi attacked viciously with their blades desperately trying to weaken it, while the rest all tried to overwhelm it with firepower whilst all of them evading extremely heavy but slow attacks. The power that this dark side terror could apply is unbelievable, its basic strikes carried the power of an entire AT-DP hitting the ground while it's heaviest strike is easily capable of instantly killing anyone unlucky enough to be near it. Even though the attacks were slow, the crew still needed to watch out, in fears of being anihilated from existence.

The rebels began fighting and already they realised what was at stake, and how easy they could be removed from existence. The three jedi faught it higher up while avoiding heavy strikes from its front legs in mid air, while the ground force avoided deadly ground slams, and another attack which left the crew shocked. Not long until the fight it let out a huge breath of fire from its mouth stretching dozens of meters narrowly missing some crew members. Their chances fell slim once again but it was now or never. They made sure that they avoided the breaths of fire, no matter how common they were. They continued fighting. 10 minutes passed...15 minutes passed and the enemy was slowly weakening due to the sheer firepower the crew possessed. Every strike they avoided brought them a step closer from exhaustion, so they had to work faster, otherwise they would be fighting a loosing battle.

20 minutes approached, and the crew were beginning to feel tired, but so was their opponent. Chunks of its armour had been taken due to the firepower and it was moving slower then previously, but who would fall first? The light or the dark. The answer came moments later. The dark side terror threw a heavy strike at Ezra, while he was getting to his feet, and in an act of heroics one of the commanders shoved Ezra out the way and fired his last rocket at its face before being swept off the ground and flying into a nearby building killing him instantly as he smashed through a window. The whole crew were shook for a moment, including Ezra, but they knew they had to solider on. The knew his, nor anyone's death would go in vain. It was just a question on who would fall next? And the crew had to be ready for whatever happens.

After the death of their first member they tried to avoid losing anyone else, but this wouldn't be any easier. The nightmare was speeding things up, despite being almost critically injured, and this would threaten the very existence of the crew. dark side terror began turning up the heat on the crew, it began to throw faster strikes than before, which ment that it's impact energies were soo much larger. Eventually it would be too much for the crew if they didn't work fast enough. The shuttle was coming in fast to perform attack runs where it would provide as much sir support as it possibly could, but eventually not even the additional help would be enough.

They carried on as normal trying to weaken it, whenever they had the opportunity, but everyone was very quickly running out of breath. As they carried on dodging attacks the nightmare claimed another victim, it let out a huge amount of fire which engulfed another one of the commanders killing him instantly. Again the crew were shaken but had to fight on. After another few minutes of hard fighting the nightmare claimed the lives of the last two commanders by kicking them out the area and causing them to fly into another nearby building.

Ezra: I don't think we're going to pull this off!!
Kanan: we have to try Ezra!

At this point everyone almost came to a complete stop as they had to catch their breath, but stopping would put their lives in huge danger. But then the shuttle flew to lower ground and began to fire all its weapon at the beast in hopes of distracting it, but it didn't last long as the shuttle was engulfed in flames as it breathed fire at them.

Hera: *on com* chopper! You alright!?
Commander: yeah....ships damaged but still functioning.

Just then the beast we to destroy it with its claws.

Hera: *on com* watch out!!

It was too late, the shuttle was turn to pieces and chopper as well as the last commander were killed.

The crew were saddened by the death of a crew member, but they had to fight on. However this made them emotionally unbalanced, which was affecting the way they faught. The crew were down to 7, and their chances of winning would rapidly disappear. Soon after the shuttle had gone, the nightmare began targeting the remainder of the crew. It had suffered huge amounts of damage but it kept on going. After only a few minutes it targeted Zeb and took him out causing him to hit a wall, which left him motionless.

Sabine: ZEB!!!

Their emotions held them back as once Zeb was out, they all feared for their lives. But as they continued fighting they heard blaster fire from behind, Zeb was still alive....just. he could barky move but still carried on.

Zeb: not done yet clanker!!

He then threw all his explosive at it dealing fatal damage to one of its front legs but then met his end when he was hit again by a chunk of building which was thrown at him. Emotionally upset the crew carried on but moments later red met his end as he was grabbed by the beast and violently thrown at the ground a sort distance away.

Hera: REX!!

One by one the crew began to fall. After Rex, the next one to fall was Ahsoka. She took a massive hit to her top half from a heavy strike as she was caught off guard.

Ezra: Ahsoka!!

Next it was Hera's fate. After exhausting her explosives she too took a gient hit as she had no time to react.

Kanan: HERA!!!!!!
kanan then lashed out Inna fit of rage dealing fatal damage to its face and front legs but met his end as he tried to block a breath of fire but was overwhelmed.

Sabine & Ezra: KANAN!!!

Both Ezra and Sabine and looked at each other in fear as they too feared it was the end. The nightmare was at such a critical level of health that it could barely move right but they still had a long way to go. Both the space kids have each other a quick hug, which they thought would be a final time, and prepared themselves.

Sabine: you ready?

Ezra then used the force to bring kanan's lightsaber to him and ignited it.

Ezra: ready as I'll ever be. *Whispers* for lothal.

TO BE CONTINUED

Ok at first you might be thinking "he can't do that!" But stay with it, the best it yet to come 😁