Bat Squadron: The Rise Of Darth TS

Chapter 30

1ABY
Utapau

TS emerges from the sinkhole and walks through the destruction and the remains of his soldiers in the plains. He could see and hear wounded still moving and grunting. He keeps walking, staring at the scorched and blood-soaked ground beneath his feet. He stops as he looks over toward the rebel soldiers that were walking out into the plains, beginning to execute wounded. Bat stood ahead of the troops with an A280 in his hands. He stares ahead toward TS who stares back.

​"Kill him." Bat says and raises his blaster and takes aim.

They open fire on the dark force user and he grabs his lightsaber off of his belt and the other off of Bat's belt before he starts deflecting blaster fire. He takes a blaster bolt to his shoulder and grunts before he takes off running, knocking a few troopers down with deflected blaster fire.

​"Fighter support requested!" Bat yells as he keeps firing on his brother.

A V-wing flies down toward TS and opens fire on his location, tearing up the ground in front of and around him. He jumps up and lands on the front of the fighter and looks in at the pilot.

​"What the-" The pilot starts.

TS uses the force to open the cockpit and he deactivates his lightsabers. He grabs the pilot using the force and throws him out of the fighter. He screams as he flies back down toward the ground before smacking into it. TS jumps into the cockpit and takes control of the fighter, closing the canopy and heads up toward the fleet.

​"Admiral, I am headed toward the ship. I am in a stolen V-wing, do not fire on me." He wheezes.

​"Yes my lord. Would you like a fighter escort?" The Admiral asks.

​"That is not necessary. Recall all fighters." TS orders.

​"Yes sir."

TS's V-wing exits the planet's atmosphere and starts toward the Star Destroyer.

​"Shoot that V-wing down!" Bat screams to the pilots.

​"On it sir." An A-wing pilot says and several fighters start to converge on TS's fighter, firing on him.

He scowls as he tries to swerve around and avoid the blaster fire from the pursuing fighters. The right wings are ripped apart by blaster fire and the fighter shakes and TS starts losing control.

​"Make way Admiral. I'm coming in hot." TS says.

​"Copy that sir." The Admiral says and turns back toward the officer with him.

​"Hangar crew, watch out. Lord TS is coming in hot." The officer tells the troops and crew in the hangar.

​"Copy that." A technician says.

​"Are you alright sir?" A naval trooper asks Derik after helping him from the wreckage of the shuttle.

​"I'll be alright." Derik says and looks back to see Marik and Ranto helping each other out, followed by TK-8751 and TK-0747 and other troopers helping one another.

​"Sir!" Dim yells and runs over to help TK-0747 and TK-8751.

​"Hey there Dim." TK-0747 says, smirking under his helmet as he's helped to the side.

​"Come on commander, let's get you to the med bay." Dim says.

​"Captain, let's go." Ranto says to Derik.​

​"I'm fine, thank you. I need to stay here." Derik tells him.

​"Sir, you're in bad shape." Marik tells him.