Star Wars Episode X: The Shroud of The Dark Side

Chapter 3:Ben Solo

Ben dropped out of hyperspace and looked at the planet of Onderon. Because of the datapad he took from Rey's desk he knows exactly where to land. To be safe he landed a bit away and snuck over to the landing pad. He hoped that some giant stupid creature didnt wreck his ship. He needed to get back before one of the three people who knew where he was noticed he was gone. Ben realized that he was going to need to scout out the area before he made any moves. Looking at the landing pad he saw 3 guards on the far left, 2 guards watching an entrance into the actual base, and 2 guards next to a ship on the right. As he was thinking of an attack plan the door opened and two men walked through it. Calling one of them a man was a stretch. It was an alien species that he didn't recognize. The creature towered over the man next to him, and had an ugly scar across its face from ear to ear. It had a huge black mane of hair and a large cape flowing behind him. It had white skin and an almost skull looking face, with nasty claws and bone like hands. It wore thick black armor. When it spoke it spoke almost with just clicks and snarls. The man next to the creature seemed to understand, at least a little bit. The man next to him was a handsome man. He wore a nice black robe and black gloves. His whole attire was black. His face was white and almost looked waxy. His hair was brown and slicked back.

What frozen Ben to where he was, was that the man had the unmistakable yellow sith eyes. He was twirling something in his hand but from this distance Ben couldn't see what it was. He figured that they wouldn't be too hard to deal with, probably just some buyers. He figured he would go left to right dealing with the guards that were almost completely hidden with cargo boxes. As he started to pull out his lightsaber he stopped. The man had gotten close enough to where Ben was hiding for him to notice that the thing twirling in the man's hand was a lightsaber. He wasn't playing with it, He was threatening the guards with it. Ben slipped closer to try and hear what the guards were saying.

"...but I expect the full delivery next time. If there are more issues, you and I will have... complications." The man's voice was icy cold. The head guard walked up to him trembling,

"Lord Caedus, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. But you must understand that we have more customers than just you. There are many people looking to get into the business of trafficking, especially human trafficking. We only have a cer-" and before he could finish the creature with Caedus whipped out his staff and the man, and like a serpent it started to coil around the guards neck and bite into him. The guard turned a dark green and hit the floor. Caedus looked down at the guard almost bored.

"Tsavong, where are your manners? Dispose of the body as to not disrupt their business. Remember, they're too busy for us right now." Caedus sighed sarcastically. He used the force to push the man's body off of the landing pad and then boarded the ship. Tsavong followed him quietly and they took off with their packages.

Now that they were gone, Ben was sure that he could take the guards outside and maybe even storm the base inside, if that head guard was the worst thing that they had here. He slipped to the right since he already came over here and they were down a man. He walked behind the man and waved his hand, knocking the guard out. Ben dragged his body behind the remaining cargo crates that Caedus didn't take with him. This was the hard part. There was no getting around getting seen by one of the two guards at the entrance and there wasn't enough cover to get those two guards without having the other 3 guards noticing him either. Unless he killed them. Ben hesitated. It had been 2 years since he had killed anyone, and he was afraid that starting back up would start pulling him back to the dark. Rey wouldn't be happy if she had found out he had killed anyone again.

"But if all goes well then Rey won't even know that this happened..." Ben thought to himself. "Screw it, I need to get this done." Using the force Ben choked the two men at the entrance until they hit the floor. He pulled out his lightsaber and when the last guards came to see what happened he quickly decapitated one, stabbed the second one and cut the third guards stomach open. So no one would find the bodies he used the force and pushed them off of the landing pad. If an uneducated person found them now, they would probably assume there had been a vicious animal attack and all the guards died. Just as he went to open the door a huge explosion knocked him back and he slid across the landing pad, having the wind knocked out of him. About 20 men came bursting through the entrance with guns on Ben. These were not random smugglers. They were trained killers. They all had armor on with jetpacks strapped to their backs. All of them were either armed with a powerful looking blaster or a huge sword.