Pioneer Renegade Force Part 7 By: Fragraham Lincon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Egg salad......Potato salad.....macoroni salad....otherwise no salad. and no disclaimer either. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It took a long time to recover from the battle with Kahn. I spent that time trying to figure out what my next move should be. I was badly in need of help but even if I were willing to accept the aid of the gaurdians They wouldn't admit that any destroyers were still alive. Their official statement was that Kagato was a fluke. I however knew the truth. part of the truth anyway. Six destroyers. six gods. and the leader. the master destroyer. what's more powerful than a god? The questions weighed heavy on me. A message did arrive for me from the DGF. It was the same hollogram of McInnis. "Renegade Frag. First of all don't ignore this. You can talk back I'm live this time." He said. I was certainly surprised by this. The gaurdians actually wanting to listen to me. "Well it you talk to me you talk to all the Renegades." I called everyone in before Shane could protest. In walked all the current members of the Renegade force. Even Gomisaki in human form. Shane's image looked over to Gomisaki. "Shane....No." I said with a deep authoritarian voice. "Alright. Well here's what I wanted to tell you. We got your report on the ellimination of all those destroyers. I hate to admit it but good work. And as for what you said about the rings being active. Well if you can bring back any proof we'll put the papers through. Sorry but I'm more of an active duty kind of guy. I'm not even sure why they have me meet with you. This is really more in the hands of the pencil pushers." Shane stops for a moment to swat at a little light ball with wings that keeps trying to pick his pocket but gives it's self away by constantly saying "Hey!" In the back ground Link is chasing it with a huge ass hammer. "Hey that guy looks familliar" Clink comments. Cloud passes behind Shane. Cloud and link stop and look at Clink. Clink stares back. "ANYWAY!!!! We wanted you to know that Mac claims to have taken out one destroyer himself and is in hot persuit of another. He wanted me to tell you to go back to Star wars dimension Beta two. It's the one you visited just before you first arrived at the NCC. You'll be going to a later time coordinant. He said the barrier should be down now. Whatever that means. I'm finnished. Can I go now?" The hollogram shuts off. I ran the coordinants into the jump computer and tried to return to the dimension. I got through the barrier. This time I landed on the plannet Alderan. The whole frekking planet was one big city. Didn't feel easy there. It was full of Jedi. They didn't seem to like me being trained in the sith arts. I could feel the presence of another sith somewhere on the planet. With no other options I decided to follow the trail of the sith. But before I could take a step I was tapped on the shoulder. A messenger gave me a hand written note. I wondered who would send such a thing. Then it occured to me. Mac. This was confirmed when I opened the letter. It said this "It's good to know you've been getting along. I heard that you're hunting destroyers. Good for you. I'm on the trail of one myself. You've no doubt by now detected a sith. Follow it. He's not a destroyer. But he's a seriosly bad dude. Mabey worse than the destroyers. But he wants to help. I would advise you to be careful around him though. I don't trust him half as far as I can throw him." The letter included some directions. I followed them and they led me to the ground level. Down there I found a dark seedy place. Inside There were afew individuals radiating with sith energy. They wore the black and red of the sith. I was glad I had decided to wear my sith outfit. I walked down a long hallway. waiting for me at the end was a doorway. When I entered I found myself in a large chamber. Standing there was someone very familliar. Darth sidius. "Ah it's you. So you have managed to break my barrier. And how is your power growing? I think that I may have overestimated you. You'r force has grown little. You seem to prefer some other power." He said to me with a sinister grin on his face. "The force is strong I admit. But it has it's limits. I prefer to rely on my own power. To relly soly on a power that you niether understand nor can fully understand will land you in an early grave." I preached. "But isn't that the same as your inherrited Jurai power? You are a hypocrit. And yes I know all about your precious Jurai. You may not want to admit it but you know I'm right. And you also know that your lighthawk wings are the only thing that saved you from Kagato. Your own power will never Be enough and you know it. That is why I do not fear you anymore. You've slacked off and do not know when to call for more power. When I make my offensive I will remember you." "GGRRRR. Damn you!" "Well as you see I have my own plans to conquer reallity. So I will offer my aid in ridding it of these occursed destroyers. They are competition. So how do you feel. Would you like to make a deal with the devil?" I considered all the options. I knew I would lose the trail if I turned him down, so I did something that I'm not very proud of. I agreed. Before I could say anything he knew my response "Very good. But I can't just give information away. It would be unwise to tell anyone but the one who possesses the power to destroy the destroyers. I heard a leagend once. It sounds like something that would come from your home. It is said that in the darkest hour A warrior would come forth. Great would be his power. But nothing compared to the ultimate evil. When the time came he would weild the ultimate force. A power beyond anyone's understanding. And when the battle ends the ultimate force would fade away to await the next time peace was threatened. Many races have claimed to have access to the ultimate force. The super Saiyan, super human, But those powers are still weak. The ultimate force sounds most like your races. The mighty wings of the light hawk. The power that destroys evil and restores the peace. The weapon for which there is no defence. But it can only be used in the truest darkness. When there is no other option remaining. And if nothing else, no one else, No other force can stop the relentless evil. Then there will apear the ultimate force. Like your battle with Kagato. When the mightiest wariors of all and the chosen one all failed. Then your power surfaced. You must understand that you have no particular destiny. You will go about your own business but you carry the heavy responsibillity of owning the absolute last resort. The ultimate force." "That means the chosen one would have to fail for me to use the ultimate force." "Yes something like that. You could very easilly die if you faught before it was the absolute last resort. So I have to make sure that you have sufficient power to stay alive untill you can execise this so called ultimate force. In other words I want to test you. I'm going to Let you fight." Sidius backs up. "Behold your opponent. Behold this test. I want to introduce you to...." Behind me the door I entered through opened. One of the sith I had passed earlier came in. He was fairly young about my age. He had a cocky arroagant look about him. I wondered why sidius would put me up against such an inexperienced fighter. then I found out. the young sith revealed everything(no not like that you perverts) "My name is Darth Maximus." Is all he said. Then his figure became blurry. He split himself into two exact duplicates. "I am a master of the secret multi form." He continued to devide untill there were 32 of him. That wasn't the last of it. He then stopped hiding his power. I could tell I had misjudged his age. He was obviosly an experienced sith. I was deffinately in some deep mahoyhoy. Each one of him drew his lightsaber. It was a custom claw lightsaber. One central blade with one at a thirty degree angle on each side. The three blades allighted. I acted in kind lighting my four blade lightsaber. Only one came at first. He attacked and I deffended. Niether of us was very serios. Rahter we were probing. testing each other to get an idea of what we were up against. He had what he needed to know. He had the advantage. I could tell He was as fast as me. And one blow from that lightsaber and it was over. I could have beaten him if there were only one but there were 32. I figured I was dead. I hurled my lightsaber and took out ten of him. Then grabbed my weapon as it returned. The others rushed in on me. I did my best to fight off the overwhelming mass of enemies. A strike here and there. I kept my defenses strong and occasionally I cut down one, but Maximus replicated at two fold my kill rate. When I felt absolutely overwhelmed I jumped into the rafters. From there I whipped out a bazooka and fired. I didn't expect it to work but I was getting desperate. I lept back into the fray. As blow after blow forced me back I began to feel something inside. A deep frustration. Then a hate, which became a desire. THe desire to kill. a desire to tear this fool apart. I launched back slamming my blade into his. Forcing back a Maximus knocking him down then beheading him. More and more piled on and I faught back. Not only using my blade but also punching and kicking often my bare fists rending flesh. One I landed a chest punch so intense that without penetrating his chest his eight chambered heart flew from his back. By the time I had it down to ten I could tell that each body felt the pain of the other. I Sidius was smiling. I halted. I knew I wasn't passing the test I was failing misserably. I didn't use my own power and much less the ultimate force. What I was using was the dark side. Then again what did I care about the opinion of that traitorous bastard. If the dark side was what it took to win a figth then so be it. I tore through Darth Maximus. When I left five of him he returned to one body. He was badly wounded. At that point I calmed down. Maximus crawled off in shame. "Sidius, that was pathetic. What kind of test?" "Fool. You did it all wrong. If you try that you'll die. Then again I don't think I could replicate the kind of situation you're going to be in. You did beat Kahn. If you can beat a god you might stand a chance. But what about the power of seven gods. Remember if you dont' stop the destroyers then we won't be able to fight. And I know you want to. But if you don't show me the ultimate force I can't give you the information. DIE!!!!" It surprised me. Sidius fired a beam at me. I couldn't even think of a reaction. But just before it landed a small sheild stopped it. "Yes that's it! A small sample of the lighthawk. That was just your natural reaction. It wasn't the ultimate force but it shows you have the potential. Now I can tell you. The key you wear around your neck. It has the power to give life or destroy it. That little artifact is called Lucifer's Key. It's a sort of dead man's switch. When the forces of good and evil realized that they would not be able to end the war. That key was created from a mutual agreement. If the war were to go too far then the key would be used. It's not the ultimate force. It is no savior. It's the destroyer. If used properly all space time all good and all evil. would be destroyed. THen the worlds could be rebuilt." I was shocked, and in fear I threw the key on the floor. Sidius picked it up and returned it to me. "NEVER lose this key. You have through some mishap become the gaurdian of the key. Then you must hold also this responsibillity. How does someone like you aquire such a hefty load. Such a respected position. I don't understand it. Take this and go." Said sidius handing me a piece of paper with some coordinants on it and pointing me to the door. I left Alderan very confused. And now frightened by the terrible power of the Lucifer's key. I just hoped that I didn't use it by accident. I spent a sleeples night. IFter some time I woke up and asked Gomisaki to synthesise some tools. I set up a forge and Worked through the night. The clang of the hammer and the roar of the fire and the sizzle of evaporating water on hot mettle filled the night. I worked with Carbonadium. (for those who don't know. Carbonadium is an alloy even stronger than adamantium and is extreamly light weight) the result was finally realized. I had compleated it. A sword. A massive Japanese style sword.(No'dachi to be exact) It's blade only 1/4 of an inch thick. 1 inch wide. And 50 feet long. I went out into the garden. There I honed my skills The sword hummed as it passed though the air. This new weapon gave me a little satisfaction. It made me feel like I was in controll of something. I sheathed it (in the same place I put the guns). Feeling more compleat I went to bed. My dreams were filled with pleasent images of parties on Jurai and huge parades. The festivals weren't boring but funfilled. I imagined my heroic return. The young boys all emulating me. wanting to grow up to be a warrior like me. The womenfolk longing for even a glance. All the people in thanks and celebration of my heroic deeds. Standing at my side the renegade force with all it's honor and pride. Even finding happiness and in one of queen Misaki's air depriving hugs. Just glad to be home. True it would break my heart when I woke up but while it lasted that dream was the very image of heaven. ------------------------------end of part 7------------------------------------------------------ what should I say? Just be glad I told you what the key was. Don't get picky. -Email---vfragraham@mail.com---------------------------------------------------------------------