{ "submission_id": "3794409", "keywords": [ { "keyword_id": "21562", "keyword_name": "fanfic", "contributed": "f", "submissions_count": "1925" }, { "keyword_id": "5221", "keyword_name": "kingdom hearts", "contributed": "f", "submissions_count": "1129" }, { "keyword_id": "227074", "keyword_name": "monster girl encyclopedia", "contributed": "f", "submissions_count": "8" }, { "keyword_id": "12176", "keyword_name": "star wars", "contributed": "f", "submissions_count": "1577" } ], "hidden": "f", "scraps": "f", "favorite": "f", "favorites_count": "0", "create_datetime": "2026-01-16 22:04:24.140133+00", "create_datetime_usertime": "16 Jan 2026 23:04 CET", "last_file_update_datetime": "2026-01-16 22:01:10.926309+00", "last_file_update_datetime_usertime": "16 Jan 2026 23:01 CET", "username": "d0m0a", "user_id": "112489", "user_icon_file_name": "445872_d0m0a_d0m0a_fursona_icon.png", "user_icon_url_large": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/usericons/large/445/445872_d0m0a_d0m0a_fursona_icon.png", "user_icon_url_medium": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/usericons/medium/445/445872_d0m0a_d0m0a_fursona_icon.png", "user_icon_url_small": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/usericons/small/445/445872_d0m0a_d0m0a_fursona_icon.png", "file_name": "5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_full": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/full/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_screen": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/screen/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_preview": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/preview/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "thumbnail_url_huge": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/huge/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumbnail_url_large": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/large/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumbnail_url_medium": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/medium/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumb_huge_x": "300", "thumb_huge_y": "208", "thumb_large_x": "200", "thumb_large_y": "139", "thumb_medium_x": "120", "thumb_medium_y": "83", "files": [ { "file_id": "5873555", "file_name": "5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_full": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/full/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_screen": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/screen/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "file_url_preview": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/files/preview/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.doc", "mimetype": "application/msword", "submission_id": "3794409", "user_id": "112489", "submission_file_order": "0", "full_size_x": null, "full_size_y": null, "screen_size_x": null, "screen_size_y": null, "preview_size_x": null, "preview_size_y": null, "initial_file_md5": "46eed0bd8bbd67d3c819abdb12a1aadd", "full_file_md5": "46eed0bd8bbd67d3c819abdb12a1aadd", "large_file_md5": "", "small_file_md5": "", "thumbnail_md5": "c8df214172f64f769ad60616c51b47c9", "deleted": "f", "create_datetime": "2026-01-16 22:01:10.926309+00", "create_datetime_usertime": "16 Jan 2026 23:01 CET", "thumbnail_url_huge": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/huge/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumbnail_url_large": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/large/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumbnail_url_medium": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/medium/5873/5873555_d0m0a_chapter_14.jpg", "thumb_huge_x": "300", "thumb_huge_y": "208", "thumb_large_x": "200", "thumb_large_y": "139", "thumb_medium_x": "120", "thumb_medium_y": "83" } ], "pools": [ { "pool_id": "102516", "name": "Kingdom Hearts: Hellfire", "description": "", "count": "14", "submission_left_submission_id": "3726464", "submission_left_file_name": "5752647_d0m0a_chapter_13_nsfw.doc", "submission_left_thumbnail_url_huge": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/huge/5752/5752647_d0m0a_chapter_13_nsfw.jpg", "submission_left_thumbnail_url_large": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/large/5752/5752647_d0m0a_chapter_13_nsfw.jpg", "submission_left_thumbnail_url_medium": "https://nl1.ib.metapix.net/thumbnails/medium/5752/5752647_d0m0a_chapter_13_nsfw.jpg", "submission_left_thumb_huge_x": "300", "submission_left_thumb_huge_y": "208", "submission_left_thumb_large_x": "200", "submission_left_thumb_large_y": "139", "submission_left_thumb_medium_x": "120", "submission_left_thumb_medium_y": "83" } ], "description": "Who knows if the place they've ended up is better than where they came from? Let's hope Eris gets better.", "description_bbcode_parsed": "Who knows if the place they've ended up is better than where they came from? Let's hope Eris gets better.", "writing": "They lost track of how long they'd been bouncing around with the Star Fragment, and most had already resigned themselves to trying to control it so they could land somewhere. Most, that is, except for Eris, who kept trying to manipulate the object as best she could, but without any success.\nFinally, the Star Shard crashed to the ground, ending the journey and leaving the group lying on the ground, groaning from the impact.\n“Ugh, my head…” Eris said as she stood up with a hand on her head.\n“I’d much rather go in a spaceship than in that thing,” Gida said as she stood up.\nNami shook her head as she stood up, looking around. \"Does anyone know where we are?\"\nThe group looked around, observing that they were in what appeared to be a futuristic-looking alley, as the walls seemed to be made more of metal than stone or cement.\n“Okay, we can confirm that we’re not in our world. There’s no city this developed there.” Catilia said, looking around.\nWhat they didn't notice was that Gida's face began to pale, which Noka alone observed.\n“Master?” Noka asked.\n“I know this kind of structure,” Gida said, before running out of the alley.\nConfused, the other girls followed the Twi'lek, and after leaving, they nearly collided with a crowd of people who were not only human but also aliens of all shapes and sizes. They could also see countless car-like flying vehicles soaring through the sky, passing between enormous skyscrapers, in a city that seemed to stretch endlessly to the horizon.\n“Okay, and here I was thinking that other city was big,” Eris said, scratching her head. She also noticed that the people passing by barely paid any attention to her. “At least here no one stares at me like I’m some kind of sideshow attraction.”\n“I know this place,” Gida said, looking around. “This is Coruscant.”\n“Coruscant?” Catilia asked.\n“The capital of our galaxy,” Noka said.\n“Oh, so now we’re in your world. Great.” Eris said, crossing her lower arms.\n“This isn’t great,” Gida said, addressing the group. “We shouldn’t be here. We’d better hide before they see us.”\n“Who?” Nami asked.\n“Hey, you ladies!”\nGida and Noka jumped at the sound of that voice. They all turned toward it, seeing several soldiers in white suits that covered their entire bodies, wielding what appeared to be two-handed laser weapons. There were no more than four of them.\n“Yes, officer?” Noka asked, with a certain nervousness in his voice.\n“Have you seen anything out of the ordinary around here?” one of the soldiers asked, before looking Eris up and down, while she glared back at him. “Besides this thing…”\n“And what, exactly?” Nami asked.\n“An unknown signal source has been detected in this area. We’ve been diverted from our patrol route to investigate. Do you know anything about it?” another soldier asked.\nEris was about to respond in her own way, but Catilia raised her hand, preventing her from saying more.\n“No, officer. We haven’t seen anything,” Gida replied.\nThe soldiers stared at the girls for a moment, making Gida and Noka even more nervous.\n\"Okay. But if you see anything, report it immediately,\" the soldier said, before they began to walk away.\nGida and Noka breathed a sigh of relief as the soldiers began to walk away.\n“That was close, Master,” Noka said.\n“Okay, but what were those?” Eris asked.\n“Stormtroopers,” Gida replied. “Very dangerous, so let’s avoid any trouble with them. We don’t want someone worse to show up as well.”\n“Is there anything much worse than them?” Nami asked.\nWhile they were talking, one of the Stormtroopers caught the others' attention, saying something while glancing sideways at the girls. After a few words between them, the Stormtroopers approached the girls again.\n“Excuse me,” said one of the soldiers as they approached.\n“What now?” Eris asked.\n“You two, ladies, can you show us those?” the Stormtrooper asked, pointing at the lightsabers at Gida and Noka’s waists.\nThe Twi'lek and the Togruta cursed under their breath, glaring at the stormtroopers. If the stormtroopers discovered they were wielding lightsabers, they would recognize them as Jedi and try to arrest them. And if they tried to hinder, the stormtroopers would become suspicious, which would only make things worse.\n“Hey, weren’t you looking for an unknown energy source or something?” Eris asked.\n“That’s right, but we want to make sure those aren’t illegal weapons,” the soldier said, pointing to the objects at Gida and Noka’s waistbands.\n“What if it just happened to be?” Nami asked, trying to imply that they might not have known those things were illegal.\n“In that case, you must accompany us,” the soldier said.\n“Okay, but what if, for some reason, we couldn’t?” Eris asked. Nami and Catilia put a hand to their faces at that.\n“Then that wouldn’t be a request,” the Stormtrooper said, raising his weapon menacingly, forcing his point.\nGida and Noka gripped the hilts of their lightsabers, ready to use them at that moment. Nami and Catilia, sensing the danger, also prepared to fight if necessary.\nEris, for her part, simply crossed her lower arms under her chest, looking at the Stormtroopers before turning back to Gida.\n“It seems there’s no other choice,” Eris said with a smile.\nGida raised an eyebrow at what Eris said. Suddenly, the infernal beast grabbed the two stormtroopers closest to it and, with a spin, sent them flying into the other two further back, causing them all to crash to the ground.\nThis sudden action by Eris startled the people around her, causing them to back away. The girls then used that moment to start running and get away from the place.\n“What the hell?” one of the downed Stormtroopers asked as he started to get up, putting his hand to his helmet. “All units here! We have an incident on the upper level! Five subjects on the run! A Twi'lek, a Togruta, two catgirls, and a four-armed dog-woman with an insect-hide! Yes, I reported correctly! A four-armed dog-woman with an insect-hide!”\nThe girls ran as fast as they could through the townspeople who stared at them in confusion, not knowing why they were running like that.\n\"Seriously, Eris, you should avoid getting us into trouble. Or at least warn us before doing something like that,\" Gida said to Eris as she ran off.\n“We always tell her, but she never listens! We almost always end up in trouble because of it!” Nami replied as she ran, looking back.\n“What are you complaining about? They would have tried to arrest us anyway,” Eris said as she ran ahead of the group.\n“She’s right about that,” Noka said, running after Gida.\n“That doesn’t change the fact that she’s just gotten us into trouble! We must get away from here before they find us!” Gida exclaimed.\nEventually, they reached a point in the city where there seemed to be no one else besides them.\n“Okay, any idea where to go?” Catilia asked, looking around.\nGida sighed before glancing around. At that moment, she extended her arm forward, and directly in front of her appeared a dark mass that seemed to form some kind of ethereal portal.\n“What is that?” Nami asked.\n“It’s hard to explain, but this portal won’t lead to a safe place on the planet where they can’t find us,” Gida said.\n“Wait, you could do that, and you didn’t use it before when we were in the past?” Eris asked. “And why don’t you send us to another world with it?”\n“One, my range is local, so I can’t travel from planet to planet. And two, if I don’t know where to open the door, I could appear anywhere,” Gida listed.\n“But since we know the planet, we know where to go without any problems,” Noka said.\n“Quickly. I know a place where we can hide for a while until we figure out what to do.” Gida said as she headed toward the portal.\nHowever, a few blaster shots struck between her and the portal, forcing her back as it vanished. From the sky, a kind of aerial gunship had them in its sights, while four other identical ships descended to hover above the ground, releasing several stormtroopers who pointed their weapons at them.\nEris clenched her fists, frowning as she glared at the soldiers in white, while Catilia and Nami readied their weapons for battle. Simultaneously, Gida and Noka drew their lightsabers and ignited them, assuming a defensive stance.\n“Lightsabers,” one stormtrooper said to another. “No doubt about it, they’re Jedi.”\n“In that case, they mustn’t escape,” the other stormtrooper said, before looking at the girls. “Drop your weapons and surrender! I won’t tell you again.”\nThen Eris tackled herself straight at some of the stormtroopers, who didn't hesitate to fire at her, but Nami was quicker to raise a protective barrier around Eris that blocked the shots, allowing her to reach them and begin striking them with all four arms, catching them by surprise. She had already faced weapons very similar to these in her world, so she knew how to deal with them.\nSeveral of the soldiers began firing at the rest of the group, but Gida and Noka stayed close to Nami to shield her from the blaster fire, while the Jedi deflected the stormtroopers' blaster fire, systematically taking them down. At the same time, Catilia charged forward with her sword, dispatching the stormtroopers with ease, her previous experience with the Nothgardians demonstrating her skill in dodging and blocking their fire.\nEris grabbed one of the stormtroopers she was attacking, immediately ducking as the barrier dissipated to avoid further shots before throwing the soldier into several of them, causing them to fall to the ground. At that moment, Nami extended her claws and leaped onto the stormtroopers, who hadn't expected her to attack so swiftly, supporting Catilia in her fight against the soldiers.\nThis last action allowed Gida and Noka to become more aggressive, leaping onto the Stormtroopers and taking the offensive against them. At the same time, the two Jedi covered their backs from the enemy.\nAfter striking two Stormtroopers, Eris summoned an energy spear in her hand and hurled it at one of the gunships, shattering the glass and startling the pilot, who was nearly impaled, causing him to retreat. Eris summoned another energy spear and aimed it at the remaining Stormtroopers, who were now on the defensive and not firing as frequently as before.\n“Come on! Is that the best you can do?” Eris said, provoking the enemy.\nGida rolled her eyes at Eris's provocation, keeping her gaze fixed on the stormtroopers in front of her. But then a chill ran through her entire body. A very dark chill. At the same time, she began to hear artificial respiration.\nThe Twi'lek turned immediately, seeing a gunship beginning its descent near Eris. But what worried her wasn't the gunship itself, but its occupant. There, they could see a man clad in heavy, all-black robotic armor with buttons on the chest, along with a black helmet that covered his face and a large, matching black cape. Artificial respiration appeared to be coming from this man.\n“Master, isn’t that him?” Noka asked, looking in the same direction as Gida, but she did not answer.\nThe man in black armor surveyed the scene, while a man in a gray uniform peered out from beside him, looking at Gida and Noka.\n“A blue Twi’lek and an orange Togruta.” The officer said before looking at the man in the armor. “Lord Vader, there’s no doubt. It’s them.”\nDarth Vader continued watching as the gunship descended, his artificial breathing the only sound he could make. When the gunship had descended far enough, he jumped heavily to the ground, looking around as he took a couple of steps forward.\nEris raised an eyebrow at Vader, but even she could sense something very dark about him. Something she had never seen before. Even Nami and Catilia felt intimidated in the presence of the black knight. Eventually, he turned his gaze to the Jedi.\n“It seems you and your apprentice have returned, Gida Szenda,” Vader said in a heavy, cold voice, looking at Eris and the others. “And it seems you’ve brought company with you.” Then he looked back at Gida. “You shouldn’t have.”\nGida and Noka frowned as they stared at Vader. The presence of the stormtroopers was now merely anecdotal compared to the presence of the black knight.\n“Hey, are you the boss of these people?” Eris asked, causing Gida and Noka to look at her in shock, and unfortunately, Vader as well.\n“You are quite an interesting being. And quite resourceful.” Vader said, looking at the fallen stormtroopers. “It’s a shame that potential is being wasted.”\n“What did you say?!” Eris asked, offended, before running towards Vader, despite Gida's attempts to stop her.\nBut Vader simply raised a hand slightly in the air, and suddenly Eris's body began to float in the air, unable to move from where it now was, no matter how much she moved her arms and legs.\n“What the hell?!” Eris asked in surprise. “Are you a Jedi too, like the blue tiger?”\n“A Jedi?” Vader asked, with a hint of irritation in his voice. “I am much more.”\nThe girls were paralyzed as they watched Vader have Eris at his mercy, and they didn't see the Stormtroopers turn their guns on them again.\n“I want them alive,” Vader said simply.\nThe soldiers immediately fired blue energy rings from their weapons, which struck the other girls before they could react in time, leaving them unconscious on the ground. Eris watched as it happened before turning back to Vader, furious.\n\"Damn you all! Put me down right now, or I'll show you what's what!\" Eris exclaimed angrily, throwing the energy spear she had at hand at the black knight.\nVader simply shifted his torso to the side to avoid the spear, without taking his eyes off the infernal beast, while a Stormtrooper fired one of those blue rings at Eris, impacting her.\nEris groaned after being hit, but looked back at Vader as she tried to free herself from whatever was holding her. Seeing her resilience, more soldiers began firing paralyzing shots at her, which she seemed to withstand without losing consciousness, until an excess of these shots caused everything around Eris to go dark until she could no longer feel anything.\n \nEris moaned weakly as reality returned to her. The last thing she remembered was staring coldly at that dark knight until she lost consciousness from something those soldiers in white did to her.\nWhen she finally regained consciousness, she looked around and saw that she was chained to a cell wall, all four arms outstretched at her sides, her legs spread apart, including her tail stretched down. All her limbs were secured by shackles attached directly to the wall, rendering her completely immobile. At least she was still wearing her clothes.\nEris tried to force herself free, but it seemed they had gone to the trouble of making the shackles very strong. Clearly, she would have to use a great deal of strength to break free, though she knew very well what would happen if she used too much.\nAt that moment, she heard a door open in the distance. Eris glanced in that direction, but simply rolled her eyes in disappointment when she saw it was the black knight. He seemed to be accompanied by someone else, as well as several men in red armor armed with electric pikes.\n\"Well, it seems our guest has awakened.\" The one who had entered with Vader was apparently a very old man in a black robe, his face full of scars and deformities, his yellow eyes revealing a disturbing darkness.\n“Now then, who’s the freak here?” Eris asked, but immediately the red knights’ pikes were in her mouth. She was thankful they were unlit at the moment, but having those weapons in her mouth was extremely uncomfortable.\n“Watch what you say, beast! Many have died for far less by addressing Emperor Palpatine like that!” one of the red knights said.\n“It’s okay. We can forget about that for a moment,” Palpatine said.\nAfter that, the red knights took their weapons out of Eris's mouth, who began to move it after having those things inside her mouth.\n“Now, leave us alone. I want to be alone with her,” Palpatine ordered, and promptly his guards left the cell.\nEris watched as they were left alone, leaving her alone with the Emperor and Vader.\n“Okay, so what’s going on? Why am I here?” Eris asked.\nPalpatine laughed at Eris's question. \"Even in your current state, you still exude that air of arrogance and superiority.\" Eris simply turned her head to the side, her eyes closed in disgust, as the emperor laughed again. \"Yes, I know very well what you are, my little creature.\"\nEris opened one eye to look at him, but without turning her head.\n“Your appearance is quite different from normal, but you are clearly one of those creatures that was once created by the gods to be guard dogs, despite not even being able to control them,” Palpatine said.\nEris rolled her visible eye, imagining what he was going to say.\n“But I intend to go further. I intend to prove that I am above divinity, and I will achieve this by subjecting you to my will,” Palpatine said.\nEris started laughing at his words.\n“Really? Don’t make me laugh! I highly doubt an old geezer like you could tame me.” Eris said before looking at the Emperor. “Besides, you’re not even my type, you old fogey.”\n“You should not underestimate the power of the Dark Side of the Force. Many have done so, and most have died before its power,” Palpatine said.\n“Yeah, whatever you say. And what about the minority?” Eris asked.\n“The minority has accepted that they are no match for the Emperor, placing themselves at his service,” Vader said.\n“I don’t recall asking you, metalhead,” Eris said to Vader, turning her head to the side. “Besides, those two who came with me, the blue tiger and the orange girl, I don’t think they were loyal to you to begin with.”\n“True, but they should not be taken into account, for they are part of a cult that was destroyed long ago,” Palpatine said.\n“Yes, whatever,” Eris said. “Let me tell you something. You’re wasting your time trying to make me obey you. Not even my sisters, who aren’t the same race as me, would follow you around the house.”\n“Your sisters?” Palpatine asked, thinking for a moment. “Ah, yes! You must mean those feline women who were with you alongside the Jedi, don’t you?” Palpatine looked at Vader for a moment.\n“It is possible, Master,” Vader replied.\nEris blew out a raspberry at that moment. “Seriously, you almost sound like the orange girl.” Eris started to giggle a little. “And yes, that’s right. They’re my sisters. And believe me, even if by some miracle I were to consider accepting your offer, they both wouldn’t hesitate to give me a monumental ear-pull to talk me out of it.”\n“Perhaps. Well, we’ll never know,” Palpatine said, causing Eris to look at him in confusion. “I had no choice but to order their elimination.”\nEris's eyes widened greatly upon hearing Palpatine's words, who smiled maliciously.\n“I’m sure you’re wondering if you heard me right, my dear creature,” Palpatine said, turning his back on Eris as he walked away. “I ordered the elimination of the two Jedi who were with you, but since your sisters tried to stop it, they were both eliminated as well.”\nEris was in shock upon hearing this. She couldn't believe that both Catilia and Nami, the two who had cared for her after her adoptive father's death, were dead too. And all while she lay unconscious in that cell. Eris closed her eyes, gritting her teeth, refusing to believe anything the Emperor said.\n“I’m sure this is a shock to you. You were like family, the way you referred to them,” Palpatine said, turning to Eris. “Yes, I know what it’s like to lose someone important to you. But that doesn’t have to be the end.”\nEris didn't respond, clenching her teeth and fists even tighter. Vader silently watched what was happening.\n“You may not know it, but the Dark Side of the Force possesses a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural,” Palpatine said. “If you were to pledge your loyalty to me and place your power at my service, together we could bring your sisters back from beyond the grave. But that will only be possible if you consider me your master.”\nPalpatine turned his back on Eris again. “Well, what do you say, my dear? Will you reject my offer and rejoin with your sisters? Or will you accept me as your master, and we will attempt to bring them back?”\nPalpatine smiled wickedly, but turned away when he heard Eris begin to growl. Furthermore, both the Emperor and Vader saw that Eris's body was enveloped in a red aura. Vader wondered what was happening, but was surprised to hear the metal wall she was clinging to creak. To his utter astonishment, Eris's muscles bulged and expanded slightly, suddenly snapping one of the clamps anchoring her to the wall as she pulled with extreme force.\nSlowly, Eris began to use her strength to free herself from the holds, breaking the wall to which she was chained with each pull, until finally she freed all four arms, breathing heavily. At that moment, she began to move her legs, trying to free them, eventually breaking the holds that bound her and falling to the ground on her feet, breaking the last hold on her tail with a violent flick of it.\nPalpatine and Vader recoiled as Eris managed to break free from her chains, her muscles expanding and a red aura enveloping her. Suddenly, Eris opened her eyes, which blazed with brilliant flames, and with a roar, she lunged at Palpatine at full speed.\nThe Emperor pointed his fingers at her, unleashing violent bolts that struck Eris and stopped her dead in her tracks. The infernal beast writhed in pain as the bolts tried to push her back, but her legs held her firmly in place.\n“Poor creature. You don’t know what you’re up against,” Palpatine said as he attacked her with his lightning. “The power of the Dark Side is unlimited! And you are just a disobedient beast! Not unlike all the others who have defied me! Compared to me, you are nothing!”\nEris gritted her teeth as electricity continued to course through her body until she glared at the Emperor with more rage than she had ever felt. She raised her left arms like a shield against the lightning and began to advance slowly toward Palpatine, one step at a time, as the Emperor unleashed all his power in an attempt to stop her. But despite his efforts, he could not prevent her from getting up right in front of him.\nWith a violent swipe of her left arms, Eris struck Palpatine's hands, halting his attack. Roaring with pure fury, she slammed her upper right fists into the Emperor, striking him in both the chest and face. For an instant, Palpatine felt the full force and rage of Eris, amplified by the electricity still coursing through her body. The next second, Palpatine was sent flying backward, crashing not only through the cell entrance but also into the frontal cell. The Imperial soldiers and guards outside gasped as the Emperor burst through the two walls, which were a mixture of metal and stone.\nThe Imperials peered through the large hole the Emperor had left in his flight, seeing Eris breathing heavily, her fists clenched, electricity crackling in her hands. They were still wondering what had happened and how.\nThen Eris turned her gaze toward Vader, who had witnessed everything. With a roar, she turned to the Dark Knight and lunged at him, ready to give him a taste of his own medicine.\n“They live.”\nThose words from Vader were enough to stop Eris, her electrified fists just centimeters away from hitting him.\n“What did you say?” Eris asked, her voice filled with fury.\n“Your sisters are still alive, alongside the Jedi,” Palpatine said. “What he said was nothing but a lie. A ruse to break your will.”\nEris watched Vader silently, but anger burned in her eyes. She no longer knew who to listen to or believe. But if Nami and Catilia were still alive, she had to believe it.\n“Where?” Eris demanded of Vader, wanting a sincere answer.\n“They’re on this same wing,” Vader replied.\nBefore Vader could reply further, Eris stomped away from him, her footsteps heavy and clattering. Once outside the cell through the hole she and Palpatine had made, she glared furiously at one of the Stormtroopers standing there.\nThe Stormtrooper swallowed hard, pointing to the left. “That way! Fifth gate!” he said as he and the others started moving to try and get away from her. Obviously, she had just sent the Emperor flying through two walls with one blow. Who would want to take a hit like that?\nFollowing the directions, Eris began walking in the indicated direction.\nMeanwhile, in another cell, both Gida and Noka, as well as Catilia and Nami, were looking up after feeling a strong tremor that shook the cell.\n“Does anyone know what that was?” Nami asked.\n“I don’t know,” Gida said. “But for a moment, I felt an unparalleled power. I don’t know what it was.”\n“Whatever it is, it’s sure to have caused quite a stir around here,” Catilia said. “We could use this as an opportunity to escape.”\n“So what? We don’t have any weapons, remember?” Gida said.\n“Well, that’s not our problem,” Catilia said, summoning her sword. “We can summon our weapons,” she added as Nami nodded.\n“Good for you,” Noka said. “Even so, we’re not leaving without our weapons.”\n“In any case, why don’t you use that dark door trick of yours so we can escape to another planet?” Nami asked.\n“I already told you. I can only open a Dark Corridor with a local reach, so I can only take you to another location on this planet,” Gida said. “Besides, what would be the point? They’ve most likely stationed soldiers everywhere I could try to hide.”\nCatilia leaned against the wall beside the cell door. “Well, we have to do something. We can’t stay here. We have to find Eris and get out of here as soon as possible.”\nSuddenly, the door burst open, startling all four of them. They all looked toward the now-open entrance, where they saw Eris standing in the hole, while a Stormtrooper ran past her. screaming for help as he fled in terror.\n“Eris?!” The four of them asked at once when they saw Eris there. Although only Gida and Noka were a little confused to see Eris looking more muscular than before.\nEris was breathing heavily as she looked at them, beginning to smile when she saw they were all alright. At that moment, she began to lose her balance and fall forward, caught in Catilia's arms as she fell unconscious, her muscles returning to normal.\n“Good heavens. It’s happened again.” Catilia said, looking at the wounds and damage that Eris had on her body.\n“What happened to him?” Noka asked. “Did her muscles really expand a while ago?”\n“That doesn’t matter now,” Nami said. “We need to get out of here and treat her as soon as possible.”\n“On this planet, I doubt it,” Gida said. “And even less so in this galaxy, with the Empire everywhere.”\n“So what do we do, teacher?” Noka asked.\n“There’s only one thing we can do,” Gida said, glancing at Noka before looking ahead. “We have to get out of here. And I know the way.”\n“What are you talking about?” Catilia asked.\n“We’re from here, and haven’t you ever wondered how we got to where we met?” Gida asked.\nCatilia and Nami looked at each other for a moment and quickly began to understand what she meant.\n“Okay, but how do we get out of here?” Nami asked.\n“I know how to escape,” Gida said. “First, we need to get to the hangar. I know where it is, come on.”\nNami helped Catilia pick up Eris's body, and they began walking, following Gida and Noka, who were ahead. As they made their way through the corridors, they passed a section where dozens of confiscated items were displayed, including their lightsabers, which they retrieved before continuing on their way. The Imperial soldiers didn't even try to stop them, likely aware of what had just transpired as they moved away.\nMeanwhile, Vader slowly crept through the hole in the wall and, crossing the corridor, entered the cell opposite, where he found the Emperor lying on the floor with one hand over his face, struggling to sit up on the floor.\nVader remained silent, watching the Emperor in such a pitiful state, his strained, artificial voice the only sound he could manage. Perhaps Darth Vader was Palpatine's right-hand man, but his loyalty wasn't entirely his own. At that moment, he was tempted to destroy him and claim the throne. But at the same time, he needed him alive for now. Talk about paradoxes.\nAt the same time, some imperial soldiers and officers peered into the hole to check on the Emperor, mainly worried about what might happen next. Until that day, no one had ever beaten the Emperor like that.\n“What are your orders, Master?” Vader finally asked.\nPalpatine glared at Vader, his face contorted with pure rage, his teeth gritted. It was obvious he was furious at that moment.\n\"I want that abomination brought to me! NOW!\" Palpatine ordered at the top of his lungs.\n \nWhile the group was in an elevator they had found to take them to the floor where the hangar was located, they began to hear alarms going off, looking up.\n“Well, it seems they’ve opened the hunting grounds,” Catilia said, looking at the unconscious Eris.\n“We knew this wouldn’t last. But don’t worry, we’re close to the hangar,” Gida said.\n“Well, I hope we don’t run into too many soldiers. We can barely do anything while we’re holding her up,” Nami said.\n“Don’t worry. We’ll take care of it,” Noka said.\nJust as the elevator stopped and the doors opened, a large black droid resembling a Stormtrooper appeared on the other side, turning towards them.\n\"Stop, don't move. You're under arrest.\" The droid said to them, pointing its blaster arm at them.\nGida and Noka looked at each other for a moment before using their lightsabers to slice it into several pieces, causing it to fall to the ground inactive.\n“Come on! Let’s hurry!” said Gida.\nThe group began advancing as quickly as possible down the corridor, considering they had to carry an unconscious Hellbeast the entire time. They also had to stop frequently to repel and dispatch the Stormtroopers and DT droids that appeared, trying to stop them. But at least the Jedi could use their weapons to deflect the attacks and send them flying.\nBut even if they were moving quickly, Gida couldn't help but constantly look back, as she could feel Vader and someone else getting closer, but she didn't know how long it would take them to catch up.\nEventually, the group managed to reach the plant's aircraft hangar, which was guarded by several stormtroopers and some officers, but Gida and Noka were able to deal with them with ease.\n“Okay, which ship do we escape with?” Catilia asked, looking at the number of ships inside the hangar.\n“There’s no need to look too closely. We’ll go in that shuttle.” Gida said, pointing to a long shuttle with its wings folded upwards.\n“With that?” Nami asked, raising an eyebrow.\n“Yes, come on! They’re catching up to us!” exclaimed Gida.\n“Too late!” Noka exclaimed, looking down the hallway.\nLooking down the corridor, they could see Vader, Palpatine, and several stormtroopers advancing toward them. Time was running out.\n“Come on, hurry up!” Gida exclaimed as they moved towards the ship.\nJust then, a red figure passed by her in the opposite direction, momentarily confusing Gida and causing her to turn around as Noka and the others walked past. She then saw a red-skinned man with white tattoos on his face and shoulders and dark burn marks, dressed in a dark robe that covered his arms and legs. She raised an eyebrow, wondering if she was really seeing what was in front of her.\nWhen the Imperials arrived at the hangar, they all pointed their weapons at the girls, but were confused when they saw that person approaching, standing in front of them.\n“Master Nakru?” Gida murmured softly.\n“Teacher!” Noka exclaimed, bringing her back to reality and sending her running towards the shuttle.\nThe Imperials stared at the man, then began firing at the shuttle. But the man simply raised a hand, stopping the shots in mid-air, astonishing everyone present. With another gesture, the shots flew in all directions except toward the shuttle.\n“Master, who is this being?” Vader asked Palpatine. “His control of the Force is extraordinary.”\n“I would say much more, Vader,” Palpatine said, taking a step closer to the man. “Well, well. Of all the things I might see these days, I least expected one of them to be a Sith pureblood.”\n“Pureblood?” one of the soldiers asked, confused.\n“Their race is the one that gave the Sith Order its name generations ago. They were believed to be extinct until today,” the Emperor replied, before addressing the pureblood Sith. “Tell me, what brings you before me? We are both rather occupied at the moment.”\nNakru turned his gaze towards Palpatine, even though his eyes revealed that he was blind, but he could still look at him without any problems.\n“Can’t a master protect his apprentice?” Nakru asked.\n“Apprentice?” Palpatine asked, before smiling after a moment. “Ah, of course. Now I understand everything. In a way, you are the reason the Jedi survived all these years in the Realm of Darkness, aren’t you?”\n“A good deduction, coming from you, Sidious,” Nakru said, shaking her head slightly.\nPalpatine looked seriously at the pureblood Sith. “It doesn’t matter why. You won’t be able to stop me from getting what I want.”\nVader began to advance forward, but Nakru gestured with his hand and used the Force to steal Palpatine's lightsaber, igniting it in his hand.\n\"If you want to pass, you must first pass through me,\" warned the Sith pureblood.\n\"In that case, it will be a pleasure to see just how powerful the Sith of the past were,\" Vader said, activating his own weapon.\n“I stopped being considered a user of the Dark Side a long time ago,” Nakru said.\nInside the shuttle, Nami and Catilia had left Eris on the floor of the shuttle, staying close to her, while Gida and Noka began to manipulate the ship's controls in the cockpit.\n“Master, who was that?” Noka asked Gida as she configured the controls on her panel.\n“To be honest, you wouldn’t believe me,” Gida replied. “Let’s just say he was my second master.”\n“Wait, was that him?” Noka asked, confused, while Gida simply nodded.\nEventually, the shuttle began to lift off, just as Nakru and Vader stared intently at each other, waiting for the other's first move, while Palpatine and the other soldiers watched. They took advantage of the moment when everyone was distracted to fly out of the hangar.\nVader was the first to attack. He unleashed powerful slashes with his lightsaber that felt heavy with his movements, yet were precise, knowing exactly where to strike with each movement. But Nakru parried each of the Sith Lord's thrusts with more skill than he had ever witnessed.\n“I don’t need eyes to see your fighting style,” the pureblood Sith said to Vader as he blocked his attacks. “Not only do you use a hybrid style of combat, but you also use the Dark Side of the Force to subtly manipulate your opponents into making mistakes. Unfortunately, those tricks won’t work on me.”\nAfter launching several attacks with his lightsaber, all of which were blocked, Vader extended his hand forward to use the Force against him, but Nakru did the same to him, their Force pulses colliding. They maintained their pulse in the Force, barely moving. But Nakru was stronger with the Force and sent Vader tumbling backward several meters, skidding on the ground.\n“Your apprentice is no match for me, Darth Sidious,” Nakru said, turning her gaze to Palpatine. “But I expected nothing less, you being the master.”\nThose words from the pureblood Sith irritated Palpatine, who extended his hands to unleash Force lightning at him, but Nakru stopped the first blast by placing his lightsaber in front of him to intercept the lightning. After this, Palpatine tried again, but this time Nakru simply extended a hand toward him, unleashing his own Force lightning that blocked Palpatine's bolts.\n“You are truly a disappointment as a Sith. I don’t even want to imagine what your predecessors would think of you if they saw you,” Nakru said to Palpatine.\n“Say what you want. I have accomplished what all others have failed to do.” Palpatine began. “I have created a powerful empire. I will rule the galaxy forever. And nothing can stop me! And that creature will be my servant too!”\n“Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone say so many wrong things so continually,” Nakru said as Vader approached him. “Whether you like it or not, your empire is fracturing. You will never rule forever. And obviously, someone will overthrow you.” He then gestured behind him for a moment. “And that beast? She will never kneel, not before you, not before anyone.”\nThen Nakru lowered his sword, leaving himself completely exposed to any attack from Vader.\n“You both believe yourselves to be masters of the Dark Side, but you have no idea what lies within the darkness itself,” said the pureblood Sith.\nAt that moment, Vader used the Force to pull him down, sending him flying toward the Sith Lord, where he was attacked with his lightsaber. But something very strange happened. Nakru continued flying several meters behind Vader until he stopped, but his body showed no trace of Vader's attack, even though it had literally cut him in half. Even Palpatine was confused by this. The Sith Lord turned toward him and advanced toward the pureblood Sith, aiming his weapon at him until it made contact.\nBut instead of causing any contact burns, Vader's lightsaber passed through Nakru's body as if it were a ghost, impacting both Vader and Palpatine.\nIt turns out that what they saw was not the real Nakru, but an illusion, a Force phantom created by him, for he was still in the Realm of Darkness without moving from his corner, sitting on the rocks with his eyes closed.\nVader and Palpatine stared in astonishment at Nakru's illusion that had stopped them, unable to even understand how something so ethereal could be so powerful.\n“The die is cast,” Nakru said, and at that moment his body vanished, dropping Palpatine’s lightsaber.\nEveryone was in shock at what had happened, but then something clicked in Palpatine's mind, and he turned his gaze back to the hangar, seeing that the Lambda shuttle had already left. Palpatine let out a cry of rage and despair at having been tricked like that, while Vader simply stared out of the hangar.\n \nGida and Noka had taken advantage of the distraction the pureblood Sith had given them to escape the planet, entering Hyperspeed and moving away from there in a moment.\n“Well, for now, we’ll be fine. As long as we don’t get intercepted here.” Gida said, entering the seating area where Eris was lying, with Nami and Catilia beside her. “How is she?”\n“He’s still unconscious, but it seems he’s doing okay,” Catilia said.\n“I wish we had something to treat her with. I really don’t like those wounds.” Nami said, looking at the wounds on Eris’s body.\nGida thought for a moment and went to a nearby door. Soon, she brought out what looked like a medical droid.\n“Greetings, I’m H2-1B, this ship’s medical droid. What’s the emergency?” the droid asked, confusing Nami and Catilia.\n“It’s her. Can you do anything?” Gida pointed to Eris to get the droid’s attention.\nThe droid approached Eris's body and began scanning her while Nami and Catilia moved away so the droid could work. After a while, it turned its attention to Gida.\n“The young lady’s condition appears to be moderately stable, but she will need care to recover. It’s also possible that I’m mistaken in my assessment, as I have no data on the patient’s physiology and morphology. Until we get to a Bacta Tank, all I can do is give her medication to keep her stable, but I don’t know how long I can maintain that. It seems she has suffered severe injuries all over her body,” the medical droid explained.\n“Please do it,” Gida said, and the medical droid began working with Eris as best it could.\n“So what do we do now?” Catilia asked Gida. “Clearly, we can’t stop on another planet, can we?”\n“True. In a sense, our entire galaxy is a world unto itself, and almost the entire galaxy is under the control of the Galactic Empire,” Gida said.\n“Okay, so how do we treat Eris?” Nami asked.\n“There is only one solution: We must return to the Federation,” Gida said.\n“Go back there?” Catilia asked.\n“Yes, it’s the only solution we have,” Gida said.\n“But teacher, there’s a problem,” Noka said. “To get there, we’ll have to cross the Sea of Stars, and that means—”\n“We have to cross the Imperial blockade protecting the rift that connects this world to the others, and we’ll probably have to deal with the Heartless in mid-flight. Yes, I know,” Gida replied. “So I suggest you prepare yourself for when we exit Hyperdrive.”\n“Yes, Master.” Noka nodded, returning to the booth.\n“Can you explain yourself?” Catilia asked Gida.\n“The first time we left this galaxy and ended up there was because we used a rift that led to the Sea of Stars, a place that separates all the worlds. It’s our only way to escape from here. Although first we’ll have to cross the Imperial blockade posted there. And then there are the Heartless that usually roam around there,” Gida explained.\n“Are you sure there’s no other way?” Nami asked.\n“Well, considering the Imperials have almost certainly taken the Star Shard from us, unless one of you can open dark portals to other distant worlds… yes, it’s our only option,” Gida said.\nBoth remained silent, their gaze directed towards Eris as the medical droid treated her as best it could.\n“You stay with her. We’ll do what we can when we get there,” Gida said, returning to the cabin. “If I’m not mistaken, it’ll take us a few hours to get there.”\nFor the next few hours, everything was silent, the only sounds coming from the droid. None of them wanted to talk about what was happening or discuss the situation. The only thing that mattered now was reaching the rift to leave that galaxy and find someone who could help Eris, who was still unconscious. But what worried them now was the blockade at the rift and the Heartless that might appear in the Sea of Stars.\nSoon, the cockpit controls began to beep, indicating that they were nearing their destination. Gida and Noka prepared for anything.\n“Any ideas, master?” Noka asked.\n“Yes, I have an idea. We’ll break out of hyperspeed in the middle of the blockade and use the confusion to cross,” Gida said.\n“Are you sure? What if we crash into one of their destroyers?” Noka asked worriedly.\n“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine,” Gida said, her gaze fixed straight ahead. “We will be.”\nNoka swallowed, preparing to help as soon as they exited hyperspeed.\n“Alright, everyone ready! We’re going to exit hyperdrive and launch right into the enemy fleet! Hold on tight because this is going to be rough!” Gida warned.\nAt that moment, Gida forced the ship out of hyperspace, appearing amidst enormous vessels already in that location. Gida and Noka maneuvered the shuttle to avoid colliding with the massive ships in front of them, but without deviating from their course, as their destination was clear: a kind of crater with cracks like broken glass floating in the middle of space.\nThe shuttle managed to avoid colliding with the enormous ships without problems, but they soon detected how these ships began to deploy starfighters that looked like orbs with square wings on the sides, beginning to pursue them.\n“It seems they were prepared for something like this,” Noka said, watching the fighter jet signals approaching the shuttle.\n“Well, let them follow us! We’ll see how long they last outside their galaxy!” Gida said.\nIn a short time, the shuttle passed through the rift, followed by countless fighters that began to pursue them. Gida and Noka piloted the shuttle through the Sea of Stars, avoiding the fire of the TIE fighters behind them, although some shots struck the shuttle's shields, causing minor tremors inside.\nWorried about what was happening, Nami entered the cabin, a little amazed to see the Lanes Between, although she returned to the reality of the situation after another jolt.\n“Hey, do you know what you’re doing? None of us wants to get blown away in this place,” Nami said.\n“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing,” Gida said. “We just need to find some distractions. Where will those things be when you need them?”\n“What are you talking about?” Nami asked.\n“There! A really strong signal ahead!” Noka warned.\n“Perfect!” exclaimed Gida.\nThe shuttle flew in the direction indicated by Noka, eventually encountering a massive fleet of strange, dark ships floating in space. The ships turned toward them as they approached. They fired the shuttle's laser cannons to blast their way through the fleet. And although some of the ships turned on the shuttle, the rest of the fleet swarmed like a bee over the TIE fighters, forcing them into battle.\n“What are those things?” Nami asked.\n“Heartless, in the form of ships. Hopefully, they’ll eliminate our pursuers,” Gida replied.\n“Heartless? Good idea.” Nami shrugged.\n“Not entirely. We have some behind us,” Noka warned, looking at the monitor.\n“Okay, my bad, but at least we got rid of the Imperials,” Gida said. “Now we just have to take out the Heartless behind us with our rear lasers.”\n“I’ll take care of it,” Noka said, getting up from his seat and sitting in the gunner’s seat.\n“You sit here, and let me know if anything happens on the monitors,” Gida said to Nami.\nConfused, Nami sat next to Gida, staring at the indicators in front of her. Meanwhile, Noka began controlling the shuttle's rear cannons, firing at the Heartless ships in an attempt to break free.\nThe shuttle continued flying forward, attempting to evade the Heartless ships behind it. Unfortunately, one of those ships managed to hit it directly, damaging one of its rear engines.\n“Dank farrik!” Gida cursed, confusing Nami with the words used.\n“I’m sorry, it’s my fault! I couldn’t eliminate that one in time!” Noka said.\n“What are you doing there?! We have someone badly injured here, you know?!” Catilia exclaimed loudly.\n“Do you think I’m just messing around?” Gida asked. “With a damaged engine, we won’t get there. We’ll have to land somewhere else.”\n“Well, I sense something here. It might be a world, or it might not. I don’t know exactly how this works.” Nami said, causing Gida and Noka to look at her. “What? Our world is technically medieval compared to yours.”\n“Well, as things stand, we’ll have to take the risk,” Gida said. “Noka, you get rid of the remaining Heartless. We don’t want them following us to another world.”\n“I’ll try, Master,” Noka exclaimed.\n“No, either you do it, or you don’t, but don’t try. Remember?” Gida said seriously.\n“I’m sorry, Master,” Noka said, taking control of the rear cannons.\nAfter several missed shots, Noka finally managed to hit the remaining Heartless ships, eliminating them once and for all. Now all that remained was to steer the shuttle toward the indicated coordinates without crashing.\nIn a short time, the ship glimpsed what appeared to be a portal in the middle of space, and without much hesitation, they passed through it. Upon entering, they found themselves in a world that looked futuristic but had a post-apocalyptic feel, though they didn't have time to take in the scenery as the shuttle began to malfunction and descend rapidly.\n“Hold on tight, everyone, we’re going to have a rough landing!” Gida warned as she tried to stabilize the shuttle.\nWhile Noka and Nami sat down as safely as possible in their seats, Catilia lay down on top of Eris's body to keep her as still as possible while they landed.\nAfter much maneuvering, the shuttle managed to make a forced landing on the ground, skidding several meters forward until it finally came to a complete stop.\nThe girls in the cockpit groaned after the rough landing, grateful to be alive after the ordeal. Gida shook her head as she looked out, trying to see where they were and whether they could help her.\nThe only thing he could see outside at that moment was a figure in a wheelchair, surrounded by silhouettes of supernatural origin.", "writing_bbcode_parsed": "They lost track of how long they'd been bouncing around with the Star Fragment, and most had already resigned themselves to trying to control it so they could land somewhere. Most, that is, except for Eris, who kept trying to manipulate the object as best she could, but without any success.
Finally, the Star Shard crashed to the ground, ending the journey and leaving the group lying on the ground, groaning from the impact.
“Ugh, my head…” Eris said as she stood up with a hand on her head.
“I’d much rather go in a spaceship than in that thing,” Gida said as she stood up.
Nami shook her head as she stood up, looking around. "Does anyone know where we are?"
The group looked around, observing that they were in what appeared to be a futuristic-looking alley, as the walls seemed to be made more of metal than stone or cement.
“Okay, we can confirm that we’re not in our world. There’s no city this developed there.” Catilia said, looking around.
What they didn't notice was that Gida's face began to pale, which Noka alone observed.
“Master?” Noka asked.
“I know this kind of structure,” Gida said, before running out of the alley.
Confused, the other girls followed the Twi'lek, and after leaving, they nearly collided with a crowd of people who were not only human but also aliens of all shapes and sizes. They could also see countless car-like flying vehicles soaring through the sky, passing between enormous skyscrapers, in a city that seemed to stretch endlessly to the horizon.
“Okay, and here I was thinking that other city was big,” Eris said, scratching her head. She also noticed that the people passing by barely paid any attention to her. “At least here no one stares at me like I’m some kind of sideshow attraction.”
“I know this place,” Gida said, looking around. “This is Coruscant.”
“Coruscant?” Catilia asked.
“The capital of our galaxy,” Noka said.
“Oh, so now we’re in your world. Great.” Eris said, crossing her lower arms.
“This isn’t great,” Gida said, addressing the group. “We shouldn’t be here. We’d better hide before they see us.”
“Who?” Nami asked.
“Hey, you ladies!”
Gida and Noka jumped at the sound of that voice. They all turned toward it, seeing several soldiers in white suits that covered their entire bodies, wielding what appeared to be two-handed laser weapons. There were no more than four of them.
“Yes, officer?” Noka asked, with a certain nervousness in his voice.
“Have you seen anything out of the ordinary around here?” one of the soldiers asked, before looking Eris up and down, while she glared back at him. “Besides this thing…”
“And what, exactly?” Nami asked.
“An unknown signal source has been detected in this area. We’ve been diverted from our patrol route to investigate. Do you know anything about it?” another soldier asked.
Eris was about to respond in her own way, but Catilia raised her hand, preventing her from saying more.
“No, officer. We haven’t seen anything,” Gida replied.
The soldiers stared at the girls for a moment, making Gida and Noka even more nervous.
"Okay. But if you see anything, report it immediately," the soldier said, before they began to walk away.
Gida and Noka breathed a sigh of relief as the soldiers began to walk away.
“That was close, Master,” Noka said.
“Okay, but what were those?” Eris asked.
“Stormtroopers,” Gida replied. “Very dangerous, so let’s avoid any trouble with them. We don’t want someone worse to show up as well.”
“Is there anything much worse than them?” Nami asked.
While they were talking, one of the Stormtroopers caught the others' attention, saying something while glancing sideways at the girls. After a few words between them, the Stormtroopers approached the girls again.
“Excuse me,” said one of the soldiers as they approached.
“What now?” Eris asked.
“You two, ladies, can you show us those?” the Stormtrooper asked, pointing at the lightsabers at Gida and Noka’s waists.
The Twi'lek and the Togruta cursed under their breath, glaring at the stormtroopers. If the stormtroopers discovered they were wielding lightsabers, they would recognize them as Jedi and try to arrest them. And if they tried to hinder, the stormtroopers would become suspicious, which would only make things worse.
“Hey, weren’t you looking for an unknown energy source or something?” Eris asked.
“That’s right, but we want to make sure those aren’t illegal weapons,” the soldier said, pointing to the objects at Gida and Noka’s waistbands.
“What if it just happened to be?” Nami asked, trying to imply that they might not have known those things were illegal.
“In that case, you must accompany us,” the soldier said.
“Okay, but what if, for some reason, we couldn’t?” Eris asked. Nami and Catilia put a hand to their faces at that.
“Then that wouldn’t be a request,” the Stormtrooper said, raising his weapon menacingly, forcing his point.
Gida and Noka gripped the hilts of their lightsabers, ready to use them at that moment. Nami and Catilia, sensing the danger, also prepared to fight if necessary.
Eris, for her part, simply crossed her lower arms under her chest, looking at the Stormtroopers before turning back to Gida.
“It seems there’s no other choice,” Eris said with a smile.
Gida raised an eyebrow at what Eris said. Suddenly, the infernal beast grabbed the two stormtroopers closest to it and, with a spin, sent them flying into the other two further back, causing them all to crash to the ground.
This sudden action by Eris startled the people around her, causing them to back away. The girls then used that moment to start running and get away from the place.
“What the hell?” one of the downed Stormtroopers asked as he started to get up, putting his hand to his helmet. “All units here! We have an incident on the upper level! Five subjects on the run! A Twi'lek, a Togruta, two catgirls, and a four-armed dog-woman with an insect-hide! Yes, I reported correctly! A four-armed dog-woman with an insect-hide!”
The girls ran as fast as they could through the townspeople who stared at them in confusion, not knowing why they were running like that.
"Seriously, Eris, you should avoid getting us into trouble. Or at least warn us before doing something like that," Gida said to Eris as she ran off.
“We always tell her, but she never listens! We almost always end up in trouble because of it!” Nami replied as she ran, looking back.
“What are you complaining about? They would have tried to arrest us anyway,” Eris said as she ran ahead of the group.
“She’s right about that,” Noka said, running after Gida.
“That doesn’t change the fact that she’s just gotten us into trouble! We must get away from here before they find us!” Gida exclaimed.
Eventually, they reached a point in the city where there seemed to be no one else besides them.
“Okay, any idea where to go?” Catilia asked, looking around.
Gida sighed before glancing around. At that moment, she extended her arm forward, and directly in front of her appeared a dark mass that seemed to form some kind of ethereal portal.
“What is that?” Nami asked.
“It’s hard to explain, but this portal won’t lead to a safe place on the planet where they can’t find us,” Gida said.
“Wait, you could do that, and you didn’t use it before when we were in the past?” Eris asked. “And why don’t you send us to another world with it?”
“One, my range is local, so I can’t travel from planet to planet. And two, if I don’t know where to open the door, I could appear anywhere,” Gida listed.
“But since we know the planet, we know where to go without any problems,” Noka said.
“Quickly. I know a place where we can hide for a while until we figure out what to do.” Gida said as she headed toward the portal.
However, a few blaster shots struck between her and the portal, forcing her back as it vanished. From the sky, a kind of aerial gunship had them in its sights, while four other identical ships descended to hover above the ground, releasing several stormtroopers who pointed their weapons at them.
Eris clenched her fists, frowning as she glared at the soldiers in white, while Catilia and Nami readied their weapons for battle. Simultaneously, Gida and Noka drew their lightsabers and ignited them, assuming a defensive stance.
“Lightsabers,” one stormtrooper said to another. “No doubt about it, they’re Jedi.”
“In that case, they mustn’t escape,” the other stormtrooper said, before looking at the girls. “Drop your weapons and surrender! I won’t tell you again.”
Then Eris tackled herself straight at some of the stormtroopers, who didn't hesitate to fire at her, but Nami was quicker to raise a protective barrier around Eris that blocked the shots, allowing her to reach them and begin striking them with all four arms, catching them by surprise. She had already faced weapons very similar to these in her world, so she knew how to deal with them.
Several of the soldiers began firing at the rest of the group, but Gida and Noka stayed close to Nami to shield her from the blaster fire, while the Jedi deflected the stormtroopers' blaster fire, systematically taking them down. At the same time, Catilia charged forward with her sword, dispatching the stormtroopers with ease, her previous experience with the Nothgardians demonstrating her skill in dodging and blocking their fire.
Eris grabbed one of the stormtroopers she was attacking, immediately ducking as the barrier dissipated to avoid further shots before throwing the soldier into several of them, causing them to fall to the ground. At that moment, Nami extended her claws and leaped onto the stormtroopers, who hadn't expected her to attack so swiftly, supporting Catilia in her fight against the soldiers.
This last action allowed Gida and Noka to become more aggressive, leaping onto the Stormtroopers and taking the offensive against them. At the same time, the two Jedi covered their backs from the enemy.
After striking two Stormtroopers, Eris summoned an energy spear in her hand and hurled it at one of the gunships, shattering the glass and startling the pilot, who was nearly impaled, causing him to retreat. Eris summoned another energy spear and aimed it at the remaining Stormtroopers, who were now on the defensive and not firing as frequently as before.
“Come on! Is that the best you can do?” Eris said, provoking the enemy.
Gida rolled her eyes at Eris's provocation, keeping her gaze fixed on the stormtroopers in front of her. But then a chill ran through her entire body. A very dark chill. At the same time, she began to hear artificial respiration.
The Twi'lek turned immediately, seeing a gunship beginning its descent near Eris. But what worried her wasn't the gunship itself, but its occupant. There, they could see a man clad in heavy, all-black robotic armor with buttons on the chest, along with a black helmet that covered his face and a large, matching black cape. Artificial respiration appeared to be coming from this man.
“Master, isn’t that him?” Noka asked, looking in the same direction as Gida, but she did not answer.
The man in black armor surveyed the scene, while a man in a gray uniform peered out from beside him, looking at Gida and Noka.
“A blue Twi’lek and an orange Togruta.” The officer said before looking at the man in the armor. “Lord Vader, there’s no doubt. It’s them.”
Darth Vader continued watching as the gunship descended, his artificial breathing the only sound he could make. When the gunship had descended far enough, he jumped heavily to the ground, looking around as he took a couple of steps forward.
Eris raised an eyebrow at Vader, but even she could sense something very dark about him. Something she had never seen before. Even Nami and Catilia felt intimidated in the presence of the black knight. Eventually, he turned his gaze to the Jedi.
“It seems you and your apprentice have returned, Gida Szenda,” Vader said in a heavy, cold voice, looking at Eris and the others. “And it seems you’ve brought company with you.” Then he looked back at Gida. “You shouldn’t have.”
Gida and Noka frowned as they stared at Vader. The presence of the stormtroopers was now merely anecdotal compared to the presence of the black knight.
“Hey, are you the boss of these people?” Eris asked, causing Gida and Noka to look at her in shock, and unfortunately, Vader as well.
“You are quite an interesting being. And quite resourceful.” Vader said, looking at the fallen stormtroopers. “It’s a shame that potential is being wasted.”
“What did you say?!” Eris asked, offended, before running towards Vader, despite Gida's attempts to stop her.
But Vader simply raised a hand slightly in the air, and suddenly Eris's body began to float in the air, unable to move from where it now was, no matter how much she moved her arms and legs.
“What the hell?!” Eris asked in surprise. “Are you a Jedi too, like the blue tiger?”
“A Jedi?” Vader asked, with a hint of irritation in his voice. “I am much more.”
The girls were paralyzed as they watched Vader have Eris at his mercy, and they didn't see the Stormtroopers turn their guns on them again.
“I want them alive,” Vader said simply.
The soldiers immediately fired blue energy rings from their weapons, which struck the other girls before they could react in time, leaving them unconscious on the ground. Eris watched as it happened before turning back to Vader, furious.
"Damn you all! Put me down right now, or I'll show you what's what!" Eris exclaimed angrily, throwing the energy spear she had at hand at the black knight.
Vader simply shifted his torso to the side to avoid the spear, without taking his eyes off the infernal beast, while a Stormtrooper fired one of those blue rings at Eris, impacting her.
Eris groaned after being hit, but looked back at Vader as she tried to free herself from whatever was holding her. Seeing her resilience, more soldiers began firing paralyzing shots at her, which she seemed to withstand without losing consciousness, until an excess of these shots caused everything around Eris to go dark until she could no longer feel anything.
 
Eris moaned weakly as reality returned to her. The last thing she remembered was staring coldly at that dark knight until she lost consciousness from something those soldiers in white did to her.
When she finally regained consciousness, she looked around and saw that she was chained to a cell wall, all four arms outstretched at her sides, her legs spread apart, including her tail stretched down. All her limbs were secured by shackles attached directly to the wall, rendering her completely immobile. At least she was still wearing her clothes.
Eris tried to force herself free, but it seemed they had gone to the trouble of making the shackles very strong. Clearly, she would have to use a great deal of strength to break free, though she knew very well what would happen if she used too much.
At that moment, she heard a door open in the distance. Eris glanced in that direction, but simply rolled her eyes in disappointment when she saw it was the black knight. He seemed to be accompanied by someone else, as well as several men in red armor armed with electric pikes.
"Well, it seems our guest has awakened." The one who had entered with Vader was apparently a very old man in a black robe, his face full of scars and deformities, his yellow eyes revealing a disturbing darkness.
“Now then, who’s the freak here?” Eris asked, but immediately the red knights’ pikes were in her mouth. She was thankful they were unlit at the moment, but having those weapons in her mouth was extremely uncomfortable.
“Watch what you say, beast! Many have died for far less by addressing Emperor Palpatine like that!” one of the red knights said.
“It’s okay. We can forget about that for a moment,” Palpatine said.
After that, the red knights took their weapons out of Eris's mouth, who began to move it after having those things inside her mouth.
“Now, leave us alone. I want to be alone with her,” Palpatine ordered, and promptly his guards left the cell.
Eris watched as they were left alone, leaving her alone with the Emperor and Vader.
“Okay, so what’s going on? Why am I here?” Eris asked.
Palpatine laughed at Eris's question. "Even in your current state, you still exude that air of arrogance and superiority." Eris simply turned her head to the side, her eyes closed in disgust, as the emperor laughed again. "Yes, I know very well what you are, my little creature."
Eris opened one eye to look at him, but without turning her head.
“Your appearance is quite different from normal, but you are clearly one of those creatures that was once created by the gods to be guard dogs, despite not even being able to control them,” Palpatine said.
Eris rolled her visible eye, imagining what he was going to say.
“But I intend to go further. I intend to prove that I am above divinity, and I will achieve this by subjecting you to my will,” Palpatine said.
Eris started laughing at his words.
“Really? Don’t make me laugh! I highly doubt an old geezer like you could tame me.” Eris said before looking at the Emperor. “Besides, you’re not even my type, you old fogey.”
“You should not underestimate the power of the Dark Side of the Force. Many have done so, and most have died before its power,” Palpatine said.
“Yeah, whatever you say. And what about the minority?” Eris asked.
“The minority has accepted that they are no match for the Emperor, placing themselves at his service,” Vader said.
“I don’t recall asking you, metalhead,” Eris said to Vader, turning her head to the side. “Besides, those two who came with me, the blue tiger and the orange girl, I don’t think they were loyal to you to begin with.”
“True, but they should not be taken into account, for they are part of a cult that was destroyed long ago,” Palpatine said.
“Yes, whatever,” Eris said. “Let me tell you something. You’re wasting your time trying to make me obey you. Not even my sisters, who aren’t the same race as me, would follow you around the house.”
“Your sisters?” Palpatine asked, thinking for a moment. “Ah, yes! You must mean those feline women who were with you alongside the Jedi, don’t you?” Palpatine looked at Vader for a moment.
“It is possible, Master,” Vader replied.
Eris blew out a raspberry at that moment. “Seriously, you almost sound like the orange girl.” Eris started to giggle a little. “And yes, that’s right. They’re my sisters. And believe me, even if by some miracle I were to consider accepting your offer, they both wouldn’t hesitate to give me a monumental ear-pull to talk me out of it.”
“Perhaps. Well, we’ll never know,” Palpatine said, causing Eris to look at him in confusion. “I had no choice but to order their elimination.”
Eris's eyes widened greatly upon hearing Palpatine's words, who smiled maliciously.
“I’m sure you’re wondering if you heard me right, my dear creature,” Palpatine said, turning his back on Eris as he walked away. “I ordered the elimination of the two Jedi who were with you, but since your sisters tried to stop it, they were both eliminated as well.”
Eris was in shock upon hearing this. She couldn't believe that both Catilia and Nami, the two who had cared for her after her adoptive father's death, were dead too. And all while she lay unconscious in that cell. Eris closed her eyes, gritting her teeth, refusing to believe anything the Emperor said.
“I’m sure this is a shock to you. You were like family, the way you referred to them,” Palpatine said, turning to Eris. “Yes, I know what it’s like to lose someone important to you. But that doesn’t have to be the end.”
Eris didn't respond, clenching her teeth and fists even tighter. Vader silently watched what was happening.
“You may not know it, but the Dark Side of the Force possesses a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural,” Palpatine said. “If you were to pledge your loyalty to me and place your power at my service, together we could bring your sisters back from beyond the grave. But that will only be possible if you consider me your master.”
Palpatine turned his back on Eris again. “Well, what do you say, my dear? Will you reject my offer and rejoin with your sisters? Or will you accept me as your master, and we will attempt to bring them back?”
Palpatine smiled wickedly, but turned away when he heard Eris begin to growl. Furthermore, both the Emperor and Vader saw that Eris's body was enveloped in a red aura. Vader wondered what was happening, but was surprised to hear the metal wall she was clinging to creak. To his utter astonishment, Eris's muscles bulged and expanded slightly, suddenly snapping one of the clamps anchoring her to the wall as she pulled with extreme force.
Slowly, Eris began to use her strength to free herself from the holds, breaking the wall to which she was chained with each pull, until finally she freed all four arms, breathing heavily. At that moment, she began to move her legs, trying to free them, eventually breaking the holds that bound her and falling to the ground on her feet, breaking the last hold on her tail with a violent flick of it.
Palpatine and Vader recoiled as Eris managed to break free from her chains, her muscles expanding and a red aura enveloping her. Suddenly, Eris opened her eyes, which blazed with brilliant flames, and with a roar, she lunged at Palpatine at full speed.
The Emperor pointed his fingers at her, unleashing violent bolts that struck Eris and stopped her dead in her tracks. The infernal beast writhed in pain as the bolts tried to push her back, but her legs held her firmly in place.
“Poor creature. You don’t know what you’re up against,” Palpatine said as he attacked her with his lightning. “The power of the Dark Side is unlimited! And you are just a disobedient beast! Not unlike all the others who have defied me! Compared to me, you are nothing!”
Eris gritted her teeth as electricity continued to course through her body until she glared at the Emperor with more rage than she had ever felt. She raised her left arms like a shield against the lightning and began to advance slowly toward Palpatine, one step at a time, as the Emperor unleashed all his power in an attempt to stop her. But despite his efforts, he could not prevent her from getting up right in front of him.
With a violent swipe of her left arms, Eris struck Palpatine's hands, halting his attack. Roaring with pure fury, she slammed her upper right fists into the Emperor, striking him in both the chest and face. For an instant, Palpatine felt the full force and rage of Eris, amplified by the electricity still coursing through her body. The next second, Palpatine was sent flying backward, crashing not only through the cell entrance but also into the frontal cell. The Imperial soldiers and guards outside gasped as the Emperor burst through the two walls, which were a mixture of metal and stone.
The Imperials peered through the large hole the Emperor had left in his flight, seeing Eris breathing heavily, her fists clenched, electricity crackling in her hands. They were still wondering what had happened and how.
Then Eris turned her gaze toward Vader, who had witnessed everything. With a roar, she turned to the Dark Knight and lunged at him, ready to give him a taste of his own medicine.
“They live.”
Those words from Vader were enough to stop Eris, her electrified fists just centimeters away from hitting him.
“What did you say?” Eris asked, her voice filled with fury.
“Your sisters are still alive, alongside the Jedi,” Palpatine said. “What he said was nothing but a lie. A ruse to break your will.”
Eris watched Vader silently, but anger burned in her eyes. She no longer knew who to listen to or believe. But if Nami and Catilia were still alive, she had to believe it.
“Where?” Eris demanded of Vader, wanting a sincere answer.
“They’re on this same wing,” Vader replied.
Before Vader could reply further, Eris stomped away from him, her footsteps heavy and clattering. Once outside the cell through the hole she and Palpatine had made, she glared furiously at one of the Stormtroopers standing there.
The Stormtrooper swallowed hard, pointing to the left. “That way! Fifth gate!” he said as he and the others started moving to try and get away from her. Obviously, she had just sent the Emperor flying through two walls with one blow. Who would want to take a hit like that?
Following the directions, Eris began walking in the indicated direction.
Meanwhile, in another cell, both Gida and Noka, as well as Catilia and Nami, were looking up after feeling a strong tremor that shook the cell.
“Does anyone know what that was?” Nami asked.
“I don’t know,” Gida said. “But for a moment, I felt an unparalleled power. I don’t know what it was.”
“Whatever it is, it’s sure to have caused quite a stir around here,” Catilia said. “We could use this as an opportunity to escape.”
“So what? We don’t have any weapons, remember?” Gida said.
“Well, that’s not our problem,” Catilia said, summoning her sword. “We can summon our weapons,” she added as Nami nodded.
“Good for you,” Noka said. “Even so, we’re not leaving without our weapons.”
“In any case, why don’t you use that dark door trick of yours so we can escape to another planet?” Nami asked.
“I already told you. I can only open a Dark Corridor with a local reach, so I can only take you to another location on this planet,” Gida said. “Besides, what would be the point? They’ve most likely stationed soldiers everywhere I could try to hide.”
Catilia leaned against the wall beside the cell door. “Well, we have to do something. We can’t stay here. We have to find Eris and get out of here as soon as possible.”
Suddenly, the door burst open, startling all four of them. They all looked toward the now-open entrance, where they saw Eris standing in the hole, while a Stormtrooper ran past her. screaming for help as he fled in terror.
“Eris?!” The four of them asked at once when they saw Eris there. Although only Gida and Noka were a little confused to see Eris looking more muscular than before.
Eris was breathing heavily as she looked at them, beginning to smile when she saw they were all alright. At that moment, she began to lose her balance and fall forward, caught in Catilia's arms as she fell unconscious, her muscles returning to normal.
“Good heavens. It’s happened again.” Catilia said, looking at the wounds and damage that Eris had on her body.
“What happened to him?” Noka asked. “Did her muscles really expand a while ago?”
“That doesn’t matter now,” Nami said. “We need to get out of here and treat her as soon as possible.”
“On this planet, I doubt it,” Gida said. “And even less so in this galaxy, with the Empire everywhere.”
“So what do we do, teacher?” Noka asked.
“There’s only one thing we can do,” Gida said, glancing at Noka before looking ahead. “We have to get out of here. And I know the way.”
“What are you talking about?” Catilia asked.
“We’re from here, and haven’t you ever wondered how we got to where we met?” Gida asked.
Catilia and Nami looked at each other for a moment and quickly began to understand what she meant.
“Okay, but how do we get out of here?” Nami asked.
“I know how to escape,” Gida said. “First, we need to get to the hangar. I know where it is, come on.”
Nami helped Catilia pick up Eris's body, and they began walking, following Gida and Noka, who were ahead. As they made their way through the corridors, they passed a section where dozens of confiscated items were displayed, including their lightsabers, which they retrieved before continuing on their way. The Imperial soldiers didn't even try to stop them, likely aware of what had just transpired as they moved away.
Meanwhile, Vader slowly crept through the hole in the wall and, crossing the corridor, entered the cell opposite, where he found the Emperor lying on the floor with one hand over his face, struggling to sit up on the floor.
Vader remained silent, watching the Emperor in such a pitiful state, his strained, artificial voice the only sound he could manage. Perhaps Darth Vader was Palpatine's right-hand man, but his loyalty wasn't entirely his own. At that moment, he was tempted to destroy him and claim the throne. But at the same time, he needed him alive for now. Talk about paradoxes.
At the same time, some imperial soldiers and officers peered into the hole to check on the Emperor, mainly worried about what might happen next. Until that day, no one had ever beaten the Emperor like that.
“What are your orders, Master?” Vader finally asked.
Palpatine glared at Vader, his face contorted with pure rage, his teeth gritted. It was obvious he was furious at that moment.
"I want that abomination brought to me! NOW!" Palpatine ordered at the top of his lungs.
 
While the group was in an elevator they had found to take them to the floor where the hangar was located, they began to hear alarms going off, looking up.
“Well, it seems they’ve opened the hunting grounds,” Catilia said, looking at the unconscious Eris.
“We knew this wouldn’t last. But don’t worry, we’re close to the hangar,” Gida said.
“Well, I hope we don’t run into too many soldiers. We can barely do anything while we’re holding her up,” Nami said.
“Don’t worry. We’ll take care of it,” Noka said.
Just as the elevator stopped and the doors opened, a large black droid resembling a Stormtrooper appeared on the other side, turning towards them.
"Stop, don't move. You're under arrest." The droid said to them, pointing its blaster arm at them.
Gida and Noka looked at each other for a moment before using their lightsabers to slice it into several pieces, causing it to fall to the ground inactive.
“Come on! Let’s hurry!” said Gida.
The group began advancing as quickly as possible down the corridor, considering they had to carry an unconscious Hellbeast the entire time. They also had to stop frequently to repel and dispatch the Stormtroopers and DT droids that appeared, trying to stop them. But at least the Jedi could use their weapons to deflect the attacks and send them flying.
But even if they were moving quickly, Gida couldn't help but constantly look back, as she could feel Vader and someone else getting closer, but she didn't know how long it would take them to catch up.
Eventually, the group managed to reach the plant's aircraft hangar, which was guarded by several stormtroopers and some officers, but Gida and Noka were able to deal with them with ease.
“Okay, which ship do we escape with?” Catilia asked, looking at the number of ships inside the hangar.
“There’s no need to look too closely. We’ll go in that shuttle.” Gida said, pointing to a long shuttle with its wings folded upwards.
“With that?” Nami asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Yes, come on! They’re catching up to us!” exclaimed Gida.
“Too late!” Noka exclaimed, looking down the hallway.
Looking down the corridor, they could see Vader, Palpatine, and several stormtroopers advancing toward them. Time was running out.
“Come on, hurry up!” Gida exclaimed as they moved towards the ship.
Just then, a red figure passed by her in the opposite direction, momentarily confusing Gida and causing her to turn around as Noka and the others walked past. She then saw a red-skinned man with white tattoos on his face and shoulders and dark burn marks, dressed in a dark robe that covered his arms and legs. She raised an eyebrow, wondering if she was really seeing what was in front of her.
When the Imperials arrived at the hangar, they all pointed their weapons at the girls, but were confused when they saw that person approaching, standing in front of them.
“Master Nakru?” Gida murmured softly.
“Teacher!” Noka exclaimed, bringing her back to reality and sending her running towards the shuttle.
The Imperials stared at the man, then began firing at the shuttle. But the man simply raised a hand, stopping the shots in mid-air, astonishing everyone present. With another gesture, the shots flew in all directions except toward the shuttle.
“Master, who is this being?” Vader asked Palpatine. “His control of the Force is extraordinary.”
“I would say much more, Vader,” Palpatine said, taking a step closer to the man. “Well, well. Of all the things I might see these days, I least expected one of them to be a Sith pureblood.”
“Pureblood?” one of the soldiers asked, confused.
“Their race is the one that gave the Sith Order its name generations ago. They were believed to be extinct until today,” the Emperor replied, before addressing the pureblood Sith. “Tell me, what brings you before me? We are both rather occupied at the moment.”
Nakru turned his gaze towards Palpatine, even though his eyes revealed that he was blind, but he could still look at him without any problems.
“Can’t a master protect his apprentice?” Nakru asked.
“Apprentice?” Palpatine asked, before smiling after a moment. “Ah, of course. Now I understand everything. In a way, you are the reason the Jedi survived all these years in the Realm of Darkness, aren’t you?”
“A good deduction, coming from you, Sidious,” Nakru said, shaking her head slightly.
Palpatine looked seriously at the pureblood Sith. “It doesn’t matter why. You won’t be able to stop me from getting what I want.”
Vader began to advance forward, but Nakru gestured with his hand and used the Force to steal Palpatine's lightsaber, igniting it in his hand.
"If you want to pass, you must first pass through me," warned the Sith pureblood.
"In that case, it will be a pleasure to see just how powerful the Sith of the past were," Vader said, activating his own weapon.
“I stopped being considered a user of the Dark Side a long time ago,” Nakru said.
Inside the shuttle, Nami and Catilia had left Eris on the floor of the shuttle, staying close to her, while Gida and Noka began to manipulate the ship's controls in the cockpit.
“Master, who was that?” Noka asked Gida as she configured the controls on her panel.
“To be honest, you wouldn’t believe me,” Gida replied. “Let’s just say he was my second master.”
“Wait, was that him?” Noka asked, confused, while Gida simply nodded.
Eventually, the shuttle began to lift off, just as Nakru and Vader stared intently at each other, waiting for the other's first move, while Palpatine and the other soldiers watched. They took advantage of the moment when everyone was distracted to fly out of the hangar.
Vader was the first to attack. He unleashed powerful slashes with his lightsaber that felt heavy with his movements, yet were precise, knowing exactly where to strike with each movement. But Nakru parried each of the Sith Lord's thrusts with more skill than he had ever witnessed.
“I don’t need eyes to see your fighting style,” the pureblood Sith said to Vader as he blocked his attacks. “Not only do you use a hybrid style of combat, but you also use the Dark Side of the Force to subtly manipulate your opponents into making mistakes. Unfortunately, those tricks won’t work on me.”
After launching several attacks with his lightsaber, all of which were blocked, Vader extended his hand forward to use the Force against him, but Nakru did the same to him, their Force pulses colliding. They maintained their pulse in the Force, barely moving. But Nakru was stronger with the Force and sent Vader tumbling backward several meters, skidding on the ground.
“Your apprentice is no match for me, Darth Sidious,” Nakru said, turning her gaze to Palpatine. “But I expected nothing less, you being the master.”
Those words from the pureblood Sith irritated Palpatine, who extended his hands to unleash Force lightning at him, but Nakru stopped the first blast by placing his lightsaber in front of him to intercept the lightning. After this, Palpatine tried again, but this time Nakru simply extended a hand toward him, unleashing his own Force lightning that blocked Palpatine's bolts.
“You are truly a disappointment as a Sith. I don’t even want to imagine what your predecessors would think of you if they saw you,” Nakru said to Palpatine.
“Say what you want. I have accomplished what all others have failed to do.” Palpatine began. “I have created a powerful empire. I will rule the galaxy forever. And nothing can stop me! And that creature will be my servant too!”
“Interesting. I’ve never heard anyone say so many wrong things so continually,” Nakru said as Vader approached him. “Whether you like it or not, your empire is fracturing. You will never rule forever. And obviously, someone will overthrow you.” He then gestured behind him for a moment. “And that beast? She will never kneel, not before you, not before anyone.”
Then Nakru lowered his sword, leaving himself completely exposed to any attack from Vader.
“You both believe yourselves to be masters of the Dark Side, but you have no idea what lies within the darkness itself,” said the pureblood Sith.
At that moment, Vader used the Force to pull him down, sending him flying toward the Sith Lord, where he was attacked with his lightsaber. But something very strange happened. Nakru continued flying several meters behind Vader until he stopped, but his body showed no trace of Vader's attack, even though it had literally cut him in half. Even Palpatine was confused by this. The Sith Lord turned toward him and advanced toward the pureblood Sith, aiming his weapon at him until it made contact.
But instead of causing any contact burns, Vader's lightsaber passed through Nakru's body as if it were a ghost, impacting both Vader and Palpatine.
It turns out that what they saw was not the real Nakru, but an illusion, a Force phantom created by him, for he was still in the Realm of Darkness without moving from his corner, sitting on the rocks with his eyes closed.
Vader and Palpatine stared in astonishment at Nakru's illusion that had stopped them, unable to even understand how something so ethereal could be so powerful.
“The die is cast,” Nakru said, and at that moment his body vanished, dropping Palpatine’s lightsaber.
Everyone was in shock at what had happened, but then something clicked in Palpatine's mind, and he turned his gaze back to the hangar, seeing that the Lambda shuttle had already left. Palpatine let out a cry of rage and despair at having been tricked like that, while Vader simply stared out of the hangar.
 
Gida and Noka had taken advantage of the distraction the pureblood Sith had given them to escape the planet, entering Hyperspeed and moving away from there in a moment.
“Well, for now, we’ll be fine. As long as we don’t get intercepted here.” Gida said, entering the seating area where Eris was lying, with Nami and Catilia beside her. “How is she?”
“He’s still unconscious, but it seems he’s doing okay,” Catilia said.
“I wish we had something to treat her with. I really don’t like those wounds.” Nami said, looking at the wounds on Eris’s body.
Gida thought for a moment and went to a nearby door. Soon, she brought out what looked like a medical droid.
“Greetings, I’m H2-1B, this ship’s medical droid. What’s the emergency?” the droid asked, confusing Nami and Catilia.
“It’s her. Can you do anything?” Gida pointed to Eris to get the droid’s attention.
The droid approached Eris's body and began scanning her while Nami and Catilia moved away so the droid could work. After a while, it turned its attention to Gida.
“The young lady’s condition appears to be moderately stable, but she will need care to recover. It’s also possible that I’m mistaken in my assessment, as I have no data on the patient’s physiology and morphology. Until we get to a Bacta Tank, all I can do is give her medication to keep her stable, but I don’t know how long I can maintain that. It seems she has suffered severe injuries all over her body,” the medical droid explained.
“Please do it,” Gida said, and the medical droid began working with Eris as best it could.
“So what do we do now?” Catilia asked Gida. “Clearly, we can’t stop on another planet, can we?”
“True. In a sense, our entire galaxy is a world unto itself, and almost the entire galaxy is under the control of the Galactic Empire,” Gida said.
“Okay, so how do we treat Eris?” Nami asked.
“There is only one solution: We must return to the Federation,” Gida said.
“Go back there?” Catilia asked.
“Yes, it’s the only solution we have,” Gida said.
“But teacher, there’s a problem,” Noka said. “To get there, we’ll have to cross the Sea of Stars, and that means—”
“We have to cross the Imperial blockade protecting the rift that connects this world to the others, and we’ll probably have to deal with the Heartless in mid-flight. Yes, I know,” Gida replied. “So I suggest you prepare yourself for when we exit Hyperdrive.”
“Yes, Master.” Noka nodded, returning to the booth.
“Can you explain yourself?” Catilia asked Gida.
“The first time we left this galaxy and ended up there was because we used a rift that led to the Sea of Stars, a place that separates all the worlds. It’s our only way to escape from here. Although first we’ll have to cross the Imperial blockade posted there. And then there are the Heartless that usually roam around there,” Gida explained.
“Are you sure there’s no other way?” Nami asked.
“Well, considering the Imperials have almost certainly taken the Star Shard from us, unless one of you can open dark portals to other distant worlds… yes, it’s our only option,” Gida said.
Both remained silent, their gaze directed towards Eris as the medical droid treated her as best it could.
“You stay with her. We’ll do what we can when we get there,” Gida said, returning to the cabin. “If I’m not mistaken, it’ll take us a few hours to get there.”
For the next few hours, everything was silent, the only sounds coming from the droid. None of them wanted to talk about what was happening or discuss the situation. The only thing that mattered now was reaching the rift to leave that galaxy and find someone who could help Eris, who was still unconscious. But what worried them now was the blockade at the rift and the Heartless that might appear in the Sea of Stars.
Soon, the cockpit controls began to beep, indicating that they were nearing their destination. Gida and Noka prepared for anything.
“Any ideas, master?” Noka asked.
“Yes, I have an idea. We’ll break out of hyperspeed in the middle of the blockade and use the confusion to cross,” Gida said.
“Are you sure? What if we crash into one of their destroyers?” Noka asked worriedly.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be fine,” Gida said, her gaze fixed straight ahead. “We will be.”
Noka swallowed, preparing to help as soon as they exited hyperspeed.
“Alright, everyone ready! We’re going to exit hyperdrive and launch right into the enemy fleet! Hold on tight because this is going to be rough!” Gida warned.
At that moment, Gida forced the ship out of hyperspace, appearing amidst enormous vessels already in that location. Gida and Noka maneuvered the shuttle to avoid colliding with the massive ships in front of them, but without deviating from their course, as their destination was clear: a kind of crater with cracks like broken glass floating in the middle of space.
The shuttle managed to avoid colliding with the enormous ships without problems, but they soon detected how these ships began to deploy starfighters that looked like orbs with square wings on the sides, beginning to pursue them.
“It seems they were prepared for something like this,” Noka said, watching the fighter jet signals approaching the shuttle.
“Well, let them follow us! We’ll see how long they last outside their galaxy!” Gida said.
In a short time, the shuttle passed through the rift, followed by countless fighters that began to pursue them. Gida and Noka piloted the shuttle through the Sea of Stars, avoiding the fire of the TIE fighters behind them, although some shots struck the shuttle's shields, causing minor tremors inside.
Worried about what was happening, Nami entered the cabin, a little amazed to see the Lanes Between, although she returned to the reality of the situation after another jolt.
“Hey, do you know what you’re doing? None of us wants to get blown away in this place,” Nami said.
“Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing,” Gida said. “We just need to find some distractions. Where will those things be when you need them?”
“What are you talking about?” Nami asked.
“There! A really strong signal ahead!” Noka warned.
“Perfect!” exclaimed Gida.
The shuttle flew in the direction indicated by Noka, eventually encountering a massive fleet of strange, dark ships floating in space. The ships turned toward them as they approached. They fired the shuttle's laser cannons to blast their way through the fleet. And although some of the ships turned on the shuttle, the rest of the fleet swarmed like a bee over the TIE fighters, forcing them into battle.
“What are those things?” Nami asked.
“Heartless, in the form of ships. Hopefully, they’ll eliminate our pursuers,” Gida replied.
“Heartless? Good idea.” Nami shrugged.
“Not entirely. We have some behind us,” Noka warned, looking at the monitor.
“Okay, my bad, but at least we got rid of the Imperials,” Gida said. “Now we just have to take out the Heartless behind us with our rear lasers.”
“I’ll take care of it,” Noka said, getting up from his seat and sitting in the gunner’s seat.
“You sit here, and let me know if anything happens on the monitors,” Gida said to Nami.
Confused, Nami sat next to Gida, staring at the indicators in front of her. Meanwhile, Noka began controlling the shuttle's rear cannons, firing at the Heartless ships in an attempt to break free.
The shuttle continued flying forward, attempting to evade the Heartless ships behind it. Unfortunately, one of those ships managed to hit it directly, damaging one of its rear engines.
“Dank farrik!” Gida cursed, confusing Nami with the words used.
“I’m sorry, it’s my fault! I couldn’t eliminate that one in time!” Noka said.
“What are you doing there?! We have someone badly injured here, you know?!” Catilia exclaimed loudly.
“Do you think I’m just messing around?” Gida asked. “With a damaged engine, we won’t get there. We’ll have to land somewhere else.”
“Well, I sense something here. It might be a world, or it might not. I don’t know exactly how this works.” Nami said, causing Gida and Noka to look at her. “What? Our world is technically medieval compared to yours.”
“Well, as things stand, we’ll have to take the risk,” Gida said. “Noka, you get rid of the remaining Heartless. We don’t want them following us to another world.”
“I’ll try, Master,” Noka exclaimed.
“No, either you do it, or you don’t, but don’t try. Remember?” Gida said seriously.
“I’m sorry, Master,” Noka said, taking control of the rear cannons.
After several missed shots, Noka finally managed to hit the remaining Heartless ships, eliminating them once and for all. Now all that remained was to steer the shuttle toward the indicated coordinates without crashing.
In a short time, the ship glimpsed what appeared to be a portal in the middle of space, and without much hesitation, they passed through it. Upon entering, they found themselves in a world that looked futuristic but had a post-apocalyptic feel, though they didn't have time to take in the scenery as the shuttle began to malfunction and descend rapidly.
“Hold on tight, everyone, we’re going to have a rough landing!” Gida warned as she tried to stabilize the shuttle.
While Noka and Nami sat down as safely as possible in their seats, Catilia lay down on top of Eris's body to keep her as still as possible while they landed.
After much maneuvering, the shuttle managed to make a forced landing on the ground, skidding several meters forward until it finally came to a complete stop.
The girls in the cockpit groaned after the rough landing, grateful to be alive after the ordeal. Gida shook her head as she looked out, trying to see where they were and whether they could help her.
The only thing he could see outside at that moment was a figure in a wheelchair, surrounded by silhouettes of supernatural origin.", "pools_count": 1, "title": "Kingdom Hearts Hellfire 14", "deleted": "f", "public": "t", "mimetype": "application/msword", "pagecount": "1", "rating_id": "0", "rating_name": "General", "ratings": [], "submission_type_id": "12", "type_name": "Writing - Document", "guest_block": "f", "friends_only": "f", "comments_count": "0", "views": "2" }