The
Deforen's engines continued to press forward as hard and fast as they could. Glowing sub-lights showed the tenious strain being placed on the ion drives. Black space was lit like a night sky by the luminous white glow they shedded. So powerful was their light, it almost appeared that the very stars around which the ship was created were placed inside them.
On the bridge of the capital ship Captain Kerld continued his mad mission to stop what could be a decimating impact. Activating his comlink he issued the orders for a small team of Seshian infiltrators to destroy the main engine. As to if the spasming aliens would be able to break out of their tortorous fits in time for it to make a distance was an entirely different story. His scaly arms reached forwards to pull on a multi-tude of levers and press a consitancy of buttons. If the right timing could be achieved and the final section of the engine destroyed then the crazy plan in his mind might work. Several minutes passed in which the enemy ship grew so large it filled the entire view screen. Finally, when it seemed all hope was lost, a roaring explosion reverberated through the bowls of the Star Destroyer. It issued from the engineering room, travelling down corridors in which Stormtroopers fought to the last breath, through empty quatres and up turboshafts. It was just as loud as it had been when the detinators had gone off, when it reached the bridge. All heads snapped up, puzzled expressions and bemused faces struggling to make sense of the situation. Seshian, Imperial and Coalition alike wondered silent thoughts as to what had happened. Kerld knew that now was the time. Pulling a long round lever, the
Deforen shot forwards and hastily begun to point it's nose upwards. Green shields smashed tremdously into the blue of the Coalition capital ship. Both vessel's rocked madly back and forth. Mini explosions ruptured the hulls of both command ships, sending hapless crew members into the harsh, cold of an infinite space. In a large tumult the ships finally seperated, the
Deforen lumbering off in a direction parallel to the Seshian planet, the
Quadratic on it's own course. Sweat dripped from Kerlds head to land on the cold floor beneath his un-clothed feet. It was done. The planet and the enemy ship were both sparred. Now to find Cas.
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As the loud explosion caught everyone's attention even the Coalition Sergeant was unable to stay her head from looking. It was in this brief moment that Cas acted. Pivoting on his left foot he used his right to knock her sword flying across the deck. Immeditley there after he launched a round punch to her stomach, sending her flying across the bridge to land in a tumult of Stormtroopers and Seshians. Even if she could have jumped straight back to her feet she would have had to fight her way through six mini battles just to be close to Cas. Practically yelping at his own ingenious moment Cas sprinted to the secret access way behind his command chair. He dove through the door, narroly missing a volley of lasers from a Coalition trooper. Rolling to his feet he ran in and out of criss-crossing corridors, kicking through half shut doors and knocking aside the random duelists who got in his way. He jumped over two Seshians who attempted to nip at his heels with small daggers, ran past a bleeding trooper who begged for medical assistance and shot round his final corner. Infront of him he could see the escape ship he had, had built almost two years prior. So intent was his gaze on it, he never noticed the black uniformed arm that ended in a brown, leathery, scaled and taloned hand shot out from a doorway at his neck level. His feet were taken out from under him as his windpipe was nearly crushed.
The hidious, enraged and maddening laugh that escaped Captain Kerlds lips was tentious sign of his dis-like for the Imperial Grand Admiral. Cas lay sprawled on his back. A look of pure horror over his aged face, a slight dribble of blood leaking from the corner of his pale lips.
"You belived that after everything I would let you esssscape? I who you had build thissss ssssecret craft? Your mind musssst be more warped from age than even I expected. You will pay for your crimesss."
Cas uttered an ear splitting screech of anger as he launched himself of the metal deck, his hands curling into white knuckled claws, desperatley reaching for the Seshians neck. Kerld shot to the side, his fist driving into the elderly mans stomach. He spun on his heel, elbow driving hard into Cas's face, a broken nose spilled blood over the crisp white uniform. Cas leapt backwards, turning himself round in midair so he now faced a corridor that ended in a salvational doorway. He pushed his leg backwards, catching Kerld in the shin and then ran for all his worth. As he reached the door his palm hit the pannel beside it and the metal flew upwards. Where there should have been a soro-suub Imperial yacht only the black of space showed. An explosion had destroyed the hidden hangar, leaving nought but cold. Cas's feet flew out from under him. Space it seemed, had turned into a hungry monster, determined on getting it's feast of a Grand Admiral. The stately man flew out of the doorway, his hand grasping it's edge to pull himself in. As his fingers uncurled and the beast gained more ground a reptilian fist closed Cas's bleeding hand and pulled as hard as he could.
Kerld looked monsterous, his clawed feet embedded so deeply in the deck that the metal was tearing into his heels. One arm was raised infront of his face, the other held a tight grip on his former commander. In an incredible display of brute strength he pulled Cas into the corridor and slammed his fist against the door controll. Immediatley the durasteel pannel slid back down, sealing the access way back to being air controlled. Cas was a terrible sight, his body scrunched up while he clutched at his chest and choked up more blood than one would imagine possible. He looked as if one of his lungs had been pierced.
"Why....why.....d....didn't you let......let....me die?" The Grand Admiral managed to just about stutter out.
"Death isss a punissshment unbefiting of you. You will be tried for all your crimesss and given the mossst ssssuitable punissshment that the you're enemy can think of. Do not belive I have sssssparred you, your ssssuffering shall be assss long asss my sssspecies was." Kerld was unsure as to whether he should be relived that it was over or nervous about what his own punishment would be. He had served under this fake ruler and commited a great number of hidious acts. Did he not deserve a fate similar to that of the monster he was now dragging back to the bridge.
He would present himself to the troopers that had incapacitated the men of this ship and let them decide. Whether he died or not, he had finally done his deed. He had saved his homeworld.
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On the far planet of Sakath the clean up operations had nearly finished. Hurrying through demolished streets, the Sakathians and Coalition troopers rounded up the last of the Imperial Stormtroopers. In the midst of it all stood Leader Vivisen Merento. The elected lord of the planet he had horrible feelings as he looked at the waste which had been laid to his golden world. He turned and looked to one of his junior aids.
"Callen, open communicationssss with the leader of our ssssaviourssss forcesss. Tell them we wish to open talkssss about joining together." The aid rushed off to make the transmission as Merento surveyed the cloudless sky above him. Somewhere out there, a Seshian had been responsible for his planets survival. He would personnally make a long thank you to that Captain. But now he had a meeting with the Coalition Captain. One that would hopefully result in the joining of his planet to the Galactic Coalition. It had been a long day.
(OOC: Having trouble with my computer again so I had to do it in the Steda account rather than the Kerld. Sorry about that.)
