Surviving Order 66

[CosmixExponent]

"Master"
"Yes, my padawan?"
"Master, I know the Jedi code tells us not to give in to fear, but I'm afraid, we served with these clones, why are they attacking us?"
"I do not know yet, what I do know is that we have to go into hiding for now"
Jedi master Fallah Eldrel looked at her padawan and saw the fear in his eyes. The clones of the 27th legion were her dear friends, but now, they have put her life and the life of her padawan Aelom in danger.

"Aelom"
"Yes, master?"
"Ready your lightsaber, they are no longer our friends, do not hesitate, and remember, let the force guide you"

The blast doors of the command deck were being spliced, at any second the clones would be through the door, but master Eldrel was ready, Aelom on the other hand was sweating bullets, he was afraid, he much preferred to avoid this battle with the clones if he could.
The doors slammed open, a second barely passed and the blaster bolts started flying at them, master Eldrel deflected the bolts, even sending some of them back at the clones.
A few clones went down, but they seemed to be never-ending, Aelom tried using the force to push the clones back but nothing happened, fear had clouded his mind, rendering him almost useless.

Wave after wave, the clones kept coming, the onslaught felt as if it had been going on for hours, whilst in reality only a few minutes have past, Master Eldrel's arms were burning, a single yet laughable though popped in to her mind, "Lightsabers weigh almost nothing, yet my blade feels like it is made out of solid lead."
More clones swarmed the command deck and Aelom was looking worse for wear, he hated this, hated the fact that they had served with these clones during the war, hated the fact that so many innocent lives were taken in the name of The Republic.
The anger was building up, he could feel it slowly creeping in his mind, for all the training he had done with master Eldrel, there was no time to be calm and think about what to do next. The rage was about to boil over, master Eldrel could feel a shift in the force and as she looked over to Aelom, he shot forward, using the force to enhance his speed. He cut through the remaining clones on the command deck as if they were mere children playing soldier, his eyes, she saw those eyes once before, they were not the normal pale green they always were, they were red with a yellow lining, Aelom had given in to his anger and fear.
"Aelom stop! this is not the Jedi way" Eldrel shouted, but her word fell on deaf ears, Aelom was fighting like a madman, deprived of all grace and elegance that was required to wield a Jedi weapon.

The halls leading to the hangar was littered with the bodies of slayed clones, the screams of clones dying down the further down the halls Eldrel walked, all the while keeping her lightsaber armed and ready, The last yell of a dying clone sent shivers down her spine, "That wasn't a quick death" she thought to herself. Before stepping out of the corner she deactivated her saber and raised her arms, Aelom hadn't noticed her, but what she saw was horrifying.
Clones were killed in brutal and barbaric ways, some impaled on rods, others were crushed with the force, some lay dead, clutching at their innards, he meant to make them suffer.

Aelom sat perched with his back against the door of the hangar bay, exhausted, labored breathing, and crying, he looked up at his master, and whimpered "I'm sorry." Eldrel approached him with caution, she had seen what the dark side of The Force could do, this was only the tip of the gigantic iceberg that they were warned about in their teachings.

Eldrel tried to pick up Aelom, but he was heavier than usual, he barely had any strength left in him to walk. After a few moments of struggle she got him to his feet only to see that he had blaster wounds on his right arm and back, he wasn't going to live for much longer, unless they escape. Their best bet was going to be to take the medical ship and jump to the outer rim.

They would have to move fast, there were more clones on the way, and by now they would have sent out a distress signal to any nearby Cruisers. Eldrel helped Aelom to the medical ship, the onboard medical droid took Aelom to be placed in the bacta tank to heal, while Eldrel set the coordinates to the outer rim.

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Being escorted to the medical bay of the ship by the medical droid, Aelom played out the happenings of these past few moments over and over again in his head, as if to find some way of justifying his actions to himself. He acted out of anger and fear, it had been building up ever since the first clone turned his blaster on the Jedi. "I tried my best to stay calm and remember my training" he thought to himself and then everything went black.

Aelom dashed forward into the corridor with his lightsaber at the ready, blocking and deflecting blaster bolts, ducking under a punch from a clone, with a quick push he sent the clone flying back using the force, before the clone could react the young padawan had plunged his saber through his torso, a dozen more clones came rushing at him but they too fell to his saber, one clone tried taking a step back to line up a shot, this only made Aelom's blade miss his mark and instead of a swift kill the clone was disemboweled, dying a slow and painful death. This was not the only clone to suffer such a death, many more were slaughtered as he made his way to the hangar bay, his only thought "KILL THEM ALL"
By the time master Eldrel had found Aelom, the bodies leading to him must have made her stomach turn. He could barely stand and yet she was there to help him up, he truly thought the world of his Master, yet all he could say is "I'm sorry"

A blast made the ship jump and knock him out of the memory, the medical droid dropped him and as Aelom struggled to get to his feet, he looked back and saw Master Eldrel was struggling to pilot the ship, a small pool of blood had formed next to her, she was wounded, and wouldn't be able to pilot and shoot down these clones. Aelom made his way to the gunner seat, the medical droid tried to stop him "Sir, i must insist that you come with me to the bacta tank for medical treatment" Ignoring the droid Aelom sat down in the chair next to Eldrel. She started to protest. "Aelom go with the droid"
"No master, I won't"
"I wasn't asking you!"
"I don't care! We either die here together or you die from blood loss, I don't see us getting out of here without a fight! So I am going to fight, if you have a problem with that Master, take it up with the Jedi council" Eldrel sat in silence, then a smile broke across her face, her padawan had come a long way from when she had first met him, he was still the scared unsure child he has always been, but now, now he has a reason to push that aside. "Fine Aelom, you shoot, i fly, but trust me my young padawan, you will be scolded for speaking to me in such a manner."
"Let's see if we survive this first."

Aelom manned the guns, and started blasting away at the clones that were swarming the ship, the hangar was full of smoke, ships exploding, flaming fuel tanks rolling everywhere. This was going to be a lot more difficult than both of them thought.

Eldrel did her best to pilot the ship and make the jump to hyperspace, but the clones would not let them go so easily, Aelom tried shooting down as many fighter ships as he could, they needed an opening to make the jump, but dammit these clones were persistent, they served with them for a majority of the clone wars, but this was ridiculous, they knew all their strategies and maneuvers, getting out of this was looking more like a suicide mission than an escape. The medical droid was getting bounced around the ship like a ragdoll and Aelom could see that Master Eldrel was reacting slower than usual, she must have been more injured than he thought.
a blast from one of the opposing ships knocked her out of her seat, she laid on the floor struggling to get back up, Aelom decided that he had to do something and fast, he switched over to the Pilot seat, diverting all power to the forward shields, if he was going to do this, he only had one chance, he piloted the ship back to the Cruiser, drawing in all their pursuers, "Closer" the fighters were coming straight at him, "Closer" they were within firing range. "NOW!" Aelom nose dived, causing 3 ships to collide, he flipped a few switches, diverting all power to the thrusters, and blasted away from the clones or so he thought, just as he engaged the hyper driver, a missile shot out the right engine, they managed the jump but they were off course. Aelom helped his master up and took her to the medical bay, the droid looked over to Aelom "Sir I suggest that you also get into a bacta tank, your wounds are in need of medical attention"
"Not now, I need to figure out where we are dropping out and land this ship"
Aelom walked up to the tank his master was floating in, her wounds were severe, but the droid would be able to heal her.
His wounds would have to wait, first he needed to figure out where they were headed.

A few hours later, the ship dropped out of hyperspace, Aelom looked at the navi computer. "Huh, the Lasan system, we could land on Lasan, the Lasat's will surely give us a place to hide from the Republic"
He turned to go tell master Eldrel where they were, he walked up to the medical bay and opened the door, Eldrel was out of the bacta tank and the medical droid had managed to mend Eldrel's wounds quite well. "Aelom, when are you going to rest, if you keep pushing yourself like this.." Aelom cut her off. "Master I slept while we were in hyperspace, I'm fine, I promise, besides we dropped out of hyperspace in the Lasan System, we could head for the planet Lasan, even if just to chart a new ship somewhere else."
"We don't have the luxury of being picky, take us down to Lasan"
Aelom shook his head in agreement, He went back to the cockpit and began to pilot the ship down to Lasan, "I guess I can count one positive thing from all this, few Zabraks have been to Lasan, I just hope we can find someone to help us" Master Eldrel soon joined him in the cockpit.
She too as Aelom was hoping that they would find the help they seek, and that other Jedi like them have found refuge from whatever was happening.

 

[Liquid Night]

This going to be exploring more of the Legends side of things?
I'm not terribly familiar with the extended Star Wars universe and Disney did a good job of killing my enthusiasm for their timeline, so I hope there'll be some world building worked in for those of us not familiar.

Or is it going to follow or parallel the movies more?

 

[CosmixExponent]

I'm thinking of exploring legends a bit more, This is my first FanFic that I am writing so if you have any feedback, i would welcome it.
Fuck the movies, those last 3 were horrible

 

[Hadrian810]

It's a good start.