Chapter 11: Attack

Calamity, Leo's spaceship, exited Hyperspace near the planet Tatooine. The black starship flew down and a minute later landed near Mos Espa.

A group of people seemed to be waiting for the ship to come, they moved near it and waited for Leo to come down, the one in the front was Dia.

Stairs of the ship came down and Leo climbed down from them calmly, he wore Sith black robes and his face was obstructed under the hood.

The moment his foot touched the ground, he jumped away, a moment later dozens of blasts hit the place he used to stand on. The small group instantly ran away. Dia took out a blaster but couldn't find the source.

The blasts continued, they came from the sky. Leo looked up and saw a ship firing at them as it descended down. He frowned, 'They are aiming for me but if damage Calamity, it will be a problem.'

He stopped dodging and raised his hands, the blasts reached him but a Barrier absorbed them and Leo remained unaffected.

The ship passed by above their head and rotated mid-air to fire again. 'Who is attacking me and why?' Leo wondered and decided to deal with it.

Dozens of nearby stones slowly rose from the ground and shot toward the attacking ship with immense speed. Its shielding stopped them and they made no impact. Leo frowned as he jumped back to evade the blasts.

Just as he landed, he felt a threat from behind, the Lightsaber in his possession came to life and he deflected some blaster fire that came from behind him. He turned around and saw a few of the people in the group had attacked him as well.

Dia turned around and began firing toward them.

'It seems Dia has failed...' Leo thought as he deflected more blaster fire, jumped back to evade the attacks of the ship above.

He was annoyed. He stopped evading and extended his hand toward the ship, his eyes lit up as lightning came to life from between his fingers and shot toward the ship. All the while he used his other hand with the Lightsaber deflecting the blaster fire.

Lightning engulfed the ship above and it damaged it, the ship tilted and began falling... A few seconds later it crashed nearby with an explosion.

Leo didn't wait to see it, he dashed toward those who used Blasters against him and cleaved them one by one easily. They were cut in half or in some cases, several parts as they fell dead.

The surroundings calmed down. He approached Dia who kneeled in fear, "Master, I can explain."

He made a grasping motion and lifted her up with Telekinesis, he looked at her in the eye with anger, "What is this Failure?! You spent 3 years on a single task and failed at it?"

"Master, I had no idea they were going to..." He used Force Choke and she couldn't breathe. 'It's not wise to kill her at the moment...'

"Fail me again and you will die," Leo said simply and tossed her aside. He turned toward the rest of the group who had calmed down seeing the attack was over. They came forward with smiles on their faces.

He used Force Dominate on them collectively. "Which one of you had a hand in this?" He asked calmly.

8 of them raised their hands, he realized they were 4 of the people he had placed Force Seeds within.

He approached one of them and asked, "Tell me everything..."

He was very angry indeed, just as he had come out of training, people came to kill him.

His target spilled the beans blankly and Leo listened silently.

A few days earlier...

In a room, 17 people gathered in a circle and seemed to discuss something.

"We spent 3 years to unite the planet, I don't want to give it up to a lunatic sorcerer..."

"The Boss won't like that..."

"She will understand in time, it is in her interest as well. We must kill this sorcerer."

"But he has placed magical bombs in 7 of us here!"

"We need to kill him before he can blow you up then. I don't believe he can survive if we do a surprise attack, we will kill him before he kills us. I won't hand over my hard work..."

"Now that you put it that way..."

"Let's do it."

No one would like to hand over their belongings and freedom to a stranger, especially if the party was an evil sorcerer of some kind with unknown abilities. So they schemed.

Back to Leo...

8 of them had died by Leo's Lightsaber and one by Dia's blaster; The rest were kneeling in front of Leo. He let go of them. They woke up from the trance-like state and realized the situation.

Before they could say anything, 4 of them exploded, blood and guts splashed on the others. They screamed in terror and suddenly felt their body grow weak.

"Force Devour..."

They turned to husk and died as Leo felt he grew a little stronger. He coldly turned toward the rest, "Is there anyone else who likes to betray me?"

These people were the ones who controlled the planet; They all shook their heads in terror. From the red mist that remained from the Devour, Force Seeds appeared and flew to their bodies without them being able to do anything about it.

Leo snapped his fingers and one of them randomly exploded. "If you even think about it, that is your fate. If I die, That is your fate. Serve me and I will reward you. Choose wisely in the future. You have 1 day to bring me the head of every person related to these people..."

He walked toward Dia and lifted her with Telekinesis, her face showed her fear but she remained silent. He brought her to his ship.

Her body moved without Dia being able to do anything about it. Leo entered Calamity and had Dia's head smash against the floor of the ship in front of him as he sat on a chair and looked down at her.

Leo was very mad, 'If I was weaker, I could have died. It seems I need to Force Seed any person with power and explain its effect just in case... I can never trust my underlings from now, must always expect failure. At the least, I have the rest of them under control so Tatooine is not lost. Building an Empire is going to be difficult but I will learn as I go...'

"What do you have to say about this failure? What punishment do you think is appropriate? Maybe explosion..."

Dia struggled a little and said with difficulty, "Please give me another chance... I won't fail you again."

He stood up and stomped on her head then put pressure with his foot on her head, "I was going to accept you as an Apprentice but you are unworthy at the moment... I will give you another chance. Locate the biggest Krayt Dragon on this planet and report it to me; Also, take control of everything those traitors owned. Remember, I want their friends, family, and allies all dead. You have 3 days. If you fail, you die."

Dia struggled to nod as she said, "There is another matter that I learned today as a bounty hunter came to Mos Espa and asked me a few questions..."

Leo frowned and stopped crushing her head with his feet. "What?"

"The Republic and Jedi are hunting you by the name Leo Vanis. They also put a massive bounty on your head, they want you alive it seems, no one knows your real identity but me, however, this could prove to be problematic. This has been going on for years but I learned of it recently since I didn't pay attention to bounties and the republic, focusing everything on Tatooine, please punish me."

Leo was very surprised, "How? Why? This cannot be possible..."

He thought long and hard but couldn't think why they would do this. Just as he decided to give up on the reason he remembered the old man. 'It must be the doing of Burin! I wrote a Jedi took me since it seemed convenient at the time, he probably went to the Jedi and they thought it was a Sith disguised as a Jedi that took me since there was no sign of me among the Jedi... I shot myself in the foot.'

He sat back down and began planning...

A minute later, he said, "They won't find me at the moment so it is of no concern... even if they do, who am I to turn away a snack? Dia, I have another task for you as well, 3 days from now, I want to pay a visit to Jabba the Hutt and the Hutt clan later... It is time I begin taking control of Galaxy's economy as the 1st step... With wealth comes power. Inform me how you took control of Tatooine in detail, how did the Hutts respond? What is their stance? Did you have dealings?"