"... How nice of the Empyrean Emperor to join us..." Sidious didn't know how to feel as of this moment, but he does feel some level of fear, as that very same presence he felt in the Force a long time ago, and even recently was starting to merge with Anakin's figure.
"I guess it is." Anakin nodded his head, before doing something strange as a suit manifested around his body. Around the suit, various colors seem to be exuded, and it looked as if he was coated in a lightsaber, all around his body. "Like it?"
"I do not care for your threats boy. I am at the height of my power now, more than ever!" Palpatine said, before directing everyone's attention to the destruction to Dooku's fleet. "See this! I am the darkness! Not you or anyone else!" Sidious exclaimed, declaring himself the superior.
"We shall see. It is time to execute order 96." Anakin said, which lead to a massive fog starting to encompass the entire area.
Multiple surprised voices could be heard, and chaos once again ensued as the Jedi and Sith alike were exposed to the things happening.
Out from the fog came many individuals, suited up, but not like the ones that are a part of the Empyrean army and instead were in fact the clones.
The clones that Palpatine had manipulated and tried to get under his control himself, fully surrounding the area as the Jedi in the middle had escaped with the help of some unknown factor.
'Good job, Ahsoka.' Anakin transmitted this message, as when the fog went up, it was Ahsoka's job to help out the entrapped Jedi.
"What have you done!?" Palpatine exclaimed, as he was now surrounded, alongside his abominable Sith creations.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Anakin cheekily replied, going in and Force dragging Palpatine out from the center as he was so conveniently placed. 'Damn. I know that I had to use the Sand's of Time to fully make myself in control, but it has heavily restricted my access to the Force as well.'
Anakin was put in a tough spot, even knowing that Palpatine would be unlikely to pull anything off against himself, he would still be careful in using the Force, knowing that he may just blast out with a force great enough to topple the Jedi Temple. 'Not like the Jedi would be needing it anymore after I am done here, but whatever.'
"You have grown stronger in the Force!" Palpatine managed to balance himself, now closer to Anakin and having a closer view and feeling, he was able to tell something was different from the last time he had meet Anakin face to face. "Oh? You are steeped in the dark side I see..."
"Yes and no." Anakin replied as Palpatine also sensed strangeness about the Force when his senses spread outwards.
The Jedi gone, forcibly taken by Ahsoka, as her job given to her was to do that, now Palpatine had to face off against Anakin in this building. "Don't you think this is a fitting place for yourself to die?" Anakin asked.
"I think not. You and your empire will not stand in the way of my grand desire. Right now, the Empyrean should be under assault of the Yuuzhan Vong. I am sure you haven't heard of them." Palpatine replied, his face both grim but also amused by this situation.
Excited as he was, Palpatine knew better than to just straight up face Anakin in a full on assault. Even empowered by the Force Nexus, Palpatine was still afraid for his mortality, given his current clone backups were under the control of the Yuuzhan Vong.
Anakin moved forward, dashing towards Palpatine in a swift motion, but Palpatine, hopped up on the Dark Side and its cookies managed to avoid Anakin's blow.
'This is interesting...' Anakin thought, his eyes narrowed behind his masked face and covered form. The Jedi had been forced out of the area by Ahsoka, of course giving them some excuse but soon enough they would catch onto something being up.
"Despite your thoughts, the dark side is not something under your control." Anakin stated his hand formulating a saber of light from nothing, striking down on Palpatine who uses his saber to fend off the powerful blow.
"It is. I had given you a choice some time ago, but it seems like you are too much attached to the light side of the Force. Oh, what we could of been together." Palpatine had probably seen some images pertaining to Vader being connected to the Force Nexus amplifying his powers.
"No matter. You shall be felled, and then the galaxy shall instead fall into my hands." Anakin stated, pissing off Palpatine at his audacity.
"We shall see. We shall see." Palpatine shot out some Force Lightning, aimed towards Anakin but he just allowed it to hit himself. Gauging the reaction, Anakin knew that his armor has now be cemented as immune to any and all forms of the Force that doesn't originate from himself.
'I am near invincible.' His armor could still be damaged, but with the Force being countered, it would make it near impossible for someone to have the level of power to destroy it. Let alone get to his actual physical form, layered and protected nearly just as great as his armor allows him.
"Die, die, die!" Palpatine called, shooting lightning and electricity every so often, sending in his minions to try and stop Anakin.
The clones had been dealing with the droids and other officers that were connected to the now corrupt Galactic Republic turned Empire.
It was pure chaos.
Someone within the shadows that was benefiting off of all the destruction, chaos and death. Their true purpose to continue to allow everyone to feed 'her' all that she needs to further her own 'resurrection' in a sense.
Anakin just became a punching bag, absorbing all of the blows sent his way by Palpatine, whilst he started to deal with the minions trying to take him down. 'These abominations are annoying. I hope the girls are going to finish the job I sent to them...' Anakin thought to himself as he destroyed more and more abominations, but they seemed to be coming from nowhere.
Sometimes their forms reminding him of that person he had killed being controlled by Palpatine to test him all those years ago. 'It seems he has made some improvements.' Even though Anakin's knowhow and cautiousness had put a stop to Palpatine being able to access the necessary knowledge and research into the Empyrean's special serums, that didn't stop him from discovering a few things.
Which has lead to these abominations in particular being able to have some levels of increased physical capabilities and better genetic stability.
'This will be much easier when they have taken care of the Force Nexus...'
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Ahsoka, Barriss, Zannah and Shaak had moved their way towards the secret place that the Force Nexus had been at. Having brought along all of the other Jedi with them to take care of this problem, for the ability to destroy the Force Nexus was not something either of them could do alone.
Even if it was just Ahsoka, Barriss, Zannah and Shaak, they still wouldn't be able to take down the Nexus without more pure power. "I know that I lied to you guys. We lied to you, but right now is not the time to be arguing. We are almost there." Ahsoka said, drawing everyone's attention to the negative feelings within the Force they were all experiencing.
"Where is this Force Nexus then?" Windu asked, as the Jedi didn't even know about such a thing existing underneath their temple. After all, Anakin did destroy it...
"Anakin, when he left, he destroyed it, which allowed you all to start having better Force visions once again." Shaak said, surprising those here. "Palpatine has somehow managed to resurrect it, and without destroying it, Anakin would be unable to kill him. Sidious' life force is connected to this thing, and once it is destroyed, Sidious shall be killed as well."
"We can't just leave Anakin to deal with-" Mace started, his worry for his former student palpable.
"Ani will be fine." Ahsoka stated firmly, her voice filled with conviction as they finally made it to their destination. "This is it." Before them stood a Sith temple, completely broken down but at its center stood something that could not be seen through normal senses.
A Force Nexus like none other. 'Come closer... Come closer and bask in the dark side.' A voice spoke. 'Come closer and bask in the darkness, the chaos and entropy of all things.' The voice was womanly in nature, kind of like a mother, swaying many here.
"Don't be confused! Everyone draw upon each others strength and start manipulating the Force and infuse light side energies into the middle!" Barriss called out, telling everyone what they must do.
"You heard the girl! Do it!" Windu commanded, and everyone, well, all those that had survived started to push and pull within the Force. Taking upon themselves the light side and igniting it against the dark side current billowing from seemingly nowhere.
A terrible wind started to chill everyone to their bones, something that didn't come from some natural force of air, but instead emanated and created by that crack in the very fabric of the Force itself and its interconnected web to all things.
Stationed at proper positions throughout the room, Ahsoka, Zannah, Barriss and Shaak all took positions opposite of each other, all four becoming the keys to the corruption at the center. 'Come on! Ani is depending on us for this!' Ahsoka said through the bond, connecting to the other three girls having been thrown into this all of a sudden.
'You know that this is your fault.' Zannah replied, annoying Ahsoka but they all had better things to put their attention on.
'Even if Anakin were to absorb the lifeforce out of Sidious, he could still live due to the Nexus being a place for his revival. By Ani keeping him away from here, the weaker he is. If Palpatine is born again here, he shall be unstoppable, which would lead to Ani having to use that special method...' Barriss worries were heard to the other three there.
'Don't worry. Anakin will never have to use that.' Shaak was seemingly sure in that. 'As long as we take care of this here, and now!'
'Your right!'
So began the final stages for Palpatine's get out of jail free card's destruction.
Reaching the climax, the Force Nexus bellowed out, creating a Force Push that pushed everyone, before imploding in and around itself, the light side energy managing to create a change reaction.
"Everyone! Get out now!" Mace called out, having a distinct feeling that some type of explosion was going to happen.
Everyone evacuated successfully, and as if a black hole was created everything started to be sucked inwards. The temple itself going in, and even the Jedi temple from the inside started to be sucked in.
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As that was happening, Anakin and Sidious both noticed this, their forces retreating respectively, with Anakin and Sidious moving to the skies, both floating above all.
"What have you done! You are a fool to believe in the light!" Sidious called out, feeling his connection to the Force Nexus cut, leaving some internal harm to himself. 'Damnit! I should of killed those pesky things once I had the chance...'
The Jedi temple collapsed in on itself, leaving a massive black hole in its center, forming a mass black cloud of death and destruction. "The dark side is necessary, yes. However..." Anakin looked towards the Jedi temple being destroyed. "Flowing through all, there is balance..."
"There is no peace without a passion to create..."
"There is no passion without peace to guide..."
"Knowledge fades without the strength to act..."
"Power blinds without the serenity to see..."
"There is freedom in life..."
"There is purpose in death...:"
"The Force is all things and I am the Force..."
Anakin generated a force of purple lightning gathered around himself, pulling in Palpatine whom had lost his power. "Do you get it now?" Anakin asked.
Frowning. "Kill me already!" Sidious still tried to attack even in this position, completely powerless and without anyone to help him. Sidious was all alone, by himself with nothing more for his existence to achieve.
'It may not have been perfect, but in the end I did create my empire...' Sidious, at the end of his life knew that Anakin would somehow stop him from ever being reborn anew. No matter what, existence shall be nothing more than a memory.
A piece of history. 'And...' "... And I shall go down in down in history as the greatest Sith Lord, forever!"
Anakin completely evaporated Sidious in the sky. right down to the last molecule, his soul ripped to shreds and returned to the Force in a way that would make sure he didn't even get to live in the Force's version of Hell.
"It's over..."