The Hunt
Lord Vader slashed his lightsaber through several Hive Primitives killing them before they could leap towards the Emperor. As John Walker explained to Vader and the Emperor these Hive Primitives are why Contessa Valentina sent him to Ryloth/Algeria in the first place. Valentina wanted to capture the remaining samples from the Hive experiments that were conducted in Ryloth/Algeria during the Clone Wars by the former S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist Dr. Daniel Radcliffe. The attacks by members of the Free Ryloth Movement on key Imperial shipping routes drew Walker's attention away from his original mission and led Walker to hunt down members of the movement. Vader annoyed with the Primitives ability to leap and dodge with speed and agility that rivaled super soldiers like Walker could see his master Sidious twitching his fingers itching to use his power.
Vader shook his head as a signal to dissuade the Emperor from giving into the urge to fight the Hive Primitives himself. Vader didn't want to have to kill Walker to protect the secret of the Emperor's true power. Walker's commitment to the Empire was sincere unlike Taskmaster's and therefore Vader's earlier animosity towards Walker faded. US Agent unaware of the Emperor's true power or the exchange between him and Vader leapt over the Emperor. While in mid air US Agent stabbed a Hive Primitive in the head with his Shield. The Primitive had leapt with such speed and precision Vader lost track of it while fighting 6 other Hive Primitives at once.
Vader realized that US Agent's familiarity with the science used to create these monstrosities allowed him to predict their erratic movements. Vader had attempted to use the Force to tap into their minds to predict their attacks but all he could hear them scream in their heads is leader. Where is our leader?! The creatures were short and stocky deformed humans with ape like legs and arms that made their movements so unpredictable it required Vader's connection to the Force to make sense of them to keep up their speed and agility. There was a pause in their attacks as the remaining Hive Primitives hiding in the trees moved in the shadows of the branches of trees to engage in a different attack pattern.
"They've gotten stronger since they attacked S.H.I.E.L.D. and former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Phil Coulson during the Clone Wars. Back then they were more like super soldiers but they've evolved at an accelerated rate due to their unique Inhuman physiology. Unlike my abilities that are derived from a variant of Dr. Erksine's super soldier serum these creatures aren't human. They're Inhuman which is something else entirely.
Contessa Valentina's scientific advisor Dr. Radcliffe theorizes they have some connection to the Force. It's because Daisy Johnson who is a former S.H.I.E.LD. Agent that was a half Inhuman half Jedi hybrid gave Radcliffe her blood to create these Primitives. Treating these Primitives like Jedi who use hand to hand combat techniques in the Clone Wars like Anakin Skywalker is the key to defeating them." US Agent explained
"Most impressive US Agent. We have a strategy to deal with these vermin. Lord Vader perhaps-" The Emperor began to say before he sensed a deep anger in Vader
The anger wasn't the red boiling anger that Vader utilized in the past to tap deeply into the dark side of the Force. No...this was a cold detached anger that reflected someone disgusted by a dead rodent or foul smelling water. The mention of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Clone Wars and Daisy Johnson the former best friend of the Jedi Anakin Skywalker disgusted Vader. This disgust... this hatred was a stronger well of power in the Force for Vader to tap into. With this new power Vader struck the ground and all the Hive Primitives hidden in the trees raised in the air.
They struggled to move and wiggled helplessly in the air. Vader raised them to the top of the trees hundreds of feet in the air. The Primitives squealed in fear and Vader didn't react to their squeals at all. Then with the emotion of someone stepping on an ant slammed the Primitives on the ground by flicking both of his hands in a downward motion. The hundreds of hidden Hive Primitives died upon impact and Vader motioned for his master Darth Sidious to venture deeper into the forest without a word. The Emperor smiled and to John Walker this smile was one of relief at Vader's protection but in reality it was a smile of satisfaction.
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Captain America woke up from his escape pod and vaguely remembered that the White Wolf managed to survive Darth Vader's Force attack. White Wolf managed to grab him and Nomad using his enhanced strength and threw all three of them into a nearby escape pod. Vader was too distracted by Isval ramming her airship at the group to chase after White Wolf. He was thankful for Bucky's help and his incredible endurance.
When Captain America saw Nomad and White Wolf struggling to fight three dozen Stormtroopers while being bombarded by attacks from three different V Wing airships in the sky he activated his Vibranium wings. Unfortunately Redwing was too damaged to help but he managed to figure out the V Wings attack formation anyway. He took off to the sky shaking his head to clear his mind and located the nearest V Wing and flew past it. The V Wing turned and fired a proton blast that Captain America dodged.
When the pilot fired another proton energy blast at a slightly different vector Captain America was ready using his shield to redirect the energy blast to another V Wing destroying it. Then he used his wings to shield himself from energy fire and threw his Shield at the V Wing engine block. The second V Wing exploded and before the final V Wing could respond with an attack Captain America used his Vibranium wings to slice the V Wing in half destroying it. Sam looked down and saw White Wolf give a thumbs up. He and Nomad managed to defeat the remaining Stormtroopers because they didn't have to worry about getting shot by the V Wing airships. Captain America landed beside the pair and Cham emerged from the trees into the clearing where Sam, Bucky and Steve stood over the defeated Stormtroopers. Cham was with his remaining forces that numbered at roughly 200 Twi'lek's alongside an injured Yelena and worn out Isval.
"Our assassination mission has turned into a hunting expedition. The Emperor and Vader are somewhere in this forest and they are the prey on the run. We need to take advantage of this opportunity because we won't get another one. We must hunt down the Emperor and Vader and kill them if we are to liberate our people. We are not terrorists...we are freedom fighters." Cham told the assembled group