Hatred Even In Death

"If you move, I will shoot you. Stay down, Hiigi."

Dageer would have no qualms with executing the mon calamari for all the crimes he had done against the Republic, and, especially, as revenge for all the clones he had killed, but he knew the Jedis wouldn't approve of that. As such, he only ordered Hiigi to stay down, which the mon calamari disobeyed.

As soon as Dageer got near, Hiigi ignored the two burning holes in his legs, and jumped at the clone, trying to catch him by surprise. Dageer, however, was prepared, and fired his blaster, hitting Hiigi on the left side of his body.

The mon calamari fell to the ground again, panting in pain, and holding his new wound. The hatred in his eyes burned stronger, and he wished for nothing to kill the clone before him, but he was impotent.

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Dark shadows covered his mind, and Hiigi could think of nothing but to kill the clone before him. He was the cause of so much suffering, and so much pain.

Before this war had started, Hiigi didn't have any problems with the Republic. He had a good life back in Mon Cala. He had friends, a family, and everything he could wish for. Even if his father and the royal family had their problems, it never affected him. But one day, something changed.

A war started, and his planet was torn between which side to choose. His father wanted to side with the Separatist, and, although Hiigi didn't agree with him entirely, he still followed him.

And then, he saw his world shaken as he faced the horrors of war. He saw friends die, and he killed many himself. He didn't know for what he was fighting, and why so many had to die. He argued with his father every single day, and their relationship deteriorated. All he wanted to do was go back to Mon Cala, and to how life was before. But now he was a soldier in an army. He couldn't leave.

And so, he got used to it, because it was the only way to survive. He became a cold, merciless killer. His friends, and the mon calamari under his father, became famous as one of the elite groups of the Separatist Army. And, because of that, they were chosen to attack Kamino, with his father as the commander.

The result was utter defeat. Out of shame, despair, anger, and craziness, his father piloted his ship into the planet, trying to destroy the clone facilities, but failed.

Hiigi saw his father die, and wanted to die too, but he still had men under his command. So he promised to himself that he would avenge his father later. His damaged ship went to Scarif, where he planned to start his vengeance, but who could have imagined that Hell Squad would wipe out his crew?

Fueled by sadness and anger, he had followed Count Dooku's advice, and went to train under General Grievous. And, while that did make him much stronger, it had it's price.

In a short two years, his life had been turned upside down, and now, about to be arrested again, all Hiigi could think was of how much he hated everyone. His father, the Republic, the Separatist, the Jedi, Count Dooku, General Grievous, Hell Squad, Dageer, and himself. He hated the galaxy, he hated his life, he hated everything.

His mind clouded by hatred, Hiigi suddenly felt something inside of him. He reached for it, and heard a voice whispering in his head, telling him to let his emotions loose, to do what he wanted. To hate everything, and kill everyone.

Without him realizing it, his mind was drowned by all the hatred he felt, and that... thing took control. An explosion of invisible energy left his body, sending Dageer flying, and stunning the Jedis and Hell Squad.

Hiigi got up as if his wounds didn't exist, even as blood dripped down his side, and kicked Dageer. He enjoyed the feeling of bones breaking under his feet.

That invisible force grabbed the vibroblade the clone was carrying, and gave it to Hiigi. The mon calamari analyzing it for a moment, before a smile crept it's way to his face for the first time in years, and he prepared to stab Dageer. He finally would have his revenge.

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General Unduli and Ragout stared in shock at Hiihi, feeling the dark side of the Force grow stronger in him. Soon, it was so dense they could actually see a black and red mist appear, and throw Dageer away before dissipating.

Ragout had never seen anything like that before. He had fought against Ventress, and other Force users, but none had been as powerful as Hiigi.

"He lost himself! Ragout, we have to deal with him quickly! His mind is gone!"

General Unduli yelled at the young Jedi. Clearly, she had seen that happen before, and it wasn't anything good.

But before they could get to Hiigi, the mon calamari already had grabbed Dageer's vibroblade, using the Force, and was preparing to kill the clone with it.

And then Hiigi was gone.

It was all too fast for even the Jedis to react. The Rancor, recognizing Hiigi as the one who first shot him, and the one who led him to all the pain he was feeling, swiped his hand at the mon calamari, grabbing him.

Even the Force wasn't powerful enough to go against the creature, at least not in the hands of the untrained Hiigi. He let out a silent scream of anger, his mouth open, but no sound coming out, and stabbed the hand holding him repeatedly.

That, however, only made the Rancor angrier. It tightened it's grip, and the sound of bones breaking could be heard as Hiigi lost all his strength, and collapsed. His eyes, still full of hatred, never left Dageer, even as the Rancor threw him on it's mouth.

Hell Squad and the Jedis watched, powerless, as the mon calamari was eaten in an eerie silence. For a few seconds, Hell Squad stopped firing at the creature, and the only sound that could be heard was the Rancor swallowing. They had no sympathy for Hiigi, but that was a gruesome way to go.

After eating the mon calamari, the Rancor glared at the Republic forces, and growled. Since the AT-TE wasn't there, he wasn't afraid anymore. Smashing down with his remaining hand, he tried to capture Three-four, but the medic was faster, and dodged.

Hell Squad resumed firing at the creature, while Ragout awakened from his stupor, and slashed the Rancor's ankle, making it kneel. Using that chance, Metal and Dab focused their fire at the creature's right eye, and finally were able to blind it.

The Togruta then jumped on top of the raging creature, and used his lightsaber to cut it's neck open, before doing a backflip, and pushing both his hands forward. Pushed by a wave of Force, the Rancor stumbled backwards, and fell to the ground, the impact big enough to make Cell, who was close, fall.

Taking advantage of the situation the Rancor was in, Ragout ran forward once again, and sent his lightsaber straight through it's right eye.

The Rancor twitched for a few seconds before quieting down. Exhausted, the Jedi sat on the ground.

The hunt for the escaped prisoners was over, and in a way they had never imagined it would end.

// Author's Note //

That's the end of Hiigi. I know some of you wanted him to be - or at least thought he would be - the kind of villain that always escaped and returned, and for some time, I thought about it. However, I decided against it for two main reasons: first, we already have Grievous, Ventress, Dooku, and many more to do that. Secondly, Hiigi isn't a villain. He was just a combatant from the other side. Throughout the novel, I've been trying to show that the Separatist aren't (only) the bad guys, but simply one side of the war. Sometimes, the Republic was more in the wrong than they.

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