Chapters
The Rise of Darth Caos
Galactic Chaos
Sithlings
Kreia's Rebellion
The New Darth Traya
Abeloth
Truth of the Force
Imprisoned
The Yuuzhan Vong
The Teachings of Shirra Hej Lor
The Training of Caira Ram
The Return of Lord Bracsuss
Traya's Dark Ambition
Dark Visitors
Corruption
The War With Yuuzhantar
The Cleansing
To Wonder the Galaxy
The Quest for A New World
Bracsuss' Betrayal
Traya's Return
Caira's Rise to Power
Last of The Tosh
The Three Thousand Year Stretch
The Rule of Two
The Revenge of Darth Xell
Characters:
Caira (Human-Daughter of Cornad and Janeo Ram/Sith apprentice and heir to the title Darth Traya.)
Darth Traya (Lord of the Trayus Academy/Shadow Ruler of the Unknown Regions)
Darth Caos (Lord of the Sith)
Darth Shenron (Sith Apprentice to Darth Caos)
Julion Van Mont (Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic)
Vefar' Sanx (Senator/Acting Supreme Chancellor)
Hyntarg Paok (Supreme Overlord of the Yuuzhan Vong)
Shirra Hej Lor (Yuuzhan Vong Priest and Shaper)
Yuushar (Ghostly Manifestation of the living force planet Yuuzhantar)
Zenoma Sekot (Offspring of the force planet Yuuzhantar)
Darth Xell (Lord of the Sith and heir to the Rule of Two)
Theron Voles (Human-Jedi Master)
Chapter 1. The rise of Darth Caos
Five years had passed since Darth Arachni died at the hands of Jedi Master Haal Windu and Darth Patheon met his end at Arachni's hands before that. Darth Caos was now lord of the sith and he and his apprentice Darth Shenron had been hiding in the last place the Jedi would think to look for them. They hid on the planet Alderran, in the estate of a wealthy nobleman. Darth Caos had taken control of the man's mind and used his mansion as their base of operations. During those five years Caos had used his former master's holocron to improve his skill and power in the force. He had reached his full potential and surpassed even his master. He sat in a private study trying to decipher the holocron in his hand. He had also decided it was time to rebuild the sith, but before he could do that Caos needed to keep the Jedi busy while he rebuilt the sith. His apprentice Darth Shenron's powers and skill had grown under his tutelage, but now it was time for her to put her skills to use in his service.
('Who made you…") He asked in his mind admiring the holocron as he waited for his apprentice to arrive. The holocron carried a wide variety of information, but he wanted the sith technique he saw his former master use during the battle of Coruscant. He smiled to himself when the door opened, Shenron walked in and dropped to one knee.
"Master…" When she entered the study she gasped when she saw the holocron. It was her second time eyeing the holocron; the first time she saw it was aboard the Juggernaut. Caos used it as a way to tempt her into joining him. She accepted and through his training Darth Shenron's power grew in leaps and bounds. Her mental powers surpassed anything her former master Bao Durr taught her. She could now control minds, create force illusions, feed off people's dark emotions. Darth Shenron could also force phase, use force crush and redirect energy. She had one other talent her current master knew nothing about and that was using the force shout technique and she had yet to reach her full potential.
"You may rise…" She obeyed; "I have been studying this holocron ever since I stole it from my master and I have come to the conclusion he did not build it…"
She was stroking her right head tail; "If he didn't build it then where did it come from…"
He grunted, 'I know not… When a Jedi or Sith builds a holocron they leave an impression of themselves on it… but whoever built this one did no such thing… either they don't want to be found or…" He didn't finish the statement. "It doesn't matter…" He turned in his chair to face his apprentice. "The time has come for us to unleash our power and rebuild the sith order… there will be hundreds… no thousands of sith…"
She smiled; "What about the Jedi?"
"I have a plan for the Jedi… They won't be sticking their lightsabers in our affairs for the time being… I have a mission for you…"
She smiled; "I am ready to serve master…"
He nodded in approval; "It is a three part mission… For the first part I want you to locate an old associate of mine… His name is Miko… He use to study with me at the academy on Korriban, before Revan destroyed it… My spies tell me he is working as an enforcer for the black heth…"
She grunted; "No wonder the heth are getting bolder…"
"Yes find and recruit him…"
"If he refuses…"
He hunched his shoulders; "Kill him there are others in the galaxy we can recruit, but I don't think it will come to that. The second part of your mission is to find a suitable place to build the new sith academy…"
She smiled; "Master… why not Korriban?"
"Korriban will stand again as the center of sith power, but that time is a long in coming… I will also leave the designs for our new academy up to you…" He handed her two data pads. One had all the information she would need to find Miko and the second had information about Czerka Corporate contacts who would send construction teams for the academy. "The last part of your mission involves new recruits… bright powerful young minds to join our ranks…" He smiled. "…Steal them from the Jedi."
"And if any Jedi stand in my way how would you wish me to handle them?"
"Kill them of course… By the time I join you your mission should be complete…"
She saluted; "I shall leave at once my lord…"
"Take the T3 unit with you as well…"
She bowed and left the study, Caos prepared himself for what he needed to do as Shenron prepared to leave. By the time she was ready to leave Caos was ready to enact his plan to bring chaos to the galaxy. He waited until his apprentice had made the jump to lightspeed before he started. Caos had a medical center built inside the mansion to enact his plan. He summoned two of the four sith assassins that survived the battle of Suuvaf to protect his body. Then he had another ten battle droids for extra protection. Finally the medical droids, which were programmed to tend to his body. The time had come, for the past three years Darth Caos had been studying a force technique called force walking. It was a sith technique that allowed him to leave his body and possess the body of another. It was dangerous for several reasons chief among them that if the force lain wasn't closed another force apparition could possess his body. Then his body had to be tended to while his essence was absent.
Caos sat on a mat after undressing; then he took several deep breaths and slowed his breathing. Within a matter of minutes he was in the trance and pulling away from his body. His conscious mind took shape and he was floating in the air staring at his body and the droids. He flew up and through the roof of the mansion and looked around at the mountain landscape that was Alderran. He opened a force tunnel and in he went. It was like traveling through hyperspace for a ship, but instead of a bright light distorting everything, Caos saw all the stars and their systems as he flew. Caos was there in a matter of minutes and as soon as he exited the tunnel he created he closed it. Only he could open it so there was no chance of anyone trying to steal his body. He entered Coruscant's atmosphere and flew across the city landscape towards the Jedi temple.
The Jedi Temple:
Jedi Master Ynarr Ki Lazz was Caos' target and he was meditating in his private meditation room. He felt a disturbance and opened his eyes; something felt off to him and dark. He stood up and looked around; he was about to return to meditating when this great power sent him to his knees. It was as if someone was trying to open his skull while he was awake. His body shook uncontrollably as he tried to banish the foul presence. The Twi'lek master pound his fist on the floor, he couldn't mentally call for help it was taking all his might to fight the unseen intruder. In the end Darth Caos was too powerful and he slowly gained control over Ynarr Ki Lazz. The possessed Lazz stood up and flexed his fingers and arms trying to get use to his new body. He finally opened his eyes and started walking in circles. By the fifth circuit he was in complete control. The possessed Lazz got dressed and hooked the lightsaber to his belt; then he left the meditation room. As he walked passed the Jedi in the temple they greeted him as a master he was unaware of the dark presence underneath controlling Lazz's body.
("The fools they probably won't know anything until I make my move…") The possessed Lazz made his way to the archives, where he was greeted by an elderly looking Ithorian who walked with an elaborate metal staff.
[Master Lazz… what can I do for you?"]
"I need to get access to the restricted archives…" Only Masters were allowed access to the sith holocrons stored in the vault.
["Of course Master Lazz this way…"] The Ithorian chronicler led Lazz across the great archives down a narrow hallway to a large metal door. The Ithorian inserted a key card and then he placed a hand on the door for hand finger print scan. ["Do you need any assistance Master Lazz?"]
"No thank you… a droid will do fine though…"
["I will send one immediately sir…"]
As soon as the Ithorian walked away the possessed Lazz patched into the pirate sith communications array and contacted his agent. "This is darth to agent zero one zero… come in…"
"One zero one… go ahead…"
"Is everything in place…"
"Yes sir… just as you ordered… the satellite is ready to receive…"
A droid walked in and as soon as it did he placed a small scrambler on the droids head. It reprogrammed the droid to obey whatever he told it to do.
"Whom do you serve?"
"I serve Darth Caos…"
He smiled; "Prepare these holocrons to transmit their information to this satellite…"
"Affirmative…" The droid replied and together they began down loading and transmitting the information.
Jedi Master Vandarr was teaching his padawan the finer points of lightsaber combat. Their blades crackled and hissed when they struck and the padawan was having a hard time keeping Vandarr at bay. He disarmed the Rodian and jumped on his chest throwing him to the ground and pointed his lightsaber in his face.
["I yield master…"] Vandarr ears pricked up, something was not right in the temple. He switched off his lightsaber and closed his eyes. ["Master is everything okay?"] The Rodian asked.
He looked at the Rodian; "No more training today… Go to the fountain of many waters and meditate you must…"
He bowed; ["Yes master…"]
Vandarr closed his eyes again; the disturbance he felt was coming from the archives. He left the practice ring, headed upstairs and walked across the main lobby. As he walked, Vandarr was joined by Jedi Master Vrook; "Master Vandarr… where are you off to in such a hurry…"
He didn't slow his pace; "To the archives… a disturbance in the force I sense… Grave danger…"
"I will accompany you then…" When the two masters reached the archives the Ithorian was speaking with a padawan.
["Master Vrook… Master Vandarr… how may I assist you…"]
"Master Bwemtu has anything strange happened…" Vandar asked.
["No what do you mean…"]
"He means… Has anyone done or ask for something special…"
Bwemtu looked at Vandarr, the Ithorian grunted; ["Padawan Sewell wanted to access the main computer and Master Lazz wanted access to the restricted archives…"]
Vandarr gasped; "The sith holocrons…"
["What is wrong?]
"Have everyone leave the archives and seal it you must… Sense a great evil in Lazz I do…"
"Keep it quiet…" Vrook said. As Bwemtu asked everyone to leave the archives, Vandarr and Vrook made their way up the hall to the restricted archives.
The droid had done a seventy percent download when the possessed Lazz felt the two masters heading his way. He smiled and removed a personal shield generator from his belt, he placed the generator behind the droid and activated it.
"Ah Master Vandarr and Master Vrook… what can I do for you…"
"Master Lazz… What are you doing?"
"Who are you…" Vandarr asked. "…Master Lazz you are not. Physically you are mentally are you not…"
He smiled at the both of them drawing his lightsaber; "To the first question… I am taking back what rightfully belongs to the sith…" When he said sith Vandarr and Vrook drew their lightsabers. "As for the second question… you are correct Master Vandarr. Physically the body belongs to Ynarr Ki Lazz… Mentally it belongs to Darth Caos…"
"What manner of sith trickery is this…" Vandarr yelled.
"The kind you are not prepared to fight… Now die!" He unleashed force lightening on the both of them. They blocked the attack with their sabers.
"I will take the droid…" Vrook yelled over the crackling sound of the lightening hitting their energy blades. "…Can you handle him?"
"Go…" He yelled back.
Vrook reached for the droid in the force, but Caos-Lazz had a powerful force barrier protecting it. He jumped to get closer to the shield. Vandarr rolled to the ground and jumped up swinging for Caos-Lazz's head. He ducked and did a spin kick into Vrook's back because he had landed behind him. Vrook went chest first into the shield that gave him a mild shock.
Red and blue blade crackled and hissed as they pushed against one another. "You won't be hurting me you will be hurting Lazz…" Caos said.
"Lazz hear me… fight him you must…"
Caos laughed, "He can't hear you… He is weak and nothing this weak can stand against the power of the dark side…"
They started fighting again and Caos-Lazz managed to wrench Vandarr's lightsaber from his hand, but Vandarr jumped onto his chest kicking him. Caos-Lazz stumbled backwards into the shield; he used the pain of his body and converted the shocks from the shield into raw force power. He threw a ball of power at Vandarr, he caught it with his hands. The force of the blow slid him across the floor.
"Can you take anymore you pointy-eared little freak?" Caos-Lazz started walking forward throwing power ball after power ball. He threw five more alternating hands and Vandarr caught them all. 'That 's right throw it back at me!"
Vandarr grunted releasing the energy into a wave; the blast cracked the walls. Caos-Lazz looked past Vandarr and saw the Ithorian running up the hallway taking his staff apart until he was holding a double-edged lightsaber. Caos Lazz flipped backwards and grabbed Vrook by what was left of his hair. He slammed him into the shield twice and held his lightsaber to his head.
"Stay back or he dies…"
"Master the download is complete…" The droid said. Caos-Lazz smiled, "Well this has been fun, but I have to go… Droid self destruct… lets give these Jedi ten seconds to consider their fate…"
He used the force to turn off the shield generator and summoned the small device to his hand. He used force lightening to short it out. He smiled at the two Jedi and threw Vrook at them. Then he left Lazz's body as the droid exploded. Bwemtu used his power to shield both Lazz and Vrook. Vandarr used his power to hold back the explosion, the blast destroyed the sith holocrons and the entire vault. The other masters came to the archives with medical droids who took Lazz and Vrook to the medical wing of the temple. While the Jedi sorted through the mess Darth Caos' essence form flew across the city landscape. He had one more task to complete before he returned to his body.
Office of the Supreme Chancellor:
Julion Van Mont was on his honeymoon with his new bride Aaneda, they had gone to Onderon for their honeymoon. Chasser Regox a Devarian was chief assistant to the chancellor. He was in the office keeping things running for the chancellor while he was away. He was going over the latest Jedi reports on the anti slavery law enforcement when his mind was over powered by Caos. Taking over the mind of a non-force user was a lot easier than taking over the mind of a jedi master. Once again he flexed his fingers and arms trying to get use to the body. Traveling from body to body was a disorienting feeling, but he easily overcame it.
The first thing he did was contact his spy; "Did the satellite collect all the information?"
"Yes my lord…"
"Is everything in place… for the senators?"
"Yes my lord…"
Caos ended the transmission and contacted Senator Vefar Sanx. Sanx was originally General Myac Fell who lead a movement on Bothuwai called the true sons of Bothuwai. Caos had freed Fell from prison and had him surgically altered. He became Vefar Sanx, his followers went into hiding to make it look as he had put an end to the True Sons of Bothuwai. He rose quickly in the field of politics and became Senator.
"Senator…" Caos spoke to him via the sith holo-net. "…Or shall I call you General Fell…"
"How do you know that name…"
"Because fool I am Darth Caos who recruited you… I have possessed this body… I am about to call for a special session of the senate, but you won't make it because of an emergency from home."
"Of course my lord…"
"You are about to become supreme chancellor… don't fail me…" He ended the transmission and summoned the senators to the senate hall.
The Senators gathered for the emergency meeting, some complained about the timing of this meeting. Some wondered what it was about, only Sanx didn't show up. When all the senators were gathered the podium rose up with Caos-Regox.
"Senators… fellow delegates… Supreme Chancellor Julion Van Mont asked me to play the following message for you…"
As a hundred foot tall hologram of Mont appeared in the air Caos left Ragox's body. He looked around confused at the gathered senators as the hologram began to speak.
"My friends a great travesty has befallen the galaxy… This travesty was perpetrated by the Jedi, but that evil is about to avenged… The sith are about to return to the galaxy and balance will be restored. Fair well my friends your sacrifice will mean the return of the sith. Long live the sith…" As soon as the hologram faded the first explosions happened inside the auditorium itself. Then the next explosions blew out chunks of the roof. Men and women both human and alien cried out in terror as the bombs in the foundation and near the generator exploded. The explosion shook several blocks of the city and shattered windows. Some speeders and transports were thrown into the ground or buildings.
Darth Caos floated in the air watching the disaster unfold, he flew to the place he exited the force tunnel from. He opened it and in he went. In a matter of minutes Caos was back on Alderran. When he entered his body he shouted and unleashed a force wave that destroyed the droids in the room.
He looked at his arms and hands, he was back in his body again; Caos got dressed and ordered the noblemen to turn over all his credits to him. He bought a long range ship and left Alderran for good.