Star Wars: Kycina
Daughter of Dathomir
By
Christopher Cleveland
Prologue
Resistance from the wretched Nightbrothers clan was strong, their fight for freedom doubtlessly succeeding in attracting the attention of Mother Talzin of the Nightsisters. A few days before, a Nightsister taskforce was selected by Talzin with the task of wiping out the rebels who would inspire others to resist the Nightsisters and throw off the yoke of being warriors and sex-slaves for the witches. For three days, the selected taskforce under the command of Nightsister Karis had been attempting to strike down the rebels and set an example for the otherwise-docile bulk of the powerful group of warriors. In all, there were two dozen Nightsisters at the start of the battle fighting against nearly two hundred rebellious Nightbrothers.
However, after two days, more than half the taskforce was wiped out despite heavier casualties on the part of the Nightbrothers who merely threw their bulk and their muscles against them. Naa'leth, one of the other commanders of the taskforce had been sent to see if reinforcements could be obtained the previous night but returned with no luck. "We're on our own unless Talzin can expend one of the more powerful sisters to help us defeat them. The chances of that happening are slim," she told Karis.
"There is only one of those types who would be willing to join the fight and is probably begging Talzin to let her do so as we speak," Karis replied. Naa'leth paused to think for a moment then her mouth dropped in surprise. "Oh no, not her!" she shouted. "Only she, the second-in-command to Mother Talzin and a median between her and us, can help us now," Karis said with a grave nod.
"But she'll go too far and finish the fight for us when all we need is her help to get back on foot with doing that for ourselves!" Naa'leth cried. "Better that than letting the Nightbrothers wipe us all out and give hope to the others who are still not sure if they should join this insurgence against their superiors," Karis admitted. "But she'll gloat later and tell Talzin about how badly we failed which wouldn't be so bad if she exaggerated and she never does!" Naa'leth said, imploring Karis to not let it come down to the one Nightsister feared by all except Talzin and Old Daka.
Then suddenly, in the distant plain behind them, Karis could swear she saw a shape running for them. It was soon followed by green projectiles that shot into the skies and flew over the Nightsisters quicker than they could follow. The barely fifty remaining Nightbrothers saw these projectiles too late to stop them as they landed on the ground and produced powerful explosions that killed at least thirty of them almost immediately. When Karis turned around, the figure she had seen earlier had covered enough distance to now be recognizable to her slow eyes.
"Naa'leth, I think your worst fear has just come to pass and she doesn't look happy," Karis said. "Oh no, she's not here is she?" Naa'leth begged, fright visible in her voice. Karis squinted a little harder but saw the uniform of Talzin's second on the approaching figure and nodded in confirmation. "That explains the projectiles and explains what's going to be happening in the next few seconds," Naa'leth said, exasperated defeat thick in her voice. Both of them cleared a path for the arriving Nightsister and waited for her to pass by. This would not have been so bad if it were someone else besides the infamous Nightsister warrior of Dathomir known as Kycina.