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The Star Cabal threat was over, the Black Codex secured but Imperial Intelligence was no more, the Dark Council butchered it for resources for the war effort. In its place stood Sith Intelligence, loyal only to the Sith and not the Empire. That annoyed Te'ndiodo greatly, he worked for Intelligence saved countless Imperial lives and that was the thanks the Empire gave. Unacceptable. He missed the days of contacting Watcher Two—Shara Jenn—for mission briefs, he missed her the most because they had a romance of sorts going on, but the relationship became strained after going undercover as an SIS agent. There he learned that the Empire brainwashed him, under the orders of the former Keeper. To end the brainwashing, he used the brainwashing serum again, and it almost killed him.
Part of him blamed Intelligence for the brainwashing and he blamed Shara for not informing him. After a heated argument the relationship ended. He felt foolish afterwards, the paranoia that he had developed had ruined the one real thing in his life. Kaliyo Djannis, a companion he had met on Hutta, made several advances on him in the aftermath of the break up. In his own sorrow he took her up on them. Another foolish mistake.
The last time he saw Shara was when he broke the Star Cabal, she was still recovering from her coma, which was caused by the Star Cabal. That shook him up, seeing her unconscious on the floor, he thought he had lost her then and there. He had let his emotions bubble to the surface and Watcher Three and Operation Division saw but he didn't care.
She asked him what his plans were, he told her that he'd find enemies of the Empire and eliminate them. The Dread Masters were his first target. After that he hadn't heard a word from her.
Te'ndiodo looked at the Black Codex, a sudden urge to look up Shara's background crept in his mind. The Codex knew tons of information both about Republic and Imperial personnel. It was a great opportunity to test it; a little knowledge couldn't hurt, could it? His room was empty, the doors locked, his companions were all doing their own tasks. He was alone, alone with a box full of a galaxy of secrets. It was tempting for several heartbeats he considered activating it. No, I should only use this to gain information our enemies not for personal gain, he thought.
Forcing himself away from the Codex, he began to wonder why he was thinking of Shara now of all times. It had been a whole month since the last time they spoke. Anything could happen in a month. The Empire was slowly losing the war, true, but Shara should be safe. Right?
The shifting front of the war was dangerous, Shara could have been transferred to a military division or to a Sith Lord. It was entirely possible for her to still be on the homeworld working for Sith Intelligence or the Mister of Intelligence. He couldn't know for certain unless he went out of his way to find out.
Locking the Codex in its security box, Te'ndiodo made his way out of his room. Opening the door he was surprised to see Doctor Eckard Lokin waiting for him. Lokin looked the Chiss directly into his red glowing eyes. Something was up, Lokin only acted like this when he had intercepted grave news.
"What is it, Lokin?" He asked, his heart began to race, could it have something to do with Shara? His heart sank.
"I got into contact with some old 'friends' of mine. We've got trouble on Dromund Kaas." He said gravely.
"What kind of trouble?"
"The kind that could threaten the war effort." Lokin replied.
Te'ndiodo felt a bit relieved but the news still made him worry. The Republic announced to the whole galaxy that the Emperor was dead, the news came after he had helped two Dark Council members secure an important resource on Makeb. The news hurt the Empire's propaganda campaign, in fact many Imperials began to question if the news was true. The Emperor was absent for much of the renewed war, unlike the previous war.
The Emperor's Wrath claimed that the Emperor was still alive, but Darth Marr and Darth Nox did not share the news with the other councillors and Te'ndiodo was forced not to speak of it to no one.
"A rebellion is brewing. A group is gathering strength on the homeworld to purge the Sith from our society. The military is having a hard time controlling them what with the war waging across the galaxy. I believe were the only group that can stop this before it grows into something more…dangerous." Lokin finished handing Te'ndiodo a datapad. It had the coordinates of a known rebel base as well as a few of their leaders. It was a start, with the Black Codex they could dig up more information on them.
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DROMUND KAAS
KAAS CITY CARGO PORT
The cargo port was a bustle of activity. Men and women working together to off load the cargo from the ship. These rebels were smart, but Te'ndiodo faced up against smarter ones before. They left a sizable credit trail, rather a large one. Fools. The trail was easily followed. These rebels were either incompetent or very cunning. It could easily be a trap but the initial scouting showed the embarrassing lack of coordination.
So these people are a threat to the Empire? Te'ndiodo thought.
It would be simple just to wipe everyone out, save for one who looked like he…or she was in charge of this sorry bunch of fools.
Kaliyo was in place for the assault and with a simple signal Vector Hyllus and Raina Temple would begin lock the cargo port and begin the assault. Kaliyo yet again had jumped the gun shooting down two men in the back. As expected they panicked and activated the battle droids. Te'ndiodo picked them off quickly with his rife the rebels who were brave enough picked up blasters and fired back and Kaliyo, but she was too good and easily picked them off one by one.
One charged at Te'ndiodo with a vibroblade and swung it madly at him hoping to him the Chiss. Te'ndiodo pulled out his blaster pistol from his side holster and shot the man in the face.
The loading ramp of the ship dropped and a group of three armoured up men began firing towards Kaliyo. These weren't untrained men, they had military experience. Ex Imperial Military or ex-Republic? Really it didn't matter though. More men exited from the ship firing at Kaliyo pinning her down on the catwalk above. She only had a Plasteel container for cover and that wouldn't last much longer.
He put the leader of the group in his cross hairs Te'ndiodo took the shot and ended him in one shot. In response they turned and fired towards Te'ndiodo's position. They didn't know his exact location which worked to his advantage. With his stealth field generator Te'ndiodo avoided the attention of the armed me and easily maneuverer into a position to flank the enemy. A well placed frag grenade would end this.
KA-BOOM!
The blast was strong enough to kill them all there charred remains scattered across the floor, one was underneath cargo containers. The blaster fire died down and it was over. Te'ndiodo looked around, there was no one left bar Te'ndiodo and Kaliyo.
After securing the area Vector and Raina arrived with a helmeted woman, she stood defiant but there was something familiar about her stance. Te'ndiodo mind couldn't place it and it was nagging at him.
"This one tried to escape. But her aura is familiar to us. I think that she maybe an undercover Imperial operative." Vector said, Te'ndiodo couldn't tell if the Joiner was looking at him or the woman with his pure black eyes.
"Identify yourself now."
The woman pressed down on a button on the back of helmet, a release button no doubt. A helmet like this was designed to keep the head protected under extreme conditions and to promote breathing in no atmosphere environments. It was standard equipment, available galaxy wide by many manufactures. A long hissing sound came from it as the seal broke. The woman slowly lifted it off her head reveal…
Watcher Two.
"You… what are you doing with these terrorists?" Te'ndiodo asked confused, he drew a quick breath.
"Sorry Cipher, this was a trap. Sith Intelligence wants the Black Codex and you… dead."
"EVERYONE MOV-" It was too late, the gas, he didn't notice it. He resisted as best he could.
Stumbling blindly he refused to give up, they wouldn't get him or the Black Codex. He thumbed his comm unit hard. Not waiting for a response from the thing called SCORPIO he yelled. "SCORPIO, BEGIN PROTOCOL SHADOW FALL!"
The intelligence unit SCORPIO, a gift from the founders of the Star Cabal. They built this artificial intelligence to mine and store their data for them, now it worked for Te'ndiodo. After months of talking to it, it finally trusted him and he programmed several programs into her. One was Protocol: Shadow Fall.
"Acknowledged. I have detected you fell into a trap. Do you need assistance?" Its robotic voice asked.
"N-no. J-just get the Codex away from Imperial space. Now."
Everything was becoming dark, sounds became distorted. He knew he was about to go unconscious. He looked up, and saw Shara Jenn standing above him. Next to her was figure clad in black robes, a red stream of light emanating from his right hand.
Curse you. Sith.
