"My lord wrath, can you hear me? Don't try to move my lord, do not worry, I will take care of you. Now, do you remember how you got here?"
Taris
The ship was fast approaching, gunfire rained below. "We've reached our destination, my lord." Anste stood staring at the view from the cockpit. "Very good Quinn, make landing preparations." Quinn nodded, taking control of the ship and lowering it down. Anste grabbed his two lightsabers and holstered them on his belt. Vette came out of her quarters and stood at the ready. "Ready to go when you are, my lord." He placed two of his fingers on her chin. "No need to be so formal, Vette." He kissed her. She gave a bright smile. Jaesa, his apprentice, and Lieutenant Pierce appeared behind him. "Alright everyone, remember what we're here for. Stay close to me you three, Quinn watch the ship." They headed off the ship into the swampy air.
In the past couple years a group of radicals have been growing, "The Blood Army". Lead by a man who calls himself "The Dragon", they started off as a minimal threat. However, after enough time operating unmonitored they grew their army-like group until they became a large threat to the empire. In the past few months the empire has been fighting them relentlessly. Darth Anste'Dak was sent to join the imperial forces on Taris in fending them off. Taris had a radical outpost, where they believe The Dragon was. It is Anste's job to eliminate him.
"Ugh, I've always hated this planet." Vette commented as she dirtied her boots in the swampy water. "Master, what's our plan?" apprentice Jaesa questioned, observing the area. Anste considered the question as gunfire and explosions roared in the distance. "Not many miles from here is the outpost, we need to infiltrate it and eliminate The Dragon as quickly as we arrived." Pierce loaded his gun and placed his helmet over his head. "Locked and loaded, let's do this!" Anste drew his sabers and lead his team into the dark swamps.
After wandering for miles they finally came across the outpost. Vette and Pierce readied their grappling hooks and launched themselves into the windows. Anste waited for the sound of shots before continuing. "This way, Jaesa." he ushered. The two of them, sabers drawn, circled around to the side of the outpost and bursted through the doors. "It's the sith, get them!" The Blood Army guards opened fire and the two of them deflected their shots while tearing them apart. When the last guard fell they continued into the outpost. They slowly walked the halls, cautious for an ambush. Anste took the lead, holding his saber straight in front of him. A guard leapt from behind. "Master, lookout!" Anste turned and grabbed the man's throat with the force. He began choking and dropped his weapon. The man uttered out a sentence. "Pl-pl-please let me-me g-go." Anste stared the man down and dropped him. "Get out of here before I change my mind!" The man sprinted out of the building. Jaesa smiled in approval of Anste's mercy. He had taught her in the ways of the light. Anste believed the sith should use hate as a tool, not a crutch and aimed to teach Jaesa the same. However he kept his ideals secret, of course. "Let's continue on, my apprentice." They rushed down the halls, fighting any guards they came across. Eventually they came to a halt, greeted by Pierce and Vette. "What are you two doing outside this door?" Pierce steadied himself, "We found plans to the building, my lord. The Dragon's bedroom is on the other side of this door. If he's here, he's in there." Anste prepared himself. "Alright, everyone ready? Vette get the door." Vette grabbed the door handle and stepped to the side incase anyone with a gun was waiting for them. She slowly opened the door before pushing it completely open. Pierce charged in with his gun drawn, but The Dragon was nowhere to be seen. He lowered his gun, seemingly disappointed. "Not here, sir." Anste studied the room. He knew the mission was a failure, The Dragon was most likely aware of their coming and was evacuated. "Orders, my lord?" Pierce asked. Anste let out a deep sigh. "We must return to the ship, he's not here. Reinforcements will have realized this base has gone silent and should be showing up at any minute. We have to go." They all nodded and ran out of the building with Anste behind them.
As they stepped out the front gates, an ecliptic ship hovered over them, dropping out enemy soldiers. "Run! To the ship!" They all ran back into the swamps with the soldiers firing at them. Anste and Jaesa deflected shots that came close to hitting any of them. Anste raised his hand to his earpiece. "Quinn, have the ship ready to leave, we need a quick escape!"
"Yes, my lord!" Quinn responded. They charged through the swamps, Vette and Pierce began returning fire. The number of enemies on their tail seemed to be increasing. They ran through the vines until their ship was in sight. "Quinn, get in the air!" The ship began raising up as Pierce jumped onto the hatch. Jaesa force leapt up and Vette jumped for the hatch but missed and landed back on the ground. Before jumping up himself, Anste force pushed Vette upward and she landed in the hatch with the others. Anste used the force to leap up and grabbed onto the edge of the hatch. Vette reached out her hand but right before she could grab hold a shot hit Anste in the shoulder, causing him to drop. "No!" Vette yelled out. Anste hit the ground hard and was knocked unconscious. Pierce stood tall. "Keep the ship running." He grappled down below to pick up Anste. He rolled him over and tried to shake him awake. When Pierce looked up, he was surrounded. "Leave, get out of here!" he yelled over the comm. The ship took off into the sky. Pierce could hear Vette yelling to turn the ship back over the earpiece as he ripped it out of his ear. He began firing his rifle all around him, knowing this would most likely be his last stand. "Eat this you bastards!" He turned to fire behind him but was greeted by a fist, knocking him out as well. The soldiers loaded up both Anste and Pierce. Anste opened his eyes and saw them being pushed into a ship. He was too weak to fight back. "Send these two to our facility on Makeb, The Dragon will want to see them."