The Emperor

Chapter 2: Tryysk

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN STAR WARS

"Ready?"

"Yep" Luke said as the ramp lowered onto the soft, yet extremely hot sand covered surface of Tryysk. Their small group consisted of Luke, Mara, Han, Nasha, who was another Knight, and Captain Slick, a former veteran of the clone wars.

The entire group was outfitted in light brown and tan colored clothing, with some of them wearing helmets with cloth that covered their necks. Slick was of course in desert stormtrooper gear, while Han was wearing a pair of old officer slacks and his favorite faded jacket over a tan shirt. Otherwise, the rest of the group were in more practical clothing for the desert heat.

"You sure about this sir?" Slick said to Luke. "Doesn't look like anything is out here..." He said as he checked his rifle's ammo, a habit he had been unable to get rid of since the clone wars.

"Yeah it's out there somewhere" Luke said, feeling the massive cloud of Dark Side energy echoing from Saawl's ship like a strong perfume in a very small room. He noticed Mara and Nasha were also spreading their senses, and they too confirmed that the ship was definitively on the planet. Looks like Imperial Intelligence could do something right every now and again, go figure. Luke then turned to the two captains. "Slick, Solo, stay here and guard the ship, keep your coms open and be ready for any surprises..." Luke ordered before signaling to Mara and Nasha that it was time to go.

Moving out into the desert, Nasha finally spoke up. "So why again do we not just take the ship and fly to this thing?" She asked as she pushed some of her silver hair away from her tanned face.

"Because if there happens to be any defenses on the ship, or anyone around, we'd rather not alert them to our presence" Mara said.

"Exactly" Luke said in agreement and they fell into a dull, if not awkward, silence for the rest of the trek through the desert.

After an hour or so they finally caught sight of the ancient vessel, resting in the arms of a rather large sand dune, it was more of a mountain of sand then a simple hill.

The ship, an old yacht before they even had decent hyperdrives, was solid gray, with a few faded signs of red and maybe a sith symbol here or there as well as large traces of rust everywhere, but otherwise it was more for mobility and less for design. There were a few obvious gun ports and the bridge stuck out in the front of the ship, however it's engines were noticeably ruined, as if destroyed in a battle in orbit. Possibly the reason for the vessels crash. Well at least what they could see of the engines looked that way...

"Well we confirmed the ship is here, let's head back and contact the Council" Nasha said, noticing the twin looks on Mara and Luke's faces. They had a reputation for a reason after all...

"You go on back Nasha, I want to see the inside of that thing" Luke said as he headed down the dune they were on towards the ship.

"But-" Nasha started to say, only for Mara to cut her off.

"Race you!" She exclaimed and shoved Luke into the sand, causing him to roll all the way down the dune as she sprinted with the aide of the force down the dune, passing him and shooting on towards the vessel.

"Hey!" Luke barked and took off after her. Nasha, seeing where this was going, sighed before taking off after them.

Coughing.

A bang.

"Ouch Skywalker watch it!" Mara snapped, followed by slamming her fist into his sandy blond hair.

Luke, having the duel pain of running into Mara to avoid hitting a pile of abandoned crates and now the pain in his skull, grimaced as he tried to stop coughing. It was useless really. They all were coughing due to the heavy amount of dust inside the ship. It had been abandoned in a desert for millenniums, it was probably the dustiest thing in the galaxy.

"Sorry" He said, trying to ward off anymore blows. "You try walking through this mess. When this thing crashed, it crashed" Luke said, indicating the damaged hall and the mess and debris everywhere.

"Whatever, let's just find the archives and the cockpit. Then we can hunt down the engines and the-"

"OR we could go back to the ship and go home..." Nasha muttered under her breath as she followed her comrades farther along into the ship.

"Ah but where is the fun in that?" Luke commented in between coughs as they came to the ships bridge. They entered the small, four person sized room and began to explore the consoles and instruments of the bridge, which had a slightly less suffocating air to it. Well Mara and Luke did, Nasha hung by the door, giving them the best she could manage of a disappointed glower.

"How did this thing fly at all?" Mara wondered as she examined the old controls. The ship had been built back during the beginning of the old republic, it should logically be dust right about now. Instead it was just really rusty.

"Who knows, come on, lets go find the archives...I have a bad feeling about this" Luke said as he tried to find the flutter of dark intent he had sensed a few moments before.

"If it's anything like Vrox IV then lets just leave now" Mara muttered as they exited the cockpit and headed down the halls of the ship again, searching for the archives.

"That wasn't my fault for the eighth time! I just happened to be right next to the alarm when it went off!" Luke complained as Mara grinned.

"Whatever you say flyboy, you can deny it to your grave and the rest of us will still know the truth..." She said and smirked before they stopped at a large arch shaped doorway. The door, like the rest of the ship, was coated in rust, dust, grease and grime. There was a broken keypad next to the door and what appeared to be a eye scanner as well.

The simple appliance of a lightsaber quickly got them pass the locked door and the trio entered into a massive library. It had multiple levels, with an opening in the center of the room on each floor so that you could see the other floors from the bottom level. Each level was covered in shelves and cabinets and tables lined with artifacts and books, all of which equally had dust coating them. There were also rows of statues and busts scattered around the room too.

"Woah..." Nasha said as they looked around. "We officially found the largest library on the Force" She stated. Mere seconds after she said that, a blaster shot went off. Only her training and her instincts kept her from becoming a corpse. Her silver blade sprung to life and the blaster bolt shot up into the roof, leaving a fresh scorch mark there.

Turning to face the attackers, Luke found two oddly garbed humanoid figures, clad in some sort of outfit made of leather and strips of cloth with combat boots and fully covering helmets. They both held long distance blaster rifles, one of which was cooling down after the one on the left had tried to fire at them.

The pair, shock and surprise radiating off their force signatures, froze momentarily, then they took off down the hallway they had just come from

"Quick, catch them!" Mara shouted and they burst after the pair of intruders, their force enhanced speed allowing them to easily catch up with them. "Stop!" Mara yelled, only for one of them to turn around and fire over his shoulder at them with a quick draw pistol. The bolt was deflected easily, however this time it was sent back.

The shooter crumpled to the ground, clutching wildly at his now badly burned shoulder while the other one continued on, not even looking back.

"I've got this one, you two catch that one!" Nasha shouted as she kicked the injured attacker's gun away and then using the force to suppress him. Luke nodded and followed after Mara. The other attacker had already turned another corner by the time they caught back up with him.

When they rounded the corner they heard multiple guns charging up to fire and stopped dead cold. Before them were at least five or six figures dressed the same as the other two they had just chased. And all of them had their guns raised.

Luke glanced at Mara and asked the silent question, think we can take em?

The sound of a small blaster charging up behind his left ear made him change his mind. He noticed, through the force, that two more of the humanoids were behind them now, each with a blaster pointed at their head.

"Crap" Luke said as he prepared to reach for his blaster, this would take perfect timing and...

"YAAAAH!" Nasha screamed as she appeared out of nowhere, her blade alight as she cut the two attackers behind Mara and Luke in half. Free to move now, the two other knights drew their blades and deflected the incoming blaster shots from the other humanoids, sending them back at them, quickly cutting them down.

"I sense more coming in from behind us" Nasha said as soon as they had killed the final attacker.

"I wonder why their here?" Luke said aloud as they quickly moved away from the enemy reinforcements.

"Bounty Hunters?" Mara suggested.

"No, no one knows about this place...we'll figure out with this guy and come back later" Luke said as he gestured at the barely conscious form of the attacker that Nasha had disabled earlier, which they had stopped to grab on their way out.

"Captain Solo this is Skywalker, do you read me?" Luke asked into the com as her flicked his com on. However all he got was static. "Jammers?" Luke questioned in surprise.

"I have a feeling that these guys aren't bounty hunters..."Mara said as Nasha threw the barely conscious humanoid over her shoulder, having finished tying him up with some thin, durable rope she had stored in her belt compartment.

"They feel dark, but I don't think they can use the dark side of the force either" Nasha stated as they began to move through the ship again.

"Could they be descendants of the slaves the Sith Lords used during the Great Hyperspace War?" Nasha suggested as they sensed several other presences moving towards them.

"Whatever or whoever they are, we need to move" Mara put in as the sound of booted feet could be heard echoing off in the distance.

"Agreed" Luke said.

"He's coming to..." Mara muttered as the humanoid, now having it's cloth helmet removed to show a human like face. However it's face was more of a light, palish red. It also had yellow eyes and no pupils. There was also a smattering of small horns along the chin bone and cheeks.

The creature spoke in a odd language, it was dark and menacing, but with the force they could tell it was disoriented and confused, as well as frightened.

"Great it doesn't speak basic" Mara complained as she cocked her fist back before hitting the creature right in the center of it's face.

"Now what was the point in that?" Luke asked as he watched the creature try and struggle free. "It's pointless, your tied down securely" Luke said, indicating the rope tied around the creatures feet and hands, keeping it solidly secured to the pipe in the engine room they were currently hiding out in.

The creature, who up to that point had been lightly thrashing about, testing it's bonds before stopping at Luke's words. "Well what do you know, it understands" Nasha stated as she observed the creature as it glared at her. The creature spat something in it's language again, this time however Nasha's eyes widened. "He's speaking in the Sith Language!" She said, hitting her head. "Stupid, I knew the dialect sounded familiar" She said, beating herself up verbally. "Stupid!"

"So you can communicate with...it?" Luke asked, not sure whether or not it was a he or a she.

"I suppose so" Nasha said, having been taught Sith Lore and their history and language, or as much of it as they could understand or find. She turned to the creature and began to speak in a much more...well botched version of the language it had been speaking in. It was obvious she was not a native speaker, but judging by the creature's body language, it understood her.

The two of them conversed for a few seconds before Nasha turned back to a curious Luke and Mara. "He" Nasha began, clearing up the first question Luke had been thinking of, "Said that they are the Saarai-Kaar Clan, the sith followers of Graӓkkan Saawl" Nasha said. They conversed again and she turned back to them. "He says we will pay, his brothers and sisters will deal with us accursed..." Nasha looked confused for a moment and had a quick, but repetitive, almost questioning talk with the creature as she used the force to make it more responsive to her questioning.

"Um" Nasha said after she had finished. "It believes we're Jedi" She said in disgust.

"Those fools?" Mara stated as she took a step towards the creature. Luke however moved between the creature and Mara, effectively blocking him from her, and also putting himself closer to her by mere chance.

"Mara, he doesn't know" Luke said calmly. "We should explain it to him and then he can clear this mess up with the rest of those creatures, then we can hopefully learn something about how this ship crashed" Luke stated as Nasha nodded and began to speak to the creature. It seemed to grow agitated, almost enraged, before looking away.

"He doesn't believe me" Nasha stated simply as she crossed her arms, glaring at the creature. True the Knights were not dark side users, but they detested the Jedi more then the dark side because of their restrictive code and their passive stance against everything. The Knights of the Empire believed that there was a time for Peace, but there was also a time for War. One could not be fully peaceful nor fully blood thirsty if they were to be true guardians. No, they had to be a perfect mixture of both.

"Well I'm sure I can convince him" Mara said, pushing past Luke she ignited her blade and placed it right next to the creatures neck. It turned it's face to glare at her, however she didn't flinch, nor move the blade away. "Tell him if he doesn't believe we're not Jedi, I'll remove those horns of his" She said, indicating the small horns protruding from his chin.

Nasha spoke to the creature in it's native language and the creature angled it's head back slightly, almost putting it's neck into the lightsaber's beam as it tried to strike a cocky pose. Mara glared at him harder and brought the blade up, slicing off a good portion of all the horns on his chin. The creature howled in pain and thrashed in it's seat as Nasha spoke to it again. Once the creature had calmed down, though still obviously in pain, did it respond.

"He said that...he was wrong to accuse us of being Jedi, he will take us to his elders" She said as Luke nodded in acceptance, Mara, though still a bit angry, seemed to accept the response and turned her blade off. A few moments later and they had him untied. The creature, after stretching and complaining to Nasha, led them through the ship. The entire time they were checking their surroundings with the force, memorizing the way there as well as looking out for an ambush by the Sith followers.

However the creature was true to his word and they found themselves in what looked to have been a large supply hold that had been changed into a meeting hall or maybe a throne room. None of them could be sure exactly.

As they entered Luke found dozens of the creatures in the room, they were just like their former captive. Each had varying shades of red skin, with the same golden eyes. However, now that he could see them out of their thick clothing, he noticed they also had horns on their elbows and not all of the creatures had horns on their chins. Some had horns on their heads as well. The women apparently however had no horns, so either they clipped them off regularly, or they were incapable of growing them.

Standing on a raised platform in the room were a clustering of maybe five or six figures in thick robes that were colored a dull brown or very light tan. The robes had red lines and jewels embedded in the fabric, however Luke could tell from the frayed edges and all around appearance of well worn clothing that they were ceremonial outfits from a long time ago, and not simply their day to day clothing. Luke guessed they had been in the middle of some sort of meeting.

The creature that had led them to the room began speaking to the group of creatures in the rich, but slightly tattered robes at a rapid fire pace in the dark language. They began to start a heated conversation, causing everyone in the room to tense, however, despite the fact that Luke or Mara could not understand at all, it was obvious that the creatures had calmed down.

Their... former captive then turned to face them and began to talk to Nasha at a much slower pace. The female nodded and turned to her comrades. "They wish for you to demonstrate we are not Jedi" She said to Luke. The blond haired boy nodded and pointed one of his arms at the ceiling. He then winced and lighting shot forth from his palm, slamming into the roof, leaving a large scorch mark after he closed his palm, stopping the flow of pure dark power from actually damaging anything or killing anyone.

The effect was immediate. All of the Sith followers dropped as one to their knees and began to bow to the three strange humans who apparently had the same power as their late master. The creature whom they had captured began to quickly speak with his leaders before speaking to Nasha, who spoke with them.

"They want us to eat with them, then they will show us...uh I think he said shrine...it might be Saawl's tomb though" Nasha explained. Mara was the first to speak up.

"Well it's worth investigating. But what about Solo and Slick?" Mara said as she turned to Luke.

The Imperial Heir considered it for a moment before agreeing with the idea. "Nasha, ask them if they no why we cannot reach our ship, and tell them we will dine with them" Luke stated as Nasha nodded and began to speak with the sith followers.

"Do I really have to?" Mara asked as she looked at their 'Meal', that was if you could even call it a meal. Before them each was a slightly chipped bowl of what appeared to be gold. In the bowl there was what appeared to be a bright red liquid. It appeared to be blood, but a closer examination through the force showed that it was actually nothing but water and red berrys mixed with a highly concentrated poison.

"He says it is called Bloodsoup, a religious dish that the ancient Sith used to drink" Nasha informed them as she examined her own bowl while the rest of the creatures around them ate raw meat from presumably the wildlife they had hunted...hopefully that was where the meat had come from anyways. "I studied this in the texts that Master Alais gave me" She continued as she took the metal spoon provided to her and scooped some of it up. "Only the Sith were allowed to drink it, as they were able to purge the poison from their bodies, it was a sort of test, to make sure they were actually what they claimed to be" Nasha explained as she took a sip. They had been, thankfully, taught how to purge poisons from their system by Master Tano during their early training years, and it appeared it was going to pay off now.

Luke decided to sample the dish as well, seeing as Nasha hadn't immediately begun coughing it up. She almost appeared to enjoy it. Sipping the blood red liquid, Luke was surprised to find it was a actually decently good. The berries gave it a flavorful sent and taste, however he had to be sure to purge the poison from each spoonful that he took.

The three of them soon finished their soup and were given some of the odd meat, which they hesitantly ate. After that they were provided with some bread that was as hard as rocks, literally. They were then given a small goblet of water to wash it down with before being led back towards the library.

As they went, Luke mentally contacted Nasha. Any luck? He sent to her.

No, they assured me that we should be able to reach Captain Solo and Captain Slick, but I haven't been able to reach them, Nasha replied as they came before the entrance into the library.

Stay alert, Luke said to Mara and Nasha as they were led into the massive information filled room. They were taken past several large statues and behind several shelves before they stopped at a large golden bust of Saawl, dressed in the traditional Sith robes. The bust only showed his shoulders and above, however they could tell he had been a thin man, not very built, but his power and knowledge of the dark side as well as the light side must have made up for it, seeing as he was so important.

One of the creatures stepped forward and touched a part of the bust and to their surprise the section of the wall that the bust was in front of moved to the side and the small procession of Sith followers that had accompanied them began to file inside. The trio of Knights were quick to follow.

Inside they found a large copper coffin laying slightly angled up so that it was partially resting against a massive red pyramid. The pyramid was about four or five people wide, six or seven thick and three or four people tall. It wasn't that large, but they felt it was rather important for some reason.

The creatures began gesturing to the coffin as one began speaking to Nasha. "She says it is the custom of the Sith to kneel before the coffin, as a sign of respect" Nasha translated and they noticed the creatures themselves were kneeling before the alter.

Luke watched as Nasha and Mara did as they had been told and almost did so himself. However every single sense in his body was screaming at him to not do it. The force itself was blaring a warning. It was a good thing he listened to, for not a half second after he hesitated did the creatures suddenly pull out some sort of small bone like object. They stuck one in Nasha's back, as she had been closest, and were angling towards Luke and Mara as the raven haired female screamed in pain and slumped to the floor, unconscious.

Both Luke and Mara's blades were out in a mere moment and they were already slicing apart their attackers, severing limps and heads and ending the miserable traitorous creatures lives as easily as they might squish bugs on some jungle planet.

However they were both suddenly flung into one of the walls of the small room, their lightsabers flying out of their hands against their will. When they turned to look, they found Nasha standing before them. But something was wrong, as her force signature was showing not her, but someone else.

"I am the Sith Lord Graӓkkan Saawl and I have returned!" She cried, however her voice was now mixed with that of the undead Sith Lord, who had somehow taken over their comrade's body. Looking closer, they saw the cause, the red pyramid was sending a frail, barely viewable tendril from the top of the pyramid, which was now glowing, to the back of Nasha's head.

"Great" Mara muttered before she was shocked by the creatures. Luke barely had a moment to notice before he too was shocked, sending him into an unconscious state as well.

"Ugh" Mara said aloud as she came to, finding herself locked up in restraints in some sort of holding cell. "Luke?" She called out.

"Over here" Luke said from across the room in anther cell, also locked up in restraints. "Well" Luke began as he tested his restraints out of habit. "I wasn't expecting that..."

"Me either" Mara agreed as she tried to ignore the splitting headache that was the result of the shock charge from earlier. "How long have we been out?" She questioned.

Luke shrugged. "Who knows. Couple of hours maybe. Days, I don't know" He replied as he sensed a force presence approaching. "I think were about to find out" Luke murmured as the door to the holding cells opened up and Nasha walked in. they noticed immediately her skin was slightly red in places and her eyes were a light yellow now.

"You two" The odd voice said through Nasha's mouth. "Neither of you are Jedi, you have no qualms with killing and I sense darkness inside of you" It said as Nasha/Graӓkkan Saawl walked back and forth along the walkway between their cells. "However you are not true Sith, you do not have the darkness of the order lurking in your intentions" It continued. "I have searched through this puppet's mind and seen some of your history. An Empire ruled by a Sith, but with a organization of force users who are neither Jedi or Sith, but are instead a gray faction..." The voice paused, as did Nasha's body. "Well It does not really matter, I will son return to my body and conqour this universe with your combined force powers" The Sith Lord said as he waved his hands before the two of them, knocking them out instantly.

Luke came back to the world of the waking a while later and found himself tied up to the pyramid. Next to him was Mara who was also starting to wake up as well. Before them was a small gathering of the Sith followers and, of course, Nasha who was changing even more. Her skin was almost completely red and her eyes were growing a brighter shade of yellow. Luke also noticed a subtle growth of horns on her elbows and head.

"Begin the sacrifice!" Nasha/Graӓkkan Saawl snapped and the creatures bowed to their master before they moved forward. Most of them began to bow, however some of them, the ones in the ceremonial robes, began to chant. The pyramid began to glow a bright red and Luke felt the force drawing away from him, as well as Mara. A beam of red energy shot forward from the pyramid's tip and connected with Nasha/Graӓkkan Saawl's chest, causing his force signature to grow stronger as it absorbed their combined force energies.

Luke struggled with all his might, but with the force draining from him he began to feel week and realized that it was fruitless. Next to him, Mara had realized the same and was slowly lessening her efforts. "You know Skywalker" Mara stated as she started to turn slightly pale. "I always sorta l-"

An explosion went off somewhere followed by several laser shots and shouts of alarm. The creatures stopped their kneeling and chanting as the doors blew open, showing Slick and Solo, now in combat armor and armed with blasters, as they charged in, firing wildly, cutting down several of the creatures.

"NO! Stop them!" Nasha/Graӓkkan Saawl exlaimed, however it was too late, several of the blaster shots hit the pyramid and a massive explosion went off. Nasha screamed in horror and pain, her voice being the only one they could her this time as she clawed at her skull as if her mind was leaking out. The red beam retracted into the pyramid as both Luke and Mara felt the force come back at them in a powerful surge that almost made them black out from the quick return of their energy.

"Cover me!" Han shouted to Slick as he pulled out a vibroknife and used it to cut the bonds holding Luke and Mara to the Pyramid. "Come on!" Han said as Slick shot two of the robbed followers before they fled out the door, leaving half of the followers dead and half of them cowering on the floor as Han threw Nasha, who was out cold, over his shoulder.

"Where do you think you are going!" A voice boomed at them as Graӓkkan Saawl appeared before them. He was completely see through, however he had a dark outlining which allowed them to see him somewhat, or at least where he was. "You will not steal my power! My chance at life!" He roared and a dark colored blade sprung to life as he flung himself at them. The ghost blade slashed through Slick's right arm, severing it in the middle of his upper arm, causing his blaster to drop as he himself slid to the ground in pain.

"Slick!" Mara shouted in rage before charging the ghost form of Graӓkkan Saawl. Her blade collided with his and he smirked.

"Even with my power diminished because of you foolish youths, I am stronger then you!" He snarled and sent his free palm out towards her, sending Mara flying backwards into a statue in the Library, knocking her out instantly as her head connected with the stone.

"Mara!" Luke cried before turning to the ghost, rage fueling through his body as he lifted his arms and cried difiantly as lightning blew out of his palms, crashing into the surprised Saawl. The ghost roared in pain before vanishing. Luke ran over to Mara immediately as Han checked on Slick, having already carefully lowered Nasha to the ground.

"Mara can you hear me?" Luke demanded, trying to keep the slight fear out of his mind and voice as he checked her vitals. She was fine, she might have a concussion, but she would be fine once they got to the ship.

"FOOL!" Graӓkkan roared as he appeared again, sending Luke flying into a shelve lined with old books and scrolls.

Luke groaned and reignited his blade. "I am so not in the mood for this guy!" Luke snapped as he clashed blades with the ghost.

"You are much stronger then I originally thought" Saawl stated as he pushed against Luke's blade with his own. "But I will still defeat you!" He barked before pushing harder and, after a flash of pain in Luke's wrist, he knocked Luke's blade out of his hand. The youth fell to the ground, his body landing painfully on the floor as the Sith ghost prepared to finish the Imperial Knight.

"Die you freaking ghost!" Nasha yelled at the top of her lungs as she stabbed her blade through Graӓkkan's chest. The Sith Lord howled in pain before vanishing once more. "You ok?" She asked Luke, who stood up, holding his wrist, which was most likely broken.

"Peachy" Luke said as they managed to make it over to Mara's body. She was still out like a light and Han was checking her as Slick, who was still in pain from his wound, was covering him with his left hand, which held the blaster that had originally been in his right hand.

"Where's the ship?" Luke asked as they began to move towards the exit.

"It's-" Han started to say only to be cut off as Saawl appeared again, this time a bit more hunched over and moving slightly more sluggishly then before.

"I shall destroy you!" The force master declared as he began to use his hands to make several symbols as he chanted. A glowing ball began to form in front of him. "Now perish!" He cried and sent the ball forward. Luke threw up his left hand, which wasn't broken, and the ball slowed for a few seconds, only for it to fly forward at it's regular speed all of a sudden and slam into Luke, electrifying him before he flew backwards, landing in a heap.

"Luke!" Nasha cried as she turned to face Graӓkkan, only to be hit by another of the glowing red energy balls as well.

"Now you will perish!" He cried victoriously, only to stop as the sound of a blaster went off. Looking to his left, he saw Slick, holding his blaster loosely in his left hand. The Clone fired his blaster into the Pyramid again, this time however he didn't stop and continued to fire at the object. The pyramid glowed a bright red and began to crack and smoke as Graӓkkan charged at him. But it was already too late. The Sith Lord hadn't even made it all the way to Slick before the clone's blaster overloaded the Pyramid. The stone structure detonated in a ball of fire and dark energy, sending the clone backwards several feet, where he landed on his armored hind quarters as Saawl howled in rage.

"YOU SHALL PAY!" He screamed. "YOU S-" He stopped screaming as his eyes grew wide and then, as if he had realized he would not be returning to the world of the living, he vanished as his force presence exploded in a wave across the planet.

"Since when have you been such a gung-ho commando?" Nasha asked weakly as she allowed herself to collapse to her knees.

"Questions later" Slick said, starting to feel faint from the loss of his right arm. "Sleep now" He added and fell forward, out cold.

"I really hate you guys right now" Han said as he glanced at the already heavy Mara who was also unconscious at the moment and killing his shoulder. Luke smiled slightly as he pulled himself to his feet.

"Nasha and I'll get Slick, just go get the shuttle...ready..." Luke said, slowing down as he saw more of the Sith followers appearing out of alcoves and from behind shelves as well as the entrance that led out of the Library. "Crap..." Luke complained as he saw them massing in front of them and behind them.

Then the unexpected happened and the creatures began to bow before them. "What the?" Han said as the creatures began to speak in their native language to them as they bowed.

"Th-their..." Nasha said, half in a daze as she watched the spectacle all around them.

"Their what?" Luke questioned.

"Their calling us their masters" She said. "Their saying we broke them free of Saawl's will and that we are their new masters by right..." She said surprised.

"Well I'll be a sithspawn" Han said as the creatures helped carry Mara and Slick out of the room and to their ship. After Nasha made sure that the followers realized they would be back for the archives, the creatures promised to guard the ship, awaiting their return.

Hours later and the group was on their ship, heading back to Coruscant through hyperspace. Mara was resting in her quarters and Slick was being watched by Nasha, who was monitoring his life signs in the med bay. Luke and Han were currently occupying the cockpit as the ship continued on it's way home.

"Slick is fine" Nasha said as she emerged from the med bay and entered the cockpit. "I'll keep watch, you can go get some sleep Solo" Nasha said as she nudged the man's mind with the force. The captain nodded mutely and headed for his quarters, muttering a half awake thank you as he left.

"Whats up?" Luke asked, having seen her use the force on Han.

"This" Nasha said, gesturing at her red skin and yellow eyes and the horns that had grown on her elbows and head. They hadn't gone away after Graӓkkan Saawl's spirit had left her body and that was troubling her. "I don't think it will go away" She said.

"I'm sure the healers at the temple can fix it, reverse the transformation or something" Luke offered and she nodded weakly. "Don't worry" Luke said as he eyed the streaks outside of their ship that were the stars during hyperspace.

"Yeah..."Nasha said, not as certain. "Hey go ahead and get some rest...I need...some time to myself" Nasha said, her eyes pleading to Luke. The Knight nodded in understanding and pattered her shoulder, realizing that it was slightly harder then before, possibly another effect of her transformation, before he left the cockpit and went to his room aboard the ship, not as certain of the future as he had portrayed himself to Nasha. What if the transformation is permanent? Luke thought as he entered his room, the door sealing shut behind him.

Well what do you think? I honestly believe I made it a bit far fetched and the plot was a bit off and all that, but I enjoyed writing it, even if it was probably really bad. And unlike Dark Order I have to let the Main Characters get beat up a lot. And yes, Nasha's transformation will be a minor plot to the story as well as Slick will be a recurring character. I loved him from the old story and wanted to bring him along. And Gilra, for those of you from Dark Order who remember our Captain/Admiral, might return as well as a few others.

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