The data pad on the wall beeped twice to tell Inhered that the security program had been bypassed. Just as he stood up to find out what was so important to the Viceroy, the door slid open with a hiss.
He could not tell if it was the same droid that had brought him to the small room because they all looked the same to him.
"Come with me please," it said in the usual metallic drone.
"Am I going to see the Viceroy?"
"The Captain wishes to see you."
He glanced at the data pad hanging out of the hole in the wall, hoping that the droid wouldn't see it; he wished he could have seen what was in the cargo bay, but maybe he would be back if the Viceroy wasn't here yet.
The droid walked out the door without seeing the data pad and Inhered sighed to himself quietly and followed. Outside the door, there were two more droids waiting, which followed behind with Inhered in the middle.
When they reached the conference room Inhered sensed a void in the force- it was like nothing he had felt before. When the door opened they went in and suddenly he knew what was going to happen.
Darth Maul stepped out of the shadows and scanned the Jedi with his eyes. He was slightly disappointed that he was not going to be challenged today; this Jedi would be easy to kill.
Inhered's hand moved to his lightsaber. He didn't ignite it straight away because he thought the mysterious being would say something first. That was his first mistake because before he knew what was happening the hooded individual had thrown his cloak to the ground and had ignited the blood red blade of his lightsaber.
Inhered jumped to the side as Maul lunged at him, quickly drawing his own lightsaber and swinging it at Maul while his back was turned. But Maul was too fast- their blades clashed and Maul threw Inhered back against the wall. As Inhered got up he saw how Maul could put so much force behind his blows, the hilt of his lightsaber was twice the normal length allowing Maul a much better grip.
Inhered wanted to get into the corridor where he would have more room to move. He started towards the door, hitting the controls with the Force. The door whooshed open but again, Maul was in his way. He took another swing at Maul, this time aiming for the hilt of his lightsaber but, suddenly, there was another blade extended from the opposite end of the hilt, allowing Maul to block Inhered's attack
As Inhered was deflecting it, Maul swung the other blade around to catch him off guard but Inhered blocked it and took the opportunity to jump for the door. With the help of the Force, he somersaulted over Maul, swinging again at his back only to be blocked by the second blade. Inhered ran back a bit- finally he was in the corridor, but he had no time to congratulate himself as Maul was already in the corridor too. It was only now that Inhered realised, seeing the two blades fully extended, how difficult this was going to be.