Stari Chronicles
# 14
Volcanic Downfall
" " = Talking
' ' = Thinking
(" ") = Talking in different language
(' ') = Thinking in different language
Sith rebellion timeline: 11 Months
Viera and Cron woke up as they heard a baby crying. Viera groaned, and then pulled the blanket over her, saying, "Cron, its your turn." Cron pulled the blankets off him, and then walked out of the room.
He walked into the room that was across from his, and then saw Salvor Bane, his newly born son that was only three month's old. Cron grabbed Salvor, and then held him like if he mishandled him, he would break in half like a toy.
He opened his eyes, revealing his brown, Wookie eyes. He already had patch's of fur on the back's of his hand and on his feet, but everywhere else he was completely hair and furless. Salvor continued to cry, and then started to kick and wave his arms around.
Cron started to bounce him up and down, saying, ("It's alright, Salvor. Everything's alright.") He slowly stopped crying, and then cuddled against Cron's chest as he pushed some of his fur on him like a blanket.
Cron rocked Salvor back and forth a bit, humming a lullaby that all Wookie parents sing to their infants. When he was sure Salvor was asleep, he put him back in his crib, put the blankets over him, and then snuck out of the room quietly.
When Cron closed the door, he saw Katalana, who is now 10 years old, and is slightly taller, was standing behind him with a Rancor doll, and she was rubbing one of her eyes.
She was in her poke dotted pajamas, and was quite tired. "Dad, what's the problem with Salvor? Can I help?" Katalana asked, a completely innocent look on her face. Cron nodded, saying, ("No, he just needed some attention and so I rocked him to sleep. You can go to bed now.") Katalana nodded, and then said in the Wookie language, ("Alright, good night Father.")
The two of them entered their rooms, both going off into sleep with Katalana hugging her doll, and Cron with his arm around Viera's waist.
"My son, I have surely missed you." Aerex said, Danis unable to comprehend what's happening. His father was here, alive, and was he actually happy to see him? Since when was he ever happy to see him?
Danis narrowed his eyes, and then responded, "Who are you really?" Aerex, or whoever he really was, had a look of surprise on his face, and then responded, "Don't you recognize me? I'm Aerex, your father." Danis activated his Lightsaber, a orange blade coming out.
"No you're not. My real father has never cared for me for once in my life." Aerex took a step forward, saying, "Well, I guess today's the day that I finally miss you then." When Aerex took another step forward, Danis raised his Lightsaber into a defensive/offensive position, saying, "Don't get close to me!"
Aerex stopped walking, a look of hurt on his face. "Son, it really is me, and I can prove it." Danis was ready to lunge in case he wasn't really his father. "When you were first born, I said that you will be the greatest son I will ever have, but in reality I always knew you would be a failure."
Danis and Aerex looked at each other, both not moving a inch. Danis deactivated his Lightsaber, saying, "It really is you. I'm the only one that you told about that." Aerex grinned, and then replied, "And I regret ever thinking that."
Danis put his Lightsaber away, and then said, "Where have you been all this time, father? I mean, you've been gone since I was 16." Aerex sighed, and then turned back around.
He walked towards the fire, and then sat down to the fire. Danis looked behind him quickly to see the cave entrance. Outside of it were a few trees, and a giant rock that was taller than him.
He turned back, and then walked towards his father. He sat down, looking at his father, who wasn't looking away from the dancing flames. "I was on a mission, and when I found out the Sith existed, they knocked me out. I was left on Naorlore with amnesia, not knowing who I was, or anything. My Lightsaber was destroyed except for my crystal, so I put the crystal on a necklace, not knowing what else to do with it. My memory came back just a few days ago, so I constructed a new Lightsaber with the Lightsaber crystal I had as a necklace. I finished yesterday, and started training with it to get my skill's back. I was found by a family here, and was taken in. They were nice, kind, and caring, even though I was a complete stranger, and when I gained my memories back, I felt sorry for how I treated you."
He took a deep breath, and then let it out. He continued, saying, "These people were complete strangers, didn't know me at all, and yet they treated me nicer than I ever have for you. When I realized that, I almost came to tears."
Danis couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was his father actually sad about the way he treated him all those years ago? No, that couldn't be. Even though it was happening, Danis couldn't believe that it was real.
Aerex looked over at Danis, tears about to form in his eyes. "Anyways, enough about me, Danis. Tell me about what has happened with you since I disappeared." Danis smiled, and then nodded. As he started to tell him what has happened with him, even though there's a war going on, he was actually happy.
Kim groaned as she continued to drag her almost broken body along the beach. When she landed, she broke one of her leg's, and was trying to find Volcano or Danis, and tell them what has just happened, but whenever she tries, she feel's some dark presence pushing her efforts back. It must have been the Sith Master, he must be making sure that no one finds her. She looked back at how far she has traveled, and see's a half a mile of her dragging herself across the beach.
She looked up, and saw laser fire from the space battle above continue on. She wished that they would send some drop ships, but she knew that she wasn't that lucky.
She continued to crawl, hoping to find some place for her to rest up, but until then, she felt like she was dragging a dead Horn Kath Hound, but she had to get away from there. If the Sith master was smart, he would send someone to finish her, so Kim was going to get as far away as possible. She was just smart that way.
Lyra said good-bye to Ozan as she entered her house, and then closed the door. She walked into her living room where, sitting on a couch, reading a holopad was Maryna Caballa.
Maryna looked up at Lyra, and smiled. Maryna was assigned to protect Lyra from assassination, just like how every senator was assigned his or her own Jedi protectors. Tyro hired a Jedi to guard Lyra, and the council decided that Maryna would be the best choice.
Maryna put her holopad down, saying, "There you are. How was your date with Ozan?" Lyra blushed, and then replied, "Quite nice, really. The dinner was really fine, and he even tried to kiss me." Maryna stood up, her smile growing even brighter.
"That sounds like you had a real nice time, Lyra." Lyra grinned, and then replied, "So, when are you going to ask Danis out?" Maryna blushed, and then replied, "I-I am not going to do any thing of the sort. We're only friends, that's it. Nothing more." Lyra nodded her head, obviously not believing Maryna.
"Well, how about you do what Horuck and Sarli did to become a couple then." Maryna's blush grew brighter, responding, "But they kissed to become a couple." Lyra nodded, saying, "I know."
Maryna picked up her holopad, and then continued to read it as she sat down again. Lyra, knowing that this was Maryna's way of saying she wasn't going to continue the argument, sat down in a couch next to Maryna's chair, and then laid down, a smile on her face as she closed her eyes.
Tonight was definitely better than any other time in her life because she was with Ozan, and as she dozed off, she thought of tonight, and wondered what would've happened if she did let Ozan kiss her.
Danis and Aerex continued to talk happily with each other as Danis put another stick into the fire. Aerex's Lightsaber was on his belt now, but Danis was still holding his. It wasn't because he didn't trust his father, it was because they were still in the middle of a battlefield.
Danis was about to tell Aerex about his crush on Maryna, but stopped when he sensed a dark presence nearing the cave. He looked a the entrance, his dad doing the same.
A man silhouetted by the sunlight came into view, not scared by the battle outside. Then he spoke. "Are you quite done here?" Danis knew this voice anywhere, and he dreaded it. The voice belonged to Galen Falco, who is now Darth Whym.
Whym's Lightsaber was already out, but wasn't activated yet. Danis and Aerex stood up, Danis pulling his Lightsaber out. Danis didn't see Aerex pull his Lightsaber out, but guessed he must have done so already.
Whym sighed, saying, "This is good enough. You can stop playing around now." Danis started wondering what Darth Whym meant, and then rolled out of the way by instinct when he felt danger from behind him.
He dodged five familiar silver Lightsaber blades, and then stood up, expecting to see Darth Karklon. Instead of seeing the familiar cloaked figure of Darth Karklon, he saw the five Lightsaber blades were coming from Aerex himself!
"Finally I can stop. Took you long enough too, Darth Whym. Do you know how I felt acting like I actually cared about Danis?" Aerex, or maybe Darth Karklon, shuddered, and then continued. "Next time, don't take too long. If it wasn't for the master's order's for you to kill him personally, then I wouldn't have even bothered saving him from Darth Darelka."
Danis's grip tightened, anger boiling up within him. 'He never wanted me! He still has never loved me! Everything he has told me about him being sorry was a lie, and now he's trying to kill me!' Danis stood up, anger boiling inside him.
The dark side being that visited Volcano stood up. Hundred's of other dark side beings that were of all different shapes and sizes did the same. They could feel it. The man that was in Keenan's, Attila's, and Volcano's vision that had the double-sided Lightsaber's, and was wearing the mask has awakened.
The dark side being and everyone else felt the chill as the dark beings powers materialize. The dark side being then whispered to herself, "He is awake."
Darth Whym and Karklon stood side-by-side now; the both of them have all their Lightsaber's activated. Danis gritted his teeth, and then readied himself for when the unstoppable duo will charge.
They leaped to two opposite sides of Danis, and then started their assault. Danis leaped back, blocking as many blades as possible. He back flipped, and then bounced off the wall towards the cave entrance. Danis was good, but he couldn't fight off Darth Whym and Darth Karklon at the same time.
The combo of the both of them was deadly, and too tough for Danis to beat. Danis landed near the exit, and then ran away. Darth Whym was about to run off, but stopped when Karklon grabbed his shoulder.
Darth Whym was about to yell at Karklon for stopping him from doing his mission, but couldn't get a word in before Karklon said, "No, this could work out nicely to the master's plan to turn Volcano over to our side."
Darth Karklon grinned, saying, "Yes, this will work very nicely."
Volcano and the rest of his clone troopers took cover as Volcano counted down in his head. 'Three, two, one.' Two AA guns blew up, leaving a small opening for the Republic to enter and assault the main base. Volcano took out a communicator, and then said into the communicator, "This is General Volcano Stari, two AA gun's are destroyed, giving you the opening you need for a assault."
There was silence for a few seconds, and then heard, "This is Jedi Master Bano Novastar and my apprentice Zef Danodel. My apprentice will help lead the assault force down there while I will help with the assault here. Although I do like outnumbering them, that device on the ground gives us a pretty big disadvantage. We need support fast!"
Volcano smiled, saying, "Alright, I'm sending my coordinates in right now. I'm gonna get rid of a third AA gun myself to give you more room to land." Bano responded, "All right, receiving coordinates now. Thanks for the help."
Volcano nodded, and then turned around to see Danis walking towards them. Volcano hid his relief at the sight of Danis being alive, and then ran towards him. Volcano stopped running when he reached Danis, and then said, "Danis, you're late to the party. My men are going to stay here and help stop the enemy from taking our one landing zone close to the enemy base while I go and destroy another AA gun to allow more landing space."
Danis nodded, his heart heavy with sadness. Volcano seemed confused at the sadness, and then asked, "Are you okay?" Danis looked at Volcano, wondering if he should tell Volcano about Aerex being alive and with the Sith.
'No. I'll tell him later. Right now, we need to win this battle. There's plenty of time to tell him later.' "Yeah, I'm okay. Nothing's wrong." Volcano didn't entirely believe him, but knew that he wasn't going to get anything out of Danis.
Volcano nodded, saying, "Alright, then I'm going to get rid of that third AA gun then." Danis nodded, and then watched as Volcano ran off towards the third AA gun. Danis looked up, and saw multiple drop ships were already touching down on the planets surface.
As the doors opened up, multiple Clone and Mandalorian soldiers came running out. The Mandalorian soldiers were designated as Special Forces, and are only sent on special missions that require 'delicate' work like this one.
They all ran up to Danis, and then Danis sighed. He pointed at two Clone trooper squads, saying, "I need you two squadron's to go and search for Kim. I can barely sense her in the force, and needs help as soon as possible. As soon as you find her, send the coordinates to the fleet so then they can send a medical team to help if it is necessary."
Danis pointed towards behind them, saying, "I sense she's over there. Now hurry! Catch up with us when you're able. We're gonna go and destroy whatever machine they have that's sabotaging our ships."
The two leaders of the squads nodded, and then ran off. As they did, Danis felt a small force tug, causing him to turn to his left to see Zef Danodel waiting with his arms crossed.
Zef and Danis walked up to each other, and then they put they shook hands. "Master Stari, it is truly a honor to meet you. Of course, our current predicament isn't actually the most favorable one I would have chosen to meet you."
Danis nodded, replying, "I agree on that, but I guess we can't be choosers. The force chooses our future, and we must follow the path it sets for us." Zef nodded, and then looked past Danis towards the Mandalorian's that were starting to get into position.
"I'll lead the Mandalorian's to do a full frontal assault, and while I do that, you lead the republic forces to the sides and catch them off guard. You may also need your men to carry these." Zaf reached into his pocket, and then pulled out a small, square device with a small panel on it with the numbers one through nine on it. There was what looked like to be a timer on it. "I have a few more of these small little gadgets. In case you're wondering, they're…" Danis grabbed it, saying, "They're Thermal packs Mark VI. They have enough of an explosive charge that a single one could take out a entire AT-AT, and leave very little remains. How many do you have?"
Zaf smiled, replying, "If you knew me, then you would know I was a Pirate before I was a Jedi, and still have quite a few resources left in the pirating business, and since its war time, I thought I'd get a few extra weapons from my 'friends' that still owe me a few favors."
Danis looked down at the charge in his hand, saying, "How many do you have?" Zaf started thinking for a few moments, and then shrugged. "I don't remember exactly. Ten, at least." Danis smiled, and then replied, "You're really amazing, Zaf. I'll only need four." Zaf took three more out, and then handed them to Danis.
Danis called the Republic soldiers over, and once they were around him, he started to debrief them. "Our mission here is to destroy the machine that is disrupting our ships shields and… well… every other system. Half of you will be with me, we'll be team Bravo. The other half will be Team Alpha. I'm gonna give each group two of these Thermal packs mark VI, and once you have them set up on the machine, then run like hell!" The Soldiers were set up into the different teams and given their charges, they started to get into position for their attack against the Sith.
Volcano grinned when he saw the third AA gun blow up, giving the Republic more space to land. "You really are strong, Volcano." Volcano's blood boiled and his skin tingled at that voice. He knows who the voice belongs to. Volcano turned around, bringing his Lightsabers out, and his eyes looked into the dark hooded face of Darth Karklon.
"You really are worthy." Volcano narrowed his eyes, responding, "Ready? Ready for what?" Karklon took a step forward. Volcano activated his two Lightsabers, his blue blades lighting up Volcano's outline. "Don't worry, I'm not here to fight you." Karklon said as he raised his hands up.
"If that's true, then why are you here?" Volcano replied as he tightened his grip. Karklon brought his hands up, replying, "I'm here to see my son once again." As Karklon took his hood off, Volcano gasped when he saw Aerex Stari.
"F-Father?" Volcano said, his grip loosening. Aerex opened his arms, saying, "My boy, I have missed you." Volcano was left speechless, unable to respond. "I bet you're wondering what is going on. You see, I joined the dark side because the Jedi wasn't going to make me stronger, but weaker."
Volcano cocked his left eyebrow, responding, "What are you talking about? The Jedi Order does NOT weaken us, Father, but instead it makes us grow stronger!" Aerex chuckled, and then responded, "Oh really? Then tell me this, Volcano. During the Rishi Rebellion all those years ago that Danis and Darth Zyloon fought when he was still with the Jedi take so long? I mean, in the Sith's first strike, we managed to take seven planets in our first strike without the Republic realizing it, and it took the Jedi a few years to take just two planets, and they had the advantage of outnumbering and outgunning them. Why is that?"
Volcano stayed quite, not sure how to answer Aerex. He was right, the Jedi took way too long to stop the rebellion, and lost more lives than was necessary. "But they are loyal and always tell every Jedi whatever they learn about the enemy. After all, I'm pretty sure that Danis told you about me after he met up with you."
Volcano looked up at Aerex, responding, "What do you mean? How would he know?" Aerex had a surprised look on his face, trying to act surprised. "You mean he didn't tell you? Oh my, that's a really big surprise. I thought that you would have be one of the first people he told."
Volcano narrowed his eyes, and then responded, "What are you talking about? There is no way that Danis could know about your true identity!" Aerex nodded, and then sighed. "So sad. As you know, Danis was in the dark for a few hours. During that time, he was ambushed by a group of Sith led by Darth Darelka, and when he was about to be killed, I killed all of the Sith INCLUDING Darth Darelka just to save him, but he doesn't repay me at all. He doesn't even try to bring me back to the light even though I committed mutiny to save him when I could have just let him to die. I even took him to a safe spot when he lost conscience, I gave him protection, food, and water, and yet he never respected me. He didn't even tell you about me being Darth Karklon. Why would you want to fight with him if he isn't even truthful with you then?"
Volcano deactivated his Lightsabers, and then lowered his arms. Aerex walked up to Volcano, saying, "You're struggling, Volcano. I use to always tell you that being on the dark side is a weakness, but now I'm with it, and for your faith and loyalty to your younger brother Danis Stari. After all, I told you that the best way to protect him is to keep him as far away as possible so then no enemies of yours would try to use him against you as leverage. I am so proud of how far you're taking my advice, but now you have to do one last thing"
Aerex walked up to Volcano, and then grabbed Volcano's hand. Aerex brought Volcano's hand that was still holding the Lightsaber, and then put the end of the Lightsaber up against his chest, right were his heart was. "If you want to see your father and gain true strength, then let goof your Lightsaber and let me live so then I will be able to take you there, but if you are a Jedi, then kill me now, and do the Jedi a favor by killing me."
For five seconds Volcano just looked off into the distance, and then came back to reality. The next thing Aerex heard was the sound of Volcano's Lightsaber's hitting the ground.
Aerex grinned, and then responded, "Good choice, Volcano. Now follow me, I have one last test to see if you are truly with us or not." Volcano's Lightsaber's flew into his hands, and then he nodded. "Of course, Master. I will do anything to prove myself."
Volcano smiled, saying, "Even if I have to kill all my old friends with the Jedi."
Zaf and all the Mandalorian's cheered as the station blew up, and with that, their ships up in the air will be up and functioning at full capacity. Zaf looked at Danis and the Republic troopers, but saw he was gone.
Zaf ran up to one of the clones, and then said, "Hey you, where's Master Stari?" The clone trooper saluted, and then replied, "Sir, he said he had to go and check on something after he was called from a nearby squad, something about more Sith. I didn't exactly hear much over all the gun fire, but it sounded important, so Danis ran off as fast as he could."
Zaf sighed, and then scratched his head. 'What should I do? I should go after Danis, but there's still a battle going on, and I need to lead them, but I cant leave Danis alone by himself.'
Zaf yelled at the Republic troopers, "Does anyone know where Danis was headed?" No one spoke up, leaving Zaf only one choice. "We're moving forward, everyone! Danis will have to take care of himself! Until then, we're gonna move on and show these Sith what happens when they mess with us!"
All the soldiers cheered, and then they all ran forwards, heading for the Sith base. If it was like every other base Zaf saw, then there will be a barracks, cafeteria, shield generator to defend against from air attacks, and a hanger for ships and supply ships to land and take off. 'Danis, whatever you're doing, please come out of it okay.'
Danis looked at the dead bodies around him, a sadness dwelling up inside him. Every single trooper here was a clone trooper, no Sith here, and what saddened Danis the most was not every dead trooper here was a clone, he saw a dead Lieutenant around his forties and two Devarodians, a male and female, about the age of nineteen.
The cause of death looked to be that of a Lightsaber, and that worried him. If it was just some of the regular Sith clones, they must've had a few to kill a entire squad, but someone like Karklon or Darth Whym could easily take these men out without breaking a sweat.
Especially Darth Whym.
Danis walked forward, and then kneeled down next to one of the clone troopers. "Truly brilliant, is it not?" Danis shot up, turned around, and then brought his Lightsaber up in a defensive position as he activated his Lightsaber, his orange blade blocking a red one.
Danis looked at the owner of the red blade, seeing the all too familiar face of Darth Whym. "You killed these soldiers?" Darth Whym chuckled, and then he tried to hit Danis from the side. Danis blocked it, and then elbowed Darth Whym in the jaw. Whym took three steps back, and then blocked Danis's Lightsaber.
The two of them kept their Lightsaber's locked with each others. "I didn't kill these soldiers, Danis. Karklon and his new apprentice killed them." Danis narrowed his eyes, responding, "Apprentice? When did Karklon get a new apprentice?"
Darth Whym looked up in the sky, as if he was trying to think of the most exact time. "Say about a hour ago, and boy oh boy, will you love who the apprentice is." Darth Whym pushed Danis back, and then started to unleash a flurry of attacks. Danis started to back up slowly, trying not to trip over any of the bodies.
Danis ducked one of Darth Whym's strike as his Lightsaber flew over his head. Danis brought his hand forward, and Darth Whym went flying backwards until he hit a tree.
"Tell me, Darth Whym! Who is Karklon's new apprentice?" Whym chuckled, and then stood up. "His new apprentice is your step brother, Volcano." Danis was shocked at these words. 'What? Volcano? A Sith? No, its not possible, but… but then how come I have the strangest feeling that he's telling the truth.'
Darth Whym chuckled, and then looked up at the sky. "I would finish you off, but I don't want to stay here for very long. It seems like the space battle up above isn't going so well for us Sith."
Danis charged forward, but was quickly pushed back when Darth Whym sent a surge of the force towards him. Danis landed behind some bushes with a thud. Danis stood up, his Lightsaber still in hand.
Danis jumped above the bushes, ready to attack or pursue Darth Whym. Danis looked around for Whym, or any signs of where he could have gone to. He was nowhere in sight, and there was no sign of where he went.
Danis deactivated his Lightsaber, and then heard the sounds of a starfighter. Danis looked up, and saw a Sith fighter heading up towards space. Darth Whym must be in it.
Danis walked forward, thinking about what Whym just told him. Sure, Danis always thought that Volcano wasn't the greatest Jedi, or really a even good Jedi, but he never saw Volcano turning to the dark side.
Danis pulled out a communicator as it started beeping, and then pressed a button. A image of one of the clones Danis sent of to find Kim was the hologram, and he was saluting. "Sir, we have found General Kim Stari on the beach head, and is in terrible state. We have called in a medical transport, and it will be here within ten minutes."
Danis grinned. At least there was some good news. "Alright trooper, stay there and create a perimeter. Also, tell her this new information I just found out." The clone waited for Danis to talk, but Danis didn't want to say it. Of course, its really obvious the galaxy doesn't care what he wants now.
"Tell her Volcano turned to the dark side and has betrayed us all."
"Horuck, stop it!" Sarli almost yelled as Horuck's fingers ran up and down her sides, his fingers moving really fast. Sarli was lying on the bed while Horuck was un top of her, the both of them smiling.
Sarli put her hands on Horuck's chest, acting as if she was trying to push him away. Sarli's laughter filled the room, and to Horuck it was like a angel singing. Sarli stopped laughing when Horuck stopped tickling her, but a few chuckles were still coming out of her beautiful lips.
Horuck and Sarli looked into each other's eyes, the both of them unable to look away from each other. Sarli and Horuck leaned in, and then their lips met. They started to exchange kiss's, receiving and giving them. Sarli put her arms around Horuck's neck, bringing him in closer.
After two minutes, they separated, but they went back at it after their four second pause. They went for another two minutes, and then stopped. Horuck smiled, saying, "I thought you were saving this kiss for the morning." Sarli looked at the clock next to the bed, an angelic smile still painted on her beautiful face. "Its three in the morning. It is the morning."
Horuck leaned in, and they continued kissing. Horuck loved the taste of Sarli's lips, they seemed like a slice of heaven. Sarli also loved being with Horuck. For almost her entire life she wanted to be with Horuck more than anything, and the time she and Horuck have been dating was the best time of her life.
When they were done kissing, Sarli whispered, "Horuck, we should try to get back to bed now. You have a big battle tomorrow, and I want you to be ready for it by being well rested." Horuck lay next to her, and then put his arm around her. They both fell asleep, a smile on their faces.
There were many trails of blood that lead to the inside of the door, and all around the door was bloody hand marks, and being dragged into the door. The Sith Master and Darth Byloon looked at the door, Byloon having both of his Lightsaber's out.
"Master, are you sure it's wise to interrupt his work?" Byloon asked as the Sith Master walked towards the bloody door. "Of course, I want to see how the Republic ageny is holding up against the Sith Tormentor and Executioner."
The Sith Master walked up the door as if he didn't have a care in the world, but Darth Byloon was scared shitless. He saw how these two operated, one tormented in gruesome ways like chopping off fingers, cutting your tongue out, or pulling your hair out one at a time. If after two days of non-stop torment you don't talk, then the Sith Executioner will bring you into his room, where the person is never seen again, and once dragged in, you can hear him screaming for hours.
If he does talk, though, his death will be quick and painless. The Sith Master opened up the door, and inside was a male Sullustan missing his left leg, his right eye, blood was coming from his mouth, his nose was cut in half, all his fingers were missing, and he was panting hard.
His name was Simo Nord, and was caught in a Sith war ship trying to sabotage the engines, and had a Communicator on him. He must've been trying to destroy the engines, and then signal some hidden fleet to destroy the ship.
After all, the ship had Darth Karklon on it himself, and he would have made a easy target with the engines gone. When they caught him, they managed to destroy al trackers and the communicator, and brought him here.
The Sith Tormentor and Executioner turned around, the executioner smiling. "Finally you got here, master. I've been waiting to execute him for so long, and his screams…" The executioner's smile grew wider, and then started to drool.
The Sith Executioner has pure, black skin, big cracks around his body and could see lava underneath the skin. He, or rather it, had four arms, two big horns, red hair going down from its head to the bottom of its neck, blood red eyes, some sort of red light coming from its mouth, and its two feet were hooves instead of normal feet.
The Sith Tormentor was massive, and was very muscular. He had three fingers instead of five, sharp claws as fingernails, had red armor skin, five spikes coming out of its shoulders, and five spikes coming out of its head down to its neck. The Tormentor sighed, and then put away some of its torture tools.
"I was kinda hoping to torment him some more, but if you're here, then my job is done." The Tormentor looked at Byloon, causing him to stiffen up. The Tormentor smiled, obviously sensing Byloon's fear.
Simo looked at the Sith Master, and then opened his mouth to speak. His teeth was pulled out, explaining the blood from his mouth. ("Please, let me go. I'll tell you anything you want to know, but please just stop this.")
The Sith Master smiled, and then leaned in. "Tell me everything you know about the Republic." Simo nodded, and then started telling him about several secret bases, where they're located, who some spies are, secret projects, and that there's an secret Jedi academy on the planet Halg Forty.
The Sith Master smiled, and then looked at the Sith Executioner. The Sith Executioner grabbed the metal table Simo was on. As the Sith Executioner dragged the table towards a door, Simo yelled to be freed. At least his death was going to be quick.
Kim looked at the cast on both of her legs, and then sighed. She looked at all the other soldiers that was getting medical attention, feeling sick to her stomach. She didn't get this feeling because she felt sorry for the, it was because of how much she hated herself.
She was given a chance to defeat the Sith Master, but she failed that. She couldn't even defeat a single enemy, but yet these men were injured taking down enemy soldiers. She felt sick for being in here after fighting and losing to a single opponent.
To add insult to injury, her brother, Volcano, turned to the dark side. He betrayed them. His family, friends, loved ones, allies, those who fought and died with and for him, his dead wife and daughter, he pretty much betrayed them, and he doesn't care, not a bit.
Kim sighed, and then laid back down on the white table. Her injuries were already taken care of, so the doctors were taking care of the other wounded. Kim closed her eyes, and then started to go off to sleep.
Danis watched through a drop ship cockpit as the last of the Sith space forces was destroyed. The battle for Naorlore was finished with the Republic victorious, but at the cost of many good lives, and a good Jedi.
Danis looked back at the troopers inside the shuttle, and was sad to see how they were. This battle may not have lasted very long, and in the Sith's defeat, but many of them were a bit shaken at the news of Volcano turning Sith, while a few were more than just a little shocked.
Danis looked back at the Republic fleet, seeing many of their ships were damaged as well. It would take a few days, but they'll get the ships fixed up and be as good as new.
Of course, Danis could only think of what Kim must be going through. She kept herself distanced away from everyone except for Volcano, so her only true friend is now gone, but not the type of gone as in dead, but gone as in turned into the enemy.
Danis closed his eyes, and thought back to when he and Edor first fought back on Cathar, how everything seemed so simple back then. When they later met at Naboo, They all thought that it was just two Sith, but then a third Sith came, and then a Fourth, and now a entire army of Sith is on the move. Danis never expected this struggle with these Sith to go unto something like this, but Danis wasn't surprised.
After all, he's done his history, and he knows the destruction a single Sith lord can bring unto the galaxy. Still, it really was simple back then. Kill these few Sith, and peace will be restored back into the galaxy, but it seems like the galaxy wouldn't let that happen. It just had to bring a Sith army to kill so many innocents.
Danis reached down, and grabbed his Lightsaber. The force was doing this for a reason, and Danis is going to stop the Sith once and for all, no matter the cost, and no matter who the enemy is.
Volcano walked into the room, surprised at the change of this room with every other room. Every room and hallway was white, and nothing but white, but this room was painted a dark grey, and at the other side of the room sat a man in a cloak with the hood up and a Mandalorian standing next to him.
The cloaked man stood up, and then walked towards Volcano, the Mandalorian, who Volcano now recognize as Byloon, walked right next to the Cloaked man. This man must be their leader, and Byloon must be his guardian.
Aerex was still dressed as Karklon with his face covered by the hood. Why he still wanted his face covered Volcano didn't know, but he wasn't going to question Karklon's choice of how he travels around.
The cloaked man took his hood off, revealing a old man with grey and wrinkly skin, a blood red eye while the other was empty, no hair, and there was a cut across his lip.
Volcano was surprised at what the Sith Master looked like, but knew he shouldn't be surprised by anything by now. Volcano was blindfolded and his ears were plugged in while they landed, and he couldn't sense anything because of how strong the dark side was here, which blocked his force sensitivity, but was even more surprising was that he couldn't even sense this place at all, even though he's in it.
Whatever this base is made of, it sure isn't the normal material they make normal buildings out of. The man that just took his hood off smiled, saying, "Volcano, my name is the Sith Master, the name my father has given me. I'm sure you've read all about my species from the datacard that Karklon gave you on the ay here, right?"
Volcano nodded, only one thought on his mind. "I am the leader of the Sith, the cause of the Sith Rebellion, but I'm sure you don't want to hear about me until you hear about who your father is, right?" Volcano nodded.
Karklon usually see's many Sith get killed for less than that, but since Volcano is the Sith Master's son, Karklon can understand why he was allowed to get away with that. "You should know that there's another reason why you had to study about my species other than to know of my species, Volcano."
That seemed to catch Volcano's attention real fast. He must not think that he could be the Sith Master's species. "Volcano, I am your father." Karklon didn't need the fore to tell Volcano was surprised. The leader of the enemy that he was trying to kill for month's now seemed to be his actual father.
Karklon could not wait to see Volcano's reaction. After several seconds of silence, Volcano finally spoke. "Bullshit." The Sith Master grinned, replying, "I expected this to happen, so lets have a blood test, but I bet you already have before, haven't you?" Volcano stayed silent.
That was the obvious sig that means yes. "Let me guess, the test results show that you're half-human, half unknown, am I correct?" Again, Volcano stayed quite. "That other half is the blood of my species, and I'm sure you would love to have our bloods tested to see if the mysterious part of your blood match's with mine."
Volcano agreed, and then followed the Sith Master to a medical room. Around forty minutes later, the medic, a female blue Twi'lek, came out with the results. They were almost EXACTLY the same. The only reason why they weren't exactly the same was because of the part where Volcano was human.
The Sith Master smiled underneath his hood, absolutely happy. He put his arm around Volcano's shoulder, saying, "Come with me, Volcano. I have much to show you, my son."
The Sith master then lead Volcano out of there, saying, so what shall be your Sith name?" He said out loud to no one in particular. Volcano looked at the Sith Master, saying, "Father, for my Sith name, I want it to be the Sith Overlord."
Sith Master looked down at his son, saying, "That is a fine name, and if you want it, then from now on your name shall be the Sith OverLord."
To Be Continued in # 15 The Kennison family reunion