Ch 14: Battle of the Elite
Outside the dark temple Satele unleashed a burst of force energy at a pair of imperial guardsmen. The blast hit the first guardsman sending him back into the temple wall. The second one acted like nothing had even happened and simply continued toward Satele.
When he reached the jedi grandmaster he lunged at her with his electrostaff. Satele kept the electrostaff away with her lightsaber's front end and then stabbed the guardsmen with the back end. Satele looked around the temple courtyard and saw that the republic forces were close to beating the last of the imperial guardsmen.
For a brief moment Satele felt some comfort and relief. That was until she felt several powerful dark force users approaching. She turned to the temple entrance and saw them. Around a dozen pureblooded elite sith standing beside 3 squads of imperial guardsmen.
Satele had faced many elite sith during the first great galactic war. She knew just how dangerous they were. "Fall back elite sith!" Satele shouted. The lead elite sith drew his lightsaber and charged at the republic forces with the other elite sith and imperial guardsmen behind him.
The republic soldiers fired at the incoming hostiles and managed to kill a few imperial guardsmen. The blaster fire was completely ineffective against the elite sith coming at the republic soldiers.
When the elite sith reached their enemies there was no longer a fight , but a butchery. The elite sith tore through the republic soldiers as easily as a wookie could tear through paper. Before Satele could come to their aid an elite sith marauder had force charged at her.
The elite sith unleashed a furry of lightsaber strikes utilizing the acrobatic ataru form. Satele kept each strike back as best she could but the elite sith was relentless showing no signs of weakness.
Despite the elite sith's power, Satele was more skilled than he was. She swept her legs on the ground knocking the elite sith on his back. Satele lunged forward at the elite sith but the pureblood jumped backwards using his hands to back flip back onto his feet.
When he got to his feet he tried to use force choke on Satele lifting her into the air for a few seconds. Satele blasted the elite sith back with a blast of force energy knocking him back a few feet. Despite being launched back the elite sith landed on his feet and hurled both his lightsabers.
If Satele were an average Jedi the two sabers might have killed her. But Satele's skills were rivaled by only only a few jedi and surpassed by even fewer. She easily evaded the lightsabers as they came at her, then slashed them both as they flew back to the marauder.
Despite the fact that his weapons were destroyed the elite sith marauder showed no fear. The elite sith marauder held his arms close together as bolts of violet force lightning jumped between his two arms. The elite sith marauder then unleashed a burst of force lightning at Satele.
Satele held her arms out and allowed the energy to flow through her and then back out her other arm at the sith marauder. When the bolt of force lightning hit the elite sith marauder Satele quickly force leapt over to him and took his head off.
Elsewhere in the couryard , Fyrnek saw an elite sith sorcerer kill a squad of republic soldiers with a powerful blast of force lightning. Fyrnek used the force to cloak himself so he could ambush the elite sith sorcerer. If Fyrnek had been the average jedi shadow the elite sith sorcerer probably would have sensed him.
Fyrnek wasn't the average jedi shadow though. He crept up behind the sith pureblood then jumped up and used a force powered kick to knock the sith forward. The elite sith sorcerer used his hands to spring off the ground into a back flip and back onto his feet. The sorcerer spun around and unleashed a massive burst of violet force lightning at the jedi councilman.
Fyrnek honed the power of the force around him, creating a force shield that kept the force lightning back. During the attack Fyrnek gathered up force energy before unleashing it at the sith sorcerer knocking him back a few feet.
The elite sith sorcerer unleashed a death field out of both of his hands, forcing Fyrnek to vanish. Fyrnek reappeared behind the elite sith sorcerer and blasted him with another telekinetic force attack.
When the elite sith sorcerer got up he used force pull to drag Fyrnek close to him. The pureblood smiled and unleashed a powerful force lightning storm around him. Fyrnek quickly threw up another force shield to protect himself. The unnatural might of sith pureblood amazed Fyrnek as he barley held his force barrier up.
Suddenly Fyrnek saw an opening and used ended his force barrier to create a smaller one around him. The smaller one would be less effective but it would allow him to move. Fyrnek endured the pain of the force lightning long enough to slash the elite sith sorcerer across the chest with both ends of his lightsaber.
Both Satele and Fyrnek saw the other ten elite sith had driven the republic forces back from the temple courtyard. "Satele we can't shake these sith, we need reinforcements" Jace said over the com link. The lead elite sith was an elite sith juggernaut with a black and violet lightsaber.
The sith pureblood turned to his fellow elite sith and saw. "Forget the soldiers, kill the jedi" He said. Satele and Fyrnek were now both genuinely scared. While they were two of the order's finnest, there was no way even together they could face and defeat ten elite sith.
They began to back up when Satele felt two familiar force presences near her. "Satele look up" Fyrnek said. She looked up and saw a republic shuttle floating above her and Fyrnek. The ramp opened and two jedi masters stood at the end. One was cathar, and the other human.
"Salazar my old friend, are you ready" The human jedi master said. Master Salazar smiled, "I'm always ready to defeat the sith Revan" Master Salazar said. Revan and Salazar both leapt down from the shuttle beside Fyrnek and Satele. "By the force, It's Revan" Fyrnek said.
"Satele I'm here to help you save Theron" Revan said. "I came to fight beside my oldest friend. And to ensure my grandchild does not grow up without a father" Salazar said. Revan ignited his violet lightsaber and Salazar ignited two blue lightsabers. "Jedi scum, you'll never defeat us" The lead elite sith said.
"We didn't come alone" Master Salazar said. Six elite jedi all jumped out of the shuttle and landed beside the jedi masters. "More elite jedi, this should be fun" The lead elite sith said. The elite Jedi and sith clashed into a fierce melee.
One of the elite Jedi guardians was clashing with an elite sith marauder. The guardian was using an advanced soresu form against the elite sith marauder's advanced ataru form. Both combatants went at each other seeming equal. This was until the elite sith marauder caught the jedi guardian with his defensed down and used force choke.
As the sith marauder held the jedi up with the force he moved in for the kill. Just before he could kill the jedi guardian the mirilukan broke free and froze the sith marauder with force stasis. Before the sith could break free he was force pushed back a few feet. The elite Jedi guardian used force leap and flew at the sith marauder.
The sith marauder quickly gripped the jedi guardian and hurled him into the ground. The elite sith marauder then force charged at the jedi guardian and almost took his head off. At the last moment the elite jedi guardian lunged forward and stabbed his lightsaber through the elite sith marauder's chest.
Revan and an elite sith juggernaut exchanged several lightsaber blows. The elite sith juggernaut didn't exactly know who Revan was and thus didn't know that he was a master of both the light and the darkside of the force. Whenever the juggernaut made a move Revan countered it.
Eventually he hurled the elite sith juggernaut back with a powerful burst of force energy. When the sith juggernaut got back up he unleashed a powerful burst of violet force lightning at Revan.
Revan held out his hands and absorbed the force lightning. Revan then unleashed the force lightning back at the sith juggernaut overwhelming him and ending his life. Master Salazar and an elite sith assasin had their lightsabers locked as both tried to push the lightsabers toward the other.
Despite the sith assasin's strength, Salazar's strength wasn't just force powered but natural. He overpowered the sith pureblood and slashed across his face with both his lightsabers. Just then Salazar saw the lead elite sith decapitate one of his elite Jedi sages. The sith pureblood grinned as he pulled up the fallen jedi's head and held it in front of Salazar.
Salazar did not allow anger and hate to cloud his mind. He held both his sabers high and force leapt to the lead elite sith. The two exchanged several lightsaber blows neither able to gain the edge. The elite sith juggernaut delivered a powerful kick to Salazar's chest knocking him back.
Salazar used his hands to push himself back onto his feet before he even hit the ground. Salazar came back with a powerful burst of telekinetic force energy that hurled the elite sith juggernaut back ten feet. Salazar force leapt at the sith pureblood only to be caught by the sith's force grip and then hurled into the ground.
The elite sith juggernaut got up and force charged at Salazar and the two continued their lightsaber duel. Salazar was quite impressed with the elite sith's skill, but he refused to let him win. Salazar force jumped over the elite sith, spinning as he leapt. As he landed behind the elite sith he was blasted with a powerful death field that drained his energy.
The sith pureblood relentlessly attacked Salazar , trying to break his poor defense. Despite not having a good defensive form, Salazar held off the sith Juggernaut's attacks and then roared. He used every bit for force power he had into a single quick and powerful strike. Salazar's attack hit the elite sith across the stomach cutting him into two pieces.
Eventually all of the elite sith were brought down and only two of the elite jedi were killed. With the elite Sith defeated the republic forces were able to push the remaining members of the imperial guard back into the dark temple. "Revan , Salazar we owe you our lives" Fyrnek said.
"It is our duty as Jedi" Salazar said. "We must hurry, Theron is still in Darth Traicor's hands and the emperor is close to returning" Revan said. Revan, Salazar, Satele, Fyrnek, the other elite jedi , Havoc squad, and Jace all hurried into the dark temple.