The Vault
Previously on the Epic adventures of StarKiller and company, The stuck up Bitch senator have been involved in a luscious sex scandal prompting Sky wanker and his side bitch on a chicken hunt for the most sexiest and most dangerous man in the galaxy, StarKiller, by the force that man can kill with his look alone, swoon ladies with his charming smile, with his not so trusty side kick Proxy, with an unhealthy obsession in trying to kill this sexy man, which StarKiller used his traps to escape the injustice of a false arrest of Sky Wanker.
But sadly not all have gone to plan, StarDust fucked them in the ass with her cat like curiosity with some stupid dead language which I really don't care about, I mean seriously in and out grab the money and go back into the galaxy and be complete badasse's, I mean because of her I… I mean StarKiller have to alleviate his boredom by being an innocent bystander, shocked beyond levels at the audacious activity's the senator was committing, Hot Damn, which ended up meeting some guy with a raging hard on for the dark side which led to his capture, I remind you he is completely innocent in all matters, but somehow he was responsible for everything, now StarKiller have been imprisoned and given a proposition by an old wrinkly guy along with Captain serious and his stooges, threatening the dynamic duo of life long imprisonment, which now places us here, how would they get out?
How should I fucking know I was knocked out by a bunch of troopers, damn their injustice and wanting to perform an orgy on top of me and trying to drag this Force Damn sexy Ass back into the group, and shooting a very high dosage of knock out darts, seriously I could have died from overdose, I mean I would choose to go out at a very old age and dying by a ton of boobs around me, this is unfair, completely irresponsible to my rights as a human being.
I am still waiting on my Lawyer.
Venator
Neutral space, holds around three systems, what made these unique is that they sit at the edge of unknown space, why these systems remain neutral is truly bizarre, but that is where the cult seem to stir.
Anakin looked at the galactic map, as he pondered, why here, if there is a galaxy ending artefact or device, why wouldn't they know about it now, hearing the doors open, Ahsoka and her walked in, both seem to smile about until their eyes met, a not so friendly tension between them.
"StarDust" Anakin greeted.
"Skywalker" Marisa returning with the same tone, not so friendly indeed.
Ahsoka feeling uncomfortable as she senses it, unsure where to put herself, before seeing Rex standing next to Anakin.
"Where's Admiral Yularen?" Ahsoka asked, noting the lack of high command on the ship, then again she didn't see him on the ship when she boarded either, the man has a sense of duty and usually ready to greet when they arrive on the bridge.
"Surprised you didn't noticed" Anakin grinned "The Admiral have been stationed onto another ship for the war, seeing we are not going to interact, the Chancellor saw that his skills is more needed for the war" which is sensible, they can't diverge too much away from the wars, even Anakin have to give majority of the 501st to assist other regiments, the Chancellor did thought this through seeing how their little side trip wouldn't damper the war efforts.
Ahsoka seem to be on the same page as she nodded in thought, that's the spirit snips "So I take it we are going to be briefed on what's going on?"
"In a sec snips, we are just waiting on one more" Anakin spoke, as his eyes flickered to the clone on the security monitor, he told this clone to keep an eye on that one just in case Lieutenant Shepard have a difficult time, they had a slight hiccup the next morning, but nothing his best men can't control, unless the guy gets the collar off, then he would have to step in.
And soon to appear….. the guy is getting wheel chaired in…. Tied up. Glancing to the clone, as their eyes interact, a slight hiccup? Anakin frowned as the clone turned away, not expecting the Lieutenant dragging the prisoner in, a sudden stop as the Lieutenant saluted, the prisoner rolled next to the table, his eyes roaming at the star constellations, as if intrigued.
Ahsoka stood agape, Rex sported an amused look, quite not believing his eyes at the moment and Marisa covering her eyes as she sighed impatiently, not entirely amused with what she is witnessing, for once Anakin can agree, and worse of the all the guy looked to relaxed in that chair, his feet slightly damp, what really happened this morning?
"Do I really need to ask what happened?" Anakin sighed, does he really need to know, as his eyes drifted to the clone who told him they had a slight hiccup, eyes no longer meeting, perhaps he wasn't told for good reason.
Shepard removed his helmet, as he rubbed the bridge of the nose, unable to bring words before, clearing his throat.
"He tried to escape in the toilets sir" Shepard spoke clearly, come again?
Anakin stared at the prisoner, who in return completely ignoring him, too interested in the map he is looking at, how? there's no ventilation grates or shafts leading in through the toilets on the top deck, unless….. Anakin is now covering his eye's in frustration, sighing at the sudden realisation, which explains why his feet are damp.
Ahsoka looked back and forth, trying to put two and two together "There's no ducts on the top floor toilets, how could he try and escape"
"Don't, just don't ask" Marisa concluded her train of thought, one day she wishes for things to go without interruption or something stupid, she was glad that Ahsoka and her made amends but it wouldn't be easy knowing that Galen is the one that caused this mess, the guy have to take responsibility in the end of this shit state.
Speaking of who "So, where are we going and what's the mission?" the man himself finally spoke, catching the group off guard, Anakin especially, expecting the StarKiller would crack some joke, but the way he asked that question, being very serious about it as well, if he acted like this to begin with, maybe he wouldn't be bound into that chair.
A loss for words, Anakin narrowed his eyes in suspicion, before popping up the area of the Neutral zone, the holo panned from the galaxy zooming in on the area.
"As you may know, this is the neutral zone, no fighting allowed, and they seem to keep to themselves for some reason, we can freely move through but either separatist or Republic forces cannot engage without forcing the area to ally with either side, even their General seem to keep away from the area, but supplies for both parties pass through" Anakin explained, as both Marisa and Galen nodded, they are listening, even the idiot in the chair seemed more focus, quite alarming, best not lower their guard.
"So you use this opportunity to see how many pass through, listening post? No, you can't build on any of these planets" Marisa murmured to herself aloud "So many supplies have been taken from republic forces, the separatists have hired mercenaries and pirates for the looks of it" glancing to Anakin for a moment "Did the Republic try to hire to deploy the same tactic?"
"The chancellor didn't want to spend resources onto groups that could double cross us, that it didn't benefit the enemy much either" Anakin shrugged before continuing "We are here to investigate a sudden spike in some cult activity that seem to have leads on a dangerous artefact that could tip the balance of the galaxy, our mission is to find it and capture before it could get into the wrong hands"
"Which hands would they be?" StarKiller suddenly spoke up "If it is that dangerous why not destroy it"
Anakin didn't like how he insinuated that the Republic would be the wrong hands but a fair point "We don't know what it is, if destroyed it could go either way, either does nothing or cause something big, other than that we have to bring it back for further analyse"
"Do we know where it would be held?" Marisa asked, stumping Anakin, that is a good question, all they know it is in these three systems.
"That's where you two come in, along with myself and Ahsoka, since you can pass of as mercenaries not affiliated with the Republic" Anakin declared "We be using the shuttles to go planet side, it's retrofitted as mercenary ships so it has limited weapons but a lot of shielding"
"Wait why not use the phantom?" Marisa jerked, her eyes glaring into Anakin's skull "It has the best jamming… don't say a word Galen… and it is fast, better weapon and targeting system"
Galen gaped his mouth open, as if to argue that he wasn't going to say anything, maybe, but the sister's glare seem to tell him it is the best idea to remain silent.
"I don't really trust you fully to even consider in using that ship and also that droid could go against us, either do it my way or end up back in lock up" Anakin seethed, not liking be talked back to, but he had to remind them that they have no choice in any matter.
Marisa growled before relenting, her eyes casting back to the map "Where should we start first?"
Anakin held back a smirk before directing to the map, to the system closest to the unknown space.
"I have a hunch that it would be the closest to the unknown space, which planet well we have to check the ones that habitable before proceeding"
"Master, didn't we have data on which planets are habitable or not?" Ahsoka inputted, the questions seem to pass through everyone as they murmur in agreement.
"As I said this is Neutral space, they are less inclined to tell us their business, luckily we just have to scan, but if you like I could just send StarKiller down and if he is still alive then it is habitable" Anakin smirked, as StarKiller jerked his head towards him.
"Fuck you Sky wanker" ah the idiot is back.
"I second this motion" Marisa agreed, Galen jerked his head in surprise, a feeling of betrayal etched on his face.
"Well fuck you too bitch" Galen blurted out before turning his head to Shepard "You have my back right? I can trust you can I Shepard?"
The Trooper standing behind him, looked down and back to Anakin, "Can I be the one to throw him out on the planet surface sir?"
"Granted"
"Well fuck you guys, I'm going to fill my stomach" Galen declared, as he shuffled off the chair, a sudden thud as he lay on his stomach, an amusing sight as he moved like a worm towards the door, Shepard following behind very slowly, taking in satisfaction that he didn't need to drag him around.
"How are you related again?" Ahsoka asked as the worm slugged out, trying to hide her snicker.
"We are twins, blood DNA proved it, I might have soaked up more nutrients than he did" Marisa smirked "You have to give credit, he's not dull to be around"
"yeah, I bet he's the life of the party" Anakin interrupted "You best get some food, we at the first planet in half an hour"
"Why don't I get an escort?" Marisa asked, noticing the lack of clones following her.
Anakin glanced back to her and back "Your the most reasonable of the two, besides snips is with you most of the time, so in a sense you are being escorted, I will admit I trust you a bit more than him" pointing out as they exited the room, Galen still crawling like a worm towards the elevator, amusing how he stuck his tongue out to reach the button, before Shepard sighing assisting him, Anakin really does feel bad for the guy, worst assignment ever.
Shuttle Bay
True to his word, half an hour has passed, arriving into the system, as the Venator glide through space, accordingly scanning planets that are breathable, Anakin was slightly annoyed when Marisa pointed out that it could potentially be on planets with no habitation, despite his counter argument that the cult would need to go down planet side to retrieve it, they argued back and forth, neither backing down, StarKiller and Ahsoka just watched back and forth as they followed behind, with Rex and Shepard and a few troops behind them as well.
"So…. Err.." Ahsoka began unsure how to interact with the man, they never really introduced to each other, and seeing how he is now out of restraints but the collar still remain around his neck, Skyguy really doesn't trust him.
"Don't care" StarKiller spoke as he walked, watching, his eyes scanning around, especially the clones, as if agitated.
Ahsoka seem to pick up on this, something set him on edge, unknown that someone else that isn't a trooper is following their footsteps.
"You ok?" Ahsoka asked, again StarKiller ignored her, his eyes now focused on the trooper by the hanger door, a smile placed his lips for a brief second before going through, Ahsoka glanced to said trooper who is now walking away towards the bridge, something isn't right.
Picking up her pace to the squabbling duo, when are they going to stop arguing and work together, tugging on Skywalker's arm, his head swerved to meet her eyes.
"What is it Snips?" Anakin asked, slightly irritated as the Twins walked past towards the shuttle, boarding.
"StarKiller just made eye contact with one of the clones and he kind of smiled" Ahsoka reported, Anakin puzzled for a moment.
"Which way did he go?" Ahsoka pointed down the hall way as Anakin turned to Rex "Rex find out about that trooper, see what made the idiot smile"
"Smile sir?" Rex taken aback, strange request "Right away sir, I will inform you when I'm done but before I go" turning to Shepard, Rex called over another clone holding onto a jet pack.
"Here you go Shepard, just in case the guy is too quick, you can use this to catch up" Rex spoke as he handed over the heavy object, to which Shepard fitted onto his back.
"I don't think it be needed since he's cut off from the force, but then again you can't be too careful" Shepard grimaced, he prevented three maybe four escapes this morning, even last night, he literally have to have guard rotations just so he doesn't start running down the hallway.
"You be fine, besides it will keep your skills sharp, I have to remain here just in case pirates come along" Rex reaffirmed as he walked past "See you around Shepard"
"You as well sir" Shepard saluted as he moved to the shuttle, where the wins stood by.
"Shepard" StarKiller greeted in a low tone, as if trying to imitate something.
"Lieutenant" StarDust also greeted, Shepard feels more at ease with this one, the lightsabers held at their belts, intriguing how they are allowed to walk around with them, but then again trianed soldiers are here to intervene and General Skywalker would put a stop to any misbehaving, eyeing StarKiller as he thought about this.
The shuttle door open as StarKiller scrambled in crying Shotgun.
"What are you twelve?" StarDust chastise him as she moved up, Ahsoka and Anakin not far behind, inside of the shuttle seem standard, medical box on the wall for any problems, the simple atmosphere entry seats with their lifted stabilisers, a sudden dread as she glanced into the cockpit, Skywalker already dragging her brother off the copilot seat, apparently they haven't heard the law of shotgun, a sudden bump went passed her as a blue astromech droid beeped towards the scuffle, huh, where did that droid come from?
"You're sitting in the back" Anakin growled not too amused with this sudden defiance, as he shoved Galen into one of the seats, locking him in "Stay there and think on what you have done".
Marisa kept her amusement to a down low finding the situation hilarious as her brother being reprimanded like a child, hopefully it wouldn't cost them in the long run, Galen has a habit to hold grudges against those who attacks his pride, runs in the family apparently.
Shepard prepping himself into the seat opposite, tapping his head checking for comm static, waiting for launch, he held out his DC-15s blaster rifle as he aimed down the sights, checking safety, unloading the mag in rapid succession, both twins jaws dropped as he did multiple times, over and over again.
"The gun is going to fucking break if you do that any quicker" Galen spat, very annoyed as he watched the trooper look at him, this time doing the same routine without looking at the weapon, like instinct took over.
"Shepard likes to make sure everything goes smoothly, you get used to him when your with us for a while" Ahsoka grinned as she perched herself next to him, amused at the atmosphere, glancing to her master as he run the checks with R2, the droid that is coming along.
"It is best to be prepared, last thing I need is this jamming at the worst possible time, it would be a matter of life and death" Shepard spoke, his tone serious, this guy has a serious stick up his ass, all too serious.
"Why are you not in the co pilot seat?" Marisa asked intrigued, Ahsoka quickly glanced to Anakin very back to her, her voice lowered to a whisper.
"Let's say I feel more safer with this around my shoulders then in the cockpit" Ahsoka spoken quickly, double checking, reddening to see Shepard looking at her through his helmet as if scrutinising before running checks with his jet pack "Hey you would complain if your in his ship most of the time"
"You're still alive Commander, that tells me whatever the General does works" Shepard shrugged as he tweaked one of the knots on his jet pack.
"Kiss ass" Marisa heard Galen blurt out, a heavy sigh radiated from the clone.
"Well you should be thankful for what you have Ahsoka, there are far worse pilots, believe me" Marisa's last sentence turned sour as her head reared to Galen, the middle finger returning the gesture.
"That bad?" Ahsoka asked as she quickly glanced to him, already taking back the words she said about her master.
"I'm an excellent pilot, one day I prove it… maybe" Galen uttered the last word, the conversation was about to go somewhere else before a shout from the cockpit.
"Strap in guys, we are taking off" Anakin called out, the hum of the engine roared to life as the shuttle lifted, feeling the sirens blared as they left the Resolute "R2 scan for any civilisation, hopefully what we would find might be near there"
R2 beeped in confirmation as he whirled his head around as the little stick into the port as he scanned, in no time he beeped again, as he made his analyse.
"What do you mean there's no signs of cities or settlements? Can you pull up some map?" Anakin asked as he fumbled through his brain "Well we be hitting atmosphere soon so see what you can do buddy"
"Is this planet habitable?" Marisa called out, Anakin turned his head to answer.
"There's lifeforms on the planet, so more than likely, any idea's?" Anakin asked as he focused on his piloting, going quite smooth to everyone's surprise, well Ahsoka's surprise, Shepard seem to have faith and Galen couldn't care less.
Marisa got up from her chair as she strolled over to the co pilot, Anakin glanced, as his eye arch in amusement at this woman, the passengers watched as she just simply strolled.
"She gets to fucking get out of her seat and claim shotgun while I am literally locked in this thing? Does anybody trust me?" Galen spat in disbelief as he eyed Ahsoka and his bodyguard? No, it would mean protection, His nanny! that's the word, the deadpan expression already answered his question, how rude.
"Who told you to come to the cockpit?" Anakin asked his mood balancing between frustration and amusement, depending on her answer.
"Since we haven't got a clue where to look" Marisa pointed out as she hooked one of her clear data pads into the galaxy map router "And it wouldn't hurt to have a second pair of eyes, since your droid is busy doing what you say"
Anakin frowned, but could not refute her point, letting her off for now "Found anything?"
Marisa glanced through the planet's map, according to the scans and history, nobody dared settle on this planet, believing it to be cursed ever since the great galactic war between the Sith Empire and the Republic, something about, if she had read right, dark rituals performed and a few handful of Jedi manage to prevent it, but the damage caused that severe storms would roam the planet, and only predators roam, this planet haven't had a good year at all.
"Ruins, your natural caves, maybe we should find one big ruin and start from there" Marisa advised, a frown formed on Anakin's face.
"It would take a good while" Anakin lifted his right hand as he zoomed out of the map on the data pad, multiple ruin markings covered a large surface "What would you class a big ruin, it would basically be finding a wamprat in a rancor's den"
"Any bright idea's?" Marisa grimaced, it seemed like a good idea, until a voice from the back, sounding very annoyed.
"For two apparent intelligent bigwigs who's ego is as big as my DICK, you're acting way too stupid" hearing StarKiller call out.
"Watch your tone, your still under probation, respect the General" Shepard spat, goodie, let your anger flow, Galen nearly smirked at the sudden anger, and the insults given quite a good reception, the Padawan seemed to be shocked to even speak, the clone, well he could smell it but oh the delicious taste he could feel from the cockpit, attack the pride, feel the effects.
"If you got something to say, best say it or I be chucking you out the airlock" Anakin growled.
"It's an artefact, a big stupid powerful artefact, if I was an artefact I would plant my ass deep under ground surrounded by a lot of protection, maybe hiding in plain sight, dangle my balls for the galaxy to see" Galen chimed into a silly tune.
"Someone shut him up" Anakin growled, a grin formed as he heard a smack echoed, "Thank you snips" Marisa chuckled quietly at the reaction, served him right, but then again, maybe her brother has a point.
"What if it's using power to protect itself, not a huge spike, but something low-key not to be noticed, does the shuttle able to detect something like that" Marisa asked, it's along shot
"R2" Anakin began, glancing to Marisa, seeing her plan, his eyes sparkle as if they might have found the answer to the current problem "Scan for power usage and add it to the map, StarDust, once R2 finish the scan cross reference on your data pad"
Nodding to the commands they got to work as the shuttle is now hovering through the air, not something they plan to do while they wait, silence in the back is making both of them restless, Marisa glanced back ever now and then, Galen has been slapped, he's going to have payback, maybe they should have left him on the ship, wait no that's an even more terrible idea, until R2 gave a resounding whistle as if stating he is done.
"There" Marisa pointed on her pad smugly, as she loads it into the navigational computer "That big ruin has the only power spike small enough, not effected by the storms"
"Strap in then, we going there quickly, I rather get this over with before any storm hits" Anakin spoke as he took control, heading to the location Marisa pointed out.
"That we can agree on".
Planet Surface, Near possible Artefact Location
The shuttle landed with a slight bump, as it touched the surface, from the distance a towering ruin, as metal and stone entwined, pieces hanged over as if threatening to part fro the structure, the winds howling dangerously indicating a storm is coming, with little less time to lose, the ramp lowered.
"GAAAHH!" Galen squealed as he was thrown off, hitting the ground, eating the dirt before him before spitting out as he hoisted himself up "What fucking gives, it's breathable air and confirmed fucking Habitable!" growling towards the bastard that threw him off.
"The General granted permission, he also specified to double check in case the scans were wrong" Shepard patted his hands away, satisfied, it is as if the whole burden and stress was released from his shoulders, the sounds of footsteps as the other force users emerged from within, looking apparently amused.
"Amusing as it was, we have no room to debate if it was necessary or not, storm is coming and R2 can't have a clear reading on when it would hit us" Anakin declared seeing Star killer going beet red in anger "Let's get to the this ruin ASAP, R2 stay with the shuttle, make sure we have clear comms when we return" motioning for the group to follow.
Shepard staying behind Galen, taking his mission serious and his top priority, stick by and watch him at all times.
Ahsoka eye's wondered as she noted jagged metal sticking form the ground, a few from the cracks of the walls.
"This place is officially the most creepiest I have visited" Ahsoka cringed, this place doesn't feel right, the dark side can be felt, ever since they left the shuttle.
"I don't know, give a lick of pain bright coloured paint and it would look less creepier" Marisa shrugged "Just not red"
Anakin raised his fist to halt the group after walking a short while as they came to a dark passageway leading into the ruin, appearing to go underground.
Turning to the group "Who wants to go down the creepy underground ruin first?" Anakin grinned as the group seem very hesitant.
Shepard switched the light on his helmet, his blaster on the ready, safety off "I take the rear, in case anything likes to come from behind"
"Why don't you go first since you got the flash light?" Galen exclaimed pointing towards the light as it partially shown stairs leading down, critters crawling away, frightened from the beam of light.
"Also to make sure you come down with us and not run back to the shuttle" Shepard added as Galen gave fake shock.
"I never, I wouldn't do something like that, I always go charging in guns blazing" Galen gaped, feigning hurt emotion "Besides I still got this blasted thing on around my neck" pointing to the suppressant collar, why haven't they taken it off yet?
"It will remain there until we can full trust you not stab us in the back" Anakin giving authority, activating his lightsaber "I take point Snips and StarDust follow behind, Shepard take the rear and make sure he doesn't wonder off"
"Why can't anyone trust me?" Galen pleaded, it is a very good question.
"Maybe you tried to escape a few times before coming aboard the Venator and trying to escape down the toilet" Ahsoka and Marisa spoke in unison, glancing to each other before smirking and followed Skywalker down, his lightsaber lighting the way as they continued forward.
Galen looked on in disbelief, when did they get so chummy with each other? It's like sisterly love, fuck that, that's impossible to do in what a week? Did they get in a room and make out… Damn it BRAIN don't start fucking with me now!
The Galen's stood in silence as they stare at a great blank screen, watching it with great interest, as if a sudden thought stopped their recent activities, all of them sitting on chairs like they are in a movie theatre.
"Should we get him to imagine them getting it on?" One called out, as they all stroke their chins, a unanimous hum echoed through as the picture pop up with the sister and the padawan on screen, both naked.
"Would that be considered incest if we imagine about our sister getting naked and making out?" Another called out, more humming echoed through, as the images morphed them into positions as they pressed their tongues together, their limbs becoming entwined.
The same Galen eyes bulged at a sudden realisation "WAIT! What if the Padawan is underage?" silence as all heads turned to that one Galen, anger, rage building and a sudden urge to murder on the one to say such dangerous questions "Or not, she looks to be of age" conceding to the thoughts of many as they all turned to the screen, all staring silently, as they stroke their chins, debating whether it is right to even project it into the big guys brain.
The picture now moving as they watch the sister going down on the padawan as a sudden gaps and moan emerged, the audio seemed to working on the big screen.
"That's pretty hot"
"It is so wrong, but yet so right at the same time"
An echo of hums again came about, confusion set in as the Galen's having no idea what to do with this train of thought, along with the greatest question that could shake the very galaxy to its very core.
To Send or Not to send, that is the question.
Galen stopped in his tracks as something came to mind, his face turned into horror, as his head tilt, his eyes growing distant, feeling a bump hitting from behind.
Ahsoka turned to see the commotion seeing Galen looking horrified "StarKiller are you ok?" looking around the deep blackness "Did you see something we should be concerned about"
Marisa instantly turned eyeing her brother, following his eye's, seem to be staring straight past them then back to Galen, her eye's narrowed, before rolling her eyes "It's nothing, he's just being weird"
"You sure, he seem to see some thing that horrified him" Ahsoka concerned, she only saw him looking bored or angry, but horrified expression on his face, that is new, keeping her guard up just in case it wasn't a false alarm.
Shepard seem to be amused with the sudden change, once he was moaning and whining about stubbing his toe, to sudden complete silence, he does not want to know what went through that guys head, bonus he is now walking silently, using this opportunity to scan the area and checking his rear, his blaster held up every time he did so, if they were to be ambushed, Shepard likes to be prepared for any situation to come along, Rex and his brothers are counting on him to make sure General Skywalker completes the mission and his personal mission that was given solely to him.
The passage seemed very straight forward, a sudden moment where they came to an intersection where they have to turn left or right, Anakin would have suggested to split up, but something was telling him that would be a gravely bad idea, the dark side is suffocating once they hit levelled ground, glancing behind the stairs where they stood on is now devoured by the darkness, save for Shepard checking their rear, they are definitely in the right place as this feeling felt nearly the same they felt on Coruscant, that foreboding darkness, how it strangled your lungs with it's very presence.
"You guys holding up ok?" Asking the group, Marisa and Ahsoka nodded as they scanned for anything, their hands laid on their lightsabers at a moment notice, Shepard wouldn't feel it by not being force sensitive, it would be a blessing for him, but the dark ire can be felt, but Shepard is tough, now… what happened to him, it is like StarKiller just saw something horrific, seeing how he simply followed, Anakin chose to ignore him.
"Where should we go?" Marisa asked as she looked left and right, of the passageways both leading into darkness, Anakin squinted his eyes as if trying to see something into the never ending darkness, before closing his eyes, trying to have a go sense on where to go, until a sudden movement went past him.
StarKiller seemed to come out of his stupor as his eyes scanned, turning to his Skywalker, his hand out stretched.
"I take the lead here" StarKiller spoke, his tone all of a sudden serious, his eyes even more so, this sudden change in attitude seemed quite alarming, glancing to StarDust, she is also feeling the same.
"Can I trust you with your own lightsaber?" Anakin asked, not wanting to do so, yet feeling nauseous from the dark side filling the darkness surrounding them.
"You're not used to this, even with this collar on, I can feel it" StarKiller spoke, his eyes roamed around "It feels like we are being watched, so I rather have something to defend myself when it comes to it"
Wait did he say they are being watched? How? He can't feel anything, unknowingly placing Star Killers lightsaber in his hand, in an instant a red hue illuminated the surrounding darkness, retreating and becoming more delighted with the red hue.
Ahsoka and Shepard activated their weapons as they pointed it towards him, Anakin seem too shocked to notice.
"Lower your weapons, if I want to kill you I would have done so" StarKiller spoke.
"Sith carry those colours" Ahsoka spat "Dooku carries it, Maul carries it as well"
StarKiller gaze planted onto her with confusion "You speak those names as if I actually care to know them" and there's the usual attitude back.
"It's ok Ahsoka" Anakin spoke as he gestured them to lower their weapons, well Shepard still hold his blaster up as he checked the rear the hundredth time "I'm going to trust you on this one, lead the way"
StarKiller nodded as he walked to the left passage, not stopping to check if they follow.
Turning to Marisa "What was that?" needing an answer, that was not the Idiot he was used to, that sudden change of emotion it is like he turned into something he couldn't quite explain himself.
Marisa seemed to be serious herself as she turned to him "Once he knows we might be going into shit creek he acts like this, trust me as I say this even with the force suppressed, he is dangerous and he is far more used to the dark side then all of us"
"Wait he uses the dark side?" Ahsoka gasped "What does that make you?"
Marisa bit her lip, finding the words to explain about the two "Let's say we chose our paths, our choices and line of work tend to make who we are, Galen…. StarKiller, he knows the dark side all to well and he's the expert when it comes to dealing this"
Anakin picked up on that, it made sense how she quickly recovered on Coruscant, she was used to sensing it, but it is remarkable how they didn't sense it from him to begin with, was it like a switch that could be turned on and off, more the reason not to trust him further, seeing they have no choice they followed on.
It seem to be a long time as they walked in the darkness in silence, until they came to a long archway, light illuminated at the other end, that is not the red hue of the lightsaber.
StarKiller paused as he threw a rock forward, as it hit ground, the echo rushing through the room further on, yet he waited silently, listening for anything out of the ordinary, only the wind whispered through the cracks of the stones, as if calling them to go back.
Until he is satisfied he moved forward until they reached a enormous hall, Dark blue flames irradiated on the wall as if they were lit for a long time.
Ahsoka and Anakin stood in awe at how the room illuminated, the walls becoming slightly clear, dread filled the party as Sith writings were carved into the walls, at the end of the room a gigantic metal door towered over with two cloaked statues matching in size, as if standing guard, allowing no one to enter.
"Woah" Ahsoka spoke, breaking the silence "They know how to decorate creepy into a style"
"Don't touch the flames" StarKiller voice rose up, seeing Marisa getting near, startling her "You would burn yourself if you do"
Marisa glared at Galen for a moment, she isn't that stupid to do something like that, idiot made her think something dreadful would happen, until seeing Anakin moved to the door, strange it looks more like a vault, his hand brushing over, as he observed.
"This is it" Anakin murmured and even given an amused huff at an interesting string of thought "What was the chances of finding the entrance from the first pick"
"Low odds sir" Shepard spoke in awe "It seem to be locked mechanism, hard metal" hitting it with his fist, testing as a dense clang erupted "Even explosive wouldn't break through"
"That's good right?" Ahsoka asked "It would stop anyone from getting in the easier way"
"Only the hard way, I'm afraid" Marisa frowned as she eyed four holes marked onto the door "Four locks, so we need four keys"
"Mm hmm" StarKiller spoke as he scanned for anything that could give an indication, nothing "I doubt they have them on the planet"
"What make you so sure?" Anakin questioned, it is not a stupid question, rather seeing how he is all serious, he may get a reasonable answer out of him for once.
"As far as I see it, they locked whatever behind this door to ensure no one can get in, it might be locked to keep something from getting out" StarKiller spoke, something trickled down their spines as he spoke with a darker tone "Four keys, and if I want to keep this locked up for good I spread those keys afar where no one would think to find them"
"Got any idea?" Ahsoka beamed, do they have an answer that wouldn't lead them to try and find out where they are.
"Nope, not a damn clue, I'm just as stupid as you are" StarKiller bluntly spoke, not the best way of putting it, but he has a point how all of them don't know where to start.
"How would we find these keys?" an even better question, as the twins looked to each other, as if having a silent conversation, both making expressions as if they already came across the answer, until both of their eyes lit up upon realisation.
"I take it you figured it out" Anakin asked hopefully, it would be a waste to come to a dead end after finding this place.
"The encrypted Sith writing we acquired" Marisa perked up as she jogged through her own memory "How could I be so stupid, it was so obvious" pacing back and forth talking to herself, the client needed that data pad with the Sith language, if she bet her ship, the client already knew of this place but knew nothing about the location of the keys, meaning….. anger boiled into her blood as she turned to Galen.
"You just gave the enemy the means of finding the keys!" Marisa seethed, her eyes glared dangerously.
StarKiller composure broken instantly as his confusion was evident, until realisation dawned on him, until another realisation, by the force, pieces coming together now.
"Wait didn't Wrinkly Palps have the data as well that sent us on this goose hunt?" Galen spoke up, Anakin eye twitched at the sudden nickname given to his friend "Sky Wanker, we need that information from Wrinkly Palps"
"Immediately, with no time to waste" Marisa spoke as she moved towards the passageway exit activating her lightsaber for light "We have to return to the resolute and see if we can have that data decrypted, so we can find the keys before whoever that client was gets to them first"
Ahsoka becoming flustered on the sudden outburst started to follow, Shepard glancing to Anakin, who seem to be processing on what just happened, followed Star killer.
Anakin gaped for a moment, did they took charge out of no where? Shaking his head, jogging to catch up, unaware the shadows slowly moving, watching them, as three pair of eyes illuminated from the shadows.