Oricon, the Dread Palace

Arisa woke up, her visor cracked slightly. Great, this was a brand new helmet, and it already needed to be fixed. She had no idea what the hell had just happened. All she knew was that she needed to find someone she recognized and figure out what was going on.


She began to rose and her hand brushed against something slightly squishy. It was...a beast she didn't recognize. It smelled horrible, and had two large teeth in an overbite, with bug eyes and claws. The Mandalorian shrieked and shot it.

Lehusa nearly jumped at the sound of the blaster fire. At least there was something in here not trying to kill her. She rushed to Arisa's side. "You okay?"

"I guess." Arisa took Lehusa's extended hand. "The fuck happened?"

"I don't know. I think..." She turned around to find a woman in ornate red and black robes, her raven hair kept in intricate braids running down her back. Her golden eyes shone in the dark room. Lehusa could see she was smirking. "We have company."

"You don't like my pets? But look how much they love you!" laughed Bestia.

Arisa barely dodged a larger beast, managing to incinerate it in time. Lehusa launched a grenade at some smaller beasts, causing them to explode. Bestia sarcastically clapped. "Good show, for a Mandalorian and a Republic grunt. I could do this all day."

"I couldn't." Arisa launched her grapple at the Dread Master. "Get over here!"

Bestia was fast, drawing her red lightsaber. "Bad choice. Does your armor really resist lightsabers?"

"It does, actually. Come try it out." And so they fought, Bestia's lightsaber carefully parrying Arisa's blaster bolts.

Lehusa was looking for a gap in the enemy's methods. Arisa was a hothead; how did she take down 2 Jedi Masters and a Sith Lord? Okay, Tormen, from what Arisa had said, was an idiot. But Bestia certainly wasn't.

Then she noticed something. Bestia was solely focusing on Arisa, only occasionally seeing what Lehusa was doing. The woman smirked. "Don't worry. We're all going to the same place soon. Embrace it."

"No, I don't think I will." Lehusa launched a grenade at the Sith's feet, causing her to stumble. Arisa reacted in a flash. She launched herself with her jetpack straight into Bestia's ribcage.

Lehusa checked the koltos pack she always carried on her person. "One down. We need to go find everyone else."