Dawn of the Jedi

Dark emanations arose all around the Jedi, taking in the light as if banishing it forever. His tattered cloak was damp with acrid moisture leaking from the cold and barren walls of the ancient Sith temple. The Jedi moved with errant grace, fatigue seeping into his bones and muscles. He tried hard to hide the weariness, standing bold with a sharp grin upon his raged face, as if in hopeless defiance.

Ulic smirked, "Your powers are week old friend"

"It is you who are week, dying. You will not last another fight with me Jedi", the Sith's voice resonated throughout the chambers with a low hum that sent loose shards of ferocreet and dust from the triangular ceiling.

"I am no Jedi" Said Ulic.

Exar laughed then starred deep into Ulic's soul, seemingly judging his very spirit, "You are no sith!"

As Ulic stepped forward his cloak rose slightly as the Force swirled within him, raw static wrought his body with energy. "I do not discern myself with petty ways of truth and justice! Nor do I lurk in the dark like a frightened animal."

"It is you who are frightened; it is you who will die... rouge," the Sith said with pure menace in his eyes.

"I am no rouge, I am Ulic Qel-Droma, son of a Jedi, son of the Sith"

"So be it... I do not command your fate, nor do I change your destiny, but you leave me little choice, if you will not surrender Jedi, you. will. die!"

The piercing light of the Sith's saber emerged from the mist all around, reflecting off dust and moisture, drenching the gloom around them in red. Through the Force Ulic could feel the energy from the crimson glow of the Sith's lightsaber. He turned full circle, spinning his cloak around him, pulling his own Saber from his belt with a wave of his hand and igniting it with a sharp hiss. The two Sabers clashed with an intense spark which glimmered across the Sith tattoo of Ulic's nemesis.

"You are afraid Kun"

"You are weak Jedi! You will not survive!"

Their sabers cut the air with a deadly silence, vaporizing the dense mist, leaving a luminescent glow behind each swing. Ulic closed his eyes and used the Force to guide his every movement. He twirled the saber from palm to palm, end facing behind and forwards as he moved with hast, in and out of a twirl, lunging here and there, never hitting his target.

Their Sabers clashed and they held them there, pulsating with the screaming resonant energy. Exar Kun gritted his teeth and spoke, hiding his own fear and weariness, "The Force is weak within you, and whatever is left in you is dying!"

Ulic found new energy deep within his soul to push the limits of his Jedi powers one last time. The air seamed to thicken around them. Exar opened his eyes a moment before he knew what was happening, and that hesitation wrought his doom. Ulic's saber flung across the blade of the Sith as he shot his hand blindly onto Exar Kun's hilt, flicking a silver button. Exar's saber sputtered out and the room unmixed in shades of green and red to a bold still emerald which shone bright in Ulic's eyes. Kun looked at him with helpless rage. The green glow then fizzed with a touch of crimson that splayed itself from the back cloak of Exar Kun.

"Hu... ug... mmmmmm.... How. did you...beat me...?"

"I told you, I am not a Jedi. I hate you, Sithspawn! You die in vain; look me in the eye so you can see the man who slew your soul, the man who grips your dying body!"

". mmm... you are... nothing!"

Ulic roared in a fury of rage and hatred stemming from the dark side of the Force. But a deep and sorrow filled call discerned him from tearing the heart out of Kun. Ulic dropped the blood drenched body and curled onto the floor.

"I'm sorry!" Ulic's words echoed like tectonic waves emanating across the surface of the barren planet. Hawkbats stirred from the stone pillars and alcoves throughout the temple, reeling away from the vibrations of sorrow and anger, from the Dark Side of the Force.

"I am no Jedi... I am sorry father! I couldn't save you."

Ulic dropped and let out a cry of mourning as deep and dark as the Sith he slew.

"Never again" he said whilst tears of light fell like feathers onto the cold flagstone floor...