Chapter 2

Jedi Trainee Kem Shar was sitting alone in the fields attempting to meditate. However, when he tried to clear his mind, images of his jaded past kept coming back to haunt him. Kem Shar has only known hardship and death throughout his entire life. His mother was a simple house slave to the house of D'Kar on Dathomir, and his father was a gladiator who his mother only saw once. When Kem Shar was born he was placed in the care of the gladiators. He was bred to be a fighter that fought to the death for the entertainment of the Dathomir witches. For a child growing up in a world of gladiators, Kem Shar had little chance of surviving, yet he did.

He only endured the harsh conditions because of his latent Force sensitivity. Kem Shar's gift was the ability to find weak points in his opponents. This ability to "see" the vulnerable parts of his opponents kept him alive. In the arena Kem Shar has killed countless warriors, but is not at all proud of those achievements. In fact, he mourned each fighter he has killed. If not for the planets revolution and the death of the Dathomir witches, Kem Shar would have been doomed to face a lifetime of fighting.

After the fall of the witches, the House of Ka came to power and abolished the gladiatorial games. All the gladiators either joined the army or were free to pursue their lives in other ventures. Kem Shar stayed behind and became a bodyguard to Tanel Ka, a recent graduate of the Jedi Academy. She recognized Kem Shar's abilities after he rescued her from a herd of rancors, creatures native to her planet. One day while exercising, Tanel Ka and Kem Shar were surrounded by a group of consisting of five rancors. Having only a knife, Kem Shar was able to defeat one by jumping on top of one and stabbing it in the throat. Tanel Ka decapitated one with her lightsaber, but was knocked unconscious by another one behind her. When Tanel Ka came to she noticed that one of the rancors was neatly sliced in half and another one lying on the ground. Its teeth had been cut out of its mouth and stuck on either side of the creature's neck.

"Do not worry miss, the other one retreated," said Kem Shar. Tanel Ka then noticed that he was holding her lightsaber. Only one who had control of the force could wield a lightsaber with the proficiency that was demonstrated by Kem Shar.

Tanel Ka recommended Kem Shar to the Academy to train. He was now at the Academy for almost two years. He has been recommended for the Jedi Trials for half a year now, but has yet to complete them. He could probably easily pass them, but he has been in training his entire life and is relaxing somewhat. Couple that with the fact that he is still haunted by memories of his past it is not a surprise that he wishes to wait.

Just as Kem Shar was about to enter a meditative state he sensed a dark presence behind him. He got to his feet and drew his green lightsaber. He came face to face with an enemy with whom he could not find a weak point.

"Kem Shar, I have been looking for you. I am Darth Kai and I need you to come with me or die."

"Go to Hell," and with that Kem Shar started to attack the Sith Lord.

"Then die."

Darth Kai easily deflected all of Kem Shar's attacks with one hand and then started to advance his attack. Kem Shar was taken back by the ferocity of the attacks and tried desperately block each one. Before he knew what was happening he was blown back by a Force push. He looked up and saw that Jedi Master Shi Dar has come to defend his student. Shi Dar and Kai traded insanely fast blows. At one point of the battle Shi Dar and Kai's blades were locked and they looked into each other's eyes.

"Who are you?" asked Shi Dar.

"The last face you will ever see," responded Darth Kai. With that they pushed each other back to a safe distance. At that time Kem Shar got to his feet and stood next to his master. Kai drew a second lightsaber and connected it to the first. Kem Shar was the first to run at the Sith Lord and he easily deflected the attack and connected with a solid left hook to Kem Shar's face. More fighting ensued between the three and the Sith was winning the battle with the Jedi master and trainee getting hit a lot with punches and kicks. Finally the two Jedi had the Sith pinned on the ground, but the Sith refused to go down. He focused his energy and pushed both combatants off of him and jumped back up. Suddenly you see Darth Lunesoul drop from his TIE Fighter in the middle of the melee. At the same time Jedi Master Teng comes running to the source of the disturbance.

"Take care of the that Jedi," says Darth Kai to Darth Lunesoul pointed to Jedi Master Shi Dar, "I'll finish these two."

"Very well," said Lunesoul, drawing his red lightsaber and running to attack Shi Dar. Shi Dar furiously blocked each of Lunesoul's advances with his purple lightsaber, but was powerless to attack the well balanced Sith's assault.

Master Teng drew his orange lightsaber while Kem Shar got back up and stood next to Master Teng. "We'll attack him from both sides, he'll be thrown off balance that way," Master Teng said to the trainee.

"Understood," acknowledged Kem Shar as he got into position opposite the Master. Darth Kai stood in the center of the two Jedi and focused his concentration and energy and suddenly his blades became a darker shade of red. After a few seconds he yelled and started to attack the master. Both the master and apprentice fought bravely, but the Dark Lord was obviously in command of the battle, setting the pace fight. After throwing a sidekick to knock down the master, he focused his attention on the Trainee. Kem Shar still unable to find a weakness in the Sith was defending against all attacks. At last he found an opening and tried to exploit it, but it was a clever trap set by the enemy. Kem Shar went for a downward slash, but was instantly met with the red blade. Darth Kai smiled and pushed upward with his blade, at the same time shattering the energy blade in Kem Shar's lightsaber. Kem Shar looked at his now useless weapon and realized he was in trouble. With his left hand, Darth Kai electrocuted Kem Shar with force lightning. The last thing Kem Shar remembered before he passed out into oblivion was Master Teng screaming "no" and realizing that this was the first battle he has lost.