Ca'hal and Vi' ki touched down and were greeted by Ric'ia and a few bodyguard.
Ca'hal was eager to meet his Padawan and see if the senator had a good effect on him.
"Where is my young Padawan? I trust you have taught him well."
"Rian is on his way to fight a Sith army!"
"WHAT!"
"The Selations are going to meet the Sith outside the city gates and fight them, Rian was chosen to lead them."
"We must get to him." Ric'ia raised an eyebrow.
"I can't go! I'm a senator not a warrior!"
Ca'hal looked at the bodyguard.
"Can either of you lead me to him." one of them open a black visor and said.
"Yes sir, I can lead you too him but we won't make it there before the battle starts."
"Well we better get moving." The two ran to a nearby speeder and shot off. Meanwhile Ric'ia had her own idea to help out.
"Vi' ki come with me." The two started to make there way to the old city.
Meanwhile the Sith lord Darth Milace was speaking to the King via communicator.
"How many Sith have you gathered today to join my army?" asked the King.
"I have gather three hundred, I expect the number to be quadrupled by tomorrow."
"That is indeed good news, I have ten thousand marching to join you." The Sith heard the sound of thousands of feet approaching from the city. He turned to see them.
"Ahh yes that is indeed a fine army."
"The Republic is sending many Jedi to help."
"What! We can't have Jedi come! Don't forget what I am."
"I have not, but the Selations are alive again."
"What do you mean alive again?"
"We are not going to be under your thumb anymore, those soldiers are not here to help you, there here to stop you!"
"I knew it. You are a Jedi, It all makes sense now!"
"You are wise Sith Lord."
"Yes, wise enough to call in a Sith Fleet!"
The Sith Lord turned off the communicator and looked at the massive amount of soldiers that had lined up outside the city. The Sith looked behind at the few Sith he had gathered, there was a canyon behind them.
"We could retreat there if it comes to it." But he had the intention to fight the Selation army.
Rian wore a gift from the King, it was a set of black battle garments, he had a determined face, he would survive this fight and he would be victorious in the war.
He held up his active lightsaber, it was glowing its blue colour, when he brought it down then the soldiers would follow him to fight, he had a sinister smile on now,
Start battle musicThe Sith Lord and Rian could see each other and held a gaze that they could both somehow follow from the vast distance that separated them.
Rian lowered his Lightsaber and the soldiers began to charge, the Sith could hear the soldiers shouting and they all activated their lightsabers, they charged at the enemy.
Ca'hal could feel Rian's emotion at this time; he could feel Rian's anger and his joy, he knew the fight had begun. The speeder was moving very fast but the Selation cities were massive cities, most of which took up hundreds of miles, outside the cities were canyons, deserts and vast wastelands that some day a city will probably be built over by the Selations...if they survive the war.
Rian was running at the Sith shouting a battle cry, from behind him the Selations were shooting and shooting, there weapons would shoot far enough and become close combat weapons when they got close enough. The two armies would clash any second and when they did it was like two waves crushing off each other, Rian had two lightsabers active now and was slashing left, right and centre. Most of the Sith were easy pickings because they were so distracted by the tall soldiers armed with strange blasters that could be used as scythes thanks to a long blade attached to the end of the barrel. All Rian had to do was slice at Siths that were too busy to notice him, but soon he and the Sith lord had got each others attention. Rian could hear the Sith Lord using the force to call Rian from a distance.
"Rian...Rian...Rian...Rian." Rian started walking to the Sith Lord, along the way many Sith tried to fight him, but Rian hadn't taken his drug in a few days now and his power was on a dramatic increase, he simply waved a hand and they were thrown side like rags doll.
Once Rian was within reach Darth Milace tried shocking him with the force lightning but his lightsaber caught and absorbed it.
"Now Padawan, show me your power." Rian ran at him at started to exchange Lightsaber manoeuvres. Rian was far too fast for the old Sith Lord,
Ca'hal could now see the battlefield, it had taken him two hours to find it but the council should be here literally any minute. Ca'hal jumped from the speeder in mid flight and searched the battlefield for his Padawan, he could fallow the emotion he felt coming from his Padawan. He spotted Rian in combat with the Sith Lord. Rian was amazing in combat, he seemed so fast, so strong. Ca'hal had never seen his Padawan perform like this before.
"Wait...I feel it now, oh no!" He realised that Rian hadn't taken the drug, he could feel the force coming from Rian. Suddenly a Sith trooper army ran from the canyons and started shooting, It seemed to be enough to turn the tides, and might have been enough to win the battle but very soon after the Republic touched down, many Jedi Knights jumped from transport ships and started reflecting shots and fighting the remainder of the Sith Knights, Many Republic soldiers jumped off larger transports and a real battle had begun, In the confusion of all the new soldiers Darth Milace was able to escape from Rian with life, both off them knew that Rian would have been victorious in a matter of moments.
The battle raged on into the night and when it seemed that the Sith were going to win the city gates opened again. Ric'ia led the zombie droids out to fight and following them was another mob, but this mob was a hundred times larger than the one that had chased her into the derelict city.
"Well done Ric'ia, this is what we need to win the battle." Vi' Ki was ecstatic at the sight of the battle; they both agreed that it was something of beauty and not a horrible sight.
"Thank you Vi' Ki." The Republic had enough at their backs to drive the Sith into the canyons.
Ca'hal ran through the battle, knocking back Siths as they came at hum. He had to get to Rian, he had to stop him before he went too far. There was a lot of anger running through Rian if Ca'hal didn't get to him... he may lose his padawan forever.
Ric'ia and the droids were shooting down one Sith after another. There was one Sith that managed to get through he was swiping droids left and right. He was about to attack Ric'ia, she was shooting him but he reflected all her shots, he swiped at her arm. It only grazed it as one of the Republics Jedi came to her rescue.
"Senator you shouldn't be here, it is far too dangerous. Please come with me to the command centre."
Over the other side of the battlefield Rian and Darth Milace were locked in a swipe defend swipe style fight, with Rian swiping and Darth Milace defending.
"Yes young Jedi, use the dark side. Channel your hate, it is your hate that gives you your power. Use it!"
"You talk too much. You seem to have a habit of doing that."
Rian continued swiping each time his strength grew. He was going to destroy this Sith, and the rest of his kind. They were a plague that needed to be eradicated, and he was the only one for the job.
As Ca'hal drew closer to Rian's position he was able to make out his young apprentice. He was fighting hard, with more power in the force than Ca'hal had ever seen in all his years as a Jedi. The council was right, he was way too powerful.
The Sith Lord again evaded Rian, he escaped but this time Rian had a trophy, he cut off the Sith Lords arm.
"Sith, retreat!" Rian gave chase to the Sith army, A member of the council, Master Ftuí called after Rian.
End Battle Music"Rian no come back!"
Rian looked at the soldiers,
"Those who will follow me do! Those who don't, you are weak!"
Rian charged down the canyons with all the surviving Selations and a few others.
They ran through the canyons, they stopped after awhile to give a breather to those who needed it. A Jedi approached Rian, it was an old and very good friend of Rian.
"Rian, are you sure this is the best choice of action?"
"Yes, we must follow the scum."
"We will all be punished when this is over."
"I don't care, I'm stronger than them, and they have no control over me."
"I'm with you until the end."
"Thank you Da'el."
"Lets give them chase." They ran at after the Sith again.
Meanwhile the Council, Ca'hal and Ric'ia where discussing matters.
"So what do we know about the one they call Rian?" It was Master Seleka who was speaking; she was one of three of females on the council. Ric'ia answered.
"He hasn't taken his drug in nearly a week."
"This is very grave news."
"Indeed, and what of the Sith threat?" Cathal replied to the Council member.
"The Iridonians are coming in one month with a truly massive army, I explained the Sith situation and they understand the problem, they are an ally."
"Excellent, now Ric'ia where did the droids come from?"
"A derelict city located to the east of the main city, they were brought here by the Sith when they first attacked and I was able to override they old commands and input my own using a strong frequency coming from an old Jedi temple in the derelict city."
"That's good."
Rian, Da'el and his followers were running through a particularly thin gorge, Rian could feel the Sith troopers about to run along the edge's and shoot down at the soldiers that had come with him. Rian silently pointed upwards and when the Sith popped out and started shooting Rian's mini army was ready. Rian, Da'el and other Jedi who decided to join him force jumped from rock to rock until they made it up the cliff and started fighting the soldiers, Rian was focusing on the troopers using vibroswords, Da'el was pushing Sith over the edge or was killing them with his lightsaber. Rian looked across the chasm and saw Sith troopers on the other side, he tapped Da'el on the shoulder, once Da'el had turned around Rian jumped over the chasm and Da'el jumped after him. They quickly dispatched many of them; one came at Rian with a dual-sided vibrosword, Rian kicked him in the chest and sent him sprawling, when the fight was over Rian grabbed the trooper he had kicked down and started interrogating him,
"Where is your camp?"
"I'll never tell you Jedi." Rian raised an eyebrow; he lowered his lightsaber over the Siths leg.
"Are you positive?"
"Ye...ye...yes." Rian brought the blade down and it burnt through the armour and the leg. The trooper let out an unholy scream. A Jedi came up to Rian and asked him was this the good thing to do.
"When it comes to eradicating the Sith...then the end justifies the means."
"Well...I am sorry to hear that." The Jedi, an alien named Tre'shak felt this was very wrong. "I cannot follow you with views like that." The Alien started running back to the council.
"Don't worry, I'm with you." Da'el was as reassuring as ever.
Rian had taken twenty seconds at slowly cutting off the Siths leg.
"Do you want to tell me now?"
"Yes...fine, we're camped not a hundred feet from here, at the drop site."
The trooper was crying under his helmet.
"That's much better, now I'm going to send you to the council so they can punish you for your crimes."
"NO...NO PLEASE! I'M BEGGING YOU! HAVE MERCY!" Rian looked at the trooper.
"How people have you given mercy to?"
"This is my first job, please have mercy!" Rian ripped off the helmet; the trooper was just a kid. Rian lifted the trooper down to his soldiers.
"Okay, this is a Sith trooper, as you can see from his armour. He wants mercy because this was his first task as a trooper. What shall we to with him, his fate is in your hands?"
There was uproar as ideas were made but eventually a Selation stepped forward and said.
"A saying in my land is he who is without sin may shoot the first blaster." Rian thought on that for a while,
"Okay, that's a very good point...will someone bring him back to the army." Four mob members who had followed Rian with hundreds others decided to step forward.
"Take good care of him." They grabbed him by the arms and the...leg and started to carry him back.
"Okay, we know that the Sith are just around the ridge. Lets go."
The council sat around a campfire and were meditating on the situation of Rian, suddenly four people emerged from the canyons carrying a trooper.
They dropped the trooper in front the council. Tre'shak came from the darkness and said to the council.
"I was witness to this interrogation." Master Shen-Joinn looked at Tre'shak
"Is this common practice to Rian's P O W's?"
"I don't know, I left as he was with this one, but I'll have you know there wasn't a lot of survivors against Rian."
"I see."
"The Canyons are full of bodies, the bodies of patriots."
"We cannot allow this to continue, we must go after him. Bring Ca'hal to us." Tre'shak went off looking for Ca'hal amongst the soldiers, droids, mob members and other Jedi. He found Ca'hal speaking to Ric'ia.
"Master Ca'hal, the council summons you." He pointed to the campfire in the distance.
"Thank you Madame Shak." Ca'hal walked over and when he found them bowed and said.
"You summoned me?"
"Yes, you know your apprentice better than anyone, how far will he take his battle with the Sith?" Ca'hal swallowed hard and spoke.
"He shall not stop until he has killed the Sith or he has absolutely no soldiers left, or it is just he and his friend Da'el."
"Da'el is the apprentice of?"
"I believe Master Sartell."
"Thank you. Will Rian listen to you?"
"I cannot be certain, under usual circumstances I'm lucky when he does, but in his false sight of what he's fighting, I cannot tell."
"His false sight?"
"Yes Rian is under the impression that he is leading his army to fight a most of the Sith, while after counting the bodies he is probable going after, thirty and a bit at the very most."
"Thirty and a bit?"
"Yes he removed the Sith Lords arm."
"I see. We shall go after him once all the Jedi are together and ready."
Meanwhile Ric'ia was looking for Vi' ki, she had disappeared when Rian called for people to come after him.
"I hope she hasn't joined him."
And she hadn't, Vi' ki had actually entered the city and found a Bounty Hunter and was now going back to the plains where the battlefield was, her intention was to use the Bounty Hunter to shoot a tranquilliser at Rian, hopefully making it easier to catch him when they caught up with him.
Rian and his troops now where looking at the drop site. He could see the ship the soldiers came in and intended to steal it when the fight was over. He looked at the enemy numbers, he didn't realise how many didn't get a chance to retreat and how many he had killed in the six or seven skirmishes that had taken place in the canyons. Rian gave the word and the soldiers charged in. Rian was now jumping up extremely high and coming down in random areas and swiping in a circle before jumping again. He picked up a rapid-fire blaster from a dead trooper and jumped up onto the ship and started shooting, he watched as soldiers where hit and fell to the floor. Suddenly he felt a presence behind him. He turned around and saw to Sith Knights, each armed with Duel-sided lightsabers; Rian used the force to push one of them to the floor and shot him when he was down, the other one seemed like a more skilled combatant. Rian threw the blaster at him, the Sith easily swiped it aside, Rian blasted him with force lightning, the Sith fell to the floor but jumped up in the direction Rian was in he had been hit down, he held the lightsaber pointed at Rian, Rian held up a Lightsaber but the Knocked it aside and then Rian slipped a second one from behind him and stabbed the Sith in the stomach. Rian kicked the Sith off the ship, then used the force to bring there lightsabers to him then he looked at the fight. The few Sith that were left were killing lots of soldiers, Rian saw Da'el trying to fend off two, Rian jumped down to even out the fight. And together they killed the Sith. Rian suddenly could tell the whereabouts of Darth Milace, he was inside the ship, with a few others. He and Da'el rushed around the battlefield fighting any Sith knights and easily killing them, once he felt that his soldiers could handle the rest he headed into the ship...alone.