See Sorak had penetrated the perimeter almost too easily. That doesn't seem right, he though to himself as he crept through the huge mansion that belonged to Darth Keldon. He had cut through the solid steel wall that led inside with his unique bo-staff lightsaber. It had a longer handle and blade that allowed Sorak to stay out of harms way while the lightsaber did its work.
The weapon was now clipped to his belt next to his normal lightsaber and his heavy blaster pistol. He had two more, but he kept those in his personal bounty ship. He had been training for six months, all for this confrontation with Keldon, the most powerful, and youngest,Dark Lord of the Sith in recorded history.
I'm ready, and I know I can beat him, Sorak thought gleefully, having spent most of that time practicing using his bo-saber and lightsaber at the same time. Plus I'll get that 9.6 trillion credit bounty on his head. Little did Sorak know it was Keldon who had put the bounty on his head to see who was dumb enough to try and take him down.
"Now the question is, where is he?" Sorak thought aloud. He had tried to call out Keldon's energy through the Force but found that the whole mansion emanated the Dark Side, making it impossible to find him.
Almost as if the house knew of his predicament, a door to Sorak's left opened. He drew his blaster slowly and felt no other presence in the adjoining room, slowly walking in. It was a stairwell that only led up, but it still had elaborate, almost Asian, décor to it.
He took each step one at a time, making sure no traps or other surprises jumped out at him. It went up three levels, at least Sorak thought since he stepped through three separate landings. But there were no doors on any of the landing, just more stairs.
When he got to the top, there was a set of doors made of wood, a very unusual thing to see. Behind the redwood Sorak could feel a very powerful presence in perfect calm. Without hesitation, he kicked open the door and stormed in.
Sorak saw Keldon standing on the other end of the surprisingly plain room. He was staring out of the large circular window that overlooked the Sith Palace, not even acknowledging Sorak.
"I'm here for the bounty, Keldon!" Sorak instinctively raised his blaster and aimed at Keldon's head. He was surprised to hear Keldon laugh as he slowly turned.
"I knew it was only a matter of time before a moron like you would try for it," Keldon laughed, "but at least you offer a challenge. I sense you are strong with the Force, but yet you use a blaster?"
He raised his hand and flicked the blaster out of Sorak's fingers, even from across the room. "Be a man and use the weapon of the Order."
"You want a fight, you got it," Sorak said, trying to stay calm, pulling out his bo-saber and triggering the power. "But the question is, can you hit me with yours?" He took a charge forward but did not even get a chance to stop as Keldon raised his right hand and sent a huge current of lighting at Sorak.
He couldn't even roll out of the way as the electricity smacked into him, throwing him back a few feet. His bo-saber, on the other hand, kept moving forward toward Keldon at an alarming speed.
Keldon saw it coming and ducked down but not releasing his electricity. The bo-saber flew straight out of the window and deactivated, falling to the ground.
"Why don't you use a real lightsaber, not some crazy invention you made for this fight?" Keldon said this in a mocking tone, releasing the lighting sending Sorak into a boiling rage.
"God damn you!" Sorak shouted as he pulled his lightsaber and switched it on, a deep blue blade emerging angrily, almost as if it had it's own mood.
"That's more like it," Keldon said as he pulled his own. He thumbed the power and the violet blade drew out sharply as it always did. "Fight like a man and show me what you really have!"
Sorak flew forward at a demonic speed, swinging the lightsaber toward Keldon. He blocked it returned the blow, Sorak barely blocking in time. He also started to have an unusual feeling pull over him, like he was exerting twice as much energy to do just hold the lightsaber.
The fight didn't last very long since Sorak underestimated Keldon's ability to wield a lightsaber. He also didn't know about Keldon's ability to drain the surrounding area of its energy while he was in combat. He wasn't even fighting back, just blocking all of Sorak's attacks.
If I only had my other lightsabers," Sorak thought as Keldon parried a blow. Sorak raised lightsaber for another attack when Keldon's fist flew into Sorak's face. He felt blood streaming down his nose as Keldon stood his ground.
"That was easier than I thought," Keldon said, grinning. That comment made Sorak's anger red hot and could feel the Force giving him the energy for three attacks.
"What's this?" Keldon was curious at what was happening. "Got yourself a little reserve of power there? Well, I will admit I have never seen that." Those words made Sorak's rage go even deeper. He drew into the power and lunged forward, striking at a lightning speed. He went three time in succession, one at the head and two at the side of the neck.
His rage was solidified as Keldon easily blocked all three strikes without so much as flinching. Sorak collapsed on the ground, panting heavily as Keldon pointed his lightsaber at his throat.
"I could kill you, but that would be the waste of a perfectly good Jedi," Keldon said, his lightsaber point nearly touching Sorak's throat. He could feel the heat pressing on his body as the blade got closer. "You have potential, so I'll strike a deal with you. Become my apprentice and help me do some daunting tasks. You'll learn the ways of the Dark Side and become more powerful that you could ever imagine."
Sorak was stunned. He had tried to kill Keldon and now he was extending apprenticeship. "I'll do it," Sorak said slowly. Keldon's lightsaber turned off and Sorak shakily stood.
"Good. Find a room here and rest. I'll take you to the Sith Palace tomorrow so you and Chris, er, I mean Zaine can get acquainted." Keldon turned to leave the room when he turned and asked, "What's your name?"
"See Sorak," Sorak said, still catching his breath.
"See Sorak? That's an unusual name. Well, from this moment on, you are Darth Kindu." Keldon rotated and left the room. "I probably won't call you that very often though."