Chapter 4 Arrival on Korriban
As the ship entered the atmosphere Grevious switched off the data pad he had been reading, he was a little confused, more than any clone whom has gained a considerable part of his original's memory should be.
" Milord?" Grevious asked as the ship touched down.
" You've been reading my death certificate haven't you?" Sidious asked, he knew Grevious what he didn't know is why he had just asked that question. Perhaps he was just getting to old… no that wasn't it.
" Yes."
" And you want to know why I am alive?"
" Yes."
" It wasn't me who died."
" What?"
" I had a clone made secretly."
" Alright, but that does not explain"
" How he was as deformed as me and how he can use the force." Sidious finished." He had my DNA so naturally he was force sensitive, I tought him to control it well enough. How I made him look deformed is a bit more complicated so I will explain it briefly. I manipulated his flesh through the force and that is all you need to know. Now come."
Sidious ended rather crisply and he rose. Grevious did too, he was curious as to what his test was. He knew if it was to kill someone he would live up to his original and slaughter.
They exited the ship in front of the Sith academy. Grevious was rather baffled. They entered it into a round dark room, Sith apprentices walked by shooting them confused or nasty looks. In the middle of the room stood a man in a black robe with a hood raised that covered every one of his facial features except his thin mouth.
" Who are you?" He asked rather nastily and then he turned to Grevious." And what the hell are you?"
This question angered Grevious severely. He wanted to reach out and rip this man's tongue out so he could never insult him again. Sidious sensed this and reached into Grevious's brain.
" Don't do anything or I'll rip your eyes out and you will fight for me blindly." Sidious said telepathically. Grevious heeded this warning and did nothing.
" My name is Darth Sidious." Darth Sidious said.
" Oh anther Darth! Well you want know what the last Darth that came in here did?"
" No and I don't care." Sidious said, he knew perfectly well how the last Darth failed.
" What do you want then? You are not getting any of my apprentices!" The man stated.
" I do not want any of these inept idiots. I seek the tombs of Marka Ragnos and Darth Revan!" Sidious sneered.
" Well your in luck Revan was buried here and so was Ragnos." The man said rudely.
" Where can I find these tombs?"
" In the valley of the Dark Lords of course."
" Where is this valley?"
" Dear, we have a Sith here that doesn't know where the valley is." The man stated loudly. Several passing apprentices snickered.
" Where is it?" Grevious asked splitting his arms in two and grabbing four lightsabers that were clipped onto his waste.
" Alright. There is no need for violence. See the hall behind me?" Sidious nodded." Follow it outside an you'll be there."
Sidious wasted no time, he was into the hallway before Grevious could even step. Sidious didn't particularly like this administrator, nor the students of the Sith that learned under him ( if you can call them Sith).
The door opened when Sidious reached it Grevious now not far behind now. They stepped out into what you might call (if you hate sand) hell. Rock walls surrounded them leading down a pathway with sand falling pound after pound down between it. Sidious led the way.
Not so long after they had begun walking the mouth of the mini canyon could be seen. They walked through it and found themselves in a huge valley. It was called The Valley of The Dark Lords. Ancient Sith Lords were buried here. Only five with proper tombs. There were five. Two to the left two to the right and one at the end of the valley only built about a thousand years ago to house one of the greatest Sith Lords ever. Darth Revan.
He had come so close to taking the Republic Sidious might have called him an equal. But back to the point, the tomb to their immediate left was the tomb of Marka Ragnos, their first stop. Sidious strode towards it Grevious close behind, this planet was extremely bad for druids, even though the General wasn't a complete droid he still worked from droid parts, sand could cramp them so he had to be careful.
He and Sidious reached the entrance to the tomb, a single Sith apprentice stood guarding it.
" Going in this tomb?" She asked.
" Only if no one has ever reached the end." Sidious said.
" No one has. Don't know why but people are scared to go in it." She replied.
" Yes, the dark side swirls around it, I sense all who ventured in never came out because fear killed them."
" What?"
" The force can do many things."
" Maybe but that is impossible."
"No it isn't, weaker beings died here because the dark side is so powerful that it killed them."
" And you don't think it will kill you or your… droid." The last comment angered Grevious, he was no droid. Hmm, perhaps he did share a few qualities with the original General. Before Sidious could reply a metal had whacked to woman in the face, there was a horrible crack and the woman fell down. Her face was so twisted and bloody she had to be dead.
" Impressive General, perhaps you are more like the original Grevious than I had thought." Sidious said opening the entrance to the tomb.
" No one calls me droid." Grevious muttered in anger as they entered. A smile crept upon Sidious's face he walked down the hallway, the crunching of bones under his feat. Everyone that entered had died on the spot and Sidious could sense why. This place was evil. Lesser Sith that had entered were just not strong enough to take it. It seemed to have no affect on Grevious. It was probably just because he couldn't feel the force.
So they walked on and on, the hallway slanting upward until they reached a door. Ancient text was scribbled across it.
" What does it say milord?" Grevious asked.
" It's a message from Ragnos himself, it says, only the most powerful can enter."
" What does that mean?"
" It means you can only open the door with the force." Sidious said. He was unimpressed; it took very little power to open a stupid door. He extended his hand out. The door didn't budge. He tried again this time concentrating harder.
" Milord?"
" SILENCE!" Sidious said in frustration. One final time he tried and the door opened just enough to squeeze through. And so they did.
See it's a lot longer, the next one should be to and we will finally get into some saber action.