Anakin had rushed in. His lightsaber came to life, the humming sound and blue blade ready to strike this…robed figure. He knew it was a Sith. Obi-wan drew his lightsaber as well and jumped at the figure as well. "We have to do this together Anakin!" Obi-wan yelled out as Anakin rushed his lightsaber at the figure.
"Together, no Jedi could beat me." The mysterious figure grinned beneath his cloak. The battle-axe like lightsaber with the black blade humming and clashing with Anakin's. He forced Anakin back and used the force and Anakin went flying back. Obi-wan ran at him and the figure jumped over his head and sliced his blade towards Obi-wan's leg. Obi-wan countered lowly and tried to use the force. But it was to no avail. He kicked Obi-wan and then jumped over him again and kicked him in the back and forced him by Anakin.
Anakin looked as he helped Obi-wan up. Anakin was growing angry. He was supposed to hold these feelings back. But he couldn't. Not anymore. "Who are you," Anakin demanded. The dark figure grinned. "You already know I'm a Sith. But…let me give you my name. After all, it would only be fitting the Jedi order knows who killed their prized possession. My name is Darth Xereon." He said darkly. Darth Xereon's blade, to be more exact this time, with its battle-axe like style took him a month and a week to make. Its battle-axe like stature was dangerous.
The handle for any battle-axe was where his lightsaber's blade came out. Where the axe-blade should have been, was a handle, but there was a metal part for the hand groove. But, there was also something else. An energy came out of it. It was like a double edged blade, and it had the same energy as any lightsaber blade. But the axe part of the blade should have sliced his hand off right? No. The part for the hand also had a metal that a lightsaber blade couldn't slice through. Which was why this lightsaber was so dangous.
"Now you die Jedi." He said. He ran at Obi-wan and Anakin. The three clashed their lightsabers, Anakin forcing the Sith back. Obi-wan also. Together they were able to knock his lightsaber from his hand and force him to the ground. Anakin held his blade at the Sith. Obi-wan looked at him. "In the name of the Galactic Senate, you are under arrest Sith." Darth Xereon only grinned. Then he started laughing. "What is so funny!" Anakin yelled at him. Then, he heard it. The fire of hand blasters and blaster rifles. Anakin turned his head to see what was happening.
Only ten kilometers from their position, there was an attack on their ship. Anakin and Obi-wan watched as their troops were shooting at a figure moving faster. The figure itself was taking down one clone troop after another. He looked so familiar with the body of a sentient being, and the legs of a droid. Then, both Anakin and Obi-wan understood. When the figure drew the double-edged lightsaber, and the crimson twin blades came out, humming to life and deflecting blaster bolts, they both understood full well what was going on.
"Did you seriously think that I would allow you Jedi fools to just defeat me?" Darth Xereon asked as he extended his hand, and with the force grabbed hold of his lightsaber and sprung it to life. He grinned and Anakin drew his. Obi-wan looked at Anakin. "I'll take care of the other. Do you have this one?" Anakin nodded. Obi-wan ran off and held his lightsaber.
Darth Maul continually sliced through two guards at a time. There were only five or so with them. And the leading Commander was on the ship preparing for battle. Obi-wan held his commlink ready. "Commander, don't engage. I repeat, DO NOT ENGAGE. The assailant is mine. When I say, get ready to get Anakin and myself out of here. Understood?" The Clone trooper responded and agreed. Obi-wan jumped down in front of the creature killing the clone troopers. He looked at him. "I killed you...after you killed Qui-gon." Obi-wan had said. Darth Maul grinned. Even with his body half droid, half flesh, he was still faster than ever. "Yes, you did. But my brother has given me life. And now, I take yours as he takes the boy's." And so the two clashed their lightsabers.
Anakin and Darth Xereon were fighting as well. Darth Xereon deflecting Anakin's shots easily. Anakin was the chosen one, the one to destroy the evil threat of the Sith. And here he was going to prove it. He felt his anger rise, his hatred and his fear. Xereon grinned. "I can feel your hate Skywalker. You don't use it." He said as Anakin swung downward at him and Darth Xereon parried, and their blades clashed again, blue to black. Anakin looked at him. "I'm not like you Sith!" He screamed at him. He used the force on him, and pushed him back, and then jumped over him and tried to slice his leg off. It backfired and Darth Xereon countered and used the force. He grabbed a hold of Anakin and began choking the life out of him. Anakin could feel his throat closing, his blood cells beginning to burn. Darth Xereon grinned. "This is where you never see the end of this War Anakin. You die now."
Darth Maul and Obi-wan were fighting away from the ship as the leading Commander brought his remaining troop back onto the ship. Obi-wan Kenobi sliced at Darth Maul. Darth Maul countered, falling deep into the depths of the dark side. Darth Maul swung his blade at Obi-wan who countered. He had one chance to do this, and he had to do it now. He jumped over Darth Maul, and sliced the Sith's leg. It didn't come off, but it did take him down. Darth Maul looked at him and was trying to get up. He didn't feel the pain, mainly because it was wires and bolts and metal, there was no flesh or nerve there. Obi-wan took his commlink out and called the Commander. "Commander, I'm coming aboard. Get me and Anakin out of here now." He said as her an to the ramp and got on.
Darth Xereon could see the hatred in Anakin's eyes. He grinned. He was squeezing the life out of him, and if there was only a few more seconds of pressure on him, the chosen one would be no more. Or that's what Darth Xereon thought.
The ship that Obi-wan had gotten on, began opening fire onto the Sith. He lost his focus seeing the ship and moved out of the way. Obi-wan jumped out and helped Anakin jump back onto the ship. They left on the ship and head back to Coruscant.
Darth Xereon put his lightsaber back to his slip. He walked back to Darth Maul and looked at him. "Did your part of the plan work?" Darth Maul asked. Darth Xereon grinned. "Yes. Flawlessly. And did yours?" Darth Maul got up. The leg that was once cut, seemed perfect fine. Next to him, was the piece that Obi-wan had burned away with the lightsaber. A decoy. "Perfectly." He said. The two got back to their own ship. They took off and head back for Vjun, where Count Dooku had his private headquarters.
When Anakin and Obi-wan made it back to the Council, they reported everything. Mace Windu was the most surprised by it all. He looked at Master Yoda. "Master Yoda, there is only supposed to be one master, and one apprentice. How is there….three?" He asked. Yoda looked at him and sighed. He understood it. "Trying to rebuild the Sith order, the Sith are." And with that….Yoda looked at Obi-wan and Anakin. "Go to Kashyyyk you will. A pilot there, is. Need your help she does. Leave in two days, you will." Yoda said. Anakin and Obi-wan walked out.
Back on Vjun, Darth Xereon approached in their ship, and Count Dooku could feel their presence. He sighed as he called someone on his commline. "Come in here." He said. And entered Assajj Ventress.