The room was quiet, Kyradia could here the sound of her breath as they waited in silence, in then out in then out in then out.

"We have been sitting here for ages" it was true they had been here for what felt like years

Ashara scoffed "It's only been like an hour Kyradia be patient" what but it felt like sooo much longer

"so what exactly is our plan here? I kinda forgot to ask" Kyradia was still feeling rather unsettled, ever since the encounter in the first temple something had felt off with this but she couldn't place it

"uhhh well I thought we'd wait here and then we can watch them do whatever they were doing, maybe then ambush them i dunno" there was something to that but it seemed a little rough around the edges

"what if they sense us or have macrobinoculars like ours" sure Kyradia could hide through the force but Ashara not so much

Ashara frowned suddenly "uhhhh… um well" Ashara paused for a second "I uh didn't think of that Mas- uh Kyradia" wow maybe she shouldn't trust Ashara's judgement implicitly

"right well let's come up with a new plan, cause I don't think stealth is really an option" Ashara nodded quietly, she seemed a little embarrassed but Kyradia couldn't place why "As much as I want to know what they are up to I think we should prioritise stopping them first before this gets out of hand" Kyradia was trying so hard to not make this a whole thing, she had a lot she wanted to do and this was an annoying obligation

"I see your point I guess we can find out the details afterwards, if we're gonna fight them you need to stay with me. I don't want a repeat of yesterday" Kyradia never meant to run off but sometimes it's necessary

"I uh dunno I get into a kinda frenzy when i fight" it was true in most fights she only remembered what happened afterwards

Ashara looked at her in the eyes "just… please ok for me" Kyradia knew she was probably right

She let out a small smile "yeah… ok I'll try" she couldn't promise she would but she would defiantly try "so what we guard the entrance" they hadn't scouted any other entrances but Ashara had a point they should stick together

"yeah but if we're gonna we will need to close up the other way in to the main room, I don't have the umm right composure to bring down a wall so if you don't mind" wow way to dance around the fact Kyradia was a angry person

"sure no problem" Kyradia made her way to the corridor on the opposite side of the room. She closed her eyes and began to think back to her argument with Kavaraa, the self righteous hypocritical points and the fact she just ran. She quickly could feel the rocks come loose and as she opened her eyes the corridor was no more.

"alright let's go to the entrance" Ashara beckoned her over to the remaining way out. Kyradia grasped her hand tightly and cloaked their forms

Later…

The jungle was peaceful in it's own way, from the vantage point on top of the temple Kyradia could see the trees rustling wildly in the wind. It felt like the tables had somewhat turned; now they were the ones guarding a temple from interlopers, that was assuming they even turned up. They were going out on a limb but this was the only lead they had so they had to at least follow it up, Kyradia had a pit in her stomach she wasn't sure why but this whole situation just seemed odd. The Milirian seemed like she had good intentions but nothing about this seemed like it would turn out good. That usually meant someone was manipulating her and Kyradia knew all too well what that felt like, between Valkorion, Revan and Zash she wouldn't ever wish that on someone. Her money was on the blonde one being the culprit, she seemed to be the smarter one and more in tune with the force, either way they needed to be stopped. Kyradia felt her hand get squeezed, Ashara couldn't cloak herself so this was unfortunately necessary. Kyradia had never been one for physical acts of affection, she found them awkward and weird but she had a few people she didn't mind it from. Ashara seemed really worried about her which was definitely surprising after everything that happened Kyradia was sure Ashara wouldn't care about her wellbeing anymore. She still didn't know everything though and when she did she probably would hate her again, maybe it was just better to get it out the way, that's what Andronikos was saying right maybe she should.

"hey Asha-" Kyradia started

Ashara interrupted her suddenly calling out "look look down there" damn it maybe later

Kyradia was startled but tried to look "where?"

Ashara replied "where I'm pointing" she was shaking Kyradia's arm now

"Ashara you're invisible I can't see your arm" Kyradia continued to search the trees for what she was pointing at

"oh right um yeah look by that ridge to the left" Kyradia scanned down and sure enough she could see the two interlopers from before, yes they came! the long blonde hair stuck out like a sore thumb. They were trying to travel through the bushes to sneak up, same as their strategy but a lot less well executed

"let's get into position and surprise them" Kyradia began to lead Ashara over to the left. Ashara was having trouble walking while invisible which wasn't surprising it takes some getting used to, after a little bit of guidance however they were in position and could see the two sith below.

"ready" Kyradia asked letting go of Ashara's hand

"ready" Ashara said as they jumped

Kyradia landed with a resounding crack in front of the duo "well look who we found" both the Milirian and the Human were taken aback jumping back a few feet each

"h-how did y-you find us" the Milrian said clearly intimidated

"well Ashara found an ancient relation between the temples around that excess con temple, she's smart like that"

"Exar KUN" Ashara interrupted, dammit Ashara not in the middle of the monologue

"yes, that guy and we thought weird ritual doers are bound to visit" Kyradia smiled "and I'm afraid we can't let you past"

The blonde one spoke up "n-no we have to get past we have to you can't just stop us" she clearly didn't understand the magnitude of the situation

She ignited her lightsaber "oh I think we can"

the duo glanced at each other before igniting their lightsabers, the Milirian lunged at Ashara and the Blonde at Kyradia, Kyradia easily parried the simple move and went for a low slash. To her surprise she saw the form of the blonde disappear and reappear 10ft away, where did she learn that? no matter Kyradia could too, she quickly shifted next to her grabbing her by the throat.

"now now play nice" Kyradia sneered, the Blonde began to struggle as Kyradia kept her in place, this was a good intimidation tactic but also would allow her to further question the Blonde. The Blonde continued to struggle as Kyradia lifted her off the ground but it was no use she had her- suddenly she saw a fist career into her head knocking her to the ground. The bitch punched her what the hell, Kyradia wiped the blood out her eyes before looking to see where the Blonde was heading, to the temple big surprise, she could see Ashara was sparring with the Milirian and barely keeping up with her, she could handle it. Kyradia channeled the rage she felt after the bitch punched her and reached out with the force, suddenly the blonde stopped frozen in place, perfect. Kyradia could feel her begin to push against her force keeping the Blonde in place, she slowly moved towards the blonde keeping her steady

"stay still I don't wanna hurt you" she paused "too badly" she could've broken her nose the blonde could do with some repercussions. The force was certainly strong in this one Kyradia could barely keep her still

She had just caught up to the blonde when she suddenly heard a voice "STOP INTERFERING" as she was pushed back onto the ground by a wave of force energy. She hit the ground with a thud but that voice it was weirdly familiar, who did that? no time Kyradia quickly sat up to see the blonde running into the temple, shit she had to catch up. She quickly stood up and concentrated, using the force she began to run after the Blonde but as she got to the door the Milirian stepped in front of her

"STOP" she pointed her lightsaber at Kyradia threateningly. Kyradia sighed and threw her casually out the way with the force, she didn't have time for that. She bolted down the corridors of the temple determined to stop this once and for all. As she skidded round to the main chamber she saw the blonde had set down a holocron and some ingredients

"you better stop right now or I'm gonna lose it" she began to stride forward but as she did she felt a strong force wind push her back, no way was the blonde this strong.

Kyradia began struggling against the wind as that voice echoed throughout the chamber "ah Kyradia I'm afraid you wont be coming any closer" no what the hell was this? who was that? she struggled against the wind but couldn't move any closer to the Blonde.

The Blonde had started meditating as the voice continued "now I'm afraid you're too late, I have regained the power to subdue you, you won't come anywhere near this ritual" If this is some Zakuul person trying to get revenge on her AGAIN she was gonna freak out

"I actually took a page out of your book, I gotta say the ghost method definatly has it's drawbacks" the voice chuckled as Kyradia tried as hard as she could to overcome the force keeping her out of the room to no avail.

"WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" it knew about her old life before she was the commander, who was she?

Suddenly the room began to light up and beams of light began to divert towards the holocron, WAIT THE HOLOCRON! "now now now apprentice you always were two steps behind, the information is all right in front of you, put it together"

That wasn't possible, it couldn't be she had been sealed away for good. "No it can't be you! I trapped you away in the mind prison"

"well clearly it didn't work, every prison has ways out my dear" the voice began to cackle as the blinding energy entered the holocron "you really need to learn the only way to put sith behind you is to kill them otherwise they always come back apprentice"

Kyradia began to push with all her might against the force "I am not your apprentice you bitch and I'm going to stop you" she began to move forward slowly the force was weakening, maybe she could get to them.

"oh my dear I cannot wait to see it with my own eyes but I'm afraid I have to run, Lusari time to go" suddenly the force stopping her from moving was gone and she stumbled onto the floor. When she looked up she saw no sign of the blonde. But… it didn't matter none of it mattered Kyradia just sat there in silence for a minute, she was back, Zash was back…