A/N: *YAWN~* Hi guys…
Ahsoka: *She's keep her head propped up with one hand and her eye lids were half open.* Sorry if we aren't as energetic this time around. Most of the nights since the last chapter we stayed up till dawn just playing Shadow of War, DOOM, Prototype 1 and 2, Far Cry 4, Skyrim, some Minecraft, and we were just dicking around in Subnautica creative mode. *YAWN~* We haven't slept a full 8 hours in 9 days… *She fell asleep with her head propped up.*
A/N: Yeah, so… It's March 2nd, my birthday… I'm 18. Ahsoka and I agreed that we would move out of my parents' house when A: I turned 18, and B: When we found a place to live. Don't worry guys, we'll find a place. Now, as for our 'tiredness' problem. Ahsoka and I will dunk our heads into cold water… Ahsoka wake up. *He nudges her and she jolts awake-ish. He helps her stand up and they walk to the bathroom where the bathtub has been filled with water, ice cubes, and some snow that they got from outside. They both got down on their knees and dunked their heads under the water, and stayed like that for a few (like, 13) seconds. They both then whipped their heads out of the water feeling WIDE awake.*
Both GhostFang GF & Ahsoka: WOW THAT'S COLD!/JESUS CHRIST THAT IS FREEZING!
A/N: OK, ON WITH THE CHAPTER!
Barriss was reading a holobook in her apartment. Her apartment. It was still very strange to say or hear that. But she's not complaining, oh no far from it. The apartment is much bigger than her assigned room back at the temple and the living room was big enough for some basic lightsaber training. Of course it wasn't very furnished, hell the couch she was sitting on was built into the place. But Senator Amidala and Chancellor Palpatine along with Senator Organa, Senator Riyo Chuchi had helped set up an account so they could live a little bit easier.
Barriss had ordered a few normal necessities like a bed for herself and Ahsoka, some kitchen utensils and whatnot, some bathroom necessities like towels and other things. Then she got one or two extra luxuries like very comfortable sheets, blankets and pillows for the beds and some pillows for the couch (she had ordered all of these things from a holosite so she was waiting for those things). Ahsoka, however, had gotten… other things…
Barriss was a little confused at first when she saw that Ahsoka was ordering some minor industrial equipment, three big crates of a lot of scrap metal, 5 cans of black paint, several wiring kits, circuit boards, circuit breakers, and a LOT of different types of blaster parts. Why she was ordering these things like small blaster canon parts? She does however understand the need for the paint, Dent might be getting a new look, but the other stuff?
'Fuck if I know, then Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith lord.' Barriss thought to herself. As long as Ahsoka doesn't blow up her room Barriss could care less.
Dent was pretty good company, all things considering. Even though he was a CIS battle droid, he was very polite, quite helpful around the place, and he liked to read just like her. So what if he said it was all he could do till the holovision (the TV in the Star Wars universe) got here. She liked him. And she hoped he stayed and DIDN'T get blasted into a million bits.
There was a buzz signaling that there was someone at the front door. Barriss hurried to the door, hopping that it was her new beds. But when she opened the door she was at first confused by the sight of a Toydarian flying in place with a holopad in hand and 6 to 8 large metal crates and a LEP Servant Droid and 6 Labor droids behind him.
"Um… Hello, can I help you?" Barriss asked.
"Yes, I have several orders for one Ahsoka Tano." The Toydarian said. Now she understood. Looks like she's not getting that bed just yet.
Barriss looked back into the apartment and yelled, "Ahsoka! Your stuff is here!"
And Barriss was thinking that she wouldn't need to sleep on the couch any more.
*Meanwhile in the Jedi Temple*
Anakin was never really the one for sitting in the Jedi Temple library all day, but this once he would make an exception. He decided to study up on more detail about what the hell a Black Knight was.
Apparently, the Black Knights were created to help combat the Sith Pureblood Empire. They did the most damage to the Sith Purebloods. Eventually it led to their apparent extinction after a few short decades. The Black Knights then shunned their dark sides and focused more on the light.
But soon enough the Sith Empire returned, led by the Sith Pureblood Lord Vindican and his human apprentice Darth Malgus. However the Republic later learned that Vindican was most likely killed BY Malgus after their battle with Satele Shan and Kao Cen Darach. This left Malgus the leader of the Sith during the Great Galactic War.
And with that, the Black Knights had returned to the Jedi Order.
Over a hundred Jedi were taught the basics and some other aspects of the dark side by 9 Sith Warriors and 7 Sith Inquisitors who defected from the new Sith Empire, the Sith Warriors and Sith Inquisitors also led the Black Knights into battle.
At the end of the Great Galactic War, one of the Black Knights speculated that there were still Sith Purebloods in the Unknown Regions. So all the Black Knights and the Sith Warriors and Inquisitors all ventured into the Unknown Regions without any maps or knowledge of that region of space. They were all led by a human named Ricreed Clehart, the most powerful Black Knight amongst them. Shocker, they were never heard from again.
But they each left their teachings and knowledge in Sith Holocrons that they made. So he had a way of teaching Ahsoka a little bit about the dark side. But unfortunately that knowledge was restricted to Members of the Jedi Council that held the rank of master. Fortunately, however, he had a friend that just so happened to be a Jedi Master who was on the Jedi Council.
He's sure he can convince Obi-wan to let him use those Holocrons to train Ahsoka.
*Meanwhile elsewhere*
Sector of space: The Unknown Regions
Coordinates: Unknown
Planet: Unknown
An unknown ship came out of Hyperspace. It was dark purple with an arch to it. Blue energy blared out of the engines as it made it's descent to the fortress down on the planet below it.
The fortress was built on the Cliffside of an active volcano, with a massive energy shield protecting it from lava flow. The fortress it's self was made of a purple metal with blue tinted windows and lights. There were 100 massive energy turrets on each side of the monstrous structure. Down on the landing platform 2 rows of 4 different types of unknown alien species, two in both rows, stood at attention.
(A/N: Not going to sugarcoat it, these "unknown alien species" are basically the Covenant from Halo. The ship that had landed was a Phantom, or Type-52 TC whatever you want to call it. These aliens are 4 Brutes/Jiralhanaes, 4 Elites/Sangheilis, 4 Jackals/Kig-Yars, 4 Grunts/Unggoys. I'll just refer to these guys and anything else Covenant related by their names or titles from the games, but I'm not going to call them 'The Covenant' instead I'm going to call them Gunggalians. And yes, I CAN basically have the Covenant in this story. My story, my rules.)
When the ramp of the ship lowered, 2 Brute Chieftain walked down the ramp and stood on either sides of it as Oragon descended the ramp. Oragon was met by a third Brute Chieftain and a dark red Elite, both of which he knew all too well.
"Darth Raeduus… Welcome back. Was your trip eventful?" The Brute Chieftain asked as the three began to walk to the door of the fortress.
"If by eventful you mean gaining a new headache thanks to Sidious' babble, then yes General Thrallslayer, it was VERY eventful." Oragon said. "Admiral Udo'Harum, have you found it yet?"
"Three quarters of the fleet is searching the Unknown Region. And still we have not found it." The red Elite, now identified as Admiral Udo'Harum, said to Oragon with a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"Then you need to look harder. It is vital for my master's plans." Oragon said.
"It is not so easy to find this 'Star Murderer' that you seek. And didn't it fall into a star during its last battle? So wouldn't it be destroyed?!" Admiral Udo'Harum said in practical rage.
"Yes. But it was in a battle before it fell into the star. And it was powered by the living Force itself. So if even one piece survived, no matter how small, it could have found a way to repair itself." Oragon said. Admiral Udo'Harum became angrier.
"THAT IS COMPLETELY ABSURD! THIS LIVING FORCE CRAP JUST KEEPS ON BECOMING MORE AND MORE RIDICULOUS!" Admiral Udo'Harum screamed at Oragon. Quicker than anyone could imagine, Oragon brought out his lightsaber and activated the black blade. If a Jedi saw the handle they would see a the double bladed lightsabers Temple Guards, except instead of gold it was grey and the blade seemed to kill all the light around it.
"Speak ill of the Force again, and you shall assist in testing new torture devises." He deactivated his lightsaber and continued his stride to the entrance to the fortress.
Once Oragon stepped inside of the fortress he made his way down the hallway. On the way he spotted two people that he knew. There was a female Tholothian around the age of 30 wearing sleeveless Inquisitor garb with two curved lightsabers clipped to her belt and a male wearing Sith armor of his design with a long silver double bladed lightsaber clipped to his belt with a one foot long bayonet on both emitters and a long strip of black leather wrapping around the shaft. The helmet and hood made of his armor made it impossible to figure out what species he was or how old he is (A/N: I'm not even going to attempt to describe what his armor looks like because it would be IMPOSSIBLE. Just know it's the Kynreeve Armor from the Skyrim mod.) They stopped their conversation when they saw him. They both gave a slight bow of the head and started walking with him.
"Darth Nialliv, Darth Iryeave. What is the progress of the cloning operation?" Oragon asked. The Tholothian, Darth Iryeave, spoke first.
"Unfortunately, all the DNA is too old and damaged which makes the clones weak, deformed, or unstable." She said.
"Or it's the fact that we are not the Kaminoans. We can clone animal just fine, but we don't know how to clone other sentient lifeforms. Perhaps you should speak to Sidious about maybe arranging for 20 or 30 Kaminoans to 'go missing'." Darth Nialliv said, his voice distorted and scratchy from his helmet.
"I already have to deal with a headache from just his arrogant voice. If I can avoid talking to him, I will do it with glee. Now, what about the cure? How has progress fairing for that?" Oragon ask as they started to come up on an elevator.
"We THINK we have gotten it right. But, without a good test subject we won't know for sure." Darth Iryeave said.
"Then we need to crack the cloning process. The Rakata will be useful for our master's plans." Oragon stepped onto the elevator as Darth Nialliv and Darth Iryeave stopped in front of it. "I hope you both can fulfill your duties." The elevator closed and it descended to the lowest levels of the fortress. It opened up to a dark throne room.
Now, one might wonder why someone would have their throne room be placed in the lowest level of their fortress and not at the top. Well what if there is an aerial strike on the fortress. After all, the shield was designed to protect the fortress from lava, unfortunately it can't protect it from an enemy assault.
The blue tinted light from the elevator was one of the only light sources in the throne room. The other light came from the other end of the throne room and even the red glow was dim. The red glow came from a Sith holocron the right armrest on the throne with the hand of its owner resting on it. Oragon made his way over to the throne at a steady pace, and when the elevator closed the eeriness of the room became more present.
Oragon walked up to his master's throne and kneeled before him. He felt unworthy to be in the same room as his master.
"My master. The search for the space station continues but we have no success. I am sorry my master. 75% of the Gunggalian fleet search for it in the Unknown Region and the other 25% prepares for war. But I must ask why we must align ourselves with that fool. We don't need him. We can take over the whole galaxy with our armies if we just…" He stopped himself when he realized he was most likely over stepping his boundaries. "I apologize my lord. It' just that he is insufferable. Once or twice he has suggested I kill you and become HIS apprentice."
"It is all for the greater good for my empire, Lord Raeduus. He is merely a tool that can be disposed of. Once the time is right of course." Oragon looked up to his master as he continued. "I have had a vision of his plans… And if the events that I have foreseen come to pass, Sidious' Order 66 will succeed. And he will convince the galaxy that the Jedi were their enemies. And Sidious will do what hundreds of Sith lords before him have failed to do, he will succeed where I have failed…He will have eradicated the entire Jedi Order and he will have brought down the Republic, and turn it into an Empire."
"An Empire that we will steal from right under his nose." Oragon said. He already knew of the plan to kill Sidious when he had already built his Galactic Empire and take that Empire for their own, with Oragon as the second in command, and Oragon's master as the Emperor. Although he did not know the full details of the plan, he questioned nothing.
"Very good, my apprentice. Now, go… Continue to do Sidious' bidding, for now. We will take the galaxy for ourselves soon enough." Oragon's master said.
"Yes, my master." Oragon stood up and walked back to the elevator.
He entered the lift and the doors closed leaving his master in darkness.
A/N: Another chapter done. Now I would like for you to know that I had just gotten a job, so it could take some more time to upload chapters.
Ahsoka: You're working at Pizza Ranch on weekend's right?
A/N: From 8:30 to 3:30. And what do you all think the Gunggalian fleet is look in for in the Unknown Region? And who is this mysterious master that Oragon has?
Ahsoka: In truth I'm more interested in where you got the idea for Oragon.
A/N: I will tell you everything about where the idea for him came from. That is if everyone else wants to learn then I will make an entire chapter talking about the making of Oragon. So bye everyone!
Ahsoka: Wait, we didn't even talk abo—