Chapter 10. The Rule of Two

Darth Seed

Darth Seed had come of age and reached his full potential. The time was fast approaching when he would challenge Darth Syren for rulership of the Sith. The question weighing heavily on his mind was an apprentice. Should he look for a replacement before or after killing his master. He looks for answers in the holocron of Darth Zannah.

"When seeking an apprentice you can either allow the force to guide you, as it did with my Master Darth Bane...When I sought an apprentice I foolishly chose Seth Hart to be my apprentice...He was Jedi gone Dark...But history has proved time and time again that fallen Jedi do not make good Sith...Most of the time...The Sith have been betrayed by fallen Jedi before...Revan was a prime example...Darth Vyus was apprenticed to his Master Darth Void...Eventually he betrayed his Master and returned to the Jedi Order...The best apprentices are those who have no ties to the Jedi Order...The best apprentices have suffered much in life..."

"I will wait for now..." Darth Seed says to himself and turns his attention to overthrowing his master Darth Syren. Syren is very powerful and Darth Seed could not underestimate her. It takes four days for Darth Seed to come up with a plan. Unbeknownst to him he is being watched through the force by Darth Syren.

He finds Darth Syren standing on a cliff overlooking her fortress on the planet Lyoth. "Lord Seed, what brings you here?"

"I have come to take what is mine..."

She turns to face him with a smile on her face. "And what is that?"

He draws his lightsaber, "Do not play games old woman...You know why I am here..."

She shakes her head, "You have so much more to learn..."

"Come I will show you what I have learned old woman..."

She takes a step back as he takes one forward, "You are not my only apprentice..." He pauses, "I have a second apprentice...My son Darth Heir..."

"You lie!"

"Do I? I have a son Darth Heir, but I cannot just hand him the Sith Throne...He like you must prove himself...No we will not fight...You and him shall face each other...Farewell my Apprentice..." She steps off the cliff.

Darth Seed runs toward the edge of the cliff and is thrown to his back as a huge blast of force energy erupts before him, knocking him off his feet.

Darth Heir

Heir is on Dxun at the Sith Fortress. He enjoys the wild untamed landscape of Dxun. Trekking the wild lands and hunting keeps him sharp and on his toes. As He is using his force speed to return to the Fortress he senses his mother's death. He stops wondering how could a powerful force user as his mother die. When he returns to the fortress a droid he had never seen before is waiting for him.

"Greetings my Lord I am M-21S and I have a message from Darth Syren…"

"Play the message..."

A life size hologram of Darth Syren is projected before him. "My son if you are seeing this then I am no more...I love you and I didn't have the heart to fight you...But that does not mean I will just hand over the Sith Throne to you...I have another apprentice...His name is Darth Seed...He is the son of the New Brotherhood Emperor...If you wish to be Lord of the Sith you must kill him and find your apprentice...Know that I love you and it is my hope you win...But I love the Rule of Two more...I hope you understand...Your father didn't and I was forced to kill him...There is your passion my son...Farewell..."

The droid is ripped apart by a force wave from Darth Heir.

After mourning his mother's death Heir decides to take his heritage. He hires bounty hunters to find Darth Seed. He is waiting on the planet Ambria. Darth Heir jumps into his personal long rang star ship and flies to the planet. As Heir is descending towards the Sith Fortess is ship is shot down by a rocket. Sensing the impending attack Heir ejects from his ship and uses an anti-gravity belt to lend safely. When Darth Heir arrives he uses his power to rip the fortress down and kill Darth Seed. He waits to make sure that Seed is dead. An hour passes before Darth emerges from the rubble.

"I see My Mother taught you to hide your force presence as well..." Darth Heir says.

"A simple Sith spell of concealment..." Seed looks at the palace. "To bring down the entire fortress you will make an excellent apprentice..."

Darth Heir laughs, "Shooting my ship down is not a good start to a Master apprentice relationship..."

"I was testing you...You are almost as strong as I am..."

They stare at each other with rage in their hearts, "Let us not play games...I did not come here to make you my apprentice nor did I come to bow to you...I have come to kill you and take my place as Lord of the Sith…"

"I am the future of the Sith...Bow or be destroyed pretender..." Darth Seed commands.

Darth Heir responds by raising his hands and unleashing a lightening storm at Seed. He leaps out of the path of the lightning; grabs some debris in the force and hurls at Heir. Heir directs the lightning at the debris destroying it. When Seed lands he unleashes a force shout at Heir. Heir uses his power to suppress Seed's force shout. "Very Impressive the Master has taught you well..."

"And you our knowledge of the Force and our abilities seem to be evenly matched..."

Seed takes out his lightsaber, "How are your skills with a Lightsaber?"

Darth Heir takes out two Lightsabers, "You are about to find out..."

They ignite their blades at the same time and charge one another. Seed leaps over Heir in a flip and lands swinging his blade. Heir blocks with his left and swings his right. Seed leans away and spins into Heir who blocks with both sabers. They lock up and push against one another. Heir breaks the standoff and spins three times swinging his swords, his left is high and his right is low. Seed blocks from side to side as he is backed down. That is when Darth Heir releases his right sword, ducks and swings his left. As he comes back up he catches the saber out of the air and smiles as Darth Seed has a cheery red wound across his chest.

"Hurts doesn't it..."

"The Pain will fuel my rage and desire to end you!"

Seed charges Darth Heir again. On and on they fight their blades whirling in a dazzling display of swordsmanship. Then Heir switches off both sabers and leans to the side ducking under a swing. When he switches them back on Seed is impaled on his Lightsabers. "You know why lost fool..."

Seed smiles, "Enlighten me..."

"You were fighting to restore what your parents lost...The New Brotherhood...You were not worthy of the Sith Throne...I will build on the legacy of Darth Bane..."

"Bane was fool and so are all those who follow in his footsteps..."

"You were just a test for me to pass...Farewell Darth Seed..." He splits him in half where the swords impale him.

So begins the reign of Darth Heir Lord of the Sith. A ship comes to Ambria to pick him up while a clean up crew removes the debris of the Sith Fortress. "Now I must find an Apprentice to follow me...Or shall I do what my mother did and have a child..." Heir takes Seed's body along with his mother's to the Temple of Two to be buried and memorialized with the other Sith Lords.