Chapter 2
Ventress saw the force lightning spew from Darth Bane's fingertips and absorbed it in her lightsaber. She said, "You'll have to do better than that you slime!" Bane said, "Firstly, a Sith shows no love or compassion. Why do you fight for your family? They were traitors. They were Jedi!" Ventress swung at Bane who moved quickly out of the way. She said, "I turned to the dark side for the power, not to murder my loved ones!" Bane moved away from another lunge and activated his two saber staffs. "The Sith do not love!", he screamed and attacked Ventress. The two Sith whirled and fought around the throne room, each one moving so fast they became black blurs, their lightsabers humming and crackling as they blocked and swung. Jalen watched silently as his two fellow Sith continuously attacked each other. He would soon spring his trap, as they were focused on each other instead of him.
Bane was swinging his staffs furiously, blocking and spinning, trying to break Ventress' defense. He had trained her well, as he could not find an opening. Ventress could not find a chink to drive home a blow either, as her Master had only perfected his form since he had last shown it to her. Finally, Bane found an opening. Swinging his saber staff at Ventress' feet, this caused her to jump and bring up her arms. Taking aim, he blasted her exposed belly with force lighting, sending her spinning several feet to crash to a heap on the floor. Bane deactivated one of his staffs, and then one half of his other. Storing one staff he came up to Ventress and pressed the deactivated end of his staff against her chest, where her heart would be. He said, "You thought you could defeat me? Master of all Sith? You are unworthy of even setting foot inside this castle!." Bane hovered his finger over the button that would activate the other end of his saber and effectively end Ventress' life.
Darth Ventress stared up at her former Master. She was in great pain, as his lightning had stuck her midriff, which was bared because of the top she was wearing. She also felt the warm end of his staff digging into her chest. The other end of his saber cast a red glow across his features, making him look even more sinister than he was. His yellow eyes looked even more terrible than usual. Suddenly she saw a flash of blue behind Darth Bane and realized it was Jalen running up for an ambush! But it was not as she'd thought, as he was wielding a blue lightsaber, instead of his normal red one. The realization hit her like a brick, Jalen was a Jedi hiding within their midst. She screamed, "Master, behind you!"