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"I was right to spare you Zexar, turn you rather than destroy", Grunto stated, smugly as he welcomed them back to Korriban's academy.

"Thank you", Zexar replied, "But Telon deserves a lot more thanks than I"

"Too modest, for a Sith"

"I'm only being honest. She's a brilliant fighter and pilot, she has really got me out of bad situations, especially Chandrila"

"She is a fallen Jedi, she can not be given the same credit"

"I am a fallen Jedi, she has been a Sith much longer than I have"

"You, Zexar, are and exception"

"Why? Because I took down that cruiser with the Force? Or that you just prefer me to her"

"A little of both, but most notably the first", Grunto started, "How did you do it?"

"Truthfully I don't know"

"A clever tactical move, you-"

"Hang on, I didn't do anything tactically, except to get us out of there", Zexar cut in.

"As I was saying, in one move you made yourself the most feared Sith within the Jedi order, as well as being recognized as a true Sith Lord within the Sith"

"It's an honor Grunto, but not entirely true. I did take that ship down, but I drew the Force from Telon and Jonai too"

"We both know you drew a minimal amount"

"Yes, but I still think that-"

"No, don't think, act. You and Telon may be close but she is no where near as powerful as you", Grunto interrupted.

"She is more powerful than given credit for", Zexar shouted as he turned swiftly and strolled off to Telon's quarters.

Her quarters were different from the rest: she had decorated them slightly, supposedly so she felt it more of a home than just a place to live. She was laying on her bunk, entwining her long black hair with her fingers. She looked beautiful, more so than he had seen her before if at all possible. Feeling his presence, she looked up and saw him standing there, watching her.

"Nice to see you", she said.

"You too", Zexar began, "Grunto wants you to report to him soon, with my presence which may I say is unusual"
"Our plan may as well start then"

"Are you okay?"

"I think so, it's just everything that's happened, especially that bitch Jonai, and then re-meeting you"

"I'm sorry, Jonai could have been killed should I have foreseen her path, and I should never had been such an arrogant Jedi, none of this would have happened had I been"

"You sound like you regret falling"
"I do, I had everything with the Jedi, admittedly not the power and strength I now have but we were fighting for a good cause, whereas now we're fighting for the sake of fighting"

"I agree with you, now, let's go demote Grunto to the catacombs"

Telon leapt up from her bunk and grabbed Zexar's arm, leading him to Grunto's chambers where they were to meet him, sabers in hand. They entered the room quietly and held their light-sabers ready, should Grunto attack them.

"Telon, Zexar, as you are aware I am a extremely powerful Sith Lord, now, put your sabers away, there is no need for them"

Telon and Zexar loosely attached their sabers to their belts so they could be removed in a split second.

"You two have become very close over the past month, and I do not wish to allow you to be as close as you are", Grunto continued, "We Sith also follow that part of the Jedi code which forbids any Sith from loving anyone else"

"Excuse me, but we don't love each other", Zexar said, lying for himself.

"Is this true Telon?", Grunto asked her.

"Yes"

"I sense you are both unsure, and that is enough", Grunto finished as he unclipped his saber from his belt.

Zexar and Telon used the Force to remove their sabers and ignited them, before charging at Grunto as he ignited his. Grunto began to block the attacks as quick as he could in the hopes of getting in a counter attack, but failing. He used the Force on Zexar, who also used the Force, and they were both sent flying back with the Force explosion between them. Telon leaped at Grunto, and attack viciously as he blocked at the same speed, before pushing against her and attacking himself. Telon knew that any mistake she made would be her demise, Zexar would be unable to save her, no matter how much he wanted, and then Grunto's plan would work. Grunto used the Force to send Telon from the room, before using Force lightening on the lock to lock her out. Zexar leaped at him as they locked sabers.

"You're finished Grunto"

"You may be powerful but this, my friend, is out of your league"

"I disagree"

Zexar pulled out of the lock, span around Grunto and sliced his right leg off at the knee, which incapacitated him. Telon then finally broke through the door and leaped at him, but was intercepted by his Force lightening, which sent her flying through the wall.

"No", Zexar shouted, as he chopped Grunto's arms off.

Grunto shouted in pain and fell forward, then rolled over to face Zexar.

"Out of my league eh?", Zexar teased.

"Zexar, Zex, come on, please", Grunto begged.

"Okay I'll let you live, for a bit longer"

"No, please don't"

Zexar sliced the remains of Grunto's right leg off, before doing the same to his left. Grunto, who was now and arm and legless torso, screamed out in pain.

"Can't get away, can you?"

"Zexar, I beg you, kill me", Grunto whimpered.

"I am sorry but I don't take orders from you anymore, I am your master"

"M-Master, please"

Zexar drove his saber into Grunto's stomach, before slicing through his chest and lobbing his head off.

"Burn in hell", Zexar muttered as he looked down at what was left of Grunto.

Zexar deactivated his light-saber and ran to the large hole where Telon had been thrown through. He leaped through and ran to where the still body of Telon was laying, and sat at her side. She was breathing very shallowly due to the lightening, so Zexar moved hair from her face and used the Force to heal her at the best of his ability.

"Zexar", Telon breathed out as her eyes flickered open.

"Don't speak yet"

Zexar kept healing her for another five minutes until he reached his limit of ability, at which she was okay to stand and walk.
"Zexar, thank you"

"What for?"

"Stopping Grunto's plan"

"Why are you thanking me, you know why I did it"

"What now?"

"Well, in killing him I became his successor, so this place is under my rule", Zexar said, not particularly happily.
"Congratulations Zex", Telon replied, bowing to him.

"Please, don't congratulate me, I have a plan", Zexar began to say, "The Sith here, and indeed the galaxy, were under Grunto's control, and I have no intention in keeping alive any one associated with him. We destroy this place Telon, kill everyone"

Zexar's eyes flickered fire, as he looked deep into Telon's calm blue eyes, which immediately calmed him down. He re-ignited his light-saber and walked from Grunto's chamber, ready to slay any who came near.

"Oh look, the traitorous, Jedi scum is here", a young Sith named Helvi shouted across the room.

The small group of seven young Sith ignited their sabers as they saw Zexar walk into the training room. A twisted smile crossed Zexar's face as the Sith charged at them. He blocked their attacks with no apparent difficulty and lobbed the head off one of them causing them to hesitate slightly as Zexar spoke.

"I am no Jedi, and Grunto attacked first"

The Sith began to attack him once again, and he stabbed one and chopped another in half, leaving four demoralized youths in front of him. He became impatient and lashed out with the Force, leaving another four corpses on the floor.

"Zexar, I took five out in the diner, and another seven here, we need to carry on", Telon stated as she ran in.

"Theres only about thirty more here", Zexar finished.

Zexar and Telon left the training room and began to tear the place apart, killing all who they encountered. A fire raged within Zexar's heart as the pain he had held back from Lauren's death was released, something he was unaware of. He didn't know why he mourned silently for Lauren, she had hated him when they last met, and he wasn't too fond of her either, Jedi scum. Telon had picked up on the pain and hate he was releasing and used the Force to draw it into herself, making her more powerful. They were the perfect fighting partners, they complimented each other, and drew in in each others weaknesses and strengths, although Telon was doubting Zexar had any true weaknesses.

"Bow down before me", Zexar ordered to a young Sith who had just been disarmed.

The Sith, who was already kneeling, bowed down to Zexar, who lobbed off her head in one swift move. Twisted.

"Zexar, do they all have to die"

"No, but I shall not let any live who are weak"

"Every one has a weakness"

"That may be true but these youths are barely trained compared to us"

Zexar nodded at what she said but decapitated another as he charged at Zexar. Zexar fought the last young Sith and disarmed him, before using the Force to lift him up.

"Young Sith, what is your name?", Zexar asked him.

"Marendel", he spat out at him.

"Marendel", Zexar repeated, "Darth Marendel you could become. Become my apprentice and live, decline and die"

"I accept your offer Dark Lord. I thank you for sparing me", Marendel said.

Zexar put Marendel down once again, and turned, walking back to Grunto's chambers, which he planned on emptying and creating his own chambers. He ordered a cleaning droid to clear away Grunto's body and waited patiently for the droid to finish.

"Beep beep bloop beep whir", the droid spoke as it left the chamber.
Zexar walked into the no clean chamber which belonged to Grunto. There were many dark artifacts around the room, no doubt collected from the Sith catacombs and tombs around the Valley of the Dark Lords, and he fully intended on keeping them for himself. The entire room had been changed: the bunk, the black drapes, the walls had been remade following Telon's hole, the floor had been replaced. Everything was new, and Zexar liked this fact.

"Zex, are you alright?", Telon asked as she entered the room.

"Yes, I am sorry about before, I was so angry"

"It's okay"

"No, it's not, I can't live like this, it's terrible"
"I know, but we can't do anything about it"

"Why?"

"Well we can't rejoin the Jedi, they would never redeem us, and we can't just destroy the entire Sith order throughout the galaxy"

"The Jedi. Redemption would be hard but they would accept, I just can't join them whilst Marsh is still living"

"The council will seek us out, especially after what we've done here"

"I know, we will have to expect it"

Zexar and Telon stared at each other intensely once again, and started to move towards each other, both with one thing in mind.

"Master?", Marendel asked as he walked into the room.

"Marendel"

"You have a guest, she is from Coruscant"

"A Senator?"

"No, a Sith Lord"

Zexar looked at Telon and ran from the room, saber in hand, until he reached the academy entrance, where a brown robed, hooded figure stood. They pushed the hood back to reveal the scarred face of a Sith Zexar knew all too well.

"Darth Jonai", Zexar said bitterly.

"Darth Zexar", she started, "A Sith youth sent a distress call to the Trayus Academy on Malachor V, I have been sent to investigate"

"Go ahead, ask what you like"

"What happened here?"

"Grunto attacked me and Telon, so I killed him. Then the other Sith labeled me a traitor so I killed them as well, other than Marendel, my apprentice"

"So you have destroyed everything here. Darth Raxen will not be pleased"

"He will fall like the rest should they attack"

"You dare threaten the Dark Lord?"

"In case you have not realized I am a Dark Lord also, having killed Grunto"

"Raxen is a much more powerful Sith than you Zexar"

"How about I send him your remains as a invitation here"

"Just try it", Jonai started, "Jedi"

Zexar laughed at Jonai's feeble attempt to anger him, but picked up a metal foot locker and threw it at her nevertheless, knocking her to her feet.

"Hurry home to Raxen child", Zexar said mockingly.

Jonai used Force lightening on Zexar, but Zexar used his hands to block and tore the lightening before sending it back to her.

"Keep your gift bitch and get out", Zexar shouted as he used the Force to open the academy doors and then to throw her out.

Zexar pulled the black hood of his cloak up and left for the meditation chamber, hoping to attempt to empty his mind, something he had failed at countless times since his fall. The chamber was deserted so he was given a perfect chance to think about events and people.

I can't help but love her; she's beautiful, charming, compassionate, honest, loyal, easy to talk to, fun to be around, and shes a childhood friend, most of which are dead now. I believe she feels the same but we are forbidden to love, and although I broke the Jedi Code when I was in a relationship with Lauren, this is different, I can't be out-casted from the Sith as I surely would have been by the Jedi. The battle with Grunto really made me appreciate how much I love her due to my anger when she was injured. I lashed out at Grunto and killed him in hate and anger, but those feelings were nothing when compared to what I felt when I heard her voice, saw her eyes, breathed her smell. I love her more than anything or anyone, and I would do anything to save her, anything at all. I would die for her. I would be tortured for her. I would lose my mind and very identity for her, if it meant she would live on and be happy. I would leave her to make way for others should she desire it. And as I watch her walk into the room my heart flutters, I can't express how much I love her. I just hope in time I can tell her.