This is too easy, where are the normal amount of Jedi? The doors of the temple are usually heavily guarded but now they're empty, it's as if the place is deserted. No. It's a trap. The tall statues of the four Masters who built this place are staring down upon me, a great Sith Lord, as if they're looks can kill and though I know they can't I still feel uneasy. My very presence here desecrates the order, and this is what I like the most. A fallen Jedi returned: a rare occurrence should the person still be aligned with the dark side, and even rarer for a Sith Lord to be here. So rare in fact that the last time a Sith was here was when Darth Sidious and my ancestor Darth Vader overthrew the republic and the Jedi order. Surely the Jedi can come up with something better than this, but nevertheless a trap is there to be set, so set it I shall. Then we shall see who is stronger: the Sith, or the Jedi. Telon will regret leaving the Sith once I am finished with the order, and I know she will join me once again.
A republic fleet suddenly came into view from a cleverly disguised location and headed in his direction, before stopping just I front of him, hundreds of feet into the air.
"Interesting", Zexar muttered to himself.
Near-silent footsteps rained upon the ground around him, and as he spun he found himself standing in front of about forty Jedi Knight's and Masters. Zexar smiled crookedly, as if he was going to enjoy the inevitable battle: but he knew he could never win.
"Lord Zexar", Jared acknowledged.
Zexar stared back into his eyes, the red eyed glare filled with a twisted delight that made Jared feel
anxious.
"As you can see your surrounded, surrender peacefully or we will use force", Jared said seriously.
"Surrender never has been my way", Zexar replied, slowly with meaning.
"You want to die Sith?", a young Jedi called from behind a female Jedi Knight, apparently her apprentice. Zexar used the Force to lift him into the air, and slammed him down head first into the ground, snapping his neck and shattering his skull in one.
A flurry of noise spread through the Jedi as they witnessed what he had done to one of them without a flinch at the sickening crack.
"You're a sick piece of work", another brave Jedi shouted.
This time Zexar smiled, and brought the Jedi in front of him with the Force. The Jedi immediately ignited his saber and swung for Zexar as soon as he was released, with no effects whatsoever. Zexar elegantly ducked and leaped over and around the saber, before grabbing it from the Jedi's hand and holding it against his neck.
The blue glow of the saber suddenly brought back memories from his Jedi life, and for one moment he felt happy once again, pure happiness. He saw his Master, Carly, smiling at him from the sidelines as he won his first duel against a fellow pupil at the age of seven. This was followed by similar memories, Carly's face as he beat a Jedi Knight at eleven, and when he beat a Jedi Master at fifteen. He then saw Lauren for the first time once more, her elegant and beautiful features glowing through his mind. Her hair was a brilliantly shiny brown, blowing gently past her precious sapphire eyes in the Coruscanti breeze. Her smile glittered a perfect row of pearl teeth, and her long, gracious legs hovered her through the crowd to where he was standing. This memory disintegrated into the moment he had been working to since he was a youngling, Knighthood, and it was glorious receiving his honor's from the entire council. He gazed into the eyes of the dead Darth Fanu, his first great victory, and knew in that moment this was the catalyst to his fall. He was once again transported, this time to his home planet of Tati, where he mercilessly slaughtered his peoples capturers, and continued to murder his own people. Staring down at the bodies from his first act of evil, he knew this was the beginning of his story, the beginning of his ultimate power. The power he had felt from killing took over him once again, until he snapped from the vision he had been given, and returned to Coruscant.
"It is I who is a sick piece of work?", Zexar mocked to the young Jedi.
"You know nothing of mercy"
"A persons knowledge and a persons choices are two different things. I know of mercy but I choose not to use it. I know of peace but I choose war. I know of light but I choose darkness"
"In the end it doesn't even matter"
"What is your name young one?"
"Quea"
"Quea, never question a Sith Lord, it may well be the last thing you ever do"
"That may well be but fate his finally found you"
At this Zexar used the Force to send Quea flying into the sky lanes, killing him instantly as he hit a a speeder which subsequently exploded.
This time Carly spoke, stepping forward through the different ranks of Jedi until she reached the front.
"Lord Zexar, there is no hope in escaping this planet alive, surrender and preserve your life"
"Preservation of my life into the hands of my enemy is no way I want to live"
"Then join your enemy"
"And join the people I hate?"
"So you hate Telon do you?"
Zexar paused for a few seconds and hung his head, defeated, he knew he would never hate Telon, and that was a major flaw.
"No, I love her", Zexar finally replied.
"Z-Aaron, you know she loves you too"
"Don't call me that", Zexar snapped, his eyes going a deeper shade of red.
"It is your name, not Zexar"
"No, it was my name, not now"
"My apprentice is not dead, he is still there within you"
"No, he died on Bespin"
"And Zexar will die on Coruscant, Aaron will be reborn"
"Never"
"I can sense your emotions, my apprentice, and I know as do you that you aren't a Sith at heart, join me, Aaron, and save a pointless battle"
"I'd rather not", Zexar said, mocking Carly's attempt on changing him.
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"You know, Telon, I do feel for you", Brunn stated randomly as they stared from the bridge window.
"Why?"
"The plan against Zexar. We all know he won't surrender, we're just so desperate to capture him"
"Capture isn't in Zexar's vocabulary"
"Carly told me"
"She told you what?"
"Your plan"
"I have no idea what your talking about", Telon said as she turned to face Coruscant once more.
"Telon, firstly your an awful lier, and secondly I wish to help you"
"Thank you, but how do you suggest assisting me?"
"I can set off internal explosions and allow you to leave the ship easily, whilst distracting the Jedi down there in one move"
"Okay, but why help me?"
"Not just for you, for the entire order. If Zexar is killed theres a risk of you falling once more"
"I appreciate your honesty my friend"
"We never gave up on you, you know"
"I know, the darkness clouded my vision for so long, I was too blind to see through the attempts in capturing me"
"You always were, and will continue to be a valuable ally and friend"
"You are a valuable friend also"
"As for Zexar, he may never turn from the darkness as you did. You will have to let him go, you must have the strength to finish him"
"I will pull him from the clutching hands of the dark side should it come to it"
"Telon, listen to me, if he chooses the dark side there is nothing that can be done. Promise me you won't join him if that is what he chooses to follow"
"I promise you", Telon said half-heartedly, if she was honest with herself she knew it wasn't entirely honest. A transmission came in from the Jedi below, and Telon pressed the button which accepted the request.
"Telon, good, set your plan into motion now, I'll hold the Jedi up"
"Thank you Carly"
Telon canceled the transmission, gave one last smiling nod to Brunn and ran from the bridge. Brunn immediately adjusted the controls, which caused a large explosion in three of the six engines, destroying them beyond repair.
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The Jedi below all stared up at the command cruiser, shocked at what was happening. Another explosion in the hanger shields caused billowing clouds of smoke and debris to fly from the hanger, which masked a black and red Jedi star fighter from sight. Out of plan, Zexar noticed the disturbance and channeled the Force through his entire mind and drew the Force from every distracted Jedi mind in front of him until he unleashed it upon the fleet above him. The partially damaged command ship suddenly crumpled viciously and plummeted down to Coruscant's ground level, straight into the Jedi Temple. Zexar then ripped apart another cruiser and tore it from the skyline much like the previous ship, and directed it towards the Jedi in front of him, causing them to flee for their lives. Unbeknown to Lord Zexar, a small Jedi fighter was bearing down upon him, shocking him as it suddenly came into view and used a small tractor beam to pull him in towards the fighter. Zexar's Force abilities were suddenly abolished as the beam shunted them from his body, so he was unable to unleash his anger on the fighter above him.
Telon flew the fighter into a hanger in a small republic base, and initiated the hanger shields, locking them both in the prison-like building. Telon ignited her blue saber and released Zexar, who had no weapon with him.
"Telon?", Zexar asked, puzzled.
"Who else?", She replied, smiling at him lovingly.