Darth Plagueis walked calmly into the heart of the Temple of XoXaan where Darth Wyyrlok the First stood defiantly against his approach, Plagueis insisted mentally that he was here to speak with Darth Krayt and if he didn't get out of Plagueis' way then the Dark Lord of the Sith would shatter every bone in his body, naturally the Chagrian Sith took offense to that and dove at him with the intent of cleaving his body in two however Plagueis' two Lightsabers jumped into his hand and he blocked the two quick pace slices with his two Lightsabers before releasing a blast of Telekinetic energy and sending Wyyrlok plunging through the large doors he had previous guarded.
"Enough, Wyyrlok!" commanded Darth Krayt from within the room, his shape becoming defined as Plagueis made his way in. "I will speak with the intruder, myself."
"Greetings Darth Krayt, Dark Lord of the Sith," bowed Plagueis as he entered into the throne room, only out of respect. "I come to you seeking an alliance, the Podrace of history is on the move and those that cannot keep up will be left behind, the Lords of Chaos are rising."
"So I have sensed, but what position would my One Sith have in such an… alliance," questioned Krayt, resting back on the stone throne in the room. "I have to think about my Sith philosophy after all."
"We plan to give you answerable power over one of the twelve Powerbases that the Rule the new Empire, within the Sphere of Military Offense you may nourish you're… One Sith as you see fit and make a personal cult out of it, only remember that as a Dark Council member you would be answerable to our one true Master as the entire Empire would be under the control of the Sphere of the Emperor's Will. Other than that, working and following the decisions of the Emperor," explained Plagueis, calmly. "We would have absolute power over the Empire, we would rule as Kings under that of an Emperor."
"I will consider your offer, but remember this, and you have no Empire… yet. Prove to all that your Master is worthy of my loyalty and make an impression upon the Galaxy," requested Krayt, politically. "Only then, will I join you at our Master's side."
"I thank you for this audience, Lord Krayt. I hope you come to a decision that is beneficial for both of our parties," bowed Plagueis, respectfully, before turning and marching out of the Throne Room.
"My Lord, why did you…" started Darth Wyyrlok, but Krayt simply held up a hand for silence.
"A Lord of Chaos commands him, Wyyrlok. It was best not to anger him or his Master, XoXaan once told me that back when the Rakata were still at large in the Galaxy, there was a rebellion here on Korriban. The Sith rebelled, it was incredible," explained Darth Krayt, a small smile on his lips. "But the Lords of Chaos of that era were allies of the Rakata, in rage of their Rebellion a Lord of Chaos caused an explosion of Dark side energy, he generated a massive storm that turned the once fertile lands of Korriban into the Tainted deserts you see today. Obedience or Ignorance to a Lord of Chaos's Will, is better, than outright extinction and that is the reason we shall wait to see how the die cast or why we act respectful to their representatives."
"But I don't understand, Master. Where do the Lords of Chaos come from?" asked Wyyrlok, causing Krayt to smile at his apprentice and most loyal to servants within the One Sith, as he sat back and began to tell the story of Abeloth and her sons.
Ben's rage and agony was infinite as he seethed at the pacing Lady Aprepeia with a glare that could melt even a star should Ben have had the power currently to do so, Aprepeia had pumped Ben full of so much Toxins and poisons meant to generate pain and death however Ben's anger at this obscene witch seemed to be purging the more dangerous from his body, however that just made it all the more painful and seemed to make Aprepeia annoyed by the fact that nothing had yet been able to make a lasting impression on Ben.
"Odd, truly. Where does this Dark power come from? How does it burn out the injections I put into you?" pondered Aprepeia, but suddenly a frown came over her face, second before Alarms started to sound.
"My Lady, incoming Vessels, they seem to be a small group of Commandos!" announced Vestara Khai's voice, over the announcement system.
"Hmm? Why didn't Shelia warn me? Ah well, I will have you taken to a cell until I eliminate the intruders," announced Aprepeia, as she gave Ben another dose of Sith poison. "Sith poison seems to be the only thing your body accepts, although not with the death causing effects I expected."
"I'm going to kill you for this, you and everyone aboard!" hissed Ben, and Aprepeia smirked.
"Such a promise will exhaust yourself and the attempt will lead to your death, take a note from the Sith rule book. Concentrate your revenge, not on the populace of worlds or on the weak," educated Aprepeia, calmly. "But on the powerful, and those that deserve it. I may be the grand architect of everything that has happened to you, but it was Vestara Khai that thought up the plan and Gavar Khai that revealed false information to the Jedi through an intermediary in the Galactic Alliance."
"Oh, they will be the first on my list. Mark my words!" growled Ben, but doubting the truthfulness of the Jedi's words, Aprepeia left the room laughing as two Sith entered and dragged Ben away.
A female laugh filled the Cell that Ben was being held in as he was dumped on the floor and the energy field acting as the 'door' was raised again, the woman had long black hair and cruel blue eyes which flashed yellow during her moment of glee at the suffering of the boy before her, all she received from the fifteen year old was a fiery glare that made her be silent but also pout at how 'boring' Ben was being.
"Shut up Temero, if I had the choice I would not be in this place with you!" snarled Ben, the female Sith only smirked at his statement.
"Oh don't worry, our opportunity at escape is approaching," announced Temero, as she crossed her Legs and entered a meditative pose. "Courtesy of Darth Stygius."
Darth Ferrum led his commandos through the Space station as Aprepeia sent her droid army upon them however at the shouting of a few override commands the opposite was happening as the Droids turned on their alleged masters, sensing where the real Darth Temero was and an immensely powerful Force sensitive he began directing his Forces in a way that drew enemy Sith to that location and smirked.
Darth Temero smirked darkly as she continued to face the entrance of her Cell and sent a warning to Ben to be prepared, in the hallway outside Blaster rifle fire was occurring and two Sith were blocking Blaster fire with a secondary Lightsaber loosely held on each of their belts, using the Force she redirected the aim of the last droid towards the control panel which exploded and released the Force field. Using the last droid as a distraction, but Temero and Ben launched themselves forward and using the Force pulled the secondary Lightsabers from the belts of the two Sith, slashing them down and killing them before they found a possible moment to turn to face the new threat before them.
"Not very Jedi-like," commented Temero, with her smirk in place. "Are you?"
"Shut up, and come on!" yelled Ben, running towards the Brig's nearest exit, Temero smiled slyly before following.
Vestara Khai was panicking now as she looked about the communication station and attempted to dictate which section of the Space Station had been occupied, she and her father had been working in the best interests of the Tribe when they agreed to work with Lady Aprepeia in a coup against Darth Stygius, along with her father she had agreed with High Lord Sarasu Taalon that exceeding the purposes of the Sith the safety of the Tribe was more important for the Tribe forged the survival of the Sith. However it seemed that Stygius' Forces were a lot more skilled and organized than her father had anticipated and they had almost broken Ben Skywalker to the Dark side, but in the process risked him being infuriated at them and siding with Stygius against their goals.
"Vestara, deal with the escapees," commanded Lady Aprepeia, over a Holocommunication, from an unknown location. "I shall deal with the infiltrators."
"As you wish, my Lady," agreed Vestara, before she cut the communication and picked up her Lightsaber, before leaving the room to start her hunt.
Ben could sense her now as he walked into the Space Station's Rector Core and soon enough he saw her across from him standing with her Lightsaber ready, the reactor was below them and two walkways moved clockwise making a large circle with a gap in the middle like a large doughnut, as Ben stalked forwards like a feral animal Temero walked behind slower to give Ben his space as she watched what he was going to do next with the evident glee of a bloodshed loving Sith Lord.
"Ben, I am sorry it has come to this," spoke Vestara, sadly. "I find that I never wanted to hurt you personally, but I have to do what is best for the Tribe."
"That is too bad, Vestara," replied Ben, bluntly and harshly. "Because I really want to hurt you, I want to hurt you until you lie bloody at my feet!"
Ben leaped the gap while activating his borrowed Lightsaber with a yell and soon found himself in a blade lock with the Sith girl, he pulled away and stabbed towards her midsection however she rolled away and drew her Shikkar in an attempt to plant the dagger into Ben's back when he spun away from her next attack, Ben was too quick however and dodged around her next slash before swiping down on Vestara with such strength that when she lifted her Shikkar to defend it went spinning down into the reactor below. Darth Temero, meanwhile, watched gleefully from the entrance as Ben slowly beat down Vestara before disarming her of her Lightsaber with a burst of Force lightning which caused both the Sith Lord and the Jedi some surprise.
Finally, Vestara lay there defenseless as Ben moved towards her and she could not open her mouth to say anything as in blinding fury Ben had already stabbed through her chest and had taken a step back, his head tilted back as he sighed out all his anger and aggression specifically when it came to the now dying Tribe woman before him. If Ben was going to complete his quest for vengeance, then he need not waste any more energy on Vestara, her signature in the Force eventually fading while a smirking Temero walked towards Ben with a look of utter and complete glee on her face.
Ben only just felt the handle of a Lightsaber at the back of his skull, before it was pulled back and struck him on his lower skull causing him to fall to the floor unconscious, the Keshiri Darth Ferrum standing over him with a scowl on his face.
Lady Aprepeia chuckled at the stupidity of his Majesty's Wrath and of Vestara Khai for actually entertaining the possibility that Aprepeia would keep her word, the rogue Sith Lady had had no intent to challenge Darth Ferrum and his commandoes to a battle when she could instead climb about her Star Courier and leave the system, an objective which she was attempting now as she lifted her Vessel off the floor of her Private Hanger and soared out of the Hanger on the full power of her Ion engines and didn't pull back on the speed until she was far enough away from Felucia 's gravity to jump to Lightspeed.
Only then, once she was outside the reach of her new… rival, did she sit back and allow her mind and emotions to run wild – to empower her – as she thought up what next she could do to survive Darth Stygius and make her mark on the Galaxy now that her power-base was… decimated. With a smirk, the woman patiently relaxed back into the chair and closed her eyes to sleep, the answer would eventually come to her and she was good at being patient. Action could wait until a more opportune time.