the plot continues
CHAPTER 9
Darth Malacard loomed on his flagship waiting for someone he hadn't seen in about seven years "Malacard who is it you are waiting for, and why are we
here?" asked Kaizer, Malacard just stood there for a couple of minutes then when the docking announced a ship landed he finally turned around and said
"one of the empire's finest has come", "and who is that, my master?" Shadius asked but Malacard said nothing, at least until the doors to the bridge flung
open and in came a man standing at least six foot eight, he was slim and dressed in a black long-coat and wore a black western style hat, at first Kaizer
thought Malacard brought in a smuggler….that is until he saw his lightsaber followed by a good look at his face which possessed a goatee plus yellow
(formerly grey) eyes, his hair was long, dark and wild, and when he saw the man's face did Kaizer realize who this was "Darth Tyrannous" Kaizer said with
a whisper "who?" Shadius asked Kaizer while whispering "a Sith lord with an unusual reputation of letting his opponents live, I heard about him and seen
his face on holograms but I never thought I would meet him in person" Kaizer informed Shadius with wide eyes that screamed he was surprised at this
Sith's presence. "Why would he come here?" Shadius asked Kaizer, Tyrannose heard what Shadius asked Kaizer and turned to face her "I am here to
perform a task for Malacard" Tyrannous said but he didn't say it in an intimidating fashion, it was however it was still stern, the Sith lord then turned his
attention to Malacard an unenthusiastically asked "what do want Malacard?", that surprised everyone, except Malacard who just chuckled at his bravery, no
one has the guts to say something like that to him they all just treat Malacard with fear and "respect" but mostly fear "you know Tyrannous you really
should respect me more" Malacard said with malice in his voice he then shot lightning at Tyrannous who just blocked the attack with his lightsaber and
with no effort whatsoever "di-did you just see that?!" Shadius asked Kaizer "yes, did you even see him grab his lightsaber?" Kaizer asked back "no"
Shadius answered, Malacard just laughed at Tyrannous's skill "still as impressive as before, and to think you are still only my second in sword fighting"
Malacard said to Tyrannous "did he just say what I think he just said?" asked Shadius who was completely dumbfounded at what she had just heard, Kaizer
on the other hand didn't answer her as he too was completely stunned at what Malacard just said, "so what's the Job?" Tyrannous asked.
Back on Typhon everyone were training their lightsaber skills and force techniques whilst Yukari and Yomi were just talking to each other no one knew what
they were saying but judging by their expressions it was safe to say it was important. "How are we supposed to tell them?" asked Yukari her head hung low
she and Nyamo had a theory as to who Darth Shadius was but couldn't bring themselves to tell the padawans "I do not know but they will find out sooner
or later" Nyamo told her friend but in a very depressing tone, during their conversation master Satele came out with good news…..and bad news "greetings
my fellow masters" Satele said trying to soften the blow when it came time to say the bad news "hello master Satele, what's up?" Yukari greeted her with a
surprising amount of respect, normally she was more rebellious than this, "well I got some good news, Vegeta and Goku have saved several planets
already from the empire and master Blasilver is heading back from a successful mission." Satele informed them with a smile "that's great! Anything else"
asked Nyamo "well Kagami is recovering from her physical and mental injuries quite nicely" Satele answered still smiling, but Yukari saw something in her
eyes "ok so what's the bad news?" she asked catching on to the fact that Satele was hiding something, again just by looking in her eyes, "well…..a Sith lord
I haven't heard about in a long time has returned and is slowly trying to cripple the Republic by destroying arms factories, and several ships while they are
still in the dry docks getting repairs" Satele informed them quite bluntly, Yukari and Nyamo just stood there unable to speak do to shock at what they just
heard "uh are you two still alive?" Satele asked with an awkward smile, five minutes later they asked "who is this Sith lord?", "well his name is Darth
Tyrannous"" Satele answered, which again caused Yukari and Nyamo to freeze in place for another five minutes "Tyrannous?! Isn't he supposed to be
dead or something?" asked Yukari who was completely surprised "just because he hasn't reappeared in a long time doesn't necessarily mean he's dead"
Satele said to her "besides from what I've heard he tends to spare his opponents so you shouldn't be so worried" Nyamo told Yukari "oh I am not worried
about him killing me, I am more worried about getting my butt kicked before I make a move, seriously I would be lucky if I had my limbs still attached"
Yukari said freaking out at this point, she never even met the guy and yet she knew about him all too well from rumors, hard facts, etc. "Don't worry I will
be sure to send a few Jedi with you" Satele told Yukari reassuringly "but….we don't have that many to spare….." Nyamo reminded Satele in a concerned
voice; Satele just looked down in disappointment and said "I know….", "oh….well where do we have to go?" asked Nyamo "to Coruscant" Satele informed
her "he….managed to sneak onto Coruscant, the capital world of the Republic?" Yukari said completely dumbfounded "yep, kind of scary, especially since he
did it without anyone knowing about until it was too late" Satele said "ok then so whose coming with us?" asked Nyamo
Meanwhile in the Imperial fleet, Malacard had nothing that needed to be done…..and that was problem, Kaizer and Shadius were both lucky and smart
enough to get off the ship when they found out but the crew was not so lucky, five hours later when Kaizer and Shadius returned there were bodies all over
place, most of which were missing their heads. "So glad we left when we did" Shadius said sounding terrified, and who can blame her, "yep but on the plus
side it looks like he was good mood" Kaizer said sounding unsurprised "…this was him in a good mood?" Shadius asked with scared eyes "afraid so my
friend" Kaizer told her, that made her turn pale, not that Kaizer blamed her for turning pale.
Back with Yukari and Nyamo, who were on their way to Coruscant, Yukari was dreading the idea of facing Darth Tyrannous not as much as she dreaded the
idea of facing Darth Malacard but it was a close second. "I heard Darth Tyrannous was behind twenty different Imperial victories" Yukari said freaking out,
Nyamo whose was getting pretty annoyed at her friend's panic attack decided to say something reassuring "don't worry it wasn't twenty victories in fact his
exploits are exaggerated" Nyamo told Yukari, even if it was a blatant lie, "re-really?" asked Yukari, to which Nyamo nodded yes to, in truth Tyrannous was
behind thirty Imperial victories, eight assassinations (most of which were against corrupt politicians, but still), three Jedi temple explosions, and the
shutdown of a nice hotel. Well Yukari managed to stay calm until they landed on Coruscant and an overly helpful security guard informed them of
Tyrannous's crimes in addition to several others such as the loss of fifty Republic bases, and jaywalking. "You said his crimes were less serious than that!"
Yukari scolded her friend "I was trying to calm you down, it worked didn't it?" Nyamo said remaining mostly calm with a hint of irritation "…..well that's
true" Yukari said instantly calming down…for all of twenty-five minutes, because once they reached their destination Yukari's jaw dropped when she saw
all the destruction "how did he?!" Yukari asked stuttering like crazy "he was very good, that's all I can say" a soldier answered "did you even try defending
this joint?!" asked the equally as stunned Nyamo "yes, but by the time we got a chance to do so, well the place looked, liked this" another soldier told her
"that's because…" a third soldier said glaring at the second soldier who spoke "Eric here was asleep, WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSE TO BE WATCHING
SECURITY!" the soldier said very angrily. "Well we are going need a plan of attack to catch Tyrannous" Nyamo said trying to keep a cool head, luckily
Satele had sent Kagura and Yomi to assist them and Blasilver said he would be there as soon as possible. Meanwhile Tyrannous was listening in on the
whole thing the first that caught his ear however was his criminal record "ok first off how did jaywalking get there? I was never on a planet that still had
roads and old fashioned cars if they even still exist that is, second where in space did they get the number fifty from? I only destroyed one Republic base!
Third I was not responsible for the hotel's shutdown and fourth I never assassinated anyone in my life! How did that get there?" he said all this in his
head "oh well maybe I should see what these ladies have got, I have been craving a challenge for quite some time, which brings about an interesting
question now I think of it why was security so bad here?" he asked himself as he followed the Jedi from the shadows.
On the moon of Dxun, Osaka, Chiyo and Sakaki were given the task to explore rumors of an Imperial weapons depot hidden on the planet, they were
previously assigned to the planet Quesh but left it as soon they were able and agreed never to speak of it again, Shadius herself was on the moon, she was
tasked with guarding the weapons depot "but why am I the only living thing here?" Shadius asked her master angrily "because I want to see if you
survive….dealing with the incompetent droids" Malacard informed her, "but they attacked me when I got here and I managed to defeat half of them
before they realized who I was!" Shadius growled "seriously even I am not that stupid.", "really because you sure fooled me" Malacard said as he force
choked her "now be a good girl and defend that depot until I can send a military party to collect those weapons" he then released her from his grip "yes…
my master…." Shadius said catching her breath. She wished she call upon Kaizer to assist her but he told to go train on the planet Dagobah, last Shadius
heard from he was ticked off because his training was going nowhere it didn't help Malacard sent an assassin droid to "help" him train luckily the machine
went down easily.
Back on Coruscant, Blasilver had just landed and was making his way to the arms factory, whereas Yukari, Nyamo, and Yomi where wandering the factory
Kagura was told to check out the security footage to see if anything in it would help, unfortunately for her she had to straight to the security room to get it
because security got scared and forgot to retrieve, as she was searching the files a voice came from behind "howdy mam" the voice said with a surprising
amount of politeness, nonetheless, Kagura spun around and activated her lightsaber and saw a man just standing there "jumpy much?" the man asked "a
little I was somehow expecting to see a Sith lord here not a member of security" Kagura chuckled until she realized the man wasn't dressed as a security
officer and had a lightsaber on his belt "um who are you?" Kagura asked, the man realized she knew he wasn't security and decided to reveal himself
"Darth Tyrannous at your service" Tyrannous said politely introducing himself "wait-your Darth Tyrannous?" Kagura asked he looked nothing like she was
expecting "not all Sith were robes you know, I like to wear something more casual, as an example" Tyrannous answered, his politeness caught Kagura off
guard "are you sure you're a Sith?" she asked "sure am mam, sorry for this but I must defeat now" he answered her while activating his lightsaber, Kagura
felt all to confident and made the first move….which was effortlessly blocked by Tyrannous, Kagura then unleashed an angry flurry of attacks each one
Tyrannous blocked, he didn't even wield his lightsaber with both hands like he just did it with one hand "you have much to learn" Tyrannous told her, he
then threw her a crossed the room with the force and left the room, but Kagura got right back up and chased him. Meanwhile Blasilver had just arrived on
location and sensed the battle between Kagura and Tyrannous, Kagura caught up with Tyrannous, with a glare in her eyes "yeah no way I am letting you
escaped" she growled "round two then" Tyrannous said calmly, Kagura let out a battle cry and charged, but was swiftly defeated, "you have potential kid, I
will give you this you determination reminds me of someone I once knew long ago, but I advise working on your skills before challenging a Sith lord to
battle again" he told her sternly, Tyrannous then proceeded to leave when he heard a voice from behind "I haven't seen you in, what ten years?" the voice
said "well, well, well, the hero of Typhon has come" Tyrannous chuckled turning around "you are one of the few opponents I faced to give me an actual, not
to mention honorable, challenge" he continued, "indeed, huh? I see you defeated Kagura there" Blasilver said looking at Kagura who was barely awake her
injuries were not severe but she still took quite a beating. "hey master Blasilver" Kagura said weakly before passing out, "well now let us have an honorable
battle" Tyrannous said challenging Blasilver, their battle erupted and true to his words, Blasilver took on Tyrannous and was more than a match for him,
"HAHAHA! Ok either age has caught up with me or you have somehow managed to grow stronger! I do hope it is the latter though" Tyrannous said amazed
at the legendary Jedi master's skills. Yukari, Nyamo, and Yomi caught up just in time to see the display of skill these two had, they were completely
speechless, after a long fight Tyrannous deactivated his lightsaber "I know when I am beaten" he said with a smile "I can feel the good in you Satoshi, let
go join us" Blasilver said, trying to appeal to the good in Tyrannous, but Tyrannous just shook his head sadly, "sorry but it is too late for me" Tyrannous
said as he pushed a button on his coat sleeve which caused his ship to pop out of nowhere, he hopped on board and left. After picking up Kagura and
taking her to Yukari and Nyamo's ship, Yukari asked "you called him Satoshi, why?", "because that is his real name, he has only forgotten" Blasilver
answered "was he once a Jedi?" Nyamo asked "no, he was raised as a Sith and yet at the same time he was never truly one of them, I don't know how to
explain it" Blasilver answered he then left for his ship.
Back on Dxun, Chiyo was getting chased around by a Rancor "what in space is one these things doing here?!" she screamed as it grabbed her, fortunately
Sakaki managed to stab it in the eye with her lightsaber, it then fell screaming of a cliff, "thank you for saving me" Chiyo said sweetly while catching her
breath "its ok" said smiling, meanwhile Shadius was sleeping, since she had nothing better to do in her mind, she woke up when of the droids alerted her
off a security problem "it had better be real this time, the last eight times you alerted me it was for a Cannok corpse, the same Cannok corpse!" she
snarled "it is important, Jedi have breached our security and are on their way" the droid said "uh-huh then I will just sit here and wait for them to come"
Shadius said unenthused "roger, roger" the droid said as it went to the front door to defend the place. Ten minutes later the door to the room she was in
blew open, "oh my word, that droid was sincere!" Shadius exclaimed, she was ecstatic at the chance to fight something worthwhile, but when the problem
entered the room she was surprised by what she saw, "Sakaki, Chiyo, Osaka you guys are the intruders?" she asked "yes we are, and how do you know our
names?" Osaka asked "Malacard's spies told me" Shadius blatantly lied "and I think one of you guys asked that before", "maybe but hey it's not like we can
remember all meetings we had" Chiyo said "true, well I can't let you destroy this depot so I guess we will have to fight now" Shadius said sounding more
sinister with each word she spoke, unfortunately se didn't expect all three of them to gang up on her "three against one?! THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR!"
Shadius yelled almost slipping completely out of her disguise voice, which caused her opponents to stop upon hearing her voice "two things one I agree
three against one isn't fair but we don't want a Sith to escape, and two I know we met somewhere before now!" Sakaki said, granted she still couldn't quite
put her finger on it, unfortunately while she, Chiyo, and Osaka where all distracted with this puzzle Shadius escaped "she got away" Osaka said being the
first to notice, Chiyo and Sakaki slapped themselves in the face for letting her get away, but they quickly got their composure back and blew up the
weapons depot. Later when everyone was back on Typhon, "you have all done well, I got a few more assignments so you won't be back on Typhon for a
while" Satele informed them "no problem I am eager to get out on the field" Kagura said "Kagura I hope you learned a lesson from facing Tyrannous"
Blasilver said to her politely yet stern "sure have I will be more cautious from now on" she told him "wise" Blasilver "you are dismissed may the force be
with you all" Satele told them with a big smile. "Hey Yukari come here for a second" Nyamo called her friend "sure thing, what's up?" Yukari asked "I got
some footage I think you would like to see" she told her old friend.
Back on Dxun "oh Malacard is going to kill me" Shadius said after watching the weapons depot blow up "probably, but hopefully not" Kaizer said from
behind her "oh Kaizer what brings you here?" Shadius asked "oh I got sick of Dagobah and came here to see how you were doing" he answered,
unbeknownst to the two Sith a spy droid was nearby, Yukari and Nyamo had secretly sent it along with Chiyo, Osaka, and Sakaki to spy on the place should
they fail, they never expected it to spy on the pair of Sith they had to face so many times. "Wow didn't see this coming" Yukari said viewing the footage
from her ship, "is this live?" she then asked "yes but it is also being recorded" Nyamo told her they then went back to the footage. "I am going to take my
mask off now" Shadius said as she removed her hood revealing a hair style all too familiar to Yukari and Nyamo "ok, why?" asked Kaizer "because I am sick
of this mask the only other time I am allowed to remove it is in my quarters" Shadius replied, after she removed her mask she let out a sigh of relief then
dropped her fake voice all together "I knew it was you" Nyamo said with wide eyes, Yukari was equally surprised. They gave this information to the counsel
"this is troublesome, I had already sent the girls off, I am not too happy you sent a spy droid without our permission but we will let it slide, this is truly
troublesome" Satele said after viewing the footage "they won't like it when they find out who Shadius is" Yukari said "I know" Satele said.
Back on the Imperial fleet, "it would seem you got careless, Shadius!" Malacard scolded her he then hit her with force lightning "sorry my master"
Shadius said as she slowly and painfully got back "oh well it was only a matter of time anyway, at least we had them guessing for a while there" Malacard
said "what I thought you were mad at the weapons depot's destruction" Shadius said surprised at what she heard her master say "oh blindingly so, but I
still have use for you which is why you're not going to die" Malacard told her "Then what are you talking about?" Kaizer asked "let's just say the Jedi
surprise me, they sent a spy droid, and from hacking the Jedi's mainframe here is what we discovered it recorded" Malacard said smugly, Shadius just
stared at the footage wide-eyed "they spied on me" she said completely shocked at what they had done "we do believe not all Jedi know about this, but we
don't know for how long until they all know about this" a soldier informed them. "I don't care about that all I care about is my rakghoul bombs! Are we
ready to make more yet?!" Malacard angrily asked "almost we are 85% done" the soldier informed him "good, good; soon we shall be ready to spread
chaos!" Malacard said he then let out a horrible laugh that would haunt everyone on board the ship for weeks to come.
who is Darth Tyrannous? what is Shadius's true identity(although at this point you more than likely already know) well tyrannous you'll have to wait but prepare for the grand unveiling of Shadius's true identity next chapter!