I've been looking forward to this chapter
CHAPTER 10
"Sir, the rakghoul bombs are 90% complete" A soldier informed Malacard, Malacard said not a word he just stood there on the bridge of the ship observing
the galaxy with his arms crossed, "good" Malacard finally said but something in his gut told the soldier to leave immediately, which he listened to, Malacard
was angry but not at what you think he was looking for something but it evaded him at every turn, no one was sure what but they dared not questioned
him, "Any assignments my master?" Asked Shadius as she entered the bridged "not yet, I want you to wait here on the ship until I say otherwise" Malacard
answered his voice sent chills down Shadius's spine she knew he had something planned, what she didn't know was what. As for Kaizer, Malacard sent him
to fight in a battle on the planet Balmorra "huh I haven't been in a full on battle before, this should be interesting" Kaizer thought to himself as he entered
the planet's orbit, and following not too far behind him was Tyrannous, he wanted to see what skills Kaizer had "he reminds me of me when I was his age"
Tyrannous thought to himself if he wasn't such a stoic he would no boubt have a small smile on his face and since he heard from him that he keeps running
into the same group of Jedi over and over which peaked Tyrannous's interest he wanted to see what kind of skills they had, he had a high level appreciation
for those who are skilled.
Sakaki, Chiyo, Osaka, Yomi and their friends were on their way to Balmorra for an assignment given to them from the Jedi counsel themselves, it wasn't
the first mission given to them before leaving Typhon it was actually the fourth having successfully completed the first three they were all too eager to get
it done, however only a few of them openly admitted it "ALL RIGHT, time for some Jedi action!" Kagura shouted all too eager to put her skills to good use
"YEAH!" Osaka yelled though in her case it was more of, an example of follow the leader "will you two get a grip" Yomi said calmly face palming herself, a
shame Tomo wasn't among them anymore otherwise Yomi would have been screaming at the top of her lungs to get her to calm down, but don't get her
wrong she missed her old friend even if they did fight constantly. As they landed they were surprised at Balmorra's condition "this is actually nicer than I
have been expecting" Chihiro said wide eyed "yeah I was expecting more a more chaotic scenario" Kagura said agreeingly, "just wait master Jedi, you will
be seeing chaos shortly" seargent Reggie informed them having been sent in from Correlia to assist, it took everyone a couple of minutes to recognize him
though "hey didn't we see you on Correlia?" asked Kaorin scratching her head "yes, I am seargent Reggie, remember" Reggie asked a little embarrassed
they forgot him but not surprised either since they didn't interact much "Reggie?! Shoot! Reggie, that's right! So sorry" Chiyo said immediately
remembering him and rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment "its ok" Reggie smirked "so how's Maxine?" asked Yomi blushing a little out of shear
embarrassment for forgetting him "she's fine, not too happy with her new assignment, but fine" Reggie answered "really, what's she doing?" asked Kagura
"well, unfortunately, the Republic is need of some rare elements, and she is having to make a deal with a Hutt, who apparently keeps trying to get her in a
metal bikini" he answered sheepishly "ouch, I feel bad for her, especially since most Hutts are scum" Kagura said "no kidding, the only "good" Hutt I met
tried to protect a group of Evocii, a feline like race that was pushed off their home planet by the Hutts too many years ago, just so he can have cheap
gullible labor" Reggie said sounding quite irritated "that sucks" Kaorin said sounding understandably disgusted with the Hutt's treatment of other races, "no
respect whatsoever, at least I was able to get a good friend I had there, out that mess I was even able to get him a position in the Republic military"
Reggie said sounding proud, and not without reason his friend loved being in the military and became well respected among his fellow soldiers, "well that's
good" Chihiro said smiling a little to which Reggie nodded his head in agreement. When Kaizer landed on Balmorra he was greeted by a deranged Imperial
trooper "hello, me brave soldier me fight many battles" the trooper said standing all hunch Kaizer couldn't make out any facial expressions do to the
soldier's helmet "ok, hello, uh can you take me to the guy in charged?" Kaizer asked trying not to let the soldier's craziness get to him "me takes you my
master, yes to master now" the trooper answered, Kaizer said nothing and just followed the crazy soldier to the general "general Giggas I presume?" Kaizer
asked the hulking man that was standing in front of him calmly "yes I…..oh I see you have Igor with you" the general said staring at the deranged trooper
"so that's name" Kaizer said "yeah we are trying to get him some help and out of the military, I don't know how he is able to do anything now" Giggas said
sounding professional "me go now master" Igor said "yes, Igor you go now" Giggas responded shortly after Igor left Giggas turned his attention to Kaizer
and said "you know sad thing here is his name is really Kyle but the war taken its toll on his mind", "ouch, well I have been sent here to assist you on the
field of battle" Kaizer told the general "oh good, good we need all the help we can get especially after those Jedi landed…" Giggas informed Kaizer to which
Kaizer raised an eyebrow and asked "did you say Jedi?", "yeah why?" Giggas asked back "tell do you know what these Jedi look like?" Kaizer asked
sounding mildly annoyed "um according to reports one is short with red hair and pigtails, another is tall and stoic, another has brown hair and glasses….."
Giggas informed Kaizer but was interrupted by Kaizer "don't tell me another has short brown hair and a decent strong build, and at least to others are
comparatively petite with one having short brown hair big brown eyes and an obsession with the stoic one whereas the other has short dark hair big grey
eyes, oh and the last one looks like she is constantly in another world and maybe on drugs and has a southern accent too boot?" he asked rubbing his eyes
"uh yes how did…." The general began to ask but was once again cut off by Kaizer "and where they joined by two Jedi masters one with long brown hair
and is quite possibly bipolar, and the other has short blue hair and is mature and kind hearted?" he asked "uh no" Giggas responded with a surprised look
in his face "oh that's a surprise, still oh brother, why am I not surprised haven't I fought these guys enough already?" Kaizer ranted for a good hour and a
half before finally calming down "um are you done yet?" asked Giggas who was trying to be polite "ugh yes, yes I am done" Kaizer answered regaining his
composure
Back on the Imperial fleet Shadius was awoken from her nap by an unknown presence "ok whose there?" she asked sounding pretty ticked off "I know who
you are, let go of the dark side it leads to nothing but misery" the unknown entity said Shadius scratched her head "uh-huh and you are?" Shadius asked
the entity then showed himself, he was a slacked jaw old man who was glowing blue "I will ask again who are you are?" Shadius asked sounding quite
stern though on the inside she was a little scared for she had never encountered anything like him before "I am the force ghost of your friend's master
Darth Arumik" the entity answered "Arumik? Yes Kaizer mentioned you" Shadius responded looking surprised but before Arumik could say anything Shadius
then said "he also said you are a colossal pervet", "err anyway, Malacard cares nothing for you if you don't leave soon he will kill you slowly and painfully"
Arumik informed Shadius all the while trying to changed subject "I know that" Shadius said sounding sad "I have no doubt in my mind you regret what you
have become, if only I realized that sooner then, my wife and daughter might still be alive" Arumik said sounding like he was going to cry "what happened
to them?" Shadius asked "your master Darth Malacard happened he butchered them then fed them to his soldiers" Arumik answered with much pain in his
voice "h-he fed them to the soldiers?!" Shadius asked with disgust and horror in her face and tone of voice "they didn't know, that's why you must leave
there is no telling what he will do to you if you stay" Arumik informed her "it…is too late for me" Shadius told him with tears in her eyes, Arumik just
chuckled "you may believe that now but I promise you, you will be saved before it is too late" Arumik informed her, he then started to fade away "wait
where are you going?" Shadius asked "….Nowhere…" Arumik answered sounding incredibly insincere, in truth he was going to haunt Kaorin after he saw
her from one of Kaizer's and Shadius's adventures, yes he was haunting them for that long but forgot to tell them anything after seeing Kaorin just once.
Shadius thought about he said before going back to bed, though she didn't sleep peacefully that night.
Back on Balmorra, "something horrible just happened" Kaorin said looking around "really I didn't feel anything" Yomi said "I don't know how to explain it,
but I feel something bad just happened two seconds ago" Kaorin said to Yomi "don't worry I am sure it's nothing" Kagura told reassuringly, unaware that
Arumik's ghost was now haunting them, "yeah I guess you right" Kaorin said with a weak smile so the group walked off with seargent Reggie to the
location of the Republic general in charge of the military base here general Yamcha, who was once trained as Sith but left after he got sick of their cruelties,
it didn't help that his selfish slut of a girlfriend of his left him, he then joined the Jedi order for a while there but left after he decided he couldn't handle
their rule that "love is forbidden" rule it had he now serves the Republic military and is loving every minute of it "hello master Jedi's" he greeted the group
as they entered his base "greetings and technically we are just padawans" Yomi corrected him politely "oh my bad" Yamcha said sheepishly rubbing his
head "no problem" Chio said with a sweet smile "great, so anyway on to business, we need your help guarding this base until we can come up with plan to
chase off the Empire" Yamcha informed them "simple enough" Chihiro said confidently "just wait until you see what they have in stored" Yamcha said
"indeed prepared to be surprised" Tyrannous thought to himself as he observed the meeting from the shadows "I knew coming here was a good idea now
maybe I can see what these Jedi have got" he continued to himself, Tyrannous wasn't informing the Empire because he didn't feel like it and besides he
was more interested in seeing the skills of the padawans that Kaizer and Shadius were apparently having trouble with he couldn't get a good look at them
though do to where he was hiding but it just made it more interesting for him. As the padawans left the building he managed to get a good look at them
"hmmm, the short one doesn't look like much but I know for a fact that appearances can be deceiving." He thought as he saw Chiyo "hmmm there's that
Kagura girl again who I know is skilled but has much to learn, these two don't seem like much, and she just looks like she has her head in the clouds" he
thought to himself as he reviewed Kagura, Koarin, Chihiro, and Osaka respectively "she looks intelligent, but and looks like she has talent but probably
doesn't excel to super high heights" he thought to himself as he reviewed Yomi "she…looks eerily familiar, and she looks quite athletic" Tyrannous thought
to himself as he reviewed Sakaki who caught his eye the most out of all the girls "who is she and why does she look so familiar?" he asked himself, he
quickly collected himself and followed to watch them in action "All right is everyone ready" asked Kagura "YEAH!" everyone responded "great any last
words of encouragement before we fight?" Kagura then asked "FIRST PLAAAAAACE!" the ghost of Arumik shouted in the hammiest way possible,
"What the….who said that?" asked Yomi as everyone looked around…no answer "ok then, well shall we?" asked Yomi to which everyone nodded their
heads, their minds were still on who shouted "wow, even I don't know who that was" Tyrannous thought to himself
The battle that took place was epic as blasters fired from left to right, explosions happening from left to right at every opportunity, Tyrannous just watch
with a dull surprised "been there, done that" he said to himself he then went back to watching the padawans fight "those two…..complement each other
nicely." Tyrannous thought as he observed Chiyo's and Osaka's battle styles "good thing they are fighting back to back otherwise they would probably be
dead by now" he continued he then looked at Chihiro and Kaorin "better but not perfect" he said as he judged their fighting style which appeared to rely
mostly on defense similar to Osaka and Chiyo but at least they appeared to be more professional in their fighting style "those three have skill though the
girl in glasses needs to practice more she is a good force user though" he said as he commented on Yomi's, Kagura's, and Sakaki's fighting style the latter
of which drove him crazy because she kept reminding him of someone he knew and loved dearly. The battle took over two hours to finish though one
opponent gave the padawans trouble which was a colossal, bronze colored, battle droid luckily general Yamcha still had his lightsaber training and was able
to score a lucky blow against the machine, that caused it to explode surprisingly despite the size of the explosion there were no casualties "how was there
no casualties? It spread for at least ten miles!" Tyrannous pondered to himself. "ok then that was as about as much fun as tooth decay" Yamcha said "so
now we need to figure out how to chase them off the planet" he continued as everyone was pondering that problem a message came from the holo-
terminal "attention everyone this is admiral Canderix with a class A emergency!" the admiral boomed "what is it admiral?" Yamcha asked trying
to keep his cool and sound professional "An Imperial has stolen top secret information!" the admiral informed him "we will get that information back
where is he?!" asked Yamcha "he is on your planet at these coordinates" the admiral informed Yamcha as he downloaded the coordinates to Yamcha's
base "We will find whoever did this sir!" Yamcha said saluting the admiral as he logged off the terminal "ok so did you guys here that?" asked Yamcha "yes
just give us the coordinates and we will handle it!" Kagura said full of enthusiasm "you sure?" asked Yamcha slightly concerned "no problem we can handle
it!" Kagura said still full enthusiasm "ok….well then have fun" Yamcha said trying to sound supportive even though he didn't like sending someone on their
own on dangerous assignments even if they were Jedi "don't worry we'll be fine" Kagura said reassuringly as they left Yamcha just yelled "good luck!" but
they were already half-way gone so they didn't hear it and yet they knew what he said.
Meanwhile at the Empire's military base, "so what did you just give me?" Kaizer asked an anorexic looking Sith "oh just some secret plans I stole from the
Republic" the Sith answered, Kaizer said nothing and just looked at him "yeah I was informed by Malacard himself to deliver these to you after I stole
them" the Sith said, Kaizer gave him a weird look and asked "why?", "I do not know he said something about having plans for you and this data" the Sith
answered quickly before taking off like a rocket, Kaizer just looked at the data disc in his hand then asked himself "huh weird what does he have in stored
this time?" he contacted Malacard and asked what he wanted him to do to which Malacard answered "once the Jedi start chasing you I want you to go to
Mustafar with the data make sure they follow you", Kaizer assumed that general Giggas informed Malacard about the Jedi, and he was right, Kaizer then
said "yes Malacard" as the communication ended "well so much for helping these guys with fighting the Republic but whatever". Back in the Imperial fleet,
Malacard called upon Shadius "yes my master what is it?" she said bowing before her master "head to Mustafar there, you will await the Jedi" Malacard
commanded "the Jedi?" asked Shadius confused "I am having Kaizer lure some Jedi to Mustafar there you will kill them or else" Malacard told her "y-yes
my master" Shadius stuttered she then left for her ship to Mustafar, "whether or not you succeed doesn't matter as long as I can extend your suffering"
Malacard said after Shadius left he then let out an evil laugh that could be heard from across the ship.
"Almost there" Yomi said as they approached their destination, surprisingly there were very few Imperials in their way, Kaizer saw them coming with his
binoculars "alright here they come, let them find me" Kaizer commanded general Giggas "yes sir" the general responded "infact, you know what lead them
to me before you open fire on them" he told the general to which he complied. "Alright, time to…..what the?" Kagura asked as she notice the soldiers there
offering no resistance "if you Jedi would follow us Kaizer wants to speak to you" a soldier said "o-k" Kaorin said weirded out by the fact none of the Imperial
soldiers were fighting them "maybe Kaizer has realized the errors of his way and wants to rejoin the Jedi" Chiyo whispered to her friends as they were
being led to Kaizer, Osaka agreed with her but Yomi wasn't too sure "I won't deny that it is a possibility but why would he have us come to an Imperial
military base?" she pointed out "good point" Chiyo said looking disappointed, couple of minutes later they were on top of the base with Kaizer standing in
front of a ship "hello" Kaizer greeted the group politely "hello?" the group responded one by one bowing politely "now I am sure you're wondering about
why the troops here haven't attacked, it's because my boss Malacard gave me the disc you're looking for" Kaizer told them "I see well, why are you telling
us this?" Sakaki asked with caution "because in a surprising turn of events Malacard wants you to meet him on the planet Mustafar, there you will have the
ability to fight for the disc" he answered "I see was not having the troops here open fire part of that deal?" asked Kagura "no that was all me, no sense in
wasting human and alien life over a deal like this" Kaizer answered he then gave the group the coordinates to Mustafar "See you there" he said "shall we
open fire on them sir?" the general asked "no let them go" Kaizer told him sternly as he entered his ship "yes sir" the general responded, Kaizer's ship then
took off and true to his word none of the Imperial soldiers gave the group any trouble as they went back to their ship in the Republic's base after informing
Yamcha of what was going on they boarded their ship and left for Mustafar "they will need all the luck they can get" Yamcha thought to himself as they left,
Tyrannous went back to the Imperial fleet having followed them all across the planet he decided he needed to meditate on what he saw, especially after
seeing Sakaki.
"Master Satele we are heading to Mustafar" Yomi informed her, having been told about happened on Balmorra Satele said "may the force be with you
master Yukari and Nyamo will meet you there they have something to tell you", "what is it?" asked Yomi "they requested to tell you themselves, in person"
Satele informed them politely "understood we will wait for them" Yomi said as their communication ended "so what do you think they have to tell us?"
asked Osaka "beats me" Yomi said. Meanwhile flying towards Mustafar at a slow pace…."I sense the pest who have been challenging my apprentice and
Kaizer" Malacard said, back on Mustafar Kaizer had landed and was telling Shadius about what happened, Malacard then contacted them and ordered
Kaizer to give Shadius the data "you will fight these Jedi yourself, Kaizer you may join in if you get bored enough" Malacard said sounding just a terrifying
as ever "will do" they said to Malacard as the communication ended, Kaizer then looked up in the sky and said "they are almost here….and it feels like he is
coming to", "I sense it to…..well wish me luck my friend" Shadius said sounding quite peppy, albeit slightly worried. Kaizer just smiled and nodded head
saying "good to you" in the nicest way possible, they haven't known each other that long and they, where already like brother and sister to each other. A
few hours of waiting drove Kagura crazy "I can't wait anymore I am going to find the Sith myself!" She shouted her friends to stop her but she made up her
mind and took off ready for some action "I'm going follow her to make sure she doesn't get herself killed" Yomi said as she followed Kagura, few hours later
Nyamo and Yukari came, "hey guys" Nyamo greeted them with a tone of sadness in her voice "hi master Nyamo, what is it you need to show us?" asked
Chiyo "well, all I can to you is you are not going to like it" Yukari said with a ting of sadness in her voice "well it can't be that bad" Kaorin said trying to
keep a positive attitude "yeah, well…..hey where is Yomi Kagura?" asked Nyamo, everyone got silent for about a minute before answering "Kagura went to
find the Sith and Yomi went with her to make sure she didn't get herself hurt" Chihiro informed the two Jedi masters, Nyamo and Yukari just rubbed their
foreheads before inviting everyone onto their ship to show them what they had to show them. Meanwhile Shadius was just standing around watching the
lightning strike in the sky "funny this is a volcano world and yet there is still lightning, well could be weirder there could be rain also" she thought to
herself, Kagura walked up behind and asked "so are you a Sith" she knew better than to ask a question like that but she didn't care "yes, and I have the
disc you're looking for" Shadius answered displaying the disc around her, probably shouldn't have but then again she didn't exactly have a lot of common
sense, "well are you going to hand it over quietly or are we going to have to fight?" asked Kagura as she readied her lightsaber "sorry but we are going to
have to fight" Shadius answered sounding depressed, which surprised Kagura since she wasn't expecting her to sound depressed, Shadius activated her
lightsaber but not before asking Kagura to join them "no I will not join the Sith not in a million years!" Kagura said with a serious tone she wanted to shout
but something inside of her told her not to "then I am sorry old friend" Shadius said with a single tear flowing down her cheek, Kagura didn't understand at
the moment why she called her old friend nor why she called her old friend, but she didn't have time to think because Shadius started to attack.
Back on the ship, "wow what are we going to tell Kagura and Yomi?" asked Chiyo after viewing the holo-recording of Shadius and Kaizer "I don't know but
we will have to find them first" answered Yukari as she jestered towards her fellow Jedi to follow her, no one said a word and just started following her.
Back on the too Kagura and Shadius's fight Yomi just watched from the sidelines as their battle roared she noticed that Kaizer was doing the same thing
not too far away from her "you're not going to join in?" Asked Yomi, Kaizer looked at her with a concerned look and answered "no, not unless she needs
help" before focusing his attention on the fight. Malacard's ship landed and he went to watch to the battle that was taking place on Mustafar, back at the
fight Shadius complimented on Kagura's batting skills "not bad, but I shouldn't expect less" Shadius said almost slipping completely out of her fake voice
however it was enough for both Yomi and Kagura to pin an ID on her, "it is you" Yomi said to herself, after a brief blade lock Shadius did an impressive
backflip on top of a tall rock formation, just then Yukari Nyamo and the rest of the gang showed up "hey Shadius is really….." Yukari yelled but before
she could finish, Kagura yelled "I know" back at her "As do I" Yomi said as she walked up to Kagura while staring at Shadius, Kaizer readied himself should
Shadius need any help, "Tomo is that you?" asked Yomi with eyes of sadness, Shadius then removed her hooded cape and mask and finally went right into
her real voice "yes, I was" Shadius answered Yomi trying to sound villainous, as lightning struck over her revealing herself as Tomo a maniacal laugh could
be heard coming from the distance. "Impressive, I am glad someone made that rumor about me having more than person I was training even if it wasn't true I was able to
keep her training secret, now Shadius destroy your former friends" Malacard demanded revealing himself from the shadows "y-yes
master" Shadius answered reluctantly, she then jumped down ready to continue the battle "I'm sorry" Shadius said with a tear flowing down her cheek
"Tomo I know you're still in there" Kagura said as their lightsabers clashed trying to get through to her, after a brief clash Kagura managed to get lucky
and grabbed the data disc from around Shadius's neck without doing any harm to her. They were about to continue the fight except for one problem that
managed to tick Malacard off, the Republic had come to assist and capture Malacard if possible "curses, the Republic were are out- numbered!"
Malacard roared boy was he mad, the three Sith then proceeded to escape with Shadius and Kaizer throwing smoke bombs at the group to ensure their
escape, but not before Shadius tearfully said good bye to her former friends.
Back on Typhon the group talked to one another but what just happened with a high level of melancholy flowing through the air, "do think we can still save
her?" Kaorin asked to which Yomi replied "yes I felt the good in her", "I know I felt it to" Kagura said agreeing with her "plus I am not sure if any of you
noticed but as she left she was basically crying" Nyamo said pointing out how teary eyed Shadius was, "so there is hope" Sakaki said to which Nyamo and
Yukari nodded yes to, "in the mean time I have your next assignment" Satele said as she entered the room the group was in.
Back on the Imperial fleet, "YOU WORTHLESS LITTLE WENCH!" Malacard roared as he tortured Shadius with force lightning, all she could was yelp in
pain "I would kill you but I have plans that unfortunately require me letting you live!" Malacard growled, his mood quickly perked up when a soldier
informed him that his Rakghoul bombs were 100% complete, "well then it is time to bring in the chaos!" Malacard said he then let out a horrid laugh.
As for the group their assignment took place on Tatooinee it involved getting a Hutt named Imurra to aid the Republic, everyone thought it would be an
easy assignment but when they got there and they saw Immura the Hutt they all felt queasy "hey he looks just like me!" the ghost of Arumik said thought
no one heard him, but he wasn't kidding Imurra the Hutt did look just like him on a facial level, Imurra greeted them politely gave them some quarters to
stay in only to gas them room when no one was paying attention knocking the group out cold "well you know what to do boys" Imurra said to his men.
What the Hutt had in store wasn't going to be pleasant and was more than likely going to strike a few nerves…..
great scott! Shadius was Tomo oh who am I kidding you all probably saw that coming from a mile away