Chapter 11. Darth Severuss

Part 1. Visions Afar

Degobah

When Royce dies and Petyr cries out Jammen is in meditation when he hears his son's voice in the force, "NO!" He falls to his knees as his mind is flooded with all types of images. His son and Royce have all types of adventures then he sees…Petyr and Royce fly into a an underwater base and land. Then a battle droid walks down the ramp firing a heavy repeating E-WEB blaster. Dozens of dock workers and sith agents die in the droid's assault. Someone throws an ion grenade but B-1 is heavily shielded against ion grenades. While the fight unfolds Royce and Petyr exit the ship via the landing gear. Using a sniper riffle Petyr kills the sniper up on the hanging catwalk on the ceiling. Petyr had reprogrammed the crew droids aboard the Nex so they were helping B-1 fight as well. Several Droids are armed with bombs to explode in key places in the base and flood the entire facility. When the fighting is over Royce and Peter take the Nex and leave as the bombs go off.

"MASTER!"

Jammen slows his breathing and calms his mind, "There is no emotion there is only peace…I am one with the force the force is my ally…"

"Who are you?" Jammen asks.

"I am Darth Severuss join me and together we can rule as Son and father…"

"My son would never fall to the dark side nor would he jopin the Sith…"

"You weren't a father to Petyr Dayhok so how do you know what he would do?"

"My son is a part of me and I a part of him!"

"If that were true then you would not have rejected him when he came to see you…"

"SHUT UP! YOU ARE NOT MY SON!" Jammen ignited his lightsaber.

"If this is your wish then die!"

They attacked at the same time. Jammen broke through Darth Severuss' defenses and cut him on the arm. He roared and unleashed a force wave that ripped up trees and the ground of Degobah. Jammen grabbed one of those trees and threw it at Severuss. He flipped over the tree and landed with a chopping motion. They locked swords, "You are not my son!"

They crossed blades and attacked each other again. Jammen twisted to the side and drove his blade into Severuss killing him. "Did you have to kill him?" Imelia asked, "MURDERER!"

Jammen opened his eyes and found himself in front of his hut. He stood up and went to his makeshift calendar he had three years of exile left before he could leave. "What have I done?" He asked whispering to himself, remembering how he spoke to his son.

Part 2. Anointing

"From this day forth…Petyr Dayhok is dead…You shall be known as Darth Severuss…Arise my apprentice…"

Severuss obeyed, thinking that he would never give up who he was as Petyr Dayhok. All he wanted was revenge for his friend Royce and at the earliest opportunity he would kill this witch. More than this though something in him had changed. A dark seed that caused Petyr/Darth Severuss to tremble inside. "When does my training begin master?"

"It begins now! We will leave this place…"

Petyr watched as Cognus' men took Royce's chard body away. There was a man with a blaster on his hip. So Petyr rushed him with a punch and grabbed the weapon. With the force guiding him he shot down three men and pointed the gun at Cognus. He fired but she simply raised her hand and blocked the blaster bolts. Then she ripped the blaster from his hand.

"Nice try!" She raised her hand in a claw force choking him. "But you aren't ready to face me…Complete your training Lord Severuss and you may have a chance…" The pressure was released from his neck and as Petyr gasped for air Cognus walked away. Out of fear Petyr remained in his quarters for the entire trip to the Unknown world. "We have arrived!" Cognus said to Petyr standing in the door to his room.

"Why didn't you kill me when I attacked you?" He asked walking down the ramp of her ship.

"To teach you a lesson…I am your Master…Killing me will take patience on your part, skill, and you will have to reach your full potential…even then it may not be enough…"

"You will teach me to kill you?"

She sighs, "No! I will teach you to become a powerful leader…I will teach you to bend the galaxy to your will…I will teach you to master the Dark Side and all that comes with it…Then if you are competent enough you can try to kill me and take my place…"

They were in a turbo-lift heading to the mausoleum, "I don't understand…"

"You will…With time Lord Severuss you will…"

She leads him from the turbo-lift down a hallway to the mausoleum. They enter from the side and walk to a stand with two statues on it. "Who are they twins?"

"They are the same person…My Master Darth Zannah…The Statue on the right was her when she died…The second statue is of the body she took when she died…"

"What did she jump into a new body?"

Cognus looks at him, "Yes that is exactly what I am saying…It is called force essence…The technique allows you to destroy your old body and transfer your mind and power into a new body…I have already done this twice already…This is my third body…I had to kill my master twice to beat her…"

Petyr looked across the way, "Who is that?"

"My first apprentice Darth Pariah…She was killed by my Master…" Then Cognus leads Severuss to the statue in the front. "This is Darth Bane the founder of our order…" Cognus explained how Darth Bane rose to power over two hundred years ago laid the seeds to bring down the Sith and the Jedi. "He underestimated his apprentice…and my Master Darth Zannah and she became the new Lord of the Sith."

"Why not take command of the Brotherhood? He could have lead them to victory…"

"True! Then as in time past weaker Sith would gathered their strength together and kill him a strong leader, then they would have fought each other for the throne…It has happened before…Come!" Cognus then takes him to the archives where his lessons begin. When the teaching and training was over Cognus takes Severuss to his room and then she goes to her mediation room.

Cognus sat crossed legged and tried to pierce the future…Cognus and Severuss stood face to face she with her twin blades and he with his single hilt lightsaber. They crossed blades and fought back and forth…The two were evenly matched…Then Severuss attacks her with force lightening, but Cognus suppresses his power. She unleashes Sith sorcery trying to destroy his mind, but Severuss rips apart her spells…They attack with sabers again…He manages to knock her left sword from her hand…The melee continues…They force push against each other…Then Cognus suppresses his telekinetic abilities…

Then everything goes black. Cognus opens her eyes and tries to pierce the vail of the future again. All she sees is blackness. She slows her breathing and goes into a deep meditation. There is baby Trandoshan…It cries out and destroys the entire village leaving a crater behind in its wake…"Darth Oblivion!" She hears a voice say.