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AN: This is a story I'm currently writing now. For fans of the Expanded Universe, it takes places a few months after Luke and his son Ben discover the Lost Tribe of the Sith. Vestara, a member of the tribe, has joined Luke to become a Jedi, and is Ben's love interest. In this bit, they, along with Kyp, arrive on a planet called Pravus VI, where a Jedi team was sent, but never returned. That's all I'll say for now! Here's the scene of them on Pravus VI!
It took a couple of days, but they arrived at Pravus VI. At first, the council was worried of what would happen to Luke if he left. The Jedi Master assured them that will to bring Ben and Vestara, and he did, after explaining to them the situation. To Luke, Vestara and Ben were powerful in the Force, and their experience could help them in this situation. Just in case, the council decided for Kyp came along. To Luke, Pravus VI's landscape was similar to that of Yavin VI's before the Vong War. They landed their ship, the Jade Shadow, in a large free space.
Now the team of four Jedi were now standing in the wilderness with the Jade Shadow right behind them. "Alright," Luke called out to the others, "we head towards the sight where the Jedi team were killed. We won't separate unless if necessary, understood?" Everyone else nodded. "Good."
With that, the group left the Jade Shadow alone, unaware that they were being watched by mysterious male figure in the trees. The branches and leaves concealed his figure, so they Jedi couldn't see. 'They're here,' he thought.
Darkness spread throughout the entire room. The only source of light was a large beam that hit on a red circle. For moments it was empty, until an figure walked into the light. Once he stepped in the beam of light focused a bit on him, bouncing off of what seemed to be armor armor. "Report," a booming masculine voice commanded.
"Four Jedi have arrived on Pravus VI," the figure reported. "One is Vestara Khai, a former Sith, Kyp Durron, a member of the Jedi Council, and Luke Skywalker, the Grand Jedi Master, and his son, Ben Skywalker."
Silence.
"This is an interesting development," the same voice finally spoke. "Did they come because of the previous Jedi?"
"Most likely," the figure replied.
"The galaxy is great danger, then," another voice, feminine this time, stated. "Do what you must."
The figure looked into the darkness. "Are you certain?"
"Yes," a young, masculine voice replied. "Only you can help."
"Very well," the figure said.
"However, remember this," the first voice spoke. "Only engage the Jedi when they try to get near it."
"Understood." The figure nodded.
Seconds turned into minutes and minutes turned into hours as Luke, Ben, Vestara, and Kyp walked throughout the jungles of Pravus VI. The group didn't split up but had some distance from each other, so they could cover more ground without being separated.
Ben sighed. He had no luck in finding anything. Ben looked to his right to see Kyp walking in a direction parallel to Ben's. "Found anything, Master Durron!" Ben called out to Kyp.
"Nothing!" Kyp replied.
Ben sighed. It seemed like the others weren't having that much of success. He noticed Vestara walking up to his side. "What is it, Vestara?" Ben asked as they walked together.
"Ben, I think we should tell him," Vestara told him.
Ben knew what she was talking about. "After the mission," was his response.
"Ben, we don't know if we're going to come back," Vestara argued.
They stopped talking once they saw Luke walking beside them. "What are you two talking about?" Luke asked them.
"Nothing dad," Ben smiled.
Before Luke could ask anymore questions, they heard Kyp shout out, "Master Skywalker, I've found something!"
Luke, Ben, and Vestara turned to see Kyp standing at what seemed to be a box. The three ran over with Kyp to realize that it was an entrance that lead underground. The rectangular door was wide with a lock that binded the handles together. The two Jedi Masters nodded towards and used the Force to remove the lock. The doors swung open, revealing a staircase that seemed to lead to somewhere. The end was covered in darkness, so no one could really tell. The Jedi looked at each other before Luke said, "I'll go in first."
With that, Luke removed his lightsaber and igniting its green blade. He walked down the steps with the others following him, their lightsabers activated as well. They walked down the steps for what seemed to go on forever as they lost light of the entrance and depended on their sabers as the only source of light. The Jedi continued to walk down the steps. Once the finally reached the end, the four Jedi were shocked.
They found themselves in a underground cavern. To say it was large was an understatement. It was gigantic! The walls had their usual brown color. However, it was perfectly dug out as everywhere was smooth with no uneven edges. Even the floor was flat and smooth, not rocky like a natural cave should be. They looked at the underground structure with amazement.
The four Jedi deactivated their lightsabers when they noticed that there was single source coming from the roof, but it was only a large been that seemed to be focused on a cubic structure. The structure was white with some moss on it, making it clear that it was here for quite some time. Though there was some moss, the Jedi can tell that there were white square plates on the faces of the cubic structure with a green gem in the center of each plate.
Luke just stood there in shock as the others walked slowly. He was amazed at this place, but was cautious as he felt an ominous presence from the cubic structure. It was almost cynical. 'Who could've built such a structure?' Luke thought. 'And for what purpose?'
Luke's thought were interrupted as he felt a warning in the Force. A warning that made Luke activate his lightsaber and raised it...
ZOOM!
… in time to block the red blade of another lightsaber. Luke moved his eyes towards his attacker.
His attacker was male, wearing black armor underneath the gray bodysuit. He had a black chest plate, round shoulder guards, boot and gauntlets. Black fabric hung from the white belt to his knees. His head was covered by a black round damiyo helmet, and a pair of horns protruding from a white gem emblemed into the forehead. He wore a black mask over his mouth and nose, and had a red visor over his eyes.
At first, Luke thought the figure was a Sith, but he could sense any evil intent from him. However, he could not feel any anger or any other form of the Dark Side in him, only calmness and serenity. 'Who is he?' Luke wondered.
"A Sith!" Ben shouted as he reached for his lightsaber with Vestara and Kyp pulling out theirs.
"Stay back!" Luke ordered.
The three Jedi reluctantly removed their hands from the lightsabers and remained as Luke ordered. They stood there, watching the fight between the Jedi Master and the 'Sith.' With the others not interfering, Luke concentrated on the figure as he used the Force to push the figure back. The figure caught himself and raised his red lightsaber, preparing for Luke's move.
Luke and the figure stared at each other. Luke used this chance to swing his lightsaber at the figure only for him to parry it. The figure backed away with both hands on his lightsaber, the blade pointing towards the ground in front of him. The Jedi Master noticed it was a stance of some kind, but was unfamiliar to him. He focused more on his attacker as he charged at the figure with his green lightsaber.
When Luke thrust his saber forward, the figure raised his red lightsaber to parry the thrust. Luke tried again, but the figure countered the slash with a parry. The figure arced his lightsaber upward, sending Luke's lightsaber up into the air before landing onto the ground. Before the Jedi Master could react, the figure waved his hand through the air and Luke felt a force dragging his feet that sent him sprawling on the ground. He was about to get up, but stopped, seeing the red blade a few centimeters away from his neck.
"Dad!" Ben shouted, as he was about to run to dad, but Kyp and Vestara held him still.
Luke looked up to see the figure towering over him. His red visor hid any emotion the figure had, but Luke could still feel the calmness and serenity the figure had before. The Jedi Master waited for the figure to finish him. To everyone's surprise, the figure deactivated his lightsaber and hooked it to his belt. "I will give this warning Jedi: leave."
"Why?" Vestara demanded. "Why do you want us to leave?"
The figure turned his head towards Luke's son. "That's none of your concern."
Kyp turned his attention towards the cube structure as he walked up to it. "Stay away from that!" the figure shouted his lightsaber not leaving Luke's throat.
Kyp ignored the figure. "Does it have something to do with this?" he asked as he brought his hand closer to the cube structure.
"Don't!" the figure shouted to Kyp.
However, he was too late as Kyp already placed his hand on the cube structure. It began to glow with a bright light. The figure grabbed Luke by the arm arm and dragged him over to Vestara and Ben. After doing so, the figure got in front of them with his hand out in front of him as the light began to engulf the entire chamber. The last thing the three Jedi saw before blacking was Kyp being engulfed by the light before it blinded them.
Luke's vision blurred for a second as he opened his eyes. He shut them close and opened them to clear his vision. His eyes were focus on the cavern ceiling. The Jedi Master groaned as he was about to sit up, a hand on his head. "Easy there," a masculine voice told Luke as someone happened to help him stand up.
After staggering for a bit due to the dizziness, Luke turned to see who helped. It was the black armored figure who attacked him. "You!" Luke exclaimed as he back away.
The figure raised his hands in front of him. "Just calm down!" the figure shouted. "I won't harm you!"
"Then why did you attack me?" Luke demanded as he used the Force to bring his lightsaber hilt from the ground to his hand.
"To keep you away from that!" was the figure's response as he motioned his head towards the cubic object.
Luke turned to the cubic structure to see that the moss was gone and instead of looking centuries old, it looked brand new. In fact, it shone in the light that beamed down upon it. Luke turned to face the figure as he clipped his hilt to his belt. "What happened to Kyp?" he asked.
"There," the figure responded as he pointed to a pile of ashes that was next to the cubic structure.
Luke just stared in shock. Kyp Durron, one his most promising students was now ashes. "I warned him no to touch it," the figure sighed before turning his attention to the others. He noticed that Vestara seemed to be stirring into consciousness.
The figure walked towards Vestara, intending to help. However, he froze at the sight of Ben between him and Vestara with the lightsaber hilt in the young Skywalker's hands. "Get away from her!" Ben shouted as he activated his lightsaber.
"Calm down, kid," the figure said, but it fell on deaf ears as Ben remained still.
Luke turned his attention to the commotion, and ran up towards his son. "Ben, put your lightsaber away!" he exclaimed. "He's here to help us!"
"But his lightsaber was red!" Ben objected. "He has to be a Sith!"
"The color of a lightsaber does not reflect one's conscious," the figure stated. "The Sith tend use red because it's more easier to identify who is friend or foe. Besides if I was a Sith, you would've been dead by now."
The three Jedi looked at the figure. The tone of his words sounded like he had many years of experience. Years that were longer than Yoda's, in Luke's opinion. Vestara looked at the figure as she stood up. "Just who are you?" she asked.
The figure looked at the group and answered:
"My name is Ruusan and I'm the only hope you have left to save the galaxy."
AN: This scene here is going to apart of a future Star Wars fanfic I have in mind... Star Wars: Apocalypse! I'm not sure how good it might be and if I do get it on here without anyone adding any suggestion, I'm assuming that I will get flamed by every Star Wars fan on because of the ending... there's a reason why it's called "Apocalypse," you know.
Then again, this story has been considered stupid for a while. Oh well.
Raika out.