Tana

[CSI]

"Now, Aurora, you start the evacuation of Jedi Temple immediately, and destroy all books in Jedi Archives. Toent Bekunn, you will go to operate the Ion Beam Turrent and Tractor Beam. Arion and I would climb onto the roof of Jedi Temple, and shot some birds down. Another thing: We can't contact via the Force. Too insecure. So we'll use intercom to talk to each other, okay?" Then he gave everyone an small earpiece, "I know this may be incomfortable, but...for security reason, let's do it in old fasioned way."

 

CSI smashed his DC-17 Magazine into the position, and smiled: "Ready? Let's go!"

 

And he and his Padawasn ran off the loading ramp to the Jedi Temple.

[Aurora Starfire]

Aurora nodded, once, and stuck the comm earpiece into her ear. "See you on the other side. Be careful," she said, and headed into the Temple.

 

Arion attached his earpiece, and followed CSI up to the rooftop with his rifle in hand.

 

* * *

 

Aurora extended her senses in a wide sweep of the areas she passed through, searching for other Jedi who might still be in the Temple. There, got one, she thought to herself, as she sensed a presence in one of the meditation gardens. She walked over to a human Jedi, who rose as she approached. "My name is Aurora Starfire. My apologies for disturbing you, but it's urgent. There's going to be an attack on the Temple, and Master CSI gave me instructions to evacuate it. Can you fly a starfighter?"

 

The Jedi raised an eyebrow, but replied. "Yes, I can. What do you need?"

 

"Get to the hangars and prep the ship of your choice for launch. We're going to need to get out of here fast. Do you know where any other Jedi are in the Temple?"

 

"Yes, most of them are in the dormitories, at this hour. I came out here because I couldn't sleep, and wanted some calm to meditate in. But there's not many of us left," he said sadly.

 

"Thank you. Please go to the hangars now. As soon as everyone is ready, I'll comm you with our destination."

 

"Very well," the Jedi said, with a bow. "May the Force be with you." He turned and walked quickly in the direction of the hangars.

 

* * *

 

Aurora made her way to the dormitories, where she quickly sought out the remaining Jedi. All in all, there were only ten there, a tiny group compared to the number of Jedi at the Order's peak. The ones who could fly, she sent to prep ships for launch. The others she sent to the Pheonix. The most important part of her mission complete, she next turned to the Archives.

 

* * *

 

Once she reached the Archives, she sadly began placing mines at strategic points. Such a tragedy, that it had to come to this, she thought, with a sigh. Before she left, she opened a room in the Archives, sealed to all but Jedi Masters. With extreme care, she placed the holocrons on the shelves into her now-empty backpack, and then resealed the room, and the Archives, as well.

 

* * *

 

Back on the Pheonix, she went to CSI's quarters. She hid the holocrons, and then sealed the door.

 

"Ok, CSI," she said into her comlink. "Everything's clear on this end."

[CSI]

"Okay, we're in position now." CSI shouted in the intercom, "My dear Padawan, how did the thing go?"

 

Toent replied, "Everything is well, Master. Ion Cannon is up and charging, tractor beam is charging, too."

 

CSI sighed in relief, "Now we got nothing to kill except time. Anyone got a story to pass the time?"

[steven]

"Oh master Jedi, I do believe I have one," Said a young padawan. The boy didn't appear to be older than 15 and the colour from his face had been completly removed. Also there appeared to be a dark aurora around the boy however it didn't seem to orginate from him, it just seemed to surrond him. "It's a good one, your in it." The boy spoke again, this time his voice was much more darker and the boy's appearence started to change.

[Master_Archon]

N'la had come out of hyperspace over Coruscant, former home of the Jedi Order.

 

He had set down on a landing pad not far from the old temple. He would have gotten there quicker if he hadn't gotten lost and had to fight his way through a hord of thugs and gangsters. But in the end, the presence that had been drawing him did not fail, and he finally made it to the entrance of the temple.

 

He looked up the old building, all the way to the very top. He walked up to the door, a holo unit activating, and speaking, "identify yourself!" It demanded.

 

N'la looked at it for a second before holding his hand up, something clicking inside the door causing the door to vibrate slightly, and dust that had settled on it plumed off of it, then fell. He push ever so slightly with his hand, causing the door to shift slightly, until with a couple more movements of his hand the door was open.

 

"Error, that is not permitted!" The hologran said to him from the side.

 

N'la lifted his hand, making a grabbing motion with his hand, the holo unit crumpled, the hologram dissipating.

 

He stepped inside, looking around he pressed outwards with the force, ever so very little, until he touched something, the closest force sensitive. The being he felt was not the one who had drawn him, but he felt that the being had been with whoever was creating the presence.

 

He launched off with force speed, which level of speed was undetermined.

******

He entered the hangar, his speed fading.

 

He kept walking his strides wide and determined, his goal close. He looked over to a jedi prepping some ships, he was a decent dstance away, but he was too distracted to notice N'la.

 

He walked over to a silvery ship, sleek and shiny, and of all the things, the ramp was down. He walked up the ramp, feeling the presence of the jedi she sought. He walked through the ship until he came upon a woman, she spoke into an comlink.

 

Her back was turned to him as she spoke.

 

"Ok, CSI," the woman said into her comlink. "Everything's clear on this end."

 

N'la stood behind her, his hands behind his back as he patiently waited for her to acknowledge his existance. He let off no indication that he was a sith, whether through the force, or his appearance and demeanor, he seemed a normal Yevathan, except the short lightsaber and lightwhip.

 

The only thing that would give him away as a sith was the fact that when he spoke you could feel the cold chilling essence of a dark side user through his cryptic, and hollow, and reedy voice.

[CSI]

Suddenly, CSI sensed a disturbance in the Force. And it was from the Hangar. Oh, no. CSI's eyes widened in astonishment. After 1 second, he asked Arion: "Did you feel it?"

 

Then he shouted into the intercom: "Toent, abort mission, abort mission. Set Self-Destruction timer to 10 minutes, and see us in the Hangar. I sence Aurora is in trouble now."

 

"Okay, master. I'll be there!" CSI can hear Toent's typing sounds.

 

"Let's go, Arion, showtime!" CSI shouted and put his sniper rifle on his back, and jumped off the roof of Jedi Temple. He casted the Master Speed and ran to the Hangar in his fastest speed.

[Aurora Starfire]

"You bet I did." Arion said, grimly. He also cast Force Speed and ran to the hangar. He saw the boarding ramp was down, which was strange.

 

* * *

 

Aurora turned around to address the Yevethan. "I'm sorry, I don't believe I've seen you before. Can I help you?"

[CSI]

CSI slowed down the pace and stood in front of the Loading Ramp, and shouted: "Come out, Stranger. I sense you're there and I think you're aiming for me. Let's settle this right here, right now." Then he put his hand on his Katana an prepared for the upcoming event.

 

"Arion, go help Aurora. I bet she's in danger now." CSI said.

 

Just then, Toent ran here, seemed exhausted. "That's a relief." CSI said, "Ready your lightsaber, but don't ignite it. I sense there is a stranger aboard, plus, a...Sith Apprentice."

[Master_Archon]

N'la smiled, which would send chills down anyones spine, considering it was literally a once in a lifetime thing to see a Yevathan give an honest smile, though it was more cryptic and disturbing than an angry Yevathan.

 

N'la was about to speak when he felt the presence, then heard words coming from outside.

 

"Come out, Stranger. I sense you're there and I think you're aiming for me. Let's settle this right here, right now." Came the call.

 

N'la had already put the girl as his target, the presence would wait until his goal was met. He turned back to the woman, his expression hadn't even changed with the arrival of the presence; he was still smiling his cryptic smile.

 

N'la reached out, hold a clenched fist out towards her, he held it under her nose, but not quite so close to cause any great discomfort.

 

"Yes...you can help me..." he hissed in his reedy voice. "I've come to offer you something," he said, motioning with his eyes to his hand.

[Aurora Starfire]

Aurora looked down at the fist, then back at the Yevethan. "Er, okay. You've come to offer me something." She held out her hand, cautiously, to receive it, whatever it was.

 

At that moment, Arion came in, and stood in the doorway, behind the stranger. "Am I.... interrupting anything?"

[Master_Archon]

N'la opened his hand slightly when she reached out, but the weird thing was, she didn't seem to acknowledge that he was a sith through his voice, like most would, so she was either really oblivious, or extremely naive.

 

N'la was stopped when he heard someone behind him speak up.

 

"Am I.... interrupting anything?" Came the question.

 

"Yes," he hissed vehemently, closing his hand back up before the lady could see what was inside, sending a sledge hammer of a force push at the man behind him.

 

N'la ejected his dew claw, the claw coming out of the upheld hand, the claw stopping right at the woman's throut.

 

N'la squinted, "you and I are going to have a little duel, one-on-one, no interferance...got it?"

 

"If my senses are right, I think there are younglings aboard this ship, am I right?" He asked menacingly, his smile now gone. "It goes against my code of honor, but if it drives you into action, then I'll resort to what I have to..." he said, trailing off, leaving the things that he could do to the younglings up to the woman's imagination.

 

"Besides, if that doesn't drive you, then you're still in no position to object," he told her, tickling her neck with his dew claw.

 

"What will your answer be?" He asked emotionlessly.

[CSI]

"You got some guts. I admire you, Sith. Now can you step out of the ship and duel with her? You know, space had been very valuable recently." CSI commented when he was embarking the ship.

 

"Toent, find someplace safe to hide." CSI told her.

 

"But..." Toent objected.

 

"No but's, Padawan. Now, go." CSI's face was cold, like a statue.

 

"Yes, Master CSI." She answered reluctantly and hurried away.

[Aurora Starfire]

Arion ducked inside an adjacent room as the Force Push hurtled towards him.

 

Aurora didn't move, despite the claw at her throat. "You would be mistaken if you think I didn't notice that you were a Sith. That much, at least, was obvious from almost the moment you came in here. I had hoped you were capable of a civil chat, rather than simply threats and challenges. A pity. I've known some Sith who could be so polite." She sighed. "I don't know what I could possibly have done to you that you would want to fight me, but if you insist, then let's go outside. I won't have anyone slicing up my ship."

 

Arion stuck his head out the door. "Hey, no picking on my sis!"

 

Aurora waved him off. "Please, Arion. I don't need the big brother act right now. Go prep the Pheonix for launch. Hopefully, this won't take too long."

[Master_Archon]

N'la's expression didn't change, "Well, threats and challenges are all that seem to accomplish anything with jedi. And no one person is alike, one sith's politeness could be different from another's. Besides, whoever said I was polite, or civil?" He asked her.

 

"You can't assume we're all alike just from one or two meetings," he told her. "As for what you did against me that would make me want to fight you, that's simple, you're a jedi, and my master wants all jedi destroyed, just like the order," he told her.

 

"We could have chatted, actually, I had wanted to, but I hate rude people, I really do," he said, glaring at the woman's, brother. "But even if we had, in the end, I would have fought you no matter what, I would have fought the others, and all the jedi here, until they all fell, or until I did, and in the end, to insure no future jedi, I would, and I am going to have to kill the younglings, though it goes against my better judgement," he explained.

 

N'la paused, studying this woman. "So you wish to talk, then let's talk, only no disruptions this time, me and you, exchanging words, and being...civil," he said, lowering his hand, and retracting his dew claw; with a jerk he turned around, closing the door behind him, and locking it.

 

"There, no disruptions, now we can...chat," he said, his cryptic smile returning, as he motioned for her to sit down. "Ladies first," he said.

[Aurora Starfire]

"I never said you were either." Aurora told him. "It was merely a hope. As for your threats, you will find that I'm far more inclined to listen, and even co-operate, if you ask nicely."

 

When the Yevethan Sith locked the door, she raised an eyebrow. "That was not necessary. No one will interfere with our conversation." She calmly sat down in a chair. "Well, for starters, let's talk about you. Who are you, and why do you hate the Jedi so much?"

[Jason Skywalker]

The fight continued on, Edash with the upper hand with his double bladed lightsaber. The Jedi had a hard time to parry all the strikes. Eventually, the Jedi pushed Edash's Lightsaber away and then tried to cut it in half, but Edash then revealed they where linked together, and pushed the hilts onto the Jedi's face.

 

"Surely you can do better!" He taunted as the Jedi rubbed it off and came back strong.

[Master_Archon]

"That was not necessary. No one will interfere with our conversation." She told N'la, sitting down.

 

N'la's smile dissapeared again, replaced by a blank uncaring stare. "That may, or may not be true, I trust them as much as they trust me...very little," he told her.

 

"Well, for starters, let's talk about you. Who are you, and why do you hate the Jedi so much?" She asked.

 

N'la sat down opposite of her, staring at her with his naturally cruel eyes. "I am N'la Saa, I am apprentice to the one who destroyed the jedi order, and the republic, and I do as I am bidden," he replied in a uniformic fashion.

 

"As for hating the jedi...I don't, why, or how are my reasons, but search me as much as you want with the force, you will find no hatred towards the jedi, nor anyone at all," he told her, his eyes unwavering. "As I said, one person is not like another, one sith is not like another, we hate differently, we feel differently, and we act differently, we are our own beings," he scolded her with unangered words.

 

"There you go, assuming we sith are all alike, and putting us in one basket, just like you did with thinking I would be civil or polite like other sith," he said, shaking his head, tut-tutting her.

[Aurora Starfire]

Aurora frowned. "Forgive me, it was not my intention to imply that you were the same as any other Sith I have met. As a matter of fact, I was already aware of the fact that no two beings, Jedi or Sith, are alike. But, to be willing to slaughter innocent children, I thought that you must have some sort of grudge against us. If that is not the case, then why would you do it? Just because your master has commanded it does not mean that it is the right thing to do." She paused. "Or does it matter to you, whether what you're doing is right or wrong?"

[CSI]

CSI thought for a while, while sitting in the Younglings' quarter. Watching they snoring, CSI felt he had responsibility that he must take of them. Now he must locate the Rogue Padawan which emits the Dark Side aura. He knows that if he doesn't locate them as soon as possible, then he would corrupt more and more Jedi.

 

Sat down and he began to meditate. He searched the feelings, and he felt a strong dark side figure and a strong light side figure in the adjacent room. Aurora and the Sith. May the Force Be with You, Aurora.

 

He turned away and continued to search his feelings. In distance, he saw a slight red figure. "Bingo," he stood up and used Force Sight to search him. Thank the Force, he located the Padawan with ease.

 

"Let's sit down and talk, peacefully. I don't want this beautiful ship scarred." CSI said to the padawan, with his eyes closed.

[Master_Archon]

"Forgive me, it was not my intention to imply that you were the same as any other Sith I have met. As a matter of fact, I was already aware of the fact that no two beings, Jedi or Sith, are alike. But, to be willing to slaughter innocent children, I thought that you must have some sort of grudge against us. If that is not the case, then why would you do it? Just because your master has commanded it does not mean that it is the right thing to do." She paused. "Or does it matter to you, whether what you're doing is right or wrong?"

 

N'la sat back in the chair, his arms on his legs in a relaxed state. "I forgive you, and as for slaughtering children, my master has commanded all she commands to kill, or control, that was the order," he told her simply.

 

"As for the right thing to do, I know it isn't, why do you think I said it would go against my code of honor to slaughter innocents," he replied.

 

"As for whether it matters as right or wrong, I have no feelings on the matter, I have had no feelings on most matters, I am just what I am, and I do what I do. That is why I am my master's apprentice, or at least her most favored, because she knows I will not attempt ascention to her role as Sith Lord or Lordess, as she is a woman," he told the woman, who was taking in his words for reasons he did not know.

 

"Though I don't feel on the matter, it does not mean I do or do not have morals on it, why should children die because the adult's own inability of reason," he lectured. "But what must be done, must be done, lest I successfully defeat you all, without the bloodshed of the children, and take them to my master to be turned against their training, then I have no other option than to kill them....the order, the Jedi Order, must not return, as my master does not want it to," he told her, waiting for some response from her.

[Aurora Starfire]

"So you have a code of honor, but overall it doesn't matter, because whatever your master orders, you do. There was a time, or so I've heard, when if a person was ordered to do something that went against his code of honor, then he was forced, out of necessity, to disobey." She sighed. "Apparently, such people are few and far between now, and a code of honor is only adhered to when a person feels like it."

[steven]

The padawan turned to face CSI. "Sorry Nihilus, this child is not viable at this moment in time. He's... resting." The padawan said as he injected himself with a siringe full of a silver liquid. "That should do the trick. The metal flows around the body and will reach the heart in two minutes. That's all I need." At this point CSI saw that something else was incontroll of this child "Don't try anything stupid, you can't save this child. If the metal doesn't kill him and I loose my connection, he'll remain brain dead for the rest of his days."

[CSI]

CSI looked around and fanned himself a little and shouted: "Aurora, this is hotter and hotter here! Well, bah! She's dealing with someone, I see. Now want some ice?" Then he stood up, "Force Freezing Field!" Suddenly, ice began to form on the Rogue Padawan's feet, and slowly froze his body in a beautiful icecube. The ice also froze the liquid metal in the Padawan's blood, and thus put him in Hibernation trance. "Arion, help me, meet me in Med bay!" CSI shouted.

[Master_Archon]

"Few and far between indeed, but I never said I was going to kill them, did I?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. "I said she gave orders of kill, or control...how you control, is up to you, so in basis, I'm not going against my code of honor, which is a small code, so it's hard to break," he told her.

 

"I was only threatening them to spur you to action, though, as I said, if they're smart enough to know right and wrong, and make sensible, and moral decisions, no matter what their age, then they are accountable, and thus, not innocent in my eyes, some will be innocent, some will not, some I may have to kill, some I could knock out, or trick," he told her.

 

"so, I'm really ot going against my code, so I'm one of those few and far between. Though I am sith, and that accounts for something. And no two sith or jedi are alike, as you confirmed, so one's code may be different from another, it depends on how you view a code of honor," he went on.

 

"You are a jedi, so your view of a code of honor, will be different from mine, so to you I could be breaking the code of honor, while I'm not breaking 'my' code at all," he got to his point.

 

"So I adhere to the code that I have set before myself, and I have not been ordered against it, nor have I broken it, even when the feeling to do so comes upon me, though, as I said, feelings are little, and far between for me on matters," he said, leaning forward, taking interest in this conversation that he was having with the female jedi.

 

"Besides, in common courtesy practices, both people must know the others name, and I never got yours, yet you got mine," he said, wafting his hand outward to indicate for her to tell him, though he did not do it in an impolite, or forceful fashion.

[steven]

The padawan simply laughed, the Hibernation trance had obivouslly failed "It's too late. He's gone, Nihilus.". His skin started to cut and he began to bleed. "When you frooze the metal, like all liquids, it expanded, right inside his viens. You killed him. But his death will not be in vein. In the kid's datapad I have located a small vault located one of Coruscants moon which will give all the details of the Exile's base, their location and blue prints. Use them to destroy Traya or I will do this, one by one to your padawans. I am the puppetmaster, there's no way for you to beat me. Unless you kill Traya" The kid laughed as he bleed to death. There was nothing CSI could do but check out the datapad.

 

((A bit grusome I know but it's important that he dies or else CSI would have to fight her))