Star Wars: The Lost Son

[Darth Randus]

In his meditation, Darth Saaron chuckled. ::Indeed that one was simple, my apprentice. You are becoming even more powerful than the Jedi can even dream of, like me. Your power will continue to grow as you grow stronger in the Dark Side of the Force. Moving on, Through power, I gain victory.::

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera smiled in her meditation. ::Through power, I gain victory. Another simple one.:: As she grew more powerful, she would eventually be able to defeat anything that stood in her way. ::Is there more, Master?::

[Darth Randus]

Darth Saaron smiled again, his apprentice is grasping the aspects of the Sith Code perfectly. ::Yes, my apprentice. I can sense your eagerness. But know this, understanding is more important than the speed you learn it in. Through victory my chains are broken.::

[CSI]

"Let me check..." CSI punched some keys, and murmured: "Strange...I can't locate that ship anymore." His eyes stay fixed on the monitor.

 

"That's impossible...Wasn't it right there?" Vergil came over and pointed at the screen.

 

"Yes, that is supposed to be there." CSI nodded.

 

"Wait...take a look here." Vergil shifted to another view, and saw a hyperspace trail near it. "They went into hyperspace."

 

CSI shook his head in disbelief, "Blast, now we need to change our plan a little...Arion? There is a change of plan. We're coming to you. Please transmit your current location, and we can commence Hyperspace procedure."

[Aurora Starfire]

::Yes, master.:: Darth Maera paused. ::Master, this one.... is confusing. My chains are broken? What does that mean?::

 

* * *

 

Arion nodded. "Transmitting now.... stand by." He punched in their co-ordinates and sent them to the Phoenix. "We'll, ah, wait for you here, I guess. See you soon."

 

Sarela entered the cockpit. "Is there a problem?"

 

Arion sighed. "Your guess is as good as mine. One thing's for sure, something's not right. I just- I just can't figure out what it is." He tried to reach out for Aurora, but found nothing. I hope she's okay.

[CSI]

"Let's go." CSI raised the Jedi Phoenix into the deep space, and it flicked into hyperspace.

 

"Wait...this coordinates...they're near Tatooine..." Vergil looked at the coordinates.

 

"Oh blast...Wait, let me shift to manual." CSI punched in another set of coordinates, "Here we go."

 

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After a while, Jedi Pheonix exited the hyperspace, and noticed a small vessel nearby. CSI shouted into the comm: "Arion, CSI here. We got out of hyperspace, and we noticed there is a small vessel nearby. Can you identify yourself, so we can begin crew transferring? After all, this is your ship, sir."

[Darth Randus]

::I would have been supprised if you were not confused by it, my apprentice. This has been argued by many Sith. One way of looking at it, the chains could represent a being's restrictions. However, not just a Sith but any being in the universe. These restrictions could be placed upon someone by someone else, or inflicted upon oneself. The goal of any Sith is to free themselves from such restrictions. But know this, my apprentice, this does not mean that you can simply do whatever you want.:: He paused giving her time to think, ::Look at me, I broke my chains when I killed my former master and father.::

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera thought about this for a while. ::Yes, master. I think I understand.::

 

* * *

 

Arion glanced outside, and smiled a little when he saw the Phoenix there. "That's us, CSI. Eh, there's not a lot of room on this ship, we'd better transfer over to you.

[CSI]

"Okay, here goes the hard part." CSI murmured, and tried his best to manuveur Jedi Phoenix as close to the vessel. "Commencing crew transmitting...Pressure Room--Zero Pressure. Clear for Opening the hatch...Hatch opened...Welcome aboard, Arion."

 

Vergil, still in the ARC outfit, stood at the door of Pressure room.

[Darth Randus]

Darth Saaron smiled, his apprentice would make a great Sith indeed. ::Very well, my apprentice. The final part of the Sith Code is, the force shall free me.::

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera was glad that her master was pleased with her. ::The Force.... shall free me.:: She felt that this line was interconnected with the one before it, and directed her concentration on this link. The Force.... shall free me from my chains? But that contradicts the verse before it. Wait..... Victory will *break* my chains, but the Force will free me from them. ::I understand, master. Thank you, I have learned a great deal.::

 

* * *

 

Arion stepped aboard the Phoenix, and smiled. "It's good to be back." Sarela followed him, and he turned to introduce her. "This is.... wait, er, I don't think I got your name?"

 

"Sarela.... Sarela Tan," she replied, softly.

 

Arion nodded. "Sarela, this is Vergil. I think CSI's still at the controls. Come." He led the way to the cockpit.

[Darth Randus]

Darth Saaron ended his meditation and had a dark smile on his face. "You have done well, my apprentice, I am very pleased with your progress. I can sense that you have grown stronger in the Dark Side during your meditations. I sense that you will become a *great* Sith one day. For now, come with me." He led her into his quarter's common room and sat down on a luxurous, black couch that was in his father's quarters already.

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera rose from her meditation, proud that she had been able to please her master. She followed him to the common room and, after a moment's hesitation, seated herself next to him. "What is your will, milord?"

 

* * *

 

Arion entered the cockpit, followed by the others. "CSI, good to see you. What's the status of your mission?"

[Darth Randus]

Darth Saaron spent several moments looking at Darth Marea sitting next to him, admiring how beautiful his apprentice was. He locked his burning yellow eyes onto her's, and asked "What did the Jedi Order order you to do before you... had a change of heart, my apprentice? Also, what was their reaction to your feelings towards me, I can still sense them you know, and you are hiding them, curious." He chuckled.

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera looked away, uneasily. "I had convinced them to let me try to- to redeem you," she said, in a low voice. "I... I think they were displeased with me for having feelings for you, but they said they would discuss it with me.... when I came back." She was a little confused.... she hadn't thought she was hiding her feelings from Darth Saaron.... was she? "Hiding them, milord? I don't understand."

[Darth Randus]

"The Jedi are fools, they deny the true power of the force, only a select few, like yourself, can every truly be both worthy and able to understand the force." Darth Saaron hissed in a dark voice. He continued, his tone back to a casual conversation, "I wanted you to suppress your Jedi past. However, you are also unknowingly suppressing your feelings towards me. Release them! Through passion, I gain strength!"

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera bowed her head. "Y- yes, milord. I'm sorry for displeasing you." She closed her eyes, focusing inward, to release her feelings from their constraints. Finally, she looked up again, a small smile curving the edges of her mouth. She reached up to turn his face down towards her, and began to kiss him, with a passion she hardly knew she possessed. ::Happier now, master?:: she asked him, eyes glittering with amusement.

[CSI]

CSI smiled at Arion: "Hey, Arion, we meet again." Then he stood up, "The control is yours--after all, it's your ship, anyway. And as promised--she didn't stratch a little, except these bounty hunters tried to take over your ship. And that's lucky that your ship doesn't have a satellite dish."

 

Vergil entered the cockpit and said, "We heard that Master Starfire had 'failed', but we don't know why, and where they are. Well, my greater prestige sense tells me that something worse happened, far worse."

 

CSI nodded in agreement, "What's your plan, Master Starfire? And...who is that lady?"

 

Vergil introduced: "This is CSI, my friend. This is Sarela Tan."

 

CSI bowed politely: "It's an honor to meet you, madam."

[Aurora Starfire]

Arion sank down in the pilot's seat, and held his head in his hands. "Worse? You don't mean she's dead, do you..... no, I'd know if she died. I'd know. Worse...." Arion looked up, an expression of horror on his face. "No.... no, no, no. She couldn't. She'd never fall to the dark side. And- and yet...." He shook his head. "I have to find her. There's got to be a way to figure out where she is."

[CSI]

CSI jumped from his chair: "What did you say? Huh? Aurora fell to dark side? Hey, we never got live proof of that. So don't jump to the conclusion."

 

Vergil replied: "Well, we're working on that, but they went into hyperdrive, so there is almost impossible to trace them, but...we mignt can trace them...using the old method."

 

CSI suddenly got an idea: "Well, Vergil is right. The last time we spotted the Executor-class destroyer by using the heat signature and energy consumption. The golden rule: The bigger the ship is, the more energy it consume. So it worths a shot...Since we just came from Korriban, let's focus on that planet. And according to the database, there are several Sith Planets: Korriban, Ziost, Unknown Regions...But of course, that depends on luck, sir."

 

Vergil nodded: "Yeah, that worths a shot, what do you think, Arion?"

[Aurora Starfire]

Arion nodded. "Anything. If it even has a chance of working, then let's try it. Where do we start?"

 

Finally, Sarela spoke. "Your sister is with my son, isn't she?"

 

Arion stared at her. "Your son? You- you mean Darth Saaron.... is your son?"

 

She bowed her head. "Yes, he is." She got to her feet. "If there's anything I can do to help you locate them, let me know." She turned and left the room.

[CSI]

"Eh, who is Darth Saaron?" CSI stratched his head, "I don't think we met him before, did we?" Vergil shook his head.

 

"Anyway, let's start with Korriban. Then Ziost, then Unknown Regions...And we start over after 1 hour. I don't believe they would never come out of Hyperdrive." Vergil added.

 

"By the way, I think I begin to like Sarela." CSI joked and Vergil gave him a stare. "Never mind, bad joke." CSI apologized, "Anyway, here we go!" CSI stood up, and entered the main lobby. On the console he pressed a few button, and a galaxy map appeared. "Now we check the heat signature near the Korriban. Filter--Executor Class Destroyer." Then the camera began to focus on Korriban, and zooming it in. After a while, several small red dots appeared, and vanished because of filter. "No, not on Korriban. Now let's try Ziost..."

 

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After 15 min, CSI reported: "No heat signature so far. Let's refresh after 45 minutes. Meanwhile, we got nothing to kill except time."

[Darth Randus]

Darth Saaron watched as Darth Marea unlocked her emotions. When he saw her her smile, he returned it with his own wickedly amused smile. As they kissed with a passion they never knew they had, he could feel their power in the Dark Side growing. He heard her through the force while they were kissing and replied, ::Very, my apprentice. You see how these feelings can also make you stronger as well, can't you?::

[Aurora Starfire]

Darth Maera felt her power growing, strengthening, in the dark side. ::Yes.... yes, my love, I can feel it. It's just as you said.::

 

* * *

 

Arion shook his head. "You remember Ben Flameshadow, right? He he fell to the dark side, and took the name Darth Saaron. An- and Aurora's in love with him." He stood up, and stretched briefly. "I'm going to practice lightsaber forms for a while. If you find anything, please let me know."

[Darth Randus]

::Of course it is, and this is only the beginning, my love and apprentice.:: Reluctantly, he ended their passionate kiss and slowly got up, putting on his mask as he did so. "Come with me, my apprentice. I have a supprise for you." He waited for Darth Marea to follow him down to the detention block, where all of the Dark Jedi who were torturing Arion were being held in a interrogation room. He stepped in and motioned for his apprentice to do the same. "As you are aware, my new apprentice, these are our survants who were torturing your brother. Do whatever you want with them. I will be here as a observer. Have some... fun, my apprentice."