The Dark Blade dropped out of hyperspace battered and bruised. The shipyards were ahead but the ship could all but limp. Ona Vossk looked up as an alert went out. "Lock on tractor beams!"
"Yes, ma'am."
***
Aya turned to Satana. "Go." She gave a hand signal, and two Stormtroopers fell into flanking position. Captain Forrester who was at the com terminal, looked over. He quickly grabbed his blaster and fell in behind them, motioning several troopers to follow.
"I lost contact with TF-423 and 425 just a few minutes ago."
Aya nodded. "Then we had better hurry. Satana, I'm making you a... deputy... Elite." She smiled at Satana. "You will carry-out my orders and issue your own to these two men. Forrester, where was Q'Anilia being kept."
"Senior crew quarters. Deck six."
"Lets go! Do you sense anything, Satana?" Aya could sense three distinct emotives. One was dark, another a flickering light, and the other was an unknown.
Banis arched an eyebrow behind her mask. She watched the crouching woman and shook her head.
"Thats strange. I strongly recall myself clearly implicating the opposite, seer. There is more to me than meets even your eyes, old one.
Darth Sear, lift your blade. Let us make the Miraluke extinct for real, you and I. You can consider it training. Your first exercise and it will make you legendary"
Without another word, Banis summoned her blade back to hand, charged and from two directions swung at the seer.
She smiled faintly and nodded. "As you wish." She sighed and closed her eyes for a moment. "Let me see... I know Banis is in there... And furious. Other then that, its probably about the same you can feel." She opened her eyes and looked to the men before turning and hurrying to the quarters on deck six.
She stopped outside the door, pausing for a moment before speaking to the men behind her. "Banis is closest to the door." She waited for a moment before stepping in and drawing her blaster.
As she made her way to the bathroom she could identify the other two by the voices she heard. Darran... Banis was moving. She looked to the men by her side. "Go! Protect the Seer!"
DB... these men are yours, you will have to RP them. For now I'll do it. Advice: do take your time.))
Darth Sear raised his weapon towards the Seer and stepped to Banis's side. "Then this was all I wanted, training." He smiled, not a dark smile but one of hope as he looked at Q'Anilia.
The stormtroopers nodded. "Yes, ma'am." They raised their blasters and positioned themselves on either side of the doorway. "I suggest we wait till the Sith has moved away from the door."
Aya followed by Forrester and three men, entered behind the room.
gren watched from an observation shuttle as a freighter released hundreds of droid starfighters into the asteroid field. freighters like this could be seen all throughout the edges of the field, emptying there bays, then flying back towards the planet for more. an operation like this may take weeks to finish but buy the end of the day a thin layer of droids would be spread all the way around, patroling the fields for unidentified ships. he smiled, also watching as every once in a while, a large asteroid with a mining plant on it was spotted, sending the precios minerals back to hoth. the shuttle began to turn, and something much larger came into view, a star destroyer sized battleship. the silent critic. the shuttle slowly flew through the rock filled blackness before being consumed by the enourmess hanger bay. soon the brand new ship would be close enough to release shuttles of repair droids, to once again assist its dagger shaped counterparts. however, the nuber of ships in need would greatly slow the speed of repair. gren sighed and stepped down the loading ramp of the shuttle, peering at the officers and droids standing at attention. "dismissed." and with a wave all but 2, daren herth and a geonosian engineer named fas' hokh, were gone.
Satana glanced at Aya for a moment before sighing softly and looking at the door. "Do what you must to keep her safe... But we are not going in to hurt anyone. When they've moved from the door, two of you make your way over to the seer. We will try to stop them without firing. If all else fails then you know what to do." She took a deep breath in, glancing at the troopers quickly, making sure they understood what she said. "Do not try to fight them unless we absolutely must."
"Can you sense that, Sith? I am the newcomer and the most likely one to walk out the door, yet they wish to protect me. Its called faith. Trust. Love. Something not all power in the galaxy can buy"
She faced Daran who had taken her before moving. From her low position did she in an unnatural way launch herself backwards. Her blade went then up to meet those of the Sith and with a flash did they clash. A backflip later she had footing on the wall and acrobaticly launched herself, blade first, towards Banis.
Darth Banis sidestepped to evade the onrushing Q'Anilia. She swung one of her blades from ahead and one from the side. The side opposite to the one which Daran slashed from. It did not matter how old the seer was, because three sabers agains one granted the duo the greater advantage. At least when it came to battle of sabers.
"You would be surprised what a little fear can do to people. You will see, in time, just exactly what I mean. That is of course if you even live to see tomorrow"
(Ooooh a plan. Do tell, angel 😊 )
Admittedly she was disappointed with the man. For a while, it almost seemed as if he had seen the light. She frowned and while midst air forcepushed herself to the ground, having all three blades pass her narrowly. The impact on the ground from the push was rough, but far more gentle than the touch of a lightsaber. From where she laid on her back, she spun around and kicked the side of Darth Banis legs, sending her to the ground. She used then a wave of the force to send Banis sliding away along the ground. Q'Anilia then from her laying position trough bursts of forcespeed and a few acrobatic moves was back up at her feet, had circled the Sith apprentice, already making a swing towards Darth Sear from the side with a steady grip with both hands. She spoke troughout her actions, finishing her sentence roughly the same time as she was making her swing against Darth Sear.
"I do not want to fight either of you two. It doesnt have to be this way. Let me help you"
Daran didn't reply. He blocked by bringing his blade down. The two blades sparked and Darth Sear used a Force push against Q'Anilia. "Yes, I'm sure you'll get your chance!" He said to her while he was attaking.
The Tyrents Fist dropped out of hyperspace into the asteroid field surrounding Hoth. The ship was pilotted carefully through the field.
Q'Anilia spun trough the air like a rag, but successfully maneuvered herself whilst airborne to land with her feet against the wall, like how she had caught footing previously. She flipped down to the floor and then rose, standing straight while holding the lightsaber in one hand. Her other hand began to sparkle, as a beam of electricity was shot towards Darth Sear. She kept her saber low as she felt the electricity surge trough the room and going straight towards Daran.
"My mastery of Ataru allows me to find footing at the most unexpected places. My knowledge in the force allows me to surpass the light without entering the dark. You must believe me when I tell you that I do not wish to harm either one of you, but if you keep this up then injuries are inevitable. You are young, Daran, but no fool. Silence your mind, seek trough your heart"
"Which in truth is exactly what I was hoping for"
Darth Banis got up, holding her chest as she did. She had deactivated her sabers in the fall to not risk striking herself. She was not fighting this battle only physically, but psychically. Beneath her mask was a grin as she stood up straight.
"You do not want to. You may be four thousand years old, but since it go against your will to battle us and Darth Sear here specificly, you are holding back. By fighting us, you are fighting yourself as well. You do not want to harm us, thus' you will be harming your precious Ataru as well as offensive willpower. Your own set limitations will along with the fact that we have two more blades than you on our side will grant us enough advantage to be above you in probability of walking out of this room. You know this of course, Q'Anilia, but fortunately for us I do not share your compassion"
Darth Banis ignited her two blades once more and started walking in the direction of Darth Sear and Q'Anilia.
"How ironic. The immortal Miraluke will be her own slayer"
Q'Anilia raised her head, dissolving the electricity. How could she not have seen that coming? The clouding of the dark side, of course. Q'Anilia sighed, but decided to remain optimistic. She was not convinced, not by far, but after having preached about trust, she considered herself with but one option and that was to accept the situation and see how the future unravel. She spun her lightsaber and gripped it with both hands, before walking up next to Daran. Darth Banis was right, however. In time, Q'Anilia would be her own slayer. She would not die by her own hands, but she would by what she believed in. A fate she was willing to face. Hopefully would the fate not catch up with her today.
"Lower your weapons, Darth Banis. Give up. The blade numbers are matched now, but you are vastly outpowered as well as outnumbered"
She spoke with confidence, even though she knew it was incredibly unlikely that Banis would just drop her weapons and surrender. Not to mention that she was not quite sure where exactly Daran stood. The Sith used deception all the time, and even though Daran had not been around Banis for long, Q'Anilia knew that dark thoughts spread like a plague from one dark minded to another. Darth Banis was talented in the arts of deception and incredibly smart, Q'Anilia knew as much already. How much of it had Daran caught already?
No. She shook the thoughts out of her head. Even though Daran's thoughts were clouded by the dark side, she was not going to play out the cards of distrust. Instead she was going to embrace the situation, both in current state and mind.
Banis arched an eyebrow, but was not surprised. Not even the slightest. Instead she halted, spun her blades in preparation and took battlestance. She watched the two where they stood and for a while, Darth Banis remained silent. The only sound that Banis paid attention to for a while, was the buzzing of the lightsabers.
"I knew that one day my apprentice would stab me in the back, but this is just ridiculous"
She gave out a laughter as she charged, focusing purely on a charge towards Q'Anilia. She jumped and swung her blade with intense force.
Daran's smile grew as Banis leaped. He spun his blade to the right and threw it at Banis, making sure the blade would be close enough to cause concern. He then grabbed Q'Anilia and pushed her into a wall with a Force aided shove. "Deception is the key," he smiled, "but who am I decieving?" He sent a Force blast towards Banis, hoping to stall her attack.