The Second Half (Closed)

[Skroth da Ripper]

*Skroth walked into a small town close to a forest on Bakura. He leaned up against a house. He knew jedi were near. He could sense two in the area close to him. He made sure that they could sense him too. Concentrating a bit, and letting his anger flow, he focused on the town hall, which was right in the middle of the village. He heated the molecules in the air to a blazing 300 degrees ferinheight (?). Flames spewed out of the building. Fueling the fire with hate, the protoss spread the flames quickly throughout the town. People tried to frantically put out the flames, but Skroth's hate was stronger than a small amount of water. People burned from the fire and their charred carcasses littered the ground. Skroth laughed, as he watched the town burn to the ground. He walked out of the flaming village, and into the forest knowing that the jedi would know where he is.*

[Dio Blackmoon]

Ambiance: The Thing That Should Not Be, by Metallica.

[i]Dio walked into the burning Bakuran village and felt more than just the heat... he felt the darkness of the one who had set the town ablaze. He felt the anguish of villagers who had had their homes destroyed... The smell of burning embers and smoke filled his nostrils. The ground felt hot to the touch, even through his thick boots. Villagers could barely tell him anything, they seemed so frightened... they only described an alien, tall, slender, with a blade on each arm. Not much to work on. But he and Cerasi would do what they could to have justice brought to the innocent here...

[Cerasi]

Cerasi walked along beside Dio, her hand resting on the hilt of her lightsaber. She looked at the burned bodies on the ground and thought she was going to be sick. She stepped a little closer to Dio. "C'mon, let's find the bastard who did this."

[Skroth da Ripper]

*The protoss sensed the two jedi were closer, they were in the town, tending to the scorched villagers. He laughed, and leaned up against a tall tree. There he waited. *

Skroth...

*The sith looked around, and saw nothing*

Skroth...

*The rogue ignited his psi-blades*

"WHO'S THERE?"

*No response came. He looked around once more and reached out with his mind trying to sense anything that could have sent the message. He found nothing. Skroth shrugs and retakes his place on the tree, and awaits the arrival of the jedi.

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[Dio Blackmoon]

Dio could feel Skroth waiting some distance away, crouched behind a thick, aged tree. His obvious delight at the village's destruction radiated like heat from a furnace. Dio, keeping silent, stole up behind a tree and could see the gentle glow of Skroth's psi blades pulsing from behind the tree, with an eerie, alien glow. Dio retrived his saber from his own belt, but did not ignite it. Skroth still did not want to approach... yet...

[Cerasi]

Cerasi sensed Skroth also,she followed Dio's lead and unclipped her saber from her leather belt, she stepped in front of Skroth "Why did you do it? Why did you hurt all those innocent people?? You sick twisted bastard!! What kind of monster are you?"

[Skroth da Ripper]

*Skroth didn’t reply, he simply glared at the jedi. His red eyes burned with hatred towards the jedi female. The sith threw off his cloak revealing his crimson red armor. He raised his blades, but saw Dio a few yards away igniting his saber. The protoss looked back at Cerasi and smirked. *

"Don't you jedi have some rule about fighting fair?"

*Skroth shook his head, and drew a thermal detonator; Cerasi then ignited her blade and raised her defenses. Skroth shook his head; he set the timer on the explosive for 5 seconds. With force-enhanced strength, Skroth threw it into the air. High above the treetops, the explosion occurred. Skroth looked back at the two jedi and got into his defensive stance, keeping a sharp glare on Cerasi. The snap-hiss of 2 sabers could be heard from behind Dio*

[Dio Blackmoon]

"Wow. A thermal detonator. Never seen one in my life. So, about this 'fighting fair' deal, let's see... you should be one to talk... having burned down a defenseless village..."

[Dyne Darkforce]

The two sabres in his hands pulsated lightly as Dyne made his way into view from the darkness. Dyne smirks as his two sabres glide across Dio's back in precision. They burn through his apparel and into his skin. He brings the lightsabres back around, holding them backwards by the hilt. A stench is let off into the air surrounding them after the strike as his clothing was burnt. Dio grinds his teeth in obvious pain from the two sabre impacts. As Dio turns around to meet Dyne's eyes, a foot lands swiftly in his gut. The Jedi is bent inwards as his eyes widen from the attack. Stepping back a few feet, Dio falls to his knee. Stepping up to Dio, he brings his knee up quickly and slams it into his face. His head jolts back from the knee connection. The Jedi falls back to the floor, the back of his head hitting the ground. Twirling the two sabres, he holds them firmly in the palm of his hands. Dyne backs away a few steps as his eyes spark black. The Dark Side flows freely within his veins as a sadistic laugh follows from Dyne after his hit on Dio. He narrows his eyes on teh Jedi before speaking to them.

"You ought to watch your back more often Dio, might get you hurt."

He gives slight nod to Skroth before glaring at Cerasi as well. Dyne returns his attention back to Dio as he tries to get back to his feet. Bending at the knees very slightly, Dyne awaits patiently.

[Skroth da Ripper]

*Cerasi turns to face Dio's attacker, but quickly realizes her folly, as she feels a hard blow to the back of her head. The jedi lands face down on the hard, dry ground. The hum of Skroth's sabers abruptly end. Skroth kicked the jedi's saber away, and grabbed her neck. He then began to lift her up to eye level while slightly changing his grip, choking her somewhat. She struggled, half gasping for air, half fearing for her life. The protoss glared at her a moment further, and let his eyes project flames about an inch high. This startled Cera even more making her struggling even more violent. In a quick movement the sith spun around and slammed the jedi's back into a nearby tree. Cerasi let out a heavy gasp of air as the impact emptied her lungs of air. Skroth then let her drop to the ground. She collapsed into a coughing heap. Quickly drawing a dagger, the rogue hunter cut into her side and dragged the blade down leaving a bloody line from her abdomen to her right thigh. Skroth then force leapt back and reignited his sabers, his eyes still spat flames.

[Cerasi]

Cerasi laid on the ground, dazed, her head spinning and every part of her small body aching. She rolled her cat like eyes in spite of herself... Why must I always get mixed up with this guy?? Still trying to catch her breath, she stands and glares at Skroth. It's darned hard to glare at someone who is two feet taller then you are. She looks for her saber and spots it under a nearby tree, too far away to try to get it... she would have to do something else. Still glaring at the "man" before her her thoughts raced madly. Suddenly, she turned and skampered up the tree behind her and within mintues she was at the top. She looked down at Skroth, Dyne and Dio. She grinned despite the white hot pain in her side. Carefully standing on a branch she watches Skroth, he starts to climb the tree in chase of her. She waits until he is just about to the top, then, using the Force to soften her landing she jumped out of the tree. Kneeling on the ground she quickly pulled a small blaster out of her boot and set it to stun. Taking careful aim, she shoots Skroth in the back, causing him to fall out of the tree. She walked over to Skroth. Cerasi smirked at him, "Well, now you know how it feels."