The Sith Rogue: Emergence

[Nathanial K'cansce]

*How long had it been? All time had been lost since that one fate-filled day. The Force continued on but the DarkSide, rather the Sith, had suffered a tragic defeat. The Sith Empire had vanished. One even lead to another, and now, gone.

Darth Snack, former Council Member and Dark Lord of the Sith Empire was the only one left standing. The only survivor. Or so he thought. Or so he thought. His Apprentice, Jared had shown up on Cayss one day, but seemed different. The disease he carried, one that Snack had never heard before, frightened the Sith Lord.

Tempist Opps was on Cayss as well, with his own agendas and future planned out.

And Xeno Stormrider had proven valiant and had survived. Now, the young Sith was an apprentice to Lord Snack.

And it was really his idea, to do this.

Snack had put most everything behind him. Xeno had reassured him that the past is worth remembering. But what would they find? If anything...



The sleek design of the outdated X-Wing exited the tunnels of hyperspace. The beautiful planet of Munto Codru hung in the blackness void of space, shining brilliantly. The tension in the surrounding atmosphere, or lack there of, of the planet seemed to have eased since his time spent there. The lack of the DarkSide... the lack of the Sith presence on the planet had given those of Munto Codru a new life, one filled with joy and no worries. The fear of being under the Sith rule was no longer.

So be it.

Snack took a deep breathe, his own mind calming itself. He did not really fear what he might find down there. Just the opposite. He feared of what he would not find. He suppressed the feelings back into his mind, and pushed the throttle forward, sending his X-Wing towards the planet he use to call home.

[Xenodoros Stormrider]

He was a traveler; young Xenodoros Stormrider was one who wandered from one planet to the other. The reason he did so was because he didn't know where to run away from his problems. His family was something he had to get away from.

Sneaking inside a cargo ship, Xenodoros didn't know what the destination would be. He would go where ever the ship would bring him. Sitting behind a crate, Xenodoros fell asleep, until a loud thump was heard.

"What the f -" Xenodoros stopped in the middle of his words. It seemed that the cargo ship had made an emergency stop because one of its engines had short circuited.

[Sierra Sha]

"Why do I always come back here?" There was no answer in the deserted tunnels except the unanswered question echoing against the stone walls. She had thought that her conversation with Vega (http://meras.org/forum/showthread.php?threadid=4047) had eased her mind. The attitude of 'screw them for leaving me' would get her through. In reality, Sierra's anger only made her forget briefly, for a time. Then sadness would overtake her and suddenly, Sierra was flying towards Munto Codru regularly, thinking of her lost family and why she couldn't have gone with them.

It was what she was doing now. Brooding on a rather large boulder towards the beginning of what used to be the main tunnel for the Empire. Slumped forward on her knees, Sierra held the lightsai her mother, Nuriko, had given her. The blade was off but it was something of substance that she still had from her parents. It wasn't the center of her focus. She held it for comfort. What really held her attention were the tiny pebbles littered across the ground.

A heavy sigh escaped her lips in sorrow. Sierra had a defect somewhere in her body. She couldn't move anything with her mind. The power of telekinesis was barren inside and secretly she hoped her family of the past could have helped her where her family of the future couldn't. No matter how hard she tried, never had a single object stirred.

With the loss of her family came the loss of the drive to gain in power or further herself. She would stand by Trace but that was it. Nothing mattered. Not anymore.

[Dark B Shadow]

:: It seems that Dark was away from the Empire for a long time. He left the Empire to go on ahis own private mission to find anything out about his parents. Which he managed to find out a little. and mangaged to come back with his fathers sword. However he does not he felt a disterbence in the force. A feeling like something treible was happening at the empire. So he decided it was time to finally go back.

He was traveling back in his custom made ship which he named The New Day. When he dropped out of hyperspace he ended up in a mass of debre where the Empire should have stand. He had to manuver out of the way so his ship nwill be saved. Once he was out of the debre he realized something. The Sith Empire was no more.

The Empire was the only thing that he had and now it was destroyed. And why did it just vanished. He had his ideas but for some reason He didnt think it was so. However thiss only incfreased his anger his rage toward anything that was and still is an enemy of the Empire. Even though it was destroyed he still only believed the empire is the greatest one ever.

But still he could still not do anything for he still was an apprentice which now seems like he is an apprentice without a master. But what is he to do.

So he just sat there looking at what remains of the greatest sith empire that ever was.::

[Nathanial K'cansce]

*The X-Wing shot through the upper atmosphere of the planet, en route to the city that proved as the front of the Sith Empire. The control tower had answered Snack's request to land, and had told him to land in the part at the far end of the city.

Once landed and out of his fighter, Snack threw his cloak over him and made his way out into the city. All the buildings were so familiar. The people looked the same, and the air smelled the same. The only difference was the content mood of those who passed by, no longer fearing for their lives. How... touching.

Soon, though, he would be through the city and at the door to the warehouse complex that housed the "main" entrance to the Empire's walls. If it was still there.*

[Xenodoros Stormrider]

Xenodoros opened the cargo door forcefully, and got out of the cargo ship. The air was cold and the ship seemed to have landed on a planet that was all too familiar for Xeno.

"Who's there?" One of the drivers had gotten out of the cargo ship.

As the driver looked around he saw nothing because Xeno had fled with Force Speed.

Xendoros walked a few miles, observing the familiar scenes on the planet.

"I just had to land here." Xeno told himself.

[Sierra Sha]

Her eyes snapped upward towards the secret entrance to this section of the underground tunnels and swore. Telekinetics she'd be lacking, but Sierra was adept at sensing when others were around. Especially those strong in the Dark Side of the Force. There was no way to tell what this beings intentions were.

Sierra hopped off the rock and ran towards cover in a manner of a second. She pulled out both her weapons, a regular sabre and the light sai, and waited for what was coming.

This place would not be violated by anyone if she had anything to say about it.

[Nathanial K'cansce]

*The warehouse was in shambles. Stones, both large and small littered the ground. Glass was broken and thrown everywhere, making any clear path invisible to the eye. Carefully stepping over rocks and other debris, Snack made his way through the interior of the dark building towards the back.

There was a door there, barely on its hinges. Parts of the walls around it had crumbled down to form a pile of concrete and rock, revealing large holes into the inner depths of the Empire's catacombs.

No doubt, there was a riot, infiltration, and utter destruction of the place where the Empire once stood.

Snack shook his head in dismay, and gently pushed forward the weak door. It fell to the ground, making a loud banging sound. Stepping over it, Snack started his decent into the cold, damp, darkness of the first hallway into the Empire.*

[Xenodoros Stormrider]

The air was the same as always; intoxicating. Xenodoros spit on the floor in order to release his anger. He narrowed his eyes, looking in the distance and finding out that The Sith Empire Headquarters were still where they were before.

The Sith Empire - Xeno didn't know either to detest it for leaving, or love it for creating who he presently is. Fortunately, he had found out that there were survivors. Dark Lord Darth Snack was one of the few who had not disappeared.

Should I go see if there are any more of them in there... UGH! I should leave instead!

Xenodoros turned around, trying to walk away from his old home. Xeno looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Why do I still feel great resentment to this blasted piece of dirt!"

He looked at the ground, and turned around once more to look at the Headquarters.

"I guess I'll have to grant my curiosity some satisfaction."

[Dark B Shadow]

:: From what Dark could see from his ship it looked liked everything was destroyed. So After awhile of hovering over the Empires remains Dark desides to land on the perimeter to look around.

He lands and he quickly gets pout. he could barely see anything for when he landed it kicked up dust from the reckage. THis was so great that if anyone was outside they would have definently seen the dust cloud.

Since he couldn't even see ishis hand infront of his face he sat on a rock that he felt from touch and sat there untill the dust settled. How could all this damage happen to this place in such a short amount of time.

When the dust finally settled he could see that there really wasn't much to see anyway. It was all in ruins. Dark just roamed the perimeter not goin far away from the ship. he was scaverging through the reakage to see if he could find any sort of information on why this happened.::

[Sierra Sha]

The loud crash of wood splintering echoed down the hallway to Sierra's ears. She fought the urge to look around the pile of rubble and dead corpses, keeping still and weapons at the ready.

Seconds tick away, turning to minutes but nothing physical came. Sierra could still feel the strength of evil coming. It permeated the area. Finally, the sound of boots hitting the ground in a broken rhythm was heard; stopping or kicking away whatever littered the ground.

Sierra steadied herself to one knee, ready to jump and strike down this thing as it rounded the corner......

[Nathanial K'cansce]

*The moment Snack rounded the corner, a twitch in his eyes caused by a warning through the Force made itself apparent. Sierra jumped, grabbing a hold of the Dark Lord's cloak. She drew her knee high as she came around behind Snack, kneeing him hard in the middle of his back. The result ended in the Sha's favor as Snack lent backwards in sharp pain.

Her light sai came to life and placed itself dangerously close to Snack's now open neck. She then jammed her cold lightsaber hilt in Snack's back, waiting for a reason to turn it on and to watch it exit his chest. Sierra provided something to lean against, but that was the only help she offered.

Though caught off guard, Snack kept his composure. He kept still, allowing her saber hilt to move up and down as he breathed deeply. It was not his time to die. Yet.

Sierra...

Snack's voice made its way forcefully into her mind.

I know the pain you feel is great, but this is not how to channel it. You know that this is not the way....

A minute of silence passed before Snack was able to stand tall again. He turned his frame to Sierra, his dark eyes never wavering from her figure.*

Follow me into the depths, for I seek the same answers as you do.

*He had never spoken to, or came into contact with Sierra before in his service with the Empire, but he had seen her once or twice. And as a Council Member, he made it his job to seek out information about the Empire's vast array of members, past or ancient. She was a Sha from a different universe... daughter to Nuriko and Rama. That's all he knew, or wanted to know, given the fact she wasn't from this universe. His quest was of knowledge and power, but even he had his limits. Paradox's were best left for the Jedi to figure out.

Turning abruptly, Snack continued down the path to the depths of the Empire. If the outside had been any sign, the rest of the place he once knew as home would be no longer.

The two's journey to the hidden door was relatively quiet and uneventful. Snack glance back at Sierra once, his face expressionless. He hopped she was ready.

He hoped that he, himself, was ready.*

...

*And the moment the door creaked open, Snack fell to his elbow's and knees, his hands clutching the sides of his cranium. Immense pain and a wave of darkness consumed his mind, body, and soul. Any lesser man, or thing, opening the doors to find such a rush would surely have gone made or died. But Snack was attuned to the Dark Sith ways, whether he liked it or not. The pain manifested itself into images, clear as fresh water running down a stream.

Mech droids designed for one thing: to kill. There were a handful of them, each splitting up to go on their own way within the Empire's walls. One made it to the Council Room, one to the Headquarters, while others made their way deeper into the restricted area where only Knights, Lords, Masters, or only Council Members could reach. They took aim as a sudden bright flash of light cleared the picture out.

Snack once again grabbed his head in pain, this time his eyes began to burn as a result of the bright white light.

Mechs.... They are flawed. They cannot overpower the will of pure hatred.

The bass voice filled Snack's head, reverberating its cold and corrupt tone.

Nothing had happened. The new image found within Snack's mind was the same one, and occurred in a time frame after the events of the first image. But nothing was destroyed. The mechs had failed. The walls of the Empire stood strong, just as the many warriors who stood within them at one point in time. But now the image swirled through the halls, finally revealing the city, the home of the Sith base and those who where slaves to them.

A massive mob ran through the streets, torches burning, weapons raised high. Their screams of war echoed through the joyous city, for they could taste a final victory and blow a deadly defeat to the Sith that were no longer there. The images that followed showing the destruction of the outer walls were perverse to say the least.

They had breeched the outer perimeter and had mad their way to where Snack and Sierra were now. Crowbars and axes tore away at the doors, but the will of the darkness and the power of the Sith Energies that had been caught in the walls, the floors, and everything within the Empire had proven valiant. The moment the doors had come down, all who made up the mob fell tot he ground, or were pushed hard against the walls. They all dropped their weapons and torches, screaming in agony. Visions of pain and death filled their minds and caused their bodies to wretch. Most were able to flee, but their lives were no longer the same. Images of those involved sprung up, revealing them rocking back and forth in their homes, curled up in a ball in a corner, horrified for the rest of their lives.

The will of hatred rebuilt the doors, but left the outside in shambles. It would sit dormant, awaiting the return of the Sith to reclaim their home. The Empire had survived....

Snack let out a scream of pain as the images left their imprint on him. He lay there, breathing hard and sweating. His eyes opened, only darkness and the cavern ceiling in view.*

They never made it inside... Everything's... as it once was...

*But where was everyone, then? And then it hit the spent man. Before his departure, he remembered one of the last Council Meetings he attended, where the fate of the Empire was being decided. Where the future would be in Shadow...*

....The Shadow Acadamy... Go inside, Sierra...

*Snack rolled over onto his belly, trying to gather himself. He'd follow the Sha girl into the Empire's sturdy walls when he could stand again.*

[Xenodoros Stormrider]

Xenodoros began to walk. The Sith Empire's Headquarters were fairly close but he still had to walk a lot. He marched towards the Sith Headquarters and observed a ship, landing near the Headquarters. Xenodoros was concerned. As he got closer and closer to the Sith Empire, he began to see it in ruins. From far it didn't look as damaged.

After a long walk, Xenodoros spotted someone. He seemed to be looking around, and was probably the owner of the ship. Xenodoros kept his hand near his hilt and approached.

"What are you doing here?" Xenodoros asked, not knowing he was a former member of the Sith Empire.