Part 2

Andeddu adjusted his new robes to hide the marks that the shackles and the suppression collar had made to his host's body. He was still getting used to walking in an actual body let alone feeling. It had been centuries since he had a spring in his step again. Dagur and Camicazi had stopped bickering, but Andeddu could still see her shooting warning glances at Dagur.

The trio stopped before the ship's exit and Dagur got Andeddu's attention by handing him one of the lightsabers on his belt.

"The gesture is appreciated but I fight better without it." The old Sith lord told him. The lightsabers were just being created millenia ago when he had already honed his fighting form.

Dagur nodded and placed the lightsaber back on his belt. The door opened and sunlight started streaming inside. Once the ship's doors were completely open they could see a large contingent of soldiers standing at attention to welcome them.

The soldiers, standing ramrod straight, saluted as they walked past, and near the end of the welcoming committee stood a thin and gaunt man with graying hair.

"Welcome honored guests. Welcome to Prakith. I am Foga Brill" The man stated. "It is an honor to have Sith lords come visit our humble planet. May I ask what brings you here?"

Camicazi stepped forward. "Greetings. I am Darth Ellare. These are my associates Darth Dasty and Darth Andeddu. We are here to check up on one of our strongholds." She told them. There was no need to explain anything else. As Sith lords their authority was absolute.

"Prakith welcomes such distinguished guests." Foga Brill stated as he walked further with him. "Our resources are at your disposal."

"Thank you." Camicazi stated as the trio surveyed the relatively quite city. Few people walked the streets where there was heavy military presence.

"What will you do now that the war has ended?" Dagur asked as he looked around. Most civilians shrank back from the military officers and even more so from their governor.

They heard the man snort. "Their new government is a sham." He explained. "The Imperials in this system have voted to continue the war against the New Republic. The planet has been isolated and we have a strong fleet and many fortresses on this world. This was after all the headquarters of the Inquisitorius." He boasted.

"And the civilians?" Andeddu now asked as he took a good look at some of the people surrounding them. The city was indeed large and there was a huge military presence but the people looked impoverished and scared of their own government.

"They will fall in line." Foga Brill stated in an assured voice.

"We wish to look around the city before heading to our destination." Andeddu suddenly said as the group halted. "It has been awhile since I've seen my home planet."

"Oh of course of course." The governor stated as he was trying to stay on their good side. "Please make yourselves at home. You can simply ignore the curfew for the civilians. I will let my men know and a cloud car will be waiting next to your ship so that you can head to your destination. Now I do hope you will excuse me. There are some matters I must attend to."

The trio gave Foga a nod of understanding before they were left alone. Several people who had seen them talking to the governor were watching them with suspicion or fear. Once they were alone Dagur asked "So..... why aren't we going to you storehouse of knowledge yet?"

"It's not a storehouse." Andeddu mumbled. "Well not perse."

"Right.... It's a store-keep!" Dagur emphasized. Andeddu shot him a sideways glare before he continued onwards. He did however hear Camicazi muttering "These smartass remarks got us chased after on Alderaan all those years ago."

"This place looks interesting." Andeddu muttered before he stepped inside. Dagur and Camicazi rushed to follow. She nearly gagged at the smell of smoke that invaded her nose upon entering. Dagur sniffed before turning up his nose and looking at the clientele of this particular establishment. They were of the unsavory kind. Meanwhile Andeddu had made his way towards the bar. The body he now inhabited was dwarfed by the burly muscled men that sat at the bar counter.

Andeddu leaned on the counter. "What will you be having stranger?" The bartender asked not looking up.

"Information." Andeddu said in an even voice. "What do you know of Malevolence?"

The chatter at the bar and the surrounding tables quieted down upon Andeddu's question. The bartender looked up for the first time to regard Andeddu with some form of hostility. "I think you better leave stranger." He suggested.

"And I think you better answer my question." Andeddu countered. One of the burly men stood up from a nearby stool and walked towards Andeddu in an intimidating manner. Two mismatched eyes peered up as the man towered over him. "Didn't ya hear what he said. Get lost."

Camicazi and Dagur looked around the bar. Many of the patrons were regarding them with glares and sneers. The outright hostility was stifling. Andeddu however wasn't the least bit intimidated. He ignored the large man towering over him and asked the bartender again "What do you know of the Malevolence cult?"

The burly man who had been ignored grabbed Andeddu by the front of his robes and yanked him away from the bar, slamming him into one of the walls. A snarl adorned the man's face and he growled at Andeddu "Get lost!" But before he could say anything else a blast intense of Force lightning shot out of Andeddu's palm and hit the man. The burly man fell backwards on the bar floor, unmoving. Some scooted back believing that the large man might be dead.

"Now I will ask again and I better receive an answer." Andeddu's voice turned menacing. "You will tell me what I want to know or face the consequences."

The clientele looked in fear at Andeddu and both Dagur and Camicazi's eyes showed a glimmer of respect for the man.

The trio soon left the bar with the information they needed and made their way back to their ship. True to the governor's word, a transport was waiting for them so that they could depart to their destination.

"I will take the back of the cloud car." Andeddu told them. "I'm new to this body and used too much Force lightning at once."

"Well the Keep is supposed to be several hours away." Camicazi stated. "Will you be in optimal condition by then?"

"I should be." Andeddu told them as they boarded the cloud car. "We will be facing much opposition if the information is accurate."

Camicazi directed Dagur to the passenger seat as she took her seat behind the wheel. There was no way that she was going to let Dagur drive again. She still shuddered at the last experience. Andeddu took the back seat and laid down. He grumbled mentally about using too much power. This new body could use many of the same techniques that he could in his original form but he still had to get used to how much energy he expended now. Andeddu slipped into a deep sleep as the cloud car ascended, but by no means what his sleep peaceful.

Darkness greeted him, a faint hum could be heard from somewhere. Andeddu steadily opened his eyes and tried to desperately grab his face as he felt cool liquid surrounding him. He had such an odd feeling as he found that he was connected to some type of breathing apparatus. It was like he was there, but yet he wasn't. He felt more like a passenger watching the events unfold.

Soon a set of doors seemed to open and light filled his vision. He took notice of the tank he was in, which was placed in some sort of laboratory. A tall slender humanoid grey alien, that Andeddu recognized as a Kaminoan, had entered the room and was studying the tank he was in with a clinical look.

"Ah good you're awake." The alien said before pressing a button causing the liquid to start draining. Once the tank was drained the alien picked up the slumped body of the clone with ease and inspected him.

"You are C473." The Kaminoan stated. "I am Gana Se your creator."

Andeddu's eyes widened as he realized where he had ended up and why he had no control. 'This shouldn't be possible.' He thought as he became privy to the dreams, no.... memories, of his host. The scene turned dark and shifted to another time.

"One more time!" A voice commanded. Andeddu opened his eyes and saw him holding two red lightsabers. For some reason his body felt fatigued.

"Didn't you hear me C473. Again!" Andeddu, or rather his host had looked up and he saw Gana Se standing on the sidelines looking displeased. He suddenly felt pain course through his body. It felt like someone had just stabbed him simultaneously with a thousand hot needles. In the Kaminoan's thin hand he spotted a small black oval shaped remote. A hand reached up and touched his neck. Andeddu could feel some sort of collar around his neck now.

"You will not be leaving here until you get it all right." Gana Se's strict voice pierced his thoughts. "Do the combat forms again."

The dream or memory as Andeddu liked to think shifted once again. This time he felt the same pain as he had before only this time it seemed more concentrated. His body hit the floor hard and he blearily opened his eyes only to see this so called creator looming over him, the remote was firmly clutched in the thin grey hand.

The Kaminoan picked up the clone by the scruff of his robes and brought him close. "Never defy me again." The alien hissed and then he held up the remote in his line of sight. "As long as I'm alive you will never get your hands on this. I've spent too many resources to make you. I own you." Was at last hissed before he was painfully dropped back onto the floor.

The scene changed again but this memory was different from the others. Here the clone wasn't alone with Gana Se.

"I'm sure you both remember Gana Se." He heard a large dreadlock wearing man say as he stood beside the Kaminoan with his hood up. "Where you successful?"

"Yes of course." Gana Se stated as he gestured with his long limbs to the cloaked figure. "This is the result of decades of genetic engineering."

"Who is that?" Andeddu recognized Camicazi's voice and noticed her looking in his direction with suspicion.

"This is C473" Gana Se introduced. "He is the fruit of my labor and with this my debt to you is paid Drago." Andeddu silently wondered what Drago must have done for the alien to require such a repayment.

"A clone?" He recognized Dagur. "Your secret weapon is a clone?" The tone of disbelief was very clear to hear.

"C473, no Darth Draconis, why don't you show these two why you are special." Drago laughed as my host lowered his hood and gazed blankly at the three occupants. Camicazi and Dagur were staring at him in shock.

Camicazi sputtered while Dagur quickly recovered and after a cough said "Well this certainly is a surprise." before laughing. He felt arms reaching towards his belt and saw that the two lightsabers had been grasped firmly. Andeddu frowned slightly. 'How is he going to demonstrate...' Andeddu's train of thought was cut off when the lightsabers literally cut Gana Se into pieces. Looking down Andeddu saw the still pleased look adorning the Kaminoan's grey features. Not even shock or fear had time to form when his life had ended.

Andeddu hear Dagur whistle in appreciation and even he had to admire the skill it took to assassinate someone so unsuspectedly.

Andeddu felt himself falling backwards into darkness. He had no idea where the dreams would take him now. He however never expected to come face to face with his host.

"How is this possible?" Andeddu asked. "You should not have this much will." He was sure that he had broken the man when he had possessed his body.

The clone looked him dead in the eyes. Two mismatched eyes were staring him down and Andeddu suddenly felt like something cold was crawling up his spine. "You know.... Killing my creator was probably the happiest day in my short life." The clone commented. "I'd been waiting for the perfect moment to strike and he had finally let his guard down."

"But your programming." Andeddu reasoned. He heard some of it from Dagur who told them clones had been built to not harm their creators.

"My programming....... You can say was incomplete." The clone smirked. "Gana Se was from a low level cast in his society. His caste was used primarily for hard labor. Even if he had picked up the cloning procedure at some point he would never had access to the conditioning programs."

"My question still stands. How are you even here?" Andeddu asked once more.

The clone walked dangerously close to Andeddu and said in an even voice "This is my body is it not." he then leaned in closer and hissed "I've freed myself from one master. Do you think I will stand for another."

"You dare threaten me!" Andeddu exclaimed. "Do you know who I am?"

"All I know right now is that you need to wake up." The clone stated before darkness engulfed them both.

Andeddu's eyes snapped open and he quickly sat up, a hand pressed over his heart.

"Are you alright?" Camicazi asked and Andeddu noticed that the cloud car had landed. Before them stood a large structure. The place did indeed look like a fortress but the millenia had not been kind to it. Areas of the Keep had fallen into disrepair. The fortress was situated in the side of a cliff and the large gates were adorned with grandiose carvings.

"Of..... of course I'm alright!" Andeddu snapped. He didn't want to talk about the dream he had. Instead he sat up and vacated the cloud car. "Let's go." He told the other two. "We still have one obstacle to face."

Camicazi gave Dagur a look once Andeddu had turned his back to them. "You don't think."

"It's quicker than I suspected." Dagur muttered as they lagged some distance behind. "We might have to speed up our plan." He told Camicazi who nodded.

"We have come this far. I will not abandon our true objective when we are this close." Camicazi stated. "We need to set plan B in motion. Contact your associate and have him deliver the package."

Meanwhile in a dark cell in an undisclosed location Mala lay huddled against a wall. There was some scuffling which drew her attention and she saw Throk lurk about outside the cell.

"My Queen!" Throk said as he had finally found her.

"Throk!" Mala mumbled as she stood up and quickly went to the bars. "You shouldn't be here. If he find you."

"I'm here to rescue you." Throk proclaimed but Mala stopped him.

"Forget about me." She told him and when he tried to protest she said "There is an evil on the horizon. I've received a Force vision."

"All the more reason to free you."

"No" She protested. "For now my place is here" She told him. "But you must get this message to Hiccup." She told him and then leaned closer to whisper.