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Lux POV
Days passed and this "Inquisitor" the Emperor promised still hadn't showed. The Woman in White had continued to harass our transports, further angering me. This damned Inquisitor needed to get here soon otherwise she'd overthrow the government by herself! I don't know how she did it. I would suspect that she was a Jedi that had survived Order 66, but she had no lightsabers so that likely ruled out that possibility.
I continued going over other possibilities for how she continually overwhelmed my forces, when I heard a knock on my bedroom door.
"Come in!" I shouted. My personal assistant Trya entered.
"My Lord," she said bowing, "the Inquisitor has arrived. He is waiting for you in the throne room."
"Ah wonderful!" I said excitedly clasping my hands together. "Finally I can rid the city of this pesky woman."
I rushed down to the throne room to meet him. I entered and sat in my throne. The Inquisitor bowed before speaking.
"Good afternoon my Lord. I am the Sixth Brother."
"It is wonderful to meet you. Do you happen to have a name Sixth Brother?" I asked.
He winced at the question. "My name was Bil Valen, but he was weak. Lord Vader showed me the true power of the dark side. I am now simply known as the Sixth Brother or the Inquistor. "
"Very well Sixth Brother. I am sure you know why you are here?" He nodded, so I continued, "The last couple months, a rebel known only as the "Woman in White" has been attacking and destroying our supply transports, which has severely put a damper on our operations here. The people are beginning to have hope, and I fear if she is not stopped, there could be an uprising.
"Your goal is to stop her. I would like her alive if at all possible, as I would like to question her to see if she has had inside help, or if there are other rebels helping her. You will hide on the next transport, and will surprise her when she attacks. It should be fairly easy for you to take her, if everything the Emperor has said is true."
"Do you have any information on this woman? Like is she a Jedi or what?" The Sixth Brother asked.
"All we know is that she wears a white cloak that covers her entire body. She carries with her only a blaster. She leaves no witnesses, so other than what I just told you, we know nothing. I know your specialty is Jedi, but you mustn't underestimate her." I say sternly.
"Understood."
"I have nothing else for you, so if you have no further questions, you are dismissed. The next transport is scheduled to arrive at the Iziz airfield in 30 mintues."
He nodded, bowed one last time and left. I couldn't help but smile. Soon I would have her here. I wasn't sure what I would do once she was here. Of course I had already decided to interrogate her, but after that I was unsure. There were multiple options: public execution to show the people what happens to those who mess with me, or maybe she could be my slave, that sure would be degrading for a hero of her status, or I could just send her to Coruscant to stand trial and likely be executed. I didn't know what I would do, but I knew I'd enjoy doing it. She had been a thorn in my side for too long, and it was now time for some payback.
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Ahsoka POV
I awoke to a weird noise, almost like a song, drifting into my ears. I looked around for a source, but could find nothing. I tried shaking my head to make it go away, but that was no use. It sounded almost like the noise my kyber crystals had made when I was searching for them on Ilum. That couldn't be though. There were no kyber crystal caves here on Onderon were there? Surely I would have heard the calling much sooner if there was.
I dismissed all thoughts of the noise, but it persisted. Still, I had a job to do, so I pushed through it. I had another supply transport to stop. Ryan had told me this one was going to have fewer stormtroopers than others, so it should be an easy target.
I threw my cloak on, making my way out of my little house. As I got closer to Iziz, the sound I had been hearing became louder and louder. It became so loud that it was almost impossible to focus. I almost walked right up to the gate, before stopping myself, realizing what I was doing.
I made my way to one of the less secured areas on the wall surrounding Iziz. I easily knocked out the two stormtroopers, and snuck into the entrance. I made my way to an abandoned warehouse, the same place I normally hid, to wait for the transport.
About 10 minutes later, I heard the hum of engines getting closer, and I knew my target was nearing. Oddly enough, the sound I had been hearing all day was increasing as the transport got closer.
Once the transport came into view, I realized Ryan was right, there were fewer stormtroopers. This'll be easy, I thought. As soon as the transport was directly below me, I dropped down on top of it. I swung into the entrance, and killed the two stormtroopers and the pilot and co-pilot with ease. I stopped the transport, blocking the way of the other two. They stopped and five more troopers exited, along with the pilot and co-pilot of each transport. They began to open fire at me, but their aim was horrible. All I did was stand there and just dodge their bullets, not doing anything for a while but toying with them.
After a few moments, I finally got bored and used the force to lift all nine of them up into the air, and slam them down hard. I brushed off my cloak and turned to leave, but paused when I heard clapping. I turned around to see someone standing there in all black armor with the Imperial insignia on each shoulder. He also wore a mask that covered his eyes and cheeks, leaving only his mouth exposed. I had never seen anything like him.
"So you are a Jedi. Where is your lightsaber Jedi?" He said in a mockingly.
"I don't have any, but I can still defeat you, just like everyone else." I spat back.
He just laughed. Suddenly, I heard the sound from earlier. It was the loudest it had ever been, and it was coming from... him? That could only mean...
My thoughts were answered for me when he brought forth a lightsaber hilt. It was like none she had ever seen. It appeared to be a double bladed saber, with a circle extending all the way around from one emitter to the other. It was also completely black. When he activated it, two crimson red blades shot out.
"You... You're a Sith!" I was immediately shaking, but I tried my best to control it. I knew there was almost no chance I beat him with just a blaster, but I had to try.
"Technically, no. I am an Inquisitor, sort of like a Sith assassin I guess. I am the Sixth Brother," He said proudly.
"Well, no matter. I have defeat your Sith kind before, and I will do it again."
He laughed again. "How do you hope to do that without a lightsaber?"
I honestly didn't know how, but I remained silent. He took my silence as weakness, and charged at me. He swung his saber clumsily, and I easily sidestepped, placing a force-aided punch into his left side. He staggered back, but came charging at me again, swinging at me. I did a backflip to separate myself, and used the force to push him back into one of the transports.
He stood up shakily and charged at me again. I had to give him credit, he was tough. This time I jumped up on top of a building to evade him. He looked around for a second to see where I had gone. Once he found me, he threw his saber at me. Big mistake. I used the force to guild my actions and caught the saber. He looked at me, shocked. I used the opportunity to fling the saber back at him. He was so caught off guard that it went right through his stomach. He fell to his knees, before collapsing, dead.
I hopped down from the building and walked over to his body. I deactivated and removed the saber. I could hear the kyber crystals from within calling to me. I had never heard of your opponents kyber crystals calling out to you before, unless... No it couldn't be. There was no way that these were my kyber crystals, the crystals from my original sabers. They had to have been destroyed when the Jedi Temple was burned, but the evidence in front of me suggested otherwise. These had to be my original crystals.
I quickly dismantled the weapon, and took the crystals out. Now, instead of their original green and yellow, they were a deep red, but there was no mistaking it. These were my crystals. I had no clue how to turn them back to their original colors, but I had heard stories about how the Sith made their crystals red. They used a method called "bleeding" to make the crystals red, they used their hate and anger to do so. I figured if they could be turned red through hate and anger, I could turn them back through light and compassion. It was worth a shot.
I sat in a meditative pose, one crystal in each hand. I focused on the crystals, allowing all of my emotions to flow through them. I felt them changing, I could feel the darkness leaving them. After a few minutes, I ended my meditation and opened my eyes. What I saw confused and shocked me. Instead of being the green and yellow they were when I originally had them, or even blue which was another common Jedi saber color, they were pure white.
I was perplexed. I had never heard of anyone having a white kyber crystal. The only colors I knew of were green, blue, yellow, purple, and of course the Sith red. I guess this was a sign from the Force. I was no ordinary force user. I was not a Jedi, nor was I a Sith. I was something in between.
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Lux POV
I was minding my own business in the throne room, taking in the beauty of it, when Owex came bursting through the door.
"My Lord!" He shouted.
Snapped from my thoughts, I turned towards him. "What is it Owex?" I questioned.
He gulped. "It... It's the Sixth Brother."
"Ah. Has he brought me the woman?"
He shook his head. "No, I'm sorry sir. He was found dead, with his lightsaber no where to be found."
All color drained from my face. What the hell was I supposed to do now?!?! She had been able to defeat one of the Emperor's strongest assassins, while not having a lightsaber. Now she had one. She would be able to walk right up to my front door and slay me if she wanted to.
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Sorry this update is out so late, I got caught up playing KOTOR like all day. It's hella fun and addicting so yea lmao. Hope ya'll like this chapter!
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