Darth Necros Part -

Darth Inimicus stood pointing both of his lightsabers towards the three of them.

"I have waited so long to kill you Necros, for so long you have been a blight upon my life, the little whelp that I have been forced to suffer. I will take great pleasure in claiming my superiority." Inimicus sneered.

"Superiority?" Necros laughed, "We are more alike than you would ever want to know."

"I am nothing like you! You are weakness, I am strength!" Inimicus bellowed.

"Your pathetic," This time it was Darth Ayin who spoke, "Both of you. I sometimes find it hard to think who I want to kill more."

"You know," Nad butted in, "this seems like something between you three. I hope you don't mind if I just sit this one out."

Just then the side door to the throne room zipped open and Chatterbox came scampering into the room.

"Is the fighting over?" He asked.

Inimicus held out one hand, lifting the droid into the air and then clench his fist, demolishing the droid into a ball, one tenth its original size. Sparks flew and the ball dropped the to door with a heavy thud. Nads face contorted into ravaging anger.

"Never mind me sitting this out," He said in a low grisly voice. "I suddenly get why everyone hates this guy."

And with that said, Nad fired off a volley of shots while charging, green lightsaber glowing. Inimicus swatted the bolts aside and grabbed Nad with the Force, flinging him hard into Ayin. Both rolled along the floor beside each other until they finally came to a stop five meters away. As they slowly stood up they could hear lightsabers clashing, Necros and Inimicus were fighting. Ayin stood before Nad, her left arm dangling at her side.

"I want to kill you too." Nad said, nodding towards his metal arm. Ayin laughed in response.

"You don't stand a chance against me." She said and held her lightsaber outward. Ready to fight.

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Ayin eyed up the bountyhunter before her, his arm bore a lightsaber. She had to admit she never faced someone armed like he was but surely she was far better. Her left arm was broken in several places from being flung across the floor, it dangled at her side uselessly. She was trained for situations like this, she could wield a lightsaber just fine with one hand, although a bit less effectively. Using the short period of time spent staring each other down she tore a flap of her robe off and using the Force she lifted her arm and tied a cast around it. She winced at the pain of moving her arm. Then, as she had always been prepared to do if the situation called for it, she broke off one end of her double bladed lightsaber, making it a standard blade that she could wield single handedly. Now she was ready to fight.

Nad charged and swung his green blade down from up high, Ayin had trouble deflecting the blade. She sneered as it took off a lock of hair. His arm had super strength, and she was fighting with one hand. She would have to compensate. Nad lunged at her and this time she side stepped and tried taking his head off using the opening presented, she sensed it just in time and called off the attack to block a blaster bolt fired at her gut. Nad also had a blaster that he would use in short range combat, again she would have to compensate.

Nad spun the blaster around his finger and then released three shots in her direction, she batted two of them aside and then aimed the second one back at Nads face. His arm shot up in a blur to bat the redirected bolt aside, then she charged. Using her training in Ataru as well as Makashi she pressed a precise yet brutal offensive with her single handed style. She spun through the air around him, carving circles on every side of him but his green blade caught them all and his blaster returned fire. Her only choice was to keep moving, keep away from the blaster fire as she probed his defenses. She jumped straight up through the air in a maneuver derived from Juyo and came straight down, spinning as she did. Nad was forced to roll backwards to avoid being cut in half and he responded with his blaster. She batted the bolts away angrily. He was less skilled than her and, had she still had her saberstaff and left arm, she would annihilate him. But with her one hand she found it hard to defeat him and she was forced to press an offensive, and offensive that Nad was able to defend against. The result was battle of attrition and Ayins acrobatic offensive was burning energy fast. She needed to think of something, anything, to get past Nads defense. She backflipped backwards and hurled her lightsaber at the same time. Nad staggered backwards but defended against the attack. Her lightsaber came back to her hand just in time to block more blaster fire. Launching forward with anger and rage in toe she tried desperately again to break his defensive. She couldn't loose, she had to win. But in her desperation she over looked a blaster bolt that caught her in the belly, sending her tumbling end over end at Nads feet. She looked up at him, pain and fear in her eyes. He pointed the gun at her head.

"Goodbye sweetheart." Nad said and pulled the trigger. Ayin felt herself being yanked backwards, and didn't feel anything ever again.

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Necros launched forward with a reversed grip and slashed hard at Inimicus. Inimicus blocked with one hand and counter attacked with the other. Necros ducked under his blade and swung at his feet. Inimicus jumped into the air and drove both his blades downward. Necros twisted out of the way and sent a short burst of lightning at Inimicus's face, it caught him in the face and sent him flying three meters backwards, landing on the ground and skidding to a halt. Immediately Necros was on him again, now holding his lightsaber in a regular grip. The two engaged in perfectly synchronized combat, neither pushing the other back and inch. The fight lasted for three minutes before he saw Ayin laying on the floor at Nads feet, his baster pointed at her head. The all consuming rage that now was Inimicus surged deeply. He locked blades with Necros and then kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying back several meters. He then reached out a hand and propelled Ayin towards him just as Nad fired, hitting nothing but the marble floor. As Ayin flew towards him he swung both his blades, carving her into four separate pieces as she came within range. Her pieces flew past him and landed on the floor in separate places.

"Only I get to kill her." He said to Nad, who looked even more angry than before.

"Its over now," Necros said pointing his blade towards Inimicus. "Together me and Nad can bring you down."

Inimicus looked from Nad to Necros and back to Nad again, and burst out laughing. He grabbed Nad with the Force and flung him at Necros as he had just previously done to Ayin. Then rolled along the floor into the pile of Necros's unconscious Zombie-Sith. Then he lifted his hands up towards the ceiling and brought a wide section of ceiling down directly above them. Necros stood up and caught the falling ceiling with the Force. He struggled to keep holding it up. Inimicus threw both lightsabers aimed at Necros as he was struggling to hold up the ceiling. The lightsabers bit into flesh but not the flesh of Necros. Scalva stood there, two shining blades through her chest. Inimicus snarled and yanked the blades upward in an attempt to destroy her brain, Scalva grabbed the lightsabers with her hands and they stood firm. Furious Inimicus started calling the blades back to his hands, but Scalva wouldn't let go. Her feet slide slowly across the floor, picking up speed as Inimicus pulled. When she reached the other side she was speeding, almost a blur. Inimicus lifted one foot and drove it into her stomach, finally breaking her grip free of his lightsabers, and hurling her backwards. Necros dropped the ceiling to the side with a loud bang, and he, and Nad stepped forward activating there lightsabers. Scalva called her blade to her hand and activated it.

"This isn't over." Inimicus snarled and took off running through the dead city. Blasting apart a few zombies as he went with the Force. He finally reached the place where Darth Ayins stealth ship was landed and took off. Sneaking past Necros's undead fleet. He punched in the coordinates for Dromund Kaas and embraced the tunnel of hyperspace.

Darth Inimicus bowed before the Masters of the Dark Council. Many of them were either not present or using holoprojector, making it clear that he held little importance in many of there minds. Darth Ravage, Darth Marr, and Darth Vowrawn were the only ones here in the flesh. Four other Masters were using holoprojectors.

"The mission failed," Inimicus said after bowing then rising, "Necros was ready for us, and Darth Ayin died at his blade."

"This is unfortunate" Darth Vowrawn said.

"No, this is unacceptable!" Darth Ravage shouted, "We made it clear that if you returned having not completed the mission, the consequence would be death." Darth Ravage rose, lightning engulfing his hands.

"Sit down Ravage." Marr said, "Killing him would be unwise."

Darth Ravage ignored him. "What ever significance you held in the past is gone, you are little more than a failure. Failure is unacceptable."

Darth Ravage released the built up lightning straight at Inimicus, who stood his ground, unflinching. The lightning consumed Inimicus, and he released a yell of anger and pain as the lightning ravaged his body.

"No," Inimicus said. "You are unacceptable!"

Inimicus raised his hands in Darth Ravages direction and the Dark Council Master's back slammed hard against the back of his chair. Darth Ravage did not intend to sit, but through the power of the Force Inimicus pushed him back down into his chair.

A sudden wave of darkness rushed through the room. The immense power was shocking to Inimicus and it silenced everyone in the room, including Darth Ravage. The door hissed open and a figure cloaked in all black entered the room, the eye of the storm that was his power.

"Master." Marr said and bowed, as did all the other Masters. The figure turned to Darth Ravage.

"Find yourself fortunate that you were incapable of harming my pet, for if you were too, I would eradicate you with but a thought."

"Emperor." Inimicus said in recognition, only one being in the galaxy wielded such power.
"Leave us." The Emperor ordered to the Dark Council, "Not you." He said pointing at Darth Marr. The Emperor turned to Inimius.

"Long have I peered at you in interest. You and your rival have been my special project for many years."

"I do not understand." Inimicus said confused. Darth Marr answered in the Emperors stead.

"You and Necros were the first of an experiment conducted by The Emperor. He found that he did not approve of several members of the Dark Council, and that electing existing sith as replacements is how many of these members came to sit at the Dark Council. So in his wisdom, he decided to raise Dark Councilors. Either you or Necros were to be the first. This is why you were named a Darth immediately after training instead of following normal procedures. This is why after you finished your training we opted for you to be further trained by Darth Valadus. After that if you showed promise we were going to train you specifically to fill one of the Spheres of Influence." Marr explained.

"How many people know of this?" Inimicus inquired.

"Only us." The Emperor answered. "Though the rest of the sniveling worms know that I find interest in you, there puny minds cannot comprehend supreme intelligence."

"What now?" Inimicus asked.

"The experiment ended in failure. Necros foolishly defies my divine rule and you are unfit to be a Dark Councilor. Though I do have another use for you." The Emperor explained. " I can read your mind like a book. Long have you been subjected to submission to a Master. Each Master commanding you around like a wild beast. This has built up an insufferable amount of rage within you. Pure, unadulterated rage. Now I release your from your leash. The only Master you serve is me, no one but I can command you. You are no one pets but mine."

"I hate being referred to as an animal." Inimicus snarled.

"Good. Then let your knew tittle ever fuel your rage. From this moment forth your are my Hound. Every lesser being in my Empire will know you as The Emperors Hound and they will quiver."

Rage surged through Inimicus, his already immense rage multiplied at his new tittle.

"I am not a Hound! I am no ones Hound!" Inimicus shouted, and released torrents of his most powerful lightning at the Emperor. The Emperor held up a hand dismissively and absorbed the lightning.

"You will find that the truth speaks to the contrary." The Emperor responded to Inimicus's lightning with his own. Inimicus was flung across the room with just a single burst. His body convulsed once then he slowly, painfully, pushed himself up into a kneeling position. "Your strength is that you fear no one. Fear me and only me, my pet."

"What would you have me do?" Inimicus said breathing heavily.

"I shall give you no orders. You are a dog let loose of its leash. Do as you please." The Emperor smiled.

"There are a growing group of sith who have begun to worship Necros as the new Emperor." Marr butted in. "Do with that information as you wish."

"Where?" Inimicus blurted out.

"Korriban."

Inimicus rose and walked out of the room. A great hurricane of rage following at his tail.

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Nad stood on the bridge of the Decimator in front of a picture of Chatterbox, surrounded by flowers. He had a bottle in his hand.

"You were so..." Nad took a gulp from the bottle and began to cry. "You were so annoying, but I loved ya." He took another swig. "Drink with me old friend." He poured some of the alcohol onto the floor in front of the memorial to Chatterbox. "I mean I always wanted you to shut the hell up, but not like this." He whipped tears away from his eyes with the back of his sleeve. "Say something dammit!" He fell to his knees crying, dropping the empty liquor bottle to the ground. It clanged on the floor and rolled up against the dozens of other empty bottles laying on the bridge.

Darth Necros stepped carefully across the floor, trying not to trip over an empty bottle.

"Set course for Felucia." He ordered his undead slaves. The ship began making preparations for a jump to hyperspace.

"Cant a guy have time to grieve the death of a friend?" Nad yelled at Necros, tears steaming down his face and a drunken slur in his voice.

"Don't worry I will leave you to grieve. This is something personal I have to take care of." Necros turned from the grieving Nad to the front window as the blue tunnel of hyperspace encompassed the ship. "Time to finish this, Master." He whispered under his breath.