Subtle Shadows

[kozeph]

There was a short buzz after Kajir finished looking at the compound through a pair of binoculars. He silently went to his wrist computer and typed a couple of times then took a moment to read and check the information with what he had just seen. The Sith Knight looked about and again at his surroundings in a calculating way, from the outside seemed the information provided to him seemed accurate. The compound was guarded by an eight feet tall wall of concrete, behind the wall was a small court yard leading to the main house a large Nabooian styled manor. Outside there were at least eight to ten guards posted walking around, with more inside in the three security rooms, info also reported droids both protocol type and combat type. All in all the manor was a little fortress.

Today's job was to breach that small fortress and take the treasure from the inside. It was the daughter of a pro republic politician who's opinions were starting to affect the people of Iridonia in a way that would be troublesome for the Sith Empire once they expanded to the mid rim. It was Kajir's job to secure the girl along side an initiate from the order, they were to take her off world and to Vjun where she would be used as a blackmailing tool to put the politician in line. If that didn't work, then there was already a plan in motion to remove the nuisance...

"Going through the front the door would more trouble than its worth" Kajir finally said after a long time to the Devorodian at his side. "It would be more prudent to sneak through the west section and take the girl without racing much suspicion" The Sith assassin put away his binoculars and turned to his companion, they had entered Iridonia through different means and so they hadn't spoken until a couple of hours ago when they finally met up.

"Remember they must not know we are Sith... if they spot us, then kill everyone and leave no loose ends..."

Argentum finished speaking and began observing his companion with greater detail, wondering of what type of person was this Doviculous was and if he would be a pain in the ass to work with like many siths.

[Othorious]

Doviculous didn't really like to work with others, it wasn't one of his strong point. But of course the Council had assigned him to this.... Knight.... and well he couldn't just disobey an order from the Council, he may be arrogent, but he wasn't stupid. They of course had been sent to kidnap the daughter of a Politician who's views and words weren't.... as you say, beneficial to the Sith Empire. So the plan was to sneak into the man's compound, and kidnap his daughter, simple enough right? Of course there were a few complications... it seems that the Politician had caught wind that he could be a target for the Empire with all of his pro-Republic bull, and had placed defenses around his Estate. They were quite formidable to the normal trooper, but to Doviculous and Kajir, it only delayed them slightly.

Doviculous glanced down at his partner in this operation, a human male with a clear face and shoulder length hair. To be honest there wasn't anything special about Kajir, he just seemed like the normal human. Of course Doviculous was another story, he stood a towering 6'7, with heavy black robes nearly covering him except for his hands and face. Over his head he wore a cowl which covered the top of his head, the cowl had two holes ripped through them to allow his horns to poke through. Doviculous was infact a Devaronian, a horned, red-skinned species from Deveron, and with his sith powers, Doviculous looked like a devil out of ancient mythology.

The cowled figure looked back from the Estate, and to Kajir, then finally he spoke up to answer Kajir. "I agree... of course they would probably have thermal devices to see what creeps up on the Estate... He smiled at the next statement his comrade made, it gave him much pleasure to slay. Of course his entire life was filled with death and destruction, he knew nothing else. "Why of course... all will taste the Wrath of the Sith... now then my dear friend... how should we proceed?" He would gesture his hand towards the Estate.

[kozeph]

It was pretty clear that Argentum looked rather piteful being next to the large Devorodian. Who was in most looked just like a plain human being, he was of average height and the only thing that could set apart Kajir from most folk was his ability to harness and use the force, and what made Kajir stand out from other Siths in the order was that he had access through his blood to an ability to absorb the force and with more indeepth training Kajir might eventually learn how to leech the force from others.

"It won't matter if they see us coming or not, I've prepared a jamming device to cut any attempts of contacting the local militia.. if they have Thermal Devices to dectect us then there is nothing we can do, simply take out anyone in our path and get the girl. Her room is in the third one to the right in the second floor." The Sith knight commented and turned around approaching the speeder he took off a piece of cloth that was covering the Jamming device, he pressed a couple of bottoms and the entire area was cut off from the rest of the rich people district.

"Once inside the compound we should split up, one of us should head to the main security office while the other goes to the garage and disable the vehicles to prevent any escape from the manor" Kajir adjusted his gloves and pull up his red hood concealing his face.

"I have some knowledge with computers so I can disable any additional security they have... if they have combat droids I might be able to hack them to attack the guards, but if you feel like you are better suited for hacking security systems I'll handle the speeders"

Kajir spoke as coldly and calculating as he always did, he was not one to engage in idle chatting and tried his best to work with his partners, that was one of the things that had earned Kajir a promotion in the order, his maturity to work with others regardless of his feelings.

"Which one will it be?"

[Othorious]

Doviculous nodded slightly as his partner spoke, it was true that they needed to split up, divide their efforts for a more efficient and quick job. Of course it would be easy to take down the guards and other personel within the estate, as far as he knew none of them were force sensitive. He frowned at that prospect, he wanted a worthy opponent, someone who he could go all out on in glorious combat. But instead he had to deal with these putrid runts, it would be as easy as crushing flies on a hot summer's day on Tatooine.

Rising to his feet, Doviculous glanced down at his ally. The man was indeed smaller than him, but that didn't mean he wasn't powerful. He sensed this Knight's power the moment they met, and he wouldn't turn his back or underestimate him, to do so is extremely foolish. Doviculous glanced back at the compound and slowly brough the face mask up over his lower face, allowing only his eyes to see through, and as an extra treat, he pulled up a pair of goggles over his eyes. He found these on some planet he doesn't really care to remember, but what he does remember is him prying them off the corpse of some lowlife.

"I'll take the garage... and you can hack into their system. I've been needing something to smash all week..." He would smile under his mask, it moving with the motion, and he took another glance back at Kajir, and leaped down the hillside. He planted his boots on the steep slope, and practically slide down towards the Estate. He didn't check back to see if his partner had followed, and as he reached the bottom he tensed his legs for a jump, and in an instant he leaped high into the air.

As he came down he ignited his saber, and stabbed a sentry through the midsection, killing him instantly. The one next to him whirled to fire with his blaster, but Doviculous already thrust his hand out with the force, and flipped the gun over in the man's hand. With another flick of his wrist he pulled the trigger with the force, sending a searing hot blaster bolt into the man's face, killing him.

[kozeph]

Kajir made no visible expression when the demon next to him started a very spirited charge. The Sith Knight felt like shrugging his shoulders but simply chased after his larger companion and the large cloud of dust that followed in his wake. The only thought that went through Argentum head was "So he is of the bloodthirsty type huh," he thought, while he deftly landed on the hillside and jumped up the wall landing a couple of feets away from Doviculous as he finishing off the second sentry.

Argentum felt a pang of envy when he watched Doviculous use the force to move things. Kajir although born with a special gift in the force, his gift had robbed him of a most common ability to use telekinesis...

The Sith Knight of Helycon ancestry didn't bother to remain watching what the Devorodian would do, instead he simply ran to a nearby corridor and vanished he spotted two guards engaged in a conversation but they didn't noticed as Kajir passed by. Right now Argentum's goal was to reach the security room and get rid of the guards inside before the whole compound was turned into a bloodbath.

Turning to his left the ever silent steps of Kajir approached from behind an Iridonian guard who was smoking a stick of spice. Kajir jumped and landed the base of his left foot on the neck of the spiked headed humanoid, knocking him out instantly and without making noise to alert anyone. The Knight who was trained in the art of assassination took the blaster pistol of the guard and fired it at point blank range causing the noise of the blaster to be muffled.

Argentum after one more minute of sprinting was at the door of the security room which was marked by a big flashing red light, Kajir shook his head and with the blaster in his left hand and his curved lightsaber on the other one stepped inside.

Three guards were playing Pazaak and the surprised in their face was amusing when they saw a blaster pointed at them. Kajir fired once and took out the guard nearest to the control panel, jumped forward and with a buzzing swing of his lightsaber decapitated the two other guards before they could draw their blasters.

Without flenching once Kajir approached the computer and watched through one of the many screens as Doviculous was entering the garage. Argentum started working on the console and disabling the alarm system of the house.

[Othorious]

Doviculous was a whirlwind. All throughout the courtyard and garage entrance he twirled and sprinted, his lightsaber a blur of red as it sliced through another helpless guard. Three more emerged from the garage to try and kill Doviculous, but he only smiled as they began to fire single shot rounds at him from their Blaster Rifles. He easily deflected two of them, the other three so clumsily aimed they missed Doviculous and slammed into a permacrete wall behind him. He began to laugh at the three soldiers as they reloaded their rifles, but he wouldn't give them a second chance to fire.

Immediately Doviculous sprinted forward, using the force to hurl two of the guards deeper into the garage as he wheeled back on the third one. The man stood a whole foot shorter than Doviculous, and cowered in fear as he clumsily dropped his rifle and stared up at the robed Sith. Doviculous grinned under his mask and extended his left hand with the force, and lifted the man off the ground. The man struggled, he screamed and begged the Sith for mercy, and Doviculous laughed and uttered, "No mercy for the weak... join your brothers and sisters in the cold void!"

He began to clench his left hand into a fist, at first the man seemed unharmed, but as time passed his face began to bend inward. The man suddenly let loose a horrific scream as his skull began to cave in on itself, blood exploding from newly formed cracks and crevasses in his head, coating Doviculous and the ground a red pigment. Finally Doviculous fulled closed his fist, and the mashed head of his opponent completely imploded, and with a sneer Doviculous released his grip, letting the corpse flop onto the ground.

Turning now to the garage entrance, Doviculous strolled into it's depths. The dimly lit lighting would be an inconvinience for others, but not for Doviculous. He was accustom to seeing in low light, and concealed himself within the shadows. He crept his way around a row of speeders, and once he saw the surviving guards huddled in a corner with blasters drawn, did he finally spring. Gathering the force within him, he pushed outward against the row of speeders, sending them careening into the corner, slamming against the guards and other speeders. This caused a pileup in the garage, and gave Doviculous another idea.

He rose to his full height, and ran back to the entrance and as he reached a doorway in the wall, he turned around and thrust both of his hands out. Dark purple lightning exploded from his fingertips, and sparked and sputtered towards the pileup of speeders. One of the bolts ignited some spilled fuel, and soon a fire began to engulf the speeders, and after a few moments, they exploded violently. Doviculous smiled as the lower garage was engulfed in flames, and he turned and entered the lower workings of the estate, and moved quickly to aid his partner in kidnapping the daughter.

[kozeph]

Kajir plugged in a memory stick and uploaded a worm virus into the mainframe. The security was sub par and the Sith Knight was surprised to see that the software was old and outdated, it only took thirty seconds for Kajir to gain full access to the computer. Quickly enough as a cry of pain was heard from afar Kajir disconnected the alarm system, the fire alarm system, the secondary communication system which was still working despite the jamming signal. Kajir deactivated the lights turning the whole manner into true darkness with the only light being the light of the harsh Iridonian sun.

Argentum found a droid control program and upon reviewing it found out that the politician had indeed bought a half a dozen of battle bots. Kajir tempered with their friend and foe iditification protocols and activated them. There was a loud vibration which The Sith Assassin could only identify as an explosion, he smirked inwardly "Truly a monster".

Kajir finished off by deleting all the recordings of him and Doviculous.

Feeling a threat through the force Kajir instantly spun around his blue lightsaber hissing, he stabbed at the door frame and the lightsaber went through the wall, killing one of the guards. Appearantly one of three as he heard two sets of foot steps retreating. Kajir persued and parried three blasters bolts, he lunged forward and stabbed his lightsaber in the first mercenary heart and parried two more blasters bolts. With one quick slash Kajir severed the hand of the Weequay and thrusted the blue rod of plasma through the jaw and out the skull.

Kajir saber work was flawless, clean and precise as well as lethal truly the marks of a Makashi practitioner. Kajir turned off his lightsaber and began running through the corridors, he heard a furious exchange of blaster fire and went to that direction no doubt the work of the Devorodian.

[Othorious]

Doviculous charged through the small maintenance tunnel that he entered in from the garage complex. The walls were lined with various pipes, with hisses of steam bursting through some openings between them, adding to the eerieness of it. Doviculous didn't really care about the details much, but he could sense the life force of a few guards up ahead on the floor above him. He smiled, More lambs to the slaughter.... He turned another bend in the tunnel and nearly ran into a abrupt deadend in the tunnel. He looked up and saw a maintenance hatch a few meters above him, rungs of a ladder were imbedded into the wall, and with a sigh he began to climb.

As he reached the top he could sense two guards right above him, probably stationed in the room or guarding the hatch itself. Whatever the reason Doviculous didn't care, he just knew he needed to eliminate these guards and move on. He pulled his right hand back and gathered the force in a single focus point in his fist, and with a grunt he punched the hatch. The force he built up exploded from his fist and into the metal hatch, causing it to bend and explode upward along with some of the floor. The blast knocked away the guards, allowing for Doviculous to leap through the hole and activate his lightsaber, and cut through one of the fallen guards.

The other was quicker to recover, and managed to pop off a few shots until Doviculous came down on him, and ended his life like one would slaughter a pig. With those guards dispatched, Doviculous made his way for the nearest doorway, and once he opened it he ran into a group of six guards, all who turned around immediately and began to open fire on him. Outnumbered 6 to 1, Doviculous had no choice but to retreat back into the room he came in as a hailstorm of bolts ripped through the doorway. This could be a problem He didn't sense these guards at all from below, how could he have missed them?

He shrugged off the self question and fired a quick bolt of lightning through the doorway, hitting one of the guards square in the chest. Instead of flying back and going into some sort of seizure like most guards did, the guard barely budged, but his chest started to spark and smolder as his movements became eratic. Droids! Doviculous swore, they didn't really expect droids, but of course it was another setback they would have to endure. Doviculous turned around for another attack, but he saw that the Droids had all gone limp, then started back up and began to wander around the other hallways.

Rather puzzled, Doviculous slowly entered the hallway, but none of the droids moved to kill him. Shrugging again, he raced passed them and into another hallway, where this time he was fired upon. A squad of 5 armed soldiers guarded the hallway, armed with heavy repeating blasters, obviously this hallway led to the politician or his daughter, or just a bit of bad luck and this hallway went nowhere. He turned to look into the adjacent hallway and saw his comrade, Kajir, running towards him. He motioned for him to stop and gestured to the hallway the guards were in and spoke, "Heavily armed mother f_ckers in there..." He smile darkly, Kajir would also notice that his robes were splattered with quite a bit of blood.

[kozeph]

Argentum Suddenly stopped when he saw Dovicolous massive body leaning against a wall, signalling him that the hallway well guarded. The Sith knight allowed his senses to expand to the hallway and through the force he could feel five living beings. Argentum peeked to the side and saw the five heavy repeaters, that was annoying. Not even with his ability to deflect energy and the one to absorb it, he wouldn't survive long under that kind of attack. Luckily Argentum was not someone who simply relied on the force or his lightsaber.

"A minor delay" He commented, and started to grab something from his pocket, he held a small plated sphere with a yellow stripe and a single red bottom. "Keep behind me, then take them out before they recover". Kajir was an assassin, he had long been killing people even before joining the Sith Order, he knew full well the limits of his abilities, so in order to overcome them Kajir chose not only to rely on his force prowess but on the tools used by those who couldn't use the force.

Argentum pressed the red bottom and a beep started to sound. The human sith threw the flashbang and heard the guards started shooting, a loud explosion and a pulsing white light illuminated the hallway. Kajir jumped and sprinted forward most were moaning and trying to get their bearings, only one of them started shooting but his aim was off and random. Kajir held both his naked hands in the air and through the force created a barrier that began to deflect the scattered shots that went his way. Three steps away from the guard Argentum dropped the barrier and stopped one of the laser blasts with his bare hands, he absorbed the energy of the plasma and lightning cackled out of his right hand. The force of the lightning was of the Human coupled with the energy he absorbed causing the blast of lightning to be twice as powerful, it sent the mercenary flying and he fell to the floor a couple of feet away, his body convulsing from the shock.

Kajir drew his lightsaber and decapitated the last guard, seeing that the Devorodian had finished the other three.

"You take the lead" He said, coldly and with purpose "If you see the politician don't harm him, as much as I liked him dead.. the higher ups have designs for him".

[Othorious]

Once Kajir tossed the Flash bang, Doviculous was in motion. He quickly turned into the hallway, crouching as low as he could against the ground, and he propelled himself forward with his leg muscles. With that bound he easily closed the distance between him and a guard, and as he approached he thrust out his fingers towards the man's throat. The blow struck, and the long, talon-like nails of the Sith Knight dug into the man's flesh, causing blood to spurt and splatter as Doviculous wrenched his fingers free. Before the man could even hit the floor Doviculous wheeled on another guard, activating his saber and slicing his right arm off as he tried to pop off a shot at the horned Sith.

Doviculous twirled his saber to deflect another shot from a surviving guard, then brought it around to dismember the man's legs at the knee. Another twirl of his saber decapitated the poor guard. As Kajir dealed with two guards, Doviculous turned on the last one near him, and wrenched him upward with the force, slamming him against the ceiling. He tossed the man against the nearby wall, and slammed him into it again, and again, and again, and again. Soon the wall became smeared with blood as the man's body repeatably slammed into it, bones audibly breaking as Doviculous took pleasure in this scene of gory ectasy.

His lust for blood sated for now, Doviculous dropped the mashed corpse and turned to Kajir. "Why of course my dear comrade, allow me..." Doviculous would smile and turned towards a doorway in the nearby wall and wrenched it open. Inside he found himself looking at a small stairwell that led upward, probably towards their destination. Rehooking his lightsaber on his belt, Doviculous began to ascend the stairs while Kajir followed closely behind him. With each step the Dark side within the Sith Knight grew and grew, and once they reached the top of the stairwell it radiated from Doviculous like a beacon in the night.

At the top of the stairs, another doorway awaited them. Doviculous studied the door and expanded his reach beyond it, sensing quite a few life forms. He sneered and turned to Kajir, "Quite a few people in there... I have an idea... I'll take this entrance, you enter through that vent there and attack from above or behind..." Doviculous pointed at the large grate in the ceiling. He hoped Kajir would do it, attacking many enemies in this sort of choke point only led to disaster.

[kozeph]

Kajir quietly nodded after Dov accepted the offer to take the lead. The Sith Knight wanted to watch the horned humanoid, he was truly a beast... yes a beast was a proper way to describe Doviculous. Argentum walked behind the large Sith his gaze wandering at the walls, the manor was impressive... to the point that Kajir found it distasteful.

"He claims to give power to the people yet look at how he lives... politicians they are all alike"

Reaching up the flight of stairs, Doviculous felt the life force of a group on the other side of the door. He offered a sound strategy, although one that Kajir didn't particularly found pleasing. He had no love for air ducts, the cramp spaces and the dust... it was an annyoing experience Argentum had gone through a couple of times in his life.

"Give me a minute".

Kajir kicked the grate loosening it a bit, he took it and tossed it to the side. He gave one long sigh and ducked going inside. As expected the duct was cramp, tight and dark but surprisingly free from dust which made the experience a little more passable. The duct split into two, one going lower and other slowly ascended, Kajir took the one going up since it was the one going in the direction he wanted, about one minute later he had crawled to the top of the room they planned to storm.

Inside was a Wookiee with a wicket blade, two Rodians armed with light repeaters, a human wearing a mandalorian armour with the leader being an Echani woman with a double bladed staff. "What is taking them so long?" the Mandalorian said annoyed.

As if on cue the door opened and hell charged into the room. Argentum dropped down and his blue lightsaber hissed as he cut one of the rodian's arms and engaged the Echani woman.

She attacked, but Kajir parried the blow then thrusted forward. The woman ducked to the side and like a whirlwind attacked again, the Sith knight retreated a couple of steps before lunging forward he hit the woman thigh and she fell to her knees and then she was headless, there was an odd smile in her decapitated head although Argentum didn't see it.

turning around Kajir stabbed the prone Rodian and deflected a blaster bolt with his lightsaber. He ducked and rolled raising to his feet and severed the Rodian's legs, the alien let a screech and then it died with the Sith's lightsaber piercing his heart...

"A waste"

[Othorious]

Doviculous waited a few moments after his comrade entered the vent, and turned towards the door. He slowed his breathing and gathered the dark power within him, and once he felt his partner was in place, he pulled both fists back, and punched the door with both. The door exploded inward and slammed into thw Wookiee, but did not kill the furry warrior. It knocked him back leaving the group open to Kajir's ariel assault. Of course Doviculous did not sit mildly back and waste his built up aggression, he struck out against the Human in the armor with a quick force pull, bringing the fight to him.

The man did get brought closer to the Devaronian, but quickly he brandished a vibro-greatsword and held it with both hands as Doviculous slowly unsheathed his saber and ignited it's crimson blade. The two combatants locked weapons, and Doviculous was pleased to discover his opponent's weapon had some sort of Cortosis weave, this would be a great battle indeed. They broke the lock and Doviculous sent a swip to the Mando's left, who parried it easily and sent a lower swip to Doviculous' knees. Doviculous leaped back from the attack, yet the Mando gave no rest and respite for the Sith Knight. The Mando leaped towards the Sith, blade outstretched to try and pierce his heart. Doviculous brought his blade up to divert the blade away from his chest, and when the Mando got closer he balled his left hand into a fist and sent it flying towards his face.

Rock hard knuckles met the visor of the man's helmet, and shattered the glass. The Mando screamed as glass sunk into the flesh of his face, but didn't stop there. He sent a few quick kidney punches to Doviculous, who in a rage threw him away. The Mando slammed against the wall, but quickly recovered and produced a Blaster Carbine which was slung across the back of his belt, and opened fire. Doviculous parried the blasts with a few movements of his blade, and sent one back towards the Mando.

The bolt slammed into his carbine causing it to burst and explode in his hands. The Mando quickly unsheathed two rapid fire blaster pistols from his belt, but before he could fire them Doviculous closed the distance with a few strides and brought his crimson blade through the man's hands, severing them. They fell to the floor with an awkward flop, still clenching the blaster pistols firmly. Doviculous smiled and wrenched the man's helmet off his head, revealing a scarred and rugged male face. The man clenched his teeth and tried to headbutt Doviculous to create some distance, but his plan backfire...immensly.

Instead of hitting his forehead, Doviculous anticipated this and angled his head just a tad. The Mando's forehead was punctured by one of the two horns adorning Doviculous's head, and he died there, impaled on the horn of his opponent. Doviculous scoffed and yanked the Mando's head off of him, and turned to see what Kajir was doing. Kajir had dispatched a few of the others, yet the Wookiee still remained. Doviculous easily strode up to the stunned Wookiee, and not wanting to waste much more time, sent his blade right through his head, killing him instantly.

Turning again to Kajir, Doviculous chuckled. "At least the Mandolorian was a fight... the others... I guess not so much... Oh well that's what happens when you hire low class scum" Doviculous turned again towards the hallway, and one doorway remained ahead. "Looks like the one we seek is through there... how should we proceed?"

[kozeph]

"I wonder if they have a factory for this kind of useless scum, even the republic soldiers pose more trouble" Argentum answered watching the dead face of the Echani woman. As always Kajir found himself thinking nothing, feeling nothing, well perhaps there was one feeling as he watched the silver haired corpse. "Why is the universe like this?" watching the weak get trampled only made Kajir's wish for change be stronger.

Kajir turned off his lightsaber, straighten out his back and twisted his neck to the side, he removed his red hood and turned to the devil Sith. The Sith knight closed his eyes and with one steady breath expanded his senses, well beyond the room and to the area ahead. His keen senses only picked up two life forces inside... one was feeble but the other had a spark of force sensitivity, yet it was weak and dormant. "Interesting..." Regardless the dominant feeling was fear. "I feel no danger ahead, just the fear the powerless feel when something beyond their control comes, do you feel anything else?". Argentum paused and waited for Dovicolous reply.

"Regardless, let us waste more time... the more we expend the more chances the local police will seek to hinder us."

Kajir strided inside, this portion of the house was even more richly furnitured, decorated and it gave the impression of decadence. With painted portraits, statues, golden chandeliers. It irked Argentum that people lived like this while others were left to suffer in cage, as animals...

Following the feelings of fear, Kajir and Dovicolous entered a large bedroom. On the other side of the room was a maid, a Twi'lek of Yellow skin, beautiful like any of her race and also young with no more than twenty years. She was obviously crying from fright, yet she bravely covered the little Iridonian girl lying in her lap also crying.

"We've come for the girl, hand her over" Kajir made no promise of the Twi'lekky safety, since while he didn't want to kill a powerless, defenceless and weak person he had been ordered to eliminate all witness, he had also extended the order to the Devorodian.

"No.." the Twi lek girl said, meekly and mustering what little courage she had. Kajir looked at Dovicolous then back at the girl, then back at his fellow Sith. The human assassin extended his senses once more and felt that the Twi'lek had the potential for the force and not the Iridonian girl as he had assumed.

"The force is in her... we could take her to the temple where she could be strong..." Kajir was aware of the risks, yet he had no desire to kill a powerless person, he never had and will probably never will have that desire.

[Othorious]

Doviculous nodded a no at Kajir, "Nothing... just the pitiful smell of fear and desperation... Doviculous smiled at that feeling, it gave him much malicious pleasure to make his foes tremble in fear as the last bits of life were slowly fading away from them. He inhaled deeply and shuddered, the smell of death and destruction were so thick it was rather intoxicating. A dark smile crossed his face as he looked back towards the door that Kajir started to stride to and followed shortly behind, his bulk casting a shadow over Kajir as they entered the lavished room.

As Doviculous finally stepped inside he had the chance to take in the surroundings, and it disgusted him. Who would want to live in such a weak and safe condition? That is why the Jedi were so weak, they continued to live inside a safety net of a Temple, no danger each day to test their strength and resolve, just the lavished chambers and hallways of a well furnished temple. However with the Sith it was survival each day, which only helped to make them stronger and stronger. He looked down at the Iridonian and Twi'lek and sneered, nothing really surprising or interesting about them.

Doviculous looked at Kajir as he announced the Twi'lek scum had some force potential, and Doviculous laughed darkly. "So the trash has some potential you say huh? Bahahahaha..." He laughed even harder and stared darkly at the two cowering, and took a few steps forward. "I think we should just slay the weakling and take the girl right now, we're wasting time as you said contimplating this..." He looked back at Kajir then back down at the girls. "And I havn't killed anything for a good two minutes now..." He slowly pulled down his mouth-mask and smiled baring his teeth, all of which were sharp and vicious like.

[kozeph]

This was one of those moments Argentum could feel the pull of the dark side on his humanity. These were the moments were Kajir if he took the wrong step would fall to a darker pit than he was already. He was aware he would descend there eventually he had chosen the path of "evil" for a greater good for a different future. He thought he was prepared for this kind of moments but Kajir found himself not truly prepared for murdering an innocent right before his eyes.

"Fine Do it" Kajir hooked his lightsaber, he took a deep breath and after Doviculous dealt with the force sensitive maid. Kajir grabbed the screaming girl from the grasp of the corpse, he delivered a calculated punch at her stomach robbing her of the air to scream or pretty much do anything for a while. He placed her on his shoulder.

Kajir looked at the room and then at the giant devil "You lead" He said, coldly as his heart was dead. Kajir would follow quietly while listening to the broken sobs of the girl...

[Othorious]

Doviculous smiled maliciously and slowly walked towards the pitiful duo. He would've rathed like to kill both of them slowly, but they needed the younger one alive... of course they didn't say anything about bringing her back barely alive, but that could wait. Right now his attention was focused on the maid cradleing the daughter defensively, yet she could do nothing now to stop the red behemoth approaching slowly. With a subtle flick of his wrist he seperated maid from daughter, and quickly brought the maid to his oustretched arms with the force. "N-no!... Let me go!" Screamed the maid, but her pleas fell on deaf ears as powerful arms wrapped around her neck and caught her in a vice.

The Twi'lek woman struggled to get free from the massive Devaronian's grip, but all efforts were futile as her strength quickly diminished as he began to apply pressure to her neck, cutting off the air. He chuckled again and moved his right hand and pushed his palm against her chin and began to twist her head up and over. She paniced and tried desperately to break free, but that only made him tighten his grip and pull harder, her head twisting violently back as he did. Finally tired of her squirming he pulled sharply, and an sick, audible CRACK echoed throughout the room. Laughing darkly Doviculous released his grip, the maid's corpse flopping to the ground her head bent at an awkward angle as blood slowly trickled from the corners of her mouth.

The girl rushed to the maid's corpse and held onto it caringly and sobbed and weeped over her death, only to be quickly scooped up by Kajir. Doviculous scoffed and rolled his eyes and turned away. Attatchments... they made people weak, they made them vulnerable. Doviculous never had any attatchments whatso ever, he didn't need him. He only needed himself in the long run, the others were either a small annoyance or a tool to be used until they were no longer needed, and Kajir was no exception. And even though he showed some tolerance to the fellow Sith, he would not hesitate to do something horrid to him if the need be.

Doviculous laughed darkly and turned back towards his partner and nodded, "Follow me then..." He turned and quickly walked down the blood-soaked and battle-ridden hallway, down the flight of steps and back where he infiltrated the base, and took a right instead of a left, planning to head back to the main lobby. He sneered, he knew this would be far too easy, althought he did admit it was fun. He took one step into the lobby and narrowly managed to evade a quick burst of blaster bolts from a soldier on a small platform above them. A voice rang out to the two sith, "You damnable Sith bastards, GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER!" Slowly a small hovercraft came into view, piloted by a Iridonian, and on the back sat a large heavy repeating blaster rifle comandeered by none other than the Senator himself, and he didn't look that happy at all. Doviculous sneered and snarled, and turned back to his comrade and nodded. "You want her? Come get her small fry..."