Through the Shadow and the Light (Res & Adobi)

[Othorious]

It was the same dream again. The unrelenting darkness that threatened to consume his very soul, drowning it underneath oceans of madness. He could do nothing to control himself, his spirit thrown around and molested by the darkness, it was utterly terrifying. He could not scream, he could not cry, he could only witness himself to the horrors of what the dream beheld to him. He could see the shoreline of this ocean, but no matter how hard he struggled, the tendrils of the dark water continued to pull him further and further out into the maelstrom of emotions that were suddenly thrust upon him. Fear. Hatred. Depression. Madness. It was all madness, but right as his head went under and the horrors began to devour him, Doviculous awoke.

He jolted upright in the seat of the cockpit, sweating dripping off of his blood red skin like he had just finished swimming. His breaths came in ragged gasps and he looked at his trembling hands. Control yourself Doviculous, you are SITH He mentally commanded himself, and slowed his breathing. "It was all a dream... it was just a dream..." He half-heartily reassured himself, but he knew deep down that it was a omen of sorts. To what, he did not know, but it terrified him more than any person could, not even Darth Reneta or Darth Iniquitous could make him tremble so. He wiped his hand across his brow, flecking some of the sweat off as he calmed down from his dream... no, a nightmare would be a better term for what he just experienced.

These experiences only started a few months ago, shortly after leaving Ziost after his mission with his cohorts, Var and Donnie, had concluded. He had not seen them in quite some time, and rumors of defection floated around in the Academy on Korriban. He would never admit it openly to anyone, but he had grown an affection to them, he had grown to like their company, especially Donnie, whom he had slept with on two separate occasions. He had grown lonely during these weeks of traveling to different worlds, doing the bidding of the Council and the Dark Lords. Perhaps that is part of what came about with these nightmares, but it was not the true source. Whatever was afflicting him, it would have to wait, for now he had business to attend to.

The alert beacon began to blink, and he knew it was time. He pulled a lever and watched as the brightness of hyperspace de-evolved into the darkness of real space, with only the dots of distant stars and a planet hanging in space to break the darkness. He took the ship off of auto-pilot and grabbed the controls and began to steer his ship, 'Superbeast', down towards the planet. As he neared, he opened up a holo of his mission instructions, as to recap on what he was heading here for. The planet's name was Ambria, and he was tasked with investigating a fount of dark side on the planet, a lake of some sort. He had never heard of this planet or this lake, but what the Council willed, he met out.

The 'Superbeast' entered the atmosphere of the now apparent arid world, and Doviculous angled it towards a nearby mountain range. His locator system told him that he was close, but instead of risking anymore exposure in the air, he found a plateau and set the ship down on it's surface. With the ship now settled, Doviculous turned and opened the hatch, grabbing his black tunic and saber before walking out into the baking heat. He quickly put the tunic on and clipped the saber to his belt before he set off in the direction of the Lake he was told to investigate. But, deep within Doviculous' heart, he knew that this would be no walk in the park...

[Res]

Tov sat in his room meditating waiting for the pilot to call for them. It had been a long couple days, he had returned to the Temple to just get sent right back out on a mission to a planet that was the Republic was trying to get to join them. So here they were, Tov and his Togruta Padawan Gharassk Ran. He had to admit he was unwary of taking a student with disciplinary problems but Gharassk had proven himself to Tov.

Sitting with his eyes closed he could sense the small crew moving around the ship and his Padawan in the other room. The force had grown in him over the last week or so. And Tova'nas was proud to call him his Padawan. After a few more minutes Tov reached out with his mind and started floating a remote that sat next to him. The Twi'lek had been trying to improve the Force side of himself. Then moments later he started making a second one on his left side float as well.

After about five minutes of this he was interrupted by the pilot comming over the comm telling them that they were approaching Ambria. He had read a little about the place. Had a couple creatures to worry about such as Hississ' and possible Sith and Dark Jedi coming to take advantage of the rumored Lake Natth. It was said that it held a large Dark Force presence. But that wasn't why they were here.

Releasing the remotes Tov opened his eyes and stood. Walking over to the table he reached for his sabers and clipped them to his belt. The calling his purple cloak to him and putting it on. The Twi'lek Master turned and exited the room turning down the all he opened the door to Gharassks room.

"We have arrived young one"

With that said he made his way to the hatch as the ship landed. They were a day early for the negotiations so he had a surprise awaiting Gharassk. He had read there was a Meditation Canyon full of crystals. He had thought it would be nice for Gharassk to think of making a second saber.

As the doors opened he flicked his hood up bit not before wrapping his lukku around his neck. He had learned that from a young age his headtails made it hard Togruta wear his hood. The planet was very arid, they had gone from a very humid clumsy on Chandrila to a the other extreme but it was not that bad. Though it wouldn't be nearly has bad has what was yet to come.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

The probes circled the Red Shirtless Togruta.

He hadn't been able to sleep mostly out of anticipation from getting to go on another mission again. So he had been at the training all night basically. Between Meditation, What little force training he could do in such a confined room and saber training. So with the work he had been doing he had worked up quite the sweat and still couldn't sleep. Now he had three remotes spinning around him on a medium setting, he was spinning and blocking unfortunately he had dodged at least on time resulting in a light scorch mark on the wall.

He had been going so long he needed a drink So Gharassk had now stopped the session by shutting his saber down which was the signal for the remotes to shut down. At that moment the door behind him opened. As he turned to see Tov he spoke, "We have arrived young one" Gharassk looked at the time as he pulled the robes to him. From what he recalled they had gotten here rather early. A full Coruscant Day early to be exact.

Of coarse Gharassk could already tell Tov was NOT Teer, so it was no surprise they did things much different, in this case Tov was doing thing much less...Stirnly.

Gharassk began heading for the door fallowing Tov putting the different layers of the Robes as he moved. When he made it to the Ramp and down he noticed two things right away: First was that he couldn't feel the force clearly and only could he feel dark, Second was the fact he wasn't where the small meeting was supposed to take place, he was outside a cave.

Master?...did we land in the right place? Gharassk asked as he looked back into the ship and back into the cave before looking at Tov who didn't seemed worried or surprised. Gharassk picked something up at If Tov had planned it. But only a stumped look was on Gharassk's face.

[Othorious]

Spread out in front of Doviculous was a mess of outcroppings and ridges that made up most of the cliffs around him. Doviculous' mouth twisted downwards slightly in a frown as he studied the area around him. It didn't take a genius to figure out how he would proceed from here, and with a slight grunt Doviculous bent his knees and jumped upward, enhancing his jump with the force as he flew a good six or seven meters forward to land on a large portion of the cliff jetting out at an awkward angle. He grabbed onto the wall to balance himself out as he looked up at the rest of the cliffside, the sun beaming down relentlessly as he raised his right hand up to block out the blinding light. With another grunt he jumped across the gap to another opening in the cliff, and to another, and another, till finally he hauled himself up to the top of the cliff. He slowly moved in a 360 degree rotation, surveying everything and taking in the rather decent landscape around him as he took a deep intake of air.

He noticed another string of mountains to the east and after checking his locator he discovered that to get to the Lake, he had to cross through or over those mountains. Sighing heavily, he began to spring towards them, using the force to increase his speed as he leaped over rock formations and over gaps in the ground as the mountains loomed ever nearer and nearer. He sensed a slight disturbance and grinded to a halt right a few meters before a massive opening in the ground. He reached out with the force and discovered this to be a massive fount of force energy, such a wonder in itself almost made Doviculous loose himself in wonder, but he shook his head to clear his thoughts as he leaped down into the massive sinkhole, landing on a small ledge a few meters down. He found that this place was far cooler than the surface, and was covered with various crystals and odd rock formations formed by eons of water erosion.

He was about to continue farther down into the canyon when he heard the distinct whine of a starship engine and cast his gaze upward to the sky. He saw a shuttle with distinct Republic markings slowly descend from the heavens and land on the opposite side of the sinkhole. He quickly backed deeper into the cave behind him, but close enough to the entrance so he could observe whomever came out of the shuttle. He could make out two distinct shapes leaving the ship, and from their dressings he identified them as Jedi, even with the nexus of force making it hard to read, he could not mistake those robes, and even if they weren't Jedi... well, they made a grave mistake coming here. He would surely see to that.

He turned and retreated into the cave, using the force to guide him through the twisting labyrinth of tunnels until finally he reached a large cavern, where water flowed freely from the ceiling, and stalactites and stalagmites littered the cave. Doviculous decided this would be the perfect location, and lowered himself to the floor and began to meditate, expanding his dark side aura so that hopefully the Jedi would sense it and come for him, where he would wait in ambush, and prepare to strike those Jedi down like the fools they are.

[Res]

Stepping out of the ship he took in the surrounding, cliffs fifty meters or more high and at the bottom was a lake with crystal formations on the jagged rocks. Hearing his Padawan learner speak he knew he had surprised the you Togruta. He started to walk as he heard a noise in the distance. Rocks falling but he passed it off to the wildlife. He spoke to Gharassk as they entered the cave.

"I was thinking we could get a days training in before we were to meet with the Representative. Also we could get you a crystal for a new saber if you like"

The force was strong in the cave, more so the deeper they traveled. The cavern was lined with colors from blues to greens. Almost any color you could want was represented in the cave. But the deeper they went more and more a bad feeling came over the Twi'lek. They were good several thousand meters from the lake so he knew that it wasn't that. Tov started to slow his pace, reaching out trying to pin point where the dark energy was coming from.

Taking his hood down he stopped. Cautiously looking for for whatever was giving off the power. He was trying not to draw too much attention for the sake he didn't want Gharassk to get unnerved. With some much Force energy circling around it was hard to tell if it was a being, animal or just the nature giving off the power. Master Anas didn't want take chances so he pulled his main saber out but didn't activate it. He would when the time was right.

"I have a bad feeling about this"

The Master said to himself.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"I was thinking we could get a days training in before we were to meet with the Representative. Also we could get you a crystal for a new saber if you like" Gharassk gave a surprised look as if he had just gotten a gift, Gharassk hadn't even asked for a second lightsaber yet he was getting one it would seem.

Gharassk fallowed into the cave putting on the last of the tabors, and than the outer robes pulling the hood up and over his head. Even though it was warm outside it was much colder in the cave, it got worse the further he moved.

Gharassk noticed a slight tension in his master He wanted to ask what was wrong but as he thought about it something didn't seem right to him either.

Gharassk listened to the walls with he heard the drip................drip.............drip...... in the cave from the drops of water some where in the cave slowly creating a Stalactites, a process that would take hundreds of years.

At this point the two where far enough into the cave that the sun no longer gave any light, it was not completely made up from the force crystals. Gharassk saw one that looked like a nice shade of almost lime green. It was at the top of the cave so he pulled his lightsaber out and ignited it giving off enough light alone that Gharassk's eyes hurt for a second, he raised it and carefully cut it out of the ceiling. It fell and he reached out with the force catching it, he know had a Green Crystal that was encased in a Grey/Brown rock. He looked to Tov and said What? I couldn't reach it? He looked at his new Crystal and sat it in his belt and looked up into the cave again powering his saber down. He let his eyes adjust again which didn't take long, and he could tell the cave was starting to get wide again.

Alright even to me something feels off. He mumbled to himself with a sigh, something didn't feel right. He could feel something dangerous on a planet that he couldn't feel anything else on. To his it felt like something wanted to be seen. It's a trap! He thought to himself before shaking the thought, that was impossible. So Gharassk continued on very slowly with his master.

[Othorious]

Doviculous let his dark side aura lower, suspecting that the Jedi honed in on that signal like flies to a rotting carcass. He rose from his cross-legged position on the cave floor and slowly began to tread down one of the many passageways lining the cavern walls, trying to see if he could pinpoint where the two Jedi were in the system of tunnels. The only illumination in the darkness were the glows emitting from the various colored crystals that litter the tunnels, and aided him in navigating the rough, slippery rock. Doviculous turned a corner, still not having discovered anything and he thought of returning to the cavern he was meditating in when the sudden flash of light illuminated the wall around the next bend in the tunnel. He knew that light, the sound it made when brought to life, it was a lightsaber blade illuminating the tunnel! He quickly took refuge behind a large cropping of rock, his black clothes and dark red skin naturally blending in with the darkness around him, and he moved a bit towards the bend in the tunnel to see if he could get a better look at who was there.

The first one he noticed was a tall and imposing Twi'lek with a rather majestic purple skin coloration, and a smaller Togruta with a skin of red much like Doviculous. He sneered to himself, the Twi'lek was obviously the Master, and the Togruta the Apprentice, such a deliciously righteous duo that it almost made Doviculous salivate just thinking of the battle yet to come. What Doviculous lacked in brain power, he made up in brute force and a destructive use of the dark side, which he had shown time and time again in enclosed spaces, ending in a great degree of destruction and carnage. Much like when he spent his time on the frozen world of Ziost, braving the dangers of not one, but two Sith temples to pursue his destiny. One temple was to find an artifact for a high ranking Sith Lord, and in another not far from there to locate a mysterious stranger who had beckoned Doviculous to him.

He would later discover that figure to be none other than Cho'Wroth, a Noghri Sith who was now highly respected by Doviculous, and one of the closest beings he'd consider somewhat a friend and an ally. But here, on Ambria, Doviculous had no allies, he was alone and ready to unleash the pent up anger and hatred seething underneath that rough, devilish exterior, and he had found the perfect outlet to unleash it on. His muscles ached with anticipation, and he coiled his body as the figures drew nearer, until... there! The time to strike was nigh!

Doviculous slammed both of his hands together as the force gathered between his palms, and after a few moments of concentration he slammed both hands, now curled into fists, into the rock and stalagmites before him. An explosion of rock and pure force exploded out before Doviculous, sending a mighty scattering of rock towards the two Jedi, but this would only be the first move in a mighty chess game. Directly after his first strike, Doviculous quickly sprinted farther down the tunnel in the direction he came from, hoping to goad the two Jedi deeper into the cavernous abyss.

[Res]

Tov looked at the Togruta a little miffed that he did what he did. There was something out there with a dark force vibe and the Padawan goes and ignites his saber. Tov would have to give Gharassk a lecture about that, but now wasn't the time nor place.

The pair walked few more feet and stopped. The Twi'lek closed his eyes and reached out trying to pin point where the dark energy was coming from. It was close and Tov could feel his body tighten up with anticipation of the battle to come. Both Tov and Gharassk have had their share of bad luck with swapping with Dark Jedi.

Then at that moment Tov felt a large wave of energy. Turning to see a large piece of rock hurling toward the duo. He dropped his saber to the ground and raised his hand stopping the bolder from moving further. Out of the corner of his eye he say a figure flew from an outcropping in the tunnel. Flinging the the bolder away from them Tov called his saber to him latching it to his belt.

"You alright Gharassk? I believe we have company."

Tov said as he check his Padawan he couldn't tell if he was hurt. If he was Ran would speak up. After the evaluation of body parts and everything they set off persuing the mysterious figure. Running down the tunnel that the bombardment of rock come from. Twists and turns were only lit by the crystals that lined the walls of the cavern.

Not knowing how far or were the mystery being was made Tov uneasy. He hadn't been in a proper duel with a Dark force user in years. The Master wasn't rusty by any means but he was unaware of what was in store for them. For the past several years the Twi'lek Master had spared with Jedi having a goal of training. This would be a fight for their lives. Did he have what it took to defeat whatever was there?

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Gharassk felt a twinge of danger, but it felt like it was coming from all directions, he saw the danger just in time for him to dive out of the way, the rock was quickly stopped by Tov as he asked Gharassk.

"You alright Gharassk? I believe we have company." Gharassk stood from his dive roll and had a few rocks from the ceiling fell onto his shoulder when he was upright, he brushed them off and un-clipped the saber from his side leaving it locked in the 'Off' position. He calmly spoke, Yeah I'm alright... He fallowed Tov deeper into the cave slowly looking behind him each time he passed and rocks big enough to hide behind to make sure no one was going to jump out from behind one of them.

With that force spring we wont be able sense what ever that was tell we are where it wants us... Gharassk said as he looked into a small gap in one of the walls. You got a plan master? He asked with a whisper staying at Tov's side.

[Othorious]

Doviculous ran through the tunnel leading back to the cavern he meditated in earlier, but this time he would take a different path. Upon reaching a fork in the road, Doviculous made a sudden right turn, heading into a different part of the cave system, hoping to confuse and disorient his prey within these tunnels. Heading down the tunnel a few more meters, he was met with another large cavern, filled with crystals. He quickly scanned the area, and noticed a series of alcoves lining the walls around the cavern. "A perfect spot..." He mumbled to himself as he prepared himself.

Without uttering another word nor sound, Doviculous leaped from the ground and latched onto one of the alcoves directly above the tunnel entrance, and hauled himself in, un-clipping his lightsaber, but not activating it yet... he wanted to wait. As the seconds ticked on, which felt more like decades in the way they moved so agonizingly slow, Doviculous gathered the rage and hate buried deep inside him for strength. He recalled the lethal training he endured on Vendaxa for most of his young adult life, the hatred he gathered for the ones around him, which turned into a murderous rage against the entire Cult who raised him from a young age. He closed his eyes, envisioning the sights of the Jedi's broken and bloodied cadavers being left to rot away into nothingness with this cave as their tomb.

He savored that feeling for a few moments longer, before his eyes snapped open. He did not know exactly when the Jedi would come, but it would be best not to dilly dally with day-dreaming. The nexus of Force energy disrupted his ability to pinpoint force users, which made this whole engagement especially tricky, a wrong move could spell disaster for Doviculous, but of course he wouldn't let that happen. He's learned from his previous encounters, he's not completely stupid... as some would label him, and he was perfectly fine with that, let them underestimate him. He shook his head to clear it of distractions, and waited like a hawk for it's next meal to come.

[Res]

Jogging down the tunnel he turned to his Padawan and spoke.

"Uh, not going to lie. I don't have one"

It was the truth Tov didn't have a plan. Well expect fit the obvious one was to inspect whatever tried to deter them from what they were doing. Making quick decision as the tunnel forked. With the concentration of the Force it was hard to separate what was coming from something or just lingering due the natural source the caverns put out.

He could see a large opening going up. If there wasn't so much inerferrence he probably could push his mind forward and see what was in there but he couldn't. Tov unhooked his saber but didn't activate it. Slowing to a walk he motioned with his hand for Gharassk to stay behind. The Twi'lek wanted to be the one that was caught off guard rather than his Padawan. Tov would have a better chance of reacting then his Padawan. Slowly entering the room he cautiously creeped in unaware of what was waiting for him.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Uh, not going to lie. I don't have one"

Gharassk wanted to chuckle but left it at a smile not wanting to make noise. He held his lightsaber still off in his hand. They where jogging slower then a normal jog down the twisting cave and Gharassk started to wonder how far this cave actually went. They found a fork in the tunnel and Gharassk fallowed until an open cavern became visible. When he saw a gesture to stay back. Gharassk nodded and let himself fall several feet behind Tov.

Gharassk had an idea at the last second, he stopped just at the mouth of the cavern looking at the cavern not moving until Tov would give the signal or something else would happen to cause him to leave that area. He glanced over his shoulder again to make sure he wasn't being fallowed.

Gharassk silently sighed to himself looking at every shadow he could see to make certain there was nothing in the cave, yet something still didn't feel right to him.

((OOC---Sorry bit on the short side but i think it covers All of Gharassk's actions up to this point.))

[Othorious]

Doviculous watched as the Jedi, obviously the master as the lesser Jedi stayed behind in the tunnel entrance. An obvious display of caring for another, it made Doviculous sick. Hypocrite Screamed a voice in the back of his mind, but he ignored it and narrowed his eyes in determination as his prey moved closer and closer to the optimum position for Doviculous' assault. Doviculous edged himself closer to the very edge of the alcove he was perched upon, his knuckles turning a very light red from the stress of gripping the hilt of his saber for so long with such intensity. He let his lips curl back, revealing sharp teeth filled deliberately to a vicious point to put further emphasis on his already devilish appearance.

Doviculous wondered if he should use the might of a sort of force shockwave to assault the Jedi, but disfavored it in case the whole area became unstable and collapsed, killing all of them. Doviculous decided it would be best to open up with one of his more favorite techniques and carefully set his saber hilt on the rock behind him and began to channel the dark side into his palms, sending surges of power through his fingertips as he watched the Jedi for a few more seconds. Without another word uttered, Doviculous extended both of his hands forward as arched his fingers as dark blue lightning suddenly exploded from his fingers tips and snaked and arched their way across the cavern towards the Jedi.

The lightning would also pass close to a couple of crystals along the way, and like a conductor they would absorb a small bit of the main stream and would disperse that through all adjacent crystals, creating a webwork of lightning that exploded all throghout the cavern, creating an intense and nearly blinding light. Besides lightning the cavern, it made it far more deadly as conduits of lightning openly sparked and spat from the crystals like lightning rods, one of which sent a bolt into Doviculous' right arm, but instead of hurting him, it only increased the potential of his stream, which by now would be closing in on the Jedi.

[Res]

Moments after stepping through the archway of the tavern he was caught off guard by a bolt of lightning shooting out from behind him. Diving out of the way he wouldn't get away from it. Activating his saber he stuck it toward the direction it was coming from. The lightning was passing through the crystal causing them to shatter and spray debris all over the room.

He noticed the lighting jump back to who or whatever was there. With the extra jolt it tossed Tov back a couple feet. Not causing him any harm but didn't make the Twi'lek Master too happy. Standing he looked over to the direction the assult came from. All he could make out was an outline of a figure. After he shook the cobwebs out of his head he made the conclusion that it had to be a Sith or Dark Jedi.

"Is that all you got?"

Not taking any chancing see how good the reflexes of his now foe is. He out reached his left hand and lifted up a bolder about the size of his head. Flinging it with the force wondering if his adversary would do in the situation he had put Anas and Ran in merely moments prior. Not taking any chances the purple Twi'lek reached for his shoto turned it so the blade would active face behind him and waited for the Sith to make his next move.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

Gharassk saw where the Lightning bolts where coming from, and the crystals began absorbing it and it spreading over to where Gharassk was standing, being as he stood in the archway the lightning jumped from one crystals to Gharassk and to the other side of the arch. He jumped out of of the arch to avoid any real damage to himself and looked to where the lightning had come from. He almost was able to see the person, but now his head was spinning to much. By the time he had used the force to start relieving the pain the room was no longer lit by the lightning or the crystals, but by Tov's lightsabers.

Gharassk was now able to see in a straight line and shook off the headache, he ignited his lightsaber and held it in his main opening stance with it in his right hand and pointing toward the ground behind him.

Gharassk could feel the pain where the lightning had entered his body, it throbbed, but he had been through worse, he shook his head again and moved up toward Tov's side.

Sithspit! I almost Saw him! Gharassk was being hard on himself now, But even though he hadn't seen him he could tell from the force power that he was a Dark Jedi or a Sith. Gharassk was vouching on the second because he didn't know of many stories where a normal Dark Jedi went out of his way to attack a Jedi; Though it does happen.

Gharassk spun his blade waiting for the upcoming battle clearing his mind and what little of the pain he could.

[Othorious]

Doviculous reached out with the force, and after focusing for a mere half a second on the boulder thrown at him, he clenched his fist and shattered the boulder into bits and scattered them away. He then walked forward to stand on the edge of the alcove, and with added pressure to his thumb he activated his saber, the crimson blade exploding to life and illuminating the Devaronian's features fully. "Jedi... you have taken the bait, and have followed the instrument of your doom. So blind to the danger that you even allowed the weakling to come along and share your demise. So be it, I will make this cavern your tomb." Doviculous sneered arrogantly and leaped down off the alcove, landing just a few meters away from both Jedi.

Doviculous brought his saber up, ready for battle and after a few seconds of staring down the Jedi did he act. Rushing forward with the force to stand right in front of both, unleashing a large diagonal swing from Tov's left, angling down towards your head before he suddenly stepped back and reversed his direction to a curt twirl and brought the blade back around to try and take out the Padawan with a horizontal slash across the chest to just make it against the Master and Doviculous. He needed no extra distractions to worry about, he's seen what can happen when a Sith fights alone against too many enemies, and even the mightiest can fall when outnumbered.

[Res]

Tov stood there watching as the Sith crushed the bolder he had flung toward him. When Dov activated his saber Tova'nas readied himself for anything. Watching as his opponent jumped from the ledge. The Sith spoke with malice in his voice about the doom he was going to bring upon the Jedi.

"You're out numbered. You don't stand a chance."

Tov barley got the words out of his mouth before the horned man was slashing at the Twi'lek. Bringing his shoto up blocking the strike then following up with a full swingit at the mans leg win his right hand. The Master jumped back after making the strike knowing that the Sith out try all his might to put an end to the master.

[Adobi-Wan Kenobi]

"Jedi... you have taken the bait, and have followed the instrument of your doom. So blind to the danger that you even allowed the weakling to come along and share your demise. So be it, I will make this cavern your tomb." The evil force user Gharassk recognized as a Devoronian said with a sinister tone. Only to have Tov respond with what was the truth in Gharassk's opinion, "You're out numbered. You don't stand a chance." As Tov was finishing those words the Dark force user unleashed a string of attacks, one of which came for Gharassk's chest area, he raised his saber blocking the attack that was rather easy to defend from.

Gharassk leaped back about a foot to stay away from the rest of the strike. Within that moment as soon as the Horned creature had pulled his blade back Gharassk made a quick upward strike taking a step back to where he was to ensure the reach.

He didn't think he would be getting a lecture for fighting this foe because Tov truly didn't have a plan.

Gharassk on the other hand did have an idea. He had never tried this in combat before but there was no time like the present in this case. Gharassk moved his saber into a defensive position and side stepped around to the left of the opponent. This was intended to confuse the Devoronion by having one enemy on both sides. Gharassk knew that he didn't have eyes in the back of his head and on top of that he would have less of a connection to the force in such a place as this, therefore his ability to sense Gharassk was diminished. So now he would have to focus on only one opponent, Gharassk could only hope that Tov would understand the trick and take the chance should it be presented to him.

((OOC--- *Jumps for joy with 1234 posts*))

[Othorious]

Doviculous angled his blade down to parry the Twi'lek's strike against his legs, and he quickly deflected the Jedi's blade away as he took a few steps back to create distance between the Twi'lek and himself. Doviculous brought his blade in close to his body, holding it in a deathgrip with his right hand while his left hand flexed slowly as the dark side slowly grew within it's grasp. He would begin to backstep to his right, out from inbetween the Master and Padawan, his red eyes glaring at both of them with intense hatred as he focused it into pure power. He knew what to do next.

He suddenly took off sprinting in an arcing motion around the Twi'lek, getting close and closer towards him with his lightsaber outstretched. As he came within 2 meters of the Twi'lek did he shove his left hand forward, unleashing a burst of Sith Lightning towards the Twi'lek's midsection as he let his knees buckle and dropped down low and swiped with his blade, attempting to send the crimson beam through his legs at the shins. Doviculous knew focusing completely on the Master was a bit risky, the Padawan may be weaker than the Master, but his tenacity shown through and he wouldn't shy away from aiding his doomed Master. No matter, he would bury them both.

[Res]

Tov noticed his Padawan moving around the other side in a pincer style attack. Not thinking it was a good idea being that the Sith figured it out. Tov deduced that this foe wasn't stupid so he had to play smart and defensive. As Doviculous rushed forward Tova'nas was taken off guard with more Sith Lightning. It hit the Masters midsection and hurled him across the room. The second strike to Anas' shins missed completely.

When the Twi'lek Master landed he lost his shoto saber and couldn't find it. Luckily he held onto his main saber. Hitting the ground hard he slid into the wall and stopped. After a few moment he stood and reactivated his cyan colored lightsaber. Using the force to enhance his speed slightly he rushed his adversary making three quick strikes. One to his left arm coming up, then downward at his right arm. Then the final in the series was a horizontal slash at his midsection. Tov wasn't going to play mister nice Jedi anymore he was going to take the Sith down and free the galaxy from the scourge.