Lupercus howled with laughter as he waded through the guards and civilians alike, blood streaking his clothes and his body as he slashed left and right, cleaving limbs from bodies, heads from necks and guts from stomachs. The crowd was trying to disperse and flee towards the exits to the city, but found them sealed.

"Aha, foolish Gungans! The Jedi no long have any use for you. You are a useless peoples to us now, and we will extinguish you for all eternity!"

Turning back towards the entrance he changed again into the throng, the gungans still pressing into where the exit should have been, but to no avail. They pushed to the last, and were torn down in whole. Moments later Lupercus stopped. Surrounding him were nearly 100 bodies, cleaved and broken, men women and children. Their blood pooled around his legs as he stood there panting, admiring his handiwork. The pools were illuminated by his sabres, sitting by his sides and hanging loosely from his hands.

"Ahh, that is truly beautiful! Almost brings a tear to ones eye!"

Having fun master? Oh i am!

As he sent the message to his master, he turned around to see 5 Kaadu riders round the corner and spotting him. Their rubbery faces blanched at the scene of utter destruction and immediatly broke into a charge, the loping strides of the Kaadu mounts hastening them to their doom. Lupercus laughed at the anger he inspired and counter charged. They closed quickly, Lupy dropping as he reached them and sliding underneither the first two Kaadu, his sabres reaching up.

The first two fell, blood streaming out of the gashes in their chest, their riders flying into the adjacent wall. The other three were too close behind, and their Kaadu mounts tripped on the bodies of their breatheren, their riders jackknifing into the ground, their necks snapping with a satisfying crunch as they impacted. Standing up, now almost entirely covered in blood, Lupercus walked over to the two Gungans he had initially knocked from his mount. They looked at him with pleading eyes, limbs contorted out of natural position, but their silent plea was met with a stony gaze, visiable bloodlust causing them to flinch and break eye contact.

"May the Force be with you...

@#%$."

His sabres arched down, ending the lives of the Gungans. With that Lupercus turned, and ran off down the corridors in search of more prey.

Leia stared contemplatively at Dante, trying to decide what to do with him. She had just opened her mouth to address him once more when her eyes suddenly focused on a point past him, and her mouth snapped shut. Something had caught her attention. She gazed past Dante at a black cloaked figure in the near distance.

From that figure eminated the dark presence of Han Skywalker.

Han...? A Sith?

Leia's eyes narrowed and reflexively her hand pulled her lightsaber from her belt and ignited it. The purple blade snapped into existence with a hiss, and she twirled it, stepping sideways away from Dante and the others.

Why would my cousin turn Sith?

Han's dark presence disturbed Leia slightly, but she snubbed her emotions. If he was here to kill... then she would have no choice but kill him in turn.

But then a new thought occurred to her. She did not think that Han was capable of killing her. So why had he sought her out?

Is he here to keep me busy while the rest of the Sith ravage the city?

If so... I have no intentions of playing his game.

The figure was approaching now, slowly. Leia waited, unmoving.
She glanced sidelong at Dante.

What to do with him?

"Commander, uncuff him and give him back his weapons.

Mr. Dante, you will be accompanying me for the time being. Stay out from underfoot, and don't try anything smart on me, I don't trust you just yet.

Commander, keep an eye on him. You and your men will stay here, I will have need of you."

She turned back to face Han.

What do you want?

*Han dropped his cloak, and drew out his lightsaber.*

"As a jedi, you were always my elder, Cousin, but as i embrace the darkside i have become more powerful than you could ever imagine. In turn i will make you understand fully the power of the darkside. If you dare to believe that you are still stronger than me, then prove it, cousin." Han said, igniting his double bladed red lightsaber, and Jumping toward Leia driving his lightsaber toward her neck.

With lightning quick reflexes Leia easily sidestepped Han's attack and batted his saber away with her own. She took several steps away from him to put some distance between them, and sneered.

"I know the power of the Dark Side. My father was one of the most powerful Sith in the galaxy, behind only the Emporer himself. You are naive and foolish, Han.

I have nothing to prove. To you, anyways."

Leia nodded to the Commander of the guards. One of them pulled out a comlink and spoke into it briefly. Leia's attention turned back to Han.

"Don't be a fool. If you fight me I will most certainly kill you. You may have matured in the Force, but so have I. And I was a Master before you even became a Padawan..."

Leia's voice grew soft.

"Don't do it."

*Han sneered as well. He looked at Leia, his saber drawn in front of his face.*

"It doesn't matter now, Leia. I have initiated it. Even if i gave myself up, which i don't plan on doing without a fight, you would kill me or imprison me. At least this way, should i die, i die with honor, serving my order."

*With that Han let out a mighty force push, slamming leia backwards.*


"If i die today, i will die fighting the strongest Jedi master i have ever known. Fortunately for me, growing up your cousin, i know your weaknesses."

Kenshin used the Force and the sound of chaos to guide him to the Sith. The padawan stood on top of a building overlooking the edge of the city where it bordered Gungan country. Kenshin frowned when he sensed much destruction inside the stronghold. He waited for Jordan to catch up before he spoke.

"We're going to bump into Sith, that's a definite. We're going to have to stick together."

Kenshin stared into the water.

"Don't do anything rash. We are risking our lives, but keep in mind, a dead Jedi doesn't live to protect another day. We most likely won't be able to save the majority let alone everyone."

He turned his gaze to his fellow padawan.

"Know your limits. And if you are going to die, don't die in vain."

He gave Jordan a meaningful gaze, searching for his understanding.

Jordan caught up to Kenshin, who was standing on top of a building overlooking some water.

Jordan listened intently to what Kenshin said and drank it all in. He knew what he had to do. Protect and serve.

"I undestand. We must always stick together and watch each others backs."

With that Jordan pulled out his lightsaber and ignited it with the familiar snap-hiss. He looked into into his black blade(My Master and Leia Organa both approved about the black blade) and concentrated fully. He gave himself to the Force.

Logray had been meditating. It had been days from his trip to Endor, though he was still in high spirits from it. But something was wrong now. The dark side of the force was everywhere. Hatred, fear, desire, those fealings could be heard, seen, and felt. Logray took a deep breath and ran further down the street he was on, heading in a different direction to the chaos that Kenshin and Jordan were heading.

When Kenshin prepared to dive into the water, he felt a familiar Force signature on the move coming towards them. He grinned as he recognized Logray, another fellow padawan. He reached out to the Force and bespoke him.

We are heading into the Gungan Stronghold. Sith are bound to be there. Come to us, but be swift, every moment counts.

He then turned to Logray.

"We will wait three minutes for Logray to catch up. Then we will swim into the Gungan Stronghold. Prepare yourself with your aquabreather."

He pointed at the water before them as he removed the swimming apparatus from his belt.

Jordan found his aquabreather on his belt and put it in his mouth. He had his lightsaber in hand and was looking at it only to concentrate and gather the Force around him. It was his way of concentrating and summoning the Force.

They were going to wait for Logray and then go into the gungan stronghold where there would be Sith. He needed his full concentration. He turned off his lightsaber being fully concentrated on the job at hand.

Soon Logray was close, pretty close at least, it would take him a few minutes to arrive so Jordan decided to meditate.