Ignias

The room was small and cold, dark and damp, and yet he was used to it, he had come to accept this as his fate, day in and day out. Every day he would awaken to this, and stare to this, and sleep to this.

His small room, his little duracrete room, where he got his daily feeding of bread and water, though sometimes he would get lucky and they'd toss in two servings.

It was a miserable life, the life of a prisoner.

A prisoner in his own house.

It mattered not though. He expected and accepted fully that this was his fate. To rot and die here in this little cell. This puny little cell. It was what had occured with the resurgence of that fool.

That strange Chiss named Xilen.

When he came it had all gone in one great fury of smoke and blood.

And now Sawl was left to rot.

The sound of marching troops came through the open window of Vequil's home on Ignias. As he looked outside, he saw a terrible sight. Troop after troop, squad after squad, platoon after platoon, legion after legion, the soldiers of Jutraal marched across the world. All because of the betrayal of Xilen, the so-called Chiss, who brought the destruction on the Chiss. Xilen, who had lost a Defender Star Destroyer, trying to assault the Mon Calamari, while they had a no-fire pact in effect. Xilen, who hadn't even tried the diplomatic route. Xilen was the cause of this. And Xilen was the cause of the downfall of the Chiss Parliament. Suddenly Vequil remebered his old competitor, Sawl, who had been imprisonned by Xilen. Though Vequil was anti-parliament, what was needed now was for a strong parliament, with a strong leader, and a military undivided to back it. Vequil now knew what he must do, to repay his debt to the Chiss people, for backing Xilen, a fake Chiss. He would have to free Sawl. Vequil quickly checked the charge in his Blaster Rifle, made sure two spare vibro-blades were in their leg sheaths, and his backup blaster rifle was strapped firmly to his back, before reaching to his comlink.

"I need a squad of troops, now."

"Yes sir."

The squad of troopers quickly arrived at Vequil's house.

"Here is our goal. Though I am anti-parliament, we need to have a strong parliament, to get us out of this mess. There is one Chiss who I know can help us do that. Supreme Prefect Sawl. We need to get to his house and free him."

Vequil quickly walked out, with the squad of troopers following.

Ten minutes later they reached the house where Sawl was being imprisonned. Four Chiss quickly walked up.

"What is your business he-"

Vequil brought up his blaster rifle and shot the Chiss in the throat. Three troopers shot the other guards. As Vequil advanced farther, he reached a door. As he blew off the lock, two troopers walked in, and spread out, followed by the rest of the squad. After a short time, and five Chiss dead in the hallway, they reached the cell where Sawl was.

"Supreme Prefect Sawl, I am Vequil, your former competitor. We need you Supreme Prefect, the Chiss are in ruin, due to the betrayal of Xilen, a fake Chiss, who has vanished. He is the one who held you captive, and has destroyed the Chiss Parliament. We are here to free you."