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Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. Completed 10/30!
SithGirl132
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Date Posted:
3/13 8:19pm
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. Update 3/9!
Ultima_1
: And so begins the next part...
Jade_eyes
: I was rooting for Jacen when I first wrote this, and then Jaina, and then a few more rethinkings of the scene later, I wasn't even sure!
Jaina
: You should be worried about both of them! Don't worry, we're quite far from the end. Barely even halfway in the story. The battle will be long and drawn out, so enjoy.
Yup, another frighteningly long update. I'm going home and to my dial-up internet next week for spring break, so no updates (sorry). I should update more often through the month of April, since come early May, we may be facing irregular posts as I go home and fight the dial-up again. We'll see!
Vergere stared down into the arena, expressionless and emotionless. All had proceeded as she had hoped. Two warriors, perfectly matched, created through such different yet similar processes. Only one would leave triumphant.
Hopefully, only one would leave alive.
Both had proven their worth time and again, carrying out whatever missions they were ordered. Unaware of each others’ presences, they had unknowingly entered into a challenge that would leave the galaxy changed forever.
Vergere considered it extremely well-done, considering what Jaina and Jacen Solo had been like before she had begun her work.
Jaina stared at the monster in front of her. Jacen had been fully re-shaped, as was appropriate for a Yuuzhan Vong warrior, and
Jaina finally felt that she had met a suitable target. He was strong, yes, and would be more of a challenge than the droids and other beings she had sparred with and destroyed in the past. She felt an almost feral hunger for blood, especially the blood of a traitor like Jacen. She was here to fulfil her destiny- and send Jacen to his as well.
The twin battle, Jaina remembered. The Vong had wanted her and Jacen to fight each other in an epic battle, just as twins in Vong culture did. Whichever one won was the stronger one and deserved the right to rule.
Jaina was stronger than she had ever been before. She was so close to her destiny, just like Vergere and Lumiya had coached her for so long. All she had to do was make the final sacrifice of something she loved, and then she would have the full Sith power that would bring peace to the galaxy and destroy the Yuuzhan Vong.
Jacen, however, was not the being Jaina would have picked for the sacrifice. It had been ten years since she had last seen her brother, and now they were strangers. What did it matter if she killed him? It was, to her, just killing another Vong warrior.
Perhaps the sacrifice was more emotional, she wondered. If by killing Jacen, she would lose something valuable to her-
-like Lumiya-
Jaina almost panicked. She knew Lumiya’s days were numbered, since when Jaina was ready to assume the mantle of Dark Lady of the Sith, her mentor obviously would have to die. But if killing Jacen lead to it…Jaina didn’t see how it made sense.
Jaina approached Jacen to begin the battle of a lifetime.
Jacen stared wonderingly at Jaina. She looked so little like the sister he once had; now she looked hardened and angry. It was clear that she used what most Force-users would call the “Dark Side,” something that Jacen no longer accepted. He remembered his long conversations with the Yuuzhan Vong elite, attempting to explain the Dark Side when it was something he did not believe in. Now Jaina, who still accepted this idea of the two sides of the Force, was here to challenge him
Jacen had prepared for years for this twin battle. Vergere had quietly intimated that it would take place eventually- Jaina and
Jacen would meet in combat, and the one who lived would go on to accomplish great things. Jacen had never thought that he could win against Jaina, but that was when she was a frightened half-trained Jedi, still a girl. She had always been the stronger of the two, eyes, but now she was even more so. Jacen had heard tales of the Sith and their legendary powers, and he was determined not to let them get to him.
Now he was a Yuuzhan Vong warrior, with the Force to help. There was no one who could defeat him. Jacen had killed so many of the greatest warriors in single combat, and had proved himself worthy of being a Supreme Commander. There was no way he would allow some upstart pretender to take his glory.
Not even someone who had been his sister once.
The arena was filled with Yuuzhan Vong who had come here to watch the twin battle. From Supreme Overlord to lowly workers, and even a few Shamed Ones, all waited in anticipation. Was this Force truly something that Yuuzhan Vong training and technology could not combat? Or was it just another infidel effect that was easily overcome?
Jaina and Jacen finally met each others’ eyes, silently acknowledging that one of them was about to die.
She felt well-prepared, as she had the lightsaber, lightwhip, and had practiced well with both of them, ready for anything. And of course there were all of the Sith tricks she had learned, such as the telekinesis she had painstakingly perfected, and the Force illusions that left opponents not knowing what was real and what was a hallucination. Her favourite out of the bag of tricks was the Force lightning…so powerful, so easily used, and so deadly. Jaina had not realised its full potential until that one annoying spacer at some bar was getting on her nerves… suffice to say he never made any more moves on her. And it would prove an excellent weapon against Jacen, who was probably still the little goody-goody, afraid to use anything powerful in the Force. Jaina figured that no matter what happened, she would leave here alive; she had the position of Dark Lady of the Sith awaiting her.
Jacen was trained as a Yuuzhan Vong warrior, and had the full complement of thud bugs, amphistaff, and evil little surprises.
He also had a lightsaber still- made with a lambent crystal, like Anakin’s, and constructed from remnants of his previous one.
He had well-hidden the machine, knowing it was an abomination- but a useful one, Jacen admitted, now that he was fighting someone who would definitely use a lightsaber.
She would not be expecting half of what Jacen had planned.
At the same time, Jaina silently gloated over how Jacen would not expect what she had hidden.
Jaina stepped into the ring cut into the floor, noting instantly how Jacen’s actions mirrored her own. To her surprise, he saluted her, and out of years of Jedi training, she returned the salute.
How funny[/], she thought. [i]He is about to die, and he acknowledges it. Perhaps he is smarter than an ordinary scarhead; he’s not trying to be heroic and fanatic while dying.
She ignited the new lightsaber she had just constructed, savouring the snap-hiss and the smell of ozone. It cast an eerie red glow upon her and Jacen, and she smiled, inviting him into her trap.
Jacen shook his head slightly. Jaina was even more overconfident and cocky than most Jedi were, and that was going to be her downfall. Jacen summoned the coiled amphistaff from his arm, and allowed it to spread out down his wrist and hand like an extension of himself. He began circling Jaina, like a predator preparing for the kill.
Many of the surviving spectators remarked on how alike the twins were. It was as though they shared one mind that knew exactly what the other half of it was doing. Each action was met with a perfect, textbook-style reaction. Thrust. Parry. Counter-parry.
Retreat.
So perfectly matched, Vergere thought. Now, children. Begin the dirty tricks.
Both twins heard Vergere speak to them, and ended the stylized battle, trading it for a real fight. They stopped circling and making trial attacks, and let loose their full power.
Jacen kept the amphistaff twined around his hand. For a moment, it relaxed and coiled, preparing for whatever his next orders would be. Jacen pulled out the lightsaber, and ignited it, adding a deep sapphire light into the arena.
Gasps broke out in the crowd. Their own warrior was using an infidel machine along with an amphistaff? This warrior was a convert to the True Way and a Supreme Commander. There was no way he would commit such sacrilege.
But Jacen did.
Jaina laughed coolly. Of course Jacen had a lightsaber. She had anticipated and expected that.
Fine
, Jaina thought.
Do you really want to play? We can play.
She reached to an inner pocket in her jumpsuit, and pulled out the lightwhip she had so carefully constructed. It ignited into myriad strands of pulsing energy and Mandalorian iron, glowing with an evil light.
Jacen looked at Jaina in shocked surprise. She did indeed have her own Sithly arsenal.
With a cold laugh of his own, Jacen charged. No weapon of the infidels could stand up to the True Way and its followers.
Jaina smiled and deftly caught Jacen’s first attack on her lightsaber, and retorted with an explosion of energy strands. Caught by surprise, Jacen did not duck in time, and several smoking gouges appeared in his vonduun crab armor. Furious, he struck out with the amphistaff spitting poison. Jaina spun away, sliding back on the slick yorik coral ground, and sent another volley of energy and iron at the amphistaff this time.
Vergere could have laughed, if it weren’t for her being in the company of Warmaster Tsavong Lah and Supreme Overlord Shimrra.
Jaina and Jacen were prefect. They battled just as she had foreseen in her visions- like the twins they were. It would take a fabulous upset to make one of them win, and Vergere knew exactly how to do it.
If Jacen could just get a little bit closer to the lightwhip, and Jaina’s aim could get a little bit better, all would be perfect.
* * *
The whip’s strands coiled around the amphistaff, almost strangling the creature. With the deadly weapon out of the way, Jaina attacked Jacen again, aiming for the weak spot in the vonduun crab armor where several joints came together. Surprised, Jacen did not parry in time…
Jaina’s strike landed, burning a smoking hole in the armor, just as the amphistaff broke free of the lightwhip’s strands. It spat venom at Jaina before she could react.
Jacen stumbled for a moment, shocked at the pain from the lightsaber. It had just barely penetrated the armor, and could have been far worse if the amphistaff hadn’t distracted Jaina with venom. Jacen pushed aside the pain- he was, after all, a Yuuzhan Vong-trained warrior, and sent a handful of thud bugs at his already distracted opponent.
The thud bugs were rapidly intercepted by the lightsaber. Jaina had no idea how it had happened, as she had been hit by some of the venom. Out of instinct, Jaina drew on the Force to neutralize the venom, hoping that would be enough to continue the fight.
She had no intention of dying here. On a furious whim, Jaina threw a handful of Force lightning at Jacen, testing his defences…and her own power.
* * *
Under the assault of the Force lightning, Jacen crumpled and fell. He was still shocked that Jaina would even think of doing such a thing, but then another part of his mind reminded him that She’s a Sith. She’ll do anything she knows how to do just to survive this, and it won’t be pretty. Determined and furious, Jacen got up again and let loose another handful of thud bugs.
Jaina incinerated each one on the lightwhip, and sent several of its flaming strands after Jacen. He rolled away, feeling the whip cut into the vonduun crab armor. Jaina laughed then, the dark and evil laugh of someone steeped in the Dark Side. She continued her assault, hearing the cheers of the Yuuzhan Vong. They were both shocked and pleased to see Jacen being defeated by Jaina, even if she was using infidel technology.
She was proving her strength, that the Trickster was greater than the Slayer.
All that Jaina was thinking of was how to best finish the battle.
Jacen was getting desperate. Every one of his attacks was met by one of Jaina’s that usually turned out to be stronger. She was relying almost entirely on the Force, and Jacen was unable to find a gap in her defences.
He just let go of the Yuuzhan Vong brainwashing that had so hated technology, gripped the lightsaber firmly, and attacked Jaina to begin a good old-fashioned duel.
Jaina jumped back in shock. Jacen had gotten his act together and was now attacking? She swore and parried his first attack.
She remembered what Lumiya had said about lightsaber combat- that it was easy to progress through the moves. Simple attack, parry-riposte, counterattack, change of timing, feint… It was all second nature by now. And recently, she had trained for this battle, learning more and more lightsaber techniques, perfecting the ones she had learned as a child. Jacen had learned all of this too, albeit many years ago, and he was visibly rusty.
Of course, Jaina took advantage of it for all it was worth. She relentlessly drove Jacen back, towards the wall, where he would be even more helpless.
Another wave of thud bugs distracted Jaina long enough that Jacen saw an opening in her defences. He struck at her left arm, and almost hit…
With a furious scream, Jaina pulled back and parried hard enough that Jacen nearly lost his grip on the lightsaber. He stepped back and tripped over the fallen amphistaff, which bit straight into his vonduun crab armor. Luckily the armor absorbed the worst of it, but then Jaina’s lightwhip came flying down…
The amphistaff was cleanly sliced into five pieces by the whirling strands of energy and Mandalorian iron. Several of the pieces were still thrashing, still half-alive, when Jaina sent the lightwhip’s strands towards Jacen…
He caught it with a combination of telekinesis and his lightsaber, which strained under the power of the lightwhip. Jacen spun
away from Jaina, but still could not escape long enough to set up his own attack. She laughed again and pressed on. One good twist of her wrist, and the lightwhip's strands coiled around Jacen’s armor, felling him…
Jaina caught the hilt of his lightsaber on the blade of her own, cleanly slicing it in half. Horrified, Jacen tried to get up…
Jaina stood next to him pinning him to the ground with a combination of the Force and the lightwhip. She turned to the Yuuzhan Vong elite who were watching in total shock, and saluted them with her lightsaber and a wickedly triumphant smirk.
She had won.
I know that was mind-blowingly long. And did it end as you didn't expect it to? Mwahahaha.
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. The twin battle is happening! Update 3/14!
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First!
It ended as I'd
hoped
it would; Jaina winning! But I'm still worried that he's got one last trick up his sleeve - and did Vergere help Jaina or something? That was hinted at, I think. Now the question is, what's going to happen to Jacen? Will he live? Die? Will all of the YV elite rush up to kill Jaina? And Jacen is a fool to not expect Sith Lightning, but maybe in his heart he believed that Jaina wasn't really that bad.
Thanks for the marvellous post! And try not to get too frustrated at the dial-up!
~Jaina
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. The twin battle is happening! Update 3/14!
Whew!! Smokin' update there!!!
You do duels/battles extremely well.
Can't wait for the aftermath!!
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. The twin battle is happening! Update 3/14!
Wow, that's intense, and it's just the start of the fight. I was thinking that Jaina would hold off on the lightwhip for a while, but I suppose it would be pretty effective against an amphistaff.
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3/24 7:45pm
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. The twin battle is happening! Update 3/14!
Jaina
: Vergere has helped both Jaina and Jacen, though neither of them know it. You will see what happens over the next few posts... it's rather different than what I'd originally planned when I got the idea for this fic.
Jade_eyes
: Thanks! This was the first major battle I have written that got this much planning. Oh, the aftermath... that's the fun part...
Ultima_1
: Intense? Just wait...
And here's another update, once again posted while I SHOULD be doing homework. Don't tell that to my archaeology homework.
Jaina stood triumphant in the very center of the arena. Beneath her, Jacen was on his knees, begging for mercy in a very un-Vong way. Jaina was so exhilarated with Dark Side energy, feeling all of its power running through her…if she let Jacen live, he would rule by her side…
Then Jaina saw what the sacrifice was. But keeping Jacen and turning him, too, she would destroy her family’s last confidence that she could be saved for the Dark Side. Their last hope would be gone. One child dead, the other two on the Dark Side, omnipotent and omniscient…
Jaina could ask for nothing better.
Supreme Overlord Shimrra stood up to address Jaina.
“Jedi Solo. You have proven your worth in battle against your twin. You are the stronger of the pair. Kill him now.”
Jaina shook her head. “No way. He’s staying with me, alive. I have my own reasons why. And anyways, there’s no fun in killing him now, when he’s helpless.”
Jacen’s eyes widened. Jaina was truly a monster now, and plotting something that he could not comprehend. Vergere had promised him victory, and now she had let him down and let this Sith-spawn beat him. Now Jacen faced death or dishonour, whichever was worse- and Jaina was there, laughing triumphantly…
She turned to him and hissed, “Be grateful I spared you. Though if I succeed as planned, there will be many who wish I hadn’t.”
All Jacen could do was nod. He glanced around, seeing the remnants of his lightsaber and amphistaff. Jaina had won, and she was obviously up to no good as a result.
* * *
The Yuuzhan Vong began to leave the arena, gossiping about what they had just seen. Many still found it hard to believe that an infidel had taken down a Yuuzhan Vong-trained warrior, and stranger still, she had let him live. The Supreme Overlord turned to Vergere, and said coolly, “You promised me that Jacen Solo would win this.”
“I have never promised anything.” Vergere remained as deceptive as ever. “All I said was that if Jacen kept up his training, and followed my instructions, his chances of winning against Jaina were rather good. He obviously did not listen to me.” Her smile turned into a scowl of disapproval.
Tsavong Lah’s glares were almost as strong. “You cheating featherbag. What did you do? It’s obvious that someone arranged this so that Jaina Solo would win.”
“Do you have any evidence that I was the one?” Vergere’s dark eyes narrowed. “You have seen my loyalty to the True Way. Why would I have any reason to turn away from it or betray it?”
“I do not know.” The Warmaster was still suspicious. “You are a mysterious one, Vergere. You have been with us since I was in the crèche, and we still do not know who you truly are or what your motives are. I wonder about you.”
Quietly, Vergere slipped off. She had to find and talk to Jaina, just to make sure that all was well and ready for Jaina’s ascension to Dark Lady of the Sith. And she would also have to reassure Jacen- separately, of course. It would not do to have the twins find out that Vergere had been playing both sides of the game to benefit herself alone.
* * *
Vergere stood in the shadow of a half-collapsed building, watching the Yuuzhan Vong search party. They were obviously looking for her, but they would not find here. Vergere was the master of deception, and no one could outwit her. She had survived among the Yuuzhan Vong for so long, without them having any idea that she was a Jedi. Or that she had been once…
Now, she focused on making her presence in the Force small. So small that no one could find her. The voxyn were many years dead now, and Vergere knew there was no other way for them to find her.
She smiled to herself and slipped deeper into Yuuzhan’tar’s underworld, preparing to leave permanently. There was too much danger here to allow her to stay.
Anyways, Jaina and Jacen had everything under control.
Jacen was shattered. Vergere had promised him victory, and now he had been defeated by this Sith who had replaced his sister.
And the majority of the Yuuzhan Vong species had seen him grovelling, pleading to Jaina to spare his life… Jacen could hardly imagine anything more undignified.
Jaina was sitting on the other side of the passenger hold of her ship, watching Jacen and smirking. “You do realise that you’re just some stupid idiot who can’t decide what species he is, and it’s really not a big deal that you lost. Actually, it was rather funny, but I was hoping for a bit more of a challenge.”
“You Sithspawn.” Jacen was ready to just let the anger take over. “What the kriff do you think you’re doing? You act like you know everything and use Dark Side tricks like it’s no big deal. What are you?”
Jaina rolled her eyes. “I’m Jaina. And I’m about to become the Dark Lady of the Sith. Hopefully after my ascension I can eliminate you and make my life a bit easier.”
“Why do you want me dead?”
“One less thing for me to worry about.”
“You selfish, cold-hearted, conniving little…”
“Enough.” Jaina looked bored. “I don’t believe you’re still talking and thinking I might be listening.” She walked off into the cockpit, leaving Jacen alone to his dark thoughts.
That was when Vergere stepped out of a storage locker.
“So, Jacen Solo, it seems that you need to ask me some questions. I believe your sister has the same idea now. And perhaps it is time for me to tell you some things that you may need to know.”
Jacen was quiet, surprised to see Vergere there. “How did you get here? I didn’t know you knew Jaina.”
Vergere shrugged. “You wouldn’t believe some of the people that I know.”
“Wait a minute. You’ve suggested the path of the Sith to me before. Did you turn Jaina to the Dark Side?”
“The light dawns. I was thinking I might have to hit you over the head and explain to you what had happened to Jaina.”
Jaina walked into the hold and saw Vergere. “What are you doing here with my brother?”
“It seems that she has been training both of us without the other one’s knowledge.” Jacen was still rather incredulous.
“You double-crossing liar.” Jaina turned on Vergere. “Look, Featherbag, we had an agreement here. I get to eliminate Jacen and rule the galaxy with you helping me. And what do you do? You go backstab me and help my useless brother!”
“Useless?” Now Jacen was angry too. “What have you been doing over these last few years? Still fighting with Kyp, Zekk, and Jag about which one you like best?”
Jaina rolled her eyes. “For your information, I’m rid of all three of them and have been for quite a few years. And I don’t want to deal with you anymore. I’m highly tempted to make you walk back home to Yuuzhan'tar, but lucky for you the airlocks won’t open in hyperspace.” She stormed off, and Vergere watched her go, detached and unemotional.
“Be careful around your sister. She will not be half as kind to you as I have been.”
Jacen nearly jumped out of his seat. “If some of what you did to me is kind, then I don’t even want to know what Jaina can do.”
“At least you are cognizant of the danger.”
“Well, the Dark Side is rather attached to my family, so it would be stupid to ignore all the problems it causes. I would just fall into the trap myself.”
Breaking into what would have been another philosophical discussion, Jaina yelled to them “Shut up!”
Vergere made a face that looked suspiciously like scorn. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go knock some sense into your sister.”
“Can I help?”
Vergere smiled and walked off, leaving Jacen alone to his thoughts and hopes that he could escape and find somewhere peaceful to spend the remainder of his life.
Intrigue, chaos, drama, trouble... my work here is done...
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RE: Lightsaber and Amphistaff: Sithly NJO AU. Aftermath of the twin battle... Update, 3/24
First! And yes, lots of drama and intrigue here! So Jacen is now his sister's prisoner - but for how long? And wow, she's cruel. I would be bored during a philosophical discussion too, but she's going in for overkill! And it really would break Han and Leia (probably Luke too) to know that their kids were both Sith. Vergere's going to knock some sense into Jaina? Is she still more powerful than her now?
Can't...wait...for...next...post!!! Thank you so much for this delightful (albeit evil
post!)
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Jaina's just a total gloater isn't she? She and Jacen need to really get Vergere back.
What they do with each other afterwards is anyone's guess.... Can't wait to see what twists are up ahead.
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Jaina
: Jacen is sooner or later going to have to deal with Sithly Jaina. Oh yes, Han and Leia and Luke are in for some trouble. But don't assume that Jacen is a Sith entirely... And Vergere has created her own monster. You'll see what happens to her...
Jade_eyes
: Vergere has gotten herself into a bit of a pickle here, but it's nothing she can't resolve. Trust me.
My sincere apologies for not keeping the update schedule. I was consumed by a con over the weekend, where I actually met one of our fellow tf.n writers. And now I should be doing my bio presentation and laundry... but here's your update instead.
Oh yeah.. it's twice as long to make up for the lack of update.
Lumiya was there waiting when Jaina returned. “What took you so long to come back?”
“I ran into a mess and had to clean it up.”
“Does the scarhead species still exist?”
“Yeah, I left a few of the ones in the arena alive.”
“Too bad.”
Jaina rolled her eyes. She had brought back Jacen, put him in hibernation, and would reshape him into a Sith as soon as his wounds were sufficiently treated. Jaina had already taken care of herself, and all she had to do now was clean up a few more messes in the galaxy.
Like Lumiya.
Lumiya’s green eyes met Jaina’s brown ones. “So, my usefulness has come to an end at last.” She sounded very proud.
Jaina couldn't believe her ears. “I’m about to give you a one-way ticket to hell, and all you can do is smirk and act proud?”
“Yes. This is expected, and I am glad to die knowing that you have achieved the power that I have trained you for.”
“Good. No hard feelings, then?” Jaina smiled.
“Oh, no.” Lumiya was very calm, but ready to attack Jaina if there was an opportunity. One last test…
“Then we have nothing left to discuss.” Jaina plunged a small poisoned dart into Lumiya’s arm. It was filled with a deadly Sith poison that left victims dead almost before they felt the prick…
A housekeeping droid bustled in and saw Lumiya’s dead body on the floor.
“Clean it up,” Jaina said with a noncommittal wave of her hand.
* * *
Jaina twisted the now-dead amphistaff around her fingers. It was limp and felt only like a heavy snake rather than the deadly monster it had been just a few hours previously. She stared at the area on her left arm where the venom had hit. Though she had neutralized the worst of it, there would still be a visible scar. She smiled to think about how much better shape she was in than Jacen. He would require quite a bit of bacta healing, and even that wouldn't do everything to take care of the lightsaber wounds. And now that they were together again, she could bring him into her mission of ruling the galaxy and uniting it for peace.
Looking in the mirror, Jaina could sense something different about herself. Now that Jacen was hers, and Shimrra was finally dead, she felt truly all-powerful. Lumiya had met an unfortunate end, but Jaina saw that as her mentor’s own fault. You didn’t try to make a bargain with the Yuuzhan Vong that you had no intention of keeping. There was a difference between being brave and being foolhardy.
For a moment, Jaina saw someone entirely different than herself. She noticed instantly how much more aware she was of Yuuzhan Vong and Alliance plans and ideas. It seemed she had a kind of Force intuition, unlike any other…
“Battle meditation,” she whispered. All was clear now. Jaina had made it over the edge from Dark Jedi into Dark Lady of the Sith. She felt like her life was almost complete.
“I am Darth Lyssa.”
* * *
Jacen examined Jaina’s lightsaber carefully, though it was nothing new to him. It was made in the standard Jedi fashion, except with a red crystal that often signified the Dark Side. It was made of metal, like usual, and a part of Jacen hissed that this was an abomination, something so horribly wrong that it should not exist. Jacen shoved back the Yuuzhan Vong part of his mind, and remembered how satisfying it was when he built a lightsaber without their knowledge. It had helped in the battle against Jaina, but he had to acknowledge how much stronger she was. There was something she had learned that he did not understand.
Jacen realised that Jaina’s actions and personality almost seemed dark now, as if his sister was following the path of the Sith.
“You know me well,” Jaina said softly from the back of the room.
Jacen turned to meet her gaze. For a moment, he thought that her eyes glowed bright red… “Please don’t tell me that you’ve turned. It’s against everything we have learned! The way of the Sith just leads to pain.”
“Your way is far more painful.” From her cloak, Jaina produced the dead amphistaff and dropped it to the floor. “Being such a sadomasochist for so many years sure has changed you, Jacen. There was a time that you’d never pick up a lightsaber, let alone fight me. What happened to you?”
“What happened to you?”
“That’s not important right now.”
“I have turned to the True Way. Is that enough of an answer?”
“It’s not entirely true.”
“How do you know? You don’t even understand…”
Jaina rolled her eyes. “I don’t want to hear all the propaganda. You clearly aren’t fully a scarhead, or else you’d never have built a lightsaber. You never would have surrendered to me. And you definitely wouldn’t be here now.”
“You threw Force lightning at me. You’ve changed.”
Her eyes darkened, and now were clearly fire-red. “Listen, laser brain. I went on a suicide mission with my best friends and my brothers. One brother died. I figured the other one was dead until I was dragged into that arena and saw you there. After that kriffing mission, I got dumped by my boyfriend and then found out I was pregnant. I presume I don’t need to tell you how that ended. And life has just gone downhill from there. So when I saw a chance for something better and to help the galaxy along with it, I accepted. And you stay out of this. Your adopted species sure hasn’t helped things at all.”
Jacen was quiet for a moment. If looks could kill, he knew he’d be long dead. “Jaina…”
“Shut up.” She glared again. “I don’t need another pathetic expression of sympathy from some pathetic life-form who doesn’t know what he’s doing anyhow. In my eyes, you’re no better than the rest of the scarheads. You’re here under my power, and no one of any consequence knows you’re alive. Do as I say or else you’re going to get thrown out the airlock faster than you can say Force. Got it?”
Stunned, Jacen agreed. He realised that there was no negotiating with an angry Sith, which was just what Jaina was acting like.
Darth Lyssa turned and flounced out in a huff, furious and ready to kill someone. Jacen would be difficult and stubborn, but she looked forward to the challenge of turning him as well.
She sent an order to the hangar droids: “Prepare my ship. I must go.”
* * *
Alix picked up the lightsaber on the table, even though she knew she wasn’t supposed to touch it. She had seen so may before, and she knew all about lightsabers and using them. She had seen her mother’s lightsaber so many times before, and now it was only natural that she should try to sue one, right?
Mom was gone again, Alix thought. She was always vanishing for no apparent reason, not telling anyone where or why she left.
Alix heard stories that Mom was crazy. Some weird tale from the X-wing pilots, that Mom had gone on some mission during the early years of the war, and both of her brothers had died, and Mom was now insane…
There were so many stories. Like the ones Mom and Vergere and Shira told. Alix didn’t know where any of these stories came from, but the shadowmoth one was especially interesting. How could you help something and kill it by accident? Alix ignited the lightsaber, wondering how much longer it would be before she could make her own. Or better yet, maybe a lightwhip like the one
Mom had made and then hidden away, explaining that it was for ‘emergencies.’
The red blade shone eerily in the dark room, and Alix instantly had an impression of immense dark power coming to her.
Something that had always been wrong was now even more wrong, and more visible.
Something had just happened.
Something frightening.
Alix looked around the room, unnerved, and whispered, “Mom, come back to me. I’m scared. There’s something wrong. I don’t think you should trust Vergere any more.”
Leia came into the room and instantly took the lightsaber away. “Alix, you know you’re not supposed to touch that yet. Who are you talking to?”
“Mom’s in trouble,” Alix said.
“She’s been in trouble for the last ten years.”
“No. This is different. She’s mixed up in something she shouldn't be in. I know it. It has to do with Vergere, the creepy little feathery alien.”
“Vergere?” Leia gasped. She was well-aware of her granddaughter’s prescience when it came to Jaina’s affairs, but this was unexpected. “Vergere is not to be trusted by anyone at any time. Why is Jaina even associating with her?”
Alix’s eyes looked so innocent. “I dunno. I think it has something to do with what Mom said she was doing before she left last week. Something about Yuuzhan'tar, Vergere, and some kind of great plan for galactic peace. I don’t remember what it was about.”
“I don’t like it, whatever it is. Tell this to Luke; he needs to know. For some reason, I have a feeling that there’s something wrong with Jaina, and now that you mention it, this stinks of a Sith plot of some sort.”
For a moment, Alix wondered if she would be in trouble for this. After all, Mom and Vergere and Shira had all insisted that no one be told anything about this plan.
But it was for the good of the galaxy that they know, right?
* * *
“What did you say?” Jaina asked softly. “I know you told my parents something that you should not have. I don’t even know why I trust you with some things.”
Alix was frightened and confused. Every time her mother acted like this, something always happened. Afterwards, Jaina was apologetic and nice, but it didn’t feel sincere. “I didn’t say it on purpose. All I said is that you were trying to get galactic peace and that Vergere was helping you.”
“You said too much.” Jaina’s eyes darkened for a moment, and Alix later swore that she saw her mother’s eyes as fire-red. “No one gets away with revealing my private business to anyone, least of all you, you little brat. All you’ve ever been in my life is a total inconvenience, and it’s about time I did something about it.”
“What did I do?” Alix was even more frightened that normal.
“Oh, you came into my life when I was half-mad, stayed far longer than I’d wanted, provided me with a living reminder of your good-for-nothing father who dumped me before I could even mention you.” Jaina felt the surge of dark energy within her, building, preceding a release of power… “Must I go on?”
At that moment, Alix found some common sense and ran. As fast and far as she could go. Wherever her legs might take her. Just somewhere away from her insane and sadistic mother.
Finally, Alix found herself aboard the Falcon, where she fell into a couch in the main hold, crying and trying not to think about what her mother had said.
Leia wandered in, obviously in the middle of making repairs, and noticed Alix. “What’s wrong?”
“She’s really angry at me. She seems evil now for some reason. Her eyes are red! Really! I saw it. And she said I’m an inconvenience and she wished I’d never been born.” There was no need for Alix to mention her mother as the culprit; it was rather obvious.
Leia sat down on the couch. “Jaina has never been any kind of a mother, and I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with her…”
Suddenly, Leia remembered Luke’s words from ten years ago.
It seems often like Jaina is going dark.
Now, Leia knew how true that was. She sat down next to Alix, trying to comfort her granddaughter and searching for a way to talk to Jaina and knock some sense into the girl.
A loud crash resounded in the hangar where the Falcon was docked. Leia glanced up for a moment, and Alix gasped.
“Mom’s here. And she’s really angry.”
Jaina stormed towards the Falcon. She was determined to find that little brat and kill her, and from there leave her family and embrace the path of the Sith. Jaina was the Dark Lady of the Sith now. No one would take her down, ever. Especially not some stupid upstart brat…
The Falcon’s ramp was closed, but Jaina had no trouble prying it open with the Force. She could sense her daughter's presence, and was almost in the main hold when Leia met her at the entrance.
“Jaina, what’s wrong? Why are you here?”
Jaina didn’t bother with niceties. “You have Alix. Give her to me or else.”
“Or else what?” Leia was not yet frightened.
Furious and impatient, Jaina shoved her way into the main hold. Alix was sitting there on the couch…
Alix gasped in pure terror. She had a feeling that her mother was going to keep the promise of murder now, as Jaina ignited her lightsaber.
Now it had a ruby-red blade that matched Jaina’s eyes.
Before the blade could fall on Alix, Leia intercepted with her own lightsaber. Yes, it too was red, but a softer, warmer red instead of the fiery passion and hate that Jaina's represented. Jaina glared up in shock. “How dare you challenge me?”
Leia twisted away from Jaina’s blade, still on the defensive. “I dare because you have no right to kill Alix or act like the madwoman you’ve been for the past ten years. I’ve had enough, Jaina. Straighten up and fly right.”
Jaina laughed, a horrible, dark laugh. “I’m not five anymore. You can’t order me around like that. I’m leaving, once Alix is dead. Deal with it.”
Alix ran out of the Falcon, grateful for her mother’s momentary distraction. She ran off, looking for Uncle Luke, looking for an answer…
Luke sat up suddenly, sensing the disturbance in the Force that had interrupted his meditation. It felt like Jaina, like she was using the Dark Side without a care in the world, with a clearly malicious intent.
Alix ran in, visibly upset. “Don’t let Mom kill me, please! I’m not an inconvenience. She has to be a Sith. She’s evil, I know it! There’s no other way!”
“Slow down and start from the beginning.” Luke sighed. “What’s wrong with your mother now?
“Everything!” Alix burst into tears and spilled out the whole story. “She already wants to kill me, so I guess I should tell someone this before I take my secrets to the grave. She’s been training with these weird Force-users. Vergere is this feathery alien who talks in riddles, and Shira always wears a veil and says she hates you for some reason. And Mom listens to them, and they’ve been helping her. Just a couple weeks ago, you know, when she was gone? She went to Yuuzhan'tar for something and didn’t say what. And now she’s back, and she has a new red lightsaber, and her eyes have turned red, no really! And I’m really scared. She says she wants me dead.”
For a moment, Luke was stunned. Jaina was obviously a Sith. Shira Brie was back and had turned Jaina to the Dark Side?
It must have been easy. After the Myrkr mission, Jaina was emotionally shattered and vulnerable, and she had obviously fallen in with the wrong crowd. Now, she was a Sith…
“Alix, I’m going to send you somewhere far away. I know this is going to be really hard for you, but you’re going to need to leave us for a little while. Your mother is obviously not right in the head now, and it sounds like she is a Sith. For your own safety and peace of mind, you need to leave here.”
Alix nodded. “Just don’t let her hurt anyone.”
Luke hugged the frightened girl. “I’ll do my best.”
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Hey girl! Sorry it took me so long to get here *again* But that was a spectacular set of updates! So evil...but wow, I can't believe first that Jaina beat Jacen, and second that she wants to kill Alix!
So Sad!!!
But still, very cool. Great job!
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I hope Alix can get away. Jaina's really in full Sith mode.
Very cool update.
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Well, Alix is safe with Luke, but what about Leia? Now I'm [probably unreasonably] worried about Leia's life...but a fantastic update, nonetheless! So Jaina is now the Dark Lady of the Sith. *Dramatic music plays*
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Jaina is a brat. Leia needs to slap some sense into her
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Irish
: There are more surprises in store.
Jade_eyes
: Thanks! Sith mode was fun to write.
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: There are some characters for whom you should be worried about their lives. I'll let you guess who.
darkjedileia
: Jaina will get some sense slapped into her sooner or later.. but will it be in time to save everyone else?
Yup, it's getting to be once a week. I am swamped and out of better excuses anyhow. I know these updates are long- it's since I can't really do twice-weekly updates, so I give you more all at once.
Jaina knew that this was what she had trained so long for. To make her family pay for what they had done, for their lack of noticing or caring how much pain she was in. To avenge her lost brother, and to bring Jacen fully over to the Dark Side.
She was enjoying herself. The new lightsaber had worked perfectly, receiving its trial by fire in the Yuuzhan Vong arena. And the lightwhip was great as well, the perfect solution to annoying Jedi problems.
Finally, Jaina decided to release her last dirty trick. She was sick of this perfect duel with her mother, so easy and so Jedi-ish. Jaina gathered her strength, and let it loose…
Leia was thrown back by the power of the assault, barely able to catch it on her lightsaber blade. For one moment, she was incredulous, not believing that her daughter would ever do such a thing. Jaina was laughing maniacally, throwing Force lightning as though it were a perfectly normal thing to do… Leia fell to the floor of the hangar, sobbing, finally realising that her daughter was a Sith..
Jaina paused for a moment, her evil red eyes glowing like bright embers. “So it’s finally hit you, huh? What took you so long to see my fall?” She sat down on the floor of the hangar, extinguishing her lightsaber. “I was so angry for so long, that when I got an offer of more training, of course I accepted! So now I’m the Dark Lady of the Sith, ever since my Master met a tragic and unprecedented end. Whether or not you like it, you’re coming with me. I have a nice little surprise for you.”
Leia was too stunned to resist.
* * *
Alix knew instantly when Leia was captured. She had a strong bond with her grandmother, and was heartbroken to feel it in the Force. And she sensed the dark presence behind it…
“Mom,” she whispered.
Han Solo wandered into the hangar, and saw the burn trails left by Force lightning and the scattered tools that had been hurled around by telekinesis. “What Sith was in here?” he asked jokingly.
“It’s not a joke anymore,” Alix murmured.
“What do you mean?” Han was instantly nervous.
“My mom’s a Sith!” Alix burst to crying again, lost and scared. “She took Grandma away. And she killed the other Dark Lady of the Sith, Lumiya, so now Mom’s in charge, and she says she wants to kill me!”
Han sank down on the floor next to Alix, swearing. “That laser-brained, stuck-up, half-witted, obnoxious little Sithspawn…”
“I know,” Alix replied. “Tell me something I don’t know.”
Luke almost flew into the hangar. “Han, we need to go chase Darth Jaina.”
Han was on his feet in an instant. “That little… well, no matter, she’s not getting my wife!”
Alix nodded assent. “I’m coming with you.”
“Are you out of your mind?” Han and Luke said instantly.
Alix giggled. “Well, the likelihood of me being crazy is pretty high, since Mom is a total lunatic. But Grandma’s been kidnapped by some kriffing Sith, and I’m not sitting around and doing nothing in the meantime. When do we leave?”
Han and Luke shared a glance, and realised it was for the better.
“All right, Alix, you can come,” Han conceded. He then turned to Luke, and added, “If this rescue involves Death Stars, trash compactors, or stormtrooper armor, I’m not going.”
Luke shrugged. “Hey, I didn’t know it was going to be like that the first time we rescued Leia.”
“Whatever.” Han began collecting tools and other items that belonged onboard the Falcon. “Are you two coming?”
Luke and Alix rushed to get on board, ready for another mission to fight evil.
* * *
Jacen sensed Jaina’s approach long before she actually arrived on the remote asteroid. She was being very stealthy, as though she had something to hide. There was an unusual Force presence in Jaina’s ship, one that distinctly reminded Jacen of his mother…
But Jaina wouldn’t be stupid enough to do something like kidnap her mother, right? That was asking to bring the Alliance down on them. One Sith and one Yuuzhan Vong-trained warrior were indeed strong, but there was no way they could fight if there was an entire army chasing, or worse yet, a large group of Jedi.
As the ship docked, Jacen sensed Jaina’s command of Stay where you are and don’t reveal yourself. Or else.
Jacen stayed in the back room, waiting for further orders from Jaina.
Leia returned to consciousness in a dark shadowy room. It felt like wherever she was had been absolutely steeped in the Dark
Side for a long item, and now that air would not go away. As Leia sat up, she became very aware of the unusual statues in the corners. They looked to be made of coral of some sort, and looked vaguely Yuuzhan Vong…
They were statues of the Yuuzhan Vong gods.
The Slayer, the Trickster, The Lovers, The Modeller, The Pardoner… it was eerie to see these gods in a physical representation.
Each one gazed ominously at Leia, as though it was warning her to join the Yuuzhan Vong or die. She remembered vividly her near-death on Duro, where the Warmaster had attacked her with an amphistaff, trying to kill her…
“Rather morbid, isn’t it.” Jaina was leaning against the doorframe, nonchalant as ever. “Personally, I don’t buy that whole sadomasochistic thing that the scarheads love so much. I swear they’re even crazier than I am.”
“Why did you bring me here?” Leia cut straight to the point.
“Funny you should ask that.” Jaina was stalling for time. “I’ve been thinking for a long time, since I’m still mad that no one in the universe noticed that I was having some issues. Not even my brilliant family. No wonder I resigned from the family, huh?”
“You still haven’t explained why I’m here.”
“Do I even owe you an explanation?” Jaina rolled her eyes. “You’re stuck here, somewhere that you can’t locate on a map, and I doubt anyone will be able to find you here. We Sith have ways of keeping out intruders, since entertaining is really a hassle, and I don’t have that many guest rooms. Therefore, you are at my mercy. I’d suggest that you pray I get some.” She sauntered off, leaving Leia alone with the Yuuzhan Vong gods.
It seemed like the gods were smirking at Leia, daring her to try to escape just so they could have a sacrifice made to them.
She shivered and turned away to the other side of the room. There had to be a way out of here.
Even if there was a Sith guarding it.
Leia’s curiosity finally got the better of her, and she gently touched the statue of Yun-Harla, the Trickster. The coral was hard and cold, but it still looked so alive…
A set of thorns burst out from the coral, cutting into Leia’s hands. She pulled away, surprised, and instantly noticed trails of venom from the thorns. She reminded herself again that more or less every Yuuzhan Vong creation was poisonous or painful, and it was obvious that this was no different.
The poison quickly began to sting, and Leia felt light-headed as she tried not to think about what might have been in it. She tried to get to the door, to call for help, and the room turned on its side…
Leia fell into unconsciousness again.
She woke to sense something warm and wet on the spot where, before, the thorns had attacked her. The substance looked like another Yuuzhan Vong poison, but was healing rather than hurting…
A soft male voice was speaking. “Stay still and quiet. I don’t know what that was, but it sure was a dirty trick from Jaina. It just seems like something she would do.”
Half-conscious, Leia obeyed. She couldn’t quite place the voice, but it was so familiar.
“I have no idea why Jaina brought you here. She’ll bring half the Alliance down on us, and just the two of us together can’t handle it. She might be powerful, but if there are Jedi, she still won’t know how to combat them. There are days when I feel sorry for her for being so stupid.”
“Who are you?” Leia asked.
“Are you sure you want to know?”
Somehow, Leia found the strength to sit up and look at this person- half-human and half-Yuuzhan Vong, it seemed. She gasped, noting the vonduun crab armor, fighting claws, several scars…and the brandy-brown eyes and mussed hair…
“Jacen…” she whispered. “No, it can’t be…you died on Myrkr…”
Jacen gave his version of his father’s famous lopsided grin. “Or at least that was what some of my associates and I wanted the galaxy to think.”
“What happened to you? Did you…”
“Yeah, I got shaped.” Jacen’s smile turned rueful. “I’m not sure I buy all the parts of the Yuuzhan Vong way of life, especially not the darker side of it, but they seem to think I make a good Supreme Commander.”
“What is Jaina up to?”
“She seems to think she’s a Sith. Personally, I agree, since the way that Vergere and Lumiya trained her could have made a Sith out of anyone. She tried to twist me, too, and I honestly don’t know how much she succeeded. I know I’ve caught myself doing some rather dark things, but I don’t know how to stop it or get away from it. Jaina certainly isn’t helping either.”
Leia shook her head. “I want to get out of here.”
“Me too. But if I go back to the Yuuzhan Vong, they’ll expect me to commit suicide due to the dishonour of being defeated in battle by a non-Yuuzhan Vong. If I stay here with Jaina, she’ll make me into a Sith, which would be even worse. If I return to the Alliance, I’ll probably be executed as a traitor. So I might as well get you on your way home and then leave to spend my life as a hermit somewhere.”
“That’s pretty bleak.”
“Not half as bleak as what a Sith can do to certain wayward captives.” Jaina’s cool voice cut through the conversation. Leia froze for a moment, and Jacen rolled his eyes.
“I just caught you two red-handed trying to get away from me. Jacen, you’ve already been given strict instructions to stay away from your mother, and as for you…” She turned to Leia. “I had a feeling you would start playing with the statues of the gods. A pity Jacen found you when he did; the poison would have killed you within about ten minutes, and of course he had to be there in five.”
Leia stood up, furious. “Jaina, you need to get your life back together. Enough of you being on the Dark Side. You have a daughter who needs a parent-“
Jacen looked up in surprise. “Jaina, you have a child?”
Jaina rolled her eyes. “Shut up, both of you. I’ll take care of you later.” She stormed off.
“I have a bad feeling about this,” Leia and Jacen said at the same time.
Jaina raced into her suite in a mad fury, Force-hurling whatever she could find into the walls, ready to kill someone. Jacen was becoming more and more problematic, and now she had to deal with Leia as well. And there was Alix still…
An idea suddenly surfaced in Jaina’s mind, and she contacted an old friend of hers.
“I need some help dealing with three rather problematic friends. Money is no object; just meet me on Corellia in three days…”
And so it continues...
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Hey, I can deal with long updates
The only thing I can't stand is when they actually stop
Wow, Jaina's loopy now. Jacen and Leia need to get away. Will they be rescued??
Alix is a sweetie. She deserves a mom with all her marbles intact.
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Ooh lovely! that was a positively marvelous update SG! And who cares about length with a story like this? Don't let DRL get you down, dear, it'll all even out someday. Probably after college.
I think its interesting Jacen sees whats going on so clearly, while Jaina is so messed up. And now Leia?! Lol, someone new to add to the mix!
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