Aero

Easy enough to read, interesting, will watch out for more to come!

In dreams we enter a strange world. A world filled with forgotten hopes and hidden perils, a place where nothing is as it seems, and the "good guys" don't always win. It is a place where our darker nature is revealed to us, a nature we aren't always ready to accept. This place is the forgotten world. Forsaken by the gods we have lost many of our morals in order to survive. And now, in order to survive, we must forsake more. We must forsake that which we hold most dear in order to wake from our dreams. What we forsake will never return, we must choose carefully. To live in sin or to die in hope, what a terrible place waits for us when the fantasy ceases to be; what horrible things we do when dreams can only breath in slumber. There are only seven of us left now and our sole objective is to survive the winter. "Which did you like better, Empire or Return of the Jedi?" Once I recoiled from the sheer stupidity of the question, I gathered myself and replied, "Empire, I'd rather have a dysentaric yak crap in my eye sockets than believe that a universal super power could be taken down by muppets." Said Ezekiel, while he huddled for warmth, waiting for my inevitable defense of Return. "But Return is the ultimate conclusion of the series and reunion of the characters; surely for the sheer value of its happy ending, it must be the better movie," comes the anticipated parry. "Yes, but what of the sheer idiocy of the 'Yub-Yub' song?" chimed a third party. It took me a moment to take in the other's responses before I quickly added, "It may be the summation of the series, but when that summation includes the death star being blown up not by the main character but instead by a space pimp and a chemically altered monkey, it still makes for a totally crap movie." "Leia has a bikini, that obviously fixes it all, now go start the damn fire!" Ezekiel sighed, as it was his turn to tend the fire, he put another log into the 'furnace' and suggested "Where does a New Hope come in then?" Willam stood up to state his opinion, with a sly smark, "I'll tell you where A New Hope comes in at: it comes in at IT'S BLOODY COLD!" Everyone mumbled an agreement at the last statement, and Ezekiel quickly stoked the fire while everyone gathered around. But as everyone gathered close to the warmth, no one noticed in the swirling snow beyond them: a pair of glowing red eyes. Suddenly the swirling snow began to take shape, rising up to form a snowman with glowing red eyes and a charcoal frown. The banter continued, obvlious to the present danger lurking just beyond the group. After Ezekiel tended to the fire and responded, "Doesn't being in the cold remind you of the Hoth Scene with that scary Yeti thing?" "It's a wampa...get it right," Phillip sighed. "Wampa, scary yeti thing... what's the difference? They both eat meat..." Edward retorted.

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In dreams we enter a strange world. A world filled with forgotten hopes and hidden perils, a place where nothing is as it seems, and the "good guys" don't always win. It is a place where our darker nature is revealed to us, a nature we aren't always ready to accept. This place is the forgotten world. Forsaken by the gods we have lost many of our morals in order to survive. And now, in order to survive, we must forsake more. We must forsake that which we hold most dear in order to wake from our dreams. What we forsake will never return, we must choose carefully. To live in sin or to die in hope, what a terrible place waits for us when the fantasy ceases to be; what horrible things we do when dreams can only breath in slumber. There are only seven of us left now and our sole objective is to survive the winter. "Which did you like better, Empire or Return of the Jedi?" Once I recoiled from the sheer stupidity of the question, I gathered myself and replied, "Empire, I'd rather have a dysentaric yak crap in my eye sockets than believe that a universal super power could be taken down by muppets." Said Ezekiel, while he huddled for warmth, waiting for my inevitable defense of Return. "But Return is the ultimate conclusion of the series and reunion of the characters; surely for the sheer value of its happy ending, it must be the better movie," comes the anticipated parry. "Yes, but what of the sheer idiocy of the 'Yub-Yub' song?" chimed a third party. It took me a moment to take in the other's responses before I quickly added, "It may be the summation of the series, but when that summation includes the death star being blown up not by the main character but instead by a space pimp and a chemically altered monkey, it still makes for a totally crap movie." "Leia has a bikini, that obviously fixes it all, now go start the damn fire!" Ezekiel sighed, as it was his turn to tend the fire, he put another log into the 'furnace' and suggested "Where does a New Hope come in then?" Willam stood up to state his opinion, with a sly smark, "I'll tell you where A New Hope comes in at: it comes in at IT'S BLOODY COLD!" Everyone mumbled an agreement at the last statement, and Ezekiel quickly stoked the fire while everyone gathered around. But as everyone gathered close to the warmth, no one noticed in the swirling snow beyond them: a pair of glowing red eyes. Suddenly the swirling snow began to take shape, rising up to form a snowman with glowing red eyes and a charcoal frown. The banter continued, obvlious to the present danger lurking just beyond the group.

"I have no doubt that you can do it. Providing you out-live me...." Leaving the ship, they headed out of the hanger to locate everyone else. "This is becoming annoying. I wish things would start moving along now. All this waiting is making me tense...."

Her anger flared up and she restrained herself from doing anything to him. "You're the fool for questioning me. I have my own reasons and my own motives. Do NOT question me. I'm not going to TRY to get myself killed, but if things get that bad, then I'll have one last resort. I'm not going to let them walk all over me." Turning from him, she grabbed another cloak from a closet. "Look, Krad, there is a time and place for everything. I don't want to die, and I don't expect that I will this time, but precautions must be taken, now will you please forget it until the time comes? Thank you." Looking at her apprentice, she walked over to him and ruffled his hair.

Walking to the cupboards, she unlocked it and pulled out a mercury looking liquid and a siringe. Empting the vial, she placed her hands on her stomach. Moving her right hand across her abdomin, she moved the needle to the spot in her side. Injecting it, she cringed as it emptied into her blood stream and body. Pulling out the needle, she tossed it in a disposal bin and looked to her apprentice. "If this ends up terribly, I want you to get to Naboo and tell Aashi what has happened. I'm going to take as many of those bastards with me as possible. I have the only detonator and only with it can the explosive material be set off. I need you to tell Aashi. It is most important that you get to her if anything happens to me.... Do you understand?"

Alyssa shook her head at her apprentice. His thoughts were so easy to read. Smirking, she lashed out fast and hard, throwing him off guard. Kicking him in the stomach with the aid of the Force, he flew back a couple feet and landed on his feet gracefully. She turned off her saber and placed it back at her side. "Come, I have a couple things I need to do. We must discuss something back at the ship." Grabbing her cloak, she put it back on and walked off to the hanger. She stoppoed only for a moment to acknowledge Nahstaa, "It's been awhile...." Smiling, she continued on her way. She knew Nahstaa and Nurgle had much to talk about, and an intruding Sith Lord would not be welcomed.

Breathing in, she switched on him and began doing light attacks on him. "Barton?...." Sighing she swung upwards and frowned. "He's an explosive character. I met Trowa Barton on Endor, while I was there doign my own thing. I used to be a smuggler, than a bounty hunter. There was an old smuggler base I was visiting, but I stumbled on to his little clearing." Making a couple more strikes, she then spun and attacked lower. "He was wanted by SEED, and he sorta used me as safety insurance. I left me to die on Tatooine when SEED caught up. They realized I wasn't actually with him and they hired me to help them. I eventually decided to go Sith and forget about the explosion-happy idiot. The fates thought it would be funny for us to get the same master named Renin. That was hell." Attacking a bit harder, she let Krad do the same. "During a battle, I killed his darling sweetheart, Shy-Ree. She was a Jedi then. Nahstaa met us and we changed Masters. I don't think Renin was too happy with us...." Blocking more of his quicker and harder hits, she picked up the defence. "In short, events kept rolling together, I thought I ended up loving him, which I think back now, I never really did. He was going crazy, I think he had become multi-personal.... or whatever you call it.... Anyways, I was more mad at the Jedi that I had killed was then his apprentice. He attempted to kill me, but Nahstaa and the Emperor stopped that. We've never seen eye to since. I dont' care if I kill him or not, but I really don't want anything to do with him. He's an idiot, and a traitor...."

Alyssa blocked his attack quickly and ducked away from him. Swinging to the right, the lightsabers clashed and she pulled back and swung again, with him blocking. Raising her eyebrow and smiling she attacked again and then gave him a soft push backwards. "Krad, I want you to attack, but not with anger. Just simple attacks. I want you to see how I defend himself. Then we'll switch, sort of like slow motion combat. Let's just see how that goes. If it's really stupid, then we'll drop it...." She waited until he attacked again, blocking his strike.

Watching as her apprentice came towards her, she placed her hand on her lightsaber hilt. As he stood above her she Force pushed him back igniting her purple blade. Beckoning him to do the same, she stood waiting for his attack. There would have to be more combat practice for sure.

Aero acknowledged Nurgle and left to find Krad. She'd be going through more training with him. Krad... common, we have much to do.

Aero returned a time later to see where everyone else was. She hated how Trowa got to her so easily. She had no feelings for him, but everytime she saw him or thought about their past, it reminded her of Nahstaa, and she hated that. She had never really loved Trowa, but because of him, she'd been charmed by Nahstaa the moment they had met. Must learn to control my anger around him. But geez! He doesn't have to pick my way of training apart.... Sighing, she pushed him out of her mind and continued to Nurgle. She stood by him and the new-comer and waited until they acknowledged her.

Alyssa set her jaw and glared at him. Pointing to the other side of the room, she showed him Nurgle and his two apprentices. "There's an old friend. Why don't you just piss of on over there. I haven't time to be dealing with this crap Zek, or whatever you call yourself these days." Seeing her apprentice she sighed. "Krad, meet Trowa Barton, Lord of Hell and one big pain in the ass." Looking back at the man, she felt her blood rise. There would always be bad blood, and right now, all she wanted was for him to be gone and in his place, Nahstaa. Calling for the droids, she sent them with the bags back to the ship. "Krad, a simple task I want you to do is just going around and picking things up have them fly everywhere, do whatever. Continue to use the Force...." Walking away she didn't dare look back, but headed straight for the hanger.

Alyssa had felt his presence and it made her shudder. She saw him before her and anger rose up. Pushing it down inside of her she smiled sweetly and walked around him. "Sooo.... Has the Spider come to weeve his web of deceit and hatred?" "He trusts me because if he doesn't, he's bound to get killed. He's only 16. And these chemcials are purely home grown. You seem to have out grown the way of the Sith, my dear. How's the woman?...." Alyssa went to the bags and waved her hand over them, shutting them. Looking back at Trowa, she questioned him ... And the twins? Moving back closer to him she gave a quick run over. "Nice outfit, Love. So what have you come here for? To torment me. To make love to me? To kill me?"

Swiftly righting herself, she looked at Krad and breathed in. "Good. You're quick on your feet, but when it comes to the Force, we'll just have to see how good you are." Without any warning, she flicked her wrist and threw the boy across the room. He hit the wall with a heavy thud and slid to the floor. Her anger was kept in check and she allowed him to stand up. When he had readied himself again, she Force ran to him and dealt out quick attacks. She gained speed and he began to drag behind. Pushing him against the wall, the saber blade at his throat, she kept it there. His clothes had been burned in several places along his torso, arms and legs. There were more burns and she looked at the state of his clothes. Putting a block on him so he could not move, she stepped away from Krad and turned off her lightsaber. Pulling out a siringe, she stabbed a vein in his arm. Draining the fluid into his arm, she released him from the Force hold and watched him sink to the floor. "That should hurt for awhile. That'll enhance you eventually. A couple more doses, and you will be able to heal quicker. I want to you go to my ship and change out of those clothes. I have some in there for you. The Sith don't focus on healing of the body or meditating, but i like healing, so while you're on the ship, rest for an hour or so and try to use the Force. I'll expect you back in one hour. And I want you resting!"

"A wise thought..." the Sith Lord commented. She defended each of this attacks and spun out of the way and quickly threw off the cloak. Her hair was quickly thrown up into a bun and she defended more of his blows. "Good, good. Keep attacking." As he did, she deflected his blade quickly and thrust her saber at his side, burning the cloth and skin. She pulled back as his body jerked back. "You're quick at attacking, but you have to be ready to do both attack and defend. Stun burns, doesn't it?. Again!" Moving towards her apprentice, she gave a few violent blows that he was able to stagger off of. Pulling a small device from her pocket she allowed it to fly around the room. It shot out a couple stun blasts and Alyssa allowed Krad to defend himself. "You will have to be able to defend yourself from me and that annoying little piece of $h!t. Have fun...."

Shaking her head and smiling as the saber was swiped from her hand, she was impressed with this young apprentice of hers. Tossing him the two vials she instructed him to drink them. "They'll help you with stamina and blood flow. With better oxygen to the heart and brain, you'll be able to move and think quicker. I want you to set your lightsaber to stun." Turning to Nurgle, she quickly excused herself and told him it would be a quick lesson. Moving away into the middle of the room, she spun on her heel and faced Krad. Bekoning him, she set a challenge for him. "Attack. My saber, like yours, is on stun." She checked his saber via the Force to see if he had actaullly set the saber correctly.

Raising her eyebrow she smirked at his weakness. Moving close to his fallen body,she crouched down low on her haunches. Balancing, she grabbed his chin and lifted it so that he could look into her eyes. "Puppets are good for doing as they are told. It's good to see that your attitude remains strong while your strength is gone. Perhaps you can channel some of that engery in to getting up off the floor." Dropping his chin quickly, she watched as his head hit the marble. Moving away from his body, she waited for him to get up. He struggled again and failed at getting to his feet. "Krad, my love. Use the Force. Summon it to you. Master it. Make it give you strength. Make it obey you and make it aid you. I have only moments to give you some instruction now, be wise and accept it. There are only a few of us here. I'll need you to show them," she sneered at the fighting apprentices, "How to use the Force, their strength, and their emotions to conquer." Summoning a lightsaber from one of the bags and two vials, she continued, "You must use your frusteration and your anger to get up. Come on. I refuse to train a weakling who cannot even stand on his own two feet." Alyssa hoped her barbs stung enough for him to take her advice.

Alyssa quickly turned her thoughts from Nurgle and breathed in. Not needing to look around the room, but using the Force to search out the Academy grounds, she found him. "Krad..... Your timing couldn't be better." Sending her droids to search for the Sith apprentice, she knew that they bring him back carefully.

Swiftly turning to face Yeroc, she glared. What an insolate fool. Her anger flared and she was tempted to teach the young whelp a lesson on respect when she decided she wouldn't waste effort on him. She gave him a look of warning and listened to Nurgle. "Yes, I realise that now. I'd be sending money into the fire if I brought the others here. At least I have the two I brough with me. 5 plus 2 sophisticated droids. But the droids take the place of the young ones. Hmm. I fear that this could only lead to our death. To the Sith, losing the Academy would be a terrible lose, but I think they'd, as a whole, would feel that two apprentices and three higher ranked Sith would be a greater loss, as the Jedi out number us by quite a bit. I would suggest that we not waste too much effort on protecting the Academy. I mean, we should do what we can, but if it will mean death, then I say we should leave the moment it gets to that point. Meet up with more of the other Sith to take any action." Hearing the droids click down the marble hallways, she turned to them. They carried a bag each which they set down at her feet. Waving the clips open on the bags, she lifted out a small round, metal ball. Reaching into her cloak, she pulled out a remote and activated it. The ball rolled and beeped like a droid for lightsaber training. "A little gadgit I put together. It's quite intelligent really. Inside it's core are thousands of pipe needles. It releases them when there are others that should not be near it. In side each pipe needle is a different deadly poison grown from my plant farm in my manor. I've been able to grow uncommon and unnatural plants in my greenhouses. I take quite abit of pride in what I do, so like you, I'm a scientist. Its also built so no balster or lightsaber can pentrate the outer shell. Also in the core, there is a self-destruct mechanism that goes off if captured. I don't like others knowing my techonolgy, or finding out the make of my poisons. I have about 25 here. Other weapons I've brought. I used to be a bounty hunter at one point, so I enjoy this stuff...."

"I'm am Alyssa Madean, tho many call me Aero. And yes, I'm a Sith Lord, trained by Nahstaa." The woman looked towards Yeroc and raised her eyebrow. She then looked around the room and then back to Nurgle. "What defenses does the Academy have? Surley it's better equipped than some of the Sith bases as it is a training facility. And are we four the only ones left to defend it? I need details." Alyssa moved from the group and went to her battle droids. Speaking quietly to them, they acknowledged and went back to the ship. "If need be, I have a small legion of battle droids at my disposale, but they happen to be on Naboo, so I'll need some warning...."

After getting permission to land, the Sith left her ship with her two battle droids in tow. Her cloak fluttered as she quickly moved along the hall ways. She needed to find Nurgle, or someone that could fill her in with the details and tell her what she should do. Finding a small group, she gave a respectful bow to Nurgle. Looking to the two apprentices, she nodded their way and returned her attention back to the one she seeked. Master. What has happened? What would you ask of me? Her eyes gave off a gleam that had not shone in her eyes in many ages.

Alyssa commanded her ship to be loaded by several of her droids and she had Aashi back in her position of power in the house. Taking her two favored battle droids, they left for the Sith Academy.

Aashi handed the Sith Lord the box. Nodding to the Twi'lek servant, Alyssa disappeared down the hall into a locked room. It was like a well equipped library. Waving her hand across her body, books and other objects started to move and switch places in the shelves. Once they had settled back in their designated places, a hidden door was revealed. Entering it, she moved quickly down the spiral stairs. At the landing, she punched in a code and the sealed door open. She moved through it as it looked behind her. There was only one place to keep this. Opening a large vault, she placed the box in it. Only she knew how to get in here. There was no way for anyone else to even get in to the first door without knowing the proper patterns. She sealed the vault and looked around the large room. There was an escape tunnel that led in the caverns and catacombs under the lake. Her father had built this house with great care.... Alyssa moved quickly back up to the library and set the objects back in order. Aashi met her Mistress and both the females went into the plant lab. Alyssa was quiet as the two worked with the plants. There was something about that Jedi. She couldn't pinpoint what is was.... It frusterated her greatly.