Private Lord of Hunger

[Darth Insatious]

Blaster fire flew all over the place, explosions taking out large patches of land and Jedi were shouting directions to the republic troopers being under heavy attack. "Get me a secure line, we got to contact the Jedi Temple" shouted a captain to a private. "Yes sir!" confirmed the private and dashed back into the cave. A lightsaber swung out of nowhere in front of the captain, redirecting the blaster shot away, but caused the captain to drop to the ground just out of reflexes. Looking up, his eye met with a female Jedi, clear blue eyes, long black hair, braided and was smiling down to the captain. "Now's not the time to give up captain" cheered the female Jedi holding a hand out for the man.

Grabbing the Jedi's hand, he got up again on his feet. "Thank you, Jaina" thanked the captain with a smile. "If we can just get in contact with my order, they will send backup, I'm sure of it Captain!" Explained, trying to outshout an explosion going off. "I hope you're right, for all our sakes," said the captain and kneeled down a bit, to avoid the insanely high number of blaster fire coming their way.

Getting to the barricades, the captain reloaded his blaster, looked to the Jedi Knight and then started to return fire at the Imperial forces.

Across the open field, Imperial forces would try and inch closer to the small group of republic forces and Jedi Knight Jania. However, due to having a tactical and effective cover, the Imperials haven't had much luck so far. Yet they kept on pushing for some ungodly reason, it was quite insane to see so many threw themself at the republic soldiers.

The private returned to the captain, "we have contacted the Jedi! And they will send back up, we just got to hold up" reported the private, before returning to the barricades to fire at the Imperials The Captain looked at Jania, "I really hope our back up will get here in time, cause that Star Destroyer over the planet, does not look promising!" Commented the captain and returned fire. As the Jedi looked up, A massive Star Destroyer entered the planet's atmosphere and most likely more troop transports were incoming.

@Cas

 

[Cadere]

It was all happening as he thought, some weeks prior the Jedi Knight had dreamt of the current battle on Dorin coupled with an shrouded figure that radiated the Dark side. While he had his concerns about the figure he had dreamed of, his morals wouldn't allow him to sit by and let others suffer in the battle because of the figure.

Cas, alongside a squadron of Jedi, was already on his way when the call for aid reached him, the timing was perfect. As he neared Dorin, Cas witnessed the looming presence of a large Star Destroyer entering the planet's atmosphere - pursing his lips in determination. Using his ace pilot skills enhanced by his connection to the Force, Cas evaded the Star Destroyer and surpassed it on his way to the planet below, as he did so, he spotted enemy transports exit the Destroyer.

With BB-5 patching Cas through to the other Jedi and Republic soldiers, he announced his arrival "Hey guys, we were just in the neighbourhood." he quipped before moving to destroy the enemy transports. Moving his starfighter as if he was one with it, Cas' gracefully evaded any incoming attacks coming his way and began blasting at any and all transports that tried to deliver more troops to the battle.

As he did so, he couldn't shake the overwhelming presence of the Dark side coming from the Star Destroyer. While he knew the figure he dreamt of had to be on that ship, he couldn't help but sense something... wrong with the presence he was sensing - on normal encounters he'd feel a chill deep in his bones but this, this was different it felt like not just the Dark side but the Force itself was in pain as it surrounded whatever it was that was on that ship. After he and the squadron of other Jedi stopped the wave of extra transports, they would touch down on the ground below.

Putting on his breath mask, Cas exited his starfighter's cockpit and approached the single Jedi Knight - he greeted her with a bow before getting straight to business "What did you do, Jaina?" he asked with a serious expression. Luckily for them, Cas had convinced the Concord to let him take a squadron to Dorin due to his lingering dream.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

As soon as Cas along with the team of Jedi entered the range of the Star Destroyer, they were lit up by blaster fire, lighting up the sky around them. Luckily none of the Star Destroyer's weaponry managed to hit the Jedi team. Seeing the backup arriving and even take out troops transport as well, made the defending republic soldiers cheer. Jaina breathes a sigh of release when she saw the Jedi and heard them over the communication.

The sudden arrival and air support made the Imperial troopers go for a cover, giving the defenders a short opportunity to breathe. Hearing the Knight's serious tone, Jaina looked at Cas, "Cas! Okay so, do you remember the mission I told you about, convincing the Council to send myself and soldiers to gather a lost Holocron?" Asked Jaina, hoping in a way that Cas wouldn't remember he telling him at the temple. Nevertheless, she continued, "I kinda "forgot" to mention, that it was a Sith Holocron" explained Jaina, giving Cas a nervous smile.

"So, we sorta wasn't the only ones looking for the Holocron" explained Jaina and pointed to the massive Star Destroyer. "Before we knew it, we were swarmed by Imperials and..." Jaina continued to explain but suddenly stopped as she remembered the cold feeling of the dark side. "Cas, it wasn't just Imperials who hunted us, but something monstrous, it was as if the force itself had been drained of life around him," said, now feeling a very worried feeling, she might have doomed them all by getting back up.

The Captain walked up to Cas and Jaina, "the Imperials have pulled back, for now, you just bought us a little more time, thank you Master Jedi" thanked the Captain and saluted Cas. "But, how are we going to get off this planet? Our ship was shot down and we're too many to fit in your ships" Asked the Captain.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

"Yeeeeah?" he answered, unsure of if he actually did remember or not. At the words 'Sith Holocron' Cas smacked his forehead with the palm of his hand and groaned loudly "Are you nuts? Why? Why would you do that?" he asked, completely bewildered at why she'd do something so dangerous and drag Republic soldiers along with her.

At the mention of the Star Destroyer, the Jedi Knight glanced upward at it watching its looming presents as it nearly blocked out the planet's sun. "I know." he said at Jaina's statement that the Imperials weren't the only ones after them "That's why I brought a small squadron over, I saw the... creature in a vision." Cas elaborated to his fellow Jedi Knight.

With the Captain's arrival, Cas was pleased to hear that he and his squad managed to buy everyone some time "No problem." he said with a smile, nodding at the captain. His smile faded slightly when the Captain asked how they'd get off the planet "We were already on our way before you sent out the call for backup. If anything, the Concord should be sending more reinforcements with a transport out of here." his face turned serious before he returned to look at the dreadnought, the presence of the Dark side chilled his bones as he did "For now we'll have to hold off until they get here. Think you guys can do that?" he asked.

While he was here, the Jedi Knight was determined to keep everyone alive - or he'd die trying. For now, he ordered some of the Jedi healers to stay behind and tend to the injured while the others began preparations for the next wave of Imperials. However, he was curious to see what was stored inside that Sith holocron, enough to send a near-army after them.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

Jaina bit her lower lip in shame now that Cas pointed out how stupidness. "I know, I know! It was a bad thing! But the amount of knowledge this Holocron might possess could help our fight the Sith, at their own game! If nothing else, we could make sure the Sith, wouldn't its hand on it!" Explained Jaina, trying to justify her reason for taking the Holocron.

Captain sighed a breath of relief when Cas told that transport should be sending reinforcements. "Thank god. But I hope you're up to the task Master Jedi because the Imperial seems to be mobilizing for their next assault" explained the captain and ran back to his men. The soldiers that the Jedi healers attended to, were very appreciated of the help, relieving some of the pain.

A loud shattering bomb filled their make-shift bunker, shaking everything in the cavern. "Here they come!" shouted the Captain and dropped to the barricade with his rifle. Across the open flat grassless field, an AT-ST was approaching along with a new flow of Imperial troopers. "Oh, you got to be kidding me" commented the captain and looked over to Cas and Jaina, "we got a walker incoming!" Shouted the captain and started to fire along with his men.

The whole place shook when the shots from the AT-ST hit the mountainside, instead of them. However, a few rocks fell, crumbling when hitting the floor each time the AT-ST hit the mountain. "Great, do we have more AT-rockets?" Asked Jaina, kneeling down, to avoid incoming fire. If Cas was still by her side, she would tell him that they needed AT-rockets and take him in the back of the cave to look for more rockets.

Upon entering, he would see a small stash of cases, a long distant holo-communicator field kid, some sleeping bags and two black bodybags with bodies in them. "Damnit, there got to be some more rockets in here!" Caused Jaina and started to read the labels on the small portable cases.

More AT-ST shots could be heard, shaking the cave. After a bit, Jaina cheered, "yes! Found some!" and slammed the portable case shut. Carrying the case, she turned and started to dash for the entrance of the cave.

Upon getting back, the AT-ST had reached dangerously close to their barricades and seemed to ready its mortar.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

"An AT-ST? Come on!" he protested in annoyance, readying himself with a twirl of his lightsaber he prepared to defend everyone. Turning to Jaina, she mentioned AT rockets which brought a smile to his face, although he couldn't leave everyone unattended "You go, we'll hold it off for as long as we can." he commanded, leaping off into the battlefield to try and meet it head-on.

"We don't need to destroy it, it just keep it on us until Jaina find the launcher." he shouted to the Jedi following him. Cas leapt to his side, performing a flip as he did so, avoiding an incoming shot in his direction. Landing on his feet, he continued to press forward dodging any incoming shots coming his way. On the way there, some of his Jedi allies were killed by the scout transport leaving only a few left. Despite Cas' attempts to distract the death machine, out-manoeuvring any and all of its attacks with the grace of an elite acrobat, it continued pressing forward to the bunker.

Taking a calculated risk, the Jedi stopped in front of the AT-ST and as it readied its mortar - he was prepared to use the Force in an attempt to shield everyone from the blast but deep down, he knew it was impossible. However, he turned to see Jaina with a case, assuming she had the rocket, he had to give her more time. The Jedi held his arms up and yelled at the pilots inside "Hey! You gotta kill me first, otherwise I'mma just keep coming at you!"

The pilots seemed to take the bait and lowered their mortars, aiming at the smaller figure that was Cas. If Jaina was too late, he'd attempt to freeze and redirect the explosive projectile that would be shot through the mortar.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

While Cas and his fellow Jedi went out to play heroes, Jaina placed the case with rockets in by AT-soldier who held an empty rocket launcher. "These are the last one we got, so make them count!" explained Jaina followed by heavy rumbles from blaster impacts. "You got it, Master Jaina!" Said the AT rocketeer and started to reload the rocket launcher.

"GET BACK!" Yelled Jaina to Cas and the remaining Jedi out on the open field. "Are they out of their damn minds?!" Asked Jaina out loud as another Jedi out in the field gets hit in the shoulder and thrown to the ground from the impact. Jaina was courageous as much as the next Jedi, but this was insane and with the amount of enemy fire, was the chances of survival minimal at best.

As Cas faced the AT-ST, just as it was about to mortar him to oblivion, he was shot back like a rocket, when the missile connected with the AT-ST. Igniting her lightsaber, Jaina dashed out, blocking shots after shots as she ran for the nears wounded Jedi. The high amount of heat could really be felt as the AT-ST laid as a burning wreck.

"Cas, help me get the wounded back!" Called Jaina, not giving much thought to why the Imperials had stopped firing at them all. Some of the republic soldiers took a chance and ran out to help the wounded Jedi or to pull the dead Jedi back to the fortified makeshift bunker. But then she felt it, the coldness, and how the force cried out in pain from the Imperial side of the field.

"Cas! Get back now!" Yelled Jaina, now on high alert as she started to pull the wounded Jedi back as fast as she could. Jaina couldn't explain why, but she felt a need, a need to look towards the Imperials. That was when her eyes fell on a cloaked figure, surrounded by Imperial troopers, who walked towards them.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

When he heard Jaina shout the words, he immediately booked it outta there and sprinted back toward the barricades using the Force. Turning to the Jedi that had been shot by stray blaster fire from the troopers, he changed his trajectory and made his way to the injured Jedi to help him but the impact from the exploding AT-ST knocked Cas off his feet and away from his wounded comrade.

The Jedi Knight's ears were ringing from the explosion as he was on his knees, barely holding himself up with his hands planted on the floor - dazed, he unconsciously fiddled with his breath mask to make sure it was still on him. When his brief deafness ended, he heard Jaina call out to him to help the wounded. The Kiffar was so out of it he hadn't realised that the troopers had stopped firing. Groaning as he stood up, he made his way over to the nearest injured Jedi.

Luckily, it wasn't just him and Jaina, some of the Republic troopers rushed out to bring the injured back as well. Then he felt it again, the cold - although this time it was closer, so close that now it wasn't just a chill... he felt as if he was in a below zero temperature, and the Force, it was in agony again. Turning over to look over toward the Imperials.

It was him, the Dark side figure he had seen in his dream and he was coming. "Get up, we have to go." he ordered groggily to the Jedi he had been helping up, slinging the Jedi's arm over his shoulder, Cas held his hand to stabilise them and wrapped his cybernetic arm around their waist as he directed them toward the base. "We gotta hurry, Lax." a hint of worry in his voice - turning over to find Jaina, he yelled out to her "Jaina, get outta there!"

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

Jaina screamed in pain, dropping the wounded Jedi she had carried as she fell herself. One of the Imperials could be seen lowering his sniper rifle. These Imperial troopers were clad in black and dark red and two carried what looked like flamethrowers, while one with a sniper blaster and one with dual blaster pistols.

Unable to move, from having her inner thigh blasted to pieces, she laid on the ground in a small puddle of blood that slowly grew in size. The pain was excruciating and she felt like she would pass out, but didn't. There was too much at stake and she had to get the other wounded Jedi to safety. With a voice in deep excruciating pain, she pulled the wounded Jedi to humpback to the make-shift bunker.

The Republic Troopers looked to each other and then the captain, "orders sir?" Asked they nervously, seeing as the dark cloaked figure along with Imperials got closer and closer. However, Jaina was in the way or there was a chance that they would hit her. The Imperials stopped not far from where Jaina was laying, while the dark-cloaked figure continued.

The Cloaked figure, stopped just out of reach from Jaina's lightsaber and looked down at the woman and then over at Cas. Without breaking eye contact with the Jedi, the cloaked figure reached out his hand and that was when something horrifying happened. What Cas saw right before his eyes, and felt leave Jaina's body, was her life essence, her force sensitivity.

Slowing rotating his hand, the transparent life force slowly withdrew from her, dancing around his hand, before disappearing into the cloaked figure. Has he drained Jaina, the woman gasped and heaved as if she needed and was being taken from her. One of the most horrifying sights was the fact that, for just a second or two, the Jedi Knight could see the contorted and screaming spirit of Jaina beg him to help her.

And just like that, Jaina's body collapsed to the ground, a husk without a soul or spirit. Cas couldn't even feel the force surround the body, only the empty void was left. "Yeeees" hissed Darth Insatious with such an eerie and ghostly ferocity. There was a sort of echo to his voice when he spoke, but strangely, also pain when he ate Jaina's life essence.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

Cas continued to haul Lax over to the barracks, but when he turned to look and see if Jaina was behind him - he witnessed something horrible. He saw the Jedi have her leg nearly blasted apart by a blaster bolt, eyes widening in shock he desperately yelled out "JAINA!" before turning his head to face the front, he had to get his injured comrade to safety as fast as possible so he could help her.

Picking up the pace slightly, he heard Lax wince but he'd have to push through the pain - they needed to save as many as they could "Come on, Lax." he commanded. Cas turned his head back round to see if he still had time but then he saw the Dark figure, the Sith Lord doing something to her - killing her. He could feel the Force being drained from out of her.

Every fibre in his body wanted him to go back for her, to save her but as soon as he felt her entire life force leave her body, he knew he was too late. What scared him most, was that he couldn't sense anything from her husk at all - nothing at all. Quickly returning his head forward, he clenched his jaw and scrunched his face as the feeling of loss filled up in his chest - why couldn't he save both her and Lax?

Returning to the barracks, he didn't need to say anything, he was certain everyone saw what happened. Handing Lax off to the other healers, Cas dropped to his knees and grabbed a chunk of grass on the floor. He couldn't believe she was gone... he couldn't believe that he couldn't save her, he saved everyone, he always did. Tightening his grip, Cas ripped a patch off grass from the soil and he gritted his teeth. Anger and rage took over as he turned his head round to glance at the advancing Imperial troops. This Sith Lord needed to die. Getting up to his feet, Cas clenched his fists and stared down the Sith Lord and the soldiers.

"We can't lose." he stated coldly to anyone nearby "We can't let everyone that died today, die in vain. We're all going to make it out of here, alright?" he stated once more, raising his voice for everyone to hear. Igniting his lightsaber, he stared at the Sith Lord with complete contempt "We'll win." complete determination in his voice, he'd avenge everyone today.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

The republic soldiers looked to each other when Cas started to speak. Normally, they would follow the Jedi through thick and thin, but after seeing the Jedi Jaina being killed in such a horrifying way, they started to doubt. But then they saw more and more Imperial troopers closing in and whatever it was, but the Republic men roared in cheer at Cas' determination and instantly started to resume fire as they charged out of their defensive position. One final charge, if they were going to die today, let it be as a proud Republic soldier, serving the Republic.

The Imperials seemed to get the same idea and charged headfirst the Republic soldiers, both sides suffered casualties, but mostly the republic, despite their ferocity. Jedi all ignited their blades and charged along with the soldiers, killing many Imperials on their way to the Sith Lord. A bright crimson blade lit up the Sith Lord's black robe and parried the first Jedi's attack, who managed to fight his way to the cloaked figure. With impressive and deadly precision strikes, the Jedi were disarmed, by literally having his hands sliced off by the Sith Lord.

"All life exists to be sacrificed to satisfy my hunger," said Insatious with such a craving in his eerie and ghostly voice. Planting his hand on the Jedi's forehead, with wide eyes, the Jedi, by the name Max, literally felt his life getting pulled out of him. Whoever tried to get to the Sith Lord, would be met with some Imperial Troopers clad in black armour, highly trained force-sensitive guards, armed with an electro staff or duel-wielding two electro batons.

The Jedi by the name Max, collapsed like Jaina, drained of the force and life, with only a husk that looked more like a skeleton with skin on, than a healthy man in the age of 25.

The Sith Lord turned his attention to the next Jedi that would make his or her way to him.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

Although he didn't show it, he was surprised that the Republic troops and other Jedi rallied behind him. They roared and cheered, bringing a confident smirk on his face as they resumed fire with Cas leading them out onto the battlefield. The Jedi Knight defended as much of the troopers he could by deflecting the incoming shots with his lightsaber.

However, Cas felt it again - the agony in the Force as someone had their life force drained at them, turning his attention away from the battle for a split second, he saw another one of his allies, Max, turned into a husk by the Sith Lord who spoke in an ancient language he couldn't understand. "MAX!" he yelled out, redirecting a blaster shot into an advancing trooper, breaking away he rushed toward the Sith Lord whom was protected by five Force-sensitive guards.

Two carrying electro-staffs stood side-by-side, connecting their staffs together to block Cas from reaching their Master however, the Knight bent his knees and slid under them striking at both of their legs, dismembering them. Swiftly getting up to his feet, he blocked several attacks from a trooper carrying electric batons, before countering and performing a lightening fast Cho mok manoeuvre and kicking him into the ground. Two more guarded the Sith Lord from Cas, one with an electro staff and the other with a baton - they rushed toward the Jedi Knight with a simultaneous attack, forcing Cas to roll out of the way.

Standing up, Cas met their follow-up attack with a block and engaged in a blade lock with both guards. It lasted a few seconds before Cas kicked one of the trooper's knees, dislocating it which caused him to drop to the floor in pain. Using the strength of his cybernetic arm, Cas forcefully shoved the last remaining trooper away from him and out of the blade lock before following up his attack with a flurry of attacks and ultimately killing them with a horizontal slash across his abdomen.

Panting, he turned and faced the Sith Lord - no longer protected with a glare that could drive fear into the most toughened people.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

Reaching out his hand, Cas would see the dark sickly red coloured dark side energy that had drained two Jedi already. Closing his fist, Darth Insatious held his crimson red blade outstretched, pointing at Cas. Moving his blade up, holding it straight in front of him with the blade pointing up and followed it would a short quick flurry, by moving the blade down to his side and going into Form V Makashi.

The Sith Lord stood at the ready, waiting for Cas to make the first move. One thing that did stand out, about his character, the part of the blacken robe that touched the ground, moved in a blur almost. Every time Insatious moved, it looked more like he floated over the ground than walked, giving him a very ghostly posture.

The battle behind Cas raged on and most had taken up blades in various forms and attempted to kill each other, however, the Jedi Cas brought with him made quick work of the outnumbering forces of Imperials. Cold as ice, Cas felt no light, no warmth from the dark-cloaked individual before him and only with the skull-like mask for any facial appearance.

The dead almost forceless aura oozing off of the Sith Lord, was enough to make beings fear his presence as he stood there, ever craving a satisfying hunger to his suffering pain.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

Cas watched the Sith Lord, practically bait him to attack, the Jedi twirled his lightsaber before lowering it to his side. He had to stop this Sith Lord before he could hurt anyone else, he needed to get everyone else out alive and well. Knuckles turning white as his organic hand grasped his lightsaber hilt tightly - raising it up in an Ataru stance, he was now ready.

Making a mental note to be cautious, as the Sith's ability to drain the life force of others was something he couldn't get caught by. He knew this would be unlike anything he ever faced before, for this Sith didn't even feel alive with his presence of the Force.

Cas' boots kicked off the ground as he charged toward his adversary, channelling the Light side of the Force, Cas boosted his attributes before quickly creating a Force barrier around himself. When he was close enough, the Jedi Knight opened his attack with a horizontal slice aimed at the Sith Lord's head, ready to follow up with a vertical slash to his torso.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

With a looming posture over Cas, the Sith Lord expected the young fool to go on the offensive and he was correct in that assessment. Coming at Insatious with an aggressive horizontal strike, aiming for his head, the Sith Lord quickly moved back and delivering a precise parry, redirecting the strike away. The Sith Lord knew that the Jedi relayed on the superhuman speed and strength for his attack and instinctively sidestepped again with the help of the force.

Taking command of the force, he matched Cas's speed and used the valiant Knight's strength against him and danced around Cas, performing a quick cut with the point of his blade at Cas's calf before moving back. Standing with the back to the fight, Insatious felt an attack from behind and turned around, just in time for one of the other Jedi who had managed to kill or disarm his way to the Sith Lord. The Sith Lord quickly parried the strong slash from above, feeling the vicious and strong strike of the Way of the Vornskr, or also known as Form VII.

Keeping his distance, Darth Insatious kept his attention on the new opponent with his blade down in a low guard with the other hand, held high formed into a claw. Electricity crackled in the palm of his hand, waiting for the Jedi to make the first move.

Another Jedi by the name of Isabella dashed to Cas's side, who just managed to disarm or kill another large group of the Imperials. "Are you alright Cas?" Asked Isabella worried.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

The Sith Lord was fast... unnaturally fast, he had easily evaded the Jedi Knight's attacks as if it were effortless. The force of Cas' attack not colliding with his target, caused him to stumble forward slightly giving way for the Sith to grazing his calf. Cas tripped and fell to his knees, hissing as the burning sensation spread across his calf. Luckily, the Jedi had three stimpacks available which he pulled from his belt and stabbed the glowing liquid into his arm.

Within seconds, the pain went away and he was back up to his feet again and ready to press the attack. Isabella prevented him from doing so straight away with her concern, Cas subconsciously brushed her off and gently moved her to the side "I'm good, Isabella. Keep your focus on protecting the Republic troopers." he ordered, sending her away. Truth be told, this Sith was dangerous and he didn't want her or anyone else getting hurt by him.

Slowly raising his hands, the Kiffar channelled the Force around him before expelling a large invisible blast in Insatious' direction, simultaneously directing his arms at Insatious as he did so. Following his telekinetic attack, Cas rushed behind him before dropping to his knees and sliding passed Inastious with the aim of slicing at his legs. If the Sith Lord would counter, Cas was ready to dodge or quickly bring his lightsaber up for a block. The Jedi that had Insatious preoccupied, Kove, was a great distraction but Cas quickly yelled out to him "Get outta here, Kove!"

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

Isabella nodded and ran around the Sith Lord entering the fray of mayhem between the remain Imperial Troopers, Republic soldiers and Jedi Cas brought. Having his focus on Kove, the largely invisible blast managed to push the Sith Lord a good few meters back, sliding across the ground. Insatious immediately locked on Cas as he tried to get a dirty attack in on the Sith Lord.

Striking down with lethal precision, connecting his blade with Cas's, locking their blades together. As Cas called out to Kove, the younger Jedi, not much older than Cas himself, took the opportunity and rushed Insatious. "No, I take him now!" Said Kove seeing the Sith Lord busy with Cas's attack.

Holding his lightsaber in a strong style, Kove jumped into the air and came down with a powerful vertical strike. To Kove's utter surprise and shock, his strike connected, but not the way he would ever have expected it to connect. In a feat of complete control over the dark side, Insatious actually grabbed Kove's blade, completely halting Kove's attack.

However, because of how much power Kove had put into his vertical strike, it did force Insatious down on one knee. "You got to be kidding me!" Said Kove in an outburst of frustration, seeing his blade being held at bay with the Sith Lord's hand.

A loud explosion went off from a grenade, though it didn't hit Cas, Kove or Insatious, it was still loud and big enough to take out a Jedi, multiple Imperials and republic troopers. In fact, only the captain had survived the explosion, though gravely wounded from scrap metal protruding from his shoulder.

Insatious with his unbelievably impressive feat managed to keep both Jedi in a lock. However, it was obvious that it wasn't something the Sith Lord could keep up forever.

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

At a remarkable speed, Cas quickly twisted his entire body round as Insatious' locked blades with Cas. Keeping himself steady with one knee up while the other was planted firmly on the ground. Already at a disadvantage from being on the ground, the Jedi used all of his body's weight to keep Insatious' blade lock from overwhelming him.

Cas whipped his head round to Kove, who was nearly prone to life threatening idiocy as much as he was, he yelled out to him "Stop!" but if fell on stubborn ears as the Jedi still attacked him. What happened next shocked both of them however, Insatious' mastery of Tutaminis was astounding but... he noticed something. The Sith Lord was beginning to struggle slightly, he couldn't maintain his focus on Kove's lightsaber while maintaining the blade lock with Cas. The Jedi Knight was seconds from taking advantage of this, ready to pull out of the blade lock and deal a fatal blow to Insatious but...

... the sound of an explosion rung in Cas' already sensitive ears. The all too familiar high pitched ringing blared in his ears, turning to his side he saw it, all but one of his comrades wiped out from the explosion and not only them - but the Imperials too. Cas let out a bloodcurdling "NOOOOO!" filled with rage and sorrow, so intense that he could even hear it, albeit muffled, over his temporary deafness.

He would yell again, distraught over failing his allies, rage filled him so much so that the young Jedi unintentionally began feeding off of the Dark side. Feeling stronger, now more than ever, Cas concentrated the Force around him before violently expelling it around him, not only knocking Insatious back but Kove as well. Feeding off more of the Dark side to bolster himself, he began to feel good, now all he wanted to do was kill this Sith Lord - kill him for killing his allies. Without even allowing the Sith to gather his bearings, Cas pressed on his attack as he charged towards him - a look full of hate plastered his youthful face.

Darth Insatious

 

[Darth Insatious]

Insatious could feel the raw power that festering to Cas's soul as he welcomed the Dark Side. Sending both Insatious and Kove back in a glorious explosion of pure force, the Sith Lord felt such a fire oozing from the young Jedi Knight that it only increased his hunger. Kove on the other hand, looked at Cas with horror, feeling the raw power of the Dark Side the Knight had just tapped into. "Shitspite" cursed Kove and quickly got back up.

The remaining Jedi now arrived at the fight, lightsaber at the ready, but looked on with confusion when they felt the Dark Side from their fellow Jedi, Cas. The only Jedi who stayed back and went to the bleeding and badly wounded captain as the only survivor of his squad was Isabella.

The Dark Side was strong and it boosted him in raw strength, Insatious could feel it's radiating coming from him as the Sith Lord went into Soresu. The moment Cas came at Insatious, the Sith Lord block and parried his blows, again and again. It was obvious that the Sith Lord kept moving and dancing around the Fallen Knight's increasingly raging strikes.

The remaining Jedi for only a moment was unsure what to do as they looked at each other. None of them had expected the Knight to fallen, more-so that Cas actually held such hatred and rage within his body. Nevertheless, the Sith Lord was too great a risk to escape, so they quickly formed a wide circle. The closest to Cas called out to him, "Cas, snap out of it!".

However, they had a feeling that wasn't going to happen. Too much hate filled his mind so they refocused their attention at Darth Insatious. With readied lightsabers, they went at the Sith Lord in force full. Insatious couldn't take them all... right?

Cadere

 

[Cadere]

Cas revelled in the power he felt, unleashing a flurry of focused attacks at the Sith Lord that had caused so much pain to those that were under Cas' protection. Recognising the Soresu, it was natural that Insatious managed to defend himself from the Jedi Knight's onslaught. The Jedi could sense Isabella's presence, she had survived but... his rage was the dominant emotion, focusing on ending Insatious.

He ignored Kove's and Isabella's plea to snap out of it, he merely snapped at them "Back off!" he yelled in a cold manner. Cas didn't want the two anywhere near this, but he knew they wouldn't listen - was probably a better chance at killing the Sith too.

His grip hardened around his lightsaber's hilt as he continued to attack the Sith Lord. His lips curled into a sneer, white teeth clenched together - continuing to feed on the Dark side, Cas allowed his long buried repressed anger, fear and hatred to unleash - every negative emotion he had ever felt, he fully embraced in this moment. Whether Kove or Isabella were behind him, it didn't matter.

Cas switched to Djem So. He was knowledgable in the form but nowhere near as practised in it as Ataru and Soresu. Using Djem So, Cas hammered down at Insatious' defences like a freight train and with inhuman strength, hoping to tire out the Sith Lord. With how he powerful he was feeling, there was no way he was tiring out anytime soon. He could do this all day, as long as Insatious was dead at his feet.

Darth Insatious