To be Vod, or not to be Vod.

[Darth Banshee]

She was still trying to impress fellow clan members, as well as one [member="Ember Rekali"]. Who insulted her on Alderaan, by cutting of one conversation with her, by saying this is mando business. It actually made her cry at time, as she thought after the battle for Roche, she was helping on Alderaan at the time. She had also helped them in the past, though he would not known that by design. So she decide to hunt, down a bounty he had put up on the King of Shawken. He was no normal prey, not only was he king of a planet, he was a member of dark council which meant he was important. The question was if he was an actual lord or not, as the one sith was not as pure in function as use to be, when Darth Shara was in charge. Though after his death many things changed, one of them being a dark council, though they still called knights darth. So was [member="Darth Erebos"] a lord or experienced knight, time would tell soon enough.

She tracked him down to his home, which was not difficult for her as he had a high profile. The hard bit would be engaging him, in battle without being noticed, and getting him off world. She choose a spaceport, and she she had few ships nearby. To help cover her retreat with or without him, she could also try and take one of the furys that where docked here. She wore her war armour, she also had couple grenades handy. She waited near the area, she believed his personal ship to be, in hopes to track him there. She also used the force, to mask her force signature, not so much to hide her, but make seem less powerful.

 

[Shaddi]

Stepping out of the shuttle as his flagship moved to the large dry-docks that had begun to be constructed in orbit around Shawken. Wearing the infantry armor that the one sith had outfitted most of their troops with but modified to allow his own mask to come in place of the standard one while also allowing the robes of the sith to be attached to the armor. On his belt was his gross-guarded lightsaber hanging on display as it were. Moving along him were three Large Tuk'ata sith hounds, one much larger than the other two that took point. Along with around eight sith troopers serving as honor guards for his trip until the Shawken royal guards would take over once they left the space port.

"My lord there are protesters to what was proposed to do to the shawken spire waiting outside, along with a few of the local planetary press." An aide said as he walked up to the group and bowed to Erebos as all but the hounds halted, the hounds began to circle around the group, sniffing into the air as the protected their master. "Tell the guards to not use any force and to ask the crowd of protesters to appoint a leader or spokesperson so I can speak to them." Erebos replied to the aide who then bowed and left the large hangar.

A loud sigh echoed through the hangar and with simple gestures Erebos commanded the troopers to leave to the entrance of the hangar as he sat down and let out an even louder sigh when the troopers had left. A slight whine from one of the Tuk'ata as it came up to him then followed but he simply petted the hound and gestured for them to leave him as well. "This is getting tiresome." He then said to himself as he took a moment to rest and breathed in the force to help him collect his thoughts and refresh his body, he hadn't slept for almost two days now as the duties of being a king and a dark council member began to take it's toll.

[member="Sabine Kurtass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

She watched from corner, as his guards moved on. She smiled it was just the two of them, she waved her hand shut the durasteel door behind them. As it closed she stepped out into the open her saberstaff in hand, she then looked her opponent no doubt he was going to be doing the same. She noticed his helmet, and started to use the force feel around it. As she did she spoke to him, [member="Darth Erebos"] I presume, you have been charged and found guilty of trespass and vandalism on Yavin four. You can come with me the easy way, or the hard way. He must know there has been a bounty on his head, and must of known somebody was going to try and take it some point. Then again how many would take Darth on, for twenty thousand credits. As no one ever really hunted sith for the republic bounty, which was much higher. She was hoping to prove her loyalty this day, it was not about the cash it was pride that brought her here.

She was trying to work out where the rebreather, worked through the force. This was her standard opening when facing anyone wearing helmet, as that was where all the toys where kept.

 

[Shaddi]

With a slight gesture he pushed her leg to the side as he stood and took his own lightsaber in hand. "I suggest keeping your force abilities out of my head or mask." He said, a slight annoyance in his tone as he spoke to [member="Sabine Kurtass"]. "That bounty was minuscule compared to the outstanding republic bounty and you are coming at me for that? Who ever you are I suggest you turn around and leave.. Now." He said as force lighting emanated from his finger tips that began to crawl up his body to cover him in armor made of force lighting that began to crawl up his ligthsaber as soon as he turned it on for effect. The snap roar that the lightsaber as it turned on and the almost quiet scream that it emanated as it was kept on filled the air along with the crackling of the force lighting around him.

"I see with the force itself so I know when someone is trying to use it against me. You have one last chance to turn around and leave. If you do that right now, I will let this slide but if you don't then I will make you wish you never came at me." He said as he began to silently chant under his breath while his free hand began to make a few gestures to complete the spell as fast as he could while he still had the time to. After the fights and duels he had been in since he became sith, he had begun to realize the value of striking the first strike as hard as possible.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

Go away now, but I just got here. She then lite up saberstaff, and continued feeling his mask, using the force. She never heard of him while she was member of the one sith, she was formally Darth Banshee. Though that meant little darkside granted strength quicker, than the light side ever did. She knew what he was up to, but she also knew how turn it against him. Though she had get closer, so she did, and began to walk towards him. As for seeing with the force itself, that was no big trick. The trick for him would be seeing without the force, as [member="Darth Veles"] once tried to explain to another of species. That inability would make him weak, against the might of mandalorians in war.

This was one reason she once got hooked on death sticks, so she could cope with the lose of force. How could a species such his cope when it was taken from him, she wondered. She was waiting for him to attack her with lighting, she would not block it in the conventional way, she had something else planned. Something she was taught in a holocron, while she ready herself for it, she kept feeling his helmet. She was looking for the weak spot.

 

[Shaddi]

Raising his hand up towards [member="Sabine Kurtass"] he opened his palm. "I warned you little mandalorian." He said right as from his hand came a vicious blast of darkside energy, a force blast. Under his mask he smiled, the force lightning would serve to attack those that came to close to him, a lightning shield and also served as the perfect ruse to fool enemies that would think he'd use force lightning against them in such an obvious manner. "I sit at the seat of ancient knowledge on the dark council! I am not to be trifled with." He said angrily as he began to walk towards Sabine as he made a Makashi flourish as he advanced before taking a ready advancing stance.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]
He sent wave energy at her, she presumed wrongly it would be force lighting. She pushed her hands out as he did, she created a force bubble to bounce it off her. She still felt impact on the bubble but none raw power, and it pushed her back a little though, she was still feeling his mask however. Every single facet of it, using her mind to do so. She listened to him prattle on about his position, she replied in simple terms, No you're not, you're just a stinking blasphemour, who has no understanding on sith code! She exclaimed at him, as she use to be member of order to they broke the code, on Ziost. He then made move with his lightsaber, to say enguarde. As she did she let go of the bubble, and used her knowledge of his mask to crush it. Not outer lay of it, no but in layers of it she after destroying the rebreather. She knew had some protection from the force she had felt it, but mattered not, as just mean it would take longer for her to crush. She kept her hand tight, flexing it back and forth to exert more pressure on it. She would know when she had broke it, as she had felt a oxygen tank, and it would begin to hiss and make lips chapped, once she broken it. As she did she took up a defensive stance with her lightsaber. To protect herself from his incoming attacks, which where sure to follow.

 

[Shaddi]

Moving towards [member="Sabine Kurtass"] with a hard two handed grip on his saber as he let out a sideways swipe at her. The lighting around his body crackling and angrily it began to run the electric tendrils towards her as he closed the cap between them. "Peace is a lie, There is only passion." He began as he began to extend his own force presence all over himself to block her from interfering with his mask any more. "Through passion, I gain strength." He continued as he seemed to stare her down with his faceless mask. Another swipe came at her, this one aimed at locking their blades as he focused the force into himself to strengthen his body's speed, strength, dexterity and agility. "Through strength, I gain power."

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

She carried on using the force to crush his mask, as long as she concentrated using the force on that alone, she would crack it eventually. He then started saying the sith code, yet as member of the one sith, he could not possibly understand it's true meaning. She kept on clenching her hand, and directing that energy against his mask. As they closed, she started to have to use her lightsaber to defend against his lightening. This distract her a little from her crushing technique, something she had perfected over course of many battles and study. As he went to hit her with his lightsaber, she moved into block it with her forearm. She was hoping to catch it with her wrist guard, and use the cortosis there to disable his lightsaber. Then she would shoot him in the face with her wrist blaster, in hopes to cause some damage to rebreather. As she did that, she pushed her own lightsaber staff, towards his helmet to where she new it was located. Sparks were starting to fly off him, but for now her lightsaber was soaking it up.......

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos cursed in his mind as he saw his blade disperse when it hit her wrist, then the blaster fired onto his head point black. The impact rattled him and he stepped back only to have to turn his head and body to avoid her her lightsaber coming towards his head which caused him to back up more. With a wild upwards diagonal swing of his sabers hilt to try and get her to back away which he followed up with a force push. "Through power, I gain victory." He said as he used the force to turn his saber on again but the inept sputter that followed told him he need to wait a little for it to recharge again.

The mantra allowed him to refocus himself, to reassess the situation, to come to terms with it and to plan through it. "Through victory, my chains are broken." He said as he moved his saber back to the belt and brought his hands in gestures of calming martial arts techniques, gathering the force around himself as he centered himself and used the full advantages of the calm rage he had spent his time mastering. His mind calm and collected, focused like a razor, unaffected by his emotions yet still allowing him to harness them like any other sith could.

Then as if he had awoken from a stupor he opened his eyes in the force fully as he brought his hands together and then flames were brought to life around them. "The Force shall free me!" He then shouted as he unleashed a firestorm from his hands towards [member="Sabine Kurtass"], that formed into a large snake that moved to bite the mandalorian woman, it's eyes glowing orbs of plasma.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

She smiled as his lightsaber cut out, against the cortosis wrist guard. She smiled even more broadly, as he tried to reset his lightsaber as he said the Sith Code. She was getting ready to strike home her advantage, when her smile dropped. He decided to use fire at her, she felt the heat of flames coming towards her, if was not for the Phrik she would surely perished from his attack. She did have time to react, she took sharp breath of burning air, she could feel her throat dry as she did. Then she let out a powerful force bellows, RARGHHHHHHHHH, this increased the temperature of the flame for or a split second, before reducing its power. As the was less air for it to consume, after the wave of sonic energy had passed through it. The red hot air however was heading straight towards him, as it did she began coughed as air was really dried up her throat. It help her throat a little but she need a drink of water, and in corner of her eye, she saw her armour was glowing a bit from the heat. No wonder she was starting to sweat, she would need a lot water after this fight.

 

[Shaddi]

Erebos had little time to react as he saw the flames come back at him from the attack on [member="Sabine Kurtass"]. With a directed punch towards the center of the flames he shot a formed tipped cone of a force push to part the flames. The sonic blast that followed made him raise his hands up in a cross pattern as it hit him, sending his legs skidding along the hangars floor as he was forcibly pushed back 4 meters along the floor. Standing after it he shook his body a little to try and get the feeling of the hit out of it but his robes were singed and his armor smoked a little from the flash heat that had hit it along with the sonic blast. "Fine, off with the kid gloves then." He said angrily as he began to move his hands and feet to get into a very firm and stable martial stance as he began to weave fire along his hands and then firing it right in front of him were it formed a large Tuk'ata made of condensed fire with plasma eyes, claws and fangs.
It's growl was the snarl of hungry flames as it charged towards her while Erebos took out his own lightsaber and began to use the force with as little concentration as he could spare while maintaining the fire beast to repair his saber and get it functional again.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

He was using fire again, he had created a dog out the fire. She realised it was her turn to act, rather than just react to his attacks. She then put her arm out, and and red light came out it. She was not using force lightning, but force drain. She aimed towards where his eyes would be, as he could not have any of that leather there. As if he did he would not be able to see, and she knew that he could. She was going to know try and weaken him, so he less able to reinforce his rebreather when she got ready to crush it again. Though she prepared herself for his new pet, as it was still fire. As she had just shown him fire needs air to work, and she could move air away from it. So he was wasting his time, as far as she could see it. Her whole strength was being put into the force drain, she was going to sap what he had, and then go and put the boot in.......

 

[Shaddi]

As Erebos felt the force drain on his face he recoiled as his sight was taken from him, His voice turned to an angry snarl as he made the fire beast that had been making it's way towards [member="Sabine Kurtass"] explode into a large explosion. in his hand he managed to fix his saber and turned it on as he pointed it towards were he had seen her last. He had to settle his breath as he had to expand his other senses with the force while he steadily held his stance. Any sound would indicate to him where she would be but he felt a tinge of nervousness over the loss of his sight.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

She saw the dog come towards her, she was waiting for it try and leap at her. She had missed judge it, instead it exploded in front of her. The blast sent her flying across the room, she smacked in to wall behind her. Then slumped to ground, she then realised she was in pain. She quickly attached another force drain on him, as she had lost the first one due to his actions. She need his strength to heal her, and in turn weaken him. She could move, but boy would it be laboured with the bruising she took. She hoped to add his strength to hers, to enable her next moves........

 

[Shaddi]

As the force drain disipated for that moment he could see where she was but then it hit again and this time it took a toll. With one knee falling down to the ground he groaned as he brought his free hand up to his forehead and pressed his other hand, holding the now lit saber, against the ground. With a grunt he stood back up, but had to take two steps back as he got used to the draining feeling, extended his hand and let out a shotgun like blast of force shock. It was aimed in [member="Sabine Kurtass"]'s general direction and wasn't aimed to hit her but to distract her enough to let go of the force drain.

He could hear the troopers try to get past the closed hangar door after the explosion but he also knew that the fight would be over when they finally got through the doors. He'd be alone until either he or Sabine won this fight, he let go of that hope as he knew it would only distract him.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

He was weakening, and he could not see anything now. She knew this because of his next action, he sent force blast at her. Yes it struck, but it hit everything not just her. She had not far to move, as she was already leaning against the wall from the explosion he had created. As such it did not ruin her concentration on the force drain, as the leaching effect was giving her strength. She did however aim her wrist blaster at his mouth, and then opened fire, rapid fire. She hoped to damage the rebreather or leather beneath it. So when she go for the crush she know it would break easier. She was under no delusions of it breaking his helmet outer skin, but the impact would hurt his face, but not kill him.......

 

[Shaddi]

He heard the shots and the first two hit him in the face before he moved to the side and swiped the rest of the shots away with his saber. "Agh!" He groaned as he turned his mask to look at [member="Sabine Kurtass"] or as if he was staring straight at her. Four blast marks on the mask blackened the four circular blast impacts that had hit him. He knew he wasn't as good as her at force drain but he did the same to her by focusing himself and his drain along the path of her own that connected them.

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Darth Erebos"]

Her wrist blaster hit it's mark, two direct on target and two others just off. She saw blaster marks scorched his helmet, the yellow paint had been tarnished. Though came back with own attack, it was same as hers force drain. As the red light approached her, she started to stand up. The shock wave had winded her, and hurt her back with the impact. The rest had helped her, and the draining of his life force. As she made to her feet, the red beam struck her and started leaching on her strength. The ring was beautiful as her dark side power gave her strength, his took it off in equal measure. It pure darkside symmetry, a beauty just to see. Though she had to end it, if she take mark down. She then dropped her saberstaff, as she need both hands for she was going to do next. She then suddenly dropped her force drain, to let him leach of her. Then gripped both hands together, and pretend that rebreathing mechanisms was in it. She closed tightly, and then pulled them apart, at same time she twisted them...........

 

[Shaddi]

As he continued to force drain her after she let go he felt the re-breather snap inside his mask. With the strength he had leeched from her he raised his hands and beneath her feet came a powerful column of red force lighting. The Sith barrage as it was called was among Erebos's favorite abilities to use as few even knew it existed and those that knew of it rarely expected it. With that though he held his hand over his mask and took in a big breath as he saturated it with force energy to infuse with his lungs. The hope was to allow his lungs to hold more oxygen than otherwise as he was beginning to suspect that whatever [member="Sabine Kurtass"] was planning would require his breathing to be unfiltered and as of now the only thing that now functional against that purpose was the air filtration system in the mask that was connected to the rebreather.