Didun850

Scotus, a young man in a white suit and cape, was traveling through space using only sublight engines for now as he needed to fix some things on his ship. He was traveling with essentially his stalker, Co'ir, and they were making moves and preparations to eventually enact revenge against his father Vrak. He was walking out of the cockpit after grabbing a tool when an alarm on the Radar began to sound. He rushed over and it detected a damaged ship drifting through space, he decided he could scavenge some parts from the derelict and began to attract it to the docking ring on the side of his ship. As the derelict docked and the doors opened, scotus put his mask and hood on and entered the ship, allowing the scanners in his masks eyes to pick up anything useful. He found a few engine components and computer parts that he could use, bit then the scanner picked up a life form in the cockpit. Scotus went to investigate and discovered a woman in a strange suit, she was unconscious but still alive, likely thanks to the suit. He decided she could be turned into an ally and picked her up and brought her to the med bay on his ship, then went back to the derelict to retrieve the items he had collected. Once he did that he closed the doors and released the dead ship from the dock and sped off. Once away Scotus went to the med bay to monitor the stranger and make sure she was healthy. As Scotus made his way to the med bay noises were easily heard from far away. These noises consisted of grunts and snarls something like a large feline predator. As he moved closer more noises were heard of metal breaking, obviously she was awake. Though being cautious was useless, she sensed his presence, silence fell for mere moments before the pounce. The door opened and the woman sprinted out towards Scotus grabbing him by the neck with the force and slamming him into the ceiling of the ship. His size meant nothing to the dark force nor her. Looking him in the eyes before reaching for her lightsaber only to notice it's gone, quickly looking down to her hip before looking back to Scotus. "Wher...wh- ammm..." Trying to speak but couldn't, sounded as if she was losing oxygen through suffocation everytime she spoke. Her legs shaking, her force choke squeezing his neck before tossing him across the hall, Scotus landed on his back. The woman grabbed her own neck, breathing heavily, harshly, using her left hand to click a button to open up the face of her mask revealing her black skin and purple eyes. Swinging her body around to leave Scotus like a wounded prey soon to only collapse from shock, passing out. Scotus got into a fighting stance when she burst forth and reached for his batons, as he did however he was thrown up into the ceiling while being choked and so he dropped his batons from the force of hitting the ceiling. He was struggling for air but he knew how to control himself to try and get out of this situation, and so he was able to reach down and pull out a knife.  As he wound up to throw it he was tossed just as he began to throw so the knife only cut through the left arm of her suit and a bit of her left arm before she passed out. Scotus stood up rubbing the neck as though she wasn't physically gripping his neck he could still feel that great pressure that came with her force Choke. He walked over and picked her up and brought her back to the medbay, this time strapping her down and restraining all her limbs and even her head from moving. He tended to her cut with a few stitches then went to look through the parts he had scavenged. He found something on that ship that would roughly resemble a lightsaber, he guessed she was confused as to where it was when she first woke up as she was a force user after all. He found the item and pressed the button on it and indeed a lightsaber blade emerged. He smiled under his mask and deactivated the blade and put the hilt on the back of his belt and walked back to the medbay, picking up his batons and putting them back in their special holsters on his way there. He entered the med bay and stood in the corner waiting for her to wake up, he had a plan for her and he would make sure she accepted it. An hour or so has passed, the woman in black laid there in bed tied down. Her helmet was removed and placed on a table nearby with medical tools. At last her eyes opened, vision blurry from fainting along with the blinding light from the ceiling. Using only her eyes to look around after blinking several times to adjust her eyesight. Seeing Scotus, a man in white, looking over her like some doctor. From what Scotus was looking at, a muscular woman in a tight cybernetic suit, an extinct species known as the Promethians. Her facial features and texture of her skin however suggests she is a mixed breed. She didnt bother speaking, assuming if she does she would endure the pain again following with fainting. Staring at him to see what he'll do next, she can easily unbind herself with the force or her sheer strength but something about him. Something about him felt familiar, a feeling she felt and trusted not to long ago based on her memory. Scotus noticed she was awake and approached her, taking her saber off of the back of his belt and twirled it in his hand.  He then looked down at her eyes and stopped twirling the hilt and ignited it's blade and hovered it over her face.  "A darksider huh?  What an interesting find I've stumbled across." He said his bass voice projecting well and filling the air. He deactivated the saber and put it back on the back of his belt then put his hand around her throat and began to squeeze a bit. "You're lucky that I'm a patient man because I really dislike being choked, so this is your one warning. I'm the one who does the choking around here, if anyone tries that on me they better be sure to finish the job because if I live I'll make sure they don't." He said grimly. He then released his grip on her throat and took off his mask and hood. "Now that we're done with that, I found you in a broken ship. Had I not it wouldn't have been long before it's hull broke and vented you into oblivion. So as far as I'm concerned you owe me a life debt, and I could certainly use someone like you in my crew.  You have two choices here, you join me and swear a life debt or I vent you into space. Now I'm not an unreasonable guy, if you join me you will benefit just as much as I do. But if you chose to not join me there will be no benefit for you except the cold release of death. So what do you say?" He asked. He had not unrestrained her yet and would only do so once he knew her answer. How this man acted, trying to be intimidating in all the wrong ways was not familiar to her, partly. Though how he laid the obvious on the table was, she needed to figure out who he is. But how? She can't speak now and certainly can't communicate with these restraints. What if this feeling is wrong? Can't be wrong it's the force, the dark side, something about him reminds her of X'ina. Having no idea how long she thought about this, continuing to stare at him with her glowing eyes. Finally she knew how to answer him, gave him a thumbs up.

A ship dropped out of hyperspace over Manaan, inside was Dark Lady X'ina using force cloak and force Stealth to mask her visual presence and force presence.  She flew down to the planet below and landed at pad 5, as soon as she touched down she released the mask she had put over the ship making it seem as if it had appeared out of thin air.  She stepped out of the ship and looked around at X'ina's city, the city built for her by her late husband and named after her. She took in a deep breath of the sea air and looked out at the sea noticing a firaxa shark swimming near the surface. "It's good to be back." X'ina said to herself as she began walking towards the palace. She expected that someone may have been alerted to an unknown ship appearing out of nowhere and was waiting to see who came running. Her ship tripped a silent sensor upon landing, that was connected to the hydrologic scales under the landing pads. As her cloak dropped X'ina would immediately find that the security of Manaan had changed drastically since she had been away. The landing pad would magnetically lock the ship down the moment it had contact. As X'ina would look around three figures would approach her before she passed the gate that separated the landing pad. Two were dressed in the armour of the paladins and one was dressed in Manaan's court attire and a jade blindfold. ''Halt!'' The two Paladins would call out as they stepped forward and sealed the gate behind them. ''Hold and identify yourself.'' One said before the court member spoke. ''Queen X'ina?'' He asked confused as to why she would be standing in front of them. ''I must inform the Empress.'' He stuttered, before sending the transmission off to Empress who was already watching the incident inside the war room. ''X'ina, I take it you remember your way to the war room?'' The Empress's voice would play over the intercom as she deactivated the ray shield that locked the landing gate. ''Escort Lady X'ina to the Palace.'' X'ina was impressed with the quick response and could sense the force sensitivity of the paladins, though they were hardly a match for her. "As my former court member pointed out, I am Queen X'ina." She said as she stared down the Paladins. "Of course I remember my way Sarai. I'll be there soon." She said as she walked towards the palace. "Trust me, anything that could befall me from here to the war room I could deal with before you could act on it." X'ina said to the Paladins as they escorted her. In a few minutes X'ina would arrive in the war room noticing subtle but few differences. The paladins would shrug and maintain their command as they escorted X'ina to the palace before returning to their stations. As X'ina walked in she would see Sarai looking over an entire room full of holomaps and graphs. ''X'ina welcome back, to what do we owe the pleasure?'' Sarai would ask as she pulled her eyes from the holoscreens. Her aids would continue to bring and take datapads, a few would bring trays of sweets and juices. Some would bring the two women a glass of wine. X'ina smiled and let out a subtle chuckle. "If you're asking out of concern for your position and power I can tell you I'm not here for that.  After all it's your rightful place seeing as my wayward daughter seems to not fulfill her birthright as Princess of this Monarchy. Though she does remain a Princess so if she ever comes by here I fully expect her to be treated as a Princess. No I'm not here to reclaim my throne, I gave it up for a reason.  But I am here to rejoin the Monarchy my late Husband and I began, the one that you have called the Superious. You have made great strides in your time as Queen or Empress rather, though a Queen is a more elegant and respectful title. Whatever capacity you need me in I will fill. However do not make me into a common soldier, that is a good way for me to have the sudden desire of retaking my throne." X'ina warned. She looked around the room, some faces she recognized all of which were surprised as most of the Galaxy that knew of X'ina believed her to be missing and or dead. Waving a servant off she looked at Xina and laughed at her comment. ''No X'ina, you will find no fear here, it is a courtesy question; and while I am sure my Paladins would enjoy the bit of exercise, I am not worried about you or your daughter attempting to take the throne.'' She began, finishing promptly as a handsome echani man stepped to her side. Their brief exchange drawing a chuckle from the Empress before she looked back at Xina. ''Oh, is that a promised threat X'ina? Well, You may try for the throne if you believe you can take it, dear. Though I would take a bit of time to get adjusted to the Superious and our way of doing things before you make your attempt. Otherwise, it won't be any fun for me.'' She shot back before standing up and walking over to the large circular holodesk. ''If you're serious about joining our ranks, I will send you to aid in an expedition to expand the southern borders.'' The Empress spoke as she pulled up the battle plans for the second expansion and looked them over. ''You should find the expedition crew and fleet ready. However X'ina, I will tell you, I don't take kindly to threats.'' She added before sending a message to the Seeker and the expedition fleet. She informed them of her plans and of X'ina. "That is not a threat Sarai, merely a warning. You'd be wise to learn the difference between the two." She said. "I'll go assist in your expansion efforts and ensure you get what you desire. With me there it's unlikely that failure will occur." She said. "I had my apprentice on the shuttle I arrived in, I've been hiding her presence until I knew it was safe. So what's the name of the flagship that I'll be commanding?" She asked. She chose to ignore part of what X'ina said and instead looked to the holo projection. ''One of the Gemini. Do have fun dear.'' She would add before she would return to her work. There was much to be done and as the defence grids and ships continued to be built throughout her domain. Something tickled her nerves. As X'ina would leave the Empress would leave to her chambers to begin her training. X'ina smiled and let out a psychotic laugh when informed she was being given a Gemini as her flagship, truly an adequate symbol for her own power. "Wonderful I'll be having so much fun with the rivers of blood I create." She said with a dark and excited tone. She turned to leave and looked at a soldier that had been guarding the door. She looked back at Sarai and back at the soldier as she lightly grabbed the chin of his helmet with her thumb and index finger. A psychotic and seductive smile would be etched across her face as she spoke looking at the soldier. "I'll be taking this one. He looks fun." She said.  She motioned for the soldier to follow and indeed he did, they'd soon make it to a shuttle and take off heading for her flagship. After thirty minutes the shuttle would finally arrive in the main hangar of her flagship and in the windscreen the Pilot could be seen, and he looked pale and still as if he had seen a terrible ghost. The hatch opened and the ramp lowered and out came X'ina looking like she was full of life. She didn't look old or near death before but she now definitely looked younger. "Excuse me but there's a mess in the shuttle that needs cleaned up. And the pilot needs a medic...and a brain washing, what he just saw won't be fixed by any amount of therapy haha!" She said with her craziness nearly coming out. She then walked off towards the elevator to head to the bridge, meanwhile a medic and a clean up crew boarded the ship to find armor strewn about the cabin and a man sitting in a seat dead.  He was skeletal and had gray lifeless skin, he was hunched over in the seat with his eyes rolled back in his head whilst blood and drool trickled out of the corners of his mouth and blood left his nose. All he had on was his underwear and socks and his underwear seemed soaked with blood as well. "Damn what did she do to him?" One of the clean up guys said. The dogtags that seemed wrapped tightly around his neck, in fact so tight they were cutting into the skin, would identify the man as the soldier X'ina took from Manaan earlier. The clean up crew got to work while the pilot was carted away on a stretcher now screaming his head off as he went insane due to the horror of what he saw. Meanwhile on the bridge X'ina took command of the ship and looked around the bridge.  "You will all obey me unwavering even until death. Most of you recognize me as your former Queen, whilst Sarai is the reigning Empress I fully expect you to refer to me as Queen. I expect you to spread this order throughout our fleet immediately. Now before we head for our conquest I have somewhere I need to go first." She looked at the navigation team and handed them a datapad. "Set coordinates for that planet and ensure the rest of the fleet does the same. Once you have jump to hyperspace." She ordered. "But X'ina-" the Navigation officer began to say before he was fried by her lightning. "I don't remember opening this up for objections. Execute my orders to the letter and you will not suffer his fate. Now go!" She ordered as a new officer pushed the fried corpse off the chair for the clean up crew to take. Once everything was complete the fleet jumped to hyperspace.