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Post by Cain on Oct 19, 2008 19:50:55 GMT -5
Jack's ship settled down in the wastelands of Tishi, the wind howling over the desert sands. Wrapping himself in his jacket with his cigarette still holding an ember as he pinches it between his lips, Jack steps down from the ships ramp flanked by his Kuragari.
The massive wound in the force still stewing before him, Jack paused a moment, taking a hard drag from his cigarette before pressing forward. Archos, Luster and Rapture staying with the ship. As he began to descend into the crater Jack suddenly paused, his cigarette falling from his lip and quickly being buried under the wind swept sands. Jack raised his hand to his head as if the wound had suddenly made him dizzy.
"I don't know what you hope to achieve coming back here, Jack. You only weaken yourself."
Jack didn't flinch at the sound of the voice besides him. It was coming from a man with an appearance similar to Jack's, but he wore a patch over his right eye and appeared much older. His white wings tucked in behind him as he stared Jack down.
"Atsuke..." Jack muttered, "Why do you feign ignorance. You know full well why I am here."
"Huhuhuhuu...," Atsuke chuckled, "Perhaps I give you more credit then you deserve. This plan of yours is doomed to fail. I have foreseen it. You will only drive yourself further into the depths of an indescribable hell like none you've experienced before."
"I wouldn't be so sure..." Jack answered, slipping off his jacket as he reached the bottom of the crater, his black wings stretching out behind him. Jack then reached behind him and grabbed the hilt of the blade of balance sheathed at his back. Turning it over he planted it into the ground in the exact spot it had split so many eons ago.
Atsuke snickered at Jack as he sat down by the blade, reaching into his jacket and producing the Sith holocron he retrieved from the Academy. As it opened, the image of Vaasek Noir appeared before him. He seemed out of breath and shaken...
"This... this will be my final entry. While the force is certainly present in the blade, it has proved impossible to tap or completely drain the blade of it's power. It seems to create the force on its own, and in startling quantities. This sort of behavior is only found in organic matter... but even living things have their limits. When the force is drained from a life form it usually withers and dies. This however is not the case with the blade, while most life form's force output can never hope to keep up with such an assault, draining power from the blade does not seem to phase it at all. If anything it accelerates it.
It is this ability to draw upon the force that makes it so dangerous and unstable. The calculated wound in the force that would have resulted when the blade split is staggering. If both halves were ever to be completely obliterated... it would certainly create a wound large enough to destroy the force. Fortunately the amount of energy it would require to destroy the blade can only be made by the combined blades themselves and only after it has shed its physical form..."
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Post by Cain on Oct 23, 2008 17:23:01 GMT -5
Jack sat still and silent in front of the blade. A struggle taking place within his mind and the blade. Jack's eyes were closed with a look of strain on his face as he fought to maintain his concentration within the crater...
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"What are you trying to prove?" Luster asked, standing to Jack's left. He, Jack and Archos stood on Tishi at the site of the Elder Temple. What the crater had once been before the cataclysm so long ago. Something was different however, a black fog poured from the temple as it seemed to distort.
"You're the one always preaching about hope," Jack answered, still looking ahead into the blackness within the temple, "What hope do you think anyone will have if this beast is allowed to endure? I'm doing this as much for them as I am for myself."
"Bullshit..." Archos croaked back with a sneer, standing to Jack's right, "We all know you're here to use this thing to undo the force. If you were really so righteous you'd do as Alex did and take the burden on yourself instead of risking all our lives with this half baked scheme."
"We can find another way," Luster said, placing a hand on Jack's shoulder, "The fact is we don't stand a chance against this thing..."
"There is no other way..." Jack answered, "This thing will haunt me for eternity if I fail to act now. You two have little say in the matter. So wait here..."
Jack started forward into the temple and Archos shook his head with his arms folded over his chest. Luster glanced up at the temple spires as the structure let out a low groan.
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
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Back in the crater Jack's head hung down and his body went limp. His consciousness had been transferred from his body to the blade.
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Moving forward through pitch blackness, all of Jack's other senses were on full alert. Voices called out all around him. Each seemed miles away, but the screams... the screams were all too close. Still stepping forward, Jack noticed something in the distance. A kitchen that was all too familiar. A woman stood at the sink drying off dishes when suddenly she was startled by a loud crash causing her to drop the dish which shattered on the ground.
Several men entered the kitchen and the woman recoiled in fear. The man leading the intruders wore a brimmed hat and a long trench coat. His face was shrouded in darkness but as he took a drag from his cigarette the cinder lit up his features revealing a sinister smile.
Jack stood watching the scene unfold wide eyed, "Mom..." He uttered as the man removed his hat. His fiery red hair catching the light. As he raised his arm the men behind him rushed forward and pummeled the woman to the ground, stomping her even after she had fallen unconscious.
"No!" Jack shouted, lurching forward. The red haired man then glanced up at Jack with a smile, his eyes suddenly glowing.
"What's the matter, Jacky boy? Can't take the heat?"
Suddenly Jack was surrounded by intense flames, the red haired man standing in the circle of fire with him, slowly tossing his hat aside. Jack wiped a single tear from his eye and took a deep breath, steadying himself.
"Okiba... this is his memory," Jack said calmly, "Those four must have tried to use your power as well."
"Hahahaha... you shouldn't let it bother you, Jack. We paid that bastard back in spades... didn't we?"
"Quiet!" Jack called out, bringing his hands together in front of his face, "You're coming with me. Everything ends today!"
"HAhaHAhaHA!" Okiba laughed uproariously at Jack, "I warned you. You've overstepped your bounds this time, boy."
"I don't think so." Two shadow like hands rose up from underneath Okiba and quickly wrapped around him. Okiba did not struggle at all. He only continued to grin at Jack as Jack held out his palm.
"Sin harvest..."
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Post by Cain on Oct 28, 2008 0:26:08 GMT -5
Inside the crater Jack's head slowly lifted back up and his hands came back together as if he were struggling against massive pressure. The blade stuck in the ground began to shake before suddenly an enormous shock wave radiated outward. A black shadow began to pull away from the sword. Jack gritted his teeth as if he himself were the one doing the pulling when abruptly the shadow took the form of a hand that latched onto Jack's face.
Jack quickly shot back to his feet, struggling violently to free himself, but to no avail. The shadow managed to tear itself free of the blade which now appeared rusted and dull, falling feebly to the ground. The blackness wrapped itself around Jack's head, sinking into every opening as he let out a blood curdling scream.
Outside of the crater, Luster and Archos began to look about confused. Their conciousness having suddenly been returned to their bodies.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Oct 28, 2008 1:06:34 GMT -5
Luster found himself looking at Archos, and Archos found himself looking at Luster. Archos was quick throwing out Razor winds at luster only to get dispelled by a powerful windveild propelling them off to the sides as the wind enveloped Luster.
"Archos, there's no time for this, you know Jack wouldn't let us free this easily. For once in your life think of someone other then yourself." said Luster turning towards the crator below. Archos stopped for a moment before speaking.
"I'll admit i'm going to need help, whatever it was took Jack out, and it's probably a particularly nasty bugger. It seems we'll be working together one last time Master." said Archos his violet eyes gazing down towards the creator as the ebon hawk landed near by and Zilfer exited the ship reaching for his blades.
Luster turned around motionting that he was no longer under control. "Zilfer, glad you could make it. You seem to have a nack for timing." said Luster. A rumbling came from below as tremors began to shake the ground.
"That seismic activity isn't natural." said Archos aloud to himself as he grabbed the hilt of his lightsaber. "Somethings going on, and I don't like the smell of it."
Zilfer was a bit surprized the two had regained their conciousness and were not fighting already. "It seems our reignforcements are going to be late, we'd best be moving." said Zilfer as another ship coasted down, as Cain emerged from the ship coming towards them.
"Your late, we were about to leave without you." said Zilfer, as he looked down into the crator. “Fear is a state of mind. Only by breaking down the barriers of the mind can one tap into the true potential of the body.” echoed Zilfer's voice as he prepared for their desent into the crater.
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Post by Cain on Oct 28, 2008 1:18:38 GMT -5
Cain didn't pay much attention to Zilfer or the other Mitsukai, his gaze was focused on the center of the crater. Rising up from the rubble was Jack, his skin pale as ever and his hair bright white. His robes and wings had turned white as well there span now almost as large as the crater itself. From the ground he summoned the rusted sword to his hand that seemed to change into a long shining blade as it hit his hand. As his head lifted Cain could see that there didn't appear to be any eyes in the sockets anymore, just deep dark pools that seemed to leak a shadowy fog.
"What the hell is that?" Cain asked, unclipping the lightsaber from his belt. He began to take a few steps back as it's gaze slowly turned to the four men standing at the craters edge.
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Post by Odan Thos on Oct 28, 2008 1:54:16 GMT -5
Selene had appeared out of the shadows of Zilfer. She preferred to travel through the Void. It was a habit she picked millions of year ago. She was shock that Archos and Luster had not tried to stop them yet. She figured as long as she had breath she would never stop fighting Jack and his allies. "Why do I feel like I am about to descending into the mouth of the beast?" She said jokingly, however she was still prepared to act at a seconds notice.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Oct 28, 2008 16:14:53 GMT -5
Zilfer looked at the thing as well seeing a sight he had never seen in his life before. "I don't know, but it's weird, and pissed off whatever it is." said Zilfer as he prepared for the worst.
"It seems the blade is evolving.... that Thing isn't going down without a fight." said Luster drawing his own lightsaber from the clip. "I don't suppose it would be in a talking move after what Jack was doing."
"Understatement." muttered Archos, who expanded his own wings so he could take flight at a moments notice. "If five of the most powerful beings in the universe cannot take this thing down, what hope does the galaxy have?"
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Post by Cain on Oct 28, 2008 16:35:15 GMT -5
The being that once was Jack stared blankly in the direction of Cain, Zilfer, Luster and Archos. In an instant it vanished from sight and reappeared in the air behind them. Spinning around, Cain ignited his lightsaber and reached out to shove it away with the force. All it did in response was make a half scowl as the force suddenly blasted back at Cain firing him off like a bullet, rolling and skipping off the ground as he fell into the crater. It then turned to the remaining three, its voice echoing in the force all around them.
"Pathetic."
Lifting its arm a tremendous rush of wind blasted upward. It was forcing all the air away from that area of the planets surface, creating a vacuum around Zilfer, Luster and Archos.
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Oct 28, 2008 17:34:36 GMT -5
Luster had a wind veil still wrapped around him he was able too keep it enveloped around him spinning enough to keep pressure upon himself however it would seem that Zilfer and Archos however were in a different boat. Zilfer and Archos almost imediately felt the lack of pressure, and the lack of Air. Luster was about to apply pressure to them through the force however it seemed Zilfer was quick to pick up the idea for he was already applying pressure to his skin, and holding his breath. With a nudge in the right dirrection Archos soon followed.
Luster not having to worry about his two comrades now, unleashed a serise of blinding flashes as Lightblades were sent out at the speed of light to slash at what was once Jack.
Zilfer closed his eyes sitting down in a meditative posisition, and seemed to slip into a transe, however Archos did much of the same thing only he did not sit down, and he got ready to move, activating his lightsaber outwards he used mach speed propeling himself forward quickly.
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Post by Cain on Oct 29, 2008 0:13:51 GMT -5
As the light blades slashed at it, it seemed to vanish like before, reappearing down floating just above the ground. Lifting its hand into the air the earth shook ferociously. A large fissure formed all the way around the 10 mile wide crater and the entire section of land lifted up out of the ground and shot up into space. Magma pooled up deep in the pit left behind as the planet itself seemed to bleed from its wound.
Meanwhile, inside the creator, the fierce shaking woke Cain up after he'd been knocked senseless. Standing back to his feet, the force of land he was on lifting into space made his entire body feel heavy and he was unable to move. Seeing the sky clear and the stars grow brighter, Cain quickly got the sense that he wasn't in Kansas anymore. Pulling in the air around him with the force, he clipped his lightsaber back to his belt and gathered all his power to his fist.
"This is ridiculous... fissure!"
Slamming his fist as hard as he could into the ground with the force, the ground broke open but still had not split far enough to break the chunk in two.
"You gotta be kidding me..." Cain shook his head and dropped down into the fissure. Clinching his fist and repeating the process, the massive chunk of earth finally broke in two and Cain found himself free falling back down towards Tishi. His landing, should he survive the fall, being in a large lake of magma.
"Oh, not good..."
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Post by MikDaTv on Oct 29, 2008 0:43:02 GMT -5
Cain's fall was arrested suddenly when an armored hand clamped around his arm. Jor, hanging out the side of a Dragoon with one hand, and his other hand outstretched to catch Cain as he fell.
"You can thank me later." Jor said as he pulled the Sith lord up into the Dragoon. "Just don't make me regret saving your bacon from the fire."
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Post by Zilfer Of Shadows... on Oct 29, 2008 0:50:40 GMT -5
"Blast it all...." thought Archos as he took off after cain, but soon changed course as a ship picked up Cain. Archos began to gather air round himself finally, as he took to the air. "Air Cannon." said Archos blasting a volley of condensed air fast enough to crush that of concrete.
Luster saw Archos was going on a reckless barrage of attacks. "He never learns..." muttered Luster as he gathered rock around his legs and arms crushing them into diamond and electrifing the gauntlets. "Zilfer, try and distract it."
Zilfer disappeared sinking into the ground of seeming quicksand. Zilfer then popped up from the ground discharging a electrical blast as he came up upon the figure.
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Post by Cain on Oct 29, 2008 1:01:33 GMT -5
Cain picked himself up to one knee, struggling to catch his breath as Jor spoke.
"That's a deal," He answered, picking himself up, "I hope this boat's got some fire power, cause I think we're gonna have to vaporize this son of a bitch."
Meanwhile, back on the surface, it noticed Archos' attack and quickly flashed out of the way of the Air Cannon. As it came to a stop though it flinched. Looking down it saw Zilfer's fist coming out through its stomach with blood splattered on the ground in front of it. Without changing expressions, Zilfer was pulled back and to the ground with the force, enough pressure being applied to his neck to snap a tree trunk in order to tear his head off.
While this was happening the force began to slowly heal the hole through its abdomen as it raised its hand to the sky again. Closing its fist, one of the earth chunks was pulverized into hundreds of pieces, though each piece was about the size of a truck. Opening its fist, the pieces rocketed at Jor's Dragoon like a blast from a shotgun.
Meanwhile the other half came to a gradual stop, turning back towards the planet and accelerating as it reentered the atmosphere. With the skies lighting up as the 5 mile wide object came screaming back towards Tishi, it vanished into the shadows before the chunk would rip into the planet's surface.
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Post by Odan Thos on Oct 29, 2008 1:12:58 GMT -5
Selene was in the void, having entered it to avoid the blows. She was shock when Jack entered it for a second time. It was time for her to fight also.
"Let me out, I can help you." Nyx said to Selene as she stood in the center of her prison.
"No, I will not let your evilness out ever again. I trusted you once and it got me nowhere." Selene appeared in the room, standing opposite of Nyx.
"If you do not let me out, you well be killed along with Alex. Are you willing to sacrifice everything grandfather worked for because of some morally gray choices." Nyx was using all her abilities to convince Selene to let her out.
Selene stared into her eyes, feeling her dark strength. "No, I will die a Luminos rather than live an eternity as the monster you are." Selene turned around and started to walk away into the infinite whiteness.
"You are killing everyone because of your worthless ideals. You have no right." Nyx screamed but she was left alone once again. She knew Selene would fail, and only hoped it would not cost them their life.
Selene activated her silver dark core lightsaber. She had once again installed the Solari Crystal and an Ankarres Sapphire into it. With it activated she used the Force to boost her speed as the best she could and charged Jack swing the saber upwards from left to right. She would fight him whenever he tried to run into the Void while the others fought him out of it.
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Post by MikDaTv on Oct 29, 2008 1:24:38 GMT -5
"Watch your feet!" The pilot yelled into the passenger cabin.
Jor reached up and held onto a handrail as the Dragoon suddenly accelerated faster then the inertial compensator could react. The Dragoon dodged to port, sticking close to one of the large chunks of rock. Then to starboard suddenly avoiding another one. Jor half walked, half climbed his way to the cockpit through the maneuvers and sat in the copilots seat.
Another large chunk loomed just in front of them so the pilot kicked in the reverse thrusters and pulled to starboard again. Jor looked through the armaments list on board. Drones, sensor pods, two proton torpedo's, the auto blaster and the ECM system.
"Sorry, you were rescued by an electronics warfare shuttle, not a gunship." Jor said to Cain in the back as the Dragoon went through another set of evasive maneuvers.
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