The Water Temple

[Cain]

Kamisori's ship exited hyperspace above the planet Kamino and made it's decent through the storm clouds that poured rain upon the planets all aquatic surface. The ship headed straight down towards the massive swells and dove right into the water. It was then that it was clear why they needed to leave Archos' ship behind.

Doubling as a submersible, Kamisori's ship dove down to the crushing depths of the Kamino ocean where an ominous facility stood on the sea floor. The ship entered the temple from underneath and surfaced on the inside. Kamisori was the first to exit.

"This is where our training shall begin." Kamisori said, "The Jedi will not soon track us here... and may the force save them if the do..."

[Odan Thos]

Selene looked out window as the ship came out of hyperspace and headed down the planet. She could not believe this world. It seem very similar to Aquarius; a water world. As they went down she watched the life avoid the ship. Once they where in the temple, she entered the Void and exited the beside Kamisori. She tried to continue to use her abilities to remain sharp.

"An interesting temple you have established."

Selene liked it. The artificial lights created a unique shadow configuration which seem random. It would provide an excellent location for combat.

Meanwhile in hyperspace...

Spephous walked into the cockpit where the young captain was standing. He closed the door behind him and sealed it with the Force.

"You know that the Force flows strongly through you. I wonder what you really now about it though."

The captain turned around and noticed the door was closed.

"The Force is a bunch of bull. "

He punched a button to open the door but it did not respond. Spephous started to convulse, throwing his head around violently. The captain looked on in shock, not knowing what to do. Slowly blood started to form around Spephous skull before the top of his head separated and Spephous fell to the ground. A white parasite rolled out of where the brain use to be. It looked dead for a moment before it leaped and locked on the smugglers face. He struggled to pull it off, but because he could not breath he passed out. Spephous slowly pushed itself through the pirates throat and ripped a small hole. It rapped itself around his nerve system and took control of the body. A few minutes later Spephous host woke up, but unlike his pervious host this one was directly controlled by Spephous right away. Spephous checked the location and they came out of hyperspace above Kamino. Spephous slowly brought the ship down on a landing platform, he figured that they could get a submersible from the Kaminos. Spephous picked up his old host body and carried it outside and dumped it into the sea. He then headed to find a way to reach the Water Temple like his master explained to him on the trip.

[Cain]

"I have chosen to serve you Lord Akunin. I am merely a padawan but I can learn." Gala said as she gave Akunin a bow.

"That is nice of you my dear, but you need not bow to me..." Akunin responded, "Once we reach the Temple you will meet my master... he will be the one to show you the true nature of the force..."

As the ship set down on Kamino, Spephous emerged from the ship in a new body. Akunin could sense it was him and ordered him to commandeer one of the docked submersibles. The four of them climbed into the submersible and began the long dive down to Kamisori's temple.

Once there Akunin took Gala to a cement room and threw her inside, slamming the door shut. The room was almost a perfect cube... no windows... nothing on the walls but a few cracks through which water dripped into the room... nothing but cold hard cement.

It was then that out of the dark far corner of the room, a man in a red cloak with long black hair stepped towards Gala. He stared at the girl with dark brown eyes and his skin was cold and pale.

"Why are you frightened?" The man asked calmly.

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Meanwhile Akunin met up with Kamisori and the others in the large dimly lit central room.

"Sorry I'm late, master..." Akunin said with a bow.

"Quite the contrary," Kamisori answered, "You're just in time... training is just about to begin."

[Odan Thos]

Selene was still curious what type of training she would be receiving. She looked at the new coming Sith. Most she knew form he pervious battle. She looked them over as Kamisori talked with the leader of the second group. She also reconized the young girl that Ryuu had brought to the battle with him. She knew the young ones where in danger, but she did not consider them change the course of their lives. She pushed her thoughts out of her head and focused on the moment, still not trusting the Sith would not just kill her.

Meanwhile Spephous walked off the submarine. He now carried both a lightsaber and a heavy blaster pistol in the smugglers clothing. He needed more time to assimilate the memories of the Smuggler. He waited for his master to tell him where his room would be.

[galaxyheart]

"I-I'm scarred because I don't know what is to come." Gala said stuttering slightly.

The man looked into her eyes and Gala felt a shiver run up and down her spine. She averted her gaze and bowed to the man not knowing what else to do.

The familiar feeling of the dark side returned to Gala's mind.

"You may stand young one. You have much to learn about the Sith and the Dark side." said the voices that always came with the presence of the force.

Gala stood and the dark side of the force withdrew from her mind once more. Gala stilled her shaking form but was unable to keep the nervousness out of her eyes and off her face. She remained silent waiting for the man before her to speak.

[Cain]

"My name is Kenshi..." The man said, "and you are right to be afraid... but fear alone will grant you no solace. I can see that you are in pain young one. Too many bonds broken by savage force and too many promises whose words ring now as empty as this cell. You have put your faith in the kindness of others and thus have been made to learn the hard way of the brutality, greed, and selfishness that infects this galaxy."

Kenshi took another step forward and noticed the girl recoil. She was still hesitant to trust him.

"In the wake of the injustices you have suffered you need not linger with just fear. There is power to be had here..."

Kenshi's eyes closed and Gala could almost feel him inside her head. The pain and suffering she had endured was obvious to Kenshi, but now that he focused on it he could see what she had truly been through.

"If only you had more power... Ryuu might not have abandoned you. If only you had more power... you might have saved her... But even now it is not too late. I can help you find this power, but only if you are willing to do what is necessary to obtain it..."

[galaxyheart]

Kenshi's words stung Gala like a slap in the face. Her eyes burned with bitter tears that she refused to shed. Suddenly her anger was stronger than her fear. Kenshi was offering her power and she wanted it. she wanted it more than friendship that she knew would only leave her more broken than before. She wanted it more than anything she had ever wanted before. She could feel the dark side taking over more of her heart and mind.

"Ryuu is of no concern to me anymore. I hate him. I hate the Jedi. Even Drake did not really care enough to try and save me. He was in it for personal gain. I will never again trust in the goodness of people for I know that none exsist. I want the power you and all the Sith speak of and I want to join your ranks. I am threw being repeatedly broken. I will mend myself with the suffering of others. I want power to do that. I want to learn. I will do whatever it takes!" Gala said determinedly.

No longer was Gala reluctant. Even her body now belonged to the dark side. Gala was completely under the influence of the dark side. No longer did anything but an once of good exsist in her other than darkness.

[Odan Thos]

Selene walked up behind Kenshi. While he steps where almost completely silent, she had not purposeful meant them to be. She finally spoke up after Gala was done talking.

"So when does this training begin then?"

While it sounded disrespectful, Selene never meant it to be. She did not want to make the man angry, for the wrath he could release onto her was far beyond that of any other person she had meet in her millions of years existence. She however was always expecting them to turn on her, seeing that she originally had fought with the Jedi. So she always kept her escape routes open incase trouble arose.

[Zilfer Of Shadows...]

Archos emerged from the ship finally, he had left his ship behind. He assumed the jedi had found some way to trase it to malacore V, so he was almost glad to be rid of it, however as he looked about this temple of water. He smirked, at the very thought of a water temple.

"A bit Ironic, isn't it Kamisori." said Archos lossening his white elder's robe to extends his wings to streach, it had been awhile since he had let them flow out, but very soon he quickly put them back. He cuaght a few stares he was sure. Jik had looked at his wings curiously to say the least, however for the most part jik remained silent. "A temple build under water, by one from the temple of balance..... an interesting story." finished Archos.

Darth ignotus came in behind his master Akunin and remained silent for the most part except his occational breathing. Jik took notice of their arrival.

"What took you so long, I almost thought you wheren't coming back." Said Jik dirrecting his comment at Akunin himself.

[galaxyheart]

After Selene's entrance Gala turned to look at Kenshi with the same question in her lavender eyes.

"Yes. When does our training start Master?" Gala asked.

Kenshi seemed to approve of Gala calling him 'Master' but she couldn't be sure. Gala's mind was wondering why and how Selene had gotten with the Sith but she made no move to voice her question.

Instead Gala waited silently and patiently for her new master to answer.

[Cain]

(OOC: I probably should've made this more clear but Gala is in a cell... the rest of you are not.)

"It begins now," Kamisori responded, "You all are terribly weak... and I do not have time to personally work with each of you. Luckily there's more then one way to obtain power..."

Kamisori grinned and turned to his gathered minions... Akunin, Ignotus, Spephous, Archos, Hatori, and Jik.

"I want you six to go to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant... Kill the Jedi, leave absolutely none alive. Only with the blood of a powerful enemy on your hands will you become strong enough with the dark side to harness the power of the Mitsukai."

Hatori's face went cold upon hearing this. Kill all the Jedi? Could the six of them really do this?

"You're sending this six of us alone to take out the Jedi?" Hatori questioned, "I thought our goal was the Blade of Balance. What use is there in wasting energy on the Jedi?"

"This is part of your training," Kamisori answered coldly, "If you cannot even defeat Jedi then what hope do you have of lasting even 30 seconds against Tenkai? Now go... and do not question me again."

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After giving the others their orders, two water clones of Kenshi came up behind Selene and took her by the arms.

"As for you..." Kamisori hissed, "Seeing as how your loyalties are still somewhat questionable, we'll have to find out just how committed to our cause you really are..."

The clones dragged Selene off to the cell where Gala was being kept and threw her inside. The door slammed shut and locked tight with the Kenshi clone that was already inside with Gala now standing in front of the only exit with his arms folded over his chest. Except for that door there were no windows and no exits in this cell. There was no way out...

"Hmph," Kenshi chuckled, "Well ladies... now that your both here it's time for your training to begin. Allow me to explain the rules... Neither of you will receive any food or water... or ever leave this cell... until one of you is lying dead on that floor. Good luck..."

[Odan Thos]

Selene had not struggled to the cell, she would not waste her energy fighting fights she could not win. When she got there she looked at the girl as she head what the clones said. She was not read for such an act. Not sense her last days as a Shadow Guard had she been forced into such a position. Selene stood silently, to argue back would be pointless sense she knew that would only invite Kamisori's wraith. Also to escape was not an acceptable option, she had the skill to if she wanted to, but getting off a station this deep under water would be very difficult especial with Kamisori and his clones.

"I already said I would not become me father."

Selene words seem heavy, hanging in the air as Selene walked over to the corner and leaned up against it. She suspected so punishment for such a defying comment, more so to show Gaia that Kamisori would not stand for such insubordination. She wondered if the young girl would be crazy enough to attack her, knowing that Gala seen her in combat at Malacore. Selene had the patents that only came with hundreds of thousands of years, she realize she could afford to wait a while.

Meanwhile...

Spephous adjusted his jacket and pulled out his blaster from the holster to examined it.

"I doubt it is merely training, the masters always have hidden mean in all there action."

He slammed the blaster into the holster started to walk to the submarine. His former host mechanical and piloting skills where a great addition to his collection of assimilated information. He thought this act was crazy, but then again so was the idea of breaking his master out of the main Jedi Temple.

[Cain]

The Kenshi clone remained motionless, not responding to Selene's comment. Kamisori knew that Selene had a defiant side. It would have been foolish to send her back to the Jedi Temple with the others. Now her only choices were to either embrace her dark side or slowly wither and die allowing Gala to become a Sith herself. This test was a designed for both of them and Kamisori knew what he was doing... Clearly Selene was more powerful, so if she were to embrace the dark side and finish off Gala she would be the more valuable asset. But at the same time she could be dangerous if she would refuse to turn. And in this situation Gala could prove her worth by taking advantage of Selene's weakness and eliminating an enemy of the Sith.

[Zilfer Of Shadows...]

"Why do i keep getting the feeling that you dont like having us around?" asked Archos smirking for a second, before turnning around to head out. He had heard Hatori's protest, and he motioned for Hatori to come as he headed towards the ship. When hatori caught up with him only then did he speak to hatori.

"You still have problems with killing the Jedi." said Archos simply, it was pretty apparent that he did, although weak ties, they still lingered there. "I don't know your previous ties with the jedi, but you should sever them. It will only bring you pain for what is to come. When we first met on Lehon, I told you the answers you seek did not lay with the jedi, and I told you about Darth Cain, and what he wrought across the galaxy, it may not have been the full version but it was good enough. Tell me, if a Darth Cain where to ever come along again, what would you do? Would you defect now and risk loosing the chance at a power only Kamisori has to offer? Or will you kill a part of yourself to become something different entirely."

Archos left it at that as he walked up into the ship. Darth Ignotus had no objections, he had been to the jedi temple not to long ago, and gave no thought to having traveled all this way only to be headed back into the same dirrection. Jik wasn't going to question kamisori's decision either, however during the ride there he planned to talk to the force sensitives and learn, to weild the force if at all possible.

"We'll be back in a flash." said Jik knowing an assualt on the jedi temple would be hard, however he had heard that Archos had attacked a jedi temple alone and survived the encounter. Archos sat down in a seat, and then got ready for take off. His eyes where closed at first but then a thought creeped into his mind, and his eyes opened as a grin filled his face. The jedi cherish their temple, and the force favors that temple. What will happen when they find it drained of the force. Will they dispair? or perhaps will they embrase their darker emotions to come for revenge..... thought archos silently to himself.

[galaxyheart]

(OOC: Long time no see. Nice to know that you guys are all still alive.)


Gala's eyes widened when Kenshi told them what they were to do. Gala eyed Selene with a reverence that lingered from when she had been a jedi padawon and had first set eyes on Selene.

'How can I possibly be expected to fight her? She has hundreds, if not thousands, more years of experience than me. I never even began my training as a jedi padawon. I have no light saber. The only weapon I have is my dagger strapped to the side of my left boot.' Gala questioned herself in her mind.

Gala felt the cold red light surrounding her conciousness again as the dark side once again filled her.

"Wait. You must learn patience in this test. She is years older than you with more experience than you can imagine but she still has her ties to the jedi that will not be easily broken. She will hesitate to kill you but even then you must wait longer still. You will know when the time has come to attack." the whispering voice of the dark side advised.

'What should I do until then?' Gala questioned.

"Meditate. Assess your own skills and then compare them to what you know of her's. Develop a plan B and prehaps even a strategy for fighting her if possible. You must take this test and use it to strengthen both your mind and your body. But whatever you decide to do, do not show your emotions to her. She will use them to take advantage of you." the voice said louder this time and then the feeling disappeared all together.

Gala glanced at Selene and then took a seat on the ground in the far corner of the room. She folded her legs and pulled herself into the meditating position her parents had used when she was small. She closed her eyes and practiced feeling everything around her as well as moving things with the force as Ryuu had showed her.

'You will pay dearly Jedi! You made the mistake of breaking me when I was already broken. Your confidence will be your undoing.' Gala thoight before drifting off into other thoughts.