Sith

Long ago, Long before the rule of two. long before the Jedi and the galactic republic were one. In a time of Sith sorcery splintered Jedi and force users of all types not Sith or Jedi battled to shape the galaxy. This is the tale of a few who wielded the force in those days of chaos.

They were known as the dark twins. At just over 21 years old the sisters Esorna and Ulora were a potent force to be feared. They were two skilled warriors Esorna favoured a pair of Red bladed light sabres while Ulora favoured a pair of Dark purple blades. They were beautiful with slim athletic bodies that that not yet succumb to dark side corruption. They knew how to charm flatter and seduce once even seducing a padawan into turning on his master and killing him. They were twin sisters the only difference the colour of there blades, there hearts were equally black. They were masters of the force and masters of the dark side there uncle had taught them all the secrets of the Sith , before he had faced a Jedi master two powerful for him to fight and fallen in battle. There uncle had prepared them well they were armoured in matching suits of blackened Cortosis armour, an element resistant to the cutting power of light sabres even capable of overloading there circuits and resisting blaster fire. Upon there hoods were tight fitting full face helms offering complete protection they included re-breathers allowing the pair to survive under water. There were strong neck guards every part of the armour had been designed without compromise to protection or mobility cost that was another thing entirely, but they were well paid turning there skill with the force into mercenary work.

The sisters had been taught that the Jedi were a cancer to the force that the dark side was all that mattered and it was there duty to exterminate it. They had easily defeated several opponents Jedi padawans and several knights even a master of the Jedi, though well past his prime years and starting to retreat into senility he had put up a fight that was memorable. The sisters had bested them all. There armour had proven a decided advantage especially against the Jedi knights. Complex and fully articulated shoulder guards arm guards tight fitting chest pieces and gauntlets protected them. there bodies were covered completely in a tight fitting skin of highly energy resistant armour, there was nowhere a light sabre could deliver a killing blow without touching there armour and malfunctioning. They hid there advantage beneath full cloaks as black as night.

The two sisters had planned for some time even gathering some mercenaries to help them. They were going to avenge there uncle and kill the Jedi master that had slain him. The two sisters had stalked there pray for a month Ato Wan Siato was supposedly a legend among the Jedi, his legend had been told for a thousand years or more, he was older than the Jedi a force wielder who predated recorded history if the legend was to be believed when he had met the Jedi he had learnt there ways and joined there order. He had disappeared for centuries at a time only to return stronger he had re-emerged a decade ago he was systematically hunting down the Sith, dark force users and Jedi that had gone against the temple teachings. The sisters dismissed it of hand a relative an ancestor one who looked like him. It was probably a family name passed down or a title passed from master to pupil a few fancy techniques but nothing more. No Jedi was that strong with the force that he was able to resist ageing. The sisters regarded him the man’s species was hard to tell he looked like a human but with sand coloured skin his eyes were two black orbs and his hair was too thick almost like fur. He wore thin worn clothes almost rags. He casually sipped a cup of green tea inside a quite diner his back was to the door.

The sisters pushed the door to the diner open the patrons scattered for the back exit the Jedi did not react. The sisters cast there bulky cloaks aside they would just get in the way. Esorna channelled the force through her body and charged forwards, her body moving in a blur her lightsabers ignited then honed in on the back of the Jedi’s head. He seemed completely unaware of the red blades arching towards him. Without turning around the Jedi’s hand blurred a simple silver metal cylinder appeared from in his robes . A beam of white energy blocked Esorna’s blades the Jedi was fast beyond any measure Esorna had, she felt herself pulled off balance tripping forwards she barely held onto her lightsabers as the momentum of her force fuelled sprint sent her skidding across the room into a table.

The Jedi master stood up and casually stepped to one side avoiding the serving droid that Ulora had hurled at him with the force, he did not spill one drop of his tea. Ulora charged her purple blades slashed at him. He blocked and parried casually against the Sith while carefully drinking his tea. Esorna joined her sister the two attacked him as one, four blades arched towards him he blocked two with his Light sabre and simply stepped back missing the other two. The lightsabers crashed and hissed the Jedi was fighting a defensive battle while casually sipping his tea.

The Jedi put down the empty cup the flow of battle changed, he held his ground the two Sith sent a veritable storm of blows cuts and thrusts at him he stood with his right hand behind his back his light sabre in his left hand. He was able to block everything they threw at him. The sisters could feel the man’s connection to the force, he seemed to only be calling on a faction of it just to hold the sisters at bay. He started to speak “Your style is imprecise you rely to much on numerical superiority of your attacks more blows than can be defended against in a short period of time where you should rely on precise strikes.” The Jedi’s hands blurred his light sabre was in his right hand , surrender now and I promise you a fair trial by the Jedi council” the sisters laughed at him he smiled “The hard road you chose”. suddenly he was moving forwards the twin sisters found themselves barely able to block his attacks they were suddenly retreating beaten by a far better swordsman. They were out of the shop and into the street any leap or counter manoeuvre was blocked.

He gently tapped the edge of his light sabre against the armour of one of the twins, they expected it to over heat and jam the sabre remained lit. He smiled “the focus crystal of these blades Mestare they are from every trick I know”. the sisters realised that they could not count on there armour to save them.

The sisters knew that there skills with a light sabre would not win them the day. They retreated back and prepared one of there best attacks .Lightning coursed through there fingers and seemed to charge up in there hands then from there formed a ball of energy the energy streamed between the two sisters. forming a huge ball between them with a triumphant scream the energy coursed towards the Jedi master half way through its flight towards him is seemed to divert and simply struck the earth in front of him. The sisters tried again. The Jedi seemed to be able to redirect there attacks at will the lightning struck to his left to his right the sisters prepared another technique.

Esorna grabbed Ulora’s right hand with her left the two sisters concentrated for a fraction of a second, the force boiled through there veins and there minds acting as one. Then gestured towards the Jedi as if to choke him. The Force choke seemed ineffective. The Jedi made a gesture the sisters collapsed there own power turned against them, as there air ways closed up. The sisters wrestled control of there power back with a great strength of will, gasping they rose to there feet, the more common Sith powers were ineffective this Jedi knew counters for them, but they had other tricks.

Ulora activated a transmitter on her belt. there back up crashed into the courtyard. It was a war droid ten feet tall armoured shielded and armed to the teeth. It had a thick shell of dense metal resistant to light sabres. It sported two sets of quad blasters a missile launcher gas bombs flame throwers and a wicked set of spiked weapons. Before the droid could identify its target the Jedi waved his hand in a simple gesture the robots head was torn off and then crushed into a ball. The robot stopped and fell over with a loud thud.

The two sisters moved about twenty meters apart slowly a wind whipped up between them, there suits injected them with a powerful version of spice that substantially enhanced there force abilities, then a small dust devil started out of nowhere, it grew into a great column of air. The sisters concentrated it grew wider and taller. A twister that moved with there combined will. Red energy permeated through it lightning flashed backwards and forwards. The two sisters pushed there powers beyond the normal limits then sent the force Storm tornado towards the Jedi master he stood there unimpressed. When it was a few feet away from him he clapped his hands together there was a brief shimmer and the tornado ceased to exist. The sisters could not believe how easily there ultimate technique had been beaten.

Ulora activated the transmitter on her belt the mercenaries moved in, two dozen soldiers armed with blasters they were hesitant looking at the mangled war droid. The Jedi master looked at them . He gestured with his hand the power clips form every single energy weapon released themselves and hit the floor. The mercenaries looked at on anther then dropped there guns and ran.

The sisters gritted there teeth they would not go down without a fight.  Esorna picked up three packing crates and hurled them with the force at the Jedi he side stepped them. Ulora used the force to shatter a window and hurl the shards at the Jedi . With barely a flicker of his eye they slowed and dropped from the air. The sisters started throwing every object they could at the Jedi he was barley fazed he simply stopped or dodged each one with ease. The sisters tried to force push the Jedi only for there power to somehow reflect back on them pushing them back.

The sisters called on the dark side into desperate territory, they charged with berserk fury at the Jedi. The Jedi drew a second light sabre identical to the first. The Jedi caught the sisters off guard his lightsabers blades projected into lances four times the length of the normal blades. The Sith were kept at bay barely blocking his blows. The Jedi changed his blade length until it was double the length of a normal light sabre the Sith got closer. The Jedi fought them at this length for a few minutes then shortened his blades again to there usual length.

The two Sith were tiring but the Jedi was relentless he switched styles and forms one moment he was using 1st form with disarming slashes. The next moment he was using form two with deadly counter attacks. He switched to form three throwing the sisters own attacks against them. He switched to form four with a series of lighting fast strikes. He switched to form five using over powering blows to send the sisters staggering back. He switched to form six the sisters were pulled into the course of his blades he stopped inches away from there helmets the blades pointed dead centre into the weak spots the eyes. He switched to form seven vaulting over them in a constantly travelling blur of motion.

The Jedi extended his hands his light sabres swung forwards propelled by the force the two sisters suddenly found that they were fighting a ghost opponent they traded blows and blocks from the independently spinning blades. The Jedi extended his hands and his light sabres returned to him. With a click the two blades pommels linked to form one double ended light sabre. The two Sith suddenly found themselves blocking in a crazy series of offensive attacks. The Jedi master stepped back he separated his blades. The blades suddenly changed becoming light whips. The two Sith had never been trained to fight an opponent wielding one let alone two of these exotic weapons they backed up barely blocking a single attack.

The Jedi drove them back then switched his sabres back to there normal length. There was a click the sabres bent in the middle into an L shape the Jedi master reversed his grip so that he had his light sabres were in a short defensive grip. Suddenly the Jedi was close up against the twins between them. His blades formed an impenetrable wall blocking all there attacks.  

Esorna Attempted to take a hostage a little girl that was watching the battle and had no fled, it was a mistake the Jedi stopped playing with them. Esorna felt her lightsabers plucked from her hands with enough force to leave her hands numb. She tried to reach out for her hostage, she was plucked off the ground up and struck a wall her back went numb. She struck the ground then she rose thought the air and smashed into her sister the pair of them dropped to the ground like rag dolls.

The Jedi master picked up Esorna’s light sabres, his fists clenched, there was a glow and a small amount of smoke the lightsabers were twisted scrap metal, he dropped them to the ground. Esorna screamed in rage and charged at him. He made a gesture with one hand she stopped in mid air and dropped to the ground her body convulsed and spasmed her head twisted back her arms were twisted behind her body behind her back her gloves touched the back of her helmet, her elbows as if trapped by and unseen force were brought together until they touched. Her feet came together pulled back. Her back arched further and further until the toes of her boots touched her elbows the Sith sobbed in agony unable to escape the confining hold imposed upon her. Her booted toes rose further until they touched the back of her head, she fought against the position with her body with the force with her hatred, it made no difference, it was like a wamp rat trying to get out of a rancors grip.

Ulora dazed got to her feet, she reignited her light sabres no time for pain or indecision she charged forwards throwing one blade and raising the other in a two handed grip. The first blade stopped an inch from the Jedi master then deactivated. Ulora felt the force push knock her off her feet while her remaining Light sabre was plucked from her hand. The Jedi master held Ulora’s light sabres in his left hand, his fist clenched there was a metallic creak, there was a glow and a small amount of smoke the lightsabers were twisted scrap metal wrapped around each other in one lump. he dropped them to the ground. Ulora screamed in rage she tried to get up. He made a gesture with one hand her body convulsed and spasmed her head twisted back her arms were twisted behind her body, she knew what was to come she started begging. Her arms disappeared behind her back her gloves touched the back of her helmet. Her back arched further and further until the toes of her boots touched her elbows the Sith sobbed begging for mercy in agony unable to move from the confining hold imposed upon her, her booted toes rose further until they touched the back of her head. The twins were a mirror image of each other trapped on the floor. He looked at them “your uncle managed to kill himself before I could capture him you shall not be so lucky as to escape punishment”.

Esorna’s cursed then threatened her threats started to turn into plea’s of mercy then sobs , the Jedi master left them in there contorted positions and walked back into the restaurant, “another pot of tea”. the two Sith women knew that they were defeated the Jedi was as powerful as the legends it was the ancient master returned. The Jedi took his time slowly sipping his tea regarding his captives. Some of the local population approached the Sith the Jedi looked at them they backed away.

Ulora lay on the floor her body was beaten her hatred burned barely hot enough to allow her to remain conscious. The Jedi mater turned to her. “The hard road you chose”. he reached out Ulora felt her helmet activate the breather deployed by itself a bit was pushed into her mouth it was designed to allow her to breath under water or to filter out poisonous gas now it just acted as a gag. There were safety protocols and somehow they were being overridden. The bit between her teeth got bigger and bigger it had created an air tight seal but was continuing to expand Ulora felt as if her jaw was going to dislocate when she could make no sound the mechanism fused not getting any bigger but not decreasing. A blast shield built into the helmet descended covering her eyes it was designed to protect against extreme sources of light so she could not be blinded but it was not releasing. The nerve interface with her armour was not working she couldn’t override it. Plugs pushed into her ears and expanded they were designed to defend against sonic attacks but now it meant that she could no longer hear. The Jedi ran a finger over the seam at the back of the helmet it seamed to disappear.

Ulora tried to free herself from her helmet it was to tight the release mechanism some how seamed to cease to exist. The helmet seamed to be getting tighter somehow. The padding inside it automatically adjusted it was being reprogrammed to expand. Ulora struggled but it was futile. The neck guard on her armour seemed to shift and change her head was forced back the collar got tighter the individual segments seemed to fuse together. She could no longer move her head from side to side it held her head back in a restricted extreme posture. She felt the shoulder guards on her armour shift change. They were moving her shoulders were thrust backwards. The chest piece on her armour was changing she could feel the plates bending under impossible forces. It was getting tighter around her body she started to panic, She could hardly breath it was so tight her waist was trapped in a vice like grip. Then her armour was fused rigid her spine arching back. The feet of her armour shifted the articulated ankle joints moved she felt her toes forced down she fell to the floor she could not stand as her feet were now forced into endpoint arches the joints of her armour permanently fused.

The gloves around her hands began to change the individual articulated plates began to fuse, she had less and less movement until her hands were useless mittens. The central reinforcing bar of her chest armour warped to form a loop just below her breasts. Her right arm was forced down tight across her chest through the central bar and around her waist , then her left arm was forced down across her chest and thought the loop she felt the force pull her arms tighter. Her body was being crushed by the force. then the ends of her mittened hands touched and fused she was trapped in an indescribably tight restraining prison. 

She thought it could not get any worse then her feet were pulled back further and further . She felt her muscles spasm and resist her legs were close to her mittened hands. then there was one final tug and her toes touched. There was a second and her boots were secured to her mittens she was effectively locked in a hogtie so tight her muscles were already begging for mercy, especially with the position she had already endured.

Her armour had been completely converted into a restraining punishing prison that would keep her helpless and at the mercy of the Jedi, she sobbed into her gag why could she not be frozen in carbonite that would be more merciful but she suspected that the Jedi planed to use this to help break her Sith training down to prove that the dark side was inferior to the light. within moments her sister was equally restrained they shared a bond through the force now nothing but fear and desperation flooded there minds.

The Jedi stood up and stretched his shoulders. He calmly looked at the crowds of onlookers there had been a spectacle, everyone had seen how the two sisters had thrown everything that they had at him with no effect at all. That news would get around far exaggerated his legend would spread further. It would tug on the fears of every Sith doubt in there hearts. Any Jedi that thought about leaving the order they to would pause. The two sisters levitated into the air behind him he started walking towards the space port at a leisurely pace.

Ten minutes later he arrived at a dented but serviceable small freighter. The door to the freighter opened with a wave of his hand. He stepped inside. The sisters fell to the floor. Cargo straps writhed around them pulling them in a harsh back to back position. The Jedi master looked at them. “I will petition the council to give you to me for retraining, restrained you will remain, from now on into the light I will lead you by collar if I must. or break you into small harmless whimpering pieces begging for there restraints to be loosened , that never will so you will harm no other I promise you.” The ships thrusters activated and it climbed out of the planets atmosphere.