Private Aftermath

[Eskk Jannik]

Chapter One: After the events of Need to Feed

It had been some time since the attack on his base on Bursoll Two. Eskk had overseen many of the repairs to the base, but those were well underway. Eskk was hungry, but he was hardly in the mood to hunt.

Eskk felt that if he had only been stronger in the force, he could've prevented the escape of Loreena Arenais and her accomplices. So Eskk was in a cantina looking for opportunities to get stronger.

He sat alone at a table without his imperial uniform on. Eskk wanted to be a civilian tonight. He still had his military ID on him, just in case. Eskk was slowly drinking some alcoholic beverage. It had a name, but Eskk didn't care to remember what it was.

While he drank Eskk surveyed the room. This particular cantina was renowned with the Imperial Loyalists. It was where the garrison had been deployed most often to break up bar fights.

There were many unsavory looking characters around the bar. Most of them were armed. Eskk's only weapon tonight was the Force. He had left his guns and lightsabers back in his quarters at the base.

There was a group of four rugged looking humanoids at a table near Eskk. They had been loudly revelling for most of the time that Eskk had been present. Their jovial moods were in stark contrast to Eskk's own mood. The apparent leader of the group was a Devaronian.

Eskk put one of his hands on the table inconspiciously. He waited until the Devaronian tried to take a swig of the ale he had. Then was reached out squeezing around his throat. The Devaronian immediately dropped his mug. It clattered to the floor spilling what was left of the contents.

The Devaronian's hands immediately went up to his throat. At first his comrades laughed and asked him questions such as, "first time drinking?" As well as, "did that go down the wrong tube?"

As Eskk held his concentration, his companions got worried. One of them moved behind him and started to stand him up. Then, he proceeded to wrap his arms around his friend and squeeze his sternum as if he was trying to dislodge something stuck in the Devaronian's throat.

Eskk began to get a slight headache. He released the force choke. The Devaronian fell to the ground wheezing. He had held the choke for seven seconds. Eskk took another swig of his alcohol and rested trying to recuperate some of his stamina while he looked around for another test subject.

 

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Eskk didnt get to rest or recuperate very long. A drunken Barabel came up to his table. "You're paying an awful lot of attention to the people here," it mention ed with a less the friendly tone of voice. "I think you're some kind of Imperial spy. I dont like spies. Maybe its best that you leave."

Eskk didnt respond to the Barabel. He simply picked up his drink and started to take another swig. The Barabel swiped at the mug, knocking it from his hand and across the room. "Didnt you hear me, it asked. "I said it's time for you to leave!"

Eskk moved quickly, placing one hand behind its head as he stood up. Then, before the Barabel could react, he slammed its face into the table causing it to stumble backwards a few steps. Three other beings, two humans and another Barabel, got out of a booth. One of the humans drew a vibroblade and came at Eskk, attempting to stab him.

Eskk caught the man's wrist as he came and redirected the blade away from his body. He then drove his knee into the man's gut, doubling him over. The Barabel that originally had bothered Eskk was coming at him now.

The Barabel had thrown a punch aimed at Eskk's facemask. Eskk ducked under the punch and put his arm across the Barabel's chest while simultaneously moving a foot behind his legs. With a single movement Eskk put the Barabel on his back.

As the second Barabel was running up to him, Eskk jumped and twisted. His foot collided with the second Barabel's face and that creature went down. The human he had kneed in the gut grabbed him from behind locking his arms down.

As he was grappled the second human was charging him. Eskk timed the human's approach. Just as he came within range, Eskk jumped up and planted both of his feet in the advancing human's chest. This caused Eskk and the human grappling him to fall backwards.

Eskk rolled away from his opponents, escaping the man's grapple and winding up under the table where he had been sitting before. The two Barabels and were getting up now and the human Eskk had kicked back before falling was running towards him again. Eskk lifted the table with the force and threw it towards three of his opponents. It hit the two Barabels and the human and knocked them back to the ground.

The Devaronian he had choked earlier drew a blaster and fired towards Eskk. He must have realised that Eskk had choked him with the force earlier. It was time for Eskk to go.

He ran out of the bar. The Devaronian and his four friends followed him. Three of them fired blasters at him as he ran. Fortunately they were all drunk and their aim was off. Eskk turned into an alleyway, then force lept upwards grabbing the edge of a rooftop and pulling himself up.

 

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Eskk wasnt running away, he was setting an ambush. The Devaronian and his four companions came into the alleyway shortly after Eskk had perched on the roof. There were five targets. All of them held blasters.

The targets slowly made there way down the alleyway, alert for any movement in the alleyway. None of them thought to look above. They were just about in position for Eskk to launch his attack when the group of Barabels and humans who had started the fight showed up.

Now there were nine targets in two seperate groups. "Hey," one of the Barabels said to the other group. "The man is ours to deal with." The group of Barabels and humans began to approach the Devaronian's group. Let them get closer, Eskk thought to himself as he gathered darkside force energy.

"No way," the Devaronian replied. "That nerfherder tried to kill me. Me and my crew are gonna show him why he shouldn't mess with strangers." A little closer Eskk willed the two groups. He was taking this as an oppurtunity to test out a new power he had learned from reviewing a holocron the Empire had in storage.

"We can assure you he won't bother another stranger ever again," the Barabel promised. "We're part of the Syndicate, these are our streets. What we say goes, so scram."

The Bursoll Crime Syndicate was a minor group of criminals here on Bursoll Two. The Eternal Empire mostly ignored their operation which focused almost exclusively on the smuggling of narcotics. Whenever they needed a positive headline though, they'd manage to find and bust one of their major dealers or one of their dens.

The two groups were only a few feet from eachother now. They looked like they were considering a stand off. Eskk decided they were close enough and it was time to strike. He jumped off the roof and landed right between the two groups. As he landed he dropped down and pounded his fist on the ground releasing a circular wave of darkside energy that he had been building up.

The Barabels, perhaps the only true warriors among Eskk's opponents, we're not stunned by his sudden appearance. They had immediately charged at him. So, they recieved the full force of the erupting force wave. As it surged outwards they were thrown backwards and the darkside energies tore into their bodies causing deep wounds.

The rest of Eskk's targets were simply thrown away from the Anzati. Eskk was impressed with the force abilities raw power. It was his first time using it, but it worked well. Eskk assumed that it was because of his familiarity with force telekinetics.

The fight was not over yet. Eskk was running towards the area where the five opponents with blasters had been thrown by his force wave. As he reached the first opponent, he was lifting his blaster in a sitting position to fire on Eskk. Eskk kicked the blaster back down and grabbed the man, hoisting him to his feet.

Other beings fired their blasters, striking the man Eskk had lifted three times. His body went limp and heavy. He was certainly dead. Eskk threw the body with a force push and sent it colliding into another one of the opponents. Then he took cover behind a trash receptacle in the alleyway.

 

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Eskk tried to push the trash receptacle. It was too heavy to manage with unaided physical ability. So he used the force to enhance his strength. Slowly it began to roll towards his enemies. They were still firing in his direction. He felt the vibrations of blaster bolts hitting the trash receptacle.

It offered little protection against the bolts. Every hit burned into the side of the receptacle and scarred the metal. Still Eskk advanced hoping the receptacle would hold up long enough for him to reach his targets.

Eskk was close enough now that he could see the head of one of them over the edge of the trash bin. It moved towards the bin and back out of site. Eskk's instincts told him he was being rushed. He stopped moving the bin and put his back against it.

One of his enemies came around from the left side and tried to level his gun on Eskk. Eskk moved quickly, with a jumping kick, he knocked the gun up into the air. He twisted in the air and delivered another kick to the man's face sending him staggering away from the gun.

As he landed the jump kick another man appeared on the opposite side. Eskk immediately dropped as he fired three shots. All of them had been roughly aimed towards where Eskk had been standing as he landed. One went wide anyways and Eskk felt the heat off the other two as they passed within centimeters of his body.

As Eskk dropped he spun on the ground and kicked. Knocking the man who had almost shot him off his feet and acquiring the blaster the other man had dropped in one swift motion. The one Eskk had tripped quickly sat up. Eskk fired before he could putting two blaster bolts in his chest.

The first man came and grabbed Eskk from behind. He was trying to drag him into the open. All the while he was shouting, "I got him. I got him. Come kill him!"

 

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Eskk drew the darkside into him. He let the power build inside as the two remaining men ran up on him. Once they were close enough Eskk released the energy. It eminated from him in a circle. The man grappeling him was torn to shreds by the raw power of his release. He collapsed, dead and bled before hit the ground. Eskk could feel his blood soaking the back of hos robes.

The other two were thrown back until they collided with a nearby wall. The collision occurred with enough force thatbit fractured their spines. Eskk felt drained by his use of the force. He needed to feed.

All the two beings could do was sit upon the ground and tremble in fear. Eskk approached slowly, he enjoyed building the suspense, but the slow approach was due to his level exhaustion.

He took a knee next to one of the men, his proboscis extended and he drained the man. Then, he drained the other. Just as he was finishing the brain on the second man a group of patrolling troopers came around the corner.

"You stop," they ordered him not knowing who he was. Eskk wasnt about to reveal himself. He wasnt about to fight them either. Eskk force jumped onto a roof top and used his elevated height to escape.

 

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Chapter two: After the Dominon of Zakuul.

Eskk woke up several hours after his battle with Kahlil Noble . He had missed his chance to feed on him as a result of being too weak. He was ferious in his failure.

More importantly, Eskk was starving. It was dark in the city now. Likely after curfew. The only people on the street would be Eternal Empire soldiers. Eskk would take what he could get at this point.

Kahlil had disrupted his original plan which was to cause an uprising as the empress Ingrid L'lerim had attempted to claim the planet through diplomacy. What a disgusting concept. Eskk had intended to act as she should have with oppressive might.

That was what formed Empires, diplomacy was supposed to be used later to keep them together. This was the first time that Eskk had thought the Empress unfit to lead and sought to correct her blunders.

Of course, he had failed as well on account of Kahlil. He would have to find a way to make up for that, but for now the objective was to feed and regain his strength.