Beware the Crystals of Blood

[Ultimatum]

Ultimatum tried to understand what was being said, she didn't make quite as much sense to him, but then he wasn't always the best with unique organic speech patterns. "So you just want to prove this world is Sith? Then go join their effort, instead of patronizing those that are not as far as you know against the Stih. You've proven your point, the Sith own the world or at least are taking over, what does that have to do with these people? The only one who is any threat that can easily be perceived is the Jedi below. So is your purpose here in anyway physically sanctioned by the Sith, or a personal motive?"

He tried to keep his argument logical, but this Sith was a little difficult to work with. She didn't seem to be taking him seriously, always falling back to talking to Zreame. He had the urge to end the problem now, however if she was Sith he could expect trouble more than he could handle, as such that thought was short lived. He couldn't understand why she wanted to prove this was a Sith world. If it were, then why would she have to prove it? Normally some Sith troops would handle that. If she were here to prove that Sith owned the world then why did she come here? She couldn't have known previously that Ultimatum was coming, she couldn't have known that Zreame would help Ultimatum. There were too many things that the Sith seemed to claim were connected and it struck Ultimatum as instead a mass of coincidences. He was interested in the Sith's true reasons for being here.

[member="Sawa Ike"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

The messages Zreame received through the force overwhelmed her a little and she rested her back against the door. "Wha?... how?" She sent back to both parties as she had no idea how she was doing it or how they did it to her to begin with. She relied on [member="Ultimatum"] to keep her safe in this situation after all he was the one of the most trustworthy individuals she had ever came across in her travels.

[member="Sawa Ike"] [member="Kha'ro"]

 

[Kha'ro Ottosuki]

Kha'ro realizes that [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] is not as familiar with the force as he. And so he sends, "Don't worry."

[member="Ultimatum"] [member="Sawa Ike"]

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"] [member="Kha'ro"]

Sawa listened to the droid and spoke. "Huh." She listened to the woman's voice while she remained there. Her hands touching the ground while she moved forward speaking. "The sith are a body with each piece working towards the end goal. A mine is below the notice of the Dark Lord. If it was there would be more here." She crept forward with her fingers feeling everything around. "Now come out, I could rip the doors opened or snap the cables and drop you. Then I'll simply satisfy my curiosity over her mangled corpse." She just stayed there while energy was building and going for the earth shaping. She could always seal them behind a wall of earth and shrug it off.

 

[Ultimatum]

"You wish to harm her. That is what I understand of your statements thus far. I will not allow harm to come to her so your curiosity will have to be satiated via another path. Maybe you could talk instead of threatening people?" He took a step closer to [member="Sawa Ike"] he had no ranged way of attacking the Sith, except throwing a crystal at her, not that he expected much to come of that. He hoped that the Sith only wanted to talk with Zreame, however he wasn't going to take the chance. He knew that under most circumstances being more apparently friendly tended to open up the ability to get closer to people than being outright hostile. Ultimatum wondered if the Sith had ever thought that way, or if she had, like so many others, simply assumed that she had a right to anything because she was supposed superior.

When he looked at his programming he found it a little amusing that he was protecting an organic to such a degree.This was the first time he had tried to hard to protect someone who wasn't an artificial. He wondered on this, was it because he felt that it was his duty as a sentient being to protect others from that which they had a much greater difficulty defending themselves? Might it be some instinct to protect the sentient species that created his own species, the former being organic and the latter artificial. He couldn't be certain.

[member="Kha'ro"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame held both hands around her head as she then couldn't take it much longer to be alone inside the elevator and opened the door, to see [member="Ultimatum"] and [member="Sawa Ike"] just outside the elevator doors. For some reason [member="Kha'ro"]'s message reassured her a little. She was dead tired and it showed on her facial expression as she supported herself against the doorway to the elevator.
"You... I heard you in my mind what did you mean... how did you even do that?" She then uttered her mind had turned foggy and she even had trouble to stand up properly but this woman or whatever she was had somehow spoke into her mind and a part of Zreame was curious about this strange attraction she had to the woman.

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"] [member="Kha'ro"]

"Or I could smash you head in and take her." She remained crouched there listening to the droid before turning her attention with a flicker of her eyes back towards Zreame. "It is called the force and I did it because I am able to use it. Much like you but not like the machine." She let her eyes remain on the girl while crouching and moving slowly across the ground with muscles moving under the bodysuit. "You are tired and weak, you need something to boost your spirits and I can provide that. Much better then the jedi below who would seek to exploit you in secret." She smiled softly exposing her incisors as there was two points flicking into place like a snakes fangs. "I'll at least be honest and say I want to take you and make that font of power within you my chalice." She moved forward rising up while offering her hand. "And after five thousand years my sweet I know how to drink deep." She sent the force, not into the girls head but into her words to make them physical, to give each one the sensation of fur along the skin and something fattening with how sweet they were.

 

[Ultimatum]

Ultimatum did not respond to the threat, he wondered instead if the Sith could actually do that. Of course, the loss of his head would not stop him, it had only a few of his working pieces and its loss would only hinder him. He was almost ready to attack the woman again, she was simply not listening to him. Being one minded was a foolish thing in Ultimatum's mind, it led to not being focused on those around you. Based on her sudden change in words, compared to her previous statements and her current posture, Ultimatum assumed that the Sith was attempting to trick Zreame. He stepped closer to Zreame, close enough that if and when the Sith tried anything within reaching distance Ultimatum could react instantly in necessary kind. He waited, wanting to see how both would respond to each other. He would defend Zreame, even if it meant snapping the Sith's neck in a moment, which was completely possible, though very much not preferred.

[member="Sawa Ike"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"]

 

[Kha'ro Ottosuki]

Kha'ro delves deeper into the force and focuses to see a blurry image of what is going on. Noticing Shojo, he begins to understand the tailed one's slight fear. If Shojo could morph the earth, then she could cause the droid and tailed one a lot of trouble. Kha'ro continued meditating to focus his force abilities, enhance them if he needed to use them.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"] [member="Sawa Ike"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame showed that she had little understanding of what [member="Sawa Ike"] was talking about but she felt a little reassured over how close [member="Ultimatum"] was to her. His postured seemed to indicate to her at least he was intending to protect her which made her feel quite safe... or rather a little safer than she was. "What are you talking about? What font of power? You make it sound like both of you will exploit me in your own way." She had no real clue what the force was, mostly because her use of it was on pure instinct and need.

[member="Kha'ro"]

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kha'ro"] [member="Ultimatum"]

"That is because I do." She remained there and flicked her finger less as a threat and more to let the droid see the earth shaping. Hopefully understand while she made several lines in the stone like a claw mark. She kept her attention back in the girl while speaking and feeling. "Silly little jedi, always trying to go int places they are not welcomed." She would let him understand her powers if he wanted and her as she sent a memory towards the padawan. One of herself trapped in her own coffin as the wriggling of bone worms around her in the earth came for centuries. She gave the smile again before speaking. "I plan to drink of you, I plan to make your want to be taught so you'll become stronger and skilled. Then all the while I can feast." She gave a shrug for a moment finally breaking that near statue movement more then a flicker. "It is more enjoyable then what the padawan would do, drag you before his masters like a prize. The newest exotic initiate they can induct into their cult. At least I'll never lie to you about my intentions towards you and the freedom of the dark lord is autonomy until he demands his pound of flesh."

 

[Ultimatum]

Ultimatum stepped further towards Zreame, however once he was close enough he flicked the switch on the lift, making it head back to the bottom floor of the mines. He didn't expect much to come of it, he was just trying to get the protocol droid to keep up, he had forgotten how slow those droids were. He wanted it for its uniqueness, it was now its own entity and therefore worth saving in Ultimatum's mind.

[member="Sawa Ike"]'s statements were lost to Ultimatum, he read lies throughout and saw only danger in her continual mentioning of feasting or eating. That, that was a definite indication towards the energy vampire, along with her supposedly long life. Of course, the Sith had to know that her life was finite, it had a beginning and an end as with all. A popular fictional belief about the energy vampires was that they had eternal life unless slain. Information on the species said otherwise and Ultimatum was not one to quickly believe popular conjecture. He wondered if the Sith had even thought about the fact that she could be bringing her life closer and closer to death, actually, when Ultimatum thought about it, death was a very unpredictable thing, it could happen at a moments notice. Right now, a small shard of metal could break off of a starship entering the atmosphere and strike anyone of them, no one would be able to foresee that and for good reason, the possibility of that happening were insignificantly small. But then, what also could happen is a sniper might see them and shoot all three before they even realized what was going on, again the possibility was low enough to make it negligible of a threat. The fact was, this Sith seemed content to believe in her own life and the fact that she expects to live forever, where no evidence was shown to prove this. He wondered if she had ever thought about that.

Ultimatum had. He had spent a number of hours thinking through his possible and probably eventual demise. He wondered how it would be done. A complete wipe of the HoloNet? Accident or intentional? A search for every bit of his programming? Why? He couldn't answer any one of those, not until there was more definite information to back up the concepts.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Kha'ro"]

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame stepped closer to [member="Ultimatum"] and looked at [member="Sawa Ike"] with a defiant expression, or at least as defiant as she could make it. "Your not drinking of me or whatever it is you do!" She then said as she slowly tried to draw her swords but was so tired she only managed to make a threatening gesture towards the energy vampire.
Too many thoughts were running through her head, she knew what the force was but her use of it was instinctual and she did know her entire race was pretty much force sensitive to a degree, with varying degrees from individual to individual. Her mother had been strong and used it to move things around in the forge with her mind while she worked but she had died before being able to teach Zreame anything really concrete about the force so part of her always wanted to learn more about it and Sawa was the first powerful force user she had come across and she was willing to teach her how to use it. On the other hand Sawa also seemed to look at Zreame as food so that was a bit of a problem for the Cernun.
Her internal conflict would soon show on her expression as she looked from Sawa towards Ultimatum and then back again.

[member="Kha'ro"]

 

[Kha'ro Ottosuki]

Kha'ro sends another quick message to the tailed one, "Sith called Shojo is dangerous!" He knew Shojo could quickly morph the ground in a way to crush them all if they didn't expect it. They had to be careful. Suddenly, Kha'ro was freaked out by Shojo's memory she sent him. He knew who sent it, there was only one who would do so. He presses a button to bring the elevator down, when it came down he would go in.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"] [member="Sawa Ike"]

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Kha'ro"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"]

She remained there, listening to the woman and raising her hand while she spoke. "Ow hurtful." She kept her hand extended though while feeling what was coming from below and shifted the earth. The floor lightning up in a small circle and beam of light while she was speaking with the small gust of air as she pulled at it to come through. "You make it sound so... so crude, if I cared enough to try I could splay you out, assault your mind until you believed it was filled with your mothers feces... but instead I have chosen to talk. To sully my hands and converse using this primitive form even all for your benefit."

Sawa didn't need to move from her spot, she was rooted to the earth around her and there was air she could excite. She remained almost like a statue but there was a predatory tension to her frame where she was looking to strike faster then most would think towards the thing coming up in the lift. "I'd step away from that, the padawan coming up seeks to be a thorn in my side and while he reeks of grease and fattening foods his motivations at the least I can see. Here because blood diamonds are useful for weapons and he might seek to deny even a few to the sith. As for you two there are easier ways.. less fun but easier and it doesn't run the risk of a shaper dropping a mountainwhile she leans back in a seat looking at the gooey girl paste."

 

[Ultimatum]

Ultimatum was a droid, as such he was supposed to be incapable of feeling sick or queasy or any of those other painful feelings that organics had. Even so, Ultimatum felt as if he could hack up mechanical bits from the Sith's statements. Acting all high and mighty where just before she had been asking welcoming to talk, she claimed that it was her stepping down to be equals. Ultimatum didn't buy it, he believed that the Sith was simply trying to play at different emotions to try and get her way. He did not fear her, for she could not truly harm him in any way that would permanently inhibit him. He was concerned for Zreame, he didn't want to leave her behind, especially to the Sith.

He did know when to use the circumstances to his advantage, the lift had led to a relatively small cave that was only a few meters long, the beginning of dawn could be seen in the redness of the skies outside. He guided [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] away from the elevator, at the same time skirting around [member="Sawa Ike"] so that the distance to escape was short and little blocked their escape. Further, if in fact the people had still been searching then it was likely that they had begun a search within the mines, if they were strategically sound they would also come here to block off any attempt to escape. For now though there was no one in sight and it would probably be awhile before any people came.

As [member="Kha'ro"] stepped into the lift, the droid that was under Ultimatum's control stepped on as well. It seemed to be working through its own programs and was having difficulty with speech and other such, making it unlikely that it would respond to outside stimulus beyond the unbreakable commands of Ultimatum's HoloNet program.

 

[Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha]

Zreame followed [member="Ultimatum"] as he skirted around [member="Sawa Ike"] and if he had been wearing something she'd probably be gripping the fabric of his clothes right about now. "I don't want to be eaten so... just leave me alone." She then said as she had trouble standing up. "[sub]call the speeder[/sub]" She whispered to Ultimatum as she looked behind them and saw the light from the entrance into the mine shaft.
As much as Zreame wanted to learn how to use the force she had no intention on being a portable lunchbox and she steeled her mind as she glared at Sawa. "I'm not going to be your food."

[member="Kha'ro"]

 

[Kha'ro Ottosuki]

Kha'ro looks at Shojo and says, "Look, just let them go, let everyone leave without trouble. We have no damn quarrel with you." He just wants to leave and get it all over and done with. He would let the fact that she was a sith pass since she was obviously more powerful than him.

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"] [member="Sawa Ike"]

 

[Sawa Ike]

[member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] "Well I can't force you." She was watching her and the droid [member="Ultimatum"] leave before hearing the jedi speak behind her. Turning while she was walking to be backwards and going towards the exit. "Do... do you even hear yourself? The only one making a chance for trouble is you. When I smash your face in to stop the sounds it makes." She brushed some of the dirt off before stomping to raise a wall between herself and the padawan to block at least his exit while she continued towards speaking "You human... on the other end of this thing." There was silence for a moment but then a voice came. "Ye.... yes are you ready for us?" Sawa flicked her eyes at the droid but still walked. "Yes, the mines have a jedi in them nothing else. He is like you an idiot, wait until I am on the ship and allow the Prudeii to enter. Should take no more then eight minutes yes?" There was silence again and the sectors Prudeii confirmed while Sawa continued forward holding the pouch. "Yes we'll move in to handle resistance and what of your task for the sisterhood?" Now a smile while she was holding the pouch. "Successful, I look forward to seeing your master again." She continued outside and raised a hand over her eyes while going towards the ship touching down with the sisterhoods soldiers adorned in black rose armor.

 

[Kha'ro Ottosuki]

I am guessing that's the siths way of saying good riddance, same here, heh. I guess I have to get out of here somehow. I can't get the anger of the sith out of my mind though, or at least frustration. This was only the third sith Kha'ro had ever seen and the others had shown pure hatred but this one sounded like it was just frustration. Whatever, I had better get outta here, I suppose I'll try to turn myself in, if the investigators are good, I can leave in about a week. Although maybe I should think more carefully, I need to make sure I don't seem like a threat... I'll try and calm them with the force.

Kha'ro went to a security guy with his hands up and began talking, making small hand movements, "I wish to be taken in for investigation, I want no trouble.

[member="Sawa Ike"] [member="Zreame Ithrac Zeibitha"] [member="Ultimatum"]