In the search of a relic

[Zef Halo]

Einarr had found a clue of a certain Sith Holocron dating centuries back which had been lost in time. Or so it was believed. The clue was that it had been used as a decoration of a Coruscani underworld boss' desk to demonstrate his power and influence over the Coruscani underlevels. Such a source of power and knowledge could not be left at the hands of a mere crime lord who believed it to be a fancy, mystical object would further express his power when people would visit his 'office'.

The Valkyri was glad that the crimelord was stupid enough not to sell the holocron for a massive sum of credits which would've thrown Einarr into a long path of trying to find that relic. That would've hindered his chances massively of ever finding it and retrieving it. Now, he walked amongst the residents of Coruscant's dangerous underlevels towards the establishment that belonged to the crimelord. The closer he became, the more grunts of the crime lord he could see freely wielding their blasters.

Time to clean the filth...

 

[Zef Halo]

Using the Force to enhance his jumps, Einarr bumped from one wall to the other until he reached the roof of the designated building. His plan was simple, get in from the roof within the crime lord's establishment where supposedly was his office located while his men - Warscream's Nine would wreck havoc and distract the many enforcers from Einarr's clandestine mission. He believed that the crime lord would possibly attempt to exit if it became too 'hot' inside and the Valkyr would meet him midway, taking the holocron from him. Waving his right hand slowly, the locked door on the roof slid away and made way for the Sith acolyte. The Valkyr entered a lit staircase that went down in a spiral on a floor beneath which was not where the entertaining part of the establishment was. That part was somewhere on the ground floor which seemed like three floors below.

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Nine Valkyri Walk in a Bar...​

Warscream's Nine stood behind each other in an alley and overlooked the entrance of the neon-lit bar which had three guards in front, armed quite well for bouncers and one standing aside talking with someone on his comlink.

"Man, I hate this technology poodoo, feels weird." Hakon observed as he looked up and down on his phrik-plated armor. "Einarr better be right on this brick material we stole, saying it is indestructible."

"You mean phrik, Hakon. And yes, it sort of is. I tried chopping it with my vibro-ax and it appeared to dull my blade rather than it taking any damage." Gunnar clarified

"I don't unders-" Floki began

"Shut it, kids." Hakon's commanding voice was heard as he kept peeking from the corner of the building looking at the guards. "We wait for that prey to finish his damn talk and we attack. Got your weapons loaded?"

"Aye, I think they will shoot when I pull the trigger, no?" Arne said slightly confused.

"Aye, it should. Look, you just unlock this pin and-" Bjorn began explaining to Arne and instructing him when Arne accidentally pulled the trigger, and the gun fired on the ground.

"IDIOTS." Hakon screamed in a whisper, mentally facepalming, as he came back from peeking. "By Odiir's beard, how STUPID can you be?! Urgh, kark it. Attack before they decide to signal someone."

"You sure they heard it?" Hakon asked honestly.

"What do you think, poodoo-for-brains? Probably even the damn Dawnbringer heard it on Midvinter. Attack NOW!"

The Nine lunged forward in the open spraying the enemies with blaster and slug fire from their ACS-205 Dual Weapon Systems. For such a technologically inferior warband, the Valkyri were grasping it quite fast. It had to do with the fact that as warriors, weapons of whatever kind were easier to adapt to than using a...comlink.

 

[Zef Halo]

Einarr took on down the staircase, his Sith axe in his hand, the Force engulfing his senses to sharpen them as he proceeded on his quest to retrieve such a source of knowledge and power. Silence filled the place apart from the background noise of the establishment's music and the patrons' loud conversations. Apparently, the Free Valkyri had yet to make their noisy entrance into the establishment. A wolfish grin was painted on his face as he imaged the nine Valkyri figuring out how to use such advanced technology while trying to kill people with it. He imagined they'd simply use their rifles as blunt weapons rather than ranged weapons.

The acolyte was making his way through the last floor's corridor, his senses enhanced by the Force and checking for himself various doors which were simply currently vacated. Some were bedrooms, others were empty saloon, others were used as warehouses. Einarr moved on forward when the sound of blaster fire beneath slightly startled him... They'd finally come in.

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"So what do we say when we enter?" Floki asked the group as they had crowded the front doors after disposing of the bodies of the dead security enforcers.

"Suck it, karkersssss" Hakon suggested

"More like. From Midvinter, with love." Gunnar said

"No, I'd say-"

"Do you ever shut the kark up ? Yes ? Good. We storm in and take no hostages. Simple." Hjalmar came in with his authority again. "Arne, you and Bjarne got that blastercannon ready to rumble?"

"Yes, Hjalmar. We've tested it once before and it's crazy. Bjarne's carrying that pack, I am gonna be firing. I won on rock-paper-scissors, decisively."

The chief of the Valkyrian warband facepalmed and sighed at the same time. How did Einarr handpick those men as the best for his endeavors?

"Let's go." Hjalmar ordered as the doors slid open and one by one the Valkyri went in as common patrons, while Arne and Bjarne were last and covered by the emerging figures of the Valkyri. Eyes turned to them and the atmosphere became thick of worry.

"Hello, hello." Hjalmar waved his hand with a smile on his face. "May I present you - the Free Valkyri."

By the time he had finished his sentence, Arne and Bjarne had appeared on a perfect position while the rest were at their sides.

"Say hello to our little friend."​

 

[Zef Halo]

The chaos that had erupted below had some patrons storming out of the establishment through its backdoor as far as Einarr could see. New men entered to bolster the ranks that were possibly being thinned out by the Valkyri. His men were doing the right job. It was time for him to do his.
A door opened on his left revealing two men with rifles that were quite surprised by the stalking acolyte. Before they could take aim and shoot his axe had stuck itself into one's chest while utilizing the Force, he stunned the other, rooting him in one place. Einarr then gave him a mercyful death with his axe.

Peaking into the room these men came from, he felt the stench of spices being smoked while the room being completely empty now. He had to go on further and find where this crime lord's office was. Luck was on his side as a short, rounded man popped out of a door a dozen feet from him answering to the crime lord's description.


--

What the blastercannon did surprised the Valkyri pleasantly as they witnessed the death of so many foes in the time spam of a few moments. Arne, the Valkyr who used it had a massive grin on his face as his finger could not leave the trigger.

"Stop, Arne. They're all dead." Hjalmarr raised his hand to order him to halt but Arne was obsessed with obliterating the whole place to dust. "I SAID STOP."

With Hjalmarr's order booming through the bar-turned-cemetary, Arne stopped firing and let out a victorious roar showing how happy he was.
"This technology stuff ain't that bad at all." He commented watching his 'masterpiece'.

"More incoming from the backdoor!" Gunnar yelled as blaster fire rained upon the Valkyri aiming a few including Arne who immediately started greeting the newcomers with his blastercannon succesfully pinning them down for cover. Those that found fragile cover were unlucky as the heavy blastercannon pierced through it and into them.

"Ok, don't KARKING stop till that thing is done." Hjalmarr commanded which made Arne the happiest person alive despite the sweat that flooded him due to the two wounds striking him into his chest and shoulder. He was determined to destroy the whole place.

 

[Zef Halo]

Einarr did not think too much to throw his axe towards the crime lord, the axe itself enhanced by the Force not only speed-wise but he applied what he had been training - Force Weapon. He wanted it to emit a Force Pull through it, using it as a conductor to pull the man into the axe. All was going well when suddenly at the last moment the weapon was parried by a stick that emitted purple sparks from its end. The wielder - a droid. A droid almost as tall as the Valkyr. The acolyte quickly took back his axe with the Force and looked at the short snickering man and the droid.

"Well, well, Sith. If you'd think you'd come here so easily for my relic, you'd just come in for a suprise. Droid, kill him." The man snickered as the droid launched itself forward, its long feet shortening the distance between it and the Sith at a mesmerising pace.

"You'd be surprised how slow your head will leave your shoulders." Einarr stated with his wolfish grin as he prepared for the droid's onslaught of slashes and thrusts at him.

Time to fight...


--

The Valkyri looked around the place with their helmets analysing the place seeing no one was coming out of nowhere. The blastercannon's power pack had been fully used succesfully by Arne as nothing stood between them anymore.

"That's it?" Floki asked confused.

"Seems like it." Hakon replied

"Well, that was quick." Bjarne commented. The atmosphere had become full of confusion and silence.

"I'd say we drink their drinks, Einarr did not say what to do after we'd dealt with them. He'd probably come back here when he's done." Gunnar suggested.

"Ok, who is buying?" Floki asked stupidly and even the dead stared at him with a look saying 'man, how stupid this guy is?'

 

[Zef Halo]

The droid furiously attacked with quick slashes and thrusts at the acolyte, while the short crime lord watched snickering from behind. The droid was truly fast and made it hard for the Valkyr to use the Force correctly or risked getting slashed mortally by the droid to who Einarr was losing his ground in these tight quarters. He would soon reach a point where he'd be stuck in a dead end and then nothing could save him, realizing that, anger began dripping into his bloodstream. The fire of the dark side of the Force began burning stronger and stronger as the anger was acting as a fuel to that flame.

He remembered his lessons with Force weapon and how he had been able to channel the Ionize technique through the pebbles he had thrown at the assassin droid Murdercorpse. The Valkyr focused more and more but only his weapon was engulfed with the Force weapon technique. His failures increased the anger fueling more the dark side of the Force. Einarr had to act fast as the dead end approached...

 

[Zef Halo]

The more Einarr approached the dead, the more angry and the less focused he was becoming. The droid was very aggressive and was not even allowing for the large and fast Valkyr to take a breather. It was a highly capable droid and its indestructible material its staff was made from hindered the Valkyr's attempts to slice it into two. Slowly, he was running out of time as the dark side of the Force engulfed him more and more until his focus had left him leaving the droid to spin and strike the Valkyr electrocuting him and leaving a burning wound in his chest. The acolyte backed off quickly grinding his teeth and realized he had reached the dead end.

The droid immediately recognized the advantage it had to finish off its opponent while the crime lord's smirk had turned into a booming laughter. Yet, neither the droid nor the crime lord knew the power of the Force. They did not know its extent and its reach. Both infinite as they would learn now. Einarr lunged his free left hand forward and a purple lightning was manifested from it striking the droid directly. The droid immediately froze and sparks coming out of it indicated its malfunction when it suddenly fell down shut down and possibly needing extensive repair afterwards.

The crime lord had lost his grin...

 

[Zef Halo]

The Sith acolyte panted as he looked at the crime lord's terrified face. The Valkyr's typical wolfish smirk was once again recreated on his face, he knew that the crime lord had no more cards to play against him and that his death was at hand. Yet, the crime boss would not surrender as he entered back from where he came from in a hurry. Einarr would not let him escape by any means, thus he dashed forward with the Force enhancing his speed reaching the door which the crime lord had just went through in mere seconds. What he saw next was the crime lord jumping onto a speeder that awaited him next to his office's window.

Einarr tapped into his senses in the Force to locate whether the crime lord might have tried to trick him to follow him while the holocron might have been left somewhere in his office. Yet, despite his meager sense in the Force, the Valkyr was too close to the holocron itself to locate it. It was with the crime lord who had just hit the thrusts on his speeder. Seeing his possible failure, Einarr was engulfed with the Force as he enhanced his speed once again, this time so much time seemed to fly slower while his first step left a hole in the steel ground. Lunging from the window with a Force enhanced jump, Einarr flew towards the blue speeder that seemed to be too far for him to reach it.

The Force was beyond distance...

...he clutched his arm to the speeder's side...

 

[Zef Halo]

Einarr clutched hard at the side of the speeder that was increasing drastically its speed while doing sharp maneuvers to let him loose. The Valkyr held, the Force enhancing his strength so he could grip the speeder as hard as possible. Slowly gathering the Force within, he waited for the moment the speeder held a more a straight course of moving so he could jump on board.

Wait...

Wait...

NOW!

The Sith pulled himself and landed in the tight quarters of the speeder. He did not think twice to slam his fist in the man's head, his fist enhanced with the Force fell onto the man's head with such power it immediately knocked him out but the situation turned to worse as the crime lord lost the controls of the speeder and it flipped upside down sending both men falling freely from it.

Midair, Einarr focused on his goal rather than the eventual impeding death of his. The Force would save him. He sensed the holocron in one of the crime lord's pocket, clutching it with the Force Einarr pulled it out and it landed in his hands.

Now to the second most important thing... not dying.

He looked at the seemingly endless flight till the ground, that helped him regain a bit more composure as it meant he had more time to figure it out. Looking at the infinite vehicles flying through the airways, Einarr focused on a certain red one that would soon be somewhere below him.

Grip.

The Valkyr lunged his hands forward as the dark side surged through him due to his desire to live.


The speeder finally froze at the right time...

 

[Zef Halo]

A few days later...

Einarr sat down on the steel ground of a desolate training are in the Sith Academy of Glee Anselm, channeling through the Force. The recently acquired holocron of Darth Talon was put on the ground across him and he was attempting to unlock it. He sought its knowledge greatly. Einarr had read a lot about Darth Talon and her exploits. An exceptionally talented Sith from the times of Darth Krayt's One Sith. She had been quite excellent in combat and what he had learned about her seemed to corellate with his preferred style of combat.

Attempting to tap through the holocron, Einarr found nearly indestructible barriers through the Force that would not let him through. Slowly anger dripped into his veins reinforcing his connection with the dark side of the Force. Draining himself massively with the attempts to penetrate through, Einarr became more ambitious and reckless. Until he heard a click...


::Enough before you kill yourself...fool.::