The Master [Romeo Sin]

[Darren Onyx]

Hoth was a planet used commonly for hidden bases. A hidden academy built for Dark Jedi wasn't too uncommon in retrospect. It's why Onyx, who was in his usual dark robe, though his mask missing, was able to find it so easy. He had heard Romeo, his former apprentice and now enemy, had built a place for Dark Jedi to train and learn the ways of the force. Dark Jedi wasn't something Onyx considered normal; there was dark and light, the in-between being the grey. Perhaps they, those who referred to themselves as Dark Jedi that is, saw themselves as upholding the morals of a Jedi but carrying the power of a Sith.

It still didn't make sense, at least to Onyx. He had seen both sides, he had been both a Jedi Master and Sith Lord. He knew the power both held and felt both were held back by their own faults. He chose to be the grey because it made sense, it was the only free choice.

As he pushed uphill and through the wind, he kept his eyes fixed before him. His face was scared more than usual; in recent months his cybernetics began to fail and resulted in more deformed face. Personally he didn't mind, there was, after all, a point where he was covered in third degree burns. This wasn't the worst look he had donned. His cloak was ripped up, and his dark red Mandalorian armor had plasma burns, as well as dents from sabers and lasers, plotted around it. His hair, it seemed, had finally greyed out all blonde he once had. Between the weathered armor and injured face, Onyx could pass as a much older man than he really was; looking to be in his mid-fifties rather than his real age of thirty-eight.

He could sense other force users as he neared the top of the large hill. He didn't need to search far to know Romeo was here, he could feel his former apprentice with ease. As he reached the top of the hill he could see the large academy, well tucked into the valley below. Onyx smirked and closed his eyes, stretching his mind to search for Romeo. As he could hear, as well as feel, the many cybernetic parts within his fake drafted skin crawl. After only a moment of searching he broke his concentration and opened his eyes. He grabbed his chest in pain and groaned slightly.

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[The Red of Sinner]

The academy, busy with movement of student, and teachers had a hushed tone to it today, as if everyone knew something Romeo didn't, and they didn't want him to know. His white battle robes swished around him in his gait, slow, but cautious. The mask he wore gave him readings of what was going outside the academy on an hourly basis, the turrets would destroy anything coming upon the academy that had no business doing so.

Somewhere out there, Solan that him a leader of a group. He had no idea the academy was here, nor would he ever find out.

His white hair was pulled back, to let the mask fit comfortably, while black eyes were hidden behind the visor. His changes were great, and bizarre, thus was his blood heritage. The curse he had to bare with his shoulders alone.

He stopped, closed his eyes and reached out with the Force. He hadn't done so in a long time. As he reached out, lurking for...anything really, his eyes opened wide.

"He has returned." Romeo whispered to himself.

With saber in check, a very special weapon he crafted himself, he ran to the large doors to the front of the academy. There he would wait.

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[Darren Onyx]

After a moment of breathing, Onyx let his chest go. He could feel the pieces within him close in whenever he used the force. It caused great pain, though he could push through that. What worried him was the moment they truly failed, the moment they collapsed in. But he shook his head and moved forward, trekking through the snow and down the hill towards the academy. As he neared the bottom he truly sensed Romeo, just beyond the large doors not far from him. He walked towards them, the wind dying as he entered the shadow of the large structure.

Walking over calmly he raised his fist and knocked on the doors, causing an echo in the canyon. For a brief moment it seemed time was frozen, the snow around him stopped falling and the only movement came from the air leaving his lips and the sound of the two massive doors sliding open. As Romeo came into view Onyx raised his head slightly, as to look down on his former. "Remember me?" Onyx started to pace around his former apprentice, his hands behind his back and the sinister grin still on his face. "You didn't think you could hide from me forever did you?"

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[The Red of Sinner]

The presence became stronger the closer his old master came closer, though he felt...broken in some form. It confused Romeo, last he had saw Onyx, he was fine...a bastard, but fine.

The man had decapitated his brother, though little did he care for his brother, taunted him, then disappeared. Romeo was devoid of his revenge, and showing his master how just how much stronger Romeo had become.

The knocked echoed out, those who noticed Romeo running followed, and were shocked by the sudden knock. With the doors opening, there stood the man whom Romeo had looked up to, wanted to kill, and still found the Onyx fascinating all the same time.

His voice rung deep in his skull, it shattered reality, and made him wonder just what was going on with the deformed man.

"Master." Romeo spoke softly. Onyx would probably notice the robes had been designed with his master and descendants in mind, Revan.

He closed the doors behind him, leaving just Romeo, and Onyx.

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[Darren Onyx]

Onyx was slightly surprised he refereed to him as master. The two never saw eye to eye after their time together ended so he found it odd he still called him that. Then again Romeo was just as sarcastic as Onyx was, so it wasn't too shocking in hindsight. Onyx stopped as he paced back to where he entered. His hands were still behind his back, his eyes were lazy and his breathing steady. "Wonderful place you have," Onyx said mockingly as he examined the hall they stood in. "If I knew building something so obvious was this easy I would've built my own academy years ago."

He looked back down at Sin and gave a warm, yet dark, smile. "You've done well for yourself my apprentice." Onyx emphasized the word. He knew very well that Romeo was a powerful combatant, one that Onyx helped mold. He knew he was as strong as him, and a fight would result in a stalemate. However he used the word still, apprentice. Mocking him. Making him feel small compared to Onyx. Though he knew that the chances of that were slim. Still, he used it anyways for the fun of it. "However the master has returned."

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[The Red of Sinner]

Romeo took in a breath, and placed his hands behind his back as the man spoke, mocking him at every turn. This was once a training session, letting his anger get to him, learning how to control one's reactions. The old master was at it again. Still, something about this rare chance that could only be because of the Force told Romeo this was going to make his day.

Onyx could mock all he wanted, but Romeo was much more mature now, and though at one point, Onyx would have wiped the floor with his apprentice, this was no longer the case.

"Then you should have made one. Many people would have benefited from it." Romeo said softly. He straightened up some. Romeo was no one's apprentice anymore. He was a master of the darkside, people feared him, loathed him, and wanted to be him.

"No, sadly you are mistaken. The master has been here the whole time Lord Onyx. What stands before me is a man with too much power, and no more ambition." He said sternly, and with passion.

"If you came to kill me, like you did my brother. You will soon learn it is no easy task. Many before you have tried, many of them have failed." He smiled behind the mask. "I know now what death is. I have tasted it, bathed in it. Then I returned, just like you once did. Taking violence against me is will not fare well for you Onyx."

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[Darren Onyx]

He couldn't help but let a few chuckles out as Romeo retorted back. He straightened himself up and listened to what he had to say. Onyx gritted his teeth in slight anger as he was accused of having no more ambition, which was true only to an extent. But he held firmly, refusing to show any sign of weakness. He raised a brow as Romeo warned him against violence. He shook his head and smirked. "You say you have faced death. But I am death."

Onyx calmly reached onto his belt and grabbed his two lightsabers firmly before activating them, blue and red as usual. He rotated his head on his shoulders, cracking his neck and causing a small spark flicker from the machine within him. "I will fight," he informed him. "However this isn't why I came. I came to ask for help," he nodded at him, hoping he would believe him. "However if you wish to fight first..."

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[The Red of Sinner]

Romeo smirked, he knew it that this man came for his help, once again. Romeo knew he was a reliable person, and this was what made people keep coming back to him.

"Earn my help. Show me you have not lost that command of power I once looked up to."

With this, a snap his activated, and an ashen grey blade of Romeo's lightsaber was in front of Romeo. He got in his Juyo stance, and waited for the man he once called master to prepare himself.

"Come, Great Onyx, last of the Revanchist. Let me show you something new."

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[Darren Onyx]

Onyx slowly started pacing around him, never breaking his eye contact. He grew angry at the mention of Revan. True, he did worship his ancestor and knew he lived on through his blood. However Onyx was tired of those around him seeing him as a 'Revanchist'. Onyx was here to start his own legacy, to create something bigger than Revan ever was. As Onyx thought about this he gripped his sabers tightly.

Throwing his blue saber forward and down towards Romeo's head, he kept the red one back to block any counter attacks his opponent would throw back. As he stepped into his attack he shook his head quickly. "Revan is gone. My legacy begins now."

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[The Red of Sinner]

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Romeo stood firm as the man attacked with two saber, red and blue, throwing one down at Romeo's head he stepped into his next attack. Romeo scoffed. "Then what legacy are you leaving behind master?" Romeo replied as he lifted his saber up to block the first attack, switched on the cells that coated the hilt, and watched as the two were engulfed in absolute darkness.

Tell me, Onyx, are you afraid of the dark? Are you afraid to lose yourself to it?

Romeo was now speaking telepathically to his former master. Fear was a weapon best used with special effects.

Are you sure you're even alive right now?

Your dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead ,dead ,dead, dead, dead/

The words ranged out in a echo that would shut out all other noise but Romeo;s voice in Onyx'a head.

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[Darren Onyx]

Onyx was surprised as his vision darkened and the two became cloaked in the darkness. But as Romeo spoke to him he just laughed. "Fear is a powerful agent against the uninitiated," he calmly replied as he started walking towards Romeo, sabers still light and ready to strike. "But we are initiated aren't we?"

He began launching fast and quick strikes at Romeo, relentless and deadly with each strike intended to kill. "I am the darkness!"

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[The Red of Sinner]

Side stepping when he could, bringing his own saber up to block whenever it deemed right, Romeo had long since been forged in the ways of violence and battle. If his mind tricks did not work, he would simply pull something else from his sleeve. He hopped back from his attacker, and turned his saber off, along with the cells that bent light to it's will.

"Darkness you maybe, but I am pain."

Romeo attacked his mind again, this time with the feeling of one being burned alive, something Romeo knew too well. He increased the effects with conjured fire, encircling it around Onyx.

"Burn, let the fires end your darkness."

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[Darren Onyx]

Onyx deactivated his sabers and quickly raised his hands to block his face. Chuckling he reached into his cloak and pulled out a large metal helmet and put it on, then quickly reaching over he lifted his hood. "I am Onyx reborn," he yelled through the mask, "And before me you are nothing."

Onyx gathered himself and threw his arms outward, releasing a massive surge of energy in the form of a force push. The ring of fire extinguished around him, as did any remaining darkness. Almost a split second after he fell forward, his hand grasping his chest. Coughing up some blood he threw the helmet aside and spat onto the floor. He could again feel his body shift inside him, causing him to curse slightly. He got onto a knee and looked at Romeo for a moment before lowering his head again.

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[The Red of Sinner]

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It appeared he was still a powerhouse to the end, the force blasted Romeo back, smashing him into his own wall. He slid down the wall, and landed on his two feet. His body hurt, but he wasnt out for the count, not yet. Romeo stopped, and looked at the man before him, Onyx.
"Similar words were once spoken, Onyx. Do not make the same mistakes as Revan. Insanity is something far worse than death." He stepped up to the man, face to tace. "I do not bow to you anymore, you are not my master, but...I will assist you in anyways I can." He placed his hand out to be shaken. "It is...good to see you again Lord Onyx."

 

[Darren Onyx]

Onyx slowly stood, his head still holding his chest. He shrugged off his personal feelings for Romeo and shook his hand, "Romeo." He turned and walked over to the helmet and picked it up, placing it back on his head. He then gave the hall they stood in a greater look. He was impressed to say the least. To have his one and only student build something so large and so dedicated to the darkness made him somewhat proud. Turning to Romeo he shook his head.

"Perhaps we should speak in more private quarters?"

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