Uprooted and Alone

[Androsi Jahad]

Location: Obscure cattle farm several kilometers from the nearest village, Chad
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Androsi woke up as she always did. She rolled out of bed, cleaned herself up, and went to make sure the animals were fed and otherwise taken care of. Cattle farms on Chad were a little different as most of the planet was water and most of the domesticated species there were water-based. Androsi's particular farm raised and sold proops, a slug-like creature that lived on the sea floor and traveled in herds. There had obviously been advances in techniques to farm them for their meat, and the Jahad family certainly knew what they were doing.

Androsi's parents hadn't been on the planet for very long, only setting their farm up a year or so before Androsi was born. However, after over a decade, their constant strive to create a lifestyle finally began to bear fruit. Androsi's parents had been Jedi in their prime, but decided to leave the Order after falling in love. The traveled the galaxy for several years before deciding to settle down for a time and have a family. The two Zabraks found a spot away from the war rampant in the galaxy and had a girl.

At only two years old, Androsi's force sensitivity had already began to show. Her parents were ecstatic, ready to raise her in the teachings they were raised in, but not wanting to send her to the order they had left so many years before. Androsi quickly became calm, thoughtful, and friendly to everyone she came in contact with. Isolated from the violence and constant galactic-wide strife, she only knew what death was from those in the village she occasionally visited with her parents and from the proops they raised for slaughter. The way the Jahad's saw their farm, the proops' deaths were necessary both for their own survival as well as the survival of those in the surrounding villages.

It was peaceful, and a good upbringing for Androsi. She was fed, clothed, and taught the ways of the galaxy and of the force from two former Jedi. Although intelligence can't save one from naivety.

 

[Darth Interitus]

While Chad III For sometime prior to the Great Galactic War had known peace in the galaxy, following the fall of the Galactic Alliance, whole worlds soon became swallowed up by the Sith Empire. For the former Jedi turned Sith Darth Interitus, something had interested him, when hearing news of the Inquisitors of the United Imperial Inquisition (ODACAI) Had sent word of tracking down two Jedi to the world. He took control of the mission, listening very closely to the reports gathered from the Inquisitor assigned to the mission known as "The Seer" A former Jedi turned dark sider half of his face was cybernetic, as well as always having a pair of two seeker droids that answer to his mission requirements.

Watching the farm stead, he was accompanied by the Purge Troopers used by the Imperial Bloc, an elite unit meant to deal with Jedi before the Inquisitor arrived to finish them off. "My lord," He said as the hologram of Interitus watched on. "We have found the targets in suspect and we are proceeding to move in." Interitus watched on puzzled, as he responded. "Very good, report to me after your hunt, I wish to know if anything of value has been found." He said gesturing with his finger towards the Inquisitor of how important it was that his words be heeded.

"As you wish Lord Interitus." The Inquisitor said as the hologram faded, it was the dead of night. Most of the village was asleep. The Purge Troopers went in first, approaching carefully in a squad formation. The troopers stood next to the House openings launching canisters of poisonous gas to smoke the Jedi out, before moving in and softening them up.

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[Androsi Jahad]

It was pitch black in her room when Androsi's mother barged in, clearly panicked. Still drowsy, Androsi sat up and recognized the slight glint of light that signified her mother's lightsaber hanging from her belt. Something was wrong. Without a word, Androsi crawled out of bed and went to her mother towards the entrance to the crawl space. Being so close to Sith space, Androsi's parents had practiced for someone coming for them many times. They would still meditate in the morning and spar in the afternoon. They kept themselves fresh and ready for combat.

This is why it shocked Androsi so much to see the fear in her mother's face through the dim glow of various electronics around the house. When they finally got into the hidden room under the house, her mother let her down and got on her knees to look her in the eyes. Her voice was panicked when she spoke, only furthering the fear Androsi felt. "Listen, Andi. There are some very bad men coming for me and your father. We will keep you safe and drive them off, but after this night is over we have to leave this planet. Stay here and don't make a sound until either me or your father calls for you." With that, she grabbed Androsi's arm and placed a training saber in her hand, closing her fingers around it. "This is not on the usual setting for when we spar, Andi. This can and will kill. Only use it if absolutely necessary. Otherwise, keep it turned off. Stay hidden." She kissed her forehead before standing up to leave the crawl space. "I love you."

With that, Androsi was alone in the dark, and gripping tightly to the lightsaber she had trained with for so many years. She heard a loud pop, some coughing from her parents, fighting, grunting, screaming. They were fighting the attackers off, but Androsi wasn't sure how long they could last. After a moment of silence, she heard footsteps outside of the entrance to the crawl space. Then the door opened, and to Androsi's relief it was her mom, exhausted but still alive. Her mother led her upstairs into the living room. The room and her parents were covered in blood. Her father was lying on the floor holding his leg, and her mother's left arm was limp. The young Zabrak girl had never seen her parents like that, and it brought her to tears. She clutched onto her mom, happy that they had survived. It was all over.

Or so she had thought...

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[Darth Interitus]

With the Purge Troopers dispatched, he was not surprised that two former Jedi can take care of a squad of them. Much less an Inquisitor to which they would soon face against. The Seer had a mission and he intended to carry out. Approaching the homestead, to see the wounded Jedi, it didn't take long before the Inquisitor to activate his lightsaber and starting to dispatch the enemies that were before him. Soon dispatching both the woman and the man with quick and brutal decapitations, seeing nothing more than a frightened girl before him. He soon activated the holoprojector, the form of Interitus once more appearing before him.

"My lord, I have found something of value." Interitus looked impatiently at the cybernetic Inquisitor. "What is it?" The Inquisitor than showed the hologram the frightened girl before him. "Hmmm, bring the girl before me. Leave no trace of evidence here." Interitus demanded as the Inquisitor nodded his sights set on the girl before him. "As you command Lord Interitus." With the hologram fading away. The Inquisitor approached the girl. "You are coming with me girl." He said picking her up, the Purge Troopers waiting outside, awaited their next instructions. "Burn this place, no trace is to be left here." He commanded as he carried the girl. The troopers proceeded to light whatever remains of the homestead on fire.

As the girl was taken back to the Sith shuttle. It would seem that a new path would be laid out before her. Perhaps one that was dark and twisted, yet full of purpose all the same.

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[Androsi Jahad]

Androsi watched in terror as her parents fought the new attacker, noticeably falling behind due to their injuries. She screamed and cried as they were struck down in front of her without mercy, the assassin seeming to have no trouble dispatching them. When the Inquisitor was finished with his work, she crawled her way over to the fresh corpses of her parents, sobbing over them. When she finally looked up, the attacker was holding a hologram in her direction and speaking so she couldn't make out the words. However, when he walked over to grab her, she grabbed tight to her mother, not wanting to be taken. She had heard stories of what they did to young force sensitives, and she didn't want any part of it.

After not much struggle, though, the man hoisted her over his shoulder as she screamed and slammed her fist into the armor of his back. She watched as the murderer carried her to a group of soldiers, gave his orders, then turned towards a ship. At that moment, Androsi screamed at a volume she didn't think possible, her voice amplified through the Force and her grief. The nearby soldiers that weren't already carrying out the orders threw their hands to their helmets as the volume became too much for them to bear, but just as they touched their heads, there was a loud snap as the bones of half a dozen soldiers were shattered, their bodies being crushed into balls of mush under the pressure of Androsi's grief. It wasn't a conscious effort, but that made it all the more destructive as the targets were randomly selected and utterly destroyed.

Then she blacked out, waking up hours later on the Sith ship surrounded by guards.

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[Darth Interitus]

While the girl had put quite a fight. She still was not going to just simply beat the Sith that were sent in to take her. The troopers while some fell flat out dead, thanks to the amplified Force Scream. The others however, did not go quietly. As the girl soon blacked out from the loss of energy due to the Force Scream she gave out. The Purge Troopers carried the girl by the arms. Dragging her across the ground while her mind went into a deep sleep. The Inquisitor was rather pleased, successfully slaying two Jedi Knights, and gaining control of a prize that would please his Master. It was a win win situation as one would call this. With the girl being taken to the shuttle. It wasn't long before the homestead was burning along with the bodies, and whatever the two might have possessed.

When the girl did regain conscious however, she would find herself shackled of course. Her arms and legs restrained in Force Binders, designed to zap the captive with electric jolts of energy should the individual wearing them would struggle. Interitus stood outside the door, sensing that the child was awake. Upon entering her cell. It would look as if he was a politician. While it looked to be of course, his skin was a deathly pale shade, his eyes blazing yellow. Years of Dark Side corruption did that to a person of course. When he entered inside, he looked at the girl closely. "Greetings... You may not know me youngling, but you will soon enough... I take it the accomidations are to your liking." He said sarcastically as he gave a slight laugh towards the condition she was in.

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[Androsi Jahad]

Androsi stared at the finely dressed man when he entered and began speaking. His yellow eyes burned into her, observing her every move and thought. She looked around the room fearfully, moving in her cuffs. Almost instantly they shocked her, causing her to scream out in pain and fear. Her eyes landed back on the pale man, her memories beginning to come back about what had happened before she blacked out. Her eyes then turned from fear to loathing, but she quickly caught herself, using her Jedi teachings to calm herself, repeating the Code a couple times to herself.

When she had managed to calm her emotions and think with a level head, she spoke, her voice shaky from fear and grief. "I must say you have an interesting way of welcoming guests." She had heard from her parents of the Sith and their ways, knowing all too well the stories of their evil and use of the Dark Side of the Force, a practice her parents had specifically forbade her from. She could sense the Dark Side coming from the man, and while it was certainly more powerful than her by leagues and caused her fear, she didn't intend to show it outwardly. "My parents were good people. They did nothing to deserve death. So why did you have two innocent farmers murdered? And why was I left alive?" She spat the last sentence, clear contempt in her voice. She glared up at the man, not near as trained to hide her emotions as her parents were. "And why am I here."


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[Darth Interitus]

The girl had fight in her, he did indeed give her that much, but now she was here for a more darker purpose. Even if she would wish it or not. While completely unorthadox to even fathom of taking a child in as a suitable apprentice. Sith often found those worthy when individuals were adults, having gone through much difficult trauma. He gave a smirk when the girl defiantly spoke of her parents. If by means innocents, when in the Sith Empire there were no such things. Given the fact that such people with the spread of anti Jedi sentiment traveling through the corners of Sith Space. They were the very last thing from innocents. He spoke his tone sounding equally cruel. "I believe in this case you are wrong child... Your parents were fugitives given the recent laws of the Sith Empire. They and Jedi like them are to all die. The Emperor commands it in any such sense."

He could sense the child's fear after all. That was what he expected, he did not expect her to be brave of course. She was still young, but he expected anger, fear, hate. All those that would mold her into a being not shackled by the Jedi. His face let loose a feral grin, when she asked why? He couldn't help but to let out a laugh at her words, than he started to explain. "You are here, because unlike killing you. I have chosen to take you as an Apprentice." He said fully revealing his intentions to her. [member="Androsi Jahad"]

 

[Androsi Jahad]

Androsi stared at the man with disgust as he insulted her parents, painting them as criminals merely for existing. Though not showing it outwardly, the Sith's words infuriated her, and it could easily be felt through the force. She scoffed at the mention of the Emperor, a cruel ruler to an empire Andi had never cared about nor visited. She knew all she needed of the Emperor and his Sith Empire. Her parents had taught her much of their past, including events surrounding the Sith.

However, Androsi was taken aback by his last statement. Apprentice? What does he mean? The look of anger and hatred that had gradually taken over her face over the course of the conversation quickly switched to confusion and curiosity. His golden eyes burned into hers as he watched her. She could feel him searching down to her very core. Andi looked away from him then, not wanting to hold eye contact with such a beast for that long. Then, after several minutes of silence, she spoke again, much quieter and more suspicious than before, however just as stubborn. "And what makes you so certain I would follow you? I would rather die and join my parents' side than serve under a beast like you."

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[Darth Interitus]

Interitus gave a small predatory smirk upon his lips. The girl would indeed make for some good sport. He indeed thought as once as she did, but over the years his own curiosities of the dark side changed all that, she was a child still. But when he was through with her. Such things would be a thing of the past. Crossing his fingers, he looked at her almost letting out a sadistic laugh at her words. "Trust me, If I wanted you dead. I would have killed you the moment I walked in. I know you will follow me, because I intend to break you. Make you relive those deaths over and over again, until it tears that fragile little mind apart."

He approached her slowly, his armor weave cape billowing, as he slowly approached the young girl. Placing a hand upon her head. He started to use the Force, provided she didn't try to resist him, he attempted to probe deep into her mind. Looking into her mind, he attempted to make her relive the events of the last few hours over and over again, into a simultanous loop. He would do this in an attempt to torture her mind, in an attempt to erode her very will. Take what he liked from her and that was the innocence she held onto, her very will. And soon he would make sure that she would see nothing but hell within her worst memories. It was the first of many steps he would take in breaking her.

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[Androsi Jahad]

Androsi looks into her captor's yellow eyes fearfully, not knowing what laid ahead of her. She pulled back as the man approached her with arm extended. As he laid his hand on her horned head, she felt him start to channel the force into her mind, probing around for something. She quickly attempted to block him out, but after a few moments, he had broken through her weak defenses and found what he was searching for. Then, the memories of her parents being slaughtered before her eyes came flooding back to her, on repeat over and over again in her head. She screamed out in anguish as the visions repeated themselves, showing her the horrors of the assassin taking the lives of her parents without mercy. It seemed an eternity of the memory repeating itself before she was finally released from the torture, dropping her head and sobbing openly. She went limp in her restraints, falling to the ground as she grieved the deaths. However, even after the force's hold on her was released, the images still played in her mind, burned into her memory.

After crying for a couple minutes, she spoke quietly through her sobs, not bothering to even look up as her hair hung down in her face. "One day, I will end your reign of terror."

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