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The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 22

Even as they watched Jessica turned slightly to see what the leaders of the planet would say this time.  She had sent the ultimatum back down and they should know she was serious with her threats towards them.  Of course if they didn’t ‘surrender this time, she would lay waste to the entire planet as a warning to future planets.

She felt the shoulder she was holding tense up as Gaia spun around faster than expected and looked right into her eyes.  There was something there which caught Jessica off guard, tears in her eyes.

“I despise you,” Gaia finally said and with those words slapped Jessica across the face leaving a small red hand-print on her face.

Part of Jessica was still reeling from both the words which had a stronger impact than she expected and the slap when Gaia spun and headed towards the door.  Where she was going to go Jessica had no idea but she quickly regained her senses. Continue reading…

The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 21

Luke sat meditating when he felt a sudden lose though the Force and had to try to figure out what had happened.  The only thing he could really recall was when he was on board the Millennium Falcon so long ago and before he was trained in the Force.  He had felt the destruction of Alderaan but was too inexperienced to understand what had happened.  This time he felt it but wasn’t sure what it was.

Getting up and heading out of the room he wondered if anyone else had felt it as well.  HE needed to know if it really was something though the Force, or had it been associated with his meditation.  If many had felt it then whatever had happened was bigger than he thought and it also meant the problem was larger than he expected.

“Master Skywalker, some students were wondering if you felt something in the Force as well,” Fie-Tel said walking up to him along with Kyle.  Both of them appeared anxious over what happened.

“Yeah, I was wondering how many others also felt it,” Luke replied back to them. Continue reading…

The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 18

Jessica made her way down the hallways of the ship towards the room where she had the Jedi prisoner.  She walked into the room watching as the Jedi glanced over to look at her as Jessica spent some time looking her over.

“Well, you are a pretty one,” Jessica said to her, continuing to look at the Jedi.

Now looking at her face Jessica realized the girl’s eyes were green, like she had suspected.  The question in her mind was how had she known?  She had never met the woman before until now, or at least close enough to really know the woman.

The other problem, was looking into her green eyes Jessica felt an unmistakable pull towards the blonde Jedi.  It was that pull which confused her tremendously and made her lose some of her carefully built control of fear and anger around her, that which made her Sith.

“What were you doing on the planet’s surface Jedi?” Jessica asked as she circled the table hoping the Jedi might say something.  She watched the Jedi think about what she might say to her.  The range of emotions on her face were interesting to watch and she almost got lost in the eyes again but managed to catch the answer. Continue reading…

The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 17

Gaia slowly came to consciousness and tried to feel what was going on around her without opening her eyes.  She heard some background voices but was unable to make out what they were saying.  Her head hurt but was able to ignore that for the moment as she focused on her situation.

She felt herself lying on a table and was restrained.  She had a feeling the table was probably made out of a wood considering it wasn’t cold.  She listened more and heard the rumble of a ships engine meaning she could be anywhere in the universe by now depending on how long she was out.  Being rescued would be hard, of course they had to know she was captured first.

Opening her eyes she looked around to see what was around her.  The room was medium in size and not much in it except for the table she was lying on and a couple of chairs and the lights were low preventing her from seeing any details.  A closed door and beyond it she could heard the voices which were muffled too much to make out.

She could make out at least one male and one female voice though.  She focused on the female voice as if it was familiar to her somehow.  It felt odd to think that way about a voice yet blue came to her mind.  The door opened as a figure filled the doorway, outlined by the light from the other room. Continue reading…

The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 15

Jessica waited in the shadows ass her men did their jobs of finding the survivors of the battle and getting them to join her force.  She felt something going on inside the tomb and realized Tavion was trying to resurrect one of the ancient Sith Lords, but even as she felt that there was another, stranger presence close by.  She decided to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary while on the planet’s surface.

She silently counted the number of people her recruiters were able to gather from Tavion’s shattered force.  The woman wasn’t very competent if so many of her forces were either defeated or turned traitor.  A few stopped to look at her, and she knew some even recognized her before everything happened at the Valley of the Jedi, but she was no longer Jessica, her outward persona was now Darth Rizon.

Of course, it was good they recognized her, a challenge to her might be exciting as she knew who would win.  Many of them already had lightsabers which would boost training for her forces.  They would make her elite troops if they survived the training she gave them.

News drifted down the hallways of Tavion’s defeat to a Jedi named Jaden.  Jessica was not surprised at all by the news, for she had foreseen the woman’s failure and now that failure would strengthen her own forces for victory. Continue reading…

The Sith Empress

by AJ Marks

Part 13

Gaia stretched out from where she sat on board the Millennium Falcon.  She was headed back to the academy from Coruscant and hitching a ride on one of the most famous starships in the galaxy.  She looked around at her fellow passengers, which included the President of the Republic, Leia Solo and her three children, and two other senators.

She hadn’t spoken much with either of them and one she didn’t like much anyways and they both seemed to speak about concerns about the academy and what they might be learning.  They were fearful of another Emperor appearing.  Of course Han Solo and Chewbacca were up in the cockpit considering the ship was about to come out of hyperspace.

Gaia wondered what her master, Fie-Tel, would have in store for her once she returned back to the academy.  She had mostly failed in her research and had little else to go on other than a name, Bri Lightner, and  few visions of her and some other person who, she was told, were connected by more than love. Continue reading…