(3rd Person POV)
*Kchch puuh*
"Sith!" Kira Ha exclaims and ignites her lightsaber.
Vader reaches out, using the Force to choke the Jedi, fuelling it with his immense hate for them. There is a lot of neck to choke with the Kaminoan Jedi. However, Kira Ha is very old and has extensive experience; she uses Force Push and pushes Vader back slightly, disrupting his hold. She rushes forward, taking hold of several boulders around and hurling them towards the Sith.
Vader raises his hand and stops the boulders from hitting him, and ignites his lightsaber. The red blade exudes heat and dark tidings. Their blades clash.
*TSSCHHHHH*
Using his hold on the boulders, Vader causes them to target the men and women present in the area at that moment. Seeing what will happen, Kira Ha jumps back and raises both of her arms to block the boulders, not bothering to block. This predictable behaviour was expected, and Vader moves in to strike. Suddenly, he is attacked from the side by a series of blaster fire.
He moves his lightsaber around and deflects the shots back at the woman holding the blaster. Vader reaches out to her and pulls her close, using her as a meat shield to block three grenades being thrown at him.
*BOOM BOOM BOOM*
"NOOO!!" someone shouts, seeing the woman absorb the explosions and being blown to bits.
Before the woman can fall to the ground, though, her different pieces are thrown at the two Clone Commandos who threw the grenades. The shock and surprise at seeing his wife being used as a shield for the grenades he threw himself, causes Atin not to move, and be hit by the pieces of her corpse. The bones in the pieces turn into projectiles and pierce through the armour and into the Clone, killing him.
Corr sees his friend and brother being killed with his wife's body after they killed her. The highly-trained Clone Commando becomes a below-average human being, vulnerable to attack from the Sith Lord. He knows their feelings and exploits them.
All for maximum emotional damage.
*RATATATATA*
"Take that you Jedi cunt!" Mereel shouts and fires his Z-6 rotary blaster cannon at Vader.
But Vader has already felt it coming through preconception. He has reached out and moved the rotary blaster off the intended axis, having it point at the side, hitting the last remaining Clone Commando, Corr and killing him instantly. Kal Skirata has also made it back to his feet, but he is still dizzy. He isn't as enhanced as the Null Clone, Mereel.
He looks at the scene in front of him and takes a moment to process what is going on. He has never experienced this. As much as his arrogance told him that he and his sons could fight against a Jedi and kill them easily, he had no idea. He has taught his sons how to fight Jedi and developed tactics, but they counted on a Jedi to never harm innocents and bystanders. And yet here he was, seeing a scene where the supposed Jedi was even using innocents as shields to inflict emotional damage. He takes his blaster from his hip and aims at Vader, about to pull the trigger, but then stops.
He sees Vader deflect several blaster shots back at the shooters and either killing or taking them out. His hand moves to his explosives, but stops again, seeing what the Sith Lord does with the increasing number of objects floating and rotating around the area, hurting and distracting his men and women. He watches as in front of his eyes, everyone falls one after the other, and hope dies.
*TSSCHHHHH*
*TSSCHHHHH*
Vader blocks Kira Ha's strikes and continues to rotate the boulders, body parts and anything else he could get a hold of around them, to isolate their fight and get the most out of it. As he is doing that, Mereel Skirata is being Force Choked and taken out of the equation for now.
Vader is in the process of mastering an adaptation of Form V of lightsaber combat, suited for his current stature and the suit. It is an aggressive style suited to his imposing form and brutal strength. This form allows him to effectively counter and overpower opponents, showcasing a blend of offensive and defensive manoeuvres that will make him one of the most feared figures in the galaxy. But he isn't content with it yet. There is more he can do, as every form has weaknesses. But Vader hates weakness. He has already killed the weakness called Anakin Skywalker... he will not stop now.
*TSSCHHHHH*
*TSSCHHHHH*
He fuels himself and each of his strikes with the Dark Side, creating despair with each exchange. But he doesn't stop there. Vader starts to use Force Drain during the fight and wills for it to be focused on his lightsaber blade. So when he strikes, he can feel the minuscule energy coming from Kira Ha and rejuvenating him ever so slightly. A new way of combat is about to be created by him. One that will potentially allow him to fight forever. As long as he has direct contact.
Kira Ha has no chance, not anymore, not ever. She feels herself being overwhelmed slowly. But what unnerves her the most is that the monster in front of her could end the fight at any time, but is using her as a means to sharpen his skills. She's helping him train, and that's the greatest insult to her. She experiences anger for the first time in centuries and starts to fight harder.
Then she sees it —an opening, a chance. She stabs her lightsaber forward.
*VRROOOOM*
Without her realising it, the body of Padawan Tallisibeth appears in front of her out of nowhere.
"No... NOOO."
Kira Ha kneels on the ground, taking the Padawan into her arms.
"... why? For what reason did you do this?"
"The question is, why do you need a reason?" Vader asks her.
"How can someone be so cruel? So dark?"
"Because of the Jedi's hypocrisy."
*VRROOOOOM*
Kira Ha's head falls into Vader's hand, and he uses what he has been using right now to drain the Force out of her and rejuvenate himself. He can feel the Dark Side rejoice at his cruelty and show of dominance and power. He drops the boulders and body parts and walks towards the few remaining people still alive right now. Instead of killing the Null clone, he once again uses Morichro on him, placing him into long-term suspended animation. Then he approaches the woman at the side and does the same to her. She is important, as she is the wife of another Null, Ordo, their leader.
Finally, he arrives at the man he has been looking for the entire time, Kal Skirata.
"Who are you?"
"Where is the metal called Beskar located? Where is your secret stash?" Vader asks.
"Beskar? I-is that what this is all about? You killed everyone, for Beskar?! You fuc- kkack... ack..."
"I will not ask again. Tell me where I can find Beskar, or I will skin-"
"Hack... torture... doesn't work on... me," Kal croaks.
"I will not touch you, but I will skin her alive and make sure she is awake to experience all of it," Vader says, pointing at the wife of his son.
*Kchch puuh*
Kal's eyes widen.
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Vader walks back to the Black Tooth, carrying all of the Beskar I could find and three people in suspended animation along with him. He has a lot of uses for them, as he knows this is not yet over. Not in the long run. The Null clones are loyal only to each other and Kal Skirata. They are deadly and therefore potentially useful to him. So, two things are certain. One, it would be a waste not to use them, and two, they will come to find their family members.
{I see the mission was a success, Lord Vader.}
"Yes. Get us into the air, I want to destroy everything here. Make sure nothing is left, except the message I have left," Vader orders.
{At once, my Lord.}
Vader walks into the ship and stows the three people into the same compartment as he did the Hutt before. As he turns around, he finds Xila in front of him. She knows that her usefulness has expired, and that can only mean one thing.
"You-"
"Please, don't send me back. I beg you. Please. Have mercy and kill me, but don't send me back," the Twi'lek says and grabs Vader's lightsaber, placing it at her chest and asking him to ignite it and end her pain.
Vader feels her sincerity and her desperation to die. He sees something in her... something he can relate to. A fellow slave.
He takes his lightsaber away.
"You are agile, are you not?" he asks as he walks back to the room, where his first version of an HK-training/battle droid is located.
"Yes."
The droid suddenly turns on, activated remotely by Vader, and looks at Xila. Its eyes start to shine red, and it takes out a blaster, aiming it at the Twi'lek.
"Show me."
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- Coruscant -
Vader is in the Bacta Tank, with his eyes closed. Using the Force to do work on his suit. He has gotten everything he went out to find and more. He is using the Beskar he salvaged, which Clan Skirata had in store, and has processed it, with what might be the crudest and most shameful form of Sith smithing ever seen. But it got the job done, and he managed to form the strong metal into the desired shapes. Many hours have passed since Vader began reforming his suit and implementing the upgrades he had planned.
However, while that is coming to a close, the voice of Palpatine is heard over the coms in the medical chamber. Vader is just finishing the last pieces of his new and improved armour when he hears it.
[Lord Vader. There is an intruder in the Jedi Temple.]
He carefully places the last piece in his helmet and ensures it fits and is secure.
[Deal with them.] Palpatine says, just as Vader finishes the last thing.
He then goes over everything one last time and begins to assemble the pieces one by one. He has created something marvellous with this suit. Not the best it could be, not even close, but compared to the first one, it is a different league entirely.
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He has used Force Healing and Revitalise to slowly heal parts of his lungs and restore their function slightly. That hasn't finished, so he has still added the breathing apparatus. He does that for a simple reason: if he doesn't sound and feel the same anymore, Sidious will realise it, and that is too soon. And the pain Vader feels adds to his growing power. But instead of the terrible function the breathing apparatus had before, this one works flawlessly. Apart from that, he has protected the electronics that control the breathing apparatus to protect them from damage.
The fine conductors that connect to his nerves have been improved, and much better ones have been chosen. The joints are now protected as well. So his knees and elbows are now safer. Moving feels much smoother than before, and the only thing he kept from the old suit is its general look and overall weight.
Vader wants to maintain his weight and make it challenging for himself. That is something he came up with to fool Sidious for now and force himself to use the Force to move around. By doing that, he will have to multitask and become more powerful quicker. He has noticed that his speed for learning new Force abilities has skyrocketed.
It is not normal for someone to learn new things this fast. He didn't realise it before, but he has also learned the Force ability 'Revitalise', which might be considered a Light Side ability to novices. That is strange for him. Something like this should be impossible, or nigh impossible. And yet he did it just by willing it to happen. He could enter that hyper-concentrated state where it would come to him lightning fast, and he could improve while fighting and training. Force Drain, Morichro and Drain Knowledge are only a few.
This is unprecedented and will require more in-depth research, but not now. Now he has to deal with something else.
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"The archives. At last, the hooded figure has reached the Jedi archives.
"No one will deny me now. Now one is left.", he says, but is surprised by the sound of an igniting lightsaber.
*Kwshuuu*
"Wrong", Darth Vader says, who has appeared behind the figure. He has managed to move silently and unnoticed by the figure. Something that should be impossible considering the weight of his suit.
"Perhaps I am wrong indeed. After all ... here you are," the man says and pulls out a double-bladed spinning lightsaber, "But not for long."
The man attacks Vader with his red lightsaber. He jumps into the air, and they clash. Vader is using this opportunity to test out both his new suit and his powers. He hadn't had the chance to use it yet, since it is brand new, and no enemy had challenged him. And from the looks of it ... neither could this one.
"You have no concept of the power I wield!" the man says, but that is a stupid claim, which Vader proves to be wrong. He uses the Force and pushes him back into the wall of books. This seems to anger the man further, who is now revealed to be male.
"You will die!" he says and uses the Force to pull his lightsaber to him. They clash again, and it is clear, at least to Vader, that the man is nowhere near powerful enough to challenge him. But he isn't concentrated on that. He is more focused on making sure that his suit holds up and how it feels.
"I know what you want. The knowledge in these archives. You want it for yourself. No! Absolutely not!" the man screams and then holds his lightsaber in front of him.
"This... was promised to me," he says, and a second blade ignites, and then his lightsaber begins to spin around. The speed is fast enough to make the lightsaber appear as if he were holding not two blades but a circular shield.
The man attacks Vader again. But things don't change. Vader, after clashing with the man for a few minutes, has had enough, as there is nothing he can show him which would impress him in any way. He might have had to focus somewhat when he became Darth Vader, but now? ... This was a joke.
"You are losing. I am too powerful for you. And now, you fool, I have you," the man says in his arrogance.
"You have nothing," Vader says, and holds out his hand. Immediately, the spinning blades stop. The lightsaber cracks for a second, the blades retract, and then it flies into Vader's hand.
"Nothing," Vader says again, and he Force chokes the man closer to him. He pulls back his hand, and as he is about to pierce the man's heart, his Master arrives.
"Lord Vader. Stop," Palpatine intervenes.
"I see you have met the Grand Inquisitor," Sidious says.
"'Grand'?" Vader asks.
"My Emperor... I do not understand. You gave me leave to explore the archives and study Jedi teachings to see how I might adapt them for the purposes of the Inquisitorius. And then... this creature attacked me ... but he obeys you. Is he your servant?" the Grand Inquisitor asks.
"Vader serves the Empire," Sidious says as he feels Vader's rage.
"I do not understand. Did you send him?"
"I did. I thought it was good that you met."
"But why? He nearly killed me."
"Yes, and with little effort, from what I observed. A valuable lesson for you. You see, my friend, you are first among Inquisitors. But the Inquisitorius belongs to the Sith," Palpatine explains.
"Inquisitors?" Vader asks.
"Come with me."
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(Vader POV)
We take a ship and fly towards the Works, the Industrial district to be exact.
"The Inquisitorius. A project of mine. Long planned. Slaves to the Light Side, once. Now awake. Hunters, one and all.", Sidious says as we walk into the building. There we see the rest of the Inquisitorius training themselves. Five people are fighting against each other.
"What do they hunt?" I ask.
"Why, Jedi, of course," Sidious says, and we see the Grand Inquisitor jumping down to the others and announcing our presence.
"Form up. Now! Your Master's are here," the Grand Inquisitor says.
"Masters? We have only one Master. The Emperor," one of them says.
"Times change, Eighth Brother," the Grand Inquisitor responds.
"The Grand Inquisitor. He had some skills. He was trained at some point. Who is he?" I ask my master.
"A Jedi, once. Resentful that someone with his skill was not allowed access to the higher councils, the great secrets of the Order. A crack in his armour ... easy to exploit. In truth, he is better suited to this role. I believe he is ... grateful," Palpatine says as we observe the Inquisitors continue their fighting and training.
"He has much to learn, as do the others. You will teach them, make them a blade that will cut the Jedi infection from the galaxy once and for all."
"I will begin immediately, my Master," I say, eager for some action in my new suit. I can almost no longer feel the weight of it, showing me how much I have improved over the weeks. I must continue this trend.
"Good. I feel you are content with what you created here. It does indeed look good, my friend. Most of the Jedi were killed in our glorious purge, but a few remain. The luckiest, the deadliest, the strongest, those most duplicitous, willing to tell any lie to save their lives. You and the Inquisitorius must find these Jedi, Lord Vader. You must destroy them all. For in truth ... there is no greater threat to our Empire," Sidious says, and I can tell that he is thinking about a few Jedi in particular. I have begun to sense his emotions, to some extent.
I will utilise the missions he assigns me and then take advantage of them. Whatever it is he wants, I shall either take for myself or destroy. However, I must be cautious and tread carefully. The Emperor is a clever and cunning man. If he thinks that I am useless, he will dispose of me. If he realises I am a threat to him, he will dispose of me if I am not ready and powerful enough. But if I prove myself powerful enough, he won't be able to do that.
I walk down towards where the Inquisitors are currently training. They stop what they are doing and look at me. I move to the middle and then motion to them with my hand.
"Come. Attack me. I can sense that that is something you want. To test me," I say and can feel their willingness to do that. They surround me and point their lightsabers at me.
Then they attack. It is a coordinated attack, but their lack of trust in each other renders their attack and coordination subpar compared to what they could be. I dodge one attack after another and use the Force to stop them from reaching me. I push them away or pull them close to me and use their bodies to block attacks which come from behind.
I Force Choke one of them, punch another one in the face and grab his lightsaber. I block an attack from the right and use the Force to hold up the one coming from the left. I hear the one I am choking gasping for breath, but don't stop choking him. He will learn. I stop only defending and push them all away from me.
I take my lightsaber. It is time I teach them something vital... loss.