(3rd Person POV)
Jocasta Nu is doing her very best to fight the Grand Inquisitor, but it isn't working as she would like. She has given away her chance to kill him right away, and has given in to her curiosity. The Grand Inquisitor is mostly talking right now and not giving his all, as he doesn't take the Master Archivist seriously. She pushes him using the Force and responds to the Inquisitor's words, instead of using the chance to flee.
"The secrets here are deep, complex, and strange. They are not for everyone. If I denied your requests for access, it is because I did not believe you were ready. That was my prerogative as Master Archivist. I denied many such requests. It was my duty! It remains my duty!" she says.
"Oh no, Jocasta. You have no duties. Not any longer. The Order you served is dead and gone. All this knowledge you were so desperate to hoard for yourself... now you can do nothing to keep it from me," the Grand Inquisitor says.
*TSSCHHHH*
*TSSCHHHH*
They clash using their lightsabers again, with the Grand Inquisitor enjoying this moment. He revels in the moment of triumph and continues to lay his feelings out on the Jedi, while she is trying desperately to kill him.
"I used to dream of this, you know. Striking you down. I thought it would be so easy. After all, they didn't stick you in the library because of your combat skills."
He slams the hilt of his lightsaber against her face, surprising her. He could have cut her down right there, but didn't. Too arrogant, too certain of himself. Too many wasted words in his monologue. Vader will not like this, and the training will increase tremendously after this is finished.
"Before the purge, I could never find a way to kill you - the other Jedi would have stopped me," he says and kicks her in the stomach and smashes her lightsaber from her grasp.
"But now... There are no other Jedi."
The Grand Inquisitor raises his lightsaber into the air and smiles with glee.
"And this feels even better than I had hoped," he says, bringing the lightsaber down.
*ZZZZT ZZZZTT*
Jocasta opens her eyes and sees another darker figure standing there, blocking the Inquisitor's blade with his own and saving her life. The darkness, the fear, anger and hate she feels from this one surpasses everything that the Grand Inquisitor brings to the table.
"No," Vader says.
"Why? This is a Jedi! This is Jocasta Nu; we were looking for her! She is defenceless. Why shouldn't I kill her?" the Grand Inquisitor asks angrily.
"Because I say so."
"Because you say so? Why would you want to leave a Jedi alive?"
"If I have to repeat myself, I will teach you the meaning of loss as well, similarly to the other Inquisitors, but I will not stop at one limb," Vader says.
"I know where my loyalties lie, Vader. But you... I do not really know at all. Perhaps you should deactivate your lightsaber first. As a sign of trust."
"Trust?" Vader asks, feeling his anger grow at the words of a servant. "I do not require your trust, Inquisitor. Only your obedience."
*wwooooshhh*
*SMSHH!"
They have ignored Jocasta, and she has used this chance to grab thousands of books on the shelf behind the two telekinetically and bring them down on Vader and the Inquisitor. Jocasta Nu is an old fox and might not be a fighter, but she is experienced and immensely knowledgeable. She pulls her lightsaber into her grasp and uses Force Jump and Force Speed to run up a pillar, making for higher ground.
Vader pushes the books off of him with a powerful burst of telekinesis. He looks at the Grand Inquisitor, who was knocked out, and pulls him up with Force Choke. The Grand Inquisitor wakes up from the lack of oxygen and looks at Vader in shock and fear as he is right in front of him. He feels the missing air, affecting him and the powerful grip hurting his neck and even his vertebrae. The voice of Vader is deep and slow.
"You are a stunted fool, Grand Inquisitor. You are only alive to serve, and you have failed in doing so. Whatever happens, I will increase your 'training'."
At the word training, the Inquisitor feels a shiver down his spine. Vader smashes the man against a pillar, knocking him out again.
"Master Nu, you have nowhere to go. I will not harm you. Surrender," Vader says, walking towards the direction he feels the Jedi. She hasn't run away yet, which tells him that she is doing something.
"I can feel the Dark Side pouring off you. It burns, like molten metal dripping onto my very soul and the ice-cold breath of the darkest winter at the same time. It was you, wasn't it? You killed this Order- or you played a role in its end. You are a true Sith," Jocasta says from her hiding place.
Vader walks up the stairs slowly. He is not in a hurry at all. Her words mean nothing to him, as long as she speaks, she is still here and alive. Those are the only things that count.
"I know why you want me alive. You want my secrets, and the secrets in this Archive. It is too vast to be easily navigated without assistance, after all. No one knows it better than I. With my help, you could plunder every bit of its knowledge. To that, Sith I say one word," Jocasta says.
She has arrived at the Archives' computers and is entering specific codes.
"...Never," she says and presses the last button.
[Authorisation codes accepted. Activating purge sequence.] The computer says and deletes all of the knowledge stored in the books. A second later, the books, which had been glowing, shut off, proving that they were purged of all their contents.
[Sequence complete. All data erased.]
"May the Force forgive me. Your treasure is gone, Sith! All you have left is me!" Jocasta says, looking at Vader, who has arrived.
She runs into the vault, which has been plunged into darkness. Vader ignites his lightsaber to give him light, but then turns it off again, deciding to use the darkness stemming from the absence of physical light as well as the Force. Using his helmet, he can see in the dark anyway and by using the Force, he can too. He walks down the steps and sees the vault's droid looking at him.
{Hello. Bioscans indicate a match to Jedi Master... Anakin Skywalker. My apologies, Master Skywalker, but your presence in this vault is not authorised. If you would like access, please follow the proper procedures to request user privileges from Master Jocas-}
The droid starts to speak and surprises the Dark Lord when he says the name of the man he killed personally. He feels his anger ignite his lightsaber and throws it towards the droid. But to his surprise, the droid catches the lightsaber's hilt with ease.
{Master Skylwaker. I am the Guardian-Protector of one of the most sensitive areas of the Jedi Temple, programmed to defend against any and all threats to its security. Of course, that includes techniques related to Jedi Saber attacks. Or perhaps... Sith? In any case, a fine addition to this vault's inventory.}
Cator, the droid, deactivates the lightsaber.
{"You will not enter, Master Skywalker. Leave now, or-}
"Die."
Vader charges forward, appearing right in front of Cator and uses Force Push. He applies the technique to his punch and smashes it against the droid's chest.
*KRCK*
The droid's left arm is ripped off in one motion, surprising Vader, who notices that the droid turned using the smallest movement and therefore only affected his left arm, not his centre. However, Vader is also impressed by the durability of the droid, which is made from the finest materials available. Cator is a GC-8 droid and was programmed to fight potential intruders, as he said, including Jedi. So he was naturally equipped with the body and algorithms to fight the applications of the Force and the lightsaber.
Hearing the name of Skywalker has enraged the Dark Lord immensely, as he has made sure to kill that man and anyone who calls him that will be destroyed. Cator turns around very fast and grabs Vader's right hand, which he used to damage him just now, and squeezes as hard as he can. Vader feels the immense force the droid is capable of releasing and deduces that an impure form of Beskar was most likely used. However, he has used the purest form of Beskar to make his suit and therefore resists he powerful grip of the droid.
Nevertheless, Vader recognises potential when he sees it. He pulls Cator towards him and places his hand on the droid's head. He pushes his will onto the droid's circuitry and his processing units, using the Force as a conduit.
*BAM BAM*
Cator tries to attack Vader, who ignores it for now. He envelops the droid with the Force and dives deeper into its core, trying to overpower the technology within. Finally, he succeeds and applies a very crude form of Mechu-deru on the droid, shutting it off. He feels danger through precognition and turns around. An immense beam of energy shoots towards him. He pulls his lightsaber to his hand, but the blast hits him before he can block it.
*ZZZZZKKK*
*BBBBOOOOOOOOMMMM*
Vader smashes through the wall and creates a Vader-looking crater.
"My turn," Jocasta vows and looks at Vader angrily.
She sees his lightsaber on the ground, where he dropped it after being hit by her attack. She holds a lightsaber rifle in her hand. A lightsaber rifle is a type of rifle that works in conjunction with a lightsaber and uses the power of the Kyber Crystal as fuel. Once a lightsaber is loaded correctly into an open slot on top of the rifle, a lightsaber rifle can produce an overwhelmingly powerful and destructive beam of energy, as she has shown now.
*Kchch puuh*
*Kchch puuh*
"Lay down your weapon, Jedi..." Vader says as he pulls himself off the wall and looks at her from inside the large hole.
"...You don't want to die, do you?"
His words anger Jocasta.
"The Dark Side that oozes off of you in waves has increased yet again. Even in this short encounter, you have grown more powerful in the Dark Side. I can't allow you to live."
*KKRROOOOOOOOM*
She fires her lightsaber rifle again and hits Vader, who was moving towards her, out of the hole. He is hit squarely in the chest once again and shoots back, making the large hole even bigger.
"Urgh..."
"I know who you are. The Vault Guardian identified you. Anakin Skywalker."
*KKRROOOOOOOOM*
She fires again. Vader tries to defend himself by ripping large stones off the wall and placing them in front of him to dampen the energy blast. But it doesn't work at all. The immensely powerful energy literally melts the stone and hits him again, doing more damage. Vader crashes further into the wall.
"I see it all now -- the things unsaid in Master Obi-Wan's final message to the survivors of the Emperor's purge. Palpatine was the Sith Lord we could not find. You, our great hope for the Force, were his target. He took you, made you his. Twisted you into this new form, submerged in the Dark Side."
*KKRROOOOOOOOM*
Vader holds out his hand and uses the Force to block the attack. The top layer of his suit has been peeled off and destroyed. His cape is on fire, and the fumes make it hard to breathe. He uses the Force to heal his lungs as he breathes in the toxic smoke. He tries to cleanse his system and detoxify while at the same time blocking the energy blast from Jocasta.
"Aaahh..." Vader exclaims as his body is smashed against the far back, and he feels his back crack and his bones break.
The disadvantage of making such a powerful and durable suit is that should the suit bend, he would follow, and he still hasn't had much time to push it to the limits, truly. Not like he does now.
Hate.
"You are his tool. Little better than a droid, set to stamp out the Light Side of the Force. But this is impossible. The Force is eternal. It cannot be ended, it cannot be stopped, not so long as life exists," Jocasta continues and fires once again.
*KKRROOOOOOOOM*
The thick beam of energy shoots towards Vader and is about to hit him again. He reaches out and pours his anger into the Force. The energy beam hits a thin barrier in the air. A think wall of Force energy, Vader has created to protect himself from the attack. He has forced himself to learn a new technique, pun intended. But it isn't quite enough to block out all of the energy released towards him, and he is hit, albeit far weaker than before.
"Truly impressive... I can't possibly allow you to live. Farewell," Jocasta says and presses the trigger once again.
*Beep Beep*
"Hmm?"
Jocasta Nu finds that the lightsaber rifle has overheated her lightsaber. She takes the lightsaber out of it and feels the heat coming from the rifle.
*Beep*
"NNF!" Jocasta hurls the rifle towards Vader and uses the Force to push it through the large hole at high speeds.
*Beep Beep*
Seeing the rifle approach, Vader, who can't move just yet, as his back is damaged and muscles torn, raises his arm and pushes the rifle back, before it can fully reach him.
*BEEP BEEP*
He pushes against Jocasta Nu's hold on the rifle and overpowers her, pushing it to the side.
*BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEEEEEEE*
*THHOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM*