A rescue mission-Aboard the Illuminative

[Jadoch Taithum]

Welcome, then, Caedus Krayt, to freedom.

You now have a choice in front of you. You can take your ship, or one of ours if you so wish, and go. Or you can stay here with us. My personal opinion is that you'd be safer with us, but it is your choice nonetheless.

::Jadoch kept his senses alert. Even though he had Lacerus's lightsaber on his belt, the Force was useful in taking enemies by surprise. However, he didn't sense any duplicity in Krayt's presence, and hadn't the whole time they'd been speaking. That had to count for something. To speed things along, Jadoch gestured back towards the doorway he'd entered through, back into the guts of the ship.::

Unless you choose to leave aboard your ship, please come with me. Our fueled ships are this way, as are our secure quarters. If you choose to stay with us, I believe you may be in danger from friends of the crew killed, thus secure quarters would be for your safety.

[Cadeus]

"I will stay here...You can lead the way if you wish."

:I say, I shudder slightly as I feel the mental connection to the Sith fading, I still had fear yes, but it was more fear of what would happen to me. I knew I would pay for my crimes on Corusant, but what would happen after that? If anything did happen after that. They might just kill me.:

[Jadoch Taithum]

Very well.

::Jadoch walked out of the hangar bay, Cadeus following. It was a quiet walk to the hangar, interrupted only by the clicking of their boots against the metal walkway of the hall, and by the quiet murmur of Jadoch calling a med team to the hangar bay and cancelling the intruder alert. In the lift up to the living levels it was absolutely quiet, with the exception of the lift's hum itself.

They exited onto the level with a minimum of fuss, Jadoch's rank as Jedi Padawan was sufficient to get them past the guard station without question. Easily, Jadoch and Cadeus made their way to the secure quarters, and Jadoch opened the door to an unoccupied one.::

As I said, these are the secure quarters, usually reserved for diplomats and other beings that may be targeted for assassination. Once you enter, the entire room will be magnetically sealed, preventing lightsaber, blaster, and cutting torch entry alike. Only myself and my Master will have coded access, for your protection. It will not be long before my Master is back.

[Cadeus]

"Thank you."


:I say before I walk into the room and it seals behind me. I sigh with relief, I was free for this first time in my life, I was free. I soon found myself falling asleep as all of the work I have done with no sleep seems to catch up with me, drifting off into the first peaceful sleep I have had in a very long time.:

[Jadoch Taithum]

::Jadoch merely bows his head slightly as Cadeus enters, then presses a button when he's inside. The heavy door closed and sealed itself shut, then a magnetic field came into being around the room itself. Only the console was unshielded, and that was just a small series of numbers. Jadoch quickly coded in an entry, sealing the room until that specific entry was re-entered (there was nobody watching, Jadoch made sure of that).

Walking back to the turbolift and the nearby guard station, Jadoch instructed the guards to keep an eye on the room, and to only sound an alert if Cadeus attempted to escape. They were not to interfere. After securing their affirmation of his orders, he entered the turbolift, heading back up to the bridge.

Arriving moments later on the bridge, Jadoch made his way to the captain.::

Captain, how are repairs coming along?

Very well, Padawan Taithum, they're coming along well. A couple more minutes and we should be combat ready. What is the status of the intruder?

That situation has been taken care of.

::Right as Jadoch finished, a voice rang out from the crew pit, declaring that repairs were as finished as they would be outside a shipyard. The captain nodded to Jadoch, somehow managing to infer both growing respect for what he assumed were the combat abilities of the Padawan and the fact that he was awaiting orders.

Shifting his mind into the flow of the Force, Jadoch reached out towards Korriban, despite his reluctance to do so. The three Jedi on the surface gleamed brightly against Korriban's dark aura, and thusly were easy to 'spot'. They were on their way out, and could probably use help with extraction.::

Captain, full ahead towards the planet. Missile batteries have longer range than turbolasers, use those to take apart those asteroids large enough to hold weapons capable of hurting us. Take us in as close as you dare, and prepare all remaining fighters and a few shuttles. If Master Aeon and the others call for an extraction, we need to be prepared to get them out quickly. Also, have your nav crew prepare a number of possible exit points and get hyperspace routes back to Coruscant from said entry points...lets get out of this pit of darkness as soon as we can.

Aye, Padawan. All right, people! All ahead full! Missile batteries, fire on asteroids containing weapons. Make us a hole. Shields at maximum. All remaining fighters prepare, five shuttles prepare as well. Lets get those Jedi out of there.

::The Illuminative surged forward, the hum of its engines intensifying as it raced towards Korriban, and vibrations increasing as more and more power was drawn from the reactor cores. Pilots ran to their ships, fighter and shuttle engines alike fired up and idled, preparing for the order to launch.::

[Aeon Kensho™]

(A transmission play through to the Illuminative from the surface. Jedi Grandmaster Kensho leans upon a Jedi star fighter. Holding an activated Lightsaber in my right hand I lean on the ship for stability. The contents of the message were to play to the Jedi in command of the ship Padawan Jadoch Taithum.)

"Padawan Taithum I am sending you our coordinates. We need an extraction off the surface. Be cautions there is a turret system in use. i would suggest bombers to clear a pathway to us. We will need a medical team on board as we have all sustained injuries. I trust you can handle this accordingly. May the Force be with you."

(My eyes blur causing double vision for a moment. I had sensed Jadoch was in danger during our mission on Korriban. He was quite the apprentice. Having passed every trial I had placed before him so far. The first Jedi sentinel in centuries he has very unique.)

(Awaiting our pick up planet side, Tremors bounce through the Force. Would be make it to the extraction? Hssiss had just attacked and I had taken a large scratch from a Hssiss on my back. The darkside poison flows in my blood. Knowing more Hssiss could be approaching meant no healing trance could be done by myself. Knowing I might not be able to do it for myself I would have to rely on my Jedi comrades. Only a Jedi healing trance could remove the poison according to the Jedi archives.)

{OOC-Great thread here you two! Great read so far. Its cross over time boys! Jadoch you will cross over to the Korriban and save our @$$E$! Then we will return to this thread and wrap up here. Perhaps I will hold a vote on what we should do next. I had the idea we could be fired upon while entering Hyperspace and could go on another mission somewhere else. We can even hold a vote on to where we go if we do! hehehehe Jadoch remember to place quotations on your dialog. Kudos all around! ;D}

[Jadoch Taithum]

::All of the sudden the officer at the comm station shouted out that he had a message from the planet's surface. Without waiting for the captain's permission, he put it up on the main screen, and Aeon's whole message played out for the bridge to see. With only a glance at the captain, Jadoch managed to convey the order to increase speed, then responded to Aeon.::

Of course, Master Kensho. With you as well.

::In most cases, Jadoch would have immediately run to a hangar and launched from a fighter to lead the way, but this was a combat situation. For better or worse, Jadoch knew what he was capable of in a fighter, and he was not yet capable of flying competently in combat situations. He'd be more of a hindrance than a help, and they already had the remaining ships hot to launch.::

Captain, once we get close enough, launch fighters, bombers, and two shuttles. The Jedi's location can be backtraced via their comm signal, that will be the shuttle's destination. Fighters and bombers are to protect the shuttles at all costs, secondary objective is to destroy as many enemy targets as possible. Clear a path via turbolasers and missiles, please, and take us in close.

Aye, Padawan Taithum.

[Aeon Kensho™]

(Flying through the asteroid filed Jadoch was through about destroying the threats to us. My shuttle nears the Illuminative in orbit. Sitting crossed legged on a hovering Medical pod I meditate on a Jedi healing trance. Poisoned from a Darkside dragon darkside poison seriously weakened me.)

(Being unloaded I can feel Captain Vatan following out the medical pod behind myself. He was a good man and a great captain. A crack pilot and a cunning strategist. He was concerned I could feel it he was with me for over a decade now.)

(Sensing Jadoch presence as I am ramped to the elevator. I was being brought to the medical bay. Needing medical attention for my large scratch wounds across my back. One eye lid opens to reveal a blurred Jadoch. Jadoch could help Vax rebuild his hand. Vax had not met Jadoch the first Jedi sentinel in training for over a century. He excelled at many fields. His abilities were amazing to witness. Sensing a new presence on the ship I am concerned. This man seems to be suffering from Ronok's report I wonder could it be the Sith assassin Visciouz was using.)

"Jadoch, My feelings tell me you handled yourself well. Sensing a new presence on board I am eager to hear your report of being at the helm of my flagship. Residual Force energy in this area tells me something has taken place here. I sense suffering."

"Would you help Knight Vax Kote rebuild his hand. The one he has now doesn't suit him and I fell probably was not made with the compassion and care that his prosthetic hand forged in the Jedi temple gave him."

{OCC- Using non glowing coloring coding guys as both Jadoch and Cadues/Lacerus using Firefox. Firefox doesn't show the glowing colors.}

[Vax Kote™]

-Axe Ordo went through extreme measures to make sure that Vax and Ronok would make it on the Illuminative. The mando pilot had trained hard to get were he was and he was not about to give up on two jedi who had sustained a good amount of injuries while on Korriban. The shuttle weaved through some of the turbo laser fire and missiles that were launched out against asteroids coming to the Illuminative.-

-Vax had not said a word; he remained quiet in a small infirmery room where Ronok had been placed. Ronok had been hooked up on a breathing machine to ensure that he would not die; not before arriving on the flagship. Vax closed his eyes feeling calm that Ronok had made it. He also had made it out alive and turned away from a life of darkness. Moving his organic hand over Ronok's chest area. The room light up partially from some healing energy entering into Ronok to help him.-

"I am happy you are okay my friend."

-Vax lowered his hand down to his stomach and looked down seeing some blood stain against the black torn tunic that was wrapped around the wound. He felt safe and secure now that they had exited the atmosphere of a dark planet. The shuttle came to a gradual stop inside the hanger of the Illuminative; allowing a medical team to board and take Ronok to the medical bay were Aeon was. Vax pressed his hand agains the wound and followed closely behind the medical team and Ronok.-

-They moved into the medical bay were a medical team went to work on Ronok. Vax followed in seeing Aeon not far away. Holding his hand against the wound he took a seat on one of many medical beds next to Aeon. Coming in behind him was Axe Ordo with his pilot helmet off. The pilot looked over Vax and Aeon.-

-Vax turned seeing Jedi Padawan Jadoch Taithum; a strong lightside aura coming from this individual. Vax could feel that this was the one who sent shuttles down for an extraction off of the dark planet. Vax closed his eyes allowing the lightside of the force to restore the energy he had lost. Because most of his tunic had been torn off the marks from torture could be seen along with some visable battle marks from battles during the Clone Wars. He opened his eyes and looked down at the mechanical hand that was covered by a black glove; he lifted it up and removed the torn glove and set it down next to himself and looked over the hand that had dark fragments within it.-

((ooc- was thinking of putting more into it but don't have anything more. After Jadoch helps Vax with his hand is when I will add more on. Great job guys best story I've seen so far LOL!))

[Jadoch Taithum]

::Jadoch turned control of the ship back over to the captain as the shuttles and their fighter complement approached. Already he could sense the pain coming from the two shuttles, which meant it was considerable, as he'd never trained to sense that sort of thing. The first thing the captain did was order the ship around and towards the nearest hyperspace entry point. This was before the two shuttles had even entered the hangar bays, since they had such a greater speed than the Illuminative did at this point in time.

Once giving that order, the captain followed Jadoch down to the infirmary. Reports coming in from the shuttles had all three incoming Jedi badly injured, and his loyalty to Aeon was such that he had to check on him before seeing the ship into hyperspace.

Minutes later, Jadoch was there when Aeon slid in, contained within a medical pod. When Aeon opened his eye and spoke, Jadoch listened, though inwardly he wondered how he would do that...he had only limited experience in mechanical fields. He'd do what he could. But before bowing and heading off to the area Vax was in, he spoke a single sentence, explaining the presence that Aeon could feel.::

The Sith has one less apprentice, Master, and we have a new ally.

::Bowing, Jadoch walked away, leaving Aeon to the medics and his own healing. It was easy enough to sense where Ronok and Vax were, even not being in visual range...the power that the two put off was different than most others on the ship, current exceptions Cadeus, Jadoch, and Aeon.

It turned out Ronok was the most badly injured of the two, but Vax had severe injuries of his own. Scars, old scars as well as new ones, covered his torso, and his mechanical hand had dark fragments in it, almost as if it was going bad from the inside out. Both Ronok and Vax had extremely weak presences in the Force, but Vax was slowly gaining his power back. Giving a short nod to Vax, Jadoch turned away, heading towards a nearby nurse, who was relatively unoccupied.::

Nurse, if you please, could you get me the top prosthetic hand we have in storage? I need to improve it for Master Kote.

Of course. Wait here a moment, please.

::The nurse did an excellent job of keeping her confusion from her face, probably learned over the years of her profession, but it was easy to sense it through the Force. Moments later she returned with a mechanical hand in a sealed container, which she handed to Jadoch.::

Thank you.

::Jadoch retired to a nearby room, the closest one containing a technician's bench. There, he looked over the construction of the hand, replacing a few small pieces here and there, pieces that seemed to be weak in some form. Once that was complete, he hooked it up to a computer interface and found that its strength output was set to that of a normal human male. Somewhat hesitantly, he removed the inhibition completely. The ratings at the maximum level had the hand almost able to crush a lightsaber hilt, which were incredibly resilient. Determining the rest of the programming to be excellent, he resealed it in its container and headed back to the medlab, approaching Vax.::

Master Kote, Master Kensho asked me to help you replace your current prosthetic hand. There's not much I can do, but I did mechanically improve this one as much as could be done. I believe, if you replace your current one with this and bathe it in the Force similar to creating a new lightsaber, it will perform most excellently for you.

[Darth Angelus™]

(My body was taken to the medical bay where the medics would get me back on my feet, I was carried to a Bacta tank and a breathing insrtument was placed over my mouth so I wouldn't drown in the liquid).

(My scars were deep and my body would show the scars for the rest of my life. I floated in the tank unconscious waiting to be conscious again. My fingers twitched, and my feet twitched aswell. My head shot upward then down, my body was in pain as the Bacta started its work).

{Some time later}

(I lay on a bed, my eyes slowly opened and I sat up straight, I slid off the bed and stood up. I half walked and half stumbled to a clean set of Jedi Robes on another bed. I took off my medic garnments and put on my pants. As I looked for a tunic top there was none, just two tabards that would drop half way down my shins. I placed them on my shoulders and put on my waist piece to hold the tabards in place, I then picked up my belt and put it on. I grabbed my robe and walked out the room and toward Vax's force signature).

(As I passed the men and women in the hallway they stopped in their tracks and looked shocked that someone with the amount of scars on my body would survive. I continued on and Knocked on the door Vax was in, I wanted to check on him and make sure he was alright. My hand found its way to my chest where the large scars still remained I even had smaller scars on my face that appeared aswell).

"Vax? Vax are you in here?"

[Aeon Kensho™]

(Sitting cross legged on the medical table in the med bay I stay deep in a Jedi healing trance. Medics stay right behind me dabbing up the poisoned blood dripping out. Focusing on removing every drop of poison took great focus. This took my entire focus. Captain Vatan stood by watching standing before myself after I signal with a hand gesture.)

"Captain Vatan inform my students they are in command of the ship. This will take a moment for me to heal and I cannot be disturbed. I am confident they can figure it out. That is all captain"

"Very good Master Kensho. I shall inform them. Do get better would you?"

"If the Force allows my good friend."

(A grin comes to Vatan's face as he exits the secure medical bay chambers. My shirt was removed and I had med bay scrub pants on. Which were blue, A blue silhouette on the table. Aeon's back had the large scratches, Deeper whipping scars could be seen. No one said a word as to most Aeon's past was shrouded in secrecy. Even students closest to him never knew he was a prince on Csilla before he joined the Jedi order. The whip marks were connected to the story of Aeon's past.)

(Blood is dabbed as it drips from Aeon's blood. Red fills the gauzes accompanied by a green poison of the Hssiss lizards on Korriban. Still focused on removing the poison images come to Aeon. Visciouz was still likely alive. Sensing the ship would be fired upon stayed with Aeon. If I loss my attention the poison could get the best of myself. Weakened by the poison my command of the Force is hampered. New robes await me on the table along the all of these medical chambers.)

(Krayt was on board as well. If this was a ploy he would have the perfect opportunity to take advantage of the Jedi's weakened state at the moment. It was risky bringing him with us, We couldn't leave him either. Not sure how we would get him out of the crimes he had committed. Diplomacy was one of the Jedi's specialty. A negotiations could be reached. Perhaps we could redeem himself with the Senate. With the Force all heals, Even situations. Returning my focus to the trance.)

(Pain surging through my body, I can feel Vax's and Ronok's suffering as well. The bond was strong between us. United by the Force and friendship. Hopefully they would be alright.)

[Vax Kote™]

((Purple- Vax
Yellow- 21-B Medical Droid
Green- Ronok
Light Green- Jadoch))

-Vax kept his eyes closed; having recieved the worst of all injuries from a stab wound he had to remain calm. Little by little would he send some healing energy to the stab wound but it would take more then some healing power to stabilize a stab from a lightsaber. The pain was on the medium scale; so he had to be careful until they arrived back at the jedi temple.-

-Quietly, Vax sat with the black torn tunic and pants removed. He wore a pair of blue medical pants with a blue silhouette on the table not that far away. A 21-B medical droid assesed over Vax's stab wound injuries removing the black torn wrappings that Aeon had placed over the wound to stop the bleeding. Vax opened his eyes feeling a sharp pain around his stomach and back area were the wound was.-

"My appologies sir."

-Vax calmed himself allowing the droid to assess through the wound checking it over and cleaning it up. Once the droid finished he took some clean bandage wrappings and covered it up until they arrived back on Coruscant to finish up and heal it the rest of the way.-

"The wound is still tender sir so I sudjest to get as much rest as you can. Once we arrive back on Coruscant we can finish healing the wound up the rest of the way. But for now rest."

"Thank you."

-The droid turned away cleaning up the supplies just as Jadoch walked in with a new cybernetic arm along with a DD-13 medical assistant droid to help with the adding of the new arm. Vax raised his right hand and clenched it tightly then lowered it down back on the table. He couldn't remember the number of times that his hand had to be replaced because it had been lost in battle or some sort of accident. He had a strong feeling that this one was made with more compassion and care; something that he would get used to.-

Master Kote, Master Kensho asked me to help you replace your current prosthetic hand. There's not much I can do, but I did mechanically improve this one as much as could be done. I believe, if you replace your current one with this and bathe it in the Force similar to creating a new lightsaber, it will perform most excellently for you.

"Then lets begin shall we. The more we put this off the harder will it be."

-Vax smiled at Jadoch; the DD-13 droid moved over towards Vax's right arm preparing to begin. Vax calmed himself and exhaled a calm breath of air. He did not want to strain himself but he had a strong sensation that Visciouz had made it out of the crumbling Sith Temple before it even collapsed. She was very much allive through the darkside of the force; Vax could very well feel the darkside of the force surrounding her.-

-He could also feel Ronok and Aeon; the strong bond....a bond through the force along with friendship. Vax opened his eyes and looked over at the door hearing Ronok's voice. He was okay.-

"Vax? Vax are you in here?"

-The door slid open revealing Ronok; Vax gave a smile seeing that he was okay after the crashing of the temple. He could still feel through the force that he had been weakened and was still in some pain but at least he was alright.-

"It is good to see that you are alright Ronok. I was truly worried about you."

[Darth Angelus™]

"Need a hand Vax?"

(I chuckled to myself at the cheeky comment I just made, though Vax was lying down he was alright. Just needed a bit of rest"

"I have something that belongs to you"

(I walked into the room and lowered my head at Jadoch and stood straight, from my back I brought out the broken lightsaber hilt that vax had before, I took a step forward and handed it to him. I smiled, as I handed it to my friend).

"Don't know what a sliced hilt will do to a Sith, but it might give a Cannok a headache"

(I laughed at my joke, I then stopped as I knew the Sith was still alive. I looked at Vax and patted his shoulder, he will back on his feet in no time, I was sure of it).

"Jadoch? See you on the Bridge. Vax? Stay put, rest. You'll need it"

(I turned and walked out of the room and turned left and made way to the Bridge, I walked quickly to my destination and with in a minute I was there. Gore stood straight and saluted me, I nodded my head and he stood easy).

(Captain Vatan walked to me and stood firm when he was a metre from me, I nodded and he stood easy aswell. I leaned to him and whispered).

"I hate formalities, the only reason Gore does it is to annoy me. And I have chosen to like you"

"Thank you sir. Aeon wanted me to inform his students that they are in command until he gets better"

"Thank you Captain, as you were"

"Yes sir"

(He then walked to his post and went on his buisness, I rubbed my chin and thought, Aeon must have been hit by something on Korriban. It could have been a Hssiss, their poison is lethal if not cared for properly).

"I hate those overgrown lizards"

[Vax Kote™]

"Very funny Ronok; what do you expect two extra arms to grow out of my chest. Well at least its better then having to go through all that pain when that sleemo Visciouz tortured me."

-Vax laughed but then remembered when Visciouz had captured him and tortured him until he broke. He had unleashed the anger inside him had been released and caused him to use his lightsaber in attack instead of defense. He had been broken into a corrupted monster that called himself Zaken. Vax shook these dark memories aside. He sat up in the bed allowing the medical assistant droid to get a better hand on removing his cybernetic hand. He gripped at his bandaged area from the saber stab.-

-Pushing the pain aside he removed his hand from the bandaged area he extended his hand out gripping onto the broken gold and black hilt of his lightsaber. He looked at the weapon; it had been a weapon that he constructed in defense and used it in attacking a sith lord out of anger. He could fix the lightsaber but knew he woul have to construct another one soon enough. Vax closed his eyes and let out a calm breath of air. He set the weapon down next to himself keeping his hand on top of it.-

"Maybe, but I think it can be repaired. It will just take some time."

-Vax looked back over at the DD-13 assistant droid removed the hand and set it down a table behind it. Vax continued to remain calm allowing the droid to continue on the work. Feeling Ronok's hand on his shoulder he looked back over to him and gave a smile. After Ronok left the room Vax closed his eyes allowing the lightside of the force to flow through him keeping him calm.-