Our New Mother

[EmilyHuene]

Korriban
~Ra'Kul Compound~
@EmilyHuene ; @Caine​

It had been a few weeks since Lux had heard from his sister, and even more weeks since he'd actually seen her. Typically the Vampiric Princess as she was nicknamed had a habit of not being too plugged into those around her. It wasn't uncommon for Lux to go a lengthy period of time without hearing from her. Still, it was probably something that bugged him in the back of his mind. Upon returning from one of his recent missions, Lux would find something immensely strange with his clan. First off...half of them were gone. Some of the younger kids, those who had not yet established a strong relationship with their Father were all missing. Luckily, everyone knew where they were.

As it turned out, Lux's sister Clara Ra'Kul had taken them. There were some who still wished to stay with their father and would wait for his return. Clara left them with a single data file discussing her whereabouts and where she what she was planning on doing. It was password encrypted, something only Lux would know. When he helped himself to the file, he'd see a short video of Clara giving Lux very specific instructions. Clara told him she had recently come into some money and had used it to buy their clan a residence in which to train and live. The only problem...it was all the way out in Sith territory.

How Lux would get there was his own business, but the coordinates she'd given him would take him far in the Korriban deserts toward the mountains. The facility Clara had gotten her hands on had once been a Sith listening outpost before they ventured out into the further reaches of space. The building had been left abandoned and forgotten, perfect for the taking. As Lux landed his ship in the construction filled hanger, he'd see many of the missing Ra'Kul children. They were all going through drills with sabers; Clara had been busy teaching them about swordplay. The rest of them were busy working with construction droids fixing up the hanger and remodeling it. There were also many new faces, both young and average in age. The clan had doubled since Lux had seen it last.

However, the most surprising thing about the whole ordeal was it was not Clara who came to greet him. As the man began to leave is ship a young girl in a black outfit would saunter over to him. It was the same girl he'd seen in an old photograph at the Lighthawk estate, naturally she was clearly a few years older than she had been at the time. She was wearing the school uniform that he'd once seen on Clara back when they hunted the Terentanak on Kashyyyk. On her back was a long red sword which was curved at the blade and had a rounded hilt which she could use to spin the blade much like a windmill. The child looked surprisingly similar to Clara for she too had black hair. Only this girl had a streak of red in her bangs. The reason for the resemblance was that this girl was the sister of Clara. And not sister in the way he and Clara were siblings, their name symbolic for their clan's heritage. No these two girls were both born of the same parents.

"Sal-u-tations!" the girl would say enunciating all three syllables of the word. "My name is Bellatrix. Who are you?"

 

[Caine]

Looking around Lux absently heard the young girl in front of him ask who he was but ignored her for the moment as he watched the kids training with Sabers before shaking his head and tilting his head back to the ship behind him " Slow, dunno if I should be impressed with how many new faces are here or disappointed by how slow they are. " Lux thought idly as Amare and her sister appeared walking out of the ship.

" I've got a job for you two leave your stuff here one of your siblings will take it to your room. " Lux said turning away from Bellatrix still having failed to even acknowledge her presence. " Go demonstrate the standards I expect of my children to your new siblings. Break a few bones if needs be to get the message across. " He told them getting a nod from them as they turned and ran towards the training children letting knives drop out of there sleeves into there hands as they ran.

Turning back to Bellatrix Lux stared at her for several moments studying her curiously. " I'm Lux Ra'Kul Tenebris. I suppose that makes me your new father. " Lux said finally before he patted her on top of her head condescendingly and walked past her as Inlustris ran out of the ship and slowed to a walk beside him grabbing his hand. " Where's your big sister shrimp I wanna talk to her, you should watch Amare and her sister carefully you might learn something then one day you might be as strong as my daughter here. " Lux said smiling down at the much younger girl walking beside him.

Lux's lips quirked slightly in amusement once he'd walked past Bellatrix and headed for the exit from the hangar. " Now then let's see if she has her sisters temper or not. " Lux thought to himself. " If she does she'll get pissed off and attack me in a few moments if not I'll just have to push her harder. "

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[EmilyHuene]

The little eleven year old girl would start to get a little annoyed that someone was ignoring her, especially someone she went to the trouble of greeting herself. She was used to it around Clara and her partner in crime, but never from someone she'd never met before. He would instruct a couple of the kids who'd she'd seen before and they would turn to go fight their siblings. Then, the large Nohgri would finally acknowledged her.

" I'm Lux Ra'Kul Tenebris. I suppose that makes me your new father. "

"My father?" She would say after he pats her over the head and walks past her. She'd then think to herself, "He seems to think he's more powerful than I."

" Where's your big sister shrimp I wanna talk to her, you should watch Amare and her sister carefully you might learn something then one day you might be as strong as my daughter here. "

"Oh wow!" She would say feigning impression. "She must really be strong." Bellatrix would then skip over to them and walk backwards once she'd passed in front of him. "You're really grumpy, Uncle Lux. Is that because you're a lizard? I think it would be wicked cool to be a lizard, with scales and everything. Thought suppose if you wished to be pretty than I'd be grumpy too if I looked like you did."

 

[Caine]

Lux's lips quirked slightly in amusement as he continued walking. " Stronger then she looks, the only one of my kids I judged worthy of carrying the Tenebris name as well as the Ra'Kul though your big sister would be the heir to the clan as a whole at the moment since she's the strongest after me. " Lux said cheerfully.

" Wonder how long she can keep this up before she losses her temper like her sister. " Lux mused to himself as he walked deeper into the base in search of Clara before grinning internally. " Don't worry sweetie we were all weak like you once, well except me of course but I was born awesome, I'm sure you'll grow up to be big and strong like your sister one day. " Lux said in a slightly condescending tone.

" The fangs and claws are much cooler then scales but your much to young to understand such things, oh and you'll call me father or sir not uncle, unless of course you think your strong enough to defeat me shrimp. " he added dismissively after a moment before he reached out to flick her forhead.

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[EmilyHuene]

" The fangs and claws are much cooler then scales but your much to young to understand such things, oh and you'll call me father or sir not uncle, unless of course you think your strong enough to defeat me shrimp. "

Bellatrix flinched when he would flick her in the forehead and held her hand up to the spot with a pouting look on her face, "Hey! That wasn't very nice, Uncle Lux. You shouldn't be so mean to me. I'm a princess, you know. You should treat me like one." She would rub her head some and then flick the hair out of her face before adding, "When sister gets back she'll make you regret being such a meanie-head."

@Caine

 

[Caine]

" I doubt it shrimp your sister can't take me in a fight. When will she be back anyway I wanna see if there's anything interesting that needs to be done I've been occupied training my new pets lately. " Lux asked her curiously as he came to a stop at the bases mess hall and dropped into a chain yawning tiredly.

" Who are all the new brats? Some of them I already know from before I went off training but since you were the one who came to greet me I assume you had something to do with all the new faces around. "

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[EmilyHuene]

" I doubt it shrimp your sister can't take me in a fight. When will she be back anyway I wanna see if there's anything interesting that needs to be done I've been occupied training my new pets lately. Who are all the new brats? Some of them I already know from before I went off training but since you were the one who came to greet me I assume you had something to do with all the new faces around. "

Bellatrix would shake her head at the man and then answer, "Actually Clara was the reason for all of this. Most of them were from your clan. Clara and I approached them on the Czerka base and told them of this facility. Some came with us, as you can see. Others stayed behind to wait for you. The rest...well we've been recruiting. Come with me for a second please. There's something you need to see."

Bellatrix began to lead him down a different hallway that stretched to the back of the complex. She would open the door and inside he'd see what would later become their surveillance room. For now it was just a mess. Computer screens and monitors were laying on the floor, against boxes, even leaning against the walls. Wires were running every which direction having yet to be sorted into some form of system or place. In the center-ish part of the room was an older boy typing at one of the computers. He'd turn his head when he heard the two approaching.

"Show me the file," she would say to him. He didn't need an explanation.

The boy then minimized what he was working on and opened a different program and then quickly drug over the video file marked as highly important. The screen would then run an ancient playback of the hanger Lux had just entered in. Only this time it wasn't as neat and organized for several large shipping crates made up much of the room. The camera itself was perched high up and far away from what was going on, and the audio quality was dismal at best. The clan had tried their best to boost the signal and the image, but since their modern cameras had not been installed at the time this was the best they had. Hopefully once all the new software was up and running a new program might be able to tweak what they were missing. For now, this is what Bellatrix had to work with.

The video he was being shown started with two people in the center of a large group of kids. The first was Clara, his adoptive sister, wearing her usual white military outfit. The other was some man in a black assassin style Sith robe. He looked deadly, and powerful. Both would draw their blades and begin to circle one another as they prepared for a fight. Back and forth their swords clashed against one another at blinding speed. The camera couldn't keep up. It only lasted a minute or so until the two tried to both attack with the Force. The camera would screech with static for a brief second while their attacks cancelled one another.

"Pay close attention to this part," the boy would say for Lux's sake.

Then the man would blink to Clara's side and deliver a kick into the girl's ribs. She tried to block it with her sword, and was successful, but it still gave her more of the injury since she was not wearing armor like he was. The man would then grab her arm and toss her over his shoulder before pinning her to the ground. The camera again began to static and the audio, what little there was, would fade away to a drowning hissing sound. But on the screen, they'd all see something. A green glow would overcome the two of them and Clara would clearly be seen trying to free herself from his grasp. The static would then fade as the man stood up from her. For a second it looked like Clara was going to retaliate and attack him, but even Lux could see from the poor video quality she would hesitate. The video would then end as Clara also got to her feet and put away her sword.

"That man did something to her," Bellatrix would comment. "Soon after she began acting weird. She locked herself in her room all day and then left in the middle of the night. I don't know what he did but Clara would never just up and leave without telling anyone. Not like that. It's like some mind control or something." Bellatrix turned to Lux with sad eyes and would ask, "What do you know about Dark Magic?"

 

[Caine]

Staring at the screen for a moment Lux ran through what little he knew of it which wasn't much beyond a few vague mentions of it in the old Tenebris Archives that didn't contain any specific details.
" Very little, a couple old mentions of other clans trying to use it against Tenebris generations ago to turn them but the only 3 accounts of it in our records showed we seemed to be fairly resistant to it and killed the attacker, one of the 3 it was used on became withdrawn and eventually killed herself a few months later, from what you've said I assume two of them overcame it and the third probably realized she was losing and killed herself before she could become a danger to the family, but this is just guesswork and I couldn't even tell you if it was the same thing or not.
I might have experienced it briefly myself, a hunter caught up to me years ago and a woman with him's hands went green like that and she touched me. Felt like something was trying to get into my head and make me submit but my head isn't a safe place to be at the best of times and ignoring that I'm a Tenebris we don't submit, she ran whilst I was killing the hunter and I ain't seen her since.

After a few moments Lux looked back down at Bellatrix. " Tell me whatever you've figured out about it and please tell me one of you was smart enough to tag her or her ship when she started behaving strangely otherwise tracking her down is going to be a pain she's spent enough time around me to have a decent idea of how I work. "

@EmilyHuene

 

[EmilyHuene]

Bellatrix listened to him recount what he knew of magic spells. She had not told him anything of the curse in hopes he wouldn't come to his own conclusions; she was right to do so. This pleased her in one regard, but also saddened her because he wouldn't be much more help than the others.

" Tell me whatever you've figured out about it and please tell me one of you was smart enough to tag her or her ship when she started behaving strangely otherwise tracking her down is going to be a pain she's spent enough time around me to have a decent idea of how I work. "

With a sad look her eyes drifted downward and avoided his gaze. He obviously knew the answer she would give next. "Clara's smart. She destroyed the locator sensor long before coming here. None of us expected her to sneak off so why would we bother tagging her? The only way to find her is to find him."

"That's actually not the hard part," the boy would chime in. "We know his name is Vash Condorro. We can easily hack the Sith database and find the location of his ship. Miss Ra'Kul will more than likely be with him."

"But what do we do after we find them?" Bellatrix would answer as the devil's advocate. "If we have no idea what this spell is then we're powerless to save her." She would then wave her arm like swatting away a fly, "But forget about that now. We need to focus on the spell."

Turning to Lux she would continue, "We tracked some of the history of Vash. I believe he learned whatever spell he used from Dathomir. Ancient sorceresses. It's the only likely possibility. Clara and I have been there before, but never met one of their kind. I doubt they actually exist. But maybe I was wrong."

 

[Caine]

" Seems like it, I'd guess the woman who tried to control me was one of them as well or at least was trained by one either way it looks like we're taking a trip to Dathomir.
Should probably not take anybody with us, I'm fairly sure Inlustris would be able to resist whatever was done to Clara and attempted on me but I'd rather not risk it at the moment if it was effective enough to overwhelm Clara, I'm the only true blooded Tenebris left and I've never heard of anything like this being done before today outside of the stories so I don't know anyone else who has proven resistant to it. "

" Grab your stuff and get us a ship ready while I get my kit from my ship and we can get to work on rescuing our sister. Again. " Lux said as he headed out of the room and returned to ship ship quickly gathering together his weapons and a set of normal clothing to go with his armor.

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[EmilyHuene]

" Seems like it, I'd guess --- on rescuing our sister. Again. "

Bellatrix would watch the man walk off and then give the boy a smirk. He smiled too and would turn toward the screen again. There was something secret in the little girl's plan. Yes she wanted to help her sister, but what she really wanted to know was how he'd done it. And how she could learn it...

She would then leave the room and follow after Lux to the hanger. She watched him enter his own ship again and then glance to her kids. Or rather Lux's kids who were quickly showing their worth against her own. She should have been embarrassed, but it would be a good lesson for them. Bellatrix would then whistle to one of the ones standing on the sidelines.

"Tell Uncle Lux that I'll be downstairs dressing my apprentice. Have him come meet me when he's set. Have one of your sisters get The Thunderstorm ready to deploy."

"Yes, Mother," he would say and go to do her wishes.

She watched him run off and then turned to the turbo lift in the hanger which was the fastest way to the lower levels. There was someone else she wanted to take on this journey. A special person to her that Lux would likely not approve of.

 

[Caine]

Dumping his spare clothes into a bag Lux quickly settled his array of weaponry in place on his armor and concealed his knives within it as normal before heading out again to be directed towards Bellatrix by the young boy waiting outside for him before heading towards the turbo lift and heading down to the lower levels.
" Wonder when they'll figure it out. " Lux thought to himself faintly amused that they thought he hadn't noticed that the newer kids were obviously looking to Bellatrix for instructions. " Well not like it matters, maybe she'll make a good Tenebris I do need at least one more heir. " He decided as the door opened.

Walking down the corridor Lux reached out with his senses and quickly located Bellatrix and stopped outside the room she was in and knocked on the door and waited to be allowed in wondering who the second presence in the room was since it wasn't someone he recognized.

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[EmilyHuene]

While Lux got closer to the lower levels and further into Korriban itself, he'd feel a greater pull toward the Dark side. Old spirits and remnants of evil lurked in the air. It was enough to drive anyone insane. This only got worse as he was escorted by the young boy. The lower dungeon, carved of stone and lit by lantern resembled much like a dungeon. In the background, Lux would swear he could hear screams. It might have been his imagination or his mind playing tricks on him, but there was something cruel there for sure.

He'd be led up to a large metal door that was cracked open. He could hear someone crying from inside, but it was not Bellatrix. The boy would then leave his side and return to his duties leaving Lux alone in the corridor. When he'd open the door he'd see Bellatrix sitting on the ground and an older girl laying in her lap. The girl, early into her twenties, had long orange hair that was in need of a good cleaning. He'd notice instantly that the woman was not clothed and covered in scars, most of them fresh. The next thing he'd notice was that her right arm starting above the elbow had been surgically replaced by a robotic one. It all led down into steel cuffs which bound both the metal hand and the normal flesh one. Likewise, her ankles were also bound in shackles, but there was nothing mutilated save for the scars across her skin.

The girl was crying somberly and Bellatrix was smoothing out her hair in gentle strokes. She tried to comfort the girl and calm her down as if she was giving her love. But Lux wouldn't know that it was the Ra'Kul child who'd placed the woman here in the first place. The woman's name was Sarabi Morienna. She was a Jedi and had recently been captured and tortured by the black haired girl. It was all in an effort to break and rebuild the girl as her apprentice. But breaking her spirit would take time and patience.

"Uncle Lux," Bellatrix would say without looking up to him. "Are you prepared to go?"

 

[Caine]

Lux looked at the girl in Bellatrix's lap for a moment before approaching and lifting her head to see her face more clearly staring at it for several seconds before lowering it again. " She's not Ra'Kul, so whatever your doing with her I don't really care. " He said as he closed the door and locked it before turning back to Bellatrix.

" We're not leaving this room until you explain why there is somebody who reeks of light chained up in the basement, preferably in a way that convinces me your not a danger to the rest of my children otherwise daughter or not I will kill you. " He said as his left hand settled on the grip of one of his swords and a sickly yellow began to bleed into his normally bright red eyes as he opened himself to the darkness around him in preparation to attack if it became necessary.

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[EmilyHuene]

Sarabi would look at the scary Lux with fear in her eyes. Her life had been so turned around lately that anytime she met someone new it would lead to torture. That's usually what they were there for. There to see the prize for themselves and take a crack at the challenge, "Did the Jedi actually know anything?"

" She's not Ra'Kul, so whatever your doing with her I don't really care. "

When Lux left her she would return her head back into the accepting lap of her mistress who in turn watched Lux for her. She curiously eyed him while he turned to leave...but then shut the door behind him. It would lock them inside, which he didn't know, but could be opened with the Force.

" We're not leaving this room until you explain why there is somebody who reeks of light chained up in the basement, preferably in a way that convinces me your not a danger to the rest of my children otherwise daughter or not I will kill you. "

"That's so cute of you to say, Uncle Lux," the child would say not at all afraid. "But you can rest assured I will not torture your children. This one here needs to be broken. She, as you say, reeks of light. I have taken that from her. She has seen the true power of the Dark side. She just wishes to ignore it."

Her words made the redhead whimper more. "Here Kitten...show Uncle Lux your future."

Still sobbing, the girl would reach out with her good hand to the floor in front of them. Lux would now notice most of the floor was covered in puddles, though all of it was at least somewhat drenched. A shimmer of light would reflect across the floor for a moment until the light refracted and bent in the water. The three of them would see flashes of the redheaded girl in different places. She was wearing a bright red flight suit and carried a double bladed lightsaber in her left hand. She looked fierce. She looked like a killer.

The visions blurred between timelines as the Force granted them insight into what would lie in wake for the girl. But the main point was there. The girl would become a user of the Dark side. It even blatantly show her cut one of her foes down, something the old Sarabi would never do. It would all prove too much for the girl and she'd pull back her hand and curl back up to cry in Bellatrix's lap. The visions would stop and the water would return to normal while the young mistress comforted her prisoner.

"You see? Even she knows the truth of what will happen. She just doesn't want to accept it. Now, you may think me a fool, Uncle Lux, but I am not. You may be stronger than me...but I am smarter. Every one of those kids would fight for me. Die for me even."

Bellatrix would gently scoot Sarabi off of her lap and get to her feet. The Dark side grew and grew around her until it became a visible fog of shadow around her. Her presence was overwhelming. Truly evil and malicious. Any man in his right mind would fear the girl as she looked upon Lux with her own yellow eyes...demonic eyes.

"If I gave the order I would have them all kill you. Can you defend yourself against them all? Every pair of knives and guns I have stored in my keep? I think you would try. I think you would believe you stood a chance. But in the end you will fail. You may have strength, Lux Tenebris Ra'Kul. But I have numbers. I will end you if you try to bring me down."

Bellatrix would then take a step closer to Lux, her aura building with malice, hatred, and cruelty. "So you can try to test your luck or you can bow your head and acknowledge me as your true Mother."

 

[Caine]

As Bellatrix's Aura hit him Lux's lips drew back baring the tips of his fang's as for a moment fear bubbled up in him as he registered the power behind it before he stamped down on it burying it again before any sign of it could show on his face though his eyes showed more wariness then they had previously as he belatedly realized his free hand now had a knife in it pointed directly at Bellatrix's stomach that had dropped from his sleeve into it instinctively in the instant that fear had risen with him.

After staring at Bellatrix for several more seconds Lux's face split into a grin as his lips pulled back further baring his fangs entirely before the slow spread of yellow in his eyes sped up filling them completely in an instant as he matched Bellatrix's aura with his own before pushing more power into it proving Bellatrix's earlier words correct as it began to overshadow hers smothering it with the promise of death.

" Your locked in this room with me daughter and I guarantee if you call your children you'll be dead before they can get through that door. I'm the last blood of the Ra'Kul and the Tenebris despite more then 10 years of attempts on my life for a reason and as powerful as you are we you don't have nearly enough experience to fight me on your toy is in condition to help you. " Lux said a faint growl to his tone as he glared down at her for a moment.

" Besides 1 in 4 of the children on this base are mine and those that waited for me were the oldest and most dangerous of them, you got those who were to slow or to weak to be Tenebris and a Tenebris is worth a dozen Ra'Kul the difference between those who joined you and those who remained loyal to me is you expect yours to be willing to die for you, I expect mine to be strong enough to live, if it comes to a fight I promise you when it ends my children will be the only one's still standing. " He continued as he focused his own aura further pressing it down on her as he watched her reaction to it carefully for a moment before abruptly dropping it entirely as his eyes returned to there normal bright red.

Ignoring her aura his knife vanished back into his sleeve and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders grinning proudly down at her as he spoke again. " It's about time somebody showed up who was willing to take over the clan you got my name wrong though I'm Lux Ra'Kul Tenebris, I've played Ra'Kul this long because there was nobody else to do it and strong as she is in a fight our sister would make a terrible clan leader.

Now we need to settle a few things, first I'll accept you as head of the Ra'Kul clan mostly because you'll be better at it then me and I have no interest in being a Ra'Kul anyway I just needed to find a suitable heir to take my place so I won't dispute your control over it.

Second is that the Tenebris family despite being a part of the clan has always acted independently of it, Tenebris literally means darkness my family were always the clans shadow, we operate better that way appearing out of the dark to slaughter the threat then vanishing back into it just as quickly so you do not give orders to Tenebris, to be frank you'd be a terrible Tenebris you'd hate being a faceless killer hiding in the dark and that's where we thrive.
We will work with you as partners not subordinates, if you need us for something you let me know and I'll work out how we can get it done.

So we run things together as partners you run the clan and I run my my family in it's shadows where it belongs, maybe I should call you wife not daughter. " He muttered half seriously and half jokingly, threats of murder aside finding a girl who was capable of inspiring even a moment of fear in him was oddly attractive. " Or I guess we find out which of us was right and the clan destroys itself.

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[EmilyHuene]

" Your locked in this room with me daughter and --- will be the only one's still standing. "

As his own aura would raise she would push more out herself to keep battling against him. The air in the room was saturated with hatred, fear, malice, everything that resembled darkness. The two fought against one another as each tried to gain superiority. Bellatrix did not back down. She watched him grasp his knife and start toward her. She had no weapon; she was aware of this. She continued to glare at him while burning inside with all the Darkness she could muster. She would not back down. If he wanted a challenge, she would give him one.

Her voice echoed with a deeper tone much like some demon had possessed her, "If you're going to kill me, do it."

At her feet, the redheaded slave clung to her mistress' leg. Her eyes were shut tight as she tried to push out the darkness. The cold aura felt like poison to her and her fear would rise steadily. She was so afraid of her mistress, but also of this stranger. Their dark powers were more than she'd ever thought possible, and she was caught right in the middle of it. She had not come to embrace the Dark side as she foretold she would, but it would call to her none-the-less.

The two were neck in neck as they bore down on one another. Though Lux towered over the black haired princess in height, she did not back down. She continued to give him the same determined glare she had started with. No fear. No hesitation. She was a warrior of Darkness and she would never submit to another's power. Finally, one of them backed down: Lux. He would not submit, but maybe compromise. He returned his knife to his sleeve and would then embrace her in a hug. Bellatrix gasped and tried to understand what was happening.

" It's about time somebody showed up who was willing to take over the clan you got my name wrong though I'm Lux Ra'Kul Tenebris, I've played Ra'Kul this long because there was nobody else to do it and strong as she is in a fight our sister would make a terrible clan leader. "

He would then release her and Bellatrix looked up into his red eyes with a smirk. He was proud of her. He acknowledged her power. That's all she needed to hear. She would begin to suppress her aura and calm her emotions back down to their normal height. Sarabi would continue to sob quietly at her mistress' feet like a young child who'd been frightened. Bellatrix absent-mindlessly would pet her head to comfort her.

"Now we need to settle a few things --- maybe I should call you wife not daughter. Or I guess we find out which of us was right and the clan destroys itself.

Bellatrix's smirk got wider when he mentioned she'd be a terrible Tenebris. It was true. She liked the attention her power gave her. If she was ever to become a powerful Sith, she would want everyone to acknowledge that. She wanted them to know her by name, to fear her power, and to worship the ground she stood on. If Lux would pledge his clan to serve as her elite assassins, she could use that to her worth. It would play out nicely. She could already see the makings of a powerful empire in the making.

"Very well," she would say raising her left hand for her right was busy petting Sarabi. "I accept your proposal." Though he was joking, she would take him seriously. "We shall head to Dathomir to discover the secret spell used against my sister and then we shall be return her to be wed."

 

[Caine]

Looking down at Bellatrix for a moment in surprise Lux chuckled quietly to himself at her declaration as he wondered idly what he'd just talked himself into. " I suppose she's attractive enough and she's probably the only girl I know who's strong enough to actually stand up to me even if she admins in a fight between us I'd likely win and the only alternative is civil war which benefits none of us.
The only other one would be Clara and attractive as she is the fact that she was overpowered by this spell rules her out. " He concluded after thinking about it for several seconds.

" Are you bringing the girl with you? Because if you are I'll need to bring somebody along to keep an eye on her whilst we're busy dealing with the witches, weak and broken as she is I haven't survived this long by leaving my back exposed especially when I know somebody behind me wants me dead.
Amare can handle things for he here teaching my kids and as young as she is Inlustris is good enough to keep your broken toy in check if she tries anything. " Lux asked as he pressed a hand to the door channeling the force into it to open it up.

" I'm ready to go anyway, I've got all the gear I'll need and if your toy is coming then Inlustris can be ready to go by the time we reach the ship you've had prepared for us. " He said as he walked out the door and along the corridor back towards the lift.

@EmilyHuene

 

[EmilyHuene]

" Are you bringing the girl with you? Because if you are I'll need to bring somebody along to keep an eye on her whilst we're busy dealing with the witches, weak and broken as she is I haven't survived this long by leaving my back exposed especially when I know somebody behind me wants me dead.
Amare can handle things for he here teaching my kids and as young as she is Inlustris is good enough to keep your broken toy in check if she tries anything. "

"I have no issues with you bringing another along," she would say while turning back to Sarabi. "You may bring as many children as you like. Hopefully the witches will not turn war against us."

" I'm ready to go anyway, I've got all the gear I'll need and if your toy is coming then Inlustris can be ready to go by the time we reach the ship you've had prepared for us. "

"I'll see you up top then," would be her response.

She had concluded their squabble and now she was done with it. She had to get her apprentice ready for her first test. Helping the redhead to her feet Bellatrix would take a few minutes to help straighten out her hair and her appearance before presenting her with a lovely red outfit. It was the same one from the vision that Sarabi had shown the three of them. Bellatrix had it tailored to match the woman's premonition. She would help Sarabi into the flight suit, careful not to aggravate the wounds that still needed some attention.

"Now, present yourself to your mistress."

The girl would bow to the young Ra'Kul and cross her right arm in front of her chest in a sort of obedient salute. She kept her head low, letting her head hair fall around her head and hide her face. Bellatrix would then reach down and lift the girl by her chin so the two could match eyes.

She would then call her by her new name, "Kitten."

 

[Caine]

Taking the lift back up to the hangar Lux wasn't surprised to find Inlustris already waiting for him with her own armor on and a small pack slung over her back carrying her own weapons. " My new fiance apparently caught herself a light side pet and has decided to take her as her apprentice. Keep an eye on her for me whilst we're working, the witches are dangerous enough without a half broken Jedi trying to stab me in the back in the middle of a fight. "

Lux told his daughter as they walked towards the Thunderstorm noting with great amusement the way her eyes widened and mouth opened slightly at the mention of a fiance. Haven't seen her actually show a sign of shock in a while she's been around me so much she's used to my normal brand of crazy and stopped being shocked by it. He thought chuckling internally as he walked onto the ship and stowed his and her packs away before strapping her into a seat and settling himself into one to wait for Bella and her toy to join them so that they could leave.

Tapping the comm bead in his ear to activate it briefly he gave instructions to Amare to assess the newer kids in case any were more suited to being Tenebris then Ra'Kul and to train any that were as well as keeping the rest of her siblings in training whilst he was away with Inlustris and leaving her in charge of them until his return unless something major came up.