The Whisper of Death

[Guardian Six]

Adden Kal was walking past the Senate Hall on Coruscant, he was looking for his target; a Gamma-Level Criminal that was on the lam from the Empire, what he found was not his target, but a familiar sight that brought back many memories. It was a blue speeder, one of a rare design, it was custom made for its owners; two Jedi who were located at Coruscant, the Jedi who he helped his parents kill. They only had one child who was shipped off to the Jedi Temple on Tython, he knew that he would be looking for revenge. Adden Kal turned around and checked his blaster rifle's ammunition and made sure that his sword was ready to be drawn against any enemy, especially if that enemy was a Jedi. He continued walking towards the Nautolan with one hand on his blaster and his other hand on his sword, he was ready to defend himself if the time came.

 

[Michael Scott]

Run was smoking a Corellian cigar that he got from killing one of the Senate guards, he was focused on blending in with the citizens of the corporate sector; even though he was a Nautolan, he wasn't out of place among the vast amounts of species that traveled the streets. With his new lightsaber that he constructed, Run was more and more confident in his abilities as an Acolyte and his Force powers. He was about to throw his cigar off the platform and into the ground that was thousands of feet below, until he felt something that he hasn't felt since his parents left him. He looked around and saw a mandolorian walking towards him, he immediately knew it was one of the bounty hunters who killed his parents; the bounties were placed on them from the Alliance, the hutts had spread rumors about their actions, the Alliance thought they murdered civilians. He grabbed his lightsaber and stood in the middle of the crowd, waiting for the mandolorian to act.

 

[Guardian Six]

Adden knew the time to fight had come, the Nautolan had already drawn his hilt, Adden had already drawn his blaster rifle. He knew that his rifle wouldn't work against a lightsaber, but he didn't plan on getting too close. His armor was mandolorian made, but he also had a mandolorian sword that belonged to his family. His thoughts rushed back to how he killed the two parents of the Nautolan, his father used the same sword that he would be using now; his mother had killed one of the parents using hand-to-hand combat, this would be how he handled the kill.

"Nathan!" Adden called as he remembered what the parents had called their child, his voice scared the crowds away and had drawn them in as spectators, it's been too long since a duel had taken place on Coruscant. He emptied his entire clip at the Nautolan twenty shots flew towards him, it only took three shots to kill him. He kept his grip on his sword in case the Nautolan decided to come close and personal.

 

[Michael Scott]

The mention of his real name angered him, he ignited his lightsaber and blocked only the rounds that were a threat to him, the other rounds bounced off his lightsaber into the crowds or flew past him into the crowd killing all who got in the way of the red blasts. Run slowly walked towards the mandolorian, thinking about what he would do once he was in range of the bounty hunter. Finally within saber reach, he swung his saber across the throat of his enemy, with enough strength to kill him.

 

[Guardian Six]

Adden knew that his blaster would affect the Jedi much, if at all, but he had to try. He tightened his grip on the hilt of his mandolorian sword, ready to draw it if the Jedi had come closer; having predicted his actions, Adden knew what he had to do. He holstered his blaster and noticed something about his opponent, his lightsaber was the color of a Sith, it was red. Even though Adden knew that Sith were more powerful than the Jedi, hell everyone knows that, it didn't scare him at all. After all he was a mercenary and saw death all the time, how would this be any different? When he saw the Sith position his feet to swing at his throat, he crouched and drew his own sword; slicing at the Sith's waist, there was no way he could avoid it as he was still swinging his blade.

 

[Michael Scott]

Run knew his time was up, he wouldn't see the beginning of the war and he wouldn't be able to fulfill his destiny of becoming the most powerful Sith in the history of the galaxy. Run thought about looking at his waist but as he put his hand down there and felt blood, he knew he was dead. He fell to his knees and gripped his lightsaber, the only thing that he had valuable in his life, the only thing that he loved. But Run realized that he wouldn't die, he quickly conjured all of his humanity and what was left of his strength and combined that with the little amount of light inside him. He used this combination of powers to heal his wounds, it would be the last time that he fought in anger and the last time he would act as a Sith Acolyte. He looked up at the mandolorian and asked, "Please forgive me, I have been weak. Can you spare me? I see that my chosen path isn't the right one, I would like to start over."

 

[Guardian Six]

The Nautolan's request surprised Adden, not many people asked for forgiveness after they instigated a fight, his parents were among them; both his and Nathan's parents. He thought about ending the life of the Nautolan, he was a dikut'la for his actions, but he had enough time to start over; unlike Adden Kal, the "Jodo" who had killed his parents. He would spare Nathan only on two conditions, not one but both of them.

"If I was a true mandolorian I would kill you," Adden chided through his transparent helmet, "I will spare you on only two conditions, if you don't agree to them and follow through, I will kill you. Here they are, give me your lightsaber and you must join the Jedi Order just as your parents did. You have a full life ahead of you Nathan, I don't. That is why I do what I do, because I'm full of darkness. But you showed me with your healing powers that you still have light inside of you, use this light for good and not evil. Stand up, I'm taking you to the Jedi Temple after we get something to eat."

 

[Michael Scott]

Run's feelings had betrayed him, he thought anger was the only path for his life; not the way of the Jedi. But something in him told him to choose a different fork in the road, that something was right in front of him; it was the very light that the mandolorian had spoken of. Even though he decided to give up that path, he knew the one he had chosen wasn't for him; even if it did give him the only love he had ever known, his lightsaber. Run, now Nathan, took the mandolorian's hand and stood up; memorizing each word as he spoke, he knew this was the guidance he was looking for. He handed the mandolorian his lightsaber and said, "thank you, I'm ready to go. By the way, what's your name? Did you know my parents?"

 

[Guardian Six]

"My name is Adden," he said as he took the lightsaber, turning ion both blades using the buttons on the hilt, "and no I didn't know your parents. Kid I didn't even know mine before I killed them, trust me, you don't want to travel down that dark and lonely path. A few years after I watched my parents collect the bounties on your parents, I discovered who wrote those bounties and discovered they were lies; I killed the hutt who posted it. Don't worry ner vod, I'll stay in touch." Adden kept walking as he turned off the double bladed lightsaber and tucked it into his utility belt, he smiled because he knew that he helped someone fix their life. Now I just need someone to help me with mine.

(((thread is done because I knew if I didn't spare him, he would just kill me.)))