A Week Later.
Things had been going well for Seth for the last few weeks. After the Kyoto trip, Seth transported Tabane and Chloe to the lunar base. Ritsuko was impressed by Tabane's genius engineering skills and the two got along fairly well. [Kuroshiki]'s core was returned to England after they wiped all the data on the core and Madoka received a new core. She became friendly with Stella, Rattle, Amelia, and Gina. She even helped them become better pilots by training with them. To top it off, [B.L.A.Z.E.] and [F.L.A.M.E.] located another relic. A three day weekend was coming up and this would be the perfect chance to go try and find the relic. He had cotton an excuse from WILLE and traveled to the lunar base. He left Akikaze in the care of his P.M.C. and opened a portal to the new dimension.
Somewhere in Space.
Seth was currently in the vacuum of space and saw a large ship close to him. He saw that it was armed with cannons and was most likely a war ship. Which meant that it was connected to the government, however he faced a big problem. How was he going to send the ship a request to dock. He didn't know the language, nor the code to ask for permission to dock. That wouldn't be a problem as [B.L.A.Z.E.] was suddenly caught in a tractor beam. Seth was taken aboard the ship where he was met by hundreds of battle droids. They were pointing their guns at him.
"Get out of your machine and put your hands up." The droid said. Seth was shocked that the droid spoke English or rather that the galactic language standard was nearly identical to English. He got out of [B.L.A.Z.E.] and placed his hands up. Seth was handcuffed and taken to a prisoner cell. It wasn't long until he was greeted by an middle age man. The moment the man saw Seth his eyes for a split second, they opened with shock.
"The force is incredibly strong with this boy." The man thought as he saw him.
"Tell me young man, who are you?" The man asked.
"My name is Seth Fairs and I'm just a traveler passing by. Might I ask who you are?" Seth said.
"My name is Count Dooku. Tell me young man do you know what the force is?" Dooku asked.
"The Force?"
"I can see you have no idea on what I'm talking about, so allow me to explain. The force is an energy field created by all living things. Some of us are able to use the force." Dooku used the force to lift Seth up from the ground.
"I sense the force is very strong within you and I happen to be in need of an apprentice. I could make you far more powerful than you could imagine. Swear your loyalty to my teachings and the secrets of the dark side of the force shall be yours." Seth could tell that this man would end up using him, but right now he couldn't pass up this chance. He was alone in a universe and had no where to go. This chance to become an apprentice would give him training and a place to stay. He would have to agree for now.
"I pledge myself to your teachings." Seth said.
"Very good. Today you shall rest up, but beginning tomorrow your training will start. It will be harsh and you may die, but if you survive, you will become far stronger than anything you could dream of." Dooku ordered a droid to lead Seth to the mess hall of the ship and get him a meal. They also showed him his temporary room. Seth decided to sleep for now. His training would start tomorrow and he had no clue on how it would be or this force thing.
The next morning.
Dooku opened the door to Seth's room and found the boy sleeping. It was time for him to wake up.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Seth screamed as Dooku used force lightning on him to wake him up.
"Good, you're up."
"What the hell was that for?!" Seth asked as he felt electricity course through his body.
"That was a warning. When I arrive in the morning, I expect you to already wide awake. Next time I will not be so lenient. Come apprentice, we have much to do today." Dooku said as he began to move. Seth swears he'll make Dooku pay for zapping him. Seth followed Dooku to a large section of the ship where he was holding a practice blade.
"Apprentice catch." Dooku tossed Seth the practice blade.
"Your training will start with a test of your skills with a sword. These commando droids have been programmed to attack you with their blades. They will attempt to take your life. Failing this exercise means death. Now then let the training being." Dooku said as he stepped back and the commando droids attacked Seth. The new apprentice avoided several of the droids slashes before he parried one of the droids attacks. With the droid's defense open, Seth went in for the kill. He struck the droid several times before aiming for he head and destroying it.
"Now this is more like it." Seth said as he picked up the fallen commando droid's blade. With two blades in his hands, he took an odd stance that peeked Dooku's interest. Seth attacked the commando droids without mercy. One by one the droids fell to Seth's blade.
"How was that?" Seth said to Dooku.
"Most impressive that you were able to defeat the droids, however that combat style was hideous. I see that we must start from the very beginning." Count Dooku brought out his lightsaber and deployed its red blade.
"This is a lightsaber, this is a Sith's weapon and only true friend. One day you will make your own, but for now you will copy my movements until they are imbedded into your memory." Dooku said as he began to show Seth the lightsaber combat form Makashi. Seth began to copy Dooku's moves as he instructed. Slowly but surely, Seth was starting to understand this form. They would spend the week practicing the form and begin to learn other combat forms as well.
A week later.
Over the past seven days, Seth was informed about the clone wars and Dooku explained to Seth how vile and corrupt the Jedi are, according to him. The hoarded up all the knowledge in the galaxy in their library. They took young children from their families to force them to train in the Jedi arts and didn't let them see their family once they grew up. They also forbid a person greatest value, their passion or emotions. Unlike the Sith, the Jedi didn't allow a person to have feelings. And Dooku told Seth that the Jedi wanted order in the galaxy even though they caused the genocide of the Sith. It would be order if the Jedi and the Sith had an equal number of members, not the eradication of one side. To Seth the Jedi were a group of corrupt liars.
"Master." Seth said as he greeted Dooku. He saw the Sith sitting cross legged on the ground.
"Apprentice it is time to draw out the force from within yourself. To do this you must sit down and meditate with me." Dooku said. Seth sat next to Dooku and began to meditate with him.
"Search deep inside yourself apprentice." Dooku said as Seth began to focus. It took around a whole hour before Seth even felt something, but what he discovered felt incredible. Seth continued to focused even more, before he knew it three hours had passed.
"Apprentice, it is time to see how much of the force you can muster up." Dooku placed a rock in front of Seth. "Use the force to lift this rock up."
Seth closed his eyes and began to imagine the rock in front of him floating. The rock on the floor began to shake before it began to lift up into the air.
"I did it!" Seth cheered as the rock began to float up in the air.
"Good young apprentice, now then lift up these droids." Dooku pointed to ten battle droids that just entered the room.
"Is that even possible?" Seth asked. Dooku lifted one of his hands up and easily lifted all the droids up without breaking a sweat.
"Now do it." Dooku ordered. Seth began to focused himself and tried to lift up the droids, but to no avail. He started to get frustrated, but the angrier he got, the more the droids began to shake. He figured out the stronger his emotions are, the stronger his force powers became. Soon Seth became enraged and all the droids were lifted into the air. Seth let the droids fall to the floor and he fell on his knees. His body felted extremely sore. Using the force was taxing on his untrained body.
"I see that you've discovered the secret of the force. The stronger your anger and hatred is the stronger your abilities with the dark side of the force will be. Now then I have a matter to address to so I shall be away for one week, but that does not mean you can slack off. When I come back, I want you to be able to lift up two vulture droids."
"Vulture droids?" Seth asked. Dooku pointed to the ceiling of the ship where these large space ship like droids were being held.
"You want me to pick these things up with the force within a week?"
"You better start practicing." Dooku said as he boarded his ship and left Seth alone to train.
Six Days Later.
The past six days, Seth had been training furiously. He was able to lift up one Vulture droid using the force, but two was too difficult on him. Right now Seth was resting in his bed until something hit the ship and caused Seth to fall on the ground.
"What the hell?!" Seth yelled.
"Seth the ship is under attack by the republic." Blaze brought up live video footage from the ships camera and saw three republic battle cruiser attack the fleet of separatist ships. He saw several teams of republic clone troops boarding the ship. He saw that they were headed for the command center and most likely trying to take the ship. He wouldn't allow that. Seth saw a path where he could intercept the attacking enemies.
Several minutes later.
"Apprentice slow down, you're advancing ahead of the schedule." A Jedi knight male Mirialan said over a communicator with his young Rodian padawan.
"Master, we're making great progress. We can't afford to slow down now." The Rodian padawan said as he continued to push through the waves of droids that protect the ship.
"Hit the deck!" The clone trooper captain that was with the young Jedi yelled. Several clones and the padawan took cover behind some of the walls, but others were not so lucky. They were ripped apart by a barrage of blue energy shots. The surviving clones and the padawan looked forward. They saw a man with his right hand covered with a metal black armor and his left hand held a sword.
"Is that man holding a metal sword?" One of the clone troopers asked. It was puzzling to see anyone use such a primitive weapon in this day and age.
"I guess I have to engage in close quarters." Seth couldn't just fire a energy beam or use missiles without risking to make a hole in the ship and be sucked into the vacuum of space. His miniguns and swords were the only weapon he could use.
"Captain cover me!" The young Rodian padawan said as he charged in.
"Yes sir! Give the commander covering fire!" The clone captain ordered his men to fire on Seth. Seth brought out [B.L.A.Z.E.]'s bits and ordered them to attack the clones while he dealt with the padawan. The bits opened fire on the clones and instantly killed two of them. The bits deployed their blades and began to slaughter the clones one by one.
The Rodian Jedi charged in to engage Seth. He slashed several times and Seth was forced to avoid them. Seth waited until the young Jedi made an opening, which didn't take long. Seth sweep kicked the padawan's legs, causing him to fall and quickly impaled him with [Kurikara]. The volt weapon unleashed a plume of flames inside the young Rodian padawan, cooking him from the inside out.
"Nooooo!" A new voice yelled. Seth used the force to pick up the slain padawan's lightsaber and deployed the blue blade. It was met by a Mirialan Jedi knight's green lightsaber.
"You'll pay for that Sith!"
"You're that pathetic excuse of a jedi's master aren't you. I can see why he was so easy to kill, his master is just as pathetic as he was!" Dooku had told Seth that if he had to face a Jedi, the first thing he should do was to get them angry. They would lose focus and be that much easier to kill. Seth plan worked. The Jedi knight was already angry by the death of his apprentice and now he was being insulted by the man that killed said apprentice.
"Die Sith!" The Jedi knight was far more skilled then Seth, but Seth had a lot more tricks up his sleeves.
"Tiid Klo Ul!" Seth shouted and time itself began to slow down. He fired a stasis shot from [B.L.A.Z.E.] and the Jedi knight was frozen in time. At least that was what it seemed like to Seth.
The Sith in training got behind the Jedi knight and slashed upwards towards the chest. His death was swift.
Using the force, Seth picked up the dead Jedi knight lightsaber. He charged towards the clones with the two lightsabers and began to slaughter them. Seth knew that this wouldn't end until the republic battle cruisers were destroyed. Seth made his way towards the command ship's hangar and activated several vulture droids. He deployed [B.L.A.Z.E.] and launched into space.
Battlefield.
Seth and his squad of vulture droids were heading towards the closest republic battlecruiser. As they approached the cruiser, a squad of Arc-170 attacked Seth. The vulture droids and he took evasive maneuvers. Seth and his squad now chased behind the attacking clone in a dogfight. Several of the vulture droids fired their missiles at the clones. Two of the five clones were hit and crashed into the side of a separatist ship. Seth sped ahead of his squad and landed on top of the lead arc-170 clone star fighter. The other two fighters tried to blast Seth off of their leader, but Seth brought out [B.L.A.Z.E.]'s miniguns and fired a barrage of energy blast that destroyed the two arc-170 ships. Seth stabbed the Arc-170 starfighter he was on with his energy blades and jumped off. The blades impaled the star fighter's thrusters and caused the ship to explode.
A barrage of plasma shots were fired from the nearby republic battle cruiser and attacked Seth. The male I.S. user rapidly moved to avoid the attacks. [B.L.A.Z.E.] activated her fold-out armor and increased her mobility. Seth locked on to the cannon on the republic battle cruiser and unleashed a massive barrage of missiles, destroying the cannons.
Seth made his way to the back of the cruiser. He saw the massive thrusters of the large cruiser. It probably wouldn't be good for the ship if Seth destroyed them. [B.L.A.Z.E.] deployed her bits and they formed a circle. Seth created four blue spheres. Two in his hands and two on his GN cannons located on his hips. The six bits began to spin in a counter clockwise rotation. Seth unleashed the four beams through the ring the bits made and the beams grew immensely. Seth dragged the beams and destroyed all the engines on the republic battle cruiser. The ship began to evacuate.
Seth made his way towards the second republic battlecruiser. He saw that the dock was open and flew inside of it. Once I side he switched from [B.L.A.Z.E.] to [F.L.A.M.E.].
"Hey what are you doing here! Blast him!" A clone trooper noticed the strange red machine and alerted the others. The clones inside the ship began to fire on [F.L.A.M.E.].
Seth launched the GN rifle and shield bits, and [F.L.A.M.E.]'s disk bits. They began to block and attack the attacking clone troopers. Seth entered his [Nova Mode] and charged up four nova particle beams. Once fully charged, Seth unleashed the beams in the direction of the ships generators. The beams ripped through layer after layer of metal and reached the generator. They exploded and doomed the ship. Seth switched back to [B.L.A.Z.E.] and launched from the ship.
Seth noticed that the last remaining republic battle cruiser was starting to turn around. He knew the ship would try to escape the battle. He had to work fast if he wanted to destroy the ship. Seth created a black sphere in his hands. Once it grew to a decent size, Seth launched the sphere at ship.
"Black End Galaxy!" The black sphere began to expand. The metal of the ship began to stretch as the black hole consumed the ship. Soon the ship was nothing more than several large sections of stretch metal. Now all that was left was to eliminate any remaining clones. Several vulture droids were under attack by a squad of clone. Seth chased after them to begin finishing off the rest of the clones.
Several Hours Later.
Count Dooku in his solar sailer just exited hyperspace. He had received word of the republic's attack on the separatist blockade. He saw three destroyed republic cruisers and minor damage on the blockade. Dooku contacted the commanding droid and demanded a report on the recent battle. Needless to say count Dooku was shocked to learn that his apprentice had killed two Jedi and destroyed a republic battle cruiser by himself. He wanted to see how far had his apprentice's training had progressed. Dooku was pleased to see Seth lifting up two vulture droids as he had instructed.
"Most impressive apprentice. I had not expected you to be able to lift these droids by the time of my return." In truth Dooku had expected Seth to be able to lift only one of the vulture droids. Nor did he expect his apprentice to survive an I counter with a Jedi, let alone kill two. Dooku saw great potential in Seth, but he also grew slightly fearful. The Sith had a rule of called the rule of two. A master and one apprentice. This rule was place because long ago there were countless Sith and they end up killing one another relentlessly. Training his first apprentice Asajj Ventress already broke this code and his master Darth Sidious was not pleased, but Dooku proved that he could keep his assassin in check. He need Seth to stay loyal to him so his plan to overthrow his master could come to completion.
"Seth it is time to begin blaster deflection and saber dueling training. You were incredibly lucky to survive a duel against two Jedi, but I will teach you how to create your own luck. For now you will use those sabers you've captured for training until it is time for you to make your own blades." Dooku handed Seth a helmet with the blast shield down. Seth put the helmet on and couldn't see anything. Dooku launched three practice droids into the air.
"Allow your passion to guide you." Dooku said, but Seth had his doubts.
"Wait, is this even possible?" Seth asked.
"Take off your helmet." Dooku ordered and Seth did. Dooku closed his eyes and brought out his lightsaber. The practice droids fired on Dooku and he began to deflect all the shots without even looking. Seth was impressed to say the least.
"See it is quite possible. However you have question my teachings and I cannot allow this action to unpunished." Dooku slashed his lightsaber at Seth. The young apprentice was able move back, but Dooku cut his face. A large scar appeared on Seth face that ran diagonally down his face. Seth held his face in pain as the lightsaber cause intense pain and instant cauterization. The wound hurt like hell, but Seth's eyes were undamaged.
"Let that mark be a reminder to never question my teachings. Now get up." Dooku ordered Seth to continue training. Seth wanted to kill Dooku so badly right now, but he would be in a situation that didn't seemed too good. He had to listen for now.
"As you say my master." Seth said as got up and put on the helmet. He deployed his lightsabers and started to search deep within himself. He raised up one of his blades and blocked a blast. He was able to block ten shots before he got hit. The blast from the training droid stung, but Seth ignored the pain and continued to train.
Two Weeks Later.
Dooku was impressed with his apprentice's growth. He was now up to seven practice droids. Dooku knew that Seth was now more then ready to create his own lightsaber. He preloaded a ship with a course to a planet with a few kyber cystals for Seth to use.
"Master." Seth said.
"Apprentice, it is time for you to forge your own blade. I've prepared my ship with the location of the temple. This is a journey I cannot help you, you must allow your passion to guide you. Now head out." Dooku ordered. Seth boarded Dooku's personal solar sailer and headed towards the Sith race homeworld, Moraband.
Moraband.
The solar sailer landed on the former red planet of the Sith. The moment he stepped off of the ship, a chill went up his spine. He really didn't want to be here.
"This place, something bad happened here." Seth said.
"Seth you should get moving. I'm detecting no life forms, but something is watching us." Blaze said.
"Master I would suggest move now." Even for Flame, this place was starting to get creepy.
Seth moved through the barren wasteland. He was following where the force was telling him to go. He passed several old structures from a race that has been long forgotten. He reached the base of a Sith temple and started to climb up the stairs, several shadowy figures appeared in front of Seth. They began to chant in a language Seth didn't know, but he could tell that these figures were not happy that he was here. Several of them began to screech at Seth, spooking him, but he kept his cool.
The shadowy figures began to motion for Seth to follow them. Seth did as the shadow figures asked and he entered the temple. They led him to a large room that seemed like a tomb. Suddenly the shadowy figures disappeared, the tomb in the center of the room shot open and a torrent of black shadows surrounded Seth. They eventually formed a figure of what appeared to be a man.
"Who dares to disturb my rest?!" The figure pointed at Seth demanding an answer.
"My name is Seth Fairs, and I am here to construct my blade."
"This temple is not for Jedi, leave now boy."
"I am no Jedi, I am a Sith." Seth stated. The shadowy laughed at Seth.
"What's so funny!" Seth said angrily. The shadowy figure became enraged.
"You dare to raise your voice to me! I who restored order to the Sith! I who created the rule of two!" Seth finally realized who he was talking too. Count Dooku told Seth about the legendary Sith warrior that reconstructed the Sith order during an age of chaos. The man called the Sith'ari
"You're Darth Bane?"
"I see that even a insolent brat knows of my legend. So you call yourself a Sith, yet you share very little of our culture. You claim to use the dark side of the force, yet I sense no anger or rage inside you. I sense much fear in you, boy."
"A Sith does not need to use anger as a weapon." Seth words captured the attention of the dark lord.
"Explain yourself."
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The force shall free me. The code of the Sith never states that I must use anger or hatred as a weapon, but that I follow my passion. I choose to use this power to protect those I care about, that is my passion." Seth's words shocked the dark lord. Never once he thought would he encounter a Sith like Seth. He was a contradiction to the Sith, yet at the same time, he fit perfectly with the Sith code. The young man in front of was interesting to say the least. Perhaps he was the one Darth Bane was looking for.
"You have an interesting way of using the Sith code. I can foresee your fate young man, and you will be betrayed by your master. You will grow far too quickly for his liking, and he will cut you down. I can grant give you the power you seek to protect your friends and overthrow your master. All you must do is swear your loyalty to me." Darth Bane knew that Seth would become one of the strongest Sith in history and could become a legend. Seth knew he couldn't trust Dooku. He could tell that the old man was planning something, but how could he trust this Sith Lord. He knew that Dooku would eliminate him if he became too strong, but what about Darth bane. Bane was nothing more than an spirit right now and couldn't do much to Seth. Plus he was the one to restore order to the Sith. This was probably his best bet. Seth got on one knee and lowered his head.
"I pledge myself to your teachings." Seth said.
"Good. Rise my new apprentice. From here on, you will be known as Darth Dominus. Now take my medallion, it is time to create your weapon." Darth Bane used the force to open a chamber behind his tomb. In his coffin, Seth found a strange medallion. He took it and entered the chamber behind the tomb and it led to a staircase. Seth walked down the stairs until he a wide open room with an extremely dark aura emanating from it.
"This is the area you seek. Sit down and bring out your crystals. I will guide you through the rest." Darth Bane said.
Seth sat down and brought out the two Kyber Crystals. He began the process of 'bleeding' the crystals by infusing them with the dark side of the force.
"Focus, look deep within yourself and find what you inner self is telling to make." Darth Bane said.
It took Seth four days of intense meditation to create the crystals without any flaws, but it was well worth it. The red crystals were finally his and bending to his will. They incredibly beautiful. They were a mesmerizing crimson red in color. Seth brought out a crate that had all sorts of lightsaber parts inside of them.
Several parts began to float up from the box and linked together. The parts formed two curved blades that were identical to Darth Bane's but they had sharp tips next to the point where the lightsabers deployed. Seth brought out his lightsabers blades and discovered that like the crystals one of the blades has a black glow around the blade and the other had a white glow around the blade.
"It is time to go Darth Dominus." Darth Bane said as his shadow disappeared. Seth returned to Dooku's ship and rejoined Dooku's fleet.
Later with Dooku.
"I've return master." Seth said to Dooku.
"I see you've made your blades. An interesting choice." Dooku said as he examined Seth's newly created lightsabers. Dooku was most impressed by the blades quality and their powerful appearance.
"Come apprentice, we have much to do." Dooku led Seth towards their training area. This was the beginning Seth's journey in search of the relic. He knew It could be anywhere in this galaxy, and he had a lot of time to search.