Sith Archive: Asheth (FanFiction)

Chaper 7: The Tomb of...

Korriban, A Day Later After the Visit to Voss

Korriban, a dust ball, rather sandy too, but I guess you can't expect anything else. The voices were still none existant, at least for now. No real knowing on for how long though. I dug with a team of archaeologist down in the dust of Dromund Kaas, the rubble can be seen clearly now. About an hour throught the digging we revealed an entrance to a tomb, of whom I could not say.

I held out my hand to the archeologists, "Stop!" I yelled. The archeologists dropped their shovels, and stood to attention as I walked just an inch in front of the doorway. I stared for a little focusing on the force and as I opened my eyes, but a second later my Master appeared as a apparition pacing.

"Well Ash, what do you think of it?" He said, continuing to pace in the doorway.

He couldn't be there, there was no way he was there. I closed my eyes before feeling a smack across my face.

"Ash! Don't ignore me, I know you can see me...come on what do you think?" He shouted my name, but spoke the rest in clarity.

I looked at him blankly and spoke "Well you didn't have to smack me to prove that." I said, before walking into the tomb, through Silence's 'body' if you could call it that anyway.

The archeologists lit lamps and began to line the halls with them as I and them walked down them, while Silence appeared next me...smiling as he walked carefully.

"Ash! Acknowledge me!" He yelled, continuing to smile and chuckle to himself, knowing I wouldn't.        Lets just say he isn't too interested in any case, not much longer as he began to disipate slowly, I could hear him yell and scream as he disappeared.

I chuckled to myself before begining to whistle loudly, allowing it to echo throughout the halls as we walked. We came upon a big chamber, with a staircase leading to the sarcophagus, and Silence appeared once more beckoning me to come up the stairs. And I followed, his mouth sprending into an outstrenched grin.

"Do you see what I do Apprentice?" He asked, tapping in a sense on the sarcophagus.

I looked at him puzzled.

"I guess you need to brush up on a few names, I...knew this person...never knew he was buried though. This is the Tomb of Darth Kraujas, interesting really." He relied to my look, before disappering once more.

I beckoned to the archeologists to remove the sarcophagus to move it elsewhere and they did over an hour or so as it was securely positioned and hardened over time.

I looked behind myself to see a spirit sitting on a rock, "Well to be frank, I thought he was buried in the Tomb of Ajunta Pall, it is possible he was moved...would you not say." He said, starring at me before walking down the stairs following the archeologists, as I looked over to the Holocron on the pedestal.

It was there glowing, and as I touched it, dark energy blasted me back to the floor. I was completely froze, a spirit or portion of one was released from the holocron and stood above me.

"Being trapped in that holocron, or at least what is left of myself, was odd...but well worth the wait." The spirit said. "Now Who are you?"He asked.

Before allowing me to stand back up, releasing me. And then I spoke "I am Asheth, Lord of the Sith, whom may you be?"

"I am...or was once Darth Kraujus of...well that doesn't hold much weight actually. I stored a partial part of myself here in this Holocron just in case I was to be resurrected or bound to some else, or spread my Knowledge if need be." He replied, "But are you...strong enough."

I looked at him before igniting my saber and said "I'm learning what you know, with or without your help, I really don't care who you were. But I have dealt with Sith Spirits before and I can do it once again."

The spirit stared at me, before unleashing a barrage of lightning, which burned almost as much as that Rakghoul's mauling on Taris, and in a way a lot worse as it charred my flesh severly, and it threw me down the stairs almost breaking a rib or two as I landed face first.

"Ignorant Child." He whispered, while walking down the steps. He kneeled near my face, or what was remained, looking down on it disappointed.

A dark power pulled him back into the holocron and my Master appeared in his place. "Ah...that should have been expected. Do not fear you are safe, all you have to do is accept me and allow me to be bound to you, and I can heal you. And of course Darth Kraujas' knowledge will be your's." He said, expecting me to accept.

I waved my hand slightly in acceptance, not really being able to move in much of a sense and Silence smiled, and dispersed into a red and black smoke into my body in one of this most painful ways I could have found, it burned worse than the lightning that struck me and resulted in me blacking out almost instantly...