Digging through Data

Wes and Alema sat at the data consoles, sifting through the thousands of years worth of data well into the night. The two immediately started their search when their master ordered them to, not even getting a chance to rest and recover from their harrowing battles on the ancient remains of the Star Forge. The wear and tear of doing both tasks back to back was clear on both of them. Their faces were sunken, their eyes dark and heavy, with dirt and blood still covering parts of them.

“Argh! Fuck this!” declared Wes as he got up from the console. “I’m out of here. I’m fucking tired and dirty. I’m going to my room to shower and rest. You wanna come with me?” Wes said, the implication clear to what he wanted to happen. Alema let out a sigh as she got up from her spot as well.

“While I do not wish to disappoint the mistress, I do agree that I’ve become rather taxed from all our exploits at the Star Forge. So I think I’ll go to my room to shower and recover,” she said in a clear refute to Wes’ offer.

“Are you sure? I can guarantee you'll have a blast,” Wes said in a last ditch attempt to persuade the twi’lek to join him in his bed.

“Who knows. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. The Force works in mysterious ways,” said the twi’lek with a sly smile as she jaunted past the young Sith and left the room.

“God damn you,” growled Wes as he watched that blue ass walk past him and through the door. “I will fuck you, whether you want to or not,” determined Wes before he left the room as well. The Sith made his way to his room and quickly went to the shower to wash off all the grime and gunk he had acquired over the past few excursions. The water flowing off his body felt nice as he could finally let his guard down in his own room. He knew a Sith should never let their guard down since even some of the most powerful and influential Sith have been killed by those they let their guard down near, but Wes needed to not worry about assassination or betrayal for just the night and relax.

After his long, relaxing shower, Wes changed into more comfortable clothes and laid on his bed to reflect on his experiences in the past few days. That creature we saw was so monstrous. These starweirds as my master called them are fearsome. A creature that feeds on Force Users does seem like a thing a crazy Sith alchemist would conjure up. One that attacked both Sith and Jedi is especially possible if its a banished Sith alchemist. I do hope master also rewards me for bringing her yet another Jedi to become an apprentice. I must show my worth to her so she’ll promote me to Sith Lord so then I can start making these captured Jedi girls my apprentice slaves. I wonder how Rissa is doing with my father as her master? He is a tough bastard who does not take failure well. Hell, he probably killed her by now if she failed a task assigned to her. I know there were a few times when he thought about disposing of me when I failed his training before I went to the Sith Academy. Perhaps I’ll get to see her some day. I’ll have to ask master if she knows what my father is up to. Wes continued to gather his thoughts and, before long, found himself asleep.

Wes tossed and turned on his bed as he experienced a dream that, once awake, would have thought it was a real experience. What worried Wes more, however, was the content of his dream. The entire dream was seared into his mind so that he could recount it to his master.

“Master, I have received word from our spy on Lady Mutaria’s ship. It seems her two apprentices have returned from the Star Forge remnants with a data disk. Our spy has yet to access it because the two immediately started their search through it. We also do not know what Lady Mutaria is looking for, either,” Rissa informed her master.
“I see,” Darth Maleous replied to his apprentice’s report. “Continue to monitor the situation,” he ordered his newest apprentice. “It seems that Lord Veradun also sought the Star Forge for reasons that are unknown to me as well,” Darth Maleous informed Rissa. “One Sith lord looking for that ancient relic I can overlook, but two? Two tells me there is something there that I need to know about. Meanwhile, we shall head to Balmorra. The next offensive shall take place on the vaunted droid producing planet,” Darth Maleous told the young apprentice as he ordered his fleet to head to the Republic controlled planet.

Wes awoke right after that dream sequence drenched in sweat. His breaths were fast and short as his mind raced with what he had just seen. That was too real to be a dream. It couldn't have been just a dream. Not with my father and Rissa both in it. Could it have been a Force Premonition? But I’ve never done that before. Maybe it’s because I have a close connection with the two of them that I was able to eavesdrop on their conversation?