1 The Gathering

Star Wars: Infinite Darkness: I: The Gathering

TATOOINE500,000 YEARS A.B.Y.

The twin suns didn't rise this morning, it was raining and that was rare on this planet. Six jedi padawans were running from the dark lord as he was walking across the wet sand laughing, "You can't outrun me jedi scum, I can do this all day, night and all day again if needs be." The sith lord said walking after the tired, worthless jedi cowards. He raised his hand up to the heavens and sent a storm of lightning up to the clouds which in turn sent lightning back down to the sith lord making him glow red. "Come on and fight me! Don't run, you're only making this harder on yourselves!" The jedi ran to the base of a mountain and started climbing, the dark lord reached them and looked up at the struggling cowards try to escape his capture.

A lightning bolt came down and struck the mountain peak sending boulders down on the jedi below. All but two braced for the impact, the others were knocked off. As they fell the sith lord stood under them and yelled, "Yes! send them down!" The dark lord moved at the last moment and the bodies slammed into the ground. He didn't need to inspect them, he knew that they were already dead. "Either you come down and face me or mother nature will deal with you and she's doing a better job than me!" Lightning hit another jedi and burned him to a crisp, the strike scared the other two and they both fell to their deaths below.

The last jedi force jumped off of the side of the mountain face, activated his lightsaber, and fell down to the sith lord below, as he landed on his feet, the dark lord put his arms out to his sides as the jedi ran towards him. Just before reaching him the evil one grabbed the jedi's hands, turned them around the dark lord's body and shoved the blade through his throat. The jedi opened his mouth and made a loud gurgling sound. Darth Bruticus pulled the lightsaber straight out and slashed at his enemy's neck. The decapitated body hit the sand and was jolting as the evil victor spit on his lifeless body. The dark lord searched the dead padawans for their weapons and any other information that he could find on them. He got eight sabers some Republic credits and a holo disk that had some training which the dark lord was already familliar with. The evil one smiled and slowly shook his head. "That was a wasted day.

Chased those misguided jedi children to their deaths. You should have joined the dark side you jedi scum!" He turned and looked around, nothing but wet sand dunes as far as the eye could see. The clouds were getting darker, the wind picked up as he watched the storm brew and head toward Mos Espa. He pushed a button on his belt and a ship flew to his destination a few minutes later, boarding his ship, a droid began to speak. "Darth Bruticus, the child you were looking for has been captured and is on his way to the temple." Leaving the planet, the rain began falling while lightning bolted to the ground. Bruticus sat back in his seat and wiped the sweat from his face. "Why do I give those force-sensitive do-gooders the chances that I do? Maybe I'm being too forgiving...or maybe I'm enjoying myself." The droid sat next to him and spoke, "I know that you are not forgiving, my lord...and that you are having fun with them sir. You are like a krayt dragon playing with it's food before the kill."

Darth Bruticus smiled and nodded, "Well said my friend...well said." A small hologram of a tall hooded figure appeared and bowed. "He is here...it is done my lord." The figure said. "Yes I know, await my arrival, apprentice." the dark lord replied and the hologram disappeared.