The Gathering ll

Sith Temple, Edge of the Killing Fields, Korriban Two Days Later

Darth Kaiz looked down at the boy who looked up and smiled, the boy got an evil look in return. "Is there anything to do in here? It's dark, gloomy, and creepy in this place." the boy said, trying to hide by the sith lord who grabbed his hand and said, "How about I show you around this place?" The boy nodded at the man and walked next to him. Many hours had passed and the two had finally reached an interesting room to the boy. "What is this place?" The boy asked "This is the Lightsaber Training Area where many Sith over the years have learned to fight with a lightsaber." The dark lord said as he pushed a button, nearby two young sith apprentices appeared and began to spar. He looked over at the boy who was staring in amazement, he turned to the sith lord and said, "I'm going to be doing that?!" Lord Kaiz pushed another button and two advanced holo-sith appeared and began fighting and using darkside force attacks on each other. The boy walked over by the ancient warriors and sat down in front of them and watched.

The sith lord set the timers on the holoprojectors and left a droid to watch after the young boy as the dark lord left the room. He arrived at the landing pad as his master's ship touched down, the sith grand master walked down the ramp and was greeted by his apprentice. "Welcome back my master, the boy has already started his training." Darth Kaiz said as he bowed to his master. Darth Bruticus stopped walking, turned and gave his apprentice an evil gaze. The apprentice bowed again and spoke quickly. "He is watching the holoprojector in the saber training area my lord." The sith master started walking again as his apprentice walked by his side. "Master...if I may ask...why do we need the boy? We live by the Rule of Two, Lord Bane would not be happy with us if we..." Darth Bruticus cut him off, "You want to know why I'm training the boy? Because of you...It was you that I sent to retrieve him from his home." Darth Kaiz backed up from his master and said, "Master I did everything you said to do." Darth Bruticus nodded, "Yes my apprentice you did do everything, you got the boy, killed his parents, and attracted the attention of the jedi.

I told you to shoot them dead, not use your lightsaber and cut them to pieces. Now the jedi are alerted to our presence, they sent a jedi strike force out to attack me on Tatooine, I destroyed them and discovered a message sent to the jedi by....you." The sith grand master stopped walking and put his hands behind his back and stood still as Darth Kaiz walked on. "Kaiz, I'm back here, not up there." The dark lord said as Kaiz still walked on, he finally stopped and turned around and force-threw a Terminator bomb at the old grand master. The dark lord held up his hand and deflected the bomb back at his apprentice. Darth Kaiz started to force-run away as the bomb detonated, releasing small bomblets into the air and continuing to follow the sith apprentice. "Stand and fight you tusken raider jawa!" The sith master yelled.

The boy got up from his seat and ran to the area's entrance. He saw a group of balls following the evil man around the great hall and he went outside the training area. The apprentice ran around the great hall and returning to his master. Grabbing his weapon, the student ignited the weapon in his right hand and started a sweeping swing at the dark master. Darth Bruticus back flipped, grabbed the boy who ran toward him and shoved him to the side. The droid grabbed the boy by the shoulder and pulled him back. Looking at the droid, it let go of his grasp and started to crush itself, when the boy couldn't do anymore he threw the droid away. Darth Kaiz screamed as the droid smacked into him and threw the sith apprentice into the terminator bomblets that exploded in his back, knocking him over the balcony and sending him to his death below. Using the force, Darth Bruticus grabbed the boy and brought him away from the explosion. "I didn't like him, it was like I could feel the evil pulsating all over him." the boy said. "How do you fell about me?" The dark lord asked. The boy closed his eyes and could feel the sith master's force aura, it was warm like a blanket and felt safe. "I feel..."the boy said. "I know how you feel, young one...I know everything about you, and that's why I sent for you." Bruticus said setting the boy on his feet. "You sent for me?" the boy asked. "Yes I sent for you, I have been watching you since your birth, I have spent my time watching and waiting for you to be old enough."

The dark lord said. The boy looked around at the dark and half destroyed temple and back to the sith master. "Old enough for what? To kill me like you did him?" the boy asked. the dark lord began to laugh and sat down on the blackened marble floor in front of him. The boy sat down next to the man as he spoke, "I didn't kill that worthless man...you did, I just chased him with bombs, you did the rest." The boy nodded his head and looked down at his feet and started playing with his shoelaces. "You're not going to kill me for what I did?, you've been waiting for my since I was a baby...so what do you want with me?" The dark lord grabbed his chin and turned his little head to face him and said, "You are my new apprentice, you will be more powerful than any before you." "So you expect me to forget my family that you had killed and become you're app...apprent...apprentice, however you say that word, I don't even know you, or your name, and you don't know me even though you say that you do." The dark lord got up and said, "Walk with me."

They walked through the great hall and started walking up the stairs, when they reached the top, the dark lord spoke again. "My name is Darth Bruticus, you will address me as master. Those people that raised you are not you're family, I had them watch over you until I was ready to train you and now that you are here, I intend to do that and more. What you saw today is nothing compared to what I will teach you, when I am done you will be the most feared sith master in the galaxy and beyond. These are my servants, they will see that you get a change of clothes, something to eat and a room to get some rest in, I need to attend to some business and I'll return in a few days." The young boy followed the servants as Darth Bruticus spoke to them giving them further instructions to prepare him for training. The sith master went to his quarters and gathered his things. "I need to leave for a few days and take care of a few things that Darth Kaiz screwed up." He told the servant who bowed to him and replied, "Yes my lord...as you wish, it will be done as you instruct." The servant left his quarters to tend to the boy as Darth Bruticus left the room he spoke into his transmitter. "Get my ship ready to take off." When he got to the landing pad, his personal sith hunter droid MZ-12 was waiting for him, they boarded the ship together and took off.

Leaving Korriban nad entering hyperspace the droid asked the dark lord for their destination. "We're going to Tatooine to hunt down the jedi that Darth Kaiz spoke to before he/she/ it gets back to the jedi temple to tell the council about us." Darth Bruticus said. The boy entered a room and sat down as a droid brought him a tray of food and a drink. "What is it ?" he asked. The droid turned and said, "Corellian Chili, now be careful it is hot, if you want more we have plenty." The droid left him to eat, when he finished he was given a bath and new clothes which he had never worn before or even laid eyes on the custom made clothing. They were black and brown with black boots with what looked like an ancient language printed and engraved on them. He was shown to his room and for the first time in thirty years, the sith slaves watched someone sleep other than Darth Bruticus. They stood at the door all night until he woke up in the morning. Later that day the young boy was studing, learning about the history of the Sith...and the Jedi, at midday he went to psysical training where he lifted weights and exercised his body in ways that he never knew existed before. He would then eat, go to lightsaber training, which was his favorite. The rest of this time was his own, he spent some days in his room, or in the library, or in the lightsaber training area with the sith servants.

On one particular day after breakfast he was led to the library, seated at a table that had nothing but a black silk cloth laying on it. As he looked at the cloth a small cube appeared and started moving like it was unlocking itself. A servant pushed a side on the cube and a hologram appeared above it. The figure bowed and began to speak, "Hello young one, what's you're name?" The boy stood up and bowed back at the figure, took his seat and said, "My name is Mykalta." The figure said, "My name is Darth Bane and I will teach you many things while your master is away, the first thing you will learn is The Rule of Two." The boy nodded and spoke, "Yes my lord, my master and I are the only two here." Lord Bane laughed, "I know young one...I know your master and I know who you are and everything about you." The boy's jaw dropped.