Abomination

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~~~(POV: Nathen Opal)~~~

~~~(Location: The Jedi Temple, Coruscant)~~~

"RAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"

The grotesque monster made out of flesh, bodies, and The Force screams out into the room. Shaking it and causing parts of the ceiling to come crashing down. I hold up my hand and stop the falling rocks. After I have them under control, I hurl them at the monster.

It's sent into the wall by the impact of the rocks. What's interesting is the damage it received is instantly healed. The regenerative capabilities of this monster seem to be extraordinary.

"What the fark is that thing!!? I think I'm gonna be sick!!"

Nella is behind me on her hands and knees as she dry heaves some more. You can make out the faint bodies and skeletons of young men and women. Some are even childlike. The freak of The Dark Side is made out of younglings and initiates.

My eyes slowly look toward Satele as the monster is getting back on its... Limbs? I don't know what to call them. They're like pillars of flesh that hold up its body.

Her eyes lock with mine, and I see how disturbed she is by all this. She didn't expect to find something like this left in the old library. A sort of sick and twisted gift left by the Sith. She's not the only one messed up by this.

My attention turns to Eassa, and she's having the hardest time besides Nella. From what I remember, she was always friendly and open with kids our age. Very personable. Seeing this thing... It's probably making her see the kids we were friends with growing up.

"What do we do..."

Satele is trying her best to have an even and calm voice. But I can hear that she's struggling with this.

"All of you need to go. I'll handle this."

I can tell they want to protest my order. But they see how serious I am about this. Satele picks up Nella since she's can stop dry heaving, and Eassa follows behind them. They leave down the path that we came to reach this place.

Now it's just the abomination and me. It's almost fully recovered and preparing to attack. It lunges at me with a force that shakes the room.

"That won't work."

I lift my hand, and it freezes in midair. Floating there in my grip. I lightly squeeze my hand, and the thing explodes in a show of gore and blood.

Even I'm covered in the bones, organs, and rotten flesh that was once the creature. I turn around to leave, but after my first step. The things I'm covered with float off me and head in the direction that I turned away from.

A slow spin later, and I see the abomination reforming. Even such destruction couldn't stop its regenerative capabilities.

"What the hell are you..."

I don't know why I'm asking the creature anything. It has no intelligence behind its eyes. Only a desperate hunger.

~~~(POV: Satele Shan)~~~

~~~(Location: The Jedi Temple, Coruscant)~~~

Nate is down the passageway. Handling whatever that thing was. Eassa is currently helping Nella get over the smell. The poor girl wasn't prepared for something like that. Neither was I. Never did I suspect the Sith would be so cruel to leave something like that behind.

"What do you think that was, Grandmaster?"

Eassa takes my focus, and I look at her. She's rubbing her hand on Nella's back in support as the girl tries to regain composure.

"Some sort of monster made from Sith Sorcery. Curses and hexes have probably been placed in that room which created the monster. I've never seen or heard of such a thing before, but the archives on Tython might have information."

Nate has been down there for about 30 minutes now. I can sense he's fine, but I'm wondering what's taking him so long. He should've easily ended the monster's existence. All I can guess is he's trying to get answers too.

I can sense the creature is alive as well.

"Satele... Mind if I ask you something..."

There is a distinct shift in Eassa's tone. One that I can tell holds a sensitive spot for her.

"You can speak to me about anything, Eassa."

She closes her eyes, and I can tell she's steeling herself to ask.

"The Jedi children that were killed in The Sacking Of Coruscant... We never found their bodies... Do you think..."

I raise my hand in an effort to silence her.

"No need to speak anymore... And yes..."

It's disturbing...