Jules Makes her Move (Now Closed)

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*The large dropship hung over the trees of Kashyyk looking for the perfect place to set down. Crossfire from below began to rock the air around the ship. Her order came barking out to the others.*

"Hold her steady and keep her aflight! We're gonna catch Wookies tonight whether they want it or not."

*She smiled in satisfaction. Oh how she loved resistence. It just meant that they were more likely to survive slavery.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*They found a spot along a beachfront and set down. Wookies from the trees above sounded an alarm and fire erupted around the ship. Julianna hopped out with her men and waved for the ship to move back up into the atmosphere. Pulling her comlink within her wrist unit towards her lips, she ran for cover and spoke.*

"Stay close. We're gonna need a quick escape here possibly. Keep communications open with Sapphire."

*She waved her hand forward and fire returned. Her men were trained to take down and not take out. They needed as many wookie soldiers alive.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*Like the flight of birds, the men moved very organized like into and through the thick underbrush of Kashyyk while avoiding the hanging vines. She had already briefed them on what to expect underneath. Silence was the command they were to follow until she ordered otherwise. Two wookies already had been brought down and some of her men were shackling them and pinning them to the ground in the makeshift cages with homing beacons. Everything was going smoothly. In the back of her mind though there was something tugging on her. It was a strange sense of being watched from somewhere. Tilting her head backwards, she peered up into the trees and narrowed her eyes searching out the darkness. The jungle had gone quiet. This definately wasn't good.*

"TAKE COVER! They've set a trap for us!"

*Just as she shouted the words out, she heard the screams of a couple of her men.*

"Buran! Rukh!"

*The communication came across her comlink.*

"They're gone, captain. We coul......ahhh!!!"

*Deadly silence was all that was on the comlink. A few of her men with her had fear in their eyes. She looked up again and saw something moving above and their attention went with her own.*

"10 o'clock!! FIRE!"

*The men aimed and fired through the trees as the wookies dropped down and began their attack. They must have been alerted earlier this time of the raid.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*They were outnumbered. She gave them the orders to scatter and try to take them down individually. They all split up and ran hoping to break off the attackers. Yet, while running, Julianna's foot got stuck in some of the undergrowth and she fell forward. The vines hanging down quickly grabbed her up and held her upside down as her attacker ran towards her. This couldn't be good at all, she thought. Trying to reach for her blaster or anything, she struggled in the vine, yet it's grip around her only tightened more. Blaster fire to the right came and brought the Wookie down before he could raise his bowcaster and kill her. Breathing a sigh of relief she looked to see one of her men moving towards her.*

"Thanks."

*She clung onto him as he took out a knife and cut the vine.*

*He smiled at her and gently lowered her down as the vine shook as if alive and in pain before growing still.*

"Not a prob, boss lady. Hate to see a woman swept off her feet."

*She chuckled.* "Especially when it wasn't you doing the sweeping?"

*He put his hand over his heart and feigned a look of hurt pride.* "Oh that was painful."

*She pulled the vine from her leg and smiled while smacking him in the chest.*

"Come on. We aren't done here yet."

*As she took a few steps, she noticed something strange.*

"Do you see that?"

*There happened to be some strange structure in the distance.*

*He pulled his blaster up and rested it against his shoulder while looking around.*

"See what? Trees? Yeah plenty of them."

"No. Over there."

*She pointed into the distance and started slowly walking towards it.*

[Nomis Edalb]

"Killin's Wrong, Unless Provoked..."

*Nomis sat in the thick branches of one of Kashyyk's large trees. He'd witnessed the entire battle below. Even though he was here to find the rumored Temple that had been here 75 years ago, the sounds of the Battle had called him there. What he had seen disgusted him. Slavers using their modern weapons to capture and sometimes kill Wookies that had gotten in the wrong place at the wrong time. Slavers never killed their prey on purpose, so it was mainly an accident. But Nomis Respected the Wookies. They fought and lived with Honor, just like he did...these slavers didn't*

"...And this Wasn' Provoked."

*He looked away from the dead wookie Body that layed in the thick bushes on the ground. He looked off to the right and saw a woman and a man. The Woman began to walk off and the Man followed. The way she carried herself, she must've been the leader of these slavers*

"I'll get to you, soon enough, Lady...Right now, your Boys are my main concern."

*He smiled to himself and moved along the branch. Directly across from his tree, sat an injured slaver. His prey'd gotten away from him, and now he was holding his leg. The pain must've been too great, since he wasn't screaming or crying out to his boss*

"You're mine, Mutha Fucker."

*Nomis silently moved along the branch until he was directly above the injured slaver. He'd make this guy scream. Hopefully, his boss'd hear the scream and get worried. He Dropped down behind him silently and grabbed him from behind*

"Hey."

*The slaver turned his head to look at Nomis just in time to meet the blade of his sword in the forehead. The cut wasn't deep enough to kill, but the Slaver screamed loudly. Nomis smiled at him from behind his shades and finally ended the man's misery by stabbing him in the heart*

"Too Easy."

*Nomis jumped up and began to climb the tree again. There was no evidence of who had killed the man.The Ripper strikes again. Nomis moved along the tree tops silently until the woman he'd seen earlier was back in view*

[Jon Nexus/Erik Zelona]

*The White raven landed on Kashyyyk. Jon powered down his systems, got up, and looked out a viewport. The whole planet had practically become a battlefield. Jon knew this wasn't right, and there probably wasn't a thing he could do. But, he decided to see what was going on, so he grabbed his blaster rifle, and both vibroswords, and went over to a panel. Jon touched the panel, and the ramp came down. Jon emerged from his ship, looked all around, and started off toward a wookie village.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*He follows but thinks she maybe had something knocked loose upstairs too when that vine hit her....or perhaps even she was hit with stray blaster fire. Still his duty with her was to keep his eye out and make sure she didn't get in over her head. Whatever she saw he would follow her.*

"I still don't see it."

*Jules didn't answer as she seemed to be almost lost in her own world. It was like this building was almost calling out to her. What was it?*

"You can't see it? It's clear as day. The vines have grown over it a bit but...but the integrity of it is still there. It's fascinating."

*The closer she got, the more she felt like this was some big discovery. The adrenaline pulsed through her veins and she could hear her heart beating in her throat so it seemed. The chase of the wookies seemed like the last thing on her mind. When she finally reached the building, her hands moved across the massive doors pushing the vines away. Pulling a knife out of her utility belt, she began to hack away at them.*

*The closer they got to the building, the more he felt odd. It was like he had entered some huge fog and was struggling to stay awake. Then unexpectedly, just before Jules reached the entrance, she vanished from sight. It was so peculiar this thing. One minute she was there...the next, she was gone. Panic began to set in on him.*

"Julianna? Julianna! Where are you?"

*He looked around him, but there was no sign. He had only taken his eyes off of her for a moment and saw her fading away. It didn't make sense. Pulling his comlink up to his mouth, he gave the order.*

"Alpha 2, this is Alpha 1. Retreat back to the ship for regrouping. I repeat retreat back to the ship. I'm standing by with Miss Chaar."

*He stopped the transmission and looked around.*

"If I can find her....damnit."

[Nomis Edalb]

*From up above in the Trees, Nomis almost fell when the woman disappeared*

"What the Fuck?"

*He was tempted to go down there and take a look, but he didn't want to blow his cover. And besides...Why spend time looking for her when the other guy could find her for him?*

"I hate waitin..."

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She pushes against the door but nothing happens. Then leaning all of her weight against the door, she pushes but it doesn't budge. Bending down to rest her hands on her knees, she tries to think hard. This door was ancient. Perhaps there was some mechanism on the inside keeping it secure. She got down on her knees and pulled out a device she had constructed while in her down time. The thin optic cable was slid under the door and she turned the dial on the bottom to twist it up. This had helped her out many of times in finding things before. The darkness within though was too much to see. Instead, she twisted the dial up towards the back of the door looking for some obstruction or ancient locking device. Yet, there was none to be found anywhere on the door. She slides the optic cable back out and pockets it.*

"Well, that's certainly odd. Nothing is keeping it locked....."

*She puts her hands on her hips and turns around to look behind her. Where was Quinn anyway?*

"Quinn? Quinn!"

*Only silence greeted her in return. She threw her arms up.*

"Well, isn't that just great."

[Ryu Kitana/Dominic Trayce]

*The Ancient structures passageways were silent. It was as if Darkness itself dwelled and spawned from within the walls of the structure, as if it was darkness itself that had constructed it from the ground up.

Though amongst the silent darkness of the Temple walls there was one who stood there amongst it all, embracing it, taking it in as if it was he himself that was darkness, though compared to its entirety he was only a Shadow. He stepped through the halls, someone was here he could feel their presence surging through his blood. It was not uncommon to find one who had decided to visit the planet of Kashyyk. But to travel this deep into the Shadowlands was a feat that no mere traveler could accomplish, and auctually being able to view the temple and touch it. Could mean only one thing.

He stepped through the halls. His footing lighter then it had usually been, fore he was not in his usuall attire. His clothing matched that of a Jedi though its coloring was of a darker hue, pitch black. His belts and boots were of a silvery color, and his hair shimmered its golden color about the area as he passed through it, due to the output of light from the inscriptions on the walls.

He found his way towards the main entrance of the temple where he paused for a second. He closed his eyes in order to view things through a radiant spectrum of light that was the eyes of the force. And there she was. The image of his beautifull Grand daughter was resting herself outside of the doors. The temple had not accepted her into it as a manner of protection.

He waved his hand through the air and then rested it at his side. The inscriptions on the door glowed brilliantly and the door opened inwards to reveal to Julianna the image of the man who had opened the doors to greet her.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*As the ancient doors creaked open, she felt chills running up and down her spine. Her hand instinctively went to her blaster and waited before turning around and pointing it at the man standing before her. Her blue-grey eyes peered at him with almost recognition, but he could tell nothing was clicking either. She didn't know him. Her blaster slowly lowered a bit, but still was held in her hands.*

"Who are you? and what is this place?"

[Nomis Edalb]

Alright, this is boring...

*Nomis grew tired of waiting for the guy to find his boss. He sighed and dropped down, landing silently behind him. The man hadn't noticed Nomis, since he was preoccupied with searching for his boss. Once or twice, the guy yelled that name again. It was probably his boss' name, he realized. Nomis smiled a toothy smile, almost a snarl, as he drew his blade once more and killed the man quickly, and quietly.*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

OOC: This temple can't be seen by just anyone. Therefore, please rp appropriately. Only if you have been here before or are a descendent of the Nightblades can you find it. Thank you. Continue.

[Ryu Kitana/Dominic Trayce]

"I am known as Blade. Come, i will answer all of your questions..."

*He stepped aside and motioned his arms in a sweeping manner towards the inside fo the temple so as to guide her into the halls of the temple*

[Lady Zahra/Jules]

*She looked at him warily before stepping into the temple. Her hand put the blaster back into the holster but didn't strap it in. She wanted it loose in case this guy tried something. As she walked inside, her eyes immediately went to the glowing runes on the wall. Walking towards them she placed her hands on them tracing their outline.*

"This writing...I've never seen this before..."