Korriban - Valley of the Dark Lords

[Azah Beillane]

The next room contained half a dozen shyracks. Vixen's anger rivaled her arrogance. She didn't consider these blind birds as a threat to her. They were simply an annoyance and and obstacle that would be very quickly removed. Becoming quite confident in her telekinetic skill, she gripped them one by one with the Force and Force Pulled them towards her waiting lightsaber blade. She dispatched them easily.

As the pattern continued, the next room contained a puzzle that had to be solved. Once again the riddle was written in the language of the ancient Sith. Doroti helped Vixen translate the hieroglyphics. She didn't like what she had to do at all. She could feel the hssiss near the pool of water, yet she had no idea how to get to them. She allowed the angry fire of the Dark Side burning within her build into a cold rage.

Vixen had to set aside her weapons, strip naked, and completely immerse herself in the holy water of the pool. She did so and felt the Dark Side even more powerfully as she was completely submerged. She enjoyed the renewal and savored the refreshing surge of energy. She did not allow it to detract from her concentration and could feel it when the gates on the left and right of her opened and a hssiss began swimming towards her.

With no hesitation, Vixen kicked off the bottom of the pool and swam hard to the surface. She pulled herself up out of the water with both hands and rolled out of the pool as the pair of hssiss surfaced. Reaching out with the Force, she pulled her Oriolanis Striker into her waiting hand. It was with cold, calculated malice and contempt that she fired two shots as the yellow flame of darkness flickered in her normally hazel eyes. Two shots equaled two kills. Both were perfectly telekinetically aimed head shots. One for each hssiss that had dared defy her will. The first shot entered the closest hssiss through the left eye and tore through the dark side dragon's brain. The second pulled up, halted by the sudden collapse of its companion. The slug split its rib cage perfectly and punctured the heart.

Noticing that the door to the next area had now been opened, Vixen quickly dressed and gathered her weapons. Nothing was going to keep her from achieving her destiny. The contempt she exuded was almost palpable as she stepped through the doorway into the tombs innermost chamber and beheld the sarcophagus within.

[Azah Beillane]

Vixen entered the tomb's innermost chamber and observed the sarcophagus. It looked as though there was a compartment above the decomposing corpse within that likely contained the treasure which she sought to use to take further steps along her path to fulfilling her destiny. She tried to open it telekinetically but it wouldn't budge. Tired from having expended a lot of energy getting to this point and from the exertion trying to force the compartment to open, she sat and began to meditate and refresh herself as Darth Bane had taught her.

Later, when she opened her eyes, she searched the room and above her along the rear wall were indentations in the shape of intersecting spears. Behind her were two statues, each of which held a spear that seemed to be of a corresponding size. Telekinetically, she found that she was able to remove the first spear from the hand which held it. Carefully, she used the Force to place it into the corresponding indentation in the wall on the opposite end of the chamber. Next, she did the same with the second spear. With both spears in place, a slit revealed itself just below the point at which the spears intersected each other. Also, a portion of the wall beneath it lowered to reveal a hidden chamber.

She examined it and saw the dagger. Perhaps she was meant to assume this dagger was the prize for all the work she had done. But the blade of the dagger was about the same width as that subtle slot. Telekinetically, she removed the dagger and inserted it into that slot above her head. As it clicked into place, she heard that compartment that had defied her earlier efforts slide open. With a gratified sense of satisfaction, she walked the short distance to the sarcophagus the treasure she had fought through the physical and mental challenges to prove herself worthy to claim.