Blackness.Ruby-shot, molten blackness; all-encompassing, it flooded from Her psyche, stretched forth cloying tendrils, sought to rend and tear and slash and destroy.
It succeeded. Deeper within, a minute kernal of a trembling warmth, struggling to maintain cohesion, was blanketed. Covered in entirety. Wantonly smothered; more so. Squelched into an embryonic pre-state of being, forced into the non-ness from which the very Elseness of All That Is arises.
Somewhere deep within, a tiny speck of remaining mercy bowed before this enraged onslaught, and disappeared....
The Chosen Daughter leaped to her feet as the Universe around her exploded into shards of black destruction. All she saw was Death. All she felt was a heated outrage almost beyond the capability of being borne. The only light to stream forth through the encroaching dark was that which now blazed forth from the Glyph on her forehead. It shone steadily, refusing to be cowed, with a cold radiance somehow more frightening than the blackened rage.
Through all this came the howling ululation of her Beast. He too shared in her fury and sense of betrayal. The inner Beast yowled in masterful duet.
Damn that vixen; she has more lives than a sandcat! Again she slips through my fingers!
As the words came into her brain, they acted like a sort of catalyst, triggering logic to the forefront. It marched steadily forward, waving its banner, beating down the animalistic emotions which so easily threatened to overtake and consume her completely.
Graysith took a deep and shuddery breath, and glared at the now-empty viewscreen. Terrin Danner's sizeable fleet... gone. Her prey taken with it.
She clenched her hands into fists as the inner Beast sought to stretch forth and yowl again, fighting against it. Gradually loosened the grip with yet another exhaled breath. Felt the unthinking rage flow out with it, being replaced more and more with growing determination and coherence...
...and Something Else. Uttering a small moan, the Daughter of the Sith fell to her knees as a darker, deeper and far, far stronger Tendril crept into her mind. It bore upon the interstices of its structure the Image of One whose mein was that of charnel-house slaughter, whose eyes were fiery beyond the coronal plasmas of suns themselves. The sense of disappointment her Love and Sire slammed home into her being was strong enough to send her hands flying before her eyes, her head bowing in homage and submission.
HE did not materialize. For a long moment time stopped, as He let her feel his reproof from afar. Let her decide what to do with it, what she in fact SHOULD be doing with it. Reminded her once again of her purpose, her destiny, the achievements they ultimately sought together.
A mere three words whispered like frozen blood along the link he maintained with her. "Priorities, my Love..."
Graysith all but fell over as Aelvedaar's presence was abruptly withdrawn. Shaken, she climbed to her feet, one hand reaching out to her navboard to steady herself. Gripping it firmly, she seated herself once again in her command chair, and dared to look out upon the star-sprinkled universe which so calmly surrounded her.
She pursed her lips with new purpose, her violet eyes slitting.
Very well, my dear. In a final burst against an earlier vow, she reached out her blackness, sought her blood-sister, reached into her brain and allowed the words to be seeded there. You elude me yet again. So be it... for now.
But know this: you cannot run far enough. You cannot hide from me forever. I will have the Child... and you, my sweet, sweet sister...
The final horrific words sussurating like the hiss of a snake, she withdrew from the mind she had so easily entered. Somewhere in hyperspace, Galen shivered, as her fear grew unthinkably deeper.
Satisfied, Graysith played about the navboard, setting in a course. Beyond her viewscreen, the stars lurched into the white glory of hyperdrive, which sent a soft glow upon her. She heeded it not, but turned her back altogether and headed away as her ship leapt along its new course.
Graysith followed her own course to Shayla Stargazer Petrolu.
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