[center][b]Korriban,
Sith Academy, still under threat of impending invasion...[/b][/center]

She seemed to have the training and exercise facilities to herself, most of the troops who would be performing their drills here would be occupied now with erecting the defenses outside and around the academy grounds Karis thought to herself as she walked on one of the training mats and held her vibro-halber in both hands and started loosening her muscles by making lazy swings and thrusts with the weapon in her hands.

After a moment she sped up and also began to jump making a downwards swipe with the vibro weapons as if trying to spear or slash at a enemy. Getting back to her feet, suddenly thrusting forwards with her weapon to very limit of her reach with the polearm blade, twisting it mid-air and slashed outwards to the right. Next she started to parry the weapons of mental foes, using the haft of her halberd or the blade on the end, jumping back and suddenly raising it above her head before slashing it down to cleave a imaginary foe's head. Followed be another swig at waist level.

She turned around on the heels of her feet, again the halberd raised above her head coming down as if to cleave another persons head but this time she stopped, and just in time, the edge of the blade only inches away from the head of Rhak-Skuri. Karis cocked her head to the side, "I am training." She raised the blade and thumped one end of the haft on the ground, leaning on it as she looked curiously at the Togruta who had disturbed her routine.

Rhak-skuri glanced at the blade and then pulled her hand away from the hilt of her saber, she had been about to draw it and... what, defend herself, or impale the Dathomiri. She ignored it and placed her hand at her hip. "Just want to talk, if that is alright with you."

Karis rose a eyebrow and shrugged, she never had a way with words, preferring silence.

She almost cursed at the Dathomiri, that stare of hers and her almost constant silence made her on edge most of the time, she started pacing lightly, considering her options of what she wanted to say and ask of her. "Andrea has been back for three days and in those days she has not ventured out of her chambers since she went in with Reave and Trizz... and then when Khanna returned she was allowed in, while all others were threatened with death if they tried to enter." She let out a snort, "Ever since she did she has apparently become Andrea's spokesperson. Relaying her orders, or so she claims, to the rest of us. And I was just wondering if you are not as curious as I am to wonder what could possibly occupy our... mistress... at a critical time like this, with a apparent invasion looming on our horizon."

Karis merely started slowly swinging her halberd again, turning to Rhak-skuri and just raising her eyebrow once more.

Again she resisted the urge to curse or growl at the silent Dathomiri commander and took a deep breath before she continued. "I, and others, might be starting to think that our mistress, Andrea, is in fact badly injured in some way and that she should be in the medical bay but that for some reason Reave, Trizz and Khanna are in some kind of conspiracy, preventing lady Andrea from getting the care she needs. So perhaps we ought to remove the obstacles in our path to her chambers and demand to see Andrea and explain why she has abandoned us in our time of need. That or rescue her of course if she is held against her will by those three."

She watched Karis who seemed intent to just swinging that halbers of hers in silence, with a growl of impatience she tapped her foot, "Well? Aren't you concerned? We should do something."

"No." Came the short reply past Karis' lips as she again paused in mid-swing and turned to Rhak-skuri and proceeded to, almost as if making sure that she was paying attention to what Karis was doing, brought her wrist to her face and activated the communication bracelet. "Karis here, have a squad of Sun Guard report to Reave, they have orders to assist her in guarding the entrance to our mistress's personal chambers and to shoot anyone on sight if that is what Reave commands them to do." A acknowledgement came soon after and Karis turned the bracelet off and resumed swinging her weapon.

She was stunned hearing and watching what Karis and then with a huff of indignation turned around and marched away, her fists clenched in quiet rage, she was at the edge of her temper and if she stayed a second longer with the insufferable Dathomiri she would send a blast of force lightning and then cut her apart with her saber. She would find a other way, whatever Andrea was hiding she would find out!

Unbeknownst to Rhak-skuri, Karis had stopped her training to watch the Togruta leave and observed in what state, frowning she activated her bracelet again and as the control center answered her she spoke softly. "Karis here, again. Make that two squads of Sun Guard."

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Several Hours Later,
Outside the Academy Grounds....
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With the drone of engines slowly powering down the customs corvette touched down on the surface of Korriban, a moment later the cargo ramp was lowered and Hadzuska walked out of the ship, the two force twins following in her wake, looking around. ALmsot the entire time from Telerath to this world the two of them had been receiving rudimentary training on how to use the force and practice with training sabers with Hadzuska as their instructor. They were looking around the rather grim and somber surroundings this world offered, "We might have been slaves but the view outside of that world we were imprisoned on was at least more colourful than this place."

"Yeah... but I have to admit she already showed us a lot of things we can do with the force if we learn and if that woman she is talking about can teach us to do all that, you won't hear me complain." Clare's face became a mask of anger as certain memories surfaced, "That power will make sure no filthy slaver imprisons us again and wants to use us for our their own degraded purposes." She snarled as she said this and a nearby small rock suddenly levitated and was hurled off in the distance.

Her sister saw this and approached her, slowly placing a hand on her arm. "It's ok, we aren't in a cell anymore." She blinked and again looked at their somber surroundings and then at the weird giant pyramid structure ahead. "At least I think that is the case?"

Shaking her head, but smiling Hadzuska turned and winked at the two new apprentices. "This isn't a new prison. Instead this place and the woman it contains within, will in fact show you ways to only make sure the both of you remain free." She then frowned and turned back to look at the academy, nothing the presence of several groups of soldiers on the perimeter. "Something is wrong... stay close to me."

The sisters glanced at each other, shrugged and followed Hadzuska closely as they got closer they stared at the warriors in intimidating yellow, sun coloured armour who seemed to watch them intently as they got closer, before Hadzuska could open her mouth to announce herself some of the warriors parted and walking fro mthe throng of warriors came Khanna, flanked by two Tuk'ata. She smiled and bowed her head at the Twi'lek instructor. "Welcome back to Korriban Hadzuska, apologies for the rather... well cold welcome to what should be a joyous reunion and a grand welcome for our new sisters to be."

She turned to the twins in question and smiled, "Welcome, I am Khanna, a disciple of Andrea, like the two of you will be with time and training." The two Tuk'ata sniffed the air and moved towards the girls and sniffed them, one of them going towards Teresa and with a Tuk'ata version of a purr started rubbing his head against her leg. Khanna saw this and chuckled, saying a word in sith to make the sith hounds back away and return to her side. "Since recently official master of hounds and animals in Andrea's service." She then turned back to Hadzuska, "And for the time being, her voice... we have a lot to discuss Hadzuska."

The face of the sith instructor was unreadable but she slowly nodded. "I agree. Andrea's voice, the presence of the troops in force outside, a lot to discuss indeed." She then smiled and gestured to the twins as if nothing was wrong. "But first, let me give the new apprentices a tour of the facilities and show them their rooms."

Khanna chuckled and nodded, "Naturally, but yes. Good to have you back." And then she hugged Hadzuska who had her eyes wide open at this gesture but awkwardly hugged back but then stiffened as Khanna whispered in her eye. "Make sure that Rhak doesn't get into contact with them, Andreas orders." She then let go of Hadzuska and whistled, the Tuk'ata following at her heels as she went ahead inside.

Leaving Hadzuska with a feeling of foreboding as she looked at the pyramid, what has happened since she was away? She ignored it for now and instead turned to the new apprentices. "Follow me please and lets see if we can get the two of you settled inside."