"Barely two months since the end of the Clone Wars, and the discovery of the coup by the Jedi unrest has marred the peace the new Empire has strive to restore. The most recent spikes in violence happened on Coruscant. Mass riots broke out yesterday outside the newly christened Center for Cultural Purity."

Sela turned away in disgust from the holo-vid that played GNN in the corner of the restaurant. For the time being the stance of the Emperor was that these people had the right to protest, but it was only a matter of time before the Stormtroopers were sent in. It was long past the time to placate the populace. The young woman picked up a roll of rice and meat with her fingers and shoved it into her mouth, the chewy texture briefly taking her mind off the news broadcast. The bliss of the various tastes were short lived however when GNN began to discuss the fallen Jedi Order. An aerial shot of the still ruined Temple dominated the screen. Sela growl in anger and threw an eating utensil at the holo projector with force enhanced strength. 

Sparks shot out of the device and the broadcast flickered and died. All around her restaurant patrons looked at her. Some with fear, others with mere curiosity. From the other end of the open air dining floor Sela spotted the manager making a bee-line for her table. Taking that as a signal to end her meal Sela stood and scanned a cred card across the table scanner, making sure to add some credits on top to cover the holo-projector she'd destroyed. The manager continued to give her a death stare as Sela walked out into the pedestrian walkway.

[b][i]Several Hours Later...[/i][/b]

"Gods I needed that."

Sela collapsed in a sweaty heap next to the male form in her bed. The man, her trainer in the ways of spycraft and darkside lore, looked over at Sela was a silly grin. "It would be a shame to allow a woman of such passions as yourself to wallow in her inability to express those passions." Sela ran her hand down his chest with a devilish grin. "I doubt this is what the Emperor had in mind when he commanded you to train me."

Her lover was about to say something when the dual beep of two datapads punctuated the silence of the dark room. Sela rolled away to the small table on her side of the bed. The message light on her personal datapad blinked urgently. Sela flicked a finger across the screen and scanned the message that appeared. Blue eyes narrowed after finishing it. The Emperor wanted to personally see her. It had been nearly a month since she'd been granted an audience with his high grace. Shutting the pad down Sela rolled back to her mentor with a fake smile. "I have to go."

Sela's foot falls echoed around the massive hall of the Imperial Palace. The maze like halls, at which the Throne Room sat in the middle, showed signs of the newest construction the Emperor ordered right after his declaration of Imperial power. She could feel the Dark Side in everything this deep into the palace. It was an intoxicating feeling. Far more erotic than even her recent sexual liaisons. With quite reverence Sela slipped into the throne room and approached the figure hidden in shadows.

"You sent for me my master." Sela said as she bowed before him.

The Emperor loomed over her in all his ugliness. "Arise my child. Your training is nearly completed. You have but one final task." Palpatine raised a hand, beckoning to someone behind her. Sela heard the heavy steps of someone, and she stood and turned to see Edrik, her trainer approach. She needed with a slight conspiratorial smile before turning back to the Emperor. "I strive to be of service my lord."

From his robes Palpatine pulled a lightsaber that Sela hadn't seen in two months, not since he took it from her. "When I took this you were but a disillusioned Jedi, seeking a way to express your natural passions. And now, you've found how to not only weld the darkside, but to turn your own body into a weapon." There was a flicker in the Emperor's eyes that said he knew more of the relationship with Edrik than was public. "And now it is time for you to make one final sacrifice to complete your journey down the darkside. Take your lightsaber and strike down your lover."

In the brief time between heartbeats there was a flood of emotions that coursed through Sela's vains. She knew her time with Edrik was limited. Yet in that time Sela realized that she'd come to depend on him. Maybe even loved him. But neither could she afford to disobey the Emperor. Her very life was now in his hands. In the space of the second heartbeat, just enough time for the Emperor's words to register in Edrik, the trainer began to protest, but was cut off from the woman's lightning fast reflexes. Her head was surrounded by a cloud of pink as she called the lightsaber to her hand and spun to her former lover. His face was bathed in orange light as she ignited it and made two quick swipes. The lightsaber was disengaged and returned to her belt before the cuts even registered.

First his head toppled from his neck, followed by the rest of his body falling into two pieces. All three parts fell to the throne room floor with a sickening impact and she turned back and bowed low once again to the Emperor. Her feelings for Edrik long gone. There would be many others. "Your desires are my motivation my master."

Palpatine placed one hand on Sela's shoulder and he walked past her. Sela turned to follow the Emperor, watching as a half a dozen holo files appeared around them. "I have need of a new task force of dark jedi to serve in Intelligence. But they will be more than that. They will be Jedi hunters, and my boot to stamp out these pockets of resistance to my new order. You will be the first of my Inquisitors. And these Jedi will be your first targets. Find them and turn them to the darkside. If they remain steadfast in their devotion than remove their cancer from the galaxy."

Turning around to read all the files floating in mid air Sela saw some names she recognized. Jurano Montur, Valor Graze, Kaga Tarumana, Sony Vakarian... So many to choose from. So many that she may finally kill. It almost made the new Inquisitor giddy with excitement. Now where to start...