Star Wars: Nightmare/Chapters 9-12

Chapter 9 - Backup
Darth Necrus struggled to open his eyes. The searing, fiery pain of 100 degrees celsius burned through him like an electric drill. Hate filled Necrus's mind, making the white-hot pain even worse. He felt his burned face and realized that much of the flesh had been scorched off by the raging inferno around him.

Curse that Jedi! Necrus thought.

''I had him at blade length, at my mercy. But that blasted, saber-wielding mound of bantha droppings beat me!''

Necrus tried to scream in agony but his vocal chords couldn't handle the strain. He reached out a blackened and skeletal hand and began to climb the flaming rock. Each agonising second his life drifted away. Necrus wasn't worried about his horribly scorched face - a week of bacta would heal that completely. And his hair - he could use a cloning technique to re-grow it. Lastly, Necrus wanted revenge. Fury and rage welled up inside of him, and yellow eyes gleamed with anger. Though, none of those things could happen before he did something else. And that something else was to survive. Lectriso was on his way, but it would be a while before he landed. And in the meantime, Darth Necrus, Lord of the Sith, Viscount of Vjun and ruler of Korriban, was dying.