EXT. DANIA VII - TRAINING ARENA - DAY
The training arena lies at the heart of an enormous amphitheatre, wide-open to the deep emerald sky of the planet Dania VII. The base of the amphitheatre serves as the main training centre for the recruits, while the outlying rings have been converted into various obstacle courses, each with varying levels of difficulty. Standing at regular intervals along the perimetre of the outermost ring of the amphitheatre are several armed Death Watchmen, each on alert for any captive lucky enough to get through the obstacle courses and make a break for freedom.
Entering the centre of the amphitheatre through a tunnel coming up from underground, Zull steps out into the intense light from Dania VII's three primary-coloured suns. Grimacing, she averts her gaze, shielding her eyes with her hand and focusing her vision on the ground at the centre of the arena, and walks forward, the two dozen other recruits of her regiment following in after her. Waiting for them is a Mandalorian drill sergeant.
DRILL SERGEANT: Hurry up and take your places.
The slave recruits file in up to the Mandalorian, organizing into two neat columns of a dozen each before him. As each regiment is made up of recruits sorted by their proficiency in the Force, all the members of this regiment stand on roughly equal footing with one another.
DRILL SERGEANT: You'll be practicing swordplay techniques today. (pulls a pair of swords out from scabbards strapped to his sides) Each of you pair up with a partner.
Obeying the Mandalorian, each member of the regiment pairs up with a partner. Zull finds herself paired up with Tilos Metiya, a ruggedly handsome human male with dark blond hair and steel gray eyes.
TILOS METIYA: (winks at Zull) I promise not to rough you up too much, Zullie.
Zull refuses to respond, her face grave.
One-by-one, each pair moves to the centre of the arena, taking turns sparring while the Mandalorian stands nearby, giving them advice each and every time they slip up.
Eventually, it is Zull and Metiya's turn.
TILOS METIYA: (slaps Zull on the rear) We're up, Zullie.
Her eyes flaring with sudden anger, Zull rears back her hand and throws it out, her fingers twisted into claws, eagre to slice ribbons of flesh off his face. Effortlessly, the human male catches her wrist before she can make contact.
TILOS METIYA: (grins) Save it for the show, Zullie baby, okay?
Violently wrenching her arm out of his grip, Zull speed-walks up to the Mandalorian sergeant, taking one of the two proffered swords eagrely. Metiya, for his part, nonchalantly walks up to the sergeant, absentmindedly accepting the remaining sword.
DRILL SERGEANT: Beg --
Before the Mandalorian sergeant can finish his proclamation, Zull attacks, bringing her sword down on Metiya with a ferocious strike. Barely able to register the attack in time, the human sloppily blocks the blow and is thrown off-kilter. Unwilling to give Metiya any opportunity to catch his bearings, Zull dives in for another attack.
Empowered by her rage and the dark side of the Force, Zull delivers unrelenting blow upon unrelenting blow Metiya's way, giving him no opportunity to go on the offensive, forcing him to use his sword merely as a shield. The human feebly tries to use the Force to repel her attacks, but she shrugs the counterattacks off, using the Force herself to deliver blow upon bone-splintering blow to his face, torso, and groin.
Eventually, Zull brings the outmatched battle to an end. Slashing through the tendons of his sword hand, she disarms him, and with a Force-assisted kick, she drives him off his feet to his back on the ground.
DRILL SERGEANT: (walks up to Zull) Flawless victory, Zull. Next time, however --
The fallen priestess gives the sergeant no time to finish his speech. Teeth bared like a beast driven to an unquenchable rage, she rears back her sword and, with a savage howl, attacks Tilos Metiya, who lies defenseless on the ground trying to staunch the flow of blood running out from his slashed wrist.
Reaching Metiya, the near-human woman brings her sword down on him, cleaving him in twain. Her rage unsatisfied, she pulls the sword out and swings down again.
Each time she chops into the dead flesh of her slain opponent, she pulls the sword out to deliver another blow, again-and-again-and-again until Mandalorian guards are finally sent to restrain and pull her away.