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Post by tallboydave on Mar 16, 2007 21:15:01 GMT -4
A CO-POST BY ME, HK47FAN, AND FORCE_FLOW
Mariel hissed softly with pleasure as parts of Erins' mind began to melt into hers. The sensations passed between them both with growing ease.
As Erin walked along happily in Mariel's mind, finding good things. She had stayed away from the bad things. Erin found much pleasure in Mariel's mind and had a safe feeling...one she had not felt in a long time ever since her mother passed....
But suddenly that safe feeling faded as Erin screamed. She felt like she was being attacked...or she was in pain....but not physically...
Instinctively, Mariel pulled Erin into a tight embrace as they suffered an unpleasant Vision through the Force. She wrapped them both tightly with the Force, lessening the sensations.
Mariel and Erin could both here screams. In a blur both of them saw a girl screaming in pain....she was being tortured....
"Mariel!" Erin screamed in a panic
"By the Force.." Mariel gasped, hugging Erin to her tight. Her Zeltron pheremones kicked into overdrive.
Erin continued to scream and as she looked at the vision....she heard breaths....
Erin gasped in fear "I have heard those breaths before! When we were on Lok!" she told Mariel
Mariel shuddered as she heard that sound. "I know that sound... It's Vader..."
Erin looked closer "Wait...it's that girl...her name is "Scoot" or something like that..." she said
"Scout... Her name is Scout." Mariel said. "Wait... she must have been captured by the bucketheads!"
"The who?" Erin asked, confused and now calming down
"Those stormtroopers. Just look at their helmets, they look like buckets." Mariel remarked, cracking a smile.
"I remember when they took Deralia and when they attacked Lok!" Erin exclaimed "But how do they have Scoot, I mean Scout?!"
"I do not know, Erin... The Dark Side clouds everything...."
Erin suddenly screamed again as the vision returned, this time she saw multiple people dying with screams, children, men, women...
Mariel groaned at the weight of this vision, almost losing her connection to Erin from the echoed pain.
Suddenly, it all vanished. Erin let out a breath of relief and exhaustment from the pain that vision had caused "Mariel....we must tell Niat...." Erin said in between breaths
"Yes... It seems we may need to cut this lesson short, unless I can reach Nait..." Mariel agreed, taking a deep breath and shuddering.
"We must find him! Should we end this, um, whatever it is now so we can tell him about his sister?" Erin asked
Erin and Mariel decided to try to reach out to Nait through the Force. Contacting him. Surely he would sense them.
And Erin hoped he did not ignore them....
Nait stared dully at the wall. Scout… How the hell could Sora not tell him what happened? That damn son of a Kawokian Monkey Lizard! He deserved to know!
He felt a small nudge in the back of his mind. He tried to ignore it, but it grew stronger. WHAT!? he mentally screamed.
Nait, it is Mariel. We have sensed something in the Force. Mariel said soothingly.
Oh yeah? Nait sneered. He lay on the small sleep couch and tossed a ball into the air. Well, I'm listening.
We have found that Scout still lives. Mariel told him.
Nait stopped. The ball landed on his stomach. Do tell, he said. He clenched the edge of the sofa.
Well, Mariel and I had this vision and Scoot was being.... Erin thought to Nait but then waited for Mariel to tell the rest since she was not clear on what had happened
Her name's SCOUT, he said.
She is in pain. I think they're torturing her. Mariel said.
Show me, he said. NOW.
Right, right. She was screaming and that big black guy was breathing.... Erin told Nait.
Um....Mariel.... Erin said looking at the woman for assistance.
His name is Darth Vader; he is the personal strong-man of Emperor Palpatine.
Erin shook her head I meant he wanted us to show him the vision of Scoot....or Scout...being tortured! she explained.
Mariel, please… Don't tell me about Vader. I know him. I've seen him. Give me the vision. Please, Mariel.
My mistake. Mariel said, and focused on the vision. Be warned, it is not pleasant. she said, and showed it to Nait.
Images and colors flashed before his eyes. Nait watched as shapes came into view. Scout was strapped to a circular table, beaten and bruised. Vader hovered in front of her. Whatever he was doing, it was hurting her. She was screaming and writhering in pain. "I won't break! I won't break!" she was yelling.
Nait watched the vision to its end. Shaken, he fell back down to the couch. Oh… Oh no…
What should we do, Nait? Mariel asked.
We've got to find her before Vader kills her! he thought. Get Naos, too! Show him!
Uh....where is he Niat?! Erin asked in a scurry.
Find him yourself, he snapped.
Niat you are the rudest person I have ever met...but you are cute so alright! Erin told him with a smile even in this terrible time.
Mariel mentally rolled her eyes. Oy....
No comment, he said. Though I don't disagree…
Erin looked at Mariel mentally We have got to find Noah! she said, referring to Naos.
Naos. N-A-O-S, he spelled. Get it right.
Okay, let's keep our cool, and go find him. Erin, I'm afraid our lesson will have to continue at another time.
Lesson? Nait asked. I don't want to know. And he cut the link.
Erin physically opened her eyes as the mentally bond de-formed, and they both snapped back into reality. Erin jumped up. "Come on!" she yelled.
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Post by Force_Flow on Mar 17, 2007 20:59:49 GMT -4
CO-POST BY FORCE_FLOW AND HK47FAN
Vader walked through the halls of the maximum security prison with his cape practically flying in the air. He was walking very fast and swift with two regular Stormtroopers behind him for guarding.
The prison was huge and best of all hidden. It was without a doubt the Empire's most powerful prison yet. The guards inside were ten times more skilled then the average Stormtrooper. Over half here had been in training centers for years chosen by the Emperor himself and they had constantly trained and been broken until they were as tough as they were today.
The prison was designed for valuable and powerful prisoners. Ones much like Scout. The security was one of the best and there were high security doors everywhere so if prisoners got through one they would have a hard time getting through the other. Countless security cameras that can identify the life form as a prisoner if they have been entered into the database as one. The alarms were high pitched so they could be heard everywhere and the guards would spring into action quickly. Turrets would activate as well. The hangers were the most protected places just because if a prisoner does escape their cell they cannot escape.
The massive prison was on an asteroid like the Oovo IV prison had been years ago. And there was a shield around the whole asteroid, and only those who knew the codes could get in or out. Along with a cloaking device.
And then there was the part Vader had come for: The Torture Chambers. Unlike the puny ones on Star Destroyers, these torture room were high tech. Each room had a large table on it with five chains and a huge brace to go around the prisoner's waste. One chain would go on each arm, and one on each foot and the last would be tightly secured around the neck and it is possible for electricution from that chain.
Then there was a whole other table full of every kind of torture device you could think of.
Scout was in this prison. Vader was here to torture her. He would start out simple, but soon if she resisted his questions he would get harder and harder on her...besides, Vader had something very special planned for Scout....
Finally after going through numerous security doors and long halls, Vader entered Torture Chamber 5. Inside were elite troopers, Scout strapped to the table, and some doctors if the prisoner either got to hurt and the doctors there also specilaized in torture.
Scout looked up at the swirling mass of darkness. Even without her connection to the Force, Scout could see the darkness in his soul, all the broken pieces of glass. She looked into the fish-eyes lenses that were supposed to pass for eyes, and held back a retort.
She stayed silent, aware that anything she said could be held against her. The only sound she would make would be the occasional yawn. But she couldn't resist saying one thing:
"Vader."
Vader would have smirked if he had lips "Tian." he said "I hope you are enjoying your time here at the prison....it is one of the best. No one yet has escaped it and no one ever will."
He could tell she seemed relaxed. Whever she was or not was unknown to him because he had not chosen to go inside her mind at this point. "Don't act like you are alright just because you expect to be rescued...because even if your freinds find you the sensors would catch them miles away and they would have to get through the shield and cloaking device." he told her, although he knew that was not really the reason why she was the way she was
"I have come for a small torturing session. You may feel massive pain, but consider yourself lucky. For the most painful part in torture is yet to come...." he told his former pupil
"Haven't you figured this out, yet, Vader?" she said quietly. "Other people drown in pain: I just swim in it."
"Oh, but there is a way to use pay to bend people to your will. Though not like I turned Fi. I have a special method for you Scout..." Vader whispered
Vader looked to the head doctor in the room. Vader gave a nod.
"Inject the sedatives into her." the doctor said, almost immediately the elite troops grabbed two huge shots and stabbed one into each arm then slowly pushed the liquid down in....
"This will only lower the pain when the session begins. Be thankful for it,for if we did not inject this pain calmer into you you would likely either get killed or take major injuries." Vader said to Scout.
"Be my guest," said Scout carelessly. "I could really not care less, you know? Bring it on, Vader."
"We are starting simple and easy. An interrogation droid, my personnally favorite one actually, will be conducting the process as I ask the questions. It will numb the pain even more." Vader said to Scout
The interrogation droid IT-O floated inside. "Begin." I said to it and it beeped in response. Then it moved towards Scout and injected the numbers....
She lost feeling in her left arm first. A cooling sensation fell over her body, slowly at first, then with more vigor. Unable to move anything but her head, Scout sighed audibly. "Well, that rules out me getting up and walking out of here," she said wryly. "Might as well kill me, Vay-Vay, because you won't get anywhere with me."
Scout had been given a Force Suppressant yesterday, blocking her connection to everything, and her willpower could not even resist it. She could not sense Vader's intentions, but she could pretty well guess.
"Perhaps. Perhaps not. Remember young Tian, this is only the first session and the least painful." Vader said as IT-O continued to numb her. The droid was now at her right arm. After that it backed away slowly and started recording everything that would happen. Vader would ask the questions.
"Scout, first I want you to tell me why your clone allies, the one led by that Kal person, did not obey Order 66." Vader said as he began to pace back and forth.
"Nope," she said in a happy voice. "Any other questions, dear?" Make him angry enough to kill you, she thought.
IT-O then, using it's sensors to detect the most sensitive places in her body, used it's join cripplers to seriously hurt her left wrist.
"Now then, tell me what I want to know. If you don't want to answer that question, mabye you would prefer to answer this one: Why is it you chose Sora over me? Answer whichever one you feel more comfortable with." Vader said to Scout.
"That's an easy one," she said, seething slightly with pain. "But I sure as hell won't tell you. I wouldn't even spit in your face if you were dying of dehydration."
IT-O then again using it's joint cripplers went over to her rib cage and started to cause massive pain inside of it.
"Answer the question Tian." Vader told her firmly, standing over the table, towering over her just like he was on the Star Destroyer days ago....
Scout closed her eyes against the pain. "He never betrayed me," she muttered. "He never tried to kill me. He protected me when I had nowhere to go. He's a good, honest man. And I thought you were, too."
Vader scowled. He thrust his fist down in anger "Why will you not realize what I did was better? The Jedi were fools and corrupt, they needed to be stopped. The Empire now rules and it is stronger than ever. You could have joined me, but you were a fool like the Jedi and refused. How do you know Sora would have not betrayed you eventually? He left his own son and his son's mother to fend for themselves, what do you think he would do to just some girl he encountered?!" Vader yelled, Scout had obviously hit a nerve, the doctors and troops watched in what seemed to be confusion
Vader looked straight into Scout's eyes "You are so calm. Thinking I cannot hurt you. Remember I have the Force Scout. I broke Fi by haunting her, I can do wonders to you." he said in a quiet tone.
"Attempting to give a damn," she said lightly. "Go ahead. Do wonders."
She leaned as far to him as she could. "I'll kill you one day," she whispered. "Pity it's not today."
The calmness and tameness Vader had suddenly just vanished as he went back to that angry padawan he once was...only this time he was more powerful. Vader grabbed Scout by the head and held his hand tghtly over her mouth and nose, smothering her. Her head had gone up too far and now the chain on her neck was electricuting her.
One of the doctors prepared to say something but Vader shot them into the wall. The Stormtroopers and prison guards watched in shock and silence as Vader continued to try to smother Scout.
Squeals of pain came from the mouth of the fourteen-year-old girl. Trying to scream, but finding she couldn't, finding that she couldn't even breath, baffled her. As her face started to turn blue, and her 'numb' body shaking with electricity, Scout tried to bite Vader's flesh hand. She found metal.
I won't break, I won't break, I won't break, I won't break… she chanted in her head. She tried to remember days at the Temple, playing with Nait, Naos, and Jaskia. Going into the cave with Naos, finally finding out the sure pleasure it was to kiss him…
Her eyes, narrowed with pain and anger, glared at Vader. I won't break!
Vader was like a completely different person...but familiar to some. He had become that rage of a man he was during Order 66. He had become the man that Scout had feared so much that day in the Temple. Rage over taking him.
But as he continued to stop Scout's breaths, he finally realized he was killing a valuable prisoner. He then let go of her and slammed her back onto the table. Breathing hard, he stared down at the girl.
Gasping for air, Scout's face reverted back to normal. Hair askew, she looked at Vader with clear, steady eyes.
"I won't break."
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Post by hk47fan on Mar 17, 2007 21:17:01 GMT -4
Sora
Three days had passed since Jekk's death, Fi going into her comatose state, and Scout's captured. It had been a queit three days on Selas's ship. No one had even spoken to each other.
The small narrow ship dropped out of hyperspace in the middle of nowhere. I sat in the cockpit with Padme at my side. She had been one of the most quietest. "It will be alright." I told her softly, holding her hand for comfort
I had felt an odd connection to Padme...something different then I had felt for others like Fi even. Something deeper. But now was not the time for that. Now I had to handle Nait...
I piloted the ship towards the Killer, the only good thing that came out of this was I got to see my ship again. For about a week I had not seen her.
I didn't even feel like contacting Chok or whoever was in the cockpit and telling them I was connecting the ships. I just slowly did.
Once the ship's engines were off I got up. Padme would probably follow. I walked into the main hold and said in a voice that all could here "We have arrived. Selas, you can keep Fi here or put her in the Med-Bay on the Killer. It is your choice. But I do want a complete crew meeting."
I then continued inside the ship. I walked into the Main Hold and it was completely quiet. Leihi was resting on the couch and Nack was drawing. He looked up when he heard the sounds of feet and at first I saw a hint of startledness and fear but his eyes lit up when he saw me. He immediately dropped his stuffed bear and his pencil and ran towards me. He latched onto my leg and yelled "Daddy! You back! I scaed fo you! Aunt Tika tell me you go on tip!" he said in his usual happy voice
"I'm fine Nack." I told him, I picked him up, happy to see my son again and then walked around....everything was quiet. The HK's ran up to me just to make sure I was alright. I was unsure where the Clones were...but the main things that concerned me was where Nait and Naos were. Now was the time I had to face them and tell them what happened on the Star Destroyer with Vader...
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Post by Force_Flow on Mar 17, 2007 22:52:07 GMT -4
Nait had been meditating in his quarters, struggling to find his sister. He hadn't slept, and barely eaten. Meditation refreshed him, infused him with the great power of the Force. It was like water flowing into his veins, carrying all the nutrients needed to preserve his body, keeping him healthy and strong.
He had no success so far. The link in his mind where Scout used to be was gone. He felt nothing, just a blank empty void where golden laughter and light once resided. It was darkness, he had convinced himself. It wasn't Scout dead. He would know. He was sure he would know.
With his Force Senses stretched out, he could feel the approach of Selas' ship, and the crew inside it. He stood, opening his eyes. He gestured to his lightsaber, and it flew off the bed and into his hand. He clipped the double-blade securely to his waist and walked into the Main Room.
A small voice whispered inside his head, daring him to repeat it over and over again:
I won't break.
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Post by hk47fan on Mar 18, 2007 8:47:11 GMT -4
Sora
I turned around to see Nait standing in the Main Hold now. Our eyes met. I sat Nack down on the ground, he didn't need to hear this.
"Nait, sit down." I said, coldly without any emotion at all "You'll need to. Because now I will tell you what happened on that Destroyer. Naos will need to hear this too. The whole crew will need to. But especially you two."
Naos
I had not said a word ever since I found out about Scout and Erin and Mariel had told me about Scout and the torture. I had stayed cooped up in my quaters. I couldn't speak to anyone. For the first day or so people tried to come by and talk to me but I wouldn't listen. It was now at the point I was practically isolated from the rest of these blasted people.
You could have gone with her, you could have stopped her from going, you could have done something! those thoughts had been flying through my head ever since, I felt guilty, I felt angry, I felt sad, I felt like I had some kind of void
I wanted to lay the blame on Sora. He was the Captain of this crew after all and had been so close to Scout. Mabye he was the problem. I just patched things up with him and now I had another reason to hate him.....if I found out he had anything to do with whatever happened to Scout all bets were off.
What would Scout want? another thought that entered my mind told me, she seemed to admire Sora, and I knew she wouldn't want me to go in a rage at him...
But mabye I wanted to just lay the blame on somebody! Someone had to be responsible! Almost everyone that left had claimed to love and protect Scout so much and they just leave her!
You claimed the same thing too. yet another thought said to me inside my mind
And I do! I want to protect Scout. Mabye I should have gone or kept her here! If I knew this was happening I would have stopped it! I love Scout more than anything in the world! I shouted mentally, responding to my own thoughts
Suddenly everything went quiet......and a segment of that thought echoed in my head I love Scout....I love Scout.....
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Post by Force_Flow on Mar 18, 2007 10:38:44 GMT -4
Nait crossed his arms. "Naos is in his quarters," he said tartly. "Hasn't been out for three days. I think you know why."
And Nait sat down, hands on his knees, watching Sora. "She's still alive. Mariel had a vision. We have to find her quick, Sora, because they've already got her screaming."
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Post by hk47fan on Mar 18, 2007 11:04:42 GMT -4
Sora
He shut his eyes tight, trying not to think about the mental image of Scout being tortured by Vader. He sighed and opened his eyes, then he just walked out of the Main Hold in silence, then towards Naos's quarters.
Naos
I love Scout........ the words continued to echo, it made me wonder if I did...
On Lok, the day of the attack, in the lake at the cave...it had been so enjoyable. Best day of I life. No other day could compare. Even the attack didn't ruin me calling it that.
Suddenly the door to my quarters opened, my head darted to the door to see Sora standing there. I had mixed feelings of what to do. He had just cut the communication like that even though Nait and I deserved to know even more than he did!
"Naos," Sora said simply, looking at me, I couldn't tell what emotions he had....all he had was a firm face "Crew Meeting. In the Main Hold. Now."
I gave a nod, not wanting to speak. I stood as Sora left. He seemed very cold...but of course that could just be a mask over his true emotion.
I walked out of the room, not bothering to shut the door on the way out, and then walked into the Main Hold.
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Post by Force_Flow on Mar 18, 2007 11:13:46 GMT -4
Jaskia leapt foreword and hugged Naos around the neck. A pit of jealousy welled up inside Nait as he watched Jaskia tighten her arms around him and let him go, whispering words of reassurance in his ear. Jaskia caught his eyes, but he looked away, disappointed that she didn't hug him or show any sign that she liked him.
"Nait," said Padmé, sitting down next to him. "Listen, we're going to try our best to find your sister. Maybe Kal's Null ARCs can find her. Jaing can probably find her in a heartbeat."
Nait just looked at Padmé like she was crazy. He turned back around as Sora walked in.
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Post by hk47fan on Mar 18, 2007 11:20:49 GMT -4
Sora
I saw Jaskia and Padme had entered the room.....soon in came Shao, Mariel, Erin, Trika, and the clones. Chok came in from the cockpit.
Next thing I knew Selas was in there. It hurt to see no Fi or Scout.
I sat down in a chair and looked at all of them. We were almost in a circle shape. Leihi had now awaken and was listening. So everyone that could be here was accounted for.
"Okay crew, there is only a bit of good news but probably more bad news." I said as I looked into each one of their eyes
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Post by Force_Flow on Mar 18, 2007 11:24:09 GMT -4
Kal Skirata looked around, quickly calculating they were missing two members. Jaing and Boss, the only clones that had not left for Kamino, quickly saw that, too.
Kal straightened his back and fingered the three-sided blade in his pocket. He made a motion to Boss and Jaing not to talk, and listened intently to Sora. Something was real wrong, here.
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