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Post by Ambika on Sept 12, 2007 16:23:31 GMT -4
Karissa breathed out slowly, taking her time to speak. She went on explaining about what happened when he and Amaya left Skye and Karissa alone. She described about the fight in details when she was ambushed by the Black Valkyrie and a bounty hunter. "I found this poster telling me that there is abig bounty on my head for two million creds! They tried to make me go with them, but I refused, they threaten to kill Skye if I don't go with them"
"Master, they look familar to me, I mean they have those tattoo marks on their face identicial to mine" Karissa points to the right side of her face referring to her tattoo. "And I don't understand why I'm important to them, but I don't know who the hell they are or this `Tolth Retwin' guy!" Karissa pause to take a break from speaking more, then she spoke again "They even call me `Half-Breed' but why did they call me that? But I did nothing wrong to them!" Karissa exclaims. So many questions runs through her mind but she couldn't stop it or erase them. She couldn't rest her mind.
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 12, 2007 16:38:38 GMT -4
Jaing frowned. "We've had problems with Tolth Retwin before," he said. "Big tough guy. You wouldn't like him."
Jaing continued to stand and cast an appraising eye over the room. He hated MedBays. They made him feel so small and confined, like a prisoner. He hated the needles more, and the way the bright lights and floor always hurt his eyes. That's why he pretty much avoided the place when he could. The MedDroids were not known for their valuable bedside manner.
"If the Council doesn't look into this, I will," he said. "It's not a promise: it's a fact. I'm ordering you to stay inside the Enclave walls until we bring the man to justice. He can have a life sentence on Coruscant for attacking a Jedi." He needed to ask his mother for help, even though he really didn't want to. Shalin was the lightsaber combat master here, plus she had a cool head when looking for information. He'd need her.
"Stay here and sleep," he ordered, pointedly not telling her of the others' condition. He didn't know what had happened to Skye and Nya, and right now he didn't care. But he knew that later on, if he found out that Skye had gotten hurt, his gut would twist.
Before he left, he paused. "Want me to get you anything?"
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Post by Ambika on Sept 12, 2007 16:47:14 GMT -4
Karissa sighed heavily. He was right, it was safe for her, she knew she place under Jaing's protection for longer. "I need Baxter, where is he?" Karissa asks replied to Jaing's question.
Before Jaing can leave, "One more thing, Master" she spoke getting his attention "How come I never knew you wanted to take Skye as your Padawan?" she sounded concern raising an eyebrow "Well, you were the one raised me up until I found out I was your adopted daughter. Why did you pratice Vaapad with her?" she getting really concern about Jaing and Skye, she feels if there is something going on between the two of them when Karissa wasn't around. She could tell Jaing seems disappointed with Skye before.
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 12, 2007 17:09:44 GMT -4
Jaing closed his eyes, his back to Karissa. He turned around and took a seat in a chair. "I wanted to test myself against one of the strongest people here in the Enclave, and that was Skye," he said. "I watched my mother train Ko Nea, the newest addition to the Council, in Vaapad. I got the moves in my head, and I wanted to see if I could put them into a real fight. So I chose Skye.
"Skye beat me very badly on my first attempt in Vaapad. I tried using her as a test for Vaapad, but she caught on. She decided we needed to learn together. I ended up Mastering it faster than she knew. But the more I spent time with her, the more I wanted to learn about her. Her mind is completely alien, and I thought of it as a fun challenge to get to know her. She has more control over her powers than most of us, and has a special connection with the elements around her, like the trees, the earth… All living things.
"One day, I decided that I wanted her to be my Padawan. I went to the Council Chambers and requested for it to be made so. They thought I was joking. They don't like Skye. They think of her as another mouth to feed than anything. They don't like her personality, and thought she would leave the Jedi Order soon enough. I was forced into a bet: if she didn't get a Master by fifteen, she would be cast out. If she did, she stayed. It was unfair, but finally Amaya Disse took her in out of my request.
"I love Skye as a friend, but if I had to choose between the two of you, I'll value your life more than hers." Jaing shook his head. "I was disappointed with her today because she didn't give her all into fighting. If she had given her all, you wouldn't be in the MedBay right now. I blame her for this, not you. She has a more acute danger sense than most of us. Apparently she didn't find the time to warn you about it, and you could have ran back here. If you had died, it would've been her fault for not warning you."
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Post by Ambika on Sept 12, 2007 17:24:02 GMT -4
"I see..." Karissa says sighing, crossing her arms over her chest, before Jaing can leave, she stops him, putting her hand around his arm to stop him. "It's not her fault... there's no need to blame her over what happened to me. I was the one who protected her from them. She's just fourteen! I can handle myself, Master" Karissa looks down in sadness. She lets go of Jaing and lays back on the bed, feeling exhausted.
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 12, 2007 17:46:48 GMT -4
Skye had snuck out of bed to greet Karissa and see if she was alright. She was about to knock on the door when she heard Jaing start talking about her. Frowning, she pressed her ear to the door, and couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
You’re blaming me??
Skye, shaking with anger and the pain of betrayal, burst into Karissa’s room. “Excuse me?? How can you both say that?? You didn’t protect shit, Karissa! I was the one who sent Cash to the Enclave for help! I was the one who took two kriffing blaster bolts to save you! Never lie about me, Halcyon. Ever!!”
She rounded on Jaing. “But I guess it’s okay. I’m just a punching bag for you, anyway. Punching bags don’t have feelings. The only reason you didn’t want me gone was because you didn’t want to her her!” She pointed at Karissa. “So the only damn reason I’m a Padawan is because Disse owed you a favor.”
Then she uttered the words all Jedi were forbidden from using: “I hate you!”
She turned and ran from the room, but not before throwing the stupid piece of chocolate candy she had brought for Karissa at her chest. She stormed off, radiating hurt and anger and betrayal in the Force.
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Post by Ambika on Sept 12, 2007 17:56:23 GMT -4
"No wait!" Karissa says, she winces in pain, trying to get out of the bed to go after Skye "SKYE!" she called out but Jaing stops her from getting out of the bed. "Crap. This is all of my fault!" she says softly but hurtful. She looks down in sadness, a tear rolls down her cheek. She couldn't believe that she made Skye really angry.
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Post by Force_Flow on Sept 12, 2007 18:15:22 GMT -4
"It'll be okay, Kari," Jaing said, giving her a one-armed hug. "Stay here and rest. I'll be right back."
Jaing stood up to leave, sidestepped Baxter, and jogged out the door. A MedDroid surveyed the mess the melted chocolate had made on the floor and said, "Oh my, a spill. Let me clean that up for you."
Jaing couldn't find Skye through the Force, and it scared him. She had drawn so inward on herself that she was invisible to Force Users. Jaing pressed harder in the Force, desperately searching for her before she did anything she'd regret later. He felt a sharp pull on his mind, and knew it was her. She was still angry at him, so angry at the point of attacking him if she saw him.
Jaing swallowed and instead jogged towards the Council Chambers to inform them of his latest situation. He was sure they'd be thrilled.
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Post by Ambika on Sept 13, 2007 10:48:51 GMT -4
"Oh sorry about that..." Karissa says with apology to the MedDroid, before drifting off to sleep but she heard a voice caught her attention.
"KARI!" Baxter exclaims happily, running in Karissa's room, waking the Kiffar up. She looks at Baxter jumping up onto the bed and hugged his best friend "You're alive!"
"Baxter" Karissa replied back and hugged her furry friend.
"I knew you're going to pull through and not leaving me behind" Baxter looks at his best friend, "How are you coping?"
"Fine but..." Karissa says, but she couldn't go further, she decides to leave it for now "I need to rest for now" she sounds exhausted and tired. Karissa leans against the pillow feeling the warmth of the blnaket over her. Baxter smiles and nods slowly, soothing his friend's hair and snuggles up next to her in her arms before falling asleep, not leaving her side.
Since Karissa is alone with Baxter falling asleep, a human man stood in the MedBay, spying and keeping his close eye on Karissa. Now he plans to make a move on Karissa, he is not a doctor but no other than a bounty hunter. Grabbing out a syringe from the nearby table, and pulled out a small jar of liquid containing an overdose, and waited for the nurse to leave the MedBay, so he can enter Karissa's room in attempt to inject the overdose to make her fall unconscious and capture her...
Karissa couldn't sleep for the moment due to the bright light. She sighed, she flips over wincing in pain, she use the Force to call for the comlink on her bedside cabinet. She caught it in her hand, and lays on her back against the pillow, carefully not waking Baxter up. She looks at him lying on the pillow soundly peaceful and quiet, except that Baxter snores which could annoy Karissa, though she could help but snicker quietly. She activates the comlink and tries to contact Skye, part of her mind thinks that Skye could hate her over before. She thought it would best to leave her alone for now, and wait in the morning if she can. She inhales the air through her nose, and sighed heavily. With that, she falls back to sleep. But the bounty hunter never left the spot and unable to plot his plan to capture Karissa when more nurses and MedDroids came back in the MedBay.
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Post by scrappyonasi on Sept 13, 2007 11:33:00 GMT -4
Nya smiled softly at Master Jaden's chuckle, she didn't really mean for it to sound that funny, but obviously it was. Replying to the Masters next question soon after, though still abit dreery.
" Well like all walls, it got in my way!" She said.
At this point she could feel the pressure of the bruise on her nose, it felt horrible and uncomfortable, especially when she moved her nose slightly. She wondered, how worse this concussion was going to get, but to her it didn't really matter, it was worth it, she had helped save two Padawan's and to her that was enough.
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