Chapter 3: Training Begins:
Rageous circled Danny as he electrocuted him with Sith Lightning; his screams made the ancient Sith Lord grin with sadistic glee. Danny's eyes were now orange (The first of many transformations through using the dark side) and he was glaring at his so-called "Master." Saliva webbing from his mouth, he spat, "I will kill you."
"Perhaps," replied Rageous as he stopped behind him. Sending a wave of pain into his spine, he laughed as Danny roared with agony and rage. Breathing heavily, he looked ahead of him and tried to concentrate his rage.
It was only a couple days after Rageous took Danny under his wing and began training him to be stronger than Derriphan. Danny said he would do anything to gain the power he craved, the power to destroy Derriphan and save Jo. He knew that Jo was already in his clutches.
He failed once. He wasn't going to do it again.
His thought process was interrupted by another wave of pain into his brain, making his eyes tear with blood. Collapsing onto the ground, he looked up and saw Rageous' radioactive yellow eyes looking at him. "For now, you are too weak to even scratch me," he said. "If you are to gain the power to destroy Derriphan, you must surrender your soul to the dark.
"Now then," he added, "I will make you hate me and want to please me. For this is how it has been for thousands of years and I will continue it with you." Raising his hands, he let loose another barrage of lightning into Danny's body, laughing as Danny screamed even louder.
It was quiet in the ship. Jo was sleeping next to Lacey, who was hugging her lightly. Rico was alone, passed out on the couch near them. In the captain's quarters were Ordo and Ashara, sleeping together soundly.
In a dream, she saw Danny as he used to be: Happy and care-free and completely awesome. All of a sudden, however, she saw him evolve into his current self and then something even more insidious: Orange eyes and a look of rage, dressed completely in black. He looked at Jo with fury and said, "What are you doing here, Jo?"
"Danny…" began Jo, but she felt her throat closing. Looking at Danny, he was raising his hand at her and slowly closing it. "I'm sorry, Danny," she managed to get out. "I'm so sorry."
Stopping his hand from closing, he looked at her without a hint of pity or remorse and said in a cold and uncaring voice, "No, Jo. You're the reason I became this. You brought this on yourself."
Closing his hand fully, Jo felt her airways collapse in on themselves.
Sitting up fast in a cold sweat, Jo's face was whiter than usual. Feeling her heart race, she very shakingly got up and walked to the bathroom; splashing some cold water into her face, she looked at herself fully into the mirror for the first time in a few days.
She looked older. Calmer yet more damaged than before. She had lost everything, even her virginity, and now it was coming back on her in a really bad way. She couldn't believe what had happened to her in the past couple days.
"You seem troubled," said a voice behind her. Looking around, she saw Ashara Zavros standing in the doorway, looking at her with a sympathetic look.
Jo shook her head. "No. No I'm really not," she sighed.
Ashara walked up to her and said, "Losing everything is tough, I understand. But you can't let it drag you down. You got friends and support." Smiling, she placed a hand on her shoulder. "You'll be fine."
Jo nodded, then took her hand off. "I just feel so guilty," she explained while walking out of the bathroom. "I was so hard on Danny and I never realized just how much he was suffering on his own. I just feel awful."
Ashara nodded. "I know. I understand, Jo. But you gotta press on. That's what Danny would want for you, wouldn't it?"
Jo nodded again. "I'm gonna go back to sleep," she said.
"Good night, Jo." Ashara walked back into Ordo's room.
Laying down, Jo thought about what Ashara had said and quickly fell asleep.
Ordo felt Ashara curl back into his embrace, spooning against him; she kissed his hand and closed her eyes.
"Jo was up again?" he asked her softly. Nodding, she replied, "It was worse this time. I could feel Danny's agony through her."
Ordo sighed, rolling away from her. Ashara turned to him and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I think we should train Jo."
Ashara blinked in surprise. "Really?"
"Yes." Ordo turned to look at her and added, "She has the potential; we just need to unlock it."
Ashara nodded. "Alright. Tomorrow."
With that, they both fell asleep.
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