Attempting to Turn:
"Are you angry, Alexi?" Xanatos asked. He had just finished beating the eighteen-year-old padawan.
Alexi took a deep breath, which was a painful task at the moment. Xanatos had broken at least three ribs amongst other, worse, things. Alexi didn't know what he was going to do or how he was going to do it. All he knew was that he could not get angry or afraid. That was what the Sith wanted. They strived off of anger and fear and he would not let them win. Alexi let the pain go through him, taking it as a message from his body that something was wrong. He found the worst wound he had and began using the Force to heal it, ignoring the one who beat him.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes to the boy. 'He has been well trained.' He thought to himself. 'But he couldn't have been that well trained. No one was ever that well trained.' Xanatos then moved to his other target, Gyakotennu. "And how are we over here, hmm?" he asked.
Gyakotennu glared at Xanatos. Xanatos smiled evilly. 'This one is coming along fine. His anger is great, as is his hopelessness.' Xanatos knelt in front of the knight. "You are already mine." He said evilly. "Soon you will call me master."
Gyakotennu spit in his face. "I would never give you such a title."
Xanatos kicked him in the face as he wiped the spit off of his face. "If you continue like this, boy, you may not even live to see me kill the other two Jedi." He then turned to one of the guards in the room. "Speaking of which, how is the search going? We must find them quickly."
The guard looked nervous. "We..uh..have not been..uh..able to locate the other Jedi..yet." he stuttered.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes at the guard and pulled out his lightsaber, placing it close to the guard's throat. "Then you had better get out there and find them!" he yelled.
The guard felt a slight burn on his neck before running out of the room, shaking from fear.
*****
"Do you honestly think this will work?" Lin-San asked with a raised brow.
"It is the only plan we have." Yenshu sighed. "Unless you can think of another one, this is what we have to do."
"We can always just wait like Master Yoda suggested." Lin-San said with a smirk. Yenshu rolled her eyes. "Fine. So, you want to go to the U.N. and say that you want to offer yourself as a replacement for the other two and I am going to sneak in the back way and try to find Alexi and Gyakotennu?"
Yenshu nodded. "Hopefully I can duke it out with Xanatos while you free the boys. Also let's hope that he thinks there is only one of us.Let's go."
Yenshu walked ahead of Lin-San, reaching the United Nations before her. She walked up to the front door, where she was met by a guard. "State your name and business with the Leader."
"I am a Jedi Knight and have an offer for the Leader." Yenshu stated.
The guard nodded and opened the door. Yenshu walked into the building. It was nearly the same as when she ran through it the last time she was here. The main difference was the constant posters of Xanatos, or the Leader. In the main lobby of the building, she was met by yet another guard. She told him the same thing. When he asked about a weapon, she replied that she had none, though in reality she was hiding three lightsabers. That guard led her to another room. It was slightly smaller than the lobby, but inside this one was two broken and bleeding Jedi and a Sith Lord.
"Ah, one of the Jedi I was expecting. You must be Alexi's master." Xanatos said, taking a few steps towards Yenshu.
"That I am. And you must be Xanatos." She said coolly. "I have come with a proposition for you."
Xanatos raised his brow. "Really? And to think that I was going to give you one. But, by all means, ladies first." He said with a mock bow.
Yenshu took a deep breath, letting her anger flow through her. "Release Gyakotennu and Alexi and take me in their place. I am a master and will be of much more use to you, while they are simply a knight and padawan."
Xanatos crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, as if thinking over her offer. "Perhaps.but then, you do not know how I plan to use you Jedi, so how would you know if you were of more use?"
Yenshu smirked. "A master even turns faster then a padawan or knight, you know this. The council will feel threatened more if a master is captured. They would send more Jedi to help a master. That is more Jedi for you to capture and kill."
Xanatos walked over to Yenshu, circling her as he looked her over. "You may be right. You do not come armed. Why?"
"I came in a peaceful manner. I did not wish to fight you, only to bargain with you." She answered, feeling uneasy by his looks, but refusing to show it.
"Where is the other Jedi that is with you?" he asked, now standing in front of her, trying to read her eyes.
"She is in our ship, awaiting the return of either myself, or the other two." She answered, trying not to show her shock at the question.
Xanatos smiled. "Yes, I know there are four of you." He said, picking up the slight shock he saw in her eyes. "I'll tell you what, I will trade you for one of the others. You choose between the two." He said, smiling wickedly. He knew it would be near impossible for her to choose one or the other.
Yenshu sighed. "Is there nothing I can do for you to free them both?" she asked. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lin-San sneaking behind Alexi. She broke Alexi's bonds and showed him the way she came in. Painfully Alexi followed her directions. Lin-San then moved to Gyakotennu.
"I would be daft to free two prisoners for one. You may choose." Xanatos replied.
Yenshu nodded solemnly. "Very well. Then I choose Gyakotennu." She said, pretending to consider her options.
Xanatos turned just as Lin-San cut Gyakotennu's bonds. To Yenshu, the shock on his face was priceless. "Guards! Stop them!" he yelled. He turned back and faced Yenshu, staring at her coldly. "You were foolish to do that, Jedi." He said as he pulled out his lightsaber. "Now you will pay."
Yenshu smirked and reached into the folds of her cloak, bringing one of her own lightsabers out. "Will I?" she asked as she activated it. "Or will you?"
Before Gyakotennu could run, a guard grabbed his arm, slamming him back to the floor.
Lin-San ran out of the room, trying to find Alexi, to make sure he escaped all right. She quickly caught up with the limping boy and tossed him a saber. "Here. Now we have to hurry. We can't go directly to the ship, we will be followed."
"I'm not that dense, Lin-San. I know that much." Alexi said, catching the saber and igniting it. It wasn't his, but it would have to do.
Lin-San grinned. "At least we know you still have that wonderful sense of humor." She laughed, blocking some of the bullets that were shot at her.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes. "I knew you were not foolish enough to come to me unarmed. Now we will see how much the Jedi have taught you." He said, lunging towards her.
Aware of his movements, Yenshu jumped over his head in time to miss the blow. As she landed, she pulled out another saber and tossed it to Gyakotennu. "Hurry, free yourself!" she yelled, turning just in time to miss another lunge.
Gyakotennu grabbed the saber and fumbled with it before turning it on. After he finally ignited it, he stood and turned only to be met by a pistol inches away from his face. "Give me the saber, boy." The guard demanded. Afraid for his life, Gyakotennu handed the saber to the guard.
Xanatos saw the display out of the corner of his eye. "Looks like your little friend won't be joining you. He appears to enjoy my hospitality so much that he simply gives up with every confrontation."
Yenshu narrowed her eyes. "Then I'll just have to make sure that you free him willingly." She said, a threat in her tone.
Xanatos smiled. "Ah, to hear a threat from a Jedi. A master even. That is truly rare. I know that soon you will be on the same side as me, Master, as will your padawan. The knight here is already beginning to turn. He will soon fight beside me."
Yenshu lunged towards Xanatos, who easily turned out of the way. As he did he pulled out a knife and grabbed Yenshu's waist, pulling her close, his knife on her neck. Yenshu felt the cool steel on her neck and stiffened slightly. "You will release Gyakotennu and you will release me." She said in a demanding tone.
Xanatos laughed. "Why on earth would I do such a thing?" he asked with a smirk. "Why would I release my favorite prisoner and my new one?"
Yenshu stomped on Xanatos's foot and jabbed her elbow into his side, making him loosen his grip on her. Once he had, she used the Force to back flip over his head. "The masters wouldn't like it if I killed you now, so I'll save it for another time. Gyakotennu, don't loose hope, we will return for you." She said, giving him a reassuring smile. Before Xanatos even turned around, she disappeared behind the door and headed for the back exit.
"Are you angry, Alexi?" Xanatos asked. He had just finished beating the eighteen-year-old padawan.
Alexi took a deep breath, which was a painful task at the moment. Xanatos had broken at least three ribs amongst other, worse, things. Alexi didn't know what he was going to do or how he was going to do it. All he knew was that he could not get angry or afraid. That was what the Sith wanted. They strived off of anger and fear and he would not let them win. Alexi let the pain go through him, taking it as a message from his body that something was wrong. He found the worst wound he had and began using the Force to heal it, ignoring the one who beat him.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes to the boy. 'He has been well trained.' He thought to himself. 'But he couldn't have been that well trained. No one was ever that well trained.' Xanatos then moved to his other target, Gyakotennu. "And how are we over here, hmm?" he asked.
Gyakotennu glared at Xanatos. Xanatos smiled evilly. 'This one is coming along fine. His anger is great, as is his hopelessness.' Xanatos knelt in front of the knight. "You are already mine." He said evilly. "Soon you will call me master."
Gyakotennu spit in his face. "I would never give you such a title."
Xanatos kicked him in the face as he wiped the spit off of his face. "If you continue like this, boy, you may not even live to see me kill the other two Jedi." He then turned to one of the guards in the room. "Speaking of which, how is the search going? We must find them quickly."
The guard looked nervous. "We..uh..have not been..uh..able to locate the other Jedi..yet." he stuttered.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes at the guard and pulled out his lightsaber, placing it close to the guard's throat. "Then you had better get out there and find them!" he yelled.
The guard felt a slight burn on his neck before running out of the room, shaking from fear.
*****
"Do you honestly think this will work?" Lin-San asked with a raised brow.
"It is the only plan we have." Yenshu sighed. "Unless you can think of another one, this is what we have to do."
"We can always just wait like Master Yoda suggested." Lin-San said with a smirk. Yenshu rolled her eyes. "Fine. So, you want to go to the U.N. and say that you want to offer yourself as a replacement for the other two and I am going to sneak in the back way and try to find Alexi and Gyakotennu?"
Yenshu nodded. "Hopefully I can duke it out with Xanatos while you free the boys. Also let's hope that he thinks there is only one of us.Let's go."
Yenshu walked ahead of Lin-San, reaching the United Nations before her. She walked up to the front door, where she was met by a guard. "State your name and business with the Leader."
"I am a Jedi Knight and have an offer for the Leader." Yenshu stated.
The guard nodded and opened the door. Yenshu walked into the building. It was nearly the same as when she ran through it the last time she was here. The main difference was the constant posters of Xanatos, or the Leader. In the main lobby of the building, she was met by yet another guard. She told him the same thing. When he asked about a weapon, she replied that she had none, though in reality she was hiding three lightsabers. That guard led her to another room. It was slightly smaller than the lobby, but inside this one was two broken and bleeding Jedi and a Sith Lord.
"Ah, one of the Jedi I was expecting. You must be Alexi's master." Xanatos said, taking a few steps towards Yenshu.
"That I am. And you must be Xanatos." She said coolly. "I have come with a proposition for you."
Xanatos raised his brow. "Really? And to think that I was going to give you one. But, by all means, ladies first." He said with a mock bow.
Yenshu took a deep breath, letting her anger flow through her. "Release Gyakotennu and Alexi and take me in their place. I am a master and will be of much more use to you, while they are simply a knight and padawan."
Xanatos crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, as if thinking over her offer. "Perhaps.but then, you do not know how I plan to use you Jedi, so how would you know if you were of more use?"
Yenshu smirked. "A master even turns faster then a padawan or knight, you know this. The council will feel threatened more if a master is captured. They would send more Jedi to help a master. That is more Jedi for you to capture and kill."
Xanatos walked over to Yenshu, circling her as he looked her over. "You may be right. You do not come armed. Why?"
"I came in a peaceful manner. I did not wish to fight you, only to bargain with you." She answered, feeling uneasy by his looks, but refusing to show it.
"Where is the other Jedi that is with you?" he asked, now standing in front of her, trying to read her eyes.
"She is in our ship, awaiting the return of either myself, or the other two." She answered, trying not to show her shock at the question.
Xanatos smiled. "Yes, I know there are four of you." He said, picking up the slight shock he saw in her eyes. "I'll tell you what, I will trade you for one of the others. You choose between the two." He said, smiling wickedly. He knew it would be near impossible for her to choose one or the other.
Yenshu sighed. "Is there nothing I can do for you to free them both?" she asked. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Lin-San sneaking behind Alexi. She broke Alexi's bonds and showed him the way she came in. Painfully Alexi followed her directions. Lin-San then moved to Gyakotennu.
"I would be daft to free two prisoners for one. You may choose." Xanatos replied.
Yenshu nodded solemnly. "Very well. Then I choose Gyakotennu." She said, pretending to consider her options.
Xanatos turned just as Lin-San cut Gyakotennu's bonds. To Yenshu, the shock on his face was priceless. "Guards! Stop them!" he yelled. He turned back and faced Yenshu, staring at her coldly. "You were foolish to do that, Jedi." He said as he pulled out his lightsaber. "Now you will pay."
Yenshu smirked and reached into the folds of her cloak, bringing one of her own lightsabers out. "Will I?" she asked as she activated it. "Or will you?"
Before Gyakotennu could run, a guard grabbed his arm, slamming him back to the floor.
Lin-San ran out of the room, trying to find Alexi, to make sure he escaped all right. She quickly caught up with the limping boy and tossed him a saber. "Here. Now we have to hurry. We can't go directly to the ship, we will be followed."
"I'm not that dense, Lin-San. I know that much." Alexi said, catching the saber and igniting it. It wasn't his, but it would have to do.
Lin-San grinned. "At least we know you still have that wonderful sense of humor." She laughed, blocking some of the bullets that were shot at her.
Xanatos narrowed his eyes. "I knew you were not foolish enough to come to me unarmed. Now we will see how much the Jedi have taught you." He said, lunging towards her.
Aware of his movements, Yenshu jumped over his head in time to miss the blow. As she landed, she pulled out another saber and tossed it to Gyakotennu. "Hurry, free yourself!" she yelled, turning just in time to miss another lunge.
Gyakotennu grabbed the saber and fumbled with it before turning it on. After he finally ignited it, he stood and turned only to be met by a pistol inches away from his face. "Give me the saber, boy." The guard demanded. Afraid for his life, Gyakotennu handed the saber to the guard.
Xanatos saw the display out of the corner of his eye. "Looks like your little friend won't be joining you. He appears to enjoy my hospitality so much that he simply gives up with every confrontation."
Yenshu narrowed her eyes. "Then I'll just have to make sure that you free him willingly." She said, a threat in her tone.
Xanatos smiled. "Ah, to hear a threat from a Jedi. A master even. That is truly rare. I know that soon you will be on the same side as me, Master, as will your padawan. The knight here is already beginning to turn. He will soon fight beside me."
Yenshu lunged towards Xanatos, who easily turned out of the way. As he did he pulled out a knife and grabbed Yenshu's waist, pulling her close, his knife on her neck. Yenshu felt the cool steel on her neck and stiffened slightly. "You will release Gyakotennu and you will release me." She said in a demanding tone.
Xanatos laughed. "Why on earth would I do such a thing?" he asked with a smirk. "Why would I release my favorite prisoner and my new one?"
Yenshu stomped on Xanatos's foot and jabbed her elbow into his side, making him loosen his grip on her. Once he had, she used the Force to back flip over his head. "The masters wouldn't like it if I killed you now, so I'll save it for another time. Gyakotennu, don't loose hope, we will return for you." She said, giving him a reassuring smile. Before Xanatos even turned around, she disappeared behind the door and headed for the back exit.