Chapter 10
In the Galactic Security Prison of Coruscant, Bane had been pacing around in his cell, he was worried of what happened to Tierra last night. 'What is she thinking now? That I doped her for the money? Shit, I have to get out of here!' his thoughts cursed him.
Then, the cell door opened and a clone trooper not wearing his helmet entered. "Cad Bane," he said, "The Galactic Senate has sentenced you."
"Sentenced to what?" Bane asked, but he had the feeling of what it was.
"Death," the trooper replied and the other troopers cuffed Bane's wrists and led him out of the cell.
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At Lady Kenina's apartment, Tytus Daube had Tierra dress into a white outfit with gold linen and had her hair tied in a short ponytail. "Now, let's just say nothing happened between you and that bounty hunter," Tytus said and prepared to leave Tierra in the bedroom.
The young woman did not seem to hear him and Tytus adds, "I did try to warn you about Cad Bane; all he cares about is the payment he receives and his own hind, if one person were to show him the sunlight, he will destroy it in an instant."
Tytus leaves the bedroom, with Tierra alone, having been brought back into impersonating Lady Kenina. She didn't care, all she wanted to was to forget ever meeting Bane and having him join Köder. She even tried to forget about last night, but she couldn't shake it out of her mind.
Tierra thought at that time that Bane was in love with her and she with him. However, it seemed that he played her good until the end. 'I'm an idiot! An idiot!' her thoughts shouted at her.
Then, Tierra's mini-com alerted her and she looked to see that the computer at headquarters have found a vocal match on Bane's client. What she heard shocked her; the voice belonged to Tytus Daube!
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Back at the prison, Bane was being escorted towards the execution chamber. The bounty hunter looked around and then noticed Ulises and Severino!
In a flash, Bane hit himself against the troopers and grabbed the holo-key for the cell and entered. He grabbed Severino by the scuff of his armor and shouts, "How did you know about Tierra?! Tell me now!"
"We didn't know!" Severino answered and adds, "Some human man told us, uh, a Tytus Daube!"
'Tytus Daube?! Oh shit!' Bane's thoughts said to him and that was when he realized that Tytus was the one who hired him to kill Lady Kenina!
Then, the troopers grabbed Bane and pulled him out of the cell. "Let me go!" Bane demanded as he was being toward the execution chamber, "You have to let me go! She's in danger!" Bane shouted, but the troopers did not listen.
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At Lady Kenina's apartment, Tytus calls out to Tierra, "Miss Tierra? I heard something, what was it?"
Tierra showed herself to him with a look of bitter anger. She held up her mini-com and had it play the results. "Vocalization match found," it said and it played the conversation that Tytus had with Bane when he hired the bounty hunter to assassinate Lady Kenina.
Tytus gave a look of utter shock, but then says, "Oh please, it could've been anyone else's voice."
Tierra did not believe him and shoves him with a push. "It was you! All these attempts were all you! Why would you do that?! To your own sister!" Tierra demanded, but Tytus featured an angry face.
"Everything I did was for the good of my family," he answered and adds, "Ever since my father remarried and his new wife gave birth to that blind bitch, I knew that I would be kicked out of the fortune entirely.
"Kenina was perfect in my father's eyes, despite the fact that she was born blind and she was blind as a whore! She, bringing home male companions for her bed, human or alien! My father did not take this seriously and when he died, he left everything to her! I had no choice, but to watch her squander the inheritance on sex! I had to kill her, otherwise the Daube family would be nothing, but a disgraced family!"
Tierra was angry while she listened to Tytus; the Lady Kenina he described was far different from the one Tierra met and came to know. In what she was told, Lady Kenina had split her inheritance on charity, mostly on victims of war and for the homeless. Sure, Lady Kenina loved to take any male, human or alien, to bed with her, but she did not squander any money to them. Tierra saw Lady Kenina as an angel of mercy on those less fortunate with a kind heart.
"You're wrong!" she finally yelled out at Tytus, "You are wrong about Lady Kenina! And you are wrong about everything she's done!"
"Who will you go to?! To Cad Bane?!" Tytus shouted back and Tierra stared at him. "He won't be there for you!" Tytus added.
"What do you mean?!" Tierra demanded, staring hard into the man's cold eyes.
"That bounty hunter is to be executed for his crimes, including attempted murder," he replied and Tierra almost collapsed, but she remained strong on her feet.
"Cad Bane is part of Köder and if he is in trouble, then everyone else in our organization will help him get out, and I want to be part of it," Tierra said, giving a shove at Tytus and walked towards the entrance of the apartment.
She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw a red blood trail on the floor and she followed it. To her horror, in the living room, Lady Kenina's maids were displayed on the floor, their necks had been slit open.
Tierra turned to run, but Tytus grabbed her by the shoulder with an iron grip and showed a knife to her face. "You want to see if Bane will come to the rescue? We will soon find out," he said in a dangerous whisper.
From the author: This is bad! Will Bane be saved? And what of Tierra? Will Bane come to her rescue? Tons of questions! The answer will be revealed in the next chapter!