"Master" Brackiss Pt. 4 of ?
Jaina woke up in the cell and for a minute forgot where she was. Then, the dank, moldy smell of the cell invaded her senses and realization hit her. "Sith! Stupid Brackiss!" She thought to herself. She sat up. Zekk's arm was draped over her shoulders and he was still sleeping. She just looked around the cell. The door on the far side was closed, as usual. However, by now, some kind of food had been pushed through the slit in the bottom.
Zekk stirred and woke up he smiled at Jaina.
"Hey! It's gone!"
"What?"
"Almost all my pain. What isn't gone can be Force-blocked."
"Wow! That's great."
"Yeah." Zekk stood up and streched. He walked all the way around the cell. Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, which is exactly what had happened, he turned and began to talk solemnly to Jaina. "Jaina, if anything strange happens today, I need you to go along with it. It's very important that you not ask questions, just do what I tell you to or what I'm doing. The less you know, the better. Promise me."
"Of course. But can you just tell me who it is that gave you such confidence?"
"Well, ummm... not exactly. But ummm... you know who nightsisters are?"
"Yeah.."
"Well..." Zekk shrugged...
Jaina looked at Zekk like he had grown four additional arms. "You WHAT?!" Zekk sighed.
"Jaina, I told you that I trust her."
"But she's your enemy. OUR enemy! How can you trust her with our lives?"
"You got a better idea?" Zekk snapped. He ran a hand over his face and sighed. "Look Jaina, I'm sorry okay. It's just that being here again is driving me crazy."
"You're not the one who had to spend a day in the life of Brackiss, okay?" Jaina snapped. "That is most definately the worst thing that has ever happened to me." Her voice grew softer. "It was so horrible. I wanted to die. Just die."
Just then, the door flew open. The Fett-guard stepped inside again. Jaina groaned. "Not again." She muttered.
"Brackiss wants to see you again, Princess." The guard mocked Jaina with her New Alderaanian title. (Also her least favorite.) He led her down the corridor. Meanwhile, Zekk silently pleaded for Jeanra Tal to hurry...
Jaina was returned to her cell again not long after. "That twisted, kriffing, creepy, disgusting son of a bantha!" She screamed each word louder and pounded the walls until her knuckles bled. She sunk to the floor crying. Zekk sighed and sat beside her. She didn't say anything for at least 3 hours. She just sat crying and pounding the wall. She turned to Zekk and smiled weakley.
"Feel any better?"
"Yeah."
"Good, because here comes out ride out." Jeanra Tal was arguing with the guard...
"Look, tubbo," Her harsh voice cut ike a knife. "I want to go see them and I will." A scuffle appeared to ensue. Next thinfg the two Jedi knew, she was there. She strode int othe cell, 'accidentaly' leaving the cell door open. "Well, trash collecter, we meet again." She taunted, "Now, I'll kill you like I've always wanted to." She started toward Zekk with her lightsaber drawn and ignited. Zekk dodged her and yelled for Jaina to run out through the open door. She did and Zekk looked at Jeanra Tal expectantly. "Go." She said, "I'll tell them that you knocked me out. The exit is down the corridor toward the left. We're on Cathyra VII. You should find a shuttle at the spaceport about 350 kilometers away. Get out of my sight." Jeanra Tal then dropped rather convincingly to the floor and Zekk followed Jaina into the corridor.
After running for what seemed like miles through the corridors, Zekk stopped outside a door.
"Jaina," He spoke, "Brackiss is behind that door. There's something I have to do." Zekk stepped up to the door.
"Oh no you don't. I want to kill the disgusting bastard." Jaina walked into the room. Brackiss was sleeping unaware of the two Jedi. Using mental shields to hide each other, they crept closer to the bed. Jaina took her lightsaber and ignited it with an all to familiar snap-hiss. THe violet blade served to warn the sleeping Sith Lord. He awoke and his eyes grew wide as Jaina brought the blade sweeping downward towards his neck. She severed his head from his body before he could react. Zekk stood for a few moments. The effect of what had happened slowly sonking in. The dark lord was dead. Then, he leaned over and spit on Brackiss's decapitated corpse.
"There you are, "Master" Brackiss. The good guys always win." Zekk's voice was bitter and cold. Jaina and Zekk then quickly turned and ran into the hall. They were outside in a few minutes. They quickly headed for the spaceport.