Summary: Becky is content with QUIETLY watching the Young Jedi knights for the moment, whereas Leo wants to do the total opposite…………
Title: The Devil You Don't Know
Author: Saiyan Jalapeno
Rate: PG..that's weird, It's not like my parents look over my shoulder while I read this anyway…??
A/n: This is going to be a tad different from the book series…first, there is no Zekk, (sorry all you Zekk fans, but I just have no idea where to put him!) Everyone else, yep, Luke, Brakiss, Jaina, Jacen, Tenel Ka, Lowie, Emteedee (I suppose) and everyone else I've forgotten.
I want to get away!
I wanna fly away
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Lennie Kravitz
CHAPTER TWO
With a faint swish, the portal re-opened and Leo landed without the slightest noise. She gave a sly grin.
"Jackie Chan is in the building." She whispered. Moving silently like a cat, she brushed close to the to the metellic walls, her boot clicking the floor. The air smelt like it have been recycled too many times, which smelled even worse for her heightened senses.
"I'm gonna puke." She muttered. "How can they live in this dump?"
Faintly she heard the sound of marching no far from her. She looked around. Glowrods illuminated the wide passage. Peering around the bends, she saw the place was practically deserted.
Well that was about to change.
Cracking her knuckles, she wiggled her fingers. "Now….time to make some noise."
Firing her hands forward, she released small series of ki, not enough to cause serious damage, but enough to catch someone's attention. The blasts pounded the walls, floor and ceiling. Lights crackled and broke, causing acidy smoke to rise. Instantly, red alarms went off, blaring warnings. Leo heard stormtroppers closing in both sides.
"It's showtime."
Laughing, she jumped up and plastered herself to the ceiling, looking down at the floor. She sniggered as she saw the troopers fumbling in the smoke under her. They are so dumb they don't even look up!! She thought.
"Spread out!" one guard ordered. The others separated in different directions, trying to find the cause in the commotion. Only about10 guards remained, holding their blaster pistols, standing around.
The guard spoke into his commlink. "Send droids to level 16 on the fifth floor."
Pushing herself from the roof, Leo landed hard on the guard's helmet and knocked him unconscious. The others turned around.
"Hey!" one shouted, leveling his weapon.
"Hey yourself." Leo said, giving him a roundhouse kick to oblivion. The others troppers reacted, but not fast enough for a saiyan.
The last guard fell to the floor unconscious, as Leo twisted and landed on her feet. Leaping over the fallen bodies, she took off down the corridors.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Sir, we have a breech in Level 16. Fifth floor. The senses report only minor damage."
Brakiss turned, his dark cloak swirling around him. "Have troopers been dispatched?"
After a pause, Qorl said "Yes, but they haven't reported back."
Brakiss glanced at Tamith Ki who stood with her arms folded.
"See to the problem. " He instructed her. She unclenched her hands in anger and bowed stiffly. "Yes Master Brakiss." Spinning on her heels, she swept out of the transmitting and receiving tower and into the hallway, the automatic doors sliding behind her.
She was frustrated that Brakiss had sent her on a petty runaround. It was probably only an electrical malfunction!
She heard footsteps running towards her and a child's giggle. She paused. Surely none of the dark Jedi were the cause? She gathered the darkside in her grasp. Somehow she knew it was not one of the other apprentices. They were trained and disciplined. All of them knew the punishments for disobedience and running amok.
Leo's scouter beeped, indicating a life-force around the next bend. She pressed it again, turning it off. "Let's see who it is."
Leo leaped into view and skidded to a sudden halt. Whoa! Nightsister at 12o'clock! She thought, looking at the woman ahead of her. This one looks like…Tamith Ki! DAMN! She's one malignant chick!
Tamith Ki hid her astonishment. "Who are you?" she said sharply, clenching her hands into fists. Lighting crackled in her fingertips. Leo knew how deadly that power could be, but she herself wasn't too impressed.
"None of your concern."
The witch wasn't in the mood. "Insolence!" She snapped. "You certainly don't belong here, so it is up to me to deal with you."
Leo clicked into acting mode. She held out her right hand. "I wouldn't if I were you, nightsister." She said darkly, her eyes shimmering in mockery. "You will not be pleased with the end results."
Ignoring her, Tamith Ki thrust out her hand, releasing a deadly bolt of blue electricity. It fizzled towards Leo who stood serenely, almost bored. Catching the electrical current, she used her Ki to form it into an orb. It floated dangerously in front of her and when she closed her hand, it vanished.
Tamith Ki stood her ground. She wasn't sure what kind of technology this young one was using, but it was very convincing. The witch also could not feel the living Force around her, Light or Dark. So how was she able to do that?
"You are very clever, I must say." Tamith Ki said, her composure intact.
"And you are very stupid." Leo sneered. "You attack me without asking why I am here? Perhaps you are not so smart as you appear to be."
Tamith Ki had destroyed over 10 men with the wave of her hand for even less insubordination than THIS little wench was saying! How dare she speak to her like that? Unable to contain her absolute rage, Tamith Ki threw out as much Dark Force as she could muster. The semi-visible wave spiked with blue lighting struck Leo full force. The power cracked and hissed over Leo's body. It didn't harm her, and she smirked at Tamith Ki, who realized her skirmish was doing her no harm. Tamith Ki snapped orders into her commlink. Leo heard stormtroopers running to their location. Pressing herself against the wall, Leo returned an invisible blast that knocked Tamith Ki breath from out of her.
"You're a fool, Tamith Ki." Leo said as the witch doubled over, gasping. "Just remember: There are even more powerful forces in the universe other than that of the Dark Side."
The troppers arrived and pointed their blasters.
"Hold it right there!" a Lieutenant said gruffly.
"What are you waiting for?? Apprehend her!" The nightsister snarled, straightening slowly. "Lock her up in holding-cell 6556, immediately! I want ALL OF YOU to guard that door." Giving Leo one last dagger-like glare, the nightsister turned sharply and strode back down the corridor.
A tropper stun-cuffed her behind her back and pushed her forwards. When she tried to move her hands, an irritating buzzing hummed her bones. She guessed it was a lot more painful for humans, but thanks to her saiyan blood, it was practically painless.
The stormtroppers surrounded her, five in front and five more behind her. It must have looked pathetic at so many guards overseeing a harmless looking girl. The leader marched down the hallway and stopped outside a door. Opening it, he ordered. "Get in."
Leo gave him a sly expression before entering. Slamming the door behind her, Leo heard a humming and buttons being pushed. She guessed there was a force-field AND a cyberlock on the door.
"They must really think I'm dangerous." Leo smiled. "Oh dear. They have a problem." Jerking her hands, she broke her bonds and flexed her wrists. Standing, she walked around in a circle. Then a thought came to her. Pressing her scouter, she contacted her sister. The black lends over her left eye fuzzed and cleared.
"What's up sis?" Becky's voice asked.
"Nothing. I'm in a holding cell after trying to kick Tamith Ki's ass."
Becky whistled at the name of the nightsister. "Oh. When you said 'trying', are you saying you actually BEAT her or TIRED to beat her?"
"I think I scared her abit. She's gone running to Brakiss at this very moment. What are you doing?"
Becky coughed. Leo knew that meant she was a bit embarrassed she had asked. "Well…I can't seem to find the Academy anywhere."
Leo scowled. "Your KIDDING me! You are such a dumbass! Why don't you use your scouter?"
"Well, I was about to until you interrupted me!" Becky's voice retorted. "Anyway, While your stuck in a smelly holding-cell, I'm flying around enjoying the scenery."
"Not 'stuck'." Leo replied reasonably.
"Keep to the program, sis." Becky said, knowing what the comment meant. "Have fun." The connection fazed as Becky signed off.
Leo sighed. "How long am I suppose to stay in here?" she asked herself. Unwinding her tail, she looked at it closely. Ever since becoming a saiyan, she hadn't thought of observing her extra appendage. It flicked back and forth, as if with a mind of it's own.
She sighed, bored. She looked to the door and saw two guards through the dense-set glass. Standing, she knocked on it. One of the troppers turned and, seeing no immediate problem pressed the comm.
"Settle down in there." He growled and abruptly switched it off.
Leo tapped the glass again to get his attention. He looked again through the window but then turned back around.
Leo swung her foot back and booted the door. Hard. A huge dent appeared as the tropper swung the door open, pointing his blaster straight at her.
Her looked at the door and back at her. "I said SETTLE DOWN!" He shouted through his helmet. Leo who was sitting with her legs crossed, smirked at him.
He took one last look at the damage and slammed the door shut.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Tamith Ki strode angrily through the automatic doors. Troopers tensed up as she walked past. Standing not to far away, she bowed at he superior.
"Did you taken care of the problem, Tamith Ki?"
Tamith Ki set her teeth. "Yes, Master Brakiss."
Brakiss turned, sensing she was holding something back. "But?"
Tamith Ki continued. "Master, towards Level 16 I was encountered by a young……girl……who displayed some sort of extraordinary powers."
Brakiss turned to her. "Is that so? And how did this girl happen to be aboard the Shadow Academy?"
"I do not know, my Lord," she answered. "When I discovered her, she fired upon me. I protected myself, but she seemed unfazed by my assault."
Brakiss turned, but the nightsister had caught his attention. "Where is she now?"
"Guarded on level 16, holding-cell 6556." She replied curtly.
Brakiss gathered himself and swept past her. "I will see to this myself. You will over-see this place while I am absent. Keep me informed." The troppers again stood at attention as the Master strode by them and towards Level 16.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Leo stared at the two guards in her cell. She sat in the seat provided directly facing the door, legs crossed. Tired of the saiyan's jokes, the Lieutenant had placed two guards in her cell to keep her in order. Leo observed them. They were about the same height, their white helmets obscuring any indication of what they might look like underneath. She stood.
Instantly they pulled out their blaster pistols. "Sit down!"
Leo ignored them and began to pace. She walked slowly back and forth. She knew they eyed her watchfully.
And so they should.
Quick as a viper, she snapped her leg forward and broke through one guards helmet, cracking his nose. He buckled over. In the same moment, Leo swung her clasped hands and brought them down on his head. The other guard reacted quicker than she had anticipated. He fired two shots at air before he suffered the same fate as his comrade. That was enough to alert the guards outside the door. Turning, they saw the door being blasted open right off it's hinges. It flew and slammed the opposite side of the corridor, sides smoking. Leo jumped out.
The last eight stormtroopers aimed to fire at her.
"HALT!" A strong voice commanded. The guards paused as Brakiss strode amongst them, his dark eyes blazing. "What is the meaning of this?"
The Lieutenant stepped forward. "Sir, This is the prisoner Tamith Ki ordered us to watch. She was attempting to escape."
Brakiss looked at her. He surveyed her dark clothes, much like his own. She stared at him, green eyes even.
"Who are you?" he commanded. "How did you get onto my station?"
Leo stood before him, unafraid. Oh come on! She thought. What can he do that I can't do better?
"My name is Klorel. I transported myself on you ship a few hours ago."
That's impossible." He said. "This ship is cloaked and has impenetrable shields."
"Nothing is impossible." She replied boldly. She pretended to inspect her nails. "I am here to aid you in overthrowing Luke Skywalker and his band of Jedi knights." She looked at him straight in the eye. "You would be unwise to refuse my services."
Brakiss joined his hands in front of him, curious. "What could you offer us that we have not already acquired?"
She smiled, vanished, and reappeared behind him. He spun around, to see her facing him, hands clasped quietly. The eight guards that had surrounded her suddenly fell over, unconscious. One guard's helmet had fallen off, and Brakiss noted his broken face, blood trickling from his nose. As he stared around, all of the guards had sustained some sort of injury, enough to knock them out like a light. Leo had moved so fast he hadn't even SEEN it.
Sometimes I amaze myself. She thought, a smile tugging her mouth.
She contined. "As you can see, my abilities are that of a……phenomenal kind. I will discuss it further if you accept my proposition."
Brakiss realized he was staring, and quickly snapped out of his trance. Klorel would be a valuable asset against the Jedi. Perhaps even to the whole Empire. He knew everything in the galaxy came with a price too.
"And what is your objective in helping us?" He said placidly.
"I have not decided upon that at the moment."
Brakiss was deep in thought. Finally he said, "Very well. You are welcome here on my Station for the time being. I ask you not to go anywhere unattended, without the knowledge of myself or Tamith Ki." Brakiss turned and started walking. Leo walked evenly behind him. "Am I to have a guardian?" she said, a snide tone in her voice.
"A long as you remain on my ship, you will follow my instructions." He said. "Tamith Ki will accompany you where ever you go."
Shit! Leo cursed quietly. I knew I'd have that sour-face NIGHTSISTER following me around everywhere!
"As you wish." She replied aloud. Brakiss breezed through the automatic doors leading to the transmitting and receiving tower. The nightsister noticed them, and she scowled at Leo. "Master, what…"
He interrupted her. "Tamith Ki, you will accompany Klorel on the station. She is free to walk Level 14 and 15 only."
Tamith Ki's mouth was open in shock. "But Master,…."
"That is all, nightsister." Brakiss said abruptly, halting her protest. Tamith Ki bit back the rest of her words. It was no use arguing with the Dark Knight. In fact, it was just suicide.
"Yes, Master." She spat turning and stomping out. Leo followed slowly behind her.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Becky glided smoothly over the Massassi treetops, her long trenchcoat flowed behind her like large feathery wings. Twisting on her back, she flew with her arms behind her head, looking at the green-blue sky. She sighed contentedly. Now THIS was paradise! Everyone knows it's way better to fly using ki! I mean, how much freedom do you have cramped in an aeroplane?
Becky wasn't in a hurry to find the Academy. She wondered what Leo was doing right about now. She realized their plan WAS a bit sketchy, but nothing they couldn't figure out later on.
Turing about-face again, saw stone objects in the distance.
"At last!" She sighed, slowing her speed until her ki vanished from around her. Hovering at close range to the Jedi Academy, She wondered if Luke or and other apprentices could sense her.
She looked around in wonder at the lush green vegetation and shrubs covering the forrest floor. Far below, she noticed the young Jedi knights training in hand-to-hand combat and lightsaber drills. A beautiful woman with pale hair attended their training.
Becky wondered if she could spot Tenel Ka or Lowie anywhere. She had already found Jacen. The young Solo twin was with his sister, training with their lightsabers. She decided not to interfere.
Tapping her scouter, she contacted Leo.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
The nightsister paused outside a door. "You will stay here, with the other dark Jedi." She ordered, opening the door. Leo walked in, arms folded. "This is your room, shared with a girl named Carsen, your age. I'm sure you two will be friends in no time." Leo didn't miss the sneering tone in her voice. Her dark lips twisted in a sour smile before the door slid shut.
"Bitch." She snarled at the empty room. "You are SO going to regret saying that."
She hardly realized her tail was twitching in irritation. Looking around, she saw the two single beds, bare walls, and pale glowrods lighting up the small room.
Levitating on her bed, she closed her eyes and focused.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"It is done, my Lord."
"Good." The leader of the Shadow Academy turned and faced her, thinking. Tamith Ki stood waiting silently composing her frustration inside. What are we to do with this child? She thought. If she is to join with the Shadow Academy, then she should be training with the other dark knights!
"Explain what happened when you encountered Klorel." Brakiss said, lowering himself into a comfortable obsidian chair.
"Yes Master. When I met up with her in the corridor she stopped and I ordered her to tell me her name. She refused and I warned her of her insolence. She again refused, so I attacked her."
Brakiss leaned back, the leather chair shifting against his weight. "And then?"
The nightsister swallowed. "She captured the dark energy within her grasp. When she closed her hand, it vanished, like it was a simple hologram. I did not sense her using the Force."
Brakiss gave a small nod in agreement. He too, did not feel the Dark side around her when she disposed of his men in the corridor. It intrigued him.
"We will test her abilities in the training rooms." He pushed himself from his chair and stood. "If she passes my satisfaction, she can be trained with the other Jedi. Is that understood?"
Tamith Ki bowed. "Yes, of course Master."
"You will accompany her to the training rooms on Level 15. I will be there in a short time."
"Tamith Ki bowed briefly and left the room.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Leo was meditating when her scouter beeped.
"I've got a problem, Leo." Becky sighed, running her hair back. "I've found the Academy, but I haven't got the slightest clue as to what to do now." She sniggered. "I thought you could and me could have a punch-up and let them find me half-dead."
"Whoa hang on," Leo said. "You want me to half kill you, JUST so THEY can find & heal you??"
"Yeah. Basically."
Leo groaned. "Talk about a dramatic entrance! Fine! I'll be there in a sec."
Leo fabricated a dimension rift and leaped through. The bright green-blue sky made her blink a few times, compared to the dim lights in her quarters.
Her aim was pretty good, she had made a rift not to far from where her sister was. Leo distinguished Becky in the distance.
"Is that you?" Becky bleeped through her scouter.
Leo waved. "Yeah. Um…okay…I'll do a runner-up and start beating the shit out of you…is that right?"
"uh…yeeaahhh…hey, be nice okay?? I don't really want blood on my nice white clothes. ESPECIALLY my trenchcoat."
"Sure. You can trust me, big sis." Leo smirked. The sayian tried to think of something to make her really fired-up. She could only fight properly if she thought of something to get her pissed off. Like the animorphs, for instance.
"Thinking, thinking….I'VE GOT IT!!" Leo powered up, gritting her hands together and raising her spirit level. "BECKY I HATE YOU FOR RUNNING OVER MY CAT WHEN YOU WERE LEARNING TO DIRVE!!!" With a roar, she sped towards Becky who held up her hands defensively. Knocking her hands away, Leo punched her twice in the face and kicked her in the solo plueux. Becky gasped as she was flung away, then righted herself.
"I SAID BE NICE!!" Becky roared, powering up in return.
"Bad girls don't play nice, Becs." Leo grinned. "You asked me to beat you up so I am." She glanced down. "Anyway, looks like you've caught the attention you want."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Block…thrust…good Jaina, your improving. Both of you are." Tinonne acknowledged, pleased. The twins smiled at eachother at their good efforts and switched off their lightsabers. Jacen saw Lowie bounding toward them and welcomed his friend. He saw the Wookie was huffing and puffing. "Hey Lowie, What's up?"
Lowie pointed at the Massassi tree, making loud growls and exaggerated hand movements.
Emteedee's voice chimed in. "Master Lowbakka says he was climbing up one of the tall Massassi tree when he observed a bright flash of some sort in the sky. He distinctly saw-Oh, are you sure Master…?" Lowie growled at the droid, who huffed, "If you say so.."
"Saw what?" Tionne pressed.
"He says he saw a person flying towards---oh dear!---the Jedi Academy!" Lowie made an urgent gruff. "No, I did not see this person you claim to have witnessed! I'm only repeating what you yourself are saying right now."
"Hang on Lowie," Jaina interrupted. "Are you sure you didn't mistaken it for a speeder? Do you mean you saw someone actually flying??
Lowie woofed an affirmative.
"Look!" a girl shouted, pointing at the sky.
Tionne and the other Jedi saw two figures fighting on thin air, throwing karate kicks at each other. Looking closer, the Jedi noticed one was wearing black, the other white.
Struck speechless, the students didn't know what to do.
The person dressed in black stopped fighting, and backed up. The other donned in white seemed to be saying something, to which the other fighter shook her head.
"They're girls!"Jaina gasped, raising her hand to her mouth.
Lowie didn't need to confirm what he saw.
"Who are they?" Jacen asked. He reached out with the Force to them, but could sense nothing.
"Do you sense anything, Tionne?" Jaina asked the Jedi Master. She shook her head.
"Nothing. If they cannot be sensed using the Force, then…"
Her sentence was cut off as the unknown person in black barked a harsh phrase. Throwing her hands forward, a brilliant light overpowered the opposite female and detonated. She plummeted to the ground, slamming to the earth dangerously close to the gawking observers. They ran, ducking falling chunks of earth from the explosion.
"Blaster bolts! Did you see that?!" Jacen cried removing his arm from his face.
"Oh dear!! We're doomed!" The little translator droid wailed.
Tionne clasped Jacen's shoulder and whispered urgently, "I must tell Luke at once! Do nothing until I return, understand?"
Without waiting for an answer, The Jedi Master turned and bolted towards the Academy.
The figure in black floated down, a strange humming noise radiating from her. The other Jedi stepped cautiously back, whispering to eachother.
As the dust settled, a huge crater had entrenched itself in the ground. All of a sudden Becky shot up and slammed her shoulder in Leo's gut, and blasted her at point blank range. Leo went flying back, and unexpectedly re-appearing behind her victim. She caught the older saiyan and twisted her arms behind her, kneeing her hard in the lower back. Then she hurtled herself to the earth, Becky first.
The young Jedi knights watched in alarm as the saiyan slammed into the earth, torso first. Lowie woofed in astonishment.
Jacen was shocked speechless. He had never seen anything so gruesome in all his life as Leo pounded her to the ground. Tinnoe arrive, Luke alongside. Both looked on in horror.
Leo halted her crazed fight and paused. Smirking, she rose and said, " Let's see if these pitiful humans can save you now, Silver." She barked a hash laugh before departing, not looking at the surrounding crowd even once as she dissapeared in the distance.
The other Jedi looked at eachother. Luke paused and held them back with a motion of his hand. Tentatively, he inched forward. Becky's hand twitched, them gripped the earth, digging her nails in the dirt. Raising herself, she coughed up blood and grimaced. Deep cuts covered her arms and face. Rolling on her back, she hissed in pain.
Tionne rushed forward and immediately began checking her wounds. Luke aided her, and asked gently "Don't worry. We're sending medical droids here right now."
Becky glanced and him and recognized the Jedi Master. "You..Your Luke Skywalker….aren't you?"
Luke was surprised. "Yes I am. What's your name?"
Becky gave a small wheeze. "S-Silver. You must stop…Klorel….joining… Shadow Academy…." She gagged and choked up more blood. "Sorry. Can't explain… …"
Luke rested his hand on her shoulder. "You don't need to. Let's get you healed first."
Tionne whispered orders in her commlink, and said to the other students, "Training is over now my friends."
With a buzz of bewilderment, the trainees hurried back into the temple. Jacen, Jaina, Lowie, and Tenel Ka, who had joined them, stayed behind.
"Uncle Luke, what can we do?" Jacen asked.
Luke rose. "Not much, I'm afraid. We'll have Silver fixed up in no time, then we can asked questions."
"Was that…the Shadow Academy she mentioned?" Jaina asked. "Is she going to be okay?"
"All our questions will be answered later, Jaina. Patience."
The medical droids arrived and raised the injured saiyan on a hovering medical bed. Tionne flowed close behind as the droids hurried back to the medical bay.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Before the fight……
You mean they're looking now?" Becky asked, twisting her neck. She flexed her fingers, prepared. "Okay. GO!"
They bolted at eachother, punching and kicking. Becky's blows missed her target by millimeters. With a growl, she ducked under Leo's barrier and double-punched her in the stomach.
"Cmon, That's nothing to what I'm giving you permission to do to me!" Becky snapped, irked. Removing her scouter so it wouldn't get damaged, she made a 'c'mon' motion. "What are you waiting for?"
Leo shook her head, bewildered. "Okay then, Becs. If I kill you, can I have your stereo?"
"In your dreams."
She shrugged & backed up. "GALIC GUN!!"
Becky crossed her hands over her chest as it exploded She hurled to the ground, skidding up dirt and gravel. Shooting up again, She gasped at the sudden pain all over her body. Well that's what you get for asking for trouble. Becky thought grimly as she rammed Leo in the gut. Gripping her jacket, she blasted enough force to send her flying back. Leo clenched her eyes shut and vanished from human eyesight. In reality, she had used her ki as a board to stop herself, and flitted behind Becky.
"Got ya!" Leo said, twisting her arms behind her back.
"OW FUCK!! My back you dumb bitch!" Becky hissed, straining against Leo's power.
"Oh yeah. Back." Bringing her knee up sharply, it connected solidly to her spine.
Becky yelled in pain. "You FUCKEN LITTLE…."
Leo dived at the ground, still holding Becky in place.
"What the fuck are you doing??!" Becky screamed at her. "You better not…"
"I'll use my ki to sheild you, stupid." Leo said, scowling. "Listen, your name is Silver, my alias is Klorel, okay? Don't worry, I hate your guts, but not THAT much." The ground rushed up to meet them. "Nighty-night." Leo slammed her into the ground, and punched her feckless a few times before rising. Leo knew that fight was a pretty miserable one, Becky would hardly come out with any injuries.
She forced herself to laugh aloud for everyone to hear. "Let's see if these pitiful humans can save you now, Silver." Ignoring all the gazes, she flew off until she was out of sight and then dived down into the thick trees, hiding undercover.
After a few minutes, she called *Becky? You there? *
A pause, then Becky spat * I hate you, don't even THINK of talking to me! *
Leo smiled. She was just sulking. * You asked for a grand entrance, I gave you one. You should be thanking me. *
Leo ended the telepathic link and jumped through the portal, arriving on the Shadow Academy in the blink of an eye.