Chapter XVII: Solution Found
Luminara and Obi-Wan had been searching the capital city's computer system for near fifteen hours straight with nothing as much as a hint as to who was really behind it. "Obi-Wan this is looking rather hopeless," spoke Luminara, her ocean hue eyes locking eyes with Obi-Wan's. "I know Luminara, but we haven't heard anything from Anakin or Raza in near a week. There is bound to be something in these computers. Now, what was Raza's description of the attacker who killed Farr's Majordomo?" "Type in Aurra Sing Obi-Wan, maybe that will bring up something." "I did earlier, and it came up 'unknown.' Wait! Luminara I found something," Obi-Wan exclaimed, his finger pointing to a conversation taken by a security camera a few months ago. "Can you enhance it as to what they are saying?" asked Luminara. "Shouldn't be a problem." It wasn't really. He typed in a few commands he had learned from all the political training he had acquired himself and hacked through to replay the conversation held the night that the Rodian made the deal with the Devil. Or in this case: the Deviless.
"So, you will have the information at the Alderaan during the Star Ceremony?" "Yes M'Lady. And I trust, you will have my money?" the Rodian asked greedily, his palms rolling around one another. "You will get what you deserve Majordomo. I will be with my Sisters if you need me. But know this Rodian: if you contact me for a reason I do not see fit, you will pay with your life." Leaving the whimpering Rodian behind, Aurra Sing tossed the hood over her head and vanished into the shadows.
"Sisters?" asked Obi-Wan confused. "Hmm, she said 'I will be with my Sisters,' that must mean something. Sisters. The way she said that, it sounded almost as if she belonged to a sorority or something," Luminara paused. Then her eyes flashed as it all hit her with sudden clarity. "Obi-Wan! I got it! There is only one known Sisterhood all the Galaxy that is made up of Dark Side Adepts." Obi-Wan's eyes too flashed with clarity as it hit him where Aurra Sing, and most likely Anakin and Raza were, therefore, in unison they exclaimed: "the Nightsisters!" Not even ten minutes after having reached their brilliant deduction, the two Jedi Knights boarded their starship and dashed off towards the planet Dathomir, worrying whether or not it was too late to save their friends, or more importantly: if it was too late to save the galaxy.
It had been approximately one full day since Raza had left Anakin by himself, and was Raza worried about the human. Not so much as that he couldn't survive in the wild, more for the sake that he knew how temperamental the Jedi was and was fearful that he would do something rash. But Raza couldn't afford to keep an eye out on Anakin, not tonight anyway. He had his hands full already. According to his calculations Aurra had sent two of her lackeys out after him, and it seemed as if they both were gaining. Thankfully though, humans needed to rest periodically, he didn't. Oh sure, he was starving, and he was tired. But he was strong nonetheless. All right, time to stop. He said to himself, stopping abruptly in the thick of some trees. Calming himself, Raza sat cross-legged on the ground, allowing the simplicity of the nature around him to calm his nerves. He couldn't call upon the Force without being a beacon to the Nightsisers that were on his tail; nevertheless he could still meditate. He didn't need the Force to use his acute hearing though. He knew that the Nightsisers that were chasing him would be upon him in moments, and he'd be damned if he'd let them have the pleasure of surprising him. They didn't either. The first to emerge from the shadows of the forest was the chocolate skinned Nightsiser Kayla, immediately followed by what seemed to be her counterpart Tanya. "Oh lookie Sister, we have found a sleeping Jedi!" exclaimed Tanya, her hand already activating her lightsaber. "I know! And what a pleasure it will bring to our Sisterhood to bring his cute little head back on a platter!" replied Kayla. "If you two 'ladies,' and I use the term rather loosely, wouldn't mind. I am trying to mediate here," interrupted Raza calmly. "He has a sense of humor too, even more fun," said Kayla with a snicker. With a small smirk she lashed out first with her yellow blade, its tip pointed right at the sitting Jedi's temple. However, before it could even come close to contact, Raza's agile feet swept her legs right from under her, causing her to yell some expletives. Tanya was next to assault, trying to be smarter than her companion was by jumping in the air before assaulting the Jedi, hoping to bring her blade down upon his head. Only a novice would get hit by that one. Therefore, after recovering from his sweep of Kayla, Raza used his great arm strength to propel his lower body up into the air to connect his feet wither Tanya's stomach, knocking bot the wind and her lightsaber from her. Recovering to his feet, Raza stood in a firmed martial arts stance. Normally, as was the way of a proper fighter, one would give his opponent time to react. But because he had other priorities to attend to rather than fight a couple of twits, he simply spun his body around, his left leg extended outwards to make a rather sickening crack sound to Kayla's head. Because of his well-trained martial arts abilities, he didn't kill the Nightsister; instead, Raza just gave the woman a rather nasty concussion. One that she wouldn't be awakening from anytime soon. Finally rising to her feet, Tanya tried to regain her breath, and thereby call the Force into her. But because of the pain she felt inside of her stomach, and the impact that the Jedi caused, it was rather difficult just to breath, let alone concentrate. "Finish me then Jedi!" she wheezed, holding her already bruising stomach. "You have beaten me! Come on! Kill me! I am defenseless!" "I will do no such thing as to slay you M'Lady," Raza said, walking casually past the female, his walk dignitary and almost mocking the female.
"You show me such insult! Then you shall die by my hand!" she exclaimed. With one futile effort, she raised her right arm in a striking manner; her thumb folded into her palm. With all the rage and anger she could hold she released the assault upon the Jedi, hoping that the impact would break his neck. However, one does not live for one-hundred plus years without learning how unforgiving one can be when one is defeated, therefore, before the assault could come close, Raza ducked underneath it. In the meantime, he grabbed a hold of the arm and flipped her around onto her back. Turning about, he now stood above her, holding her arm in a most painful position. "You could have just let me go, but because you are a nuisance, I am afraid I must do this." With sorrow in his eyes, he bent her arm in a way that was not meant for ANY species with bones causing a compound fracture: her elbow bone poking out of her skin rather grotesquely. Her scream echoed throughout the forest where everyone within a two- mile radius could hear, but because of mercy, or annoyance, Raza placed a focused pinch to the girl's neck, sending her into unconsciousness. Where, Raza hoped, that when she awoke, her arm would already be treated. With those two threats out of the way, he was ready to find Anakin. But when he arrived to the place where he had left the Young Jedi, all he found instead was that the woman called Glacia, was standing where he had left Anakin, her once white gown stained and spotted with blood.
Luminara and Obi-Wan had been searching the capital city's computer system for near fifteen hours straight with nothing as much as a hint as to who was really behind it. "Obi-Wan this is looking rather hopeless," spoke Luminara, her ocean hue eyes locking eyes with Obi-Wan's. "I know Luminara, but we haven't heard anything from Anakin or Raza in near a week. There is bound to be something in these computers. Now, what was Raza's description of the attacker who killed Farr's Majordomo?" "Type in Aurra Sing Obi-Wan, maybe that will bring up something." "I did earlier, and it came up 'unknown.' Wait! Luminara I found something," Obi-Wan exclaimed, his finger pointing to a conversation taken by a security camera a few months ago. "Can you enhance it as to what they are saying?" asked Luminara. "Shouldn't be a problem." It wasn't really. He typed in a few commands he had learned from all the political training he had acquired himself and hacked through to replay the conversation held the night that the Rodian made the deal with the Devil. Or in this case: the Deviless.
"So, you will have the information at the Alderaan during the Star Ceremony?" "Yes M'Lady. And I trust, you will have my money?" the Rodian asked greedily, his palms rolling around one another. "You will get what you deserve Majordomo. I will be with my Sisters if you need me. But know this Rodian: if you contact me for a reason I do not see fit, you will pay with your life." Leaving the whimpering Rodian behind, Aurra Sing tossed the hood over her head and vanished into the shadows.
"Sisters?" asked Obi-Wan confused. "Hmm, she said 'I will be with my Sisters,' that must mean something. Sisters. The way she said that, it sounded almost as if she belonged to a sorority or something," Luminara paused. Then her eyes flashed as it all hit her with sudden clarity. "Obi-Wan! I got it! There is only one known Sisterhood all the Galaxy that is made up of Dark Side Adepts." Obi-Wan's eyes too flashed with clarity as it hit him where Aurra Sing, and most likely Anakin and Raza were, therefore, in unison they exclaimed: "the Nightsisters!" Not even ten minutes after having reached their brilliant deduction, the two Jedi Knights boarded their starship and dashed off towards the planet Dathomir, worrying whether or not it was too late to save their friends, or more importantly: if it was too late to save the galaxy.
It had been approximately one full day since Raza had left Anakin by himself, and was Raza worried about the human. Not so much as that he couldn't survive in the wild, more for the sake that he knew how temperamental the Jedi was and was fearful that he would do something rash. But Raza couldn't afford to keep an eye out on Anakin, not tonight anyway. He had his hands full already. According to his calculations Aurra had sent two of her lackeys out after him, and it seemed as if they both were gaining. Thankfully though, humans needed to rest periodically, he didn't. Oh sure, he was starving, and he was tired. But he was strong nonetheless. All right, time to stop. He said to himself, stopping abruptly in the thick of some trees. Calming himself, Raza sat cross-legged on the ground, allowing the simplicity of the nature around him to calm his nerves. He couldn't call upon the Force without being a beacon to the Nightsisers that were on his tail; nevertheless he could still meditate. He didn't need the Force to use his acute hearing though. He knew that the Nightsisers that were chasing him would be upon him in moments, and he'd be damned if he'd let them have the pleasure of surprising him. They didn't either. The first to emerge from the shadows of the forest was the chocolate skinned Nightsiser Kayla, immediately followed by what seemed to be her counterpart Tanya. "Oh lookie Sister, we have found a sleeping Jedi!" exclaimed Tanya, her hand already activating her lightsaber. "I know! And what a pleasure it will bring to our Sisterhood to bring his cute little head back on a platter!" replied Kayla. "If you two 'ladies,' and I use the term rather loosely, wouldn't mind. I am trying to mediate here," interrupted Raza calmly. "He has a sense of humor too, even more fun," said Kayla with a snicker. With a small smirk she lashed out first with her yellow blade, its tip pointed right at the sitting Jedi's temple. However, before it could even come close to contact, Raza's agile feet swept her legs right from under her, causing her to yell some expletives. Tanya was next to assault, trying to be smarter than her companion was by jumping in the air before assaulting the Jedi, hoping to bring her blade down upon his head. Only a novice would get hit by that one. Therefore, after recovering from his sweep of Kayla, Raza used his great arm strength to propel his lower body up into the air to connect his feet wither Tanya's stomach, knocking bot the wind and her lightsaber from her. Recovering to his feet, Raza stood in a firmed martial arts stance. Normally, as was the way of a proper fighter, one would give his opponent time to react. But because he had other priorities to attend to rather than fight a couple of twits, he simply spun his body around, his left leg extended outwards to make a rather sickening crack sound to Kayla's head. Because of his well-trained martial arts abilities, he didn't kill the Nightsister; instead, Raza just gave the woman a rather nasty concussion. One that she wouldn't be awakening from anytime soon. Finally rising to her feet, Tanya tried to regain her breath, and thereby call the Force into her. But because of the pain she felt inside of her stomach, and the impact that the Jedi caused, it was rather difficult just to breath, let alone concentrate. "Finish me then Jedi!" she wheezed, holding her already bruising stomach. "You have beaten me! Come on! Kill me! I am defenseless!" "I will do no such thing as to slay you M'Lady," Raza said, walking casually past the female, his walk dignitary and almost mocking the female.
"You show me such insult! Then you shall die by my hand!" she exclaimed. With one futile effort, she raised her right arm in a striking manner; her thumb folded into her palm. With all the rage and anger she could hold she released the assault upon the Jedi, hoping that the impact would break his neck. However, one does not live for one-hundred plus years without learning how unforgiving one can be when one is defeated, therefore, before the assault could come close, Raza ducked underneath it. In the meantime, he grabbed a hold of the arm and flipped her around onto her back. Turning about, he now stood above her, holding her arm in a most painful position. "You could have just let me go, but because you are a nuisance, I am afraid I must do this." With sorrow in his eyes, he bent her arm in a way that was not meant for ANY species with bones causing a compound fracture: her elbow bone poking out of her skin rather grotesquely. Her scream echoed throughout the forest where everyone within a two- mile radius could hear, but because of mercy, or annoyance, Raza placed a focused pinch to the girl's neck, sending her into unconsciousness. Where, Raza hoped, that when she awoke, her arm would already be treated. With those two threats out of the way, he was ready to find Anakin. But when he arrived to the place where he had left the Young Jedi, all he found instead was that the woman called Glacia, was standing where he had left Anakin, her once white gown stained and spotted with blood.