AN: Sorry for the long wait. I hope you'll like this chapter and review.
Chapter 13 : Frozen Heart. Trapped Soul.
Aisa Yanip sat in the corner of a darkened room in her hideout and polished her custom made blasters and paused every once in a while to view her lightsaber collection. Today there would be a probability of adding another four to the collection. If she was lucky. She was so busy thinking about the Jedi and the Orb that she almost forgot about the mayor tied up in another part of the room. She didn't really care if he found a way to escape, though it was not likely that he would. He wasn't that important anyway, for the prize she would soon obtain was worth more than a worthless, not to mention obese mayor. The Orb of Understanding would give her the ultimate power to seize control of the planet and take all of its riches for herself. There was nothing that could withstand the power of the Orb, not even the Jedi. She would no longer need to run around the galaxy, chasing the nearest bounty and competing against other bounty hunters. Soon this planet would be under her control. Not to mention everything else that this planet had including the food. Aisa Yanip believed that Shiantarian food was irresistible to just about anyone. She could just imagine it now. Fresh Shiantarian fish covered in Shiantarian tar-tar sauce and fried Shiantacritters, sliced into thin pieces and dipped into sweet and sour Shianta-sauce. There was also the incredible Shiantarian wine that had the incredible power to remain cold no matter what the temperature. She could enjoy eating such foods everyday, for the rest of her life. Thinking about these deliciously irresistible Shiantarian delicacies only made her more impatient with the Jedi's delay.
"I can sense your evil, greedy intentions," the mayor said, interrupting her thoughts about the food.
"Shut-up, your fatness! It's people like you that cause people like me to seek revenge on those who have power."
"I have no power. What is this power you speak of?"
"You control the actions of your people," she replied harshly. "You see yourself as one more important than them when it is they who must work to keep the environment a place that they would grow to love."
"You assume too much."
"And you believe that what you do is right for your people?"
"Yes, I believe I do. You must understand that."
"I understand nothing you say. Your kind have brought me nothing but sorrow and despair."
"You brought this upon yourself," the mayor replied.
"Yes I am sure I did. Is it not true that corrupt government officials are the cause of the peoples troubles in the galaxy?"
"Yes, I am sad to say that it is true, but not all of us are corrupt."
"Well I wouldn't know how each one of you thinks and I don't really care," she said. "You're going to be dead soon anyway! All the inhabitants of this planet will be my slaves and I shall rule supreme. I will show no mercy."
"Have you no heart?" the mayor asked.
"I have not a heart nor a soul," Aisa replied. "Those things are lost to me. I am only a weapon of destruction. A weapon that will be used to hold this planet hostage and all its food."
The mayor looked confused.
"I meant all of its riches," she corrected herself.
"But you do have both a heart and a soul. You have kept them hidden from this world. Why not set them free once more?"
"Be silent!" Aisa demanded. "I grow tired and weary of people telling me such things." She then ran out of the room and left the mayor by himself. Somewhere deep inside she felt that the mayor's words were true and deep inside her , the heart and soul she once cherished were still there, waiting to be released. But there was a part of her that didn't care. It believed that to survive in a galaxy such as this, one must depend on ones self and no other, for every being had the power to deceive another. There was a part of her that believed no one else could be trusted and she would not make that same mistake ever again.
AN: In the next dew chapters Garen and Reeft join the party and we also learn about Aisa Yanip's past.
Chapter 13 : Frozen Heart. Trapped Soul.
Aisa Yanip sat in the corner of a darkened room in her hideout and polished her custom made blasters and paused every once in a while to view her lightsaber collection. Today there would be a probability of adding another four to the collection. If she was lucky. She was so busy thinking about the Jedi and the Orb that she almost forgot about the mayor tied up in another part of the room. She didn't really care if he found a way to escape, though it was not likely that he would. He wasn't that important anyway, for the prize she would soon obtain was worth more than a worthless, not to mention obese mayor. The Orb of Understanding would give her the ultimate power to seize control of the planet and take all of its riches for herself. There was nothing that could withstand the power of the Orb, not even the Jedi. She would no longer need to run around the galaxy, chasing the nearest bounty and competing against other bounty hunters. Soon this planet would be under her control. Not to mention everything else that this planet had including the food. Aisa Yanip believed that Shiantarian food was irresistible to just about anyone. She could just imagine it now. Fresh Shiantarian fish covered in Shiantarian tar-tar sauce and fried Shiantacritters, sliced into thin pieces and dipped into sweet and sour Shianta-sauce. There was also the incredible Shiantarian wine that had the incredible power to remain cold no matter what the temperature. She could enjoy eating such foods everyday, for the rest of her life. Thinking about these deliciously irresistible Shiantarian delicacies only made her more impatient with the Jedi's delay.
"I can sense your evil, greedy intentions," the mayor said, interrupting her thoughts about the food.
"Shut-up, your fatness! It's people like you that cause people like me to seek revenge on those who have power."
"I have no power. What is this power you speak of?"
"You control the actions of your people," she replied harshly. "You see yourself as one more important than them when it is they who must work to keep the environment a place that they would grow to love."
"You assume too much."
"And you believe that what you do is right for your people?"
"Yes, I believe I do. You must understand that."
"I understand nothing you say. Your kind have brought me nothing but sorrow and despair."
"You brought this upon yourself," the mayor replied.
"Yes I am sure I did. Is it not true that corrupt government officials are the cause of the peoples troubles in the galaxy?"
"Yes, I am sad to say that it is true, but not all of us are corrupt."
"Well I wouldn't know how each one of you thinks and I don't really care," she said. "You're going to be dead soon anyway! All the inhabitants of this planet will be my slaves and I shall rule supreme. I will show no mercy."
"Have you no heart?" the mayor asked.
"I have not a heart nor a soul," Aisa replied. "Those things are lost to me. I am only a weapon of destruction. A weapon that will be used to hold this planet hostage and all its food."
The mayor looked confused.
"I meant all of its riches," she corrected herself.
"But you do have both a heart and a soul. You have kept them hidden from this world. Why not set them free once more?"
"Be silent!" Aisa demanded. "I grow tired and weary of people telling me such things." She then ran out of the room and left the mayor by himself. Somewhere deep inside she felt that the mayor's words were true and deep inside her , the heart and soul she once cherished were still there, waiting to be released. But there was a part of her that didn't care. It believed that to survive in a galaxy such as this, one must depend on ones self and no other, for every being had the power to deceive another. There was a part of her that believed no one else could be trusted and she would not make that same mistake ever again.
AN: In the next dew chapters Garen and Reeft join the party and we also learn about Aisa Yanip's past.