STAR WARS
MALICE SCENE FOUR: WAIVERING FAITH
Darkness is engulfing the Galactic Republic. Already the separatists of Count Douku have begun attacks on dozens of worlds leaving behind charred hulks where once thriving societies had been. Many blame the separatists for starting this war, but a growing vocal minority has begun to wonder if maybe the seeds for this came not from greedy beings without, but from greedy beings within.
Into this disillusionment comes Ry-Zan Odanna. Even now, as he faces a crisis of conscience, he will do nothing to stray from his course. He is determined that what he is doing is the right thing and that his fellow Jedi are gravely mistaken to support the Republic. Feeling this, he has taken matters into his own hands by providing clandestine support to Count Douku and his separatists.
While he knows that by doing this he risks his status in the Jedi order and even his life, he has begun to be consumed by his anger and frustration at the Jedi leadership. Now he travels a path very different from the one he has walked his whole life and it might be leading him to disaster.
Ry-Zan stepped off the hover-bus into the senate depot and walked quickly to a turbo-lift. As he approached, another human, older male with a balding head tried to get in the lift. Ry-Zan looked him in the eye and waved his hand subtly. "This isn't the lift you want." He said. "This isn't the lift I want." The man repeated and walked on leaving Ry-Zan alone with the lift. He stepped inside and pushed the button to take him to his desired level.
Not far from the lift, Morpheus Rayanne watched the Jedi Padawan enter the lift through binoculars. He then lifted his comlink to his face. "Landus, he's in the lift." He said
High above in an average speeder, Landus began to descend into the lower levels. "I have him in sight." He said spotting Ry-Zan in the lift. "Take the other lift and I'll meet you on that level."
Morpheus placed his comlink into his tunic and moved to the other lift to follow. As he looked down into Corruscant's seedy underworld, he could feel a malevolent presence in the Force and strong too. He reached down and felt the comforting presence of his lightsaber. Deep inside, he used the Force and calmed his nerves.
Jay-Zan Odanna and Janarra Indi soared high above in a small speeder that they had taken from the speeder dock at the temple. He followed Morpheus to the plaza and had watched as he followed his brother into the underworld. "What's going on?" Janarra asked from the seat next to him. "I don't know but I am going to find out." Jay-Zan replied as his hit the throttle and dove down following his master and brother.
Down below, Ry-Zan stepped from the lift and looked over his shoulder. He could feel the presence of the one he sought and he followed it down to a street intersection. He looked at the building on the corner and immediately knew it was his destination; It was the Dark Side Inn. He walked in and asked the clerk, a Rodian, for Mr. Ranus. The name came up as being in room 1138. He walked quickly to the room and knocked. The door opened and inside sat a man that he instantly recognized. He walked in, closed the door and bowed deeply. "Greetings milord. I have what you asked for."
Morpheus walked to the street corner just in time to meet Landus as he grounded the speeder he was in. "He went in there." Landus said pointing to the Inn. Morpheus nodded, taking mental note of the irony but saying nothing about it. "I sense a disturbing presence there." Was all he said. Landus nodded and they moved forward to the door. They moved inside and found the Rodian at the desk just as Ry-Zan had. "Where is the man that just entered?" Landus said using the Force to coax the truth out of the clerk. The clerk told them and they walked quickly toward the room.
Outside in the street, Jay-Zan nearly jumps out of the speeder as it lands and dashes toward the Inn with Janarra following closely behind. He reached inside his robe and pulled out his lightsaber. "What are you doing?" Janarra asked him. "I think were going to need them!" Jay-Zan said as he dashed through the door and ran past the clerk. "They're down that way! I feel them!"
In the room, Ry-Zan held out the holocron to Douku who stood and took it into his hand and smiled. "You have done well, my young student." He said. "But you have led us both into danger." Ry-Zan looked puzzled. "What do you mean?" At that moment a knock on the door pounded through. Ry-Zan reached out through the Force and felt the presence of his Master and Master Morpheus. He turned to Douku with a shocked expression. "Yes," Douku said, "you have led them right to us. Perhaps you weren't as careful as you thought?" The door flew inward and Morpheus kicked it in. he and Landus entered with lightsabers ablaze. "Weapons down!" Landus said, ready to strike. The tall hooded figure pulled back his hood to reveal his face and Morpheus looked stunned. "Douku." He said between clenched teeth. Next to him, Landus moved suddenly. "Landus NO!" Morpheus shouted, but it was too late. Landus had lunged for Douku and had been blocked by the old Jedi Master. Jumping, Morpheus got between Douku and Landus before the old man's killing blow could fall and blocked it with his lightsaber. "Brave, but it won't stop me from killing you." Was all that Douku said.
Landus stood and turned to see Ry-Zan glaring at him. "THIS is what it comes to master. The weak versus the strong." The boy's lightsaber ignited and he stepped closer. "How could you?" Landus asked, the pain in his voice all too evident, "I trained you! I trusted you! I was a mentor and father to you! How could you betray us like this?"
Behind them, Morpheus was holding his own against Douku, but it looked as if the old man wasn't even breaking a sweat. "You fight well." Douku said, "But I don't think it will be enough." Morpheus smiled. "I love it when people underestimate me." He said and jumped at Douku. They crashed through the thin wall of the hotel and spilled out into the alley outside. Humans and aliens alike scattered as the Sith Lord and his Jedi opponent stood and shook off the dust from their robes. "Impressive," Douku said "but I am afraid I must go now. We will continue this another time to be sure."
Morpheus lunged at the man but was too late as Douku jumped into the air to land on his swoop and race off into the night.
Inside, Jay-Zan and Janarra came to the shattered door to fine Ry-Zan and Landus clashing fiercely inside. Jay-Zan was startled as he saw something in Landus' eyes that he had never seen before. RAGE.
"Ry-Zan Stop!" his brother shouted, but the fallen Padawan continued to battle with his master. "We have to do something! Landus will kill him!" Jay-Zan said turning to Janarra.
They watched almost helpless as Landus battered Ry-Zan back to the wall with a flurry of furious blows from his jade green lightsaber. A final round house kick from the Jedi Master sent the bleeding Ry-Zan sliding to the floor.
Landus stood over his fallen apprentice his lightsaber held at the ready. "I gave you EVERYTHING, boy! I treated you like a FATHER!" he growled. He began to slowly raise his humming blade above the fallen Padawan for the killing strike. "I cannot allow you to go to Douku!" he said swinging the lightsaber down hard.
It was met with a crash by Jay-Zan's blue blade. Landus looked at him furiously. "What are you DOING!?" he demanded. Jay-Zan remained calm as he channeled all his strength into keeping Landus' blade away from his brother. "He may have betrayed you, but you are STILL a Jedi! We have a code!"
"The code be damned!" Landus spat back as he yanked away his blade. Jay-Zan took up a guard position between the Jedi Master and the fallen Padawan. "What did the code mean to him!?! Nothing! That's what! He betrayed us all!"
"I will not condone my brother's actions but I will not allow any of us to drop to that level!" Jay-Zan said, steeling himself for another attack. "I won't either." Janarra said stepping up next to Jay-Zan. "Nor will I." came Morpheus' voice from behind Landus.
Morpheus walked toward his fellow Jedi Master with his blade still activated. The look in his eyes was deadly serious. "I think you should hand your lightsaber over to me." He said.
Landus looked down at his glowing blade for a long moment then shut it off. Without looking he handed it to Morpheus. "Take it. I can't use it anymore." He said.
Jay-Zan let out a sigh of relief and shut down his own lightsaber.
It was at that moment that Ry-Zan struck.
MALICE SCENE FOUR: WAIVERING FAITH
Darkness is engulfing the Galactic Republic. Already the separatists of Count Douku have begun attacks on dozens of worlds leaving behind charred hulks where once thriving societies had been. Many blame the separatists for starting this war, but a growing vocal minority has begun to wonder if maybe the seeds for this came not from greedy beings without, but from greedy beings within.
Into this disillusionment comes Ry-Zan Odanna. Even now, as he faces a crisis of conscience, he will do nothing to stray from his course. He is determined that what he is doing is the right thing and that his fellow Jedi are gravely mistaken to support the Republic. Feeling this, he has taken matters into his own hands by providing clandestine support to Count Douku and his separatists.
While he knows that by doing this he risks his status in the Jedi order and even his life, he has begun to be consumed by his anger and frustration at the Jedi leadership. Now he travels a path very different from the one he has walked his whole life and it might be leading him to disaster.
Ry-Zan stepped off the hover-bus into the senate depot and walked quickly to a turbo-lift. As he approached, another human, older male with a balding head tried to get in the lift. Ry-Zan looked him in the eye and waved his hand subtly. "This isn't the lift you want." He said. "This isn't the lift I want." The man repeated and walked on leaving Ry-Zan alone with the lift. He stepped inside and pushed the button to take him to his desired level.
Not far from the lift, Morpheus Rayanne watched the Jedi Padawan enter the lift through binoculars. He then lifted his comlink to his face. "Landus, he's in the lift." He said
High above in an average speeder, Landus began to descend into the lower levels. "I have him in sight." He said spotting Ry-Zan in the lift. "Take the other lift and I'll meet you on that level."
Morpheus placed his comlink into his tunic and moved to the other lift to follow. As he looked down into Corruscant's seedy underworld, he could feel a malevolent presence in the Force and strong too. He reached down and felt the comforting presence of his lightsaber. Deep inside, he used the Force and calmed his nerves.
Jay-Zan Odanna and Janarra Indi soared high above in a small speeder that they had taken from the speeder dock at the temple. He followed Morpheus to the plaza and had watched as he followed his brother into the underworld. "What's going on?" Janarra asked from the seat next to him. "I don't know but I am going to find out." Jay-Zan replied as his hit the throttle and dove down following his master and brother.
Down below, Ry-Zan stepped from the lift and looked over his shoulder. He could feel the presence of the one he sought and he followed it down to a street intersection. He looked at the building on the corner and immediately knew it was his destination; It was the Dark Side Inn. He walked in and asked the clerk, a Rodian, for Mr. Ranus. The name came up as being in room 1138. He walked quickly to the room and knocked. The door opened and inside sat a man that he instantly recognized. He walked in, closed the door and bowed deeply. "Greetings milord. I have what you asked for."
Morpheus walked to the street corner just in time to meet Landus as he grounded the speeder he was in. "He went in there." Landus said pointing to the Inn. Morpheus nodded, taking mental note of the irony but saying nothing about it. "I sense a disturbing presence there." Was all he said. Landus nodded and they moved forward to the door. They moved inside and found the Rodian at the desk just as Ry-Zan had. "Where is the man that just entered?" Landus said using the Force to coax the truth out of the clerk. The clerk told them and they walked quickly toward the room.
Outside in the street, Jay-Zan nearly jumps out of the speeder as it lands and dashes toward the Inn with Janarra following closely behind. He reached inside his robe and pulled out his lightsaber. "What are you doing?" Janarra asked him. "I think were going to need them!" Jay-Zan said as he dashed through the door and ran past the clerk. "They're down that way! I feel them!"
In the room, Ry-Zan held out the holocron to Douku who stood and took it into his hand and smiled. "You have done well, my young student." He said. "But you have led us both into danger." Ry-Zan looked puzzled. "What do you mean?" At that moment a knock on the door pounded through. Ry-Zan reached out through the Force and felt the presence of his Master and Master Morpheus. He turned to Douku with a shocked expression. "Yes," Douku said, "you have led them right to us. Perhaps you weren't as careful as you thought?" The door flew inward and Morpheus kicked it in. he and Landus entered with lightsabers ablaze. "Weapons down!" Landus said, ready to strike. The tall hooded figure pulled back his hood to reveal his face and Morpheus looked stunned. "Douku." He said between clenched teeth. Next to him, Landus moved suddenly. "Landus NO!" Morpheus shouted, but it was too late. Landus had lunged for Douku and had been blocked by the old Jedi Master. Jumping, Morpheus got between Douku and Landus before the old man's killing blow could fall and blocked it with his lightsaber. "Brave, but it won't stop me from killing you." Was all that Douku said.
Landus stood and turned to see Ry-Zan glaring at him. "THIS is what it comes to master. The weak versus the strong." The boy's lightsaber ignited and he stepped closer. "How could you?" Landus asked, the pain in his voice all too evident, "I trained you! I trusted you! I was a mentor and father to you! How could you betray us like this?"
Behind them, Morpheus was holding his own against Douku, but it looked as if the old man wasn't even breaking a sweat. "You fight well." Douku said, "But I don't think it will be enough." Morpheus smiled. "I love it when people underestimate me." He said and jumped at Douku. They crashed through the thin wall of the hotel and spilled out into the alley outside. Humans and aliens alike scattered as the Sith Lord and his Jedi opponent stood and shook off the dust from their robes. "Impressive," Douku said "but I am afraid I must go now. We will continue this another time to be sure."
Morpheus lunged at the man but was too late as Douku jumped into the air to land on his swoop and race off into the night.
Inside, Jay-Zan and Janarra came to the shattered door to fine Ry-Zan and Landus clashing fiercely inside. Jay-Zan was startled as he saw something in Landus' eyes that he had never seen before. RAGE.
"Ry-Zan Stop!" his brother shouted, but the fallen Padawan continued to battle with his master. "We have to do something! Landus will kill him!" Jay-Zan said turning to Janarra.
They watched almost helpless as Landus battered Ry-Zan back to the wall with a flurry of furious blows from his jade green lightsaber. A final round house kick from the Jedi Master sent the bleeding Ry-Zan sliding to the floor.
Landus stood over his fallen apprentice his lightsaber held at the ready. "I gave you EVERYTHING, boy! I treated you like a FATHER!" he growled. He began to slowly raise his humming blade above the fallen Padawan for the killing strike. "I cannot allow you to go to Douku!" he said swinging the lightsaber down hard.
It was met with a crash by Jay-Zan's blue blade. Landus looked at him furiously. "What are you DOING!?" he demanded. Jay-Zan remained calm as he channeled all his strength into keeping Landus' blade away from his brother. "He may have betrayed you, but you are STILL a Jedi! We have a code!"
"The code be damned!" Landus spat back as he yanked away his blade. Jay-Zan took up a guard position between the Jedi Master and the fallen Padawan. "What did the code mean to him!?! Nothing! That's what! He betrayed us all!"
"I will not condone my brother's actions but I will not allow any of us to drop to that level!" Jay-Zan said, steeling himself for another attack. "I won't either." Janarra said stepping up next to Jay-Zan. "Nor will I." came Morpheus' voice from behind Landus.
Morpheus walked toward his fellow Jedi Master with his blade still activated. The look in his eyes was deadly serious. "I think you should hand your lightsaber over to me." He said.
Landus looked down at his glowing blade for a long moment then shut it off. Without looking he handed it to Morpheus. "Take it. I can't use it anymore." He said.
Jay-Zan let out a sigh of relief and shut down his own lightsaber.
It was at that moment that Ry-Zan struck.
