~*~
[*]
The sound of burning skin filled the room and a bestial fetor spread out, as the ring burned itself in the cheek.
Like benumbed, Qui-Gon watched, as Xanatos dropped the ring.
"The scar will always remind me, how you betrayed me. And what you took from me!", growled Xanatos.
"I didn't betray you! You always wanted to be a Jedi. I gave you this option.", Qui-Gon answered with forced calm.
"Always wanted to be a Jedi, huh? Then tell me, do Jedi steal?", Xanatos asked hissing.
"No, they don't! What is that for?"
"Did you really think you lost the 100 credits back then?" The fallen apprentice smiled smugly. Qui-Gon frowned in irritation.
"What do you think, how I was able to pay for the crystal bird ?"
[*]
~*~
Danielle crawled over to him. "Obi-Wan!, she said persistently, as she looked in his half closed, unfocused eyes. "You have to stay awake, okay?" She gripped his tunic and shook softly. "You have to stay awake."
"I think: ,you have to stay alive', would fit better.", mocked Xanatos and pulled Danielle away from Obi-Wan. He held her in his iron grip, as he sank his head to her shoulder again.
But this time she wasn't paralysed. This time she could defend herself. So she rammed her heel bone in his ammunition. With a moan, he let go of her and sank to his knees. The guards chuckled secretly and just stood there, waiting for any instruction.
Again, she hurried to Obi-Wan`s side. "Obi-Wan?", she asked silently. "Hey." But he didn't response. Full of panic, she took his arm and searched for any pulseā¦but found non.
"No", she gasped and looked in his half closed eyes. But every sign of life had disappeared. "No, please don't.", she begged under tears.
\*\Danielle?\*\
"No, no." She clutched him desperate.
\*\Danielle, what happened? What's the matter?\*\
Sobbing she buried her face in his tunic. "Oh god, please, no."
"Take her away", Xanatos hissed.
Two guards stepped forward and gripped her arms. She screamed and struggled against the men. Tears ran down her cheek, like salty waterfalls. "No, you have to help him! Please help him." She kicked and slammed at the men, drove her foot in the face of a third guard. The man cursed and gripped her feet with another guard. "Let me go! Someone has to help him," she screamed hysterically, while she wined in the hold of the four guards.
"Here," Xanatos picked up Obi-Wan`s cloak and tossed it over to one of the men. "In case she get cold." He mocked with a laugh, before they left the room.
[*]
The sound of burning skin filled the room and a bestial fetor spread out, as the ring burned itself in the cheek.
Like benumbed, Qui-Gon watched, as Xanatos dropped the ring.
"The scar will always remind me, how you betrayed me. And what you took from me!", growled Xanatos.
"I didn't betray you! You always wanted to be a Jedi. I gave you this option.", Qui-Gon answered with forced calm.
"Always wanted to be a Jedi, huh? Then tell me, do Jedi steal?", Xanatos asked hissing.
"No, they don't! What is that for?"
"Did you really think you lost the 100 credits back then?" The fallen apprentice smiled smugly. Qui-Gon frowned in irritation.
"What do you think, how I was able to pay for the crystal bird ?"
[*]
~*~
Danielle crawled over to him. "Obi-Wan!, she said persistently, as she looked in his half closed, unfocused eyes. "You have to stay awake, okay?" She gripped his tunic and shook softly. "You have to stay awake."
"I think: ,you have to stay alive', would fit better.", mocked Xanatos and pulled Danielle away from Obi-Wan. He held her in his iron grip, as he sank his head to her shoulder again.
But this time she wasn't paralysed. This time she could defend herself. So she rammed her heel bone in his ammunition. With a moan, he let go of her and sank to his knees. The guards chuckled secretly and just stood there, waiting for any instruction.
Again, she hurried to Obi-Wan`s side. "Obi-Wan?", she asked silently. "Hey." But he didn't response. Full of panic, she took his arm and searched for any pulseā¦but found non.
"No", she gasped and looked in his half closed eyes. But every sign of life had disappeared. "No, please don't.", she begged under tears.
\*\Danielle?\*\
"No, no." She clutched him desperate.
\*\Danielle, what happened? What's the matter?\*\
Sobbing she buried her face in his tunic. "Oh god, please, no."
"Take her away", Xanatos hissed.
Two guards stepped forward and gripped her arms. She screamed and struggled against the men. Tears ran down her cheek, like salty waterfalls. "No, you have to help him! Please help him." She kicked and slammed at the men, drove her foot in the face of a third guard. The man cursed and gripped her feet with another guard. "Let me go! Someone has to help him," she screamed hysterically, while she wined in the hold of the four guards.
"Here," Xanatos picked up Obi-Wan`s cloak and tossed it over to one of the men. "In case she get cold." He mocked with a laugh, before they left the room.
