A Mercenary's Tale - Chapter Five
Shrouded Mysteries
Maria and I busted into the main room of the Palace.
What horror.
Dead bodies of many fallen mercenaries littered the floor, they'd been brutally slaughtered. Their was absolutely no mercy shown for these mercenaries and it didn't even seem like they managed to put up much of a fight.
I took a glance over at Maria and brushed my hand over my eyes, holding my hand over my mouth.
I'd seen a sight similar to this.
Telos.
My eyes welled up with tears but I knew this wasn't the time to let them fall.
I crouched down by one of the body's, rolling over the limp form of a young man. I examined the wound that was slashed across his chest and grimaced. His body had been struck by a lightsabre, no doubt about it. The wound simmered and sizzled as the searing slash gave off a smell of burning flesh. His eyes were wide open, staring in fear. This mercenary obviously didn't pass on peacefully. I rolled his body back into its original position, may the force rest his soul.
I looked up to my right and watched as Maria examined a scorching mark on the wall. "Sith" I muttered to her. Maria nodded. What did the Sith want with this mercenaries outpost though?
"It looks like they were pretty desperate for something to send a Dark Jedi, though." Maria muttered in return, fascinated at the lightsabre markings.
"This place is quiet.. Too quiet." I said, walking over towards Maria. I gazed at the lightsabre markings on the wall and took a moment to gaze at Maria. I shook my head at her, this was a terrible scene but it didn't seem to affect Maria too much.
"Ugh... argh.. H-.. Help..." A moan came from the room.
I dashed towards the source of the broken voice and crouched down beside the dying mercenary. Maria followed, staring at the man. I looked into his eyes, they were full of fear, whatever happened here wasn't just any ordinary Sith-pig devestation. This was a well thought out plan. The mercenary coughed and spluttered before speaking "The Sith... C-.. Came." He managed to mutter. Maria's eyes widened.
"What did they want? What did they do?" Maria asked.
"They took.. Took the P- Parysidian... Killed... Parda.." The mercenary muttered, groaning in pain as he let out another cough and splutter. "They.. Came with a dark one.. Be careful... Maria.. Kill the.. The.. Bastards.." The mercenary muttered, coming closer to his destiny.
"Where did they go?" Maria asked him.
"K.. Korr.. Korriban..." The mercenary said in almost a whisper as he passed away before us.
Maria stood up and glanced at me "We have to go to Korriban." She said to me.
"Ohhhh nooo sister-" I began to say with a chuckle, I was promptly interrupted by a new voice in the room.
"More mercenaries, eh? Kill them!" I heard a Sith officer say. I watched as the Sith Officer left with a Dark Jedi. Three other Sith Officers entered the room, armed with vibroblades. Maria took a quick glance at me.
"You any good with a vibroblade, Jaro?" Maria asked. I opened my mouth to say something but it was too late, Maria threw one of her blades at me, I wielded it and decided to fight.
I watched as Maria dashed up to the second floor balcony, taking on yet again two people at a time. I was left with one officer and began dueling with him. My slashes came in flurries rather than any really tactics. I was never one for wielding a blade, but I could hold my own well enough. My blade kept rattling against the officers blade, sparks flying through the air with ferocity. I went on the offensive and lunged forward, plunging my blade towards the officer only to have my blow parried.
I took a step back, dodging his counter attack, his blade missing my shoulder by mere inches. I saw an opening and went for it. Direct hit. I watched as the Sith Officer grabbed his throat, trying to stem the bleeding. He promptly gurgled to death on his own blood as he fell to the floor. I raised my head as I saw Maria precariously walking along the balcony rail, ducking and dodging as the Sith Officer rained flurries down upon her.
I looked for the other officer and it was apparent that Maria dealt with him rather quickly. I watched as Maria parried the attackers blows with such an ease, it was almost spooky. And then.. It happened.
Maria lost her balance and fell from the balcony onto the ground. I could almost feel her pain as she hit the ground with a thud, I raised my blade and decided that it would be wise if I protected her recovering self from any further attacks. "Not so nimble are ya anymore, girl." I heard her whisper to herself as she whipped herself up onto her feet, ready to fight the officer again. Maria ran up the stairs back to the balcony area and I followed suit.
However, I didn't need to follow suit. This time Maria easily overpowered the Officer, killing him brutally. She knelt down by his corpse, wiping her blade clean on his own uniform. "Off we go to Korriban." She said, wincing a little from her fall.
"Are you ok Maria? And no.. We're not going to get involved." I said to her, turning away.
"I'm fine. And listen here you.. You're ALREADY involved, their's no backing out now." Maria said angrily at me, rubbing her back.
"I can do what I want, when I want." I replied to her.
"Fine. I don't need you, Jaro." She said in response, I turned and shrugged at her before walking away.
"You think you're one bad ass woman and to an extent you're right. Just don't call me when you're getting force choked, sister." I said, trotting down the stairs leaving her vibroblade behind. I heard the vibroblade being picked up and footsteps following me down the stairs.
"I said fine. I don't need you!" Maria exclaimed. I carried on walking towards the door. "You freaking pig! Get back here.. Just because you're a COWARD!!" She yelled at me. I turned around and saw Maria's fist clenched up into a ball, trembling in pure anger. Calling me all the words under the dual stars was one thing, but calling me a *coward* was just crossing the line. Maria had to be set straight, and fast.
"What the fuck did you just say?" I asked Maria, walking towards her in anger.
"I said you're a COWARD. Do you need me to spell it out for you? C-O-W-A-R- D!" Maria yelled at me so loudly that the whole of Tatooine could hear it. She stood infront of me, intimidating me as she grimaced at me.
"That's rich coming from the little *bitch* that got a man twice my size to try and take me down." I said through my teeth.
"And look who's scared now! It certainly isn't *me*. It's *you*. What's the matter? Frightened a woman might upstage you and hurt your *manly* pride?" Maria taunted at me, mocking everything about me completely and pulling some rather funny faces to go with it.
"So that's what you think it is? Ok, sister. Hand me your spare vibroblade, we'll settle this *here* and *NOW*." I yelled at her, gesturing wildly with my hands.
"No. I won't-" Maria replied, I cut her off.
"Aww.. Come on now sister!" I said mockingly. "First you say you're going to upstage me on Korriban, now you're too frightened to fight a man with more combat experience than you'll *ever* have!" I added, laughing at her. Maria just laughed in reply.
"Years of combat experience? Ooh. If only you knew more about Maria Mortis. You'd bow before me and quiver in your boots!" Maria exclaimed. I laughed at her.
"I wouldn't do that, not if you paid me *all* the credits in the galaxy. Face it, sister. You're scared that a man like me would defeat you!" I exclaimed in reply.
"No you wouldn't. You're still not going to fight me, Jaro." She said to me. I just smiled at her. What possessed me to do what I was going to do next I still don't understand. Maybe I wanted her to shut up and I knew this would do just the trick, regardless of my anger, regardless of hers. I also knew that I'd have to give into her demands if I was going to get away with it. It still doesn't explain what possessed me though.
"Fine. I guess I'll just have to defeat you in another sense of the word." I said to her. I grasped her by the shoulders, hard and lifted her towards my head kissing her fiercely on the lips. I pressed my lips against hers for as long as was humanely possible, feeling only a small bit of resistance. I let my lips linger on her lips, tasting her and letting her taste me, stopping once I was satisfied.
"You win. I lose." I said pointing at her. "Lets go to Korriban.. Oh.. And that kiss makes us even, sister." I said, making up any excuse for my actions. Maria was suddenly silent. I knew that she was most likely seething in some kind of indescribable anger over what I had just done, but at least it kept her quiet. Kissing an evil, heartless woman always seemed to work when they were on a rampage. Of course, we still loathed each other...
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Shrouded Mysteries
Maria and I busted into the main room of the Palace.
What horror.
Dead bodies of many fallen mercenaries littered the floor, they'd been brutally slaughtered. Their was absolutely no mercy shown for these mercenaries and it didn't even seem like they managed to put up much of a fight.
I took a glance over at Maria and brushed my hand over my eyes, holding my hand over my mouth.
I'd seen a sight similar to this.
Telos.
My eyes welled up with tears but I knew this wasn't the time to let them fall.
I crouched down by one of the body's, rolling over the limp form of a young man. I examined the wound that was slashed across his chest and grimaced. His body had been struck by a lightsabre, no doubt about it. The wound simmered and sizzled as the searing slash gave off a smell of burning flesh. His eyes were wide open, staring in fear. This mercenary obviously didn't pass on peacefully. I rolled his body back into its original position, may the force rest his soul.
I looked up to my right and watched as Maria examined a scorching mark on the wall. "Sith" I muttered to her. Maria nodded. What did the Sith want with this mercenaries outpost though?
"It looks like they were pretty desperate for something to send a Dark Jedi, though." Maria muttered in return, fascinated at the lightsabre markings.
"This place is quiet.. Too quiet." I said, walking over towards Maria. I gazed at the lightsabre markings on the wall and took a moment to gaze at Maria. I shook my head at her, this was a terrible scene but it didn't seem to affect Maria too much.
"Ugh... argh.. H-.. Help..." A moan came from the room.
I dashed towards the source of the broken voice and crouched down beside the dying mercenary. Maria followed, staring at the man. I looked into his eyes, they were full of fear, whatever happened here wasn't just any ordinary Sith-pig devestation. This was a well thought out plan. The mercenary coughed and spluttered before speaking "The Sith... C-.. Came." He managed to mutter. Maria's eyes widened.
"What did they want? What did they do?" Maria asked.
"They took.. Took the P- Parysidian... Killed... Parda.." The mercenary muttered, groaning in pain as he let out another cough and splutter. "They.. Came with a dark one.. Be careful... Maria.. Kill the.. The.. Bastards.." The mercenary muttered, coming closer to his destiny.
"Where did they go?" Maria asked him.
"K.. Korr.. Korriban..." The mercenary said in almost a whisper as he passed away before us.
Maria stood up and glanced at me "We have to go to Korriban." She said to me.
"Ohhhh nooo sister-" I began to say with a chuckle, I was promptly interrupted by a new voice in the room.
"More mercenaries, eh? Kill them!" I heard a Sith officer say. I watched as the Sith Officer left with a Dark Jedi. Three other Sith Officers entered the room, armed with vibroblades. Maria took a quick glance at me.
"You any good with a vibroblade, Jaro?" Maria asked. I opened my mouth to say something but it was too late, Maria threw one of her blades at me, I wielded it and decided to fight.
I watched as Maria dashed up to the second floor balcony, taking on yet again two people at a time. I was left with one officer and began dueling with him. My slashes came in flurries rather than any really tactics. I was never one for wielding a blade, but I could hold my own well enough. My blade kept rattling against the officers blade, sparks flying through the air with ferocity. I went on the offensive and lunged forward, plunging my blade towards the officer only to have my blow parried.
I took a step back, dodging his counter attack, his blade missing my shoulder by mere inches. I saw an opening and went for it. Direct hit. I watched as the Sith Officer grabbed his throat, trying to stem the bleeding. He promptly gurgled to death on his own blood as he fell to the floor. I raised my head as I saw Maria precariously walking along the balcony rail, ducking and dodging as the Sith Officer rained flurries down upon her.
I looked for the other officer and it was apparent that Maria dealt with him rather quickly. I watched as Maria parried the attackers blows with such an ease, it was almost spooky. And then.. It happened.
Maria lost her balance and fell from the balcony onto the ground. I could almost feel her pain as she hit the ground with a thud, I raised my blade and decided that it would be wise if I protected her recovering self from any further attacks. "Not so nimble are ya anymore, girl." I heard her whisper to herself as she whipped herself up onto her feet, ready to fight the officer again. Maria ran up the stairs back to the balcony area and I followed suit.
However, I didn't need to follow suit. This time Maria easily overpowered the Officer, killing him brutally. She knelt down by his corpse, wiping her blade clean on his own uniform. "Off we go to Korriban." She said, wincing a little from her fall.
"Are you ok Maria? And no.. We're not going to get involved." I said to her, turning away.
"I'm fine. And listen here you.. You're ALREADY involved, their's no backing out now." Maria said angrily at me, rubbing her back.
"I can do what I want, when I want." I replied to her.
"Fine. I don't need you, Jaro." She said in response, I turned and shrugged at her before walking away.
"You think you're one bad ass woman and to an extent you're right. Just don't call me when you're getting force choked, sister." I said, trotting down the stairs leaving her vibroblade behind. I heard the vibroblade being picked up and footsteps following me down the stairs.
"I said fine. I don't need you!" Maria exclaimed. I carried on walking towards the door. "You freaking pig! Get back here.. Just because you're a COWARD!!" She yelled at me. I turned around and saw Maria's fist clenched up into a ball, trembling in pure anger. Calling me all the words under the dual stars was one thing, but calling me a *coward* was just crossing the line. Maria had to be set straight, and fast.
"What the fuck did you just say?" I asked Maria, walking towards her in anger.
"I said you're a COWARD. Do you need me to spell it out for you? C-O-W-A-R- D!" Maria yelled at me so loudly that the whole of Tatooine could hear it. She stood infront of me, intimidating me as she grimaced at me.
"That's rich coming from the little *bitch* that got a man twice my size to try and take me down." I said through my teeth.
"And look who's scared now! It certainly isn't *me*. It's *you*. What's the matter? Frightened a woman might upstage you and hurt your *manly* pride?" Maria taunted at me, mocking everything about me completely and pulling some rather funny faces to go with it.
"So that's what you think it is? Ok, sister. Hand me your spare vibroblade, we'll settle this *here* and *NOW*." I yelled at her, gesturing wildly with my hands.
"No. I won't-" Maria replied, I cut her off.
"Aww.. Come on now sister!" I said mockingly. "First you say you're going to upstage me on Korriban, now you're too frightened to fight a man with more combat experience than you'll *ever* have!" I added, laughing at her. Maria just laughed in reply.
"Years of combat experience? Ooh. If only you knew more about Maria Mortis. You'd bow before me and quiver in your boots!" Maria exclaimed. I laughed at her.
"I wouldn't do that, not if you paid me *all* the credits in the galaxy. Face it, sister. You're scared that a man like me would defeat you!" I exclaimed in reply.
"No you wouldn't. You're still not going to fight me, Jaro." She said to me. I just smiled at her. What possessed me to do what I was going to do next I still don't understand. Maybe I wanted her to shut up and I knew this would do just the trick, regardless of my anger, regardless of hers. I also knew that I'd have to give into her demands if I was going to get away with it. It still doesn't explain what possessed me though.
"Fine. I guess I'll just have to defeat you in another sense of the word." I said to her. I grasped her by the shoulders, hard and lifted her towards my head kissing her fiercely on the lips. I pressed my lips against hers for as long as was humanely possible, feeling only a small bit of resistance. I let my lips linger on her lips, tasting her and letting her taste me, stopping once I was satisfied.
"You win. I lose." I said pointing at her. "Lets go to Korriban.. Oh.. And that kiss makes us even, sister." I said, making up any excuse for my actions. Maria was suddenly silent. I knew that she was most likely seething in some kind of indescribable anger over what I had just done, but at least it kept her quiet. Kissing an evil, heartless woman always seemed to work when they were on a rampage. Of course, we still loathed each other...
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Thanks vivid scripts and Shadow 39! You're my two loyal reviewers.. lol :P Now if only more people would review! Yeah, I know.. Maybe I'm greedy.. By the way V.S. when are you going to write your final chapter to your story? (.