Chapter Seventeen: Brakiss returns
"Brakiss..." Jaina hissed "I should have recognized your foul stench when I was brought in."
"I see your still as charming as ever, Ms. Solo." He turned his attention back to his Darkest knight "Ahh my little Zekk still chasing after the Jedi brat I see."
Gapped mouth Zekk stared at his former master. Commanding himself to speak, words finally came out "But how? I felt you die."
"I did die, my darkest knight, but death cannot stop the will of the darkside." He cackled "and now all is complete. You have returned to me to finish what you have begun"
Jaina shuddered; she had lost Zekk once to the darkside she wasn't going to let it happen again. "You can't have him! You can't keep us here!" she demanded sounding more assured than she actually was.
Brakiss didn't even acknowledge her. He continued looking into the wide green eyes of his former pupil. Zekk wavered at the site of his former master. He was a Jedi now, and he had put his dark past behind him. But there was something alluring about being at his former masters side again, Being needed, being in control. Zekk quickly banished the thoughts from his head. Zekk turned around pulling Jaina with him and hastily made his way out of the throne room. We have to get out of here was his only thought.
Wham! The Doors slammed shut, loud enough to be heard Corsucant. "You will not be going anywhere, anytime soon." He sneered at them. Motioning to his guards, he spoke "Take the Jedi brat to cell 36B."
Zekk wrapped his arms around Jaina. "You're not taking her anywhere." He snapped at his former master.
Brakiss simply raised his eyebrow as the guards pulled Jaina out of his grasps.
Zekk struggled to hold onto Jaina's waits, as she clawed at the guards. Tearing them apart the drug Jaina out the door. "Let go of me!" she screamed at them "Zekk I'm sorry, for all of this. If you get out of here its I looovv" she screamed as the guards closed the door behind her.
Turning back to his former master, the blood boiled inside of him. Pushing it down within himself, he looked at his former master with contempt. "You'd better not hurt her." He snarled
"No harm will come of her, yet. But you'd best not test my patience." He motioned to the guards "Take him to Chamber 3."
Jaina slumped on the hard floor of her cell. Shaking slightly she pulled the small woolen blanket they had given her up around her. Brakiss sure knows how to treat his prisoners she thought. Sighing softly, she wondered where Zekk was and if he was okay. He's stronger than this he reminded herself. He won't fall back to the darkside again, not after what happened to me. I just have to have faith in him. He has always known what was best for him and for me, she kept reminding herself.
The door swung open to her cell and she shot up in a split second. Looking Brakiss squarely in the eye, she refused to be intimidated by him. He closed the door behind him, and sized up the pint-sized brunette. "Jaina Solo, we meet again." He muttered to her "Under slightly more favorable circumstances for me."
"Do you honestly think you can keep us here Brakiss? Someone is going to notice were gone and come to find us." She lied through her teeth
"I have the feeling it won't matter. Zekk will soon be mine trusty hand again, and you will be nothing more than a fleeting memory to him." Brakiss wrapped his right hand around Jaina's neck and pounded her into the wall "I won't have any disruptions from you either. You will no longer be my problem."
Letting go of her neck, Jaina slid down the wall and slumped onto the floor once more. Jaina eyes hardened and she looked up at the wannabe sith lord. "I don't think it will be that easy Brakiss." She spit his name out. "Zekk's older and wiser now, and I won't let you turn him again. Your just a scared wannabe sith lord afraid of a little girl otherwise why would you be in here?"
Brakiss's face toughened and he sized her up. The little brat was making him angry and he didn't have time for that.
Jaina smiled at him. She knew what she was doing. She manipulated his anger, she was playing on his fears of her, and she was winning "What are you afraid of Brakiss? That a little girl can beat you. That she is stronger on the force than you would ever be. Your dismissed I found all I needed to know." She could feel his anger growing and reaching its boiling point. She flickered her hand towards the door, motioning him to leave when he struck out at her.
Blue lightning shot from his hands and burned over Jaina's body. Quicker than she imagined her hand was up deflecting all the lighting he could throw at her. She raised her eyebrow at him "If you can summon it I can dispel it." She laughed at him
Brakiss's face blanched and he stopped cold. Staring at the girl for a second, he turned around quickly, his cape nearly hitting Jaina in the face with the motion, and stormed out of this room.
Jaina slumped back over; She had one the battle for the day. But the storm was still brewing and she would need a lot more than she had to outwit Brakiss. Dispelling lighting took a lot of power and energy, much more than she had. Pulling the blanket back up around her she lost herself to exhaustion.
Brakiss leaned upon the wall outside Jaina's cell. The Jedi princess was a lot stronger than he imagined. He would have a much harder time destroying her than he originally thought. But, he pondered to himself, if she could dispel dark lighting had she dabbled in the darkside herself? Grinning evilly I'm sure my darkest knight will tell me
Zekk paced around his room impatiently. What was Brakiss up to? I can't believe he's alive, he thought to himself, after all these years he wasn't dead after all. After all those nightmares, I have to face mine once again.
The door to his room swung open. The door hadn't been locked, Zekk was free to walk around the complex but he couldn't find Jaina or his way out.
A black-gloved man waved Zekk to follow and he complied. Walking down a twisting corridor he was left at a large door. He turned the knob and walked in. Brakiss and a blackberry-eyed lady were sitting at a large table; Brakiss motioned for him to sit down. Zekk complied sliding into the oversized chair.
"Zekk, this is Amaryllis Vai." He motioned to the lady. Her purple eyes raked over him and Zekk shuddered under the stare. She was very beautiful with midnight hair and sharp cheekbones.
"It is good to have you back my son" Brakiss said warmly.
Zekk cringed at the sound of that. "What have you done to Jaina?" He tried to stay clam, anger leads to the darkside, he reminded himself.
"Nothing, why do you think I should?" Brakiss laughed dismissively
Zekk sat silently watching everything Brakiss did and said. A large feast was set down in front of them. Zekk eyed the food, where did Brakiss possibly get this stuff on Yavin 4?
"Please eat my darkest knight" Brakiss motioned to the food. Zekk picked up a few pieces of bread and nibbled on them. The less he complied with Brakiss's orders the better he would feel.
"So how did the war go for you?" Brakiss hissed out
Zekk searched for a polite answer "The war was hard." What kind of trap was brakiss trying to pull him into?
Brakiss lips snarled, "Yes, I guess it was. Those vongs did us such a favor killing off those Jedi. They even got rid of that Anakin Solo; I heard he was as strong as Luke. Wonderful species the Vong."
Zekk could feel the heat rise in him. Anakin was a great Jedi and the Vong had killed so many of his friends. Holding his anger inside at the comments. Zekk simply mumbled something indecipherable.
"How did Jaina take Anakin's death? I suppose not well, things like that could drive anyone over the edge." Brakiss hissed
Zekk felt like jumping across the table and strangling Brakiss right there "You leave her alone," He snapped at him "I won't let you take her back down that road."
Brakiss let out a vigorous snicker. Bait and they will jump right into it, he thought. I knew my darkest knight would tell me everything. Tapping his fingers together lightly brakiss grinned. So the Jedi princess does have a darkside.