Chapter 2
Luminara awoke with a groan. 'Well that ruins my chances at having some time to think. Whoever is in this room had to have heard that.'
"Get up Jedi, you're not fooling anyone." A gruff voice said from somewhere in front of her.
Luminara let out a sighed moan. She had at least tried. "Why do you think I am a Jedi? That would imply my being able to do stuff that I can't." It was a feeble attempt, but an attempt at that. Maybe seeding confusion and dissent would help her get out of this situation. Or maybe it would make it worse. Either way, it was a chance she had to take.
"Don't try to fool me. Your fighting style is distinctly that which is taught at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. And one more thing, if you don't want people like me to find out about who you were, you shouldn't make it so easy for me." His voice sounded smug, although she couldn't see him thanks to the blind fold over her eyes.
She new she was being baited, that his previous statement was meant to leave room for questions, but she took the bait anyway. "How do you know what Temple martial arts look like? What do you mean I shouldn't make it so easy for you?"
"I know what Temple style looks like because I have had cause to fight your kind more than once before, and you make it easy for me because of a gift of my own." Her blindfold was being removed despite the lack of a presence anywhere near her. What she saw made her gasp.
"Xanatos? But- How? –Why?" She spluttered, trying to recover from the shock of seeing her deceased friend's former apprentice.
His face was scared, almost beyond recognition. His circular scar was no longer visible, having been buried by the immense amount of comparatively fresh scars. "How, you ask? It's simple, really. I used the Dark Side to shield my body of the tarpit's effect. The Dark Side really is quite powerful when you think about it. As for the why, well, you'll just have to wait and see. I'm really not much for physical torture, but consider this a warning, a warning not to try to escape." He summoned the Dark Side, and sent agony coarsing through her body in the form of lightning.
Try as she might, she couldn't stop herself from showing signs of her pain, and as he left the room she let out a strangled cry. She slump into unconsciousness as the electricity overrode her nervous system.
Luminara awoke with a groan. 'Well that ruins my chances at having some time to think. Whoever is in this room had to have heard that.'
"Get up Jedi, you're not fooling anyone." A gruff voice said from somewhere in front of her.
Luminara let out a sighed moan. She had at least tried. "Why do you think I am a Jedi? That would imply my being able to do stuff that I can't." It was a feeble attempt, but an attempt at that. Maybe seeding confusion and dissent would help her get out of this situation. Or maybe it would make it worse. Either way, it was a chance she had to take.
"Don't try to fool me. Your fighting style is distinctly that which is taught at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. And one more thing, if you don't want people like me to find out about who you were, you shouldn't make it so easy for me." His voice sounded smug, although she couldn't see him thanks to the blind fold over her eyes.
She new she was being baited, that his previous statement was meant to leave room for questions, but she took the bait anyway. "How do you know what Temple martial arts look like? What do you mean I shouldn't make it so easy for you?"
"I know what Temple style looks like because I have had cause to fight your kind more than once before, and you make it easy for me because of a gift of my own." Her blindfold was being removed despite the lack of a presence anywhere near her. What she saw made her gasp.
"Xanatos? But- How? –Why?" She spluttered, trying to recover from the shock of seeing her deceased friend's former apprentice.
His face was scared, almost beyond recognition. His circular scar was no longer visible, having been buried by the immense amount of comparatively fresh scars. "How, you ask? It's simple, really. I used the Dark Side to shield my body of the tarpit's effect. The Dark Side really is quite powerful when you think about it. As for the why, well, you'll just have to wait and see. I'm really not much for physical torture, but consider this a warning, a warning not to try to escape." He summoned the Dark Side, and sent agony coarsing through her body in the form of lightning.
Try as she might, she couldn't stop herself from showing signs of her pain, and as he left the room she let out a strangled cry. She slump into unconsciousness as the electricity overrode her nervous system.