Chapter 14: Atone the Guilt

Currently, at the Jump City's union hospital

The Teen Titans were on the floor, badly wounded. None of them could stand up or move their head.

"Pathetic," scoffed the assassin, "I thought the vigilantes were capable of enduring...my attacks. But...what a letdown." He didn't give his full might to defeat the Titans as he just used some basic slash attacks and several times of force pushes. Being instructed by the guild master that these fallen teenagers are one of the best fighters on planet earth, he had prepared two strategies to take care of them. One is to take them all out at the same time, in an orthodox warrior-style which you charged at the enemies like a raging bull. Another one is more a sneaky assassin-style which you create a terrordome to not only beat down the enemy one by one but also triggered their instant fears and phobias of being alone in the isolated hospital. Though the hospital is in the center of Jump City, they could find a way to tell the outsiders to get help from the local police force. However, the assassin planned it ahead to make everyone gets distracted by the sudden ambush on the law enforcement department, fabricating the perfect circumstances to deal with the Teen Titans all by himself.

After making such an ideal condition to himself, he thought of using the later strategy to take them down in the darkness but seeing Beast Boy who he almost pissed his pants to the assassin's scary voice, he noticed that... these vigilantes are just kids.

So much for the warning, he dryly ironized, the guild master really underestimated these children that wear fancy clothing which is not suitable for a fight, could put on a good fight. Feeling a little irritated that he was sent to kill a bunch of armatures who "falsely" claim themselves as the vigilantes of Jump City, he should have asked his employer to triple the pay. After all, it does not balance well with the assassin's dispatch expense and the content of the assassination task.

"Oh well," He shrugged, "It's been awhile I have received a mission, so it was an okay warmup: to kill the princess." Giving a dispising look at the badly defeated Titans, he just left them behind on a cold floor, imagining on the kids' miserable look after being defeated by...a Sith Assassin. He could have killed them if he wanted to. But letting them live on the floor while their comrade is slaughtered by the enemy is more effective to their glass-like fragile mentality. It will surely transform them to be haunted for the rest of their lives of not being able to beat down the enemy to protect their unconscious fellow member. Eventually, it will make them insane and regret to let it happen. The assassin had seen this before as he already knew the outcome, he could almost taste the joy of killing another noble person with his hands.

It has become an addition for the Sith assassin as he was trained the way of putting an end to a defenseless victim in an unspeakable, brutal method. Who would thought he has this sadistic "fetish" of murdering someone. "Fetish" may not be the right word to describe someone's killing method, but truth be told he was born with it. Carrying the rightful bloodline of Sith-pure Blood, it is common knowledge to understand that this race of people is...extremely dangerous. He thought it before that he is not full Sith-pure blood due to the low ratio of highbred, but he doesn't matter ut anymore as long as he inherits one of those characteristics trademarks.

Here it is, He licked his lips underneath his mask, I could almost savor her beautiful body. Feeling his inner desire to devour the Tamaran princess, he paced up his steps to turn the doorknob open. His first action on Starfire is to rip her clothes off and do the most horrible thing to her. Normally he would not do it to other victims but seeing the beauty of Temarian Princess's face and her body what made up the assassin's mind to plan such a "violation" act. So focused on fantasizing his gruesome measures, he was not aware that he is tied up with a fibercord whip.

Within a few seconds, he felt his body being pulled away from the doorknob. It sent him into another room with a crash, which was in front of Starfire's place. Such a sudden pull was big enough to make him fall hard on his back. The floor was filled with broken glass when the assassin landed. It added another layer of its stinging injury that leads to a high possibility of internal bleeding. "Ow!" He groaned in pain. He felt his body too heavy to move as if he was a small bug that was being stomped by a giant's foot. But he is Sith assassin so he regained his strength quickly as he got up slowly. Trying to ignore the pain on his back, he shook his head to make his blurry vision to be clear. It has seemed that his head was also impacted by the sudden pull too.

Who intervened it?! He hissed with rage, Was it one of the kids whom I beat them?! He didn't have any second thoughts of the attacker could be someone else who is not part of the vigilante group. The Titans were the only people with who he had fought in this medical facility, so it was natural for him to assume that one of them are on their feet to fight back. If it so, then he should have used his force ability to drain their life energy to finish them off in the first place. It is a forbidden force technique that only a handful of Sith assassin can fully use it.

I underestimated them for being kids, he thought, I should have killed them immediately! He looked around to see who the attacker was as he gets ready to concentrate his draining ability. But he was caught off guard when a figure with an outstanding amour dropped on him from the valances. The figure tried to restrain him by using the fibercord whip which was used to pull the assassin away. But the Sith wiggled his body side to side, giving him space to escaping from the ambusher's grasp. He caught the ambusher in the shin with a hard, fastback kick, followed by a force push to the torso that had sent a small constellation of stars to the top of the skull.

The Sith finally got to see who the attacker was but did not expect to be the person that wore the characteristics T-visor shaped helmet.

"You?! The Mandalorian?!" He shouted, "How did you get it here?!"

"Your henchmen were kind enough to tell me about this attack." the Mandalorian answered as he drew his two blaster pistol. Now, they are in a standoff, glaring at each other. The Sith vs the Mandalorian. It had happened before, during the golden age of Mandalore. Led by none other, Mandlore the Indomitable who he challenged against Ulic Qel-Droma to a duel. Ulic Qel-Droma was, during different parts of his life, a Jedi Knight of the Old Republic, a warlord in the Empress Teta star system, and a Dark Lord of the Sith. Not many historians know much about his personal life except the fact he was an apprentice of Exar Kun, another Sith Lord who was once a Jedi Knight. The duel was an honorable one as Ulic Qel-Droma agreed to Mandalore the Indoomitabel's terms: not using his lightsaber in the battle. Eventually, Ulic Qel-Droma won the battle despite not using any civilized weapon. But it was considered to be a fair fight as he followed the Mandalorian traditional duel.

However, in this case, it doesn't seem that way.

"So...you killed my henchman to get the information then..." He raised his voice with a suspicion, "I thought you obeyed every rule of the bounty hunter guild: not to question other bounty hunter's mission."

"I used to...but not anymore." Replied Kaiyu.

"Well, it seemed that I have to kill you too then. Too bad, the guild master will lose his favorite lap dog."

"Mandalorians are not pets!"

"Still, considered you are one. He should have made me be his number one assassin before you arrived. But no, he wanted to have his own puppet to himself who happened to be a Mandalorian. The Sith Empire should not have set you to be free in the first place." Pointing his index finger at Kaiyu, indicating that this Sith assassin knows something about Kaiyu's past which was forgotten in a deep, dark, obscure abyss.

The assassin's words piqued Kaiyu's interest and wished he could recall those missing memories so he can understand what was he talking about. But now it's not the right time to do as he has his priorities to achieve: protect the unconscious princess.

"I will show you what I was trained for in Korriban! Those who tried to defeat me have already met their doom!"

"Even though you left the other kids alive?" Kaiyu saw the badly wounded Titans on the floor when he came to this place.

"They were nothing! They are not warriors! Just a bunch of kids who self-claimed themselves to be fighters!" He drew his vibrostaff and brought his defense-fighting stance. "But you...will be enough for a warrior! Prepare to die, Mandalorian!"

"I don't die, Sith. I survive. I always do." He gets ready to fight too as he clocked both of his blaster pistol: ready to fire. And the two clashed into a battle, crossing with blaster bolts and slash attacks. It went on and on as it made the whole room filled with gun holes and destroyed furniture. The Mandalorian tries to keep his distance far away from the Sith assassins attacks. He knows well enough that Sith doesn't present any advantage in long-range attacks. Even if they have force abilities to attack the enemies from a far distance, they prefer to fight in a near-range as they heavily focus on their saber attacks. It is a bit weird that force sensitive hate using guns in the fight. Why do they think blaster weapons are primitive weapons? Maybe is it because it does not define the fine art of their force teaching? Nobody knows and Kaiyu doesn't care it at all. In his thinkingg to fight in a battle, is to use every advantage to yourself. No matter how strong the enemy might have in his/her inventory, you need to be prepared at all times. So only favor the melee weapon in every battlefield is the equivalent of getting yourself killed in a hunting game where animals are defenseless. Force sensitives are like animals in that sense they are mostly ignorant as to underestimate a lot on the latest military technology.

Such a stupid thing to do, Kaiyu accused, Just because you are trained in the way of the force doesn't mean you have the higher ground. That is why Mandalorians are the best warriors in the galaxy. Cause they have dealt with enemies who are thought to be unstoppable. He dodged away from the assassin's attacks as he kept trying to find an open space to shoot at it. The assassin somewhat knew that he would leave and open face to the Mandalorian due to the fact he is swinging a heavy weapon. So what he did was to use his kicks to kick away the blasters of Kayu's hand. It knocked one of the blasters from the Mandalorian's hand as it left wide open on his chest. The Sith saw this chance and tries to stab with his weapons. But Kaiyu ducked down and swept the leg off the ground. The assassin got his leg swept and making him fall on the floor again. Which got his vibrostaff flown away during the fall. Trying to kill him as quickly as possible when the assassin is on his back, he aimed at his chest to shoot through his heart. But again, Sith are known to react swiftly to the incoming attacks, which he did a rising kick to the helmet. Kaiyu felt the kick vibrated into his skull which he took a few steps back to let go of it. He also got his blaster flew from his grasp when he got kicked. The two now have no weapons to fight as they began to battle with their first. Grapple and fight, punching, kicking, grabbing hold, and throwing each other around. It feels like these two are really good and could have become a professional mixed martial art if they are born on earth. This also went on too until the assassin got a hold on the Mandalorian's body and threw him to the bed.

He then reaches out for his vibrostaff, using the Force to bring it. After getting his weapon back, he leaped over to the Mandalorian's body to deliver an instant skill. But Kaiyu rolled to the other side and used his flamethrower from wristpack. It burned off the assassin's face mask as he puts his hands over the mask and slings his weapon around aimlessly. Observing that the assassin has taken burning damage to the face, Kaiyu reached to his utility belt to get something that will kill him off in one blow. So after getting the item, he went to stick it on the assassin's cape. If he was a second quicker to do it, he would not have received force push again, crashing into Starfire's room. He let out a loud pain as he landed on the floor. He almost felt his spine broken into two pieces. Thankfully his body was trained to get serve damage from the enemies so he could get up and counter-attack it sooner. However, when he tried to stand up on his feet, his body levitated into mid-air and felt his neck being strangled by an invisible force.

"GAAA! GUUU! AHH!" assuming this is one of the Sith's force ability, there is no countermeasure to get away from it. Hovering above the ground, he felt like a dangling doll with strings attached by the puppet performer. He then saw the Sith assassin, approaching him to slowly with his face burned to second-degree. His face is swelling with pain as it made it redder. Sith -pureblood has distinctive red-colored skin to a certain degree: Bright red, Dark red, and darker red. His face was bright red but prior to the fire attack. It has made it worst as you could see a purple colored vein popping up from the face.

"You dare to burn the Sith's face?!" Eyes are full in rage like a burning fire. He used his force ability to tighten up the neck. "No one ever has done it to me before! You will pay for this!" He brought up his vibrostaff and gets ready to penetrate through Kaiyu's heart.

Abruptly, someone behind the Sith assassin halted his doing. "Not if I give a hand to him!"

The assassin looked back and saw two yellow and red-colored pointy boomerang flying into his eyes socket. It stabbed the Sith's eyes when it flew, which forced him to let the Mandalorian go. Finally freed from the grasp, he brought the item he wanted to use it earlier. He sticks it onto the assassin's body armor and then grabbed his body tightly to throw him out of the room from the window. The Sith couldn't react to what was going on but sensed that he is being thrown out of the building. He knows that he is going to die from a great height. But did not expect to be blown away by Kaiyu's sticky charges.

BOOM!

It made a small explosion cloud as it emitted the blast wave, sending the hospital to feel a wave of tremor. Kaiyu and the other figure who came to help the Mandalorian's fight all covered their head from the air blast. When it was over, they looked at each other and slowly slide down on the ground to sit. The person who helped Mandalorian was Robin, the leader of the Teen Titans. He was in a nick of time to help Kaiyu to defeat the enemy before it was too late. The two were losing their air due to the heavy battle with the Sith assassin. Panting heavily from their mouth, Kaiyu was the first to speak.

"T-thank you..." He said.

Robin nodded to him and replied "Y-your welcome..." But after that, he gave him a serious tone to the Mandalorian, notifying him that the boy wonder still has his doubts against the bounty hunter. "We should talk...after this..."

"...I know."