I actually had this for awhile and completely forgot to upload it, so here I think you guys enjoy this.
The heat from the saber cut my left hand clean off, no blood, burning the stump basically a clean cut. It was agonizing pain no doubt, his vibroblade almost like a lightsaber. I never had any medical work on me, I was always in pain throughout my entire body, but I got used to it, day after day I would wonder if today was the day I die.
It never came though.
Running towards the broken wall the intruders made, before I could leave I could hear screams, "NO!" "PLEASE STOP!" screams of terror, blasts came, lots. I winced knowing what's going on I kept going, leaving this place.
I couldn't look anywhere as my eyes were not used to the sunlight, nor was my body with the heat. I needed to get out of here, needed a drink, needed something to cure my hunger.
Walking slowly out hand above my head trying to recall my sight for the sun, I heard a ship fly by close. Hopefully not seeing me, I felt my instincts kick in and ran over to a broken chunk of wall outside, hiding behind it.
All I had to do was get into a ship, any ship. I'll take a garbage collector ship if I have to. The ship must have flown by, looking up finally finding my sight seeing nothing but two suns. Getting up not caring if my whole body hurts, I needed to find something. Looking around trying to as fast as possible.
Seeing a bulky grey ship, the ship reminded me like a slave ship I read in the Jedi academy. Wasting no time I bolted towards the ship, already open, maybe in a hurry to get auctions ready for the hutts. Racing towards the cockpit, trying to remember teachings of ship controls. I just needed to get coordinates to any republic controlled planet, or Coruscant, and get into hyperspace. Quickly looking for the switch to power up this hunk of junk. Found it! As I pressed it lights and flashes turned on around the cockpit, It was a simple 4 seat one. I didn't care looking at the navigation system I looked for Coruscant until I found it, locking on to it.
Sitting down I lifted the ship and we were feeling of angst crept up my body as I flew this, hoping nothing bad would happen, I just needed something to go my way.
Unknowingly to me there were a couple people on this ship.
It might have been madness or ruthless of me to kill them, none of that came to my mind, only revenge for my mother, for myself, for everyone who has been affected by these monsters. Most were running away or towards me trying to disarm me, some were on the ground begging for their lives putting their hands up. As were murdered all of them, as they all laid there motionless, haunting faces, the stupid slug hutt just sat like a well, slug looking around no more confidence, no more laughter, just fear, only fear.
"Please, please, I'll give you planets, credits, anything, just let me go!" pleaded the slug. Cortult was on the ground knees and elbows touching the cold floor. Leix pointed his gun at the slug. The hutt pleading, waiting for my response, as was Leix and Cortult.
"How many credits are we talking huh, Hutt?" I said with a smirk. First the slug was confused that after all my actions I would say that, realizing who I was, a smuggler, or bounty hunter, he wasn't smiling or confused anymore, just focused on making a deal.
Before he could speak Frool spoke from my comm. "Boss one ship is leaving right now should I take it down?" he said, "No, let it leave, I want everyone to know what happened here." I said. "Now hutt I'd like at least 10 million credits." I said casually.
He almost snorted, he would have if it was his life at stake. "10 million!? You can't be serious, 1 million." he said. I almost laughed, brandishing my blaster, "As you can see slug, I have the blaster, the upper edge, and you know I will kill you as I did your friends." I said, "Fine fine, I will send you the credits, I don't have them on me." he said. Before he could speak I blasted his head.
Leix nodded and Cortult looking up towards me with an almost shocked face, "Why, ho-how why would you slaughter them!" he exclaimed at the end. Maybe one day I'll tell him. When it's not so vivid everytime I wake up. "Was only doing what was ordered by the customer." blowing at my blasters as I holster both. "Now go ahead back, me and Leix will look around this place, maybe some credits." I order. Cortult wanted to say more but turned to Leix and they had some sort of alpha blinking contest or some shit. Looking at Leix we both began to search around.
Looking around this hutt controlled compound, it was just the same as the others. Gross and unkempt, making me wince as I finally took a good whiff of this compound.
Nothing of interest around here, we better get back and collect our credits. "Captain look an elevator." said Leix. He stood in front of it, subconsciously hitting the button to open, "It only goes down." he said.
"Lead the way" I exclaimed as I joined him in the elevator. Arriving to our destination, just as the elevator slide opens I could just smell almost a dead body. Coughing and putting my forearm on my nose. You would think an elevator would lead you to maybe a nice bar and suite, instead a very terrifying prison. Looking towards Leix he seems to be stuck in an almost like trance maybe looking gawking.
Unknowing if he is either amazed or terrified. As we walk around the first cell, unlike the others it was unlocked. Old blood on the floor, never cleaned.
As I stayed in longer the stench became less until I came across this one, the stench becoming even worse, like someone was recently dying or dead in this cell. The hutts were animals, whoever was in here I hope was carried to their death, or worse to a life a slavery.
Why would they do this, I can understand getting credits, but this! This is too far. Selling prisoners to a life of slavery, some lucky enough to get a nice slave owner, maybe giving him and extra hour or two of sleep.
Leix stood there, stoic to the bone. No anger, no sadness, nothing. "It's probably best if we leave Captain" he said clearly. I nodded behind everything and turned away from the awful cell.
As I was traveling in hyperspace I could hear a metallic like sound, high pitched. Getting up from my chair I walked slowly towards where the noise was.
Curiously, the only thing separating me and the sound was a small blast door, unlocked from whoever was here before, opening as I stepped, giving myself a deep breath.
To my delight, it was another, and I mean another prison area, instead of being empty like it was in Tatooine of course excluding me. As I observed the whole thing I could see a person, great. It was a Togruta, I could tell as they are very distinct in many ways, with their lekkus almost like a headdress unlike Twi'leks, and their many colors on their skin. Stepping closer I realized it was also looking at me, with somewhat of a curious and anxious look, almost waiting for me to talk or act. Finally I found myself grasping the metallic cage, not lasered. It was a she, with oddly, purple skin and dark blue stripes all over.
"I don't think I've ever seen a slave owner who was a boy with one hand." moving her head slightly to look at my left hand. "You ever had that treated? I could look at it." she kindly said. Feeling a little exposed and almost ashamed of myself, "Why are you on this ship?" I grunted out looking straight at her.
Looking away from me like there was a window to her left she sighed. "I was captured, it was 10 to 1 at Shili, my home planet where I was stationed, they wanted whatever a small village had and I tried to stop them, my troops were killed and I was surrounded with slavers. Either I lift my saber and die, or drop it and see the day after." she calmly explained.
Happiness struck me, unknowingly never thought I'd be so happy to see and hear another Jedi ever, here was one right in front of me. "You- you're a Jedi?" I stuttered. She stood up subconsciously patting the dust off her knees, folding her arms together. "I assume you also were enslaved, I'm sorry. A kid shouldn't have to lose their arm and everything so young." she said pityingly. Somehow she makes me feel sorry for myself when she is the one in the cage.
"It was worse than anything, looking at the same thing every single day was hard" she stands coming closer. "But that wasn't the worst of it was it?" she said with insight looking towards my arm. "This?" I brought my left arm up, "Was a gift from the same mandalorian who captured me and my friend." I said with anger.
She saw the hate in my eyes and almost like she understood, maybe she did.
Before she could utter a word I opened the cage walking away, back to the cockpit. Behind me I could hear her "Where are we going?" she asked. I looked back, "To Coruscant of course, where the Jedi are." I said, She looked at me "Let me drop you off to your planet before Coruscant, no offense but your a target if you keep this ship." For maybe the first time in months I smiled.
"Coruscant is my planet, I live in the Jedi enclave."
Only thing on my holo was a split second of someone, on Alli holo. Someone had her holo, someone destroyed her holo. Something felt different, almost an agitation but not quite. Looking towards two troopers guarding the council room, "Troopers, get all available men at the prison NOW!" I roared. Both nodded and ran off to alert the troops.
Fast walking towards the door as well, I needed to help her. I needed to help my Alli.
Waves of confusion came to me, seeing my superior being killed in front of me by my own master. Wide eyes looking at that man, the man looked crazy, having a nonchalant expression after he sliced her, he probably saw her every single day. Maybe even laughed with each other sometimes.
His face turned into "Get your ass up and let's get out of here". Without grabbing his hand I picked myself up taking my lightsaber from him with my force. "You didn't have to! She wasn't going to kill us." I said, He turned around "She was going to take us in or stand in our way Brandon, I had to."
Maybe a remark, "Or could have knocked her out you murderer." I yelled. Before he could respond we could hear yells and footsteps of maybe a platoon coming to the hanger. Hangar doors opening revealing troopers, then to the left the other one with troops as well. Then to the right hangar doors open to reveal more.
Almost silence was on us, slowly looking at Trey I could see a problem in his face, no more confidence or ego. I could laugh if I wasn't about to be captured without saving Charles.
In front of us, we could see troopers shuffle as one with green and blue clothes come out of the hoard. We were sitting ducks, the only way was to fight or some how get on my ship and hold them off, even then we'll get tractor beamed back.
Bezor came out, from far away I couldn't make out his face but one glance our way I could feel his grief as he came running towards the lifeless Alli. I backed up slowly, very slowly trying to get closer to the ship. Trey watched Bezor, as he stood up looking toward us. "How could you! How could you do this!" he yelled. Trey took a step closer to Bezor, "She did this herself, challenging us. If she just could of backed off she'd be alive, well for a little while." Trey said.
Bezor staring almost blasters shots at Trey. Looks down and back, not knowing to be with grief or revenge. Bezor is a trained Jedi, he will obey the Jedi code no matter. Bezor looks back at all the troops then straight at me looking with disgust.
Almost with every single emotion Bezor was holding back he screamed "FIRE!" he cried as all the troops for almost a second looked at each other before aiming their guns. Trey and I also turned and ran for my ship.
Blasts from almost everywhere as I deflect them off Trey and myself. Running from the same people who I saw as unity.
Turning expecting Bezor to be chasing us both sabers glistening yet, he wasn't. Wasn't glancing our way. He was holding the fallen Jedi. Almost grasping at her gentle soul to come back. Sadly she wouldn't Trey made sure of that.
Unconsciously my left hand became a fist. Looking at the man who I broke out telling and maybe feeding me lies. Kills a close friend of Jedi Master Alli. Why am I helping him? It's too late now, I brought him out so he could make me a fugitive.
Just to save my brother, is worth it, grimacing at my current situation. At my ship Trey goes by it, and jumps off the hanger. Into the endless Ecumenopolis, Looking back at the dire situation I also jumped off, knowing that ship will never leave the orbit without being shot down.
Dropping down gracefully I'm grabbed from behind and hidden in a dark alley. My instincts force push the person being Trey back, him only trying to hide me before those troopers nearby catch me.
Before a word was said between us an announcement over the city "Traitors of the Jedi, Trey Corvn, murderer of 6 Republic troopers and 2 Jedi, and Fugitive Jedi Knight Brandon Krose, please report, both are considered very dangerous. Be safe."
Everyone who loved me, for protecting, saving. Bring back their loved ones, Everyone who cheered for me, gone. No one will give me cheers every again. No one will cry and thank me. For no longer am I a protector, for I am a monster.
As I focus and look around at our situation I can see Trey as the moonlight shines behind him. He was a mess, blood from both his own battle and ours. His illustrious brown grey and white robes are dirty and torn. His usual average tan went pale white, his long black hair even more raven than before.
Hell I was probably worse. "Looks like we'll have to improvise our escape Brandon" Trey's voice snapping me from my thoughts. Looking past the alley into the market I could see people, if we were to just put our hoods on we could blend in from the troopers. Almost reading my mind Trey put his hood up, not waiting for me.
Walking around gave me paranoia, walking past every trooper until I saw a boy accidently knocked down by another boy running back, hopefully home. Instincts lead me to the boy before I could go back, Trey quietly yelling at me to leave the kid. I, not listening to him and gave into my heroics.
The kid brought his hand up to get picked up, before letting go I saw our hands together, reminding me.
"Hey Charlie!" I said as I smiled towards my young brother who was in between classes. He looked up at me with a huge goofy smile. "Master Yuon said that my awareness for the force was the best in the class!" he cheered and held my hand.
Pride and joy came out of me, as I held his hand kneeling down looking close at him. "I know where I get my power from then!" I exclaimed as he started giggling.
The boy then getting a closer look at me as I stared off not letting go of his hand screamed, shockingly I let go of his hand as he screamed saying murderer. Everyone near looked shocked as troopers came running towards us.
Before the grief came adrenaline, I turned the other way bolting towards safe covers, Trey was in front of me running with his cape flying in the wind. The screams and orders went quieter as me and Trey stood in another alley, waiting for the troops to pass.
"He called me a murderer." looking at my hands, wondering if he's right. "Well, I am the murderer, if you stick with me young Brandon you will as well." He said emotionlessly. As he walked back into the streets. Before I could get next to him a man in a coat came in front of us, "We can help you two, follow me." was all he said. Trey looked back at me with a almost nonchalant shrug as he followed the man blindingly.
"Should be arriving in Coruscant in a few parsecs." claimed the Jedi, coming back to me as she came up to me. "Maybe I can help with that?" she asked towards my left arm, "Well sure, it's healed itself but maybe you can make it feel better." I said honestly.
She grabbed my half gone arm with her cold hands, they felt slender, it was pleasing, it felt good. Really good, almost my arm was feeling good. Almost an instance went by and could feel her essence, her force coming towards my arm.
She smiled at me as I felt almost exposed, like I just told her my darkest secrets. If I could get up I would, but the chair was way too comfy. Also my entire body is weak, basically I couldn't move anything.
The bliss stopped and angst came to me as I saw a ship in the distance. "Hey, look!" I pointed towards the ship in the distance. She went back to the cockpit seat, "Seems like they wanted their ship." As it somehow was now above us. "Can you do anything?" I questioned.
"No they locked everything and are boarding us." she sighed. Holo came in as we looked, it was a Trandoshan, my heart dropped, a merc. "ID number?" he asked. Both her and I looked at eachother. "Um, I forgot it." she said.
The Trandoshan looked almost shocked and then said "They aren't Hutt!" then the transmission turned off. Back to both of us looking at each other.
"You got two lightsabers right?" she asked. An almost jokingly gleant in her features. I looked down to where I kept the sabers I somehow found. I gave her my saber, not wanting to lose Master Marbwor's. He deserves more than what those animals did to him, deserves better.
A sudden discreet light came abroad, a silvery gleam of grey ignited in my eyes. My lightsaber in her hands, it was beautiful. Almost a resemblance of another. She looked toward me with seriousness. We both knew I couldn't move, I was close to being unconscious, I needed liquids. Thirst hitting me hard. It was up to her, the jedi I just met.
The outer door opened to two bounty hunters, one rodian, another Trandoshan who was on the holo before. Guns drawn to hips, looking to talk first, get an eye on the place. Walking towards the cockpit before seeing me they saw the Jedi, and should have asked for her name now thinking.
One smiled an oddly nasty grin, another stone cold. "Where'd the ship come from?" he ordered. The Jedi wasn't in the best shape currently, probably a week without food. Maybe a day without water. But instincts kick in. "It's my ship leave." she exclaimed, hand hovering over her lightsaber. Not yet drawn. One stepped forward "Sships ourss came from Tatootine." he confidently exclaimed.
The Jedi almost gained a foot taller, "You should leave. We have urgent business.". The tension was almost grabbable. Before anything the Trandoshan blasts the Jedi in the foot too quickly to react. A moan of pain came out of her lips as one grabbed her throat, then in an instance a silver cloud of almost smoke came into and out of the Trandoshan leaving the other shocked as she blocked the blasts with his other bounty friend as she lifted his body onto the Rodian.
Almost smothering the Rodain she ignites my saber once more into the two bounty hunters killing both. Before the relief came actions as she ran back, "We have to leave, now!" she yelled as I sat awkwardly not knowing how to. She came to realize I had no clue how "I've never been taught this much." I yelled she understood. Running back to the cockpit she took action as I stayed on the cameras. Tearing the terminal connecting our two ships we blasted off to route to Coruscant. The Hutts ship closed behind blasting at us.