Chapter 5
Ventress and Bane sat next to each to each other. Staring at the spot where the original Darth Bane had just appeared as a hologram. Silence stretched between them until Ventress said, "Ahem…well. I guess that was informative…" Bane shifted nervously, looking at everything except Ventress. He said, "Yes, I agree. Erm…so yeah. I…I love you. I know that sounds insane coming from someone like me but I do." Ventress looked at him, his normally yellow eyes had faded to a pretty hazel brown. She said, "I love you too. I mean…for such a long time I thought I was the only one who felt it. I thought I was alone." Bane brushed her cheek and said, "The Sith are never alone. We have the force. And now, of course, we have each other." He leaned in close to her and they kissed. In the fabric of space-time this event sparked a new path. One that could balance the galaxy if that was the path they chose to take.
The kiss grew fierier as the two new lovers enjoyed that taste of true passion. Not just passionate anger, but love as well. They broke apart and looked at each other. Bane could now see that her eyes were not yellow anymore either, they were brown. For a moment he wondered exactly what would happen to them but then he didn't care. All he wanted was her, and Darth Bane was a man who got what he wanted, when he wanted it. They both rose from the chair and Ventress grinned, momentarily shocking him with a bit of lightning she sprinted toward the south end of the fortress. Bane shook himself free and laughed; he sprinted after her, knowing where she was headed. He used the force to jump the long distance and landed in front of her. Ventress looked surprised when he landed in her path. She said, "No fair, you used the force." Bane looked at her slyly and said, "So did you, you shocked me." Ventress said, "True." and ducked around him. Bane looked behind him to see Ventress run a few feet forward and slam the great black door behind her, shutting herself into his bedroom.
Bane leaned against the door and laughed. He could hear Ventress on the other side laughing as well. He said through the door, "Let me in you evil woman! That's my room!" Ventress said, "Its our room you dunce. Now say the magic word!" Bane laughed again and said, "Jedi are scum?" Ventress opened the door and grinned, "That wasn't one word. But it'll work." Bane looked at her amazed, somehow, while standing behind the door she had changed from her usual black robe to a black silk nightdress that tantalized him. Bane smirked and said, "Well how long have you been waiting to pull that one out." Ventress pushed his chest playfully and said, "How long have you been blind to love?" Bane chuckled and moved into the room. Sitting on the end of his enormous four-poster bed he shed his hooded robe and black garments. He then stood in black silk boxers and smiled. He said jokingly, "I know you like my body." He did a little dance that madder Ventress laugh. Running forward, she pounced on him and they were kissing passionately before they even hit the bed. They rolled to the center and Ventress sat up, straddling him. She was panting slightly from the exertion and said, "This is a night to remember." Bane grinned and flicked the black curtains closed around the bed.
In the dark that the shadows cast, neither of them could see the other. Despite that, they started to kiss again, rolling over and back, thoroughly enjoying each other. Using the force, they ripped each other's clothes to pieces. Bane slid his hands anywhere he could feel and they began to take each other. Every few seconds there was a spark of force lightning as they released energy, years of denying themselves of pleasure. Years of work and killing, pressure and no play. They knew that this was their night and they enjoyed each other. Feeling the others strength and tone they fed off each other. After an hour they began to reach climax, here their conscious minds relinquished control to the subconscious, all of their animal instinct came flowing through their actions. The bed began to rock and objects started hitting the curtains as the two lovers started using the force in their euphoria. Suddenly, they moaned in unison, and the metal poles of the bed bent inward with a shrieking noise and then all was silent.
Bane woke up and saw sunlight filtering through the ragged curtains of his bed. He looked around and saw assorted objects littering the room, he chuckled as he saw the poles of the bed bent inward. He looked to his side and saw Ventress sleeping still, her black hair thrown wildly about her face. She looked serenely calm. Bane stretched a little bit and laid back down under the black sheet. He thought to himself, 'She was right, that was a night to remember.' He woke up again a few minutes later to find himself alone in the bed. He looked around and said, "Ventress, where are you." Ventress came walking out of the bathroom in a bathrobe, her hair wrapped in a towel. She said, "I just got out of the shower and I have something to tell you…" Bane said, "That last night was incredible? I already know." Ventress looked at her hands and then looked back up at him. She said, "It was amazing and I loved every second of it. But that not what I wanted to say." Bane said, "Then what is it. Don't be afraid." Ventress took a deep breath and said, "Well I…I'm pregnant."