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CHAPTER 6 Jedi vs. Siren

Siri was frustrated.

She hadn't heard anything from the padawans or Obi-Wan, and had felt for the last several minutes that she had been going in circles. She felt an urgency in the force, but was unable to pinpoint it. First it felt like Ferus. She called to him in their bond and there was no response. She wanted to get to him, but then she felt something from Healer Dunn. She stopped and turned, then shook her head. She needed to find Vyxn. She was the key and must be stopped. She searched for Obi-Wan with her senses, but didn't feel him. This troubled her immensely. Something was wrong. Everyone seemed to be missing in the force.

"How can this one young woman mess so much with 5 Jedi? Something is not right here! That girl's presence seems to be muddying the force." Siri paused, musing to herself.

"I'll bet she really is some kind of dark side user. Sirenian women are alluring and can be aggressive, but they don't overall attack men and they aren't evil, although other women have thought they were when their men found them irresistible." She chuckled to herself, then stopped and shook her head.

"What is wrong with me? Get a grip, Tachi!"

She shook off the distracting thoughts and ran as she pulled out her comlink. "Obi-Wan!" No answer. She tried Ferus's link. "Ferus! Answer me!" Nothing. "Master Dunn, can you hear me?" Still no response. The comm was deathly silent. Worry flickered inside her.

She suddenly heard a noise in the back of the transport. She stopped and turned her head. It seemed to be coming from the escape pods. What is going on here? "Vyxn!" she muttered to herself.

She picked up her pace and quickly reached the excape pod area. There she found Vyxn with her bag, beginning to open the panel to activate an escape pod.

"What are you doing?" Siri demanded, rushing her and using the force to shove her away from the panel.

Vyxn stumbled back from the force of the push, but quickly recovered and launched herself at Siri, who now stood in front of the panel.

"Get out of my way!" Vyxn shouted desperately, trying to push Siri aside. Siri grunted "No!" Vyxn angrily kicked her leg.

Siri flinched but stubbornly maintained her stance in front of the escape panel. "No! First you tell me what you are doing?"

Fear crossed Vyxn's face then quickly disappeared as she tried again to push Siri aside.

"I have to get out of here!" Her voice had risen to a near panic, which caused Siri some alarm.

"Why? What did you do?" Siri demanded, shoving her back again.

"Wouldn't you like to know!" Vyxn fiercely retorted, getting up from where she had fallen and rushing at her. She angrily flailed at Siri, who was getting frustrated and desperate.

She suddenly thought of Obi-Wan and what Vyxn had done to him. How she had enticed him and caused him to be aroused against his will, threatening the long ago promise they had made to each other when they had chosen the Jedi over their love, to save themselves for each other, to wait and hope for such a time that maybe they could be together. That she might some day be the one woman his body would willingly respond to. She then remembered Obi-Wan's pale, dark rimmed eyes that morning as he confessed what had happened the night before.

Her eyes narrowed as she glared at Vyxn. This - this woman - this - witch, had nearly robbed her of her Obi-Wan and their promise.

Her hand suddenly became a fist as she swung her arm widely, and connected with a hard roundhouse punch into Vyxn's face.

"That's for you, Obi-Wan."

Vyxn cried out as she sprawled on the floor and Siri wasn't disappointed to see blood beginning to drip from her red painted lips. She smirked at the irony.

Vyxn hands went to her mouth, her eyes opened wide as she felt the blood beginning to bead on her cut lip. She screamed in rage, rose to her feet and charged at Siri, trying to head butt her. Siri dodged to the side and then used the force to slam her against the wall. As Vyxn shook her head in a daze, Siri grabbed her around the waist and threw her onto the floor. She landed on top of Vyxn, who kicked and screamed desperately. Siri fought to control Vyxn's flailing arms and legs as she bucked under Siri's weight. Siri heard a clatter hit the floor, and while pinning the squirming Vyxn down with her body, she reached with the other and with the force retrieved the datapad.

She held it up and looked at it. The initials MJD were scrawled on the side. Master Jonas Dunn. Gasping, she glared at Vyxn.

"This is Master Dunn's datapad! How did you get this? Who are you working for?"

Vyxn went still, breathless and angry. She stubbornly pressed her lips into a tight line. Hatred burned in her eyes as she glared back at Siri.

Siri stood and pulled Vyxn up roughly. She pressed her against the wall with the force and her own weight. "You had better start talking. Where did you get this? Who are you working for?"

Vyxn gulped a breath and then sneered. "It doesn't matter now. None of you will be alive much longer anyway."

A chill went through Siri. Then she pressed Vyxn harder agains't the wall, pushing till she cried out.

"Guess what?" Siri snarled at her. "You're not escaping from this ship, so our fate is your fate unless you start talking. Why won't we be alive much longer?"

Vyxn swallowed. She fearfully looked into Siri's eyes. She hadn't lied when she had told Master Kenobi that Siri scared her. She finally crumbled as tears formed in her eyes.

"All right! I don't want to die. Please! I planted an explosive on the ship, in the engine compartment."

Siri pressed her harder still. "How long?" she demanded.

"It was set to go off in 30 minutes to give me time to escape. There is probably about 20 minutes left," she sobbed. "Please! I was only doing what I was told. Don't hurt me."

Siri ignored her and took out her comlink.

"That won't do you any good," Vyxn said softly, her tears drying up. "No one is awake."

"What did you do to them? Where are Anakin and Ferus?"

"In the galley, sleeping off the light toxin I put in their sweetcake. I blew a light toxin into Master Dunn's face which knocked him out and then I took the datapad. They should be coming around before too long."

One name was prominently not mentioned. Obi-Wan.

"And Master Kenobi?" Siri whispered, licking lips that had suddenly gone dry. Then her face twisted as a cold dread hammered it's way into her heart.

Vyxn froze, showing no emotion, then her eyes drifted to the floor as she once again pressed her lips stubbornly closed.

"What about Obi - Master Kenobi?" Siri growled with dangerous intensity, her blue eyes sharp and deadly even as her voice began to quiver with worry. She grasped Vyxn around her throat, pressing her so hard she whimpered in pain. Siri loosened her hold, but only just barely.

Vyxn took a breath and blinked away her fear, then looked at Siri with contempt. Then she smiled ever so sweetly.

"Your precious Obi-Wan should have..how do you Jedi put it? Oh yes, become one with the force by now."

A cry of rage escaped Siri as grief ripped through her chest. She slammed Vyxn into the wall again, then grabbed her lightsaber and held it fiercely against Vyxn's neck. Vyxn's eyes grew large with fear and she gulped. She flinched at the icy blue fire in Siri's eyes.

"Siri...Jedi, remember?"

The memory of Obi-Wan's gentle reprimand only that morning shook her. She kept her hold firm on the now thoroughly frightened girl but closed her eyes for a moment and groaned. She took a deep breath and allowed her fury to dissipate into the force, then opened her eyes and looked at Vyxn's pleading face. With a disgusted grunt Siri hit her with the butt of her lightsaber and knocked her out. She looked at Vyxn's unconscious and crumpled body and wondered if she had overdone it. She really didn't care at the moment and didn't have time to dwell on it anyway.

Anxiety trickled through Siri as she grabbed Vyxn's arms and dragged her to her quarters and tossed her onto her sleep couch. She disabled the inside locking mechanism and started to close the door, but remembered the vent and glanced up at it.

"I don't have time for this!" she huffed.

Siri hurriedly grabbed her lightsaber and touched the corners of the vent cover, sealing it to the wall. She didn't have the time to completely seal it and hoped this would be good enough. It took a couple minutes to finish and Siri bounced impatiently, trying to control herself as thoughts of the time ticking away while an explosive threatened their lives mixed with worry for Obi-Wan rammed at her thoughts. She finally finished and glanced at the still unconscious Vyxn. She turned and ran out of her room, slammed the door closed and locked it from the outside.

"That should hold you," Siri mumbled to herself then turned to run. She only had a few minutes to find and stop the explosive. She wished Anakin were conscious. He was the best person for this kind of thing. Suddenly her comlink beeped.

Relief filled Siri as she grabbed the comlink and answered it.

"Master!" A groggy voice spoke. "Master!"

"Yes, Ferus, it's me. Are you all right?"

"Yeah. I think she knocked us out with sweet cake."

"I know. Ferus, listen..."

Siri heard a moan through the comlink and figured it was Anakin coming around. She grimaced. She and Obi-Wan would have to talk to them later about disobedience.

Obi-Wan! Her heart clenched, and urgency filled her voice as she ran toward the storage unit.

"Listen! Both of you!" she said brusquely. "Shake your heads and get them clear. Vxyn attacked everyone, planted an explosive and tried to escape. I have her locked up now. Ferus, you go see to Master Dunn, see if he has revived yet. Anakin, there is an explosive planted in the engine compartment. Find it and disable it. I'll..."

"Where is my master? I can't feel him." Anakin's groggy but anxious voice came over the comlink.

Siri tried not to let her worry be heard over the comlink. "I'll find him Anakin, you find the explosive. Get moving! You don't have much time!"

She cut the link and ran.

She reached the storage room, glanced at the engine compartment and knew Anakin would be there any moment.

She looked around.

"Obi-Wan!" Her heart nearly stopped at seeing Obi-Wan's pale form lying so deathly still on the floor. She ran to him, fighting back tears that suddenly stung her eyes.

She knelt down, putting her hands against his neck. She gasped and choked back a sob, pleading. "Obi-Wan, please."

Then she felt it. A pulse. Weak, but it was there.

"You're alive!" A flood of emotion - relief, joy, gratitude enveloped her and before she realized what she was doing, her lips met his and she kissed him. Then realization struck - he was alive, but for how long? She had to get help. She stood up and reached for her comlink.

Suddenly dizziness overcame her and the room began to spin. She glanced at Obi-Wan as she fell.

A huttese curse slid from her lips as she blacked out.

TBC