(Chiss-napped)

I came to what must have been hours later, I could feel the electrical burns running along my spine. At first everything was blurry, I couldn't make out shapes or faces and it would be a couple minutes before my sight fully returned, but I could hear voices, one I recognized as the Chiss woman who captured me, and the other sounded familiar, yet distorted, I knew I'd heard it somewhere but I couldn't tell who it was.

"You let the Trandoshan escape!" the voice berated the Chiss.

"I had my hands full with our Zabrak friend over there," the Chiss replied.

I couldn't make out the next couple of words as a loud clanking noise sounded from overhead, it sounded like someone had dropped several large metallic sheets on top of each other, but it didn't concern my captors as they kept on chatting.

"His vision was clear, we will fail if we don't have the Trandoshan, fix it Li'Rinna!" with that the other person left the room rather hurriedly.

"So your name is Li'Rinna." I said as my eyesight returned, I had no idea where I was but the décor, ruins, and well placed obelisks made me guess I was in the basement of the old Jedi temple. My hands were inside electronic cuffs that had me suspended a few inches above the ground connected to an energy field that cut me off from the force, only the faint blue light of energy that connected the cuffs to the field allowed me to see what was around me.

Li'Rinna turned and pouted her lips, apparently she didn't like that I knew her name, and she slowly strutted over and began to wave her finger at me in a chiding manner, "Bad things happen to eavesdroppers Kradok," she smirked.

"How do you know my name?" I certainly didn't tell her.

She slowly began to run her hands up and down my chest, "Let's just say I can be very," she paused as she smiled and ran her tongue over her top front teeth, then she ripped my shirt right down the middle and put her cold hands on my skin, "Persuasive."

I didn't want to think about what she was capable of doing to me so I had to shut her down, fast, "You have no power over me," she looked up mischievously as before she looked like she was about to continue, I needed to seriously insult this woman, "In fact I find you repulsive!" I could feel the venom in my voice, what I said wasn't true, but I doubted simply telling her she wasn't my type would've sufficed.

Li'Rinna pulled away, her face contorted with hurt and rage and she slapped across the face with all her might, "That wasn't a very nice," she seemed to be barely holding onto her icy seductress façade, "but I'll forgive you," she said as she leaned in putting her lips next to my ear, "If you tell me where your Trandoshan friend is."

"I'll tell you," I said softly into her ear as if it was some dark secret between us, "He's going to hunt you down like the animal you are!" and then I spat into her face.

Li'Rinna pulled back her dark red eyes had become malicious voids of hate and she screamed as she grabbed my head with both hands yanking it back by my hair, "I tried being nice, but you don't want nice, so now I'll be mean," She screamed until she got to those lost words and then she looked at me her face perfectly relaxed as she whispered, "it's time for your punishment," as she pulled out a small vibroknife and put it against my cheek, "don't worry I just going to cut that pretty little face," her soft voice became loud and enraged, "To pieces!"

I felt the searing pain as she began to cut into my cheek I screamed out as loud as I could but somehow I felt her laughter was far louder. Then from the corner of my eye I saw Rarsk drop down on all fours next to Li'Rinna and he quickly pulled his saberstaff off his back and knocked her off of me as he stood up and took on a guard stance between us, Li'Rinna recovered quickly and dropped into her echani stance but before she could use her skills on Rarsk she was force pushed into a wall. Then, Master Denai dropped down as well; Li'Rinna seeing she was outmatched cast a final furious glance at me and disappeared down a corridor.

Rarsk broke my force restraints and I fell over his shoulder, he set me down on the floor and began to wipe the blood from my cheek, it stung. I could barely move thanks to the burns along my spinal column, Master Denai bent over to make sure I was alright, I could see the concern I her eyes and Rarsk's as they watched me lying there, practically lifeless. Rarsk turned me over and removed what was left of my shirt and pointed out my injuries, he must have seen me get attacked from behind, and Master Denai began to slowly heal my wounds.

"How did you guys find me?" I managed to ask as Rarsk pulled turned me back over and let my back rest against his chest, I think they were afraid to move me.

"Rarsk followed your trail," Master Denai began, as she ran her hands through my hair, "he was hiding at the spaceport waiting for me to arrive, he told me everything and that you and Areeva were captured," she began to heal the cut Li'Rinna left on my cheek, it would leave a scar, "I'm just glad we got to you in time."

"Where's Areeva?" she had become one of my best friends I just hoped Li'Rinna hadn't gone to her first.

"Rarsk have Twi-lek's scent, Areeva not far," his gargles had become very reassuring to me since we first met, it was hard to believe it was only a few days ago.

"Areeva's a strong girl Kradok, she'll be alright a little while longer," Denai said as she and Rarsk slowly pulled me to my feet, I could barely stand, I had one arm over Rarsk's shoulder, my wait was nothing for him, "and I think we should get you out of here."

"Jedi right, Kradok in no condition to hunt," that was the first time Rarsk used my name instead of calling me small-hunter, it was comforting.

"Are you sure you'll be able to save her?" I wanted to object but I figured I'd be more hindrance than help.

"Sweet Kradok, you've had such a hard life here lately," Denai put her hand on my shoulder, her touch was soft and gentle, "I swore to myself after I met you I would never let anything like what happened to you happen again, alas the force had other plans," she sort of half-laughed as tears began forming behind her eyes, "I wanted to train you, teach, show you the ways of the force, and I feel like I've been cheated out of all those experiences," she wasn't crying but all the same tears ran from her eyes even though her voice was almost calm, "please don't risk your life here, If you were to die I…" she trailed off as she was being overcome with emotion, "I will have failed as a Jedi, please don't do that to me," she pleaded with me.

"…Alright, I'll go," what else could I say after that?

"Thank you Kradok," she gave me one final hug before she ran off to search for Areeva, "I'll meet you at the senate tower, may the force protect you," and with that she was gone.

"Come Kradok, Rarsk show you way out," he gargled as I limped along with him down the corridors, my arm wrapped around his neck, sometimes he seemed to be dragging me more than me moving with him.

We came around a corner into the central room of the Jedi temple, Rarsk stopped, and we could both sense we weren't alone. Abruptly the lights came on and we stood surrounded by the shadow warriors from before. Suddenly, I was force pulled away from Rarsk all the way up onto the balcony where I landed with a thud, I gazed up to see Li'Rinna strutting towards me, her eyes aglow with devious mischief.

"Did you really think I'd let you skip out on our game," She said as she pouted those big lips of hers and rather sinisterly she did that whispering thing she's so fond of, "I'm just getting started."

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