Survival, Dark Times 2

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Trika

We quickly ushered Leia on board first, then Kurt got on...I made sure the coast was clear, then jumped on myself. I immediately headed to the cockpit and started up the engines. The ship wasn't big enough to have a tractor beam, so everything seemed to be in the clear.

"Sorry Olee," I muttered. "Lets get back to Coruscant."

I put the ship at its top speed while we flew away from Jabba's ship. We had to get back and warn everyone else that Olee had been captured, and not by Mona.

Jaster

I looked at the countless bodies of slain men...not even counting the ones that had been killed outside or earlier when we first thought them. "Stupid Jedi," I muttered, turning to watch Olee be frozen in carbonite.

"At least we have one prisoner. And probably the most valuable: A Jedi. Just what Jabba wanted." I commented.

"Fett," a guard said, walking in. "The other three have escaped. A ship just went zooming away."

"Lets get out of here. The NR will be on our tails soon, and we need to bring Jabba his new prize." I ordered.

He nodded, and within minutes, we made the jump to hyperspace.

Marlena

"As much as I dislike Hallon for trying to murder me, I'll go after her." Naos said. "You all are right...she'll probably need our help. We don't have any time to waste, so lets go."

Alsia nodded in agreement. "I'm sending half of security with you," she said, motioning for some of the other officers to join them.

"See you on the other side, hopefully," Naos told us all with a slight nod.

All of them then ran down the hallway to the right.

"Lets keep going," Alsia said to the rest of us.

I nodded in agreement, and we ran down the hallway that was right in front of us. I could hear more Black Sun troops inside, so there was no doubt another encounter coming up, but I knew that we'd get through them.

Get ready, Mona, I thought. This time, I'm coming for you!

Jan

I stayed behind a wall, leaning out occassionally to fire at Black Sun guards. Mona didn't waste any time in stocking up, that was for sure, and I had to be careful...I still had a baby inside of me, Naos's baby, and I couldn't forsake it.

But I'd get to Allison, no matter what, too.

Once there was a brief pause in firing, I jumped out and fired several rounds of shots at the guards. A few more were coming in, but several went down.

Over the roar of the fight, and all of the bolts flying off the walls, I yelled to the other two. "We need to find out where exactly Allison is! Any ideas?!"

[Junk Angel]

Sem

"Yeah not sure what's better right now. The bitch I know, or the jedi who hold me for a criminal. Not that they aren't right of course.
Still finding a way out might not hurt. Do you see any kind of switch or anything? Something to flip and throw the forcefield over. Hell can you even feel some cables in the walls? You were always better at this kind of precise stuff. Find a power cable in the wall and sewer it. And we might get out."

[Rain]

Sone

I leaped over Arthren and shot the man behind her in the shoulder. He spun to the groundin agony. "Please, please!" He pleaded, "Don't kill me. I was just following orders..."

This was the second time one of the Black Sun troops had pleaded with me. I couldn't help but sympathize with them. Afterall most of them likely felt the same as us, disgusted and cheated.

"I'm not going to kill you." I said calmly, grabbing him by the collar, "But you have to tell us where Allison Hallon is being held."

The man nodded frantically. "Y-you go down this corridor, then take the second left. Go along that hall and she is being held at the room at the end. But you'll never make it. There are so many guards."

"We'll see about that." I said, flicking a somewhat needless smile at the other two. "Thanks." I then said, before knocking him out with the back of one of my blaster pistols.

I looked at Jan. "Guess that answers your question."

Uli

We moved at fast pace as we made our way towards this Allison. Daron and Naos were slightly ahead of me, cutting down whoever got in their way.

Eventually we came to a room. This wa slikely where she was being held.

"Should we knock?" Daron joked. Naos and I gave him a look. "What?" He prtested, "Honestly, you guys need-" Daron was cut off as a woman came out of nowhere, and delivered a spinning back kick across his face. He spun, and almost fell, but quickly regained his balance.

"What the-?!" He said as he raised his lightsaber.

"WAIT!" The woman shouted, holding her hands up. "My apologies. I mistook you for one of the Black Sun troops."

"Who are you!" He demanded. One of the few times I had seen Daron be serious about something.

"Does that matter?" She said calmly, "Let's just say under normal circumstances, people like you and me wouldn't get along. We're here to rescue Allison Hallon. As it would appear, so are you."

Two more women came out from behind her, both of them immediately fixed a stare on Naos. The first looked oddly delighted, and the second looked less than happy. She wa sthe one that spoke. "Naos Redgrave... great..."

Serra

We left the other group and continued on. The further we got the easier it got. It just didn't add up. Mona didn't seem to be trying to hard, almost as if she wanted us to rescue Li and Sem. But why would she do that?

I pushed up beside Alsia and Marlena. "We're getting closer..." I said to the pair as I deflected a few blaster bolts with my twin green lightsabers, "And this doesn't seem like much of a challenge. I think somethings up."

Li

I laughed. "Precise kind of stuff?" I glanced at Sem, "I guess I'll take that as a compliment." I glanced around and frowned. "But I'm afriad to tell you there's nothing. Nothing at all. I doubt Mona would be that stupid anyway. But It sounds like our friends are close anyway, we should be out of here in no time."

I slumped down, opting just to wait. After a minute or so, I looked over at Sem again. "Sem... I'm sorry."

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Naos

We had reached the cell that Allison was in, but before we could go inside, a woman had literally attacked Daron. I was ready to go on the defensive, but she seemed to settle down. Two women came in behind her, and my eyes widened when I saw both of them.

"You! Arthren Mall!" I shouted, scowling at her. "You tried to kill me!"

"That was a long time ago," Arthren simply said.

My eyes darted to the other person. "Jan Corcer. You were obsessed with me....you held me at gunpoint at the Jedi Temple and got that insane Sith Lumiya to kill Scout. You also killed Gillespie when you thought that he was Han Solo!" I yelled.

Jan's jaw dropped. "Na-Naos.....you're...here..." she said. She looked to be stunned and amazed.

"Yes, I am, so now luckily we can kill several birds with one stone and take all of you into custody," I snapped out of anger. I didn't like running into them, but it was a good chance to just deal with everything and get it out of the way.

Arthren snarled. "Now listen to me you whiny bastard," she said, coming right up close to me. "If it wasn't for us, you would have no clue that your two Jedi Padawans had been taken in the first place! They could be dead by now or worse if we hadn't stepped in and told the NR. And yes, Allison and I tried to kill you....ages ago. When was that again? Probably a year and a half by now, take or give a month? Maybe even more? And sure, Jan is obsessed with you, but her incident with you was a long time ago as well...time has passed, so get over it."

"How can I trust either of you?" I asked.

"Do we really look like we're here to do something to you or your friends? If we're attacking Black Sun troops, that typically means that we're not on their side." Arthren told me.

"Naos...I...wow, to have you here in front....wait, I need to actually think sanely for once," Jan said outloud, looking up at me. "As much as my obsession with you remains, Naos, we're here for Allison. This isn't the time. Not on this ship."

I heard footsteps in the distance, and seconds later, more Black Sun troops approached, rifles in hand.

"Evidently not." I muttered.

I ignited my lightsaber again and deflected their bolts. The three women seemed to join us as we all fought off more troops...

Marlena

We continued to push forward, fighting yet another group of guards. I sent a few more crashing into the wall with the Force, and used the same technique with my lightsaber that I had used earlier. Alsia and her Security team members took out quite a few with their rifles.

Alsia and I were standing beside each other, fighting, when Serra came up to us. I heard her statement and nodded. "It is strange...there have been alot of guards, and there will probably be more, but Mona would know that we can handle them easily."

"I think there is more to this than we know," Alsia agreed. "I don't even get why Mona kept them on her ship when she could have taken them down to Xizor's Palace, which is much more secure and I'm assuming is down on Tattooine."

[Rain]

Serra

"Yeah, exactly." I said as I Force pushed a few guards into the wall. Just ahead was where the trooper from earlier indicated Li and Sem were being held. "But for all we know Xizor isn't involved in this..."

Uli

The battle erupted once more, and once again I stayed at the back, firing the odd shot and taking down a trooper or two. One of the women, Arthren Mall, had gone deep into the enemy territor yand was taking them out from the back. The rest pushed forward, and in no time at all we were through.

"Simple." Arthren said wit ha nod.

"Look out!" I shouted, as a member of the Black Sun came up behind her with a vibroblade. I fired a single shot from my blaster and he fell. Arthren looked down at him, "Well, well, well... looks like the doc has some hidden talents!"

"Let's go." The woman clad in a purple outfit said. She had still not revealed her name. She ran to the door and blasted it open. "Allison!" She shouted as she ran inside. "Are you OK?"

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Marlena

"These troops look similar to the ones that I saw on Ryloth," I noted, as Wey came up beside me and fired at several more troops. "I'd be surprised if he wasn't involved somehow, but I don't think he's here...this is solely Mona, with only a little assistance from him."

Its horrible...if Mona truly wants us to get to Li and Sem, then she's just throwing lives away uselessly by having us kill these mountains of guards. But at this point, thats not surprising.

Allison

I was lying on a bed...it was a very small bed, and I was only here because some of my wounds had been tended to...or Mona's version of "tended to", anyway. I was still hurt by all those bolts she blasted into me, and all she had someone do was just put a cloth over them. It helped, but they were far from healed.

I had been in and out of consciousness for awhile, mainly awake for the past hour or so. I thought I had heard alot of fighting from the outside, but I thought it was just me dreaming.

Apparently, it wasn't.

I smirked as I saw Jenn rush in...with Jan and Arthren behind her. But behind them was Naos Redgrave, some NR people, and a couple others that I felt like I recognized from a long time ago.

I heard Jenn's question, and nodded with a cough. "Yeah....I'm okay. I've got some bad burns in places thanks to you-know-who, but I'll live."

I looked up at them all. "Wow...all of you came all the way to this part of the ship to get me? Thanks...I'm surprised. Even the man I tried to kill."

"Hey, wait a minute," Jan said, looking to Arthren. "I didn't put it together several minutes ago, but you two tried to kill Naos?!"

"It was before you were in the picture, Jan, and its a long story," Arthren told her. She then approached me. "Glad to see you alive. We were worried."

"I did want to leave you, I'll admit," Naos stated. "But you were an innocent prisoner, and you did us all a major favor by telling us about Li and Sem."

[Rain]

Serra

I nodded. "Yeah I guess you are right." I agreed. I glanced around and noticed we had taken out most of the troops. I then glanced at the door ahead. "You're the captain Fel. You first."

Uli

I rand forward and kneeled beside Allison. She recoiled slightly.

"It's alright." Arthren said holding her hand out, "He's a doctor."

I pulled out a strip of bacta patches from my belt and handed them to Allison. "Here." I said as I handed the mover, "Put these on your burns. They should heal up nicely."

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Marlena

I looked around...all the guards seemed to be down, and Li and Sem's cell door was just ahead. The one person we had not located was Mona. I knew she had to be somewhere around here, considering how we marched through the rest of the ship, and the other team likely would have told us if they had found her.

The other team went to the right....Mona is probably close by, but she still could make an escape. That one troop that we let go ran to the left side of the ship...that would likely be the route she'd use. I need to cut her off.

"I don't know where she is, but I'm going to the most likely area that she'd run to," I whispered. "Just for safe measures."

With that, I turned and ran down another hallway.

Alsia

I watched Marlena leave, then nodded to the others. "Okay, I'm going in," I said.

I wasn't sure if we'd find Mona inside with Li and Sem or not...whatever the case, I had to be ready.

I approached the door, but out of nowhere, Mona walked up to it from another corridor. The door automatically opened, and I could see Li and Sem inside. They were encased in force fields.

"Well, look who we have here," Mona said with a smirk. She was standing in between us and the cell.

I pointed my blaster at her. "Step aside, Mona. We have alot more firepower than you do, so don't act like an idiot. Its over for you. You're under arrest." I told her.

Mona crossed her arms, looking to someone else other than me. I wasn't sure who, but I couldn't risk turning my head to find out. "Come to save your brother, have you, Wey?" she said.

"What?" Wey asked, walking up beside me, blaster in hand.

Mona looked to Li. "Oh, neither of you know, do you? In fact, no one here knows....in that case, if I'm going out, then I may as well do it with one last family relation. Li, Wey Sol here is your adoptive brother."

"What?! You're lying!" Wey yelled.

Mona snorted. "You were adopted, weren't you? How would I know that if it wasn't true? And, if you need proof, just look in the Jedi Archives. They made an oversight."

This time, I turned my head to face Wey. We had all gone in to a state of shock. "Wha-/i]" I began.

Suddenly, however, I felt a hard knock to the head, and yelled out. Mona shoved through me and Wey, knocking us both to the wall, and fired upon the Security members...before any of us could get our bearings, she was out of sight.

Allison

Arthren unstrapped my wrists restraints, and I took them. I put them on my burns, hissing slightly as they made contact with them, but it went away quickly. "Wow, thanks, so the NR even brought a medic," I said with a snort. "How kind...but seriously, thanks."

"Soon, we need to meet up with the other team...I think the guards are gone and everyone else has likely reached Li and Sem," Naos said, glancing outside. "No sign of Mona, though...we do need to find her, but the captives are the most important thing. Allison, think you can walk?"

"Hate to say it, but I'll probably need a little help," I replied.

"We can help you...unless you all plan to immediately head back to your ship," Naos told me, looking to the rest of us.

"Truth be told, I would kind of like to see Mona's body or her in handcuffs before I go," I said.

"Not like we have anywhere to go, anyway...I highly doubt any of us are joining the NR, don't get the wrong idea, but its time to leave the Black Sun behind." Arthren told him.

"I think its time to leave alot of things behind," I murmured, referring to all of this insanity.

[Rain]

Li

"W-what?" I stammered, "What's she talking about? I don't remember anything about my past... I only remember arriving at the Temple with Master Ni...
Uli

"You're here to rescue someone else, right?" The unnamed woman asked.

"Yes." I replied, "Two Padawans."

"Well..." She hesitated, "I have no love for the Jedi or the NR, but you helped Allison. It's only right we help you. Besides, Mona is a common enemy, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

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Wey

Mona had run off and slammed me into the wall, but right now, what she had told me was at the top of my mind. Rubbing my head, I walked into the cell...she had to be lying. She just had to be. It had to be a tactic so she could escape.

"Mona will run into Marlena on the way out...she can handle her and she shot alot of our security team members down anyway...right now we need to get Li and Sem out, and I'm a little curious about what she said." Alsia said, walking in as well.

No. It couldn't be him, could it?

All this time, all these incidents where our lives had somehow come together...he couldn't be him, could he?

"She has to be lying," I said outloud, beginning to pace. "There's no way. She has to be lying."

Allison

Jan nodded. "She's right...we should help you."

"No funny business, please," Naos said, staring mainly at Jan.

Jan slowly nodded.

"Alright, lets get you out of this cell. I'm sure you're sick of it by now," Arthren said, walking over to me and unbuckling the rest of my restraints. Naos motioned for some of the security guards to come help me up.

Lady in Blue

As I darted through the halls, I chuckled. Oh, how glorious it was...just when Li and Sem thought I could do nothing more to them, I revealed a dirty little secret that they'd never know otherwise. Poor Li, the boy was probably reeling more than ever right now.

And it was thanks to me.

I approached a door at the end of a hallway. I punched in a button and it swung open, revealing a slightly larger, round room.

With Marlena inside.

Everything was going more perfectly than I could have even imagined. I had tortured Li and Sem and used them as bait in the process...now, finally, I could deliver my final revenge. The last revenge that I had been just waiting for.

"Hello, Mother," I said to her.

One of us will not survive this day. And no matter which does, I win.

Marlena

I had found a larger room than most...it was not too big, but it was moderately sized. I decided to wait for Mona here...the escape pods were not far off, so I knew that she'd be coming this way if she escaped from the others.

And sure enough, she did.

"Hello, Mother," she told me.

I narrowed my eyes at her, removing my lightsaber. I tried to keep control of myself...I still had some fear inside of me, but it was time to push that aside for now, or she would beat me. I couldn't show that I was disturbed.

"So, you escaped," I simply said.

Mona removed two twin blades. "Yes, yes I did...lets just say that one of those kids is going to be effected for a long time by what I did. And when one is effected, the other is...I'm finished with them."

She came at me, and I ignited my lightsaber, throwing it up in a defensive stance.

"Lets end this," she growled.

[Rain]

Uli

"Here, let me." I said, nudging in front of one of the security officers, "You guys need to be able to fight. I stick to the back anyway, so I can help her."

I heard a sigh, and looked up at Arthren. "What is it about doctors? They always have to lend a helping hand."

"Well it is in the job description." I retorted, "Besides, why would you complain under the circumstances?"

"True." She snorted. "Now let's get going!"

Li

I really had no clue what was going on whatsoever. "Look, could someone please tell me what she was talking about, because right now I can't even think straight!"

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Naos

I nodded as Uli helped Allison along, and I turned to the door. I glanced out into the hallway, and the coast seemed to be clear. Motioning for the group to follow me, I began to move along the corridors, watching out for anything...

Wey

I stopped as I heard Li plead for some clue as to whats going on. I looked directly at him...I walked right up to the force field that he was in. I looked at his face...the features he had. His eyes, his mouth....

My jaw dropped. "It...it really is you."

"Okay, Wey, what is going on?" Alsia asked from behind me.

"She's right. Mona was right."

Marlena

I blocked off her first attack, and swerved to the side. I took a strike at her, but this time, she was the one to block it off. I could have used my Force powers, but they had been exhausted after using them on so many of the guards, and I didn't have the power that Jedi Masters did.

I slashed at her again, this time my saber grazing her shoulder. She grunted, and I saw the burn mark, but she didn't let it get her down. She leaned down and cut through the cloth over my stomach, scraping it in the process.

I flipped backwards, and once I landed, she came at me again. I yanked my lightsaber up once again, and blocked off the attack. Our weapons locked for a moment.

"So, did you just use Li and Sem as some kind of bait, Mona? To bring me here?" I asked, clenching my teeth.

"Not exactly...I needed to make them pay for what they had done to me, and I did...but at the same time, they made a great trap for you. I'm taking out my last enemies all in one day." Mona replied, grinning at me as she pulled back.

"I think not," I retorted. I swung my lightsaber at her again, this time singing her arm.

She launched forward, swinging her swords towards me. However, as she did so, I leaned forward and slammed my elbow down into her arm. She groaned, hitting me with her knee as she fell backwards.

I stumbled back myself, but prepared to attack again.

[Rain]

Li

Wey came right up to the forcefield and looked at me. Then started blabbering hysterically again. It was really me apparently. My confusion only grew, and it was pointless to try and comprehend the situation. I was completely in the dark.

"Look for kriffs sake, would someone please tell me what the kriffing friff is going on!!" I shouted. It seemed like everyone was ignoring me, "And, if you haven't noticed, Sem and I are still locked up!"

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Wey

"Yeah, uh, we do need to get them out of there....but we need a console to do it with." Alsia said, looking around. She spotted an area that looked like a console was once there, but now removed. "What the hell? Is Mona really so insane that she ripped a console right off the floor? Didn't know she had that kind of strength...but that console probably controlled your force fields. We're going to have to hack into them manually."

I continued to look at Li...stare at him.

My brother.

"I think you deserve an explanation," I finally told him. "But its not going to be a nice one."

Marlena

I charged forward, lightsaber pointing straight ahead, and tried to hit her again. However, she blocked me, and used her swords to push my lightsaber to the side. Afterwards, one of her fists came towards me, even though it was still clutching a blade.

I immediately jumped out of the way, taking my lightsaber with me, and used one of the lessons I had learned to my advantage. Mona had missed me, which meant she had used more energy...I attacked again, and this time, she couldn't avoid it.

I ripped through some of the clothes on her back, and my lightsaber gave her a large scrape on her back. Mona whirled around, the fury apparent in her eyes, and ran towards me as fast as she could.

I didn't get out of the way fast enough. Her sword cut through my cheek, and I yelled out...I could feel some blood, but I knew that I had to ignore it. She took another strike, cutting through my arm.

Finally, I looked towards her and used my lightsaber to cut off yet another offensive manuever.

"You've been training, Mother, I can tell," Mona told me, smirking again. "Our previous encounters were either so short or just so pitiful...you're holding up a little better. But it won't be enough, bitch."

"We'll see." I simply said.

The duel continued.

[Rain]

Li

"Take a look at where we are Wey." I said, in a somewhat Sem-like tone of voice. "I have no clue whats going on so please, explain."