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(3.10) Allies of Enemies
Allies of Enemies
Star Adder
The scene in the Galley was a calm one while the ship speeds its way towards its destination. Sitting on the deck in the far corner of the Galley, Urias sits cross legged in a mediation position. Annie and Falynn sit across each other at a metal table. Annie smiled as she looked up from her coffee, “You know if Mar, Steven and Sinya were here, things would be so much more entertaining. Steven always knew how to make the best of things. I really like him. Remember how Mar would say something super smart and Sinya would look like she was lost in space!” She looked across the table at Falynn who Laughed back.
“Yeah, remember how Steven and Aral would get in to it, then spent the rest of the mission making out!” The two women continued to laugh as they each took drinks of their coffee. When Annie heard that Falynn and Urias were coming aboard she was excited to see her old friends. It had been so long since they all worked together. It had been so long since Annie had any friends around. Aral makes sure to keep all those who might hurt them away.
Annie's laughter slowed down and than came to a stop. She looked down with sadness, 'so long since that night' she thought with sadness. “Aral loved him so much, Fay. When the Puppet Master murdered him, then, well, you know, that night happened.” Annie explained then added, “She just has never been right since.”
Falynn looked down in sadness, “Annie, I tried” she said with tears in her eyes. “You don't know how much I tried to keep my word.” Falynn's eyes never left her own coffee as she remembered the events of that night so long ago.
“Mommy, I am tired, can I go sleep now?” the little boy said softly as he pulled on Falynn's robs. He looked puzzled at her face, “Mommy are you okay?”
She turned to her son and smiled, “Yes my son, mommy is fine. Just remembering a time a life time ago.” she said softly touching his face. Falynn had taken so much effort to make sure that no one knew she was pregnant. She enlisted the help of Master Yoda to make sure that no force user could ever find out she had a child. The cost on her emotions were tremendous that day she left him behind at the orphanage. There were days during the first year she wanted so bad to go back and get her son, but she knew that the Puppet Master and Rose would not stop at anything to find the Son of Urias, if they knew of him. Master Yoda promised that her son would be safe and he was. That was in till Yoda was murdered by Republic soldiers on Dagobah and Urias broke out of a super max prison.
The day he was convicted of those trumped up charges, he made her promise never to visit him. Forget about him and let him die in her heart. She couldn't do the later, but she did her best to reframe from visiting. She heard about his break out when a group of Hunters found her on her homeworld of Abregado-rae. They questioned her for hours on end about the man she loved. Asking her all kind of things like, how did Urias get his lightsabers back or did she knew where he would go once he broke out. She answered truthfully but really had nothing to help them with. She knew that they did not believed her, but she didn't care. The man she loved so much was in need of her once more and she felt it. For nearly two weeks they questioned her, and then they were dead just like that. Two days ago, Urias found her and told her that their child was in danger. She didn't have to ask, she knew that he had killed the Hunter team that had been watching and questioning her. What did surprise her was that he made that comment because she never told him about his child. There was no way he could have known, she made sure of it. Just like Urias, he dropped the other shoe on her, he had already gotten her son from the orphanage where he was hidden at. 'How did he know' she questioned in her thoughts.
She turned to Annie, “Where can he sleep Annie” she asked softly as she rested her hand on her son's shoulder.
Annie smiled, “Here let my man show you the way” she said motioned for the droid to step forward. She always loved the voice but without the face, it just didn't have the same affect on her. “Please take our guest to the VIP Quarters, Love.”
She smiled as the metal Ogon stepped forward, “right this way, Ma'am” the droid version of Ogon said in his own voice but with a hard western accent. She spent more time on building him than she had spent on any other of her droids. It was prefect right down to, well, what made her love him. From head to toe she made sure ever detail was prefect. Even with fur across its body. Than she added a cowboy hat, duster, jeans and spurs to finish the western look she loved. She placed a pair of look a like six shooter blasters on his side. She smiled as she watched the droid walk away leading Falynn and her son away. She broke her gaze as she saw Falynn look back.
Falynn smiled at her old friend and knew what she was thinking, “one day you are going to have to just give up the droids and fall in love like the rest of us.”
“Oh sure, Love!” she said playfully, “yeah like it has worked out so well for everyone else, RIGHT!”
Falynn only smiled back as she picked up her son and followed the droid Ogon out. Annie smiled as she waved at the little boy who waved back at her. 'I want kids' she thought for a moment then dismissed the thought. Annie knew that her life could never allow for children. She was not free like Falynn was. She was still a wanted runaway within the Hutt's Syndicate, which meant she could never have a normal life. She was far too valuable to HIM and as long as he was alive, she could never truly be free from the Syndicate. Despite Aral's best efforts to kill him, he managed to avoid just dying like a good little Hutt should. Her smile now completely gone as she looked back down in to her coffee, “If Steven was here, he would say something to cheer me up and make me laugh.”
A few moments later Falynn returned to the galley. Her eyes fell on to the man she would cross the galaxy for, she saw Urias meditating in a corner. He had been there for the past day and a half just focusing and meditating. She was worried about him and his mental state. He seems more determined than ever to find and kill Rose. 'Had she found out about our son? Was that the reason why he broke out?' she thought as questions continued to fill her mind over the change of events that had ocurred. She had only seem him like this once before. During that time he was known as, 'Chun the Conquerer.' She sighed softly, 'had he fallen back to the dark side again?' she thought as she tried to see his aura. She ceased her attempt when she saw him actively blocking her. 'What are you hiding, my love' she thought as she looked down and slid back in to her chair across from Annie. She could see the expression on Annie's face, “He has allot on his mind and in his heart.” Her attempt to conceal her emotions and fear for Urias were futile. Annie knew her much better than that.
Annie turned to look at Urias still meditating, “Sister, he has always been a big ball of grumpiness, rage and power all bottled up inside of one hell of a good looking man” she said. “Mmmmm, and what a HELL of a man he is, still!” she expressed licking her lips. Falynn just laughed as she watched Annie turn back towards her. Urias had always been an object of their affection. His soft accent that could melt any women's heart and those eyes that could cut right to her soul. He was the super weapon of landing a woman and they both knew it. “You know, I still have those videos that Steven and Rose made of Sinya and him” she said softly with a grin on her face.
Falynn leaned forward over her coffee with surprise, “You still have those? Oh my god!” She remembered when Steven and Rose created those fake pornos of Sinya and Urias. Well more of Sinya than Urias. Urias never did have a sense of humor and never took kindly to things like that. Yet it was those videos that lunched Sinya's career as a Holo Porn Star. The running joke among them had always been which of her videos were real and which were fake. When they did finally surface, Sinya was so upset over them that she hardly talked to Steven and the rest for nearly a month. Not that Falynn could blame her, there were some fifty films made of her and released. Falynn looked around, “You know if Sinya was here now, she would say something like, 'I'm not amused'” she said puffing out her chest and acting upset. The two just laughed at the memory of their fallen friend.
Annie nodded, “Yes and then she would try to get it back. We used to play keep away from her so many times” the two continued to laugh at the flood of pleasant memories. “Sure I know their fake, but damn they're so well made. Its nearly impossible to tell they were fake, if you knew they were fake in the first place” Annie explained as she pulled out a small holochip. “I have a few right here.”
The door to the galley hissed open as Aral walked in to the galley. It was clear by the look in her eyes that she was not at all happy with the current situation, “I want you to know, once this is over Urias, we are even. I don't owe you a damn thing any more!” She said with a raised voice while walking up to him. When he didn't reply she softly kicked him, “did you hear me?”
“When this is over, I guess I will no longer have any reason not to kill you.” he said never opening his eyes, “So don't cross my path once this is over and you can live a long and unhealthy life, Aral” he calmly commented. He never broke his meditation as he only focused on the future and what it held for them all.
Aral looked down at the Jedi Weapon's Master before her. She knew all too well that fighting him would be pointless. He could easily make short work of her, like he had already done two times before. The last time they cross blades, he nearly killed her had it not been for Falynn. She was not about to push her luck any further than she already has. She turned and walked away from him while she said, “You better just remember that Urias! Nothing” She walked over to a food dispenser and drew out a sandwich and a drink. She looked at Annie and Falynn who were watching her. “What are you two looking at” she snapped at them. Annie just looked back to her coffee and mouthed to Falynn to leave her be.
She saw the message but was not about to let it go, Falynn got up with a smile, “Aral please join us.” She never liked the edginess of the group, then or now. She wanted to try to help them to get along.
Aral glared at her, “are you kidding me?”
Falynn walked over to Aral as Annie whispered, “that woman can never leave well enough alone.”
Aral didn't hear what was said but knew her sister said something. “WHAT DID YOU SAY” Aral snapped at her sister.
Annie got up, “Oh look at the time!” she said looking at her watch, “I have to go do something very technical.” She added as she walked out of the galley.
Falynn gazed over her shoulder watching Annie leave. Her eyes turned back to Aral, “look I have been meaning to talk to you anyway Aral.” She started to explain but was cut off by Aral.
“You would have noting I would want to hear, Fay” she snapped and tried to push past Falynn. Aral was not stupid, she knew that Urias would easily be cut her down if she tried to strike Falynn. Despite her anger for her, Aral knew she had to keep her cool. “You are a murder and nothing more.”
Falynnn didn't know what she was doing, she was just fallowing her heart. Falynn knew that Aral was dangerous but she needed to have this conversation. She had to tell Aral what she had been trying to tell her since that horrible night. “Aral....” was all she was able to get out as she put her hand on Aral's shoulder to stop her.
Once Aral felt Falynn's hand her shoulder, she snapped. Spinning drawing out her lightsaber, she was going to strike Falynn down once and for all. Well that was the plan, at least. The swing of lightsabers caught Aral and Falynn completely off guard. Urias moved so fast that he was able to block Aral's attack and then disarm her in his next action like they were both standing still. Aral tried to stop him but he was too fast, too powerful. As he lifted up his hand towards her, she was lifted off the ground while he drew up the Force and choked her through some invisible hand. Aral's eyes grew in size as she was lifted even higher. Urias needed a ship, not Aral. And he was about done with her already. His eyes were focused on her eyes as she fought for breath. He watched as she struggled to free herself from the choking grip about her neck that held her in the air. The emotions in his eyes were simple for her to read, 'DIE!'
“LET HER GO!” Falynn yelled grabbing at Urias' arm and breaking his focus on Aral. She forced him to let her go, Aral fell to the deck gasping for breath once the hold was broken. Falynn knelt next to Aral check to make sure she was okay. She shook her head while looking at Aral, 'this has to end, now.'
“Get out!” she demanded of him. He looked at her with surprise on her face. But before he could comment she thrust her arm showing him the direction of the door. Her long brown hair flipping in the air as her head snapped in his direction of the door while she repeated loudly, “Urias, get out.”
Urias looked confused and took a step towards the door, then stopped. He was going to say something but Falynn just pointed at the door once more as her head turned back towards Aral. Falynn waited for the door to close behind him while she looked over and saw Aral's lightsaber on the floor. She used the force to bring it spinning to her waiting hand, “All you are is anger and rage. You hate me for what happened. FINE” she said to Aral while she recovered from Urias' attack. “You want revenge” she said half helping half pulling Aral to her feet. “Here take it. I am sick of being YOUR reason for your rage and anger.”
Aral was not sure if she was hearing things right or if her head was clear enough to understand what was happening. She looked in to Falynn's eyes and saw anger deep within them. What happened next surprised the crap right out of her. Falynn took her lightsaber and slapped it in her hand. Falynn directed the weapon in between her breast, “You want your revenge, take it now!” As she held the lightsabers in Aral's hand and ensured that the weapon was on mark with her own heart.
Aral just starred at the lightsaber and closed her eyes. The sound of it activating and the sound of Falynn being killed filled the galley. Aral felt Falynn's hands fall away from her own as she slipped to the ground. The sound of the body hitting the floor echoed in galley. Aral opened her yes and relished in the death of the woman that had killed her father so long ago. She had her revenge and it was over. She looked down that the body and felt nothing different. She tilted her head to the side and wondered why she didn't feel any satisfaction from the killing. She looked at the activated lightsaber and knew that Falynn was dead in that moment. And the feeling of satisfaction simply was not in her heart or mind.
Aral opened her eyes as she finished envisioning the killing of Falynn. Falynn's eyes were just closed waiting for the end to come. It was something that Aral had wanted for all these years and here it was in front of her. From the distance she heard the holocron activate. “Yes, feel your anger, let it flow and control your blade. Strike her down and complete your path to the dark side!” Aral and Falynn both looked at the holocron of the sith Master long dead speaking to Aral. Both turned and looked back in to each other's eyes.
Aral thought hard about what was happening. Then the voice echoed again in her mind, 'Feel your anger, let it flow and control your blade.' She thought for a moment, 'why let it control me and my actions. Always letting it control me and my actions. Feeding on me. Wait....' She pushed Falynn away as she turned to the Sith teacher, “That's what you have been holding back from me” she yelled while taking a step toward the hologram of the teacher. “All this time you have taught me to feed my anger and let it loss. The truth is that anger is a powerful emotion that I can control and I can feed from it.” It was clear by the reaction of the teacher it was not ready for this.
“All this time I knew you were holding back.” she lifted the holocron with her force powers and brought it to the center of the galley. “I now know all I need to learn from you teacher!” she said as she started to crush the holocron, “I told you this day would come and here it is”
The hologram teacher shuttered as the device that controlled it was being crushed, “Nooooooo” as it vanished under a shower of sparks from the smashed holocron.
Aral released the smashed holocron as the pieces fell about the deck. She turned to Falynn, “I was there that night. I know what happened, all this time I always knew what had happened.” she explained then continued, “I know that you had stopped and begged him to give up. I know that he throw himself on her blade.” she looked down at her lightsaber and sighed as she examined it, “I forgive you.”
Falynn smiled a bit as she heard those words. She had tried so hard to get Joff to surrender peacefully. It was Aral who told her where to find her father with Falynn's promise to bring him in alive. She never wanted him to die but he had to be stopped, he was out of control and they had orders to bring him down. She looked down, “Thank you” was all she could think to say. She moved to hug her long time friend.
Aral put her hand up blocking Falynn, while turning her head to face her causing her long red hair to flow behind her head, “Hold on, I forgive you. But don't get uppity on me, Fay. I am still not coming back to the light side.” she said coldly and then added, “I have forgiven you for his death. But I am not going to serve the light side now.” She stepped back and looked deep in to Falynn's eyes, “We both knew that I was never a lightsider since the beginning.”
Falynn nodded as she looked down in sadness. It was true, since day one when they were one of the best Hunter teams the Order ever had, Aral was also teetering on that line between light and dark. So many times she walked back and forth between to two sides. She might be a darksider, but she had her sister back, and that is all that mattered to Falynn. She wanted to save Aral, but knew that that time might come later. For now, she could feel much of Aral's anger subside. For that Falynn was grateful. “Thank you Aral” she said once more as she moved to let Aral leave. Falynn watched as Aral walked out the door and saw a very nervous Urias watching closely with both his lightsabers in hand.
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