Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:33 pm by Lunak'yyx'aele
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*He had anticipated her every move. She prided herself on her unpredictability, but around him, it was as though she were following a script.
When he pulled her to him, she swung. He caught her fist, and she tensed to bring up her knee between them, but her legs suddenly felt too weak and useless to execute. Her face softened, and the hand suspended by his grip on her wrist uncurled. Her breathing was uneven, and she trembled despite the heat; with the audacity, with the sudden rush of adrenaline that went unspent, or something else that she was turning a blind eye to?*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
[quote="Bonmi-Ki-Skeel":1x2kvb3i]"Look here beautiful, killing them out of anger or hate solves nothing. For one they'll just send more, and two if we want to better them; we're going to have to frustrate them into making a mistake. We have a better chance of surviving that way then just facing them head on."[/quote:1x2kvb3i]
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*She snarled through her teeth.*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
"What do I care for getting the better of anyone? You might have appealed to any other Sith with your talk of win or lose, but ambition has never been MY code. I just want to kill them."
[color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i][i:1x2kvb3i]*It was strange that her hatred would flare at the talk of her own kind's drive, stranger still that she would unwittingly reveal her own lack of purpose. But she couldn't control her thoughts or her emotions when he touched her. She could...somehow...feel him more strongly, and it conflicted with herself, creating an intense pain within her that she thought she had long ago grown numb to.*[/i:1x2kvb3i][/color:1x2kvb3i]
[quote="Bonmi-Ki-Skeel":1x2kvb3i]"I can also sense that you want to hurt me to prove me wrong,"[color=#FFFF00:1x2kvb3i]*Bonmi puts her hand on his chest.*[/color:1x2kvb3i]so do it. Even if you disrupt my inner-peace, it'll come right back. The Baran Do taught me how to transcend the pain of the physical body and replace it with peace of mind. Salvation lies within and not without. Even these lizards can be redeemed. All you have to do is ask. If I have to sacrifice myself to prove it I will. If I have to die to save you,[i:1x2kvb3i] I will[/i:1x2kvb3i]. Because I believe in you and you know I mean it even if you say otherwise. I won't let you down, you've endure that pain long enough." [/quote:1x2kvb3i]
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*She stared at the hand against his chest, felt the pulse of his heart, and considered, for a moment, in indulging in the sadism that had ruled her adult life. But she jerked her hand away and distanced herself.*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
"Worry about saving yourself, Jedi, not of lizards or of Chiss."
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*It wouldn't be satisfying, she thought. Bonmi didn't have to tell her, she already knew that causing bodily injury would be tolerable for him. He was a Jedi. She knew what it was to be one, once upon a time. Besides, she couldn't be chained to a cripple for the duration of this hunt. There were plenty of reasons for her to not enjoy the idea of harming the Cerean.
When they bowed their heads to enter the cave's small opening, Kyyx was still being haunted by his words. He can feel the good in me? What does that mean? Distracted, she rapped her head against a low overhang of rock and cursed sharply.
She rubbed the bruise and was forced to sit when Bonmi did. The stone hollow was deep and the walls thick, but the air was still, suggesting there was no cavern beyond. Just a hole in the rock formation. It would be a challenge to detect their warmth beyond the limestone.*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
[quote="Bonmi-Ki-Skeel":1x2kvb3i]"Go ahead and get some sleep, I'll take the first watch."[/quote:1x2kvb3i]
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*She made a sort of scoffing sound in response, then lifted her unchained hand, her expression suddenly, remarkably, serene. A large boulder embedded within the cave wall vibrated loose, dust and pebbles falling free from its edges. The boulder levitated to the mouth of the cave, then fell into place, blocking both the entrance and any light that had been filtering in, pitching them into near darkness.
The red glow of her eyes turned to the Jedi, then narrowed as her lips curled with a sinister smile.*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
"They'll have to make considerable noise to get in here, now."
[i:1x2kvb3i][color=#BFBFFF:1x2kvb3i]*Then the smile faded as her eyes flickered, and turned away.*[/color:1x2kvb3i][/i:1x2kvb3i]
"I don't sleep much since I lost my name...and became Darth Laele."