Présentez le loup (CLOSED)

[Vega Van Derveld]

OOC - Closed representation of an event of Vegas life which takes place after his battle with AmazonBabe and her padawan.

Night in the lost woods of Figaro Favoura IV was here, dark and foreboding with a hint of fear in the air. Woodland creatures retreated to the homes hastily as the moon rose from the horizon, sending jagged spine shadows over the mossy ground.
An owl hooted loudly, once, twice, and again, sending a shrill noise throughout the whole of the forest.

The moon reaching its highest in the sky would signal the beginning of the ritual, and the performers of it were eager to begin the ceremony. In a clearing, shrouded only by the heavy mist of the asteroid and a cluster of pines, they were stood. Only 2 of them, but you would get the idea from looking at them that 2 would be enough.

A smouldering fire sent whisps of smoke into the air around them whilst the bright flames licked viciously like forked tongues the area surrounding them. The heat mixed with the atmosphere of the plain to create a wandering cloud of hazy steam, which twisted its way violently around the two beings present.

The taller of the two suddenly threw his right hand into the air, shocking a flock of crows and sending them pluming into the air. He then brought his other hand to the same place before ducking closer to the fire, a maniacal grin spreading over his pale face.

The shorter, now distinguished as a woman paced past the male around to the other side of the fire, and on getting there, began to regard the full moon with a lustful gaze.

"Ni mori, Laktani…" growled the male in a voice which did not suit his physical appearance at all.

The woman, Laktani merely adjusted her gaze to the flames and became almost immediately enthralled by the dancing wonder of the elements. Her deep, emerald eyes glinted on occasion when the fire would rise almost as if to challenge her. Yet the pale eyes of the male did not glint, or sparkle, or even look a live. The hollow, glazed look in them, surrounded by the pale white skin gave him a very unpleasant air about him, and this was clear as the woman tended not to look at him.

"Pretty, aren’t they?" she whispered as her hand gingerly ventured towards the flames. The male snarled and swept his hand forward causing a displacement in the air, and sending the fire towards Laktani.

"They’re so hot. But they’re pretty.. Don’t you think, Mort?"

Mort rose to his full height and gave Laktani a regal looking glare whilst removing some ashes from a pouch at his hip. He sprinkled the tarnished wood almost leisurely, glancing every few minutes, seconds even, at the rising moon.

"Will he be here soon?" said Laktani. There was no answer. "…I’m very tired."

Mort paused in mid-action and smirked coyly at her.

"Is it so impossible for thou to be silent, my kin?"
His words settled her for some reason, allowing Mort to continue with his ‘duty’.

[Vega Van Derveld]

Mort finished scattering the final ashes and placed the cloth satchel at his feet, careful as not to burn it.

He knelt close to the fire, the warmth of it’s embers sending a tingle through his finger tips and causing the hairs on the backs of his hands to stand on end. Her tilted his head in towards the blaze and rank curtain of silver hair fell into his eyes, shading his view.

He could hear his fellows calling to him from the woods around them, and he was not the only one. Laktani twitched subconsciously on frequent occasions when the howl of a beast would echo across the land. Mort felt a darkened urge growing beneath his skin, surging through his every pore as the sent of blood caught his attention.

Laktani dripped 5 drops from her fingertip into the fire, pricking the skin lightly with a pin. The drops seemed to take an eternity to fall and were watched incredibly observantly by Mort. He whispered hoarsely, his eyes closing slowly.

Venez à nous, viennent à nous Gavourden, et apportent avec vous la puissance de la bête foncée, du loup de la nuit, de l'alpha et du sigma, Gavourden.

Laktani non-chaotically almost echoed his words, her voice soft and her mind away on other matters. In an obvious attempt to disperse her phase, Mort snapped forward, his eyes leering through the dancing patterns of the flames like balls of burning energy.

Laktani. Le sillage vous-même, vous dupez! C'est un événement important et il les la plupart disparaissent car Gavourden le souhaiterait à. Guidez votre esprit sur la transformation, pas sur... les JOLIS paterns des flammes!

Her eyes seemed to suddenly sharpen, and her gaze fixed with his. He nodded approvingly to her as she reached of a hand, passing it around the edge of the flames. His hand guided itself towards hers, their fingertips meeting just above the display of fire below.

La mort et sort malheureux, flamme et feu, nuit et nocturnal. Élévation, comme la lune, la bête chez Vega.

The fire seemed to rise as his words concluded, the atmosphere in the area becoming more and more tense by the second.

[Vega Van Derveld]

A violent crackle of lightening thrashed down into an already fragile tree, toppling it towards Vega. He easily dodged an encounter with it by sprinting forward through the undergrowth, the canopy above him fluming what seemed like gallons of water down onto his robes.

The cloth clung close to his body and irrated him so much that he threw the abhored cloak to the side, leaving him only wearing his usual uniform. He flicked the collar of his flight jacket up to guard his neck as he continued to walk.

(Awfully silent here in the forest. Only the noise of the rain sloshing around and..)

A cold shiver ran up his back followed back the suprising appearance of a flame infront of him. He jumped back, the knowledge of forest fires immeadiatly resurfacing in his mind.

He span quickly on his heel, heading in the opposite direction at a sprint. Vega unclipped his saber as fast as possible, igniting the yellow blade with swift effectiveness so that it could be used to clear his path.

He drove the hot light into tens of branches, clearing his way before he eventually caught sight of something in the distance. A small camp fire? He skidded to a halt as he left behind the clump of trees and appeared into the out of place grove.

(What the..?)

Mort: Ah, so nice to see that you've finally joined us brother.

A look of horror and disgust struck Vegas face, outlining every feature with an underlying tone of hatred.

Vega: You! You've been starting fir-.. WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!

Mort: Not pleased to see me? Oh dear.

Laktani: My kin.. don't you think the forest is pretty?

A wave of fear ran through Vegas body as he glanced to the side, the eerie face of the moon staring down at him. He knew what was going on. And he didn't like it.

(My time.. is now?)

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega stepped slowly forward and rose his saber to an upper guard. His eyes locked with those of his brother, the reflection of the flames dancing in Morts cyan eyes. Mort moved forward, his face becoming expressionless. There seemed to be a sudden change in the alignment of things, as the moon reached its full height, casting an eminent feeling of foreboding events across the party.

Mort lifted one hand slowly infront of his face, his lank muscular arms pulsing with veins. He fanned his fingers down into a fist as his nails began lengthen, those of Laktani already 3 inches long.

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Mort lept forward towards Vega, causing the Sith to back away a little, still keeping his guard up.[/i]

(Damn..damn..what should I do...)
(Give in to me..)
(Hey! Get out of my head!)

Mort swept his arm in an arc as hair began to grow on the backs of his arms, spreading up from his fingers.

[Ket Limelight]

Ket was in his X-Wing,taking a rip through the various systems. He had decided to take a little vacation,couldn't hurt. Having 7 million credits from a recent bounty,he decided he should indulge himself. He came across what seemed to be a barren asteroid by the name of Figaro Favoura IV. Seemed like a nice little place to do some exploring. Setting his ship down upon the asteroid,he got out,his dark robes left in the cockpit. He was in his yellow Karate garb,his lightsaber and a pouch clipped to his belt. he was barefoot as usual. Walking around,he pulled out a pair of nightvision binoculars. looking through,he saw what vaugely resembled a fire. zooming in,he saw what looked to be two wolf like creatures....and Vega with his lightsaber out. 'Not good' Ket thought as he ran toward them. Once he finaly caught up to them,he pulled out his lightsaber,igniting it. looking to Vega,he spoke quietly.

"What in the hell si going here man?!"

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega span around, almost dropping his lightsaber as Ket spoke. For a moment, he didn't realise what had happened, but then he returned to Ket and regained his composure.

Vega: "A little problem.."
Mort: "I'm a little problem?"

Mort lurched forward towards Ket, his "transformation" stopping for a moment as he peered at Ket.

Mort: "Ah, Hello there, young Ket..."

Vega span himself around to face Mort, moving back to stand beside Ket.

Vega: "Ket, you know Mort?"

[Ket Limelight]

Ket looked to Mort,and then to Vega

"Yeah,iv'e seen him before...but what in the hell do you have to do with all this,Vega?"

Ket then looked to Mort and kept his lightsaber up,never letting his gaze fall off Mort

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega quirked his head to the side slightly, his eyes darting from Mort to Ket.

Mort: "Well well...This seems like an AWFULLY interesting situation, doesn't it boys?"
Vega: "What's that meant to mean, flea bag?"

Vega unsheathed his Lightrapier swiftly, thumbing it's blue blade into view as he held both in an X guard infront of him, noticing Morts movements.

[Ket Limelight]

Ket kept his lightsaber up as well

"Yeah,what the hell does that mean,Mort?"

[Vega Van Derveld]

Mort strafed around the two slowly, a small rumbling chuckle sounding from him. It seemed he couldn't help but laugh although there was nothing really funny about the course of events that they had been put in.

Mort: "Oh? So you two don't recognise each other then, eh?"
Vega: "Of course. We are both members of the Sith Empire..."
Mort: "Oh-Hoa-Hoa...I see you are both lacking information greatly."

[Ket Limelight]

Ket started to get a bit pissy here

"Dammit Mort,what in the hell are you talking about man? If you dont make some sense im gonna slap your teeth out."

Ket waited for an answer

[Vega Van Derveld]

Mort let his chuckle evolve into a short laugh as he gestured his hand into the air towards Ket as if to show his ease with the situation.

Mort: "Brother.."
Vega: "Yes?"
Mort: "Not you.."

Mort gave a sickly smile at Vega as he watched the Sith Warriors eyebrow raise.

[Ket Limelight]

Ket looked to Mort with an eyebrow raised

"What in the hell are you talking about Mort?? Im not your brother."

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega twisted his face into a smirk as Mort spoke again.

Mort: "AH, but are you.. you are most certainly our dear friend VEGAS brother."
Vega: "What th-"
Mort: "Think back, you two... don't you recall each other?"

[Ket Limelight]

"I HAD a brother...an older brother...along time ago...he died when i was 5...at the hands of a Jedi Knight..."

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega: "The only brother I have is you, Mort... we both know our only other brother is not alive anymore."
Mort: "Ah hah.."
Vega: "Ah hah?"
Mort: "Notice something?"

[Ket Limelight]

Ket looked as if he just been struck by lightning as he looked to Vega.

"Vega...what is your last name???"

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega swallowed down a feeling of fear.

"Van-Derveld...."

[Ket Limelight]

Ket almost fell to the ground as he stumbled backwards.

"Vega,my full name is Keticus Limelight VanDerveld...."

Ket looked to his older brother in amazment.

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vegas mouth almost hit the floor as his guard sagged down partially.

Vega: "Say WHAT?!"

Vega turned and looked bewildered at Ket.

[Ket Limelight]

"Vega,my older brother was killed by a jedi knight along with my parents when i was five...or so i thought...your my odler brother,Vega..."

[Vega Van Derveld]

Stuttering, Vega managed to reply.

Vega: ".. So.. y-you're the younger brother who was killed?"
Mort: "..."
Vega: "....Woah..."

[Ket Limelight]

Ket looked to Vega,then to Mort,and then looked down to the ground. He tried to avoid his past whenever he could. But it seemed to be creeping up on him like a predator in the night,ready to pounce. For so long he thought his Older brother had been killed by that Jedi so long ago with his parents. Apparently now,it seemed,that his older brother had gotton away from that Jedi and lived. and now it seems,that Vega...Vega was the one whom had 'lost' so long ago. And it was no lie,for Ket could sense it in the force to be true. Ket looked up to Vega,a tear from his eyes making its way down his cheek like the rain falls down the side of a cliff so slowly...

"Vega...Brother...I-i-i...I have been in so much pain over my past for all these years...And now...now it seems i am finaly reunited with the one whom i thought i had lost all those years ago..."

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega subconciously thumbed off his light saber and light rapier, turning to look straight down at Ket. He could feel his heart pounding in his chest and it seemed as though his brain was thumping as well, sending random shivers around his body as the wind swept across the back of his neck.

He swallowed down a large lump of nervousness and spoke, his words forming properly.

"Brother..... It has been so long...."

[Ket Limelight]

Ket held out his hand to Vega and smiled.

"We shall never be spearated again,my brother."

[Vega Van Derveld]

Vega shook Kets hand, then leaned towards him, patting him on the back in and hugging him in a warm manner before leaning back.

We shall have to make sure of that...

Through all the happyness, Ket and Vega had forgotten about the two werewolves close by to them. It suddenly sparked in Vegas mind that Mort was still there. Thus, he began to speak to Ket via the force.

(Ket, we need to get away from here... fast. We can either take Mort and Laktani out, or just leave them here. Your call.)

[Ket Limelight]

Ket looked to his older brother and chuckled a bit,speaking to him through the force.

*Let us away,Vega,we shall save these two for another day,for we have much to do that is more important than these two...*

And on that note,kets Sith Infiltrator landed next to them,silently. They got on board,and programing a course directly to TSE,they were away. Ket remote programed a course to his X- Wing to return to his SSD,the Titan. And so they were off,leaving the two werewolves to figure out exactly what just happened.

OOC: save them for another time,Ket and Vega are so joyed to be reunited,their minds would not be upon the task at hand,you know?