A Late Night Job (Garen / Open[5 more people max])

[Thug]

OOC: This Thread Has been Approved By Marcus

IC:

Walking through the halls of the LQ, 4 Thugs dressed in Jedi Robes, that hide there tough lether outfits underneath, Do their best to look like a small group of students walking to the garden for a late night stroll. Most of the Jedi are sound asleep in their beds. Hopefuly their Target will be one of them.

The Thugs make it to the garden without problem, Due to the fact that with his small amount of force power, The boss (Thug1) was able to mask their intentions. The boss thinks to himself...

If thing keep going this easy, we will have no troubles at all. We don't have to worry about the Lightsaber, because of this Cortoris armor that the Sith provided, as long as they don't swing those glowing blades at our heads we will be fine.

They walk through the garden intill they find the window of Garen's room. When they get to the window they find that it is already partly open...

"Gee, boss...This is too easy. I thought we would find some trouble?"

"Shut up you ninny....this is only the start of it...It'll get harder."

[Garen Selore]

Fast asleep in his room, Garen tosses and turns in his sleep, as if his body can't rest knowing that there is trouble just out side his window. With his bedroom door locked he should be at ease, or maybe his body knows that that the fresh air comming in his window, that normaly helps him sleep, has turned sour.

Garen wakes only to hear...

"...is too easy. I thought we would find some trouble?"

"Shut up you ninny....this is only the start of it...It'll get harder."

He thinks nothing of it and trys to get back to sleep.

[Thug]

Thug1 looks around the garden, and doesn't see anybody watching, So him and the other three climb in through the window.

As they get into the room...

Thug1 draws a knife from under his Robe

Thug2 puts on some brass knuckles

Thug3 pulls a small Durasteal Club from under his Robe

Thug4 is strugling to pull himself up to the window.

[Garen Selore]

Garen Rolls over grabing a small knife from his bedside table as hears the people climbing in through the window.

"What do you want! This is my room! If your new here, there are plenty of empty rooms, but this one is mine!"

[Rognan Dar]

It was a peaceful night in the Garden, and that was why Rognan was out in it. He loved coming out at night and just look up at the stars and wondering about other worlds and planets. Rognan sighed comfortably, lost in thought. Then there was a sound down below, a sound of bushes being moved but there wasn't a breeze and he didn't sense anybody in the garden, what could it be?

He sat up from his relaxed spot on a branch in the high part of the tree and looked at the ground to see what it was. He had to climb down a little to get a better look and once he did he saw a small group of Jedi students walking through the garden quite suspisionly. Rognan didn't do anything but watch and see that they were up to. To his surprise, they climbed into a room. Who's room it was, he did not know, but he thought he better see what they wanted in there.

Rognan jumped down from the tree, making a thud sound as he landed, and walked quietly to a bush close to where these Jedi entered the window. He continued to watch, maybe he was just tierd and these people just locked themselves out of there room, but he couldn't be sure untill he knew for sure.

[Thug]

Thug1 curses to himself as he finds that Garen is awake... after dropping his jedi robes the other to follow suit.

Thug4 is still trying to get into the room

"We don't want your room...Tell us where the Holocron is and we won't kill you."

[Garen Selore]

Garen rolls quickly out of bed and runs to the door to his room and trys to find the unlock switch in the dark...When realises that he has his back to the thugs he quickly turns around to face the thugs putting his back to the wall and getting his knife ready to attack and says loudly...

"If you want the Holocron....You won't get it or it's location from me! I will die before you find it! And it's location will be lost with me!"

[Thug]

"Allright boy... Then I hope you enjoy your death."

Thug1 charges at Garen doing a left to right slash at Garen's neck with his knife.

Thug2 moves off to Garen's left side, and ready's himself to grab the boy.

Thug3 moves off to Garen's right side, and ready's himself to smash the boy's head in the boy.

Thug4 finishes climbing in the window, and hit the floor of Garen's room with a thud!

[Rognan Dar]

Watching the last of the supossed Jedi enter the window was quite humorous and yet alarming as well. When he heard raised voices he started to worry and moved to the window. He saw that these Jedi were not Jedi at all, but looked more like a small mob or gang. Rognan knew that he needed to do something or they might hurt Garen.

Rognan climbed into the window with ease and landed with his feet on the shoulders of the thug that hit the floor. There was a sound of pain as he looked down and saw what he was standing on, then stepped off to the right and ran at the man with the knife.

[Garen Selore]

Garen ducks under Thug1's knife, and moves off to his left, doing an upward jab at Thug2's stomach with his small knife.

[Thug]

Thug1's attack misses Garen but hit's the controls that unlock the door, smashing them into tiny bits, making it so that the door will remain locked intill it is fixed.

Thug4 squeals with pain as Rognan steps on him

When Thug1 hears the sound of pain from Thug4 he quickly spins around continuing his left to right slash , but this time it's on the man running at him. (The blade is comming at Rognan right side)

Thug2 Steps to his left (away from the wall) to avoid Garen's knife, and goes to bring his right foot into Garen's Side.

Thug3 turns toward Rognan and runs at him swinging his club at Rognan's right leg.

Thug4 stands up from the floor and pulls out his durasteal club.

[Xazor Elessar]

It had been an unusual night for a particular Jedi as she slowly walked the halls of the Living Quarters, checking on the sleeping and those that were still in the waking moments. As the figure clad in long flowing black robes passed by each door, she felt through the rooms with the Force, noting in her mind all who were at rest and those who were not -- gently touching the minds of those who could not sleep or who were struggling with nightmares. She did this nightly, though no one knew who the dark stranger was. The hood of her robes was upon her head and the darkness of the shadows kept her identity hidden from all.

As the Garou Warrior made her way toward the end of her own corridor that night, instead of stopping, she decided to make another round for she felt that something was -- out of place. The Force was heavy upon her mind and she felt a surge of the invisible matter run through her veins, tapping into her adrenaline. This was an obvious warning sign and the Jedi Knight could not figure out exactly what was wrong. Turning another corner, her ultrasensitive ears immediatly picked up noise of an obvious problem. Xazor could now hear the heartbeats of six beings and could feel them through the Force. Two were Jedi -- four were not. Her eyes widened slightly as she continued to hear things -- footsteps, falling, breathing, speaking. It was a cacophony of sound and she shook her head as it seemed to rush in all at once. Unfortunatly, the sounds were slightly muffled and the Garou knew what that meant immediatly. "Something is standing in my way of the conflict." She concluded and as her senses expanded outwards, the Knight instantly guessed that it was taking place behind closed doors.

With a sigh she turned a corner and rushed toward an emergency exit, promptly smashing the glass of the window so she did not have to open the door and set the alarm off. With ginger movements, the woman climbed up onto the window and slinked out onto a balcony that ran the length of the building. She looked down at the busy streets below and took a deep breath, thankful that she had already given birth to her child and did not have to worry about hurting the unborn baby with the stress of this situation. It had been a month now since Valanya was born, but this night Xazor had some free time while Terran watched over her. "Free time? What's that?" She thought to herself and smiled but then remembered her intention of going outside was not for a late night stroll. Suddenly her eyes spotted an open window and she quickly climbed along the narrow walk way before arriving at her destination. Quietly the young woman peeked around the corner and set her eyes upon the group of men attacking two others. "Rognan Dar and -- Garen Selore." She thought, committing the names to memory once again though she recalled them from the Recruitment Center list of accepted Padawans. With a sudden drive to stop the madness, the Jedi Knight and member of The Lost Jedi jumped down into Garen's room and withdrew the weapon of a Jedi from her weapons belt. With a flick of her wrist, a black cylinder was firmly in her right hand and she quickly separated it at the center, creating two black cylinders from the one. Two buttons were pushed and the lightsabers were activated as two blue blades shot forth from the top of each hilt.

Love, the weapon she now held, was built and given to her by Jedi Master Sage Hazzard on the day of her promotion -- it had been his sister's lightsaber, and was his for long before the day he gave it as a gift. Xazor now took care of it and the weapon proved to be lethal in several encounters. With quick fluid movements that immediatly identified her as one of great experience and knowledge, she spun around and slashed at Thug4 with her high saber, making an attempt at the back of his neck. With her lower saber she tried to connect with Thug4's knees.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?"

She yelled out as she attacked. The voice did not sound like that of a woman but perhaps a gruff man. It carried a husky and domineering tone. Indeed, for a woman, the Jedi Knight was quite intimidating and she knew she could handle the Thugs. Her main concern was for the Padawans at the moment, and she would help them -- or die trying.

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan's heart almost stopped when the blade was about to hit Garen, but when it didn't he was relieved and amost didn't see the attack that was ment for him. With danger avoding instincts, that he didn't know he had, he went into a duct and roll, rolling into the legs of Thus1, taking his footing out from under him. A total accident.

Rognan sat on the floor wondering what just happened when a figure in black jumped through the window, it seemed to be a favorite window tonight, he thought, and ativate what he saw was two lightsabers. Rognan curled into a ball when he saw the other thug swing at his leg. He didn't know what to do, so he just protected his head and hoped he wouldn't die.

[Garen Selore]

As Thug2's the foot contacts with his side he winces in pain, and trys to use the momentum on the kick to put himself into a foot sweep attacking Thug2.

[Thug]

OOC: Xazor, I'm assuming that when you put Thug4 you ment Thug3

IC:

Thug3 moves his club to one hand, and lets his club smash Rognan in the leg. At the same time he turns to face Xazor, and with his other arm he brings it into the path of the the lightsaber coming towards the back of his neck. When the blade contacts his arm, it slices through his clothing and turns off, displaying a small portion of the Cortoris armor

Thug4 gets hit in the leg with the lightsaber. It cut's his pant leg, the blade shuts off and the Cortoris armor can be seen underneath. Thug4 swing his Club at Xazor's Left Side.

Thug2 is looks quickly towards Xazor as she enters the room, but quickly finds himself looking at the rooms light fixture, when Garen's leg contacts with him, sending him flat on his back.

Thug1 finishes his spin so he is facing Garen Again. he uses the Force to throw Garen to the corner of the room, and charges at him doing a downward, right to left slash across Garens chest.

[Garen Selore]

Garen gets thrown to the corner of the room and hits the wall with a THUD! He looses his breathe and eyesight for a short moment. When his eyesight returns Thug1's knife is about to hit him. He quickly grabs Thug1's wrist with both hands and goes down to one knee, and locks his arms above his head, trying to keep the knife from hitting him.

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan cried out in pain as the club hit his leg. He thought that it was broken, but it wasn't, just sprained really bad. Out of the corner of his eye he saw one of the thugs having a strength turnament over Garens life. Rognan pulls himself together and focuses on the force. He closes his eyes and streached out his hand, and telekenticly pushes the knife out of both Garen and the thug's hands, sticking into the wall. After this he holds his leg and winces.

[AmazonBabe]

(OOC: I'm assuming anyone can jump in, so I'm jumping in. Lemme know if I stepped out of line.)



:: Suddenly, both Thug 1 and Thug 2, being in mid stride to their next devious attack, are lifted into the air by a power from behind the locked door and smacked together HARD before being hurled against the ceiling. Their heads smack into the ceiling making an audible cracking sound, and dropping chunks of plaster, before both are dropped uncerimoniously back to the ground, where they crumple. ::

:: Immediately proceeding the tossing of the thugs, some thumps are heard at the door, with a final crash being the outcome as AB kicks the door in, looking mighty peeved. ::

How can anyone get any SLEEP with all this noise about?!?!

:: She looks over at Thug 3 and Thug 4, her look being enough to tell them her sleep has been interupted and she's none too happy about it. ::

[Kelt Simoson]

It was at this time a rather loud thumb slammed through Kelts apartment, the Jedi Knight rose from his pillow to find that his room mate Aaron on his way out had accidently left the door open and the LQ corridor light flooded the bedroom. The first thing on looking out the door was some rough looking man run mast and then a seconde sprinted past almost as if in attack.

The Jedi Knight waisted little time in finding out what was going on and he wuickly rolled from his bed, tok up his saber from the side cabinet and ignited it, a very light blue almost misty gray blade was erected and Kelt, half dressed in his night tunic and 3 quarter lengh shorts, shot out from his quarters and looked both ways. One way was and a boy with Xazor and a padawan or two, the other way was AmazonBabe, it seemed the Padawans with Xazor could handle themselfs for a while, the Amazonbabe needed a hand, with that Kelt rushed towards the Jedi Master, a feeling of adrenalin shot through him as a closed in.

The two thugs who she had attended to had stood up to face her once again but not without thug 3 being hit heavily over the head with the hilt of Kelts Saber and made to fall to the ground again. He then concentrated his saber of the other thug and pointed close to the mans chest.

' Cease your actions on attacking this woman....' He said forcefully.

[Thug]

OOC: Sorry Kelt....I'm ignoring your post....I Think you got the wrong thread.... This is the thread that Xazor is in .... it's the other thread that Shandri is being attacked in....and in this thread Thug3 was not knocked down.... Sorry!

IC:
Thug1 Has the knife sent flying from his hands and into the wall, but uses his free hand to slam Garen in the face.

Thug1 & Thug2 Get picked up slamed togther, then hit the ceiling with a brain numbing Thud!

Thug2 is knocked out by the hit, and goes limp on to the floor.

Thug1 uses The Force to brace himself for the hits, then falls to the floor in pain, but still awake.

Thug3 Swings his club down at Rognan's arm.

Thug4 Gets hit By a piece of the door as it is smashed, and is knocked out the window, landing in the rose garden just outside.

[Garen Selore]

Garen gets hit in the face, and is knocked back into the wall again, and crumple's to the floor in pain.

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan was still curled up in a ball, trying to sooth the pain in his leg...it was no use. There was a loud thud that mad him look up as two thugs hit the celling.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw a figure coming at him again. He wasn't about to let that man acomplish this. He moved his right hand to his belt and searched for the one thing that could save him. He found it and uncliped it, bringing it infront of him. As the thug was about to strike, he clicked on his lightsaber, sending a blue light around the blade. He moved it in the spot the thug intended to hit.

[AmazonBabe]

:: AB watched the scene before her: Thug 2 was out cold; Thug 1 was attempting to pick himself up but thrown off balance and still dazed; Thug 4 had been given a one way ticket out the window by a splinter from the door, and AB knew quite well that there were rose bushes below, making her wince somewhat; and Thug 3 was about to be taken care of by Rognan. ::

:: She retrieved her commlink from her belt and called for security. Finishing with that task, she was trying to figure out how these men had gotten in without being detected. She answered her own question as she had felt when Thug 1 had used the Force, though it was faint, to soften the blows placed upon him. ::

:: It was at that point she decided to focus on Thug 1 as it was quite apparent he was the leader. ::

:: She stalked over in his direction and hauled him to his feet with a Force Grip, pinning his arms to his sides and legs together, continueing to haul him upward until he was a good foot off the ground. She looked him in the eye, narrowing her own. ::

Mind telling me what your business here is?

[Thug]

Thug3's club is cut in half and the heavy and goes flying for to the corner of the room that Garen is crumpled in. Thug3 then goes to kick Rognan in the face.

Thug4 crawls out of the Rose bushes. and moves to cralw toward the exit to the garden.

Thug1 snears and spits in AB's face...

"I ant telln nothing, you Jedi Bitc*!"

[Garen Selore]

Garen Gets hit in the stomach by the flying Club end, causing him to curl up into a ball on the floor in pain.

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan watched in horror as the piece of the club, that he cut off to protect himself, hit Garen instead. What had he done. Save himself just to hurt another. Rognan closed his eye, then opened the with a slight hint of anger in then. Not just angy at the thug, or thugs, but angry at himself. He was going to end the pain and suffering, one way or another.

As the foot was coming at him, he stretched out his ofther hand and stopped the foot, holding it in place. Then he slashed at the leg only to have his lightsaber turn off. This bewildered him, but didn't stop him. Rognan kicked out his good leg hitting the thugs only leg still touching the ground. Kicking his leg made him lose his balance and sent him to the floor.

[Thug]

Thug3 Falls to the floor, and roles so Rognan's wrist gets twisted or releases his leg. He quickly moves to stand and kick Rognan in the back.

Thug4 continues to try to crawl out of the LQ's garden.

[Garen Selore]

As Garen is lying on the floor in pain one of the voices come to his mind....

Garen.... Give in to your Anger....Focuse it on your friend's attacker.... hurl him! Destroy Him! It's the only way to save your friend.... KILL!!! KILL!!!

With the pain clouding his judgment Garen gives into the voice.. He looks up at the thug about to kick Rognan, anger fills his eyes, and uses the Force to send Thug3 Flying at high speeds out the window, clipping the Thug's head on the top of the window.

[Thug]

Thug3 Goes flying away from Rognan, hits the window shatering the Glass and cutting his body all over...His head then hits the top of the window, there is a loud cracking sound from his neck and his upper half kicks forward, as his legs continue out the window, causing him to land half in and out of the window on top of the broken glass.

[Garen Selore]

It Takes a few moments of him sitting in the corner, to realise what exactly he did.... Looking over at the limp thug in the window, he says

"Is he dead?...."

Already knowing the answer he pauses for a moment and forces himself to stand, his Eyes still fixed on the Body, he walks towards it....

"I'm sorry....I...I...I didn't want to do that.....He took control....I couldn't stop him....I was hurting too much.... I couldn't stop him.... "

Garen starts to shake due to the shock of him killing a person. His legs give out underneath him as he touches the limp body. he falls to his knees and continues to babble ....

"No....No....Why did I let him.... I didn't want to do that.....He took control....I couldn't stop him....I was hurting too much.... I couldn't stop him.... Why could I not stop him.....I always could in the past...."

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan was shocked to see the thug suddenly move through the air at a speed unnatural. It took him a second to figure what had happened. After he did, he saw Garen walk to the body and fall to the floor. Rognan slid across the floor to Garen.

Garen, look at me. It was a accident. You didn't mean to kill him. It was a accedent

Rognan said this to Garen's mind, trying to calm him down.

[AmazonBabe]

:: AB regarded Thug 1 and dodged the spittle, giving a rebuttle to his statement. ::

We'll see about that.

:: At that moment, her conection to the living things down in the garden trickled a message into her subconcious, triggering her instincts. Through the "eyes" of the trees and shrubs below, she saw Thug 4 crawling and making his way out of the garden. Smiling, she sent a small message via the Force to the living plants. Suddenly, several vines shot forth from the ground arounf Thug 4, latching and twirling themlseves several times around his waist, wrists, and ankles, pinning him to the soft grass, keeping his arms and legs spread so as to keep him from reaching any weapons. ::

:: With Thug 4 secured below, she looked again at Thug 1 dangling in the air, before looking to where Thug 3 were dealing with Rognan. Thug 2 was still out cold. Garen was colapsed against a wall, while Rognana was dealing with Thug 3. A piece of the club Thug 3 was weilding hit Garen and the boy got a look on his face that startled and worried her. It was then that Thug 3 went sailing towards the window, impaled on the sharp glass. It didn't take a genious to realise he was dead. ::

:: Bending down, she ripped the hem from her strudy robe, and proceeded to tie Thug 2's hands and feet tightly. He was starting to come around, but it was too late for him to do anything. She placed him in one of the two chairs in the room and tied him to it securely. She then tore another strip from her robe and tied Thug 1's hands and feet, slowly lowering him into the second chair in the room, and finished tieing him there. Finishing that task, she went over to Thug 3, looking out the window to see Thug 4 wriggling in vain against the vines, before carefully grabbing Thug 3 by the colar, lifting him off the window sill and placing him on the floor. Leaning over, she pulled the bed sheet off the bed and laid it over his prone figure. ::

:: Straightening and running a hand across her brow, she looked to where Rognan and Garen were, Rognan trying to comfort Garen. Boy, this has been a long night. ::

[Garen Selore]

Looks over at Rognan when he hears the comforting voice in his head.... Since Rognan is in Garen's mind talking to him, he would hear the sudden demonic voice In Garen's head....

KILL!! They want to destroy you!!! KILL!! Or they will Kill you!!! One is dead! There Are Three Left to Kill YOU!!

Garen starts SLAMing his head on the floor.....

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!"

[Thug]

Thug2 come to only to find himself being tied to a chair. he regains his sences quickly but acts as if he is still Dazed intill AB starts to walk over to the window where thug3 lies dead.

He slips a small, poisoned throwing knife out of his sleave and quickly cuts his hands free. He then throws the knife at Garen's neck, and quickly goes to untie the rest of his body.



Thug1 smiles as Thug2 frees himself.

[Garen Selore]

Garen, still slamming his head on the floor, gets hit in the shoulder by the throwing knife, he reels in pain and falls to the floor going into convultions, as the poison starts to flow through his body.

KILL!!!!

[AmazonBabe]

:: Cursing in a language not known to the men in the room, AB swung around and tossed Thug 2 like a rag doll against the opposite wall of the room, severly knocking the wind out of him. The throw is hard enough to break a few ribs, one of which comes close to puncturing a lung. ::

:: Thug 1 is laughing at this point, but AB chosses not to register the laugh, keeping her "min's eye" closely watching both Thug 1 and Thug 2. ::

:: She hurries over to Garen, looking where the knife has embedded itself in his shoulder. She places one hand on the handle, and the other braced against the upper part of the shoulder to stop some of the blood flow. She looks apologetic at Garen. ::

I'm sorry about this, but it has to come out...

:: Before he can register that she is going to pull the knife out, she yanks quickly, making the knife come away from his shoulder cleanly. She winces noticably as she senses his sudden feel of sharp pain, but focuses on holding the wound with her hand and examining the blade of the knife. She'd been hoping it wouldn't be poisoned, but it was. Thankfully it wasn't an uncommon poison. But she did not have her medical satchel, as it was still in her room. ::

:: To stall the flow of poison, she used the Force to draw it back towards the open wound, and then applied a tournakit, provided by another torn piece from the bottom of her robe. She raised an eyebrow as she tied the strip securley at the top of garen's shoulder realising if she kept tearing anymore robe, she'd be left somewhat... exposed. ::

:: She spoke to Garen, hoping he was paying some attention. ::

Garen... focus the Force in healing yourself. At the least, use it to slow the flow of the poison.

:: She looked to Rognan. ::

Rognan... please run quickly to my room and fetch my medical satchel slung over the chair of my desk. It has some medicines I can use to stop the poison.

:: She stood and looked over to where Thug 2 was starting to get some of his breath back, and Thug 1 had mercifully stopped that throaty laugh of his. She had picked the knife up again and was now holding it in her hand. ::

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan, all of a sudden, saw a knife in Garen's arm. He didn't know what happened. He didn't know what to do. He started to panick and looked around for help. AB came and started to work on Garen's arm, taring off piece of her robe to bandage up his arm. Then she spoke to him. Not realizing this at first he looks around, wonder who she was talking to. Then he replayed what she said in his mind and nodded, weither she saw it or not, and was stood up and was heading for the door.

As he was about to leave, he saw Thug2 slightly move. He went over to him and hit him on the head with the hilt of his lightsaber. Then he ran out looking for AB's room. It wasn't hard. All the doors were closed except for one down the hall. He ran to it and looked in. Empty. He looked around for the desk and chair. Since the rooms are not as big as a normal house, it was quite easy yo find. He ran to the chair, pulled it off, and was out the door.

He came back to Garen's room and ran strait to AB, handing her the bag.

[Garen Selore]

Garen is in too much pain to screem when the knife is pulled out... but he does wince.... He quickly find it hadt to breathe as the poison hits his lungs.... he hears AB say

"Garen... focus the Force in healing yourself. At the least, use it to slow the flow of the poison."

He thinks to himself .... how!...I don't know how!.

Thats when he got an answer in his head....

Garen....listen to me.....I'm here to help.... Let me take over your body.... I will help you...

Garen gives his body over to the nice voice in his head... and moments after that the poison's progression stops....It's still there but not moving further... too bad it already hit his lungs...He is still having a hard time breathing.

[AmazonBabe]

:: AB grabbed the satchel from Rognan... ::

Thank you, Rognan. Just keep an eye on those two clowns while I administer the antidote for Garen.

:: Then turning to Garen, who seems to have calmed down a bit... ::

Now, lets see if I can't patch you up.

:: She dug into her satchel and produced a flat leather envelope. Opening it, she retrieve a large flat leaf with a fat central vein. Taking it, she took a small bite at the center of the vien, spitting out the bit of leaf. The vein immediately began to ooze a thick clear liquid, almost sweet smelling. She then applied the oozing part of the leaf to Garen's shoulder wound, the rest of the leaf acting like a bandage. But, never the less, she took out of the satchel a roll of clean linen bandage, and warpped it around Garen's arm and the leaf, pinning the medicinal leaf in place against the wound. ::

:: Once she was done with that, she laid a hand on the wound, and closed her eyes, concentrating. Through the Force, she envisioned the clear sap from the leaf flowing through the wound, cleaning it as it also attacked the poison. It flowed much more quickly through his blood stream, encouraged by the Force, passing in and through his system. ::

:: Letting out a breath she had not realised she'd been holding, AB opened her eyes. The poison had been subdued and was disapating. The remaining medicinal sap in his system would linger a bit longer to attack anymore of the poison that may have slipped by. At the same time, the surround leaf along his skin would aid in healing and closing the open wound. ::

:: She smiled, placing a hand on Garen's forehead to make sure he was alright. His eyes were beginning to clear somewhat as the pain subsided due to the numbing sensation the leaf left on his arm around the wound. ::

You did a good job in stopping the poison.

:: Then she stood, looking at the two remaining thugs, and then to Rognan. ::

I gave security a call, but these men must have cut communications somewhere. We need to get them up here pronto to pick these thugs up for questioning.

:: She eyed Thug 1. ::

I'm sure they have a very interesting story to tell.

[Thug]

Thug1 says a sentence in the language of the sith, that translates to "Death over Falure..." As soon as that is said, a beeping noise comes from the necks of all four thugs, even the dead one.

"We will see you in Hell!!"

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan, though didn't want to leave Garen's side, turned around and watched the 2 Thugs that were tied up. He glanced over his shoulder, now and then, to see what AB was going, and keeping a eye on Garen.

When AB was finished Rognan felt relieved. He started to relax, but that at the moment was not a good idea. Just then one of the Thugs started to speak. What he said was disturbing. Then there was a beeping sound. Rognan's eye's shot open. There could only be one thing that would have made that noise at this time. A bomb!

Rognan jumped to action. He went to Garen and picked him up, throwing him over his should. He turned to AB as he started to run out of the room.

"ITS A BOMB! GET OUT!"

[Garen Selore]

Garen too week to move on his own is glad that Rognan was carrying him out of the room.... He just hoped that his weight was not putting too much stress on Rognan's injured leg.

[AmazonBabe]

:: There was little she could do to prevent the bombs from going off, especially with four bombs ticking down at the same time. All she could do was seal the room in a Froce bubble to keep the bomb from destroying the neighboring rooms... and them. ::

:: Scooping up her satchel, she looked one last time at the lead Thug, his face now wearing a triumphant grin, before she followed Rognan out the door she had smashed in. ::

:: Stopping just outside the door, she spun on her heel and faced the open doorway and the room, closing her eyes to block out any distractions so as to gather and concentrate the Force in encasing the room in a protective bubble. She'd never really dne this before, but it was similar to the times she had used the same method to encase herself in a protective bubble. ::

:: Tiny beads of sweat appeared on her forehead as she felt the time running thin. She was using every once of power she had to sustain the bubble, to hold the explosion inside the room. The idea of the task was beginning to overwhelm her, and she feared the bubble would not hold. She began to doubt. ::

:: Then she felt a hand rest on her shoulder as Rognan leant her his support and what power he could offer. She also felt Garen, though weak, also lending his aid. And then she felt the others in the hallway, the rooms, the Temple... the planet. The Force had been completely opened to her and the doubt melted away, leaving strength and resolve in it's wake. ::

:: At that moment, the bombs exploded, shaking a good portion of the hallway and adjacent rooms. The one outside left a small crater in the well-kept grass, the vines having been holding Thug 4 down shattering. Inside the room, three bombs went off as Thug's 1, 2, and 3's remains scattered ickor and entrails everywhere. She gritted her teeth as the preasure of the explosion pushed against the Force protection bubble she had errected. The immense fireball threatened to overwhelm her hold on the bubble, but just when she thought she would not be able to hold it in any longer, the oxygen the fireball had eaten had depleted itself, leaving nothing for it to feed on. In a few seconds, even thought it seemed like hours, the fireball ceased to exist, leaving the room a smoldering blackened mess. ::

:: AB sank to her knees, exhausted by the nights adventures, breathing heavily. She slowly released the protection bubble, clearing her mind of anything. She was just too tired to even think. All she wanted to do now was go back to bed and sleep. ::

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan was in the hall and looked back to see AB standing there. What is she doing? he though to himself. He stopped and waited for her move away. She didn't. Instead, she stood there, eye's closed. He started to walk back. He saw beads of sweat coming off her forehead. She was consintrating on something, he saw, but what?

Once he was next to her he put his arm on her shoulder, offering his support on what ever she was trying to do. Then it happened. A loud bang was heard inside the room, adn then the ground started to shake. Rognan opened his eye, hoping that he wasn't blown up. He wasn't, but AB was on the floor exhausted and breathing heavily. She looked to tired to do anything.

Rognan put Garen down on the floor, hoping that it was safe enough to put him there, and moved next to AB.

Are you alright?

Came a cool voice inside her head, yet it had a sence of consern.

[AmazonBabe]

:: She breathed in and out, more easily now, and nodded her head slowly. ::

Yes... I'll... be fine. I just need rest.

:: She lifted her head to look at Garen, and then to Rognan. ::

Thank you for your help. But it's best that you get Garen to the Medical Center for treatment.

:: She tried to stand, but reeled and stumble, falling back to her kneeling position. She started to chuckle, a tad delerious... a side effect from being so exhausted. ::

Well... that was graceful.

[Rognan Dar]

"I'm not leaving you here. You cant even stand up."

Rognan didn't know what to do. They both needed his help, but who would be the first. If he helped AB, the poisen might start up again. And if he took Garen...well, he didn't know what would happen to AB besides being stuck in the hall. But he had to make a desition.

"Ok. I'm going to take Garen, then I'll be right back to help you, ok?"

He didn't give her time to answer. Infact, he was already moving down the hall to the Medical Center with Garen when he said that. He thought it was better to hurry it up and be done with it.

Rognan entered the Medical Center, breathing heavily after several minutes of steady jogging. Jogging with a body is not as easy as some may think. He went up to a nurse and told her what happened. She showed him to a bed, and put Garen down.

"I'll be right back, Garen. I need to check on AB, ok?"

[Garen Selore]

Garen takes a deep breath as his room is blown to peices, everything he owned, pulverised by the bombs that went off...

He looks over at AB, and smiles to see that his backpack snagged on AB's foot as she was hurrying out of his room. He uses what energy he has left to reach out and take his pack Off AB's foot.

At this point Rognan picks him up and takes him off to the Medical Center....Garen is placed on a bed and Rognan tells him that he will be right back....

Garen does a soft nod to let Rognan know he heard him... As Rognan leaves, Garen reaches into his pack, and pulls out the picture of his family... The frame is cracked...But the picture is fine....He just huggs the picture as the nurse sedates him.

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan left when the Nurse sedates Garen. Running back to what was left of Garne's room. He found AB still there, sitting aginst the wall. Rognan was all out of breath. He went to his knees next to her and gasped for air.

"Ok....Now its....your turn...where...can I....take you..."

[AmazonBabe]

:: She regained some of her strength back while Rognan had taken Garen to the Medical Center. When Rognan had come back, she was now in a sitting position, her legs crossed, staring at the blackened room. ::

:: Inside, the security team had finally arrived, the comm system having been repaired, and were going over every inch of the room. Not much was left of the thugs, let alone any of the equiptment they'd brought with them. Yet, the team did a tight secruity sweep, looking for any bits or piece of the bombs that had gone off, in the hopes of finding where they were made. ::

:: AB turned her head towards Rognan and smiled, slowly standing with some effort. ::

Well, if you would be so kind as to escort me back to my room... I'm ready for a 12 hour-long sleep. I have to have my beauty rest, after all.

:: She kept her tone light, in spite of the darkness that had befallen Garen's room. But one must never despair, so she maintained her smile and sense of humor. ::

[Rognan Dar]

Rognan nodded his head, still breathing heavily. He looked to the side and saw a security team looking around inside.

"Ok....I'll take you there."

He stood up slowly, his bones aking and his muscils stiff. He put her left arm around his neck, and used his right hand to steady her. They started off. Rognan took one last look at the room.

"Did they find anything yet?"

[AmazonBabe]

:: AB shook her head as they walked down the hallway to where her room was. ::

Nothing yet. But hopefully they'll be able to find something that will give them and us a clue as to who those four men were and why they were after Garen.

[Rognan Dar]

They enetered AB's room, and headed for the bed. He helped her sit down on it.

"Alright. So you'll be fine here. I think I'm going to go to my own bed. I'm about to passout."

He was no longer breathing hard, and his tone of voice was normal.

"If you need anything, let me know."

[AmazonBabe]

Thank you, Rognan, for all your help.

:: She began to get back into bed, greatful to be lying down. ::

Just be sure to shut the door on your way out.

:: She smiled one last time before closing her eyes for a good nights, or what was left of it, sleep. A few second later she heard Rognan walk out softly and shut the door. After that, she was fast asleep. ::