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Odious Reborn
Ashlar awakes in his quarters at the Grey Temple to the sound of his comm unit chirping. He hasn't been able to return home because the pain from the memories he and Miran shared there haunt his every waking moment. He reluctantly rolls out of bed wanting instead to stay asleep all day. The depression of losing Miran is crushing him more and more everyday. He grabs the comm unit and activates it. "What?" Darus: "Ash it's Darus Tandaris. Do you remember me? You saved my sister's life on Ord Mandell." "Of course I remember you Darus. How can I help you?" Darus: "I am hoping I can be the one to help you Ashlar. I may have a lead on the location of your wife." Ash can't hide his anxiousness and anticipation, he begins grabbing his equipment and packing his bag, "Where is she?" He gets dressed in his old assaisins gear of all black. He grabs his sabers placing one in the hidden holster on his back. He slings his hip holster-rig around his waist and drops a blaster in each holster. Darus: "I was hired to do some security for an isolated outpost on Tatooine. It wasn't until I got there that I discovered it was an Exchange slave holding area. I had heard about Miran so I acted business as usual and I took a look around. After what you and Miran did for my sister, I had to do something." Ash hurriedly walks out of his room, the Temple and toward the Reaper's Scythe. "Thank you my friend." Darus: "Ash, I saw her. She needs you now. She is in grave danger. I am uploading the coordinates to you now along with the schematics for the security system I installed. I know that they will trace the breach back to me, but I don't care. I owed you both at least this much." "Thank you Darus, now it is I who owe you. They will not harm you my friend. That I promise you." As Ashlar breaks contact, he jumps into the Scythe and takes off. ------------------------ Ash arrives on Tatooine and makes his way to the coordinates. He flies past the building so no one will become suspicious. He searches for a rocky outcropping with enough space for the Scythe. After he lands, he covers the Scythe to hide it from ships flying above. He makes his way to a cave and sets up camp to wait for the cover of night. He tries to meditate as he waits, but he only grows angrier with each passing moment. Odious calls to him, Odious: "Let me deal with these scum. I will show them we are to be FEARED and show them the enormity of their mistake. Let me make an example of them form the rest of the galaxy. No one will DARE come for Miran again." Ashlar wants to give in, wants to let Odious do what he does best, but he never wants Miran to see Odious so he fights to regain his composure. As darkness falls, Ashlar sets out under the veil of blackness. He stealthily makes his way to the back entrance he found in the plans Darus sent. Ash watches the guard patrol back and forth in front of the door observing the timing. When the time is right, he slowly emerges from the rocks and approaches the guard's back. As he gets nearm he slips his arm around the man's throat and chokes off any air he could use to scream. He holds the choke until the man is unconcious. Ash binds the man's feet and hands, puts a gag in his mouth, and hides him in the rocks. He slips in the door and conceals himself in the darkness of a doorway unsheathing his dagger as he waits. A guard walks past and Ashlar steps out behind him putting one hand over the guards mouth, placing the dagger at his throat and pulling him back into the shadows. "You and I are going to have a nice, quiet, civil conversation. You scream and I'll slit your throat. The other guards may get me, but they won't make it before your corpse hits the floor, understood?" The guard nods, eyes wide with fear and surprise. "You provide me with some answers and I'll knock you out but leave you alive. Sound fair?" The guard nods again. Ashlar carefully removes his hand from the man's mouth, but keeps the dagger blade firmly pressed against his throat. "I don't want to hurt anyone and the better your information is, the less I will have to hurt or kill. Tell me where the slaves are kept and the guard patrolling patterns between here and there." Guard: "Th-they are kept downstairs. Keep going down this hall. You will see stairs to your right. There aren't any more guards in this hall, but there are four guarding the slaves." "Any more traps or surprises I should know about?" The guard shakes his head "No". Before he finishes shaking his head, Ashlar drives the hilt of the dagger into the base of the man's neck knocking him unconcious. He bings and gags the man hiding him in a storage closet he located on the blueprints. Ash continues down the hall sticking to the shadows. He cautiously makes his way down the stairs and peaks around the corner. He sees the four guards sitting around a table eating and laughing. Ash takes a moment to look around the room and spots a candlabra above the table. He reaches out with the Force and pulls it down on top of the guards knocking them unconcious. He approaches the cells still on high alert for any guards. He walks through the unbelievably full cells looking for Miran.The faces he sees are haggard and worn. Some are hopeful when they see him, some are fearful. Ash stops in his tracks when he sees a little girl wearing Miran's coat which is covered in blood. He crouches next to the cell and meets the girl's frightened eyes with a soft gaze. "Hello little one. I was wondering if you could help me. I am looking for this woman." Ash activates the holo image of Miran. The girl smiles when she sees Miran, but turns an untrusting look on Ashlar. "It's ok, I am her husband. I am here to free her, to free you all. Do you know where they took her?" A man's voice comes from behind Ash, "Ashlar?" Ash spins on his heels to face the man. "Sir? Have we met?" Man: "I heard you say you were Miran's husband. I figured it was you she was crying out for when they..." The man trails off and his eyes look to the ground. Ash's eyes narrow, "When they did what?" The man looks back up at Ashlar filled with sorrow. Man: "She fought so hard when they came for her, but there were just so many. They overwhelmed her and beat her savagely right in front of the child's eyes. We were all grief-stricken but there wasn't anything we could do. We loved Miran, she was so kind and took care of all of us. She was a mother to that girl after hers was taken. To see her..." The man shakes his head, the tears beginning to fall. "She was barely breathing when they dragged her out of here." Ashlar's blood boils and rampages through his veins. "WE CANNOT LET THIS STAND! FREE ME NOW! WE WILL MAKE THEM ALL PAY! WE WILL MAKE THEM AN EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF THE GALAXY! NO ONE WILL DARE COME FOR MIRAN EVER AGAIN!" Odious bellows from within. Ashlar contacts T47 to pick up the slaves with the Falcon's Claw and take them all to their homes or refugee camps. He opens the cages. "Wait here until I return. I will make sure it's clear." Ashlar lowers his head in defeat as he gives into Odious. Odious raises his head with a wicked smile. He unclips the lightsaber from his belt and reaches behind his back unclipping the hidden saber from its holster as well. He ignites both, the orange blades lighting his now disturbingly expressionless face. He turns to see one of the guards stirring, walks over to him, and lifts him by the shirt glaring into the man's eyes. He slaps the man sharply across the face. "Wakey, wakey. I need you to see something." He roughly pushes the man up the stairs. Moments later, the slaves hear shrill cries of terror and blood-curdling screams of pain. The slaves huddle in the corner afraid of what is happening upstairs. What seems like an eternity later, the guard chosen to be witness crashes to the prison floor, eyes wide in horror. Shortly after, Odious descends the stairs with a grotesque smile and covered in blood, none of which is his own. He towers over the guard who shuffles away from him. The little girl runs to Odious to hug him, but shrinks back when Odious' yellow eyes meet hers. Odious smilles at the girl's disgust. Another guard gets to his feet behind Odious. Without hesitation, Odious lashes out with one saber decapitating the guard. The slaves run from the room crying and screaming at the horrid sight. Odious laughs and turns to his witness. He snears at the man, "I need you to tell your bosses exactly what you saw here today. Please be very descriptive. Now to give you some extra inspiration..." Odious turns to the two unconcious guards. The witness vomits as he sees what Odious does to his friends. When Odious turns back to him, the witness shakes uncontrollably. "Now, if I hear you went into hiding and didn't tell your bosses what happened, I WILL find you and your fate will be worse than any of theirs." Odious leaves and hops in the Scythe. "Finally Free! Don't worry Ashlar, we will find your precious Miran, but now we do it MY way. Anyone who stands in our way will be cut down by our blades. By the way, great job on the new saber. It cuts through bone and body so easily. It is quite a beautifullt assembled weapon, thank you for it." Odious takes the Scythe up and away from the planet, his anger and hate giving him the power he so desparately craved and missed. The galaxy is finally his for the taking and he is finally prepared.
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