Heart of the Legacy

[DrPhil2501]

((Is Keira with the group?))

 

"Ughh!" Cade yelped when Cyan burst out of his pocket. "How long has that little rat been in there!"

 

Payne clasped a hand on Cade's mouth. The Zabrak glared and whispered.

 

"Shut... up!" he whispered. Cade obeyed the scary man and put the belt around his waist. He activated it, and was rendered completly invisible.

 

"Okay, lets split into groups!" Cade whispered, planning out the assault. "Payne, Tia and Keira can go straight ahead and take out the guards. Syn, Blue and I can go backup!"

 

In a way, this pleased Payne. Having the part of being a Silent Assassin and taking out the guards was part of his specialities.

 

"As much as I hate Zam, try not to kill anyone. We don't want to arouse attention by open firing!"

 

The words "not-kill" disapointed the Zabrak. "Don't worry about the guards. We will take care of them one-by-one... "

 

Payne activated his Stealth Field Generator, and silently jogged across the sand to the very large tent. He saw a guard pacing around the entrance, and krept silently behind him. Then he hit the back of his weapon against the man's head, which knocked him out cold. He dragged the body over a hill to hide the victim.

[Empress Padme]

Keira and Tia followed Payne.

 

Keira remarked to Tia ." Try to stay stealthy this time Tia."

 

Tia whispered." I mess up one time and it's hung over my head for life."

 

Keira replied." Twice and try to keep your hormones in check around Payne until after this mission."

 

The Arkanian got scarlett red in the face and if looks could kill, they would have been planning a funeral for Keira in the morning.

[Jedi Atomic]

Ganner hesitated for a moment. He didn't see that reply coming. He then thought, "Rock if you really want to help get Bonty Zam to come out of his tent or wherever he is and bring him somehow to this tent. Hopefully the others figured out a plan and will take care of him. I'll stay here and make sure everything good with Lyna."

 

He found a seat and made sure he could get to Lyna as fast as possible if something were to happen.

[SkywalkerRules]

After Lyna was done dancing, all the audience started to cheer her on. The young woman was happy to be cheered by crowds again, and smiled brightly.

 

Bonty came by her side. "Thank you all! Now... this last performance is a circus trick that Lyna will be showing! Bring down the cage!"

 

Lyna got confused. "Cage? Trick?" Suddenly, the cage came down, and closed Lyna in! The young woman grew afraid and suspicious. Out from the darkness... came a ferocious Nexu! It began to roar at Lyna.

 

"This is not part of the show! Zam!!" Lyna shouted. The audience grew afraid, hoping that this wasn't a plan to kill her.

 

This was all too pleasing for Bonty. Rock ran by his side as the ringleader sat down. "What the kriff are you doing, Zam?! I thought you weren't gonna harm her!"

 

Bonty glared, and clicked his finger for his Noghri henchmen. Logan and Jorgan grabbed Rock, holding him down. Rock struggled to break free.

 

"You'll pay for this, Zam!! I promise to it!" Rock shouted.

 

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Cyan decided to go with Cade and his crew. Blue looked down, and squinted her eyes, making a face.

 

"What's that thing suppose to be? I've noticed that it's been following you."

[DrPhil2501]

Payne was nearing the Generator. It was hidden inside of some kind of plasteel hut. Guards were likely inside.

 

He opened the door of the hut, and sure enough, he was right. The guards peered out of the entrance wondering who it was. But they couldn't see anything, thanks to the STG's.

 

"What the?"

 

Payne pulled from his pouch a Concussion Grenade. He rolled it in the hut, and immediatly closed the door. A small bang was made, and he doubt anyone could hear it due to the amount of noise which came from the tent.

 

He opened the door again, and saw two unconcious bodies lying on the floor. He entered it, allowed the two girls who followed in, and stood by the Power Generator. The machine was fairly large, with the typical complicated devices and mechanisms.

 

"How to disable it I wonder..." he thought.

 

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"Its Lyna's irratating pet-thing..." Cade groaned "Whats its name? Cyan.... He suddenly felt a disturbance in the force... Lyna was in trouble!

 

"There's no time, we can't wait for Payne to shut down the Generator!"

 

And with that, he jogged with his Stealth Field Generator activated across the sand and towards the Circus. Payne and his team obviously did a good job taking out the guards.

 

Cade ran through the tent entrance, and saw what you would typically see at a circus... except in the center arena there was a woman in a cage (wearing something quite revealing), and a beast snarling at its prey.

 

"... some show... WAIT A MINUTE!" he immediatly recognised the crazy woman. Cade reached for his Lightsaber.

[SkywalkerRules]

Lyna grew very frightened of the Nexu. She had to think of something quick! Suddenly, it came to her. Animal Friendship! Lyna opened her mind to the Force of the Animal Friendship.

 

"All right, you monstrous cat! C'mon!!"

 

The Nexu roared, and ran towards Lyna. But when the beast almost came near her, ready to claw her down, the Animal Friendship tamed the Nexu. The Nexu slid in front of Lyna, and stopped, staring her in the eyes.

 

Suddenly, to the crowds surprise, they all cheered, standing up. Bonty got furious. "What the--"

 

"Face it, Zam..." Rock said, getting out of the Noghri twin's grips, "she's one in a million." He then ran out to his speeder. When he got outside, he looked up. There were ships coming from the night sky. "Oh no. It looks like the Empire... or Sith..."

 

The Nexu happily jumped on Lyna, and licked her. Lyna giggled. "Ha ha! Stop! That tickles! Down, boy!"

[Jedi Atomic]

Ganner stood up and jumped down to the bottom level grabbing his saber from his belt. He knew something was likely up. He tried to get there but was to slow, as the Nexu was jumping towards her. Then landed by her and started licking her face. Ganner was confused. "What just happened?" He was inside the middle ring with a ignited saber.

 

He looked around the tent, unigniting his saber. Is this another trick to get him to the middle of the floor. He noticed Zam. He jumped over in front of Zam. "Get her out of there. NOW!" He ignited his saber making both faces glow a lavender-green color. "I'm not afraid to use force."

[Empress Padme]

Tia looked at the Power Generator. " This is not my area of expertise.I'm a Flygal. Hmm how to disable this thing....I have no idea."

 

Keira looked at it." Does it have red wire always cut the red wire.Blues blow up everybody."

 

Tia gave a puzzled look." What in the Force are you talking about? "

 

" It's a bomb right?"

 

Tia shook her head." It's times like these that make me wanna go Sith on your -"

 

" Hey!"

[SkywalkerRules]

Lyna got up, patting the tamed Nexu. "I knew this was a set up!"

 

She glared at Zam.

 

Bonty smiled sheepishly at Ganner. "Heh heh. Take it easy, son. Ya don't wanna make a scene in front of the audience... do you?"

 

The audience were stunned to see Ganner with a lightsaber. They all wondered if he was a real Jedi... or part of the act.

 

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Cyan squealed, and ran towards the other direction. Blue turned. Then she glanced at Cade.

 

"Where's that little thing goin' to?" Blue wondered.

[DrPhil2501]

Payne sighed, rolled his eyes and aimed his weapon at the machine. He pulled the trigger, and rapid bolts of energy blasted from his huge weapon and severly punished the generator.

 

The huge machine lay in ruins and was a complete wreck. He gave a short smirk to the girls and back into his serious manner. The lights in the hut went out.

 

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"Beats me.." Cade replied. "But I really, personally don't care. Lets go" he still had his STG on, which he didn't take note.

 

He walked to the cage where Lyna was, ignited his Lightsaber and cut out a space of the bars so she could get out. When he cut it, it looked like a floating Lightsaber was doing the work.

 

"Get out..." he said.

 

The circus was in shadow. No power was running the lights anylonger. Payne must have destroyed the generator.

[Empress Padme]

Tia looked at Keira." Boom." Tia covered her mouth from laughing so hard.

 

" It's not funny." Keira fumed.

 

" It really is." Tia said. Tia looked at Payne." Good job." then gave him a kiss on the cheek.

[SkywalkerRules]

The audience went crazy when the lights were out. People screamed and knocked over each other. Some couldn't see and some saw others a little.

 

Lyna got confused. She heard Cade's voice, but couldn't see him. The only thing she saw was the floating lightsaber in the air, which confused her more. The young woman noticed that the lights went out too.

 

"Uh... okay." She turned to the Nexu. "Stay." The Nexu obeyed and sat there.

 

Lyna got out, smiling. "Well, Zam. Guess this is between you... and me."

 

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Rock, who was still outside of the circus, continued to look up. "If the Sith gets any closer to this circus... Lyna and the others are in trouble! Gotta think of somethin'... quick!"

[DrPhil2501]

Payne glanced at Tia after she kissed him.

 

"What was that? Some attempt at hitting on me?"

 

He walked out of the door and headed straight to the circus. His weapon armed and ready.

 

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Cade deactivated his STG. There was probably no need for it, now tha the circus was shrouded in darkness. His Saber's radiating light blended in with Ganner's.

 

He pulled out Lyna's Lightsaber from within his coat, and passed it to Lyna.

 

"I think you're gonna need it, lady!" he was clearly angry with her for joining the circus... again.

[Jedi Atomic]

The tent went into darkness. But his saber lit up himself Zam and Lyna. "Your staying right here, Zam." He looked over and noticed a saber floating towards them, but Cade appearing from behind it.

 

"Cade got him right here." Ganner yelled keeping an eye on Bonty Zam.

[SkywalkerRules]

((Are the Sith coming yet? Just curious...))

 

Bonty gulped. "Cade, my man! What it do?!" He sounded like a dumb-founded thug, who couldn't use words right.

 

He sighed. "Well... there goes my career." Jorgan and Logan stood by their boss, but were afraid to move because of Ganner's lightsaber pointed towards them and Bonty.

 

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Lyna caught her lightsaber from Cade. But deep inside, she was sad that she hurted Cade again. This made her feel awful.

 

"Cade... I'm sorry. I--"

 

Blue shot a glare at Lyna. "I think he heard enough of your apologize... Jedi."

 

Lyna glared back. "I wasn't talking to you... Zeltron!"

 

"Uh, sweetie? I got a name! It's Deliah Blue." She smirked. "When can you give up, Honso? Cade's with me! So why don't you just... run along home, and never interfere between me... and Cade. Got it? Jedi clown?"

 

With her anger rising up, Lyna punched Blue right on the face!

 

The Zeltron began to cry, covering her mouth on the ground. "Aww! Cade!! My nose's bleeding!"

 

"Uh-oh." Lyna thought.

[Empress Padme]

Tia smirked at Payne as she headed to the circus ." You looked like you could use a good kiss." Tia laughed and patted her rifle . " And now to save the fair lady."

 

Keira shook her head , out of the corner of her eye she swore she saw a shadow. " Guys I'll catch up with you okay , you go on ahead."

 

Tia looked at her friend with concern. " You okay ?"

 

" I just need a minute or two to myself."

 

" Okay. Don't take forever."

[Jedi Atomic]

Ganner watched as Lyna punch Deliah in the face making her nose start to bleed uncontrolably. "Now Lyna. Why'd you have to go and do that?"

 

He then looked at Bonty, "How about we arrest you and have you sent to jail for attempted murder? Does that sound like a good enough punishment? Along with your sidekicks. Or would you rather resist and most likely die?"

[SkywalkerRules]

Bonty glared at Ganner.

 

"You don't scare me, boy. Go ahead! Kill me if ya like! But after you do... the authorities might come looking for you. And your little friends!"

 

He started to laugh menacingly.

 

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Lyna squinted her eyes at Ganner. "She.. she started it!"

 

Deliah was still on the ground, covering her nose. "When I'm done with you... I'm gonna kill ya! You broke my nose! Cade!!!"

 

Lyna bit her lower lip. "Oh, man. This is not good."

[DrPhil2501]

"Both of you guys..." said Cade furiously to the two girls, "are pathetic! If there are any more words to describe your nature, I'd use them! I'd hate getting critical, but this has got to stop!"

 

"Blue, you had it coming! You asked for it! And mind you, your first meeting with Lyna wasn't all that pleasant to begin with, as you immediatly judged her without getting to know her a little more! And you!" he pointed his finger at Lyna.

 

"You are by far the worst! You should know better than to hit Blue. If it were me, I'd ignore her tacky remark and get on with life. You have to be, by far, the most ignorant! Blue came through all this way, all this trouble to help you! But you rejected her. And tell me something! How long did it take for Rock to convince you come with him, after what he had done to you? How long did it take for this scum-" he pointed at Zam. "to convince you to rejoin the circus? After what he did to you???"

 

He turned his back on the girls, looking disgusted.

 

"I may have turned away from the Jedi, but this has to stop! I recomend BOTH of you make up and start working as team for once. Now if you'll excuse me, I sense an old enemy!"

 

He walked out of the circus, activating his STG. As he came out, he came just in time to see a shuttle landing on the sand. The ramp opened, and out of the black came four figures... all of which were carrying lightsabers.

[SkywalkerRules]

Lyna looked at Blue.

 

Blue looked at Lyna. Cade was right. This had to stop. Lyna helped Blue up, and glanced down. "I'm... I'm really sorry, Deliah. I guess... I'm going through changes."

 

The Zeltron shrugged and smiled. "I'm sorry too. Cade's right. I had it coming."

 

They both laughed. Lyna handed Blue a tissue, so it would stop the bleeding. Maybe Blue wasn't such a bad person after all. Blue thought the same about Lyna.

 

What Cade had said about Lyna made the young woman feel hurt. It was true. She became ignorant and... irresponsible. Tears came out of Lyna's eyes. She sat on the floor.

 

As Lyna cried, Blue patted her on the shoulder. "Hey. Don't let yourself down. I'm sure Cade didn't mean those things he said about you."

 

"Yes he did! I'm ignorant, just like he said I am!" She continued to cry.

 

Suddenly, the girls heard a shuttle land in front of the circus. Lyna sensed that the shuttle belonged to... the Sith!

[Jedi Atomic]

"You two go check who just landed." Ganner looked at them. "There's no time to sit and cry we have Zam right here and somebody just landed outside. I'll stay here and watch Zam." He pulled his pistol from his leg holster and pointed it at Zam.

 

Ganner stared at him. "So what makes you want Lyna, really?"

[SkywalkerRules]

Zam shrugged, and continued to raise his hands. "I've been around. Ya know... trying to make creds." He sighed. "I only want what's best for my circus. Plus, I'm trying to get rich too."

 

He smirked. "So there... Jedi. I answered your question. Anything else?"

 

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Lyna stood up, and went outside, along with Deliah. There, they could see four Sith, standing there, holding lightsabers.

 

The young woman glared, and activated her orange bladed lightsaber. She Force bonded Cade. "We're gonna help you, Cade! I know you want revenge, but we can help you get rid of them!"

[Empress Padme]

Keira followed the shadow then lost track of it. She felt someone was behind her and pulled out her blaster and turned around. She found herself pointing her blaster at a male human.

 

" Easy now.I'm not gonna hurt you. Not when I need help." the man said.

 

" Stalking people isn't a good way to ask for help." she said with a hint of anger.

 

" Sorry about that I had to see you guys in action first. You guys are crazy but good.Now put the blaster down cause if you were gonna use it you would have already."

 

She put the blaster back in her holster." Who are you ?"

 

" The name's Jaq Starfire."

[Jedi Atomic]

Ganner hadn't known Zam, only heard about him. His story sounded believable, but then Lyna popped into his mind. "What was with the Nexu? Were you trying to kill the poor girl, in your get rich scheme?"

 

Ganner lowered his pistol, "Oh you can lower your hands if you want, but don't do anything fishy."

[SkywalkerRules]

Zam sighed in relief. "Thank you. About the Nexu... I did it because I wanted to get revenge. It's just that my brain isn't normal like everyone else's. When someone gets me angry, I start going off... crazy!"

 

He lowered his head. "Guess... I'm not normal." He sighed heavily. "Go ahead. Kill me. I don't deserve to live."

 

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Darth Talon glared at the two girls. "Ah. Deliah Blue. And..." Talon made a face at Lyna.

 

"Lyna. Lyna Honso. And don't you dare try and take Cade away! He's far better than being a Sith... like you all!"

 

Talon raised an eyebrow. "Oh?" She activated her red-bladed lightsaber. "We shall see, Jedi fool. He was once my apprentice... until he betrayed us."

 

Deliah turned to Lyna. Although they couldn't see Cade, she had to fight by Lyna's side. "Lyna? I'm with you. Friends?"

 

Lyna turned to Blue and smiled. "Friends." They shook each others hand. Then were ready for battle against the Sith.