“You are wasting time fighting me!” Stump says. Loking just stares at Stump without any emotion.
“When you are fighting me, I have sent another group to capture who you cared the most! You better surrender now.” Stump says as an officer runs towards him. The officer speaks to Stump besides his ear.
“Heh heh heh! Uriyao and his men had already captured the children and the other KRs. They will be here any moment. You better surrender now before I have to forcefully kill them.” Stump says with a smirk. Just as this time, Spyder lands besides Stump when he heard what Stump has said.
“You see, my master has it all planned out. Unlike you buffoons, he knows how to use his head to plan out everything. If you still have any reason and will to live, you should throw down your weapons and surrender, unless you want us to do what we do not want to do.” Spyder says with a smirk on his face also.
“Like master, like student.” Loking says.
“You people are so underhanded! How can you hurt unarmed children?” Chantelle and Raven says.
“Call it what you want! As long as I still reign as the supreme one around here, there is no tactics that are underhanded and dirty. It is only underhanded when you people use it.” Stump says with a proud expression on his face. HIME and the others just grunt at the two.
“You with the paper fan; I will not forgive you for insulting me like that!! No matter how you beg, I will still kill you. But still I want to see you get on your knees and beg for the lives for those children and your friends. Now do it! Entertain me I command you! HAHAHAHAHA” Stump and Spyder laughs as they think victory is near. Just then Uriayo and couple troopers enter the scene. They are covered in injuries. Stump looks at them in great shock.
“What happened? Where are the hostages? What happened back there?” Stump screams at Uriyao. Uriayao is still in shock. No one knows what is going on during that time. At this time, Nintendo and Tricky are running in the mountains in hopes of searching Lessa and the others.
“I fear that we are too late!” Tricky says.
“Never give up hope! As long as we don’t see any dead bodies, we are fine.” Nintendo says. Then they arrive on a trail where the trees and grass were burnt.
“These still look very much fresh. It has happened not too long ago. Oh no!” Tricky says. Nintendo walks a bit further to access the situation.
“HEY!! COME HERE!” Nintendo yells. Tricky arrives and they see a lot of dead bodies in front of them. They run up and check those bodies. They are all Blood Hound troopers. The only funny thing is, there were no sign on Lessa and the children.
“It is impossible for Lessa and the others to stand up against that many troopers with those children with them. What happened here?” Nintendo asks himself. They found nothing.
“So what? We are just going to return like this? Do you think this is a trap?” Tricky asks. Nintendo just shakes his head as his response.
“I hate it when you do that.” Tricky says.
“Why?” Nintendo asks.
“That means thing are getting weird from now on.” Tricky says.
“You do know that is not my fault.” Nintendo says.
“Not saying that it is.” Tricky answers. Nintendo just grunts as he walks away.
“Still, if most of the Blood Hounds are dead here…..then where Lessa and the others have gone? There has to be some traces around here.” Tricky asks.
“Hate it when Newise is not here. He would have picked up clues or tracks right away.” Nintendo says. Tricky still wants to look around. Nintendo takes a look the broke weapons and bodies.
“These are slashed by some kind of metallic weapon, not by a lightsaber.” Nintendo says.
“And it is only done by one person, not to mention a very strong person.” Tricky says as he is look at a number of great pits on the ground. These pits are fresh. They are done with great strength. It is like the weapon just hammers the ground in. Even Nintendo grasps when he sees those pits.
Meanwhile back at the orphanage, Stump is shocked to see Uriyao’s condition.
“What happened? What was going on back there? Where are the hostages?” Stump screams.
“There was this…..monster!! He killed everyone in an instance! He….A MONSTER!!” Uriyao screams. Spyder walks up to Uriyao and slaps him in the face.
“IS this the way for you to speak to my master? Speak clearly.” Spyder says to Uriyao. Loking looks at Uriyao.
“Uriyao!” Loking calls to him. Uriyao looks at Loking. Loking stares into his eyes for a while. Then, Loking smiles as if he knows what is going on.
“What? What are you looking at? You would be scare too if you were me!” Uriyao screams.
“But you do know that I am not you.” Loking says with a smile as he keeps fanning himself with that paper fan of his.
“May be this is a good time for you to leave this place. You have caused enough trouble for one day right?” Loking asks. Before Stump answers Spyder throw something towards Loking’s face. It turns out to be SPyder’s saber hilt. Loking moves his arm when he sees the saber hilt. Spyder then quickly presses the button on his armor. The spikes from the saber hilt come out from the hilt. The same trap that got Ronin poisoned before.
“HAHAHAHAHAHA! I got you finally! You should learn that you are no match for us! You should have joined our side instead of fighting! See, now you are going to die. Have a taste of my poison!! This is my final gift to you!” Spyder laughs as he points at Loking. Everyone else is worried about Loking.
“Oh, is that so?” Loking says. Then Stump and Spyder takes a look and finds Loking is using is fan to hold Spyder’s saber hilt. He didn’t hold it with his hands.
“Well, thank you for your gift. I will treasure it, but this gift is rather dangerous. I think I will keep somewhere the children cannot reach it.” Loking says as he turns his back and walks back into the building with Spyder’s saber. Spyder cannot believe his eyes. He just stands there. He suddenly charges towards Loking.
“Give me back my hilt! I will not stand this insult!” Spyder screams as he charges. Suddenly he finds his own saber hilt is flying towards his face. It is so fast that he cannot catch it with his hands. He has to dodge it. Then, there is a small explosion. Spyder stops and looks back. Loking is still walking back into the building.
“You have really bad taste. You have no artistic sense. I can tell from your saber hilt’s design. Who wants to hold a hilt with spikes all over the place? I think I don’t want to keep it. You can take it back. It’s in the ground.’ Loking says. Spyder looks back and sees his saber hilt is imbedded a few inches deep in the ground. Spyder tries to cancel the trap mode on his hilt, but it seems the system’s broken due to the great drop on the ground.
“Curse you!” Spyder says as he tries to think of a way to pull it out. He cannot think of a way because of all the poison spikes. Suddenly a shovel lands right beside him.
“Sometimes it is good to use some other tools.” Loking voice comes again. Spyder looks back and see Loking, Scythe, and Sidious are still there.
“What you want to watch me dig my hilt out?” Spyder asks.
“Well I personality do think your digging posture is going prettier than your fighting posture. So I am just waiting for the moment of truth.” Scythe says.
“Well, I have no reason at all. But if you must insist, I will say I just want to see a so called himself Jedi digging his own saber hilt out of the ground.” Sidious says. Spyder just screams and runs away. Stump still wants to fight but then he sees the situation is not in his favor.
“I will remember this day and I will repay all of you ten fold.” Stump says as he leaves. Uriyao goes with them. Loking sighs and goes back into the building and checks on Nako. As Loking walks, he suddenly stumps on the ground. Spyder’s saber hilt just pops up from the ground right there. Suddenly the hilt flies away on it’s own. Loking smiles. At the moment
“So, the owner decides to take it back.” Loking says. As Loking enters the building, Nintendo and Tricky already returned from outside, they tell Loking that they didn’t find anything at all. Strangely, Lokign doesn’t look any thing but nervous or worried. He looks rather concerned about Nako’s condition as well. He walks into the medical bay and checks on Nako. Nako now is resting on her bed. HIME and Raven have been trying to stop the wound from bleeding. Loking sits down besides Nako and grabs her hand. He is reading her pulse.
“How’s is she? Is she going to be alright? Is she going to make it?” Scythe, Tricky and Sidious keep asking Loking. Loking opens his paper fan.
“She won’t be if you three bosos keep screaming beside my ear. Right now, she needs rest. She must not be excited anymore in any time soon. I am going stay with her right here. You people please leave the medical bay.” Loking says. Everyone leaves and leave the two along. HIME stays in the room. She walks towards Nako.
“Who am I? She looks like….no….I look like her. Yet there is some strange feelings that….. I do not know anymore….” HIME says.
“Well, you are alive right? This life is yours. You are not Nako, and Nako is not you. This body is yours at the very least. Then I think you should forget about all those nonsense and live the live you want to live.” Loking says. HIME nobs.
“You know, if you want to stay. You can ask.” Loking says.
“You do know that even if you want to kick me out, I will sneak in again right?” HIME says with a smile. Loking breaks a smile too.
“So, why is Nako is in this condition?” HIME asks.
“Well, before, she was involved in this great struggle. In this struggle she was backstabbed by one of her teammates. A slash by a lightsaber in the back…..”
“So, was she one of the best force users as well?”
“I don’t know about that……but she used to slain many, many people on the battle field. She was not well liked; at least that’s how she felt anyways. I was there during the time when she went berserk. I took her with me when she determined to die as she was. She survived and we landed here. We begin to throw away our old ties and make new ones.” Loking says.
“So, you were in her team as well?” HIME asks,
“Nope, I was someone else before I am Loking.” Loking says with a smile.