Trophies on the Wall.

[Kenrath]

Vengeance sat meditating in the center of the room. Keeping himself centered in what he would do next. Naboo now in his rear view he was headed towards the Outer Rim. Where he would be uninterrupted for more than enough time to enjoy his latest acquisition. Vengeance had taken on Apprentices before but he had yet to take a prisoner.

After an hour he slowly stood making his way to the Cargo hold that had been retrofitted into a makeshift prison/interrogation room. Rather than a full force cage he used cuffs mounted to the way spread far enough apart to keep the prison from being able to move much less gather strength to try and break them. They were designed especially to hold Force User Jedi and Sith alike. Vengeance was after all an Exile....a Rogue Sith. Friend to none and enemy to all.

As he approached the young [member="Gabriella Rhayne"] he called out taunting her. She still wore the same thing she had lost consciousness in.

"Do you hear their screams little Princess?" "Do you hear their screams little Princess?"

He said it over and over as he came into view. He wore simple slacks with no shirt. To his left was a small table that held various blades and blunt objects. To his right and slightly behind him was a man wearing what looked like parts of a military uniform but any recognizable military or government insignia or emblems were missing.

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

It had been a little bit since Gabriella had been captured by [member="Vengeance"] . Now, alot of her people had been murdered and here she was, hanging to a wall, unable to move at all except for her head. She had already tried struggling to break free, but it was no use. She was stuck like glue and there was no getting out until she was most likely moved to a cell on some other planet she had a feeling they were heading to.

She herself was meditating and focusing on keeping strength. That was until the Sith came into the room without a shirt on. She gave him a look and rolled her eyes as he then started repeating stuff again. Gabriella looked at multiple sharp objects on a table that glinted in the light provided and then she noticed another man with him in a military like uniform, just without any sign of being part of a group.

Gabriella scoffed at his constant question.

"Maybe you hit my head a little too hard when you dropped me before you captured me, but I believe you murdered more than a block of people.."

she mentioned, the slightest sound of frustration in her voice.

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance shrugged as if not to care.

"I didn't exactly stop to count..............you should be fortunate I spared the rest of the city."

He smiled picking up a knife from the table.

"I wouldn't count on being welcome there any more though." "I may have insinuated you ordered all their deaths." "A lie of course but they don't know that." "And of course the survivors are going to want to blame someone."

Vengeance paused.

"Since you were the only person to survive on that block and the fact that when I brought you here I made it look like I was saving you." "You have to admit they are going to wonder who's side you are on with how gentle I carried you to safety." "What with the only people who saw us fighting dead there is no one to dispute the version I told them."

He played with the knife in his hand his gaze focused on her.

"Now to why you are here." "I have a proposition for you..............would you like to hear it?"

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella sent another glare his way and scoffed, bringing on a sarcastic tone. She already knew what laid ahead of her. She knew the fate of what would happen for the next few hours or days.

"Guess I should, huh?"

she asked with her voice a little frustrated still.Her glaring eyes never left him as he then smiled, picking a knife up from the table.What she heard next only made her more frustrated. She wasn't surprised, she was just upset that that had actually happened. She knew her people wouldn't give up faith on her though. After all, she was only 16 and her people were some of the most loyal as she was to them. She cared for them to no end and there was a pit in her stomach that so many had been murdered.

"Have a little more faith in my people, Sith. They know exactly who I am and they know I would do no such thing as trade to a different side. The only one they will be blaming in the end, is you."

she responded firmly. She was already in a bad spot, but she was fierce for her people and wanted nothing more than to know that they were safe.

"Saving me? Oh please, don't make me laugh! They aren't dumb people."

She replied, with another slight scoff. Gabriella wasn't caring that he had a knife in hand right now, that had her name on it. When he said he had a proposition for her, she rolled her eyes before looking back to him.

"Another one of your games, Sith? What challenge do you have for me this time?"

she asked, just waiting to hear what game he'd have her play this time.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance snorted.

"You know nothing Princess." "The Galaxy is burning......................has been burning longer than you have been alive." "Glee Anselm, Csila, Mindabaal, Mayferria, Taloraan, Belgaroth..............."

He paused.

"And those are just a few of the worlds I helped burn under the banner of the One Sith." "You see fear and terror make people do things they never understand."

Vengeance smiled snapping his fingers. When he did the other man in the room pulled out a small portable holoprojecter and turned in on feeling the room the sounds.


"Breaking news from Naboo a once peaceful planet now thrown into chaos as a city mourns the death of hundreds." "Initial reports are contradictory but one that seems to be gaining traction." "Eye witness reports talk over a failed kidnapping attempt against Princess Annabella Rhayne." "Reports say the Princess was seriously injured during the attack and ordered a punitive assault against the people before losing consciousness."

Vengeance paused before speaking letting what she heard sink in.

"The entire sector heard that report.........................pretty convincing would you not agree."

The man behind Vengeance spoke up with a very familiar sounding voice...................the voice from the news report.

"Yes My Lord."

Vengeance reached out with his free hand wrapping it around Gabriella's throat squeezing and forcing head head against the wall behind her.

"Your people are stupid, your people are afraid, and they will blame you." "Especially when your family puts more effort on locating you than they do helping the people." "It will cause resentment, hatred, and a call for vengeance.........................vengeance against you." "And when you family refuses to hand you over there will be rioting and more death." "The people of Naboo will not care nor believe that your family does not have you hidden away in the Castle."

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella's ice blue eyes sent a burning glare towards Vengeance. He was partly correct, she had much to learn, but on the other hand, she knew alot for her age and she wasn't giving up. She wasn't surprised, but Gabriella couldn't believe he had destroyed so many planets. So many lives.. lost for no reason. She then saw as Vengeance snapped his fingers and suddenly the sound of a "newsman" filled the room and as it went on, her glare went further.

"You son of a kriffing lying slimo!! It's all a lie!!! And you created it!"

she yelled out at him, especially when she found the report came from his own man. She then clenched her hands into fists as she tried tugging and pulling at the restraints to pull herself off, but the never budged. It didn't stop her from trying though. When he asked if she'd agree, she let out a growl.

"Obviously as we can tell, Mr. Newsman, the media is lying and cannot be trusted at the moment because it is being controlled by you!!"

she spat towards him. As he then came towards her, Gabriella felt his hand wrap around her neck as he then started squeezing it as her head then slammed back against the wall that wasn't more than a centimeter away.

"You only say that because you see them cowering in fear of a Sith.. and that Sith is you. And stop telling me my family will do this and that. I have no family! I am it! My father's life was ended by your kind. My mother died of weakness from an illness she had contracted. The only person left to take care of me, was a friend. After my coronation, he left, because he was given no choice. The Jedi needed him."

she responded, showing no emotion except for her voice raising the very slightest every once in a while when speaking.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance laughed.

"Deception is a very powerful tool little Princess." "So is anger." "Without so much as harming a single hair on your head you have told me everything I needed to know."

He smiled leaning in his lips at her ear.

"And all I had to do was spread a few lies." "Think about it...........how could he have created a fake news story and made it back to the ship before we take off?" "No one outside of this room has heard it." "With no family missing you I have all the time I want with you."

Vengeance pulled back his hand still on her throat turning to look at the man.

"Thank you.........you can go back to the cockpit now." "It seems we are not expecting company."

Vengeance turned back to Gabriella.

"Now back to my proposition." "I want you to join me." "To take up the mantle of the Sith and embrace a power you have never felt before." "To be able to turn that little ice show into a force to be reckoned with." "All you have to do is say yes."

He smiled only this time it was a genuinely warm smile.

"Say yes and I will release you from these bindings and teach you the ways of a Galaxy at War."

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

As he spoke to Gabriella saying that he had gotten what he wanted, he would be able to feel a low rumbling coming from her throat as she started growling at him again.She hated that he had pushed her far enough to tell him she had no family.

"A-Apparently so.."

she responded, stuttering the very slightest as he still was holding her back by her throat. As he came closer to whisper into her ear, she tried desperately to pull away, but she was strapped down almost too well.

"You k-know.. you're a slimo."

she said firmly. She wasn't caring if she was being held by him right now, Gabriella wasn't gonna hold back. She started glaring once more as he turned away from her telling his other person that he could leave the area. When he stated his proposition asking her to join him, she raised an eyebrow, her glare turning into a look that said, "really?" she then let out a sarcastic laugh before looking at him.

"Look, while I appreciate the offer to "enhance" my ice powers, I think I'm good enough on my own. I'm not going to join the force I've been fighting against for how long and then imprisoned by. I'm not that dumb."

she responded in a instantly calm tone. Gabriella respected the fact that someone wanted to train her it was just a path she couldn't go down.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance smiled and turned back to her.

"You have no idea how glad I am to hear you say that."

He picked the knife back up and moved over to her.

"Do you know how someone becomes a Sith?" "It happens two ways."

He slowly and methodically began cutting away her jacket exposing her arms underneath it. As he did he continued talking.

"There are two ways." "The first is to volunteer, to do so willing." "Either by seeking us out and asking...............or by being sought out by us and offered." "It is the path of least resistance and the path you just turned down."

Once he was done with her jacket he moved to the bottom of her shirt and started cutting up.

"The other way is to be forced into becoming Sith." "That is the way I began Sith..............by being force to."

Vengeance stopping cutting only when she had just enough covered to protect her modesty..................she was after all still quite young and even he had his boundaries. He stood there with the knife in his hand as he kept talking.

"I was taken when I was 12...............charged with murder........................the murder of the criminals that broke into our home and killed my father."

He paused.

"I was facing life in prison until they realized I was Force sensitive.............then I was handed over to the Sith." "Where I was tortured and beaten until I broke............and accepted a new life as a Sith Acolyte."

He smiled his free hand going back to her throat and the knife up to her cheek. He put the flat edge to her face dragging it from her ear to her lips but not yet cutting her.

"I lasted six years before a broke...................................." "Let's see how long you can take the pain before you break." "You will become a Sith little Princess whether you want to or not." "Your fate was decide the moment we met."

Vengeance pulled the knife back and his hand slid down to her chest pausing for just a moment before the air around his hand began to speed up and crackle. The prelude to the full bast of Force Lightening he fired directly into her body. A burst that would not stop until she screamed out in pain or passed out.

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

When he responded, the look on Gabriella's face went from the sarcastic one she had previously to one that said "What the kriff did I just get myself into?". She saw as he briefly moved away and grabbed the knife he held earlier. She then gave him her most intense glare as she growled when he started cutting away at her jacket and clothing. Why couldn't he have just pulled her jacket off before she was put into this position?? Then of course he started cutting away at her shirt. They were both just lucky that he had stopped around the bottom area of her rib cage.

"Well, there is no way I'm joining your little scheme. No matter how long you decide to keep me here and no matter how long it takes for someone who believes in me to come find me and pull me out of here, I will never join you.."

she responded, calmly, but firmly. Gabriella's eyes stayed on him as he started telling her about his past. She almost couldn't believe it. They had a similar past, except her father was killed by Sith when he was on a mission with his friend. It happened a few months before she was born.

"So similar, yet so different.."

she said under her breath. Gabriella felt as his hand went back around her throat and he slid the knife across her cheek towards her lips. She heard what he said but scoffed when he told her that she would become a Sith. There was no way her own soul would let her be overtaken by such corruption. He then removed the knife from her face and she started getting a little ticked off as his hand went to her chest, but soon, the air swirled around his hand and lightning and pain flooded into her body. As he did so, she screamed to the point it'd make someone deaf or break glass.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance kept shooting lightening into her body as she screamed. The good thing about being in a ship in space was there was nobody to hear the screams. Vengeance stopped before she passed out though not wanting to wait until she woke back up to continue.

"You say that now.................and I believe you." "I was the same way when I was first taken." "You will learn something about me though." "I don't take no for an answer."

Vengeance took the knife looking at it for a moment holding it high enough for her to see as well.

"I just remembered something................I promised to make you bleed." "And did you not once accuse me of not keeping my promise."

Vengeance took the knife finding a sweet but non fatal spot just below the edge of her ribs and slowly pushed the tip of the knife in. The whole time his gaze not leaving her eyes. Once he had the depth he wanted he slowly cut diagonally down towards her bellybutton before pulling the knife out.

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella held onto consciousness as he electrocuted her. Her screams were loud and back home, it had been said that someone could be on one side of the castle while she was on the other and if she screamed, you could hear her. When he finally stopped electrocuting her, if the bindings weren't so tight, it would be noticeable to see her completely lose her strength and rest on the bindings.

Gabriella breathed heavily as she heard what he was saying. She saw as he lifted the knife into the air, high enough to make sure she saw it. When he then aid he remembered something and then mentioned about her accusing him of not keeping a promise, her heart raced as she remembered him saying that he would have her bleeding by the time it all ended.

She then felt the burning stinging pain coming from just under her ribs as he stabbed into her stomach going all the way to her belly button as she screamed bloody murder.

"WHAT THE KRIFF!!!!!!"

She yelled as she screamed. Once he took the knife out, she grunted still feeling the burning, stinging pain under her rib cage. During this time, her emotion were out of her control at this point and her binding started to frost over from her hands being clenched shut, plus whenever she was in pain, her ice magic went bonkers.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance screamed with her mocking her before his hand went back to her throat pushing her head back. He leaned in whispering in her ear.

"Now now don't pass out on me." "We are just getting started."

He leaned back his face only a few inches from hers a devious smile on his face.

"Wouldn't want you to miss any of the fun."

Vengeance pulled his hand from her throat and took tow fingers pressing them into the fresh cut in her stomach. He even twisted the back and forth slightly to make the pain worse.

"Scream for me little princess................scream until your lungs give out."

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella's glaring eyes looked to the Sith as she heard him screaming with her. That caught her a little bit off guard. He then pushed her head back once more by her throat and she growled at him again, still glaring at him.

"B-believe m-me.. I.. w-will s-stay st-strong.."

she responded in between breaths. She saw his face only a few inches from hers. Honestly, if her feet weren't strapped, she probably would have kicked him below the belt.

As he stuck his fingers into her stomach she screamed even louder. She didn't want to give into the pain, but he was going much further than just putting cuts into her skin.. no, he went way further. He went through the skin and then put hi own fingers inside of the wound.. made sense right?

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance laughed.

"Strong?" "You are having trouble even speaking..............and bored long your body will give out."

Vengeance took the knife and wiped her own blood off of it onto her face before taking it and plunged it into her stomach just below the ribs on the other side.

"Pain little Princess is the only thing in your future."

Vengeance cut diagonally down towards her bellybutton again finishing a V craved into her flesh. Not that she would have any clue why a V. Once again he pulled the knife out and pushed two fingers into the fresh wound. Vengeance was not satisfied leave her a mark to remember him by..................he wanted to ensure she remembered for a long time getting the mark.

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella may have been going crazy, but hearing what he said, a smirk came upon her face.

"But t-they say the s-spirit can be s-stronger than the b-body."

She responded between breaths. As he went to wipe the knife with her blood on her face, she tried moving away, turning her cheek away from him, but he still wiped it off on her. Gabriella screamed bloody murder once more as he created another diagonal cut going towards her belly button on the opposite side of the first, creating a V like mark across her stomach. Unless someone she knew, knew this man, she and everyone she knew, would have no idea what it meant.

She heard him saying pain was the only thing in her future and as he pushed his fingers into her wound once more, she screamed, but in between screams, she spoke the best she could.

"A-and d-death is in y-your future.."

she said in response.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance smiled at her words.

"Death little Princess is my past, my present, and yes my future." "I will die one day..............it is inevitable and I do not fear it." "Can you say the same.?"

He turned away from he dropping the knife on the table no longer needing it. He turned back looking at her for a moment.

"It can stop..................all the pain, the torment, the torture." "It can stop..................all you have to do is say yes." "Embrace the darkness and become something more."

He paused.

"Or I can keep going." "Your choice but I would decide quickly before I take the choice from you."

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

Gabriella let out a weak smirk hearing what he said.

"Yeah.. I-I can say the s-same. Being a-a ruler.. I've been g-given no choice."

she responded. She hated every minute of this. The only part she liked, was being a smart ass. She rolled her eyes as he still pushed trying to get her to trade sides.

"I w-will NEVER be on your side... It isn't good for me and it's n-not good for my p-people... definitely n-not good for t-the media.."

Gabriella said as firmly as she could. She hated the Sith with a passion and he was only showing more and more reasons of why she should.

[member="Vengeance"]

 

[Kenrath]

Vengeance smiled.

"Well you are strong willed I will give you that."

Vengeance turned pulling on some heat resistant gloves and picking up what looked like a powder in a small bag.

"Let me ask you something................bit of a rhetorical question." "You ever been in combat?" "You see wounds can be caused by several things.........most of which causign bleeding unlike a Sith's saber which cauterizes wounds as it cuts."

He paused stepping closer to her.

"So battlefield medics need something that does the job...............they use this." "It stops the bleeding up hurts like a mother fether." "It is the burning the chemical reaction causes." "It's amazing what you can learn from soldiers."

Vengeance opened the bag pouring the contents of the bag all over the fresh V cut on her stomach. The smell of burning flesh feeling the room up as the powder did it's job.

"Can't have you bleeding to death while you are here."

[member="Gabriella Rhayne"]

 

[Gabriella Rhayne]

When he said that she was strong willed, her smirk only grew.

"Yeah.. I d-don't give up e-easily.."

she responded. Gabriella watched as he then pulled on a pair of gloves and grabbed a bag.. this couldn't be good.. especially knowing what he did already. She listened to what he said as he then took a step closer. She tensed up, her eyes never moving from him. When he told her what the stuff was.. without actually using a name.

He then proceeded to open it and dump it onto her wounds. She screamed as she felt the burning that spread through her body.

"What the PFASSK!!!!"

she screamed.

[member="Vengeance"]