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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 3:08:21 GMT
The Whisper Echo appears out of hyperspace near Corellia. Half an hour later, Eliatra has landed it at the Jedi Temple there. She steps out, trembling a little, and walks quickly toward Kit's quarters there, unsure of what she is to find.
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 3:14:19 GMT
*Kit brings the Outrider out of hyperspace over Corellia, and brings it down and lands in the hanger...* "The Whisper Echo? But thats... Eli... she... here...." *Kit gets out of his ship and heads for his room...*
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 3:18:48 GMT
Eliatra walks through the familiar passages of the Temple. Finally she arrives at Kit's, and formerly hers, room. She pauses outside the door, then pushes it open. It is empty, though she had been expecting that. She walks inside and waits nervously for him to come, sensing his presence draw steadily closer.
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 3:23:53 GMT
*as Kit draws closer to the room he can feel eli sitting inside...*"I hope she takes this well..." *Kit walks into the room and sees Eli sitting on the bed they once shared..* "Eli..."
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 3:28:44 GMT
"Kit..." She half-whispers, standing as he enters the room. She starts to move forward, to embrace him as she once had, to relive the old familiar gestures and rites of their love for each other... but then what Master Dexon had said sticks painfully in her heart as a reminder, and she hesitates. She looks him in the eye, feeling weaker then she had in years, and fights the urge to break down crying at everything. Finally, after a moment that feels like a breathless eternity, she speaks.
"I'm back...."
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 3:36:54 GMT
"I know... where were you? I... I.. I thought you were dead... looks like i was wrong... " *Kit moves towards Eli.* "Im sure you have heard about me and kyra..."
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 3:43:42 GMT
She starts to move forward toward him, then stops at the mention of Kyra's name.
"I....I have," she says, voice breaking slightly. "Is two years such a long time to wait?"
No...He truly thought I was dead...he was right to move on...
"Are....are you happy with her?" she pauses, not wanting to say it. "...Happier then...we were? Is there no way I can come back?"
She steps forward, and places one trembling palm on his chest, lightly. Kit notices that she still wears her wedding band on her ring finger.
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 3:49:40 GMT
"Eli... she turned because of us... Jetzt corrupted her using that and other flaws in her life to turn her. I have confronted her and she is no longer the same person. Eli... im.. so sorry... if i had ANY idea you were still alive i would have waited... and she and i did not have what we had. You would still have me after what i did?" *Kit brings his hand around to meet Eli's and Eli sees Kit still wears the wedding band. He notices that she sees it.* " I just could never take it off... I didnt know why i could never bring myself to take it off... now i do know. You were still alive and my subconscious wouldnt let me. Im sorry eli..."
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 4:03:37 GMT
"Kit...." she stops, gathers herself, breathes. "It's ok. I... I forgive you. And...I'm sorry. I should have tried to contact you....but I didn't want to hurt you. I couldn't risk hurting the Jedi. I'm sorry..."
She leans her head forward and rests it on his chest, trying to retain what little composure she has left.
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 4:08:30 GMT
"It is ok eli... if i had only known you were coming back..." *kit pulls eli close to him.*
"Its gonna be ok... i have you again..."
*Kit pushes Eli slightly away from him then leans down to kiss Eli like he used to do a long time ago*
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 4:20:21 GMT
They embrace. Eli leans into the kiss, savoring it, and lets some of the cares and worries of the past fall away.
It is so good to be back with him....to have those troubles eased... we can be strong together, now. Together with Kit... Hope dares to flutter its fragile wings in her heart. Eliatra embraces that hope, and vows to protect it, to never let it be dashed, no matter what comes... to believe.
"I love you, Kit....with all my heart, with all my soul. May we never be apart again...." she whispers, and kisses him again.
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 4:23:21 GMT
"I...love you too." *Kit cannot help but feel a twang of remorse towards his former student that is now lost to him but his beloved Eli has returned...* "Eli my love, where were you these past years when i thought you were dead... Last i saw you was when you told me to leave on Margaritiha 5 and you were fighting that awful beast... you gave your live for me... i thought you were dead..."
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Post by eli on Apr 11, 2005 23:25:56 GMT
Eliatra closes her eyes, gathering her thoughts. She sits down on the bed, and begins to tell Kit her side of the story, reliving the events in her mind as she does so....
"Margaritiha V.... what an eventful time that was..."
Kit and Eliatra walk into the large clearing in the jungle. Eliatra brushes water from her sleeve, and gazes at the roaring waterfall not far from them. It rushes over the top of a cliff farther up from them. Eli walks over to the precipice in the clearing to get a better view. Mist from the waterfall hits her face, and the water itself seems to tumble endlessly downwards. The bottom of the cliff is not visible. Eli turns back to Kit.
"Well.... This is it. You ready?"
Kit nods. "As ready as I'll ever be. How much trouble can this thing be? We decided it wasn't a tarentatek, and we've fought those before, easy."
Eliatra bites her lip absently. "I don't know... something is not right, here. I don't think we've ever come across something like this...and be careful, it might be Force-resistant. I have a bad feeling about this. Just, whatever happens...be careful, ok?" Her dark eyes are worried as she gazes at him.
"Got it. Hey, Eli..." He is interrupted when she grabs his arm and points toward the east, opposite the waterfall.
"It's coming! Look out!" Both of them run toward the trees to their left, so that the precipice is not at their backs.
Trees shudder and creak as something pushes its way through, just as the G'rahi tribe had said it would. It always came here...this was its place. Eliatra had seen many monsters in her lifetime, human and otherwise, but this one threatened to top the list. It broke through into the clearing, showing itself in all of its horrific glory.
It stood easily twenty-five feet tall and forty feet long; large, dull brown and green scales covered its entire body. Its head was long and almost reptilian, with dagger like teeth, slaver dripping from its jaws, and large, predatory eyes. Its neck was thick and muscular, its forequarters powerful and well-built, and smallish forelegs with long, retracted claws. Its body was long, and tapered into its muscular hindquarters, with large, powerful back legs whose main distinction was a large, scythe-like claw pointing upwards from one toe on each foot. Its tail was long, presumably for balance, and twitched slightly as the beast stepped into the clearing.
It looks around for a minute, apparently not noticing the two Jedi on the other side. Eliatra eyes it. "Not much trouble, eh?" she mutters to Kit. They would be able to beat it, but it would be a hard struggle, and there would probably be injuries to at least one of them. Eli starts to wish they had bothered to bring at least one or two other Jedi with them on this trip.
They start to move along the edge of the clearing, hoping to get behind the beast. They are nearly there when it glances in their direction and catches the flicker of movement. Snarling with a sound that rents the air and sends a shiver down Eli's spine, it lunges toward them in a whirl of incredible speed and agility. Eliatra and Kit ignite their sabres instantly and move to attack it.
The two Jedi and the monster fight frenziedly for nearly an hour in a rush of blood, sabres, and talons. It is faster then anything Eliatra had ever fought before, sinking its teeth into her and Kit's arms more then once. She herself manages to score several deep hits on its unprotected side during the fight.
Eliatra is already exhausted from trying to continually heal Kit and herself during the battle, when the beast lunges at Kit and slices his leg open badly. He cries out and stumbles backward. The beast scents the blood spilled and lashes its massive head at his leg. Eliatra stabs both her sabres into its unprotected side, twisting for maximum damage. It screams and jumps on her. Both of them fall into a tumble, only feet from the precipice edge.
"ELI!!! NOOOO!!!!" Kit cries as he sees their impending doom. The beast snarls and tries to grab her head. Pushing away, Eliatra rolls to the very edge of the precipice...and both of them lurch over the edge.
The two of them fall for an eternity through the mists. Eliatra stabs her sabres one last time into the beast's chest during their fall, ensuring its death, and pushes away from it. She wonders what it will feel like, to join the Force...and wonders when she had last told Kit she loved him....
Then she hits the water, and darkness holds her in its icy grip.
((OOC: To be continued....gtg, later all!))
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Post by Jedi Master Kael Caivera on Apr 11, 2005 23:51:16 GMT
As Kit leans over the edge he sees Eli disappear.
"ELI!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!" As he stops screaming he hears a very distant splash of water...
"Eli...no...god no..." He reaches out through the force and tries to sense Eli but he cant. "I... cant feel her...no... Eli... no no no no...."
Kit is devastated...He cannot sense his wife through the force which means only one thing... she has died. Kit picks up his sabers and walks back toward his ship. He still cant get over it and once he boards the ship, he puts the ship into hover mode over the chasm to scan for any lifesigns... but he does not get any readings...
"Eli... she cant be gone... its not possible..."
Kit gets on the comlink to other Jedi Masters.
"Attention.... all... masters... This is... Kit Rendar.... Master... Sabre... has....... died. She died... died.... bravely.... fighting to.... save me.....Rendar.... out...."
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Post by eli on Apr 13, 2005 6:27:41 GMT
Eliatra sinks below the water a long way, then finally begins to float upward again. Her unconscious, badly battered body breaks the surface and gasps for air. Something shadowy flits on the banks of the pool, noting the half-submerged, bloodied carcass of the beast, then the woman near it. The shadow stares a moment, hissing quietly to itself, then waves one hand. Something glitters darkly around Eliatra's body, seeming to envelop it in a cocoon for a minute, then sinks into her and dissolves. The shadow grunts in satisfaction and turns to retreat to the cave.
....Cold.....Wet....Something hard beneath me....Eliatra stirs, and begins coughing spastically in an effort to rid the water from her lungs, every gasp wrenching her bedraggled frame. Her entire body hurts, and there doesnt seem to be a spot on her that isn't bruised. She sits up with some effort, still hacking roughly, and tries to see her surroundings through the spots in her vision. Is this what it's like to 'Be one with the Force'? she wonders. At this thought, she suddenly notices something she hadn't previously: There is a sort of dampened feeling about her that she can't explain, and as she tries to reach through the Force to contact Kit, she finds that she simply...cannot. It is as though the Force were never there. Frowning, she concentrates and tries again, this time struggling to perform the smallest act using the Force. She cannot even sense its presence.
"No...." she whispers, staring blearily at her hands. Without the Force, she cannot heal herself, cannot use it to attack or defend herself, and above all, cannot sense Kit's presence. For all she knows, something else could have come out of the jungle and eaten him alive....and she is helpless to do anything. She bows her head and fights the tears, the pain in her chest threatening to overwhelm her. At last she looks up and decides to check out her surroundings. Perhaps the Force effect is only temporary, and it will go away once she leaves this spot....
She seems to be in a darkened cave, going by the rough walls and the cold stone floor. There is a ghost of light --or perhaps it is her eyes playing tricks on her-- from her right. She gets up stiffly, wincing painfully as her body protests. Her hands automatically go to her hips to check for her sabres; thankfully they are there. She is about to walk toward the light when she hears a soft, shuffling, muttering sound behind her. She turns hastily and starts to pull out her sabres, then considers the condition she is in and thinks better of it. She moves carefully over and stands against the wall, holding herself very still.
"What is it? Where is the preetty one? I smells it....." The voice is grating, rising and falling in pitch, with a long-insane quality to it. It comes closer and closer, and finally Eliatra is able to make out a dark flutter of movement to one side. She holds her breath and tries to stay as quiet as possible.
"It is awakes! Yessss.....fetch master, must fetch master, preettiesss....master promises pretties, yesss..." It's voice fades as it seems to turn around and recede from her hearing. Eliatra sighs and slips down to sit against the wall. Apparently something controlled that...thing....and Eli wasn't eager to meet this 'master'. She stands again and moves off to the right, where she had seen the light.
She only makes it out a short ways before coming to a glowing force shield in her path. She tries to walk up to it, but only gets within about ten feet of it when something jolts her. She steps back, surprised, then tries to step forward again. She is shocked again, but the current is much stronger this time. Eliatra scowls and goes back to her chamber to try to think. She is not there for very long when she hears something approaching her again....
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