The Curse of Memories

[Zilfer Of Shadows...]

A single X-83 fighter piloted it's way down to the surface of Coruscant. Snaking through the street's of Coruscant it held the insignia of the Imperial Navy so it was not stopped on it's way to the Jedi temple. Slowly landing the Pilot took off the helmet and climbed out of the ship and looking at the dark Jedi temple. It wasn't how he remembered it. Something was.... wrong. The presence however, felt familiar some how.

"The Imperial's tried to screw me over twice and here I am knocking on their front door," muttered Bones not quite sure if he knew what he was doing. "I should have brought SpaceGirl cookies."

Bones shook his head walking forward towards the gates of the Jedi temple. The only sound in this sector was the occasional patrol of an Imperial squadron, and the clanking noise from the armor he was currently wearing.

As he came to the main entrance he saw that the window's where smashed inwards, and further in there was only darkness. Bones activated a flashlight upon his suit and got his weapons ready in case something was actually alive in this place. Proceeding inwards with his single light lighting the way he was getting an Eerie feeling. The sun was beginning to set outside.....

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Glass shattered from the pressure of Bones stepping upon them. A large expansive room stood before him, with pillars knocked down and some crushed into many pieces. His lone light illuminated quite a lot in the darkness he currently found himself. 'What happened here? Looks like the janitor hasn't been keeping up with his job.'

Another flash, and a girl with green eyes and brown hair held a lightsaber to his throat. He couldn't hear the words she spoke however he felt as if she was mistaking him for something he was not. Then the other man he had seen walked up saying something to her and she backed down. She looked slightly embarrassed and then the image of them was gone.

Bones pointed the flash light to many different exits from the room and then straight forward to the stairs exit, what surprised him however was that he actually saw something scamper off into the darkness.

"Hello! Anyone there?" asked Bones as loud as he could but there came no reply. "Where's a Rodian when you need one... they always die first in horror flicks."

Bones proceeded towards the stairs and up them. It split off two ways and he went left towards where the figure had disappeared too. The hallway dead ended with a turbolift which was working apparently for it had it's dull lights on. As he entered it he saw there were floors down below and above. "On the elevator going to hell." muttered Bones as he pressed the lowest floor, the turbolift lit up brighter and closed shooting downwards.....

[Zilfer Of Shadows...]

The turbolift dinged as he found the ground floor. It wasn't what he expected. It had taken even longer then he had expected too, as if there where hidden levels to the Jedi temple. Something was putting him on edge, and he didn't like it. The lights on this flow were all on but glowed very dully. Perhaps someone lived on this floor?

Bones headed forward down the hallways until it split into a maze of winding hallways and rooms. He finally entered a room with a half dozen kolto tanks. Two of which had shattered glass all over the room and in the corner was a well lit desk station. He approached it and looked at some of the files present. It seemed to be genetic research, compiled with a study of the force.

"So what brings a stray person into the jedi temple in dark daaaays like these hmmm? hehehe." came a man's chuckling voice behind him. Bones spun around drawing a blaster and pointing it at the man who flinched back at the sight of the blaster. He wore a white lab coat, and was pale as snow. Pink eyes looked out from between the arms he had thrown over himself in self defense.

"And just who the hell are you?" asked Bones of the man and he slowly slipped out of his defensive position and righted himself. He brushed off some imaginary dust, before replying.

"I am Mr. Light. or as others call me, Dr. Light." said the man as he slowly walked over to his desk typing on the keyboard rapidly. Bones looked around curiously and then saw a girl sitting in the corner, her brown hair covering her face, however there was something peculiar about her. Some familiarity.... It was then he realized, that she was the jedi who had held him at lightsaber point in the visions he had been seeing.

"Who is she?" asked Bones, motioning down to the girl in the corner who seemed to not even know Bones was talking to her. Dr. Light looked down at her his glasses falling to the end of his nose, and then he looked up to Bones.

"She used to be a Jedi in the temple here until her mind broke. I've been trying to get her to say anything or react but thus far nothing has worked. I'm afraid she's going to be like that for the rest of her life, well her life wasn't too grand in the first place. She was a rape victum at the age of 16." said Dr. Light going back to his work. Bones looked at him with a look of disapproval for he didn't seem to care one wit. Bones slowly approached the Girl...

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Bones put a hand on her shoulder and shook her lightly and her head bobbed slightly. He had to hold her head up so she would even look in his direction however not even then did it seem like she noticed him. It was almost as if he was invisible and she was looking at the wall behind him. Her green eyes seemed dazed, and unfocused. Bones let her head drop for a moment, if he had to guess she looked like a drug addict.

"What did you do to her?" asked Bones questioningly turning his suspicion on the man in the lab coat. Mr. Light looked up defensively.

"I had nothing to do with this. As I said I've tried everything, to bring her out of it. Talking, inflicting pain, drugs, I was half tempted to use a sort of shock therapy to bring her out of it however I haven't quite gotten to that yet. Rin just doesn't seem to respond to life anymore." said Mr. Light almost as if he enjoyed talking to himself, which probably wasn't far form the truth. Or so Bones thought. He couldn't believe what he was hearing however, and he approached the doc and lifted him form his seat and slamming him into the wall.

"Hey look, it's not my job to baby sit every little person that comes in and out of here!" started Dr. Light however Bones shut him up with a slap across the face, which was rather hard because of his metal bones beneath his skin.

"Look, I don't give a damn what is or isn't your job. It's inhuman not to care for someone in need. You don't even deserve a life if you can't see past your own needs." said Bones his tone fierce and harsh as his hand came up to Dr. Light's face and out of his fingers sharp points began to form out of them, and blood began to run down the tips of his fingers. "Give me a reason not to rip out your eyes."

Dr. Light shrieked at the end of the sentance and began to mutter unintelligibly, and Bones waited a few moments before pulling his hand back. This man is pathetic, thought Bones as he pulled back his arm and was going to send it forward straight through the man's head however something caught his arm. A small frail hand had grabbed his own and when he followed to where it connected to it was Rin. She actually looked like she was looking at him for once, and her emerald green eyes seemed to almost say... 'Stop.'

Bones snapped out of it as she collapsed to the floor, he dropped Dr. Light who began an exaggerated coughing fit, while Bones picked up Rin and headed for the door. He only paused in the door way for a moment.

"If I ever see you again, your life is forfeit. Got it?" said Bones not bothering to watch Dr. Light nodding and rubbing his throat. The Dr. then sat down in the chair typing madly as if he had just gotten an idea.

"Well, I still see society has brutes who go banana's over pretty females." said the doctor snidely. After a moment he paused to look around. "Maybe I should install some more security around this place...."

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Bones met with no resistance which he assumed he wouldn't for this place was a ghost town save for the crazed doctor. As he came to his ship he wondered for a moment how he was going to get her away. It was a X-83 which was meant for one pilot.... He would just have to deal with the cramping. He carried her up into the pilot's seat and she would have to sit on him for now. It wasn't long before he was carefully piloting up to space. The lack of room proved a bit more difficult then Bones had originally thought, but Rin herself was not moving. He would only have to endure her weight on him for a day or two which wasn't long considering how light she was. He set a course for the inner rim. He needed to find a place where the Empire wouldn't find him, and they wouldn't come knocking while he tried to figure how who this girl was exactly, and what she had to do with his past. He entered hyperspace heading for Onderon.