The Rebel Faction

"Sure whatever."

Janus went down the right hallway. In not to long Janus found the door that Noktu had indicated. There were no guards on the outside, he supposed they were inside the room. Janus knocked loudly on the door. As the door was opened by a guard, Janus disappeared.

The guard looked around. He was sure he had heard a knock. Suddenly the man was dicapitated, and a presense stepped into the room, unseen...

The woman sat on the floor, undernourished, and tied up, watching as the remaining 5 guards were systematically dismembered. She was frightened beyond belief, wondering what could happen next...

Janus laid waste to the pathetic guards, with glee in his mind. It had been awhile since he had given into his lust for random murder. He first removed every single guards' right arm, followed by the left, followed by both legs at once. He finished them off mercifully in their moments of pure and true pain, and reveled in their squeals. He turned looking for more victims and found a semiattractive, undernourished woman, long legs, ample upper body, and long dark hair. She had the same nose and lips of her brother. Janus removed his invisibility.

She gasped. The man looked strangely familiar, in his black cloak, shirt, and pants, and the scar across his cheek. Yet completely sinister, an evil glint in his eyes. But almost as suddenly as he had appeared to her, the glint disappeared, replaced by a searching eye. He spoke, in a rich, deep baritone, with a calming attribute.

"You must be Bane's little sister?"

He smiled, not an evil smile, like Jyanus' men had when they looked and spoke to her of the unspeakable things they planned, though Jyanus had been merciful enough to keep them from doing any of it. This man's smile was warm, and polite, and most of all, reassuring...

"Let's get these ropes off you then?" he asked quietly in his rich voice.

The dark man bent over her, and reached into the folds of his cloak. She flinched as he withdrew a small knife, thinking that he might kill her right there. But he didn't, he used this knife to cut the ropes that bound her arms and legs.

He looked deeply into her eyes, and spoke again, his voice calming her wrought nerves, "Are you ok? Can you walk?"

She nodded, not speaking. So many things flew through her mind, would Jyanus find them? How did he know her brother? What was his interest in her? Why was he here? But above all, she was captivated by him. He was handsome and a her hero.

She looked at him strangely from the moment he had appeared, as he looked into her eyes, he started to delve into her mind, and he heard exactly what she was thinking. He couldn't help but smile to himself. "She we get off this floor then?"

She smiled as he stood up straight, bent over, and slipped his left hand under her left armpit. She marveled at his strength as he easily lifted her up, setting her straight on her wobboly knees.

He was leading her down a long corridor. He didn't speak at all, which she found kinda strange. He seemed alert, hearing things she couldn't. Finally he spoke, his calm, rich voice catching her of guard and making her jump.

"Can you walk by yourself?" He asked. "I must do one more thing before I leave." He continued as her mouth opened to ask him why.

"I guess..." She said, unconfidently. She didn't like the idea of her rescuer going farther into the homestead of her captor, nor did she like the idea of walking around unprotected.

"It will be ok." He said, as if reading her mind. "Just head down this corridor," he motioned to the right, "And keep walking until you come to the ballroom. Regardless of what is going on in there, keep on going, until you reach the outside. My speeder is parked out there, climb in and wait. Ok?"

She nodded meekly, and started to walk in the direction he had indicated. Before she had gotten 2 feet, he whispered "Stop." She turned around, and he was holding out a small blaster to her. "You may need this..."

As soon as she was out of sight, Janus made a sigh of releif. She had made him quiet uncomfortable, as he could read her mind, and all the.... inapropriate thoughts in it.

When they had departed, they had reached the corridor that he had seperated from Noktu in. He headed down the corridor Noktu had taken, and soon came apon his battle with Jyanus. The guards were caught off guard, a bad thing for guards to be caught in, and were systematically slaughtered before any had even known he was there. With the men all dead, Noktu would be a bit safer.

He leaned up against the wall, to watch the battle.

"Whatever. You always do it the hard way..."

Janus turned and walked away. He headed the way he had come, with nothing significant happening. It seemed the majority of guards had been in the first room and with Bane. In no time at all he reached the fork where he had left Bane's sister.I wonder what sorta trouble she into...


She walked down the hall cautiously. She held the blaster clutched to her chest like a old woman near death with a crusifix. She came to the door Janus had instructed her to come to. She took a deep breath, and opened the door.


The was a scream. Janus' head perked up. It had come from the direction Bane's sister had gone. He ran down the narrow hall as fast as he could.


She screamed. What she saw filled her with horror. Dead bodies, some smashed, some slashed, and some shot til there was nothing left. Gore apon gore apon gore! It littered the floor, the walls, even the ceiling. Blood, sweat, piss, and guts everywhere. She was so filled with horror, she fainted, on the spot. The last thing to enter he mind before blackness was: I hope I don't fall in any of it!