Brutin had his eyes closed as he sat back in his chair, the shuttle was making it's final descent into the compound. They were finally home. Rishi stirred next to him, she had woken up an hour ago and sat there dejectedly without saying a word. Finally he opened his eyes and looked at her and noticed she had been watching him. "You're angry with me." She said in an almost girlie voice which surprised him.
"Why would I be?" He asked her and she jerked slightly in surprise.
"I left and went home anyway, you told me not to go and I did." She said and he nodded and then closed his eyes, putting his head back.
"You needed the containers." He replied and she looked down at the bag at her waist considering that for a moment.
"What happens now?" Rishi finally asked and Brutin smiled. The shuttle jarred to a stop as it touched down and then ramp dropped. He opened his eyes and looked out at the very early morning darkness. Rishi rose with him as they walked down the ramp and into the main building.
"Now you finish what you started. You have your container, destroy or absorb this Chaotic creature so that Ammy is safe. Just remember that the more energy you absorb, the more training you will have to do." He said and she fell in line with him as he went to his office, the guards at the door saluted him but he ignored them as he passed by.
"So there is no punishment? I disobeyed your orders and went home anyway." She asked, pushing but needing to know the answer. He smiled at that. Even Sith Lords could sometimes just be girls.
"You have been punished, you almost died. I saved your life and you owe me big time. Perhaps I will have you dance nude for me. Nadine will teach you the basics." He teased her as Rishi's mouth fell open. He chuckled as he set his blaster down on the desk and looked down at the sticky note in the middle of the desk.
Teach Nadine how to drive
Rishi stood there stone still watching him as he looked at his chair. Another post it note awaited him. "Do not sit. Very funny." He commented and then sat down against the note without taking it down. "Rishi, you have great potential but I learned a long time ago when I first got here that the rules that I had lived by my entire life no longer applied in this place. I had to redefine who I was and what I would become. Now you are going to have to do the same. That is a lot of soul searching. But you have only one question to ask yourself to know the answer, do you feel like you belong?"
He left her standing there as he opened his drawer to put the blaster away and froze. Every single item in the drawer was covered in a sticky note with an explanation on it. He opened other drawers and found the same, the last was one of his gold plated fountain pens with the top savaged by teeth. The note read 'probably out of ink, but tasty'.
"Nadine." he commented.
"How do you know?"
"The notes are written in English, the only language Nadine knows how to read and write." He said and closed the drawer. "It would seem someone played while I was away." He said and then stood up. "Go to your quarters and get some sleep. I want this Chaotic dealt with first, my people are in danger." He said and she bowed and then left.
He stood up and walked over to the window and looked out, leaning against the window sill to support his weight. He glanced out over the garden and saw Alae standing near her little patch, her head down in thought while her hand lightly stroked her belly. In her hand she held a cup of something hot and she sipped it from time to time but never looked up from her own inner struggles.
He watched her for a time, she was closest to his own temperament and he knew how deep that well went, he had no doubts she would figure everything out, like him it was the path that she took that had the most meaning.
He turned and left the office, he was tired, he had remained calm and steady as always but these women would eventually be the death of him, he knew it. Ammy lay somewhere recovering from an injury, her past life and connection to a deity threatening her life and her new love. She had a place, a home for the first time and she was no longer an experiment. She mattered. But could she divide herself from her past without destroying her future?
He got to his room and shrugged off his coat, laying it aside as he prepared himself for bed. He walked over to his bed and looked down, Nadine was curled up on her side sleeping peacefully. She was wearing one of his silk shirts and he wondered what else she had gotten into while he was gone. He leaned down and kissed the side of her head and he noticed the dried tear tracks, she had been crying.
He was often considered the purveyor of pain, bringing others suffering and hardships just to get his way but he found one other that so totally dominated the field he had no choice but to bow his head, for he had suffered the same fate as the others under that even hand.
Life
"Why would I be?" He asked her and she jerked slightly in surprise.
"I left and went home anyway, you told me not to go and I did." She said and he nodded and then closed his eyes, putting his head back.
"You needed the containers." He replied and she looked down at the bag at her waist considering that for a moment.
"What happens now?" Rishi finally asked and Brutin smiled. The shuttle jarred to a stop as it touched down and then ramp dropped. He opened his eyes and looked out at the very early morning darkness. Rishi rose with him as they walked down the ramp and into the main building.
"Now you finish what you started. You have your container, destroy or absorb this Chaotic creature so that Ammy is safe. Just remember that the more energy you absorb, the more training you will have to do." He said and she fell in line with him as he went to his office, the guards at the door saluted him but he ignored them as he passed by.
"So there is no punishment? I disobeyed your orders and went home anyway." She asked, pushing but needing to know the answer. He smiled at that. Even Sith Lords could sometimes just be girls.
"You have been punished, you almost died. I saved your life and you owe me big time. Perhaps I will have you dance nude for me. Nadine will teach you the basics." He teased her as Rishi's mouth fell open. He chuckled as he set his blaster down on the desk and looked down at the sticky note in the middle of the desk.
Teach Nadine how to drive
Rishi stood there stone still watching him as he looked at his chair. Another post it note awaited him. "Do not sit. Very funny." He commented and then sat down against the note without taking it down. "Rishi, you have great potential but I learned a long time ago when I first got here that the rules that I had lived by my entire life no longer applied in this place. I had to redefine who I was and what I would become. Now you are going to have to do the same. That is a lot of soul searching. But you have only one question to ask yourself to know the answer, do you feel like you belong?"
He left her standing there as he opened his drawer to put the blaster away and froze. Every single item in the drawer was covered in a sticky note with an explanation on it. He opened other drawers and found the same, the last was one of his gold plated fountain pens with the top savaged by teeth. The note read 'probably out of ink, but tasty'.
"Nadine." he commented.
"How do you know?"
"The notes are written in English, the only language Nadine knows how to read and write." He said and closed the drawer. "It would seem someone played while I was away." He said and then stood up. "Go to your quarters and get some sleep. I want this Chaotic dealt with first, my people are in danger." He said and she bowed and then left.
He stood up and walked over to the window and looked out, leaning against the window sill to support his weight. He glanced out over the garden and saw Alae standing near her little patch, her head down in thought while her hand lightly stroked her belly. In her hand she held a cup of something hot and she sipped it from time to time but never looked up from her own inner struggles.
He watched her for a time, she was closest to his own temperament and he knew how deep that well went, he had no doubts she would figure everything out, like him it was the path that she took that had the most meaning.
He turned and left the office, he was tired, he had remained calm and steady as always but these women would eventually be the death of him, he knew it. Ammy lay somewhere recovering from an injury, her past life and connection to a deity threatening her life and her new love. She had a place, a home for the first time and she was no longer an experiment. She mattered. But could she divide herself from her past without destroying her future?
He got to his room and shrugged off his coat, laying it aside as he prepared himself for bed. He walked over to his bed and looked down, Nadine was curled up on her side sleeping peacefully. She was wearing one of his silk shirts and he wondered what else she had gotten into while he was gone. He leaned down and kissed the side of her head and he noticed the dried tear tracks, she had been crying.
He was often considered the purveyor of pain, bringing others suffering and hardships just to get his way but he found one other that so totally dominated the field he had no choice but to bow his head, for he had suffered the same fate as the others under that even hand.
Life