Private A Past Life

[Saul Colsan]

Memories resurfaced of Saul bobbing and weaving through the busy traffic of Hosnian Prime, barely maintaining the sorosub speeder. The vehicle was riddled with blaster bolts and Saul heard a large bang from behind. He turned around thinking that Derek struck him with one of his heat seeking micromissiles but in reality, it was the engine that blew up. The constant damage it received was too much for it, black smoke leaked out obscuring Saul's vision. "Noise.Speeder Horn.Distraction." The Red Woman's voice echoed in the memory was she probing Saul's mind? Trying to sift through the trauma he endured. "No," Saul growled but it wasn't out of irritation for the woman being in his mind but concern of what she might see.

"SAUL!" A booming voice roared in Saul's ears. The voice sounding as if stone was breaking against stone. Saul's blood ran cold before he heard the horn along with the beeps. "SAUL!"

The Agent shook out of it sweat forming on his brow, it wasn't like him having the nightmares occur during missions. They usually appear during Saul's drunken filled stupors, but at least Saul was inebriated enough to ignore them. This time though he faced him sober and fear flooded his entire body. "I hate this," Saul muttered before looking for an opening.

"You see that box?" Saul whispered pointing at the metal crate. "As soon as there's an opening, we'll run to it."

The Darktroopers began to turn around marching towards the opposite direction. "Ready......" Saul held his breath trying to clear his mind. "Go!"

The Agent rushed towards the crate, immediately hiding behind it hoping that the Red Woman would follow.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Sera hadn't intended to read his mind, thinking instead she had been hearing the street. Puzzlement, she'd not had this bleeding into other's minds happen to her before or trained that ability. What had caused it? Events she thought were their present occurring in his past, seeing what he had. Now she was moving when he moved! She stayed low, not as good as he was. No misstep, but her instincts were not as good as his for this. A trooper almost caught sight of her moving behind their box to hide. Freezing in place and hoping they were not noticed.

Fear. She saw him sweat and she tried to calm him again with a brief touch. Calm, her eyes an ocean, sometimes with their flame and sometimes an abyss of what could be. "Do not lose who you are." What lay ahead of them next would test them both, she needed him strong. Something strange again, like she knew what he was going through as he did, without seeing it. There was no bleed in her memory, but…

Her thoughts were cut off, she shivered, that echo was stronger, chill, regret. Distancing from everything she should have been, or could have been to be this. Static, unmoving, and now unageing. No time to stop, not time at all for her. "We have to keep moving," she told him, if only so they could survive another day.

So close. Few more steps now. Now she was hesitating and needed encouragement.

She'd follow to future called the past.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

Saul took a deep breath remaining calm even as the Darktroopers were marching around he and the red woman. Words of encouragement by the woman continued to help him focus. Losing concentration was the worst thing that can happen in high-risk missions the moment you're distracted you're not aware of the constantly changing situation. If you're not aware, you're dead. That was the very first thing that Saul was taught during his SIA training and why he had to undergo extensive psychological exercises. The mind is the most powerful thing a person possesses, how one operates is dependent on what's between the ears. Yet here Saul was losing his grip for the first time since his entanglement with Derek. Maybe it was the fear of Derek that made Saul doubt himself. The Darktrooper swore that he wouldn't just break his body, but his spirit as well.

"Or maybe it's the woman," Saul thought. "The Force can do funny things to the mind."

He was sure that she was trying to help, but he rather have her give advice that offered him false hope than forcibly poking around in his life. The metal door was ahead as Saul stared at the woman. "Then let's go," Saul whispered holding his Blaster Pistol and shimming past the wall. The Darktroopers were still on the prowl looking for signs of life with their dark inferred sensors but Saul managed to duck urging the woman to do so as well.

The Agent crawled to towards the stairs climbing up until he opened the door and urged the woman to go through. "I hear voices on the other side," he whispered. "I think we're almost there."

He noticed her hesitation and gently placed his hand on her shoulder. "Don't lose who you are," he whispered echoing her advice. "We've come this far, don't tell me you gonna quit now." Saul gave the woman a smirk.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Hood over her hair, ducking down with him. "Almost." Awkwardly trying to keep her robe from getting in the way as she did so. Ascending their stairs as quietly as possible to the final upcoming door. No way back from destiny, her hand began holding her religious symbol around her neck, saying another prayer.

YES. She wanted to say, wanting to turn him back, in the end all she could say was, ~we will be whole~ she whispered trying to speak to his mind. Speaking gently as if she could somehow avoid or mend this with her words. Mindspeak was not common for her, since she used to work for Hutts giving them an edge, then sith, and then… she'd stopped wanting to speak to minds.

Entering through Saul's held door, the coldness, damp floor with excess moisture, grey light seemed to deepen. Dripping was the only sound. She was here, one of her mistakes. A golden-looking force presence shone against the grey, drawing all light into it, hungry to be the only center of attention. Pride, Arrogance, and endless vanity shone outward. Blinding others with promises of riches for service, the poor men in the bar were enraptured with her. Those Sera had led into her grasp, the sister of Keth, in all her vainglory. Serpentis

Presences of the dead lingered nearby, both Keth's surrounded themselves with them, to live on commanding them. Only as hurtful echoes that would not pass. The Rodian by her side, pleading with a force presence that could barely acknowledge him with a look. She did not know if Saul could see or understand any of this, the Rodian of course but did he see anything of force ghosts? Spirits, or the aura they put out?

Past. This drove her detachment from it, she almost walked forward to announce them, but Serpentis and her enraptured were not alone. There was another, and at first Sera was blocking Sauls's view… purposefully. ~So sorry~ she said again as a whisper to his mind. Had she led Saul to his fate, or facilitated his torture in some way? No, but she'd done as much to others, some of which were shells of men around Serpentis, vessels for her to move between. She had been what these people were.

The Sithwatch outside would be here eventually for all of them, mob justice, but first, there was time enough for Saul to settle a score overdue.

Eyes lowered toward the floor. Sera stepped aside as gently as she could to reveal his nightmare ahead of him.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

"We will be whole." A voice whispered in Saul's mind, he had trouble decerning the voice, but he was almost certain it came from the red woman. Simple yet effective words placed Saul at ease though he wasn't sure what it meant. Another one of the red woman's annoyingly vague ramblings perhaps but like himself, the woman was trying her best to comfort him even she had hard time articulating what she wanted to say. "I'm not exactly a wordsmith myself," Saul thought.

As soon as Saul went through the door, he noticed the woman walking past him as if she was trying to prevent Saul from proceeding further. The Agent scowled wondering what she was doing. "Let me through," Saul whispered staring at the Darktroopers patrolling the area from the corner of his eye. "Don't let yourself get chained to your visions," Saul whispered as the woman let him through apologizing as she did so. "At the end of the day, we control our own fate. Even the Force allows us make our own choices."

The future is always in motion, right? If so, Saul never understood the need for Jedi Seers. Their visions were just as reliable as a drunk predicting who will the annual Swoop race. Saul saw visions of Rodian and other ghosts relayed by the red woman but it was just nonsense to him. What matters is the here and now. "I just need you to trust me."

Saul crept towards the railing only to see the Rodian he was tracking glancing around nervously. "What's going on?" Saul muttered leaning on it.

Just then, large footsteps were heard as a large hulking figure approached the Rodian. Saul's eyes grew wide observing this man..... or what was once a man walking slowly towards his target. He was equipped with reinforced black durasteel definitely more machine than man. Yet Saul saw who this monstrosity is. <We finally meet.> The Rodian said. <You are.....>

"Derek Sol," the Cyborg said. "And I'm expecting the Hutt, you will receive no alliance from the NIO if the Hutt cowers like a sniveling slug."

The agent began to grip the edge of the railings. The same person who nearly killed Saul once, the same person who was responsible for his only failed mission. "Things has just gotten worse," he muttered.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Saul held it together better than she had hoped. As before she touched his arm offering soft comfort. Her words may have failed, she might have softened his emotion, who could really tell.

Things has just gotten worse. If only he knew.

Captivating golden force presence shone brighter than the stars, drawing her attention willing or not. Happy that Saul could not see. Seperntis radiated her light of vain gold, seeping outward, flushing the senses, rolling around in her mind like waves of avarice. Whispering.

~Who is this you have brought me?~ Whispers came to her mind. The red priestess turned herself to block Saul from another direction, cutting off any line of sight, and burning her own force aura warming orange to block the ghost's view entirely, like a heat haze.

Don't let yourself get chained to your visions

Promise of wealth, a promise of riches, success, glory. All lies, all a hollow reality that beamed anything but true. Trying to overwhelm Sera's dogmatic mental defenses. Serpentis drifted to look out a window at something below, and it was only Sera's fingertips on Sauls's arm that stopped her from following, pressing them forward. Force spirits stayed around Seperntis beck and call as she moved, like a silent chorus, awaiting more from those tracking them. Lambs to the slaughter, or a mob with pitchforks? Was there a difference to a ghost? Our priestess was ready, today was different.

What's going on.

Sera managed, with great difficulty to draw her attention away from that blind golden enchantment in the force, and fix herself on Saul as an anchor in his conversation. Two painful destinies brought together, with a Rodian in the middle of the two pairs probably wondering what he'd got himself into! If he even knew what he'd set in motion!

"We will pay." Sera had no money. Robes, a few simple items. "We have information," she looked at Saul, hoping he could play along, trying her best to tug him toward his mission, rather than whatever was now haunting him. Again doing her best. There had to be information to trade, even if lies, Saul probably had thousands of things he could say. Her fingertips never left his arm, he wasn't alone.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

Chigg quickly turned his head his large pigment as flashing he quickly placed his hands on one of his blaster pistols ready to fire. The Red Woman lightly took Saul's arm trying to urge him to play along. Yet the agent wasn't paying attention to her, his gaze was focused on the malformed abomination that was Derek. His body started to feel sore and aching as if someone reopened old wounds, Saul's feet remained rooted on the ground while Derek also stared back at the agent. Yet Saul could see that he was merely scanning his him and the red woman trying to get information. "Saul Colson!" The machine boomed. "I thought I killed you!"

Saul's heart continued to thump the sound of bones breaking and the stench of his own blood swam in his mind. He looked down seeing his stomach ripped open and his intestines spilling out. His clothing was wet with sweat or was it blood? He could not tell anymore, Saul blinked and saw the pale, worried face of the woman and he closed his eyes. "Death was pretty boring," Saul said slowly placing the red woman behind him. "So I decided to come back."

Chigg took a step back. <I don't know this man!> He said in Huttese his voice laced with panic. <You are mistaken Elcor doesn't work with anyone he doesn't know!>

"Shut up fly face!" Derek yelled. "Sauly boy doesn't know when to die, now does he? I see you bought a Jedi along with you! It won't matter! You're just more meat for the grinder!"

Saul took whipped out his Blaster Pistol. "I see you've had some home improvements." He said looking over his cybernetic enhancements. "NIO spared no expense prying away what little humanity you had left."

Derek laughed. "Sauly boy!" He bellowed raising his wrist rocket. "Humanity is a weakness one that must be torn away so we can unleash our true selves!"

"Likely story," Saul muttered pointing his Blaster Pistol to his head. "I just see a sadistic psychopath who loves killing."

"At least I don't use hollow justification unlike you Sauly boy!" Derek said. "I enjoy the cried pains of meatbags."

"I know all those people you massacred back at Hosnian Prime....." Saul gritted his teeth. "Why are you here on Nar Shadda? What does the NIO want here?"

"What we want......" Shoulder mounted missile launchers began to silently swivel towards the Red Woman. "IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

Three missiles fired heading to Saul and the woman. "Damn!" The agent grabbed the woman and sent them both down on to the floor. The ground shook violently as he stared at the woman. "Are you okay?!" He asked. "Fine some place to hide! I'll take care of Derek."

And hopefully end his nightmares.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Things happened so fast. Their exchange. Derek's violence. Saul protected her just like he promised. Defending and shielding. Ringing in her ears, explosions, coughing dust, she looked unhurt just dazed. Moving strands of hair out of her eyes. Hands pressed against rubbled floor, palms finding something to grip, his presence above her had saved her from harm, and she tapped his hand briefly.

Are you okay.

"Together," she asked looking up at him, hoping, because she would need him too. Giving a smile and another cough to ready herself. The nearly dead attracting or working with the actual dead, their nightmarish picture began to make sense to her. Could Seperntis possess these creations as well? Standing up as Saul did, they would hopefully move together, as she had seen.

Orange humm of her saberstaff ignited, a cartwheel toward Derek, robes flowing with her like a dance. Dangerous saber style, which didn't have all the elements a Jedi needed to properly execute her form safely. Sith reaching for power, that's where her Juyo style came from. Leaping Ataru elements that drove her close to her opponent, deflected in a clash by Derek, and then away to his left side with two steps in a full twirling motion. Derek caught her in a solid kick and sent her tumbling again, but she had distracted him. Risky. Sith traits.

Derek was one half of their problem, Serepntis shot forward closer, watching, waiting for her moment to come when one of them was weak enough. Pained and winded, Sera graceful curled up as best she could, pulling herself up to face both demons, she was ready. Moments that were known to our seer, leading to their crossing of wills. She couldn't let Serpentis possess any of them, especially who Saul was to face. The sith witch in that or any dark trooper host would be terrifying. Air warmed. Fire came across Sera's palms again...

Today was different.

The mob outside drew closer.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

"Yeah..... together I guess......" Saul mumbled when the Red Woman said together. He wasn't one for mushy, corny sayings but for the woman he'll make an exception. Already he was feeling an attraction towards her, a strong connection. Saul wasn't sure what it was but when this is all over he's definitely asking the Red Woman out on a date. The Red Woman activated her Saberstaff dancing around Derek who was wildly firing his wrist mounted blaster cannon but he might as well trying to hack off the wings off a Mynock. The woman was a blur darting low and jabbing her Saberstaff high, the weapon harmlessly bouncing off Derek's reinforced Durasteel armor.

Saul raised his Blaster Pistol looking for an opening, until Derek bellowed and grabbed the woman and sent her flying. "Damn it!" Saul growled seeing this as an opportunity to strike. He fired off several blaster rounds aiming for the gaps of his armor.

"Foolish Jedi!" Derek yelled as the blaster bolts hit their mark but didn't affect the cyborg in the slightest. "You think the Force is your ally?! There is no Force! I will crush you!"

Saul saw a carbonite cannister from the corner near Derek and immediately fired. The barrel cracked with hiss as Carbonite began to seep from the item slowing down Derek's joints. "Fuck!" Derek yelled while Saul saw the woman facing something...... "What was she doing?" he wondered but he needed to focus on Derek who was struggling to get out of the newly formed Carbonite.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

No force. "All we will ever see and know is here." She answered Derek, confirming what he said because all their force converged at these points. Their timelines and fates, she had not seen past this and was unsure what that might mean.

Heat swelled. Serpentis drew closer, Sera ignited air between them, sending streams of fire toward her force ghost, burning off oxygen. Like liquid spilling outward unpredictably, flicking and lashing, burning bright orange. Serpentis came into the stream and for a second made an outline of a female figure walking within Sera's blaze, holding her flaming silhouette from advancing. Saul could probably see what Sera did, or an outline at least. They were not alone.

Whether their personal demons were working together, or Serpentis was drawn here or even brought here intentionally by their Rodian contact, she did not know. All she knew was Serpentis could not leave and Sera knew there were not many ways to stop ghosts from going where they wished.

Pooling fire around her capture, rolling flame. Step by step her own demon drew closer, even while Saul froze his own demon in place. While an explosion of Carbonite held Derek, Sera looked between them. Could they freeze their problems together? Better than her alternative of being Serpentis host herself.

~Water~ Sera's mind said to Saul, she was already feeling the heat, but not water for her, for Derek. Dripping moisture from her visions were leaky pipes. Looking up at the tanks in the ceiling. Water, heat, steam, carbonite. All of this room could become a block of ice. Timing would be so very hard, release her demon to possess Derek, so both became entombed here together, and not freeze with them.

Risky. Like Sith might think. At least water mixed with carbonite would hinder Derek. ~One, Two, Three~

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

"WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN YOU DAMN JEDI WHORE?!" Derek yelled stomping onto the ground his large cybernetic feet triggering tremors around the area dust started to trickle down as Saul continued to fire his blaster pistol to get Derek's sights away from the red woman. "Who's your friend Jedi?" Derek said unleashing a hail of blaster fire onto..... something...... What was he doing?

"It doesn't matter!" Derek bellowed mini missiles 5 of them unloading from his back and heading directly towards Saul. "You will find that I'm not so easily taken over!"

The agent barely rolled out of the way small explosions deafening Saul's ears for brief moment. "YOU WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH MY FIGHT AGAINST SAUL!" Derek roared thrashing his armored arms thick as the branch of a Wroshyr Tree towards the Red Woman and the invisible ghost. "I missed you too," Saul leaned against metal box his ears still ringing yet the Red Woman's voice was still clear.

"Telepathy," Saul thought. "She wants water but....."

He looked up and saw sprinkler above, the air around Derek was still thick with Carbonite gas though he managed to escape the formed Carbonite there was a possibility that with the woman's flame and a well-timed shot could freeze the Cyborg in place. "Now!" Saul came out from his hiding place and fired two blaster bolts it pierced the sprinklers causing it to drizzle.

Now it was the Red Woman's turn to strike.

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Moisture running down her face, heat, clearly weakening and having trouble staying on her feet. Lots of force was used today! Force push jolted the force spirit away from her, Serpentis howled shattering glass behind her. Everything happened together. Derek was rushing, Saul fired, she saw water droplets falling, flowing, and warmed air underneath, hot steam cloud blending into released carbonite.

Glittering, almost like air didn't know what to do. Steam meeting carbonite becoming hiss of gas rolling out in waves everywhere. Turning to move to quickly toward her companion, another scream came behind, and force ghost grabbed her back, trying to pull, chillingly described as moving inside her to make her pull herself back. Invisible nails scratching at her, looking for something to grab. Wanting to move aside to complete her plan, but Paralysed instead.

Her designs on being Serpentis host, or trapping her were unraveling. Because looking up, something with Saul, something she couldn't place made her choose differently. Courage, resilience, and not being victim to your own bad choices. She reached for him again if he could pull her free. Spent, tired, and needing rest.

An unruly mob wanting answers was almost at their door. They may want to run. If force ghosts and half undead frozen monsters could be escaped from. She would follow him or stay, compelled to if he wanted final revenge on his tormentor.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

Things became stranger with glass being shattered everywhere the Rodian shrieked in terror scurrying towards the flaming rubble created by Derek's missile launchers. Saul frowned what was going on here? Who was the red woman attacking? The agent looked at the red woman rushing towards his position, haggard and drenched with sweat her robes being scratched by an invisible assailant. "Wonderful," Saul muttered while Derek was screaming breaking free from the Carbonite and charging directly at him. "First I meet my old friend..... Now ghosts are involved, I knew the mission was fishy when but this is pushing it to the extreme."

Saul rolled sideways inches away from Derek's charge, the cyborg muscle tank collided against the concrete headfirst. His head the only "human" part of Derek sinking deep into the wall. Saul didn't bother to look Derek's predicament. The Red Woman looked to be on the verge of collapse, her slim body wobbling back and forth. "Hang on!" Saul rushed to the woman's aid putting her in his arms and carrying her in a bridal carry.

"Are you all right?!" Saul said looking at Derek struggling to break free. "Hold on tight Red! I'm getting us out of here!"

Turning on his heel, the agent began to sprint out of the room jumping over the flames and rubble only to be met with hail of blaster fire by the Darktroopers. Saul dipped and dodged the lasers focused on getting to the exit. "I said I'll protect you," Saul mumbled. "The ghosts may hide in the dark but I'm the one full of terror."

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Holding around arms and neck. Saul had chosen to leave his revenge and she hers. Her Master Syn had tried to remove her self-destructive streak or need to punish herself, but there was still self-sacrifice and obligation our priestess felt. As they exited their doorway she couldn't help but feel they were leaving theirs, he was saving her and giving up his chance.

She cradled to hold on, trying to force tug doors behind them closed to slow their pursuit "We might not have another chance." She said weakly when he asked how she was, tiring, farseeing, again and again, was draining, force use after that with ghostly claws had sapped her strength.

Carried downstairs, over rubble, part of her wanted to remain, part of her wanted to live. Whatever she saw or felt, she held tight.

"I said I'll protect you," Saul mumbled. "The ghosts may hide in the dark but I'm the one full of terror."

Warm smile, warmth generally around her, she almost believed him. Hopefully, dark terrors would give them time for water, her throat was very dry. Not idle while Saul dodged, Sera would force move a box that had been their shelter, up in front of their escape, exerting herself.

Outside approaching Sithwatch were closer, she tensed with their approach. Ordinary people led astray, abandoned, gaunt, and underfed. Her ambition to somehow restrain Serpentis within her, awaiting their capture, had unraveled.

"Thank you," Sera whispered. "For saving me from myself."

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

"THIS ISN'T OVER SAUL!" Saul could hear Derek yelling behind him. "I'LL LET YOU LICK YOUR WOUNDS! WE'LL FINISH THIS NEXT TIME!"

Saul scoffed ducking a right hook by a Darktrooper. "Sounds like a damn Comic Book villain," he thought. What kind of stuff did the NIO inject into Derek? He was built like a tank more machine than man but even when Derek was a man, he had the empathy of a sociopath. There was no target too innocent or guilty for Derek. They were all the same, crushed under his heel. The two have been fighting each other for years and Saul had witnessed Derek's atrocities firsthand. He closed his eyes evading the Darktroopers and heading to the exit, Saul saw the worst in people but none were as vicious as Derek was.

The Red woman used the Force to block the Darktroopers while they unleashed fire onto them. Saul ran through the alleyway looking at the woman drenched in sweat. Her lips were dry and cracked she needed water. "I'm no savior," Saul said staring at the woman. "I'm just an hired killer doing some wetwork. But that doesn't mean you should suffer Red. I.... just don't want you to leave my side."

Well that came out awkward but Saul continued to carry The woman approaching a water fountain in the middle of the empty streets. "Here's some water." The agent gently placed the woman down allowing to drink.

"The Rodian disappeared though," Saul frowned. "But that's okay, I already got enough information of what's going on."

Sera Inkari

 

[Sera Inkari]

Quenching her thirst her head rested against his arm, "comfortable side." She wanted to rest, awash with fatigue. "Ghosts can be saviors," she looked up at him, "takes others to show us what we are." So close to things yourself, all we had were thoughts. Sera ran her hands inside their fountain, cold chill over her skin, bringing her hands cupped for drinking. "From another's reactions," she smiled happy truth, washing her face clean to cool. Religious teachings, from their force life was meaningless without others to share it with, to connect and live.

Her scarred hand lingered below water, watching their reflections. Ripples turning into stillness "Saul..."

She didn't say anything.

Turning back to watery reflection.

Peace.

"We will find another way." Without sith spirits, and mobs of angry abandoned nameless….

… were, close, she sensed them. Placing her feet on concrete, frayed simple sandals pressed down. Brushing her robes, Sera reached up and touched his cheek, hiding her scarred hand by her side. Moments that couldn't last.

"Have to leave," she said quietly. Future was coming. He had her present, happy. For seconds she remembered what life would be like, watery eyes, she started to move her hand away.

Mob with pitchforks were coming. Ghosts they were to be.

Saul Colsan

 

[Saul Colsan]

A small smirk formed on Saul's face when the Red Woman mentioned that it was a comfortable side for her. "Don't get too comfortable," he said. "If you continue to cling on to me, I'm gonna have to start charging." While he watched the Red Woman continued to stare at him, he shrugged. "Who am I," he said. "Is just a man trying to get the impossible done...... again. I just don't want to watch people get hurt by Derek." He frowned, his hands shaking a bit. "I couldn't save the men, women, and children from him all those years ago." Saul said. "Maybe If I could save you from him..... I could place those demons to rest but one life doesn't compare to the many souls who perished because of me."

The agent looked away. "I just realized," he said. "That I don't think I deserve redemption or love after the sins I've committed through my career. The only I can do is to not make people go down my path. I'm a shadow in which no light can shine."

Images of what Derek did flickered in Saul's mind. The bone and brains of the men, women, and the children splattered everywhere. Saul could've stopped the massacre that was used to lure Saul out, but Saul let fear take over and retreated. It didn't matter, as Derek eventually caught up to him and reduced him to a bloody paste. The Agent then gasped when the woman placed her hand against his cheek staring deep into his eyes. From this angle, the woman looked beautiful, alluring even. Saul was doubtful she felt anything for him though which was for the best.

The Red Woman then said that it was imperative that they leave which made Saul frown. "More ghosts huh?" He said grabbing her hand. "Stick with me then Red, I still need to find that Rodian and if there's any ghosts coming after you give me the heads up and I'll..... try my best to ward them off."

If only he knew how.

Sera Inkari