Lynch Law

[Ikki Ike]

Ikki Ike sat on the transport carrying herself, Thalassa and a squadron of Dread guard. The war against the Protectorate had been raging for a few months, but a new battle was brimming in the future. All the knights could sense it including her former friend, one of the three who had dragged her out of that sewer after [member="Felicity Mason"] had left her for dead. Like her Ikki, Ikki sought counsel among her group of friends whenever she had a problem. Many apprentices, who had fought at the battle of Naboo, were the closest things she had in her age group to be considered friends, but they weren't the ones she was close to.

She had her friend Nichole Martin, former Padawan to the jedi, Shane Stephenson a former soldier turned apprentice. Ikki and Nichole were like sisters, both brought into the CIS now ASA by Isley Verd, and both had been betrayed by the man. However, she was not on this mission with Nichole. She was on it with Thalassa. Thalassa was one of the members in her circle of friends that Shawn had brought together, but Ikki found it difficult to get close to the green skinned girl. Ane, tried hard to teach her when she was injured, but she could tell she had an emotional attachment and the rage at the small princess, even though she refused to say it at the time.

Ikki always knew she and Shane would get together. Now they lived on a distant planet within the ASA near Kamino in a different galaxy, where both played super-hero. Salem was an intense man. He'd have to be to overcome all the hardships of a man trying to pick up the pieces after Isley and he was trying to make the ASA strong again. Ikki smirked to herself at the thought of Azlyn. Azlyn had gone from being an enemy to a friend. Course it was towards the end of the war, and Shane, with his incredible powers, was able to take her down long enough for Ikki to show she was family.

Though she still works as a Servant of the Crusade under her master, she also works as a member of the family, being named a sister in her own right. Even her real sister, Junko, had joined the order, though it was only after the Fringe had taken Atrisia. All of her family were here, her life secure and as she checked the biofibers of the outfit her face looked around. She had gotten some new experimental slicewire and her maid outfit was still on so she could look around. Everything was going well it seemed and she smiled a little to herself.

 

[Ikki Ike]

Appearances... how strange that word seems. Her former Master, Shane, Azlyn, Nichole, Junko and Thalassa were called a family, they were a team a unit no matter how incestuous it would be with their problems. If there was ever a large fire that needed put out, they would call on that team. Small ones went to specific members of the team. This happened to be one of the small fires that needed to be put out. It was former senator Ayumi that asked them to go. It was coming close to the time of her re-election to the role on Mayferria and Ayumi hoped that this small fire, if taken down discretely, would not sway the votes in either direction.

The Atrisian looked at Thalassa and sighed. It would probably be another boring mission which is why she was sent. She wished she could spend more time with the others. The others looked up to her as a sort of role model even though usually she was short enough that they were looking down physically. Even the two new nieces she had, Osa and Yuri, both about five now, looked to their aunt Ikki for wisdom, guidance, and fun. She knew Master Sang didn't have many years left and felt he was grooming her as his replacement. She knew there would be more children like Osa and Yuri soon with emotional attachments once again being allowed among the Order of the Silver Jedi. These Jedi Children would need the kind of guidance she could provide more than Master Sang, but she still found it a difficult task to replace someone like their uncle

Thalassa had other plans, even though she would not admit it. She wanted not just a seat in the clan but a permanent seat on the ruling family. She wanted to prove herself worthy of the trust and faith the people of Emberlene had placed upon her and the others in her circle of close colleagues. She still had difficulty letting others in. She learned that from her master Matsu Ike. These others that have become heroes of the Shadow Guards like her were always overly emotional in her opinion. She appreciated ones like Master E'rom and the woman who paid them for their work, the ones who knew how to control themselves.

 

[Ikki Ike]

However, she was amazed at how the emotion of others influenced her. It made her both uncomfortable and fascinated at how they could overcome such great difficulty with their emotions. She didn't argue their success. She sometimes envied it for it was something she denied herself. Little did she know how much this mission would change her. How much it would turn her from someone she was into someone she envied.

The two of them with their troops made it to one of the worlds in the outer Rim. It had been stated that a new Empire was brimming with their own band of dark jedi called possibly shadow acolytes. They were sent to investigate, but it was more than that. They were to make contact with an operative who was asked to help free that world. When they landed they were greeted by Sang. He took off his helmet smiling at them.

He said, "Glad you could come little one, I bring you a gift." Ikki looked at the man and spoke as she stood there looking at her net launcher and injector pen. "You know you are very kind to me, always bringing me new toys Master Sang." Sang nodded and presented two gloves heavier as she held them and the fingers were encased in carbonite as he spoke, "This way. we made these for you, those jewels you recovered ground up with cortosis dust... or at least that shall be the finished product, these are not perfect but we are looking and working on the concentration and process. Just test them out and we'll have to see how they hold up." They took off walking and he led the group over a ridge to show a small army.

THalassa gasped. Ikki's eyes narrowed. She said, "They must have been preparing this for weeks."

 

[Ikki Ike]

Sang said, "You have no idea. Apparently they have silently taken over the former worlds of the New Order and the worlds of the mandalorians, sanctum and silver jedi are in their sights. They're trying to gather as much territory as they can and are building something, something big." Thalassa asked, "But why the Outer Rim." Sang said, "Slaves most likely. This place is a good place to pick up Slaves. Edra plans on giving Edra a couple if I complete this mission successfully." Ikki said, "We didn't bring enough troops."

Sang smiled and said, "You don't need all those look-a-likes. Look the three of us can get in quickly while these guys set up a distraction." Ikki chuckled and said, "You think any mission with us is easy." Sang nodded as he put his helmet back on. He looked at the Dread guard and asked, "Think you can handle a distraction mission?" The Captain, a guard Ikki had nicknamed Titan, nodded and moved his troops. Sang shrugged as the three took off and, both Ikki and Thalassa using the shadows, were able to sneak up to the back door. Ikki moved forward straightening her head piece and bowing as she walked forward.

The distraction came as blaster fire started going on, the dark jedi turned to look at her and Ikki spoke her hands in front of her while she slowly let the spools unwrap to lash at them. Carbonite tips going out. "I apologize for being rude. Hello, my name is Ikki. Obsidian knight and maid to the Systems Authority. I answer the door, I clean up the sanctum, and I take out the trash. And sometimes I also kill self harming fools like yourself." The slicewire lashed out and Ikki looked at them as blood exploded in some cases from arteries. The battle had gone very quickly from there. All that really need mention about this battle was that not a single Trooper under Ikki's command was lost and they were able to force the dark jedi from the base.

 

[Ikki Ike]

Ikki continued forward, returning to the ASA and the lab, the slicewire had proved most effective but she wasn't sure what could be done with it. The wires had snapped in some places when going against their sabers and the blood poison was not as strong. As she entered itno the room and looked at the master armorer she bowed her head to him in a sign of respect. He was after all the one who made her lovely toys and the man spoke. "Ah the maid and how did your new slicewire work out? face the dark jedi with ease?" He didn't know which meant he hadn't been told it had snapped and only worked good against flesh and exposed ones.

"It worked fine at first but then the snaps snapped when near the saber blades, I thought it was supposed to be stronger then that and able to handle sabers. " He looked at her and seemed almost insulted while moving about and holding his hands out, she slid the gloves off and bowed handing them over while he looked them over. Testing out gloves and the slicewire was an important thing but more then that there was only so much they could do. "We will get to work on another grouping of it. For now wait and soon it shall be returned to you better then ever, some more cortosis and jewel dust with the durasteel under higher pressure." Ikki bowed her head and left him to his work as he started machining new slicewire for her to use.

What happened next, no one could predict. Edra the Hutt went back to his court smiling. He looked at the three warriors who had just saved his small criminal empire not two datss ago and ordered an ambush. He was going to warp their minds for whatever perverted pleasure he could think of. Sang fought as well as Thalassa and Ikki, but in all the confusion of battle, Thalassa had been captured. Sang and Ikki made it back safely to their starcraft and took off, much to Ikki's anger. They made it far enough away from the planet to contact both the Silver Jedi and ASA.

Sang looked at the ASA and said, "Edra double crossed us. He wanted my talents only for himself. Probably would have sent me to kill you since I work mostly for you anyway." The ASA operator just laughed and said, "I knew he would. He will not live long enough to regret his decision." Ikki said to Master Gallinore, "I think that pig wanted us for his own pleasures. Only problem is they have Thalassa. What do we do?" Saki looked at Ayra. Arya said, "We may have to keep you out there just a bit longer Ikki. If what I heard in the background is correct, someone may move Ikki and you can go undercover to get her out."

 

[Ikki Ike]

Ikki nodded wishing Nichole was here and not off visiting her master on Shri-tal. Sang asked, "What's going to happen to the slaves of Edra?" The ASA operator said, "It all depends on how they look or how strong they are. Some may go to the Arena as pleasure slaves for the champion fighters. You know how high in demand pleasure slaves are?" Sang nodded as Nico said, "Tell your pilot to set course for Seleteth. If she was one of those taken to the Arena, that's where she would be."

Ikki asked, "Master, how do I blend in if everyone in the Galaxy knows me as a maid?" Nico smiled and said, "Have different clothing and make use of that slicewire you have been working on. Check the lab. Even if they think it's you, your people are so diverse; the clothing change will make you look unique." Ikki nodded her head and started sending a message to the master armorer to make sure her wire was ready. The ASA operator said, "If you go to the Arena, try and let them know about Jabba's ancient Palace. I am certain Danger would like some new visitors." Sang nodded and said, "I'll see what I can do. Ike out."

Nico said, "Be careful Ikki. This whole situation is dangerous." Ikki nodded and said, "I would tend to agree with you master. I have a bad feeling about this." Nico nodded and said, "May the Force be with you." She smiled and responded, "And you as well master." She ended the comms. Sang walked up to the front looking at the Wookie pilot, a close and loyal friend of Ikki's Vorhishado, and gave him the coordinates. Vorhishado wasn't happy with where they were going, but nodded and took them on their way.

Sang walked back and the two began making plans with the help of the Troopers. Meanwhile Ikki was moving and joining the ASA armorer as he presented a second version of the gloves with the slicewire. They were still testing them out and he bowed his head. "Good luck and tell me how they preform."

 

[Ikki Ike]

Ikki not only looked different in form but also her outfit suggested she was more than just a regular Atrisian or even a Jedi Atrisian. She had gone back to a brown tube top, even though it looked as if she couldn't fit into it anymore. She wore tight black pants that showed off her best assets, her butt. Her boots were of a white leather while thongs, black leather straps, wrapped around her arms. She had scars placed on her face to show she was a tough fighter.

It didn't take them long to find the planet, but they needed to come up with a good cover for her and a cover story on how to get her in the arena. Sang had discovered the tournament being fought over Thalasa and that the winner would take her in the ring in front of every one. Ikki knew she had to win even if it would mean humiliating her friend in front of others. However, this was also the only way to free her.

Her cover, which was met with great approval by the coordinators of the fights, was that when the Champion was crowned, before Thalasa could be used as a sex toy, Ikki would show up as a mystery fighter and challenge the champion. The two would fight and that winner would take the prize. What made it more interesting, if Ikki won, she would leave the prize money for the champion and just take Thalasa as her pleasure slave. However, there was a catch to that. She had to be somewhat abusive to Thalasa. Though she didn't want to, she knew that if they were to make it out alive she would have to.

One of the Dread Guard gave Sang some light armor that they spray-painted in matching colors to Ikki. He wore a long black cape and hood while hers was colored purple. The two made their way to the arena. A few of the dread guard put on civilian clothing and hid amongst the crowd if things got nasty. Sang and Ikki waited for the final fight to be over and the music to play announcing her entrance.She checked her slicewire and weapons while watching.

 

[Ikki Ike]

The final two fighters, the ones who were going after Thalassa in this fight were a Zabrak male and Twi'lek female. The Twi'lek female looked powerful as she smashed another fist into the Zabrak's face. Blood spurted out flying close to the audience. Her violet hands grabbed his horns as she pulled his head to her knee smashing again. The Zabrak fell to the floor and was counted out. The Twi'lek held her hands up in victory much to the crowd's roar of approval. She looked up wantonly at her prize as the cage started to move closer to the ring. The thing was it stopped right above her head not moving or opening. She looked angrily at the object of her desire as music blared out over the speakers.

Ikki walked forward with Sang by her side. The Twi'lek glared at Ikki as the announcer said, "We know you're not ready for the Action to be over just yet. We have a new challenger, the Atrisian DEMON!" The crowd roared its approval. The Twi'lek placed her hands on her hips. When the announcer named Ikki, in one quick sweep, she removed her cloak tossing it in the air. Sang smirked watching this and then did the same with his. Ikki made her way up to the ring, the force field ropes allowing her entrance. As she did this she tweaked her neck slightly to get the kinks out. She made way into the ring and stared at the slightly taller Twi'lek.

The announcer said, "The challenger wants the human woman all to herself. The question is, will your champion accept the challenge?" Ikki never took her eyes off the Twi'lek. She stood at least a foot taller than Ikki. Her outfit consisted of see-though netting wrapped around her neck, down her breasts and coming together around her crotch and back up in the same v pattern along her back. Except for the see-through costume, she was completely naked. Ikki was slowly working on her slicewire unspooling a few of the strands while she stood there looking.

 

[Ikki Ike]

In the four days since coming up with this plan, Ikki had trained her mind to use the Force more discretely rather than openly. She would mostly use it to lessen blows to her and accentuate blows from her. She had to push herself, she couldn't use the force well except in trying to navigate but for her friend she would fight and work. She had to do this for Thalassa. She had to save her. In response to the Announcer's question, the Twi'lek had thrown a hard punch at Ikki. That punch should have been strong enough to take out some of the toughest males on any world.

Ikki's training had paid off as, though it didn't feel light as a feather, the blow had been lessened enough so that she could continue the fight. Ikki glared at the Twi'lek and jumped in the air, foot out, slamming it into her opponent. The Twi'lek took a step back. No one had ever hit her that hard before even though some have tried. Her eyes widened more in shock than in pain.

She went at Ikki and threw several more punches, mostly aimed towards her belly and chest, but Ikki let her training from Master Stephenson in hand to hand combat take over. She blocked the first two blows by knocking them away with her hands; she then used her arms to guard her chest as they came up to block.. That was what she needed, raising her arms and bringing the slicewire up to entrap the twi'lek while a small smirk played across her lips.

 

[Ikki Ike]

For the first time ever, blood came out of the Twi'lek's legs. The crowd was both booing and cheering. Some had decided to bet heavily on the newcomer and were not going to be disappointed. The Twi'lek fell to one knee. She rubbed her leg where blood was welling and a section of leg was cut out and then looked at her hand. The blood on it caused a fire to ignite behind her eyes. She was fast as she slammed her fist into Ikki's stomach causing a cry of surprise to roar out from Ikki's mouth.

Ikki then fell to her knees and up at the Twi'lek. She threw a left hook into Ikki's face followed by a right straight into Ikki's chest. The force of the impact, plus the lowering of her mental defenses slightly, caused Ikki to loose focus. She fell backwards a bit looking up at the fuzzy image of the cage. The Twi'lek smiled as she grabbed Ikki's hair pulling her up to her feet and began kneeing her in the stomach. Ikki's stomach turned dark from the punishment. Finally the Twi'lek finished with a left cross to Ikki's chest. The blow brought a cracking sound as she felt a rib breal.

Ikki once again fell to the mat, but the Twi'lek refused to let up. She was coming at her and Ikki sneered shaking her head to get the cobwebs out. She had to save her friend and brought her hands forward in a clap with the slicewire. The twi'lek gasped as Ikki caught her leg and pulled severing the tendon then taking another slice of leg. The slicewire wasn't snapping and the light clothing/armor she was wearing had been cut through like butter.

 

[Ikki Ike]

She came alive now and elbowed the Twi'lek with everything she had she wanted to win. The Twi'lek was face in the gut and cried out Ikki spun on her with her foot lifted, slamming it into the Twi'lek's mouth. Blood spurt our, but Ikki didn't stop there. She fell to her knees under a right cross and threw and uppercut into the Twi'lek's stomach causing the Twi'lek to cry out as she was raised a couple inches off the mat.

Ikki stood up and grabbed the Twi'lek in a headlock. She intertwined one of her legs with her opponents and slung her foot forward as she let gravity take both of them down. The Twi'lek landed face first onto the mat. Ikki turned over her opponent and mounted her. She began punching the Twi'lek. Blow after blow landed on her face or chest. When Ikki stood up, the Twi'lek's face was not only a bruised mess, but there was blood coming from her mouth, nose and above her eyes. Before the Twi'lek could be counted out, Ikki stood in between her fallen opponent's spread open legs, pulled her foot back and slammed it into the Twi'lek's groin with authority. The Twi'lek didn't moan, she didn't move, she was out.

The Twi'lek was counted out and Ikki was crowned the champion. Ikki raised her arms in victory to both cheers and boos of the crowd. The cage was moved lower towards the ring and Ikki stepped back. Sang pulled the Twi'lek out and the medics came to take her away. Once the cage was sufficient height enough away from the floor the bottom opened and Thalassa landed with a thud on the mat. Ikki slowly respooled the slicewire and straightened her clothing as she stood there bowing to the cheering crowd. Hopefully they had gotten their monies worth.

 

[Ikki Ike]

Ikki completed and did what she had to do to clain her friend. Degrading and not worth it but she stood there in the center of the arena with Thalassa and they started walking towards the doors and the ships. Sang came out and met her. "Is there anything else we need to do or we could release the rest." Ikki said, "No thanks. I got what I came for." With that the three walked out to the waiting ship. The dread guard cleaned Thalassa off and helped her out of both collars as Ikki put on a clean shirt walking up to the comms console.

Arya's face came on the screen. She asked, "Did everything go alright?" Ikki nodded and said, "Yes sir, Arya. Thalassa is safe, and I won the fight." Arya smiled and said, "Not bad, Ikki see you are more then just a simple maid. And you said learning martial arts from Shane was a bad idea." Ikki chuckled and said, "I was wrong master. It paid off well. Though I had to do a few things I didn't want to. All trying to keep Thalassa safe and all, you know." Arya nodded. She said, "Master Gallinore will be happy to know her former Padawan is safe." A voice from behind Ikki said, "Not just safe, but in love."

Arya lifted an eyebrow as Thalassa in an oversized shirt walked up behind Ikki and leaned over her wrapping her arms around her. Ikki turned and kissed Thalassa on the cheek and said, "Yeah master, in love too." Arya nodded and said, "I guess you went through hell together. I'd still like you both to see Master Yoda and the other healing masters to make sure you're all right." Ikki nodded and said, "Will do Arya." Thalassa nodded and said, "Of course Master Ike." With that the transmission ended. Ikki spun around in her chair, pulling Thalassa into her lap. She kissed Thalassa deeply and said, "Guess this is the start of something new." Thalassa nodded returning the kiss. She said, "I can live with that. What's more... I want to." Ikki nodded and smiled.