Meeting a King

[Judas Zambrano]

Standing in an empty warehouse blood painting his white shirt Judas stood before a individual that sat chained to the chair. Dried blood was caked on his skin while the fresh blood flowed freely like a river. The sleeves of Judas' shirt were rolled up to his shoulder to protect them from the blood and so they wouldn't interfere with his activities. "You know I'm surprised you haven't given up yet. I promised to let you go. All you had to do was contact Romeo Sin for me. Do you not think me a man of my word?" Judas asked the man leaning forward and grabbing the man by his hair and yanking his head up. "Look at me when I'm talking to you." Judas commented but when he pulled the man's head up he caught a large glob of spit and blood in the face.

"You piece of bantha poodoo. Do you think I would betray those I work for willingly? I'm not some traitor you can buy or threaten. So you might as well kill me." The man said spitting more blood onto the floor at Judas' feet. A calm look still sat on Judas' face as he reached down grabbing a towel off the work bench that was covered with numerous knives and wrenches. Wiping the blood and spit from his face Xilo simply backhanded the man with a force that would be akin to a human at their peak strength. The smack sounded off similar to what one would hear from someone being punched full force. The man's head jerked to the right at an extreme speed as no less then three teeth flew from his mouth. "You bastard!" He shouted though it was barely understandable at first.

Judas was about to hit the man again but the holotransmitter that he had acquired from his hostage began to beep showing a incoming message. Clicking the green button a image appeared on the transmitter a girl that couldn't be older then seven appearing. "Daddy... Daddy!" The child shouted as she saw her broken and abused father sitting before her.

"Aw so you have a daughter. I hope you're a loving father. I know mines wasn't." Judas said deactivating the call before the girl could truly understand what was happening. "Maybe after I pay your daughter and her mother a visit you'll be more cooperative." Judas commented turning his back on the man and acting as if he were about to go murder his family.

"Wait! Ok! Ok! I'll message him. Just don't... Just stay away from my family." The man begged a look of sorrow on his face. He was more pained by the thought of loosing his family then his own life. Something Judas just couldn't understand.

"You have my word that I will not touch your family." Judas promised that same cold stare on his face his blue eyes cold and calculating. Handing the man his datapad Judas unchained him and watched him send the message to [member="The Shadow King"] before snatching the datapad back.

"You promised to let me go if I did what you asked." The man reminded Judas as though he had forgotten what he had promised.

"You're right I did promise to let you go." Judas said walking close to the man and getting on his knees so the man could stare directly into his eyes. "You're free to go." Then without a moment's hesitation Judas' arm shot out and pierced the man's chest. The hostages skin stretched as Judas' hand penetrated the chest cavity where his hand lay upon the man;s still beating heart. The hostage couldn't say anything his mouth hanging open with tears running down his cheeks. "You see... I'm letting you go to a better place, a world alot less cruel. A place more beautiful, and death will be your passage." Judas said before yanking his hand back the man's heart in his hand.

Judas' hostage fell forward his body hitting the floor with a solid thump as blood started to pool around him. "Now I have a meeting to attend." Judas said to no one in particular as he wiped the blood off his arm and rolled down his sleeves. Everything he did was calculated even when he put back on his suit jacket he did it in one smooth motion. Walking away from the man's body Judas went to the place where he was going to meet Romeo Sin who was probably under the impression that the man which Judas had killed was supposed to be meeting him.

 

[The Red of Sinner]

Sitting at his desk as he worked on some designs for a new ship to begin building for a man he knew, till his datapad began to beep for his attention. His sweat frowned some as he looked over at it, -Who could that be?- he though to himself, and lifted it up with one hand, and opened it with his free hand. As he did so, a message popped up from his guard captain, whom was requesting to see him for a meeting on scheduled rounds. He asked to meet him at the location they all had their meetings at, a bar in the military base at Black Gate, a land where it was either drizzling, or raining like the clouds were being squeezed to death. He touched a button on his datapad to check the weather.

Eclipstica Weather Report

Cloudy, slight drizzle of rain. It's suspected to become more of a storm later on in the day around eclipse time, with the chance of lighting.

Romeo sighed as he looked at this, "Come on Rekan, at a time like this?" He had to go answer though, and stood up from his seat, and slid on his jacket, pressed for his speeder to be at his front door, and made his way to the throne room. A few minutes later, he was in the throne room, and making his way to his doors when his left hand shot forward, and picture moved out the way, and a lightsaber came to his grasp. This lightsaber happened to be a very special lightsaber as it was Revan's, and lately he was using it more then his own.
Stepping out, it was already raining here too. -Curse it all...- He said looking up, letting a few drops fall on his face. The black, and white speeder awaited him, nothing special about it. He got in, and set it to autopilot to Black Gate.

Sending a message back on his way there, he wrote.

On my way Rekan, will be there in about a hour, meet me at the bar in our usual spot, Yin Base Bar. Have a tea waiting for me please. Hope this is something important. Or else.

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

 

[Judas Zambrano]

Stepping out of the refresher in the penthouse suite Judas' body was still covered in a bit of water his muscles more pronounced then most. He was packed with lean muscle that could be seen from a mile away as the muscles in his back shifted with every step. Almost like a predator hunting prey his movements had the elegance of a dancer behind them. As he began to dry off the datapad he had stolen from Reken chirped alerting him to a message and as he read it a small smirk could be seen working it's way across Judas' lips. "Oh don't worry... It's more important then you'll ever know." Judas said before turning his back on the datapad and began to dress himself. Laid out on the bed was a tailor made black suit that almost had a unique sheen to it appearing to sparkle in the light.

In less then ten minutes Judas was riding the elevator down from his suite to the ground floor. Standing in the elevator with him however was a women, and knowing that they would have a long way down Judas tried to fight the urge that was filling him. Judas could almost hear the women's heartbeat as his eyes locked on the vein in her neck and his mouth opening, but as he saw the women turning he quickly closed his mouth and looked out the large window that was built into the elevator that allowed him to look out at the city below them. "Quite the sight don't you think." Judas asked as the rain tapped lightly on the glass barely audible.

"Yea it is... Is this your first time here?" The women asked brushing the brunette hair out of her face and giving Judas a flirtasious look that he returned with a wink from his scarred eye.

"Why yes it is, and quite a trip it has been. I've seen and done so many things in such a short period of time." Judas said as he turned back to the women giving her a smile but still keeping his mouth closed so she could not see his fangs, but his urge to drink from her was compelling him. Drawing him closer to her. His muscular body getting closer to her smaller one with each second they spent in the lift together.

Placing her hand on Judas' chest the women stopped him for a bit. "If you want maybe I could show you around?" She asked a smile on her face showing a perfect smile her teeth white as freshly fallen snow.

"No... But there is something else you can help me with." Judas said reacting faster than what would be possible for a human his hands going beneath the women and lifting her up to where her lips almost met his but his head cocked to the side his teeth plunging into her neck. At first the women started out with soft moans, but they soon evolved into screams that no one could hear as Judas drank the women dry. She tried to fight against him, her small hands hammering on his back pointlessly as they did nothing to stop Judas. His eyes wide in excitement and ecstasy he continued to drink from her.

A few seconds later Judas exited the elevator wiping his mouth with a white napkin and behind him in the elevator laid the women he had spent his time in the elevator with. Her body had turned a sickly grey and her mouth hung open. The fang marks could be seen on her neck but not a single drop of blood came out. Judas had drained her dry. Walking out the hotel without even looking back Judas was met with the rain that pelted his skin and slicked down his brown hair. WAving his hand in the air he summoned a speeder and quickly paid the driver. "Yin Base Bar please." Judas said to the driver patting him on the shoulder before sitting back in the speeder looking at the scene he had caused. People circled around the womens body and checked her for a pulse though it was obvious she was dead. "Humans." Judas said with a simple scowl.

Arriving at the bar Judas spent a few seconds longer in the cab then what most would have, but when he exited it was from the passengers seat instead of from the backseat. The driver lay limp his head face down into the steering yolk his skin just as pale as the women's had been. "Time to get down to business." Judas said straightening his tie before slamming the speeder door shut and walking into the bar, knowing he was later then what had been agreed. He wanted to surprise [member="The Shadow King"] .

 

[The Red of Sinner]

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

After the hour passed, he found himself in the Yin Base Bar, with a tea in one hand, and his fingers tapping on the table that he saw at with the other. It had been twenty minutes since he had been here, and this was not like Rekan to be late, at all. He sipped his tea, and wondered how the man's family had been doing, Obviously they were well off, but still, people got sick regardless, people fought. He looked at his datapad's time. Almost twenty two minutes now, his let out a grunt, and sat back. He sipped his tea, and look back at the designs he had for the ship.
The placements were nearly perfect for it. He smiled to himself, and decided to wait a little longer for Rekan. -Maybe I can place....no- He thought to himself. The rain beat on the roof softly, and it soothed Romeo to hear it so. It was rather empty tonight, probably because of the forecast for the eclipse weather. He brushed a hand through his hair, and leaned back in his chair, titling it on two legs. His blood red eyes lifted up from the pad, and up to the door as he heard open.
Coming in was a very tall man, about five inches taller then Romeo himself, who was clearly more then just fit. Something was wrong about this man, something the force said wasnt right. His pupils delighted in a mystery, began to glow intensely. -Interesting indeed...but you arnt from here- He thought to himself, and kicked his feet up on the table to balance himself out.
He tapped the datapad to clarify something, and sent Rekan a message about the table he sat at. Waiting.

 

[Judas Zambrano]

Stepping into the bar Judas was met by loud blaring music and the sounds of people cheering as they watched the numerous transmissions being played on the screens, with most playing different sports or the news talking about how far the Sith's reach had grown. Judas could almost smell the drunks in the bar as the scent of alcohol and vomit filled his nose. Sidestepping he watched a man get carried out of the bar. It was disgusting, these people were nothing more than animals reverting to their primal states and trying to escape reality. Judas looked down on such things and hoped that Romeo Sin wasn't as disappointing. Then the datapad he had taken from Rekan chirped and Judas took it out examining the message seeing it say where Romeo Sin was sitting.

Head turning towards [member="The Shadow King"] , Judas began to make his way across the bar to the man letting nothing stand in his way. People that had been in his path simply found themselves shoved out of the way by Judas bumping into them. His blue eyes never left Romeo Sin, but from his right a hand fell upon his shoulder. "Hey want a Deathsti-" A scrawny man asked that couldn't have been much older then Judas, but Judas didn't let him finish the question as he reached over grabbing the boys arm and twisting it.

"No I do not want a deathstick, and I suggest you rethink your life before you approach anyone else with such a offer." Judas spat as he pushed the boy away letting him collide into a waitress before he scurried away fear in his eyes. Yet even through that Judas hadn't let his eyes leave Romeo. Finally reaching the table he stopped a waitress that was passing by and gave her a small smirk. "Emerald wine please." Judas commanded before passing the women some credits and taking his seat across from Romeo. "Why hello there."

 

[The Red of Sinner]

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

Romeo titled his head at the man as he took his order, and then his seat. He had observed it all, and put the pieces together like a puzzle that was for a child. The man had made quite the impression to Romeo. "Hello." Romeo replied back, already feeling his right hand on the saber. "And to whom do I owe this pleasure?" he kept his seat leaned back, but removed his feet.
He sipped his tea once more, watching the man with the blue eyes, which he had noticed his teeth already as he knew a few people with teeth like his. -Vampire...- That solved what he had done, and what he could do.

 

[Judas Zambrano]

[member="The Shadow King"]

The waitress soon returned with Judas' order setting the fine glass down infront of him. The wine was clear except for the top that had a small circle of red, almost the color of blood. "I don't think you should be to worried about who I am. What you should be more worried about is what I know about you and your family... Your empire if I should say." udas said before taking a sip from the glass the sweet taste from the wine dancing upon his tongue before retreating down his throat. "Like how you were exiled and stuck on your own for a bit?" Judas asked stopping the waitress as she passed by again and holding up his glass. "Mam please bring me the whole bottle this time." Judas asked before turning his attention back to romeo letting it sink in just how much research Judas had done on him. No one besides Judas knew what other information he had on his hands. Judas had spent three years building up his contacts and gathering information on special interest targets such as Romeo. Not necessarily to kill them but to contact them.

"Don't worry about your man by the way... I let him go to a better place, but his innards are sort of spread across a warehouse across town right now." Judas said taking the bottle from the waitress and slipping a few large credit chips to her. "Though since you are curious about my name, I'll give you a hint. My last name starts with a Z and my father is a Sith. A very important one at that." Judas said poking at Romeo's patience and trying to guage his responses to what Judas was doing.


[member="The Shadow King"]

 

[The Red of Sinner]

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

Romeo sipped his tea as the man spoke, and listened. His anger building up as he allowed his mind to open to the force. This man was pushing all kinds of buttons now, Rekan was a good man, and a great father, even watched his youngest daughter for him once so his own could play with her, and have a friend. Rekan had been here since the beginning. Then he stopped drinking as he began to mention some of Romeo's more personal stuff, and put the drink down, but not taking his hand off it. Truly this man did not know who Romeo was, and did not know what he was capable off.
"Rekan was a good man...a good father, and a dear friend of mine..." He said looking the person in front of him dead in his eyes, showing no emotion what so ever. His voice was soft, but cold.
"You dont know the half of what I have been through...you have only begun to scratch at my surface." He picked his drink back up, and sipped it more as the young man kept talking. Telling him that his last name was a..."Zambrano?" He looked at the man with a little surprise on his tone. With a quick instances, Romeo's eyes seemed to be on fire as he embraced the darkness in him more, and sensed the man's connection to the force, and thus finding his life threads that connected him to the living. Instantly his hand shot up, red energy crackling from his palm, and fingers tips and coiled around the man. It would suck the life out of him, and transfer it over to Romeo. His eyes began to burn hot with fury.
"You come into my domain, kill my people, and think that I would let a Zambrano go free!" His right hand shot as well, and more red energy crackled form it, and coiled around the body of the Zambrano.
"You underestimate my mercy Sith!" Romeo could feel the life being transferred into his life pool, giving him strength, and energy. "You will either beg for mercy, or give me a reason to let you live!"

 

[Judas Zambrano]

Judas could almost feel Romeos rage pouring off of him and it was magnificent, something that the young Zambrano enjoyed but he did not come here to make enemies. Especially not one with so much influence and power. Yet a small part of him wanted to see how far he could push Romeo. "Yes he must have cared for you like a brother. He was loyal to the very end only giving me what I wanted after I threatened to pay a visit to his family. I'm sure you'll find someone to replace him... OR maybe not." Judas had said before Romeo had went into a rant about how Judas had only scratched the surface. "Are you sure about that?" Judas asked before he saw Romeo add two and two together realizing just who Judas' father was.

Suffice to say Judas was ready for an attack, he may not have been carrying a weapon on him, but his subtle maneuvers early on had ensured he would be prepared. Everything from the wine to the wine bottle had been ordered just in case things went south. Most would've assumed he was just getting a drink but tese were weapons whether others realized it or not. The red energy engulfed Judas in an instant as he felt his life force being drained his body slightly shaking but he looked Romeo right back in the eye his cool gaze meeting Romeo's angry one. Using the wine glass in his hand he cast it forward the alcohol flying out aimed for Judas' eyes before he quickly slammed the glass against the table breaking it and only leaving the long stem from the wine glass. The end of the stem was sharp as a needle and Judas used it as a weapon throwing it as though it were a dart at Romeo's shoulder to distract him from his attack. "What makes you think I am a Sith? Hmm just because of what my father's name is? Shame a king could be so ignorant. I come here with a offer to help you. What I did to your friend was nothing but a audition so you could see what I could do for your empire. I'm of more use to you then you would ever know." Judas said simply hoping Romeo could see the reason in his statements.

[member="The Shadow King"]

 

[The Red of Sinner]

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

With as much speed as Romeo had behind his own fire, the wine smashed into pieces, and he sent the other end into Romeo's shoulder. Blood dripped off his shoulder, and he winced a little at it. The man was good, he had to give the Zambrano that, but the fact remained, Kaine, and his kin where not known to be...good people in any sense of the word. "Zambrano's are like Sins...the evil runs in our blood..." He looked at the rest of the people who had jumped from their seats, and the off duty police, and guards all had their weapons trained on the Zambrano. Romeo put his hand up to them. "It's okay...just my temper getting the better of me..." The guards lowered the weapons.
"What is your name son of Kaine? And what am I to do with Rekan's family? What do I tell them when they see you by my side? They knew me, and my family well Zambrano..." He picked his seat back up, and sat in it, and rolled his hand over, making a waitress come over with another tea, and wine. It was sat before the two, and Romeo gestured at the seat. "You have till the next song to explain everything, or enough to convince me not to kill you."

 

[Judas Zambrano]

As all the guards and other people rose to their feet aiming their weapons at him Judas simply stayed still his eyes still trained on Romeo showing that he had no fear of dying. "I think evil is just a matter of perspective.Is anything I've done tonight truly evil? I mean within the past two hours I've fed on two humans, but just as humans must eat I need to as well. I killed Rekan for a reason, it was to prove just how inadequately prepared you and your dynasty are. For war, for peace talks, for all you know a rebellion could be beneath your nose. A random man was able to get on planet, torture and kill one of your most trusted adversaries and able to get you to meet him. You need me to fix these problems." Judas stated almost as if it was a fact of life. Seeing the glass of wine placed before him once again he picked up the glass and made a toasting signal to Judas before taking a sip almost to antagonize Romeo. "You need me to fix these problems. That's why I'm here. I offer my aid to you and your dynasty. I will root out all that mean this empire harm and dispose of them for you. All I want in return is that if we ever meet Kaine that I'm the one allowed to kill him." Judas said letting his words sink into Romeo. What he said was true, he really wanted to help the Dynasty grow, but in doing so he'd be meeting his own goal of finally seeing his father.

"As for Rekan's family. No one knows besides you who killed him. I already arranged for half a million credits to be sent to the family in your name telling that he had been killed by someone that was trying to get to you. I also made promises that you would help them through future endeavors and such. So there should be no problem with me being at your side." Judas said his eye twitching each time Romeo called him by his last name. "And the name is Judas."

[member="The Shadow King"]

 

[The Red of Sinner]

[member="Judas Zambrano"]

Romeo nodded as the man spoke, and sipped his tea here and there. He watched as the man made a toast signal, and then went on to drink it, and then talk some more. Romeo didnt speak a few moment, letting it all sink it. Taking another sip of his tea, he put it down, and cleared his throat.
"My man was killed, but a vampire came after, you should show him some respect...I know he didnt give you my contact info without a fight...but you have made a point..." He spoke as he leaned forward.
Leaning back, he crossed his arms once more, and looked at his own datapad. "You have a deal...I dont like it, but you've made your point, and I respect you for it. What you dont understand is...we have what we need for war, we dont have the able bodies to join in on it...I made the mistake of keeping us relaxed. Comfy in our shadows, but I didnt expand far enough..." He picked up his tea, and took a sip, letting his eyes watch the datapad. Finally the storm kicked in, and the rain blasted the roof.
"Looks like we'll be here for a while.."

 

[Judas Zambrano]

"I do respect him. Not many people could last that long beneath my torture, he was able to widthstand it and even remain loyal to you... Till his daughter called and I threatened his family. You and his family have my deepest regards." Judas said as though he wasn't the one who had killed the man. Watching and gauging Romeo's reactions Judas couldn't help but smirk realizing that Romeo had conceded and taken the deal. It was a deal that would benefit them both in the present and in the future. Listening as Romeo spoke of the mistakes he had made with his empire Judas simply shook his head not agreeing at all before raising his hand in a manner that meant for Romeo to stop talking for a second. "See the shadows is where you came from and where we belong. Look at the galaxy right now. The Sith are on everyone's hit list at the moment, and you know what that means. Alliances can be made. Why fight wars with are full force when we could go in backed by other powers having them do the fighting for us. This is the point of allegiances. It isn't just some friendly deal. It is a symbiotic relationship. We support them and they support us in return, but what we need is to not make friends with the major powers. At least not yet, but we go for the smaller less powerful ones and join together with them. Even a powerful force user can fall to larger numbers." Judas declared proposing to Romeo that they make allies instead of just going straight into war with others.

Then the storm kicked in the sound of wind whooshing by and rain hammering on the roof could be heard. Looking torwards the door Judas couldn't see anything past the thick and powerful rain. "I guess we will be, but it just gives you more time to think on the things I have said."

[member="The Shadow King"]