Admission And Pursuit

“ I can’t control it. I’m scared everything is falling apart I don’t know what to do” she said. She did not noticed Carla she was just to upset. She hesitantly took Mar’s hand and came out from under the table. She followed Mar like a lost puppy using her sleeve to wipe the tears from her face as they walked.

Mar squeezed her hand reassuringly. "It's going to be okay, Serenity. I promise. I won't let anything happen to you." Then he sensed Quint enter the room.

"My Lord," she said referring to him as if he was a Sith still. She wasn't going to call him Darth, but it was temping. In his actions, she was seeing little sign that he wasn't.

In Quint fashion she spoke, "You do know that you all are under the influence of the Darkside of the Force?"
She paused for a moment letting him sense it. She continued speaking, "He wants you to torture him in front of your apprentices. In fact you just taught them that using the force to torture someone is acceptable behavior for Jedi."

Mar turned, his features cold and his eyes emotionless. The bitter feeling in his gut was that he knew she was right.

"Ripper has force powers like Ghost does or did his lightsaber miss your attention? He doesn't need his body to be working to manipulate and hurt you. He just needs to have you follow own emotions and wants to following your path back to the Darkside and bring your Padawans with you."

"I wanted to end his life humanely, because I am not a monster. I don't approve of what he did and wants to do right now." She let the you are a monster too hang there.

As Mar took Serenity's arm to lead her back to his ship, Quint said coldly, "Meditate on this, I will 'unofficially' accept being your apprentice, than to fight you on your path back to the Darkside. My Lord Sith, if necessary, I will kill you to save then from following you to the Darkside.'"

Mar pushed air through his nostrils and nodded. "Agreed."

It was then that Mar realized that he was not at all qualified to teach these prospective Jedi. He was an Inquisitor... he was very much the monster that Quint said he was. She didn't even know the full extent...

He needed help.

Ring relayed the coordinates of Quint's homeworld and Mar relayed them to KC. The droid send him an update on the ship's ETA at the outskirts of the settlement, it would be there in a few minutes. Mar hopped onto his speeder, with Serenity sitting behind him. Once they were on their way they and well into the desert they heard the familiar drone of TIE fighter engines.

Mar consulted his communicator. "Rowan! We have company!"