Saph shook her head at first. Feeling something funny and turned her head slighty into the direction whee fenris was at. Though she couldn't see him she knew something or someone was there. Turning her attention back to Draco as he took a seat on a bench.

"I owe you an explaination. But what I'm about to tell you must remain private. You would be the only person I've ever trusted enough to reveal this information to." He returned his gaze to her. "Do I have your word?"

"What that your a murdering pile of bantha poodoo?" She snapped. "Or that you used me?"

Saphira took a step closer, trying to direct her anger at him. She felt anger and let it start to consume her. Feeliing like a fool that she let things get far. Yet  part of her hoped she was wrong. That part that he took from her. Her hand rubbed over her stomach...

HK-60 walked out of the Training Room and looked at Saphira.

"Query: May I ask who you are?" chirped HK-60 to DracoKorr. The droid had impeccable timing.

Saphira wasn't fooled though. Fenris.. where are you.. I know you sent that droid..

She thought to herself

Well, here goes.

"You remember when I said I was a leader of the Dark Brotherhood? Well, I never had true family because they were all gone or dead. The Brotherhood raised me from childhood. So they became my family. And as I said before, I have durasteel thick loyalty, well that's where all this trouble begins. We were a powerful group, and all of us were highly trained and we supported the Empire. That's who was funding us. One night, when my squad was on a training mission with some rookies, my guild was raided and my people slaughtered. When we returned, our home was destroyed and we found graffiti claiming that the local regime of Imperials had done all of it, and upon further investigation, I found this in the destruction." He handed something to Saph. Upon seeing it, her eyes widened in disbelief. "An Imperial rank badge. It's of captain rank."

Draco nodded and then continued.

"I felt betrayed by the people we supported for 30 years. They slaughtered 40 of my family members. My cursed Zabrak rage took a hold of me. You must understand, I also felt like a failure. Because in all my years as a Brotherhood member, I never lost one person I was assigned to protect. But that night, my entire family was killed and I could do nothing. So I went to talk to the Imp. captain. He just laughed in my face, didn't deny the alegations and then called my people a bunch of sand dune loving sons of bitches. So I shot and killed him where he stood. I was later realesed due to a deal that the Empire cut me. They needed me on the front line they said. Now I'm here. But I found out later that it was the rebels. They were trying to gain our support. So they set the Empire up. That's another reason I'm here. To kill the rebellion for killing my family. But finding Saph was just a welcomed bonus. Please, forgive me for not telling you. But it is a very sensitive subject for me.

Draco looked depressed for the first time since Saph had met him. "I know I should have told you, and believe me I was gonna. But like i said, that topic is a very depressing one to me. So I have told no one since it happened, until you Saph. I was just waiting because one, I wasn't sure if you were using me or not, and I wasn't ready to share my darkest secret with one I wasn't sure I could trust to keep it quiet. And two, I was just waiting for the ideal time. There was no deception intenended Saph, you have to believe me."

Draco seemed relieved. He lay a hand on Saph's knee. "Thank you. I was hoping you would say that. And now that you have, there's a couple of other matters in which I would like to tell you about if you will allow me to have your ears again for a few minutes."

Draco smiled, barring all his teeth, "Of course, we shall talk later. I'm ready, let's go."

Draco stood and extended a hand to help Saph off the bench.

What the hell was that? Did I just offer her my HAND? Shit that's why he hated telling that story. It always made him...sentimental, yuck...it had brought him back to who he used to be and kept him from being who is now. He would have to bury that story deep down and never let another soul ever see it again...he didn't know why he'd even mentioned it in the first place. But for some reason, he felt he owed Saph an explaination.

He smiled at her in a snarl as his present self seemed to overcome him once again. He filed in behind her and she lead the way to a training room. Along the way, some squad members nodded at Saph and she returned them with a cold stare. Draco snarled at them and spit at their feet on the way by.

Draco tackled her as soon as she landed. He threw a right cross punch at her jaw and only when it connected he said, "Nah, I had an offer for you but, seeing as how I got a weak punch in and landed it, I'm not so sure your ready." the bridge of his nose furrowed as he snarled.

Draco recovered and stood while spinning a d delivering a kick to her stomach. "I don't know if I should. I mean, what if the seat's better off empty. Or what if there's someone stronger or better suited to take it?"

She came at him and threw a three punch combo at him. He dodged easily and grabbed her from behind.

"Who else would you trust your life with?"

Her wispered words were as satisfiying as a cool breeze on a hot day as they found his ears.

Draco smiled evily, "Oh, I didn't know you cared enough to protect my life." Draco laughed as she growled in frustration. He then pulled her up on his shoulder's and dropped her onto her back. Draco kneeled over her and smiled. "Should I trust you with my life? I mean almost everytime I look at you, you look like your ready to kill me. How am I to know you won't choose to follow through with it when my backs turned?"

Draco felt pleasure course through his body. He gave a genuine happy laugh to show her he was pleased. "Verywell. Well, my guild was just a branch of the six branches total that form the Brotherhood, but mine is the main branch. We have a council/meeting room for discussing war missions, recruiting, briefing and such. When we do have major meetings, there are 6 seats in this room for the leaders of each branch. And next to each of them, is another seat for their females. We call them the queens of their branches. Well, I've been made fun of because no woman has ever proved worthy of me to pick for my queens chair. It has remained empty thus far. One day, when I return to rebirth my branch, I'll need a powerful queen at my side to help. I offer that seat to you...Saphira Striker."

Draco about had a heart attack when she smiled at him.Was that a genuine smile? A woman like her doesn't give many of them he was sure.

Draco looked into her eyes and said, "Technically, you already are my branches queen." He placed a hand on her fresh tattoo. A burn shot straight from her stomach to her thighs. "This isn't just my mark. It's my branches mark of the brotherhood. And every branches queen has their marks in the same spot as you carry mine now."

They were still on the floor but Saphira had now sit up. Pressing him to a kneeling position but their faces were only inches apart.

"It's not a problem..It's just I don't see another life outside of the Army.. it's all I have known sense I was taken to be raised as a fighter.."

Saph didn't pull her gaze away from him at all.

"It's just that one day I'll have to face my past.. and not many know about it"

(try not to do one liners please)



"I never said that..."

She pushed him over. Draco growled but grabbed her hand, takiing her with him. Saph landing on him  with her lower half on the ground.

"Then tell me.."

He pushed as her lekku twitched.

"FIne. If my life hadn't changed I would still be with my parents back on coruscant.."

She started. Draco just looked at her.

"My father sold  anything from ships down to exotic variety's of art that was sold threw out the galaxy. In other words he also had a huge warehouse full of parts for anything and most of it was for the Empire back then."

And to her knowladge it still was...

"I was the rebel yes.. but I never cared for the high society that my parents pushed on me. More so my mother who wanted to find me a suitor and marry me off to some wealthy merchants son."

She gave off a vile distaste to that last bit.

"I had friends who were on the low poverty level. We raced speeders or more so I did and won them money so they didn't have to steal or kill. It was honest but I had to sneak off the grounds and each time I did it it was a thrill. I was  ten I believe or just slighty older when the human I was a fiend with screwed up on the speeder and it crashed. Totally destroyed and we needed a new part."

A smile broke over her face. Yet it held a small tone of sadness as the memory was bittersweet.

"My father had the part we needed int he storehouse.. so the next day I snuck out and we met up at the facility. I thought we were being carefull but we made a mistake and the imps showed up. Naturally the shit we were steaking was top notch for the military and the Imps wern't keen to us taken it and tried to take us out. COnsidering they didn't recongise me. ANyway I was forced to act and I managed to kill at least two. My friend however wasn't that lucky and was killed. My father then showed up and tried to straighten it all out."

She paused and took a breath.

" I had dishonored the family and sense  I held some status they imps couldnt kill me. I guess I  impressed  someone and  a short time later I was packed off to be raised in the Army. It wan't until years later that the Army was going to black list them for the damages. They would have lost everything and probably would have been killed..."

Draco was lost for words. He had no idea what to say except, "Saph, I'm sorry." He put his arm around her back and turned his gaze away from her. "I'm a fool. I basically forced you to tell me something you probably would told me when you felt the time was right. I wouldn't have liked it if someone force me to tell my story."

Just then, Fenris made an entrance. Upon noticing him, Draco quickly removed his arm from around her, and yelled, "That's right! I know how you are! You force a secret outta me and then don't trust me to keep you secrets! How dare you!" With that he resumed the training by giving her a solid punch to the gut.

THWUMP

She lost her breath but was glad Draco did what he did. She smiled so Fenris couldn't see. Then she came around in a leg sweep that pulled Draco's legs out from under him and landing him on his back.