Asajj!
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哀傷與恐懼要淹蓋Vos。佢想跑過去,去幫佢,但係咁樣做唔單止無補於事,反而等於送個機會畀Dooku殺佢。一剎那之間,Vos記起Ventress教佢嘅嘢。當時瞑蛟想勒斷佢,最原始嘅恐懼佔據住佢成身。當時佢就係利用呢一股恐懼,將佢轉化為仇恨,殺咗隻野獸。而家,Vos一諗到Ventress生死未卜,佢再一次喚醒呢股恐懼。
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意志清空,只迎嚟一個冷冰冰嘅目標:殺死Dooku。
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Dooku笑一笑,好似好滿足咁話:「佢帶你見一見黑暗面,仲畀你……試過其他嘢,我估。話畀我聽,Vos,你決定打低我,犯咗幾多條絕地嘅誓言?」
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Vos彷如被咬中一樣顫抖。有Ventress陪住喺身邊,佢好容易就只係見到眼前所得,而目空所失——仲係如果選擇一齊,就會永遠背棄嘅一切。
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佢企喺度,定咗一秒。然後,Vos大叫一聲亮劍。佢嘅攻擊從來無咁有力,怒火猶如白鐵燒紅,光劍快得只留殘影。Dooku喺強攻之下,步步退避。只係就Vos睇嚟,伯爵要擋下每一劍,仍綽綽有餘。
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「佢……控制緊你……」Ventress把聲虛弱但堅定。「唔好聽佢講!」
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佢仲未死!重生嘅鬥志嘅意支撐住Vos繼續出劍。然則赤翠雙刃久纏不下,Dooku嘅紅劍壓制住佢,拉近雙方距離。兩把熾熱嘅劍光,加上天頂綻放嘅煙花,喺伯爵面上投下詭異嘅色彩。兩人靠得如此之近,Vos可以聞到Dooku口中嘅酒香。
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「我感覺到黑暗面喺你身上更加之強,」Dooku話。「Ventress都未試過咁強。」
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Vos好驚訝,睄睄Ventress。Ventress企咗起身,淡銀短髮上鮮血斑斑,但係佢仍堅持住捉實光劍。
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Dooku講大話,Vos一句都唔會聽。「你呃我唔到㗎,Sith!」佢跳過Dooku頭頂,喺佢身後落地。Dooku,就係佢同Ventress未來嘅唯一阻礙。下一招理應將Dooku人頭落地,但係個伯爵輕易咁避開。
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「絕對唔係呀,Vos大師。呃緊你嗰個唔係我,係Ventress!」
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Vos猛咁搖頭,但係懷疑嘅種子早已種下。Ventress叫佢唔好再追落去——點解?點解佢唔想出盡全力打低Dooku伯爵?
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「佢利用緊你,」Dooku照直講。佢再一次斬落嚟,Vos被逼埋牆,焦急咁擋住。「佢無發揮到你嘅天份,唔似得我可以。」
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「Quinlan」
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聽到佢叫佢個名驚醒咗Vos。Ventress好少會咁叫佢,而佢都好少叫佢Asajj。佢啱啱好轉身見到佢緊過——
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Grievous!點解個將軍——
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Vos一腳踢向Dooku腹部,殺佢一個措手不及,隨之轉移重心用另一隻腳踢向Grievous。個機械將軍仆倒碌落露台,起勢咳。太遲喇——Vos先發現Grievous一早捉實Ventress手臂。佢眼白白望住兩個人一齊跌咗落去。
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「Asajj!」佢大嗌住本能地跑向欄杆。同一時間,眼角中Dooku嘅光劍喺背後劈緊落嚟。
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如果佢殺咗佢……
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Vos步向意識中一直沉睡嘅最後一層黑暗。Ventress警告過佢唔可以咁做,但係點解?佢需要最後嘅力量!
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嶄新嘅力量,純粹、狂野嘅情感激起黑影雕砌嘅煉獄。Vos一一徹底放任,一秒間打破Dooku嘅沉穩。Vos斬低、躍高、短刺、長掃——
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——蘊如一條毒蛇——
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——跳上欄杆,兜口兜面踢向Dooku。伯爵個頭啪一聲拗後。一息中自滿,Vos以為佢踢斷咗Dooku條頸,但係Dooku重拾而還擊。佢一路笑騎騎 ,眼中閃爍著欣賞。
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「啱啦,利用你嘅怒火!Ventress一定有教你,只有呢個方法先至可以打低我!」
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Ventress。一股新生嘅恐懼鎖喉而上。Vos將佢一手捉住,逼佢就範。喉嚨已經嗌到赤,佢追住Dooku:不惜一切。
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呢一次,Dooku終於墮後。
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佢碎步退後,跌落地下,仍然擋住每一刀。眼前景況令Vos心花怒放,佢而家只係需要化解個老而不嘅光劍。
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胸前一下佯晃,手腕一轉,Dooku嘅光劍飛出手中。
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綠色嘅劍刃只距Dooku喉嚨一秒之外,個伯爵定咗,抬頭睥住佢對手。Vos深呼吸,高舉光劍響頭上。佢想手刃仇人——而唔單只係喺戰場上打敗佢。佢想親眼睇住死亡嘅恐懼一分一秒蠶食Dooku雙眼。
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佢應該可以預計到Dooku嘅下一步,但係佢無。一秒之前仲縮埋一嚿嘅對手,喺光劍斬落嚟嗰下捉住咗Vos嘅手腕。狠心一扯,雙方形勢逆轉。而家變成係Vos趴咗喺哋下,Dooku一個膝頭壓住佢背脊,利用原力增強佢自身嘅一定力量。Vos郁唔到,光劍低鳴不絕。Dooku扭住佢隻手,以超自然嘅力量鏈住佢虎口位。Vos命令隻手頂住,亦無法扭轉劣勢。光劍跌落地,綠色光芒隨之熄滅。
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光劍帶住最後一點希望,碌到去露台邊,喺欄杆之間徘徊。Vos望住佢,墮落邊緣。
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Ventress把光劍喺佢同Grievous跌落去嘅時候飛走咗。佢狠狠撞咗落去下一層嘅地板,半個身跣咗出去。Grievous分叉嘅金黃瞳孔嗜血,一直狂叫。Grievous踩住佢喉嚨,四隻手捉住佢,又將佢再掟落下一層,撞落牆身。
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佢捱打緊,腦海遙遠嘅一角提醒佢。之前撼到個頭就應該無命,好彩只係暈咗一陣。而家佢個頭痛到想爆。佢信唔過自己雙眼,一企起身就即刻見頭暈。
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佢無時間去理,抬頭就見到Grievous撲緊埋嚟。佢喉嚨沙啞嘅咆哮模仿勝利嘅得意笑聲,Ventress馬上轉身碌向右邊。佢受咗傷、頭昏腦脹仲無咗把光劍。佢無得揀:一係放棄,一係盡地一鋪——而Ventress仲未打算放棄。
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佢大叫一聲衝向Grievous,赤腳一踢仍然能夠將個更大更重嘅改造人輾壓。Grievous褪後,不忿大罵。
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槍火穿插於兩人之間,Ventress閃開,藏身喺樑柱下。佢聽到機械兵腳步聲逼近而望向上面。唔可以被困喺度。佢呼喚原力升高自己,先踎低再跳高,小心平衡住。眼角傳來一陣動靜:Vos把光劍。
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佢從原力中伸手,光劍向佢飛過去,仍有Vos嘅餘溫。Ventress唔會去猜度佢發生咗咩嘢事。如果唔喺度了結一切,Dooku同Grievous只會咬住佢兩個唔放。
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佢跳向上一層,將機械兵斬成廢鐵。佢將光束彈返畀一個、切開第二個、踢走第三個。佢轉向Grievous,面容被綠光照亮。
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Grievous伸手攞自己嘅光劍,遍尋不獲而厲聲怒斥:「我去幫伯爵,你哋阻住佢!」
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「收到!」十個機械兵高聲和音。
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「無時間同你玩,」Ventress衝向前。
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一切已經完結,Vos知道佢失敗咗。
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佢聽到至少六個機械兵嘅腳步聲包圍住佢。Dooku已經重奪光劍,俯瞰趴喺地嘅Vos。
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「嚟啦,」Vos咬牙切齒咁講。「郁手啦!」
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不過Dooku搖搖頭。「唔得,Vos大師。我其實幾佩服你,而家我有第二啲打算。」
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Dooku猛地伸出一隻手,藍色嘅火花躍出指尖,游走到Vos嘅全身。痛係從未嘗及嘅痛,似乎同時被火烙同冰凍。全身上下嘅肌肉抽搐,身體不由自主咁痙攣,心臟想跳出嚟。佢聽到有人喺好似好遠、好遠尖叫,然後先認得,係自己把聲。
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過咗一秒、或者一千年,折磨終告段落。Vos攤軟喺地,冰冷嘅鐵臂扯起佢拖走,佢亦再無力反抗。
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「Quinlan!唔好啊!」
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Ventress仲未死!使出最後一分力,Vos側側頸想見佢。佢試過叫佢個名,唇邊溜走嘅只有一聲乾竭嘅呼喚。更多機械兵衝過佢身邊,向住Ventress開槍。Vos柔弱咁爭扎住,叫自己醒,目光一直留畀Ventress。
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Ventress堅持陣地——一陣。可惜就算係Asajj Ventress,亦寡不敵眾。Quinlan Vos合埋眼前最後一幕就係佢愛上嘅女人擰轉頭走咗去,拋低佢畀Dooku伯爵。去到呢一刻,Vos先發現佢頸上鎖住嘅鏈,係一條蛇。
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Ventress匿埋喺下水道,聽住上面機械兵嘅聲音。
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「無發現,」一個機械兵匯報。「搵唔到入侵者嘅痕跡。」
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「命令話繼續搜,」另一個回答過。「六十六區一路搜到去九十九。」
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「收到。」
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當佢再聽唔到佢哋嘅聲,Ventress放鬆落嚟。佢成個身都好痛。佢需要處理傷口同埋好好休息,但係佢無郁到。Ventress攞住Vos把光劍,望住佢,再一次見到佢返番去佢主人嘅手中,記起喺Dathomir上面,Vos交低光劍畀佢嗰晚。
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你幫我睇住......我一定會返嚟攞。
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放心,我會喺度等你。我應承你。
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嗰晚佢幫佢好好保管,而家佢都會一樣咁做。
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肉體以外嘅痛楚威脅住要佔領佢。一時之間,Ventress諗到應唔應該聯絡Obi-Wan Kenobi。Vos話過畀佢聽佢哋係好朋友,而且一開始提議接觸佢嘅,就係Kenobi。Ventress甚至知道佢哋會喺邊間酒吧見面。個絕地會……
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……唔肯信佢。就連Obi-Wan Kenobi都唔會信佢從來無預謀過呢一切。咁搵邊個?自己一個無可能成事。佢而家實在太攰,無辦法諗清楚。佢要搵到安全嘅地方先,然後……
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猶如暴風,佢靜靜地承諾:「Quinlan……我唔會放棄。我唔會畀佢搶走你。以我姊妹嘅血仇發誓。150Please respect copyright.PENANABWIQhC145g