Ventress喺黑暗中甦醒。有啲好重嘅嘢壓住佢，有啲黐立立嘅嘢黐住佢隻眼擘唔大。佢嘗試推開壓住佢嘅嘢，但係只要佢一郁，全身就痛，差啲就痛暈多次。佢只係記得上一刻跳緊落去樓梯，耳邊聽到一下巨響，之後......
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塔。塔成坐冧咗。Vos......Vos佢......
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「Ventress！」即使肉體上有幾痛苦都好，只要聽到呢把聲，Ventress就得救。佢仲未死。可能，座塔拉埋Dooku墊屍底......
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「Ventress!」
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佢想應佢，但係佢全身都畀嘢砸住，連唞氣都好辛苦。「Vos，」佢用盡力氣先叫到一聲。
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「我哋而家就要走。」Dooku聲沙住講，但係依然高傲。「佢哋好快就會衝入嚟。由得佢！」Ventress睇唔到Vos有咩反應，只係聽到一聲怒吼。Ventress聽到微微嘴笑。就算可能根本救唔返都好，就算佢自己都有生命危險，Vos都唔會離棄佢。
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「Ventress！」佢已經好近、好近。Ventress再試多次叫佢。佢叫咗聲，飄弱，足矣。佢知道Vos會聽到。迷迷糊糊之間佢聽到瓦礫碰撞，佢迫自己，扯斷睫毛都要開返眼。光線穿過瓦礫，灰塵跌落嚟，然後Ventress見到最愛嘅面貌。Vos額角流血，黃色嘅紋身同深紅嘅鮮血形成強烈對比。Ventress望實Vos擔心到咁嘅樣，佢都估到自己應該傷得唔輕。
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Vos跪喺Ventress隔籬講：「搭住我膊頭，攬實我。」Ventress嘗試郁動身體，但係睇嚟佢有一隻手斷咗，另一隻好重、好重。Ventress唔忿氣咁嗌咗聲，Vos安慰佢。「無事無事，有我喺度。有我喺度。行啦，我哋而家去啲安全嘅地方。
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Vos托起佢膊頭，Ventress咬咬唇忍住痛。Dooku睥實佢哋，早知佢就一劍刺穿呢兩條友。但係，佢而家都因為塔倒塌，而受咗重傷。水晶碎片就好似一把利劍咁𠝹破佢胸，成件衫都沾滿血。
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熟悉嘅腳步聲傳嚟。「絕地同佢哋班複製人，」Dooku怒叫。
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Vos將伯爵把光劍扔返畀佢。「你有用啦，」Vos講完，另一隻手伸到Ventress膝頭下抱起佢。「會有少少痛，」佢講。「對唔住。」
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一抱起嗰下，Ventress忍唔住叫咗出聲。Vos抱住Ventress，跟住Dooku跑去另一塊水晶石山，又係另一座偽裝成水晶嘅大樓。Ventress感覺到少少希望，或者可以捱到Sidious隻船到嘅嗰一刻。
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如果呢個唔知頭唔知路嘅Sidious，真係派隻船嚟嘅話。
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如果佢哋捱得過呢啲傷勢嘅話。
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機械兵好忠心咁跟住佢哋，喺後面抵擋住複製人嘅攻勢。Ventress見到紅藍嘅槍火互相交織，仲好似見到光劍嘅藍綠光係喺空氣中劃過。所有嘢都係矇查查，慢慢，佢合埋雙眼。
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Vos向右跳，一跳就剒到Ventress全身極痛。雙眼半開半合之間，佢見到有一束藍光擦身而過。轉身佢哋就入咗去水晶大樓入面。今次，唔好彩，有另一支光束擊中咗Dooku。佢只係忍住痛跌跌撞撞咁到安全地區，成個人就失去支撐跌咗落地。Vos盡快放低Ventress，跑去伯爵隔籬，一隻手拉住佢，另一隻用光劍擋走光束。大門閂埋，Ventress仍然聽到出面戰火嘅聲音。喺外面，機械兵拼命咁保護佢哋。喺入面，水晶唔係呢座大樓嘅主體，只係牆身嘅一部分。呢座建築內裡睇落係設計成一座偉大嘅監獄，或者係最後嘅堡壘。
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Ventress望到Dooku而家咁嘅樣，虛弱咁笑咗出聲。「試咗咁多次，」佢自言自語，「終於有人可以收到佢皮。」
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Vos跪喺Dooku隔籬，摸摸佢脈搏。「唔係，佢仲未死。只係暈咗。」佢答。
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Ventress合埋眼，唔忿氣咁講：「妖。」
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Vos檢查下伯爵嘅傷口，「槍傷就真係無辦法，但係墜機個傷口又爆返開。」Vos溫柔咁抱起Ventress，放佢喺暈咗嘅Dooku隔籬。佢放Ventress隻未斷嘅手喺Dooku個傷口上面。「幫我撳實，」Vos講。
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Ventress即刻縮開隻手，痛都唔理。「唔得！由得佢死啦，我哋唔係想咁咩？咁先係我哋要嘅嘢呀。佢一定要死！」
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Vos搖搖頭。「唔得！我唔畀佢死。快啲幫我撳住。」Vos咬緊嘴唇。「佢哋應該攻唔入呢度，唯一弱點就係呢道門。我要出去幫班機械兵守到救生船嚟為止。」
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「但係——」
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Vos錫咗佢一啖，轉身就跑出去。Ventress又擔心又嬲，眼白白望住佢走。佢聽住槍聲，跟住，佢把光劍。
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「點解你仲要救我？」Dooku把聲好虛弱，但係聽到佢把死人聲就火滾。
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Ventress轉頭望住佢以前嘅師父，「乜你醒喇？其實我最想親眼睇住你斷氣。」
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Dooku奸笑。「咪放長雙眼睇下，Vos係個Dark Lord，同我一樣，佢好清楚背叛自己人無好處。」
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Ventress態度強硬起嚟，「Dark Lord？」唔通Obi-Wan講中咗？
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「無錯，」Dooku好輕鬆咁講，「佢已經決定效忠黑暗面。我同佢總有一日會殺死Sidious，一齊統治呢個銀河。」佢補充：「最好到時你已經用完即棄。」
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Ventress怒睥佢，大大力壓落個傷口度。「呢句嘢咁熟口熟面嘅，好似係......我哋以前都講過咁上下。」
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Dooku講：「錯，錯。你千祈唔好會錯意。你從來都唔係成大器之材。Vos就唔同，佢就係為黑暗而生。你？」Dooku邪惡咁笑笑口。「你只係......同黑暗玩緊。」
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Ventress內心非常不安，偷偷向門外望。Vos同佢講過一定唔可以被Dooku死，佢有更加大嘅「計劃」。唔通佢係指呢樣？
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Dooku得寸進尺：「如果Vos真係要殺我，點解佢仲唔郁手？點解仲要保護我？明明佢大把機會......」
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Ventress怒睥住Dooku。佢知道呢個就係佢控制人心嘅技倆。佢將懷疑、不信嘅種子種入你心入面，然後由佢紮根喺心中嘅黑暗。Ventress真係好嬲，佢挨高少少將身體嘅重量全部壓曬落去Dooku個傷口度。「你根本唔知佢做緊咩。」
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Dooku痛到差啲暈，仲死頂：「的確，都唔見得你知。」
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真相永遠令人最痛。
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「我諗佢哋打中咗Dooku，」Anakin拎住電子望遠鏡講。「我見唔到Ventress，不過Vos同班機械兵仲搏命抵抗。」
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Anakin遞個望遠鏡畀Obi-Wan。佢無奈咁接受現實。「咁樣行唔通，」Obi-Wan唞咗啖大氣。「我哋可以打爛出面層殼，但係無可能打得穿入面嗰層水晶。睇嚟座嘢係專門起嚟留守。」
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Anakin極唔滿意咁哼咗聲。「九成九Dooku等人嚟接佢。如果愈拖愈耐，我哋遲早唔夠人手。一定有第二條路。」
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Obi-Wan摸摸鬍鬚，思考緊。睇嚟只有正門一個弱點，但係一座設計得咁好嘅設施，會只得一個入口？
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「停火，」Obi-Wan下令。
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Anakin用奇異嘅眼神望咗佢，好似Obi-Wan提議要請Dooku過嚟飲茶咁。「停火？」
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「你聽到我講啦。」
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Anakin搖搖頭。「咪住，咪住。我哋而家唔係嚟談判喎。要傾嘅都傾曬啦。Vos已經錯過每一個改過自新嘅機會。」
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Kenobi反直隻手板。「我無講過話要談判。」
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Anakin懷疑咁望住佢。「咁，你有咩提議？」
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「你叫佢哋停火。然後我哋偷偷哋走去後面，睇下有無另一個入口。」
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「偷偷咃搞佢後面，」Anakin懷疑嘅語氣重覆。
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「你今日做咩係咁跟我講嘢。」
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「因為我懷疑你係唔係痴咗線呀。師父，嗰度係座堡壘嚟！」
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「一座淨係得一個出入口嘅堡壘，會係咩？」
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Anakin慢慢笑咗出嚟：「陷阱。」
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