Freedom. (Character Intro.)

[___________Tech Noir]

Jeddar raised his head towards the sky, frowning to block out the powerful light of the two suns. The heat was unbearable, his shirt was drenched with sweat.

The crops had not been good this year and the hunting had gone bad too. His old rifle was in no state to be used for hunting anymore and Jeddar had left it on top of a storage unit to collect dust.

'Brother, take a look at this!' A voice exclaimed from behind him.

Jeddar placed his hydro shovel into the ground and turned to face his sibling, Jarryn. He was holding a helmet and Jeddar's eyes widened with fear as he realised what is was.

'That's an Omni-Tek helmet Jarryn, your gonna get us into trouble!'

'Brother, this has gone on for long enough. We have to fight, Omni-Tek doesn't look after the poor, you know that. Look at our harvest, we sent requests for those droids and were refused the credit.' Jarryn stepped closer to his brother and rolled up his sleeve.

On his bicep was a fresh tattoo, burnt in with a precision laser. The tattoo formed a single word.

Freedom.

Jeddar looked up from his brother's arm to his face and took a moment before speaking.

'You've joined the Clans?'

'Yes brother and I beg you to join me, together we can make Rubi-Ka a better place! Do you not see the similarities between Omni and many of histories great tyrants?'

'You know I do, we've spoken about it many a ti...' Jeddar was suddenly cut short as the suns were blocked out by huge object overhead.

It was a dropship. Omni decals flared brilliant light as the ship rotated and landed.

'They're here. Run Jarryn!' Jeddar shouted, grabbing his rifle and fleeing towards the nearby woods.

Jarryn also broke into a sprint but headed the opposite direction, hoping to reach a network of caverns near to the farm where he could escape the troops.

Jeddar turned and looked over his shoulder to see something that would haunt him for years to come.

An Omni agent lowered his rifle and took careful aim at Jarryn's fleeing form.

A single shot rang out clear and Jeddar saw his brother collapse to the ground. He clenched his teeth, resisting the urge to cry out. The Omni Tek soldiers quickly caught up and picked up the body off the ground.

Now deep within the cover of the woods, Jeddar ran to a collection of rocks, stacked high so he could overlook the farm. He could see his brother was alive, being dragged along to the dropship. They would no doubt torture him for information.

Jeddar quickly prepared his rifle, seeing a perfect shot on the sniper which took down his brother.

'Don't fail me now.' He thought to himself, as if the gun and him were one.

Another single shot rang clear, making the wildlife scatter beneath vegetation or into the air. The sniper fell, an eye for an eye.

Many years have passed and Jeddar continues his search for his brother, if he is still alive. An agent in the clans, Jeddar was taken in by them after they learnt of his brother's fate. They trained him, fed him, clothed him and tattooed him with the same word as his brother.

Freedom.

[Evalissa]

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