A Deadly Experiment

Chapter 1: Childhood

Zane was born within the Chaos on Narshadda, but he was born in a noble family. His father was an Exchange Lord and his mother being his fathers favourite slave. His father was called Kakil Gural, he found much promise in Zane and ordered for him to be training once he reached the age of five in how to be the best in the exchange. Until then he and his mother would be under heavy watch and he would only be fed food making him stronger and smarter.

A week before he was to turn five his mother Soli spoke with him and said "Son, this is very important. In a weeks time I may no longer see you. Your father will no doubt have me serving somewhere else as just another slave girl and have you under constant training. But whatever you do don't get distracted or worry about me, I'll be fine. Just... be the best that you can be". Zane simpily nodded not feeling much for his mother cause she raised him not to. All he said was "All be even better than dad". With that she grasped her arms around him crying, knowing he would be losing her son very soon.

A week later a gammorean thug came in and asked for Soli, she came willingly and as he left the door the pig shoved her ahead and when the door shut Zane could hear her screaming in a violated way as the gammorean seemed to be snorting happily. He ignored it and awaited for when he would be called for training.
Soon a trandoshan guard open the door and could be heard saying to someone else in the direction his mom was taken to "If your gona have fun like that at least get a room you pig!". He then turned to face Zane and said "Come child, your instructor awaits". Zane nodded obidiently and followed the Trandoshan, but he looked behind him quickly to see the Gamorean dragging his roughed up mother elsewhere, she seemed to ignore the fact she was being dragged off and just looked at Zane with a worried look on her face.

He then entered a room where red mats covered the floor and different types of swords and blasters decorated the walls. At the end of one side of the room were targets and at the other end were dummies. In the middle was a human male standing there, he was wearing standard combat armour and holding a sword but had a pistol in his belt. He said to Zane "So you are my new student? Very good... today will be a simple exercise... Grab that cloth over there". Zane saw a cloth on a bench and picked it up, the man then said "Good... now put it on that rack". He pointed to a rack and Zane put in on. The man then said "Take it off". Zane then took it off and looked at the man again who said "Now drop it". Zane dropped it as told. "Pick it up". Zane picked it up and gave his instructor a confused look who then said "Now put it on". Zane was taught to always obey so he did as told without comment and then the man said "Now repeat that until I return". The man left the room and Zane continued to do as told.

It was about eight hours later when the man returned and said "That's enough, go have your dinner and in 10 minutes return so you may continue". Zane exhausted dropped the cloth happily and left. As he went to get dinner in the cafe where the other thugs were he helt a cold hand on his shoulder, he turned around to see his father looking down smiling. He said to him "You seem to be doing very well Zane. I am not surprised, you were raised to accomplish great things. But you also seems exhausted, and stronger. That's good. I know you must have little time to eat so I will not keep you any longer". His father then left in an instant and began talking with some of the more higher up thugs. Zane without thinking about it proceeded to get his meal of slime and guk, high in protein and all vitamins. Once done he got up and returned to the class room.

It had now been a week of him repeating the same damn excercise and when his instructor returned today he said, "Good, now drop that cloth and get over here". Zane did as told only for the man to slap him across the face, Zane never resisted. He yelled angrly at time "No! Don't just let me hit you! Defend yourself!". He tried to hit Zane across the face again and Zane blocked it almost instantly, he was shocked but then kicked in the gut. His instructor yelled "Don't lose focus!". He then proceeded to slap and kick him again and Zane blocked them both, he then tried a roundhouse kick and Zane blocked that as well and then blocked another slap. The teacher continued to attack Zane and he continued to block them all. His instructor then stopped and seemed calm, Zane calmed as well and then his instructor out of no where tried again and was still blocked. He then said "Good. You have learned much, now return to your corridors. We begin your real training tomorrow". Zane nodded and left the room.

As Zane layed in his bed he began thinking, what was the point of all that? Will he see his mother again? What exactly did his father mean when he said 'he was raised to acomplish great things'? What kind of things? What awaited him in his training? He would have to wait and see.

Chapter 2: Experimentation

Zane was now ten years old and had learned much in his five years of training. He could take down just about any thug in unarmed and blaster combat but still lost in melee do the fact he was ten and still growing. His teacher said he had much more to learn but was learning very quickly and could surpass him in a few years. He arrived in the classroom today to find his instructor with one of the Exchange medical staff. They usually worked on the wounded thugs or experimented on some of the slaves. They did also do routine check ups on Zane though to make sure nothing was wrong with him. His instructor saw Zane and said "Zane, you will be going with this man here today. I need him to check over a few things with you before we move on to the next step of our training". Zane nodded and left with the medical staff, they went down a series of halls into the medical lab and he saw a medical bed in the middle. The man said to him "Rest here and relax, I'll be back in a moment". Zane did as told and as he relaxed in the bed cuffs suddenly went around his neck, ankles and wrist preventing him from moving, he struggled a bit and yelled "Hey! I'm stuck! Any help here!?". He then saw a medical droid come and put a mask over his mouth and he dazed off.

Zane awoke and found himself in the bed still cuffed, no one was around. He found it odd and made a hopeless attempt to break free, only he did. He pulled the metal cuff right off the bed. He did the same with the other cuffs on him and he walked off the bed as the metal pieces fell behind him, a droid rushed over saying "Sir please stay on the bed! We are not finished yet!". Zane pushed the droid out of the way sending it into a wall and breaking in two, he was amazed with his new found strength. He grabbed one of the support railings and ripped it out of the ground and tossed into one of the medical computers causing it to explode. An alarm went off and two thugs entered the room and opened fire on Zane, they were stun shots though and he barely flinched, he ran at them and found that he had also become very fast by how quickly he got there. He threw one of the thugs into another computer with the explosion killing him and tossed the other to the ground. The thug looked up at Zane in fear and he felt an overwhelming hunger, as if he craved the flesh of sentient beings. Barely able to control it he dove at the helpless thug and feasted on him starting out with tearing the flesh out of his neck. As he fed the door sealed shut behind him and so did all the other doors, the lights went off but Zane adapted almost instantly. Once this happened he stopped and spat out the meat in his mouth. He felt the blood drip over and him and his only thought was 'Why am I being trapped in here?'. A light then turned out directed towards where the bed was earlier but was now gone, Zane approached it and saw the bed was tossed aside, probably during the fighting. He then shouted "What the hell is going on here!". He got no response but then burst of electricty hit him from all sides knocking him unconcious.

Zane awoke in his quarters, he looked around and was puzzled, was that all a dream? He got up and noticed he was still covered in blood, he could of been sleep walking, he's heard cases of it before. He tried to leave his room for his lessons but the door was sealed shut. He tried kicking it down but he only made dents, he had forgotten how strong this door was. The terminal in his room then turned on to show the man that had him wait in the bed on the other end. Zane ran up to it and yelled "YOU! You did this to me! I demand to know what's going on here!". The man was calm and said "Of course, after all you do deserve an explanation. As you know you are by far the best trainee we have, so we decided to give you a little gift as a reward". Zane was confused by this and said "A gift? What do you mean a gift?". The man chuckled and said "Oh it's quite simple, you have no doubt noticed your new abilites. Superior strength, speed, night vision and craving for sentient flesh. Combined with the proper training you will be getting for another eight years you will be the most dangerous thing in the Galaxy. Not even Jedi will be able to stand against you". But Zane didn't believe it, how could he? He was just a boy before and now he was... this. He argued "Your wrong! I'm just a member of the Exchange! Nothing more!". The man said "Sure you are, but are also much more... you will soon know you also have superior intelligence as one of your abilites and you not only will be the most dangerous weapon ever made but the most brilliant leader there was. Under your command the Exchange will never be greater! Your father knows this, it is why you were put under so much special training. You should find some pills in the box by the door, have one every four hours. It should control your craving for flesh. The door will be unlocked in 24 hours once the pills have had proper time to take effect. Until then make yourself comfortable. Training will resume tomorrow". The man cut off the communications and Zane opened the box and took the pills out, there was enough to last about 2 years in here. He had one and went to sleep having nothing else to do at the moment.

Chapter 3: A Taste for Blood

Zane was 14 now and had spent four years training his abilites to crave blood but ignore the temptation until he found his target along with how to hide and fully use his strength and speed in battle. Today was the day his father who still led the Exchange on Narshadda wanted to put Zanes abilites to the test. He was given a pistol and a vibroblade with the objective of killing a small group freeing slaves. He walked out of the exchange base for the first time and looked around trying to pick up a scent of some kind to find his prey. He quickly got the scent of exhausted men and eager slaves in the same area underground, it had to be his mark.

He quickly broke through the refugee sector and found a tunnel hidden under a rug in one of the homes, he quickly killed the homeowner and jumped down the tunnel. He landed in a puddle and relised he was in the sewers, he ran down and took several turns to find three armed men escorting a group of slaves, the men turned and fired at Zane on sight but were to slow. Zane scaled the walls and kicked the first man in the face breaking his neck. He grabbed the seconds face and slammed it into the concrete wall and then pulled out his pistol firing it at the third before he had time to aim his rifle. The three fell dead filling the running water with their blood. The slaves were terrified and frozen still, three women all human were in the normal slave entertainment garmets while one was male who looked like he worked in labour. He attacked Zane and had his head ripped off. The other slaves screamed and ran, Zane grabbed one by the leg and dragged her to him and tossed her over his shoulder, he did the same with the second and the third he grabbed by the neck and choked until he went unconcious and then tossed her on his shoulder as well.

Zane returned to base and the slavers were pleased, they took the slaves off to the slave corridors quickly and aggresively and as Zane walked off to speak with his father he heard screams from the slaves, some sounded like they were being violated, others like they were being brutally tortured. Once he got to his father he turned to face his son and said "Son, you have done very well with your mission today. Those slaves you returned were some of my mens favourites and the group you killed have been freeing slaves for months now, it's good to finally have them gone. There shall be more work for you tomorrow, for now go to the lounge and have a good time with the entertainment for you are now an offical member of the exchange". Zane nodded and left, he knew not to waste his fathers time once he said what we wanted to say.

Chapter 4: Doubts

It's been two years since Zane was made an offical member of the Exchange, being 16 now he was starting to gain some doubts about them and if he should truly be working with them or not. He was open about it with a few of the members he trusted and word got to his father who just told him it was just him being a teenager and that the exchange is the best thing that could ever happen to him. All of the members of the exchange respected him and he got almost anything he wanted but he still felt like what he was doing as wrong.

Everytime he finished a mission and brought a slave back to the exchange, or whenever he killed a target and looked into their eyes he saw suffering, sorrow, no hope. Recently he had killed someone who was said to be kidnapping exchange members but as he died in Zanes arms it was reveiled that he kidnapped no one and that those members that went missing were those trying to leave the Exchange and live a normal life. His words on how the Exchnage were evil and corrupted seem so true and right but completely against everything he was raised to believe.

One day where he had no assignments he decided he needed to clear his head and think things through. On his walk we ran across a small gang who tried to mug him for the credits he had, Zane was quick to kill three of them before blasters were even drawn but there were to many of them and with no cover in sight Zane could be killed in the next few moments from repeated blaster fire, but then another gang came in and chased off the one attacking Zane. This gang seemed friendly and a Gand approached him calling himself Duvnar Magnum. He claimbed to be leader of the gang that saved them and said he was impressive in that fight and he could use them.

Zane responded "Sorry but I'm a member of the Exchange. I can't bother myself in petty gang issues". As he left Duvnar said to him "Alright, it's your choice but just so you know that gang works for the exchange". Zane turned around quickly to ask for more details but the gang was already taking off, troubeled by that comment he returned to his father and asked him about the gangs and that one attacked him and his father responded "Yes we do hire them, and sometimes they get out of control. I'll be sure teach them not to mess with our men again". Zane then left and returned to his corridors and reflected on it all, this was his home and family but he knew those slaves were suffering and it was were evil reasons but from what he was raised to believe slaves are essential for a productive society but many people get along without slavery, it didn't add up.

The next day when he awoke he walked down the hall and when he opened the door to the lobby he saw something. His mother who was still a slave for the exchange had just resisted his father for something he knew she was not in the right condition to do at the moment do to just giving birth to another son put under the same training as Zane. His father was furious and without a second thought shot her in the back of the head killing her instantly. Only once he looked up and saw Zane did he say "She was not doing her responsibility son, and those who do not do their job must be punished, you know this well". As his father left Zane reflected on it, he knew thats how things worked but he knew that she could of goten very sick and died if she had done what his father was trying to do to her, and she was killed for trying to avoid death. He then left once again to find the gang lead by the one that called himself Duvnar.

He approached Duvnar and said "I decided I don't want to work for the Exchange, they are cold hearted monsters I do not want to become. I want to join your gang since I now have no where else to go..." Duvnar stood there for a moment and then said "Then you are accepted into our gang, seeing your skills myself you should be an excellent addition". Zane then cut off all contact with the Exchange and joined Duvnars gang in local gang fights and raiding the exchange usually. Sure the gang did some bad things but they were different in that they tried to help the poor like them and strike a blow against groups like the Exchange which Zane respected.

Round 5: Leaving NarShadda

Zane was now thirty four year sold spending 18 years in the gang he joined after leaving the Exchange it was all typical gang activites since once he turned 17 which was oddly 17 years ago Duvnar had fled the planet from an Imperial Invasion. Zane survived the invasion from hiding in the shadows and killing any unfortanate soldiers that came in his way and then afterwards followed a man known as Jyki who took over the gang after Duvnar left. Now with Narshadda being under empire control the gang was focused on fighting the empire which Zane spent half of his life doing. They never amounted to anything big with it always being raids and killing the odd squad here and there. But after 18 years of it the gang was finally eliminated after exhausting all their battle tactics left behind by Duvnar. Zane predicated months before that they were at their end and took the time to prepare evacuating the planet which he did.

Days after the empire arrested Jyki and began searching for the others Zane was gone towards Dantooine hoping to be a diplomat with the skills he learn in the exchange combinded with how he was usually the one to negoiate peace between gangs and how he studied things like law in his spare time. He got the job but it never did last long. He soon got reports of a Gand that fitted Duvnar's description being a wanted man on Naboo. He was quick to leave his job as a diplomat to join the security force hoping to find Duvnar himself. But it was unavoidable for him to do so without the rest of security doing so, thats when Zane chose to help the police rig a trap for Duvnar only when Duvnar arrived he would use the trap on the police. It worked as a charm when the mines exploded 10 feet closer to the police than expected and Zane fled with Duvnar and the others. He offered to join them still loyal to the fact that Duvnar was the only leader he followed without question and was the one who got him out of the Exchange. Duvnar accepted and the two now travel together along with Duvnar's aquired crew over the years of Ejii and Gwazi.