Project Boussh: Mind Games
by Alison Sky

Pain filled Face's head, letting him know that he was alive.  Slowly, he turned
onto his side, and became aware of a dull pinching sensation.  He opened one
eye, and saw that he had a large bacta patch on his shoulder.

He couldn't rememeber how he had gotten hurt.  Reaching back into his mind, he
couldn't remember anything.  The last thing he remembered was sneaking away
from the bago to go and meet Shannon.  He had borrow some clothing and snuck to
where she was staying.  He went to ring the bell when the door opened suddenly,
and he was stunned by the stormtrooper inside.

STORMTROOPER!  Face sat straight up on his metal bed.  He rubbed his eyes,
trying to block the image from his mind.  Shannon was being held by two
stormtroopers, already unconcious.  The trooper, his mis-matched eyes viewable
since his helmet was removed, smiled as he pumped the stun bolt into Face.

Other brief images came to his mind.  He could see an underwater lab... an evil
man with a sinister face... then he was on a beach, and he saw Alison and
Hobbie, Ooryl and a Terran he had not met.  THen he remembered a forrest... and
ewoks.

Pain shot through his head, and he rose his hands to his ears, trying to stop
the pressure he was feeling.  It was like a stabbing pain, followed by an
consistant voice.  "Kill them all.  Kill them and you will be free."

"No, i won't.  I won't kill anyone!"

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Mike awoke from where he was sleeping.  He could hear someone muttering at the
other side of the room.  Looking up, he saw Face.  The Wraith was sitting at
the edge of his bed, curled up into himself, his hands over his head.  Pain was
flowing off him, and Mike could feel his confusion.

Carefully, Mike stood and made his way across the floor.  Josh still slept in
his druged out, crispy body.  The others in the shuttle must not be able to
hear the wraith leader.

Mike finally reached Face's side and gently put a hand on his unhurt shoulder. 
"Face, are you ok?"

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Face instantly turned to the touch.  There was someone there, someone who could
help him.  But the second Face looked into the face of the person behind him, a
new sensation pierced into his brain, overfilling his mind.

KILL HIM! KILL HIM!  KILL HIM OR I WILL KILL YOU!

Without thinking, unable to control himself, Face reached up for a scaple that
was on the table beside him.  

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Mike jumped back as the normally stable leader of Wraith squadron grabbed the
scaple and lundged at him.  "Hey, what are you trying to do?"

Face didn't answer, his face twisted in a wierd expression of pain and
desperation.  He lunged again, this time tearing a hole in the shirt that mike
was wearing.  Luckly, Mike sensed the attack a second before and was able to
avoid being stabbed in the chest instead.

Reaching out with his grasp on the force, Mike was overwhelmed from the
emotions and pain coming from him.  And they were all centered around the tiny
red blinking light above Face's ear.

<If I'm going to be able to keep Sci from running in here and shooting Face
where he stands, i had better do something, and quick.>

Flewing his hands, Mike gathered the Force around him.  "I don't want to fight
you Face, but if I have to hurt you to help you, by TAWG I will."