EXT. SPACE
With a blur of pseudo-motion, the Nyax and its contingent of assault ships drop out of hyperspace.
INT. NYAX/FORCE HOUND'S MEDITATION CHAMBER
Within a circle of burning candlesticks and under the varicoloured glow of an artificial stained glass window sits the Force Hound, his legs crossed and his head -- unhelmeted but turned away from us -- bowed in deep contemplation.
The door to the chamber slides open, and a Mandalorian warrior steps inside. Roused from his meditation, the Force Hound turns his head slightly to regard the newcomer.
FORCE HOUND: Remove your helmet.
Without the least resistance, the Mandalorian obeys; lifting the helmet free, the beat-up-but-handsome face of the Mandalorian who defiled Zull is revealed.
MANDALORIAN #2: You requested my presence, lord?
Without a word the Force Hound rises to his full height, donning his Mandalorian helmet as he does so. As he turns to face the lesser Mandalorian, the rugged pretty boy involuntarily flinches, overwhelmed by the Force-sensitive warrior's aura of formidable menace.
FORCE HOUND: What is your name, warrior?
MANDALORIAN #2: (swallows audibly) D-Dus Ubbs.
FORCE HOUND: You have served me well, haven't you, Dus Ubbs? Dedicated yourself to the cause without question or remorse, all for the glory of the Mandalorian people.
DUS UBBS (MANDALORIAN #2): (stammering) Y-yes, milord.
FORCE HOUND: You would give your life to see our lost honour restored, wouldn't you?
DUS UBBS: Of course, lord, without question.
FORCE HOUND: So be it then.
With a wave of the Force Hound's hand, six other Mandalorians -- all previously hidden in the deep shadows of the far corners of the chamber -- step out into the light, revealing themselves to the Mandalorian called Dus Ubbs. Nervously, he looks about at these intimidating warriors.
DUS UBBS: (to the Force Hound) Milord, what --
Before the Mandalorian can finish his thought, one of the Mandalorian Knights lunges out at him, sending an armoured punch to his face. His jaw snapping with the blow, Ubbs spins around, blood and teeth flying from his open mouth.
The Force Hound, radiating with extreme satisfaction, watches as the Knights proceed to beat Dus Ubbs to a bloody pulp.
INT. NYAX/ZULL'S CELL
Zull sits in the far corner of the cell, hugging her knees to her chest. Clad in the coveralls the Force Hound gave her, she is a fair sight better than when we saw her last, though her haunted eyes are still dark with bruises and unpleasant memories.
With an audible click, the cell door is unlocked. Turning to regard it, Zull watches the door slide open and the Force Hound -- the horribly beaten and shackled form of Dus Ubbs in tow -- step inside. Turning to face the girl, the Force Hound pushes the rapist to the floor in front of her.
FORCE HOUND: A gift, my dear.
With that the Force Hound departs, leaving the battered Mandalorian warrior alone with his traumatized victim.
DUS UBBS: (smiles weakly) Not such a grand sight now, eh, goddess?
Silently, the priestess draws herself to her feat. Her eyes wide with rage, she takes a step forward.
DUS UBBS: (frowns) Hey, now girl --
Her eyes and lips twitching, she crosses over to the Mandalorian and, seizing his head in her hands, drives her fingertips into his skull.
DUS UBBS: YYYEEEAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!
Thin tendrils of sickly green energy begin to snake out from her hands, driving themselves into the violator's head. Immediately, the Mandalorian's body begins to shudder violently, his eyes rolling up into his head. Zull, for her part, merely increases the dosage, intensifying his shudders until they become full-blown seizures.
DUS UBBS: Ubbaaadduuubbaaabbbbdddduuubbbaaaaaa ...
His head vibrates rapidly in her hands, tongue and saliva trailing from his mouth with his eyes rolled up in their sockets; smoke begins to rise from the wounds surrounding Zull's fingers.
Her teeth bared in an animalistic snarl, Zull wrenches her fingers from the Mandalorian's head. Dus Ubbs collapses to the floor, stone dead and not a pretty sight in the least.
EXT. SPACE
The dungeon and assault ships pass through the void of space, an infinitude of white stars glowing behind them.