"You evil (punch) psychotic (punch) son of a (punch) bantha! You tried to make me kill my friends!" Taran yelled, one hand on Vindi's throat while his other fist ounched the doctor senseless.
"Tried? I hear there were some clones who'll no longer fight by your side," Vindi sneered. At that moment, he saw Taran's eyes turn to yellow. Taran used both his hands to put Vindi's head under the water as he simultaneously strangled and drowned him. Vindi struggled, but Taran's strength was too much for him. After near a minute of this Vindi's limbs gave one last twitch before he stopped moving. He never moved again.
Obi-Wan stirred in his sleep, his dream causing his body to move as another dream unfolded.
"Taran?" he called out.
"I'm here Master," said Taran, shrouded in darkness. The only thing visible was his green eyes. He started to come into the light, and when he stepped out, he was dressed in Sith robes and his eyes turned to yellow the exact instant he came into the light.
"Who are you?" said Obi-Wan.
"Don't you recognize me Master? I'm your apprentice," said Taran, his voice delivered with a sinister sounding background.
"No you aren't," said Obi-Wan.
"Really, I would think we would be one in the same, seeing as the same blood flows through our veins," said Taran as his body began to morph and grow larger. Red smoke flowed around his visage until he stood about six feet 6 inches and long flowing robes of Jedi/Sith origin underneath his main cloaks. A white mask with two red slash marks on the eyes adorned his face.
"Who are you?"
"Just as I once brought destruction to the Order, he will do the same," it said as he drew forth a red lightsaber and slashed down at Obi-Wan.
Obi-Wan woke with a start, slightly panting.
"Who was he?" said to himself.
Ahsoka was calmly walking down a hallway in the Resolute. She turned into the hangar to see the age old scene of Taran working on his starfighter and R3 right beside assisting him. Seeing him so calm and relaxed as he work on such things made her feel butterflies. What was more was that one month ago they had made love for the first time, and the memory was as vivid as it was that night.
R3 turned to give Taran another tool and saw Ahsoka. He whistled and beeped when he saw her, getting Taran's attention and when he saw her he smiled broadly.
"Hey there Ahsoka," he said.
"Hi Taran. More modifications?" she asked, walking over to the starfighter and rubbing R3's dome, to which the droid whistled happily.
"Yep, but they're done now," said Taran, closing a hatch back.
"Could you help me with something?" said Ahsoka.
"Sure."
(30 minutes later)
"Anakin, you know their relationship has been going on for awhile now," said Obi-Wan.
"Yes, and your point in this conversation?" said Anakin.
"Well, they might have the urge to...well you know," said Obi-Wan.
"You mean...copulate?" said Anakin. Obi-Wan nodded.
"Come on Obi-Wan. Knowing them, they would wait a little longer, they're still just kids," said Anakin.
"Anakin, they're both sixteen. On Taran's planet that sometimes counted as and adult," said Obi-Wan.
"Come on," said Anakin as they stopped by Ahsoka's door, "we both know that wouldn't happen. They have plenty of self-control."
"Ahhh its so big!" they heard Ahsoka yell from inside her room. Anakin and Obi-Wan froze momentarily.
"God I didn't think it was this tight," they heard Taran.
"Hold on, let me try and open it up," said Ahsoka. Anakin and Obi-Wan's eyes widened.
"Gahhh almost in!" they heard Taran. They both heard grunting for a few more seconds before they both heard them go "Ahh!" at the same time.
"What the hell?" yelled Anakin as he bolted into the room to see Taran and Ahsoka holding what appeared to be a large unscrewed valve from a compartment in the wall.
"Master?" said Ahsoka.
"Wha..." said Anakin when he saw they were both fully clothed with the two parts of the valve in their hands.
"What were you two doing?"
"I was helping her fix a valve to her AC. What did you think we were doing?" said Taran. Anakin blushed red as Obi-Wan nearly doubled over from his silent laughter.
"N-nothing. Carry on," said Anakin, hurriedly leaving the room.
"That was weird," said Ahsoka as they went back to fixing her AC.
"It's not funny Obi-Wan," said Anakin as Obi-Wan was smiling brightly.
"Oh come now Anakin, your reaction was befitting the situation, hilarious," said Obi-Wan.
"Come on, you know what it sounded like," said Anakin.
"Still, it was rather uncalled for," said Obi-Wan. Anakin grumbled.
"Oh cheer up Anakin, at least you know nothing happened," said Obi-Wan.
Meanwhile Ahsoka and Taran had just finished fixing her AC and were laying on her bed.
"Thanks for helping me," said Ahsoka.
"Anytime," said Taran. She leaned her head in onto his chest and he began to stroke her lekku, making her sigh contently. Only he could be so tender and caring to them, knowing how delicate they were.
"Do you think we should tell them already?" said Ahsoka.
"I don't know. Obi-Wan might be okay with it, besides getting chewed out from him, but I don't know about Anakin," said Taran.
"We might need to wait to tell him," said Ahsoka. "Do you have regrets?"
"From that night? Never," he said, smiling and getting on top of her. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"What was your favorite part?" she said coyly.
"Everything," he said, kissing her passionately. Everytime their lips met, he felt his love for her increase more and more. He loved her to death, and she the same. As their kissing began to heat up, they were interrupted yet again by a transmission from Anakin.
"Ahsoka and Taran, report to the bridge," he said. They both groaned, kissing for a few more second before they got up and walked out of her room.
(Bridge)
"You summoned us Master?" said Ahsoka.
"Yes. We have a task at hand," said Anakin.
"According to a transmission sent directly by Chancellor Palpatine, there's an artifact on the planet Korriban that, should it fall into Separatist hands, could prove to be disastrous for the Republic," said Obi-Wan.
"Korriban?" said Taran and Ahsoka, their faces paling slightly. The memories from that place still lingered on in their minds.
"Taran, you don't need to put your hand there," she said annoyingly.
"Ahsoka, I'm over here," said Taran from the other side of the sarcophagus near the feet. Ahsoka was at the head and Anakin near the left side of the sarcophagus. Ahsoka saw that Anakin's hand were nowhere near her.
"If it's not you, and not him, then who is it?" she said, fear sounding in her voice. She slowly turned her head around and saw a bandaged, arm on her shoulder. A deep groan erupted from the figure it was attached to. A mummified Sith bodyguard was what it was, it's face bandages removed to show a grotesque, decayed face. Ahsoka turned on her lightsaber abd slashed the arm off. The mummy howled in agony. Ahsoka saw with horror that the arm was still moving, and watched with even more horror as the mummy reattached it back on. The three watched as the sarcophagi on the wall's lids open up to reveal undead mummies coming out of it.
"We should put the holocron back," said Taran, seeing that the mummies were shuffling towards them. Anakin happily obliged and put it back, but looked with disbelief as the mummies still kept coming. They activated their lightsabers and charged into the mummies. They hacked, slashed, and cut at their mummy assailants, but watched in disbelief as they reattached their limbs back. Taran chopped a mummy in half, but it's top half crawled back to it's lower half and reattached itself. The three saw there was no way to stop these things and ran to the door, only to see it was sealed. They retreated to a corner and prepared themselves to fight to the death.
"These things can't die," said Ahsoka.
"They were already dead to begin with," said Taran. A mummy came up and grabbed at Taran's throat. Taran's free hand glowed red hot with firebending and he hacked off the arm's. He expected to watch the limbs reattach themselves, but saw with joy that they wouldn't. He got an idea and led the mummies toward him on the opposite side of the room. The mummies formed a semicircle around, which is what he was expecting. He bended a huge jet of flame at the attackers and watched as they howled from the flames that were slowly consuming them. In one minute they had all burned to dust.
"Last time we went there I got possessed," said Taran.
"We know Taran, but this artifact is of high importance. The Chancellor recommended us to do it," said Anakin. Taran sighed.
"Alright, but on one condition," said Taran.
"What would that be?"
"Do NOT touch anything else but it."
"My Master," said Dooku, introducing himself to Darth Sidious through a holograph.
"Things have been set in motion my apprentice. Skywalker and Kenobi are headed to Korriban, just as I have planned," said Sidious.
"Good. This should bring Skywalker to the dark side," said Dooku.
"That, and Kenobi's apprentice," said Sidious.
"Cyneran? What is his worth? We have his clone, what use is he?" said Dooku.
"Things have been set in motion that cannot be undone. Your acolyte, Ceran, has reported to me of the situation he faced on the test facility in Kamino," said Sidious.
"So what is your plan?" said Dooku.
"Go to Korriban and harass them. Allow them to obtain the artifact. It will do its purpose in bringing out the dark side in Skywalker, and Cyneran," said Sidious.
"It will be done my Master," said Dooku.