Abomination

Chapter 1

Jedi Master Kiha Na watched with an air of serenity as the battle happening outside of the Republic cruiser she was in command of rage on. She could see the silver and white ships that belonged to her troops weaving in and out of battle with the Separatist forces and couldn't help but hope that most of her troopers would make it back in one piece. She was brought out of her thoughts by her second in command. "Sir, the Separatist forces are in full retreat," Commander Arklight said, "Would you like for us to pursue?"

Kiha took a moment to consider her options before answering, "No commander," she answered in her soft voice, "Return to the ship and meet me in the debriefing room." After receiving an affirmative she turned and made her way to said room in that graceful way that all Kaminoans seemed to have. It took only a short time to make her way to the debriefing room where she would give her statement to the council.

When she arrived she saw that her commander had not yet made his way to the briefing room and settled herself into a light trance to await his arrival. This gave her a few moments to reflect back on the events that had started this needless conflict. Kiha had not fought in the battle that had started the war, seeing as she was on assignment on a remote world at the time, but she had heard tales of the battle from some of her fellow jedi. Even now she shuddered to think of the feelings that had assaulted her when she had felt the death of so many jedi, some of which she had known for years.

The sound of the door opening pulled her from her trance and directed her attention to the trooper that had just entered the room. Commander Arklight made for an intimidating sight in his silver and white armor. Immediately after entering and seeing that his general was present he snapped into a rigid salute and gave her a customary, "Sir!" Gesturing for him to relax she started questioning him on the finer details of the battle.

"Commander, how went the battle?," Kiha questioned. "Minimal casualties, but there was moderate damage to another cruiser," he answered. She took a moment to digest this before turning to the intercom and pressing the button to contact the bridge, "Admiral Janson contact the damaged cruiser and tell them to pull back to the nearest allied planet and initiate repairs," she ordered. "Right away sir," was the answer she received back.

Turning away from the console she asked, "Are you ready to give our briefing to the Council?" The only answer she received was in the form of a tense nod. Noting this she sent a wave of calm and relaxation through the force to her commander. She knew he had accepted it by the minute relaxing of his shoulders and the slight lessening of his posture. Turning to the console she had used to contact the bridge she typed in the frequency for the Council.

One by one holograms appeared of the council members until at last all were in attendance. "Have something to report, you do?" Master Yoda questioned her. "Yes Master," she replied, "Earlier my troops and I were attacked out of nowhere even though intelligence suggested that there wasn't any evidence that the Separatists had even made their way into this sector of space." The council took a moment to digest this news before Master Plo Koon asked, "Did you manage to repel the attackers?" At his question she gestured for her second in command to give the council the information that he had just given to her.

Commander Arklight stepped into view of the camera and started to give his portion of the briefing, "Yes General, we managed to repel them with only minimal casualties and moderate damage to one of the other cruisers," he replied before stepping back to his original position. Kiha nodded to him in gratitude before turning her attention back to the gathered masters to hear whatever thoughts they had on the matter.

"Repel them you did, but to easy this seems," Yoda said after a moment. Kiha followed up his statement with her own, "I had thought the same Master," she said, "The Separatist ships we battled retreated far to quickly to be normal." The council took a moment to think about this before Master Ki-adi-Mundi gave a question of his own, "What purpose do the Separatists have for attacking just to retreat almost immediately and when they had the advantage?" Jedi Master Mace Windu was the one to answer him, "It seems to me that they were just testing the defenses of the fleet we had in that sector," he paused to let this soak in before continuing, "What I can't figure out is why?"

No one answered for several seconds until Kiha spoke up, "It is my belief that there is no other reason than to see what kind of opposition is in the area, but just in case they come back with a larger force I would like to request that reinforcements be sent to fortify our position." The masters took a moment to deliberate before Yoda answered her, "Agree with you we do, send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker our decision is." Kiha bowed her head to the council gratefully before she spoke, "Thank you Masters," she thanked, "Now if there is nothing else I would like to talk to the Admiral about our defenses and prepare for the arrival of Master Kenobi and Skywalker." With that she cut communications with the council and turned to her commander.

"Commander Arklight if you would follow me to bridge and help me prepare I would be most grateful," she requested. Commander Arklight nodded before stepping to the side and allowing her to leave first before following after her. Along the way she could tell that her commander had a question on his mind but was reluctant to ask. "If you have a question Arklight you have but to ask me," she told him. He hesitated only a moment longer before finally asking his question, "Sir do you think that your new Padawan will be arriving with Generals Kenobi and Skywalker," he asked. Kiha took a moment to think before answering him, "More than likely commander," she answered his question, "It would be the logical thing to do."

The rest of the trip to the bridge passed in silence with Commander Arklight's curiosity sated. Kiha couldn't help but wonder what her new Padawan would be like, it having been many years since she had last taken on her last student. 'Oh well,' she thought to herself, ' Only time will tell if our relationship will be a harmonious one.'

Chapter End

I will be taking applications for Kiha Na's padawan via PM. The form will be on my profile page so be sure to visit it if you have a padawan suggestion. Disclaimer: I do not own Star wars. I only own Kiha and any troopers that I come up with such as Arklight. This also takes place a short time before Anakin receives Ahsoka as a padawan so just hang tight for a couple chapters. Be sure to review because I always appreciate constructive crticism.