Promises Kept And Favours Repaid

Book 1: Escape the Slaughter

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Summary: When Lorn died he made I-Five promise to look after his son this story explores the lives of I-Five, Jax and Den after the purge and how they and several others evade the Jedi Hunters and safeguard several Jedi Children.

Dramatis Personae

Jedi

Jedi Master Bant

Jedi Master Sette Plett

Jedi Knight Callista Ming

Jedi Knight Geith Zebula

Jedi Apprentice Jax Pavan

Sympathetic Citizens

I-FiveYQ

Den Dhur

Gungan Conspirators

Representative Jar Jar Binks

Younglings

Grathial Quiviz

Solha Hacor

Skylu Mamos

Orgle Fiel

Calla Wiclo

Poc Damos

Prologue: Arrival On Coruscant

Takes place 1 month after the bombardment of Drongar

It had been years since he had set foot on the capital. It was amazing how much it had changed; there were security checkpoints everywhere. No one was exempt, not even the brave people returning from the battle of Drongar. There were clone patrols all over the place. This was what Coruscant had become. "You'd think with seven searches they would realize we're not armed", Den grumbled. "So where do you wish to go first?"

I think it would probably be best if we went to the temple so that I may see Lorn's son and ask to be allowed to complete his last request" I-Five replied.

"Yeah your probably right". They both stepped into an air taxi, Den tapped the driver on the shoulder and said "Jedi Temple please". The driver silently replied by activating the Taxi and flying it in the direction of the Temple. When they arrive they passed a Clonetrooper checkpoint who suggested they might try asking Master Windu about Jax, since I-Five also wanted to tell the Jedi what had happened to Darsha. After all considering what she did for them he owed her that much. He had no problem with going to see Master Windu. Although technically it was very unlikely they would get an audience with Master Windu, Barriss had supplied them with a letter of introduction asking him to listen to what they had to say and at least let them talk to Jax. Finally after a ten minute wait they were invited in to his chambers.

"Greetings" Master Windu said. "I see from this letter you served as a reporter at Padawan Offee's Rimsoo."

"Yes we did serve with Padawan Offee, she was a good medic," I-Five replied.

"Your droid seems rather chatty. Does he always answer for you?" Mace asked.

"Actually we're business associates. He stays with me mostly to avoid complicated questions about his ownership," Replied Den. "Actually technically I'm just here to get him in the door. He's the one that needs to talk to you."

"Okay," Mace said giving Den an odd glance, "I-Five what business do you have with the Jedi."

"Two things, first of all I understand that the death of Padawan Darsha Assant is still currently unsolved," I-Five asked.

"That is correct however we did determine that she was murdered although we did suspect it had something to do with Black Sun," Mace replied not sure wear this was going.

"Well you are actually completely wrong," I-Five stated. "She was not murdered. She sacrificed herself by causing a factory explosion to save the lives and information my self and my former friend, were carrying. Her master did something similar earlier to save her padawan and us. Had my associate not chosen to pursue the murderer to seek revenge and his friend honoured their agreement and not attempted to delete my memory causing temporary damage you would have gained warning of the blockade of Naboo and been able to take steps to prevent it. As is, I believe my friend was killed when he foolishly pursued Darsha's killer. You humans can be so foolish sometimes.

"If what you say is true, who killed padawan Assant," Mace asked. "They need to be brought to justice."

"We never actually asked for his name and biography, but we made the assumption that the Devaronian, was a Sith lord as he was extremely adept at using the force and his double bladed lightsaber".

Mace went white as a sheet; that sounded just like the Sith Lord Obi-Wan faced on Naboo. Add to that the fact that he was trying to cover up the invasion and it sounded really likely. "You said you had something else to tell us," he asked.

"Actually this is more a request then information, my former business associate was a former employee of the Jedi before he gave up his son to the Jedi and was terminated. As his last request he asked that I take care of his son, now considering his son is an adult and a Jedi at that, I chose to interpret this as assisting his son in any way possible. I would like the chance to honour his request.

Mace thought about this for a second and asked, "Who exactly was your business associate?"

"An information Broker by the name of Lorn Pavan" I-Five replied.

Mace thought of this for a moment. He remembered Lorn; he was a good employee until he gave up his son and got angry over not being allowed to see his son ever again. It did seem like something he might do, and considering what he had tried to do for the Jedi he at least deserved a hearing. "I'll tell you what, I'll arrange a meeting between you and Jax. It will be his decision what to do. I will not promise anything but I will let you talk to him." Mace got up and left the room.

Ten minutes later he came back in, with a teenage padawan, "Padawan Pavan, this is I-Five. He has something to talk to you about."

Briefly I-Five outlined everything he had told Mace, as well as his father's last request. "So will you allow me to fulfill his last request," I-Five asked.

"I really do not know. As a Jedi I really don't have much use for a droid, but I can always use a friend." Jax replied.

"That is perfectly reasonable, here is my comlink code. If you ever need any help or you need someone to talk to don't hesitate to call," I-Five said.

"Well it was nice meeting you I-Five, may the Force be with you," he replied, I-Five and Den got up and left the room.