Star Wars: Experiment X

On board Dooku's Solar Sailor, Dooku was summoned by his master about a new experiment he wanted to try. Dooku knelt before a holo-projector, and the image of an old man in a dark robe appeared before him.

"Lord Tyranus, I would like you to try an experiment, of creating the perfect soldier." The man said.

"And how am I to go about in creating this soldier my master?" Dooku asked, and the holo-gram of a skeleton appeared next to the robed man, and Dooku noticed that the skeleton had cybernetics attached to them.

"My scientists have created special cybernetic enhancements that must be placed on the test subject's skeleton through surgical procedures. It will allow those who survive to enhance its strength to beyond Wookiee standards after they reach their full potential." The old man said, and Dooku nodded.

"And who are to be these test subjects, my master?"

"Infants…anyone older will cause too much trouble. These subjects must be taught that they have been raised and born to kill and obey." The old man said, and the holo-gram disappeared and Dooku began his search. He knew he couldn't kidnap the required number of infants by himself, so he hired bounty hunters to assist him, and had them be brought to the planet of Korriban to begin the experiments. Dooku started his search on Dantooine.

Dantooine

"NO! YOU WON'T TAKE MY SON!" A woman yelled as Dooku walked towards her. He had already killed the woman's husband, and when Dooku revealed that he was here for woman's five month old son, she ran in fear, but Dooku started Force Choking her, and used the Force to take the infant. "Please…don't…" The woman pleaded, and Dooku balled his hand into a fist, and the woman's neck snapped, and the infant started to cry.

"Quiet child; you are about to serve a greater power." Dooku said.

Six years later

Subject One-One Three Eight woke up when bright light shined on him. One-One Three Eight stood up, and saw that they were inside a large room on a ship in space; the room was filled with smaller ship that looked like it could carry a lot of the other children that were around him. One-One Three Eight looked in front of him and saw the man he hated very much, a man he knew only as Dooku.

"Now that you are all awake, I can explain today's training; you will all enter this drop ships, which will take you to the planet below us, the planet known as Malestare. You will be left on the planet for a week, and you will have no one but yourselves to rely on but yourselves to provide your food and shelter. You will be given a day worth of ration food, and one canister of bacta; use them wisely." Dooku said, and several droids got in front of Dooku, carrying metal crates, and opened the crates once they put them down. The children were then given their promised rations and bacta canister. "Now, board a drop ship." Dooku ordered, and the children followed their orders, and the drop ships took off once they were full.

Malestare; a few hours later

It wasn't long until night had fallen on Malestare, and One-One Three Eight tried to find a place to keep him warm during the night so he doesn't freeze to death. After an hour of searching, One-One Three Eight was starting to think things couldn't get much worse, but the cloudy sky, booming thunder, and flashing lightning quickly proved him wrong as it started to rain. Drenched, One-One Three Eight started running, hoping to find a cave or anything to keep him dry, but he could find anything. As he was running, he didn't notice a tree root sticking out of the ground, and he tripped and slid down a hill head first, and stopped right in front of four furry legs with giant claws. One-One Three Eight looked up, and saw a four-eyed cat, and it roared at the boy, and One-One Three Eight looked at the predator in fear and began crawling backwards as the beast looked at One-One Three Eight, and jumped forward to pounce on him, but the wet ground beneath One-One Three Eight gave, and he fell into the hole, which was too small and too deep for the cats claws to reach, and the beast looked at One-One Three Eight one final time, and One-One Three Eight stuck his tongue out at the cat, and it roared before walking away, defeated. One-One Three Eight decided that was going to be the closest thing he'd have as shelter for the night, so he closed his eyes and tried to go to sleep.

The next morning

When One-One Three Eight woke up, he realized he hardly got any sleep at all that night, and he was still exhausted, but instincts told him to keep moving, and try to find better shelter. One-One Three Eight climbed out of the hole he slept in, grabbed small amount of his remaining rations, and forced it down his throat, although he hated it, and put the rest away to make it last. One-One Three Eight then looked at his surroundings, and could see a large Temple far in the distance, and he figured it'd take him the majority of the day to reach it. The temple would be a great source of shelter, and maybe heat. One-One Three Eight then gathered his wits, and took off towards the temple, not letting anything get in his way.

Base of Malestare temple; 19 hours later

One-One Three Eight's lungs were burning as his adrenaline led him to the Temple, but he felt all his hope die when he didn't see an entrance to the temple at its base, and he was worried all that running, all that time, was wasted, but when One-One Three Eight saw stairs, and although his whole body wanted him to rest, he began climbing the stairs, which took another hour until he reached the top. When One-One Three Eight did reach the top, he saw a hole in the top of the Temple and climbed down it, using a vine to help him. One-One Three Eight looked around, and saw several lit torches

Hanging on the wall of the temple, and One-One Three Eight breathed a sigh of relief when he realized he could grab the torches and use them as a heat source to keep him warm. One-One Three Eight then lay down next to his fire, and tried to go to sleep, but a quick tapping noise kept him up, and as it got louder and closer, One-One Three Eight thought he was going to have to fight again, so he picked up one of the torches and got ready to defend himself, but when the source of the noise showed itself, he recognized it as one of the other test subjects, and as she got closer into the light, he saw that her back was leaving a trail of blood, and the girl was wet and shivering.

"Please help me…I'm so cold…and I'm bleeding from my back…and it hurts so much…" The girl said, and One-One Three Eight looked at the girls back, and saw that she bleeding badly, and he knew she wasn't going to survive the night without medical attention, and One-One Three Eight looked at his belt a saw a canister containing bacta, and he heard the girl crying some more, so he took the canister off his belt, opened it, grabbed a small handful of the healing agent, and began rubbing it on the girls wounds, and they soon went away.

"Thank…thank you…" The girl said, and One-One Three Eight didn't say anything, and tried to get to sleep, and the girl cuddled next to him.

"What are you doing?" One-One Three Eight asked, and the girl got closer.

"Sharing body heat; I was told by one of Dooku's assistants that if you get close to someone in the cold, they stay warm." The girl said, and One-One Three Eight shrugged. "What's your number?"

"One-One Three Eight."

"One-Three Seven Two." The girl said, and the two feel asleep together, which One-One Three Eight figured was the most peaceful sleep he ever had.

The next morning

One-One Three Eight woke up when Malestare's sunlight went through the hole in the temple and hit his face. One-One Three Eight sat up, and saw that One-Three Seven Two was still asleep, and he knew she was alive because her chest was rising and falling, showing him that she was breathing. One-One Three Eight then grabbed One-Three Seven Two's should, and shook her awake, and when the girl sat up, she yawned and stretched.

"You're alive, good. Come on; we're not going to survive staying in this place. I only have a small amount of rations left, and I noticed that yours is all gone." One-One Three Eight said.

"Maybe we can find food in here." One-Three Seven Two said, and One-One Three Eight rolled his eyes.

"Why would there be food in here?" One-One Three Eight said, and One-Three Seven Two pointed at the lit torches.

"These torches are lit, which means people came by here not long ago; maybe they left food behind." One-Three Seven Two said, and One-One Three Eight saw the logic in what the girl said, and he grabbed a torch and the two explored the Temple.

"I can't believe Dooku is doing this to us." One-Three Seven Two said.

"I can." One-One Three Eight replied, and the two continued to explore the Temple, and they eventually reached a circular room with statues of Dugs all around it.

"What is this place?" One-Three Seven Two asked, and One-One Three Eight shrugged in an 'I don't know' fashion. They continued to explore the room for a few more minutes, when One-One Three Eight saw a lever near one of the walls of the room. Curiosity getting the better of him, One-One Three Eight put the torch down and pulled back on the lever, and it moved easily, and suddenly, the room started to shake, and the wall began moving apart, and the two children watched in shock as the wall went down into a hole, and it created an exit into the forest. One-One Three Eight and One-Three Seven Two walked into the forest to try and find them some food.

Malestare; day surviving Subjects will be picked up

After surviving a week of storms, cold nights, near starvation and dehydration, the surviving Subjects went to their rendezvous point, and the gunships that brought the children to Malestare landed in front of them, and all of the survivors boarded the ships, and left Malestare. When the Subjects were brought back onto the cruiser they were on a week ago, Dooku watched as the Subjects got off the drop ships.

"Congratulations; you have survived your first survival training program, and have shown promise that you will become the killing machines you were born to be. However, there are two who did not follow my instructions." Dooku said, and two droids walked over picked up One-Three Two Seven and One-One Three Eight, and brought the two into a separate room, which Dooku entered shortly after. "I instructed you to rely only on yourselves in this exercise, and you deliberately disobeyed me; your punishment will now commence." Dooku said, and One-One Three Eight prepared himself for the imminent torture, but instead of torturing him, he attacked One-Three Seven Two with Force Lightning, and forced One-One Three Eight to watch. "You shall watch your 'friend' suffer for your disobedience, and then, she shall be forced to watch you suffer because of her mistake. If you two wish to be friends, then you shall see what such consequences you can expect!" Dooku said as he tortured One-Three Seven Two, and right before she could pass out, Dooku halted his attack, and then started torturing One-One Three Eight.

"I HATE YOU, OLD MAN!" One-One Three Eight yelled through his screaming in pain, and Dooku just smiled and continued to punish the two children until they passed out.

A/N: Well, this is the end of the first of many chapters, to an experimental story. And I'm sorry if this chapter sucked, but it's hard to write about this training. Hopefully the next chapter will be better. This will be the first story I write where romance isn't in the main plot. But I hope you still like it. Also, for those who were hoping to see more training, I'm sorry for disappointing you in this chapter, but you will see more training in Ch. 2, so don't worry.