Title: In The Shadows Part 4: Attack Of The Sith
Author: jacen200015
Timeframe: The time of ROTS except different
Characters: Anakin, Padme, Obi-Wan aka Darth Redav, Xanatos, Yoda, Qui-Gon, etc
Genre: AU
Keywords: Anakin
Summary: It has been about three years since the events that took place in Turnabout. The Sith are preparing to wage war against the Jedi and The Chosen (Anakin and Obi-Wan's son Kenshin) are about to discover something that will change the way they veiw the Force forever.
Yoda - Jedi Master. Jedi Council member.
Mace Windu - Jedi Master. Jedi Council member.
Yaddle - Jedi Master
Plo Koon - Jedi Master (Kel Dor male)
Adi Gallia - Jedi Master (Human female)
Saesee Tiin - Jedi Master (Iktotchi male)
Dooku - Jedi Master.
Qui-Gon - Jedi Master. Xanatos, Obi-Wan, and Kenshin's former Master.
Xanatos Ortinc - Jedi Knight. Bruck's former Master
Aalto Vipen - Jedi Knight.
Calaa Chun - Jedi Knight. Bruck's wife.
Bruck Chun - Jedi Knight. Calaa's husband. Master to Drengin.
Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Knight. Padme's husband.
Kenshin Kenobi - Jedi Knight. Orcin Council member. Obi-Wan's son. Winona's husband.
Woren - Jedi Knight. Nev-Kwellen's Jedi Master.
Siri Tachi - Jedi Knight. Orcin Council member. Calaa's sister.
Tarnekk - Jedi Knight. Orcin Council member. (Dashade male)
Ren - Jedi Knight. Orcin Council member. (Caamasi female)
Ruuka - Jedi Knight. Orcin Council member. (Nikto female)
Bant - Jedi healer. Orcin Council member. (Mon Calamari female)
Orain - Soul Healer. Master to Drengin.
Winona Kenobi - Jedi helper. Kenshin's wife.
Tru - Jedi padawan (Humanoid male)
Raven Ortinc - Jedi padawan. Xanatos' daughter.
Drengin - Jedi padawan to Orain and Bruck. Adopted son of Anakin and Padme.
Yentuwa - Jedi padawan (Mon Calamari male)
Loreana Vipen - Jedi padawan. Aalto's daughter, Qui-Gon's granddaughter.
Kalen - Jedi initiate (Humanoid male)
Salanda - Jedi initiate (Mon Calamari female)
Kabbacca - Jedi initiate (Wookiee male)
Asha - Jedi initiate (Humanoid female)
Mikel Skywalker - Jedi youngling. Anakin and Padme's son.
Sith:
Darth Bane - Sith Master. Head of the Sith council.
Darth Runder - Sith Master. Sits on the Sith Council. (Human male)
Darth Secrenosh - Sith Master. Sits on the Sith Council. (Human male)
Darth Ronok - Sith Master. Sith council. (Human male)
Darth Milter - Sith Master. Sith council. Nev-Kwellen's Sith Master. (Human male)
Darth Ribeous - Sith Master. Sits on the Sith Council. (Human male)
Darth Sidious - Sith Master. Sith council. (Human male)
Darth Fraunel - Sith Master. Sith council. (Human female)
Darth Meltric - Sith Master. Sith council. (Human male)
Darth Meshan - Sith Master. Sits on the Sith Council. (Human male)
Darth Mishane - Sith Master. Sits on the Sith Council. (Human female)
Darth Redav aka Obi-Wan - Sith Master
Darth Mage - Sith Master (Humanoid male)
Darth Sidious - Sith Master
Darth Dakonda - Anakin's former Sith Master (Human male)
Darth Nemiraa - Sith Master (Human female)
Darth Torsine - Dead Sith Master
Nev-Kwellen aka Ferus Olin - Sith/Jedi apprentice (Human male)
Other:
Padme Skywalker - Former queen of Naboo. Senator. Anakin's wife.
Maya Banai - Padme's handmaiden. Kitster's wife.
Kitster Banai - Padme's bodyguard. Maya's husband.
Jonash Solo - Captain of a warship. Father of Han.
Han Solo - Son of Jonash
Places:
Mountain Temple
Honoghr
Chapter 1
Kenshin sat in the lounge of the ship with his eyes closed as he relaxed. He heard the very light footfalls of Anakin's feet and the squeak of metal when Anakin sat down on the chair across from him. "It feels good to get away from the Temple for a while."
"I wish I felt the same." Anakin answered as he opened a container that he held in his lap.
Opening his eyes, Kenshin looked at Anakin. "We'll only be gone for a week at most."
Anakin set the container on the floor and examined the lightsaber that it had held. "As much as I want to meet these Noghri and find out some answers to some questions that I have, I'm worried about Padme."
"I'm sure she will be fine." Kenshin reassured his friend.
Anakin turned the lightsaber over in his hand, studying its design. "How can being bedridden be fine?"
Kenshin shrugged. "At least it's not anything more serious then exhaustion. Relax."
"Easy for you to say." Anakin remarked, even as a small grin appeared on his face.
"I'm trying not to think about it." Kenshin informed Anakin as he closed his eyes again. "Mood swings are bad for my health."
Anakin laughed in amusement. "Get used to it. Your wife's mood swings won't be gone by the time we get back."
Kenshin groaned and opened his eyes to look at Anakin. "I did say that I am trying not to think about it."
"Think about this then. How can a lightsaber made thousands of years ago fit so naturally in my hand?" Anakin asked, now rotating the lightsaber.
Rubbing his chin in thought, Kenshin replied. "The Force? Who can really say."
Anakin placed the lightsaber gently back into its case and closed it. "Hopefully our visit to the Noghri homeworld will reveal some answers."
"Do you think they'll know anything of the man who had begun my father's training?" Kenshin asked, thinking back to a journal entry in his father's diary.
"I don't know, there is that possibility." Anakin responded thoughtfully.
Kenshin sighed and stood up. "I'm going to make a sandwich. Do you want one?"
"I'm fine." Anakin replied, "I'll make one later." He watched Kenshin leave the lounge and then closed his eyes, drifting off in meditation.
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Nev-Kwellen slowly opened his eyes and found himself looking up into a pair of hazel eyes. "What are you looking at?" He questioned, mildly annoyed.
Asha sat back down on the ground and began playing with Nev-Kwellen's hair.
Nev-Kwellen pushed Asha's hands away and sitting up, he turn to face her. "Well?"
"You were sleeping." Asha answered.
"And?" Nev-Kwellen asked, not satisfied with Asha's answer.
Asha shrugged her small shoulders. "Knight Callista said that if you look at a sleeping person's eyes then they'll wake up."
Nev-Kwellen rolled his eyes and stood up. "You can tell Knight Callista that it doesn't work. Now get back to your group, I've got some things to take care of and then I'll be back to take you to the waterfall."
"Okay." Asha responded and ran back to her group.
"Why can't clan groups just stick with one garden? Why do I almost always wind up in the garden that Asha's group goes to?" Nev-Kwellen remarked as he entered a turbolift, "Maybe they're tracking me." Once he reached his stop, Nev-Kwellen left the turbolift and walked down the corridor only to be ran into moments later. Nev-Kwellen watched as the boy picked himself up and immediately recognized him when he saw the boy's face.
Drengin looked at Nev-Kwellen, not bothered by the fact that he had bumped into the one person he tried to avoid. "Have you seen Mikel?"
"Lost Skywalker's kid did you?" Nev-Kwellen asked mockingly, followed by a laugh.
"It's not funny." Drengin replied in irritation, panic showing in his eyes. "Have you seen him?"
Nev-Kwellen shook his head. "Nope, not a hair of him." He chuckled again and walked away.
Drengin attempted to calm himself as he thought of all the possible places where Mikel could have gone. I only turned my back from him for one minute, one minute! I should have been more alert! He continued to berate himself as he ran down the corridor.
"Hey Drengin." Kalen called from another corridor and ran to catch up to him. "What's wrong?"
"I lost Mikel." Drengin answered as he turned as a corner.
"Oh. That's not good." Kalen replied. "Where did you lose him?"
Drengin took a deep breath to steady his voice and answered. "We were heading to one of the gardens and we were at a turbolift when I sensed my Master nearby, so I turned to greet him. When I looked back, Mikel was gone."
Kalen's eyes widened. "Did you check to see if he was in the turbolift?"
Drengin stopped in his tracks and he looked at Kalen. "I didn't think of that. I wasn't listening for the turbolift." Turning back around the way he had come, Drengin ran for the turbolift that Mikel and he had been going to use.
"I'm coming with you." Kalen called, following right behind his friend.
For an hour they searched, but not a trace was to be found of Mikel.
Drengin kicked at a wall in irritation, earning disapproving looks from passerbys. "I am going to be in so much trouble. I said I would watch him! I keep trying to sense his presence, hoping that he'll uncloak himself or at least give me a small idea about where he is."
"He can't cloak himself for long." Kalen commented in an attempt to brighten Drengin's mood.
Drengin glared at Kalen and then continued to walk down the corridor. "An almost three year old is not supposed to be able to cloak theirselves for more then an hour Kalen."
Kalen shrugged. "He is a Skywalker."
"Shh." Drengin reached out into the Force again and felt a tiny flicker of Mikel's presence that managed to escape his cloak. "He's outside."
"Outside?" Kalen repeated, stunned. He ran after Drengin and asked. "How did he get outside? Two Knights always guard the entrance! There is no way he could have gotten past them!"
Drengin ignored him and instead focused on where he was going. He exited the Temple a few minutes later and ran down the dirt path. Mikel had let his cloak drop, making it easier for Drengin to find him.
Following a small stream that came from a waterfall on the side of the mountain, Drengin found Mikel playing in the water. "Mikel, come over here!" Drengin called in the sternest voice he could manage.
The blond hair boy just looked up at him and smiled. "Water is cold."
Marching over to Mikel, Drengin scooped him out of the water and onto dry land. "You're soaked!"
Mikel's brown eyes sparkled with mirth as he held two clasped hands in front of Drengin's face. "Caught Kuta!" he declared proudly.
Drengin took Mikel's hands and tried to pry them open, but Mikel jerked his hands away from him. "Mine!"
"Mikel, Kuta's are not nice. Let it go." Drengin told him gently.
"No!" Mikel replied in defiance.
Drengin resisted the urge to mind trick Mikel and tried a different approach. "There are some nicer animals in the gardens."
Mikel shook his head stubbornly.
Kalen came up behind them and gestured for Mikel to come to him. Kneeling to be eye level with Mikel, Kalen asked. "Can I see what you caught?"
Mikel opened his hands a little to let Kalen see and the Kuta leaped from inside his hands to the ground below. Mikel went to go catch it, but Kalen prevented him from going after it by holding him.
"Me want Kuta. Let go!" Mikel yelled, straining to get out of Kalen's grip. Tears formed in his eyes as he watched the Kuta hop away.
Drengin knelt across from Mikel and wiped the tears away from his eyes. "You know that you're not supposed to go wandering around by yourself."
"I saw Kuta." Mikel answered, sniffling.
"You should have waited for me then. I was worried about you." Drengin told Mikel, letting him see the sincerity in his eyes. "Don't disappear like that again, okay?"
Mikel looked down at his feet and mumbled. "I'm sorry."
Kalen released Mikel and Drengin held Mikel in his arms and gave a gentle hug. "I forgive you. Now let's get back inside and get you dried off." Drengin released Mikel and stood up.
"Carry me." Mikel said, raising his hands.
Drengin smiled and lowered himself to the ground so that Mikel could climb on to his back. "Hang on tight!"
Mikel wrapped his legs around Drengin's waist and his skinny arms around Drengin's neck.
Together they all walked back to the Temple.
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"Drengin." Anakin said as he walked into the bedroom.
Drengin looked up from the book he was reading and waited as Anakin sat down on the bed.
"How would you like to be a big brother?" Anakin asked.
"Why?" Drengin asked, setting the datapad down on the bed.
Anakin looked Drengin in the eyes and answered. "You know how mom has not been feeling well?" When Drengin nodded, Anakin continued, "Well she's been having morning sickness. She's pregnant."
Drengin froze for a few seconds, his mental shields going up as a bundle of conflicting emotions rushed through him.
"Hey," Anakin took Drengin's hands in his own. "This does not mean that we won't love you any less." Anakin tried to reassure him.
Drengin pulled his hands away from Anakin and turned away from him.
Anakin took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "Drengin…"
"I had siblings." Drengin mumbled.
"They're not going to be replaced Drengin. Think of it as adding to the family." Anakin replied.
Drengin crossed his arms and continued to stare away from Anakin.
"Think about it this way, you'll get to be the oldest." Anakin told him in an attempt to get Drengin to respond.
"I don't want to be the oldest. I don't know how to be the oldest." Drengin protested. "I just want it to be the three of us."
Anakin laid his hand on Drengin's shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze. "It won't be so bad." When he didn't get any further response, he left the room.
"Anakin."
Slipping out of his meditation of the past, Anakin opened his eyes to look at Kenshin. "Yes?"
"Do you think I'll make a good father?" Kenshin asked.
Anakin smiled. "You'll do great."
Kenshin pressed his lips together, not convinced. "What if I mess up? What…."
"Enough with the what ifs." Anakin interrupted in a chastising manner. "It's no good to worry yourself sick about it. Being a father is a challenge, but it is worth it."
Kenshin tried to smile. "Yeah, a few grey hairs."
Anakin chuckled. "Then I wouldn't advise you to take a padawan. Look at what it did to Qui-Gon."
Rolling his eyes, Kenshin couldn't keep down the laughter that came bubbling up his throat. "And Master Yoda has nearly no hair."
"There is no escape from grey hair." Anakin commented, their laughter filling the whole room.
After they had calmed down enough to speak again, Kenshin said. "I needed that."
Anakin grinned. "As they say, laughter is good for the soul. Now why don't we play some holochess?"
"Sure." Kenshin replied, his fears momentarily forgotten as he warmed up the game table that happened to be right next to him. "I'll win you know."
"Only because I let you." Anakin replied cheerfully.
Kenshin snorted. "We'll see." He replied with a crooked smile.
Laughing again, the two friends began their game.
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Once Drengin and Mikel got back to their quarters, Kalen bid them farewell and left them alone.
"I'm cold." Mikel complained.
Drengin reached out with the Force to sense if his mother was asleep or not and found her to be asleep. "Mommy is sleeping, so we have to be quiet, okay?"
"Okay." Mikel whispered.
Muffling the sound of the door with the Force, Drengin carried Mikel to his bedroom and helped him get off his back. "Go take off your clothes and get dried off while I pick out some dry clothes for you."
Mikel grinned and ran to the refresher. Minutes later he was back, dragging his wet clothes on the floor and a towel.
Drengin helped Mikel dry off and then let Mikel dress himself while he put the clothes in the refresher to dry them off. Reentering Mikel's bedroom, Drengin asked. "Do you want some yogurt?"
Mikel peered through the sleeve of his shirt and nodded before reattempting to find the right hole.
As quietly as he could, Drengin took out two bowls, a small container of yogurt, and two spoons. He scooped out the sour yellow yogurt with one of the spoons and put decent size portions in the bowls. Putting the yogurt back in the cooling unit, Drengin placed the bowls with the spoons in them on the table just as Mikel ran into the kitchen.
"Yummy!" Mikel declared, attempting to reach the bowl from the floor.
Drengin couldn't help but lightly laugh as he picked Mikel up and sat him in his seat that had been designed for kids his age.
Almost immediately Mikel grabbed the spoon, sending yogurt flying into Drengin's face. Mikel ignored that fact and busied himself in getting the yogurt into his mouth.
"Whoah, slow down there buddy." Drengin declared, at the same time laughing. After washing and drying his face off, Drengin sat down on a chair next to Mikel and began to eat his own yogurt.
Mikel let out a long yawn after he had finished his yogurt, and looked at Drengin with sleepy eyes. "Sleepy."
Drengin put the bowls and spoons in the sink and then, wetting a washcloth and squeezing the extra water out, Drengin proceeded to clean Mikel's face and hands.
Mikel jumped up and down in his seat and attempted to grab the washcloth from Drengin's hands until Drengin finished.
Laughing softly, Drengin picked Mikel up and set him on the floor. "I'm going to wash the dishes and then I'll put you down for a nap."
Mikel walked out of the room and returned minutes later with his blue blanket, he put his hands up in the air, waiting for Drengin to pick him up.
Putting the last of the dishes away, Drengin closed the drawer and headed for Mikel's bedroom.
Mikel pouted and ran over to Drengin, tugging on his pant leg. "Up!"
"You're a big boy, Mikel. Your room is not far." Drengin responded, ignoring Mikel's whimpers.
Once they were in the bedroom, Drengin lifted Mikel onto his bed and tucked him in. "Have a good nap." Drengin closed the curtains and left the door open a little bit to let in some light and then went to his own bedroom to do some homework.
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Darth Redav stood in front of the veiwport, hands clasped behind his back as the ship exited hyperspace.
"We have arrived at the asteroid belt milord." Captain Jonash Solo informed him.
"Hold here and scan for any signs of activity from the belt. Do not reveal our presence. Understand?"
Jonash bowed. "Yes milord."
Redav swept by Jonash and made his way to his personal quarters, his black cloak whipping around at the sudden movement.
Redav met up with Darth Milter in the turbolift and quickly bowed. "We have reached asteroid belt C52."
"Excellent." Milter replied. "Now we wait."
Redav bowed his head in acknowledgement before he stepped out of the turbolift at his stop. He proceeded to his quarters, ready to enjoy the silence it offered. Even as he walked, he felt the unmistakable presence of Darth Torsine in his mind. Entering his quarters, Redav went to go sit down on an old, gray, lumpy chair.
"Did you really think that by scheming to kill Reeft, that you would be rid of me?"
"It looks as if I was right in that you can't read all my thoughts." Redav responded. "I did get a reprieve from you for three years."
Torsine sneered in contempt. "Your efforts to destroy me are fruitless and pitiful. Look at you, embraced by the darkness. You've gone to far and you know it. I have already won."
A menacing smile appeared on Redav's face as he replied. "You could be right. You could be wrong."
"Three years steeped in the Dark Side has apparently not dulled your humor." Torsine stated sarcastically. "It is not appropriate for a Sith to have humor."
"Even sick humor?" Redav asked, followed by a low chuckle. "It's funny that you should mention that when you yourself delight in sick humor."
Torsine growled. "In your opinion." Torsine mentally stroked Redav's mind, causing Redav to shiver. "You still don't understand. I am the manifestation of all that is evil. To destroy me, you would have to destroy the whole universe."
Redav attempted to push Torsine's presence away only to have him push all the harder. "I don't think so."
"Oh you don't do you?" Torsine suddenly changed tactics and instead wrapped his icy, mental fingers around Redav's soul. "Can normal Sith do this?"
Redav gasped, bile rising to his throat as the darkness reached deeper down into his soul. He fell out of the chair and onto the floor, violently thrashing around.
"Your soul is mine! There is no escape." Torsine told Redav with a gleeful smirk.
"Kenshin escaped." Redav managed to gasp out, breathing hard.
Torsine snorted. "He may have escaped for now, but I will have him next time." He vowed.
The contents of Redav's stomach left his mouth, leaving a sour taste behind.
"You will never escape." Torsine swore again, before his presence left Redav's mind. "You are mine!"
Redav stopped moving, to weak to move, even out of his own vomit. So he lay there, alone and helpless.