The dark, black skies of the planet of Mustafar made the face of the Sith glow as she walked down the long, metal ramp. The volcanoes could be heard going off in the distance, but she didn't care. Nothing could stop her now. She had received a call from her long time master, telling her to come here for a final mission. The mission that would deem her worthy of knighting.
Her face appeared from behind the ramp, revealing her master waiting for her behind the ship. There he stood, with a long black cape and hood, with a mask covering his scared face. Cileth knelt in front of her master, showing her deep respect. "Master…you have called to assign me my final mission?" She asked.
"Indeed Cileth, and your mission is absolutely vital to our cause. I thought you would be the perfect one for this mission." He answered, motioning for her to stand up. Doing so, she looked up at her master.
"Anything Master."
"You will track down, and kill the force user known as Akelia Taske. She just has too much light in her and she is getting close to finding out about the great Emperor's order. Kill, or detain her by any means possible. Are we understood?"
"Clearly, my Master." She answered, the wretched name flowing through her mind. She despised it more then anything else, and she would give her life to accomplish this mission.
"Rex! Rex where are you?!" I yelled for my Captain, looking around the Jedi temple. The giant statues of the past Jedi masters towered overhead, just threatening to crash down on me. Ignoring them, I looked around the huge room. He had taken off with something Chie had given him, and I had to chase after him before I could chew Chie out. And it was only 8:00 in the morning.
"Hey Commander, what's wrong?" Cody asked, walking up to me. The annoyed look on my face told him everything. "Oh, OK. Yeah, he went that way." He pointed in the direction of the bunk quarters that Rex and Cody shared in the temple, due to the constant demand of Anakin and Obi-wan needing their second-hands next to them pretty much at every moment.
"Thanks Cody, I owe you one," I said running down the long hallway.
"That's three you owe me kid!" He yelled back at me, watching me run around the corner. I smiled and looked around the hallway and saw Rex's quarters at the end of it. Cautiously, I stalked toward it and used the force to open the door, only to see a blaze of white and blue crash into me, knocking me to the ground. I shook my head and tried to see who was on top of me. Rex.
"Gotcha Commander," he commented and I rolled my eyes, letting him get up off of me.
"Yeah, whatever. Now would you like to tell me where the backpack Chie gave you is?" I asked, trying to look into his room from over his shoulder. He smiled mischievously and picked me up, hauling me over his shoulder, bringing me into his quarters. "Hey! What are you doing?!" I asked, clearly annoyed.
Instead of answering he just smiled and let me down on Cody's bunk. He then pulled the leather backpack from underneath his bunk and tossed it to me. Furiously, I dug in it and pulled out… "A camera? What's this for?" It clearly wasn't mine, I didn't own anything like this.
"What do you think it's for?" he asked. Carefully I thought about it and then I rolled my eyes.
"Oh come on Rex! Just because I was attacked in the temple ONE TIME doesn't mean I will be again! And besides, this time I'm prepared! OK? So you just need to stop being overprotective of me, that's Master's job. Not that I enjoy it."
"With all due respect Commander, me and the boys are just trying to keep you safe. You know you have to guard the senator and right now she's a big target. If she's a big target, and that means you're a big target to. That's just how it works."
"Rex, they wouldn't have picked me if I couldn't defend myself. And frankly the only reason Anakin, Obi-wan OR Ahsoka wasn't picked is because their off on fighting some battle which I unfortunately am not a part of. So, I don't care what you say or how much you try, you're not going to get me to stay. Period." And with that I pushed the backpack into his arms and walked out.
"Well, it was worth a try…" he said, closing the door to his room.
"Master, I have tracked Akelia to Coruscant. She is in the Jedi temple as predicted, but it appears that she is being heavily guarded due to some attack that happened a few days ago. This will be harder than planned," Cileth said to the holo-gram of her master.
"Do not worry my apprentice, I have received word that she will be personally guarding the Nabooian senator to a conference on Naboo. You will follow her there, and detain her. I personally want to see the life leaving her eyes," he replied, closing the communication.
"Yes, my Master," she responded. Looking up, her yellow Sith eyes glared at the Jedi temple. "I will find you Akelia…and I will watch you die."
