(Republic prison on Coruscant, nighttime)
Clones walked around the prison, the prison holding some of the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy. A lone clone officer was walking outside the perimeter of the gates to it. As he was walking he saw a hooded figure approaching the gates.
"Who goes there?" the clone said, cocking his DC-15 rifle to the ready. The hooded person kept moving until he was five feet away from the clone.
"I am Captain Kyp, and I order you to identify yourself!" shouted Kyp. The figure pulled out a gun and shot Kyp straight in the head, instantly killing him.
"Next time, if you aim a gun at someone, make sure you're ready to fire it," said the figure. He removed his hood and placed his notorious wide-brimmed hat back on, his red eyes flashing to the gate. Three droid commandos came up behind him, their blasters snapped at the ready.
"You know what to do," said Bane. He took the card from Kyp's body and opened the gate. The droids rushed in, Bane following up the rear staying as low as possible. They got into the first hallway, surprised that no clones were there yet.
"The clones must be sleeping. I'll create the distraction, you guys find the target," said Bane. The droids ran off while Bane followed up a corridor to a barracks. He got to the entrance and pulled both his famous LL-30 model pitols. He activated the door and it slid open, revealing a crowd of stunned troopers.
"Surprise boys," said Bane. He fired off his pistols.
"I still don't get why they had to put us on prison duty?" said Taran. Taran had turned 15 a week ago and at the moment Ahsoka and him were doing their patrol along the upper corridors of the prison, where Separatist war criminals were held.
"It's just something they do to help Padawans adjust to no fighting for awhile, so that fighting doesn't become an addiction," said Ahsoka.
"Now that I've seen all this combat I can barely imagine what it will be like once the war is over," said Taran.
"I think the same thing too," said Ahsoka. As they walked down the hall they passed a door marked with 'Separatist Prisoner 2658. Vindi.'
"Is that the place where that mad scientist is held?" said Taran.
"Yes, Dr. Nuvo Vindi. He recreated the Blue Shadow Virus and I almost died if it wasn't for Anakin," said Ahsoka. Taran knew the story, Ahsoka had told him a few months back. There was a peep slide on the door so Taran peered in. The alien he saw was a Faust with pale-blue skin and light grey eyes. He was wearing the standard grey prison suit.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't another one of you Jedi Padawans," said Vindi. He rose up, but didn't move forward due to his leg bindings.
"Tell me, is that female Padawan still here. Tell her that she would have had a high honor for being the first killed by the virus," he said. Taran closed the slot.
"This guy is a lunatic," said Taran.
"Tell me about it," said Ahsoka.
"I've heard about the Blue Shadow Virus before you told me about it. My planet was one of the first hit by it. Millions died," said Taran.
"Well it's a good thing that he's not doing any more experiments," said Ahsoka. At that moment alarm bells sounded.
"Trouble," said Taran. They sprinted down the hallway to the security room.
"What's going on?" said Ahsoka to head of security.
"There's an infiltrator in the base. He's already killed some of the men," said the clone.
"Where's he now?" said Taran.
"Hallway A4, going on to C section," said the clone.
"You go one way, I'll go the other. We have to head him off," said Ahsoka.
"Right," said Taran. They sprinted down the hallways in opposite directions. As he was running down the corridors he saw three clones running down the hall in front of him, in the opposite direction.
"Hey, where are you going!" shouted Taran. The clones didn't respond and instead ran straight past him down the hallway he had just come from.
"Something is very wrong," he thought. Before he could figure out what it was he heard blaster fire in a room just ahead of him. He ran to the room, threw open the door, and leapt in, lightsaber on. In the room he saw his most hated rival, Bane, in a shootout with some of the security clones. Unfortunately Bane was winning as one clone after another was shot down. Taran leapt in front of the clones and began deflecting Bane's fire away from them.
"Well, well, if it isn't Cyneran," said Bane. He began firing at Taran, who was deflecting them in turn.
"Get more reinforcements," Taran said to the clones as he was defending. The four clone survivors took shelter behind an upturned table and begin to transmit orders for help. Taran deflected shot after shot from Bane as he attempted to get close enough to fight him in close combat.
"Well, I can see you've gotten better from when we last met," said Bane.
"Which means bad luck for you," said Taran. He deflected two of Bane's shots back towards him, causing the bounty hunter to duck and roll to the side of the room. Taran advanced and brought down his blade so that it was pointed menacingly at Bane's throat.
"Game over," said Taran.
"No Cyneran, this game is just beginning," sneered Bane. He pressed a butoon on his comlink and a huge portion of the prison blew apart, sending everyone sprwaling on the ground. Taran fell and Bane leaped up and ran through the door. Taran regained his footing and chased after him. Hot on Bane's heels he was, but Bane turned around and threw a thermal detonator at a group of cloones coming down from a hallway intersecting theirs. Taran was forced to stop chasing Bane and scooped up the detonator and throw it into an empty cell. He slid the door closed using the Force and was sent back to the wall from the shockwave of the blast.
Getting to his feet Taran began running down the hall Bane had went through. He followed the hall and came out to the courtyard of the prison. He arrived just in time to see Bane's ship leaving. Taran cursed and went back into the prison to find Ahsoka.
Rubble and debris were strewn everywhere as Taran walked through, assessing the damage. Dead and wounded clones lied everywhere as Taran bended chunks of rocks out of the way.
"Taran, I've just contacted Obi-Wan and Anakin, they'll be here soon," said Ahsoka once she saw that Taran was in a hallway.
"Are you alright?" Taran said placing his hands on her shoulders.
"Yes, but the clones aren't. Many of them are in the medical bay," said Ahsoka.
"This doesn't make sense, why would Bane come here?" said Taran.
"Maybe he came looking for a prisoner," said Ahsoka. They went back to the security room to check on prisoner status. All the prisoners were checked in, but one was unaccounted for. Taran and Ahsoka ran down the hallway to see which prisoner had escaped.
"Out of all the prisoners, which one escaped?" said Ahsoka. The answer came at them when they saw the door blasted opened and a very vacant cell staring at them.
"Bane took Vindi," said Taran.