Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi were at the bottom floor of a tenement building in Coruscant, investigating the murder of two Jedi Sentinels.
"So a lightsaber killed them?" asked Anakin.
"Yes," said the detective droid. "And according to the cortosis shards on the ground the attacker was using a cortosis weapon."
"Cortosis?" said Obi Wan. "Weapons made of cortosis are extremely rare, and i'm pretty sure that no one knows where to actually get cortosis."
"Well apparently the attacker did," said Anakin. "And its probably how the assailant was able to kill these Sentinels, since cortosis disables lightsabers."
"Well whoever it is, we need to find the murderer before another Jedi dies," said Obi Wan.
"One of the Sentinels had scanned the records of the assailant's ship before they went into the house. A very frequented area of the suspect is Tatooine. Here, I'll give you the records."
The droid gave Obi Wan the records, and he nodded.
"Looks like our suspect has a home on Tatooine," said Obi Wan.
"Looks like I have no choice but to go," grumbled Anakin.
Tatooine
The Shadow had arrived on Tatooine. With no money. Great. He headed to his home, near some slave owners who were herding their new slaves along. Shadow did nothing but watch, as this was a common sight on Tatooine. He crossed the road ad headed into his home. His wife and son were waiting inside, expecting money or food. They got nothing. Shadow shook his head as he walked in, letting them know that the bounty was unsuccessful. Their faces changed from hope to disappointment in an instant. They depended on Shadow to keep them alive, and Shadow depended on them to keep his sanity. Without them, he would probably
"I'm sorry, I couldn't finish the bounty, the client tried to kill me. I need to go to look for another bounty in a little bit."
"No, it's fine," said his wife, Tendra.
Shadow looked at his wife. He tried to show no emotion, but his wife always made him feel like he had flies in his stomach. He loved her as well as his son, Kel, who he hoped would move from Tatooine to someplace that was less... threatening. He placed his broken cortosis blade on a table, loaded his weapons, then turned to leave. As he left, his son spoke.
"Father, will we starve today?" asked Kel.
Shadow hoped not. He knew bounties were being taken quickly on Tatooine, and needed to go quickly.
"No, you won't," Shadow said.
Asajj Ventress stepped out of one of the alleys near the Shadow's house. She hoped she could find her lightsaber, and if not, she would kill him.
She waited for him to leave the building, then she got out of her cover and walked in. She entered the shabby building and saw a woman and a boy. They both looked at her curiously.
"My lightsaber," she said. "Where is it?"
The woman and boy looked at her blankly again. Enough of this, she thought. She drew her remaining lightsaber and pointed it at the woman. The woman's look changed instantly, and she drew a blaster from her tattered dress and shot at Ventress. Ventress wasn't expecting it, and deflected the blaster shot without thinking. To Ventress's horror, the bolt deflected off her lightsaber and hit the boy in the chest. The boy cried out in pain and fell to the ground, not moving. The woman cried out, and ran screaming at Ventress. Ventress had no choice but to kill her too. So she stabbed her in the neck, silencing her.
Anakin and Obi Wan had arrived on Tatooine, and were following the coordinates set on the records.
"It's right there," said Obi Wan, pointing at a dusty building.
"Get your lightsaber ready," said Anakin. "If the assailant can kill two Jedi Sentinels, who knows what will happen."
They walked through the entrance and saw a horrible sight. A woman and a boy were on the ground, dead.
"What happened here?" asked Anakin.
The boy seemed to die by a blaster shot, and thee woman was stabbed in her neck by a lightsaber.
"No Sith uses a blaster, unless–" Obi Wan was cut off by a cry at the entrance. Obi Wan and Anakin turned to see a man dressed in black combat gear and a hood.
"What did you do?!" The man cried out mournfully. "My wife... and son..." The man seemed to calm a little. He lowered his voice to a threatening tone and said: "I'll kill you."
The man pulled out a lightsaber. The red glow illuminated the entrance of the home. He ran at them, intending to kill. He swung at Anakin, and Anakin blocked the attack. The force of the blow staggered Anakin. The man turned around and swung full force at Obi Wan. Obi wan ducked, and the man was thrown off balance. The man recovered, and swung at Obi Wan again, and connected with his lightsaber. Obi Wan barely blocked it, and was thrown to the ground by the sheer force of the strike. The man turned and kicked Anakin in the stomach, stunning him. The man grabbed a gun from his waist, and shot at Obi Wan. The sound was deafening. He was using a slugthrower. Obi Wan blocked the slugs, vaporizing the bullets. The man was going berserk, striking Anakin's lightsaber multiple times. He eventually got so enraged that he actually drew back his fist and punched Anakin, stunning him. At this rate, Obi Wan and Anakin couldn't defeat him.
"Anakin, fall back!" Obi Wan yelled. He ran out of the building, followed by Anakin. Anakin force pushed the man back, knocking him into the wall. Obi Wan and Anakin had made it to the ship, but the man came out shooting at them with an automatic slugthrower. The bullets pelted the ship, but Anakin and Obi Wan lifted off and flew away, off to get reinforcements.