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Chapter Four

Captivity

Cad Bane landed his ship on Vjun. It was a ghastly place, much like Mustafar, but without the vast flows of lava. He took the unconscious Skywalker out of his cargo hold, who would remain that way for a while yet, and for the lack of equipment, carried him to the landing platform. Count Dooku met him at the bottom of the ramp leading to the inside of his ship.

"I see you have managed to capture our prize, bounty hunter. However, he does look a tad pale. I do hope you didn't kill him. My Master wants him alive. We've created something that we wish to test on young Skywalker." Dooku told him.

"Not to worry, Count. Your Jedi friend is only incapacitated, as we agreed. It was far easier than I thought. He was too busy talking to that student of his to notice the danger he was in until it was too late." Bane replied.

"You let the Jedi see you capture him? Are you insane? Now they know where to find him! We must act quickly before they come here."

"I had no choice, he was preparing to leave. It was either I take him then and there or let him escape back to that blasted Temple of theirs." Bane replied. Dooku gave a look of anger and annoyance.

"Bring him inside and take him to a cell. Put these Force-restraints on him. Leave his lightsaber with me. I wish to examine it more closely." Dooku instructed, then took Skywalker's lightsaber and attached it to his belt. Bane continued to, as if he had a choice in the matter, carry Skywalker until he reached the detention level of Dooku's base on Vjun. Then, he put the Force-restraints on Skywalker's wrists and threw, rather than placed, him into a cell and activated the shield to keep him in. When Anakin awoke, he took in his surroundings. A cell and force restraints. And as if it couldn't possibly be worse, his lightsaber was missing.

'Oh, this is just great! Obi-Wan's going to kill me, and Ahsoka is probably going to lecture me. I better hope she isn't the one who rescues me, or I'll have to come up with one hell of an excuse.' Anakin thought to himself. This was the second time in two years he had effectively lost his lightsaber, the first being the time when he and Obi-Wan had gone after the assassin who had attempted to kill Padme, just before the start of the Clone Wars. Then he say someone appear on the other side of the cell in the hallway.

"What a pleasant surprise. So I have finally managed to capture you. I do hope you will excuse the accommodations, but as you can see, it is for our own safety as well as yours." the man said.

"Dooku. I should have known you were behind this. Now how about letting me out and returning my lightsaber so I can get out of here?" Anakin replied, trying to imitate Obi-Wans negotiating tone and style.

"I'm afraid I cannot allow that, Skywalker. You see, the only reason you're alive is because we need you alive. We're going to use you to get to Master Kenobi and your little insignificant Padawan, and when they arrive, they will die." Dooku said. He couldn't possibly tell him the real reason he was still alive, Sidious would have his head if he did. All he had been told was that Sidious wanted to test a new type of poison on Skywalker to see how it effected Jedi immediately after use. He was told it would destroy his ability to use the Force, thereby turning him into a mere human being, no longer a Jedi.

"If you seriously think they'll die by coming here, then you should remember what happened on Tatooine. My old Master can handle himself just fine, and my Padawan is more skillful than she looks." he answered.

"Still deceiving yourself, I see. It is of no consequence. I am sure you will see the error of your ways eventually." Dooku told him, then nodded to someone outside Anakin's field of vision, then walked away. Almost immediately afterward, he was taken by the darkness that was unconsciousness. Dooku made his way to the control center of his base. When he arrived, he found Sidious waiting for him.

'So far from Coruscant. I wonder how he does it.' Dooku thought.

"Lord Tyranus, good. Your bounty hunter tells me that your capture of Skywalker was a success." Sidious greeted him.

"He has been captured, Master, but there was a complication. Skywalker was speaking to his Padawan when Bane took him." he replied.

"You let them see you take him? I thought you were instructed to do it silently!" Sidious roared.

"No, I was instructed to capture Skywalker and bring him here. Yes, you wanted it done secretly and silently. However when I arrived he was getting ready to leave. It was either take him then with his Jedi friend watching or let him go. I can easily take him back to Kamino for you." Bane said.

"You will do nothing of the sort! The Republic is coming here. They know you are here, Tyranus. This means they also know Skywalker is here. I had hoped to prolong his stay with us indefinitely, but we no longer have a choice. The Republic will arrive within moments. Is the toxin ready, Lord Tyranus?"

"Yes, my Master. I oversaw the completion of it myself. It will do it's job."

"Very good. You will wait here and give our next assignment out to Bane. I will administer the toxin myself."

"Is that wise, Master Sidious? If he sees you, recognizes you, he may very well bring the planet down on top of us, toxin or not"

"Do not concern yourself with such matters, Tyranus. He will be asleep. As soon as the toxin is delivered, I must return to Coruscant. You will remain here and provide a diversion for my escape, and kill the Jedi who are coming to rescue Skywalker." Sidious told him. Dooku bowed, and Sidious left for the detention level. When he arrived, Skywalker was still unconscious. He turned off the ray shield to his cell, removed a small viral injector from inside his robes. He then removed the vial with the toxin and attached it to the injector. Pressing it firmly against the Jedi's skin on his neck, the toxin inserted itself. Sidious then left the room, turned the ray shield back on, and made his way to his shuttle. When he got into space, he found that the Republic had arrived and had already begun landing troops. He smirked as his ship jumped to hyperspace and sped to Coruscant. As he did so, he activated the first phase of the toxin. This phase was meant to put the Jedi off track. It was a slow poison that was easily curable. It wouldn't kill him, but it would make him feel as if he was going to die. Now all he had to do was wait for the right time to activate the true toxin that had been injected, the toxin that would ultimately bring Skywalker to the dark side.

And here we have Chapter Four! I must apologize for the long wait for an update. I have been plagued with writers block the last few weeks for all but one story. Anyway, I'm still thinking some things up as best I can and I'll try to update more often. Chapter Five will deal with the initial assault on Vjun by Kenobi and Barriss, and the start of Ahsoka's rescue operation.

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