Chapter Four

Into the Trap

Something was wrong. they didn't know what before, but now they were beginning to feel that they were in danger.

"Master..." Ahsoka started, but was silenced with a wave of Anakin's hand.

"I know, I sense it too. We're about to walk into a trap. That's not all I sense, though." he told her.

"It's the dark side, Master. We aren't alone." she stated.

"Maul?" Anakin asked her. Anakin was unsure of who it was just as much as she was.

"No. Or at least I don't think so. It's somebody else. Whoever it is, he's strong in the dark side of the force." she replied.

"I have a bad feeling about this. Call Captain Rex. Tell him we need immediate evac." he instructed her.

"Got it, but what are we going to do while we wait for him to get here, Master?" she asked.

"Well, we need to know what we're facing so we can make an accurate report to the Council." he replied. She knew exactly what he meant.

"We're going to fall into the trap? Don't you think that's a bad idea?" Ahsoka inquired.

"No. Besides, we've dealt with plenty of worse things than this before." Anakin said, but they heard doors opening. When they looked in the direction of the noise, all they saw was a horde of droids.

"Are you sure you don't want to rephrase that?"

"We'll be fine, Snips. It's only droids."

"Yeah, they're droids but I'm pretty sure that isn't!" Ahsoka said pointing to a dark clothed figure approaching them. They didn't need any more information than that to know that the man in front of them was a Sith Lord, for he was surrounded by the dark side of the Force. It also didn't take them long to realize that he was communicating with someone, obviously his Master, Maul. A few moments went by, and the Sith finally closed the connection to his master. He was not at all pleased.

"Engage the Jedi. Kill Skywalker, but do not harm the other. She will be allowed to return to her Jedi friends, to tell them that they are now doomed." Starkiller instructed the droids.

"Roger, Roger!" the droid commander responded. Then all hell broke loose. The massive droid force rained down on the Jedi. They both easily deflected the blaster bolts, then plunged into the droids and began taking them down one by one. This went on for nearly an hour. Starkiller let them ct down three more droids, then signalled for them to stop.

"Very impressive, Jedi, but not impressive enough. You do not have the skill with which to face me. I let you destroy those droids, but now it is time for you to die. I will deal with you myself." Starkiller proclaimed. He drew his lightaber, prepared to strike. Instead of striking, however, he was knocked aside by a laser bolt from above. He looked to see what it was that had distracted him, making his one crucial mistake. It was during this moment, that the Jedi leapt to safety aboard the ship and it sped off out of the planets atmosphere and into space, then made the jump to hyperspace. He contacted his master. He would be most unpleased.

Back on the Twilight, Anakin and Ahsoka were in conference with Masters Obi-Wan and Yoda.

"There's no doubt, Master. He had to have been a Sith. The dark side surrounded him." Anakin reported.

"Hmmm. Most disturbing, this turn of events is. The shroud of the dark side, fallen again it has. Another war I fear is coming." Yoda said, concerned.

"This new Sith Lord must be Maul's new apprentice. I don't understand how we couldn't have forseen this." Obi-Wan answered.

"Powerful, that dark side is. But not powerful as it was before. Sidious, powerful he was. This new threat, less powerful it is. To defeat it, easier it will be. When arrive you do, convene the Council will. Discuss this in more detail, we will. For now, meditate on this, we must." Yoda said, then left the presence of the holoemitter, leaving only Obi-Wan.

"You both did well. You may have just uncovered another separatist movement against the Republic, and before they were able to make their first move, I might add. This will give us some time to formulate a plan." Obi-Wan told them.

"We stopped them before, we can stop them again. Right, Master?" Ahsoka said.

"We almost couldn't stop them last time, Snips. This time, however, the Force seems to be on our side. I don't think we should have any problems mopping this up quickly and silently before it gets out of hand. If we can find and dispose of Maul and this new apprentice. Seeing as we know where Maul's apprentice is, that part shouldn't be too much of a problem." Anakin replied.

"Always the optimist, Anakin," Obi-Wan said, shaking his head. "I will see you shortly when you arrive. For now, I have some matters to attend to." With that, the communication was cut and the Twilight raced back to Coruscant.

Yes, I know, I haven't updated in a while due to some writers block. To make up for it, I am posting both Chapter Four: Into the Trap and Chapter Five: The Council Meeting consecutively. Chapter Four is short one, but Chapter Five is longer. Enjoy!