So sorry people I completely forgot to upload the next chapter because I'm working on a new Star Wars story with another one of my favorite characters in it (Hondo Ohnaka) it will be a rewrite but I hope you will enjoy it as much as you have enjoyed reading this. On with the story!
Chapter 10,
"I Walk A Dark Path",
They walked as normally as they could under the circumstances though Jar Jar naturally attracted attention because everyone feared for their possessions making sure harm did not befall them, because he had a tendency for that. Cad Bane moved his hands in front of him, careful to keep his hat hidden under the robe as he walked; he was intrigued though he would never admit it, to see who was the all mighty and all powerful Jedi that had to be enlightened about their plan.
He never really was one to take hours of meticulous planning before he set out to complete a mission, because his employers usually gave him the information he needed, and all that was left for him to do was either terminate, rescue, or secure his bounty. All though he had spent a while in preparation for his heist of a Jedi holocron that had lead to his untimely capture, his mind attack by three Jedi's, and his brilliant escape after having given Kenobi and Windu coordinates for his base Dark Stall.
If someone had of told him that later in his life he would be working side by side with the very people he hunted he would have laughed in their face, before shooting them out of pure insult, but nevertheless here he was sneaking into the Jedi Temple dressed as one of them. With every Jedi he passed he felt as if his skin was crawling from contact but they had never touched him, it was because after his run in with the power they possessed it had left him weary of their kind and respectful of the gift they were born with, even his sister left him on edge.
Finally as they headed towards a door at the far end of a corridor he could almost feel the power of the force that was behind it, this was one of the most powerful Jedi's in the galaxy so he was definitely a little more weary than usual. They soon walked in and he kept his head low, he heard the party he had been walking with shuffle around taking their places, he then looked up and saw that there was no one, he then looked down and saw the all powerful Jedi.
Gaining a boost of defiance at the size of the Jedi he took his robe off and discarded it on a small round seat, before slipping his large hat back on and taking a seat where his robe sat, he eyed Yoda for a while and Yoda did the same.
"Cad Bane, this is?" He asked, breaking the intense silence,
"At you service…and you must be the Jedi Master I've heard so much about, forgive me for starring but I expected you to be taller." Bane answered,
"Size not everything." Yoda replied,
"Evidently so." Bane remarked,
"Heard, I have, your desire to kill Darth Sidious, kill him, we must not, bring him in for the republic to punish, we must," Yoda said, but this wasn't something Bane hadn't already been told a dozen times, and answered a dozen times already,
"Hesa right." Jar Jar cut in,
"You Jedi's must be single-minded, if I had a credit for every time I've heard your kind say that I would be richer than I am already." He mocked,
"See the true path, we can, follow violence, we do not."
"I couldn't care less what you believe or follow as long as you keep your hokus pokus away from me, but I will kill the Chancellor and there will be nothing you can do to stop me." Bane said flatly,
"A dark truth in you, I sense, try, you will, succession, uncertain is." Yoda admitted,
"Spare me your diatribe Jedi, I'm here to talk a deal not listen to prattle." Bane sneered, as his calm body language became taught and rigid as he sat up on the small seat and tilted his hat slightly upward,
"How rude, wesa trying to help yousa." Jar Jar protested,
"Why is this Jinx even in here?" Bane demanded, irritation evident,
"Senator Binks, quiet you will be, important conversation, this is." Yoda said,
"But meesa only trying to help."
"Master Yoda's right Jar Jar, we need to agree to terms so we can detain the Chancellor." Anakin agreed,
"Okay meesa be quiet." Jar Jar agreed,
"So by all means Bane if you have a plan as to how we are to capture Sidious, share." Anakin advised,
"As far as my information has indicated, the Chancellor is powerful enough to pose a threat even to you, and not just because he has muscle everywhere, but also because he's Sith, and I hear they are more powerful with the force than Jedi's." Bane explained,
"He studies the dark arts of the force, where as we prefer the light, so if we are weaker in your eyes due to principle than that's your prerogative." Anakin said,
"All I know is he gets things done I don't care about your indifferences…but I've made provisions for his advantage." Bane dismissed,
"Such as?" Ahsoka asked,
"I have schematics to the area in which he resides, which means I have an eagle' view of the buildings around him, I have my eye on a building that has the advantage of watching his every move, and with a sniper rifle loaded with stun blasts I can stop him before he makes a move, when you try to take him in." Bane enlightened,
"And we're to trust that you don't betray us and try and kill us all?" Anakin asked sceptically,
"You want to talk about trust…you wriggled your fingers into my head the both of you, and yet here I am asking for your help, and I trust you enough to present myself to you without arms, and you question whether I'll kill all of you. It seems you didn't hear me when I said I didn't want him to become a martyr I want to drag him through the mud and stand back to watch him suffer." He explained, flicking his finger from Kenobi to Anakin and back again,
"A point, he has, trust him our only option, it is." Yoda realized,
"It's about time…now my proposition is this." Bane began, "I'll be set up on the building and the rest of you will go in and take him into custody like you want, and of course if he makes a move to fight I'll incapacitate him, it's a win, win, you get to try him for his crimes and I get to shoot him if I…need to." He continued, taking a while to choose the right word for his situation,
"We don't have much of a choice do we without your cooperation with the evidence you possess it doesn't leave us with much bargaining room." Obi-Wan realized,
"Exactly, do we have a deal?" Bane asked,
"A deal, you have, bring him in now, you will." Yoda agreed,
"Then what are we waiting for Jedi's let's get a move on." Bane said, as he got up taking his robe with him and then putting it back on, "I have to get my rifle ready meet me on my ship…but stay away from my sister and my daughter or you won't live to try the Chancellor." He warned, as he then left,
"Well that was straight forward." Obi-Wan remarked,
"His family must mean a lot to him since it's all he's got left." Ahsoka breathed,
"Meesa come too?" Jar Jar asked,
"I'm not sure that's a good idea." Obi-Wan considered,
"Meesa not make trouble."
"Take him, you may, conceal suspicion from real objective, it will." Yoda said,
"Wesa better hurry then bounty hunter in big hurry." Jar Jar advised, as he stood up ready to leave,
"Right, he is, hurry, you must." Yoda agreed, so the Jedi's and Senator took their leave to prepare before they went to joining Bane in the Sleight of Hand,
Docking Bay,
Bane was in a hurry to get going, he had already discarded his Jedi robe and had thrown it to the floor of his ship, as he walked up to a weapons locker and quickly opened it, he soon took out a high-powered snipers rifle and grenade launcher that he concealed along with a suitcase of ammo for both weapons before locking it and walking into the main room of the ship, where his sister noticed his behaviour.
"What are you doing Cad?" She asked, as she rocked Ashia in her arms,
"Put my daughter back in her room and get out." He ordered, not looking up from his fiddling with the snipers rifle, assembling it,
"I beg your pardon."
"You heard me." He said without looking up,
"What's going on?" She questioned,
"I said get off my ship, now." He repeated,
"I know what you said but I'm not going anywhere." She answered,
"Damn-it Adelpha get out of here!" He yelled, slamming the scope he had been tampering with against the table lifting his head to glare at her,
"Cad I don't know what's going on, but I've never seen you like this and you're frightening me." She explained worriedly,
Bane didn't answer her and instead just stood there with his hands resting on the table he had littered with equipment, Adelpha then took her niece back into her room and then returned a few moments later, and she had a persistent expression set in her features.
"You're getting ready to kill someone aren't you; you're preparing your weapons." She realized,
"What I'm doing is of no concern to you." He said,
"I'm your sister, a Jedi, and your daughters on board, but you say it's none of my business." She argued,
"I made a promise to get justice for the man that killed my wife and children, it's my fight and I intend to finish it so yes it's none of your business." Bane spat, as he grabbed a silencer for his rifle and started screwing it on the end of the barrel, "Todo wait outside and tell me when the Jedi's get here." He ordered, the little droid then followed his instructions obediently,
"What Jedi?" Adelpha asked,
"Kenobi, Skywalker, a jinx, and a youngling." He answered, lifting the rifle and peering through the scope to see that it was in working order,
"Tell me what you're doing Cad I can help you I'm a Jedi." She reasoned,
"No, I'm not letting you get hurt, now get off the ship, I mean it." He protested, as he locked and loaded the rifle before slipping the strap over his shoulder,
"They're coming Bane." Todo informed,
"Get to the cockpit and set the coordinates for the senate building, I'll be there in a minute." Bane ordered, and so Todo obeyed, either out of loyalty or the fact that he was afraid of what would happen if he spoke a single word when he wasn't meant to,
"I'm coming with you." Adelpha said as a final, as she crossed her arms over her chest,
"I said get out!" He yelled,
But she didn't budge so he then stormed over to her and grabbed her violently by the arm before dragging her over to the door and literally throwing her out as he then pointed his LL-30 at her chest.
"You are not coming with me." Bane said fiercely,
"Then I won't go without Ashia." Adelpha interjected,
"She's my daughter she's not going anywhere!"
"You're out of our head with vengeance; I won't let you destroy her life as well." She said flatly,
"You're not my wife..you have no say in my decisions!" Tears of rage stabbing at his eyes, he forced them back as he thought of the only light in his life, never would he let his emotions get in the way of his duty,
"I'm your sister." She protested,
"You're a Jedi." He spat, as he threw her midnight black robe in front of her feet on the ramp his blaster still pointed at her,
"I swear I will find you and make you pay for this crime." She swore,
"Then get in line youngling and pick a number you'll have to wait your turn." He said, as he then turned his back to her and waved her off with his hand,
Anakin, Obi-Wan, Jar Jar, and Ahsoka had been watching the whole incident play out, and they heard exactly what was said because Bane's electronical voice filled the docking bay, he was so raspy and loud that at times they were sure he would lose his voice. They saw how he was arguing with his sister, the way he kept his blaster pointed at her hesitation invisible as he continued to order her to get away from him.
"Hesa look'n very angry." Jar Jar said,
"I don't like this Master, Bane seems more on edge than usual his pointing his gun at his own sister." Ahsoka nearly exclaimed,
"What's new he's always been highly strung." Anakin dismissed,
"Never underestimate someone acting on behalf of the ones they love, I would never have thought he had a motive for the crimes he committed, but he does." Obi-Wan explained,
"Rana and his children." Ahsoka breathed, "Do you think we misjudged him?" She questioned,
"Misjudged maybe but his crimes are his crimes and they won't go away, just because he's in love." Kenobi answered,
"I think the waters calmed slightly let's see if we can board." Anakin said,
He watched Bane toss the robe on the ramp and then his sister pick it up and walk away her shoulders slightly slumped there was no way she could give up caring about him, Jar Jar was hesitant as they continued over and so remained in the back of the small group. And when hey boarded the ship they were just in time to see Bane slam his fist against the impenetrable glass window, which he stood next to when they first met with him.
"Is everything alright Bane?" Obi-Wan asked,
"No!" Bane replied, sounding more electronical than usual,
"Is this about Palpatine or your sister?"
"Shut up…Todo take us to the senate building." He ordered, reaching for his blasters out of pure instinct he tried to make the action as unnoticeable as possible but everyone saw it, and it made Jar Jar duck behind Anakin,
"We won't have to worry about you shooting us in the backs out of frustration will we?" Anakin asked stirringly,
"You keep asking questions like that and you will." Bane answered, "Now find yourself a seat and keep your fingers away from my circuits." He advised, as the ship soon lifted into the air while Bane and Obi-Wan walked into the cockpit leaving Anakin and his Padawan, along with Jar Jar in the main room,
"Sky guy, do you get the feeling this ship is hiding more than we can see from here?" Ahsoka asked,
"What do you mean snips?"
"Well this is Bane we're talking about, and yet I don't see any weapons apart from the rifle over his shoulder and his blasters, I believe there's more hidden here than we know." She explained,
"I couldn't agree with you more, but right now we need his help to take out the Chancellor, and from the way we've seen him acting a minute ago I don't exactly want to go prodding around the ship." Anakin reasoned,
"That would be bombad mistake, meesa think'n we shouldn't be touch'n noth'n." Jar Jar added,
"On that we all agree." Ahsoka said,
Looks like Bane is going a long way to succeed in his plan for vengeance, how much further is he yet prepared to go? Will he kill the Chancellor? I guess we will find out in the next chapter.
(Oh and by the way you should look up the names of Bane's family, they all have a meaning.)