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Chapter 11,

Betrayal,

Later,

Anakin and Ahsoka had engaged in a game that Jar Jar knew since he was a child, while Obi-Wan sat in the passenger's chair of the cockpit and Cad Bane sat in the pilots, he had his feet up on the console with his hat pulled over his whole face, though it constantly moved from the chewing he did on a tooth pick that had become brittle. Bane's hands constantly fidgeted over the snipers scope that he was holding but finally he couldn't' take it anymore, and jumped up board straight in his chair.

"Can't you go any faster Todo?" He asked, as he snapped the toothpick in half and flicked it into the next room,

"Going faster than the current speed is highly inadvisable." Todo reasoned,

"He's right you know I think you should calm down a bit." Obi-Wan agreed, as he closed one eye and looked down the detached end of his lightsaber, "It'll do us no good to get caught for speeding, and even if we didn't' get caught the Chancellor would get suspicious, because we've already seen him once today and we didn't end on good terms." He explained, as he shook particles of space dust out of the handle,

"Calm down, I'll give you calm down." Bane sneered, swivelling his chair to face the Jedi,

"Alright perhaps just take a few to collect yourself." Kenobi rephrased,

"I have a call to make, Todo page me when we get there." He said, as he rose to his feet and started walking away in one fluent movement,

"You trust me alone in the cockpit?" Ob-Wan asked,

"Just try and touch something." Bane said loud enough for the Jedi to hear as he kept walking passing the group of three who were playing some kind of charade game, he then entered a small room and closed the door behind him,

He then placed a holo projector on a shelf and activated it waiting for the person he was trying to contact to accept the call, they finally did.

"I didn't think you were going to answer me, but right now I need your help I helped you off that stink hole of a prison, and I was wandering if you would like to return the favour, I need your help for a small matter but it's of utmost importance." Bane explained,

"Are you trying to avenge Rana's death?" The dark figure on the other end asked,

"Yes and the Sith Lord I'm trying to kill, has proved to be quite cunning, I've only just learned that he's posing as the Supreme Chancellor Palpatine." Bane answered,

"The Chancellor, count me in then nothing like killing a figure of power to get noticed." The figure agreed,

"Do you require payment?"

"You know me Bane, I'm loyal to those who ask for my help, but as for my payment, let's just call it settling a debt." He offered,

"Thank you, meet me at the Senate building as soon as you can I have to take care of a few Jedi's and a Senator." Bane thanked, he then switched off the holo just as Todo paged him, this was going to be close if anything went wrong and it usually didn't but if it did his back up wasn't going to be there as soon as he would like,

When he walked out they had landed and the group was ready to see the Chancellor, "So how are you going to get to your vantage point?" Obi-Wan asked,

"You let me worry abut that Kenobi, just get in there and start talking I need time to set up, you can start arresting him when you see me flash twice with the barrel through the window." Bane answered,

He led the way off the Sleight of Hand but as soon as they walked a few feet away from his ship he activated his mitrinomon jetpack thrusters and flew off towards the building in which gave him the best eagle vision. The Jedi's and Senator watched him go before walking in the direction of Palpatine's office, when they walked into his office he didn't seem happy to see them.

Cad Bane had landed on the balcony of the room with the right height that he needed and started to set up his stand before placing the rifle on it, he then closed one eye and peeked through the scope, and soon found the Chancellor standing in front of the Jedi's and Senator. His crosshair was set on Palpatine's head and his finger was itching to pull the trigger, but Bane wanted him to suffer, he didn't want it to be clean.

So instead he fired several stun blasts at the Jedi's that were standing as guard, harmlessly incapacitating them, he then flashed the barrel of his gun twice giving the signal.

"Are you planning on just standing there or are you going to tell me why you've come to ruin my day for a second time?" The Chancellor asked, as Obi-Wan looked up and saw the signal,

"On the authority of the Jedi order I am herby placing you under arrest Chancellor, or should I say Sidious?" He asked,

"What are you talking abut?" Palpatine asked puzzlingly,

"Yousa be know'n what wesa talk'n about, yousa Darth Sidious." Jar Jar convicted,

"Would someone please explain what this is about?"

"It's simple we have evidence that you've been making contact with Sith outposts and General Grievous." Anakin explained,

"Oh my goodness I don't believe it, someone's framing me, I have proof here as well that I've never made contact with anyone other than the Senates." He said disbelievingly, as he walked over to his desk to show them the evidence, and they were shocked to see that high authority had stated the calls he had made had only been to Senates,

"Master could we have been wrong, do you think he set us up to finish what Dooku started?" Ahsoka asked, whispering the question to Obi-Wan,

"Well this evidence clearly puts Bane's into confliction." He answered,

"Like I said I have no idea who told you I was the Sith Lord but I can assure you, you have been tricked." The Chancellor said,

"It appears we have been." Kenobi said,

But Bane had been listening to the entire conversation as his bug was still implanted in the Chancellors shoulder, and he knew they no longer believed him so he then took out his concealed grenade launcher and line dup his shot for the window. He then loosed the grenade and it came crashing through the window shattering it on impact, everyone was startled as a white mist soon started filling the room and they were finding it hard to stay awake or move for that matter.

"Don't breath it, it's a gas bomb." Obi-Wan warned, as he covered his nose and mouth with his hand and grabbed the bomb throwing it out the window with the force, but it was too late because Ahsoka went down,

"Ahsoka." Anakin called weakly,

"Meesa can't breath." Jar Jar exclaimed through his clasped hands, fairing far better than everyone else,

"Anakin do you see the Chancellor?" Kenobi asked, leaning against the desk for support,

"No master, I think he got out." Anakin replied before he dropped,

"Master Ani, Obi wesa in heap big trouble." Jar Jar said,

"I know Jar Jar, but the Chancellor got out and that's what's important." Obi-Wan said, as he slipped to his hands and knees,

"Obi!"

"Get out if you can Jar Jar, get help." He said, before he slumped over,

"Obi be wak'n up, meesa not know how to get out meesa can't see." Jar Jar said, as he shook Obi-Wan trying to rouse him but it was no good,

"Stupid Jedi, I knew they would never believe me." Bane cursed,

He then lined up his sniper crosshairs and shot a stun blast at the Gungan who seemed to have an immunity to his gas, Bane watched him go down and then waited for the gas to leave the room before he then packed up his equipment and flew into the window landing gently on his feet. He looked around the room and saw the chancellor lying face first next to the door, he had tried to escape but he didn't succeed.

Jar Jar was lying over Obi-Wan, while Anakin was lying with his black against the front of the desk, and Ahsoka was lying closest to the window, he then continued over to the computer and typed in a bypass code that then granted him access to all the hidden and encrypted files. He searched as quickly as he could uploading all the evidence needed to the Jedi Order assuring the Chancellor was dragged through the mud as violently as possible.

He even sent voice recordings of conversations that had taken place with the Separatist Nute Gunray and General Grievous, and in no time at all this would be splayed all across the galaxy. Bane then found some data on Count Dooku as to his whereabouts so he uploaded them to his ship, but then realizing he didn't have much time to pick over this with a fine toothed comb he took everything off the computer, and then shot it to bits with his blaster.

And if that wasn't enough he then threw it out the window, turning back to the desk he soon discovered that the Chancellor was no longer laying on the floor, he walked over to where he had been and cocked a brow quizzically. But he was taken by surprise when Sidious sprang from an adjoining room; Bane looked over just in time to see him charge, Bane was then forced backward and slammed against the opposite wall before a saber was drawn and instantly placed against his left shoulder, then it was activated.

He howled an electronical screech, as the saber dug through him and pinned his now limp shoulder against the wall, but it didn't end there Sidious then punched him in the jaw and placed his forearm to the Hunters throat cutting of his breathing even though he had artificial help.

"I don't know how you fund me Bounty Hunter, but you won't live past this encounter, just like your wife and children." He spat, the wound in Bane's arm had stained his clothing green, and even now a trickle of the leaf colored blood could be seen trickling from the corner of his mouth,

There was a flash of silver and orange before Sidious was struck in the head by the projectile it then spun back and landed on the head of none other than Embo, Bane tried to lift himself to the point of his boots, while the saber in his shoulder burnt hotter than fire. He reached for the button on the handle to switch it off but the energy in his body was being drained faster than he thought possible.

"When you said you needed my help in a small matter Bane I didn't know you were planning suicide." Embo said, his dialect alien, and foreign, but deep, and strong as he continued over to his payless employer, his dog following suite,

"Just turn this thing off." Bane dismissed,

Embo then pushed the button and it sent Bane sliding down the wall to the floor, he coughed twice before placing his right hand to his wounded shoulder, it soon came back slick with leaf toned blood. The aching that radiated right down to his finger tips was nigh to unbearable, but if he could still feel the pain it mean the saber couldn't have done that much damage.

Embo dropped to one knee and peeled away Bane's duster and tunic to expose the wound that was still bleeding effortlessly from the nasty hole in his shoulder, though the wound had partially been seared by the saber.

"You're losing blood way to fast you need to be treated, the wound sewn." Embo explained,

"Dat doesn't sound as good as I would have hoped." Bane said,

"At this rate you'll die." He continued, but just then Bane's com sounded,

"What is it Todo, I'm a little busy?" Bane asked raspily, lifting his left arm with the other hand to speak into the comlink,

"I…Are you alright?"

"Fine Todo now what is it?" Bane demanded,

"Security is coming to check on the disturbance, you have to get out of there." Todo exclaimed, the line then went dead,

"Great, that's just what I needed." Bane complained foggily as his vision swayed,

"Give me you hand I'll get you to your ship." Embo said, as he extended his own,

"No, forget abut me; just make sure the Chancellor ends up in the room I've prepared for him at the back of the ship." Bane dismissed, allowing Embo to help him up but discarding it when he was on his feet,

"Revenge can be a powerful curse, be careful how far you're willing to go." Embo warned, as his dog just sat there and panted,

"I'd hate for us to leave on bad terms but don't tell me how to react about my families death." Bane cautioned, his spirit remaining strong while his body was near to failing him,

Embo simply bowed his head in acceptance, he had no ties whatsoever to the bounty hunter Cad Bane but he had an amount of respect for the man who was able to kidnap the Chancellor once, and escape the box, and acceptance for someone who had lost everything he held dear.

"You never did tell me how you got here so quickly." Bane remarked,

"I was going to be looking for some work here so I was close by when you called." He answered,

"Doesn't sound like good sense, but that's your prerogative." Bane dismissed, happy enough with the explanation the bounty hunter had,

Perhaps it was a professional courtesy from one bounty hunter to the other that was making Embo stay and help a dying hunter that was the only thing standing between him and being the best in the galaxy.

But he did owe the Duros an escape from prison, so he figured not killing him and helping him instead would pay back the favour, so he continued over to the Chancellor and scooped him up throwing him over his shoulder. Cad Bane allowed Embo to take the lead, as he nursed his left arm by holding it near the elbow; he was losing blood so fast that he had left a green trail from the office to the platform, as the thick substance dribbled through his gauntlets and down his fingertips.

When they finally made it to the Sleight of Hand, Bane didn't even know how he had managed the journey, because at that time his brain was in another part of the universe while his body just acted on instinct. He continued staggeringly up the ramp and stopped to rest leaning on the doorframe, he could no longer feel his left arm but he could definitely see the blood that just continued to keep flowing.

Embo's dog stopped and sniffed at the green pool that had formed on the ramp before looking up into the grave face of the bounty hunter, who's breathing was growing haggard and laboured by the minute. Todo soon flew over and even though he was a droid he was horrified t see what had happened to his master.

"Bane you're bleeding what happened?" He asked worriedly,

"The Chancellor didn't agree to being detained." Bane breathed, just as he legs nearly gave way, but Embo then came back and helped him ease into a chair, his face was sweaty and the blue tinge to his skin was slowly starting to fade to a paler hue due to how much blood he had lost.

"Todo get us out of here now, I don't care we're we go just as long as it's away from this building, besides security it won't be much longer before the Jedi's start coming around." Bane ordered, so Todo got the ship moving and soon they were heading to nowhere in particular, as Embo began helping him shed his duster and slip his thankfully numb but moveable arm out of the sleeve on his tunic to inspect the wound that had begun to stop bleeding so freely,

"Jedi's? I take it that means you didn't allow them to detain the Chancellor after all?" The droid asked, after he came back from the cockpit,

"Dats da gist of it." Bane answered,

"Well then you're toast we can't take you to a republic medical facility, and there's no way we can ask them to help you, plus I'm not a medical droid." Todo explained,

"I know a little in medical procedures but it won't be enough he needs real attention, I suggest we call in on someone who owes you a favour." Embo reasoned, as he grabbed a piece of cloth that Todo offered and pressed it weightedly against the wound, there was a hiss before a green patch began to form on the cream colored cloth,

"I had a contingency just in case anything went wrong; I set sub coordinates into the ship it'll give you the location of a planet I had intended to go to, to lie low before I showed myself again." Bane explained, as he slipped his gauntlets off and discarded them on the table, grabbing the saber from his belt that he had stolen from the Chancellor he tossed it onto the table as well,

"Just where is this planet you speak of?" Embo questioned, as Todo handed him another piece of cloth which he then used to bandage Bane's shoulder,

"Neutral space, in the far outer rim, but when we get there if you have anything you'd like to keep, make sure you've got it in your hands, or it'll get stolen." Bane cautioned, as Embo tightly knotted the cloth to keep it secure and then helped him slip his arm back into the sleeve of his tunic and rising to his feet he headed for the cockpit,

"With all do respect Bane you need to rest I'll take care of the coordinates." Todo protested, as he flew in front of his master and stopped him,

"Don't be ridiculous this is my ship." Bane nearly snapped, beads of sweat flying off his face in the swift motion,

"You're on deaths door Bane, there's no way I'm letting you fly this ship, I should have done this when we were in your house." Todo said,

"You don't need to be in the cockpit to get to where you want to go." Embo reasoned, as there was a growling sound coming from across the room, to where his dog was snarling at a closed door,

"Keep him away from that door." Bane ordered, so Embo snapped his fingers together twice, the dog then stood by his masters side,

"What's in there?" Embo asked curiously, as he counted on his four-legged friend to alert him to any threats,

"That's…" There was a sequel of delight that drifted out of the room before the dog barked excitedly, only to be calmed by it's master,

"A child… yours?" He hadn't meant to sound so surprised but when they were escaping from prison, he was told that Bane's family was dead; he hadn't mentioned a survivor,

"A daughter, the last of my family." Bane answered, as he grabbed his duster, Saber, and gauntlets, before he continued down to the back of the ship, where he had a simple room, with simpler possessions,

He walked in and locked the door, leaning on it for a few moments he closed his eyes and gathered the remaining strength that he had and then walked over to the bed, and sat down placing his duster, Saber, and gauntlets on a small table beside him. He slid of his boots with the help of the other foot, and then stretched out as limited as he was on the bed, after placing his hat on top of his gauntlets.

He looked up at the roof and just stared, his sweat rolling down his cheek and dropping onto the pillow less mattress. What was sleep? It had been so long that he'd forgotten. It was hard enough to start sleeping normally again after the Jedi's fingered his mind like it was putty, but now whenever he closed his eyes all he saw was the horrific scene of what befell his wife and children.

Quite often if he found it was harder to drift off than usual he would slip into a pleasant memory until it was ended because he fell asleep, but now he was just to tired, to broken to attempt it. So he allowed the unpleasant flashes to haunt him until his eyes slipped closed, but even when he slept the mental torture didn't end there, it never did, he would always wake to the sound of his own voice, but what he said he never knew.

Well, Well, Well, what will happen to Bane and the Chancellor now, will the Jedi's see the truth? Will Embo remain loyal to his dying employer, will he help him or will he see this as an opportunity to claim the position of being the greatest Bounty Hunter in the galaxy? And how did Bane free Embo from prison? Find Out in the next chapter!