A/N: Hey folks, short chapter I know but guess what, congratulations you have reached then end of Part One! I'm keeping all parts in the one story to make it easier but between each part is a bit of time where there's nothing much happening. Part Two starts during the event of Return of the Jedi. In the meantime, enjoy!
"Kyle! Kyle!"
Kyle groaned and rubbed his forehead.
"What happened Kyle!" Jan asked him.
"I don't know…" Kyle answered as he sat up.
"You were sitting there listening then you suddenly cried out and just collapsed." Jan explained to him.
"I feel there's something wrong." Luke said gravely. "Right before Kyle collapsed I felt a disturbance in the Force."
"You do that a lot don't you…" Kyle muttered.
Ever since returning from Bespin Kyle and Jan had sought out Luke. After meeting Lando Calrissian and finding out from Leia about Han being taken by Boba Fett, Jan had introduced them to Kyle.
Despite all the differences Luke and Kyle had hit it off quite well. After awhile Luke had drawn him into the plans for rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt. Soon after Kyle had begun to talk about being trained as a Dark Knight by Vader. Luke had then encouraged Kyle to go with him to meet his Jedi Master on Degobah.
"We really should return to Ben's home on Tatooine. He must have had some of the Jedi Archives with him, if we could get our hands on that information… well it would answer a lot." Luke said interrupting Jan's thoughts.
"Who was Ben?" Kyle asked curiously.
"He means General Obi-Wan Kenobi." Leia said.
"Kenobi as in… Kaden's father?" Kyle cried out.
"You mean that friend you told me about is Ben's son?" Luke asked sounding shocked.
"He must have been, Palpatine never made it a secret that his father was a Jedi Knight." Kyle shook his head. "That guy gets more twisted by the day I swear."
"Well." Luke said trying to change the topic. "If what just happened is any indication, Palpatine is planning something and it includes your friend."
"What are we going to do?" Leia asked him.
"I don't know…" Luke said quietly.
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Kaden woke up. He wasn't sure how much time had passed, in fact the last he remembered was kneeling down to meditate.
"So you're awake." Lumiya said to him.
Kaden sat up to take in his surroundings.
Jerec still lay barely moving on his own bed while Lumiya looked as if she hadn't been awake long.
"I don't remember a thing." Kaden muttered as he rubbed his aching head.
"Neither do I. I imagine it's one of the side effects the Emperor spoke of." She spoke quietly.
Kaden did a quick check on himself. His body was weak and shaken, the Force however had never felt clearer. Byss no longer felt oppressive.
Only now instead of feeling warm his lightsaber felt hot.
Kaden nodded to Lumiya acknowledging her comment then lay down to sleep some more.
Maybe everything would be clearer when he woke up.
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Kaden ran his hand over the side of the Relentless II. A gift from the Emperor the ship was a Sith Interceptor, a model that had previously only used by an old apprentice of his Master.
Each of the Elites had been gifted with one, so they could perform their duties to the best of their abilities, which after the ritual had greatly risen.
However inside he felt his rage against his former friend. If Katarn hadn't turned from them maybe he would have been there with him. Now the betrayal seemed to sting at him.
He would complete his missions, but very soon he would ask the Emperor for permission to finish what had been set in motion on Bespin. The next time he saw Katarn he would kill him.
