The Black Crow jumped to light-speed. C-3PO and R2-D2 both felt, that the ship was moving.

'What was that?' asked the golden droid.

The other robot replied with only a short whistle, but C-3PO understood it. R2 said, that the ship had left the asteroid, and jumped to light-speed.

'Oh no!' cried C-3PO. 'I can't stand space travelling.'

While in the cockpit, Ghoul heard the voice of the droids. He couldn't identify the noise, so he drew his blaster, and left the cockpit. Odalon followed him, holing his lightsaber in his hand. The Jedi just realised, that he hadn't changed the energy cell of his weapon to a proper one.

Ghoul stopped for a moment, and listened. He heard some beeping voice from the technical room, so he stepped to the door. He opened it, and pointed his blaster at the first person, he noticed. This person was actually a droid, C-3PO.

'Don't shoot!' shouted the droid raising his hands. 'I surrender.'

Ghoul lowered his blaster as he recognised the droid.

'Don't worry.' he groaned. 'Have you found that bug?'

'Not yet, sir.' reported C-3PO.

'Then continue with your task.' said the bounty hunter. 'And be careful! I don't want to see any errors, don't remove joints and that kinda things.'

'Sir, we are perfectly programmed droids, specialised on working with other machines.' said C-3PO huffily.

Ghoul closed the door of the technical room, and returned to the cockpit with Odalon.

'We must act fast, once we'll be on Naboo.' Ghoul said. 'The bug's still on the ship, so the Imperials can track us. Even if those droids manage to remove the bug before we arrive to Naboo, there's still a chance, that the Imperials can determine our destination.'

Odalon nodded.

'It takes hours to get to Naboo.' said Ghoul. 'We could sleep a bit.'

They slept. C-3PO woke them up, when the planet Naboo was closer than a half parsec. The droid reported, that R2-D2 had found the bug, and destroyed it.

'Good job.' groaned Ghoul. 'But I'm quiet sure, the Imperials know we were heading to Naboo.

He and Odalon went to the cockpit, and turned off the hyperdrive. They arrived to the planet Naboo. It was a small, green planet, mostly covered with forests and swamps. It's Capital was called Theed, and the Black Crow was heading to the space-port of this city.

Ghoul learned from the Tantive IV's log, that they had the dead body of Padme Amidala aboard the ship, when they visited Naboo, so he thought, that Senator Amidala was brought here for her funeral.

The Black Crow landed in one of the docking bays, and the two people left the ship. They told the droids to stay there, and wait until they return. They also gave a communicator to C-3PO, and ordered him to report, if they notice any Imperial ships on the radar near the planet.

'What can we do now?' asked Odalon.

'We must find out, where Kenobi did go from this planet.' replied Ghoul.

'How do you know he left Naboo?'

'Naboo was an important part of the Republic, so it's important in the Empire too. And the Senator of Naboo just died. I don't think, it's the best place to hide.' explained the bounty hunter.

'But maybe he can still be here.' said Odalon.

'Than where?' asked Ghoul.

'I remember, that Senator Amidala was the former Queen of Naboo. She must have had a royal funeral. And if Master Kenobi was here, he must have stayed for the funeral. He can be still at the palace.' said the Jedi.

'But how do you want to find him?' asked Ghoul. 'I don't think we'll be allowed to enter.'

'Maybe I can sense his presence with the force.' said Odalon.

'Be quiet!' whispered Ghoul.

They were walking on a crowded street. On the two sides of the street, there were countless shops, and clubs. Over their heads, speeders were flying from the space-port to the palace, or in the opposite direction.

The sun was low over the roofs, and the sky was changing from blue to reddish, and later into black, with the countless stars. Most of the people were heading to their homes. But Ghoul knew, there could have been some people there, who wanted to overhear them.

'It's not a good idea, to tell everyone, you're a Jedi. Even now-days.' whispered Ghoul.

'Hey!' shouted someone, and Odalon immediately raised his head, searching for the person, who yelled.

He found it. A human, in his fifty's was running towards them. He wore a torn hat, and a big, brown cloak, which seemed to be worn-out. He was unshaven, and he had a small, rat-like alien creature on his shoulder. It was a Kowakian monkey-lizard.

'You guys are looking for a ship, don't ya'?' asked the man.

'Not really. We're looking for...' Odalon started to reply, but Ghoul didn't let him finish the sentence.

'What ship can you offer?' Ghoul asked loudly, to stop Odalon from talking.

'Small ships for journeys, last few hours, between the planets of the sector.' said the man. 'I have hangars on thirteen planets, and six moons. You get into my ship, fly to one of these places, and leave it in my hangar.'

'How many costumers did you have recently?' asked Ghoul.

'Business doesn't go really well. I had only one this week.' said the man.

'How did he look like?' asked the Zygerrian. 'Just asking, because we're looking for a friend of us, and he left Naboo a few days ago.'

'He was about forty. He was circa five point eight, or nine feet high. He had brown hair, beard and sideburns.' said the man.

'It's him!' shouted Odalon. 'Where did he go?'

'Tatooine.' replied the man.

'Thanks!' nodded Odalon, and he left the man, and headed to the space-port immediately.

Ghoul gave five credits to the man, then followed Odalon. None of them noticed, that the man who was called Malvo, took his small communicator from his belt, and called the communications officer of the Star Destroyer Glorious, which was now flying towards Naboo on light-speed.

'It'd be less suspicious if we burrowed one of his ships.' said Ghoul.

'The Black Crow is faster, and I don't really trust the ships of this guy.' replied Odalon.

'Anyway, we must hurry.' groaned Ghoul. 'I have a bad feeling about this.'

They returned to the spaceship, and left Naboo as fast as they could. Odalon thought, they were very lucky, that they found the only man, who could help them. But Ghoul seemed to be worrying.

As they were heading to the planet Tatooine, suddenly a strange thought came to Odalon's mind. Maybe Ghoul could be a Jedi. It wasn't the first time, he thought that. Finally he decided to ask, and he hoped, that if Ghoul lies, he could catch a tell.

'Are you a Jedi?' he asked.

'No.' replied Ghoul, without raising his head.

'Do you have any connection with the force?' Odalon continued asking.

'No.' said Ghoul. 'I'm not force sensitive.'

'I think, you are.' said Odalon. 'I couldn't read your mind, you knew so much, and you conclude much better than anyone else but a Jedi.'

'I am not force sensitive.' said Ghoul again. 'But if you don't believe me, ask Kenobi, once we find him.'

The Black Crow slowly approached Tatooine, and headed to it's biggest space-port, Mos Eisley. As Odalon looked out through the window, he saw endless sand dunes. There was hardly any water on this planet, and moisture farmers were producing liquid to support the cities of Tatooine.

The planet was poor, and they mostly used local currency instead of the credits of the Empire. Tatooine was controlled by some Hutt lords, and the most powerful of them was Jabba, who built his own small empire here.

The Black Crow landed in the space-port, and the two droids were told to stay with the ship again. Odalon and Ghoul left the docking bay, and headed to the city, hoping to find someone, who could tell them, where is Obi-Wan Kenobi.

They asked the local speeder and Eopie traders. They learned, that in the past few days only eighteen people bought speeders or Eopies, most of them were non-human. Only one had the description, which suited to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

'He was here two days ago.' said the trader. 'He had a small backpack, brown robes, and he was carrying something. It seemed like a baby, but I'm not sure about that. He bought an Eopie, and left in that direction. I think, he went to the Jundland Wastes.'

'Thanks.' nodded Ghoul.

Odalon and Ghoul burrowed a sand speeder, and headed to the Jundland Wastes. It was one of the most infamous parts of Tatooine. Surrounded by the gigantic Dune Sea, the Jundland Wastes was about twenty thousand square miles of dangerous, rocky hills. It was hard to navigate through this place, not just because of the obscure rocks, but because of the Sandpeople, living there.

'I sense living creatures.' said Odalon. 'They're near. In that direction.'

The Jedi pointed at a rocky hill, which covered a valley. In the valley, there was a Tusken village. The Jedi and the bounty hunter didn't know that, and none of them had been to Tatooine before, but Ghoul thought, that Obi-Wan Kenobi must be alone, or only with the baby, not with a group of locals, so he didn't mind the creatures.

They continued their way, and saw a couple of Banthas. These creatures were probably looking for some food or drink, because they seemed slower, weaker and more underweight than normal. The sand speeder left them far behind, without slowing down.

Then, finally Odalon sensed another force sensitive mind, near them. Ghoul drove the speeder to a rocky hilltop, and brought out his binoculars. He noticed a small hut, about two and a half miles far, to the south-west.

They continued their way with the sand speeder. It took a few minutes to reach the house. It was a small, rectangle shaped hut, made out of synstone. It's front door was open, like the host was waiting for the guests.

'I think we should get inside.' suggested Odalon.

'Be careful!' said Ghoul, and he drew his blaster.

They stepped into the house, and found themselves in the living room. Obi-Wan Kenobi was already sitting there, next to the table, and looking at the two entering people.

'Welcome, Odalon!' Obi-Wan greeted the Jedi Padawan.

'Master Kenobi!' Odalon bowed.

Ghoul nodded to the Jedi master, and he put away his blaster.

'Why did you come here?' asked Kenobi.

'I'm here to learn the truth.' said Odalon.

'The truth about what?'

'About you, about your daughter, about your secret plan with Organa, and about the Sith and the Empire.' said Odalon vehemently.

'What did you say?' asked Obi-Wan. 'My daughter?'

'The baby, who was adopted by Organa.' said Odalon.

'She's not my daughter.' Obi-Wan shook his head.

'And the other one?' asked Ghoul suddenly. 'The child, you brought here with you?'

'He is the twin brother of the girl, you saw with Organa.' replied Obi-Wan. 'They're the children of Anakin Skywalker.'

As Obi-Wan said the name, he turned his head away from the guests, and looked at the wall for a few long seconds.

'Where is he now?' asked Ghoul. 'I mean, the child.'

'With Anakin's half-brother, Owen Lars.' said Obi-Wan. 'Owen promised me, he will raise Luke, and keep him safe.'

'And when the children will be grown up, they'll be sent to master Yoda, to become Jedi?' asked Ghoul. 'Is this your plan to stop the Emperor?'

'It is.' nodded Obi-Wan. 'And I ask you to keep it in secret. The Emperor and Vader must not discover, that these children exist.

'But why don't you go, and fight the Emperor?' cried Odalon.

'We have tried to destroy him with master Yoda, but he was too strong. I can feel, you want to kill him too, but you must understand, that you have no chance against Darth Sidious.' explained the Jedi master.

'And those children have?' asked Odalon.

'If you meditate on this long enough, you will realise, that this is the only chance.' replied Obi-Wan.

Odalon looked at the Jedi master angrily, but he didn't continue arguing. Another strange thought came to his mind.

'I had a vision.' he said. 'A vision of a young Jedi, who turned to the dark side.'

'And you are afraid of being this Jedi?' asked Obi-Wan.

Odalon nodded.

'I can sense fear in you. Fear, anger, and you wish to take revenge on the Emperor.' said the Jedi master.

'I'm afraid of the dark side.' said Odalon. 'I can't turn! It can't be!'

'You won't.' said Obi-Wan. 'Your vision was about another Jedi, who really turned to the dark side. It was about my apprentice.'

'What?' asked Odalon surprised.

'Anakin Skywalker has turned to the dark side of the force, and became Darth Vader.' said Obi-Wan, and a drop of tear sparkled in the corner of his eye. 'Darth Vader is the new Sith apprentice of the Empreor. He slaughtered the Jedi, and he killed Anakin's wife, Padme. I had to face him, and I defeated him, but he survived. The Emperor saved him, and now he's more machine, than human. He's twisted and evil.'

'I saw him in the Jedi Temple.' said Odalon. 'I duelled with him, and he killed Ci Moss. It was him.'

'Anakin is the father of the twins.' said the Jedi master. 'And Vader can't learn, that these children exist! You must keep it in secret, or we will fail!'

'We will keep your secret.' said Odalon, and he turned to the door. He had no other questions, and he understood, that sooner they leave the planet, is the better for Obi-Wan.

'May the force be with you!' said the Jedi master, and the two guests left the hut.

As Odalon stepped out of Kenobi's house, he suddenly couldn't sense Obi-Wan's presence. The Jedi master covered his mind with the force, and he didn't let any other force sensitive creature to sense him.

Odalon and Ghoul returned to the speeder, and started it's engine. They flew back towards Mos Eisley, through the Jundland Wastes.

'Anakin Skywalker.' whispered Odalon. 'So the prophecy failed.'

'What are you planning to do now?' asked Ghoul.

'I'm afraid, I have no choice.' said Odalon. 'I must keep in secret, what I've learned.'

'So you follow Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi to an exile?' asked Ghoul.

Odalon nodded.

'You should join Organa's secret group.' suggested the Zygerrian.

'That's not safe enough.' Odalon shook his head. 'They will fight against the Empire, once they're ready. And in a war, I can easily fall into the enemy's hands, with all of my information.'

Ghoul smiled, and he accelerated, as they left the last rocks of the Jundland Wastes. Mos Eisley soon became visible on the horizon. The sand speeder was flying with maximum speed over the sand dune of Tatooine.

They reached the city, and headed towards the space-port. The fastest way to the space-port was leading through the main street of Mos Eisley, and through the biggest square, where most of the shops were located. On the square, there were a few big vaporizer machines, to keep the air of the city a bit moister than the other places of the planet.

But this time, the square was almost empty. Odalon and Ghoul arrived there, with the sand speeder, but just as they slowed down, they realised, that they walked into a trap. Stormtroopers stepped out of every doors, and they encircled the Jedi and the bounty hunter. The Imperial troopers were pointing their blasters at them, but they didn't shoot. They were waiting for orders. Orders from the person, who was standing in the middle of the square, in his black armour, with an active lightsaber in his hand. The evil Sith knight, Darth Vader.