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A New Beginning

Chapter 20

"Ryssa?" Siri called opening the door once she arrived home.

"I'm in here," Ryssa called out from a bedroom. Siri walked through the living room and entered her bedroom where, everything was a mess as Ryssa scurried to pack everything. Riyan was sitting in the corner of the room, amusing himself by playing with a couple of socks; however when he saw his mother the little boy stood up and ran to her as fast as his little legs could carry him.

"Mama," Riyan said lifting his hands up. Siri smiled gently at her son before pulling him into her arms.

"I have to warn Cale and rescue Ferus somehow," Siri said to Ryssa seriously. "And then we all need to get to the docking bay as fast as we can without anyone finding us.

Ryssa frowned. "So you don't know," she commented.

"Know what?" Siri pressed.

"Cale is an agent of the Empire," Ryssa said in a hurry, not daring to look her friend in the eyes.

"What?" Siri gasped in horror. "Are you sure?"

"I don't any proof," Ryssa admitted. "But I'm sure he is."

"I trust your instincts," Siri replied while picking up a hooded cloak and a heavy bag full of credits, handing both to Ryssa. "Get to the docking bay and buy a ship of some kind. Just make sure it has a hyperdrive."

Siri kissed Riyan's head gently, and looked in his eyes that were so much like Obi-Wan's. "I'll be back, my love," she whispered to him before setting the boy down.

"I'll be there as fast as I can," Siri said.

Ryssa nodded. "May the Force by with you, my friend,"

Siri smiled. "And may the Force be with you."

Ferus blinked rapidly as a bright light pained his eyes and evaporating the complete darkness he'd been forced into. When he could see again, Ferus was dismayed to once more see Darth Vader standing in front of him. As always when Ferus looked upon the Sith Lord he was always disgusted by the darkness he could feel emanating from the black monstrosity. But he didn't let that disgust show on his face.

"Now what?" Ferus asked.

"You are to come with me," Vader replied in that deep, penetrating voice of his. "Lord Sidious wants you to witness something."

"And that is?" Ferus asked with some apprehension.

"The death of your former Master, and Jedi traitor, Siri Tachi," Vader replied.

Ferus winced, and his worry for Siri grew. He only hoped she would be able to realize the danger before it was too late.

"Lord Vader," came the call of a clonetrooper stepping into the cell. "They're has been a break in."

"What was taken?" Vader demanded.

"Only the weapon of the prisoner," the trooper replied.

Yes! Ferus thought with growing hope as he realized what that meant. Siri has my lightsaber!

"She will not get away with it," Vader commented coldly.

For the second time that day Siri was hiding, and she still didn't know how in the galaxy she was going to rescue Ferus. Plans were never her strong suit, she usually left the complex planning to Obi-Wan or just went with her guy feelings. This time she was clueless and probably a big part of that was the fact that she was still reeling in shock over her conversation with Ryssa.

It stung deeply knowing that her fiancée was actually an Imperial agent, but it bothered her more that she never saw it coming. Siri was not the wary Jedi she once was, and that almost was her undoing. Perhaps being a mother and having a son to look after was one of the reasons she so easily trusted Cale in the first place, but she swore she wouldn't make that mistake again.

Suddenly movements towards the front of the Imperial compound caught Siri's full attention. There he was...Ferus was being led towards a transport by two Clonetroopers. Now was her chance. Calling on the Force, she leapt from her hiding spot and as she did so, Siri ignited her lightsaber. Seeing the violet blade spark to life made Siri feel more confident than she had all day.

The clones cocked their blasters at her and fired rapid shots that were easily deflected. Clones would never be a match for a Jedi, even one who hadn't fought like one in over a year, and the clones were dispatched easily.

"Siri!" Ferus exclaimed in surprise. "I take it you know."

"About Cale, yes," Siri replied quickly, right before flicking her lightsaber blade easily through Ferus chains, freeing him. Then as an afterthought, she handed him his lightsaber.

"There is more," Ferus said quickly. "Vader is here, and he wants your son."

"Over my dead body," Siri muttered angrily, despite the cold terror that had clutched her heart at his words.

"That's the idea," another voice said. Horror stricken Siri and Ferus looked up to see Darth Vader standing right in front of them. "You will die this day, Master Tachi."

Siri knew that on the day she first saw Vader's image on the holonet that she never wanted to meet this being. And now she had no choice but to face this dark demon. She realized in an instant that they're was the possibility that she would never see her son again. But she was going to die trying.

Blades of blue and violet stood again the crimson blade wielded by the shadow, and never before did Siri have more to fight for than she did in that moment.

AN: Thank you to those of you who are still reading this story, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!