Chapter 9: Humanity Resides in Him
The Next Day
Clovis called all the hitmen he hired to meet at a classified location.
40 minutes later
All of the 48 hitmen hired entered the room and found a seat.
"Welcome, you know why I brought you in here today", Clovis says. He grabs the remote and starts the presentation.
"The Nightstalker. The famed vigilante that says he is doing a galaxy a favor, but in reality is a psychopath in disguise. One of my closest friends was murdered by this man", Clovis says growing tense. Just talking about the Nightstalker made him want to snap someone's neck. Honestly Clovis was most likely going to do that after the meeting.
"Moving on", he says switching to the next slide.
"This man is an expert of espionage. He is very skilled and force sensitive. Never underestimate his abilities. This man is the definition of fear.
"How do you fight an enemy who doesn't fear death", Clovis asks the hitmen.
Clovis switches to the next slide.
"Three ways, you can hunt him from the clouds. Or you fight in the shadows, attack him when he least expects it. Leave no evidence behind. Or you can unleash chaos, attack from every side. Confuse him. Destroy Everything", Clovis announces.
"Without it he is nothing. His last whereabouts were on the planet Coruscant but I wouldn't put it past him to flee to a different planet. You all seated here today are taking part of a covert operation that will in the end save the galaxy from this threat. I will split you up into 3 groups of 16 each. The first group which will be called Delta one is heading to Coruscant. The second group which is called Delta two will be heading to Tatooine. The birthplace of this motherfucka. And last but not least the third group which is called Death Squadron will be heading to the lovely planet of Naboo", Clovis says.
He grabs the remote and changes to the next slide.
"Let's talk about his appearance, his strengths and weaknesses", says Clovis grabbing the edge of the podium so hard it feels like it is about to rip apart.
"As you can see he wears a shitty mask that a whore probably made".
Laughter filled the room, everyone there knew what was at stake. They hated this vigilante so much that they felt excited to be selected to participate in this operation.
"He usually operates at night and uses the force to manipulate his opponents. His strengths are his white lightsaber, and his force powers. His weakness is that he is unaware of our presence. We must lay low and hit him when he least expects it. But be weary, jedi and Republic soldiers are also looking for this man. If they get in the way do not hesitate to put them down. They want to capture him, then interrogate, and then finally after all of that they would publicly execute him. However looking at his recent track record this man will not be captured without putting up a fight, so the best option is to terminate him", Clovis informs.
"Any questions", Clovis orders. One man in the back stands up raising his hand.
"Yes, what type of weapons do you want us to use", he questions.
Clovis responds "Anything, fucking anything. All I want is his head on a stake. This man ruined peoples' lives long enough it's time to end this", he shouts raising a fist straight in the air.
"WHO'S WITH ME", he yells.
All the hitmen stand up and raise their fists up high.
"WE ARE", they recite.
"Good let's get to work", Clovis says turning off the presentation and exiting the room. The hitmen all get into their groups and head out to their specified locations.
Clovis returns to his office where two female Nabooian prostitutes were waiting for him.
"Hey Daddy", the one purrs.
Clovis quickly unzips his pants and picks up the two women. The women both gasped and began kissing him all over.
When they reached the bedroom they got it on.
20 minutes later they were finished.
"That was amazing daddy", says the one woman.
"Indeed it was", the other one cuts in.
Clovis got up and took a sip of alcohol. He turned around and looked at the two naked women.
"God you too are so beautiful", he mentions. The two women blushed and began scissoring each other.
Clovis whipped his cock back out and started slowing stroking. He laid back in his chair and watched the two women.
"Oh Padme I wish you were here. I miss fucking that tight ass of yours", Clovis mutters. He quietly grabs a blaster from behind the chair and lays it on his lap.
He started stroking harder, his cock started to swell up and he ordered one of the women to come to him. She bent down on her knees and opened her mouth.
"Swallow it you dirty slut", he shouts. He grabs her ponytail and shoves his cock down her throat. She begins choking on it and Clovis leans his head back slightly.
"Aahhh fuck year babygirl, cmon suck it all".
He then pulls her head off his cock and she wipes the cum off her mouth.
"You taste delicious", she smiles.
"I know so does this", Clovis laughs pulling out his blaster and shooting her in the head. The other woman screamed in fear. She quickly ran to the door but Clovis quickly turned his blaster and shot her in the back. She fell to the ground screaming in pain.
Clovis approached her dying body and slapped his dick on her face.
"You shouldn't have ran away you dirty bitch."
"Pl...ea...se ... do...n't... ki...ll... me...", she pleas placing her bloody hands on her abdomen trying to stop the bleeding. However Clovis wasn't done he shoved his cock done her throat and made her suck it till she bled out.
"God I need Padme, these bitches can't pleasure me as well as she does", he roars. He grabs both of their bodies and throws them down a trash chute that leads to the incinerator.
"Another day of pleasure, finally over", he sighs.
Clovis begins to yawn and decides that it's best to take a nap.
"Hey Padme wake up", a voice says softly.
Padme slowly opened her eyes to see Obi Wan standing over her.
"What is it", she says irritated. Padme felt so tired like she barely could stay awake.
"Well I thought you would like to have breakfast with us. I checked on you yesterday and you were passed out on the bed. So I left to give you some rest, but you been asleep for a long time", Obi Wan smiles.
Padme sat herself up on the bed and stretched her arms out. She began brushing her hair.
"Sure I will be down there soon", Padme tells Obi Wan.
He nods and leaves her room. Padme decided she was to tired to change and kept her nightgown on. She exits her room and makes her way down to the dining room.
On the way their she stops and stares out the window. Theed was completely empty, it was like a ghost town.
"I can't wait till this is over", she sighs.
She finally made it to the dining room. Sabe and the others were already up and waiting for her.
"Hey sleeping beauty, how was your nap or should I say short coma", Sabe chuckles.
"Haha", Padme laughs sarcastically.
She sits down next to Bail and Aayla Secura.
Sabe raises a glass and makes a toast. "Let's give thanks to the force for keeping us all safe. Let it guide us throughout these troubling times and that we may find peace after these events."
"Cheers", everyone responds. They all raise their glasses and lightly tap one another's.
Sabe grabs her knife and fork. She licks her lips because of how hungry she was and the food placed in front of her looked so good. As she was about to cut into her piece of ham she saw someone already cutting it for her. She turns to see Obi Wan using the force to cut the ham for her.
She slaps him which causes Obi Wan to lose focus and drops the utensils. Bail started laughing uncontrollably "Good one Sabe" , he beams. Hearing Bail's obnoxious laugh caused Padme to start tearing up with laughter.
"What was that for", Obi Wan says softly rubbing his hand on his cheek. Sabe slapped him so good that it left a huge red imprint.
"You are treating me like I'm a kid. I think I can cut my own food, by myself without your help", Sabe grunts.
"I'm sorry baby it's jus..." Padme cuts Obi Wan off.
"Obi Wan please, Sabe hates being treated like a child. She is a grown woman she doesn't need your help for the simplest of tasks". Padme shut Obi Wan down. His cheeks grew bright red and he became silent. Obi Wan lowered his head and only paid attention to eating his food.
Sabe then places her arm around Obi Wan and kisses him.
"Don't worry baby, you will soon learn", she grins.
"I know I'm sorry", Obi Wan mutters.
Sabe turns his head and gives him a seductive look. She lowers her hand beneath the table and slowly grabs Obi Wan's cock groping it hard.
"You can make it up for me later", she whispers in his ear. Obi Wan's eyes rolled back at the pleasure he felt.
"OMG this feels so good", he screams internally. His body started twitching when she started grabbing his cock through his robe harder.
Padme noticed this and gave Sabe a concerned look.
"Sabe please this is not an appropriate time to do that", Padme says annoyed. Sabe doesn't listen and continues, Obi Wan dropped his knife and leaned back in his chair.
Sabe starts biting her lip at the sight of Obi Wan's cock becoming erect.
Bail and the others felt awkward watching Sabe play with Obi Wan at the table.
"SABE STOP IT", Padme yells in frustration. She clenches her fists. "Don't you ever know when to stop", she continues.
Sabe turned to Padme who looked utterly upset. "Oh Padme no need to be jealous because you don't have anyone to have fun with. Why don't you call that young hot man. What was his name again, Oh yeah Anakin. Why don't you call him over so he can give you pleasure."
Padme started losing her cool, she was on the brink of exploding all of her anger.
"How dare you say that. I have a boyfriend, I will not cheat and use a man as an object for pleasure", Padme fires back.
"Well in my eyes I can tell you and Clovis aren't on good terms, so where is the issue in that", Sabe questions.
That was it Padme couldn't handle it anymore. She tried to keep her cool but ultimately failed.
"HOW DARE YOU TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M DONE", Padme screams slamming her plate against the table. She gets up and storms her way out of the dining room. Everyone sat there shocked except Sabe who was still playing with her lover and Obi Wan was feeling so much pleasure that he didn't know what had just happened.
Bail excuses himself and chases after Padme. Luckily she didn't get that far and Bail catched up to her.
"Padme, what's wrong", Bail says stopping her. Padme was hesitant tears were flowing down her face.
"I have no one", she replies. Bail looked dazed. "What does she mean she has no one? She has us doesn't she", Bail asks himself.
"Padme you have us, you will never be alone", he reassures her.
Padme knew he didn't get it. She walked over to a nearby bench and sat there. Immediately she started sobbing, she was crying so much the floor and her nightgown was soaking wet.
Bail sat next to her and placed a hand on Padme. He knew she was hurt, so he didn't say anything he just sat there and provided comfort.
"I have no one Bail, no one to turn to when I'm alone. Sabe has Obi Wan", Padme sobs.
Bail gave her a confused look. He brushed his hair and turned back towards the emotionally upset Padme.
"You have Clovis don't you", he questions her. Quickly Padme grew tense after hearing his name. She gripped the sides of the bench as hard as she could to help her not scream. Padme knows he is doing something suspicious and she doesn't want to think about him.
"He is different, he called me yesterday and before he hanged up he made a awkward noise. I quickly said what's wrong because I felt concerned for him. But all he responded was that he hit his knee against the table", Padme grunts.
"Maybe he was telling the truth", Bail argues. Padme can understand where Bail is coming from, but he doesn't know everything that she found out.
She shook her head "No I know when he is telling the truth. A few nights ago , he called and before he hanged up he made a similar noise then ended the call quickly. Also ever since the Nightstalker was lurking around Clovis has been acting very weird. Then when the vigilante supposedly died he was ecstatic. It scared me how happy he was."
"So your saying that Clovis is hiding something and because of that you have no one", Bail points out to her. He was trying his best to puzzle all Padme's problems together. He isn't the greatest at dealing wirh female issues. Usually Sabe is the one but the little fight that occurred at breakfast caused Padme to ditch her best friend.
"Yes", Padme whispers. She honestly wanted to move on from this subject. All it did was make her worked up. She wanted to do something that cleared her mind from all this mess, from Clovis, her fight with Sabe, and the Nightstalker wandering out murdering people.
Bail smiled in accomplishment "I solved a woman's problem, let's go Bail", he chuckles to himself.
"Well who is that man Sabe said earlier. Don't remember the name but it started with an...",
"Anakin'", Padme blurts out. She ran her hands through her hair at the thought of him. How he talked, smiled, laughed, and flirted with her made Padme feel special.
"Yes that is the one", he beams.
Padme turns her head to look Bail in the eyes. "He is a handsome man that we met one time. He was playing with a little girl at a children only park", she laughs. "He looked so cute when Sabe pointed out he was playing at a kid only park", she says.
"We also took him to dinner and he told us about his early life. Him and his mom both lived on Tatooine, they were both slaves. He told us how dangerous life was there. He also said...", Padme started to choke up with tears.
"What is it", Bail leans in. He wanted to know more about this man because he could maybe find him and help Padme.
"His mother was raped, beaten, and killed in front of his own eyes", Padme cries laying her head between Bail's arms.
"That must of been rough for him as a kid then", Bail softly says. Padme pulled her head from Bail and wiped his tears.
"Yeah but he seems better now, he left that dust ball and moved here", Padme smirks. She wishes that Anakin was here his presence would soothe her grief and pain.
Bail felt somewhat happy, there was hope. If he could find this man and bring him to the palace, then Padme won't be all depressed like she is now. Her boyfriend is hiding something that she doesn't know what it is, and she has no one else to turn to. Watching Obi Wan and Sabe have fun made her jealous.
"Padme how about we go for a walk outside", Bail asks. She gave him a questionable look.
"We are under lockdown Bail we can't", she points out. Bail knows that but because they are both senators they can probably bribe the soldiers to let them walk around Theed for a bit.
"I know but who says we can't", Bail argues.
"What are you trying to say", Padme questions.
"I will bribe the soldiers so they can let us have a nice walk around the city. It's nothing to crazy", he consoles to her. "So what do you say", he continues.
Padme wiped her face and sat there for a second contemplating.
"You know what, let's do it I need a breath of fresh air anyways", she says.
"Great let's go then", he replies.
Padme and Bail exited the Palace when two Republic guards approached them.
"Sorry senators but orders from the Chancellor state that you must wait inside", the soldier mentions.
"I know but here", says Bail handing them both credits. They looked up at the senator and gave estranged looks.
"Sorry sir but what is this for", says the soldier.
Bail smiled and looked at the confused soldier.
"I gave you both credits so you can let me and Senator Amidala go and take a walk around the city. When we return I will give you double", he answers to him.
The two soldiers looked at each other and then back at Bail. They both nodded and accepted the bribe.
"Thank you senator", says the soldier.
"Anytime", says Bail.
As Bail and Padme got out of the soldiers' sights Padme couldn't help but laugh.
"That was too easy", she claims.
"I know", Bail responds.
They began walking through the main street of Theed. Padme nudged Bail and signaled him to take a left down this street which was the one Anakin's makeshift home was.
At that time there were two jedi patrolling the street checking every alley and corner. Padme and Bail reached one of the jedi, and they waved to him. However the jedi ignited his lightsaber and approached the senators hissing at them. Bail and Padme backed themselves up to a wall, when a second jedi came to them.
They both cornered Padme and Bail.
"What are you doing", Bail shouts. The jedi inched closer to Bail and put his lightsaber mere centimeters from Bail's neck.
"Don't hurt him", Padme protests. Suddenly the second jedi grabbed her and started undressing her. Padme couldn't believe it, a jedi was going to rape her. This was going to be the third time she was about to be raped.
She tried to escape his grasp but he was too strong for her. Bail attempted to help Padme but couldn't because the other corrupt jedi is holding him down.
"LET ME GO", Padme shouts as the jedi pulls her panties down. She starts crying in fear when the jedi whips his cock and starts rubbing it against her.
Anakin was sleeping peacefully when he heard a scream. "Are you fucking serious, I thought the military and jedi had this shit under control", Anakin mutters.
He heard the scream again and it grew louder. "I guess they don't, just shows how corrupt they are", he says to himself. He opens his small compartment, he grabs his mask and his white lightsaber. Anakin exits the dumpster more furious than before.
As he makes his way through the street he senses the distress and hastily makes his way over there. As Anakin turns the corner he can't believe what he was seeing. It was two jedi, one was raping and the other one was abusing the man. Anakin slowly approached and saw the woman was Padme.
"Padme", Anakin whispers. Without hesitation he ignites his lightsaber displaying the white blade of death. The jedi turned to the menance but it was too late. Anakin grabbed them both with the force and lifted them so high that if you were standing at the palace you can see the two jedi floating. He then dropped them to the ground and threw them to the wall. Anakin then force pulled both of the jedi to his feet. They looked up at the vigilante in fear.
"You shouldn't have done that you corrupt pieces of shit", he says coldly. Anakin then slices the heads of the two jedi.
Padme cowered behind Bail who stood in front of the Nightstalker. Bail never seen the vigilante before but can see why he is feared among many.
"Don't hurt us", Bail pleas. Anakin gave a look of worry underneath his mask. "Why is Padme always getting in this situations", he says to himself.
"Who do you think I am. I don't kill innocent people Senator", Anakin fires back.
"But you threatened the whole senate", Padme cuts in. She was beyond terrified. The vigilante's mask was dark, eerie, and emotionless.
"Not everyone Senator Amidala. I can see the corruption in the senate, more than anyone else. The people I kill commit acts that destroy people's humanity. There are senators in your senate that deserve to die", he replies.
"But violence isn't always the answer", Bail argues. He saw the vigilante tense up, but quickly calmed himself down. Anakin didn't want to blow up on them especially Padme.
"People are hurt, raped, maimed, taken into slavery everyday. These people are the ones behind it. So you can say all you want about violence being wrong and how I am a murderer. But I'm doing the galaxy a favor. Yes I think violence is wrong but with what these people are doing there is only way one it will end and it is to kill every single bastard left", Anakin says aggregivated.
Padme pulled from behind Bail and took a few steps near the vigilante. Anakin's heart was racing, her chocolate brown eyes was staring deeply into his dark mandalorian mask.
"Why don't you take your mask off", she softly asks. Anakin approaches her and slightly looks down. He towered over her. She lifted her head up to meet his mysterious face.
"I took an oath senator, I show my face to no one till the job is done", he says.
"When will it be done", she says. Anakin was dazed and somewhat annoyed why she kept asking questions.
"I believe you two should go back to the palace it is unsafe here", he orders.
Bail comes up next to Padme and looks at the vigilante.
"How do you know we are staying at the palace", Bail mentions to the vigilante.
Anakin turned off his lightsaber and he puts it back on his belt and looks at the two senators.
"I know a lot of things, that is how I snuck into 500 Republica and escaped without any problems. Now I'm not going to say it again. Leave it is not safe here, these streets are dangerous you almost got killed by these pieces of shit", Anakin says pointing to the dead corpses.
"Why don't you come with us. Me and Bail would love to talk with you", Padme softly says. It hit Anakin's heart deep, she really wanted to know the man behind the mask. Even though he wanted to go with them he felt it might be a trap.
"I will not fall for your trap Senator. I have the jedi and the military on my ass, going with you will leave me exposed. I will not be captured", he says menacingly.
"I really want to know more about this man, but he doesn't trust me", Padme says to herself.
"You don't trust me", she responds placing her hands on her hip.
"Somewhat yes, listen I know you two are good people. I know the people in the palace that you are with are good people but I'm sorry I will not go with you. These people need me to protect them from these devils. The jedi and military are scared little pieces of shit, they work more with the criminals then against them but propaganda says otherwise", Anakin says calmly. He fixes his robe and begins to walk away. Then Bail grabs his shoulder and the vigilante turned around.
"Wait please can you just escort us back", Bail says. Anakin began weighing his options. He risks getting spotted and having to run. But if he doesn't escort them then they could get attacked by other criminals and the oath he swore to protect people will be invalid.
Anakin nodded "Only for a little bit. You know I'm risking big just to keep true to my words of protecting people."
Bail shakes the vigilante hand "Thank you so much, I can't express my gratitude enough."
Padme involuntary runs towards the vigilante and softly embraces him. Anakin's heart began to race and Padme felt it. She didn't care she was happy to see that the man finally accepted their offer, she is hoping that she can get him to stay with them for at least a night.
"Why is she so touchy. I thought I was a psychopathic murderer not a teddy bear", Anakin smirks to himself. "Good thing she doesn't know who I truly am", he continues.
The three of them started walking back to the palace. Padme and Bail were walking next to each other, while Anakin kept his distance. The two senators started small chatting, while Anakin kept silent and stayed vigilant looking at everything that might jump at him.
"So Nightstalker", Padme teases "Do you want to stay with us", she continues.
"Why does she keep trying to have me stay", Anakin mutters to himself.
"Sorry Senator but I can't it's too risky", Anakin says.
Bail turned to Anakin and scratched the back of his neck nervously. Anakin turned to the senator and saw he was trying to say something.
"What is it senator I can sense you are trying to say something", Anakin reveals.
"Well all I wanted to say is that me and senator Amidala believe that you aren't a psychopath. The jedi and republic portray you as a ruthless killer but to us you seem like a good man beneath that mask", Bail replies.
Anakin was battling between his emotions. His norrmal self and his vigilante side kept kicking in back and forth. All he wanted to do was show his true identity but knew he couldn't. As Anakin was about to say something back, they finally reached the palace. Anakin sighed in relief he couldn't wait to leave because they are tempting him to show his true self.
The Nightstalker stopped at the bottom of the steps and looked at Padme and Bail.
"Well here you are", Anakin says. Bail then approached Anakin and expressed his thanks to him.
"Thank you", Padme says. Her small body getting awfully close to Anakin.
He just nodded and walked away from Padme and Bail. They both watched the Nightstalker jump on the roof with the force and vanish into the city.
"He isn't as bad as he seems", Bail points out to Padme. She nodded in agreement however she kept thinking about the interaction with the vigilante.
"Hey Padme looks go back inside", Bail says. He walks up to the soldiers and pays them double just how he said he was going to. Then Padme and Bail entered the palace. They walked to the main hall and were met with concerned looks.
"Where were you two, we searched everywhere for you", Obi Wan says concerned. Sabe was next to him and expressed the same look.
"Look I'm sorry Padme, I didn't mean to hurt you I just got caught up in the moment", Sabe says softly. Padme walks up to Sabe and hugs her.
"It's okay Sabe", she replies.
"Are you sure I said some pretty nasty stuff. You can hate me, because I will understand why you did", Sabe says.
"No trust me Sabe we are best friends, I threw those thoughts away", Padme beams.
Sabe then embraced her and thanked Padme for forgiving her for what she did earlier at breakfast.
Obi Wan smiled at the sight of Padme and Sabe becoming friends again. But he crossed his arms and approached Bail.
"You still haven't told me where you and Padme were", Obi Wan says.
Bail looked at Padme for assistance and luckily she came to his aid.
"Me and Padme went outside for a walk. She needed fresh air so I bribed the soldiers to let us walk without any trouble", Bail responds. Obi Wan's face lit up.
"YOU WHAT", Obi Wan shouts.
Padme jumps to Bail's assistance "it was my idea Obi Wan don't blame Bail he just helped me."
"Padme you could've got hurt", he says worriedly.
Padme then smirked a bit and looked back at Obi Wan.
"Yeah but the Nightstalker was there to save us", she replies.
"What are you talking about", Obi Wan says. "What is she talking about", he continues looking at Bail.
Bail cleared his throat and found a bench to sit on. Padme followed and sat next to him. Obi, Sabe, Shaak Ti, and Aayla stayed standing.
"Well me and Padme were walking and we saw two lovely jedi patrolling the streets. However they both ignited their lightsabers and cornered us. One attempted to rape Padme, while the other one made me watch with a lightsaber mere inches to my throat", Bail says still shaken. No one could ever believe that a jedi would take part in this malicious acts.
Obi Wan, Aayla, and Shaak Ti were in disbelief. Never have then seen a jedi become so corrupt. Obi Wan began questioning everything the jedi stood for.
He then turned to the two other jedi masters.
"The Nightstalker is right, the jedi are corrupt. I don't know how he found out but he did. This incident proves it, we have to contact the council about this discovery", Obi Wan says scratching his beard.
Shaak Ti nods and leaves to contact the council. Obi Wan then pulled his lightsaber out and said "Where are these two traitors now", he says infuriated.
Padme looked at the angered Obi Wan. She has never seen him act like this. He usually is calm and never expresses his anger. But hearing that the jedi, his job that he dedicated his entire life to is taking part in these acts makes him enraged.
"The Nightstalker already handled with them Obi Wan. We talked to him for a bit and he decided to escort us back to the palace. We tried to get him to stay at least a night but he refused", Bail responds.
Obi Wan needed to find this man. He needs to ask him how he knows the jedi are corrupt. Obi Wan wants to save the order, he doesn't want it to fall. He wants the jedi to return to their old ways which is being peacekeeps not law enforcement.
"You two should rest", Obi Wan says to Bail and Padme. They both agreed and left to go to their rooms.
Shaak Ti contacts the council sparking an immediate meeting.
"Hmm organized a meeting you have. Important this may be", Yoda says.
Shaak Ti nodded "I have some bad news that I have to address to the council."
"What is it", Ki-Adi Mundi asks.
Shaak Ti kept hesitating. She was afraid to tell the council of what those two jedi did. But she had to do it anyway.
"Senator Organa and Amidala snuck out of the palace to take a walk. They said they were walking when they spotted two jedi. They peacefully waved to them but the two jedi approached them and ignited their lightsabers. They cornered the two senators and one of the jedi knights began to rape senator Amidala while the other threatened to kill Senator Organa", Shaak Ti chokes. She still couldn't believe what she just told the council.
It was silent. "What happened to the two jedi", says Plo Koon curiously.
"The Nightstalker came and murdered them both. Senator Organa and Amidala talked to the vigilante for a bit and they he agreed to escort them back to the palace then fled", says Shaak Ti.
"Hmm strange this is. Nightstalker may be useful then we expected him to be. If he noticed the corruption in the order then he can help us fix it", Yoda states.
"Do you think we can still trust him. He probably wouldn't side with us, he saw two jedi rape and threaten two senators", Kit Fisto questions.
Plo Koon agreed with Kit Fisto "I don't think the Nightstalker wants to help us because we were trying to kill him before."
Yoda sat there thinking. Never before did he have to deal with an incident like this in the order.
"Master Shaak Ti do nothing yet you shall, talk about this tomorrow we will, need rest I do", Yoda says. The jedi masters nod and the meeting ends.
Padme entered her room and couldn't stop thinking about what happened earlier with the Nightstalker.
"There is something strange about him. It feels like I know him from somewhere but I can't grasp on where", Padme says to herself.
"I wish he stayed for at least one night, because maybe just maybe he would show his identity", she continues.
She always thought he was murdering freak who killed people without remorse. However hearing what he told her and Bail, she felt a different side of him. A more human side to him. "Maybe there actually is someone behind that mask", Padme mutters.
Meanwhile
Anakin returned back to his makeshift home. He took off his mask and throws his lightsaber in the secret compartment.
"Anakin what the fuck were you thinking, you almost exposed yourself", he screams to himself. "But they understand me, they believe I am not a bad person", he protests.
His inner thoughts kept a constant battle between his normal self and his vigilante side. Anakin couldn't wait till it was over so he can put this life as the Nightstalker away. He wants to be normal but his mission isn't fulfilled yet.
Anakin grabbed his cloak and turned it into a small pillow. He rested his head and heaved a big sigh.
"You are a good man", Anakin repeats to himself before he closes his eyes and falls asleep.
End of Chapter 9
