Disclaimer-See part I
~*~*~*~In the room of a Thousand Fountains*~*~*~*~
"Come on Katina get in here, it is really nice!" Yan yelled from the water.
"Of course it's nice, there is a climate control in here. Anyway I am waiting for Ki-Adi to contact me.I told you this" she shouted back sounding very annoyed.
Her belt was lying on the ground next to her and near by was Yan's. She ran her finger through the soft grass and felt the warm, yet artificial sun on her face. She closed her eyes and enjoyed its warmth. He mind was drifting when the warmth began to feel cold and shadowed, almost like it was raining.
Katina opened her eyes to find that Yan was bending over on her, "Yan STOP, you're dripping on me. I have to go to that senate hearing later today and I don't want to be all wet."
"Oh stop with the excuses, you aren't very fun." He said and left back for the water.
She laid down and tried to get back on the train of thought when she heard Yan's soggy clothes come near her and she suspected he was going to join her on the grass. However she was disrupted I her thoughts when she felt a splash of water all over her head. She sat up and saw Yan with an empty bucket in his hands and she heard the laughter of other padawans near by. She quickly got up as Yan started to run away.
"Oh, you are going to get it! Get BACK HERE!" she screamed as she chased him back into the water.
Right when Yan was going to dive under she jumped on his back and they both ended up in the lukewarm water face first. When they surfaced Yan looked at Katina and said, "I thought you had to go to the senate?"
"You're such a Nerf-Hearder!" and with those words she hit her hand against the water and splashed Yan. Katina laughed as he spit out water that he caught from the splash. "Ha ha teach you"
Yan only smiled and using the force pushed Katina into sitting position into the water. Katina looked at him and saw him coming at her again but out of the corner of her eye she say a red light blinking on her belt.
"No Yan stop, my comm.-link is blinking, it's Ki-Adi"
She got up to retrieve the link while water poured off her. She picked up the comm..-link and turned it on the communication.
"Yes Master", Katina said to him.
"Katina, where are you I went looking for you in your quarters." Ki-Adi's voice said through the comm.-link.
"I am sorry master but Yan and I decided to go for a walk in the fountain room" she said apologetically while watching Yan collapse into the grass next to her.
"This is regarding this evenings senate hearing, I will be at your quarters, again, in about 17 mins. To meet you so we can get a transport to the Senate." He said.
"Alright, I will hurry, see you then" She turned off the comm.-link and buckled it around her waist. "Yan I have to go, you heard what Ki said."
"Sure tell me tomorrow what happened" he said as he waved good-bye to her.
Katina turned and ran toward the lift to get to her floor. When she got off she knew she only had 12 minutes left. When she thought this she smiled to herself and realized that her masters precision in time has come to show in her. She hurried into her quarters and changed out of her wet, soggy clothes into a nicer, newer pair of clothes. She knew Ki would be here soon. She dried her hair and sat down resting for a while before she heard a casual nock on the door. She put on her robe as she walked to open the door.
"Are you ready?" her master asked.
"Of course I am, like always." She replied with a big smile.
He out his hand on her shoulder and led her out of the door.
"You seem very happy, have a good day?" He asked.
"I was fun I suppose, getting out of the temple once in a while is enough to make me happy anyway" she said still with a big smile on her face.
Ki-Adi said nothing, only chuckled at her comment. It seemed to lighten him up a little. Katina thought there was something wrong in his eyes but when she heard him laugh she dismissed the thought out of her mind.
They walked down the halls and knew every turn and step my heart, (hearts). Ki-Adi and Katina moved quickly to the boarding platform just outside the temple. A person came up to them and greeted them and showed them to their seats on the small transport. Not long after they were on their way.
"How do you think this matter will resolve Master?" she said breaking the silence.
"Personally I have great faith in the senate and they will know what to do, but of course it will be understandable if they will need our help in this, perhaps to appoint up to the position as an investigator?"
"I am still confused by one part of this, these stolen documents that we are possible to find, what did they contain? Why are they so confidential?"
"Very good question my padawan. I don't think I need to tell you, just wait and during the hearing you may stumble across your answer. You would never learn anything if I told you everything now would you?"
She only smiled in return and said, "Yes master, I guess you are right, typically"
The person who seated them came in and informed them that they were there.
~*~*~*~*~*~The Senate Hearing~*~*~*~*~*~
Ki-Adi-Mundi and Katina sat in a small booth overseeing the senate hearing. This was very different to the other senate hearings she has been to. It was in a small room with a balcony overseeing a table with seats all around it and an elevated chair at the head of the table. Sitting in the elevated chair was Palpatine himself.
A senate member stood and stated his accusation, "The documents to this meeting were found missing by myself 4 days ago. These documents were top secret and were never meant to be seen by only me and my colleague. I have reasons to believe that the representative from Alderaan is under suspicion. Formally he has had accesses to these documents until he was proven to work for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, as a spy. We know not where he is now as I see around this table he has not made an appearance."
Another mad around stood up and said "Representative Accdon could not make it because he has fallen Ill and I shall speak for him" He looked around the table for a while. "Chancellor Palpatine as excused him tonight and has given me full say on this matter." The other man sat down when he heard this. "There is no proof that Alderaan's Representative Accdon was in alliance with C.I.S and so therefore he was excused from this accusation and allowed to resume his term in office. The point that you are making to the full senate is ridicules by accusing him of stealing these documents likewise.." He was cut off by the Chancellor who stood to end this argument.
"I believe that both representatives from planets Alderaan and Exonn have made their point clearly but yet it had not stated on the record yet what these documents were about. So please would the Representative from Exonn clear this up for us." He said sitting back down and giving his full attention to him.
"These documents are of a study that our scientists are doing to create clones that have more then average strength. These clones would be able to be fully concentrated on a military basis and combat situations. We can alter their genes to make then obey more and have less of an independent mind. In these documents there were even notes about ways to speed up the aging process so it wouldn't take a life time to create an army." With his last word he sat down and awaited the response of the small group.
The Chancellor once again made himself noticed by all who where there. Every species looked up to him to give his final words. "Seeing that there was a possibility that the representative from Alderaan had stole the documents I request to send an investigator to Alderaan to uncover the truth about this matter and to find evidence of these stolen documents."
He said his last words and formally ended the meeting. As people started to shuffle out of the room Katina and Ki-Adi still sat in deep thought. Even though they did know that these documents were important they never knew the extent of it. Ki-Adi tapped Katina's shoulder and she got up and followed him to the transport. They sat down in their seats eager to get back to the temple, both Ki-Adi and Katina had news.
Katina broke the silence and it seemed Ki-Adi was expecting it. "I guess we are going to Alderaan"
"Yes we are." He said still in deep thought.
"Master the part about this that makes me alert is the fact that The C.I.S. may be involved in this. What would happen if this cot completely out of control?"
He simple looked at her and said "That is what we are here for ."
She nodded and thought, "Yes we are"
"Come on Katina get in here, it is really nice!" Yan yelled from the water.
"Of course it's nice, there is a climate control in here. Anyway I am waiting for Ki-Adi to contact me.I told you this" she shouted back sounding very annoyed.
Her belt was lying on the ground next to her and near by was Yan's. She ran her finger through the soft grass and felt the warm, yet artificial sun on her face. She closed her eyes and enjoyed its warmth. He mind was drifting when the warmth began to feel cold and shadowed, almost like it was raining.
Katina opened her eyes to find that Yan was bending over on her, "Yan STOP, you're dripping on me. I have to go to that senate hearing later today and I don't want to be all wet."
"Oh stop with the excuses, you aren't very fun." He said and left back for the water.
She laid down and tried to get back on the train of thought when she heard Yan's soggy clothes come near her and she suspected he was going to join her on the grass. However she was disrupted I her thoughts when she felt a splash of water all over her head. She sat up and saw Yan with an empty bucket in his hands and she heard the laughter of other padawans near by. She quickly got up as Yan started to run away.
"Oh, you are going to get it! Get BACK HERE!" she screamed as she chased him back into the water.
Right when Yan was going to dive under she jumped on his back and they both ended up in the lukewarm water face first. When they surfaced Yan looked at Katina and said, "I thought you had to go to the senate?"
"You're such a Nerf-Hearder!" and with those words she hit her hand against the water and splashed Yan. Katina laughed as he spit out water that he caught from the splash. "Ha ha teach you"
Yan only smiled and using the force pushed Katina into sitting position into the water. Katina looked at him and saw him coming at her again but out of the corner of her eye she say a red light blinking on her belt.
"No Yan stop, my comm.-link is blinking, it's Ki-Adi"
She got up to retrieve the link while water poured off her. She picked up the comm..-link and turned it on the communication.
"Yes Master", Katina said to him.
"Katina, where are you I went looking for you in your quarters." Ki-Adi's voice said through the comm.-link.
"I am sorry master but Yan and I decided to go for a walk in the fountain room" she said apologetically while watching Yan collapse into the grass next to her.
"This is regarding this evenings senate hearing, I will be at your quarters, again, in about 17 mins. To meet you so we can get a transport to the Senate." He said.
"Alright, I will hurry, see you then" She turned off the comm.-link and buckled it around her waist. "Yan I have to go, you heard what Ki said."
"Sure tell me tomorrow what happened" he said as he waved good-bye to her.
Katina turned and ran toward the lift to get to her floor. When she got off she knew she only had 12 minutes left. When she thought this she smiled to herself and realized that her masters precision in time has come to show in her. She hurried into her quarters and changed out of her wet, soggy clothes into a nicer, newer pair of clothes. She knew Ki would be here soon. She dried her hair and sat down resting for a while before she heard a casual nock on the door. She put on her robe as she walked to open the door.
"Are you ready?" her master asked.
"Of course I am, like always." She replied with a big smile.
He out his hand on her shoulder and led her out of the door.
"You seem very happy, have a good day?" He asked.
"I was fun I suppose, getting out of the temple once in a while is enough to make me happy anyway" she said still with a big smile on her face.
Ki-Adi said nothing, only chuckled at her comment. It seemed to lighten him up a little. Katina thought there was something wrong in his eyes but when she heard him laugh she dismissed the thought out of her mind.
They walked down the halls and knew every turn and step my heart, (hearts). Ki-Adi and Katina moved quickly to the boarding platform just outside the temple. A person came up to them and greeted them and showed them to their seats on the small transport. Not long after they were on their way.
"How do you think this matter will resolve Master?" she said breaking the silence.
"Personally I have great faith in the senate and they will know what to do, but of course it will be understandable if they will need our help in this, perhaps to appoint up to the position as an investigator?"
"I am still confused by one part of this, these stolen documents that we are possible to find, what did they contain? Why are they so confidential?"
"Very good question my padawan. I don't think I need to tell you, just wait and during the hearing you may stumble across your answer. You would never learn anything if I told you everything now would you?"
She only smiled in return and said, "Yes master, I guess you are right, typically"
The person who seated them came in and informed them that they were there.
~*~*~*~*~*~The Senate Hearing~*~*~*~*~*~
Ki-Adi-Mundi and Katina sat in a small booth overseeing the senate hearing. This was very different to the other senate hearings she has been to. It was in a small room with a balcony overseeing a table with seats all around it and an elevated chair at the head of the table. Sitting in the elevated chair was Palpatine himself.
A senate member stood and stated his accusation, "The documents to this meeting were found missing by myself 4 days ago. These documents were top secret and were never meant to be seen by only me and my colleague. I have reasons to believe that the representative from Alderaan is under suspicion. Formally he has had accesses to these documents until he was proven to work for the Confederacy of Independent Systems, as a spy. We know not where he is now as I see around this table he has not made an appearance."
Another mad around stood up and said "Representative Accdon could not make it because he has fallen Ill and I shall speak for him" He looked around the table for a while. "Chancellor Palpatine as excused him tonight and has given me full say on this matter." The other man sat down when he heard this. "There is no proof that Alderaan's Representative Accdon was in alliance with C.I.S and so therefore he was excused from this accusation and allowed to resume his term in office. The point that you are making to the full senate is ridicules by accusing him of stealing these documents likewise.." He was cut off by the Chancellor who stood to end this argument.
"I believe that both representatives from planets Alderaan and Exonn have made their point clearly but yet it had not stated on the record yet what these documents were about. So please would the Representative from Exonn clear this up for us." He said sitting back down and giving his full attention to him.
"These documents are of a study that our scientists are doing to create clones that have more then average strength. These clones would be able to be fully concentrated on a military basis and combat situations. We can alter their genes to make then obey more and have less of an independent mind. In these documents there were even notes about ways to speed up the aging process so it wouldn't take a life time to create an army." With his last word he sat down and awaited the response of the small group.
The Chancellor once again made himself noticed by all who where there. Every species looked up to him to give his final words. "Seeing that there was a possibility that the representative from Alderaan had stole the documents I request to send an investigator to Alderaan to uncover the truth about this matter and to find evidence of these stolen documents."
He said his last words and formally ended the meeting. As people started to shuffle out of the room Katina and Ki-Adi still sat in deep thought. Even though they did know that these documents were important they never knew the extent of it. Ki-Adi tapped Katina's shoulder and she got up and followed him to the transport. They sat down in their seats eager to get back to the temple, both Ki-Adi and Katina had news.
Katina broke the silence and it seemed Ki-Adi was expecting it. "I guess we are going to Alderaan"
"Yes we are." He said still in deep thought.
"Master the part about this that makes me alert is the fact that The C.I.S. may be involved in this. What would happen if this cot completely out of control?"
He simple looked at her and said "That is what we are here for ."
She nodded and thought, "Yes we are"