Chapter 4
Nicia sat in the cockpit of the Anala, in the co-pilots seat sat Adi Gallia and behind them her apprentice Siri. Nicia glanced over at Adi. The Council member was anything but happy. Qui-Gon had deliberately disobeyed the council's wishes. Of course it was not the first time and probably not the last.
"Do you think he is headed for Klaus?" Nicia asked trying to break the uneasy silence.
"If he got the same information we did." Adi said calmly. Qui-Gon was at most a day ahead of them. After extensive questioning of witnesses, Nicia and Adi had come to the conclusion that the Sith was heading to Klaus. Neither Jedi have ever heard of the planet.
Adi's com-link buzzed. She took it from her belt and answered the call.
"Adi."
"Adi, its Mace. The council just received a transmission from Klaus. A woman who works in the Oles Mental Institution says that Obi-Wan has been held there for the past week. " Mace informed her.
"Who was the woman?" Nicia asked.
" She didn't want to give her name. I told her that you would contact her the minute you reached Klaus."
"All right." Adi said then cut the communication.
"Finally we are getting somewhere." Nicia said relieved that they now knew where to find the boy, but still something in the back of her mind was bothering her.
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Qui-Gon stepped of his transport and immediately went to an air taxi and ordered the driver to take him to Oles Mental institution. Qui-Gon had gone start to Elek after leaving the temple and He had sought out information, rather forcefully until he got the answers he wanted.
Once he was on his way to Klaus, Qui-Gon had contacted all his informants on that planet. Qui-Gon had been to Klaus once many years ago when Xanatos was still his Padawan. After a half hour one of his informants contacted him and said that witness had seen some one fitting Obi-Wan's description being wheeled into a mental institution. Qui-Gon's anger rose again when he heard this. He swore if anything happened to Obi-Wan, everyone responsible would pay.
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It was late into the night or extremely early in the morning, whichever way you wanted to look at it. There was hardly anyone awake. Liliana walked casually down the halls as though she were only making her rounds. She turned the corner, stopped and looked down the hall to make sure no one saw her. She then quickly went into the room.
"Did you contact the council?" Obi-Wan asked the second Liliana was in the room and closed the door behind her.
"Yes I talked to a Master Mace Windu. Do you know him?"
"Yes I know him."
"All right he said that they sent a team and that they would be arriving in two hours or so." Liliana explained.
"How am I going to get out of here without being noticed?" Obi-Wan asked. Liliana smiled and pulled out a needle filled with a clear liquid.
"I have got that all planned out." She said, " This is Midi34. It will make you appear to be dead, even the machines will be fooled. When it will actually be more of an extremely deep sleep." She looked at the needle and tapped it a few times. " Then once the doctors confirm you dead they will take you down to the morgue. Once the Jedi come I'll take them to you and then give you the antidote and then you guys can head out the basement exit."
"You have this pretty planned out." Obi-Wan commented. Liliana nodded in agreement.
"All right Obi-Wan I just need you to sit back, relax and I'll see you in a few hours." Liliana injected the drug into Obi-Wan.
Within seconds the drug kicked in and Obi-Wan's breathing slowed. The machines that monitored his heart rate began to beep more urgently. Liliana began to leave the room. She knew that the doctors would be in soon to try to stabilize Obi-Wan and if they saw her they would surly suspect something. With one last look at Obi-Wan Liliana left the room and slipped down the hall.
A few seconds later Doctors and Nurses entered the room and began to frantically revive the falling patient. The Monitor showed a flat line.
"Let him go." One of the doctors said. "Time of death 1:36 AM." One of the nurses pulled the hospital blankets up and over Obi-Wan's head.
To be continued
