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Ch. 8 The Line

"Well, they could be just walking somewhere for all we know Master Jedi."

Raider tried to excuse while looking up at the tall Master.

"Not with Obi-Wan not replying to me, and not with Jesi without her i.d.or keycard."

"No disrespect but last time that woman was missing she was merely in the Historical Museum."

"*That woman* plays a critical part in the negotiations as IGPG Representative here and is a close friend, I'd rather see to it she and my apprentice were safe now just in a museum than waiting and finding out later we could have prevented something worse from happening."

Qui-Gon lashed at the Lt.Colonel.Raider sighed softly.

"I'm sorry for my bluntness Master Jedi, please excuse it I am just stressed as are you. I will send out our forces to search the grounds and an investigation will begin if you wish it."

Qui-Gon calmed now seeing that the Lt.Colonel was true to his word.

"I suggest the investigation."

"Where do you purpose they start?"

Qui-Gon glanced around the corridor they were in.

"The quarters would be logical."

He replied. Raider nodded and turned slightly speaking into his comm.Qui-Gon's worry was growing now more than ever. It was becoming more than he could ignore.

"This way Master Jedi."

Raider said leading down the corridor.

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Obi-Wan heard voices now. They were hushed and whispered and he couldn't quite make them out. He began to sit up knowing full well of the pain in the back of his head. He was in a dark room with cement floor walls and cline. Looking at what he was laying on it was an old cot, dull green and stained.With a deep breath he reached out into the Force. His mind was quiet and it was easy to move around. Coming to the bond he shared with his master he found that quiet as well, barriers were up on his Master's side.Why was he blocking him out? Obi-Wan didn't have time to think on it because the door opened and a dark cloaked figure entered.

/Greetings young Jedi./

Obi-Wan jerked straighter as the voice rang in his head. A chuckle filled his mind.

/Yes, I can communicate with you within your own mind. Much like I am with you friend Jesi./

Obi-Wan eyed the cloak.

"Where am I? What's this got to do with Jesi?"

Obi-Wan asked, his voice raw and hoarse.

/You, young Kenobi, are in a place very far away from anyone who can help you./

Replied the cloak.

/And Jesi has everything to do with all of this...but I'll explain that later. For now you come with me./

The cloak moved it's hand out of it's folded sleeve and Obi-Wan's legs stood.

"How did you do that?"

Obi-wan asked alarmed by the action. A chuckle again filled his mind and the cloak turned away and Obi-Wan followed instinctively.

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"There isn't anything was in the other quarters sir. Everything is in the order she had to of left it."

Qui-Gon supressed a sigh as the guard reported what they found in Jesi's quarters, which was nothing. Another guard approached and whispered something into Raider's ear. Qui-Gon saw his eyes widen slightly and looked at him.

"..M-Master Jedi, you said you found Cpt.Stafferi in the Museum's Historical Library?"

He asked shakily.

"Yes." Qui-Gon nodded. Raider didn't say anything for a moment. He just had a far off look in his eyes.

"Di-Does Cpt. Stafferi have the gift of the Force? Is she Force sensitive?" He asked lowly.

"Yes, but she was never trained."

Qui-Gon replied noticing how quickly the color drained from Raider's face as well as the guard's who had told him something to start off these questions.

"So..yourself,your apprentice,..*and* Cpt. Stafferi are all Jedi?"

"Yes you could say that. Is something wrong Lt.Colonel?"

"That's three.."

"Oh Gods."

Raider and the guard muttered.

"Grant it's already the second shift, there's only 2 more to go." The guard said.

"Which is only 3 days, I know."

"Raider, what is going on? Is something wrong?"

Qui-Gon asked. He was very confused by their reactions. It was as though he'd said that there was a bomb right under them.

"You have no idea." Raider said breathlessly.

"Come with me." He said hurriedly. Qui-Gon ignored his confusion and followed.

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"How could I possibly change what has already happened?"

Jesi asked looking at Raiy so wistfully.

"Your future can change the past Jes."

Jesi shook her head in question.

"Jesi,"

Raiy took her hand in his.

"There is a lifeforce here, a lifeforce with such power that he could change everything. Mold it into whatever you wanted it to be."

Jesi continued to stare at him.'Here?' Here was inside her mind, and she did not have that power, she was in her mind still....right?

"Listen carefully, where you are now, your physical self, you're in a sacred place in a sacred time. The New Season is a time for the future and past to meet on Tuckia and if your future and past meet, truly meet, you can change the present."

Jesi shook her head.

"I don't understand."

She admitted. Raiy took in a breath.

"Let me put it like this, if you sacrifice your future you can change the past."

Jesi tilted her head in interest.Change the past....

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"Where are we?"

Obi-Wan asked stopping before he entered the building before him.

/Like I said before, a place very far away from anyone who can help you. And a place that you cannot run from. Just follow me./

The cloak said stopping at the top of the stairs to look at him.Obi-Wan hesitated. They had walked through fields just to get here. They walked a long way..course that didn't seem like it took that long at all. In fact it seemed like only minutes ago he had been in that room.

Following he entered the building. They went up a stairway and down a hallway. Stepping out onto a balcony Obi-Wan froze looking at the horizan.The darkest clouds he had ever seen swirled.

/Do you know what the source of those clouds are? What that storm is?/

Asked the cloak.Obi-Wan shook his head walking to the rail.

/That storm is everything that is in your worst nightmares. Everything that would possibly go wrong. In that storm is every war that has ever been fought, every wrong that has never been right./

"What do you mean?"

Obi-Wan asked watching as the storm itself seemed to grow.

/That storm is the signature of evil. An evil that will grow and dominate anything and everything in it's path./

Obi-wan looked at the cloak. He had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

/That storm is hungry, and it's looking for you, your Master, and your friend./

"Why us?"

Obi-Wan asked hiding his alarm.

/Because, young Kenobi, you three are sent by fate. You've been aligned by the stars and every power in the universe. You're all part of a game and you're the three most important pieces on the boards./

"And we're all in check."

Obi-Wan added seeing a lightning strike down.

Tbc....

So? Was that any good? If you're a bit confused, GOOD! :) That is exactly what I'm looking for. If you're not confused than let's see where you draw the line.

Until Later,

Elli