Note: Thanks for the reviews!!! Nike (Black olivers peppori, and ugh....mushrooms. Got it. Thank ye for the vote! Sure why not bring in food bribes? People will think you're insane but, hey, who cares?! ;) ) Freakizimi ( lol! Violent, violent child! Oh....heh, me too. Violence is my food...not really lol. Slight fight here, action too. Much more in the next one though heheheheh. Anyone like Chinese? Mexican?) KenobisGirl (heh. Triple A! Thank ya, and I hurried honest! Next chapter will be up soon!) Ganki ( ;) Semi spooky. There'll be LOTS of questions by the end. And I mean A LOT! *Doesn't even want to count*) phoenixqueen ( NO! No no no no no no no no no. And NO! Absolutely NO romantic relations with Jesi and any known SW characters! That includes, crushes, flings, intintional flirts, and a lot of other stuff. You have to think of it from his view, Jesi is about the closest thing to a mother, or family *other than Qui-Gon* and she just had triplets. That's the other thing. He's a Jedi, he probably never knew a person closely who was with child. heheheheheheh. Ugh, I'm still laughing! ;) Cheese pizza? Okay, you're easy! As for the special present....mwhahahaha, you'll just have to wait and find out!) Shen Panda ( Quite an outburst. Heh, cookies good? Right out of the roll heh. Here's some band-aides and neosporan cause I feel so bad about dropping you off a cliff. ;) As for Grifth's little....uh...mission, you have to remember he's working for someone. There's something else that he wants, he as in Grifth or the leader dude no one (not even me) knows. Bounty hunter, yes, but there's something else too. Simpleton, not. ;) Did I confuse you more now? heheheh. Thank ya!)
Thanks again guys! Hope you like this chapter, it's not the best but at least it's not boring! I assure you. Things are starting to come into play...and people. Don't kill me at the end of this!!!!!!! Lots of questions will be at the end, I know. Enjoy, and happy reading! Oh, btw Ep. II is only three days away!!! But, hey, who's counting? ;) Oh, and Maggie if you're reading this, Thanks again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (She bought pre-tickets so we can see ON thursday!!! YAY! MAGGIE RULES! lol)
Ch. 5 Treading Dark Waters
**** Nearly 3 hours after last Chapter****
"Master Kik'Rin, could you come and take a look at this please." Bant called not taking her eyes off the computer screen infront of her.
"Yes Bant?" Kik'Rin answered moving towards the student. Looking over the girl's shoulder the Master Healer frowned.
"What by the Force..?" She murmured leaning closer to look at the digitally spread DNA strand.
"This is boy B's sample." Bant said. The elder female's frown deepened. The DNA strand was normal, the blue shown brightly in it's readings implying it Force-senstive...but interwoven in that blue was a rich black.
"And the others?"
"They're different.." Bant replied punching in a few keys and the screen split into three showing three different, but nearly exactly the same DNA strands.
"Enlarge this one." The Twi'lek instructed. Bant did so. Kik'Rin studied it. This one had something different...every third brink was a solid color...no different genes within it, the others were normal.
"Who is this one?"
"The girl." The rotating model made both healers uneasy.
"Boy A? What of his?" Bant enlarged Boy A's model.Kik'Rin's stomach turned.This had both appearences...the interwoven black and the third solid bar.
"Go help the others with examination and filing Bant."
"Yes Master Kik'Rin." Bant obeyed standing. Kik'Rin seated herself in the now vacant chair infront of the glaring monitor.
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Jesi stood in a darkened room surrounded by...well nothing. She'd been there seeming forever but could never move.With a deep breath she forced her muscles to obey. Finally they did and she slowly stepped further into the dark. Suddenly it was as if someone turned on a light, and the shadows slid away. Jesi now realized where she was. Her memory clicked vaguely into the room in which she had awoken in many months ago.Dark, and stone. The temple that Quire had brought 'her' to.
A small feeling brushed past her. Anger rose in her voice,
"Do you really think this is just a game?"
A chuckle filled the air.
"Actually, yes, I do." The deep voice she had heard in her nightmares many times said.
"But you see, I'm not your problem now Jesi."
"Then what..or who..is my problem?" Jesi growled looking around. Another chuckle and a dark cloaked figure emerged from the darkened corridors.
"I am." It said in a husky voice. Sliding off the hood Jesi only caught a glimpse of the dark hair and deathly white, scarred, skin before the shadows gripped her again with a cold vengence.
"Who are you?!" Jesi called into the echoes.
Jesi's eyes snapped open and looked directly at the person beside her. She jerked seeing the Rodain.
"Calm Ms.Stafferi, I am a healer here." Jesi tried to supress a shudder. Rodain's always gave her an odd feeling with their insectish facial features.
"You may call me La-Namdo."
"Where am I..?" Jesi trailed off as her memory started to come back into play. Her eyes slid to her even stomach.
"My bab-"
"Your children are fine Jesi." Obi-Wan said coming in the door as she said it. Jesi relaxed a little.
"Hey kid." She said.
"How do you feel Jesi?" Merican asked following Obi-Wan in.
"You've been asleep for nearly 3 hours." Jesi was surprised at this.
"I have?"
"Yes."
"Don't you remember anything?" Obi-wan asked taking a seat near the bed.
"Well..yes." Jesi said after a moment. "I remember talking to Qui-Gon, and being taken here...and talking to you Doctor, but that's it."
"That's all there was to it to be honest."
"Why can't I feel my stomach?" Jesi asked after she had placed her hand on her stomach and felt nothing.
"For a quick healing process we gave you Sirican. It numbs you totally from the waist down..in this case we gave you it from the bottom rib down." La-Namdo explained.
"Speaking of healing, we also placed bacta bandages on you're surgical wound, as well as Chora. Should almost be healed by now."
Jesi raised a brow at Merican. Silence stood a moment then Jesi said,
"Can I see my children?"
Merican smiled.
"Of course." He said.
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The supplies on the hover cart tittered a little as he stopped it waiting for his accomplice to open the door. The smooth hiss of the door to the nursery made his stomach flutter as the two moved inside. Four different Jedi Healers looked up at them.
"Oh, sorry, we were sent to-" His accomplice said with a fony grin as he pulled two blasters from under his white coat. Firing three times, three healers went down. There was no fourth shot. Instead the last standing said,
"About time you get here." The three infants whaled at the aburt noise disturbing them.One more person joined the original two.
"Hurry up, it won't be long before they sense us. I can't hold up for all of you." The healer said. The three quickly moved taking the infants from their cribs who screamed in protest.
"Get more blankets for them you idiots." The healer hissed. The trio did so wrapping the young children in them.
"Injections." The healer said taking a small leather flap from their pocket and taking one injection out at a time quickly giving them to the crying babies. Soon the room quieted and children only stirred occasionally.
"Alright, go. Be careful for Force sake."
The three nodded and placed the children in the cart's cabinet where more blankets awaited. Closing the doors two exited the room casually and moved towards the pharmacy wing. Two stayed behind. The healer looked at the other and placed the barrel of his blaster aiming into them and nodded. The other pulled the triggar and the healer fell. The other hesitated but then hurried to catch up to the others.
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"Well, back to your old self again huh?" Qui-Gon asked seeing Merican, Obi-Wan, and Jesi coming down the corridor. Jesi wasn't even aided to walk. This surprised her, but she imagined if she was numb she couldn't very well feel pain now could she.
"What did you expect?" She asked with a smile.The three stopped walking.
"There's someone here to see you by the way." Qui-Gon mentioned.
Jesi frowned."Who?"
Jinn shrugged."I don't know. He got in the legal way at least, so he passed security."
"We're about to see the trips, wish to join us?" Obi-Wan said lightly.
Qui-Gon glanced at Jesi. She nodded slightly.
"Alright." The master said.
As they continued the short distance three people passed them, one pushing a supplies cart, two following discussing something lightly. Merican nodded with a smile to them friendily. They nodded back as they passed. Jesi looked after them as they continued. A cold feeling wrapped around her.
"Jes?" Obi-Wan asked as she had slowed.
She looked back to him,
"Sorry." She murmured moving on.
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The healer lay on the floor, a pool of blood spilled. Slowly, the healer's concentration dwindled and the strings of the Force slipped away. Those bastards better be ready when this hits the rest of the Jedi...be ready.
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Mace, Ki Adi Mundi, and Plo Koon stopped talking abrutly. It was as though the entire area went silent around them. Darkness seeped into their thoughts. Dark intentions, dark deeds. Gaps were within the Force itself where there had been none.
"....Force.." Mace murmured.
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It was as though they had slammed into a brick wall. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan...and Jesi, had stopped suddenly. Merican turned to face them.
"Wha-"
"No." Jesi breathed running past the three men.
"Jesi!" Qui-Gon called.
"What's going on?" Merican asked as the two Jedi ran after her.
Jesi skidded into the room nearly gasping. Four bodies lay on the ground in pools of blood. She didn't recognize any of them...except Bant. Oh, Obi-Wan's friend.
"Jes." Qui-Gon burst into the room. Jesi knelt down by Bant placing two fingers on the young healer's neck.
"She's alive." She said looking at Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan as he came in.
"Bant?" Obi-Wan questioned shocked at first. Jinn slammed the emergency button, not knowing of the herd already heading down the corridor. Jesi jerked a towel off the cabinet kneeling again beside Bant and now Obi-Wan.
"Keep this on her." She said placing the towel and his hand over her wound. Qui-Gon checked the others. Only one other besides Bant was alive. Jesi stood looking at the vacant cribs. Small shadowed figures appeared suddenly in her eyes.
"Oops, sorry, we were sent to-" Jesi's heart lurched and she ran out of the room. Qui-gon looked up as she disappeared behind the door. Merican came in breathless.
"Mercy Force." He muttered looking at the bodies.
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Jesi followed on only spur of the moment actions. Turns, stairways, in and out of rooms.She ran past confused Jedi but didn't care. Finally, she knew where she was going..exactly where she was going. Exploding into the back room of the pharmacy she was met by the same man she'd seen pushing the cart.Without even hesiating as he raised his blaster she stepped forward grasping his jaw and the back of his hair quickly jerking in one swift movement. A small 'pop' sounded and she grabbed his blaster as he fell moving into the next room.
The two inside merely looked at her as she burst in already taking aim on the first one she saw. One was in the supplies chute with a bundle in blue in his arms. The other was moving to hand him another infant.
"You move and you die." Jesi growled. Both froze. Suddenly the man in the chute jammed the button to drop and he disappeared into the dark. The other moved to grab his blaster.Jesi was in slight shock before she reacted. She shot just before he did. His blast wavered and hit the wall behind her as he collapsed. Jesi rushed to the emergency lock down hitch next to the supply chute. She jerked it out and immediately the gears in the shoot groaned and the lights in the tunnel way shut off as the emergency ones came on flashing red and white.
"You're not going anywhere with him." She muttered. She turned and barely got a glance to the person behind her before she was knocked down by a blow.
"No one's going anywhere." Grifth growled as she recovered looking up at him.
"It's been far too long dear Jesi." He sneered bringing his fist down.
Tbc.....
:o hehehe. Sorry! Had to do it. I must have cliffies. Questions on everyone's mind, who the hell is the healer that's helping? Was it Bant or the other one that lived....and who was that? How did Grifth and the others get in? Help from the healer....or someone else??? Wasn't there observation camera's in the room and in the halls? Heheheheheh. I love being evil!!! More questions welcome, and they will definately be answered sooner or later throughout this fic, promise!
Thanks for the votes everyone!!!! Results are:
Boy A: Trace: 2
Chace: 1
Trevor: 1
Ka-Vain: 2
Boy B: Danion: 3
Jayce: 1
Other: Trevor over all with 2.
Girl: Si`Reia: 4 1/2 (!!!!)
Roan: 1 1/2
Jordain: Zippola. ;)
WINNERS! Boy B is Danion, Girl is by far Si`Reia, and boy A....uh..I could put the two votes for Trevor for Boy B into Boy A's and he'd be Trevor...or we can have another vote quick. I think we'll do that.
Boy A: Trace, Trevor, or Ka-Vain.
Last voting!!! Thanks again!
Till later,
Elli
P.S. No one think Shen Panda insane in the review cause I think what she's referring to is that I put 'supply shoot' in the original. LOL! I think I may want to start writing these chapters not so late at night heehehheh. Anyhew, had to clear her! Thanks guys! No one like Chinese or Mexican???? ;)
