Title:
In the Dark of the Night
Author: Felicia Zezili
Summary: A series of murders are linked to a Sith cult. After a Jedi Master
then dies under unexplained circumstances Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon investigate but
if they are not careful they will be the next victims of the cult. (Probably
not the best summary but it is more interesting then it sounds. I think. You be
the judge.)
Rating:
PG-13 (Violence/angst and a little language)
Time frame: Obi-Wan 17
Author's notes: here it is the rewritten version of "speak no evil" a lot has
changed some stuff is the same like the character names but there are many
differences almost nothing like the original I think. And as for the title I
got it from the Anastasia Movie soundtrack and the words to the song just seem
to go with the story. Why did I decide to change it? Well if you didn't read
the reason I put on the thread then here it is: The story wasn't really going
where I had hoped it was and to tell the truth I hadn't really thought much of
it out after chapter 3 I was winging it. Also I want the characters to be more
developed especially Master Bodil (Poor Master Bodil he didn't even get an on
screen role) and Kelilah's character cause this is gonna become a series and I
wanted her to have a more active role, which wasn't happening in "Speak no Evil"
as I had her in a hospital bed for most of the fic.
Feedback:
Yes please! Feedback always puts a smile on my face especially enthusiastic
reviews and constructive criticism.
Quick note: italics are thoughts and // is communicating through the
force.
Warning: this first part is a little sad! Sorry!
Prologue
Out of
Luck
Sadira Vali ran down one of the darken alleys of the city Coruscant. She held
her daughter close to her chest. There was no way in the seven hells that she
would let them take her daughter! No way! Sadira took a second to turn and look
back. They were gaining on her. She looked around frantically praying to the
force that she could find somewhere to hide. Sadira's three-year-old daughter
gave out a small cry.
"Shhh…hush Kelilah everything will be alright but you must be quiet." Sadira soothed the young girl but even she doubted her own words. Would everything be all right? She looked back again, strands of her long dark brown hair flying in her face, nothing would be all right if she didn't find a safe place to take her daughter.
Sadira began to run again Oh force what am I going to do? She thought to herself. Then she saw it a small basement window. It looked just big enough for her to get into and hide until those monsters passed by. She quickly went over to the window and crawled in taking Kelilah with her.
When Sadira's feet landed on the ground she pressed her body up against the wall as she heard the footsteps enter the alley. She hugged Kelilah close to her and closed her eyes bringing up the strongest shields she could construct.
When the footsteps stopped right next to the window Sadira could have sworn that her heart stopped. She didn't move, didn't breath. She just prayed that they would move on and search somewhere else.
Her prays must have been heard because after a few seconds that seemed more like an eternity she could hear footsteps walking away from where she was and out of the alley. Sadira let out a breath. She looked down at Kelilah who stared back at her with big green eyes. Sadira smiled.
"It's alright little one I won't let them hurt you anymore." She promised her daughter and then kissed her on the top of the head. Then Sadira looked around. She had to get out of here. They had lost their pursuers for now but they would catch up to the mother and daughter in no time.
There was a set of stairs that led up to a door. Sadira didn't know where they led but at the moment they didn't seem to have much choice. It wasn't safe to stay in one place to long. She walked up the steps and slowly pushed the door open.
Sadira found herself in one of the many bars that populated the lower levels of the citywide planet. No one seemed to notice the woman of 25 enter with a small child clinging to her. Perhaps that was a good thing the less attention they gathered the better. Sadira walked to the bar's exit and walked out into a more crowded street. Even that the late hours the planet was alive and bustling.
Sadira began to walk with the crowd trying to blend in as much as she could. Then she suddenly stopped sensing a dark presence in the force. Sadira looked around and then she saw him. Her blood ran cold and fear gripped her heart. //No! I will not let you take her!// Sadira sent through the force. A few seconds later a reply came to her, //It is her destiny.// She heard a cold voice in her mind say. Sadira shook her head and began to back up bumping into people as she did so. A few cursed at her in different languages but she paid them no mind all she wanted was to get as far away from that man as possible.
Sadira stepped onto a clear part of the street now with a little more room to maneuver she began to run again. She looked back for a second to see if they were being followed but that lapse of focus cost her.
As Sadira turned a corner still looking back, a speeder bike was coming from the other side. When Sadira finally looked in front of her and saw the speeder bike there wasn't much time to react. So going on instinct she tossed Kelilah from her grasp hoping that the child would not be too hurt from the fall. It would be better then getting hit by a speeder bike that was for sure. The speeder bike hit Sadira on the right side sending her flying several feet.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Jedi Master Anton Bodil walked down the busy lower level street. He wasn't sure what had brought him down there. It was just a feeling like there was something that he had to accomplish. As he walked he noticed a human woman with long dark hair clutching a child ran down the opposite direction that he was going. As the woman passed he watched her. There was something about her but he just turned his attention back to his front.
Then he felt it a loud warning from the force. Master Bodil turned and saw everything in a split second. A speeder bike was rounding the corner and the woman who had just passed him was standing right in it's path. She was looking behind he and did not seem aware of the bike. Then she turned and he saw her become pale. The woman threw the child she was holding to the side. Master Bodil quickly went into action using his Jedi speed to reach the child before she hit the hard ground.
He caught the girl with ease and then looked back out into the street even with Jedi speed there was no way that he could have reached the mother in time. The speeder hit her and threw her several feet into the air. She finally landed hard on the ground.
A crowd began to gather and the person who was driving the speeder bike stopped and hurried over to the woman. Master Bodil was not far behind and when he reached the crowd, the Jedi Master pushed himself to the front and kneeled down next to the woman. He looked her over. She looked to e in much pain. There were bruises on her face and some blood trickled out of the corner of her mouth. Upon using the force master Bodil discovered that her internal injuries were server.
"Someone call a medic!" master Bodil called. He was still holding the child in his arms as he kneeled before the woman. She opened her eyes and looked up at the Jedi and then turned her gaze to her daughter. She took a breath then once again looked to master Bodil. Her lips began to tremble.
"D…Don't let them…hur…hurt her." She said and then coughed up some blood. Master Bodil leaned down closer for the woman was hard to hear.
"Don't let who hurt her?" the Jedi master asked. The Woman took a shuddering breath. She was fading fast. Her eyes were beginning to close in eternal sleep.
"S…Sith." She said then died. Master Bodil leaned back. The young girl he held began to fight his grasp. She twisted her body around to look down at her mother.
"Mama?" She asked in a small vulnerable voice. "Mama?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The dark figure stood in the shadows and watched the commotion. He would have gone out and grabbed the girl if not for that damn Jedi showing up. He had been chasing the run away for the past hour and just when he thought he had her she ends up getting herself killed and endangering the child.
That was all that was important, the child she was the future their future and he would get her if it were the last thing he did.