"You know he never wanted you...."

Obi-wan tried to run from the voice, but he couldn't move, and everything was black...

"He rejected you....."

Obi-wan wanted to yell at the voice, to tell it to stop...

"He did not care for you, if he did then why did he try and leave you time and time again?"

Obi-wan shuddered, he wanted to tell the voice that it was lying, and that his master would never do anything against him, but Obi-wan knew, in his heart the voice was right..... Memories raced through Obi-wan's head....

His master saying," I take Anakin as my padawan...padawan....padawan.....padawan..."

The word echoed through his head.

"You see? You never meant anything to him............"

Obi-wan wanted to object, but he couldn't, the voice was right...........

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Qui-gon streched. He had finally been released from the hospital, after spending the past three days there....

He was on his way to meet the queen, and to discuss about finding Obi-wan.

~Obi-wan.....~ Qui-gon thought sadly. What if his apprentice was dead? Qui- gon tried to reach out with the force, through the bond to find him, but once again, the bond was closed.

~Surely he can't be dead....He just can't~ Qui-gon thought as he walked. ~I would have felt his death through the force, wouldn't I?~ he wondered.

Qui-gon walked into the Palace of Theed, and told a handmaiden that he was here to see the queen.

The handmaiden nodded and left, leaving qui-gon alone with his thoughts.....

~What if, what if he is dead? I never got to tell him how much he meaned to me....~ Qui-gon thought.He swallowed...He would find Obi-wan, no matter what. He decided.

Then Qui-gon decided to meditate while he waited for the handmaiden to return......

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"Excuse me." the quiet handmaiden said.It had been sevral hours, since the man had come, and he appeared to be either meditating or sleeping, the handmaiden couldn't tell which.......

" Sir?" she asked as she leaned over to the Jedi.

"Sir?" she asked again, and reached over and touched his shoulder.

Qui-gon's eyes snapped open,"Yes?" he replied.

"The Queen will see you now." She told him.

"Oh, yes....Thank you.." Qui-gon told her.

She smiled,"Follow me." she said as she lead the way to the throne room.

Qui-gon nodded, and followed, his thought's still dwelling on his lost apprentice........

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Obi-wan groaned.

"Did you sleep well?" a hoarse voice asked.

Obi-wan looked over and saw the cloaked figure, from before...

"Who are you?" he asked.

"My name is Lord Sideous....." The figure hissed.

"Your a sith." Obi-wan stated.

"Yes." came the reply.

"What do you want with me?"Obi-wan asked.

A slight smile showed, from under the hood of the mysterious figures face.

"What do I want with you? hmmmm...... In time you shall see." The figure laughed.Then, Sideous turned to the door and yelled,"Aslan!" then he turned back to face Obi-wan with a wicked grin on his face....

Then the same small man from earlier walked in, pushing a small cart of various items used for torture.

Obi-wan shuddered....