Part 6



Qui-Gon awoke feeling much worse than he had before, he was covered with more thrash marks. He found himself in a room similar to a dungeon, and he was still bound with heavy chains. Qui-Gon suddenly remembered what Jakar had told him about Obi-Wan: had he truly killed his Padawan? It was one thing to have Obi-Wan torn from him, another to discover he was murdered. But if he had blindly accepted what he had been told and had paid no regard to his instincts. It he had failed his apprentice, Qui-Gon wouldn't be able to live with himself. The only person who knew the truth was dead, Qui-Gon threw himself into the Force.



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Obi-Wan activated his underwater breather and followed Kyra and Dra'Ka into the murky Komarian waters. His past experience in these waters hadn't been pleasant but he tried not to let it interfere with the present. Kyra stopped and pointed toward another direction further up the current. Obi-Wan knew that trying to contact Qui-Gon would drain his energy, or kill him if he passed out. He decided to pay no attention to the lesson that he had learned. Obi-Wan reached out as he propelled himself forward.



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Qui-Gon moved like a whirlwind through the force searching for the one thing that would give him peace: he found it. Obi-Wan signature was as bright as it ever was.



Shouldn't the light be dimmer now that he is dead? Qui-Gon had no answer. He was about to touch what was left of his Padawan, when he heard Obi-Wan's voice calling his name with great concern and worry. Qui-Gon knew he had to be closer to death than he thought but it didn't worry him, he would see Obi-Wan again.



//No Master don't!// came the cry, //I'm on my-// Qui-Gon never heard the rest of Obi-Wan's cry as consciousness slipped away.



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As Obi-Wan followed Kyra up to the surface urgency over took him. He knew that Qui-Gon was here and still believed he was dead. But Obi-wan had sensed guilt, did his Master feel responsible for his 'death'? Had Jakar told him something? If he had he most likely didn't know that Obi-Wan was still alive. They surfaced and pulled themselves onto the deck. When everyone had removed their breathers and were standing Obi-Wan said that he would begin to search for Qui-Gon. Kyra thought she and Dra'Ka should go instead, in case Qui-Gon went into shock after seeing him.



Obi-Wan massaged the back of his neck and hit a cord. He pulled it over his head to reveal the riverstone that Qui-Gon had given him for his thirteenth birthday dangling at the end. He clenched the stone in his fist and imprinted several images of the past few days on the rock using the Force, he then placed the pendent in Kyra's hand.



"Give this to him if he doesn't believe you when you tell him I'm alive."



Kyra began to walk but then stopped,



"Obi-Wan do you have a hunch about where we should start." Obi-wan smiled knowing that Sanderai don't like to ask for assistance. He drew the Force around him to focus on Qui-Gon's presense, and pointed to Kyra's right. Kyra nodded her thanks and walked off with Dra'Ka. Obi-Wan went in the opposite direction.



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Kyra and Dra'Ka made their way down the dark corridor. "Demoiselle, are you sure that Qui-Gon Jinn can be found all the way down here?"



"Obi-Wan sensed him here and I have learned to trust a Jedi's abilities." Dra'Ka gave Kyra no reply as she pulled a red streaked braid away from her face.



As the dug and the Sanderai warrior continued down the corridor, they noticed it was lined with cells. As well as five guards. Kyra drew her daja and a blaster Dra'Ka also drew a blaster. The guards noticed them and started firing, Kyra and Dra'Ka returned fire and shot three of them. One of the remaining two tried to contact Jakar but Kyra sliced his back before he could do anything. Dra'Ka shot the last guard as he aimed his blaster at Kyra. She ran back and gave her bodyguard a nasty look.



'Did you have to kill the last one Dra'Ka? We could have used him for information."



Dra'Ka stood straight up on his feet, a stance Kyra knew was meant to intimidate her, and stared at her straight in her emerald green eyes.



"I know you resent my being here but I can be useful," he then produced a keycard. Kyra knew the card would only open one door. There were many ways that this could go wrong , but they had no other choice.



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Kyra and Dra'Ka had decided that, in case there was an alarm if they stuck the card in the wrong door, to try and listen for breathing. After checking almost all the doors Kyra's instincts were telling her she had already missed the door. Kyra pulled Dra'Ka aside to voice her concerns. Dra'Ka had also learned to trust another person's abilities.



"Which cell do you think it is Demoiselle?"



Kyra had no Force-sensitivity but she believed she could use her instincts in a similar fashion. She walked toward the cell in question and pressed her ear to the door.



"Run the card through" she ordered her bodyguard.