Xanatos's POV
Part four
I could feel the anger burning around him. He did not believe me and I didn't expect him to. I waited, watching his every move.
"How? I watched him die," Qui-gon said softly, the dark side receding in his sadness for the moment.
"You thought you watched him die. But in fact, he was given a poison that would slowly kill him off, first destroying any bond he had to anyone, even you, then it slowed the heart and lungs, then after a few hours of a near death, he would just die. When you passed out from the blood loss, they grabbed Obi-wan and were going to use him to pawn their way out. It didn't work, so they ran. The ones who survived threw Obi-wan into an abandoned building and left him there to die. His life force was too weak to really detect any way. I was on the same planet at the time and I stumbled upon the near dead boy. I thought I could use him against you and took him to a private medical center of mine. He has been with me for the last three months, in and out of a coma," I said and paused.
"Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" he snapped and I could see his hand move to his lightsaber, "And how do I know you are telling the truth?"
"What proof could I give you? This?" I asked and pulled the lightsaber out of my robe.
Qui-gon took it from me and let out a little gasp.
"Its Obi-wan's lightsaber," he said softly.
"Yes, they abandoned it with him," I said.
"You could have just picked it up to fool me into a trap and left Obi-wan there to die," he commented.
"But I didn't," I said.
I wouldn't tell Qui-gon how his Padawan had changed me. Strange, I was going to use the boy as a pawn and yet he made me start to doubt what I did. Now I am only hoping to find some small way to make up for what I have done, though I am forever locked away from the light. It hurts, but I will have to live with it.
"Now, to the reason why I didn't tell you," I said, continuing, "Its because you have fallen and it may destroy the boy. I won't allow that to happen. But maybe his presence can redeem you," I suggested.
*Like he helped me,* I thought silently to myself.
Part four
I could feel the anger burning around him. He did not believe me and I didn't expect him to. I waited, watching his every move.
"How? I watched him die," Qui-gon said softly, the dark side receding in his sadness for the moment.
"You thought you watched him die. But in fact, he was given a poison that would slowly kill him off, first destroying any bond he had to anyone, even you, then it slowed the heart and lungs, then after a few hours of a near death, he would just die. When you passed out from the blood loss, they grabbed Obi-wan and were going to use him to pawn their way out. It didn't work, so they ran. The ones who survived threw Obi-wan into an abandoned building and left him there to die. His life force was too weak to really detect any way. I was on the same planet at the time and I stumbled upon the near dead boy. I thought I could use him against you and took him to a private medical center of mine. He has been with me for the last three months, in and out of a coma," I said and paused.
"Why didn't you tell me in the first place?" he snapped and I could see his hand move to his lightsaber, "And how do I know you are telling the truth?"
"What proof could I give you? This?" I asked and pulled the lightsaber out of my robe.
Qui-gon took it from me and let out a little gasp.
"Its Obi-wan's lightsaber," he said softly.
"Yes, they abandoned it with him," I said.
"You could have just picked it up to fool me into a trap and left Obi-wan there to die," he commented.
"But I didn't," I said.
I wouldn't tell Qui-gon how his Padawan had changed me. Strange, I was going to use the boy as a pawn and yet he made me start to doubt what I did. Now I am only hoping to find some small way to make up for what I have done, though I am forever locked away from the light. It hurts, but I will have to live with it.
"Now, to the reason why I didn't tell you," I said, continuing, "Its because you have fallen and it may destroy the boy. I won't allow that to happen. But maybe his presence can redeem you," I suggested.
*Like he helped me,* I thought silently to myself.