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Chapter II

When Obi-Wan came to, he was suffocated by the darkness around him. It was not that the room didn't have any light, for there was a flickering florescent light in the middle of the ceiling. The walls were not dark, but a beige color with a mirror on the wall across from him and a door on one of the walls adjacent to him. No, this Darkness was a different kind. It was tangible in the air around him, choking him and disabling him to call on the Light he was so accustom to. His arms and legs were chained to the wall with heavy shackles made of iron. Fear started to creep up inside of him and he started to panic.

'No, I will not let fear take over. That is not the way of the Jedi,' he told himself.

'But your not a Jedi anymore, are you, Obi-Wan?' a voice that seemed to be borne out of the Darkness that surrounded him. 'You left the Jedi Order. You turned your back on your Master, didn't you? You deserve whatever torture you get.'

Obi-Wan tried to maintain his grasp on consciousness, but the Darkness engulfed him. As he was lost to oblivion once more, he thought, 'I do. I do deserve what I get. Maybe Qui-Gon was wrong to have taken me as his Padawan in the beginning. I shouldn't have even attempted to get him to change his mind.'

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Cold blue eyes looked at his prisoner through the two-way mirror. 'Soon, young apprentice, you will know the full power of the Dark Side. If you do not turn, you will die a long and pain-filled death. I just hope I get to see the look on Qui-Gon's face when he sees your dead, mangled body.'

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Qui-Gon approached Melida/Daan with mounting unease. Although some of it he put off as being nervous about asking for Obi-Wan's forgiveness only to possibly be rejected, he knew that wasn't all of it. Something wasn't right in the Force, but he couldn't figure out what.

When he had reached Coruscant, he had immediately asked the Council to return to Melida/Daan. They had granted him leave, and he had left with the intention of finding Obi-Wan and apologizing for his selfishness and inability to guide him.

As soon as he landed, he headed toward the hidden base of the Young. However, as he approached the city of Zehava, he was surprised to see the boundaries that separated the Melida and the Daan were no longer there. Walking to the city's entrance, he saw that two members of the Young were guarding the gate.

"Who are you?" one of them said. "What is your business here?"

"I am Qui-Gon Jinn, a Jedi Master that was here not very long ago. I came back for my Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi. He remained with the Young when I left," he answered.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi is not a member of the Young. He is not here," the other guard said, puzzled.

"Yes, he is. Could I possibly talk to Cerasi? Maybe she could help me," Qui-Gon stated.

"I could try to reach her," the guard said. "One moment."

The guard then proceeded to take out his comlink and communicate with someone in hushed tones. When the conversation came to an end, he turned back to Qui-Gon.

"She is on her way her at this very moment. She will be here shortly," he said.

After a few moments, Cerasi arrived. She exchanged quiet words with the guards and motioned for Qui-Gon to follow her. She led him to a rundown building that was nearby. As soon as she had secured the door, she addressed Qui-Gon.

"I know you must have come for Obi-Wan, but he is not here," she began. "At first I thought that he had returned with you to Coruscant, but you coming here proves that what I now think is correct."

"What has happened to Obi-Wan?" Qui-Gon asked urgently.

"I have come to believe that Nield arranged a deal with an outside party. He was to help them capture Obi-Wan in exchange for help and supplies in our fight," Cerasi informed.

"What outside party?" Qui-Gon inquired, half-knowing the answer.

Her answer made his heart stop and his breath hitch.

"Some company called Offworld."

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