Title: Children of the Sith
Author: ewan's girl
Disclaimer: Don't own em. If I did, I wouldn't be so poor.
* Author's note: As promised a longer chapter! Now keep your end of the bargain and review.
Chapter 2:
'Gold, red, green, gold, purple, red, blue, gold.' Extremely exhausted and confused eyes tried to focus on where those colors were coming from. Sleep threatened to consume him again, but he wanted to know what was happening. Unfortunately all he could focus on was a blurry object that seemed to change color. Welcoming him back to consciousness were incredible amounts of pain running through his entire body. He now realized how badly he had been injured during his battle. On top of the unrelenting pain he also felt extremely nauseous, effects from the drug he had been given he assumed. He closed his eyes again, and tried to call upon the force to maybe help him heal. To his surprise he found that he could access the force again, but it was weak. Suddenly as he called to the force, he noticed the little color changing object changed to a brilliant silver color. He then felt pain rise up in his back. Before he had time to analyze why he was taken over by sleep yet again.
**
Bryns Laron looked around the empty lab; he sighed to himself and went back to monitoring the computer screen in front of him. He glanced over at the fiber optic orb that floated in front of him inside a glass tube.
"Gold, red, green, gold, purple, red, blue, gold." He said to himself as he typed the colors into the computer. "Normal, feeling pain, feeling sick, normal, dreaming, feeling pain, awake, normal." He continued to type in the assessment into the computer. "Same as last hour, and the hour before that." He grumbled as he leaned back into his chair.
"And the hour before that?" A soft voice asked behind him. Bryns turned and looked at the source of the voice. He smiled when he saw a young woman of about 17 standard years looking at him. "I brought you lunch." She said as she held up a bag.
"Thanks." He said as he turned back to his work. "But you shouldn't be here Kia, it's not safe."
"He doesn't look like he's going to be able to do much." Kia said as she glanced at the still form lying on a metal table in the middle of the room.
"Still, he is a Jedi. They have powers that we don't understand." He looked at her. "That's why we are doing these experiments."
Kia squinted at the computer screen and noticed all the data that had been filled in about the mysterious Jedi. "I can't believe they actually caught a Jedi." She said as she continued to read the data.
"We've had Jedi here before." Bryns answered, moving around the room, checking vital stats.
"Yeah, but those were just children. This is a full grown Jedi." She tried to hide her excitement. "Do you think the experiment will work this time?"
Bryns sighed. "Not if he never uses the force to heal himself or call for help."
Kia shrugged, and sat down in Bryns chair. Her attention turned back to the sleeping Jedi. She looked at him and noticed he was stirring. She then took note at how badly the Jedi seemed to have been beaten by those who caught him. She winced as he tried to move his broken leg. She almost felt sorry for him when she saw him attempt to roll to his side so he could vomit and she saw four tubes had been inserted into his back.
"What are those for?" She asked as she pointed out the tubes.
"They collect blood and other fluids to help us understand the force that flows through him." Bryns answered in a matter of factly tone. "The large one ingests a steady dose of drugs into the blood to keep him manageable."
"They look painful." Kia winced again as the Jedi rolled back over.
Bryns sighed. "Look Kia you shouldn't be here. You're too young. Dr. Zan Arbor will be furious if she finds out you were here." Bryns tried to get Kia to leave. "We'll talk about this when I get home." He then gave her a kiss on top of her head. "Tell mom I said thank you for the lunch."
Kia smiled and began to leave when the floating orb began to shine a brilliant silver color. Bryns ran to his computer. "What's going on?" She asked her brother.
"It's about time." He said as he entered codes into the computer. "That's it Jedi, heal yourself."
Kia stood in the doorway puzzled. She looked at the Jedi as he lay very still, and calm. "Dr. Zan Arbor, we have silver." Bryns called into a comlink. He then turned to his sister who was still staring at the Jedi. "Go. You shouldn't be here for this."
She turned to leave, but ended up bumping into a tall, thin woman with graying hair. The woman looked down at her with menacing eyes. "Kia dear. Here to watch your brother work?" She asked the girl as she continued to make her way into the room.
"I was bringing him his lunch Dr. Zan Arbor." Kia said as she began to excuse herself.
"No, stay Kia. These experiments benefit all of us living here." The woman walked up to the computer and stared at the orb. "Yes my young Jedi. Use the force." She smiled as the orb continued to shine in the silver color. "I knew he wouldn't disappoint us." The lanky woman then pushed a button and fluids began to drain from Obi Wan through the tubes in his back. Bryns and Dr. Zan Arbor studied the data as the fluids rushed through the instruments in the lab. "I know there is a medical explanation for the force." Zan Arbor said to herself softly. "And I will find it."
Kia watched as the fluids were drained out of the Jedi. It almost pained her to watch it. To her astonishment she thought she saw the Jedi turn his head and look at her. She then felt something inside her head, as if someone was calling for help. It hit her so hard that she fell to the floor.
"Kia?" Bryns rushed to her.
"Something is happening." She softly said. "The Jedi..."
Dr. Zan Arbor looked over at Obi Wan. "He's trying to get inside your mind. I've told you people time and time again that these are dangerous creatures, and that they aren't to be trusted." She looked over at the orb and it was now shining red then purple. Obi Wan was asleep again. "Take her home. Make sure she is safe." Zan Arbor commanded. "I will attend to the Jedi."
As Bryns got Kia to her feet she never took her eyes off the sleeping Jedi. Her mind raced with questions she felt needed answering.
**
Jedi master Yoda closed his eyes when he heard the news. He hoped Qui Gon was wrong, and that this disappearance of Obi Wan was not connected to the other abductions that had occurred in the past four months. But he had to admit, it was quite a coincidence. The others had been younger than he was, but he was still the forth apprentice to mysteriously disappear. He looked over at Mace Windu as the transmission ended.
"Do you think we should call all master/padawan teams back?" Mace asked as the image of Qui Gon faded.
"Too important their missions are." Yoda looked at him. "But to keep a better watch over their padawans we will tell them."
Mace nodded. "There is a strange disturbance in the force, something I've never felt before." He looked at Yoda. "Do you think it has anything to do with these disappearances?"
"The dark side I sense through the force. Clear our minds must be in order to understand the disturbance." Yoda answered as he got to his feet and began to hobble towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Mace asked, puzzled.
"To prepare for the return of a stubborn, head strong, and very worried master I am." Yoda said as he left Mace in the room to meditate.
**
He felt like he was swimming in water just underneath a thin layer of ice, the water so cold that it hurt. He was trying desperately to find a way out from under the ice, but was having no success. Suddenly he smelled a sickly aroma, which caused him to come back to the surface and face reality yet again. All at once he snapped awake, as if something had frightened him. He noticed a woman standing over him, returning smelling salts to their proper place on the shelf. He noticed this time he was able to focus on more than the color changing orb, but he still was too weak to really register anything that was happening around him. He did decipher that the person standing before him was a familiar form, yet he couldn't quite capture the memory that told him where he had seen her before.
"Where...where am I?" Obi Wan asked the woman as she put away the smelling salts and grabbed a new instrument that looked to Obi Wan like it would cause him more pain.
"You are in a healer's office young Jedi." Dr. Zan Arbor said, fiddling with the instrument. "You should feel lucky Obi Wan."
"I don't believe in luck." Obi Wan stated. "I...ahhh." He groaned as he tried to sit up and felt searing pain run throughout his body. "There is only the force." He finished his statement as he lay back down on the metal table.
Dr. Zan Arbor chuckled at him as she walked towards him with the instrument in hand. "Spoken like a true Jedi." She began to wipe a spot on his arm with a cotton swab, cleaning it Obi Wan assumed. "That's why I chose you."
"Chose me? For what?" Obi Wan asked, not really paying attention, just trying to cause the woman to be distracted so he could figure out a plan of escape, a trick he learned from Qui Gon.
"To be the Jedi who finally led me to the most amazing medical breakthrough in history." She smiled at him. "Finally discovering the real secrets behind the force."
Obi Wan snapped to attention. He finally realized where he had seen this woman before. "Zan Arbor?" He looked the crazy woman in her eyes. "But I thought..."
"That I was dead?" The woman finished his statement with a laugh. "No my young Jedi. Not quite." She lifted the instrument towards Obi Wan's arm. He now noticed it had a syringe attached to it.
Obi Wan tried to struggle, but he was still too weak. He felt the needle enter his body and extract something into his blood stream. "Why...me?" He struggled to ask.
"Because my dear Jedi. I needed someone young and strong to withstand my experiments, but I also wanted someone who wasn't quite a Jedi master because I learned from past experiences that it is very difficult to hold a master captive." She smiled at the memory. "And I have been watching you for some time now Obi Wan and you are everything I needed." She noticed he was trying to get up; she pushed him down flat on his back. "Just imagine how important your sacrifice is, you Jedi try to help the galaxy in small ways. I'm giving you the opportunity to help millions when I discover the secrets behind the force."
"The force cannot be explained by science, you will never find what you are seeking." Obi Wan rasped out, feeling semi helpless.
"Your master told me the exact same thing all those years ago. But I now have people who are backing my experiments to the fullest; I no longer have to rely on those beurocrates in the Senate to fund my work. I now have all the time in the galaxy to find my answers."
Obi Wan now felt a fever rushing in on him. "You don't understand..." He began to feel dizzy. "What...what..." Seemed to be all he could say between ragged breaths.
"Looks like the poison has taken effect." She smiled and took his hand in hers, and felt his pulse. "If you want to survive the night, I suggest you use that gift you have and heal yourself."
Obi Wan shook his head. "I am a Jedi, I am prepared for death."
"Yes I've heard that one before. I certainly can tell who trained you." She began to walk back to the computer in the room, the glowing orb shining a brilliant red color. "But keep in mind Jedi, if you do not help me get what I want, I will have to find a replacement for my experiments."
Obi Wan closed his eyes; he felt beads of sweat sliding down his forehead. He tried to fight the poison without the aid of the force, but knew it was useless. As he laid there feeling hopeless, he heard the sound of keys on a keyboard typing everything. He turned his head, which to him felt like the most grueling of exercises.
Zan Arbor looked at him and sighed. "Go ahead Jedi. I can wait, much longer than you can I'm afraid."
Author: ewan's girl
Disclaimer: Don't own em. If I did, I wouldn't be so poor.
* Author's note: As promised a longer chapter! Now keep your end of the bargain and review.
Chapter 2:
'Gold, red, green, gold, purple, red, blue, gold.' Extremely exhausted and confused eyes tried to focus on where those colors were coming from. Sleep threatened to consume him again, but he wanted to know what was happening. Unfortunately all he could focus on was a blurry object that seemed to change color. Welcoming him back to consciousness were incredible amounts of pain running through his entire body. He now realized how badly he had been injured during his battle. On top of the unrelenting pain he also felt extremely nauseous, effects from the drug he had been given he assumed. He closed his eyes again, and tried to call upon the force to maybe help him heal. To his surprise he found that he could access the force again, but it was weak. Suddenly as he called to the force, he noticed the little color changing object changed to a brilliant silver color. He then felt pain rise up in his back. Before he had time to analyze why he was taken over by sleep yet again.
**
Bryns Laron looked around the empty lab; he sighed to himself and went back to monitoring the computer screen in front of him. He glanced over at the fiber optic orb that floated in front of him inside a glass tube.
"Gold, red, green, gold, purple, red, blue, gold." He said to himself as he typed the colors into the computer. "Normal, feeling pain, feeling sick, normal, dreaming, feeling pain, awake, normal." He continued to type in the assessment into the computer. "Same as last hour, and the hour before that." He grumbled as he leaned back into his chair.
"And the hour before that?" A soft voice asked behind him. Bryns turned and looked at the source of the voice. He smiled when he saw a young woman of about 17 standard years looking at him. "I brought you lunch." She said as she held up a bag.
"Thanks." He said as he turned back to his work. "But you shouldn't be here Kia, it's not safe."
"He doesn't look like he's going to be able to do much." Kia said as she glanced at the still form lying on a metal table in the middle of the room.
"Still, he is a Jedi. They have powers that we don't understand." He looked at her. "That's why we are doing these experiments."
Kia squinted at the computer screen and noticed all the data that had been filled in about the mysterious Jedi. "I can't believe they actually caught a Jedi." She said as she continued to read the data.
"We've had Jedi here before." Bryns answered, moving around the room, checking vital stats.
"Yeah, but those were just children. This is a full grown Jedi." She tried to hide her excitement. "Do you think the experiment will work this time?"
Bryns sighed. "Not if he never uses the force to heal himself or call for help."
Kia shrugged, and sat down in Bryns chair. Her attention turned back to the sleeping Jedi. She looked at him and noticed he was stirring. She then took note at how badly the Jedi seemed to have been beaten by those who caught him. She winced as he tried to move his broken leg. She almost felt sorry for him when she saw him attempt to roll to his side so he could vomit and she saw four tubes had been inserted into his back.
"What are those for?" She asked as she pointed out the tubes.
"They collect blood and other fluids to help us understand the force that flows through him." Bryns answered in a matter of factly tone. "The large one ingests a steady dose of drugs into the blood to keep him manageable."
"They look painful." Kia winced again as the Jedi rolled back over.
Bryns sighed. "Look Kia you shouldn't be here. You're too young. Dr. Zan Arbor will be furious if she finds out you were here." Bryns tried to get Kia to leave. "We'll talk about this when I get home." He then gave her a kiss on top of her head. "Tell mom I said thank you for the lunch."
Kia smiled and began to leave when the floating orb began to shine a brilliant silver color. Bryns ran to his computer. "What's going on?" She asked her brother.
"It's about time." He said as he entered codes into the computer. "That's it Jedi, heal yourself."
Kia stood in the doorway puzzled. She looked at the Jedi as he lay very still, and calm. "Dr. Zan Arbor, we have silver." Bryns called into a comlink. He then turned to his sister who was still staring at the Jedi. "Go. You shouldn't be here for this."
She turned to leave, but ended up bumping into a tall, thin woman with graying hair. The woman looked down at her with menacing eyes. "Kia dear. Here to watch your brother work?" She asked the girl as she continued to make her way into the room.
"I was bringing him his lunch Dr. Zan Arbor." Kia said as she began to excuse herself.
"No, stay Kia. These experiments benefit all of us living here." The woman walked up to the computer and stared at the orb. "Yes my young Jedi. Use the force." She smiled as the orb continued to shine in the silver color. "I knew he wouldn't disappoint us." The lanky woman then pushed a button and fluids began to drain from Obi Wan through the tubes in his back. Bryns and Dr. Zan Arbor studied the data as the fluids rushed through the instruments in the lab. "I know there is a medical explanation for the force." Zan Arbor said to herself softly. "And I will find it."
Kia watched as the fluids were drained out of the Jedi. It almost pained her to watch it. To her astonishment she thought she saw the Jedi turn his head and look at her. She then felt something inside her head, as if someone was calling for help. It hit her so hard that she fell to the floor.
"Kia?" Bryns rushed to her.
"Something is happening." She softly said. "The Jedi..."
Dr. Zan Arbor looked over at Obi Wan. "He's trying to get inside your mind. I've told you people time and time again that these are dangerous creatures, and that they aren't to be trusted." She looked over at the orb and it was now shining red then purple. Obi Wan was asleep again. "Take her home. Make sure she is safe." Zan Arbor commanded. "I will attend to the Jedi."
As Bryns got Kia to her feet she never took her eyes off the sleeping Jedi. Her mind raced with questions she felt needed answering.
**
Jedi master Yoda closed his eyes when he heard the news. He hoped Qui Gon was wrong, and that this disappearance of Obi Wan was not connected to the other abductions that had occurred in the past four months. But he had to admit, it was quite a coincidence. The others had been younger than he was, but he was still the forth apprentice to mysteriously disappear. He looked over at Mace Windu as the transmission ended.
"Do you think we should call all master/padawan teams back?" Mace asked as the image of Qui Gon faded.
"Too important their missions are." Yoda looked at him. "But to keep a better watch over their padawans we will tell them."
Mace nodded. "There is a strange disturbance in the force, something I've never felt before." He looked at Yoda. "Do you think it has anything to do with these disappearances?"
"The dark side I sense through the force. Clear our minds must be in order to understand the disturbance." Yoda answered as he got to his feet and began to hobble towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Mace asked, puzzled.
"To prepare for the return of a stubborn, head strong, and very worried master I am." Yoda said as he left Mace in the room to meditate.
**
He felt like he was swimming in water just underneath a thin layer of ice, the water so cold that it hurt. He was trying desperately to find a way out from under the ice, but was having no success. Suddenly he smelled a sickly aroma, which caused him to come back to the surface and face reality yet again. All at once he snapped awake, as if something had frightened him. He noticed a woman standing over him, returning smelling salts to their proper place on the shelf. He noticed this time he was able to focus on more than the color changing orb, but he still was too weak to really register anything that was happening around him. He did decipher that the person standing before him was a familiar form, yet he couldn't quite capture the memory that told him where he had seen her before.
"Where...where am I?" Obi Wan asked the woman as she put away the smelling salts and grabbed a new instrument that looked to Obi Wan like it would cause him more pain.
"You are in a healer's office young Jedi." Dr. Zan Arbor said, fiddling with the instrument. "You should feel lucky Obi Wan."
"I don't believe in luck." Obi Wan stated. "I...ahhh." He groaned as he tried to sit up and felt searing pain run throughout his body. "There is only the force." He finished his statement as he lay back down on the metal table.
Dr. Zan Arbor chuckled at him as she walked towards him with the instrument in hand. "Spoken like a true Jedi." She began to wipe a spot on his arm with a cotton swab, cleaning it Obi Wan assumed. "That's why I chose you."
"Chose me? For what?" Obi Wan asked, not really paying attention, just trying to cause the woman to be distracted so he could figure out a plan of escape, a trick he learned from Qui Gon.
"To be the Jedi who finally led me to the most amazing medical breakthrough in history." She smiled at him. "Finally discovering the real secrets behind the force."
Obi Wan snapped to attention. He finally realized where he had seen this woman before. "Zan Arbor?" He looked the crazy woman in her eyes. "But I thought..."
"That I was dead?" The woman finished his statement with a laugh. "No my young Jedi. Not quite." She lifted the instrument towards Obi Wan's arm. He now noticed it had a syringe attached to it.
Obi Wan tried to struggle, but he was still too weak. He felt the needle enter his body and extract something into his blood stream. "Why...me?" He struggled to ask.
"Because my dear Jedi. I needed someone young and strong to withstand my experiments, but I also wanted someone who wasn't quite a Jedi master because I learned from past experiences that it is very difficult to hold a master captive." She smiled at the memory. "And I have been watching you for some time now Obi Wan and you are everything I needed." She noticed he was trying to get up; she pushed him down flat on his back. "Just imagine how important your sacrifice is, you Jedi try to help the galaxy in small ways. I'm giving you the opportunity to help millions when I discover the secrets behind the force."
"The force cannot be explained by science, you will never find what you are seeking." Obi Wan rasped out, feeling semi helpless.
"Your master told me the exact same thing all those years ago. But I now have people who are backing my experiments to the fullest; I no longer have to rely on those beurocrates in the Senate to fund my work. I now have all the time in the galaxy to find my answers."
Obi Wan now felt a fever rushing in on him. "You don't understand..." He began to feel dizzy. "What...what..." Seemed to be all he could say between ragged breaths.
"Looks like the poison has taken effect." She smiled and took his hand in hers, and felt his pulse. "If you want to survive the night, I suggest you use that gift you have and heal yourself."
Obi Wan shook his head. "I am a Jedi, I am prepared for death."
"Yes I've heard that one before. I certainly can tell who trained you." She began to walk back to the computer in the room, the glowing orb shining a brilliant red color. "But keep in mind Jedi, if you do not help me get what I want, I will have to find a replacement for my experiments."
Obi Wan closed his eyes; he felt beads of sweat sliding down his forehead. He tried to fight the poison without the aid of the force, but knew it was useless. As he laid there feeling hopeless, he heard the sound of keys on a keyboard typing everything. He turned his head, which to him felt like the most grueling of exercises.
Zan Arbor looked at him and sighed. "Go ahead Jedi. I can wait, much longer than you can I'm afraid."