Title: children of the sith
Author: ewan's girl
Discription: A sith cult has been discovered in the galaxy, they are running experiments on the force using Jedi apprentices. The fate of one apprentice lies in the hands of a young girl who is questioning her beliefs.
Disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue please.
Chapter 4
"Are there any simularities in the four?" Count Dooku asked as Qui Gon paced the room.
"Hmmm find simularities we cannot, only simularity is apprentices they all are." Yoda answered as he sat watching Qui Gon.
"The main difference with Obi Wan is the fact that he is much older than the others." Mace Windu said as he leaned back in his chair.
"They've grown confident, taking a Jedi that is so close to taking the trials." Dooku exclaimed. "One thing is for certain, I sense a dark presence behind all of this."
"That confidence could be their undoing." Mace exclaimed.
Qui Gon stopped and looked at the bustling traffic out the window. "None of this is helping us find him." He said in a soft tone. "I'm going to go find him myself."
"No." Yoda said flatly. "Just like we said to the others, blindly searching for him it will help you not." Yoda tried to reason with him.
"Master, I cannot just sit back and let him die." Qui Gon said with a raised voice.
"Don't jump to conclusions Qui Gon, we don't know if he is any immediate danger." Mace rose from his seat and tried to calm Qui Gon down.
"Mace don't be foolish, the other three have been gone for more than a month, we can no longer sense them through the force. And everyday that passes Obi Wan's prensence is getting weaker." Qui Gon looked back at the traffic.
Silence filled the room after Qui Gon's last comment. After a moment Dooku cleared his throat.
"Perhaps masters if you send myself and Qui Gon out to investigate these disapearences we would have success in finding the answers." He said, breaking the silence.
"What of your mission with master Sifo-Dyas? Waiting for you he is." Yoda reminded Count Dooku.
"That is true master, but I think he could start without me. I think the disapearence of four padawans is a much more pressing matter than a border dispute." Dooku tried to reason with Yoda.
Yoda looked at Mace, who looked back at him. Both masters knew it was impossible to argue with these two particular Jedi.
"Find the padawans, then meet master Sifo-Dyas when you have discovered the truth." Mace agreed with their terms. "But, you will come to us when you have any news do not put yourselves in danger without speaking to us first." Mace sighed to himself. "May the force be with you."
Qui Gon and Count Dooku bowed to their masters and turned to walk out the door.
**
"Excuse me." Kia asked the old man sitting behind a desk. "But do you have any books on the Jedi that haven't been written by one of the elders?" She asked politely.
"My dear books like that are only one sided, they try to convert you to the ways of the Jedi." The man said with a smile to the girl.
"Yes, but these are all one sided too. They only show the sith's beliefs." She said as she held up a book.
"Yes, but that is the truth." The libarian tried to reason with her. "Why in force sake would you want to read something that wasn't the true word?"
"To make an honest assumption, to understand all points of view." Kia answered. "To decide for myself."
"Decide what for yourself?" The man asked with a chuckle as if she was amusing him.
"Wether or not the sith are the right choice in the force." She said with great confidence.
The library grew silent with a quick hush, all eyes burned into Kia. She stood for a second, feeling uncomfortable. Suddenly Byrns grabbed her by the shoulders. "She is doing a report in class on the Jedi, that's why she was searching for books on them." He told everyone as he forced his sister to the door. Satisfied the patrons went back to what they had been doing the moment before.
Byrns shoved Kia out the door and gave her an angry look. "Are you insane?" He asked her as she freed her cloak out of his grasp. "What were you doing? Questioning the Sith."
"Haven't you ever wondered Byrns? I mean we didn't chose to be a part of this organization, we were born into it. Shouldn't we have the opportunity to see all sides and chose for ourselves?" She asked her brother as they headed home.
"Look Kia, our parents chose to be a part of this organization as you called it, I'm sure they knew what they were doing." Byrns tried to reason with her.
"Dad wanted to join, and now that he is dead I think we stay here out of habbit." Kia threw in Byrns face.
"Kia, Mom and dad joined the degradation society when I was very young. Mom was pregnant with you and dad had lost his job, we had no where to go and they gave us a home." Bryns looked her in the eye to make sure she understood. "They have always been good to us, I don't understand what would make you question them now."
Kia turned away from her brother and sighed. "I don't know. I guess it has to do with that Jedi."
"You're questioning your beliefs because of a science experiment?" Byrns threw his hands up in disbelief.
"He's not just an experiment." Kia looked at her brother, annoyed. "He is a living creature Byrns."
"He is a Jedi. He's done something to you, gotten inside your head." Byrns explained. "Maybe we should take you to Dr. Zan Arbor and have you examined."
"Maybe you're right." She looked down at the ground, then after a moment looked at her brother. "Byrns, whatever happened to the other Jedi?" She asked him.
"I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive they were released back to the Jedi." He answered her.
"Well explain something to me then, if they were released back to the Jedi then why don't the Jedi know about us? And if the Jedi know about us and volunteer for the experiments like we are led to believe then why do we kidnapp them?" She asked with a firm tone, leaving Byrns speachless.
Byrns stared at his sister for a moment. "Let's get you home, I'm late for work."
**
Qui Gon answered his door and Count Dooku entered the apartment that Qui Gon and Obi Wan share.
"Master Dooku, I am almost prepared to leave." Qui Gon appologized for running late. "Master Windu stopped by a few minutes ago to warn me about letting my emotions run away with me."
Dooku looked around the room. "He has a very valid argument Qui Gon. You must listen to the force, don't let your personal feelings get in the way." He called out to Qui Gon who was in the next room. He stopped and looked at a few hollopics that were on a shelf. He noticed several of Obi Wan and Qui Gon through the years, then he noticed one of a younger version of himself with a tall boy of about 20 standard years old, next to it laid a long braided strand of hair.
"I am trying master. It's just I can't explain this bond I share with the boy, I feel so protective of him master." Qui Gon called from the other room.
"Well that's understandable Qui Gon." Dooku picked up the padawan braid. "Fathers are always protective of their sons." He continued to look at the braid, then put it down as Qui Gon entered the room. "You will just have to decide today if you are going to act like a master to the boy or a father."
Qui Gon nodded in response.
Dooku walked away from the shelf, and grabbed his survival pack. "Are you ready?" He asked Qui Gon.
"Yes master." Qui Gon answered.
"Then we're off to Ragoon 6."
**
"You're late." Jenna Zan Arbor growled as Byrns entered the lab.
"I'm sorry Doctor, I had a family matter that I had to take care of." Byrns said as he lowerd his head to the woman.
"No matter." Dr. Zan Arbor stated as she rose to her feet. "It's been a very uneventful day." She stretched out her back as she spoke. "This one is stubborn as hell." She gathered her belongings and headed for the door. "call me immediately if any changes occur."
"Yes doctor." Byrns answered. "Dr. Zan Arbor?" He called to her as she was about to leave.
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?" He asked in a shakey tone.
"What is it?"
"The other subjects, what ever happened to them?" He asked as he shifted his weight uncomfortably.
"They were sent back to the Jedi when they proved to be no longer of any use to us." She answered, eyeing the young man infront of her. "Why do you ask?"
"No reason, Kia was curious." His gaze shifted away from the stares of the old woman. "That's what I told her happened."
"Your sister has become very interested in these experiments." Zan Arbor stated.
"She's trying to decide if she believes in the words of the Sith, she's at that age you know." Byrns answered for his sister.
"Hmm, well if she has any other questions concerning the Jedi, have her see me." With that Jenna Zan Arbor left the room.
Byrns sat down at the computer and checked the Jedi's vital signs. "Third day with high fever." He stated under his breath. "You better start healing yourself Jedi, or you'll be in a world of trouble." He sat for a moment and looked around the lab. He then grabbed several sheets of paper and crumbled them up and threw them at the waste receptible, missing everytime. He sighed to himself, he was bored. He then looked back at the Jedi, and thought about what Kia had asked him earlier. He turned back to his computer and began to access files of past experiments.At first nothing was out of the ordinary, all of the assesments were what he remembered them to be, then he stumbled upon Dr. Zan Arbor's files. He accessed them.
Experiment 1:
Subject: Xenntte Billong
Age: 9
Assesment: Subject is strong with the force for her age, hasn't mastered the art of healing. 18:00 the subject was given the toxin, 24:00 the subject was past the point of no return.
Status: Deceased (high fever)
Byrns quickly closed the file, he was in a state of shock. He looked back at the Jedi lying on the cold metal table. He then accessed another file.
Experiment 2:
Subject: Was Don Armondell
Age: 11
Assesment: Subject 2 is stronger than subject 1, has begun to heal itself. Given toxin at 16:00, subject lasted full 24 hours with the toxin.
Status: Deceased (heart failure)
Byrns swallowed hard as he continued to read the status of the past experiments. His mind was racing, he couldn't believe he had helped with these experiments.
Experiment 3:
Subject: Zen Barts
Age: 14
Assesment: Subject very intune with the force, subject is training to be a Jedi healer, therefore should be able to heal herself from the toxin.
Status: Deceased (tried to escape)
Bryns looked around the lab to make sure no one saw that he had accessed the files. He then noticed Zan Arbor had many other files of past experiments that he never knew about, most were with beings that were not Jedi, but were force sensitive people. All were decesed, with the exception of one. "Viggo Yulende" Byrns read the name out loud. "Status...Missing." Byrns leaned back in his chair and looked at the Jedi who was now their captive. A wave of guilt washed over him.
Author: ewan's girl
Discription: A sith cult has been discovered in the galaxy, they are running experiments on the force using Jedi apprentices. The fate of one apprentice lies in the hands of a young girl who is questioning her beliefs.
Disclaimer: Not mine, don't sue please.
Chapter 4
"Are there any simularities in the four?" Count Dooku asked as Qui Gon paced the room.
"Hmmm find simularities we cannot, only simularity is apprentices they all are." Yoda answered as he sat watching Qui Gon.
"The main difference with Obi Wan is the fact that he is much older than the others." Mace Windu said as he leaned back in his chair.
"They've grown confident, taking a Jedi that is so close to taking the trials." Dooku exclaimed. "One thing is for certain, I sense a dark presence behind all of this."
"That confidence could be their undoing." Mace exclaimed.
Qui Gon stopped and looked at the bustling traffic out the window. "None of this is helping us find him." He said in a soft tone. "I'm going to go find him myself."
"No." Yoda said flatly. "Just like we said to the others, blindly searching for him it will help you not." Yoda tried to reason with him.
"Master, I cannot just sit back and let him die." Qui Gon said with a raised voice.
"Don't jump to conclusions Qui Gon, we don't know if he is any immediate danger." Mace rose from his seat and tried to calm Qui Gon down.
"Mace don't be foolish, the other three have been gone for more than a month, we can no longer sense them through the force. And everyday that passes Obi Wan's prensence is getting weaker." Qui Gon looked back at the traffic.
Silence filled the room after Qui Gon's last comment. After a moment Dooku cleared his throat.
"Perhaps masters if you send myself and Qui Gon out to investigate these disapearences we would have success in finding the answers." He said, breaking the silence.
"What of your mission with master Sifo-Dyas? Waiting for you he is." Yoda reminded Count Dooku.
"That is true master, but I think he could start without me. I think the disapearence of four padawans is a much more pressing matter than a border dispute." Dooku tried to reason with Yoda.
Yoda looked at Mace, who looked back at him. Both masters knew it was impossible to argue with these two particular Jedi.
"Find the padawans, then meet master Sifo-Dyas when you have discovered the truth." Mace agreed with their terms. "But, you will come to us when you have any news do not put yourselves in danger without speaking to us first." Mace sighed to himself. "May the force be with you."
Qui Gon and Count Dooku bowed to their masters and turned to walk out the door.
**
"Excuse me." Kia asked the old man sitting behind a desk. "But do you have any books on the Jedi that haven't been written by one of the elders?" She asked politely.
"My dear books like that are only one sided, they try to convert you to the ways of the Jedi." The man said with a smile to the girl.
"Yes, but these are all one sided too. They only show the sith's beliefs." She said as she held up a book.
"Yes, but that is the truth." The libarian tried to reason with her. "Why in force sake would you want to read something that wasn't the true word?"
"To make an honest assumption, to understand all points of view." Kia answered. "To decide for myself."
"Decide what for yourself?" The man asked with a chuckle as if she was amusing him.
"Wether or not the sith are the right choice in the force." She said with great confidence.
The library grew silent with a quick hush, all eyes burned into Kia. She stood for a second, feeling uncomfortable. Suddenly Byrns grabbed her by the shoulders. "She is doing a report in class on the Jedi, that's why she was searching for books on them." He told everyone as he forced his sister to the door. Satisfied the patrons went back to what they had been doing the moment before.
Byrns shoved Kia out the door and gave her an angry look. "Are you insane?" He asked her as she freed her cloak out of his grasp. "What were you doing? Questioning the Sith."
"Haven't you ever wondered Byrns? I mean we didn't chose to be a part of this organization, we were born into it. Shouldn't we have the opportunity to see all sides and chose for ourselves?" She asked her brother as they headed home.
"Look Kia, our parents chose to be a part of this organization as you called it, I'm sure they knew what they were doing." Byrns tried to reason with her.
"Dad wanted to join, and now that he is dead I think we stay here out of habbit." Kia threw in Byrns face.
"Kia, Mom and dad joined the degradation society when I was very young. Mom was pregnant with you and dad had lost his job, we had no where to go and they gave us a home." Bryns looked her in the eye to make sure she understood. "They have always been good to us, I don't understand what would make you question them now."
Kia turned away from her brother and sighed. "I don't know. I guess it has to do with that Jedi."
"You're questioning your beliefs because of a science experiment?" Byrns threw his hands up in disbelief.
"He's not just an experiment." Kia looked at her brother, annoyed. "He is a living creature Byrns."
"He is a Jedi. He's done something to you, gotten inside your head." Byrns explained. "Maybe we should take you to Dr. Zan Arbor and have you examined."
"Maybe you're right." She looked down at the ground, then after a moment looked at her brother. "Byrns, whatever happened to the other Jedi?" She asked him.
"I'm not sure, but I'm almost positive they were released back to the Jedi." He answered her.
"Well explain something to me then, if they were released back to the Jedi then why don't the Jedi know about us? And if the Jedi know about us and volunteer for the experiments like we are led to believe then why do we kidnapp them?" She asked with a firm tone, leaving Byrns speachless.
Byrns stared at his sister for a moment. "Let's get you home, I'm late for work."
**
Qui Gon answered his door and Count Dooku entered the apartment that Qui Gon and Obi Wan share.
"Master Dooku, I am almost prepared to leave." Qui Gon appologized for running late. "Master Windu stopped by a few minutes ago to warn me about letting my emotions run away with me."
Dooku looked around the room. "He has a very valid argument Qui Gon. You must listen to the force, don't let your personal feelings get in the way." He called out to Qui Gon who was in the next room. He stopped and looked at a few hollopics that were on a shelf. He noticed several of Obi Wan and Qui Gon through the years, then he noticed one of a younger version of himself with a tall boy of about 20 standard years old, next to it laid a long braided strand of hair.
"I am trying master. It's just I can't explain this bond I share with the boy, I feel so protective of him master." Qui Gon called from the other room.
"Well that's understandable Qui Gon." Dooku picked up the padawan braid. "Fathers are always protective of their sons." He continued to look at the braid, then put it down as Qui Gon entered the room. "You will just have to decide today if you are going to act like a master to the boy or a father."
Qui Gon nodded in response.
Dooku walked away from the shelf, and grabbed his survival pack. "Are you ready?" He asked Qui Gon.
"Yes master." Qui Gon answered.
"Then we're off to Ragoon 6."
**
"You're late." Jenna Zan Arbor growled as Byrns entered the lab.
"I'm sorry Doctor, I had a family matter that I had to take care of." Byrns said as he lowerd his head to the woman.
"No matter." Dr. Zan Arbor stated as she rose to her feet. "It's been a very uneventful day." She stretched out her back as she spoke. "This one is stubborn as hell." She gathered her belongings and headed for the door. "call me immediately if any changes occur."
"Yes doctor." Byrns answered. "Dr. Zan Arbor?" He called to her as she was about to leave.
"Yes?"
"Can I ask you something?" He asked in a shakey tone.
"What is it?"
"The other subjects, what ever happened to them?" He asked as he shifted his weight uncomfortably.
"They were sent back to the Jedi when they proved to be no longer of any use to us." She answered, eyeing the young man infront of her. "Why do you ask?"
"No reason, Kia was curious." His gaze shifted away from the stares of the old woman. "That's what I told her happened."
"Your sister has become very interested in these experiments." Zan Arbor stated.
"She's trying to decide if she believes in the words of the Sith, she's at that age you know." Byrns answered for his sister.
"Hmm, well if she has any other questions concerning the Jedi, have her see me." With that Jenna Zan Arbor left the room.
Byrns sat down at the computer and checked the Jedi's vital signs. "Third day with high fever." He stated under his breath. "You better start healing yourself Jedi, or you'll be in a world of trouble." He sat for a moment and looked around the lab. He then grabbed several sheets of paper and crumbled them up and threw them at the waste receptible, missing everytime. He sighed to himself, he was bored. He then looked back at the Jedi, and thought about what Kia had asked him earlier. He turned back to his computer and began to access files of past experiments.At first nothing was out of the ordinary, all of the assesments were what he remembered them to be, then he stumbled upon Dr. Zan Arbor's files. He accessed them.
Experiment 1:
Subject: Xenntte Billong
Age: 9
Assesment: Subject is strong with the force for her age, hasn't mastered the art of healing. 18:00 the subject was given the toxin, 24:00 the subject was past the point of no return.
Status: Deceased (high fever)
Byrns quickly closed the file, he was in a state of shock. He looked back at the Jedi lying on the cold metal table. He then accessed another file.
Experiment 2:
Subject: Was Don Armondell
Age: 11
Assesment: Subject 2 is stronger than subject 1, has begun to heal itself. Given toxin at 16:00, subject lasted full 24 hours with the toxin.
Status: Deceased (heart failure)
Byrns swallowed hard as he continued to read the status of the past experiments. His mind was racing, he couldn't believe he had helped with these experiments.
Experiment 3:
Subject: Zen Barts
Age: 14
Assesment: Subject very intune with the force, subject is training to be a Jedi healer, therefore should be able to heal herself from the toxin.
Status: Deceased (tried to escape)
Bryns looked around the lab to make sure no one saw that he had accessed the files. He then noticed Zan Arbor had many other files of past experiments that he never knew about, most were with beings that were not Jedi, but were force sensitive people. All were decesed, with the exception of one. "Viggo Yulende" Byrns read the name out loud. "Status...Missing." Byrns leaned back in his chair and looked at the Jedi who was now their captive. A wave of guilt washed over him.