Title: Children of the Sith
Author: ewan's girl
Author's note: Ok folks here's another chapter, I hope it's ok. I don't know what's wrong with me and this story, for some reason I has become the hardest story I've ever written. Thank you for all your patience. I love you all. Oh by the way I'm not going to lie I got the idea for part of this chapter from watching " The Fellowship of the Ring".
******************** Chapter 8:
"What are we going to do Bryns?" Kia asked, frantically.
"We've got to get the Jedi out of here, although I don't think they suspect me they are searching for him." Bryns exclaimed, lowering his hood. "The elders have sent out the Rangers to look for him."
Their mother had a look of horror. "The Rangers? See, now do you children believe me when I say this Jedi is dangerous?"
"I've already saddled Nirvanna, I'll ride her out into the forest." He walked towards the lifeless form lying on his bed.
"The forest?" Kia asked. "Why the forest?"
"Well at least there are more places to hide out there until I can come up with a plan." He said, lifting the Jedi up in his arms.
Kia ran to her room and returned with her cloak on. She followed Bryns outside and watch him lift the apprentice on the back of a white lusian. "Bryns let me go." She said after the Jedi was secure.
Bryns looked at her. "No Kia it's too dangerous."
"I'm the faster rider Bryns." Kia said with confidence. "That way you can come up with a plan and come find us later."
"Kia no." Their mother begged.
Brother and sister looked at their worried mother and continued. "Bryns you know this is the only way, besides if you leave they'll become suspicious." Kia continued. "You know I'm right."
Suddenly they heard the sound of hooves down the road. Bryns looked at his little sister, he sighed. "Ok, but be careful." He said and lifted her up onto the lusian. He glanced back to see if he could make out the other riders. "There is a cave a few miles north, head for it and I will meet you there." He then smacked the lusian on the backside and Kia took off on the galloping steed.
"Bryns how could you let her go?!" Kia could hear her mother's voice fading in the background.
Kia raced the lusian at top speed, she was to the edge of the forest when she heard the sound of hooves catching up to her. She turned back and noticed 5 dark figures a few links behind her. She urged her white lusian to go faster. "Come on Nirvanna." She whispered in it's ear. The hoofed beast ran even faster.
Kia was an exceptional rider, but found it difficult to keep the larger frame of the Jedi balanced at the speed they were going. Her charge was slumped over and seemed to be resting his head on the neck of the lusian. Kia looked back and noticed the Rangers gaining on her. She then began to weave around the trees. She made sure her hood was over her head as the riders began to surround her. She began to try to outmaneuver them, but they were the best riders in the entire organization.
One reached an arm out and grasped the cloak of the Jedi, Kia suddenly forced her lusian to come to a dead stop and the other riders kept going. She then turned and raced down a steep hill. She could still feel the presence of the Rangers following her down the hill, and she began to grow afraid. 'What if they catch us?' She thought to herself. 'What will they do to me?' She looked down at the injured Jedi. 'What will they do to him?'
As she reached the bottom of the hill she came to a slow moving river. She raced across it, but just as she had almost cleared it the padawan lurched off the lusian and fell into the icy cold water. Kia stopped and slid down from the back of her animal and raced towards the Jedi laying face down. She rolled him onto his back, so he could breath. She looked up at the hill and saw the Rangers closing her lead. She tried to pull the Jedi out of the water, but knew there was no way she could get him back on the tall creature.
She sat on the bank and held the young Jedi in her arms. She felt her heart thump loudly in her chest as the black hooded figures began to cross the river. She closed her eyes and prepared for what was to come when a mysterious figure emerged from behind her. The man had long black hair and carried a large vibro blade. He then began to attack the Rangers in the middle of the river.
Kia looked on as this one man fought off 5 men on the back of lusians. She then watched in horror as the man dismounted one and killed him, the river then staining with blood. The other four riders then took off in the opposite direction. Kia wrapped her arms around the Jedi tighter as the mysterious man turned towards them. She felt herself literally shaking at the sight of the man. She didn't know what scared her worse the Rangers or the man who was skilled enough to kill a Ranger. The man stood above them, holding the reins of the Ranger's black lusian and stared at them, Kia noticed he had a unkempt beard and a huge scar across his right cheek.
"You killed him!" She shouted, not sure why she had the outburst.
"Yes I did." He answered softly. "They were after you." He looked at the couple sitting in the mud. "Why?"
She stared into his intense brown eyes, she couldn't stop herself from crying. "I. . ." She looked back at the dead body still floating in the river. "You. . .you killed him." She commented again.
He nodded. "Yes we already moved past that." He looked at the form lying in her arms. "It looks like your boyfriend needs help." He pointed to the Jedi who's lips had now turned blue.
Kia stared up at the man and couldn't answer, finally she found the ability to nod. The man sighed and picked up the dripping bundle out of her arms and placed it on the back of the fallen Ranger's lusian. He then climbed on and motioned for Kia to do the same. Kia, finally snapped out of her trance jumped onto Nirvanna and the two began to ride up the steep bank of the river. Kia never took her eyes off her new companion.
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Qui Gon Jinn rubbed his temples, he was emotionally exhausted. He then stared out as the stars stretched into blue lines as they continued to go through hyperspace. Their trip to Honavar was a waste of time and it frustrated the aging Jedi immensely. They found the settlement but found nothing indicated the selling of animals, they were back to square one.
Dooku had suggested to go back to the temple to check the archives for information on the black market and the sale of any lusians, but Qui Gon didn't have the patience to deal with sitting in the archives, he once again remembered how much he missed Tahl. He also knew the council was pressuring Dooku to go on his mission with Master Syfo Dias, so they returned to the Temple.
His thoughts turned to his apprentice. He had never been so worried about anyone in his entire life, even when Tahl was kidnapped. He suddenly realized just how much the boy meant to him. He had tried to keep Obi Wan at bay, tried to not let the ambitious young man into his heart, but somehow he was there. He swore after Xanatos he would never let himself care about another, but if it were possible he cared for Obi Wan even more.
'Does Obi Wan know this?' Qui Gon thought to himself. He then shook his head. Obi Wan was one of the brightest students in the entire Jedi Order, but his major hindrance was his self confidence. He then remembered the first time he had ever seen Obi Wan, and remembered how confident the boy had been when he was 12. Qui Gon then wondered if he had been the one to destroy the boys confidence in himself. The stubborn Jedi always found it hard to give the boy compliments, probably because he was afraid of the boy becoming too cocky and therefore turning to the dark side as his first apprentice had. But Qui Gon knew Obi Wan was very different than Xanatos 'but why can't I bring myself to tell the boy how great a Jedi I know he is, and that I know he'll grow up to be?'
Despite how distant Qui Gon kept the boy the two shared an extremely strong bond. Probably the strongest master/padawan bond in the entire Jedi order. All of the council had commented to Qui Gon about it at one point or another, and often sent new master/padawan teams on missions with him and Obi Wan to observe them together. Qui Gon knew Obi Wan was blocking the bond so Qui Gon couldn't sense the pain he was enduring, but those shields had crashed all at once and had almost caused Qui Gon to pass out from pain himself until he erected his own shields. He lowered his shields a little to try to contact his apprentice.
//Obi Wan?// He asked and felt nothing. What worried him was he didn't even feel pain anymore, that meant his apprentice was either unconscious or. . . 'No, I would know if he was one with the force.' Qui Gon told himself. //I'm coming for you son, just hang on.// Qui Gon urged through the bond before returning the shields. He then swore he would never take his Padawan for granted anymore, that he would let Obi Wan know how important his place was at his side and make sure the young man knew how proud he was of him. 'Only the Sith themselves can keep me from seeing my boy knighted.' He promised himself and Obi Wan. 'I will find you Obi Wan.'
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The mysterious man laid Obi Wan onto a bed and checked his vital signs. He could tell the Padawan was in very bad shape and probably wouldn't make it through the night. He had some skill as a healer, but not enough to make a difference. He placed another blanket over the shivering apprentice and left the room to find his female companion.
The two had entered his homestead which was secretly hidden in the side of a hill, it was carved out of the rocks, but was very comfortable as Kia noticed. She found herself sitting on a cushioned bench with her knees pressed up against her chest. She wasn't sure what to think of the situation, but something was telling her to trust her strange rescuer. She heard the sound of boots walking towards her she glanced up and saw the stranger staring at her.
"Your boyfriend is very sick." He said after a moment. "He needs more medical attention than I can give him."
Kia slowly nodded, this was not news to her. "Thank you." She finally spoke for the first time.
He gave her a crooked smile. She found herself almost charmed by his smile. "Why were you out in the middle of the forest with such a sick man?" He asked, sitting in the chair next to her.
"I was trying to find a safe place to hide him." Kia answered.
The man picked up a long wooden pipe from the table, he then lit it and began to smoke. "Why are the Rangers after him?" He asked with interest.
"How do you know the Rangers?" Kia asked, suddenly interested in the man.
"I used to be one, now answer my question." He stared into her eyes, she felt a weird vibe from him. "Why were they after your boyfriend?"
"First of all he's not my boyfriend." Kia stated.
"I'm sorry I've called him that about three times and you haven't corrected me." The ex Ranger said with that same crooked smile.
Kia sighed. "He's a Jedi, they were experimenting on him." Kia tried to change the subject. She then noticed the man become very tense. "They made him very sick, he was supposed to heal himself with the force or something like that." She continued, but noticed he seemed very disturbed by the news.
The man rose to his feet. He silently paced the room. "I thought she was finished with that experiment when I destroyed the lab." He said under his breath. He then stopped and noticed the young girl was very frightened of him again. "Your Jedi is in a lot of trouble." He finally stated. "Trust me they won't stop searching for him, that is if he survives the night."
Kia almost felt crushed, she wished this would all be over, she had worked too hard to let the Jedi die now. "What do we do?" She asked.
The man shook his head. "I don't know."
Kia watched the man contemplate more, she suddenly felt at great ease in his presence. "I'm Kia by the way." She said after a moment. "Kia Laron."
He looked at her and softened his features. "I'm Viggo. Viggo Yulende." He extended his hand to her and she clasped it. They held hands for a moment when suddenly Viggo heard a noise in the distance. He grabbed is cloak and went to the door.
"What is it?" Kia asked, worried.
"Someone's out there." Viggo stated in a gruff voice. "Stay here." He commanded.
Kia watched the door for a moment, then followed after her new friend.
TBC
Author: ewan's girl
Author's note: Ok folks here's another chapter, I hope it's ok. I don't know what's wrong with me and this story, for some reason I has become the hardest story I've ever written. Thank you for all your patience. I love you all. Oh by the way I'm not going to lie I got the idea for part of this chapter from watching " The Fellowship of the Ring".
******************** Chapter 8:
"What are we going to do Bryns?" Kia asked, frantically.
"We've got to get the Jedi out of here, although I don't think they suspect me they are searching for him." Bryns exclaimed, lowering his hood. "The elders have sent out the Rangers to look for him."
Their mother had a look of horror. "The Rangers? See, now do you children believe me when I say this Jedi is dangerous?"
"I've already saddled Nirvanna, I'll ride her out into the forest." He walked towards the lifeless form lying on his bed.
"The forest?" Kia asked. "Why the forest?"
"Well at least there are more places to hide out there until I can come up with a plan." He said, lifting the Jedi up in his arms.
Kia ran to her room and returned with her cloak on. She followed Bryns outside and watch him lift the apprentice on the back of a white lusian. "Bryns let me go." She said after the Jedi was secure.
Bryns looked at her. "No Kia it's too dangerous."
"I'm the faster rider Bryns." Kia said with confidence. "That way you can come up with a plan and come find us later."
"Kia no." Their mother begged.
Brother and sister looked at their worried mother and continued. "Bryns you know this is the only way, besides if you leave they'll become suspicious." Kia continued. "You know I'm right."
Suddenly they heard the sound of hooves down the road. Bryns looked at his little sister, he sighed. "Ok, but be careful." He said and lifted her up onto the lusian. He glanced back to see if he could make out the other riders. "There is a cave a few miles north, head for it and I will meet you there." He then smacked the lusian on the backside and Kia took off on the galloping steed.
"Bryns how could you let her go?!" Kia could hear her mother's voice fading in the background.
Kia raced the lusian at top speed, she was to the edge of the forest when she heard the sound of hooves catching up to her. She turned back and noticed 5 dark figures a few links behind her. She urged her white lusian to go faster. "Come on Nirvanna." She whispered in it's ear. The hoofed beast ran even faster.
Kia was an exceptional rider, but found it difficult to keep the larger frame of the Jedi balanced at the speed they were going. Her charge was slumped over and seemed to be resting his head on the neck of the lusian. Kia looked back and noticed the Rangers gaining on her. She then began to weave around the trees. She made sure her hood was over her head as the riders began to surround her. She began to try to outmaneuver them, but they were the best riders in the entire organization.
One reached an arm out and grasped the cloak of the Jedi, Kia suddenly forced her lusian to come to a dead stop and the other riders kept going. She then turned and raced down a steep hill. She could still feel the presence of the Rangers following her down the hill, and she began to grow afraid. 'What if they catch us?' She thought to herself. 'What will they do to me?' She looked down at the injured Jedi. 'What will they do to him?'
As she reached the bottom of the hill she came to a slow moving river. She raced across it, but just as she had almost cleared it the padawan lurched off the lusian and fell into the icy cold water. Kia stopped and slid down from the back of her animal and raced towards the Jedi laying face down. She rolled him onto his back, so he could breath. She looked up at the hill and saw the Rangers closing her lead. She tried to pull the Jedi out of the water, but knew there was no way she could get him back on the tall creature.
She sat on the bank and held the young Jedi in her arms. She felt her heart thump loudly in her chest as the black hooded figures began to cross the river. She closed her eyes and prepared for what was to come when a mysterious figure emerged from behind her. The man had long black hair and carried a large vibro blade. He then began to attack the Rangers in the middle of the river.
Kia looked on as this one man fought off 5 men on the back of lusians. She then watched in horror as the man dismounted one and killed him, the river then staining with blood. The other four riders then took off in the opposite direction. Kia wrapped her arms around the Jedi tighter as the mysterious man turned towards them. She felt herself literally shaking at the sight of the man. She didn't know what scared her worse the Rangers or the man who was skilled enough to kill a Ranger. The man stood above them, holding the reins of the Ranger's black lusian and stared at them, Kia noticed he had a unkempt beard and a huge scar across his right cheek.
"You killed him!" She shouted, not sure why she had the outburst.
"Yes I did." He answered softly. "They were after you." He looked at the couple sitting in the mud. "Why?"
She stared into his intense brown eyes, she couldn't stop herself from crying. "I. . ." She looked back at the dead body still floating in the river. "You. . .you killed him." She commented again.
He nodded. "Yes we already moved past that." He looked at the form lying in her arms. "It looks like your boyfriend needs help." He pointed to the Jedi who's lips had now turned blue.
Kia stared up at the man and couldn't answer, finally she found the ability to nod. The man sighed and picked up the dripping bundle out of her arms and placed it on the back of the fallen Ranger's lusian. He then climbed on and motioned for Kia to do the same. Kia, finally snapped out of her trance jumped onto Nirvanna and the two began to ride up the steep bank of the river. Kia never took her eyes off her new companion.
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Qui Gon Jinn rubbed his temples, he was emotionally exhausted. He then stared out as the stars stretched into blue lines as they continued to go through hyperspace. Their trip to Honavar was a waste of time and it frustrated the aging Jedi immensely. They found the settlement but found nothing indicated the selling of animals, they were back to square one.
Dooku had suggested to go back to the temple to check the archives for information on the black market and the sale of any lusians, but Qui Gon didn't have the patience to deal with sitting in the archives, he once again remembered how much he missed Tahl. He also knew the council was pressuring Dooku to go on his mission with Master Syfo Dias, so they returned to the Temple.
His thoughts turned to his apprentice. He had never been so worried about anyone in his entire life, even when Tahl was kidnapped. He suddenly realized just how much the boy meant to him. He had tried to keep Obi Wan at bay, tried to not let the ambitious young man into his heart, but somehow he was there. He swore after Xanatos he would never let himself care about another, but if it were possible he cared for Obi Wan even more.
'Does Obi Wan know this?' Qui Gon thought to himself. He then shook his head. Obi Wan was one of the brightest students in the entire Jedi Order, but his major hindrance was his self confidence. He then remembered the first time he had ever seen Obi Wan, and remembered how confident the boy had been when he was 12. Qui Gon then wondered if he had been the one to destroy the boys confidence in himself. The stubborn Jedi always found it hard to give the boy compliments, probably because he was afraid of the boy becoming too cocky and therefore turning to the dark side as his first apprentice had. But Qui Gon knew Obi Wan was very different than Xanatos 'but why can't I bring myself to tell the boy how great a Jedi I know he is, and that I know he'll grow up to be?'
Despite how distant Qui Gon kept the boy the two shared an extremely strong bond. Probably the strongest master/padawan bond in the entire Jedi order. All of the council had commented to Qui Gon about it at one point or another, and often sent new master/padawan teams on missions with him and Obi Wan to observe them together. Qui Gon knew Obi Wan was blocking the bond so Qui Gon couldn't sense the pain he was enduring, but those shields had crashed all at once and had almost caused Qui Gon to pass out from pain himself until he erected his own shields. He lowered his shields a little to try to contact his apprentice.
//Obi Wan?// He asked and felt nothing. What worried him was he didn't even feel pain anymore, that meant his apprentice was either unconscious or. . . 'No, I would know if he was one with the force.' Qui Gon told himself. //I'm coming for you son, just hang on.// Qui Gon urged through the bond before returning the shields. He then swore he would never take his Padawan for granted anymore, that he would let Obi Wan know how important his place was at his side and make sure the young man knew how proud he was of him. 'Only the Sith themselves can keep me from seeing my boy knighted.' He promised himself and Obi Wan. 'I will find you Obi Wan.'
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The mysterious man laid Obi Wan onto a bed and checked his vital signs. He could tell the Padawan was in very bad shape and probably wouldn't make it through the night. He had some skill as a healer, but not enough to make a difference. He placed another blanket over the shivering apprentice and left the room to find his female companion.
The two had entered his homestead which was secretly hidden in the side of a hill, it was carved out of the rocks, but was very comfortable as Kia noticed. She found herself sitting on a cushioned bench with her knees pressed up against her chest. She wasn't sure what to think of the situation, but something was telling her to trust her strange rescuer. She heard the sound of boots walking towards her she glanced up and saw the stranger staring at her.
"Your boyfriend is very sick." He said after a moment. "He needs more medical attention than I can give him."
Kia slowly nodded, this was not news to her. "Thank you." She finally spoke for the first time.
He gave her a crooked smile. She found herself almost charmed by his smile. "Why were you out in the middle of the forest with such a sick man?" He asked, sitting in the chair next to her.
"I was trying to find a safe place to hide him." Kia answered.
The man picked up a long wooden pipe from the table, he then lit it and began to smoke. "Why are the Rangers after him?" He asked with interest.
"How do you know the Rangers?" Kia asked, suddenly interested in the man.
"I used to be one, now answer my question." He stared into her eyes, she felt a weird vibe from him. "Why were they after your boyfriend?"
"First of all he's not my boyfriend." Kia stated.
"I'm sorry I've called him that about three times and you haven't corrected me." The ex Ranger said with that same crooked smile.
Kia sighed. "He's a Jedi, they were experimenting on him." Kia tried to change the subject. She then noticed the man become very tense. "They made him very sick, he was supposed to heal himself with the force or something like that." She continued, but noticed he seemed very disturbed by the news.
The man rose to his feet. He silently paced the room. "I thought she was finished with that experiment when I destroyed the lab." He said under his breath. He then stopped and noticed the young girl was very frightened of him again. "Your Jedi is in a lot of trouble." He finally stated. "Trust me they won't stop searching for him, that is if he survives the night."
Kia almost felt crushed, she wished this would all be over, she had worked too hard to let the Jedi die now. "What do we do?" She asked.
The man shook his head. "I don't know."
Kia watched the man contemplate more, she suddenly felt at great ease in his presence. "I'm Kia by the way." She said after a moment. "Kia Laron."
He looked at her and softened his features. "I'm Viggo. Viggo Yulende." He extended his hand to her and she clasped it. They held hands for a moment when suddenly Viggo heard a noise in the distance. He grabbed is cloak and went to the door.
"What is it?" Kia asked, worried.
"Someone's out there." Viggo stated in a gruff voice. "Stay here." He commanded.
Kia watched the door for a moment, then followed after her new friend.
TBC