Chapter 15
As King Nuri approached the guards and Ben, a man stepped out into the shadows. Nuri immediately recognized him as Sampbell or otherwise known as Darth Nero, Carlton's master.
"It seems like we have a battle going on here," the Dark Lord said to the King.
"Yes, we do," King Nuri said quietly.
The conversation was cut short when two guards and two Jedi Masters came running down the street toward the ever-growing crowd.
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Qui-Gon could feel the sweat pouring down his face. It was really funny, it had just rained, and it was cool out, and the great Jedi Master was sweating. It was almost laughable, but given the current situation. He didn't even realize the two new Force presences that had arrived on the scene. He was too busy trying not to kill his brother, but just to injure him. Slash, parry, slash, parry. The pattern was endless. Qui-Gon didn't want to give, and his younger brother showed no sign either. He was about to make an offensive attack again, when out of nowhere Force lightning came and knocked him away from his brother and to his former master's feet. "Master!" Qui-Gon uttered his surprise. "Hmmph. Come to Mayim to rescue your son, and find a Sith you did," replied a somewhat angered Yoda. "Sorry," Qui-Gon was at a loss for words; "it wasn't my fault, they found me first." Yoda was about to answer when Carlton came running and had his aim set on the young boy lying on the grass. Qui-Gon immediately parried, and the battle continued. Yoda and Adi set their sites on the young boy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darth Nero smiled. He struck at just the right time. He laughed. The Jedi were falling into his trap and they didn't even know it. When he struck the deal all those years ago with King Nuri to train his youngest son in the ways of the Sith, since his older son was a Jedi, the king had no idea that Darth Nero wanted the throne. And what Darth Nero wants, Darth Nero gets. He smiled as Carlton took the offense again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The king and queen had now joined the group huddled over the young prince. Queen Sarina had tears running down her cheeks at the sight of her grandson that she doesn't know, and if he doesn't wake up, she will never know. The site of the female Jedi Master kneeling next to him was enough to make any mother's or grandmother's heartache. Ben refused to breathe. She held onto her husband for dear life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obi-Wan looked around the grey room again, pounding against the walls, hoping that one of the walls was a door back to his conscious self. With no avail he went back to the mirror. He gasped. His hair and feet had started to turn the color of the room. He wept silently. i At that moment he realized that once he turned completely grey, he was forever stuck in the room, torn between consciousness and unconsciousness.i
As King Nuri approached the guards and Ben, a man stepped out into the shadows. Nuri immediately recognized him as Sampbell or otherwise known as Darth Nero, Carlton's master.
"It seems like we have a battle going on here," the Dark Lord said to the King.
"Yes, we do," King Nuri said quietly.
The conversation was cut short when two guards and two Jedi Masters came running down the street toward the ever-growing crowd.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Qui-Gon could feel the sweat pouring down his face. It was really funny, it had just rained, and it was cool out, and the great Jedi Master was sweating. It was almost laughable, but given the current situation. He didn't even realize the two new Force presences that had arrived on the scene. He was too busy trying not to kill his brother, but just to injure him. Slash, parry, slash, parry. The pattern was endless. Qui-Gon didn't want to give, and his younger brother showed no sign either. He was about to make an offensive attack again, when out of nowhere Force lightning came and knocked him away from his brother and to his former master's feet. "Master!" Qui-Gon uttered his surprise. "Hmmph. Come to Mayim to rescue your son, and find a Sith you did," replied a somewhat angered Yoda. "Sorry," Qui-Gon was at a loss for words; "it wasn't my fault, they found me first." Yoda was about to answer when Carlton came running and had his aim set on the young boy lying on the grass. Qui-Gon immediately parried, and the battle continued. Yoda and Adi set their sites on the young boy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darth Nero smiled. He struck at just the right time. He laughed. The Jedi were falling into his trap and they didn't even know it. When he struck the deal all those years ago with King Nuri to train his youngest son in the ways of the Sith, since his older son was a Jedi, the king had no idea that Darth Nero wanted the throne. And what Darth Nero wants, Darth Nero gets. He smiled as Carlton took the offense again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The king and queen had now joined the group huddled over the young prince. Queen Sarina had tears running down her cheeks at the sight of her grandson that she doesn't know, and if he doesn't wake up, she will never know. The site of the female Jedi Master kneeling next to him was enough to make any mother's or grandmother's heartache. Ben refused to breathe. She held onto her husband for dear life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Obi-Wan looked around the grey room again, pounding against the walls, hoping that one of the walls was a door back to his conscious self. With no avail he went back to the mirror. He gasped. His hair and feet had started to turn the color of the room. He wept silently. i At that moment he realized that once he turned completely grey, he was forever stuck in the room, torn between consciousness and unconsciousness.i