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Chapter 20- Origins
"Look Keira, babe!" Tohulk'la stared at Keira beseechingly, "Baby, I had to! You, They gave me no choice!"
Keira arched an eyebrow, "Who didn't give you any choice?"
"Babe, that doesnÕt concern you. At least not now, you'll learn soon enough who I mean by 'they' but for now let's not part on bad terms."
He grinned at her, winking, as he looked her up and down. Tohulk'la took a step away from the entrance the blaster held still as ever.
Keira's eyes frantically searched the room for anything that might be used as a weapon. There was nothing in the room except bulkheads and the munitions hold. Tohulk'la had stepped far enough away from the doorway for Keira to dart through. She ran down the long corridor, immediately he stepped out and shot her with a powerful stun bolt.
Her limp body fell to the floor where she lay paralyzed, unable to move as he slowly approached. Tohulk'la drew a syringe from one of the pockets on his utility belt. It was filled with a neurotoxin that would cause her mind to go blank leaving it prepped for the fallaciously produced memories he had created for this purpose.
He dragged her flaccid body to the crew's rest quarters and strapped her into the bed. The effects of the neurotoxin combined with the stun bolt would keep her still for several hours.
So I needn't worry about her premature awakening.
The tractor beam docked the ship for him so piloting the ship was unnecessary but nonetheless doing a quick check of the systems before shutting down never hurt anyone. He lowered the gangplank and walked out into the hangar bay. Because of the cavern's enormous size, it allotted the hangar bay to be twice as immense as normal hangars on small moons.
The hangar was also big because it kept hidden the secret battleship that was being built by Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith. It was to be based upon the technology in a Jedi Star fighter, which allowed the integration of a Force-sensitive being and machinery, only on a much grander scale. This has never been attempted before because the systems have been designed for use with only one being at a time.
In Darth Sidious's version, he planned to have hundreds, possibly thousands of Force-sensitive beings present on the ship, all at once connected to the ship's main computer system. Then he could call upon all their stored energies to unleash wave after destructive wave of pure power at any opposition. All concentrated in a single beam.
But he could not accomplish this, no he needed something for the power to be channeled through so as not to overload the ships computers. That was why he needed Keira. She was the one written about in ancient prophecy, she was the Force reincarnated in humanoid form.
A.N: Sorry for the delay but I had homework and other meaningless stuff to do. Plus reading, one can never get enough of reading. But so far this is the second of two recent updates, (chapter 19 is fairly new too) and I hope to update at a faster pace. I always check my email, at least 3 times a day (morning, lunch, dinner) so if there is anything you, the reviewer need to ask me please do so and I will answer as soon as I am able. Thanks!