Chapter
One
Three weeks later.....
"Ilum!" spoke Darth
Sidious to the pilot of the Infiltrator. "We head to Ilum! Lord
Morphus, step into the ship and bring that purple lightsaber, it's
time to leave."
"Yes master. I am ready. But why are we going
to Ilum? There's nothing there but Jedi Lightsaber crystals,"
spoke Morphus.
"You shall see, my friend, you shall see,"
spoke Sidious deftly to his young Sith apprentice.
Deep
space. The silver, sleek new Sith Infiltrator flew straight towards a
giant white planet, full of ice. The turbolift engines suddenly came
on from the bottom of the craft, as the ship was ready to land on the
planet.
The people inside this ship, however, did not notice the
ten wedge-shaped Jedi Starfighters tailing them, along with the
twenty clone trooper fighter ships with them. They did not shoot the
streamlined Infiltrator, however, as Destruction was not their plan.
The true plan was for something more-something a lot harder than
destroying a ship. They were here to turn the dark-skinned man they
knew as Mace Windu back to the Light Side of the Force.
The Clone
Ships followed the Jedi Starfighters straight under an ice-bridge,
and into a secret cavern, full of shining blue, green, purple,
orange, and yellow ice. One of the circular cockpits opened on a Red
Starfighter, and the old, battle-torn Ki-Adi-Mundi stepped out. His
brown robes over his tall head, and one solid hand on his lightsaber,
he ordered the other Jedi and Clones out of their ships. Suddenly,
the air was filled with the sounds of thirty cockpits opening and the
click-click of boots stepping toward the Jedi Master.
They heard
a loud bang which meant the Infiltrator had landed. He looked in
between to icey rocks, and saw a bald man in a dark robe and an old
man with a cane walk out onto the cold land.
"There they are.
Follow on my command," said Ki-Adi, looking back as the Jedi and
Clones nodded their head in answer. They had to be silent, silent or
else be silent as dead men. They watched as the two Sith entered a
corridor made of ice. Ki-Adi had never seen this before, and wandered
where it had led.
"Follow them, now!" He whispered quietly.
The Jedi followed him, the twenty clones in the rear. "Only kill on
my command."
Morphus inquired, "Where does this hallway
lead, master? I've never seen it before on my two trips here."
"Again, my apprentice, you will have to wait. Stop asking so
many questions, or you will be punished," spoke Sidious back to him
in his crackly tone.
They got to the end of the hall and Morphus
gasped in awe. The entire cave was filled with thousands of red
ice-crystals used to make lightsabers.
"This, Lord Morphus, is
why we are here. It is time, time for you to make your new
lightsaber."
Morphus used the Force to move one of the crystals
out of the cavern's wall. Sidious through him a black, grey, and
silver handle. Still using his Force-powers, he moved the crystal
within the handle. It was complete. His new lightsaber was finished.
"Morphus, try it out! How do you like your new blade?" said
Sidious loudly as it echoed of the cavern walls.
Morphus lit his
new lightsaber and the room lit up with more blood-red light. Its hum
vibrated through the air as Morphus admired his new saber.
"Wait,
master, there's something here. I sense a strong presence in the
Force along with many other small ones."
Ki-Adi leapt forward
from the hallway and slashed straight for Morphus's arm. Ki-Adi's
green lightsaber only hit the red blade of Morphus.
"You
should've never turned, Mace," spoke Ki-Adi.
"Who is this
'Mace' you speak of? I am Darth Morphus. And, why are you here,
Jedi filth, you will never beat me alone."
"I am not alone,"
said Ki-Adi as the other nine Jedi came in, many colored lightsabers
shining, running toward Morphus. The Clone Troopers came in firing.
Sidious ran off into a corner of the cavern. Was he running? Or
was it a ploy to get them away from Morphus?
A Jedi said, "Clone
troopers, follow that dark-robed man."
"Yes sir," spoke the
Clone Commander obediently. "We will capture him for you."
As
Morphus deflected every single lightsaber slash, stab, and swing, the
Clones followed Sidious into the darkness. They turned one corner to
find the Chancellor Palpatine waiting for them there.
"Troopers,
attack those Jedi! Why are they attacking that innocent man?" Spoke
Palpatine. "I am your commander, not them!"
The Clones obeyed
their order perfectly. As the Jedi fought with their backs turned,
the Clone troopers shot everyone of them down with deadly precision.
Sidious had just gained people for his cause.
They ran back to
Palpatine for their next command, but found him vanished. However,
unbeknowenst to the Clone Troopers, one Jedi had survived.
It was
Ki-Adi-Mundi, and he lie on the ground before Morphus.
"You
should have never turned. Kill me now, Mace, Morphus, whatever you're
called. I have no reason to live no longer. You used to be my friend,
and ally," spoke Ki-Adi softly.
"Join me, Mundi. You could be
a powerful friend for the Sith. It is the only way. Join us," said
Morphus in his deep voice.
"No. Kill me."
Ki-Adi saw one
lightsaber right behind Morphus. He closed his eyes softly and called
the saber to his hand using the Force. It was Morphus's purple
lightsaber, dropped during the battle. Morphus saw it coming and
slashed the handle straight in half.
"I am a Jedi no more,
Mundi. The Sith will conquer all. And, As you wish, you will now die
a warrior's death as you always wanted," spoke Morphus. He
twisted his lightsaber around in his hands, and brought it down upon
Ki-Adi. One of the greatest Jedi ever had fallen.
"My
apprentice, you have beaten them. Great job," laughed Sidious.
"These Clones are ours now, I have manipulated their puny minds.
Also, I have an offer for you, Morphus. The Confederacy is key in our
plans. You will need to become the leader of it so it still survives.
The Republic, and the Jedi, must fall."
Morphus kneeled to the
ground. "Yes my master. I will do your bidding."
They walked
back to the Infiltrator and stepped in, Clones following. Every trace
of the Jedi Mace Windu had vanished. Mace was dead. In his ashes
stepped a new evil Sith, Darth Morphus.
