Toruan stepped out of the room and closed the door softly. He moved down the south hall. And there he was. "You are not welcome here. Go back."
Saru whirled. "Ah, the mighty Darth Toruan."
"Leave here now," Toruan said firmly.
"But I cannot do that," Saru said in a soft, deadly voice.
"I have no quarrel with you. But if you stay here, I will."
Saru shot lightening at the Sith Lord.
Toruan deflected it. "So be it." The lightening he shot filled the hall with energy.
Saru jumped aside.
Leila stopped. "That's Sith lightening."
The three Jedi appeared at the north end of the hall where the two Sith lords where.
Saru had abandoned the Sith lightening and was running for Toruan with his lightsaber drawn.
Leila drew her lightsaber and ran and flipped.
Toruan's lightsaber was up but he never met Saru's lightsaber.
A glowing purple lightsaber was inches from his face. He stared at it for a moment and then at the owner. He gasped when he saw the violet eyes and his eyes flashed down to the diamond hanging around her neck. "Leila?"
But Saru had recovered from his surprise and was battling the Jedi girl.
Red and purple lightsabers glowed as the two fought fiercely.
Leila held Saru's gaze and never broke it.
"Wait!" Qui-Gon grabbed Obi Wan as he started foreword.
"But Leila…"
"Wait!" commanded Qui-Gon.
Toruan backed up.
Leila threw Saru back with the Force. He was a weak Sith and she knew it. She waited.
He slammed into the wall and bounced off, hurtling himself toward her. He rasied his hands and shot Sith lightening at her.
She deflected it with her lightsaber and met him hard.
Saru was now in the defensive mode. His eyes moved from side to side, seeking an escape. At last, he saw one. He shot lightening at her feet.
She jumped back.
Obi Wan started foreword but Qui-Gon held fast to his arm. "Not yet!"
He turned to run.
Toruan stepped in his way.
Saru shot lightening.
Toruan's hand came up but it was too late.
"No!" cried Leila.
Toruan hit the wall and slid to the floor, motionless.
Saru ran.
Leila hurled her lightsaber.
It buried itself up to the handle in the middle of Saru's back. He pitched foreword. Dead.
Qui-Gon and Obi Wan ran to Toruan.
Leila was kneeling beside him. She stared at him.
"Leila. I always knew you'd come." Toruan was dying. But he raised his hand and touched her cheek. "Have you had a good upbringing, as I requested?"
"I have."
"Good." Toruan closed his eyes briefly.
"No," whispered Leila.
Qui-Gon knelt beside her. "Leila, he's dying. There's nothing we can do."
"I thought about you everyday since I gave you to Master Qui-Gon."
"Why?" whispered Leila. "Why did you have to be a Sith?"
"It was my path in life. I gave you away so that you could have a better path. Fight," Toruan said weekly. "Always fight the Sith in you. Never let it rise and take over."
"I will," said Leila, tears in her eyes.
"Also…fight the Sith among you."
"I will." Tears slid down Leila's cheeks.
"I love you." Then Darth Toruan died.
Leila lay him back down gently. "He's dead."
Qui-Gon stood as well.
Suddenly Toruan's voice boomed over the intercoms. "As I have died, so shall all of my knowledge!"
The halls went dark instantly.
Leila looked around. "What was that?"
Horror filled Obi Wan. "He set the place. So that if he died, it would be destroyed as well!" He grabbed Leila's hand and hauled her to her feet. "We've got to get out of here!"
They ran. Back the way they had come. They rounded the last hallway and up ahead saw the doors they had come through.
Suddenly, they began sliding shut.
Qui-Gon and Obi Wan dove through the crack left. But Leila slipped and fell.
Obi Wan turned. "Leila!"
The door slammed shut.
Leila rolled over and got to her feet. She slammed her hand against the metal door.