The Dreamers Chapter 7
I still didn't have the secret of Darth Plagueis, so I went looking in the only place that might have a chance to learn his secret. I hadn't seen everything in Palpatine's buildings. When I entered, instead of being empty, this time a trapdoor slammed shut as I walked in. Following, I saw a vaguely familiar-looking woman with black hair and brown eyes. She was staring at the cages, horrified, but turned to look towards me at the sound of the trapdoor opening.
"Anakin!" she called out, and then I recognized her. It was Siri. "Will you take a look at this?"
"I know, I've been down here before," I told her.
"This is to keep Jedi captured. What else could it be? You can't tap into the Force at all."
I felt incredibly stupid for not having thought of that before. "It's the Chancellor's right to stop the plot against the Republic." I started to leave. "I've got to go to Mustafar to end this war."
"Wait," she called out. "On the Chancellor's orders?"
"Yes."
Siri shook her head. "I know he's been a mentor to you, but we've traced Darth Sidious to his inner circle. Master Windu and some others came here and never came back. That's why I'm here – to figure out what's going on."
"The only thing on is that the Council and the Chancellor don't trust each other, and I thought we were on the same side against the Separatists."
"A Sith is not on our side. It doesn't matter what's happening with the war."
That was true, from the Jedi point of view. "I'll kill the Sith later. But I have to end this war first."
And with that, I left as quickly as I could. Somehow I'd forgotten all about my search. I was sure that I'd learn the secret soon enough, in any case