Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
Nevan slowly lifted his hand to scratch his head when it he realized that he was submerged in something. He blinked a few times to dry the haze from his eyes and realized he was in a bacta tank, the bacta tank of the Demons Foe, one he had obtained quite illegally.
Soon enough he had managed to get himself free of the tank and checked to make sure all his wounds were healed. When he was satisfied he wouldn't fall apart the second he took a step he found his robes neatly folded on a chair, hastily getting dressed and clipping his lightsaber to his belt he looked around for a moment and then he sat down and didn't move.
And that's exactly how Aida had him, unmoving and from the looks of things he hadn't since he had gotten out of the bacta tank two hours ago, at first when she sensed him awakening from the trance she figured that he would need some time she left him alone and appraised Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan of the situation.
Aida took a slow step forward and put her finger under his chin to raise his head up so he was looking at her, "Master?"
To Aida it seemed to take forever before that grin spread across his face, "Good work Aida."
Aida smiled and then turned around and grabbed a plate with a sandwich on it, "Here I thought you might want something to eat."
Nevan smiled and nodded, accepting the plate he quickly devoured the sandwich. He stared at Aida for a moment and stood up, "I'm going to go to my room and meditate."
With that he moved past her and headed out the door. Aida stared at the door hoping he would turn back
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He took a step into the all too familiar room, even after he left the Order and joined the Shadow Jedi he had found himself staying in his ship rather then the room provided, until he had taken an Apprentice that was when he had finally and truly left the ship, and the old life. But now here it was again he mused, coming crashing back into all he had built and once again history had repeated itself.
He circled the room lighting candles, watching as the flickering threw his warped shadow around the room.
He lowered himself to one knee, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and felt the warm current of the Force. He felt it take away the pain, not what was left of the physical pain, that he could handle. Memories he had thought he would never be reminded of again, those memories linked to this mission the ones he had spent so long coming to terms with and then locking away, they had all come flowing back.
Little Jedi.
Nevans eyes shot open and he whirled around the survey the room, lightsaber immediately called to his hand. He waited a moment and after a quick mental sweep telling him no one was aboard the ship but the four of them.
Closing his eyes he settled in again.
Can't hide forever!
The voice was familiar, Nevan knew it.
One down two to go.
Nevan stood and used the wall to support him as he felt a nauseating wave of awareness, he not only knew the voice but the person it belonged to was the embodiment of all the nightmares, all the pains he felt in his past. Anoch, that name had not been in his mind in a long time, the respected Jedi Master who had destroyed Nevan's view of the order. Anoch had been charged with the protection of the facility in which the insane Jedi had been kept, and he had also been responsible for the murder of the other caretakers and the escape of the Jedi in his own mad bid for power.
Nevan exhaled the breath he hadn't even been aware he was holding, those words were part of the past, part of the events which had threatened to crush him. And like those memories Anoch was dead.
Soon he went back to meditating but it wasn't much longer when he heard it again.
Sorry little Shadow this is a whole new game.
Nevan frowned, he had never heard Anoch say that.
You'll find me on Dey'alin.
The possibility sped through Nevan's mind, It was impossible Anoch was dead.
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"Bring the navicomputer online."
Qui-Gon looked over his shoulder at Nevan, "Welcome back to the living."
Nevan shook his head, "No time for jokes, you don't want to do it I will."
He took the co-pilots seat and reached over to run a check through the navicomputer.
"Where are you taking us?" Qui-Gon questioned him.
"Taking?" Nevan said trying to sound wounded as he smiled at his old friend, "I thought at this point we would be working together."
Qui-Gon nodded, "That doesn't change the fact that you still haven't told me where we're going or why."
"The Dey'alin system, and for a reason that would only make you think I was insane." Nevan replied.
"Do you plan on telling me?"
Nevan stood up and left to cockpit, pausing at the exit for a moment, he glanced over his shoulder at Qui-Gon,"Not really, no."
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Aida leaned her shoulder against the wall and fixed her gaze on the door to her Masters room, the room he had not exited since he left briefly to make that unexpected little course change four hours earlier.
She heard the distinct click of footfalls against the deck, she looked up to see Obi-Wan walking down the hallway, "Hey."
"Do we know where we're going?" Obi-Wan said, motioning to the door with his chin.
Aida shook her head, "I followed him in and asked about it but he just said he needed to meditate and asked me to leave."
They stood there in silence for a moment before Obi-Wan decided to break it, "Is he ok?"
Aida ran her fingers through her hair and sighed, "He's as healthy as ever."
"That's not what I meant." Obi-Wan said.
Aida closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, "I know, he seems troubled and." She paused searching for the right words, "I don't know, off, he's put up a lot of barriers, I can't even reach him through our bond."
They both turned their heads as they heard a hiss as Nevan's door slid open, "Meditation usually requires quiet you know."
Aida looked down, "Sorry Master."
He smiled, "Don't be sorry, your just concerned but you don't have to be, I'm ok." He glanced over at Obi-Wan, "Why don't you two get something to eat, or maybe you could teach him how to play sabaac, not something he's likely to ever learn at the temple or from Qui for that matter."
Walking backwards into his room he smiled and pressed the button, the door once again sliding closed.
Aida watched the door for a moment longer.
"I know your still out there!" Nevans voice rang.
Aida rolled her eyes and looked over at Obi-Wan, "How 'bout it, up for a game of sabaac."
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A/N: Sorry about the massive delay, had a touch of the writers block, about halfway through I just couldn't think of how to continue on after what I had already put down, anyway I hope everyone likes and please review, if I made any spelling or grammatical mistakes feel free to point them out and I'll fix them right away.