Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt

"Fifteen minutes?"

Obi-Wan nearly jumped at the sound of the Shadow master's voice, he had neither heard the man coming nor sensed him, "We'll be coming out of hyperspace in exactly eighteen minutes."

Nevan nodded and jerked his thumb towards the door, "Why don't you go relax I'll take over from here."

Obi-Wan followed the advice and stood up, looking back at Nevan as the Shadow Jedi took the pilot's seat and sucked in a deep breath, Obi-Wan never really cared for flying but he could tell how much the man cared for his ship.

"Wait a second." He heard the Shadow Jedi's voice as he was about to leave.

Obi-Wan turned around to face Nevan swivelling around in his chair and standing up.

They stood in silence for a minute before Nevan looked around and then patted a console beside him as he said, "She's the only link to my family...and to my time with the Jedi."

Obi-Wan nodded slowly, understanding, many Jedi had a sentimental side that few saw, as they were all taken from their homes at a young age a Jedi would usually find a small piece of their home, of their family, and keep it close, suddenly Nevan shifted uncomfortably, "The Demons Foe means very much to me but there are times I can't look even look at it."

Obi-Wan raised his eyebrow in question.

A faint smile crossed Nevan's face, "I loved being a Jedi, and I loved Kaitlyn." He paused for a moment as if to process the information coming from his own mouth, "I didn't think I could live after she was...murdered, but the Jedi gave me strength and I continued on."

"Then why did you leave the Jedi?" Obi-Wan asked.

"Because she wasn't dead, at least I don't think she was. I was so sure I would have felt it had she died and that day never came, for years I petitioned the council to send me in search of her but they denied me that right, they said my feelings clouded what I knew to be the truth." Nevan sat back down into his chair in a slump, "One day I something just snapped and I left, one of only twenty Master's to ever leave the order, now I'm not so sure if I was right, fifteen or so years is a long time to reflect and now I don't even know if I was right or if my judgment really was clouded."

Nevan massaged his temples with two fingers for a moment, "Anyway go on, I'll be fine."

Obi-Wan left, standing in the outside corridor for what seemed like forever, processing all he had been told, and all he had pieced together from tones and emotions he heard, felt and, and sensed from the master.

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Aida was jerked from a sound sleep as she felt the familiar vibrations of the Demons Foe dropping from hyperspace.

In moments she was dressed and soon found herself in the cockpit, sitting next to her Master, "So where are we going?"

Nevan pointed to the fourth planet in the system, "Dey'alin prime"

Aida fiddled with her robes nervously, "If I may ask." She paused expecting him to say no, when no such response came she continued, "How do you know that is the right planet or that we're eve in the right system, shouldn't we have stayed on Cerallis?"

Nevan shook his head, "No this is where we need to be...I don't quite no how to tell you why I'm sure, but I promise you by the end of this journey all will be clear."

Aida nodded, accepting her Master's word, "Ok"

He smiled faintly and then flipped a switch on control board above him, "Go tell the others that we're about twenty minutes to entering the atmosphere, I can handle it from here."

Aida nodded went looking for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, soon finding them meditating in the common area, "Sorry to disturb but we should be entering the atmosphere in about thirty minutes."

She turned to leave and found herself hesitating, "Master Qui-Gon?"

"Yes?"

She shuffled her feet, unsure as to how to say it, "I'm worried about my Master, something's wrong but for the first time I have no idea what it is."

Qui-Gon shook his head, "I am afraid I don't know either, all I can say is I felt a disturbance in the Force right before he made the course change and brought us here."

Before Aida could say any more the com rang, "Yes?"

Nevan's voice came through the com, "Bring everyone up to the cockpit, I think I know where we're headed."

Aida looked back at the other two with a confused expression, "Yes Master."

The confused look was mirrored on Obi-Wan's face, "Didn't we already know where we are going?"

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Nevan pointed to a small area on the northern part of the largest continent of the planet, "There's a large set of ruins there, they've been abandoned for decades."

Qui-Gon nodded, "I've heard of them, each building is connected to a massive underground pyramid, each tunnel is a giant maze, the perfect place to hide."

Nevan nodded, "Only a small part was ever mapped before the archeological team was recalled, we'll have to be very careful."

Their attention was drawn by a chirping on the console to Nevan's right, "Everybody strap in, this is going to be a tricky landing, the entire area is forest, there's not much space to land, even the ruins are overgrown."

He hit a few controls to his left and scaled the power to the engines back, "Aida bring out the landing gear."

Aida hit the controls distractedly as she watched the peak of one of the largest ruins come into view, just above the trees.

They all stared at the temple in wonder, it was massive, a pyramid design just like the underground portion but out of each side was a massive pillar, holding up an almost umbrella like top portion, "No one knows who built it, there are a couple of theories that it was a primitive species that was wiped out but for the size it would have taken thousands of generations to finish the thing."

Qui-Gon pointed to a clearing ahead of them, "We should land there, it's close to the main building and it should be large enough for the ship."

Nevan snorted, "Fine, but you're helping me repaint her when this is over."

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Nevan handed a survival pack to the other three and then slung one over his shoulder, "The comlinks should work but the second we're in the temple I want everyone to check if they're being jammed and you should all take a blaster, in case they have more Ysalamiri in there."

It was a short trek through the forest and they soon found themselves at the huge entrance to the temple, "Let's go people." Nevan called as he climbed the stairs towards the entrance."

Aida watched after her Master and frowned as a bad feeling hit the pit of her stomach.

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A/N: Sorry this chapter is a little short but I usuall do try to post a longer won after a short one so be prepared for even more next time, anyway hope you all enjoyed it and please Review, and if I made any grammatical or spelling mistakes just tell me and I'll fix them, and don't forget to Review, and there was something else I was forgetting to mention, Oh yes Review!