Chapter 4 Fire and Ash
Sidous ran out to the south landing platform Mara Jade slung over his back. There it was the craft the jedi had used. Thankfully they were on the other side of the temple. Sidious ran in and took off.
Other platform
Luke, Jaden, and Kyle ran into the temple. It was now on fire of course about thirty years ago it was to, but if couldn't stand an other one. It shook again throwing the jedi to their feet. When they finally reached the platform Mara was not and neither was their ship.
"Damn!" Kyle shouted. "What are we going to do now Luke?"
Luke didn't have time to answer because then they heard an enormous CRACK! And then the platform began to fall fifty storys down. As it neared the end Luke rolled off down only two storys. Jaden and Kyle followed suit. The all landed by each other and they covered their heads. Then about a second later there was a sort of muffled boom the ground shook and all was quiet. The three jedi got up and ran. When they were about ten yards away they heard the biggest BOOM they had so far. The looked back as the whole temple collapsed. The four end towers fell to all sides and the middle was no where to be seen. The jedi did not want to wait and watch and a four person speeder was a few yards away so the commandeered it and flew off the opposite way of the fire and ash pile that used the old jedi temple. All Luke could think about was Mara.
Sidious had no hiding places left. He really had not thought through his actions. Wait! The works it had been scheduled for deconstruction since Sidious had been chancellor Palpatine. He had hidden there before when he was training Count Dooku. He headed there he had the perfect prision chamber for Mara should she not cooperate. But now to see if Darth Karath is dead. He punched in Karath's comlink frequency. There was some static and then a ghostly image of Sidious's apprentice appeared.
" Yes Master?" Karath said.
Sidious's jaw dropped but he quickly raised it.
" Come to building three in the works. Top floor you will be able to land on the roof."Sidious said and he cut the comm. He put the ship on auto pilot to go toward the works. It would be at least thirty minutes until they arrived. Time to wake up Mara. Sidious took her to a small closet in the ship. The door slid open, there wasn't much in there just a long wire coiled up, a few assorted tools, some lightsaber crystals along with parts, and some unrecognizable junk. Sidous then used the force to tie Mara up with the wire and then he released the force knock out and she woke up. She head tilted up to Sidious from the chair she was sitting on.
" Who are you and where am I?" Mara asked with that stupid calm look that all jedi wore in completely hopeless situations.
" Mara Jade. I have some great news the old jedi temple is gone and so is your husband Luke. Ha ha ha ha!" Sidious screeched. Of course he had no idea if Luke was really dead but he doubted he was alive.
" WHAT!" Screamed Mara in anger. "You killed him didn't you?"
" Of course not, Kyle Katarn and Jaden Core did. I saved you.
" Wha Jaden Kyle? I why?
" Because the jedi are evil. They kill for the fun of it. Unlike me a sith I kill for justice. Every thing the jedi taught you was a lie."
" What? Wait you want me to... join you?"
" You were a sith before! Don't you remember your power and with your new anger you would be invincible."
" How could you know that?"
Sidious brang his hood up a little further.
" SIDIOUS!" cried Mara." But your suppose to be dead Darth Vader killed you."
" No. Vader died like a weak jedi. The jedi will murder you to. Unless you join me. We will get revenge on the jedi for killing Luke."
" Yes, I will join you again and I will kill Kyle and Jaden."
" Good, good. You are now one with the order of the sith by your will?"
" Yes."
" Henceforth you shall be known as Darth Amra!"
Then Mara Jade muttered the word that Darth Maul, Darth Tyranus, Darth Vader, Darth Karath and Darth Sidious himself had muttered before.
" Thank you… my master."
The new temple
" So?" asked an enormously fat member of the jedi council referring to Mara.
" We believe she's dead." Said Luke with almost no emotion despite the fact they were married.
" What of the dark force user you spoke of earlier Master?" Asked a saber hilt thin jedi master sitting across from Kyle.
" No where to be found but…."
At that precise moment the door burst open and in came the shadow Luke immediately recognized. He instantly drew his saber and all other jedi followed suit. But the shadow raised his hand and spoke.
" Sit! You stupid jedi I would be suicidal to come in here and attempt to kill twelve jedi masters. I am here to bring you news about the dark force user.
" What?" Kyle asked clearly amused with this.
" Your dark force user is Darth Sidious."
" WHAT!" all jedi cried at the same time."
" SHUT UP AND LET ME FINISH! I am his new apprentice he tried to trick me into getting killed by going to Dantooine where he said there was an empty jedi outpost. He must have taken me in for a tool like his other two appentice's before Vader."
" So Sidious is alive." Luke said.
" Yes and I know exactly where to find him."
" Where?" all the jedi said at the same time.
" First... before I tell you you must let me in as a jedi."
" Alright." Luke said. "Vote."
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" It is decided then. You are now one with the jedi order now. Your name?" Luke asked.
" Darth Karath."
" No your real name."
" That is my real name Sidious found me when I was only ten years old. He was still emperor then and he killed my parents. So from then on my name has been Darth Karath."
" Then your name shall simply be Karath." Luke said.
" Okay Sidious is in tower three of the works."