Chapter Two: Departure

Six years had passed since the members of Blue Squadron had been brought to the battle station, all of the members had been broken save one; the Twi'lek. Now, Master Jaquas saw it was time to dea lwith her.

Re-See marched silently through the halls towards Jaquas' chambers, the time was coming he knew for his mission to begin, the mission he had trained for years. Re entered into the chambers of his Master and bowed low to the ground, then rose. "You called me Master?"

Jaquas smiled at his apprentice and nodded. "Yes, sit." Re did so without hesitation and stared into the now old man's eyes, there was an eerie silence in the air before Jaquas finally spoke. "The Twi'lek, Tails, has still resisted giving up. I told you long ago that when we killed her lover her anger and rage were pure; it seemed they were so pure they have kept her, well they have kept her immune to our tactics to change her."

Re-See stared at his Master and nodded, he knew this already, it had been his job to break them all, but the Twi'lek would have none of it, secretly he admired her will, it would be a shame to kill her.

Jaquas' voice brought Re out of his thoughts. "You asked me long ago what love was Re, do you remember? Of course you do. What did I tell you it was?"

Re was confused but answered, as if he had been told the answer yesterday. "Love is nothing. It is something sentients say when they wish to have sexual intercourse with one another."

Jaquas grinned and gave a nod. The old man then leaned forward and whispered. "Do you want to experience it Re-See? You have permission to do with the Twi'lek as you please before you kill her. You may love her, if your heart so desires."

Re simply stared at his Master, he gave no acknowledgment that he had even heard what the man had said, he simply sat their like a rock and waited for Jaquas to continue.

The Sith Lord waited a good five minutes, but when he saw his apprentice would not answer he growled low in his throat. "Kill her and get it over with then."

Re-See had wasted no time in leaving his Master's chambers, over the last few years the old man had grown foolish. He sat in his chambers all day and did nothing while Re went about and made sure the members of Blue Squadron were programming the war droids properly and making sure that the space station continued to produce more and more droids. The only thing that kept Re from striking down his so called Master was the knowledge that his training was not yet complete, he needed one more task before he was truly ready to lead the Sith. Re however already knew what that test would be, he would be told to infiltrate the Jedi and plant a virus among them, killing as many from the inside as possible, then Master Jaquas would dispatch the war droids and the Jedi would be destroyed.

Re-See was brought back to reality when he reached Tails' holding room; he used the Force and entered into the room. He saw the Twi'lek lying down on her bed staring up at nothing, without wasting anytime he used the Force to pick her up and slam her against the wall, the Twi'lek however didn't cry out in pain, she never did. He stared into her icy blue eyes and spoke to her.

"Master Jaquas has grown tired of you. It is time to end your life."

He thought of cracking her neck there but he remembered what Jaquas had said, he felt she should know what his Master would have let him do to her, "Master Jaquas said that if I wanted to, I could take advantage of you then kill you. But I respect you, therefore you will not be defiled, but your death will still be painful none the less."

He held her against the wall then used the Force to make her kneel in front of him; he closed his eyes and placed his index finger on her temple. Re-See forced his mind into hers and for the first time ever he heard the Twi'lek cry out, he knew this was a very painful tactic, it was also a good way to get information out of people, Master Jaquas had showed him. However he wanted no information, he simply wanted her to die a painful death. He continued to force his mind into hers until their was nothing left of her mind but a lump of mush, he then pulled himself away and watched her fall to the floor, drool started to leak from her mouth. He removed his lightsaber from his belt and ignited the crimson blade, then raised it over his head and started to bring it down towards Tails' neck.

However in mid swing the faces of the children flashed into his mind, the children he had killed so long ago. His blade stopped inches from her neck, he shook his head clear of the thoughts then raised the blade and brought it down, cutting the Twi'lek's head off. Re turned the blade off and hooked it back to his belt and exited the small room, he wouldn't ever admit it, but killing her had bothered him, just like it had bothered him when he had killed those children so very long ago...

"Listen carefully Re-See; your mission will be something you have never experienced before. You will be entering into the heart of the enemy, do not let your hate for them over whelm you and cause you to turn this simple mission into a disaster. Do you understand?"

Re-See stared at Jaquas and gave only a nod, how foolish did this man think he was? He knew what to do, earn their trust, release the virus, watch them die, then kill as many as possible as he relayed the message back to Jaquas.

But something else his Master said brought him out of his thoughts.

"The virus will not work as fast we thought, it will take months, maybe even up to a year or two. You will have to stay with them that long before they show the signs, also you must wait six months before releasing the virus to them. They will be suspicious of you when you first come to them, so wait when they are no longer looking, and then do what must be done."

Re's anger burned inside of him, he had only planned to stay with those monsters a few months then kill them, but now Jaquas was talking about two years! Re calmed himself and nodded slowly, the old man's time would come. Re looked into the face of his Master and asked quietly, "When do I leave to join them?"

A small smile spread across Darth Jaquas face and he spoke in a voice that sounded neither human nor alien, but something else entirely. "Now my dear apprentice." Re began to open his mouth when his vision began to burr, he quickly realized what was happening, Jaquas was using the Force to knock him out. Re reached for his lightsaber and ignited the blade, he took a step towards the old man then his vision was completely lost and he felt his body hit the cold stone.

The last thing he heard was the laughter of the Dark Lord.