Chapter Nine: Truth
Re-See was expecting a barrage of blaster fire, but when none came he was surprised. Jaquas had turned his chair around to stare out a large view port; it was looking out at the ongoing space battle and Coruscant. Re made his way slowly to the chair and quickly cut off the top of it, right where Jaquas head was suppose to be, but all he found was an empty chair. A soft voice then spoke from behind him.
"Sit Re, I'm not going to fight you. I know your the new Sith Lord, you've earned the title, you really have." Re spun around and held his lightsaber at Jaquas' throat, his eyes were red and he was ready to cut the old man's head off when he spoke silently. "Now, now, Re, you don't want to kill me just yet. I have something to tell you first, but I suggest you sit."
Re-See's anger grew at the cockiness of the old man, he took a step back and raised his lightsaber over his head, as he was about to bring it down, a bolt of lightning shot forth from Jaquas fingers and knocked Re to his knees.
"I said sit. You were always good at taking orders; now listen to what I have to say." Re looked u pat the old man and spat on the ground, his words were forced but he spoke them none the less, when the old man was caught off guard he'd kill him.
"I'm listening..."
Jaquas smiled and stood there, then he grinned wildly as he revealed his revelation, "Ah Re, you were always a good student. But I could have gotten another just like you, another pawn to fulfill my glorious vision. You see Re, we, Force adepts in general, are a disgrace to this galaxy. For thousands of years the Light and Dark Side have fought, the galaxy has been at pain ever sense. But you see I found a way to stop it, the virus. The virus you carry in you now, the virus you took to Dantooine is the perfect means to destroy us. It only affects those who posses a rather high count of midichlorians, every Force adept and animal that can use the Force will die by it. It will be a marvelous sight to behold, but neither of us will be here I'm sorry to say. Don't you see Re? With us gone, those who don't posses the Force can live in harmony, wars will stop. The Sith before us were fools; they only sought power, not knowledge. But I found the knowledge, and the true knowledge is that we must die."
Re knelt their, his eyes were wide as he shook his head. "No, you're lying! You never infected me! You're lying! You've always lied to me!"
Jaquas sighed and shook his head, "Fool. When I knocked you out before I sent you to Dantooine I infected you there. The virus spreads from Force adept to Force adept, all you have to do is get close enough to one infected, then they too will become infected. You were the perfect host. The Jedi will spread it across the galaxy, soon Re everything will be as it should. We are an abomination; you should see that by now." Jaquas grinned and he looked out the viewport, he then began to laugh. Re-See shook his head and called his lightsaber to him with the Force and jumped forward, he stabbed the blue blade through Jaquas' throat and stood slowly.
Re stood there for a long moment and turned to face the viewport, he turned the blade off and dropped the lightsaber. He stumbled to the chair and fell down into it, then spoke loudly into the air. "I am the Dark Lord of the Sith..." But even as he spoke those words he knew everything Jaquas had said was true, they were all going to die, there would be no stopping it.
Re-See felt a surging pain inside of his chest and looked down to see a lightsaber blade in him, he then felt Kaitlynn's life Force, he heard her crying then heard her whisper, "I loved you Re..."
Re-See felt his body leave his spirit and he watched silently as Kaitlynn walked for the door, but before she reached it she fell to the floor dead: the virus had taken its toll. Across the space of Coruscant Jedi piloting their ships died and lost control, the ships flew into each other or crashed down on Coruscant. Down on the planet Jedi Masters and younglings alike fell to the floor dead, soon the entire population of Jedi was dead. On Dantooine the same fate was befalling them. Across the galaxy millions died; billions more would soon join them.