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As we ran through the hallways, I thought how odd it was that the Sith Lord's power had remained completely vacant until I angered him. No Jedi, or Sith, that I had ever heard of, was able to hide and recall their power that completely or quickly, and it made me nervous how difficult sensing him would be. It also gave me a slight chill to think what other powers the mysterious figure embodied. As we finally turned the last corner, Johan ran to the cell where Ambassador Tressle was being held. Shomari and I slowed to a walk, and stopped behind Johan as he cut the bars with the orange light saber. Then I drew my light saber and held it next to Johan's neck calmly.

"You can give up the charade Johan," I told the Sith Lord. "While I understand your hate for Shomari, Raena and I, I can't understand why you would want to prolong the war."

"Déshawn what are you doing?" Raena's shocked voice exclaimed from behind me.

Johan turned around, and held his arms up defensively, his face showing clear shock. "Yeah, what she said!"
"I'm not as convinced as the others about your story of why you were allowed to keep your light saber," I started to explain. "The power crystal of a light saber emanates a kind of wave of energy. That would have alerted any Sith Lord running around here, and he would have made sure it was taken away."

Shomari spoke up also, "which cell were you held in Johan? The only bars that have been cut here are Nora's."

"Look, guys this isn't the time to do this. Accuse me later, Raena herself said the Sith Lord was coming while I was standing right there," Johan defended himself.

"Well, I assumed he was getting closer. But it's because I felt his power growing." Raena spoke slowly as she remembered the situation.

"Apprentice or Master Johan. Just tell me that," Shomari also drew his light saber.

"Neither!" Johan backed up, till he hit the bars of a closed cell.

"There were 12 people that knew where I had sent Nora's guard. 3 of them being Raena, Shomari and I. A 4th was Nora Tressle herself. Another 3 is Rogers, Paris and you. That leaves about 5 people that can't possibly have told, because they were killed. None of the first four I names would have said a thing. In fact, the only person that didn't seem to suffer from the decimation of Nora's security is you." I announced.

Johan's defensive compsure seemed to melt away as he took on a completely different persona. His look of fear and confusion morphed into a twisted and sinister smirk. But the biggest change was the power I felt from him. In a simple word, it was overwhelming. I very literally felt suffocated in his presence, as if the air had suddenly become a bed sheet, just by his power flowing through it so freely. Force please let him be the master I silently prayed.

"Correct Déshawn," Johan's now red eyes turned on me. "Master."

Raena was finally convinced and drew her light saber also. But I looked back startled when I heard her ignite 2 light sabers. She had her normal pink light saber, then in her left hand she had a smaller pink light saber that had a slightly curved blade and was about a foot and a half long.

"Remember back on Tatooine?" She gave me a supremely confident wink.

"Your new weapon," I deduced quickly.

"Speaking of weapons," Johan's deep voice, suddenly boomed even louder and echoed through the steel hallway. "I thank you for giving me mine back." He held his hand out and his light saber flew into it.

"Well, this is awkward," Shomari commented lightly. "Here I was expecting him to electrocute us."

"Like my last apprentice did?" Johan commented. "I'm here to avenge them not follow them."

"Too bad," I spoke up taking a step forward. "Because I'm going to end your life on the same note I took your apprentice's life on."