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Chapter 9
Obi-wan Kenobi's speeder bike rode through the traffic as Anakin Skywalker and Rae Delvae rode alongside him. The trip had been silent and Obi-wan was the first to break the ice. "Anakin, you've never been the Crimson Corridor have you?" Anakin shook his head no as they turned into another line of traffic. "Well, the Crimson Corridor is…well more or less the slums of Coruscant. There…were two Jedi murdered in the Crimson Corridor...and one of them…I must say...when I was younger, she wasn't that bad looking," Obi-wan stated. Anakin gave a smile. "I never figured you for that kind of Jedi master." Obi-wan gave a chuckle to that remark as they found the place where they would park.
They lowered onto the ground when Obi-wan felt something in the force. Something was wrong. "…Master do you feel it?" Obi-wan nodded towards Anakin. Obi-wan drew his lightsaber from his belt and Anakin did the same. Rae drew her blaster pistol and took the safety off.
They walked a few blocks when they saw the Speeder Bikes that belonged to the two Padawan and Jedi Master. They walked a little further towards the back ends of a club that was named the "Golden Tike." There, they found two bodies. Jedi Master Kalt's…and the young Korrunai, Nick. Obi-wan sighed heavily as did Anakin. Jedi Master Kalt had burn marks in his back…like that of a lightsaber. As did Nick.
They walked a bit further and there they found…the young Padawan Jun's body. His hand severed thanks to the blade of a lightsaber. They looked at the boy's body as Rae was the first to break the silence. "Something's going on down that alleyway." And with that, they ran towards where Rae had said.
Sarai, the young girl who had just murdered a fellow Padawan. She had to get off Coruscant. She didn't want to face the Council after what she had done.
As she ran, a large gang came out of the shadows with their blaster pistols held at her. The Raptors. She'd heard rumors about this gang. They were dangerous, but they were no match for a Jedi. She ignited the two blades that she held. Hers and her master's lightsaber came to life with a snap-hiss. He was then charged by crimson bolts of blaster fire as she deflected the attacks.
Anakin and Obi-wan and Rae came to where Sarai was when they saw that she was being outnumbered. Anakin's lightsaber came to life as did Obi-wan's. They ran and flipped into the fight, slicing away at anyone that attacked. Rae drew her blaster pistol and fired into the crowd, taking down four of the Raptors in the head.
Obi-wan took off four sets of hands, and Anakin, was forced to take off the head of another. After a final attempt by the Raptors' leader, Rae shot him in the chest and saw him go down. Sarai stared at the two Jedi and the girl with the blaster pistol. She went to make a run for it. "The two Jedi…Master Kenobi and Master Skywalker are here to take me back to the Council for punishment! I have to run!"
"Yes…Run Sarai. They will punish you…they will kill you. Most of all…they will do nothing of your deceased Master."
As Sarai continued her run, Obi-wan sighed. "…You have your stun blaster with you Rae?" Obi-wan asked. Rae nodded and pulled it from her belt and fired into Sarai's back. She went down, and went out. Obi-wan disarmed the two lightsabers, powering them down and putting them on his belt. He put his on his belt as well and looked to Anakin. "You want her to ride with you?" Anakin nodded and lifted her up.
They got back onto their speeder bikes and returned to the council. When they returned, Sarai was waking up, Master Yoda had returned. Sarai looked at him, tears in her eyes. "…Killed the young Padawan…you did. Killed…your master….and the Korrunai….did as well." Master Yoda had a grave voice now. He walked to her; tears were welled in his own eyes. He hated seeing a Padawan do this.
Sarai looked at him. "…I didn't kill my master! I won't deny killing Jun…but I will deny killing Nick and Master Kalt! It wasn't my fault! We were ambushed and the droids killed Nick and Master Kalt! Out...of Anger I killed Jun…" Yoda pointed his stick at her. "…Go to…your room. Prepare for your trials you will….do nothing for your master, we can." He said. The mysterious voice spoke to her again.
"…Go to your room. Come to me. Come to me on Vjun. You will become my apprentice…and I will show you how to avenge your master's death. The way these Jedi could never show you. Simply take a ship and a squad of Clone troopers and tell them to take you to Vjun. They know where it is. I will greet you when you get here."
With that, Sarai went back to her room. She packed her spare Jedi Robe and her lighsaber and went to go get the Clone Troops.
Rae looked at Obi-wan and Anakin as they all bowed and Exited. "Master, I'll catch up with you later." Obi-wan and Anakin bowed to each other, and Anakin left as Obi-wan and Rae walked. "How could Master Yoda just let the girl go like that? She killed a Padawan!" Rae growled. Obi-wan sighed.
"Master Yoda…was so lenient, because…Count Dooku…was just like Rae is now. Count Dooku was the best Student in the Jedi Order, and he was Master Yoda's apprentice. Master Yoda considers all the Padawan his children because he cares for them equally. Count Dooku went to the dark side of the force…and Master Yoda feels he is responsible for it. He is trying to prevent the same with Sarai." Rae nodded slowly and now understood.
Sarai was onboard the Crimson Horizon as Commander Trent looked at her. "We're ready for take off General Sarai." And with that, the ship hit hyper-speed and was in space. Sarai waited for the chance to see her new Master.
Master Yoda went into the Temple's garden and sat directly above the water in his floating chair. His eyes closed…his mind gone into his own memories. And then, there was the thought of another apprentice he once had. An apprentice…whom...was stronger than Count Dooku.