Chapter 5
"The only possible way that he could be alive is a clone. I saw him die, in front of my very eyes. At the time, I was confused as to why he would willingly give up his life, but Master Qui Gon assured me that he'd rather die than let Master Qui Gon capture him. I believed that, up until now." He looked at the two young faces seated before him. "He is a very dangerous man, Padawans. His skill with a lightsaber was unsurpassed during his time at the Temple, and it took both Master Qui Gon and me to even keep him at bay."
"Unsurpassed like mine, Master Kenobi?" Anakin looked very smug.
"No, Anakin, do not get overconfident. His skill surpasses even yours if I remember correctly." Obi Wan looked at them again. "If we trust in the Force, we will be able to defeat him."
"I trust you Master Kenobi." Bariss said solemnly. "And the Force."
"Me too." Anakin added, humbled by Master Kenobi's remark about his skills.
"Go and meditate. We need to be ready in the event that we need to fight Xanatos." He settled down into a comfortable position.
* * *
Luminara woke up, feeling better than she had in over two weeks. For some reason, Xanatos hadn't visited her for a few days. She knew he was up to something, but she didn't really mind so long as she got the rest that she desperately needed. The night before she had put herself into a healing trance, and she now felt much better.
She stood up, her escape plan having been formulated and perfected over the last three days. She walked to the door and just as she got there it opened, revealing the scarred face of her captor.
"Now, now. You wouldn't be trying to escape, would you? Well I'll just have to teach you a lesson." Dark electricity poured from his fingertips as he said this, but she dodged to the side.
She attempted a flying kick at his mid section, but as she hit him she caught a full blast of lightning in the chest. As he went flying into the wall from the force of her kick, she went tumbling to the ground from the pain of the lightning. Luckily for her though, she was the first to recover. She staggered to her feet only to see that he was unconscious.
She smiled a small smile of victory and left the room, cautious of any guards. But to her surprise, there was none. This is too easy. She thought.
She ran towards the masses of people she sensed through the Force. She couldn't sense any malice in them, or at least most of them. As she broke out into the hallway near the door, she passed an armory. Luminara looked frantically for her lightsaber and found it on the bottom shelf. This is way too easy.
Suddenly, her leg started hurting. She groaned inwardly. Xanatos had broken her leg in two places on one day that he was feeling particularly vicious. It seemed that her healing trance hadn't worked as well as she'd hoped.
Luminara dropped into a low crouch despite the pain it caused when she heard voices approaching.
"I'm tellin' ya, I heard someone come in here." A guy said, not sounding too intelligent.
"Look for ya self, there aint anyone in here." A second man said, sounding none too bright either.
"What's that then? It looks like a foot." The first man argued.
"Hey it is a foot." The second man sounded dumbfounded.
Before they could call reinforcements, Luminara leaped from her hiding place and threw them into the wall with the Force. They lied there motionless, as Luminara fell to one knee from the pain in her foot. She'd overdone it.
The Jedi Master limped to the door, hanging her lightsaber onto her belt. Just as she reached and opened the door, a guard appeared and shot at her with a blaster. This time it wasn't set on stun.
The shot hit her in the shoulder, and she cried out in pain as she fell through the door. She forced herself to get up and start running, painful though it was. She could feel her apprentice's concern form on the other end of their bond. Though she was surprised to note that her apprentice was on the planet, she reassured her that she was all right, although the padawan didn't believe her. She felt her padawan gather herself to come and get her and she warned her not to. Bariss Offee, of course, ignored her.
"The only possible way that he could be alive is a clone. I saw him die, in front of my very eyes. At the time, I was confused as to why he would willingly give up his life, but Master Qui Gon assured me that he'd rather die than let Master Qui Gon capture him. I believed that, up until now." He looked at the two young faces seated before him. "He is a very dangerous man, Padawans. His skill with a lightsaber was unsurpassed during his time at the Temple, and it took both Master Qui Gon and me to even keep him at bay."
"Unsurpassed like mine, Master Kenobi?" Anakin looked very smug.
"No, Anakin, do not get overconfident. His skill surpasses even yours if I remember correctly." Obi Wan looked at them again. "If we trust in the Force, we will be able to defeat him."
"I trust you Master Kenobi." Bariss said solemnly. "And the Force."
"Me too." Anakin added, humbled by Master Kenobi's remark about his skills.
"Go and meditate. We need to be ready in the event that we need to fight Xanatos." He settled down into a comfortable position.
* * *
Luminara woke up, feeling better than she had in over two weeks. For some reason, Xanatos hadn't visited her for a few days. She knew he was up to something, but she didn't really mind so long as she got the rest that she desperately needed. The night before she had put herself into a healing trance, and she now felt much better.
She stood up, her escape plan having been formulated and perfected over the last three days. She walked to the door and just as she got there it opened, revealing the scarred face of her captor.
"Now, now. You wouldn't be trying to escape, would you? Well I'll just have to teach you a lesson." Dark electricity poured from his fingertips as he said this, but she dodged to the side.
She attempted a flying kick at his mid section, but as she hit him she caught a full blast of lightning in the chest. As he went flying into the wall from the force of her kick, she went tumbling to the ground from the pain of the lightning. Luckily for her though, she was the first to recover. She staggered to her feet only to see that he was unconscious.
She smiled a small smile of victory and left the room, cautious of any guards. But to her surprise, there was none. This is too easy. She thought.
She ran towards the masses of people she sensed through the Force. She couldn't sense any malice in them, or at least most of them. As she broke out into the hallway near the door, she passed an armory. Luminara looked frantically for her lightsaber and found it on the bottom shelf. This is way too easy.
Suddenly, her leg started hurting. She groaned inwardly. Xanatos had broken her leg in two places on one day that he was feeling particularly vicious. It seemed that her healing trance hadn't worked as well as she'd hoped.
Luminara dropped into a low crouch despite the pain it caused when she heard voices approaching.
"I'm tellin' ya, I heard someone come in here." A guy said, not sounding too intelligent.
"Look for ya self, there aint anyone in here." A second man said, sounding none too bright either.
"What's that then? It looks like a foot." The first man argued.
"Hey it is a foot." The second man sounded dumbfounded.
Before they could call reinforcements, Luminara leaped from her hiding place and threw them into the wall with the Force. They lied there motionless, as Luminara fell to one knee from the pain in her foot. She'd overdone it.
The Jedi Master limped to the door, hanging her lightsaber onto her belt. Just as she reached and opened the door, a guard appeared and shot at her with a blaster. This time it wasn't set on stun.
The shot hit her in the shoulder, and she cried out in pain as she fell through the door. She forced herself to get up and start running, painful though it was. She could feel her apprentice's concern form on the other end of their bond. Though she was surprised to note that her apprentice was on the planet, she reassured her that she was all right, although the padawan didn't believe her. She felt her padawan gather herself to come and get her and she warned her not to. Bariss Offee, of course, ignored her.