Chapter XVIII

Timoth Frejik activated his lightsaber as he felt the presence of the Death Seekers as they entered the cantina, his meeting with Ian would be postponed for awhile he noted as the three apprentices closed in on him in the deserted cantina. He spun and his blade made contact with another, with a thrust he sheered into the abdomen of an apprentice and the Death Seeker screamed in pain as he fell to the floor.

With a twist Timoth's blade locked with another's but he felt the tremor in the Force, and he turned, too late, his lightsaber's emitter was sheered of and the hilt smoked as he tossed it to the floor, "Oh no, Anakin's gonna kill me," he muttered as he tried to retrieve the fallen apprentice's lightsaber, another flash to his forehead made him see darkness. Timoth's world twisted as he fell to the floor, darkness seized him.

"Kill him," said one apprentice to the other.

"No," said a voice from behind them, they bowed in respect to the Seeker Master, "let him live, convert him to our cause,"

"As you say Master Rash," they said quickly, taking him up gently and leading him out.

The Seeker Master shook his head sadly andRash returned to his place in the Jedi Temple, the Seeker Spy would lead the Seekers to thier victory.

The Council was in session.

"Twelve Jedi Knights have fallen," said Mace Windu softly, with aide from the Force his voice was heard in each corner of the room, and his fellow Jedi Masters nodded, "and we have lost an eighth of the galaxy, including thirty Republic Planets, as well as five major Hyperspace routes,"

"Dire the times are, need more Knights we do," said Master Yoda with a nod, he glanced at Obi-Wan, "rescued Master Tyram has been, yet, unconscious he remains,"

"We need to know what happened in his time there, we need to know who and what were in this capture and how he was captured in the first place," said Aayla, one of her lekku twitched as Kit Fisto smiled.

"He has injuries," noted Ki-Adi a horrified expression upon his face, "and they were inflicted by a lightsaber,"

"They use our weapons Ki-Adi," said Mawn with an out of character sneer in her voice, "they are more powerful than us, more organized,"

"And Master Skywalker's revelation is most disturbing," noted Barriss Offee, her cowl drawn as usual, "Force users across the galaxy have been turning on each other, and others are hunting Jedi,"

Agen's chin rose, "I have been to Telsis, I have seen the corpses of the Aing-Tii Monks, there entire temple desolated, and proof of multiple lightsaber wielders doing the killings,"

"Many human independent systems are joining the Seekers," said Anakin, "and most of Hutt space has been seized, all imports and exports from those sectors of space have been canceled, and masses of aliens have been slaughtered mercilessly by the conquerors,"

Yoda's eyes twinkled as his breathing settled, "Come upon us again war has, win we must," he said emphasizing each word and syllable.

Obi-Wan's eyes grew distant as his gaze fell onto the ceiling of the Council room, "whatever the outcome of this war, one thing is for sure," he regarded Yoda, "the Jedi will never be the same again,"

Part I End