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When Luke awoke he found himself in a dark cell with no recollection of how he had gotten there. Rubbing his head, Luke tried to reach out with the Force to try and get his bearings. That's when Luke froze. He couldn't sense anything. He was completely cut off from the Force. It was like everything in the galaxy had simultaneously died, leaving behind a gasping void.

Suddenly, Luke felt a sharp pain on the back of his neck. He instinctively reached for the back of his neck and was horrified by what he felt. Some kind of machine, no bigger than his thumb, had been surgically implanted into his skin. Luke could feel the stitches where the implant had been placed in his skin, meaning it had to have been done recently.

A muffled sound came from farther back in the cell. Luke strained his eyes trying to see in the dim light of the cell. That's when Luke saw three, no four blurred forms, one large and three small. Luke pushed himself to his feet, ignoring the pain that racked his body, and slowly made his way to the back (front?) of the cell. There before Luke was Mara, Steel, Annie and Cham. Luke noticed that his fellow Jedi had the same implant that he had on the back of their necks, though they seemed to be in worse shape than Luke figured himself to be in.

"Mara?! Steel? Annie, Cham? What's going on?" asked Luke.

Mara struggled to get to her feet. Luke noticed that her left leg had been injured, most likely during their fight with the Sith and their followers. He tried to help Mara stand, but being the stubborn person that she was, Mara brushed off her boyfriend's attempt to help her.

"You blacked out during your fight with the Sith. Not long after that kriffing Sith knocked me out when I was defending you and Master. The next thing I knew I woke up in some strange cell with this thing in my neck." exclaimed Mara.

Mara gestured to the implant at the back of her neck, the frown on her face darkening as she did so.

"They brought Steel, Cham and Annie in over the next few days—at least I think it was days. I really don't know how long we've been here, wherever here is. You were only brought in a few hours ago. For some reason you were still unconscious and not drugged like we were when we were brought to this cell. Why is that?" bitterly spoke Mara.

Suddenly, Luke felt the other Luke's feelings beginning to take hold of him. He (the other Luke?) grabbed Mara by the shoulders, gently lifting the red head's chin so they were looking into each other's eyes.

"I don't know why I blacked out during the fight, Mara, but I'm going to do everything I can to get you and everyone else out of here. I promise you." swore Luke.

Luke leaned in and gave Mara a quick kiss. Mara returned the kiss, wrapping her arms around her boyfriend's neck. The sounds of coughing and gagging caused an abrupt end to the couple's kiss. The two looked and saw (as much as they could in the dim light) Annie pretending to gag and making choking sounds. Steel just had his arms crossed; glaring at his sister with all the ferocity a fourteen year old could muster. Cham just sat their quietly, trying his best to blend in to the wall.

"Would you grow up Annie? Don't you realise the kind of trouble we're in. We're prisoners of the Sith. The Sith!" shouted Steel.

"Well sorry, mister genius Padawan. I don't hear you coming up with any idea how to get out of this cell." snapped Annie.

"Maybe I could come up with an idea if you gave me a moment to think!" yelled Steel.

"Well maybe if you ever had any ideas I'd believe you could think." hissed Annie.

That's when Steel lost it. The young Padawan picked up his sister and threw her against the nearest wall, making her land right on top of Cham. Now the Twi'lek was mad. Rising to their feet, Annie and Cham lunged at Steel. The three young Jedi fought tooth and nail, biting, scratching and kicking each other. All the while they fought; the Force grew in strength around them.

That's when Luke realised what the implants were for. They didn't cut them off from the Force, not completely. The implant only kept one from touching the light side and somehow forced them towards the dark. Even not, Luke felt the rising power of the Dark Side so tempting and alluring. But Luke remained strong, resisting the pull to the dark, for now.

Luke and Mara quickly separated the three fighting youths before they had the chance to kill each other. Even as they were being pulled apart, the three were still trying to reach out and attack the other. When they realised they couldn't attack their original opponents, the three young Jedi turned to attacking their captors.

Mara let out a scream as Cham bit down into her arm. Growling, the young woman struck the Twi'lek in the back of the neck, rendering him unconscious. Still enraged, she did the same thing to Annie before ripping Steel away from Luke, knocking him to the ground in the process. Luke saw the fury in Mara's eyes and he knew he had to act fast. Luke grabbed Mara's arm just as she was about to smash in the unconscious Steel's skull.

"Mara, stop!" shouted Luke.

Slowly, Mara came back to herself. The woman clutched her head, leaning against Luke slightly for support.

"What happened? I remember grabbing Cham and Annie. Then Cham bit my arm and everything went blank." muttered Mara.

"I think these implants cut us off from the light side of the Force, making us draw on the Dark Side. They might even increase our aggression, making it easier to give in to anger. That's what I think happened to the kids after they started arguing and you after Cham bit your arm." explained Luke.

"I hope your wrong, Skywalker. Because if what you say is true, than the slightest irritation could send any of us in to a blinding rage. And if that's true, we might never get out of here without falling." huffed Mara.

Luke really hoped that wasn't the case, but something told him that it was indeed the truth.

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