Chapter 18
Anakin woke up to see a lot of animals looking at him, or standing on him, he remembered where he was, Zygerria.
Zygerria.
Something clicked in Anakin's head, The Queen, slavers. SLAVERS! Anakin wanted to kill the Zygerrian nearest to him, and he will get his desire to kill. He went outside and went to kill the queen. He went out, prepared his robotic hand and saw the one who he was going to kill
"Ah. Anakin Skywalker." The Queen said as she felt all the air out of her neck painfully leave, and then, she got lifted
Anakin was very angry and full of hate now, so he force choked the queen, waiting for her neck to crack in Anakin's force strength. The queen was quickly losing air, quicker than the one happening to Osi Sobeck back at the citadel.
"Where are my friends?!" Anakin demanded
"Skywalker! Stop this unacceptable behaviour at once!" The queen exclaimed
Anakin, realising that the force, his only string holding him back from the dark side, wouldn't allow him to choke the queen until the right time. So, The queen made a pact to release his friends if he becomes a slave again, but this time, as Scintel's personal slave-bodyguard.
"I will never deviate from Cerestan Security, as my duty is to protect Governor Teroshna. I will think about it." Anakin said, as neutrally as he could
"Fine, but my bodyguard will need a weapon" The queen told Anakin as she gave Anakin back his curved lightsaber
Meanwhile Dooku, who was arriving at Zygerria, and was responsible for the taken Tongrutans was contacted by Darth Sidious.
"Master" Dooku greeted
"You will go to Zygerria, and kill the Jedi who are in Zygerria, the Queen has too much feelings for Skywalker. If she fails to see the error in her ways, end her rule" Sidious told Dooku with a dark undercurrent at the end of the sentence
"Yes Master" Dooku said and turned off the communication and waited for the right time outside of Zygerria's orbit, unaware that the Jedi he is supposed to kill is his former Padawan and his former Padawan's apprentices. But he was confused of the 'Skywalker' part
Ahsoka was sitting in her cage, meditating, but then Atai came to her.
"When the queen is done with Skywalker, she said you would be mine" Atai told Ahsoka
Ahsoka force pulled him off the ledge, causing him to almost fall to death, but Atai got up again.
"You wouldn't want that" Ahsoka said
Atai activated the shock collar she still had, and she screamed in agony. The shock was strong, and could kill her if it was cranked to the highest option. Qui-Gon was still in the processing chamber. It was a torturous place, with Red surroundings, the slaves were broken down being forced to break rocks, this would help with the slave knowing it's place and the prevention of bad slaves. He was working along with the other Tongrutans. Qui-Gon knew about Dooku after Mon Cala, so he doubted that Dooku would help. So he kept working on the rocks, which all of them were forced to break. Qui-Gon was actually pretending to be scared and all those negative feelings, having more than 50 years of experience on the subject. He was actually getting stronger, something Obi-Wan would not be able to do. A Zygerrian slaver whipped a tongrutan beside him, Qui-Gon had to use all his willpower to not help the tongrutan, since he was actually prepared for this kind of situation since Anakin told him about the mission, Qui-Gon found it a bit easier than it would have been unprepared. So, Qui-Gon went on to work on the rocks, Rex remained silent too, who was on the left of Qui-Gon. They all had to keep working until dinner, which consisted of five plates of rice. Meanwhile, Anakin was escorting the Queen home.
"So, Skywalker, imagine what we could do, all the things we could accomplish! You only need to join me!" The Queen said
"We? It's you who has all the power" Anakin replied to the queen, remembering his experiences of being a slave
"You were once a slave once? Weren't you?" The Queen asked
"What are you talking about? I was never a slave" Anakin lied, nervously and darkly at the same time
"Your heart are not in your words, how bout the deal?" The Queen asked
"It's a hard decision" Anakin answered
"But Jedi are supposed to put others before themselves" The Queen exclaimed surprised
"I am no Jedi" Anakin mumbled
"What?" The queen asked, not hearing Anakin's mumbles
"Nothing." Anakin said
A guard told her about her meeting with Dooku in 5 minutes. She took Anakin's lightsaber and gone to see Dooku, with Anakin being 'guarded'.
Anakin waited a while before he jumped into a bottom balcony, A guard jumped to chase him, that's when Anakin jumped back to the top and threw the other guard down to the first guard was. And he ran to the palace, where Dooku was already in it. But he remembered Ahsoka, so he jumped towards the cage Ahsoka was, and told R2-D2 to meet him there.
He saw R2-D2 at the cage, where Ahsoka was scratching her leg in boredom until seeing her master
"Oh! Hey Master!" She greeted
"I see you made yourself comfortable until I came!" Anakin greeted back as she felt the cage floating
Anakin used the force to bring her up to the level he was on and not hanging in the cage. She kicked the cage open. Anakin ordered Ahsoka to go to the ship and wait until contacted. Ahsoka protested a bit, then she went with R2-D2
"So, Defiance will become compliance, and the Jedi will become slaves, free to command, imagine, ten thousands of Jedi Slaves, all at your command!" The queen exclaimed
"Yes, that's a very ambitious plan, but I want the extermination of the Jedi, not it's enslavement, so I want them bought here for their execution!" Dooku ordered
"I will not be ordered around my own palace! Who invited you?" The queen demanded
"Prime Minister Atai did" Dooku answered her question
"You traitor!" The Queen exclaimed to Atai
"Sorry! But you didn't find the error in your ways" Atai said
Dooku then immediately force choked The Queen to death, she then got nabbed of Anakin's lightsaber by Skywalker himself, who called Ahsoka through their force bond to wait where she senses Anakin is. So Ahsoka waited outside the front window
"Anakin! This is a surprise!" Dooku said
"Dooku? So you're behind this?" Anakin asked
"Yes, but I didn't expect Qui-Gon to send one of his on the mission" Dooku answered
"Well, speaking of Qui-Gon, he is stuck in a processing unit in who knows what planet! You got to tell me where he is" Anakin begged
"Qui-Gon! So, I was decieved. But I got to follow my master's orders" Dooku replied
"Well, if your master wants slavery, so be it, he is a bad guy, and bad guys want that sort of thing. But if you look inside you, slavery is wrong! You got to free Qui-Gon! He is my only master now! Please, this is why the Republic banned slavery, because slavery is wrong, it is wrong to be dominated by people, especially mean people! Please! Tell me!" Anakin begged again
Dooku's eyes turned from a light yellowish-brown to a more brown colour, securing his second of his four steps to redemption.
Dooku sighed and told Anakin "The Queen told me, he is in the Kadavo System"
Atai mumbled a "I dont believe this!" And held a blaster towards the other people
Anakin deflected the blast and Atai died. Two guards came in. Anakin and Dooku was unprepared for this. Dooku and Anakin winked at each other, telling both of them 'If something bad happens, it is to reveal that we didn't have this talk'
"He killed the Queen" Dooku pretended to blame Anakin
Both of the guards tried to blast Anakin, who escaped through the window and gone into the ship Ahsoka was flying, leaving dead bodies of Atai and the Queen, he would've taken the queen if Dooku hadn't told Anakin of the planet Qui-Gon was held, now he needed to contact Obi-Wan, so he asked Ahsoka to contact him.
"Anakin! Hows the mission?" Obi-Wan asked
"Not so good, master! I need help" Anakin answered
"What kind of help?" Obi-Wan asked again
"We need reinforcements to free the tongrutans from the Kadavo system, Qui-Gon is locked there" Anakin told Obi-Wan
"Oh no! I will come with ships commandeered by me and my new Admiral, Yularen. Go to Kadavo and we'll be there" Obi-Wan instructed Anakin and disconnected.
Anakin and Ahsoka went to Kadavo, where Qui-Gon and Rex have been summoned to the Zygerrian slaver
"Darth Sidious, Dooku's master, ordered to execute you, but Dooku says otherwise, so I am going to execute you now!" The slaver said
Sidious ordered Qui-Gon and Rex's execution and for Anakin to get wounded, or get syringed before execution, and the blood sample to be given to Darth Sidious, for a blood operation he did not know about.
So guys, that was the most of the Zygerria arc, recently, during the time I asked about Who should turn to the dark side? My loyal reviewer, canonman89, suggested a Anakin clone, named Darth Vader (Remind me to remove the 'No Darth Vader part of my description) So I thought 'I was going to need Anakin's blood for a clone' The Zygerria thing seemed like a perfect opportunity, since I saw scarred slaves. Looked like whip scars. NEXT CHAPTER: ESCAPE FROM KADAVO AND SIDIOUS'S APPRENTICE