Mild to moderate torture scene here, just a warning, it would defiantly, indisputably fall under the category of PG-13 to the max, the first way I had it which was quite artistic and descriptive but that sort of… made even me wonder whether I should use it so I cut it down and used less artistic words and was a little more vague, I hope. Also the torture scene originated from an episode of Alias in the first season, I thought it was excellent, so I borrowed it.

Chapter 4: Interrogation

Once Mara was safely in hyperspace she stood up and unrolled the carpet, then chained Rorxan's body to the chair, she carefully searched him for weapons and then she poured the contents of her canteen over his head, the water spilled over his face for a moment, matting his long brown hair back, and onto his head, finally he gasped and seemingly sprang to life.

"I can make this real simple for you, where is Zara Velia?" Mara asked. "Either tell me or I will make you, and trust me, you ain't ready for that. Now you're going to tell me, now."

"The hell I am, why would I tell you something you want to know?!" Rorxan spat.

"Fine." Mara hissed, she backhanded him and he fell unconscious, she smiled to herself, she had a good sized battery, and a couple of breaker cables in storage, and she had a small bath tub….

XxX

Rorxan awoke mostly submerged in water that felt like fire on his bare skin, he found himself chained inside a bath tub with draped only in white prisoner shorts Mara had put on him, a breaker cable was clamped painfully to his fight hand, and another to his foot, one was attacked to a battery on the floor next to the tub, the other was in Mara's right hand. She stood over him menacingly.

"Let's continue our talk while you bathe." Mara said smoothly and sarcastically.

"Go to hell!"

"When I knocked you out before I cut off the flow of blood to your brain for a few moments, I can also cut off the flow of blood to your heart, permanently. I hope it doesn't come to that."

"I'm not telling you anything!" Rorxan cried, struggling against his restraints.

"What's your real name?"

"What?!"

"Wrong answer."

Mara attached the breaker cable in her hand to the remaining part of the battery. Rorxan felt electricity pulsing throughout his entire body, he convulsed violently in the tub, sending scalding out water splashing out. Mara shook her head and unclipped one cable. Rorxan gasped loudly in relief.

"What is your real name?" Mara asked again

"Go…" Rorxan trailed off.

"Don't give me that! I did a bit of research on you."

"Fine!" Rorxan winced as he yelled. "My real name it Trez, that's all you get."

"That's not all I want, who is Zara Velia and where did she go?"

"I will not tell you."

Mara hissed like a she demon and attached the cable to the battery again, letting it remain on there for a little longer this time. Trez, aka Rorxan actually cried out in agony this time, Mara unclipped the cable.

"Why are you making this so hard on yourself?" Mara asked. "Just tell me where Zara Velia is."

"No!"

Mara shook her head and unclipped the cable from Trez's submerged foot, and then clipped it to a place where she suspected he would not want it. He grunted loudly as she let go of it and moved to clip the other end to the battery.

"WAIT!" he bellowed. "I'll tell you!"

"Good, we're getting somewhere."

"Zara Velia is an alias for Raz Vena, she works for a smuggler named Talon Karrde and so do I! Now please get these off of me!!"

"Where is Karrde's base?"

"Never!"

Mara reached down once more to clip the cable to the battery. Just as she was just about to latch it on Trez cried out in protest.

"Wait! NO! His base is on Myrkr!" Mara smiled sadistically and basked in her triumph. She unclipped the breaker cable from his hands, and then the other one and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Get me out of this water." He pleaded, it was blazing hot. Mara rolled her eyes and unclipped his restraints. She pulled him out of the tub by his soaking brown hair and led him out of the bathroom. He grunted in pain with every step as Mara led him into the back room of her ship. As he entered it he immediately felt the change in temperature and his skin began to burn as the cold air hit the hot water all over him. Mara tossed him in a small metal cage in the bare room and locked it, she kept her prisoners here and she decided Trez could be useful. He immediately drew his legs up to his chest and shivered violently.

"Grow up!" Mara snapped. "It's only five degrees colder in here!"

"C-can I have my p-pants b-back?" Trez pleaded. Mara looked at his soaking wet shorts and pursed her lips, he would dry long before they did and he would remain cold for hours.

"No," she replied. "If only you were a little more cooperative… oh well."

She stalked off and exited the room, the door slammed shut behind her.

XxX

"Very well done Mara." Sidious's hologram rasped. "Go to Myrkr and find this Talon Karrde, bring me Raz Vena, alive, but I will except her even if she is not completely unscathed."

"Very well my Emperor. What of Trez?"

"Keep him until you find Vena, he could be useful if he knows where Karrde's base is and the best way to infiltrate it. He could save you the trouble of reconnaissance."

"Oh yeah, the best part." Mara said sarcastically. "Then what?"

"Kill him, stretch your imagination Mara, I don't particularly care, drop him off on Hoth in shorts, soaking wet, it matters not, just dispose of him."

"That sounds like a good idea, I'll definitely consider that."

"Just bring me Raz Vena." Sidious snapped irritation was becoming evident in his voice, like a Tatooinian rattle snake ready to strike.

"Very well milord. Jade out," Mara said. She abruptly ended the communication and walked back into the cockpit to set a course for Myrkr.

XxX

Yoda and Mace Windu had dreams to reconstruct the Jedi Order that could possibly come true. Anakin, fresh from walked through the jungle, came through the edge of it and into a large field where a great pyramid stood. Yoda and Mace Windu sat on the steps meditating, this was to be the new Jedi temple. Anakin ran up to the large structure built by the extinct Massassi race and up to the step where the two Jedi masters sat. Both of their eyes snapped open at the same time.

"Something wrong, is there?" Yoda asked sensing it.

"Masters," Anakin said. "Obi-Wan is still alive."

Mace and Yoda exchanged troubled looks.

"Then we have failed again to destroy the Sith," Mace stated solemnly. "We must continue ahead with our plans. The Rebel Alliance is growing in strength Anakin, you've seen this, and soon we will be strong enough to launch our campaign. Do not let this distract you Anakin. Obi-Wan is no longer your friend…"

"Stop with the lectures please master, I know Obi-Wan is Darth Vader. It's just that I thought I killed him once, I hated it, he was like my brother, my friend, and then I find that I have to go through the same thing again and this time it's worse, and now I have to again…."

"Strong you must stay Anakin, the chosen one you are, your destiny it is to kill Obi-Wan and Sidious, destroy the Sith we must, and bring about their fall."

"I know master, and when the time comes I will kill Obi-Wan… again."

This last scene was a pain, sorry it was so short but I just didn't want to write it for some reason. Isn't it wonderful, you find out your former best friend is still alive after you thought you killed him and then a few old wise people console you and say, oh by the way you have to go kill him for real this time. Review please.