Disclaimer: I don't Jedi Apprentice, only Bayden.

Across the room stood a young man dressed in a white outfit with a high neck that nearly touched his chin. Four large blue buttons went down each side of the top holding it closed and a matching white cape with blue trim hung past the front of his left shoulder down to his knee. His hair went down to his shoulder blades and it was hard to tell if it was light blue, or white with blue high-lights. Interestingly enough-Obi-wan noted-he still wore the traditional braid of a padawan held at the top and bottom by two yellow gold beads.

"Welcome to my home, Jedi, though I would have preferred a scheduled meeting. In any case, I suppose it's too late now." Bayden radiated off an intimidatingly confident manner as his red eyes gazed at them without a hint of compassion. "My name, in case you're curious, is Bayden."

There was one other thing about Bayden and Qui-gon couldn't bring himself to ignore it.

He's just 16, I'd say barely older than Obi-wan

At first Obi-wan felt confused by Bayden's actions, then he quickly shook it off and activated his lightsaber. Bayden didn't react as the blade hummed to life. Instead he raised one of his hands and spread out his fingers. The force warned just in time. Obi-wan and Bant leapt out of the way as something crashed into the ground. Obi-wan looked up and saw icicles floating above their heads now falling like daggers. Qui-gon and Tahl had already activated their lightsabers intending to cut apart the icicles before they could do any harm, but the ice suddenly melted into water shorting out their lightsabers. Obi-wan barely managed to get out of the way in time as icicles as long as swords sprouted from the water on the floor. The arm of Obi-wan's tunic ripped and a few drops of blood fell onto the floor.

"You idiot!" Bayden raised his arms and the water followed his movements.

Bant snuck up on him intending to surprise Bayden from behind. With a flick of his wrist a small, yet strong stream of water lashed out at Bant like a whip. She fell back and Tahl saved her from Bayden's next attack just in time. Obi-wan and Qui-gon decided to use the moment of distraction to their advantage. It didn't work any better than Bant's plan had, but Obi-wan saw that between the four of them they were managing to put some pressure on Bayden. It just wasn't enough. Sweat fell down Obi-wan's forehead stinging his eyes and his grip on his lightsaber tightened, though he knew Bayden could render it useless.

"Why…" Bant panted "are you going so far to rule a planet?"

Bayden gave an amused smirk at that. "You think this is about a single planet? I plan on ruling the entire universe and reshaping it to my own image." He announced grandly

Where are his parents? Qui-gon wondered

At that point Bayden got out of his aggressive stance into one that seemed passive and they were instantly suspicious of the sudden change.

"This is a dream I've decided to recruit you four to help with."

"There's no way!" Obi-wan shouted

Bayden ignored him and crossed to the center of the room and pushed a button on the coffee table which summoned a cleaning droid to take care of the Obi-wan's spilled drops of blood. He then pushed another button and holo projections of maps and data sheets appeared. Qui-gon studied the diagrams for a moment and Obi-wan sensed his master's growing anxiety.

"Those are…the Crystals of Geis." He said at last

Tahl's eyes widened. "But those are a myth."

Bant and Obi-wan looked back and forth between their respective masters wondering what they were talking about.

"Not a myth. As it turns out a crime syndicate has been using the crystals' power to increase their own strength and profits." Bayden clicked off the images and turned on a new one. This time of a decently sized fortress "As far as I can tell they're in this fortress, but it's so heavily guarded I can't get the crystals without some assistance."Qui-gon and Tahl hated the situation, but there was no way around it. The Crystals of Geis were powerful, yet also volatile. They could not be left in the hands of a crime syndicate. Qui-gon clenched and unclenched his fists.

"So where is this fortress?"

A/N: I don't mind having my spelling and grammar corrected if it helps with my writing. Unfortunately last time my computer was acting up and wouldn't let me correct the mistakes. Thankfully I've gotten it fixed by now.