SON OF THE CHOSEN.

Sequel to 'Tortured Soul'.

Palpatine kidnapped Rexan to escape when he was exposed; fourteen years later, Rexan Skywalker returns. He is angry, resentful, withdrawn_

Is he just a troubled, tortured, young man? Or is he something more sinister?

Rexan: 3 -17.

Luke/Leia: 14.

CHAPTER FOUR.

"Don't you take my son!"

His mother's voice screamed in desperation, blue light flashed and he heard her agonised scream.

"Mama!" His own voice cried in panic, only it was a young child's voice, "Mama... No...!"

Rexan woke with a start, breathing hard he slowly sat up; the dream had felt real, his mother's pain and her desperate plea for him not to be taken sincere.

Rexan shook his head, no, "The Jedi made my father abandon me." He whispered, "I was not taken." His dream was just that, a dream.

Wasn't it?

He had never felt more confused in his life, Palpatine said his father had abandoned him, his father had told him he had been 'abducted', that Palpatine had threatened to kill him; it had felt like the truth, he hadn't sensed a lie in his father's words.

"The Jedi are the enemy," Rexan told himself, shaking away the niggling doubt. "I must destroy them, I must save my father."

xxx

Obi-wan smiled as he hugged Anakin, "you must be happy." He finally had Rexan back, "after so long..."

Anakin smiled at Obi-wan, "Padme and I are both delighted." He shook his head, "I don't know what he made of Luke and Leia."

"Did something happen?"

Chuckling, Anakin grinned. "well, Luke and Rexan were fine, but with Leia..." Anakin chuckled again, "Rexan went for a handshake, and Leia went for a hug."

x

Rexan moved closer to his bedroom door, listening to his father's converstaion.

"how did Rexan react?"

"He pulled away and Looked a little disturbed," his father laughed softly, "I don't think I have ever seen Leia apologise so fast in my life."

Rexan continued to frown, the stranger's voice, seemed... Familiar somehow, like he had heard it before.

"Obi-wan, I know the Council wants to talk to him."

Rexan froze at the name, gasping as the memory came to him.

"Uncle Obi!" he ran forward, leaping into Obi-wan's arms, "i missed you!" he cried, "you and Dad were away so long!"

Obi-wan laughed, "I missed you too Rexan."

"No," Rexan shook his head, "just Rex, then me and Uncle Rex will really have the same name!"

As his father came in, he let out a wild shriek, "Dad!" He barely waited until Obi-wan pout him down, dashing to his father he grinned, "did you have to save Uncle Obi again?"

Rexan blinked, and took a deep breath, what was he supposed to make from that?

"The Council asked me to come and talk to you," Rexan heard Obi-wan sigh, "they also want me to bring Rexan back with me."

x

Anakin shook his head, "it's too soon."

"We just want to talk to him Anakin," Obi-wan shook his head, "we're not going to hurt him."

Anakin nodded, "I know that, but he doesn't."

"It's been a week Anakin," Obi-wan folded his arms, "we need to know if Rexan knows anything about Palpatine."

Anakin closed his eyes, his son had been back almost a full week, he was quiet and serious most of the time, but he had started to relax a little the last couple of days. "I don't want to push him too soon."

x

"Anakin, when the Council talks to him, they want to talk to him alone."

rexan went still, the jedi Council wanted to talk to him without his father present? It was a perfect opportunity to find out the truth, the reason whay they had forced his father to give him up; but how_?

Rexan smiled, he knew exactly how to get his father to agree.

x

Anakin shook his head, "no_"

"It's ok dad, I'll go."

Rexan walked into the room, he looked at Obi-wan and cocked his head. "I think I might be a little too old to call you 'Uncle Obi'."

Obi-wan smiled, "you remember me?"

"Not much," Rexan looked down and shurgged, "I don't remember much of anything really." Most of what he did remember was about his father.

Anakin smiled at Rexan, "you're sure you want to go? You don't have to if you don't want to," he told Rexan, "or I could come_"

"I'll be fine," Rexan shrugged and smiled tighly, "I think I can survive without you for a little while."

Obi-wan nodded, "ok, if you're sure...?"

"I'm sure." Rexan looked at Obi-wan and shrugged, "when are we going?"

x

As they walked from the apartment he looked back up at Obi-wan. 'Does dad still have to save you?"

Obi-wan laughed, smiling he nodded, "occasionally."

Rexan forced himself to smile, "you haven't learned to save yourself yet?"

Obi-wan grinned, "well if I saved myself all the time, your father wouldn't have anything to do."

xx

Rexan followed Obi-wan into the Council Chamber, Master Windu and Master Yoda had been talking, but stopped and looked at them as they entered.

Taking a deep breath, Rexan used the Force to shut and lock the door, ignoring the confused reactions of the Jedi Masters.

Obi-wan frowned, "Rexan, what are you doing?"

Scowling Rexan used the Force to pull Obi-wan's lightsaber from his belt, he caught it in his hand. "I want to know the truth," he snarled. "I want to know whay you made my father abandon me!"