Ch. 2

Betrayal of the Highest Degree

"Come on Skyguy, why are we even here? Why all the cloak and vibroblade business?" asked the inquisitive Padawan. "Well Snips, we are here to try to stop a terrorist organization here. And the sooner we're done, the sooner we can get back to the action, so let's get this over with." Anakin responded with a sigh in his voice. As the stumbled across the body of the fallen Jedi, Ahsoka looked like she was about to be sick. "This was Kyle Fel." Anakin said in a slightly shaken voice "He was a very formidable opponent, he was very skilled in the art of form IV."

"Yea but, he died giving into the Dark side. Shame really, he was a fun fight." said the Sith dropping down from the rafters, startling the Jedi enough to draw their lightsabers. "Who are you?" The Padawan asked, clearly not piecing everything together. "Me? Why I'm the man that killed both the Knight and Padawan, its kind of what I do. And you two are mucking up my plans, so how about this? We both just turn around and go our separate ways, seems fair enough." the Sith in training stated, clearly amused by the question. "How about I end you right here, Sith coward!" replied the angry Jedi Knight, both him and his Padawan getting into their combat stance, Anakin in the standard form V, and Ahsoka also in form V, but with a reversed grip on her lightsaber. "Name calling really, I expect this from the Padawan learner, not the Jedi Knight," taunted the armored Sith, With that he did a simple Force push, the blow felt like being hit with a landspeeder, knocking them on their rears and running, trying to get to his heavily modified black CloakShape class starship, Aruetyc Kal or Traitorous Blade, that was about three levels down from his current position.

As he gets about a block from where there are all sorts of transport going to and fro the lower levels, he hears Ahsoka yell, "Hey slow down, we're not done speaking yet!" As he looks over his shoulder he can't find her anywhere, as he looks up to his right shoulder, he feels a boot collide with his helmeted face. As he gets knocked back and rolls a couple of feet, he starts to realize that he way underestimated his opponents in this one. As he stands back up he finds her standing up with a lightsaber posed for the deathblow, but doesn't feel it come. He sees her with a sad look on her face, like she doesn't want to kill him; this will prove to be her mistake. As he sees this the Sith in training, thru the Force, grabs her lightsaber and throws it away from her. As she is still in shock he gives her a quick jab in the gut before knocking her out with a simple roundhouse kick to the head. As he summons her lightsaber back to him he thinks of adding her lightsaber to his collection, but something told him not to do so. He, instead, just tosses it beside her unconscious form and just sprints away. When he finally gets to the turbo lift he sees a squad of nine clone troopers coming toward him. He charges them and quicker than an eel, manages to cut all of them into, at least, three separate pieces each. After he was done taking care if those poor soldiers, he jumped off the edge of the level onto a hoverbus going down. Finally he was home free or so he thought, as not three seconds later he soon finds him self across from the famous Chosen One himself. As the Jedi knight attempts to cut him in two at the waist, the Sith apprentice simply ducks, matrix style, and kicks him in the right knee, causing him to buckle and to assume a kneeling position. As the Sith rises so to does the Jedi, only to find his arms pinned to his side by a bolo rocket fired from the Mandalorian Sith's left gauntlet. With that the Sith simple pins him to the roof of the still oblivious hoverbus and mutters, "Sad, I expected more from you. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed." With that he jumps to his waiting ship, powers it up and, makes to leave the planet but, not before he was tagged by a micro tracer by a extremely unhappy and sore Jedi.

Jedi Council Spire four standard hours later

"Strange this is." stated a very old Grand Master Yoda "Only ever two Siths are there. But three do we know of." the ancient master said. "Yes, and this one is very well trained. Much more than Ventress." stated a very sore Ahsoka. "How do you mean, Padawan Ahsoka?" asked the council member Mace Windu. "He is clearly a skilled dualist taking out someone highly skilled in form IV, and his Padawan. He also was extremely powerful in the Force because when he sent that Force push, it felt like being hit by a landspeder. There is also the fact that if you look at the Holovid of the attack he was able to hide his presence in the Force from all of us." Ahsoka answered her voice and face showing her displeasure at remembering the whole Force push incident. "Know where he is, do we?" Yoda questioned Ahsoka, as Anakin was still in the infirmary. "Yes, my Master managed to put one on his ship before it left the planet. He is currently on a hyperspace path to a planet called" Ahsoka then looked at her comlink and took a sharp intake of breath "Korriban is where he landed, if he is still there I can not be certain." she answered with an uneasy tone in her voice. "Masters is that not a place where Sith were once trained?" the Padawan inquired. "Yes long ago, in the Sith Wars. Most troubling it is, if true. Strong the dark side is there," the ancient green leader of the Jedi said with a far off look in his eye, as if he was getting a vision from the Force. "Send you and your Master and Master Kenobi we will. Capture this Sith we must." the elderly master ordered, with the other council members nodding their heads in agreement. "Yes Masters, I'll get right on that." the Padawan said bowing and leaving the room. As all the other occupants left, save Yoda and Windu left "Troubling times these are, I fear." Yoda confessed in a low tone shaking his head clearly worried about this new Sith assassin. "Indeed." was all Master Windu said before leaving the room as well.

As Ahsoka raced down the Jedi Temple's hallways to the Hall of Healing, she sees Jedi Knight Obi-wan Kenobi and calls out "Master Kenobi, we need to leave soon we have an assignment from the council, you, me, and Skyguy are to find the Sith assassin and bring him in alive. So we must hurry and go get Skyguy." "I had heard about this assassin, you had a run I with him earlier this morning before he fled in his ship. Where is he by now anyway?" the Master asked secretly worried that they had assigned a Jedi Master, a Jedi Knight, and a Padawan to hunt down one being. He, however, but on a mask of calm in order to try to soothe the young Togruta which had little effect. "I really want to nail this being he got me twice, it won happen a third time." the Togruta muttered clearly miffed at being bested in such a manner. "Easy there Ahsoka, being brash is what gets you killed. You must fight with a clear mind, or you won't be able to use your ever again." The Master Jedi stated very teacher-like, something that drove both Anakin and Ahsoka nuts. "Yea you're right. Thank you Master Kenobi, now lets go get Mr. Injury prone. I don't know how he is still here, getting as beaten up as he does." she said teasingly about her master. When they reached the hall they see Anakin lying on a bed arguing with a Human attendant, telling her that he is really fine and that he should get going. As they walked into his line of sight he gets in a seating position, throws his hands up in the air and, exclaims, "Thank the Force, you two are here. Now can you please tell them to release me, so I can find that fraggen Sith who beat us worse than a drunk, one legged moisture farmer, in a bar full of Tusken Raiders. Or just tell them that I do not need a full medical evaluation." the Jedi Knight begs of the two other Jedi. "Yes, fine. We need to get to the hanger, we tracked your Sith friend here to Korriban. We're tasked with bringing him in for questioning." Kenobi said patting his former apprentice on the shoulder and helping him stand. "Well the Twilight is all ready master, let's go acquire this rouge Force user." Anakin stated clearly wanting a rematch, much like his Padawan. "It will take one hours to reach the planet, so we have to leave right now." Anakin and Ahsoka said in unison freaking out all parties involved in the conversation.

Korriban 4.9 standard hours after escaping from the Jedi

As the Sith assassin lands on the barren looking planet, he sees his master's Solar Sailer followed by a Fanblade ship. He found this strange as the only one that he knew of that would fly that was Ventress, maybe it was Dooku's master and he was brought here to be struck down finally. As the ships landed the assassin felt something was off, as he could only feel his Master and Ventress, no one else. As the other two Sith disembarked from their respected ships, the Sith assassin suddenly realized what was going on; he was here to be killed. As soon as the assassin realizes this, he draws his lightsabers but does not ignite them. As soon as this happens, he sees a three legged droid with a holoprojector powered on, with it displaying a cloaked figure whose face could not be seen. As he spoke his voice sounded like broken glass being scraped against a chalkboard "Well my traitorous apprentice, it is time you kill your secret apprentice. Do so and, you prove your loyalty to me. Ventress is here to make sure you comply with the order." "Yes Master, it shall be done." Dooku said in a monotone voice drawing and igniting his blood red saber, and Ventress igniting her's.

With this, the Sith apprentice ignited his two blades and charged Ventress. As he brought both of his blades down in a heavy arc, Ventress blocked with both of her's failing to see the real threat. As she was distracted by the blades she failed to see the armored Sith bring down a Force aided curb stomp on her right shin, shattering it into three separate pieces, before she was struck in the head with his right fist, knocking her unconscious. She was taken out in about 10.5 seconds. As she was disabled, the assassin was now able to have his attention on the real threat: Count Dooku. "Very good apprentice you have taken her out, now it is time you face a real Sith Lord." Dooku challenged as he gets into a Form II fighting stance, leading for his apprentice to choose Form III the defensive form. As Dooku attacked first, he led loose a whole torrent of blows. As the younger Sith realized just how much he was out classed in this duel, he feels a burning sensation on his thigh where the plates of his armor do not cover. This led to the apprentice suddenly switching to Form VII and releasing a whole host of heavy handed, yet lightning fast blows in his growing rage. The Sith Lord merely batted these away with ease and striking his opponent with a heavy barrage of Force lightning, wracking his apprentice with extreme pain as he was encased in a metal suit, and causing him to lose his. As he was thrown back from the intensity of the lightning the apprentice heard, "Finish him. Now!" Darth Sidious commanded with fury in his voice from the holoprojector. As Dooku walks over, he grabs one of his apprentice's fallen lightsabers and prepares to behead him with his blade. As the apprentice sees this he doesn't move, he just wants to take his death with some dignity. The older Sith promptly stabbed his apprentice in the torso, going in from the right side and out the left missing the kidneys and the spinal cord/column, and raised his blade for the killing blow. As he was doing this The Twilight swoops in and starts firing its main gun destroying the CloakShape fighter and the Fanblade ship. Dooku knowing when to cut his losses and run, levitated Ventress onto his ship, made sure the walking holoprojector was on board and, got the hell out of Dodge. After this the Sith assassin knows no more, as he passes out due to blood loss and the pain of betrayal.

As the Jedi starship makes to land Ahsoka jumps out of the ship while its about one meter from the ground, running over to the fallen Sith. When she reaches him she is horrified at the condition that he is in. As she sees the lightsaber sticking out of his side she called out "We need a bacta tank. And a whole lot of pain killer." She knows that she is going to have to remove the armor to see just how bad the damage is but, at the same time, she doesn't want to know just how bad it is. As the two older Jedi run to her position they start trying to move the Sith to the ship. While they are in the middle of moving him to the ship his helmet falls, revealing a human male who appears to be in his mid to late 20's, close cropped black hair, a darker skin color, like a tanned color. He also has a scar running from his right cheekbone to the right corner of his mouth. He would have been very attractive, had it not been for all the second-degree burns that are all but covering his face and, by proxy, his entire body. As Ahsoka uses the Force to grab the helmet, they finally get him on to the ship, Obi-wan and Ahsoka start trying to get his armor off of him, while Anakin starts up the ship. As they are taking off his belt and his gauntlets, he starts coming too and flipping his shit. "Ahsoka, hold him down!" cried the Jedi master, as he is trying not to get punched by the confused and dazed Sith. Ahsoka panicking does what she thinks of first; she uses the hilt of her lightsaber and hits him with it, knocking him out. When Anakin returns, he too helps taking off the armor, leaving the fallen Sith assassin in just his armorweave bodysuit. "Ahsoka, can you Force heal?" Anakin asked his Padawan "Didn't Barriss teach you how?" "Yes but not much I might be able to stop the bleeding." As she prepares herself for the task, Anakin yanks the still embed lightsaber from the wounded Sith. When he does this, blood flows from the Sith like drool from a bantha. As Ahsoka puts her hands on the wounds and a green light starts to shine from her hands. Obi-wan and Anakin stare at her in awe, as Force healing weren't in their wheelhouse. As this continues for a few minutes you could see the sweat start to form on her brow, and she started struggling to keep it up. One minute later she abruptly stops and looks like she took on the whole droid army by her self, which is to say she looks like death warmed over. When they all look at the assassin, he looks better as his bleeding has stopped but the wound itself remains, as well as all of the other damage done to him. "He needs to get to the temple immediately, he will need true healers. And a lot of bacta." Ahsoka said with a sense of fatigue in her voice. "Also I'm going to go 'meditate' now." Which means she is going to go to sleep now.

As she walks out of the room, the remaining Jedi strap the Sith down to the table, both for their protection and his, put some bacta patches on him, and go up to the helm of the ship. As they sit down and strap in they see on the display that they still have a good forty-five minutes left until they reach the temple, so Anakin asks "When did my apprentice learn to do such a strong Force heal? And better yet, how is the assassin going to react when he comes too?" "I think we both know how she did it. And as for the assassin," Obi-wan said while rubbing his beard "only time will tell but, we better tread lightly. If the reports are true then it could prove dangerous to make him angry in this small metal death trap." he finished jokingly teasing his apprentice about the ship, as he knows it is the one thing that really gets under his skin. "Hey!" Anakin exclaimed a little cross "This ship is not a death trap it is piloted by yours truly, so you know you're in good hands." he finished with a smug smile and tone in his voice. About three minutes later Anakin called in o his comlink "Hey, we're here Ahsoka. Time to strap in." As she does as she is told you could hear a low moan coming from the back of vessel, the Sith had started to come too. When they landed the ship was meet by Jedi Masters Mace Windu, Shaak Ti, Yoda, and Luminara Unduli. Also present was Barriss Offee, and six Jedi Temple Guards. "Successful, were you?" asked Yoda. "Yes but he is severely injured, he needs to go see some healers now." answered Obi-wan, motioning for Barriss and Luminara to follow him to where the Sith was being held. "What did you do?" asked the black Jedi Master looking at Anakin and Ahsoka, as they would be the likely candidates for this sort of thing. "We didn't do anything this time. When we got there, the assassin was fighting Dooku, and had already disabled Ventress." Ahsoka stated defended her master and herself. "Well after he is healed, he will need to be questioned." Master Windu stated before turning around and leaving, with Yoda following behind him. When the two Mirialan Jedi loaded the assassin on a repulser-sled and made to move him to the Hall of Healing the six Jedi Temple Guardsmen moved behind them in two rows of three, escorting them out.

Jedi Temple four standard days later

As the two Mirialan Jedi worked trying to keep the Sith from dying for the past few days they finally had some success; he was stable, but refused to wake up even through chemical and Force added attempts. After the third day, he started to stir but then stopped and fell back into his sleep. As Yoda and Ahsoka walk in, they see his unconscious form in a bed strapped down with four Jedi Guardsmen on watch. "Very strange he is." Master Yoda said as he tilted his head, "To wake up, he refuses. Try you should, young one." the ancient green hamster-like master suggested. "Why me, Master? It's not like I know him I met him once, and that was when he showed me the floor." Ahsoka said confused at what effect she could have on his current state. "Theory I have, test it we must." was all the cryptic old master would say on the matter. As Ahsoka approached the bed she rolled her eyes and started talking to the sith. "Hi its me you know, the one who saved your life. I worked really hard to save you so if you could wake up, that would be great." As she started talking to the unconscious man she felt a strange tug in her gut, but thought it was just unease and fatigue. As she continued her rambling, the man started, ever so slightly, coming too. About three minutes into Ahsoka's rambling, the Sith woke up with a start, revealing golden colored eyes. "Where am I? What am I doing here? Why aren't I dead?" he questioned with a look of distrust on his face. "You are at the Jedi temple on Coruscant, you were brought here as you were hurt in your dual with Dooku, if you could call it that, and you're not dead because you have important information on the Sith and on the Separatists." Ahsoka answered with a slightly uneasy tone in her voice, as she starts realizing that the feeling isn't going away. "Okay, new question." the sith stated still miffed about being strapped to the bed "Who in the hell is Force bonded to me, and why?"