Chapter 3
Obi Wan and Yoda approached the next cluster of buildings wondering what they were going to find there. Just as Obi Wan reached out to try the door a group of dark forms surrounded himself and Yoda. Red bars of plasma spouted from their hands and they moved into attack. Obi Wan and Yoda realized that these were dark Jedi and they were probably a diversion so that the Imperials could move the Jedi Masters and Anakin to another place. Obi Wan and Yoda had no time to think about trying to get into the building as they were fighting to stay alive. The Jedi Masters ignited their lightsabers and the battle commenced. The area was lit up with brightly flashing blades as the Jedi Masters and the Dark Jedi dueled. It was 6 against 2 and both Obi Wan and Yoda knew they would be lucky to survive. They had managed to maneuver so they were back to back and finally each managed to kill one of the dark Jedi leaving four still to kill. Obi Wan and Yoda each concentrated on two of the remaining 4 dark Jedi and after another 30 minutes of fighting they managed to reduce it to two on two. The last two dark Jedi were easy to overcome and when it was over the two Jedi Masters extinguished their blades and clipped their lightsabers back to the belts. Both knew that the Dark Jedi had bought those holding their missing people time to move them again.
"A diversion that was" Yoda said.
Obi Wan was already opening the door of the nearest building wondering what he was going to find inside. Entering the building the two Jedi Masters found that all was quiet. They discovered that the building had been the lodgings of the dark Jedi who had attacked them. Their meager possessions indicated this and Obi Wan rifled through their possessions for clues. He found a syringe in one of the bags and slipped it into a pouch deciding to have it tested to see what it contained. He suspected it was something that would knock a person out. Already his thoughts had reached the next conclusion that being that the dark Jedi had somehow slipped into the temple, injected Anakin and the Jedi Masters with the drug then taken them to wherever it was that the cloning facility was. The drug would keep them unconscious until tissue samples had been taken from each of them. Obi Wan was still at a loss as to what happened to the Jedi Masters and Anakin after that. He still didn't know if they had been killed or if they were still alive.
Back on Mustafar Vader had reached his star fighter. He picked Farra up and unceremoniously dumped her in the passenger seat then climbed into the pilot's seat.
"Look I'm no use to you now. I lost the baby. I know that's why you've kept me alive" Farra said.
"But you are useful. We can try again for another baby" Vader said.
"There is no way I'm having another baby with you" Farra declared.
"Who says you have any say in the matter" Vader asked.
"Its too soon. My body needs to recover from the miscarriage" Farra said, 'And from the way you're treating me' Farra added in her mind'
Unfortunately Vader picked up her thought.
"What's wrong with how I'm treating you Farra?" he asked dangerously.
"You aren't treating me as a loving husband should treat me" Farra said bravely, "And if you keep treating me like this and I was to have another baby I'd probably lose it again" she added.
They rode the rest of the way back to Coruscant in silence. Vader left Farra in his fortress then reported to Palpatine.
"You have done well Lord Vader. But you have also failed me. Farra lost the baby and that wasn't part of the plan"
"I am sorry my Master" Vader said.
"For your failure you must be punished" Palpatine said.
Suddenly his lightsaber was in his hand and he ordered Vader to hold his right arm out. Vader did so without question and the next thing he knew his arm was falling to the floor having been cut off at the elbow. Vader did not cry out in pain, as he knew that showing pain in front of his master was a sign of weakness.
"You may go" Palpatine said.
Vader bowed then turned and left the room. He headed for the medical wing and as he did so a wonderful evil plan began to take form in his mind. He needed a new arm and he would have one just like Anakin's mechno arm.
'Now they won't be able to tell us apart and Farra certainly won't be able to discover the truth' Vader thought.
A few hours later his new arm was in place. It was an exact replica of Anakin's arm except for the modifications that Anakin had made to his arm.
Obi Wan and Yoda continued to search Ruan for the missing Jedi hoping they would find them. Every now and again they ran into droid patrols but these were easily dispatched. Then Obi Wan decided to allow himself to be captured in the hope that he'd be taken to where the other Jedi were. He used the Force to slow his breathing and heart rate to appear to be unconscious after hiding his lightsaber in a hidden pocket in his robe. Sure enough a droid patrol found his unconscious form.
"Hey over here. A Jedi and he's unconscious" a droid said.
"Do we take him in for cloning and who is he?"
"It appears to be Master Kenobi," another droid said.
"We have found Master Kenobi. He's unconscious," the commander of the patrol reported in.
"Excellent work. Bring him in and we will prepare him for cloning"
The droids picked Obi Wan up and carried him off. Obi Wan was using the Force to keep track of where he was but remained perfectly still. He expected to be taken to one of the various clusters of buildings on the planet's surface but was instead taken deep underground.
'So that's where they hid them' he thought to himself, 'we'd have never found them'
Obi Wan did not resist as he was placed on a table and cuffs placed on his wrists and ankles to prevent him escaping. He knew from the Force that he could easily undo them when the time came. He was then left alone while his captors conferred and he used the time to undo the cuffs. He left them over his wrists and ankles to make it appear he was still restrained so that they would be off guard when he made his move. When the medic who was to perform the cloning entered Obi Wan remained still until he was leaning over him. Then he suddenly rose up and withdrew his lightsaber from where he'd hidden it. Before the medic knew what had happened he had been fed half a meter of blue plasma. Obi Wan stood and looked around. It took a few moments for his eyes to adjust to his surroundings but when they had he saw he was in a medical facility of some sort. There was only one door leading from the room so Obi Wan approached the door. As he did so he reached into the Force to see if there was anyone in the corridor and picked up the signatures of several people. He glanced around the doorway into the corridor. 6 men were standing around talking and Obi Wan realized he would need to get through them to be able to continue to search the place he was in.
Vader returned to his fortress his new arm under his glove. He knew it was Farra's fault that he'd lost his arm so was determined to make her suffer for it. He found her where he'd left her, which was in their room sitting on the bed. Grabbing her he pulled her close and stuck his face into hers.
"I lost my arm again today thanks to you"
Farra remained silent as Vader drew back his hand and slapped her as hard as he could. He slapped her 3 more times then let her go. She dropped down on the bed clutching at her face.
'Anakin stop this. You love me remember' Farra thought.
Vader had been leaving the room but he turned picking up Farra's thought.
"What did you just call me?" Vader demanded.
"I called you Anakin because that's your name" Farra said.
Vader pulled Farra off the bed and turning her around took two strides and slammed her into the wall. He pulled her forward then slammed her into the wall again. She crumpled to the floor her back aching and gasping for breath, the wind forced out of her lungs. Vader kicked her in the ribs then stormed out of the room. Farra lay there for a few minutes then pulled herself to her feet. She got back on the bed and her hands went to the collar around her neck, exploring it, wondering how she could get it off.
'If only I could access the Force' she thought.
However the collar defied her best efforts to remove it. It appeared that only Vader knew the secret to its removal. That evening he came to their room and told her that he had to attend a function for top ranked Imperials.
"You are coming as my partner as everyone else will have a partner there. Well everyone but Palpatine. And you will behave yourself"
"I've got nothing to wear" Farra said, "And what about my bruises"
"There are some dresses in the closet. Choose one. Makeup will hide your bruises" Vader said, harshly.
Obi Wan had inched his way along the corridor using the Force to remain undetected. As he reached the group of men they turned and he was spotted.
"Hey how did you…"
The speaker got no further as Obi Wan had bought his blade up and had launched himself at him. The six men didn't even have a chance to reach for their weapons before they were reduced to smoking corpses. Obi Wan then continued down the corridor. At the end the corridor entered a junction. Both directions were clear so Obi Wan had to choose which way to go. He chose to go left. The rooms in that direction were empty and it was a dead end so Obi Wan turned around and retraced his steps to the junction. There he headed right and found more empty rooms. This time though the corridor branched again. Obi Wan again went left first and found some more empty rooms. However the last of the rooms he tried was locked. He burnt the lock away with his lightsaber and opening the door found Shaak Ti sprawled on the bed in the room. Crossing to her he checked for a pulse. She was alive but either unconscious or asleep. Gently he tried to rouse her but she didn't wake up. Obi Wan concluded she'd been drugged. This meant he'd need to find the antidote as well as the rest of the missing Jedi.
Obi Wan left the room and made a mental note of it then resumed his search for the others. The other branch of the corridor led him to a large room and there were a lot of men there. As he did not want to fight the men, Obi Wan returned to the room he'd been taken to and went the other way. He found Mace Windu in a room similar to the one Shaak Ti was in. Now he only had Ploon Tu and Anakin to find. Mace was unconscious just like Shaak Ti was so Obi Wan left him where he was and carried on searching. A few moments later he had located Ploon Tu but he still hadn't found Anakin. Obi Wan didn't find Anakin until he searched the very last room of the facility. Like the others Anakin was unconscious and clad only in his sleepwear so Obi Wan searched the facility again looking for a lab where he could find the antidote. Not finding one he decided to confront the men in the large room and hoped they could provide him with the necessary information. It took him only a few minutes to return to the large room as the Force had aided him in memorizing the layout of the facility. Obi Wan entered the room and prepared himself to fight. The men all seemed to turn as one and they rushed him as one large group. He stood his ground and ignited his lightsaber. Some of the men thought better of fighting him when they saw his lightsaber but a few of them were braver.
Farra looked in the closet and found the dresses. They were all black and quite tight. After a few moments she selected one and undressing, pulled it on. It flattered her feminine curves and she knew Vader would probably like that. Vader entered the room a few minutes later and threw a bottle of something at her.
"Use this to hide your bruises," he said.
"And my arm? It has been bleeding and you can see a piece of bone. Its not exactly straight either" Farra said.
Vader's answer to that was to grab her wrist and use the Force to manipulate the bones to move them to their right place. He told her to wipe the blood away and to pretend her wrist wasn't broken.
"I don't care how much it hurts. Just use your hand as you would normally" Vader said.
Farra used her left hand to apply the stuff in the bottle. It turned out to be a concealer and it hid her bruises.
"Put it on your arms. I can see bruises there too" Vader directed her.
Finally they were ready. Vader and Farra went to the Imperial building in Vader's speeder. When they got there they were able to go straight in. Just before they reached the function room Vader turned to Farra.
"Now remember, if you do anything and I mean anything to upset me here I will not be happy. And please for the love of the Force call me Vader while we are here"
Farra had already realized she would have to do so, so she just nodded. Vader slipped his arm around her waist and the two entered the room. Farra was repulsed at being so close to Vader but she hid her feelings knowing Vader would not be amused if she let her true feelings show. Of course when he was still Anakin she would have been most comfortable for him to have his arm around her waist. Vader introduced Farra to the Moffs and Grand Moffs as Lady Vader. None of them suspected a thing as to how he treated her. After the meal had been eaten there was dancing and Vader expected Farra to dance with him. She reluctantly danced with him and all went well until during a slow song she felt his lips on hers. It took all of her willpower to not push him away in disgust. His kiss was disgusting but she knew if she didn't kiss back he'd be angry. During the meal she had had to pretend that she was very much in love with Vader and she had called him Vader even though it felt wrong to do so.
Obi Wan dealt with the men who had decided to fight him then turned to the others.
"Can we help you Master Jedi?" one of them asked.
"Do you know anything about the antidote to the drug that was used on the Jedi being held here?" Obi Wan asked.
One of the men told him that each of the dark Jedi carried two syringes, one containing the knockout drug and the other the antidote in case they accidentally injected themselves.
"Is there anything else I should know" Obi Wan asked.
"Both the drug and the antidote have to be injected in the person's backside. Apparently it won't work if it's injected anywhere else"
Obi wan nodded and thanked the men. He realized the syringe he had would have been the antidote so he raced back to the room Anakin was in. Gently he rolled Anakin onto his stomach and slipped his trousers down to mid thigh baring his backside. Then he fished the syringe out of his pouch and carefully injected some of the antidote into Anakin. After withdrawing the needle he pulled Anakin's trousers back up and rolled Anakin onto his back. He then stood back and waited for the antidote to take effect. He didn't have to wait long as a few moments later Anakin groaned and his eyelids flickered open.
"Where am I?" was his first question.
Obi Wan quickly explained to him where he was then asked if he remembered anything of being bought there.
"I remember being disturbed in my sleep by an intruder. We fought and I learnt that my visitor was a dark Jedi. 3 others joined him and they were too strong for me to beat. They got me on the bed face down and three of them held me down while the fourth one pulled my sleeping pants down and injected me with something in the backside. I then passed out and don't remember anything until waking up here.
"You were bought here to be cloned. Shaak Ti, Mace Windu and Ploon Tu were also taken"
As soon as Obi Wan mentioned Ploon's name Anakin asked him about Farra.
"No they didn't bring her here. Your clone has taken her prisoner and he is calling himself Darth Vader. He took Farra to his fortress on the other side of Coruscant"
"Is she ok?" Anakin asked.
"As far as I know she is"
"And the.." Anakin stopped himself just in time, remembering that Obi Wan didn't know about the baby.
"Its ok Anakin. I know about the baby. When Farra was taken I viewed the security footage in the temple and I couldn't help but see her bump"
"Sithspawn" Anakin muttered.
'Now I'm for it' he thinks.
Back on Coruscant the function had ended and Vader and Farra had returned to Vader's fortress. Once they were inside Vader ordered Farra to remove her dress and the makeup. She sullenly went to do so and returned back in the top and pants outfit he'd originally given her. Vader grabbed her arm and pulled her close.
'I know how you felt at the function. Am I that repulsive?" he asked.
"Yes!" Farra shot at him.
She winced seeing the rage building in his eyes and the next thing she knew he had punched her in the head. Then Vader decided it was time for bed and he dragged her into their room. The two changed into their sleepwear in silence and got into bed. Farra as usual tried to put some space between her and Vader but Vader pulled her against him. When she struggled she was rewarded by Vader grabbing her hair and jerking her head back hard eliciting a cry of pain from her.
"Don't do that again," Vader warned her.
"Can we just go to sleep" Farra asked.
"Don't I get a good night kiss?" Vader asked.
Farra looked at him her eyes showing what she thought about that idea.
"I said don't I get a good night kiss" Vader said, his tone showing his anger.
"Oh go to blazes" Farra said, "As if I'd want to kiss you after everything you've done to me" Farra ended.
Vader's temper boiled over again and he slammed her head into the headboard of their bed. Farra's eyes rolled back in her head as the blow had knocked her unconscious. Vader released her head in disgust and rolled over and went to sleep. The next morning Farra had a headache but Vader didn't care. She picked at her breakfast, as she had no appetite, trying not to look at Vader. She suspected he enjoyed tormenting her and that she was just a plaything to him. When Vader had finished eating he was not pleased to see that Farra had hardly touched her breakfast. He grabbed her spoon and began shoveling her breakfast down her throat, barely giving her a chance to chew and swallow. Farra gagged when he was done and she felt mildly ill but the ill feeling soon passed. She then went to get dressed.