"Hm, that's strange." Starr mumbles.

"What?" Helix inquires.

"The monitors say he's conscious, but he's not waking." Starr looks at them again, and suddenly the monitors beep viciously.

"His vitals are rising rapidly," Helix informs.

"He's physically fine!" Starr exclaims, and Helix shakes his head.

"We need the Commander; this could have to do with the Force."

"And this spell. It will show him what you want to show him?" Dooku asks.

"Yes, he will have no choice but to watch as I plague his mind with the deaths of all his loved ones, the betrayal of others, and worse, he will never escape it," Sidious says.

"And what do you hope to achieve?"

"Simple." Sidious turns to face Dooku. "Eternal death. Unfortunately, I am unable to receive his power through him, the Force has blessed him, and the power is within the Force that flows through him. And if I cannot have this power, then there is no reason for him to live."

"What have you done to him?" Dooku asks.

"I have placed a curse on him. Eternal death, and if he himself decides to choose death, then he shall not come back to the land of the living; nothing would be able to bring him back, his medics, his friends, and even the Force."

"Why would Kenobi choose death?" Dooku inquires, as Kenobi was always a stubborn man.

"As I have said, I will show him the deaths of all his loved ones, I will show him that his life has been nothing but infinite sadness, and it will always be that way. That it will be his future, and he can never escape it.

I will bring him so low that when I finally offer him the escape hatch to death, he will beg me for it."

Dooku hums and leaves the room. Surely Kenobi would not accept, surely he would believe that his life was not completely filled with sadness; he had his padawan, his men, and his Jedi family. They were all practically his family. Surely Kenobi can see how sad and depressed everybody would be if he died. Permanently this time.

Dooku sighs and shakes his head. He doesn't have time for this, Skywalker is to arrive soon, Sidious is to make him his apprentice finally. Which means Dooku must leave; he knows what his master plans to do, have Skywalker kill him and replace him.

Dooku packs his small number of belongings and leaves. To where, he does not know? Maybe he'll retire somewhere rural, or go back to Serrano. He is suddenly startled by a familiar voice behind him.

"So, you will just leave your grand-padawan to die?"

A blue light lights up his small ship, and he looks behind him, his hand grasping his saber. He drops his saber in shock.

"Qui-Gon?"

I know, I know. I have been dead for a while, quite a while, actually. Okay, so first, I had or maybe still have a massive case of writer's block. Second, my grandpa moved here, and the family helped him move in, and he's been coming over a lot; the third, school has been hectic, spring break is in two weeks, and my high school is trying to jam-pack a bunch of assignments in before the break. Definitely making me look forward to break more. LOL! Lastly, I started a new college class, speech and fundamentals, which is easy/hard. Easy because the assignments are a breeze, and hard because the speech part is bad. Well, at least for me. XD!

Now to the story, so this actually took a turn. And I was never intending this curse, or Dooku to be in it, but, the brain is a crazy thing. I hoped you guys liked it! Have a great day! Love y'all 3000 and may the force be with you!

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