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CH 5

The cold night breeze of Coruscant sliced through him like a knife. Or was it his fear, fear of his Lord? Being around Senator Palpatine in the council chambers was safe; entering the chambers of Lord Sideous in the dead of night when no one knew you were there was like begging for a suicide or preparing for a very grueling and painful interrogation. He shuddered, and removed his helmet. He had what all beings had a lifetime, in physical form anyway. The doors to Senator Palpatine's apartments hissed open at his application of an ID, to reveal a corridor strewn with a blood red velvet carpet. To hide the stains most probably Obi Wan mused smirking at his own dark humor.

He hesitated before the door. He hadn't expected this. Xanatos was to return next week. Why had the force taunted him so? Xanatos seemed to always be in his way. He ran a hand through his medium close to short brown black hair. His Lord had been most displeased with its color demanding he dye it. However he had forbidden him from using shifters to hide his blue eyes which only created the question of why dye the hair in the first place, however it was not his place to argue. He tried to compose himself Lord Sideous displeased at such blatant rivalry. The door was slid open with the force from the inside.

"Enter Darth Kenobi." Were Lord Sideous's words to usher him into a circular empty room draped in red and gold brocade. This then was their chamber. A sanctuary of the Sith, a safe haven where neither camdroid nor Jedi mind could penetrate. He knelt at the center before his Master, whose face on such meetings was always half shrouded, ignoring the second shadow on his Masters left. He was suddenly overrun by dark energy a ruthless force like a scorpion attacked his mental defenses, prying for an opening with its pincers. He stood still at the onslaught making his shield's cold metal, polished like mirrors reflecting the attack. Suddenly the temperature in the room dropped. The shadow gasped. Obi-Wan exhaled shakily. I will not tolerate such a brazen lack of respect hissed the dark lord.

"He is weak Master can't you sense it." Xanatos haughtily pronounced. Obi Wan braced himself preparing for the allotted punishment Xanatos's idiocy would bring.

The room began to tilt dangerously. "I beg you to forgive my insolence my lord." Xanatose choked and dropped to his knees half convulsing in pain.

His Master seemed satisfied with only the reply, underlining who it was he favored. Now with his apprentices subdued it seemed he was ready to begin his crusade.

"The trade federation has created a blockade on Naboo. Fortunately," he laughed briefly "her highness is still alive and was escorted from the planet by two Jedi."

"Master these treacherous Jedi will die by my hand." Xanatos proclaimed his eyes alighting for lust of blood. "I will teach them the meaning of defiance."

"Your desire for dealing death is admirable apprentice, however a mere death has no meaning, it is the way the death is dealt that makes it so beautifully heart wrenching." Sideous's caressing tone flourished the beauty of this cruelty. "Besides this was all part of my bigger plans. Naboo must be lost to us for now. The Jedi however are a nuisance must be dealt with."

"You my apprentices are well acquainted with one of them."

"Qui Gon," Obi Wan said in an undertone full of malice.

"Allow me to deal with him Master!" Xanatos rose to his feet. "Anger laughed around him like a pack of hungry hyenas. "I will cut him limb from limb and so desecrate his body that when I am done that they won't be able to tell his corpse from another burned one." He began to laugh like a maniac drunk on the darkness.

"Very well," said Lord Sideous after a long dramatic pause and an audibly feigned sigh.

"What say you my apprentice?" Lord Sideous's sudden scrutiny bore like light sabers into his soul.

Obi Wan's heart clenched. "If I were to take revenge, I wouldn't simply kill Qui Gon Jinn. No I would first strip him of everything he holds dear. Cut off every attachment he claims he does not possess. Then I wouldn't kill him no I would turn him from his beloved light with agonizing torture which would last for days. Only then when I have destroyed everything he stood for and completely obliterated any remains of his mind would I send him back to the temple to show them how weak their pathetic ways truly are."

Lord Sideous smiled sickly at the malice and hatred in his apprentice's threat. "You are commended apprentice, that is a far better way to deal with the matter ending the Jed's misery quickly, no that would be too merciful." "You are in possession of all the key cards of the palace Darth Kenobi, you will pass this knowledge onto Darth Xanatos, a shuttle awaits you leave now." He followed the shadow that was Xantise into the adjacent chambers. This would be a long knight.


Lord Sideous watched both his apprentices take their customary bow exit. He smiled in satisfaction; his arsenal had never been stronger. His apprentices were different; however their skills as well varied and would suit his every need. Maul was the perfect assassin a shadow to the eye of a non-force user. Xanatos basked in the dark side the perfect tool for a mass murder. As much as he favored this you man he knew however that he would never be as lethal as Kenobi. The dark side of the force may be strong with Xanatose; however it was Kenobi which it caressed, wisping around him like a Krai dog at its master's heels waiting for a nod off the head or a slight of a finger to attack at its masters bidding. It had been a stroke of luck that he had found Kenobi when he did. The boy had been very nearly dead. What would have broken other men in twain only made Kenobi stronger. Sideous himself had been surprised at how fast Kenobi had recovered and how easily he agreed to join him.

Although Kenobi was not quick to anger as he would have liked Sideous had first-hand witnessed the full extent of his wrath. Bringing the boy into the slavers enclave he gave him ten minutes to clear out the scum. Four and a half minutes later Kenobi appeared deactivating both his sabers with a flourish his hands drenched up to his shoulders in blood suggesting it was not only the sabers he used. Upon a tour of the tomb Sideous found to his great satisfaction that the deceased had been sliced up in the most brutal ways, not one body remaining fully intact and missing at least three of their four limbs. This one was a hunter and like a hungry wolf would track his kill even to the outer rims to please his master.

Yes, yes the dark side of the force was with him indeed. The serene Jedi temple would be in flames like the flames set to the academy in Koriban centuries earlier. This was not just personal; it was a matter of honor and revenge.


As a post note for anyone wondering why Obi Wan didn't get a cool Sith name: a sith name is given to show the new identity the person has taken. It is also used to hide the real name of the sith for various reasons. Obi wan never really had his own life he was in the temple he doesn't need another name since his own is a constant remainder of his rejection. This goes for Xanatos as well who proudly uses his name to rub it into the Jedi's faces that he's not hiding from them but they still can't get him.