A/N Disclamer: I do not own Star Wars. Just fooling around in his playground.
The masters exchanged confused, worried glances. The implications of what they were just told were many, and none of them good. The sudden exit of Anakin Skywalker was no comforting matter, either.
"Much trust in the Chancellor, young Skywalker had placed. Easy on him, this will be not." The ancient master's gaze turned to Luke and Mara. "Tell us everything you know, you must. Foil the Dark Lord's plans, we will." Yoda's eyes narrowed. "Begin with your real name, you will."
Luke suppressed a small smile. Trust Yoda to see right through him.
"It's pointless to hide it anymore. My name is Luke Skywalker."
At that point, nobody was surprised to see master Kenobi make a hasty exit. The rest wore similar, grim expressions. Luke continued:
"I believe my sister will be able to provide you with details, but basically the massacre of the jedi begins and nearly ends with Order 66, at which the clone armies turn on the jedi. More than ninety percent of the Order is annihilated in a matter of hours. At the same time, my father was turned and started to hunt down the rest. I have met only four jedi active through the Clone Wars."
The masters were clearly shocked by the news of the treachery and didn't bother concealing it.
"How was your father turned?" Ki-Adi-Mundi asked.
"I don't know. The cover-up to hide me and Leia from the Sith was thorough. In twenty-five years we have been unable to identify our mother."
After several minutes of silence, master Yoda spoke:
"Wait too much, we already have. Fall, the Republic will. Make sure that the Order survives, we must. Destroy the Sith, we must."
"If we arrest the Chancellor, the Republic will crumble. We'll do general Grievous' job for him" Master Windu said with a grimace. "This just keeps getting better and better."
"Not if he is dead." Mara said. "If I remember correctly, our history files say that at the time of Order 66 master Kenobi was on Utapau, where he killed Grievous."
"I suggest we consult with the rest of the time travelers about this, than make sure we rid ourselves of Sidious AND Gievous." Ki-AdiMundi shook his head. "Talk about a best choice."
The remaining masters voiced their agreements, and Master Windu adjourned the meeting. At that moment, master Kenobi entered the Council chamber and held up Anakin's lightsaber.
"We have a problem. Anakin has disappeared."
Meanwhile, in a hidden chamber connected to the Supreme Chancellor's apartment, Darth Sidious read the reports. They suggested that the new presence in the galaxy he had detected earlier consisted of not one but several jedi nobody had even heard of until today. This couldn't be possibly timed worse. The Dark Lord reached into the Force and his fears were confirmed – where previously his visions showed the fighting stop, the war having served its purpose, now The Force showed him the fighting continue, with the jedi winning in the end. Once again, he saw himself fighting Yoda, but now with him were Kenobi and Windu. Sidious let go and focused on his prize. But the Chosen One had disappeared. Palpatine's eyes narrowed as he felt a sense of urgency and a growing headache. For his visions to change like this in such a short time, it meant that everything could happen. Nothing was certain any more, but one thing was certain – he had to speed up things if he hoped to prevail.
A/N Ok.I'm sorry i'm moving a little slow with the story, but with exams coming I don't have much time to write. I expect the agressive negotiations to begin in couple of chapters.