"I'm telling you, there is no way three of our own, Council members at that, could have been captured." Aayla Secura stated. Beside her Kit Fisto shrugged.
"How could you be so sure? It has happened before." He noted.
"But I know that it is very unlikely that Master's Windu, Ti, and Koon could have all been-"
"Shh!" Kit Fisto slapped a hand over her mouth, which she pushed off immediantly.
"What is it?"
"Just quiet." He told her lowly. "I hear something." Then he begun to move towards the source. It was a low clank. When he found the place of origin, he simply stared at a closet door. What could be in there that would be hitting the door? He pressed the button on the padlock and it slid open. Next thing they knew, a handcuffed Mace Windu in his under shirt and tousers came slamming into them!
Aayla sidestepped out of the way and Kit was knocked over. Mace landed on top of him and he came out from under him. "What were you doing in there?"
The Master sighed heavily as he stuggled with the handcuffs. "I'm not sure. I was walking down the hallway towards the council chamber and next thing I know I end up in there. Without my lightsaber."
Kit unlocked the cuffs and let them drop to the floor. "This is very strange. You did not see the face of your attacker?"
"No." He responded curtly. "I'm going back to my quarters to get on another tunic, seeing as whoever did attack me seemed to of needed mine. If he has my clothes, I'll guess that he also has my lightsaber as well."
"Master Windu?" Aayla stopped him. "Another thing, Jedi Masters Shaak Ti and Plo Koon are also missing. No one knows where they are, only that they left and failed to respond when we tried to contact them."
"This is troubling." Mace replied. "Is it mere coincidence that they are also High Council members? We'll have to figure that one out. If you can, try and find them."
"We will." Kit told him. "And we'll try and locate whatever it was that attacked you. I have a feeling that these dissapearances are linked together somehow."
"Try not to hurt yourselves." Mace then turned and left, ignoring strange looks from others in the hallway as he walked past.
Suspended off the floor, stunned, and a dull pain finding it's way into him, Plo Koon stared down at the floor. In a containment feild nearby, Shaak Ti was also in the same situation. He could somewhat feel her feeble attempts to reach out to the force. But he knew it was useless. There was a very good reason they chose this method of holding them, and that was to prevent them from using the force and escaping. These containment feilds, all of them, would hinder their connection through the electric shocks.
It was strange. Dispite what he knew, and how he hated being trapped like this, the slow rotating and suspention was oddly soothing. A few times he had caught himself almost drifting off. He'd shake his head and attempt to move, only to be shocked and a limb numbed from the high voltage. At least feeling in his arm was returning after a few hours.
"Shaak Ti?" He finally spoke. When she heard him, she opened her black eyes and looked up dully.
"I don't like this..." She murmered.
"I know." He responded calmly. "I'm sure, though, that someone will have noticed our disappearence and is searching for us now."
"Maybe." Shaak replied. "I can't reach anyone... I cannot even feel your presence, even though I know you're close by."
"It's the containment feild." He explained. "It's hindering our abilities of the force, we cannot reach anyone."
With a heavy sigh, she closed her eyes again. "I wish I could warn them..."
"Do not blame yourself." Plo told her. "Anyone would have made the exact same mistake. As you said, no one can be perfect."
She nodded.
"There is always a way of escape." Plo Koon assured. "We just... haven't found it yet." He then had to turn his head to look over his shoulder and see her. "Tell me, what do you see in this room?"
She barely opened her eyes. "I do not need to be treated like a padawan, Plo. You know this."
"Who said I was treating you like 'a padawan'?" He chuckled.
"It was implied." She responded, but thankfully for Plo Koon, his attempt to brighten her spirits again worked. She smiled, reveiling her sharp teeth. To anyone it would have been found disturbing, a good reason he rarely saw the smile, but he never judged her for it. To him, they were both so much alike. Both quiet and always listening. He did see her though as looking to work a problem out through speaking over fighting, he was a little different that way. As a fellow Jedi, he respected her. As a fellow being, he saw her as a friend.
The door then opened, the cloaked woman came walking in as she pressed a button on the wall. In that moment the containment feild was dropped and both fell to the ground, unable to move for the time being. They could hear her chuckle as they were trying to gather themselves. In the containment feild, they were immoble, their injuries couldn't bother them so much and came as a dull throb. Now that they could move once again, it was like being on fire, everywhere burned and with every pulse of their hearts felt like liquid flames were being pushed through their veins.
"Oh how the mighty Jedi have fallen." She chuckled. Plo could hear her take a step towards them, then the foot steps of another entering the room. In that moment, he felt hands take hold of him and drag him out. The scuffle of shoes behind him comfirmed his suspition that Shaak Ti attempted to break away. He didn't know where they were planning on taking them, that would have to be reveiled in time.
There you go! I bet some of you wondering what this has to do with Obi-Wan and everything, if that's the case, reread this story from the point where Obi-Wan recovered the first time. I'm about to get back to Anakin and Obi-Wan so don't tear my head off about it. This part about Shaak Ti and Plo Koon being captured is important, and I also felt like explaining how Mace got out of the closet (no gay jokes here) and the newly involved in the story Kit Fisto and Aayla Secura. Yes I'm getting a lot of people involved. There is good reason for it.
So yeah, let me know what you guys think so far!
