Chapter 5 The Traitor

Now that the team was outside the spire the hot sun of Geonosis was beating down on them.

"Okay, we met our contact now what?" said Nate.

"I suggest we go back and check up on the battle," suggested Dan.

Everybody seemed to agree on this and they headed back to the battle. As they neared the battle site it was way too quiet for a battle to be raging. When they reached the site they found why it was so quiet, there was no battle raging. Instead of a battle there were a lot of bodies and pieces of droids.

"Whoa, what happened here we were winning when we left!!" said Anakin.

"These bodies don't have blaster wounds," noted Stephanie, "these clones were slaughtered by a light saber."

"Darth Reven," said Nate angrily "I knew we should have gone after him at first!!! This would never have happened if you just had listened to me!!!"

After Nate had vented this at the others he hopped on a speeder bike and rode off. The others didn't know what to make of this besides to leave him alone to shake his anger off. So after Nate took off, the other three collected the bodies and piled the up for counting. The death toll was high. Most of the clone army had been slaughtered. Few survived but none were in fighting condition.

"How did he take out most the army by himself?" Dan thought out loud.

"He didn't," said Stephanie, "didn't you notice the lack of security? He obviously knew you were coming and took all the extra troops and set out for your army."

After many hours of tending to the wounded most of the clones were hooked up to bacta or just sitting. Still few were in fighting condition. Everyone had almost totally forgot about Nate until Anakin said something. "I'm starting to feel sorry for Nate," said Anakin, "he's been gone too long. This is all our fault, if we had only listened to him, none of this would have happened."

"No, stop blaming yourself," said Stephanie caringly "Nate made his own choices and you made yours. Personally I think you made the right choice in coming to rescue me, it was your mission to rendezvous with me."

Nate's POV

Now Nate was riding alone in the wasteland of Geonosis when suddenly he ran into an ambush of droids. At first he thought he could overcome the small band of droids but they kept appearing. Nate, seeing the odds were against him, decided surrender was a very good option. The droids took their prisoner to their base. Nate was then thrown in a Yalsalamarie cell so he couldn't escape. After an hour or two Darth Reven came into the room.

"Ah, good to see you," said Reven, "I was wondering when you were going to show up."

"You were expecting me?" asked Nate.

"Yes," Replied Reven, "ever since I took down your entire army single handed I knew you would walk right into my trap."

"Trap, what trap? I don't see a trap," stated Nate blatantly.

"Oh, but this is a trap," replied Reven evilly, "and you have walked right into it."

"HOW IS THIS A TRAP!" exclaimed Nate.

"Oh, goodness you don't see do you," replied Reven coolly, "you are the bait and the prize."

"You want Stephanie don't you?" asked Nate coolly.

"My dear boy," said Reven, "why would I want my own spy. Oh, you didn't know, Stephanie has been working for me."

"NO, YOU'RE LIEING!" screamed Nate.

"Am I?" replied Reven, "What happened when you went to save Steph? What happened to your clone army? Can't you see boy? Steph has been working for me."

Nate didn't realize it but Reven was probing his mind making all these things sound sensible, even though they were so absurd

"No," started Nate beginning to chuckle, "she couldn't have been working for you. She was on assignment by the Jedi Council."

"Oh, was she," said Reven, "and what was her cover?"

"She," stammered Nate who suddenly stopped laughing, "she said her cover was she had turned to the Dark Side."

"And," began Reven again, "you know it's a thin line from pretending to actually falling."

"Yes of course it's what you are taught at the temple," said Nate, "and you should know that."

"Oh I do," said Reven all to confidently, "so did Stephanie. But she chose to ignore the warning and fell altogether."

"You aren't lying," said Nate, "I see the truth now. Steph has been working for you hasn't she?"

Reven just remained silent.

"ANSWER ME!" Nate screamed letting all his anger flow through him.

"Yes she has," said Reven all too coolly, "now your friends are under my control. I won't kill them. If you follow me and become my apprentice."

"You promise you won't kill them," said Nate allowing his rage to build inside him, "PROMISE YOU WON'T KILL THEM!"

"I promise," said Reven, "I won't kill them."

At this Nate bowed down on one knee.

"Good, good now pledge your life to me," commanded Reven. After he said this Darth Reven started cackling evilly.

Normal POV

The trio was still working out their next move when they suddenly felt a disturbance in the force.

"I fear something terrible has happened to Nate," said Dan.

"I feel it too, so we should hurry and plan our next move," said Steph.

The trio decided to try to find Nate. They looked around in the wreckage to find any working speeder bikes. After they found a working bike they took off in the direction Nate went.