The Game of Trials

by ChocFreckles

Lux Bonteri is a new recruit in the Deathwatch army. Every three years a Mandalorian tradition takes place where everyone's ability is tested and new recruits have the chance to prove themselves... The Game of Trials. When Ahsoka Tano is captured and is used in the Deathwatch's deadly plot to bring down the Jedi Order once and for all. The Games become dangerous for all sides.

4. Chapter 4

Ahsoka's POV

The constant thrum of the force cage eased me in and out of sleep. My cell was still cold, but a little bit warmer the last night, so it must be daytime. I opened up my eyes and blinked a little bit. My head was still groggy, but it certainly felt better then yesterday. I yawned and stretched out my arms as far as my chains would allow. My fingers touched the force cage and I felt a nasty zap penetrate through my body. I pulled my hand back to nurse my sore fingers.

The door to my cell was unbolted, opened and a Deathwatch Guard came in and skimmed a small plate with a few measly rations along the stony ground towards me. The plate and food made it through the force cage and stopped at where I was kneeling. I looked up towards the door at the Guard who was watching me intently from behind his helmet. I picked up a small lump of mouldy bread and sniffed it, checking for poisons.

The Mandalorian laughed, "It's not poisonous you know." His voice was warm and somewhat familiar. I let my imagination wander and consider how I would feel if it was Lux who was standing there. Anger and hatred flooded through me. Was it possible that by holding me here and dangling the slight possibility of Lux being close by over my head that The Deathwatch were trying to turn me to the Dark Side?

If so I wouldn't let them. It took all of my effort to reply in a calm way.

"Ah ha," I mumbled. I felt suddenly relieved when I looked up to see the door to my cell slam and the Guard gone. I took a bite of my mouldy bread and the taste hit me, it was full of sedative.

These Mandalorians don't want me dead, well not at the moment; the fact that they are feeding me goes to prove that. They also have gone to great measures to stop me from escaping; they've even placed sedative in my food.

So far from what I can tell, The Deathwatch seem like people who have many enemies and carry many grudges. They certainly carry one against Count Dooku and the Separatists, and from how they reacted to me, the Jedi as well.

All I really know of The Deathwatch is what master Obi Wan told me after he returned from his mission to Mandalore. The Deathwatch were the surviving renegades of the original Mandalorian warrior clans. They hated the peaceful New Mandalorians who happily lived on their home planet of Mandalore. A planet with refined white sand and grey domed cities. The Deathwatch also wanted the New Mandalorian leader, the pacifist Duchess Satine dead.

The Deathwatch would most certainly be the people who would happily someone for their own agenda and if they are bothering to keep me alive, then that is obviously the case. But how could they possibly use me?

What games were these Mandalorians playing?