[b]Chapter 2: The search.[/b]

Over the next few weeks the survivors of the Coruscant attack searched the planet wide city for any signs of leads or anything that could lead to the capture of the terrorist. Surveillance teams frantically searched security recordings of all bombsites finding only one odd similarity between them all.

At certain intervals in certain buildings the cameras would suddenly blink out as though they had stopped working. The leader of security for the G.A.G. building brought the tapes to Jagged Fel to show him what they had found.

"Apparently they had these things planted years ago, we've searched over years worth of footage not finding anything. We were able to narrow down the searches by checking only the locations where the bombs were found but we still had to track back years just to find even the most minute details." he explained to the Head of State.

"What did you find then Pollax?" Jagged asked.

"Only these sir, they're not even solid leads, but it's all we have." he said sliding the holodisc into the projector.

Jagged watched as Pollax played the recordings. "Have a look here at the dates." he said pointing to the bottom of the projections.

"That was years ago!" Jagged said. "How does that help?" Jagged asked.

"Watch." Pollax said as he played one recording.

Jagged watched as a shadow crossed the wall across from the camera. A moment later the picture shook slightly then went dark for several minutes before cutting back on. Several other cameras in the same area at minutes apart did the same thing.

"So someone knew where all the cameras were had knew how to disable them." Jagged said.

The tech nodded. "Yes sir. Which means that if this was our guy, or girl, they could be way out of the GA by now.

The tech nodded in disappointment and slumped down into a chair. "We've uncovered several of videos like this spanning over a few years time. Whoever it was took their time and were probably originally targeting The Emperor." the tech said.

"Most likely. A day late and a dollar short apparently." the tech said.

"There's no guarantee that the culprit is even still alive. If they are, they'd have to be older then my own parents. Possibly even my grandparents." Jagged said.

"Yeah. Right again sir." the tech agreed.

"All right. You found nothing else more recently then?" Jagged asked.

"No sir. Nothing this is the only lead we have." he answered.

"Very well. Thank you." Jagged said and with a nod dismissed the man.

"Whoever it was, he or she was very good, but a little late don't you think."

"I agree, maybe they thought the Emperor would be in power longer then he was and wanted to make sure he was safely away before they went off."

"Either that or they just miscalculated the timers." Daala said.
Jagged shrugged. "There's no telling really.

"Well, either way our search has been in vain then. If they were fully matured by the time those bombs were set there's no way they could still be young enough to even worry about now." Daala said.

"You're right." Jagged said.

"I think we're safe now." Daala added.

"Yeah." Jagged agreed.

"I'll inform the Jedi Grandmaster. Then I'll return to my home quarters." Daala said.

"Very well." Jagged said, his eyes staring at a point past Daala's shoulders.

Daala noticing his distraction turned to see what he was looking at. Just as she did she saw a familiar form turn a corner. "She was right to end it Jagged. It wasn't meant to be." Daala said placing a hand on Jagged's shoulder.

"I know." Jagged said taking a ragged breath. "Take care of yourself Natasi." He said before departing in the opposite direction.

"You too." Daala said at his retreating back.

She headed off towards Master Hamner's office to inform him of what had been found. After a quick meeting with him he agreed that he hadn't sensed any other danger and allowed her to return home.

"So you're saying all of this was planned years ago?"

"Yeah. According to what has been found unless the culprit can make himself invisible to heat sensitivity as well." Hamner said.

"You ran thermal scans on the cameras recordings too?" Luke asked.

Hamner's holo nodded. "Indeed." Hamner said.

"Very well. I hadn't found anything around here either but if what you say is true that would explain it all." Luke replied.

"That's what I thought as well." Hamner said.

"All right, thanks for letting me know." Luke replied.

"Of course. May the force be with you Luke." Hamner said.

"May the force be with you Kent." Luke responded before shutting of his transmission.

"Doesn't that sound a little odd to you dad?" Ben asked his father.

"It sounds very odd to me. If someone wanted to strike a pre-emptive attack on what would've been imperial city, why not just do it a few years from when they set up the cameras. Why so many decades later." Luke said.

"Good question dad. Maybe it was someone who could see the future and knew Daala would be there this year." Ben said.

"I doubt that Ben unless it were a jedi and no Jedi were on Coruscant at that time." Luke said.

"That we know of anyway." Ben added.

"The emperor would have sensed them." Luke said.

"Not if they were hidden at the surface of the planet." Ben said.

"Yes, he could sense a long distance away Ben. He was very powerful." Luke explained.

"Wow. Then I don't know what else it could be." Ben said.

"Me either and that's what worries me." Luke muttered.

"So you're not going to stop the search then?" Ben asked.

"No, I have a feeling there's more to this then we've been led to believe son." Luke said.

"So do I, and it's a bad feeling." Ben said.

"I agree Ben." Luke said. "We must be cautious." Luke added.