Hey there all readers. I'm going to start wrapping the story up. To all reviewers past and hopefully present, thanks for taking the time to review.
Disclaimer: I will not and unfortunately won't ever own star wars.
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Phobos and Kadyck scanned the empty medical chambers, and nodded to each other when the coast was clear. Phobos reached into her tunic and pulled out the thin, cylindrical container holding the bacteria. She strode confidently over to a small batch of Bacta, and immediately lifted the containers lid.
Phobos was about to administer the bacteria, when the soft hiss of the turbolift down the hall was heard. She dropped the lid and ducked behind one of the medical cots, drawing on the force to help mask her presence.
Kadyck however had been unable to hide, so instead to a position straight in front of Phobos' hiding spot. A young Padawan, walked into the medical wing, then abruptly stopped as she saw Kadyck.
"Greetings Master, is there something I could assist you with?" The Padawan was well mannered, and tilted her head expectantly at the Jedi in front of her. Kadyck smiled to himself, the Jedi was pathetic, not worth the space she occupied. "Not at all young Jedi, there is absolutely nothing you could offer that would be useful."
The Padawan blanched at the rebuke, then promptly began blushing in embarassment. "I apologize Master, I meant no disrepect. I shall take my leave, I am to report to my Master now anyway." Kadyck let a cold sneer play out on his face, a malicious idea forming in his head. "No problem Jedi scum, I will alleviate you of your disrepect."
A look of confusion crossed the Padawans face, before sheer terror surfaced. The snap hiss of a blood red lightsaber resonated around the room, and the Padawan attempted to scream.
Before a sound could escape her lips, the blade slid effortlessly through her small frame, the scream dying on her lips as her face shifted from disbelief to terror to pain. Her body seemed to shake slightly as her lungs struggled for air. She blinked rapidly, trying to focus her eyes on the person in front of her.
Kadyck yanked the blade out, and laughed as her body crumpled to the floor, like a limp rag with no purpose. A small tremor in the force signified her passing, and the darkside relished in the power. Phobos shot up from her hiding spot and force pushed Kadyck against the far wall.
"You fool, do you know what you have done, you have ruined the plan you idiot. The Jedi would've felt that, they are probably on their way here. We must leave, NOW!" Kadyck just grinned, and shoved Phobos off him.
"Don't worry, we'll be long gone by then. Plus, we should at least still blow something up, get their attention. It is what Bane wanted." Phobos glowered at Kadyck, then glanced around the room, before taking off in the direction of the Power cores.
Kadyck laughed then went the other way towards the ventilation system.
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Mace Windu stopped dead in his tracks as the force whispered the passing of a Jedi into the force. He located the source and sprinted to the medical wing. A lone Jedi passed him on his way up, but he barely registered his presence. Mace burst through the doors, only to see the heart wrenching sight of a young Padawan sprawled across the floor, a charred hole in her abdomen.
He knew she was dead, he bent over her body, then closed her unseeing eyes and arranged her neatly, before covering her with a linen. "Skywalker, the Sith were here, in the medical wing. They killed a Padawan." Before Anakin had a chance to reply, Mace shut the link and sighed out loud.
He turned around to find Yoda, when a thought crossed his mind. The lone Jedi he passed did not greet him, neither did he recognize him. As his brain started processing the facts, the startling fact came that the Jedi was headed away from the body, not towards it. A Jedi would not abandon duty.
As the final thought clicked into place, Mace Windu sprinted out the wing and in the direction of the Jedi he saw. He turned a corner down the hall, and locked onto the unfamiliar signiture. He took the next corner in a blur and only slowed when he saw the Jedi in his sights.
Kadyck felt the presence of the Jedi, and turned to meet the Master in question. "May I help you Master Windu?" Kadyck attempted manners, he would not goade the Jedi into a fight."Yes, you can." Before Kadyck could react, the purple blade sprang to life, straight through his abdomen.
Kadcky chuckled slightly at the irony of the situation, but it turned into a wheeze as his body started shutting down. "You have no idea what you've gotten into. You will die, all of you. My Master has a plan, his apprentice is powerful, if only you knew." Mace retracted his blade and clipped it to his side. The hologram, no longer functioning, faded out and revealed the true form of Kadyck. Mace stared at the face and symbols in front of him.
"You're a Sith, why have you come back?" Kadyck chuckled, but it came out as a gurgle. "The Jedi will perish, and it will be by one of your own." Mace blanched. "What, how would you know." Kadyck grinned one last time. "Korrubun, you will die, by his...his hand. You...have no chance...we will win...the Sith will always...win. He is...perfect...Darth Severous...K...Ken..." Kadyck could not finish as his body stilled.
The force seemed to lighten as the Sith died. The body shrivelled away, until the skelaton remained. Then, the worn, old broken bones crumbled into a fine dust. Mace looked startled before he stood up, there was likely another Sith, but where. Glancing once more at the dust, Mace took off towards Yoda.
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Phobos shuddered as Kadyck died. She knew they had been made, and that the Jedi would come for her. Abandoning her way towards the power cores, Phobos headed instead for the hangar bay. She passed several confused Jedi and found the designated turbolift.
Phobos keyed in the level and waited in silence for the lift to stop. She exited the lift and was about to walk through the open hangar doors, when a blaring siren echoed in the temple. The doors slammed shut and Jedi ran towards the main entrance. The Sentinels on gaurd rushed to the staircase, taking protective stances.
Phobos cursed, before cloaking her signiture again. She entered the code Severous had given her, and grinned when the door opened. She sprinted into the hangar, but her euphoria ended when she saw the sentinels heading her way.
Ignoring their shouts, Phobos crushed the holographic device, revealing her true form. She entered a single cockpit fighter, then ignited the engines and dtarted takeoff. The sentinels were too late, Phobos thrust the controls forward and the fighter took off into space, leaving the bristling sentinels behind.
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Mace Windu, stood watching the small form of the murdered Padawan, lower into the floor. A small, pure beam of light signified her joining the force. The Jedi council remained behind, Anakin and Ahsoka along with them, as the Jedi dispersed.
"The Sith said Korrubun, why did we not think before. Bane has an apprentice, that is obviously the one that has escaped our attention. All we know is that he has taken out more of us than any other Sith ever. We must strike, a whole betallion of clones, as many Masters as we can."
Yoda sadly shook his head. "Afford to lose more Jedi, we cannot. Another Geonosis we must not repeat, lose to much we will. However, agree with you I do. A stop to the Sith we must put. Gather a strike team we will, attack now, we must."
Anakin scowled. "You said the apprentices' name was Severous, why have we never heard of him before?" Mace shook his head. "I don't know Anakin, he is probably new. But he will perish as well as the other Sith. The light has never before been this clouded. We will do what we must. The Sith cannot rise again, it would be destruction if they do." The Jedi bowed their heads, then split to make the war efforts.
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Phobos knelt before the Sith, Bane towered over her form. "So Kadyck died a fool, he ruined the whole plan. No matter, the Jedi will no doubt be heading here now. Severous, make preparations, the Jedi must be welcomed, they are remember, our guets." Bane spun on his heel, and strode down the dark hallway. Phobos got up, and followed suite.
Severous stood staring at the back cavern. A niggling sensation formed in the back of his mind, a feeling of familiarity and dread filled his senses. Gritting his teeth, Severous pulled out both his lightsabers, activated the thrumming blades, and launched himself into a grueling kata from Soruseru.
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A/N: okay done and dusted, errors are present I understand, but please bear with me. Please leave a review, it would really be nice. For now good bye and may the force be with you.
