33. "Please don't do this."
Cody stood there blaster in hand pointing at his fellow commander his finger on the trigger ready to pull. The young Jedi was on the ground his right hand over his wound his left hand under his lightsaber that was lying limp in his hand. The
padawan was injured and afraid. Afraid of Cody, afraid of what he was feeling through the force, afraid of death. Cody and a few other troops stood there silently, but none had pulled the trigger. Kenobi had fallen to his death, but the padawan
/had been shot once and crumbled to the ground.
Sam laid there fear in his wide blue eyes pleading silently with Cody. When Cody rose his blaster again Sam turned his head to the right, shut his eyes tight tears falling silently as he sent a sorry to his sister through their connection, and
waited for death to come. Cody saw the padawan before him not as a Jedi traitor but as the kid he was the young teenager before him didn't know anything about this most likely.
He dropped his blaster to his side sighing over his comm channel.
"Somebody grab a medic he isn't a traitor. If he was we would all be dead," he ordered waving his hand at one of the troops.
The Jedi looked up at him his eyes filled with hope. Cody sighed waking over to him ripping off his helmet. The padawan laid there shifting lightly to look at Cody.
"What's happening Cody? Why are all of the knights and masters being shot down? I haven't felt a single padawan form the field die," Sam whispered his eyes wide in pain as Cody placed his hands on the padawan's injury trying to stop the bleeding.
"The Jedi have become traitors to the republic," Cody whispered back not looking at Sam.
Sam was silent until he let a growl erupt form his throat. His eyes filled with betrayal he turned his gave away from Cody. Cody looked up at the padawan confused.
"I felt it. I knew something was going to happen. The minute they separated my sister and I we knew they were trying to rule us," the padawan whispered his tone filled with anger and pain.
Cody was silent as he looked at his friend. What had the Jedi done to the young boy to make him so different from the others? Cody waited patiently as Sam finally turned his gaze to Cody.
"I want to help you. I want to stop what has become of the Jedi. They've betrayed the Republic and they've betrayed my sister and I," Sam firmly stated his eyes staring directly into Cody's soul.
Cody nodded his head a ghost of a smile crossing his lips as the medic finally came over. His friend was still on their side.