Chapter 7

Alex sat quietly at a desk in the massive Jedi archives. He was reading about previous battles that had taken place on Boz Pity, where his master was now fighting for his life. He wondered if his master was in immediate danger.

How big was the droid army that he was up against? Could master Cordatis win this battle for sure? What would happen if he didn't make it back? Alex was soon joined by Elexis, who sat down gently at the seat beside him. Elexis could clearly see the emotions that her partner was feeling, as well as the files that he had pulled up on Boz Pity.

"You miss him don't you?" She asked quietly.

"It's been weeks since I last saw him," Alex answered.

"It is quite powerful, the bond between master and apprentice."

"I never see you 'bonding' with your master." Alex replied.

"Well unlike yours, my master does not get distracted by petty emotions. He has a job to do and so he does it." Elexis stated, "To me Amicus is nothing more than a teacher, as are all of my instructors."

"And what am I then?" Alex asked.

Elexis did not answer the question, but for a moment their eyes met and they looked at each other.

Over the weeks that they had spent together Elexis had grown rather fond of Alex, as he was of her. Elexis knew that the Jedi order would never allow such feelings, but as the days went by in the temple her emotions became harder to conceal.

She changed the subject to avoid his question.

"Hey Alex, have you ever regretted becoming a Jedi?"

Alex thought for a moment, "How could I regret the only life I have ever lived. Why do you ask, have you ever regretted it?"

"No," Elexis answered, "It's just that sometimes I feel like I want more than what the Jedi can give me. I want to be aloud to fall in love and to live a life."

The Jedi archives were empty, and at that moment Alex felt compelled to lean forward and kiss Elexis on the lips. Elexis felt the same, and she closed her green eyes and leaned towards Alex as he came to her, but before their lips could touch Master Amicus interrupted them as he marched into the room. Quickly Alex and Elexis pulled away and turned towards their master, acting as if nothing had happened.

"What is it, master?" Elexis asked.

"I have been given a very important assignment," Amicus explained, "And I would like the two of you to join me."

"I will do anything you ask of me, master" Elexis bowed her head as she spoke.

"Good," Amicus said. Alex had always noticed the sense of loyalty that Elexis had towards her mentor.

"And Alex, will you join me?" Amicus asked.

Alex looked to Elexis, "Well it seems I don't have much of a choice," He said steadily, "What is this mission?"

Amicus began to go through the basic details of the assignment; "There is a Clantaani gang member in the Clantaano system who has precious information that we need, on secret separatist hideouts as well as the locations of various enemy spies hidden all throughout the republic. We are going to infiltrate his gang posing as weapons dealers, when we have our target alone we will capture him and bring him to the republic base on Christophsis. There he will be interrogated thoroughly. This is a simple snatch and grab assignment, and nothing more."

Amicus stood up from his position in front of his students; "I will fill you in on the rest once we are on our way. Now get your things ready, we leave in one hour."