Chapter 10. The Force is Strong in This One

Both Royce and Petyr had been on Spira for a week, spending credits, drinking and enjoying women. The two friends were in a spaw ran by a female Twi'Lek who was an agent for the sith. As Petyr lay on the table he fell asleep. Several men entered his private massage room and took him away.

Ciutric IV – Sith Fortress

Many visions of power and death passed through Petyr's mind. When he awoke his hands and feet were shackled. "Hello!" He cried out trying to shake the fuzzy feeling from his mind. "is anyone there?" Petyr closed his eyes and meditated on his body and mind, after three minutes he was free of the groggy feeling. Because of his friendship with Royce Petyr could feel him inside the fortress. He also felt something else, something powerful and menacing.

"The force is strong in you boy!" A voice said.

"Who is that? Show yourself!"

Petyr heard some footsteps, then a light was shined on him and there she was. An Iktotchi female stood over him. "Welcome!"

"Who are you?"

"The question is who are you? Or who do you wish to be? A boy running from a father who didn't want him and a mother who lied to him…Or do you wish to become the most powerful being in the galaxy?"

"You are talking non-sense!"

"Am I? You know exactly what I am talking about…I have waited 200 years for you…"

"Funny you don't look two hundred years old…"

"I have leapt from one body to another…My mind is old! I have sought you out to teach you to train you…"

"Teach me what?" Petyr demanded.

"The true nature of the force…"

"Are you a Jedi? Because if you are I am not biting…"

"A Jedi wouldn't kidnap you…I am Sith Lord…Thee Sith Lord…"

A cold feeling came over Petyr, as he remembered his lessons in school about the war with the brotherhood of darkness and the Sith were supposedly extinct. "The Jedi destroyed the Sith…"

"That is what we wanted them to believe but we still live…Remove his binders!" Petyr was brought to a lush dining room and served fine dishes from all over the galaxy. "How is the food?" Cognus asked.

"Where is my friend Royce?"

"He is fine…for the moment…"

"What do you want from us?"

"I already told you…Become my apprentice willingly…You can reshape the galaxy as you see fit…Your father…"

"You know nothing of my father!"

"I know he is weak…Ruled by his emotions…He couldn't give you what you wanted, but you can take it…If you are strong enough."

Her words were tempting but something in Petyr's heart kept him from saying yes. "No…I don't need you are your teachings…"

"With the power I am offering you can take what you want…" Cognus applied many inticing words but he would not take the bait. "So be it! I didn't want to do this, but you force my hand…" With a wave of her hand they drag Royce into the dining hall.

"Roy!"

"Pete!"

Cognus raises her hands and unleashes force lightening on Royce. "NO!" Petyr screams as the lightening hits Royce. He leaves his feet and hits the floor sliding eight feet. When Cognus ends her attack all that is left is charred, smoking body. Petyr crawls across the floor to his now dead friend and kneels beside his body. His mouth moves but there is no sound coming out. There is a timmer and Cognus smiles as the trimmer grows bigger. The fortress starts to shake, "NO!" He screams again looking at Cognus, "I hate you! DIE!" He runs towards her but an invisible force stops him in his stride towards her.

"You are right to hate me…If you wish to avenge your friend then agree to become my apprentice…Only through me can gain the power to destroy the Sith…Go to the Jedi and they will teach you forgiveness…"

When she releases him he falls to his knees, "Master!"