9 8. A Disturbance in the Force
Marc and Deb came up on where they had left the two children and the transport unit. After they had taken some shots at the raiders in the village and scared them off they hurried back as fast as they could. What they found was a disturbing and confusing scene.
It looked like someone had started unloading the transporter and going through it all. Then stopped and placed a massive mound of meat and cloth in a pile.
They felt so relieved that both children were alright, just unconscious and a little beat up. Still breathing though.
"I have to know what happened here" Marc said to Deb with concern in both of their eyes.
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A long ways away on the planet Coruscant, a Jedi council meeting was being held. Plo Koon, Mace Windu, Yoda, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Saesee Tiin, and Shaak Ti all sat in a crescent shape talking of issues of various degrees that required their attentions.
"I simply feel like he isn't ready. We've come back to this so many times. Yes he is strong, yes he has come very far and done much for the order since before and during his joining. I just feel that he is not dedicated to our ways as he should be. Master Windu, do you not agree?" Said Saesee Tiin with much frustration in tone.
"He does have a long way to go. He has worked hard, but he tends to go off on his own to often. He jumps into situations with no plan on how to get out. The boy is stubborn and wreck less, but very strong in the force." Replied Mace.
"Strong, he may be. Ready he is not. Strong, are his emotions. Faulty, is his judgement." Master Yoda replied with a look of concentration on his face as he was deep in meditation.
"Even if he is the child the prophecies spoke of, he just hasn't had enough experience to reach the next level yet." Mace said.
This caused a lot of conversation of different accomplishments and faults. Everyone seemed to start speaking at once.
Suddenly all of the council members stopped speaking as Yoda gripped both side of the chair he was sitting in giving out a painful groan.
"Master Yoda, what is the matter?" Asked Ki-Adi-Mundi.
"Don't you feel it?" Said Mace with his eyes closed feeling into the force.
The rest of the members also meditated and delved into the force. Feeling for what both Mace and Yoda had already discovered.
"Much pain, much strength. Find, we must, this person. Much disturbance in the force they've caused."
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The senator sat behind his desk with the doors locked and a holographic comlink in front of him. The comlink displayed a teal image of Count Dooku.
"The progression of the Separatists troops is going well my lord." Dooku said with a sense of pride.
"New troops are being created daily and the planets we ambush are supplying us with enough resources to continue building troops for at least another month. Grievous has plans to ambush another four planets to cause chaos in the galaxy." He continued.
"Good, good, I want you to double the troop output and have another 5 raids planned for after." The senator said in a sinister hoarse voice.
"The foolish Jedi won't sit and play around in their council forever. They have sent Obi-won and his young apprentice to investigate some of the raid sites and possible head the advancement off." He said.
"Master I believe we are producing to the maximum capacity I don't see how..."
"You dare disobey your master!" Shouted Palpatine as the sinuous aura around him grew darker and his eyes started coloring yellow.
"Of course not master. I will take care of it at once." Dooku replied quickly.
"See to it that you do" Palpatine replied while ending the call.
After completing approvals on different matters to continue advancing his political power, the senator unlocked his door allowing his secretary in to deliver new information. Before she could barely begin her reports, he felt a ripple within the force. A strong affiliation to the dark side far away. But strong enough for him to pull on that power, feed off of it.
"Out!!!!" He shouted at the secretary while gripping the edge of his desk.
"But sir we have just.."
"I said OUT!!" He shouted louder while his eyes turned yellow again and his smile becoming ever so sinister spread across his face, farther than a normal person mouth should.
"Sir are you alright should a call for a healing droid?"
"If you don't wish to leave." Darth Sidious started while reaching his hand out and closing the door with the force.
"Than stay while I feed." He continued while drawing in her life force into his own.
"I needed a new secretary anyways. Tatooine is a good distance away for me to be feeling and pulling off this amount of the dark side. I must recruit whoever this is or take his life for my own pleasure." Sidious said cackling menacingly while destroying the husk that was his old secretary and forcing the dark side into submission before someone came in to see what had happened.
