New Power

Ch 23

"I can't believe we're doing this," Boss grumbled from behind Alyssa.

"It was your suggestion that we skip the mission and go to Mustafar," Alyssa pointed out, stearing the ship into the planet's atmosphere.

"I know, I know." Boss sighed. "What happens if he isn't here?"

"I'm.. not sure."

Alyssa landed the ship on a wide platform, lava blasting everywhere. She supressed the thought of lava destroying their ship. She immediately got to finding the spot where the Force was most prominent.

"Any idea where Sev could be?" Scorch asked.

"I'm looking for him now," Alyssa replied. She found the spot and placed her hand over it. Once she did it she pulled her hand back and shook it as if it were burned. "We only need to walk a short distance. If I'm correct, he's in the building ahead of us." Alyssa pointed to the direction and Delta Squad nodded.

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The trek to the building put everyone on edge, especially with the sounds of the lava shooting upwards.

When they entered the building, it was dark and quiet, seemingly abandoned. But the doors opened too nicely to be abandoned, and the place wasn't in the lava.

They turned their flashlights on and scoured the area. The place looked clean, a small dull hallway leading to a bigger room, possibly a meeting room.

"You fell right into the trap," a voice from the darkness said. The Squad flashed their lights over to a brown haired, near beautiful man who lounged on a chair as if he owned the place, which he very well could have. "Chancellor Palpatine is paying me good money to retrieve the prized possession there." He lazily gestured to Alyssa. "He already has the other."

"Is Sev from Delta Squad here?" was all Alyssa asked. She couldn't afford to think about anything else right now.

"Why of course he is. Didn't want to make you chase me all over the galaxy. But he will see his Squad, and what you truly are, Kenobi." The man got up and strided over to them elegantly, pressing a button on the table. A shield surrounded them as he smiled devilishly, revealing slightly elongated canines and reached up to his ears. Long, pointed ears sprung up.

"I haven't introduced myself yet. I, as you may have heard, massacred the Kenobis on Alderaan where they had resided for many, many years. I am Quinton Kenobi."

After all Quinton had said, she felt her Squad's stares weighing into her. She shook her head, a silent plea for questions later.

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Alyssa wanted to scream. The bindings Quinton had put her in were connected to a torture chair, facing a cell where Delta Squad were. They hadn't seen Sev yet, but at least they knew he was here.

"I have so many questions, but don't have the energy to ask them yet," Boss said lowly.

"I can understand why you had to hide your identity as a Kenobi because of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, but why? You have so much to tell, but keep it to youself," Scorch said, with a slight edge to his voice. Fixer nodded in agreement.

"I see we are all still getting along," Quinton remarked, standing behind Alyssa. "Impressive. But, I have some interrogating to do to your pretty friend here. Now, to start. Did you even know I massacred our family, about one hundred and twenty years ago?"

Alyssa managed to muster a shake of her head. She couldn't stop looking at his ears poking through his hair and going just above the back of his head. Dread settled into the pit of her stomach.