Chapter 9

Thann approached the Jedi Knight and Padawan knowing that they were taking in the view but that would have to wait since time was of the essence and he couldn't wait for them to take it all in " I know its beautiful guys but right now is not the time to be looking around we have a situation that needs immediate attention." Both Obi-Wan and Anakin looked at the young Jedi wondering where he came from and then Obi-Wan remembered that he was relieving a fellow Jedi and was surprised that it was Thann who he'd just met only a month and some weeks ago " Thann I'm surprised to see you again so soon." Thann greeted the Jedi Knight and then noticed that Master Qui-Gon was absent " It's good to see you Obi-Wan and where is Qui-Gon did he not come with you?" to which Obi-Wan gave no reply as the Jedi Master presented himself as if summoned from thin air.

Things began to progress quickly as the Jedi gathered around to discuss the next plan of action Quinlan joined them via his comlink communicator and gave them all the info he had gathered so far. The plan that had been put together after a an hour of discussion a plan was quickly put together but still it felt as if something was missing but that feeling was gone once they began to prepare themselves for what lied ahead and once the last piece of gear was put into its respective place the Jedi Master and two Knights began to make their way to Quinlans location with young Skywalker once again staying behind to man the fort so to speak but this was more for his safety than anything since death was a high possibility on this mission as well as being captured and no one wanted to risk the capture of the chosen one since he was already pushing the standard held at the temple held by the Jedi Order.

Thann led the two other Jedi to Vos' location and once they had rendezvoused with him at the designated meeting point they went over the plan one more time once they had everything one was on the same page they got into position and waited for a change in the guard watch and which was about to happen in a few minutes. As soon as the guard changed Thann signaled the other Jedi to commence operation: Family Rescue which seemed to be going smoothly as they quietly subdued each guard without having to kill anyone but when they arrived to the final floor that was secured on the forest ground level which caused Qui-Gon a bit more concern since he knew that many of the creatures on the planet were extremely force sensitive especially the terentatek who were strong with the darkside and craved the blood of force sensitives and with as many active jedi running about it was bound that they would attract unwanted attention from the planets life forms.

"How much longer do you think it is to where the guild heads family is being held?" Obi-Wan asked since it had been longer than what they had originally planned since the information that they had received from the head guard had informed them of the location of their secret underground base on the forest floor was the actual location for where the wookie family was actually being held which caused a major change in the plan since they thought they'd be stashed away on a starship on the upper levels but it wasn't so and so the jedi raced across the forest floor hoping that they'd soon arrive to their destination. the jedi soon arrived at the entrance of a building that to appeared to have been built in the recent months and which meant the duracrete was still pretty fresh and the door most likely wasn't properly set right in the structure which led to a team effort of the jedi using the force to rip the door off it's hinges and just right as they were about to succeed the door suddenly opened and four black clad assassins warriors walked out with lightsabers out and activated which caused the jedi to draw their own blades using the force to boost their speed and reaction time allowing their strikes to appear sudden and instantaneous not allowing their enemy a chance to react and were struck down without any chance to defend themselves.

Though it was quick and cold the Jedi had to put away what they felt at that moment knowing it'd be addressed once the mission was over and so they continued racing down the hall of the building which there seemed to be only one and they soon arrived at the another door which led to another hall and then they finally stopped at the last door sensing an ominous presence beyond it one that was familiar to Qui-Gon but was foreign to the rest and so he warned them " Be on your guard whoever is beyond this door is extremely strong in the force and it would not be wise to make any rash decisions when facing them." the others nodded their heads and drew their lightsabers and prepared by centering themselves in the force and clearing their minds and once they had reached their full mental clarity they proceeded to open the door combining their powers.

All four Jedi entered the room with their lightsabers activated each in their stance ready position which was a cause of surprise since for the other three since Thann assumed the form seven ready form which wasn't a normal style used among the jedi let alone one so young but that was another question for another time and even Obi-Wan had a change in his ready stance when he opened up with the form three ready stance and so they all began to approach the middle of the room keeping an eye out for whomever was producing that dark aura and then he suddenly appeared as if a shadow stepping out into the light clad in black with the cries of wookies being heard in the background which caused Quinlan to rush his opponent without any warning causing the dark jedi to raise his lightsaber in the form two ready stance that was instantly recognized by Qui-Gon who if he was right knew that it was it was his former master behind the mask and that if they tried to take him one on one they'd all be defeated but with a team effort victory would be possible and so he moved to join Vos in his attack.

the battle quickly ensued as the two senior jedi fought unrestrained against their opponent without making any headway to break his defenses and so Thann and Obi-Wan began to prepare a trap which did not go unnoticed by their opponent who quickly leapt out of the way set hit the gauntlet on his wrist opening a secret door that allowed for his escape which he was about to when right as he was about get past the doors threshold it was closed right before his eyes by Qui-Gon who wanted to reveal the mans identity to be sure of his assumption, but it still was not enough since the man quickly forced the door back open with no hesitation while dueled the two younger jedi who to his surprise fought with more skill than he thought they had but not enough to restrain him from leaving and thus made his escape.

" Thann follow that man don't let him escape." Quinlan called out as he got up from the floor and began to run towards the door hoping that the younger jedi would have heard him and smiled when he saw the younger jedi in front of him as they raced down the hall way using the force to open any doors in front of them until they finally came to a room that appeared empty but Thann used the force to sense for any rooms that might hidden from sight and which Thann quickly found and used the force to blast the hidden door to smithereens. What was on the other side of the door surprised and shocked the jedi all at once as they saw plans for a space station it's purpose unknown but it couldn't be good if the plans were in the hands of a dark jedi. There was no sign of the dark jedi they had combated it was like he had diapered like a ghost but they did discover some more information on the plans for the battle station and did their best to record the data without setting of the systems emergency programming which they discovered when they began to go through the computers files and would activate if certain parameters weren't met but Thann had a practiced hand at splicing terminals and quickly went to work saving as much data as he possibly could.