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Knights of the Old Republic: Episode II

Ahmose Inarus

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Criminal Minds, and I most certainly do NOT own Star Wars.

SLASH WARNING!!! H/R

Chapter 5

PLANET: RYLOTH

LOCATION: CAVE TUNNEL

TIME: LATE NIGHT

Darth Livion approached the gates of the subterranean city, the body of Aliki Naas cradled in his arms. He could see and hear the gate guards causing an uproar at his appearance. Soon, many were watching his approach. About twenty yards out he stopped and knelt, laying the body on the ground. A cry went up from one of the people on the wall, and soon more followed… cries of shock, grief and outrage at the death of their Watchman

Livion stared down at her face and reached out, closing her eyes and laying a hand on her chest briefly before leaning down and gently kissing her forehead.

“I’m sorry…” He whispered, stroking her cheek for a moment before standing.

“STOP!!” Came a shout, and warriors poured out of the gates. “MURDERER!!!” Livion covered Aliki’s face with the hood of her cloak before he whirled and fled, his black robes billowing behind him. The warriors chased him up the cavernous tunnel of the cave that the city was hidden in, firing blasters at his retreating form. He darted out of the cave and across the dusty grounds, dodging the rocks.

Blaster fire surrounded him, striking the dirt and boulders. Reid dodged around a large boulder, and then vaulted over another. He reached a large one that was five times as long as it was tall… He scrambled up the rock and leapt off of the edge, hitting the ground and rolling, landing in a crouch. He turned and looked back behind him. His eyes widened. The Twi’leks were actually keeping up with him!

“Of course they are.” Reid grumbled to himself, bolting from his position. “They know this land, I don’t…”

“STOP, MURDERER!!!” Reid’s eyes widened and he skidded to a stop when several Twi’leks with blasters suddenly cut him off.

“They know the land a little TOO well…” Reid mumbled, turning and darting off to his right.

“WE’VE GOT HIM NOW!!!” Came a shout, making Reid frown.

Well… THAT statement wasn’t good…

He darted around a massive boulder as large as Amanda’s ship, and found himself running across a flat expanse of ground. He darted around another rock as tall as he was, glancing behind himself at the Twi’lek pursuing him. But when he turned to watch where he was going, he gasped and skidded to a stop, wind milling his arms.

“Whoa, WHOA!!!” He yelped, staring down into a large canyon, his toes on the crumbling edge. He threw himself back and crashed to the ground, scrambling away from the edge as his heart pounded in the knowledge that he had just almost plummeted to his death.

Then there was a shout, and he was brought back to reality… He scrambled to his feet and turned to face the Twi’leks. They had completely formed a perimeter… there were also more of them than he had thought… at least fifty… and they all had their weapons trained on him. He took a deep breath and drew his Lightsaber, taking up a fighting stance.

“He’s a Dark Jedi!” He heard one voice call. “We won’t be able to take him… Not alive!”

“… then we take him dead!” Barked the man in charge. “FIRE!!!” And blaster fire rained down on the young Sith Lord. He raised his Lightsaber, spinning it at dizzying speeds to deflect the blaster bolts, sometimes sending the shots right back to the ones who had fired them.

“AAHHH!!” A blast struck him in the side, and he stumbled. He closed his eyes, gritting his teeth at the pain and focusing on keeping up his Force Redirection, deflecting all the blaster fire with the Force. After a moment, he staggered to his feet and thrust his hands out. The Twi’lek’s all yelped as a Force blast sent them all flat on their backs.

Then, Reid turned his head. He heard the roar of a ship’s engines. Darth Dualath was coming. And then there she was, bursting out of the clouds, blasters blazing.

“NO!!!” Reid cried, whirling and Force Throwing the Twi’leks who were in the line of fire. They flew through the air and landed harshly on the ground, the blaster-fire striking the spots where they had been standing only a split second before. The other Twi’lek’s stared at Reid in confusion. Reid turned and faced the incoming ship.

“Kill him and shoot down that ship!” Came the order from the lead Twi’lek. Reid rolled his eyes. How the hell did he get into these situations…

Defending himself from the Twi’leks, defending the Twi’leks from Amanda, defending HIMSELF from Amanda…

“… What in the blazes happened to my life?” He groaned to himself, before lifting his comm unit to his mouth. “Stop firing, you lunatic!” He barked at his partner. “Just pick me up!”

“You’re the one about to get blasted into oblivion.” Amanda snapped back.

“I’m holding my own, now DO IT!”

“Fine. But after this, we’re having a talk on just who between the two of us gives orders.”

“Uhg. FINE.” Reid groaned, rolling his eyes. He watched the ship dive into the canyon. He listened to the roar of the engines, and then he closed his eyes and listened to the Force.

“HEY!” He heard a Twi’lek shout, and he broke into a dead run towards the cliff edge.

“What is he doing?!” A female Twi’lek gasped. He reached the edge of the cliff and leapt out, then dropped out of sight. The Twi’lek’s stared, then stumbled back as the ship suddenly shot up over the canyon with Darth Livion crouched on top, clinging to the surface of the vessel. He threw himself into the airlock and closed it, collapsing to the floor. He lay there, gasping for air and wincing at the fiery pain in his side.

Amanda guided their ship out of Ryloth’s atmosphere and set their course, then made the jump to lightspeed. Once everything was set, she turned and headed down to the airlock. She opened the door and stared down at her partner, lying on the floor.

“… You’re hurt.” She stated.

“No shit.” Reid groaned, sparing her a quick glare.

“Whatever they did, you deserved it for doing something so stupid.” Amanda snorted, walking over and kneeling down, brushing his cloak aside. “Wow. They got you good.”

“Could YOU have stood up to all that blaster fire with less injury?” Reid asked, smirking slightly.

“… Alright, I’ll concede to that.” Amanda grunted. “Now come on. Let’s get you cleaned up.” And she heaved Reid to his feet. “Lord Reaper wants to talk to you.”

“Great. Tell him to shove it.” Reid groaned.

“Tell him yourself.” Amanda shot back, grinning at Reid’s attitude. She took him to the med bay and got him up on one of the tables, helping him undress and get cleaned up, draping a sheet over his hips to preserve his modesty before the Medical Droid tended to the wound on his side.

“Darth Livion.” Reid blinked and looked up, freezing wide eyed as he stared at the life size hologram of Darth Reaper.

Then Reid turned and glared at Amanda, saying, “You suck.” Amanda grinned and shrugged.

“Darth Dualath.” The Reaper greeted.

“Master.” Amanda nodded.

“Report.” The Reaper commanded.

“Mission accomplished, my Lord.” Reid said.

“Not without incident, I see.”

“I’m fine. Nothing special happened.”

“HA!” Amanda barked out. The Reaper looked at her.

“You have a different… interpretation?” He asked.

“It was a fiasco.” Amanda snorted, and Reid glared.

“Elaborate.” The Reaper commanded.

“Well… the mission itself went smoothly. Without a hitch.”

“And how did he do?” The Reaper asked.

“Okay, I guess.”

“And that means?”

“He’s too soft. Too willing to show mercy. But he got the job done. In fact, he reached our target before I did.”

“Good.” The Reaper said with a nod. “However, next time, no survivors.” And he glared at Reid, who scowled and refused to respond.

“It was AFTER the mission that the shit hit the hyperdrive.” Amanda went on, and Reid GLARED.

“What happened?” the Reaper asked.

“We ran into the Ryloth Jedi Watchman.”

“… And?”

“Well, in this case, I can’t fault him.” Amanda said, and grinned. “Livion killed her. It was magnificent, Master. She didn’t stand a chance.” She moved over to Reid and laid a hand on his shoulder.

“So where was the fiasco?” The Reaper asked.

“After he killed her, he decided that he had to give her body to the Twi’leks for a proper funeral.”

“… He what?” The Reaper asked.

“He wrapped her body in her cloak and left. I found him being chased across the planet’s surface by a legion of angry Twi’leks.” Amanda snorted. “Had to save his skinny ass.” And she brought a hand down with a resounding SMACK on the aforementioned part of Reid’s anatomy.

“HEY!” Reid yelped, jumping and glaring at his partner. She just gave him a grin and a saucy wink. He eyed her, not sure what to make of this… uncharacteristic behavior.

“Livion.” The Reaper said, and Reid winced. He slowly turned to look at the Sith Lord. “I am pleased to hear of your victory over the Ryloth Watchman. But you are only getting this one warning. Pull another stunt like that…” He trailed off.

“… And what?” Reid asked, narrowing his eyes. Suddenly, the Medical droid stabbed a sharp tool into his wound. “AAHHHG!”

“Pull another stunt like that and you will be on the wrong end of an interrogation droid, instead of a medical droid.” The Reaper growled, and Reid paled at that.

“… Yes, Master.” He gasped, quickly bowing his head in a submissive manner.

“Are we coming back, or do you have another job for us?” Amanda asked.

“I am sending you to the planet Bakura.” The Reaper said. “There, you will meet up with Darth Trion and Darth Sassin. The Jedi Order is sending a Master there to break up the stronghold we are trying to establish. I want you to capture him and bring him to me. Alive.”

Reid stared, a feeling of dread in his gut. “Do we uh… know who the target is?” He forced himself to ask.

“… No.” The Reaper told him.

“Let’s just hope it’s not Raahn Syr, then.” Reid snorted, fixing his Master with a look. “He’ll take us apart limb from limb without getting his heart rate up.” The Reaper chuckled.

“Then you had better hope that it’s not him.” He said, and the hologram flickered and disappeared. Reid turned to look at Amanda. She just smiled and walked over.

“Come on.” She said, helping him into a fresh pair of pants now that his wound was patched up with a Koltos gel packed into it. “Let’s get some rest. It’s been a long day of dealing with your stupidity.”

Reid just snorted and smiled. “You know you love me.”

“Yeah. Sure.” Amanda snorted, shoving him down onto his bed. “Worst. Partner. EVER.”

Reid grinned and chuckled to himself, pulling his blankets up and making himself comfortable while Amanda went to change their course.

He dozed off for a few minutes, but woke when he felt another body slide into his bed. He blinked, sleepily, then smiled.

“Adam?”

“Hey.” Came the soft answer. “Amanda’s asleep.” Reid nodded in response, and allowed his friend to curl up with him. “… For what it’s worth…” Adam said after a moment, “I’m proud of you, for what you did for Aliki Naas.”

“Thanks, Adam.” Reid sighed, his voice filled with grief and regret.

“You couldn’t have saved her.” Adam told him. “If you didn’t kill her, Amanda would have. And SHE wouldn’t have honored her by returning her body to her people.” Reid sighed, and Adam curled an arm around Reid’s waist, carefully avoiding his injury. “You did right by her. Be proud of that. You’re still holding on. Be proud of that, too.”

“… thanks, Adam.” Reid smiled. “But I don’t know how much longer I can go on like this.”

“As long as you have to. Don’t worry. I’m here for you. And so is Tobias. Everything will be okay.”

PLANET: MON CALAMARI

LOCATION: COUNCIL ISLAND

TIME: SUNSET

Penelope Garcia silently moved through the streets of the Council Island, heading towards the edge. And sitting on the very edge, feet dangling over the water, sat Derek Morgan. She walked over and sat down next to him, watching the brilliant colors fill the sky as the sun began to set. They sat there for a long time. When the sun was just about to touch the horizon, Morgan finally spoke.

“… I lost control.” He said, softly. Garcia was silent. “I attacked Hotch. I could have really hurt him. I could have KILLED him!”

“… But you didn’t.” Garcia said, softly.

“But I could have.”

“Honey… look at me.” She said. Morgan did. “That bastard forced you to relive the most trying time of your life.”

“I couldn’t control the anger.”

“But you did.” Garcia told him, taking his hand. “You stopped when it counted, before you hurt anyone.”

“I never should have given in to my anger in the first place. I never should have attacked Gordinski, much less Hotch.”

“He’s not angry with you, Derek.” Garcia assure him, turning to watch the sunset again. “None of us are. So stop being angry with yourself.”

“I’m a Jedi, Garcia.”

“But you’re still human.” She said with a smile, taking his hand and kissing it. Morgan blinked, then finally smiled. Garcia scooted closer, and he put his arm around her. “Besides… you know you CAN’T turn to the Dark Side, right?”

“Oh?” Morgan asked.

“Nope. If you do, I will hunt you down for taking away my favorite thing to stare at.” And she pinched his butt under his robe. Morgan turned and looked at her sharply, then slowly grinned and chuckled. Then they turned and watched the sun sink beneath the sea.

“Now. Let’s get back. We’re still waiting to hear from Master Kao.” Garcia said, then stood and began walking away. Morgan stood as well.

“Hey, silly girl.” She turned and looked at him. “I love you, you know that, right?” She turned and looked at him, smiling.

“… I love you too.” She said, and Morgan walked over to her, flinging an arm around her.

“You know what you are to me?” Morgan asked, and she looked up at him. “You are my solace… No matter what happens, don’t you ever stop talking to me.”

“Only when I’m mad at you.” Garcia assured him.

“I can live with that.” Morgan told her, and kissed her forehead.

They rejoined the team at the Mon Calamari Council.

“Morgan?” Hotch asked, looking at the man.

“I’m fine.” Morgan said, nodding. “And I’m sorry.” Hotch nodded back.

“We have Gordinski in custody.”

“Good.” Morgan nodded. Then he frowned. “What’s going on?”

“Aliki Naas is dead.” Hotch said, looking at Morgan. “… Spencer killed her.”

“Reid?” Morgan gasped, eyes wide.

“He’s Darth Livion now.” Prentiss said, frowning.

“How do we know he killed her?” Morgan asked.

“I could feel it.” Hotch admitted. “Our Bond is reforming.”

“I thought Darth Reaper severed it.”

“It was Darth Trion, and apparently only temporarily.” Hotch said. “I’ve been… dreaming of Spencer, more and more frequently. I think our Bond is healing itself.”

“This is a good thing right?” Garcia asked, blinking around at her team. “I thought that the bond could help bring Reid back to the Order.”

“It’s possible…” Rossi said, carefully. “But on the flip side, it could also be used to turn Hotch to the Dark Side.”

“It won’t.” Hotch said, voice full of confidence. “Reid hasn’t fallen. Not completely. He’s… struggling.”

“He killed Aliki.” Prentiss said, frowning.

“And he hates himself for it.” Hotch insisted. “He’s not lost to us… Not yet…” Garcia reached out and gripped Hotch’s hand.

“We’ll bring him home, then.” She announced, and Hotch smiled at her.

“He’s killed a Jedi.” Seaver suddenly piped up. “He’s one of the Republic’s most wanted, now. They’re going to bring him in, dead or alive.”

“And we are going to find him first.” JJ told her, bristling slightly. “We’re going to bring him home.”

“… He’s a Sith Lord.” Seaver argued. “He’s murdered a Jedi Knight. There’s no coming back from that… is there?”

“If there’s ANY chance of redemption, we have to see that he gets it.” JJ insisted.

“I dunno… it just seems like… it’s too late.”

“We are NOT giving up on him.” JJ snapped, venom in her tone. Then she turned and stalked away. Seaver watched her go, eyes wide. Then she turned and looked at the rest of the team. Garcia was looking angry and upset. Morgan was expressionless. Hotch wouldn’t even look at her. She looked at Prentiss and Rossi, upset.

“I… I didn’t mean that… that…”

“It’s okay, kiddo.” Rossi said with a smile. “We know you didn’t.”

“Reid is like family.” Emily told Seaver. “You know that. It kills us to know that he joined the Sith.”

“He made the choice.” Seaver pointed out.

“… Not many know… WHY.” Emily said, slowly. “… He agreed to join them, on the condition that they spared Hotch’s life.” Seaver’s eyes widened. She looked at Hotch, who was staring up at the stars, then looked back at Prentiss and Rossi.

“R-Really?” She asked. Rossi nodded. “Oh… wow… I… I guess that DOES change a lot, doesn’t it...?” Emily smiled at her. “Do you really think we can bring him back?”

“I think…” Rossi said, slowly, “that either we WILL bring him home, or Hotch will die trying.”

Seaver stared at the team leader, and sighed. Rossi put a hand on her shoulder and looked down at her.

“He really cares about Darth Liv—er, Reid… doesn’t he?”

“Yes. He does. More than any of us will ever know, I think…”
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