Star Wars - 215 - Jedi Prince 06 - Prophets of the Dark Side by Paul Davids, Hollace Davids Read Free Book Online Page A

your death-that is, unless the Jedi Prince here cooperates and decides to tell me how to find the real entrance to the Lost City of the Jedi!"
    "Don’t help him, Ken," Luke said. "He’s going to kill us anyway."
    "Not true," Kadann retorted. "If you cooperate, Ken, you have my word that I’ll set you both loose on the ice-world of Hoth. You’ll have a sporting chance to survive. And the Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side never breaks his word of honor."
    "Listen to what I’m telling you, Ken!" Luke said firmly. "Whatever happens, don’t help Kadann! Remember his prophecy: ’When the Jedi Knight becomes a captive of Scardia, then shall the Jedi Prince betray the Lost City.’
    Kadann reached forward and touched Ken’s birthstone. "I think you’re about to join us, Ken," Kadann said. Then he turned toward the tall, dark prophet at his side. "Jedgar, take Luke Skywalker away!"
    Kadann’s order was promptly obeyed by Jedgar and several stormtroopers. Ken craned his neck to catch a last glimpse of Luke being led through a doorway and down a long corridor. Luke refused to be led away without a fight, though he had nothing to fight with but his feet. He leaped and kicked a stormtrooper in the helmet, knocking him over. Then he tried the ’same tactic on High Prophet Jedgar, but the tall prophet caught Luke’s boot before it struck him. Jedgar twisted it and sent the Jedi Knight plunging to the cold, hard floor. Ken winced. Luke was in dire peril, and there was nothing Ken could do to help him. Kadann slowly walked over to a case filled with valuable ornaments and relics. Opening the case, he removed a small piece of crystal, a half sphere.
    At Kadann’s request, Ken’s hands were freed. Then Kadann offered Ken the piece of crystal he had removed from the case. "This is the other half of your birthstone," Kadann explained. "I got it from your father. It fits with the piece around your neck." Ken quickly discovered that the two pieces fit together perfectly. His mouth fell open in astonishment, and his mind was filled with wonder. How was this possible? Why would Kadann have the other half of his birthstone?
    "I know all the secrets of your life that are unknown to you, Ken," Kadann said. "I know who brought you to the Lost City of the Jedi. And I know who your father is-and your grandfather. When you take me to the Lost City, Ken, I shall reveal to you everything about who you are. For the first time in your life, young Jedi Prince, you’ll have the chance to learn where you came from-and your destiny!"

CHAPTER 6
    Ken’s Destiny
    The temptation for Ken to cooperate with Kadann was becoming slowly overwhelming. Due to the few gulps of avabush spice tea Ken had swallowed, his judgment and his thinking were not as clear as they ordinarily were.
    "You will tell me the location of the Lost City, Ken," Kadann said, staring at the boy intensely. Ken slowly felt his hatred of Kadann weakening, melting away. Ken seriously considered telling Kadann what he wanted to know, because then Ken would learn the secrets about his origins-secrets that Dee-Jay and the other droids of the Lost City had always refused to reveal to him. Also, it would mean that Luke’s life and his own life would be spared. Kadann had given his word that he would free them on the ice-world of Hoth, if Ken revealed the correct geographical coordinates of the Lost City. Ken knew that Luke had once braved the bitter, icy weather of Hoth after Han Solo slayed a Taun Taun and covered Luke with its fur. Perhaps Ken and Luke could survive there until they were rescued by the Alliance.
    Ken couldn’t think straight. Although he knew better, he yielded and gave Kadann the information that the Supreme Prophet of the Dark Side sought. Kadann reacted swiftly. He instantly instructed the spaceship navigators where to go. Ken was still in a daze. Soon the Scardia Voyager set down in the Yavin Four rain forest, not far from the site of the tubular transport that led