Star Wars - 215 - Jedi Prince 06 - Prophets of the Dark Side by Paul Davids, Hollace Davids Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Paul Davids, Hollace Davids
directly underground to the Lost City.
The door of the spaceship was flung open. While Luke was kept prisoner aboard the Scardia Voyager on the ground, Ken found himself leading a large group. Following Ken on a route through the forest that Ken knew by heart were Kadann, High Prophet Jedgar, Prophet Gornash, an Imperial intelligence agent who was an expert at computers, and a group of stormtroopers. Kadann had left instructions that if there was any further trickery, Luke Skywalker was to be destroyed at once.
Once the Imperials and Ken were aboard the tubular transport, it descended swiftly, far into the ground.
When its door eventually slid open again, Kadann, realizing that no one could stop him now from reaching his goal, peered out at the cavern of the Lost City. For the first time he viewed with awe the many dome-houses and winding streets filled with caretaker droids at work.
Ken and the Imperials marched down a street made from green marble. When they passed Ken’s dome-house at 12 South Jedi Lane, where Ken used to live, Zeebo the mooka leaped out of a window and came running up to Ken, jumping into his arms and lapping his face. Ken hugged his furry, feathery pet as hard as he could. Ken then suddenly felt a strange sensation, as though he were just beginning to wake up to what he had done.
"Put the animal down," Kadann commanded.
Zeebo suddenly leaped from Ken’s arms and attacked Kadann, snapping and biting at him. Kadann tossed the mooka to the ground and kicked the alien animal. "Ksssshhhhh," Zeebo moaned, limping away as a stormtrooper followed after him.
"Leave Zeebo alone!" Ken shouted.
But the stormtrooper pulled out a stun-blaster and fired a stun-beam at Ken’s pet. Zeebo suddenly became motionless.
"What have you done to him? You monsters!" Ken screamed. Ken tried to run toward Zeebo, but two stormtroopers stopped him, grabbing Ken by the arms. The Jedi Prince struggled, but they dragged him along, following Kadann in the march over to North Jedi Lane.
When they arrived at the Jedi Library, the forces of Kadann entered the hallowed building. The hard boots of the stormtroopers stomped across the sleek, shiny floor, leaving behind ugly scrape marks.
Ken’s eyes fell upon Dee-Jay, who was seated in a corner of the room near a case containing glittering relics of the Jedi Knights.
"Ken? What-Why did you lead them here?" Dee-Jay asked, his ruby-red eyes shining as he stared at the boy he had dutifully raised. "Why have you led the Empire to the most sacred place of the Jedi Knights?"
Ken’s eyes grew moist as he searched for an answer. "I had to, Dee-Jay! They would have killed Luke if I had refused."
"Silencer Kadann ordered. Then he turned to the tall, ancient droid. "You knew this day would come, didn’t you, Dee-Jay?" Kadann said. "You’ve studied all of my prophecies." Dee-Jay nodded. "Yes, I studied them. But I concluded that your prophecies about the Lost City of the Jedi had almost no probability of coming true." Kadann spoke in a faraway-sounding, deep and mystical voice:
"When the jedi Knight
Becomes a captive of Scardia,
Then shall the Jedi Prince
Betray the Lost City."
Kadann then turned to the Imperial intelligence agent. "Activate the computer!" In a moment the computer was on-line, its menu of Jedi lore and knowledge filling the central screen. Kadann spent a few silent moments studying the blueprints of several Rebel Alliance fortresses, including DRAPAC, the Defense Research and Planetary Assistance Center located atop Mount Yoda on the planet Dagobah.
"Your most protected installations shall soon suffer an Imperial assault-an assault more powerful and effective than any we have launched against you before," Kadann declared. "It will mean the end of the Rebel Alliance once and for all-in one fiery explosion!" Then Kadann turned to Ken. "And now," he said, "it is time for you to learn the true secret of your parentage."
"Now you’ll understand, Ken," Dee-Jay
The door of the spaceship was flung open. While Luke was kept prisoner aboard the Scardia Voyager on the ground, Ken found himself leading a large group. Following Ken on a route through the forest that Ken knew by heart were Kadann, High Prophet Jedgar, Prophet Gornash, an Imperial intelligence agent who was an expert at computers, and a group of stormtroopers. Kadann had left instructions that if there was any further trickery, Luke Skywalker was to be destroyed at once.
Once the Imperials and Ken were aboard the tubular transport, it descended swiftly, far into the ground.
When its door eventually slid open again, Kadann, realizing that no one could stop him now from reaching his goal, peered out at the cavern of the Lost City. For the first time he viewed with awe the many dome-houses and winding streets filled with caretaker droids at work.
Ken and the Imperials marched down a street made from green marble. When they passed Ken’s dome-house at 12 South Jedi Lane, where Ken used to live, Zeebo the mooka leaped out of a window and came running up to Ken, jumping into his arms and lapping his face. Ken hugged his furry, feathery pet as hard as he could. Ken then suddenly felt a strange sensation, as though he were just beginning to wake up to what he had done.
"Put the animal down," Kadann commanded.
Zeebo suddenly leaped from Ken’s arms and attacked Kadann, snapping and biting at him. Kadann tossed the mooka to the ground and kicked the alien animal. "Ksssshhhhh," Zeebo moaned, limping away as a stormtrooper followed after him.
"Leave Zeebo alone!" Ken shouted.
But the stormtrooper pulled out a stun-blaster and fired a stun-beam at Ken’s pet. Zeebo suddenly became motionless.
"What have you done to him? You monsters!" Ken screamed. Ken tried to run toward Zeebo, but two stormtroopers stopped him, grabbing Ken by the arms. The Jedi Prince struggled, but they dragged him along, following Kadann in the march over to North Jedi Lane.
When they arrived at the Jedi Library, the forces of Kadann entered the hallowed building. The hard boots of the stormtroopers stomped across the sleek, shiny floor, leaving behind ugly scrape marks.
Ken’s eyes fell upon Dee-Jay, who was seated in a corner of the room near a case containing glittering relics of the Jedi Knights.
"Ken? What-Why did you lead them here?" Dee-Jay asked, his ruby-red eyes shining as he stared at the boy he had dutifully raised. "Why have you led the Empire to the most sacred place of the Jedi Knights?"
Ken’s eyes grew moist as he searched for an answer. "I had to, Dee-Jay! They would have killed Luke if I had refused."
"Silencer Kadann ordered. Then he turned to the tall, ancient droid. "You knew this day would come, didn’t you, Dee-Jay?" Kadann said. "You’ve studied all of my prophecies." Dee-Jay nodded. "Yes, I studied them. But I concluded that your prophecies about the Lost City of the Jedi had almost no probability of coming true." Kadann spoke in a faraway-sounding, deep and mystical voice:
"When the jedi Knight
Becomes a captive of Scardia,
Then shall the Jedi Prince
Betray the Lost City."
Kadann then turned to the Imperial intelligence agent. "Activate the computer!" In a moment the computer was on-line, its menu of Jedi lore and knowledge filling the central screen. Kadann spent a few silent moments studying the blueprints of several Rebel Alliance fortresses, including DRAPAC, the Defense Research and Planetary Assistance Center located atop Mount Yoda on the planet Dagobah.
"Your most protected installations shall soon suffer an Imperial assault-an assault more powerful and effective than any we have launched against you before," Kadann declared. "It will mean the end of the Rebel Alliance once and for all-in one fiery explosion!" Then Kadann turned to Ken. "And now," he said, "it is time for you to learn the true secret of your parentage."
"Now you’ll understand, Ken," Dee-Jay
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