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'Your greatest pupil is no more.'

—Anakin Skywalker to Cin Drallig^[src]

Serra Keto was a femaleJedi Knight and apprentice to Jedi MasterCin Drallig. She helped her master hold off waves of Clone troopers in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant when the 501st Legion stormed it, but was killed by Anakin Skywalker when he was searching for Cin Drallig. Trained by the skilled lightsbaer master, Cin Drallig, Serra became his prize pupil. He passed on everything he knew of lightsaber skills to his young Padawan. In time, Serra became a Jedi Knight herself. Like her Master, she also became known for her skills with a lightsaber.[1] As a Jedi, Serra was not shy about expressing the confidence she had in her abilities. Keto was known for her rebellious nature and several times was almost removed from the Jedi Order because of it.

Shortly after the Battle of Utapau, Palpatine managed to turn Anakin Skywalker, to the dark side. Palpatine launched Order 66. The first of this and Anakin's first mission as Darth Vader was to kill the Jedi in the Temple. Serra and Cin Drallig fought together, side to side, through the many corridors, fighting off countless clone troopers until they were separated by All Terrain Recon Transports. Finally, Keto faced off against Vader in the Jedi briefing room and was later killed by Vader. Cin Drallig was there to late and was also killed by Darth Vader.

Powers and abilitiesEdit

While Cin Drallig developed his own unique style of lightsaber combat, relying on enhanced speed and unconventional and unpredictable movements, so did Serra. Her combat style was fast, dynamic and acrobatic. Like most dual lightsaber practitioners, she used Jar'Kai. Serra often used both lightsabers to strike harder and perform more powerful attacks, while most other Jar'Kai practitioners used one lightsaber to attack and the other to parry.

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Warnings: Rated M for strong sexual situations, language and violence. You have been warned.

Forbidden Longing

A collab fic by Lilac Moon and PyramidHead316(though PyramidHead gets full credit for this chapter)

Chapter 32: Deeper Into the Fire

Anakin and Shaak Ti landed their speeder on the landing pad at the Jedi Temple. The

second major landing pad was located in the east quadrant of the Jedi Temple, and was The main idm executive file is damaged.

one of two hangars embedded in the facility. It was then, coming into the large landing

area situated several stories above the busy streets, that Anakin and Shaak Ti were met

with a horrifying sight.

There was smoke billowing from the top of the temple structures. The Jedi Temple was on fire.

Anakin and Shaak Ti knew there wasn't much time. They needed to get in there and halt at least some of the clone troopers, before they wiped out all the Jedi inside.

The speeder swept into the area with a swift turn. The clone troopers were already waiting for them on the landing area, armed with blaster rifles and eliminating any of the Jedi they came across.

Shaak Ti and Anakin leapt out of the speeder while it was still in the air, rushing out towards the guards. The clones immediately aimed their rifles at them and began firing. They were little match for them, however. Anakin and Shaak Ti deflected the blasts and sent them back at them. Shaak Ti charged one of the troopers viciously, while Anakin deflected the energy blasts from several of the clone troopers from the back. They viciously sliced through all of the enemy clones, until there were no more of them left. Between the two of them, they cleared the landing pad in a few minutes.

'Go after the Council members. I'll try to round up whatever Jedi I can find,' Anakin called out across the landing bay, giving Shaak Ti her marching orders.

Shaak Ti nodded her assent. 'Got it.'

'Don't let them box you in. If you find yourself in an open area, take advantage of the room to maneuver around them. Take cover if you have to, but don't let them trap you in a little corner where they can overwhelm you,' Anakin warned her.

'Skywalker, I'll be all right. I am a Jedi Master, you know,' Shaak Ti reminded him with a smirk, giving him a knowing look.

Anakin colored a little. 'Right,' he nodded.

He didn't mean to suggest Shaak Ti was incompetent.

They ran in different directions, each intent on getting to their goal. The fate of the Jedi Order was on their shoulders, and though that was a heavy burden, they were determined not to let it get the best of them.

With sabers blazing in anticipation, Anakin and Shaak Ti entered the fire.

Vader surveyed the destruction he had wrought on the Jedi Temple. The Jedi had been decimated. The clone troopers had stormed through them with a barrage of advanced gunfire, felling them by the hundreds. Fires were raging throughout the Temple, and many parts of it had been destroyed by a number of attacks. There were still a number of Jedi remaining throughout the facility, but he had faith the clone troopers would wipe them out by the end of the day.

And then there was Anakin.

He knew Anakin would be coming here. The young man who was once his apprentice was still as predictable as he ever was, and the first thought on his mind would be to come here and help those in the Temple. He also knew the clone troopers would not be able to stop Anakin. The Jedi would survive any attack they threw at him, and it would take something greater to stop him. But Vader was not going to confront him here. Oh no, he would leave that job for a later time, when he could devote his full attention to Anakin Skywalker. As badly as he wanted to go after his former apprentice and take what was his, his Master had ordered him not to confront Skywalker here, and Vader wasn't going to disobey him.

He wasn't worried. Now that the Jedi were wiped out, they had all the time in the world. And now thanks to Lord Sidious, he knew the value of patience.

Right now he had to go to the Senate. Lord Sidious was going to give a speech to the assembled senators, and it would be a perfect chance to expose to them the traitors in their midst. When the Supreme Chancellor announced a grand new vision for the galaxy, Vader would be right at his side, where he belonged.

Taking one last look from overhead at the destruction he had wreaked from the safety of the upper level, Vader turned his back on the abode that had once been his revered home.

Anakin landed in the hallway overlooking a large part of the Temple's main structure. These blasted clone troopers were everywhere; at every corner he turned they were lurking there, waiting to barrage Jedi. He had already killed at least 25 of them, and he knew that these were just the outlying troops guarding some of the entrances. The majority of the troops were still in the lower levels of the Temple, scouting through the different floors. It was ironic – he had fought alongside these men for much of the Clone Wars, and now they were simply enemies, firing on him without remorse. That was the one downside of a clone army. While it was very efficient to clone human beings – as inhumane as that sounded – they also obeyed orders without question. A bad thing when the one giving them was a Supreme Chancellor who was a maniac. It was crazy.

He deflected the shots from two of the clone troopers, and charged them in response. The clone troopers were still unable to believe they were facing the Hero With No Fear, and they were unable to react before Anakin struck them down.

Three clone troopers shot at him, sending a burst of energy in unison. Anakin deflected the shots back at two of them, and stretched out his hand to send a massive Force push at the other. A clone commander came flying out of nowhere, using a rocket pack to try to get the drop on him. Anakin Force pushed him away, and then used the slightest bit of Force energy to short circuit the rocket pack, ripping away a vital component.

The clone trooper still tried to fire at him, with the rocket pack smoking behind him. Anakin deflected the shots and then sent a piece of sharp debris at him, sending him spiraling against the wall.

Anakin ducked into one of the rooms lining the left side of the long Temple hall. The room was dark, and intentionally so to avoid distractions. He was immediately greeted by the sight of computers and electronic equipment, and realized he was in their war room used for managing the Clone Wars. Memories assailed Anakin of the times when he was in the war room here, planning countless attacks against the Separatist forces. This was command central for the Jedi Order, and many decisions affecting the fate of the entire galaxy were made here, by the Masters. Holoprojectors were lighted around the room, displaying maps of various sectors and charts of varying importance.

And standing in the middle of the room was a woman fighting the clone troopers. Anakin recognized her as Serra Keto, a woman who had been his rival in the Temple during his apprentice years. Blood was splattered across her face, chest, and robes – the blood was not hers, but that of the clone troopers she had killed. There was a wretched look on her face, as she angrily fought and viciously killed those who had killed her friends and close family. She wielded her twin jade sabers expertly as she made quick work of the clone troopers who dared to approach her path. Her dark hair was pulled back out of the way in a ponytail and two braids, framing a face that Anakin would have otherwise found attractive, but was now focused on the combat at hand and showing easily the intention to wipe out the last of these men who had intruded on the Temple. Bodies were littered around the room, bloodied, torn apart, and scattered about the consoles, the result of Jedi Keto's frightening wrath. And as the last two of the clone troopers in the room fell to her blades, the Jedi was finally allowed a respite.

Once she had wiped out the last of the clone troopers, she wiped her forehead of the sweat accumulated there with her forearm.

It was then that she noticed Anakin's presence.

'Skywalker? What are you doing here?' she asked, surprised to see the boy who had once been her rival in the Jedi Temple for top apprentice.

'I heard about the attack on the Temple. I came to see if I could offer some help,' Anakin answered.

'Really?'

Anakin nodded. The details weren't important right now.

'How many of us are there left in the Temple?' Anakin asked.

'I don't know. I've been here all this time, getting away from these degenerates,' Serra said, gesturing at them with her lightsaber.

'We have to get to the other Jedi, before they're all dead. Come on,' Anakin said. They looked at each other.

They had been rivals in the Temple all the way up until their upper teenage years, not particularly liking each other. Neither one particularly trusted the other, but they were still once brethren in the same group and they needed to rely on each other now. They were now two of possibly the very few Jedi left at this point, and they could not afford to ignore each other's help at this point.

'All right,' Serra nodded, readying her lightsabers.

Together they made their way out of the war room, and immediately Anakin and Serra began deflecting the blaster fire of the clone troopers awaiting them.

Padmé sat at the console for the ship's controls in the cockpit, waiting for word to come in from Anakin. Her hands were under her chin, supporting her head in a frustrated position, as she waited alone in the pilot's chair. She was bored. She wasn't used to sitting around doing nothing in these kinds of situations. And she was worried. The tension of the situation was getting to her. She wanted to be out there doing something to help Anakin and the one sympathetic Jedi Master, but she didn't know how. It was chaos out there, and she knew it was probably dangerous just to step out of the ship, if it was the case that the clone troopers might see her too if they were searching. The frustration was irritating, but she knew she couldn't go out there and start acting rashly.

She turned on the HoloNet. If the news was reporting something about the battle going on in the HoloNet, she would want to know about it. And if Palpatine was up to something, in terms of movements of the troops and reinforcements he might send, she could relay that information to Anakin and Shaak Ti and have them get out of there before they were overwhelmed.

Suddenly she got a very important piece of information on screen. The HoloNet press was reporting that Chancellor Palpatine was set to give a critical speech in around thirty minutes. A special session of the Senate was being called.

Padmé's mind suddenly spun in surprise. Chancellor Palpatine was going to give a speech, which meant something important was going on. No doubt it related to the Jedi and what was going on over there. And suddenly she realized there was one important thing she had not thought of before.

Sabe! Padmé thought in surprise. She remembered her friend was now the senator of Naboo, selectively chosen to replace her after her retirement.

And now she recoiled in horror. She had to warn her! Who knew what Palpatine had planned for the Senate. Her best friend had to know that their Chancellor was a psychotic madman, and was not to be trusted under any circumstances. She thought hard about where Sabe and her entourage would be found right now, and whether she could reach them in time.

Sabe would be with Bail. The Naboo and Alderaanian delegations were very close, due to their shared goals together. Padmé tried to call them both on their frequencies, but there was silence on the channels. There was no response from them whatsoever. Damn, that meant they were already on their way to the Senate, and they didn't want anything deviating them from that objective.

That left only one choice. She had to go to them, and inform them of the development herself. There was no other choice; she had to do it.

She had to warn her friends. Sabe and Bail were trusted confidants, and they had been her close allies for many years. They deserved better than to be left at the mercy of that madman. Anakin was going to be very upset at her, but she had to go and warn them. She wasn't going to risk her friends' safety by letting them walk into that chamber uninformed, without knowing what kind of individual they were dealing with.

'I'm sorry, Ani,' Padmé said, as she reached for the buttons on the console and began firing up the engines. Hopefully it wasn't going to be too dangerous. While they may have been searching for her outside the ship, they weren't really searching for her in an active manner. Palpatine probably only had an idea that she may be here, not anything with complete certainty. She knew how to sneak around the Senate chamber, while avoiding the patrols; she had practiced it several times during her tenure, for security reasons. She knew she should contact Anakin, but she wasn't going to contact him. He was involved in a very important mission right now and she didn't want to worry him. He would only get worried if he knew she was going to dart off on her own to the Senate and would probably abandon the Jedi in the Temple to their own devices to chase after her, and stop her from going to the Senate. This would be over quickly. She would sneak in there, warn her friends, and sneak back out.

The concern wasn't the danger to her, since that was an area she could deal with. It was the danger to her friends, and what Palpatine would do to them. If Palpatine was rounding up 'traitors', as he was likely to do, based on what was happening to the Jedi, then there was no telling what danger the senators who had disagreed with him over the years would be in. She began preparing the ship to leave.

She checked to see if she had everything she needed. Confirming that requirement, she decided she couldn't go on delaying it any further. She had to arrive there before Palpatine was initiating his speech.

Checking to see if anyone was outside first before lifting off, she was greatly relieved, thankfully finding everything clear. She hoped Anakin would forgive her. The ship lifted off with the roaring fire of its twin engines, rising majestically from the platform with its silver surface gleaming in the mid-afternoon sun. Guiding it expertly with her piloting ability, she headed towards the Senate building.

With any luck, she would be back before Anakin noticed she was gone.

Anakin and Serra ran into the main hall of the Jedi Temple. They had taken down clone trooper after clone trooper. The clone troopers were still scattered, but they were on their guard. They had yet to find any Jedi alive. Anakin and Serra were beginning to wonder if they were the only ones left in the Temple still capable of fighting, besides Master Shaak Ti herself. They could still sense some other presences in the Temple, but they couldn't tell whether they were dying, or simply ensconced away from the clone troopers. The sensations were chaotic in the Temple, filled with death and pain lingering in the Force.

They deflected the shots from two clone troopers, and quickly struck them down. They went further into the hallway, looking for any signs of life other than the persistent clone troopers and any survivors among the throng of bodies lying under the bridge below. The enormous antechamber of the Temple loomed overhead, giving them a wide view of everything that was going on around them. It was then that they caught a view of a man up ahead battling the clone troopers.

'Master Cin!' Serra remarked excitedly, showing some enthusiasm.

Cin Drallig stood battling the clone troopers, striking one down with a spin of his lightsaber. He turned his attention from the battle briefly, after getting a momentary respite from the attacks.

'Serra?' the old man questioned, unbelieving that he was seeing his protégé.

He waited until there were no more dangers surrounding the area before starting towards her. Unfortunately he had misjudged the clear look of the situation. A clone trooper rounded the corner, coming from an opening in the chamber leading to another hallway. Cin Drallig had sensed him too late. The trooper fired directly at the Jedi Master, striking him twice in the torso. The legendary man fell to the ground, shocked and appalled at the turn events had taken even as his consciousness was slipping away.

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'Master!' Serra screamed, running directly toward her old master. Anakin blocked the shots from the trooper, deflecting the two bolts back at him and killing the white armored soldier.

Serra knelt by the Jedi Master, in an attempt to provide him aid, but it was no use. He was already dead. Serra closed her eyes, shaking silently in grief for the man who had raised her.

'Serra, we have to go,' Anakin warned her, looking out for more clone troopers from every conceivable corner of the Temple.

Serra didn't move. She simply stared at her fallen master on the blood stained floor. Anakin switched his tone to a more sympathetic form.

'Serra, I know it hurts, losing someone instantly like that, but we have to go, now,' Anakin spoke to her gently, pleading with her to respond actively to their situation and regain her normal composure. He felt for her, losing a person who had been close to her in such a brutal moment – he had lost his mother too, at the hands of those savage monsters on Tatooine – but they had to get out of here before the clone troopers re-gathered their strength and found them. The situation was chaotic around them and they would die if they stayed here doing nothing. They couldn't stay here; no matter how much Serra needed to indulge her grief, and how much Anakin wanted to let her mourn.

Serra didn't respond for several moments. Finally, she nodded, and stood with determination while clasping her lightsaber. She turned to Anakin, now having that same determination he had seen before, as if absolutely nothing had happened.

Anakin looked closely. He knew she was repressing her pain, but he also knew they needed that control. She couldn't allow herself to break apart now, and he had a feeling that would serve them well.

They continued on to delve further into the Temple facility. It wasn't a choice. They needed to avoid the heavy troopers, in order to stay alive. That went for the other Jedi as well. They had to keep moving, since that was the only advantage they had against the clone troopers. As discouraging as it was sometimes, they had to continue on the off-chance that they would find someone who was alive. Until they were absolutely sure that all the Jedi had been wiped out, or that the survivors left had escaped into the safety of the Coruscant passageways outside, they were not going to back down from these troopers. They just had to find a way around them while making sure they weren't decimated in the process.

The sounds of explosions below rocked the lower levels of the building, as the clone troopers continued to destroy more of the Temple structure.