The fight for truth by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson [Watson, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Juvenile Fiction, Kenobi; Obi-Wan (Fictitious character), Jinn; Qui-Gon (Fictitious character), Life on other planets
ISBN: 9780439994958
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2000-08-17T23:00:00+00:00

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Obi-Wan and Siri ran easily side by side. Within seconds, they were ahead of the pack. They reached the first station, a narrow beam suspended several meters above the ground.

The beam curved in a twisting shape in order to test balance. Without breaking stride, Siri, then Obi-Wan, leaped up on it, landed without wavering even a fraction, and lightly ran through its twists and turns without a pause. Siri leaped off the end, somersaulted, and landed. Obi-Wan followed her lead.

The next station was a durasteel wall that had small handholds and footholds to aid climbing. It glistened in the sun.

“I think it's coated to make it more slippery,” Obi-Wan said to

Siri as he raced alongside her. “Might be tricky to climb.”

She grinned. “Why bother?”

Using the Force, Siri leaped and landed on top of the wall, then sprang off and flew through the air. Again, Obi-Wan followed. He landed on top of the wall and jumped down easily.

They were far ahead now. The track course was an easy exercise for them. They had been studying balance and coordination at the Temple from an early age. They rounded the first lap and their score was recorded. Soon they outran others still on their first lap.

Around and around Siri and Obi-Wan ran. Students flooded the course, the faster ones in their second lap, the slower still on the first. It was easy to lose themselves in the crowd.

When they completed the fifth lap, they jogged easily along until they got to a part of the course that curved away from where the Teaching Guides sat on benches, enjoying the sun. Then they simply strolled away.

They noted utility sheds, more classrooms, Security Guide outposts, sleeping quarters for workers, supply sheds, and a landing platform. Nowhere did they see a building that could be the Re-Learning Circle.

“Maybe I was wrong,” Siri said, discouraged. “But 0-Bin clearly said that Davi packed his belongings and V-Tarz walked him there. They didn't take a speeder.”

“We've covered most of the compound,” Obi-Wan said. “The rest is just cultivated gardens and fields for food production.”

Siri gazed over the fields. “Is quinto grain valuable on Kegan?” she asked.

“Not especially,” Obi-Wan said. “It's Kegan's basic crop. It's the base for those veg patties that you love so much.”

“If it's not valuable, why are ten Security Guides guarding it?” Siri asked.

Obi-Wan looked in the distance. Siri's sharp eyes had noted the

Guides lined up in a field.

“Let's get closer,” he suggested.

Using the field of grain as cover, they moved toward the Guides. When they got closer, they

took out electrobinoculars from their utility belts.

The Guides stood ten paces apart. They looked bored. One of them yawned. Another stamped his feet.

“I don't see anything unusual,” Siri said.

“Look at the dirt near the third guard, the one who stamped his feet,” Obi-Wan said.

Siri trained her electrobinoculars on the loose dirt that had been disturbed. “Something is buried there,” she said excitedly. “I see metal.”

“Hold on,” Obi-Wan said. The ground was moving. The guard stepped quickly away as a panel slid open and a ramp leading downward was revealed.

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