Jack was seated on the side watching the frigates under shade.
Already wearing his black cermonial attire.
He watched as the Atreades soldiers escorted the Harkonnen prisoners onto the ship.
For each Harkonennen prisoner their was atleast two Atreadis soldiers escorting them.
There were nearly a hundread Harkonnen soldeirs being escroted by Atreadis soldeirs.
"Young Paul," Thufir calmly walked up to Jack, holding a large note pad.
"Could you find your father, He should be in his office, he has not been responding" Thufir said.
"Why is he not replying?" Jack aksed.
"I predict he must be taking a nap before setting off, he was up very early today" Thufir said.
"Alright" Jack said as he stood up.
As he began walking towards Leto's office, he glanced towards his suit.
"This suit is not suitable for Arrakis heat at all" Jack muttered as he walked throuhg a long hall.
'I know they had the whole butlerian JIhad situation, but they seriously could have allowed Arrakis to have some air conditioners at least' Jack thought to himself with a sigh as he arrived infront of Duke Leto's office.
Pushing the door open, Jack saw Leto with his arm on the desk. His head resting on top of his folded arms.
Jack smirked a little.
'Thufir was right... he is taking a nap' Jack thought to himslef as he almost chuckled.
Step by step Jack walked up to Leto.
Arriving at his desk, Jack hesistated for a moment.
'It still feels so odd calling him father... Oh well, its not like I had much of a father back then anyways, he is definetly more worthy even in the short 5 months I have known him' Jack thouhgt to himself staring at Leto.
He extended his hand and nuddged Leto but recived no response.
"Father" Jack said as he nudged Leto a bit harder.
As Jack's nudged Leto he got no reaction from Leto.
'Some deep sleep he is in' Jack thought to himself as he nudged harder, but when he didnt respond a frown appeared on Jack's face.
Two fingers swiftly moved towards Leto's neck.
As soon as his fingers landed on Leto's neck, Jack tried feeling for a pulse.
His eyes widened as he looked down at Leto.
His body freezing up slightly.
Jack's fingers didnt move staying on Leto's neck, waiting for a pulse that didnt come.
An eerie silence filled the air as Jack's body remained still for many moments.
He was quiet, a loud gulp being the sound in the room.
Jack slowly retracted his hand away from Leto, quietly staring at him he took a step back.
"Thu..." Jack felt a lump forming in his throat.
His fingers reaching to the side of ear, he activated his communication device.
"Thufir" Jack muttered.
"Yes Young Paul, is Master Leto awake?" Thufir's voice came.
"Thu--"
"No go there!" Thufirs voice came throuhg interrupting Jack's words.
"Sorry Young Paul, Please continue" Thufir said.
Jack was silent.
He took a deep breath in.
"Thufir... Father is dead"
A silence came from the other end.
"I am sorry" Thufir spoke, his voice a bit silent.
"I think I may have mis heard what you just said, Young paul..."
"Duke Leto... has died" Jack said.
A long silence followed.
...
Inside Leto's office, Yueh had quickly arrived.
He had layed Leto's body onto the ground and had just began confirmations.
Jessica stood by the side with almost dread in her eyes as she stared at Leto's body lying on the ground.
Thufir was silent, his eyes occasioannly flashing white as he used his mentat powers.
Jack was seated on the ground, staring at everything a little blankly.
'He is dead...' he thought to himself.
Duncan walekd into the room quietly and approached Jack.
Crouching besides him, Duncans eyes were stuck on Duke Leto.
His hand rested on Jack's shoulders providing comfort.
"What happened..." Duncan muttered loud enough for only Jack to hear.
Yet Jack didnt respond.
He himself didnt know what happened here.
Yueh who had been constantly checking over Leto's body finally stood up and stepped away from Leto's body.
Turning around to face the crowd he announced what every body in the room knew, yet didnt want to belive.
"Duke Leto Atreades has passed away" Yueh said solemnly.
Jessica grit her teeth, her eyes filled with moisture, threatening to drop at any moment.
Jack glanced at Leto, whoes eyes were shut in silence.
Thufir stood by, his eyes finnaly returning back to normal.
Quietly The master of Assasins, Duke Leto's right hand man, Thufir Hayat The mentat of House Atreades stepped towards his masters body.
Kneeling besides it, Thufir rested his hand on Leto's chest, "Goodbye old friend,"
"It has been a honour to serve under you..." He muttered, his eyes shutting for a moment.
Moment quickly slipped by before Thufir opened his eyes.
"You have handed your son something worth having" Thufir muttered.
Just then Thufir felt a hand graph his shoulder, turning his head to see who it was.
He saw Jack.
His eyes werent cold, they werent resolute.
They seemed empty.
Thufir was silent for a few moments before he stood up and took a few steps back.
Jack knelt down besides Duke Leto.
Jack stared at his face that seemed to have grown slightly pale in silence.
His eyes hovering towards the Leto's right hand, Jackks hand moved, reaching Leto's hand.
Jack gently pried a ring of Duke Leto's corpse.
Bringing it infront of him, he stared at the golden bird inscribed on the ring for a few moments before he raised his right hand and slid the ring onto his index finger.
'It's loose' Jack thought to himself. 'But it is mine to wear now'
He stood up and turned away from Leto, his eyes landing on the people in the room.
Jessica, Thufir, Yeuh and Duncan quietly stared at him.
"We have buisness to handle now, we can mourn later" Jack said as his eyes landed on Thufir.
"Are we ready to leave for Landsraad?" Jack asked.
Thufirs was silent for a few moments, HIs eyes glanced towards the ring on Jack's finger and then back at his face.
"Yes... we are ready to leave" Thufir said.
"Good, we shall set off immediately then" Jack nodded as his eyes landed towards Jessica.
"Have someone preserve Father's body, we shall hold a grand funeral for him once we return" Jack said as he stepped forward.
Duncan glanced at Thufir as Jack walked past them in silence, feeling a little stumped.
Thufir glanced at him with a frown.
"Do not dilly dally Swordmaster Idaho, Duke Paul has issued his command, we are leaving for the Landsraad." Thufir said,