The last of the forgotten legacy
Chapter 0: The Awakening (33 BBY)
It was a normal day at the Jedi temple on Coruscant. Jedi were conversing with each other, temple guards were walking around in their usual patrol patterns and Master's were taking their Padawans to complete their lessons. Qui-Gon Jinn was walking to his quarters when suddenly he gets hit by a weird feeling. The force flowed through him in a weird way. It was trying to tell him something, so he went to his quarters as fast as he could to meditate about it in peace.
He entered his small quarters. His quarters were bigger than the Jedi knight quarters but not by a lot. It only had a bed with a small chair by its side and a small drawer, so he could keep his belongings outside of plain sight. He kneeled down to the ground. He began to focus.
He woke up in the middle of a field. By the look of the vegetation around him he concluded that he was probably on Dantooine He stood up and took in his surroundings. He saw a small hill to his south, a camp to his east and a burning village ingulfed in fog to the west. He made his way to the village.
Qui-Gon made it to the village, but he couldn't go through the fog. He was trying to find a way through until he heard crying coming from inside the village.
"Who's there?" he yelled.
But there was no response and the crying continued. He continued to try and find a way through the fog. He was beginning to give up until a small outline of a human child appeared on the other side of the fog. The crying stopped.
"Who are you?" Qui-Gon asked with a concerned look on his face. The boy didn't answer or move at all. Then another outline of a man that appeared to be wearing armor creeped up behind the boy, grabbed him and started pulling him away.
Before the small child disappeared around the corner he managed to let out a scream "Help me, please!".
As soon as Qui-Gon came to his senses, he stood up and headed straight to the landing platforms outside the temple. On the way there he encountered Obi-Wan.
"Come with me now!" he demanded in a very serious tone as he walked past him.
"Well somebody woke up on the wrong side of bed," Obi-Wan thought to himself before he went after Qui-Gon.
"Why are you in such a rush?" Obi-Wan put his hand on Qui-Gon's shoulder and pulled him back to stop him.
"I had a vision, we have to hurry. I'll tell you about it on the ship." They made their way to the ship and soon they were in hyperspace on their way to Dantooine.
"So, what you're telling me is that you think pirates attacked a tribal village in the middle of nowhere on a peaceful planet and kidnapped a child," Obi-Wan said, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.
"Well that's what my vision told me," Qui-Gon said, sitting in the captain's chair.
"Do you know where the village is?" Obi-Wan asked.
"No, not yet at least. But I'm sure we'll learn the location quickly. Dantooine doesn't have many populated areas. The only really populated areas are the old Jedi enclave and a couple of villages around it," Qui-Gon answered, putting his hand under his chin as if it helped him think.
They landed on Dantooine and not long after that they intercepted a couple of locals talking about a recent raid on a small village. Obi-Wan kindly asks the locals to reveal the location of the village and so they did. They rented a couple of speeders and they sped off into the distance.
By nightfall they made it to the outskirts of the village. They went up to the top of a small hill to scout out the area with their binoculars.
"I don't see anything," Obi-Wan said in a confused tone.
The village was completely destroyed. Only a few houses were still standing but they were burning and bodies littered the what appeared to be a market before the attack.
"I don't see anything either, but I can feel something, someone actually. I can't quite make out who or what it is, but I can sense its emotions, it's frightened. Let's get down to the village quickly it looks clear anyway" said Qui-Gon, before quickly standing up and fast-walking to his speeder.
They carefully entered the what appeared to be more of a tribal village than anything else up close and they slowly made their way through, clearing every standing building and every corner in the process. They made their way through half of the village when all of the sudden they heard very faint crying. Obi-Wan pinpointed the location where the cries were coming from with the help of the force. The crying was coming from a house close to them.
The house looked like it could collapse at any second. They made their way into the house.
"You check the room on the right I'll check the room in front of us and the room on our left." said Qui-Gon, while peeking around the corner to see if the room he was about to check didn't have any immediate danger in it.
Kenobi nodded, and they split up, each searching their designated room. When they both cleared their rooms, they met up back in the small lobby of the house.
"I didn't find anything in my room, Master," Obi-Wan revealed.
"Neither did I," Qui-Gon said.
They made their way into the last room. As soon as they entered they could hear quiet sobbing coming from a small hole in the wall. They quietly made their way towards the source of the sobbing. Obi-Wan peeked through the hole.
"Master come look at this…" he said with a stunned look on his face.
Qui-Gon made his way to him and when he looked around the corner he couldn't believe what he saw. There were 2 adult bodies laying next to each other while a small child was sitting next to them with his head hidden behind his knees.
"I'm guessing those are his…" before Obi-Wan could finish the sentence the child looked at them. He panicked and started backing off into a corner.
"Go away!" the child begged them.
"Don't worry we aren't here to hurt you. What happened here?" asked Obi-Wan as he approached and kneeled down to his level to check if he was hurt.
"I don't know. I was playing in the living room and my parents entered and told me to get into our hiding spot, but before we could close the entrance one of them entered and tried to take them. They refused and they started fighting and then he, he…" before the child could finish the sentence he began having what appeared to be a panic attack. He started tearing up and breathing really fast.
"Calm down little one. We'll get you to safety, but first you have to tell us who attacked you so we can deal with the situation, so something like this doesn't happen again," said Obi-Wan, trying to calm the child.
"I don't know them. It's the first time I saw them but they weren't pirates. The only distinct thing about them was that they were wearing what looked like expensive armor and they were using weapons that fired yellow bolts," said the child, slowly calming himself.
"Yellow bolts?" Obi-Wan asked. Before Qui-Gon could state his theory he sensed lifeforms approaching on speeders.
"Tell me your name little one," Qui-Gon said.
"My name is Cindo," the child answered.
"Okay Cindo listen to me. Me and my friend here are going to meet our visitors, you stay behind us, understood?" said Qui-Gon as he was looking through the window to see who was approaching the village.
"Yes, I'll be right behind you," said Cindo. They made their way to the village market.
They could hear the speeders approaching. It would only be a matter of time before they could spot who was riding them. Qui-Gon jumped up onto one of the few roofs that were still accessible and pulled out his binoculars.
"It's 5 Mandalorian raiders. Or atleast they look like they're Mandalorian," Qui-Gon concluded.
"Well let's prepare an ambush," Obi-Wan responded.
Qui-Gon jumped off the roof and walked by Kenobi and patted him on the shoulder "We won't be able to prepare a good one," he responded with a grin on his face.
"Why?" asked Obi-Wan, confused.
"Because they'll be here in about 10 to 20 seconds. Quickly now Cindo find a good hiding spot." said Qui-Gon. Cindo nodded and quickly ran towards a stack of boxes beside one of the market stalls while Obi-Wan jumped up on the roof.
The men wearing Mandalorian armor dismounted their speeders and slowly strolled towards Qui-Gon. They were wearing blue and white Mandalorian armor and they were each equipped with a jetpack and 2 blasters. Qui-Gon could easily spot their leader as he was the only one wearing a shoulder pauldron and a cape.
"Huh, Jedi. What are you doing here?" their leader asked.
"I was here on a spiritual trip until I encountered this piece of art and I couldn't help but to observe it up close," Qui-Gon responded sarcastically.
"Ah, I see. Well this art piece is off limits so we would be happy if you could move out of the way. We seem to have forgotten putting up the finishing touches," their leader said.
"Ah yes certainly," Qui-Gon moved out of the way and gestured the Mandalorians to go forward.
As soon as the last Mandalorian passed Qui-Gon he tackled him and stomped on his helmet knocking him unconscious. The other Mandalorians turned around and reached for their blasters, but at the same time Obi-Wan dropped down from the roof landing on one of the Mandalorians knocking them out. The remaining Mandalorians opened fire. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan activated their lightsabers and began deflecting bolts. One of the Mandalorians activated their jetpack and started flying around them to get an easier shot. But Qui-Gon masterfully deflected a bolt back into his jetpack, sending him flying straight into a building. There were only 2 Mandalorians left. The leader then pulled out a vibroblade and lunged himself at Obi-Wan which blocked his attempt at surprising him. They then engaged in a duel, as Qui-Gon was too busy deflecting bolts from the other remaining Mandalorian.
"You know the thing I came here for is worth a lot to a certain person. And if you think that I'm gonna let a couple of Jedi destroy my plans you're wrong," the leader said angrily.
"Well come on then, I'm waiting," Obi-Wan responded with a smirk on his face.
The Mandalorian leader then lunged himself at Obi-Wan again, with the same result. But he kept on attacking. Obi-Wan immediately noticed that his opponent had no technique, his plan probably being to get in as many strikes as he could, so he could make Kenobi tired. But it had the opposite effect. Obi-Wan blocked every single one of his attacks with ease and soon the Mandalorian was completely out of breath, unable to even hold the vibroblade properly in his hands. Obi-Wan striked back with a horizontal slash to his body which the Mandalorian blocked, but he stumbled back nearly falling. Kenobi finished the job with kicking the leader in the stomach forcing him to fall to the ground.
"It appears that you have lost," Obi-Wan said with a smile on his face while he was holding his blue lightsaber up to the Mandalorian's helmet.
Obi-Wan put his hands in binders and forced him to sit so he wouldn't be able to get up. Meanwhile Qui-Gon ran off after the last Mandalorian that was trying to escape at that point, or so Kenobi thought. He was guarding the leader and the other 3 men he managed to arrest, when he felt a blaster press up to his head from behind.
"Goodbye, Jedi," said the last Mandalorian as he managed to sneak up on Kenobi. At that point Kenobi accepted his defeat and just closed his eyes.
Before the Mandalorian pulled the trigger the only thing Obi-Wan could hear was Cindo screaming "Noooo!"
And then he heard it. The blaster fired. He opened his eyes thinking that it was all over. But he came to the realization that he was still alive. He looked behind him in confusion and what he saw was incredible. The Mandalorian's hand was up in the air.
"What's happening," he yelled in frustration.
When he finally broke free he aimed for Obi-Wan again but Obi-Wan ignited his lightsaber and cut the Mandalorian's hand off before he could pull the trigger again. The Mandalorian dropped to the ground screaming from the pain that Kenobi inflicted. Kenobi put the last Mandalorian in binders and stood up.
"Thanks for the help, Master," Kenobi said but when he turned around Qui-Gon just rounded the corner and headed straight for Obi-Wan.
"I lost the last one Padawan," he said. Kenobi looked at him with a stare full of confusion.
"Is something wrong Obi-Wan?" Qui-Gon asked.
"If you didn't use the force to control the Mandalorian's hand then who did?" Kenobi asked himself.
"Did I miss something?" Qui-Gon said.
Obi-Wan ignored his questions and looked straight at Cindo. Obi-Wan walked towards him and when he got to him he kneeled to his level.
"I can feel the force flowing through you, young one. I have never sensed such power before," said Obi-Wan.
Qui-Gon slowly came up behind him and said "I only sensed someone with more power once. Come with us young one," He helped Cindo up on his feet and they made their way back to the ship.