Timeframe- NJO, after Rebirth, around the time of Star by Star and Dark Journey.
Focus- Jacen (mainly), I do hope to have Tenel Ka in there eventually.
Summary- Jacen finds what he believes to be his true purpose in this galaxy.
This is my second attempt at a Fan Fiction. I had originally posted a version of this story on the fan fiction forum of
theforce.net, but no one reviewed it. Please comment on this story, I would like to know if I should post a second chapter
of it or just not bother with it.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I am making no money off of this story.
Let us begin.
Jacen was sitting in a small shuttle, heading straight for the planet Hapes. He intended to go there and state his
intentions, regarding this galaxy. The galaxy was falling apart and it needed a new leader to keep it together. He
intended to become that leader.
He was resting and reflecting on that fateful day when his entire life had changed. That day when he had stopped
whining about the way things should be and started taking action. That day when he had lost all of the innocence that he
once had. The day he had learned his true place in the Force.
***
Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin were back on Duro. They had originally come here to help organize a resistance against the
Yuuzhan Vong. Being inside the core, Duro had become the central base of operations for the Vong, and the young Solos had
hoped to spearhead the resistance against them.
Many of the original refugees that had been stranded on Duro during the original invasion of the planet had hid
underground. There were at least a hundred of them and they were all very eager to help any effort that might rid the
planet of the Vong. For the past few weeks the refugees, with the help of the young Solos, had been sabotaging the
Yuuzhan Vong efforts to find the remaining survivors.
"It's time." Jacen said, walking into the room where his little brother and twin sister were discussing how to go
about their next raid on Vong transports. They where in an office that had been dug out of the wall of one of the
underground tunnels. The room was very small and only had a table and two chairs in it.
"Time for what?" Anakin asked, frustrated by Jacen's interruption. Jacen hadn't been contributing much to these
meetings. He claimed that it was best to just leave the military strategizing up to Anakin and Jaina; claiming that that
kind of thing was never one of his gifts.
"Time to hit the heart of the Vong on this planet" Jacen said.
"Are you nuts? They still outnumber us about two hundred to one." Jaina said, looking at her twin brother as if he
had completely lost his mind.
"And plus, we don't even know how to get into there main base." Anakin said, matching Jaina's tone.
"I had another vision. I know how to get in. And also, the Vong will always outnumber us. They can get
reinforcements, but we can't" Jacen said, looking at both his brother and sister with a very serious expression.
"What did you see in this vision?" Anakin was not too sure of whether or not to trust one of Jacen's visions. They
were usually accurate, but they had led him astray before.
"I saw Anakin and I, walking into the Vong HQ and killing Tsavong Lah." Jacen said.
"That's it? Just you and Anakin walking in and killing the Vong head honcho? How do you know that this wasn't just
a dream?" Jaina asked, still sounding like she was questioning her twin's sanity.
"There was a lot more to it than that, but that's it in a nut shell. And plus, Jedi don't dream; you know that."
Jacen said, still looking very serious.
"In your vision, how did we escape? I assume that we both survived, other wise I don't think you would be as adamant
about this." Anakin said, sensing that Jacen truly believed that what he had seen would work.
"Yes we both survived. And we left the same way we got in, through the window. We got in and out before anyone knew
we were there."
"You can't be serous." Jaina said, more to herself than to Jacen. She could sense Jacen's sincerity better that
Anakin could, but she was just having a lot of trouble believing it.
"Well I guess it was going to come to this sooner or later. And who am I to turn down an opportunity to kill
Tsavong Lah?" Anakin said, deciding to go along with his brother's plan.
"Good, we'll go as soon as you're ready." Jacen turned around and left the room in a hurry; giving the impression
that he wanted to hit the Vong HQ sooner rather than latter.
After Jacen left Jaina asked "Should I send reinforcements to go after you?"
"No. If this doesn't work I want you to take as many of the refugees as you can and get them off this planet. One
way or another, this is going to be the last offensive that we are going to try and I don't want to put more people in
danger than is necessary." Anakin said, with a very sober face.
Jaina looked like she understood, but Anakin got the feeling that she didn't like his tone.
***
They managed to sneak up to the Vong HQ without any of the Vong seeing them, just the way Jacen had seen in his
vision. They were near a side of the beetle-like Vong building that seemed to be unguarded. It had no reason to be
guarded. The only thing that might be considered an entrance was the eye socket looking opening that was about a hundred
feet above where they were currently hiding.
"Is this how you saw it in your vision?" Anakin asked, trying to make sure that every thing was going according to
plan.
"Yes. Everything is happening the way I saw it in my vision."
"Even this conversation?" Anakin asked, curious as to how specific Jacen's vision had been.
"Yes. Even this conversation." Jacen was obviously amused by this because he allowed himself to smile.
"Wow!" Anakin said, truly impressed with how much detail Jacen's vision of the future had shown him. "Is that the
window you were talking about?" He asked, pointing to the opening above them.
"Yes. There should be three of them in that room. Can you get a reading on them with your lambent?"
Anakin concentrated for a moment, then said, "No, they are too far away. They all seem to blend together."
"There should only be three of them up there. When we vault into the room there will be one to the left and behind
you. There will be another one in front and to the right of both of us, but she is a shamed one so she won't fight. And
then, there will be Tsavong Lah directly in front of us both. The one behind you will attack first. He will come at you
straight from where he is standing so be prepared to block a blow to the head from behind. Tsavong Lah will come after me.
Do you understand?"
"Yes. I understand" Anakin said, even more in awe of how specific his brother's vision had been.
***
They stood directly under the window, Jacen on the right and Anakin on the left. "Now!" Jacen said, and they both
vaulted up towards the opening simultaneously. When they landed in the room, everything was as Jacen had described.
Tsavong Lah was obviously shocked by the sudden appearance of the Jedi, but he recovered well. "Well, it seems that
the two Jeedai most wanted by my people have decided to turn themselves in."
"Hardly" Jacen said, radiating calm determination.
"I do not hold your younger brother with the same hatred that I hold you. He will have the benefit of a quick
death." Tsavong Lah said, and in that instant the Vong behind Anakin struck with his amphistaff, but Anakin was ready and
stopped the blow with an over the head block. But then something that hadn't happened in Jacen's vision took place.
Tsavong Lah, instead of coming at Jacen, struck at Anakin. Anakin's lightsaber was being held behind his head by the force
of the other Vong, and he couldn't deflect the amphistaff that pierced his heart from directly in front of him.
Anakin managed a choked "What?" as he looked at the snake like weapon that had impaled him, before he fell to the
floor.
"You, on the other hand, shall know much pain before you die" Tsavong Lah said, letting a smile spread across his
face that could only be described as an expression of vicious delight.
Jacen couldn't hear him. He watched his brother fall to the floor in horror. What had gone wrong? Every thing had
been going perfectly until this point. Then Jacen saw the expression on Anakin's face. It was the expression of someone
who had been betrayed. That is what had happened. The Force had betrayed them. It had betrayed Jacen before and now it
had done it again, only this time it had killed his only brother. He had spent his entire life trying to understand what
the Force was trying to tell him. He had spent his entire life in the service of the Force, and this is how the Force
repaid him! By betraying him and his only brother!
His subconscious mind understood this. His conscious mind, on the other hand, was too clouded with rage to
comprehend anything so complex at the moment. Rage at the Force, rage at himself, and rage at the Vong. But the Vong in
the room would never live long enough to realize their mistake.
Without moving a muscle, Jacen grabbed hold of his lightsaber with the Force, took it off of his belt, turned it
on, and sent the green glowing blade through the necks of every Vong in the room. This all happened in a millisecond.
None of the Vong had the chance to offer any type of resistance against Jacen's swift vengeance. And before any of the
Vong's heads had the chance to hit the ground, Jacen had the deactivated hilt of his lightsaber back on his belt.
Jacen looked at the dead body of his younger brother. He saw the betrayal still written in Anakin's face. He felt
the overwhelming sadness, hatred and rage well up inside him. These emotions became unbearably overpowering. And then,
in an involuntary attempt to release those emotions, Jacen through his head back and let out an uncontrolled scream that
shook the planet. As he screamed, the Force around him rippled and bent. Dark Force lightning sparked from ever appendage
of his body. The walls of the room warped under the stress. Had he been standing in a normal building the whole thing
would have been completely demolished by now.
How could the Force do this to him? His whole family had spent their entire lives in the service of the Force, and this is
how it repaid him? His rage doubled and the room could no longer hold up to the assault. The walls blew out and were
shoved up against the walls of the rooms next to them.
***
Jacen couldn't remember much after that. Somehow he had managed to find a small light speed capable craft and he
had left Duro. After that he had come to the understanding that the Force was not an all-knowing entity that a Jedi can use
to gain wisdom. The Force was a tool to be used by the people who have the power to use it. Things don't work if you just
let them happen on their own. You have to make them work. The Force is a tool used to make the galaxy work, and it won't
work if you don't make it.
The Vong were a plague to the galaxy and they needed to be eradicated. But even with a tool as powerful as the Force
and with that tool being enhanced by his emotions, he still wasn't strong enough to destroy the Vong on his own. That is
why he was heading to Hapes. He might have a chance to convince an old friend to see things his way. With her physical
and military might there was a very good chance that, under his direction, they could destroy the Vong forever and be sure
that a threat like them never came again.
Focus- Jacen (mainly), I do hope to have Tenel Ka in there eventually.
Summary- Jacen finds what he believes to be his true purpose in this galaxy.
This is my second attempt at a Fan Fiction. I had originally posted a version of this story on the fan fiction forum of
theforce.net, but no one reviewed it. Please comment on this story, I would like to know if I should post a second chapter
of it or just not bother with it.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters. I am making no money off of this story.
Let us begin.
Jacen was sitting in a small shuttle, heading straight for the planet Hapes. He intended to go there and state his
intentions, regarding this galaxy. The galaxy was falling apart and it needed a new leader to keep it together. He
intended to become that leader.
He was resting and reflecting on that fateful day when his entire life had changed. That day when he had stopped
whining about the way things should be and started taking action. That day when he had lost all of the innocence that he
once had. The day he had learned his true place in the Force.
***
Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin were back on Duro. They had originally come here to help organize a resistance against the
Yuuzhan Vong. Being inside the core, Duro had become the central base of operations for the Vong, and the young Solos had
hoped to spearhead the resistance against them.
Many of the original refugees that had been stranded on Duro during the original invasion of the planet had hid
underground. There were at least a hundred of them and they were all very eager to help any effort that might rid the
planet of the Vong. For the past few weeks the refugees, with the help of the young Solos, had been sabotaging the
Yuuzhan Vong efforts to find the remaining survivors.
"It's time." Jacen said, walking into the room where his little brother and twin sister were discussing how to go
about their next raid on Vong transports. They where in an office that had been dug out of the wall of one of the
underground tunnels. The room was very small and only had a table and two chairs in it.
"Time for what?" Anakin asked, frustrated by Jacen's interruption. Jacen hadn't been contributing much to these
meetings. He claimed that it was best to just leave the military strategizing up to Anakin and Jaina; claiming that that
kind of thing was never one of his gifts.
"Time to hit the heart of the Vong on this planet" Jacen said.
"Are you nuts? They still outnumber us about two hundred to one." Jaina said, looking at her twin brother as if he
had completely lost his mind.
"And plus, we don't even know how to get into there main base." Anakin said, matching Jaina's tone.
"I had another vision. I know how to get in. And also, the Vong will always outnumber us. They can get
reinforcements, but we can't" Jacen said, looking at both his brother and sister with a very serious expression.
"What did you see in this vision?" Anakin was not too sure of whether or not to trust one of Jacen's visions. They
were usually accurate, but they had led him astray before.
"I saw Anakin and I, walking into the Vong HQ and killing Tsavong Lah." Jacen said.
"That's it? Just you and Anakin walking in and killing the Vong head honcho? How do you know that this wasn't just
a dream?" Jaina asked, still sounding like she was questioning her twin's sanity.
"There was a lot more to it than that, but that's it in a nut shell. And plus, Jedi don't dream; you know that."
Jacen said, still looking very serious.
"In your vision, how did we escape? I assume that we both survived, other wise I don't think you would be as adamant
about this." Anakin said, sensing that Jacen truly believed that what he had seen would work.
"Yes we both survived. And we left the same way we got in, through the window. We got in and out before anyone knew
we were there."
"You can't be serous." Jaina said, more to herself than to Jacen. She could sense Jacen's sincerity better that
Anakin could, but she was just having a lot of trouble believing it.
"Well I guess it was going to come to this sooner or later. And who am I to turn down an opportunity to kill
Tsavong Lah?" Anakin said, deciding to go along with his brother's plan.
"Good, we'll go as soon as you're ready." Jacen turned around and left the room in a hurry; giving the impression
that he wanted to hit the Vong HQ sooner rather than latter.
After Jacen left Jaina asked "Should I send reinforcements to go after you?"
"No. If this doesn't work I want you to take as many of the refugees as you can and get them off this planet. One
way or another, this is going to be the last offensive that we are going to try and I don't want to put more people in
danger than is necessary." Anakin said, with a very sober face.
Jaina looked like she understood, but Anakin got the feeling that she didn't like his tone.
***
They managed to sneak up to the Vong HQ without any of the Vong seeing them, just the way Jacen had seen in his
vision. They were near a side of the beetle-like Vong building that seemed to be unguarded. It had no reason to be
guarded. The only thing that might be considered an entrance was the eye socket looking opening that was about a hundred
feet above where they were currently hiding.
"Is this how you saw it in your vision?" Anakin asked, trying to make sure that every thing was going according to
plan.
"Yes. Everything is happening the way I saw it in my vision."
"Even this conversation?" Anakin asked, curious as to how specific Jacen's vision had been.
"Yes. Even this conversation." Jacen was obviously amused by this because he allowed himself to smile.
"Wow!" Anakin said, truly impressed with how much detail Jacen's vision of the future had shown him. "Is that the
window you were talking about?" He asked, pointing to the opening above them.
"Yes. There should be three of them in that room. Can you get a reading on them with your lambent?"
Anakin concentrated for a moment, then said, "No, they are too far away. They all seem to blend together."
"There should only be three of them up there. When we vault into the room there will be one to the left and behind
you. There will be another one in front and to the right of both of us, but she is a shamed one so she won't fight. And
then, there will be Tsavong Lah directly in front of us both. The one behind you will attack first. He will come at you
straight from where he is standing so be prepared to block a blow to the head from behind. Tsavong Lah will come after me.
Do you understand?"
"Yes. I understand" Anakin said, even more in awe of how specific his brother's vision had been.
***
They stood directly under the window, Jacen on the right and Anakin on the left. "Now!" Jacen said, and they both
vaulted up towards the opening simultaneously. When they landed in the room, everything was as Jacen had described.
Tsavong Lah was obviously shocked by the sudden appearance of the Jedi, but he recovered well. "Well, it seems that
the two Jeedai most wanted by my people have decided to turn themselves in."
"Hardly" Jacen said, radiating calm determination.
"I do not hold your younger brother with the same hatred that I hold you. He will have the benefit of a quick
death." Tsavong Lah said, and in that instant the Vong behind Anakin struck with his amphistaff, but Anakin was ready and
stopped the blow with an over the head block. But then something that hadn't happened in Jacen's vision took place.
Tsavong Lah, instead of coming at Jacen, struck at Anakin. Anakin's lightsaber was being held behind his head by the force
of the other Vong, and he couldn't deflect the amphistaff that pierced his heart from directly in front of him.
Anakin managed a choked "What?" as he looked at the snake like weapon that had impaled him, before he fell to the
floor.
"You, on the other hand, shall know much pain before you die" Tsavong Lah said, letting a smile spread across his
face that could only be described as an expression of vicious delight.
Jacen couldn't hear him. He watched his brother fall to the floor in horror. What had gone wrong? Every thing had
been going perfectly until this point. Then Jacen saw the expression on Anakin's face. It was the expression of someone
who had been betrayed. That is what had happened. The Force had betrayed them. It had betrayed Jacen before and now it
had done it again, only this time it had killed his only brother. He had spent his entire life trying to understand what
the Force was trying to tell him. He had spent his entire life in the service of the Force, and this is how the Force
repaid him! By betraying him and his only brother!
His subconscious mind understood this. His conscious mind, on the other hand, was too clouded with rage to
comprehend anything so complex at the moment. Rage at the Force, rage at himself, and rage at the Vong. But the Vong in
the room would never live long enough to realize their mistake.
Without moving a muscle, Jacen grabbed hold of his lightsaber with the Force, took it off of his belt, turned it
on, and sent the green glowing blade through the necks of every Vong in the room. This all happened in a millisecond.
None of the Vong had the chance to offer any type of resistance against Jacen's swift vengeance. And before any of the
Vong's heads had the chance to hit the ground, Jacen had the deactivated hilt of his lightsaber back on his belt.
Jacen looked at the dead body of his younger brother. He saw the betrayal still written in Anakin's face. He felt
the overwhelming sadness, hatred and rage well up inside him. These emotions became unbearably overpowering. And then,
in an involuntary attempt to release those emotions, Jacen through his head back and let out an uncontrolled scream that
shook the planet. As he screamed, the Force around him rippled and bent. Dark Force lightning sparked from ever appendage
of his body. The walls of the room warped under the stress. Had he been standing in a normal building the whole thing
would have been completely demolished by now.
How could the Force do this to him? His whole family had spent their entire lives in the service of the Force, and this is
how it repaid him? His rage doubled and the room could no longer hold up to the assault. The walls blew out and were
shoved up against the walls of the rooms next to them.
***
Jacen couldn't remember much after that. Somehow he had managed to find a small light speed capable craft and he
had left Duro. After that he had come to the understanding that the Force was not an all-knowing entity that a Jedi can use
to gain wisdom. The Force was a tool to be used by the people who have the power to use it. Things don't work if you just
let them happen on their own. You have to make them work. The Force is a tool used to make the galaxy work, and it won't
work if you don't make it.
The Vong were a plague to the galaxy and they needed to be eradicated. But even with a tool as powerful as the Force
and with that tool being enhanced by his emotions, he still wasn't strong enough to destroy the Vong on his own. That is
why he was heading to Hapes. He might have a chance to convince an old friend to see things his way. With her physical
and military might there was a very good chance that, under his direction, they could destroy the Vong forever and be sure
that a threat like them never came again.