It had taken forever for them to properly bury all that had been killed in the attack on Edjei. Luke looked around at the other surviving Jedi, the shell shock of so much loss evident on their faces. Lux and himself were the least effected by the deaths, though seeing the children had been hard, for they hadn't known the other Jedi really. Looking over at Lux he nodded, to which he received a nod back before Luke said "It's time to leave. It's not safe here and we can do more for your friends." "They will be avenged." Ezra muttered, to which Kanan and Ahsoka gave him worried glances.
But now was not the time or the place to correct Ezra, for Luke was right. Whoever did this could return. "Where are we going to go?" asked Sabine. Luke sighed and said "Anywhere but here."
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It felt like months since they had been on the run, but really it had just been weeks. Everywhere they stopped at there was an inexplicable "accident", one that they knew was from their hunter. They had thought that after leaving Edjei they would be safe, but somehow it knew that they were there, that they were survivors. Apparently for now, however, it wished to remain in the shadows. For though those "accidents" had happened, they had never seen who had caused them and they had never let anyone else see them.
They had tried splitting up, but both groups had encountered "accidents" so it had some way of tracking them, probably through the Force, so they decided that sticking together was for the best. They had tried to convince Lux, Sabine, Hera and Zeb to wait for them somewhere until this was over, but they insisted on staying with their friends. It was for the best really, because although they were still struggling to accept that all those people they had come to know were dead, Sabine, Hera and Zeb was also less shell shocked compared to the others who had been at the Temple for a while.
Luke looked out over the group that he had become the leader of ever since that awful moment on Edjei. Even though both Lux and Sabine were a bit older then him, they had agreed that his being a Jedi and having been a Commander in the Rebellion made him the right person for the job after Ahsoka had collapsed in on herself. That hadn't happened until they were leaving Edjei.
Suddenly she had just started shaking and sobbing as the impact of the past few days had finally come home to rest. It had taken both Lux and Luke to get her aboard the ship, and the other Jedi weren't holding up that well either. Ever since then, not even Lux could get Ahsoka to smile or say more than a few words at once. Losing Master Plo had hit her hard, for besides Anakin Skywalker, he was the one she had been closest to in the order.
Luke was studying the map of the galaxy that R2 had put out for him, when Lux came in, taking a seat quietly. After a few minutes of him not saying a word, Luke motioned for R2 to take the map away and, as it fizzled out, he asked, "Is something the matter Lux?" "We can't keep running Luke, they need time to recover." He replied. Luke sighed and said "You're right, but what can we do? It finds us wherever we go." "What if we went back to Alderaan? It took several Jedi to be able to sense it, even as close as Anahi, it shouldn't be able to follow you there."
Luke considered this before asking, "But what if it does? The people of Alderaan have been through a lot as it is, it seems cruel to go there knowing that something is following us." "What about Anahi itself? It shouldn't know the hyperspace route there so it would have to fly for months to get there, giving everyone enough time to recover." Lux suggested. Luke nodded and said "I had been considering that myself, but on the other hand, if it does know the route there, there is no one else around so it will feel free to fight us, which if it did, I don't know if the others would be ready to stand and fight." Zeb Hera and Sabine chose that moment to walk in, catching the last of Luke's words.
"Still can't figure out what to do? Hera asked, her worry for Kanan and Ezra showing through her voice. Like it had taken Lux and Luke to support Ahsoka aboard the ship, Hera had supported Kanan, Sabine had handled Ezra, while Zeb had kept an eye on Katooni and Petro, though they had managed to support each other while Petna walked aboard the Ghost as if she were in a trance. Luke shook his head in answer to Hera's question, repeating what he had told Lux. "If only there was some place to go, some place where even if he sensed us he wouldn't think to look there." Luke said quietly, almost to himself.
Hera and Lux shared a look, causing Zeb to say, "I'm not sure I'm going to like this." "You aren't." Hera replied. Luke looked over at first Hera, then Lux, then back to Hera, raising an eyebrow as he asked "Am I going to like this?" Once again Hera shook her head no as Lux said, "None of us are going to like this, I'm not sure it's even possible, but if there was ever a place that fit your description, I have to say its there."
Sabine looked as annoyed as Luke was starting to feel as she said "Will one of you two please spit it out?" Once again Lux and Hera shared a look, almost as if asking or even begging the other to say what they were both thinking. Finally Hera sighed, breaking eye contact with Lux to look at Luke as she replied, "The place where he wouldn't think to look for you is Coruscant, specifically the Jedi Temple."