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Seven beings were on a tramp freighter, bound from Coruscant to Nar Shaddaa, the Hutt moon. One of these, the oldest, was a Togruta female. Her name was Shaak Ti.
She was a Jedi Master. A Council member in fact. She had been responsible for the defence of the Jedi Temple after the Sith had begun their revenge. And she had performed well. But not well enough. The Force had roared as Jedi were cut down in the Temple itself. Her friends had died around her, just because she had failed to do one simple thing: keep Anakin Skywalker within the Jedi Temple. It had been a simple task, and she had failed. And because of her failure, Mace Windu had died, Darth Sidious had lived, and Jedi were cut down across the galaxy as a direct result of Operation Knightfall and Order 66. She could have stopped it. But she had failed.
The next person, sleeping fitfully, as though in pain, was a young woman with black hair in ponytails. Her arm was in a sling, and her back was in pain, but aside from that, there was no indication of her fight with the newly christened Sith Lord Darth Vader. This was Serra Keto. The former, and best, padawan of Jedi Battlemaster Cin Drallig, she had went one on one with Vader, and had lost. She would have died if it hadn't been for Shaak Ti finding her. Shaak Ti put her away safe, and then stabilised her after she had finished her fight with Vader. She had since nursed her back to health.
Next was a young boy of fourteen, named Whie. He winced with every movement. This boy had been training under Cin Drallig when Vader had attacked, backed up by the 501st Legion. He had attacked Vader, but Vader had been too quick for him. If it wasn't for Cin Drallig force pushing him at the last possible moment, Whie would have died. But, now, he was on the mend, after careful care by Shaak Ti.
Beside him, holding his hand in sympathy, was a girl of fourteen, called Tallisibeth Enwandung Esterhazy, or Scout. She had been smuggled out of the Temple by a Jedi Knight, who had been killed by a stray blaster bolt from a clone. She was the only one from her group to have survived, the others all being killed as they ran.
Next was a young boy of ten, called Zett Jukassa. He had taken the clones head on, trying to get out of the Temple with Senator Bail Organa. Unfortunately, Commander Fox, one of the leaders of the 501st, had shot him down. Shaak Ti had rescued him and had slowly nursed him back to health.
Next was another padawan, called Senna Cy. She was girl of Zett's age. She had been taken out of the temple by a kindly Gran Jedi. She had then watched as the Jedi had been murdered by clones. She had went into the temple vents, finding Shaak Ti and her wounded Jedi.
Last was a young man, the same age as Serra, who had helped Shaak Ti by getting Jedi out of the temple. His name was Dyren Lan. He had got out thirteen, four of which were Knights. They had now dispersed across the galaxy. However, he, worried about others, had slipped back into the temple, to find Shaak Ti. He had found her, and had been with her ever since.
The seven of them were onboard the Silent Witness, and were preparing to make their way to Nar Shaddaa. From there, they would make their way out into the galaxy, and into hiding.
The galaxy had fallen into dark times. Emperor Palpatine had taken over the galaxy and was now using Darth Vader and his massive clone army to enforce his will throughout the galaxy. The Jedi had been shattered, and were now going into hiding. And this group was doing the same.
"Master, when are we mean tot take off?" Scout asked impatiently.
"I told you to call me miss. In five minutes." Shaak Ti said.
Shaak Ti shook her head. Maybe she shouldn't have been so hard on the girl. After all, this was new to the lot of them. It wasn't fair to take her frustrations out on the girl, especially when she had taken so much weight of her shoulders by looking after Whie.
"I'm sorry dear. I shouldn't have snapped. But…"
"It wasn't your fault. You couldn't know that he would do what he did." Dyren said comfortingly.
"Thank you dear. It's kind of you to say so."
"Shouldn't we try to find others like us?" Zett asked.
"If only we could. But I don't know how many are alive."
"But there are other councillors…" Senna said.
"Two of whom are in hiding and the other is the Emperor's new toy. I am the last one who is active. Which is not a pleasant thought."
She looked around at the other passengers. Many of them seemed depressed. Gran, Duro, Bothans and other species, all heading out onto the rim. With the introduction of the Empire, many species weren't welcome any more. The racism was enough to make anyone leave the planet. Aliens were now looked down upon. So, for them, like it was for the Jedi, it was time to leave. Then, a threat rippled in the Force.
"Stay calm." Shaak Ti ordered.
Serra opened her eyes to watch a group of six clones, dressed in white armour with red markings, walk onto the transport. They fanned out, asking for ID cards. They went along without mishap, until they saw a young Sullastan with a human male. They stood up.
"Yes?" the human asked.
"ID." The lead clone said.
"And why should we?" the Sullastan asked.
"Master?" Serra muttered.
"Leave it." Shaak Ti said.
"Because I ordered it. ID!" the commander shouted.
"Calm down Commander." One troop said.
The clone turned and fired two rounds into him. He dropped to the floor smoking.
"Anyone else want to challenge the way I do things?"
"No Commander Carhac!"
"Good."
He turned back to the Sullastan and the human.
"What is your trip for?"
"We're going out to the rim to see some friends." A new voice said.
Carhac turned to see a human female, with two toddlers, and a Sullastan female with four babies.
"ID." Carhac reiterated.
"We've already shown our IDs. We don't need to do it again." The human male said.
Carhac snapped. Shaak Ti gasped, then covered Zett and Senna's eyes, as Serra did the same to Scout and Whie.
Carhac fired several blaster bolts off, hitting the young man in the head, stomach and legs. The Sullastan male was hit three times in the head. As the women screamed, he turned and fired two bolts into the female Sullastan. He then fired into the babies. The human female was screaming, and trying to run, but the babies were stopping her. Carhac shot off another two shots, which blew through the womans chest, and then he fired at the toddlers. He sighed in exaltation, and then led his troops from the ship. Shaak Ti started to cry. That was one seriously bad clone. Where the hell did he come from?
She watched out the viewport, ignoring the others as they cried ins hock and despair. She watched as Carhac got into his speeder and sped off.
She knew they would cross paths again.
With that thought, the ship lurched into the air. Five minutes later, they had left the planet, Shaak Ti's home for so many years, the home of the Jedi, the one time centre of peace and justice, behind.
With one last look at the place they had all called home, they watched as Coruscant became smaller and smaller, and was then gone, as they jumped to lightspeed.
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