Adi
High above the treetops on the Wookiee home world of Kashyyyk, Adi Gallia sat inside her make shift quarters, meditating. Her body was at one with the Force, the objects around her levitating at a perfect harmony. The Kashyykian night sky was rich with the aroma of the rainforest, the tropical surface of the planet that was deadly as much as it was beautiful. The tendrils of her spirit sunk deeper into the Force as she let it heal her wounds, and calm her mind. Three years of this treacherous war, she thought. The Clone Army, a Jedi Knight at the head of each battalion, had fought the Separatist army with barely a good night's rest. This was it. Count Dooku had taken Kashyyyk in an act of military desperation, and decided to make a final stand. Master Yoda himself had come to oversee the final victory of the Republic. Peace would be restored...
And then it hit her.
The Force sent a shock that radiated through her body, exploding at her head. Adi's concentration was lost, and she fell from her levitation. Her medpacs, her lightsaber and her comm unit all fell to the durasteel floor with a loud thud. Adi's head spun as she struggled to recount what she had just seen. It was as if the Force had become tainted. As Adi tried reaching into it, she felt only pulses of dark energy, radiating from a place far away...
Coruscant.
The Supreme Chancellor, laughing manically.
Master Windu's dead body.
The boy. The Chosen One whom they had all put so much faith in.
The images flashed in her head. It didn't take a Jedi Master to know what had happened. Adi felt weak inside. She cradled her head with her hands, and removed her tentacle headpiece. The Force had betrayed her. It had kept the Sith hidden from her eyes until it was too late. She reached out, enduring the darkness, and was brought to tears for what she saw.
The Jedi Temple.
Her former Master, Even Piell, igniting his emerald lightsaber in a desperate attempt to stop the intruders.
The shock on his face as the hood came off the intruder to reveal Anakin Skywalker.
His cry of pain, amplified as it echoed through the Force.
And the he was gone. He simply disappeared.
Adi exhaled deeply. At least her Master had become one with the Force. How could the Council not have seen this? Dark side emotions swept through her like a maelstrom, taunting her. Her comm unit cackled with static, catching her from her dark spiral.
"The Jedi have betrayed us. Eliminate them all."
Palpatine's voice. Bastard. Collecting her lightsaber in haste, pausing only to wipe the tears that ran down her smooth cheek, she ran out of her quarters, across a transparisteel window that overlooked the Clone Army, filing up in squads, preparing to dissect the facility. She could feel their obedience, and their hunger for the Jedi. Careful to evade them, she crept close to the ground. She had to find a way off of this planet. She had to go back to the Council. Wait, was there even a Council left? By now the whole damned place must be smoking wreckage. There was nothing left for her and her Jedi companions but to rally up and make a stand against the army that betrayed them.
Too late.
Clonetroopers rushed through the halls. Adi ignited her scarlet lightsaber and called upon the Force to help guide it into the armor of the troops. She knew she could not hold her position. This was all happening so fast...
Squad after squad came rushing out, pinning her against the wall.
"Jedi Master Adi Gallia. You have been convicted of treason and have been sentenced to immediate execution."
What was the use in fighting? Adi thought of all the Jedi she would be joining. Perhaps she would see her apprentice Siri again. She could tell the young girl how sorry she was for causing her to run away. She could see her old master again, and many of her close friends who sat with her on the Council.
"So be it." Adi closed her eyes as she gave herself to the Force.
High above the treetops on the Wookiee home world of Kashyyyk, Adi Gallia sat inside her make shift quarters, meditating. Her body was at one with the Force, the objects around her levitating at a perfect harmony. The Kashyykian night sky was rich with the aroma of the rainforest, the tropical surface of the planet that was deadly as much as it was beautiful. The tendrils of her spirit sunk deeper into the Force as she let it heal her wounds, and calm her mind. Three years of this treacherous war, she thought. The Clone Army, a Jedi Knight at the head of each battalion, had fought the Separatist army with barely a good night's rest. This was it. Count Dooku had taken Kashyyyk in an act of military desperation, and decided to make a final stand. Master Yoda himself had come to oversee the final victory of the Republic. Peace would be restored...
And then it hit her.
The Force sent a shock that radiated through her body, exploding at her head. Adi's concentration was lost, and she fell from her levitation. Her medpacs, her lightsaber and her comm unit all fell to the durasteel floor with a loud thud. Adi's head spun as she struggled to recount what she had just seen. It was as if the Force had become tainted. As Adi tried reaching into it, she felt only pulses of dark energy, radiating from a place far away...
Coruscant.
The Supreme Chancellor, laughing manically.
Master Windu's dead body.
The boy. The Chosen One whom they had all put so much faith in.
The images flashed in her head. It didn't take a Jedi Master to know what had happened. Adi felt weak inside. She cradled her head with her hands, and removed her tentacle headpiece. The Force had betrayed her. It had kept the Sith hidden from her eyes until it was too late. She reached out, enduring the darkness, and was brought to tears for what she saw.
The Jedi Temple.
Her former Master, Even Piell, igniting his emerald lightsaber in a desperate attempt to stop the intruders.
The shock on his face as the hood came off the intruder to reveal Anakin Skywalker.
His cry of pain, amplified as it echoed through the Force.
And the he was gone. He simply disappeared.
Adi exhaled deeply. At least her Master had become one with the Force. How could the Council not have seen this? Dark side emotions swept through her like a maelstrom, taunting her. Her comm unit cackled with static, catching her from her dark spiral.
"The Jedi have betrayed us. Eliminate them all."
Palpatine's voice. Bastard. Collecting her lightsaber in haste, pausing only to wipe the tears that ran down her smooth cheek, she ran out of her quarters, across a transparisteel window that overlooked the Clone Army, filing up in squads, preparing to dissect the facility. She could feel their obedience, and their hunger for the Jedi. Careful to evade them, she crept close to the ground. She had to find a way off of this planet. She had to go back to the Council. Wait, was there even a Council left? By now the whole damned place must be smoking wreckage. There was nothing left for her and her Jedi companions but to rally up and make a stand against the army that betrayed them.
Too late.
Clonetroopers rushed through the halls. Adi ignited her scarlet lightsaber and called upon the Force to help guide it into the armor of the troops. She knew she could not hold her position. This was all happening so fast...
Squad after squad came rushing out, pinning her against the wall.
"Jedi Master Adi Gallia. You have been convicted of treason and have been sentenced to immediate execution."
What was the use in fighting? Adi thought of all the Jedi she would be joining. Perhaps she would see her apprentice Siri again. She could tell the young girl how sorry she was for causing her to run away. She could see her old master again, and many of her close friends who sat with her on the Council.
"So be it." Adi closed her eyes as she gave herself to the Force.