Great Jedi Library, Planet Ossus, 2 weeks later
Saks Leetam looked at the basket where the baby was laying. He was a male Gran Jedi, and he was the one who had struck Deemus fatally. His master, a human male named Fergus Onom, was still recovering from the leg wound that Deemus had caused him. Now Fergus had just accompanied Saks in the Jedi library's living quarters.
"I'm starting to understand why Deemus wanted us to take care of the child, my master. Maybe he sensed the Force in the baby. Krengo isn't probably older than a month, and he is already starting to emit signs of a greater understanding. He even lifted a toy with his mind one day. I don't think I've ever seen a child - a baby - with such powers as these", Saks Leetam said.
"Yes, I agree", Fergus replied. "You know, Saks... I have been thinking. You have been my apprentice for almost two years, and lately you have made some important actions in our battle against the Sith. First, you decrypted the transmissions that led us to hideout of master Gorl and his apprentice Deemus on Geonosis, and you even bravely fought and captured Gorl who was trying to escape. And, of course, you killed Deemus. That was a great victory not only to us, but also to you, as a Jedi."
"What do you mean, master Onom?" Saks asked.
"I think that your training is starting to come into an end. You're my third padawan, and the two other have died soon after I let go of them. Now, I've been hesitating on giving you up, but you've proven to be superior Jedi than even I might be, so I think that you are ready to be on your own."
"Are you serious, master Onom?" Saks asked.
"Krengo cannot live in an old, dusty temple without parents for his whole life. I think you should take him into safety, somewhere where he isn't a target to Sith attacks. There are a lot of mountains nearby, and maybe you could settle there with the baby, training him as he ages. He holds a lot of potential, and you could be his master."
Saks Leetam was confused for a moment. This had come very quickly, and he hadn't been prepared.
"I... I agree, my master. If you think that I am ready to take a padawan - and take care of this child - then I shall do so. You are right about his safety, though; the Sith have become more aggressive than ever."
"I believe they are preparing for a war", Fergus Onom replied. "We questioned Sith master Gorl yesterday, and he kept claiming that we would soon face our end. We tried to force him to eat a herb that would have made him reveal the meaning behind his words, but he started unleashing Force lightnings that overheated the machine that kept him in place, and he was killed in the process."
"Well, it is good to hear that he is now also dead. But I must go soon. I will need to prepare a house for me and Krengo, and I want to do it soon. I am afraid of his safety. He might prove to be a very important piece in the battle between the Jedi and the Sith, and I won't allow him to die until he has been trained. Goodbye for now, master Onom."
"Goodbye to you too, master Leetam", Onom replied.
Eocho Mountains, Planet Ossus, 3996 years before the battle of Yavin
Saks Leetam and his young padawan woke up in the middle of the night. The sky trembled, and Leetam could see hundreds of ships fleeing the Jedi library in the horizon. Before they could make any assumptions, a big transport ship landed on their yard. Saks revealed his lightsaber and approached the ship.
"Put it down, we don't have time!" a friendly voice yelled. It was his former master, Fergus Onom, piloting the giant ship.
"What is happening?" Leetam asked.
"Something horrible. Everything is falling apart. The Sith have somehow destroyed nearby stars and caused a supernova that will kill all of us if we don't escape quickly. I have our Jedi starfighters in the back of the ship, don't worry about that. Go get Krengo and let's leave, quickly", Onom explained.
Leetam ran inside and grabbed Krengo, and together they got back outside.
"What is that?" Krengo asked as they were entering the ship.
"It... it's trouble. Krengo, hide inside. Quickly. Master Onom! Come out here! Now!" Leetam answered.
Krengo went into the ship and Onom stepped out, looking worried.
"That starfighter is painted black and has ancient Sith runes on it. It can't be anything good", Leetam pointed out.
"It isn't", Onom replied, and they took their lightsabers out.
The starfighter landed on a nearby cliff, and a female Kel Dor Sith stepped out. The two Jedi masters approached the ship carefully with their lightsabers ready to be activated.
"I followed your ship here, Jedi master", the Sith lord said.
"My name is Gutee'shi. Now that I'm closer, I can see that you are the famous master Onom, who was responsible for the death of my master, Koterra. What a find this is indeed! I get to kill the man who took the life of my trainer... before I could!" she said and revealed her two lightsabers.
The Jedis' lightsabers clashed with the Sith's lightsabers. She deflected their strikes easily, but the two lightsabers made her movements very difficult. Saks Leetam dodged one of her strikes and suddenly jumped over her. She was in a difficult situation, standing between the two Jedi.
Suddenly she kicked Onom in his knee, causing him to fall down with a scream. She quickly swung her hand and pushed Leetam away with Force.
"Prepare to die, Fergus Onom!" she shouted and raised her lightsaber.
"I wasn't expecting to find you from the transport ship, yet along another Jedi! Master Kun will give me great honour for my-" Gutee'shi grabbed her neck and dropped her lightsaber.
"I... can't breathe..."
"Leetam! Force choke is a dark power! You shouldn't have learned it!" Onom yelled and rolled out of the Gutee'shi's nearby area.
"I haven't! Where is it-" Leetam looked at the ship.
"Krengo", he said quietly.
Gutee'shi fell on her knees as Krengo held his arm up, blocking the air from entering the Sith's lungs.
Onom beheaded the Sith with a quick swing of the lightsaber.
"Have you taught your padawan a Sith technique?" Onom asked angrily from Leetam.
"No! I don't know how he can know it, unless his father somehow thought it to him before he was killed", Leetam replied.
Suddenly the ground shattered and the cliff collapsed. The body of the Kel Dor fell to the depths of the pit.
"Quickly, to the ship!" Onom yelled, and Leetam grabbed Krengo as they ran to the ship and left planet Ossus. They would never return, as the Jedi library would be looted by the dark lord of the Sith, Exar Kun.