"Hey Ashland it's me again, we recently got some Jedi and they informed me that around this time would the seventy year anniversary since this whole mess started between the Federation and Republic" (sighs) "I could really use your help right now, even though I know it's too dangerous to let you free before you are healed things are starting to come to a boil at the town. Seventy years is also a long time to be hidden and it seems like every new generation wants to be more and more active in the fighting because I do send people off world occasionally for supplies and information gathering, but even more is the fact that all the Jedi can feel something in the Force though no one can really identify what that feeling is. I'm sure though that you would know if you were awake, but I also know that if you had healed before now you would probably be dead by this point in time and I would still be alone"

He finishes his report and simply starts spending the rest of the week watching and waiting telling her stories he hadn't told her before both old stories that he hadn't really thought of at the time and new stories from the past year. He also reminisced about stories Ashland would know about because she had been there at the time. On the last day before he left he looked at Ashland's vitals and realized that they had changed drastically from the night before and he actually recognized those readings

"You...you're healed and ready to come out of the carbonite but how?"

Soketh thinks about what was different from the day and years before and he soon realized that there had been a drastic shift in the Force right before he had gone to sleep but since he couldn't identify it at the time he simply acknowledged it and then went to sleep but now he realized what he had felt the night before. The Force was saying that it was time for the group to truly be active and it had granted Ashland the last bit of healing she had needed so he quickly released her from the carbonite

"Easy there Ashland, you've been in carbonite for a long time"

"Soketh is that you?"

"It's me, are you having vision problems?"

"Yes I'm little more than half blind which means I can see shadows and shapes but other than that nothing is clearly defined"

"Could you...hear me in the carbonite?"

"No not really, by the way how long has it been?"

"Seventy years"

"Wow that's a long time"

"Indeed it is, now then I think we should see about your control of the Force"

They soon discovered that Ashland's control was shot and that she sensed her connection to the Force was changed which would explain her control issues

"Any other differences physically after all that time will have to be discovered by the doctor on this planet or once we start to participate in the Republic once more maybe the Temple doctor"

"Agreed, by the way the war between the Republic and Federation is still going on"

"I was hoping that things were different"

"Nope, and there are times when there are Separatists as well"

(Groans) "I was hoping that wouldn't be the case"

"Well things are a bit different this time, the battles are more political and they never last long with neither side either the victor or loser. And it only happens when planets are a bit tired of the war and want no part of it"

"Oh, are there neutral planets this time around?"

"No because of the Federation situation no planet can truly be neutral but any battles that take place do not involve the allegiance of said planet"

"Well at least it's a simpler war than when the Republic became an Empire after the Clone Wars"

"Now then we have two days before I'm late and it will take those two days to get back to camp, so I'm afraid you're going to have to trust me and use a blindfold so that your eyes can continue to heal"

"Only during the brightest parts of the day Soketh because my vision is clearing up even now"

"Fine we'll do things your way"

"Works for me, by the way seeing as how after you guys crashed you weren't around Starfleet to figure out promotions what rank are you?"

"I made it to Second Junior and remained that way ever since"

"So you basically outrank me which is a good thing all considered"

"Only by one rank and to be honest once we're caught up with training we'll probably be busted down to Entry because of how long we've both been gone"

"Well the original Starfleet and Council knew about the carbonite sleep but I don't know if that message was ever passed down over the years"

"We'll figure it out but for now I think you really should follow my lead seeing as how I've been in charge the longest, even if you technically outrank me"

"I was planning on doing that from the beginning, oh by the way even if my control is shot I want to fight if I am needed"

"Don't worry I wasn't planning on leaving you out of the fight"

"Good"

The two journey back and everyone at the town could tell something was different because there were two people headed in their direction instead of one like it had been for as long as anyone could remember

"Why are there two people coming when there should only be one?"

"Wait, that Force signature could it be?"

"Maybe, I mean we've never actually felt that Force signature before but it was described to us plenty of times in lessons whenever they discussed how to recognize a fellow Jedi simply from their Force signature if you couldn't see them for whatever reason"

"And the messages passed down in the years that have gone by"

"Yeah, it's how we recognized the leader of the group"

"Okay it might be her, but a changed her from what I can sense"

"Agreed, there will be much to discover over the upcoming weeks"

Before anyone could ask the Jedi what they were talking about though the town was under attack by Separatists, because what no one knew was that the Federation hadn't left the last time they invaded the Republic they had left members in hiding waiting for the moment and had stolen Separatist equipment not knowing how that particular war was being fought these days. That's when the most recent arrivals of Jedi revealed their secret though because all of a sudden there was water and lightening flying out of their hands and combinations also coming out, some of the older Jedi also revealed that they had elemental powers as well but none of them had the fire ability which Ashland had, or at least none of the Jedi that had ended up on the planet because there were other Jedi in the Republic that could use fire it's just that there were so few that the Council didn't want to risk losing their few fire users. From the short distance Soketh and Ashland both saw that their people were in need of help

"Soketh, let's hurry and even up the odds"

"What about your control?"

"At the moment precise control isn't needed but our abilities are, at least my vision is completely back to normal"

"You have a point, okay let's do it"

The two run the last bit of distance and then start joining in the fight immediately combining their powers into a strong attack that only they could use not because of the fact that they were fire and water users but because of their unique experience with one another, one the teacher of new abilities and the other the master, the first one to have elemental abilities through the Force and the second to discover that ability

"Steam explosion!"

All of a sudden there was a lot of steam surrounding the enemy and then a huge explosion erupted from that area and once the steam cleared everyone could see that the three tanks and fifty robots were in tiny pieces. Once that combination attack was over they proved why they were the masters of elements amongst the group even if one of them was currently having control issues

"Defender's rapid attack!"

Suddenly it was like bullets of fire were coming out of Ashland's fist and hitting several of the attack droids coming at them from the air, even though she also missed several others at least she didn't hit any innocents. Meanwhile with Soketh he too was proving why he was a master at the use of water abilities

"Water whip!"

Suddenly a stream of water was acting like a whip and he was cutting through the droids and tanks with the whip and Soketh's control was perfect. Those that had elemental abilities realized that the two that had come from out of town, one of them a recognized leader and the other a potentially recognized leader were at least ten times better at elemental manipulation then they were because while the Force allowed them to grow in their abilities for some reason no one had either the control or ability to hit multiple enemies at once unless they used a large attack. Part of that was due to the Force limiting them until the two rightful teachers could return, another part was that none of them had earned the right to that control because they didn't practice their abilities for hours on end after discovering them and on a daily basis unlike Ashland had mostly in secret but also out in the open until her carbonite sleep while Soketh was forced to practice in secret but he put in just as much time as Ashland and then some but only because of his race and the fact that he hadn't been put to sleep after Ashland had. Another thing the elemental users noticed was that for the two masters their abilities were like a dance to them while for everyone else they didn't have the grace or ability to simply move about when using the elemental side of their power. All of a sudden though Ashland, who everyone simply knew as the fire user collapsed right in the middle of an attack and Soketh quickly covered for her, fortunately by that time the enemy was also in the process of retreating and Soketh had people follow them to make sure they left

"Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting to tire out so easily"

"I think I know why that happened though because normally you'd be tearing after them unfortunately due to the fact that you've only just been out of carbonite for two days and traveling pretty much immediately after you were freed you're pretty tired"

"But wait I've heard of carbonite freezing and it doesn't normally sap you of energy like that"

"Well, she's been in carbonite for seventy years, tack on the fact that she was almost dead when she was put in the carbonite and we have the situation we're currently in now"

"Wait seventy years?"

That got all the Jedi thinking and it also clicked for them at the same time too