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Finally here is the long waited chapter 2 of Star Wars Hope From the Future. Sorry it took so long, I spent a lot of time working on my Halo/Mass Effect story, which took me a very long time to update since it was a really long chapter, which was over 27,000 words. Plus school has kept me busy, along with getting ready for college and a lot of video games I had to play. This chapter here is over 18,000 words, but it is filled with many things like action, emotion, and etc, that I hope made the wait worth while.
I would like to thank Forcystus5 and Fergus Flamacron for helping me without with this chapter, they were a huge benefit to the story and this chapter probably wouldn't be here now if it wasn't for them. They are experts in writing and have great ideas, with a terrific knowledge of Star Wars.
I would also like to thank jdesigns79, for allowing me to use one of his great works as my cover for this story. He has many other great pictures that are outstanding, I hope you guys can check them out and leave a few comments for him. Seriously, he has an amazing talent, take a look at this link: gallery/
Sorry for the long wait though. It usually takes me some time to come up with ideas, how to write something, make sure there are no errors, make the chapter of good quality, and etc for a chapter. Believe me though, I am trying my best to update as soon as possible. I just hope you can be patient with me. I don't think the next chapter will take me that long to update as I have a pretty good idea what to write.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: I do have a poll up on my profile that is about who should be romantically paired with Galen Marek 'Starkiller' in this story. So be sure to go and vote on who should be matched up with Galen. So far there is Ahsoka, Barriss, Aayla, Shaak Ti, and Serra Keto. If you have anyone else that you feel should be paired with Galen, then feel free to tell me and I will add her to the poll.
Also here are the ages for some of the characters in this fic. Note that some characters had to have thier ages adjusted to fit for pairings
Galen Marek-23
Ahsoka Tano-19
Aayla Secura-26
Barriss Offee-21
Shaak Ti-37
Serra Keto-24
Now to answer some reviews:
Snow299: I am glad you liked the previews, now I hope you enjoy the real deal. So here is the next chapter. Enjoy!
RFK22: Thanks for the complement, I hope you like this chapter. Galen and Ahsoka is definitely a popular couple but if you want to see them hook up in this story, you need to vote on the poll that is on my profile. I hope you vote and get what you want.
Revan193: Thank you for reading and liking the story, I hope you continue to read and like the next chapter. Galen might join the Republic, or he might join the CIS, or he might go into exile, that will be figured out in the story and future chapters. I don't think Galen will have time to build PROXY or have the necessary parts so that might be a little tough. Galen and Serra Keto is definitely an interesting idea for a pairing, it will be fun to write about her. If you want her to be paired up with Galen then go vote on the poll on my profile. I hope you win and I did add her to the poll. I have a pretty good idea on how to write Serra Keto, and how Galen should meet her.
Unleashedsith23: Glad you enjoyed the previews, I hope this chapter leads up to your expatiations. Galen and Ahsoka is definitely a popular couple but if you want to see them hook up in this story, you need to vote on the poll that is on my profile. I hope you vote and as your vote is important to Galen's future love. I checked out your latest update, and I really liked it. It was good and I hope you keep updating.
icewolves: Actually the girl for Galen is for you to decide. You can decide by voting on the poll on my profile. Yeah I can be pretty evil with teaser/trailers but as long it lets the readers that I am still working on the story… oh well. I hope this chapter is as eventful as you hoped, I worked pretty hard on it.
Wingofpain: Don't worry, I can understand what you wrote. Je peux parler français, mais pas beaucoup. You should really play the game, it is awesome. Interesting choice for a pairing, Galen and Shaak Ti. Strange pairing (since Galen kills Shaak Ti in the game) but it somehow sounds interesting. I will try to work something in there. I am glad to see you went nuts with it :) I was wondering when someone was going to ask me Ahsoka's age. A lot of people want her and Galen to pair up so I may have to adjust her age a bit. Galen is like twenty or early twenties so I might make Ahoska 19.
ArmedSammy123: Well if the teasers got you high expectations, I hope the real thing will blow your mind. I spent a lot of time and worked pretty hard on the chapter. Ahsoka is a very popular choice for a lot of people, but you can help her be the woman for Galen by voting for her on the poll that is on my profile.
Douchiesnacks: thanks for the complements on the chapters, I hope you enjoy the new one. I worked pretty hard on it, and I hopefully kept everyone in character and provided a lot of drama and action. The chapter is of decent length, so I hope the wait was worth it.
Altair87: Yeah Galen and Ahsoka can make a great pairing as they do have a lot of things in common like lightsaber style, similar attitude, same master (sort of) and etc. They can be a couple if you vote on the poll. There will be a few things that will have Galen remember a few flashbacks, such as words, people, planets, items, and etc. Galen will be experiencing a lot things that will change the very foundation of the Clone Wars.
Nerdman3000: Yeah Serra Keto is the poll, she is a very interesting choice. It will be fun to write her in the story, since she is never really written about. Galen and her can be paired up if you vote for her in the poll. Don't worry, Serra will be pushing to be more than just friends. There is not a lot of her shown in personality, but I always pictured her as somewhat rebellious. So she may break some Jedi rules.
Jessiefan: The story itself probably won't be finished for awhile, but the chapter is finished! It usually takes me awhile to update, as quality demands time. I hope the wait is worth for you, I poured a lot of time and brainpower into this chapter. The next chapter might meet the expetations of this one.
Anon: Even if I sent you a link to vote, you wouldn't be able to vote. You got to have a profile, that is how works. Sorry though, I hope you get a profile, so I can see your vote and ideas.
FaTaLClanWii: I heard your begs, so here is the next chapter! The begging really improved the story.
Anon: You need to get a profile, so you can vote. Serra will need all the support she can get.
KOTOR fan: Here is the next chapter to appease your violent appetite. Don't think there is anything for desert though.
Akira Stridder: Here is the next chapter, I hope it is even more interesting. Chapter 2 was suppose to be short since it was only suppose to be a few previews. Here is the real deal, which is much longer. Heck this chapter was to be twice as long as planned, but I held onto this chapter for too long. So here it is.
Starwarsdude8221991: Here is MOAR! Your welcome. MOAR will be coming, though it may take awhile, maybe not as long though.
gps3: I am so happy that you made a profile and are getting more involved. I definitely like your reasons for the Galen and Ahsoka pairing, they have so much in common. I hope you voted on the poll for Ahsoka. I did adjust both of their ages in the story. Ahsoka I think will be 19 and Galen may be either 22 or 23. Well I hope you like the next chapter and I will be sure to check out your stories.
Chapter 2: Friend or Foe?
Now here is the quote and summary like on traditional episodes of the Clone Wars. Some of it is from an episode but I edited a little to fit the plot of this chapter. I hope this is not plagiarism in some way. And if it is, then I give full credit to the Star Wars Clone Wars episodes, so I won't be sued or reported.
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Republic forces in retreat! While rescuing General Aayla Secura from certain defeat, Anakin Skywalker has been seriously injured. After a narrow escape, our Jedi heroes crash-landed on the remote world of Maridun. Stranded, and with no way to contact the Republic with an injured Skywalker, the Jedi will need to find medical help before it is too late.
The Republic forces discovered, that they are not alone on the remote world. It is colonized by furry Lemur like animal bi-peds called Lurmen. The village leader cautiously agreed to help the survivors of the Republic Frigate. But the Jedi will soon discover that the Lurmen aren't the only ones on the planet.
On the planet Maridun in the Lurmen village
"What will you have me to do?" Galen Marek said in a monotone voice as he looked at the group and then back at the Lurman village leader Tee Watt.
"Galen, these strangers are in need of help of retrieving their injured. They are crashed somewhere far from the village, so I need you and my son to follow these strangers and bring the injured one here. They said that their friend is dying so you need to act fast." The small Lurmen instructed.
Tee Watt then motioned for Galen to bend down closer to the Lurmen Village leader so he could whisper something to him.
"But it is more important that nothing happens to my son. If the strangers turn on you, just run back here with my son." Tee Watt whispered to the boy.
Galen simply nodded his head.
Tee Watt was pretty confident that Galen could handle the two Jedi and Clone, but if Galen wasn't here he would have asked for one of the Jedi to stay as insurance.
"Good."
Wag Too waddled up past his father and the Force sensitive Galen. He rolled his amber colored eyes at his father's over protectiveness. Wag Too knew he could take care of himself.
Galen looked back to the alien group that was in front of him. He could sense the Force within the female blue Twi'lek and the female orange Torguta, though they were not as strong as he was in the Force he could still tell they were talented with the Force.
The trooper in white armor seemed familiar to Galen, but he could not think of where he has seen him or someone like him before.
Meanwhile with the Jedi
"Master Secura, I can sense the Fo…"
"I know Ahsoka I can sense the Force within him too. The Force is strong with him, incredibly strong. I think we should try and bring him to the Jedi Temple with us." Aayla whispered to the female Torugta.
"I agree, but we need to help my master first. After that we can find a way off this world and back to Coruscrant." Ahsoka whispered to the Twi'lek Jedi Council member.
"His Force signature is extremely powerful," Aayla thought. "Still, I can sense the conflict inside him. This young Force user is not only gifted, but he has a strange aura around him. It might be possible that he is capable of using both sides of the Force. Neither side seems to be able overpower the other but the conflict is there and that makes him dangerous for if he loses his balance within to the Dark side he could attack us," She thought grimly.
"Let's go," Aayla announced out loud while she spread her senses to detect danger.
Ahsoka Tano, Aalya Secura, and Commander Bly started to jog back to the direction where they came from, to aid the injured Anakin Skywalker.
Galen Marek jogged alongside the strangers to follow them, with an even kept pace.
Wag Too waddled a little faster to gain more speed and then he leaped high in the air and made his body in the form of a ball and started to roll along with the Jedi and the Clone.
On the way to the Republic Fright crash
"So, your name is Galen?" Aayla Secura asked, trying to learn more of the stranger.
The stranger nodded.
"That is the only thing from my past that I remember," He said.
"Wait, you don't remember anything else about your past?" Ahsoka asked surprised.
Galen shook his head.
"Bits and pieces only; nothing too clear," He answered. "I was found unconscious close to the Lurmen village. They saved me and now I help them," he stated determined.
"So you don't know how you got to this planet then?" Ahsoka asked.
"No."
"Well, there goes idea of getting off this planet with his ship." Ahsoka thought to herself.
"And…do you remember your last name?" Aayla asked.
He looked at her.
"Marek," He replied.
Aayla blinked in surprise.
"There is a young Knight called Kento Marek," She said. "You look old enough to be his brother."
Suddenly Galen stopped and dropped to his knees and shook his head.
"What is it?" Ahsoka asked concerned.
Galen barely heard her as the memories flooded in.
Inside Galen's mind
There was a dark figure in the wreckage of a house. He couldn't make out any details, but he could see the dark figure was Force choking a man that the mysterious figure had lifted in the air.
"I sense someone far more powerful nearby," The Dark figure said. "Where is your master?" He demanded harshly.
"The Dark Side has clouded your mind," The Man gasped out. "You killed my Master years ago."
"Then you will share his fate," The Dark figure said as he reared his arm back, to kill the man he was choking with his lightsaber.
Then suddenly, the Dark man's crimson lightsaber flew away from his hands and into the ones of a little boy… with a similar resemblance of Galen himself.
"A son," The figure said in dawning realization.
"Run!" The man shouted in desperation.
Then the Dark figure snapped the man's neck with the Force. The kid looked horrified and his horror turned to panic as two men in white clad armor and a man dressed as a military officer appeared and they pointed at him with their lethal blasters.
And then the inconceivable happened as the Dark man retrieved his lightsaber and saved the kid by deflecting a few bolts that came at the boy, and then the Dark figure moved up, cutting down his own troops. He then stared at the mortified kid.
"Come with me," He ordered. "More will be coming."
Back with the Jedi
Galen gasped for breath as he opened his eyes and noticed the Twi'lek, the Togruta and the soldier staring at him.
"Are you all right?" Ahsoka asked worried.
Wag Too unrolled from his ball form and waddled next to Galen and placed his hand on Galen's back.
"Another migraine?" Wag Too asked in a sympathetic tone.
Galen nodded his head with a pained expression.
"Another? So the headaches happen often?" Commander Bly questioned the Lurmen healer.
"Only occasionally. He has been having some sort of intense flashbacks that get provoked by random things." Wag Too said as he recalled the times that Galen has had the terribly pains since they found him. "Each flashback caused a migraine, they are not deadly just really painful for him. But the flashbacks raise more questions than answers really. He just can't remember any of them."
"That has to be problematic." Bly simply said and looked back to the young man on the ground.
Wag Too turned to the aching Force sensitive, "Did something cause this flashback?"
"Yes," Galen said rubbing his forehead. "I think the name Kento Marek is familiar to me."
"Really?" Ahsoka asked. "Then what did you remember?"
Galen's expression turned grim. That memory was so real and yet so confusing. The kid, the father, the killer; it is all connected to him somehow, but he couldn't figure out what it meant.
"It was nothing. Let's keep going," He said to the others without answering the question. Galen rose from the ground as the pain went away and started to walk.
"But…" Ahsoka protested.
"I said let's keep going." Galen snapped, still disturbed by the memory.
The others stopped pushing him and moved on.
At the Republic Frigate crash site with Rex and Anakin
Clone Trooper Captain Rex stood guard in front of his General's make shift tent. Anakin Skywalker was once again resting from his injuries from the crash. The sun has started to set, and the group that went for help has yet to return. The Clone Captain was somewhat nervous. The General's injuries were pretty bad, and it was almost dark soon. Being on a unknown planet during the night cycle, usually proved that the planet had dangerous predators. But Rex still had faith in the Jedi and Clones as they always turned the tides in a grim situation.
Unbeknownst to Rex, two Mastiff phalones were lurking in the tall field of grass. The turkey head Mastiff phalones stalked the clone and wounded Jedi, hoping to make a meal out of them. The turkey headed creatures glared at the two stranded people, as they paced around in the tall fields of grass, prepping themselves to make a swift strike.
Rex heard some grunts and moans that came from the tent behind him. The clone turned around to see that General Skywalker has attained consciousness and was slowly trying to stand up. Rex kneeled down and placed a reassuring hand on his Jedi commanding officer.
"General, you need to maintain your rest." Rex said as he used his hand to gently lay Skywalker back down.
"I… can't rest… Rex… they're coming." Anakin said with a few grunts.
Anakin started to get back on his feet, but not without the Clone Captain, Rex's aid. Anakin had one arm around Rex, so he could successfully stand up. Skywalker knew that some enemies were coming towards the makeshift camp.
"I… can hear them coming… we must… fight!" Anakin barely said through short breaths.
Rex looked around to see what Anakin was talking about while he held the General up.
Then the familiar sound of quick four legged clawed feet emitted from the grass. A Mastiff phalone jumped out of the tall grassy field. The beast stared at its targets for a brief second, and it then let out a screechy roar. Another Mastiff phalone ran out of the grass to join its fellow hunter.
Anakin sneered at the vicious beast in front of him while he reached for his lightsaber. Rex let go of the General, so he could prep his blaster.
Both Mastiff phalones let out another vicious roar and then charged at the two humans.
Anakin activated his lightsaber and Rex aimed his blaster and pulled the trigger. Blue bolts were shot from the blaster towards the animals.
After a couple of shots from his blaster, Rex successfully hit a Mastiff phalone in the head, bringing the creature down forever.
The remaining Mastiff phalone kept its charged at the two humans, to which they quickly rolled out of the way, but their camp was not so fortunate. The beast plowed right through the small tent, which destroyed it to little pieces.
Rex roughly landed on a rough mound on the left and Anakin landed on the ground to the right. Both too weak from the beast's charge to quickly get up.
The Mastiff phalone turned to Anakin and was getting to finish off the wounded Jedi by tearing his throat, but it did not get its chance.
The turkey headed beast was suddenly pushed back at the remains of the frigate, by an unseen force.
Captain Rex quickly looked into the direction from where the turkey headed animal was pushed, and it was then he saw a young man had jumped out of the grass. The clone captain was slightly alarmed, but he calmed down when Ahsoka Tano, Aayla Secura, Commander Bly came out of the grass alongside the stranger. A little ball of fur also jumped out of the grassfield, which it then unrolled and formed some sort of biped like creature with some wool like clothes on.
Rex watched as Ahsoka, the strange mammal creature, and General Secura ran over to the injured Skywalker to make sure he was okay. Bly went over to Rex and lifted him on his feet from the ground and used one arm to hold him up.
"You never were good with animals, Rex." Commander Bly joked.
Rex looked at the stranger, who he guessed was some sort of Jedi, as he must have used the Force to push the beast. The boy's face was a frown of some sort that was very familiar to most people who were getting ready to fight. The stranger then walked towards the Mastiff phalone that was slowly getting itself up from the Force Push.
The Mastiff Phalone recovered from the attack and shook its head to get it out of its daze. The beast looked at the person that was walking towards it, with a battle hardened face. The turkey headed animal glared at the boy and then roared at the one who must of pushed it, as if to challenge him.
Galen stopped in his tracks when the Mastiff phalone roared, as he knew that was the signal that the beast was about to charge. Galen prepped himself for the oncoming attack by spreading his arms to the side a little. His fingers twitched with anticipation, but after that, a small amount of blue lightning grew in the palms of his hands.
Once the creature, roared Ahsoka looked up to see the animal scratch the dirt with its clawed foot, which spoke that it was going on the offensive. Ahsoka reacted by getting up and activated her lightsaber in her preferred style, the unorthodox Shien reverse grip. She started to charge at the beast, but Wag Too ran in front of her with his hands out to stop her.
"No, Wait! He can handle it!" Wag Too shouted hoping to bring the Torgutan to a halt.
Ahsoka stopped and got out of her stance, but her lightsaber was still on just incase the situation got out of hand. Her eyes moved to Galen and then back to Wag Too.
"Alright, little guy." Ahsoka said, but she was still unsure. Though she knew the boy apparently named Galen was strong in the Force, she didn't know how he would perform in combat. Ahsoka watched Galen as she wanted to see what he was capable of doing, though she was still slightly worried.
The Mastiff phalone reared its back like a predator would when it would pounce on its prey. The creature then leaped in the air at Galen, but it did not make contact with Galen as it was stopped and held in the air by Force Lightning.
When the beast started to move, Galen let out the Force Lighting that he charged in his hands at the Mastiff phalone. The lightning struck the beast and held it in the air as Galen continued to shock the hungry animal. Galen kept the Force Lightning on the turkey headed animal, until he knew the creature could not take it anymore. The Lurmen were quite clear on there no bloodshed lifestyle, so he shocked the animal until it lost consciousness. When Galen stopped using Force Lightning, the Mastiff phalone fell to the ground from the air, with its body smoking from the attack.
Wag Too wobbled over to the unconscious Mastiff phalone and pressed his fingers to the animals neck. The Lurmen healer smiled when he felt a strong pulse from the animal.
"Good job Galen, it's still alive."
Galen nodded his head to Wag Too, but kept his eyes on the knocked out and slightly burned Mastiff phalone.
Wag Too then got some long vines to tie up the creature's four clawed feet, to incapcitate the animal incased it would ever get up and attack again.
Meanwhile with the Republic Forces
"By the Force," Ahsoka said in awe. "This guy is really powerful."
"Who is he?" Anakin coughed, his voice sounding tense from his injuries. "And how does he know Force Lightning?"
"We are not exactly sure yet, but what we do know is that his name is Galen and he helped us save you," Aayla said a little unnerved. "As for how he knows Force Lightning, your guess is as good as mine. But what would we could guess is that he has suffered from amnesia of some sort. He doesn't know how he got here, but he knows his name. "
"We should be careful around him." Anakin warned with an exhausted tone.
"Still, he did help us." Ahsoka stated as she looked at Galen with curiosity.
"And he did not kill the beast, instead he incapacitated it, like how the Lurmen wanted. So maybe there is a way we can make him a Jedi." Aayla said with hope in the person they just met.
"Maybe, but we should worry about getting off this planet and get back to the Republic." Anakin brought up.
"Yes master, but I will have a talk with him once we get you back to the village." Ahsoka stated, with her wondering what she could say.
Anakin only groaned, either from the stress of the situation or the pain from the crash.
Aayla kept her stare at Galen. The blue Twi'lek sighed, as she recalled the moments when she almost fell to the dark side permanently. When she saw Galen use Force Lightning, all of those terrible memories came back.
"I lost my memories for a while in my Padawan days and I fell to the Dark side then. I redeemed myself before things got out of hand but… I can relate with Galen. It seems we have a lot in common," She silently admitted to herself. Master Secura regained her thoughts when Galen started to walk towards the group.
Ahsoka herself stiffened up as she tried to think to what to say the person that just helped them, but she drew a blank. It was the heat of the moment and she doesn't thank anyone on a regular basis.
"We should head back to the village, more will be here soon. We should also build a stretcher for your wounded, so it would be easier to carry him back. " Galen suggested as he walked up the Republic Forces.
Everyone except Galen looked at Wag Too for his opinion.
"He's right, they are a lot more active around nightfall." Wag Too then looked at Anakin, "And they love to hunt the wounded. But they don't attack a large group, so it would be safer at the village." Wag Too said and referred 'they', as the Mastiff phalones.
"If I may speak freely, sir. Killing one of those things is hard enough." Rex said as he did not want to deal with another one of those crazed beasts.
"Alright, lets head back to the village then." Aayla commanded. "This one is pretty smart." Aayla thought to herself as she looked at Galen.
Ahsoka silently cursed at herself at she didn't get a chance to thank Galen for helping them. But she hoped she would get her chance.
It was then that Galen got a look at their injured person. Galen could feel the Force flowing through him, but it was at a powerful level, a level that felt vaguely familiar to him. He didn't know the injured one known as Skywalker, but his Force signature kept telling him like he known Skywalker his whole life. Galen started to focus more, he started to get another migraine though it was a minor one, but Galen started to hear that mechanical breathing again. The breathing kept on wheezing in Galen's mind as he looked at Skywalker, his anger started to rise but he didn't know why.
Galen was brought out of his thoughts when Master Secura placed a calming soft hand on his shoulder.
"Thank you for helping us, you don't know how much this means to us, to the Republic. I would like to have a word with you once we get back to the village and everything gets settled. But right now, we could use your help with carrying supplies back to the village with us." Aayla Secura said with a smile graced on her natural skin colored pink lips.
"Uh… sure… right away." Galen managed to say as the headache went away as well as the anger that once boiled within him.
Everyone quickly packed up and gathered what supplies they could gathered. They also made a stretcher from the remains of the tent that the Mastiff phalone destroyed.
Back at the Lurmen Village
Galen Marek walked through the Lurmen village, alone with his thoughts. He just got done with doing what the village leader Tee Watt told him to do. He helped the strangers rescue their injured one. The trip back to the village was very easy, nothing really happened but a normal jog back. Though once they got into village, Anakin got surrounded by curious Lurmen villagers that watched him with large brown eyes. Skywalker quickly called out to his padawan by her nickname, Snips, to help him out of the awkward situation.
Galen could not help, but to think of the strangers. The injured one, Skywalker was what they called him, when Galen first looked at him he heard a voice in his head that was the same voice when he was unconscious. It was the dark mechanical breathing voice that brought him much hatred. All he heard was the heavy breathing of the voice, but he could still feel the pain that it brought him. Galen felt like he has heard that breathing all of his life.
The Togruta and Twi'lek were different. They had used the Force just like he was able to, but they were far weaker than he was. Who were they and where did they come from?
As if on cue, the Twi'lek name Aayla Secura walked toward him. Then he remembered she said she wanted to have a word with him when they returned to the village.
"Hello Galen," Aayla said smiling softly. "Do you mind if we talk now?"
Galen shook his head.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Well, for starters, I wanted to thank you again for everything," She began. "I don't know what would have happened if you didn't help us."
"Your welcome."
"Also, I wanted to ask if you remember anything about the Galactic wide conflict known as the Clone wars?" The Twi'lek asked.
Suddenly he got another migraine but it was a brief flashback as he only got one sentence:
"According to Imperial Records Master… was a respected General in the Clone wars." Said a voice he felt like he had known his whole life too, but not the dark mechanical one. This voice was much more robotic and it did not bring him anger. Instead it brought him warmth, like if the voice was a friend of some sort. He couldn't recall what the name that the voice was talking about though.
Galen shook his head from side to side until his vision cleared and saw Aayla staring at him.
"Not really. A few of the Lurmen mentioned it around the village. Most of them talk as if both sides are evil." He finally said. "But the Lurmen have been cut off from galactic civilization for some time, trying to get away from the conflict. I don't know what to really make what of the war."
Aayla expression turned interested but confused, and somewhat annoyed.
"Well there is a lot to explain, but maybe when we have more time, I or someone else could tell you the whole thing about the war." Aayla said . "Right now, we should focus on getting off this planet and getting back to the Republic. There is so much to discuss, but if there is anything you want to talk about now, I will be glad to answer you." Aayla said with a small smile.
Galen stared at the Twi'lek. There was no doubt that he had many questions, as he had no recall of really what was going outside the Lurmen village. Galen knew that if he asked all of the questions that rang through his mind, Aayla might feel bombarded with his questions. But he would need to take one step at a time, as it could be tenuous asking so many questions with a damaged memory. Galen opened his mouth to ask his first question, but in that brief moment, he was cut off by a Lurmen villager.
"Master Secura, Tee Watt Kaa, would like to have a word with you in private." The Lurmen said. The Lurmen pointed his furless hand in the direction of the pod, that the Lurmen's villager leader was occupied in.
"Well, I guess we will have to finish this some other time, Galen." Aayla Secura said softly. "I will find you when my meeting with Tee Watt is over. And maybe then, we will actually get to talk."
"Yeah." Galen replied, as he felt dumbfound and empty minded, from the sudden interruption.
The Twi'lek's smile only brightened.
"May the Force be with you."
Galen nodded his head in response. Not sure to what needed to be said to a weird gesture.
The Lurmen villager led Aayla to Tee Watt's pod, with the Twi'lek behind the Lurmen. As she walked, Master Secura made a second glance at Galen who looked somewhat confused. This made the Jedi emit a like giggle.
With Aayla Secura gone, Galen made his way to the medical pod. He wanted to check on the wounded one known as, Anakin Skywalker.
Inside Wag Too's house
Galen went to check on Skywalker, the man who brought him so much unexplained senseless hatred and anger. He saw him lying on a make-shift bed and he heard the evil mechanical breath that haunted his memories relentlessly. Skywalker stiffend when he saw the young Force user.
"What do you want?" He asked, his muscles ready to spring into action in a moment's notice.
"Just came to check on you," Galen asked frowning. "Have… have we met before?"
Skywalker surprised, seemed to make him forget about his wariness.
"I don't think so. Why?" He replied blinking.
"Just a feeling," Galen said. "And not a pleasant one," He added as an afterthought.
"Well, I don't remember seeing you or sensing your Force signature before," Skywalker said.
Galen's frown deepened. He was sure this person had some connection to his past. Then again, he certainly doesn't look like the glimpses he has been getting of the dark figure. Maybe it was just his imagination. He started leave, but Skywalker's voice stopped him.
"As long as you use the Dark side you are a danger to yourself and others," He declared. "Free yourself from its hold on you before is too late."
Galen got another brief migraine and another sentence from his past:
"Without me, you will never be free," That was his voice and it was filled with anger and desperation, all directed toward the dark figure.
Galen's head jerked up and he turned back to stare at Skywalker.
"What?" Skywalker demanded.
Galen's mind spun. All his flashbacks so far have been triggered by a name, but judging by the message on the last one, this one was not only triggered by the word free, but also by the mention of the dark figure. Skywalker must be connected to the dark figure then, but how and why he could not answer.
"Nothing," Galen ended up saying. Just get some rest." He said and left Wag Too's house.
In the Center of the Lurmen Village
Wag Too was on his way to toward his pod after he acquired some clean bandages, but he spotted Galen near the entrance.
"Hello Galen," The Lurmen called. "Are you all right?"
Galen looked at the furred bipedal creature with a thoughtful expression.
"I am not completely sure," He answered. "Ever since these people got here my flashbacks have been getting more frequent, but I can't figure them out," He said letting out a frustrated sigh. "Do you know of any cure that might help me recover my memories, Wag Too?"
Wag Too took a deep breath before answering.
"I am sorry Galen, I have never heard of anything that could help you with that." He informed. "But I think they can help you better than we could." Wag Too said and then pointed at the orange Torguta.
Ahsoka was helping one of the local Lurmen move a basket of fruit to his pod home. When Ahsoka felt someone staring at her, she looked around and saw Wag Too chatting with Galen and pointing at her. He obviously must of made some sort of gesture about her.
A small timid smile grew on her face and she nervously waved her hand at Galen. She still didn't know exactly how to thank Galen yet. She already thanked Wag Too, but she didn't thank Galen yet as he was… different.
The male Force sensitive simply raised his hand as a simply hello gesture.
"They have many things in common with you, Galen. They have similar abilities, clothes, and… weapons." Wag Too said as he pointed at Galen's lightsaber on his hip, which Galen looked at. "We can't do much for you here, but they will be going back to the Republic. They will have a far better chance of helping you, than we could ever hope for. When they find a way off Maridun, you might want to go with them. We might have patched you up, but they could help you find out about your past."
Galen remained silent, considering the possibility of finding a transport to go with the Republic forces. He had to give Wag Too credit, as he saw the logic in village healer's wise explanation. There may be some chance that Galen can figure out his occurring flashbacks and what is going on with the galaxy, if he goes with the small Republic team. Maybe it could be an option. Though, he could not help, but to feel slightly attached to the Lurmen people. They may be cut off from the galatic civilization, but they were a peaceful and kind race. They also helped in his time of need, when he was wounded and lost. Wag Too has also proven to be a good friend to Galen.
"Thanks Wag Too," He said genuinely with a slight smile of gratitude.
Wag Too smiled back.
"It is the least I could do for all the help you have given us," He said and then thought back to his current task. "I hope you can find your answers," Wag Too said and left toward his father's house to continue treating Skywalker with more healing oil.
Galen started to walk towards the tall grasslands, but stopped when he heard a feminine voice.
"Hey! Wait up!" Someone shouted behind him.
Galen turned around to see the orange Togruta running towards him.
"Ahsoka… Ahsoka Tano was her name I think?" Galen thought to himself.
When Ahsoka was right before Galen Marek, she looked up at him and smiled.
"I wanted to talk to you."
"Alright, about what?" Galen asked, but he kind of knew it would be about his Force powers that he used when he helped her allies and fighting off the Mastiff phalones with Force Lightning.
"Well about a few things actually. I wanted to thank you for helping us and saving my master. If it wasn't for you, he would have surely died. I know you don't really know us that well, but it really means a lot that you did this." Ahsoka took a deep breath as if she was preparing herself for something.
"So, thank you." Ahsoka said genuinely with a smile on her lips and a light blush evident on her orange cheeks.
"It was no problem." Galen muttered. A warm feeling spread through Galen's body and a small smile tugged at his mouth.
"What you did to those beasts with the Force was amazing!" Ahsoka put her hands on her hips, "You should come with us, you would make a great Jedi."
Suddenly, Galen's head ached with pain. He held his hands on his head to try and stop the pain, but to no avail. The word Jedi rang through his head several times, he has heard it several times from many people.
Inside Galen's mind
"No! You defeated an old man and an outcast. You must face a true Jedi Master." It was the cold and calculating voice he heard before. The constant mechanized breathing and the deep voice haunted him to no end.
"Who?" It was his own voice, but he sounded submissive and eager to fight.
"One of the last of the Jedi Council. You will need the full power of the Dark side to defeat her."
"Yes, my master." He heard himself say obediently.
Galen's head continued to hurt with even greater pains, but these pains brought images in his head images that were familiar. Galen saw himself kneeling before a large dark figure. The image of the dark figure was blurry, but he could tell that it was the same dark figure that brought him much agony and hatred.
"You were weak when I found you" The cruel mechanical voice said.
"But now your hatred has become your strength" He said as he ignited his lightsaber and held it just over each of his shoulders. "At last the Dark side is your ally. Rise my apprentice."
His hatred and anger that gave him his strength was all aimed at the dark figure.
"What is your will my master" Galen said in a whisper like voice, as he stood.
"Your training is nearly complete it is time now for you to face your first true test" Replied the intimating dark figure.
"Your spies have located a Jedi?" There was that word again, 'Jedi'. What did it mean? Why would his master want to find a Jedi?
Galen could not remember the rest of what the dark figure said, but he did remember certain words.
"Destroy him. Then bring me his lightsaber."
Galen has started to remember, he was trained to kill Jedi. His memory then flashed forward a little.
Having received his orders the apprentice left for the hanger to ready a ship called the Rogue Shadow, his ship if he remembered right.
On his way he felt his instincts tell him danger was near. He heard a lightsaber ignite and instantly turned while he ignited his own just in time to block a strike coming from a blue lightsaber held by a Jedi. He felt like he knew the Jedi he was fighting at the time, but couldn't remember who he was at the moment. All that mattered was that he was a Jedi and he had to kill him. Shoving off the first strike the apprentice blocked another aimed to slice off his arm, he then flipped his blood red blade into the reverse grip his preferred style, and blocked another strike aimed at his feet. Seeing an opening he followed up his block with a Force Push sending the Jedi to the ground and finishing the fight by plunging his blade into his stomach and then a blinding light engulfed the Jedi.
Galen's mind flashed forward a little bit more, but he could not see any images. All he could hear was words.
"Are you hunting Jedi?" It was the female voice that he heard when he was unconscious when the Lurmen found him. The voice was still smooth and beautiful, the voice brought him happiness and it comforted him. Did she want the Jedi to die too?
"I bring Darth Vader's enemies to justice." This was his voice. It sounded like he has declared that the Jedi must be hunted down and killed for good reasons. He also remembered that he enjoyed the feeling of hunting Jedi.
Normal POV
The pains in his head started to go away, as well as the voices. Galen let go of his head and opened his eyes instantly and was breathing hard from the intense flashbacks and realization. He looked around to see that he was still in the Lurmen village. He saw that a few Lurmen were looking at him with curiosity and concern.
The orange Togrutan Ahsoka Tano looked at him with worry upon her face and her hands were stretched out to him as if to see what was wrong with him.
"Are you alright?" The Togrutan Jedi asked with concern.
A frown grew on Galen's face. He realized what the Jedi are. They are the scum of the galaxy that must be hunted down and killed. The Jedi must be brought to justice. He knew what he was trained to do, he knew what he was raised to do. Galen Marek was raised to kill all of the Jedi, without any hesitation and mercy. That is what the Dark side of the Force wanted, what the Sith wanted, what his dark master wanted.
Galen ignited his lightsaber and clenched his teeth. He glared at the surprised Jedi before him, with hate clearly evident on his face.
"What's going on?" Ahsoka exclaimed.
"Time to become one with the Force, Jedi!" Galen hissed through gritted teeth. He then lunged at the Jedi.
Ahsoka barely had any time to react when she saw Galen charge at her. The Force screamed at her to leap back, and she quickly obeyed, springing backwards moments before Galen slashed down at her. It was an extremely close close call, and she felt the heat of his lightsaber whoosh past her shoulder when he swiped. Her hand flew up to said shoulder as if to check it was all still there as she flew backwards. Twisting about in mid-air, she was able to gain some distance between herself and her attacker, landing smoothly in a half-crouch and looking up with wild eyes.
"What are you doing?" Ahsoka shouted at the one she thought was a friend, but who now stood before her with burning hatred in his eyes.
"Fulfilling my destiny." Galen growled angrily, eyes narrowing still further.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ahsoka yelled as she had no idea what he meant.
Galen took a few menacing steps closer and then, in a blur of motion, he charged forwards in a Force Dash to catch back up to her.
Ahsoka's eyes widened with surprise at Galen's sheer speed. Her green lightsaber burst into life in her hand and she brought it forward in an attempt to block the strike she knew was coming.
Thanks to the Force Dash, Galen was on her in moments, and with the momentum from the quick movement the resultant lightsaber slash was much stronger than his last one. Though Ahsoka was able to block the attack, her lightsaber crashed into his with incredible force, the power from Galen's blow threw her off balance and caused her to stumble backwards, leaving her quite vulnerable. So fast that Ahsoka could barely keep track of his motions, Galen pressed his attack and launched a flurry of blows from his blade.
Dancing backwards hurriedly, Ahsoka desperately tried to fend him off, and while she was able to block most of the strikes and dodge the rest, each time Galen's blade slammed into hers it knocked her blade out wide and she was only just able to bring it back to parry the next shot. Such was the fury of the assault that Ahsoka's arms felt frail and tired almost immediately, but she kept it up, frantically bringing her blade up each time to counter the next stroke. Each block cost her yet more of her energy and if it hadn't been for the aid of the Force she was pretty sure she would have been hit by this point.
As Ahsoka ducked beneath another strike that sizzled within inches of her montrals, she quickly realized that someone of Galen's obvious strength should have struck her down much quicker than this, considering how unprepared she'd been for the attack. But Galen just kept on striking at her with swift blurring strokes of his lightsaber. It almost seemed as if he was toying with her or wearing her down.
"Was he… enjoying this?"
Desperate to give herself some breathing space and a chance to recuperate, Ahsoka lashed out her hand before her to launch a Force Push at her adversary. But what happened next made Ahsoka's blue eyes widen and almost blew her mind.
Galensimply threw out his own hand and caught the Force Push as if it cost him no effort at all. He smirked at the obvious shock of her face and then reared back to gather more energy into the attack, before punching his hand back out to hurl the Force Push right back at Ahsoka.
The Push rammed Ahsoka hard enough to knock all the wind out her, as well as her lightsaber, and catapult her backwards through the air, extremely lucky that none of her bones were damaged by the blow. The Togruta's body tumbled through the air several dozen meters before falling back to the ground with a crash. Ahsoka yelped as her back slammed into the dusty earth, skidding backwards several more feet and leaving a groove in the soil behind her as she did so, before sliding to a stop with gritted teeth and gasping for breath. As the dust settled around her, she mentally kicked herself, knowing that if she hadn't been caught off guard, she wouldn't have gone down so easily.
But she knew the fight was not yet over, and she hurriedly struggled back up, trying to regain her breath and prepare for the next round. But she ultimatley fell back on the ground from the weariness. Ahsoka stared in horror as Galen used Force Dash to quickly cross the distance between them, lightsaber raised and a snarl on his face.
Ahsoka tried to Force Pull her lightsaber but she knew it wouldn't reach her in time. She stared defiantly at Galen, but when Galen looked at her, Ahsoka's face changed. What once was a face of defiance became sadness as she looked at her former friend that helped save her master.
"You don't have to do this… you are better than this." Ahsoka said weakly as she looked up at the one that held her life in his hands.
Galen looked down at the wounded Togruta before him. His gaze soften when she spoke to him, the strong grip on his lightsaber relaxed slightly.
"Why does she say something like that, even though I am about to kill her? Why does she have faith in me?" Galen thought. But it was then that Galen heard the dark mechanical breathing again.
"Show no mercy on the Jedi." The voice said in a commanding tone.
A frown grew back on Galen's face and his hand tightened around his lightsaber. Galen obeyed the mechanized voiced as his lightsaber moved downward to slash her, but then a blue lightsaber collided with Galen's blade.
Sparks ignited and sizzled as both blue bladed lightsabers met. Galen looked to see who saved Ahsoka from her ill fate. It was the Twi'lek Aayla Secura.
"Why are you doing this?" Aayla asked sounding more sorrowful than angry.
Galen poured more strength in his locked blow, pushing the Twi'lek Jedi Master backwards.
"Because I remember my destiny," Galen said through gritted teeth. "I was trained to kill Jedi by my Master."
Aayla struggled to keep the lock on while her expression turned confused.
"Master? Do you mean Count Dooku?" She asked.
Instead of answering, Galen unleashed a spherical blast of Force Repulse. Aayla's eyes widen, she had to rely on the Force to help protect her from bone shattering damage, but the sheer strength of the telekinetic impact was enough to send her and Ahsoka flying into the air a few feet upwards. The flexible blue alien spun in midair and roughly landed on the grass on her knees, panting for breath and with the adrenaline high. She looked at the powerful Force User. Aayla Secura almost dropped her blade in the utmost shock as she sensed the overwhelming power that radiated from the Force Repulse Galen used.
Using the Force, Ahsoka was able to land on the ground with taking minimum damage from the fall. Fortunately, Ahsoka took a small hit from the Force Repulse, but it still caused her great pain. She propped herself up and looked at Galen in pure shock.
"He knows Force Repulse! Only a few masters in all of our history were able to perform such a strong move, and even then they would be worn out from it. But Galen looks like he can keep on fighting. He must be more powerful with the Force than we thought." Ahsoka thought to herself.
"You may have interpreted a flashback that way but it doesn't necessarily mean that you hunt Jedi," The Twi'lek Jedi Master said. "And even if it's true, you have done good deeds since you lost your memories. You don't have to do this," She insisted.
"Your master doesn't choose your destiny for you, you do! Please stop fighting us and come with us. There's good in you I know it!" Ahsoka said as she hoped to convince Galen to turn to the light.
Galen looked doubtful for a moment but his glare returned with a vengeance.
"I am a Jedi Hunter and a Sith Warrior," He barked. "That is all I need to know."
Aayla grimaced as she braced herself for the next attack, which turned out to be a barrage of blue lightning. She raised her lightsaber and blocked the blow with the blade of light, lightning crackling around it but not getting past the defense. The lightning was powerful enough; however, to push her slowly backwards, the dirt moved from the friction of Aayla's feet sliding.
Aayla kept the lock on the energy blast, not realizing that was exactly what Galen wanted. The Sith Warrior continued to fire the blue colored Force Lightning and, to Aayla's astonishment, used telekinetic lightsaber combat to send his lightsaber toward Aayla's blade.
The blade flew through the air in a circular motion with the Force. So the Twi'lek tightened her grip on her blue lightsaber and waited for the blade to meet hers.
The Twi'lek Jedi blocked the strike but the speed and strength was such that her lightsaber was thrown away from her grasp, all the while Galen continued his lightning attack. Aayla tried to deflect the lightning with the Force but she screamed in pain as she the blast hit her with full-force.
Lightning arcs spread all over Aayla's body, that increased the excruciating pain even further. Aayla forced herself to focus on her own powers and in a desperate attempt to counterattack, fueled by her instinct of self-preservation; she put up her hands up again to try and deflect the lightning with the Force. But this time Aayla had help. Aayla Secura looked to her right to see Ahsoka Tano by her side, with her hands up in a similar manner like Aayla. Both of the female Jedi focused on the Force with all of their might. The Force Lightning started to change shape in a ball form. When they couldn't hold the lightning any longer, they used the Force to throw the ball of energy, which pushed through the lightning in a charged burst of electricity combined with telekinetic power and directed toward Galen.
The Sith warrior stopped his lightning attack and narrowed his eyes as he charged an even stronger Force Repulse than before. Galen raised himself in the air to charge the Force Repulse. Once the ball of energy was mere inches from him, with a yell, he released the Force Repulse. The sphere and Force Repulse collided, which it made an explosion with residue of the electricity powerful enough to push the female fighters several feet backwards.
Galen landed on the ground from his Force body was slightly worn and ached from the powerful Force collision, but he had to shrug it off. Once the dust settled from the attack, he saw the damage that was done. The ground formed a little crater from the blast of the explosion, Lurmen gathered around to see what was going on with fright shown on their faces, and two female Jedi were on the ground. Pride began to swell within him, as he gazed at the two fallen Jedi before him that had burns, cuts, scuff marks, and bruises on their bodies. Galen would have thought they were dead, if he did not see their chests rise to breathe. Galen started to walk to the unconscious Jedi to finish them off, but he stopped when he heard an elderly voice.
"Galen! What is going on?" Tee Watt shouted angrily as he walked up to Galen, while he examined the scene.
"Tee Watt, you were right, the Jedi are no peacekeepers. They only bring death and destruction, and they were trying to bring it to the village. They must be stopped." Galen sneered without taking his eyes off the Twi'lek and Torgutan.
"But this isn't the way! Violence breeds violence!" Tee Watt tried calm Galen down through a peaceful manner.
Galen sighed.
"I know, but this is the only way. If they continue to live, they would call for help. They would bring the war to the village. Your people would just be another casualty apart of the war! I am sorry Tee Watt, but this is the only way to avoid the war… to keep your people safe, to keep your son safe."
At the mention of his son's name, Tee Watt looked towards his direction. He saw his son Wagg Too checking on Ahsoka by checking her pulse with his furless fingers. Tee Watt also looked at the scared Lurmen that circled around them with some holding each other or others starting to back away slowly in fear. The Lurmen village leader was about to protest to Galen, but he stopped when blue blaster fire flew above him towards Galen.
Galen deflected the blaster fire with his lightsaber with ease. He looked to where the shots came from and saw the two Republic soldiers who had their sights set on him. If Galen remembered right, the one with blue markings was Rex and the other with yellow markings was Bly.
Rex and Bly made their way past a few scared Lurmen to try and get a better shot at the renegade Force user, but the clones didn't get far.
Galen threw out his hand like before, and let out another Force Push at the two troopers that wore white armor and helmets. The Force Push hit both of the soldiers, which sent them flying in the air, and then both of them were slammed into the Lurmen's pod homes.
Galen Marek had a feeling that they were alive, as it was a simple Force Push that was quickly used to prevent from anyone getting hurt by the look alike troopers with blasters.
"Don't you see, Tee Watt? The Republic can't be trusted. I am doing this to protect you and your people from the Jedi." Galen said as he tried to reason with the Lurmen Village leader.
Tee Watt had a look of shock and horror on his face. Terrible words ran through his head.
"What if Galen is right?" Tee Watt thought with ill.
Anakin's POV
Inside one of the pods that belonged to the Lurmen where their wounded get treated, Anakin Skywalker stirred in his sleep. The Chosen one let out grunts and groans while he slept, as he also moved about in the cot. Anakin saw visions and voices in his head, these predictions from the Force were not positive though. He saw his Padawan in a fight, and she did not have the upper hand. Anakin could feel the pain that she felt… it was an intense pain.
In the vision, Skywalker saw Ahsoka get tossed to the ground with her body greatly wounded. Ahsoka breathed heavily, and it was then a shadow covered the hurt Padawan's body. Someone stood over her. Ahsoka looked up the figure with sadness and hurt in her eyes.
"You don't have to do this… you are better than this." Skywalker's Padawan said in his vision, with a weak voice.
To his horror, Anakin the familiar sound of a lightsaber get activated, which was in front of the downed Ahsoka. The lightsaber rose in the air, then brought itself down aimed at Ahsoka in a swift strike.
"No!" Anakin screamed as he suddenly woke up from his deep sleep.
Skywalker examined his surroundings to see that he was in one of the Lurmen pods. Anakin's chest rose as he breathed heavily from his vision. He looked himself over, to see that there were some bandages wrapped around his torso. His head felt somewhat strange, so he brought his real hand to his cranium, to discover there were also some bandages tightly wrapped around his head also. Anakin couldn't help to smirk.
"Those furballs sure knew what they were doing." Anakin thought to himself.
The Chosen One slowly brought himself out of the Lurmen medical bed with loud groan as his body was still soar from the crash. Anakin spread his arms out wide and started to stretch himself to make his soar aching body more comfortable. It was then that something called out to the Jedi, something he knew all to well… it was the Force.
The energy that flowed from the Force to the Chosen One was not of its usual aura, instead it was of sorrow, pain, and confusion. Anakin cautiously looked at the carpet that served as a door for the pod, the Force told him to go outside. Skywalker was curious as to what could be the danger, but he knew he could trust the Force with his life, so he remained on his guard. With heavy footsteps, Anakin walked out of the Lurmen pod.
The sun that started to set, shone on Anakin's eyes. Skywalker shielded his eyes with his hand to block out the blinding sun. The Jedi examined the area around him, to see that the village was pretty much a ghost town, nobody was around. Anakin did not like the situation, a deserted village, disturbing vision, and the Force told him that the danger was not over.
Suddenly, Anakin heard blaster fire that sounded not to far from outside of the village. Even though the sounds of blaster fire that went off were a sign of a fight, this may be a chance to figure out where everyone disappeared to. So, Anakin followed to wear the guns shot.
After a few moments of trekking through the village, to which no one was still around, Anakin eventually stumbled upon the outside of the village. To the Jedi Knight's surprise, all of the Lurmen villagers were there. What was even weirder, the Lurmen just stared at something in front of them. Anakin looked to where their eyes were captured, and he saw a horrifying sight. Jedi Master Aayla Secura and his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano were unconscious with nasty bruises and cuts, on the ground.
Out of nowhere, Rex and Bly flew through the air and crashed into a Lurmen pod. Anakin looked to see where the Clones were pushed from, and he saw a vicious Galen Marek. It was all too obvious who could of caused the what happened to his Padawan. An unimaginable fury erupted from within Anakin Skywalker as he sent the look of death at Galen. It was from his hatred that the Jedi felt a new strength build with him, the adrenaline he gained caused him to ignore his injuries. With his gloved fists tightened, teeth gritted to an unbelievable solidness, he stomped towards Galen with the Lurmen making a path through the crowd, so the furious Chosen one could get to his target.
Normal POV
Galen felt a strong presence with the Force behind him, so he turned to look. To what he saw was a rather pissed looking Anakin.
"I knew that we shouldn't have trusted you." Anakin sneered with a look on his face that could scare a Krayt Dragon.
Galen narrowed his eyes as he stared back at his new opponent. The cold mechanical voice that brought him so much anger, rang in his ears more loudly than ever. Galen was still unsure of the connection this man had with the dark figure, but he is sure that he is still connected to him somehow and that is good enough for him. He will enjoy inflict suffering into him, just as the dark figure has made Galen suffer.
Galen put his lightsaber in Shien reverse grip stance behind him and the glare in his face was worthy equal to that of Anakin.
"Then bring it on!" He bellowed.
And Anakin brought it.
Skywalker crossed the distance between them with an almighty Force jump; his blue blade pointed toward him with a downward slash.
Galen spun his fighting arm and his own blade collided with that of his opponent's with a diagonal slash; forcing Anakin to back-flip, when he realized he couldn't beat his lock with brute force alone.
Anakin landed just a few steps in front of him, but even that short distance was covered faster than he expected as Galen wasted no time in Force dashing forward. Anakin's eyes widened in surprise at the sudden speed and brought his lightsaber to parry his next attack.
Skywalker then used the style of his favorite lightsaber form, called Djem so, which consists on using the weight of your opponent's last blow to counter attack with greater strength. His counterstrike was met by a horizontal block and a steel-hard gaze. Galen then kick him square in the chest with force enhanced speed, causing Anakin to gasp and stumble backwords.
Galen then changed his lightsaber stance and Anakin looked at him with shock evident in his face.
"He is using Juyo?" He thought. "And in reverse grip? Not even Master Windu would attempt to do such thing and he perfected that form."
Just when Anakin started to wondered how to counter such an unpredictable and deadly fighting style, Galen rushed forward, forcing Anakin to duck. The Jedi tried to sidestep him to catch him off guard, but Galen predicted his move and nearly cut Anakin in half from the waist down with a wide and fast swing, forcing him to jump backwards. The two swordsmen glared at each other…and with a simultaneous burst of Force speed the duel began in earnest.
Beforehand they were testing each other's moves more than anything else but this time when their blades clashed the frenzy of attacks and blur of motion was almost too much to process for the confused, awed, and terrified Lurmen.
Galen's aggressiveness seemed to know no bounds as he trusted, hacked, slashed, parried, and ducked at his opponent with perfect coordination, while the hard pressed Jedi used his mastery at Djem, so to counterstrike with superior strength.
The dangerous dance continued with neither willing to give the other any ground. Anakin grudgingly admitted that his opponent was remarkably skilled but he was convinced that he could beat him. He is the most powerful Jedi of his generation after all; maybe potentially the most powerful Jedi of all time.
He was, therefore, very surprised when Galen's lightsaber emitted arcs of electricity.
Anakin cursed as he was forced to back away, but Galen followed and continued with his barrage of lightsaber strikes imbued with chains of lightning. Anakin was pushed to the desperate defensive against the overwhelming force and soon enough the chains of lightning grew so much that they spread from their saber lock to his body. Anakin howled in pain and Galen kicked his lightsaber from his grasp as his concentration broke. Anakin could not keep the fight up much longer, as his wounds were weighing him down greatly and his adrenaline rush has started to fade.
Suddenly, Galen had a flash of inspiration. He didn't know for sure if it had something to do with his past, but what he did know was that the mere idea made him feel like justice was being fulfilled. Following the feeling, he griped Skywalker in the air and started to toss him around the ground, rocks and pods, ignoring the shrieks of terror from the horrified Lurmen. Anakin's body was covered in bruised from head to toe and more than a few small bones were broken.
With a thrust of his arm, Galen used the Force to throw Anakin at a far away pod. Anakin hit the pod with his back, earning a yelp from the Jedi Knight. The pain was intensified by the long distance, momentum, and strength of the throw from the Force. Galen then, threw his hand to the right, to which caused Anakin to fly in the same direction. Anakin slammed into another Lurmen pod, with the front of his body this time, with a small trail of blood trickling from the right corner of the Jedi's mouth.
Galen knew that what he was doing was cruel beyond belief, but it somehow felt like he was getting revenge or payback in some way through this. It was almost like that Anakin deserved his treatment. So he kept up the carnage.
With the use of the Force once more, Galen picked up Anakin's beaten body. He then flung the Jedi Knight's body violently around in the air. The act then triggered another voice to go off in Galen's mind.
"Ha Ha Ha! Yes! Kill him! Ha Ha Ha!" Came the sadistic laugh within Galen's mind of someone that was pure evil, and more terrifying than the dark figure he has been hearing recently. It was then that Galen knew that this torture was enough.
Galen brought Anakin's broken and battered body closer with the Force. Galen leveled his barely conscious head so that he could look him in the eyes and then Force pushed him towards the collapsed forms of the other two Jedi.
To say that Galen was happy would be an understatement, Galen was ecstatic. Before him, were three Jedi that he fought and defeated in combat. There was such a rush of adrenaline, he hadn't a good test for his abilities lately. The closest thing to a fight he could get was with the Mastiff phalones, even then, he had to hold back a great deal because of the Lurmen's peaceful ways. But the Jedi let him go all out with his abilities, three powerful Jedi were a great challenge. No doubt he sustained some wounds, but they would heal over time.
He knew his master would be proud, he knew the Sith would be proud, he knew that he should be proud. But there was some sort of void, within him that was not filled. Why was that though? Why did he feel somewhat empty? He was raised to kill all Jedi and bring order to the galaxy. So why was he not complete?
Galen pushed the thoughts aside, for he had three Jedi to kill. Galen stomped towards the fallen Jedi with powerful footsteps, lightsaber held strongly within his grip in the reverse Shien style, Force energy immensely radiated from his body, and his targets were in his sight.
Galen looked over to the three Jedi. He expected to see angry faces full of hate, frustration, and disgust, or the look of defeat and despair on his enemies, but that was not what he saw. When he looked at Aayla Secura, on her blue face was sadness, forlorn, and grief. With Ahsoka, on her orange face was similar looks, sorrow, dismal, and wistful. But what really bothered Galen was the look of pity and disappointment from both of the women. The look of disappointment upon their faces looked all to familiar. It was then Galen's head ached with pain, once more. His open hand was on his head to help comfort the pain. It was a voice, but it was no ordinary voice… it was HER voice. The voice of a woman that soothed him from his worries and brought him great contempt and happiness. Except the voice sounded bitter and disappointed. The disappointment matched the one of Aayla and Ahsoka.
"Your still loyal to Vader! Even after he tried to kill you and branded me a traitor!"
The aches in Galen's head grew exponentially as many confused thoughts ran through him.
"Why was her voice so disappointed? Who was she? Why can't he figure out his past or who he is? What did the woman mean to him? Was she even real? What does she have to do with the Jedi? What was she a traitor to? Who was Vader?"
Galen could not take it anymore, the thoughts, the pain, the confusion. So he let it out.
"Nooooo!" Galen screamed and threw out a powerful Force Push with his anger.
The push sent the Jedi sprawling across the ground, which separated the three Jedi away from each other.
Galen knew he had to kill the Jedi, before anything else happened. They were the reason for his flashbacks, for his constant agonizing pain. They were somehow connected to him. The Jedi had to be eliminated.
With a furious determination in his eyes, Galen looked at Jedi that were sent across the dusty ground. He saw that Ahsoka was the first one slowly getting up, by using her knees and elbows. If this be a different situation, he would congratulate Ahsoka for her determination. The Torgutan just refused to stay down. Unfortunately, her resistance got her the privilege to be the first to die.
With his eyes on Ahsoka, the young Galen sprinted a small distance to gain speed. Galen picked up the pace, once he saw that Ahsoka was on her feet. She was slightly slumped knees almost in a squat position, and looked very tired. The Torgutan looked at the charging Galen with sad eyes that screamed exhaustion.
Ahsoka then looked to her side to see her lightsaber on the ground by a Lurmen pod. It was somewhat far from her, but she needed it. She reached her arm out, and used the Force to try and call her weapon to her. In her weakened state, the task was very difficult.
"Come on, come on!" Ahsoka urged herself within her mind. Fortunately, she felt through the Force, a grip on her lightsaber. Her lightsaber that was on the ground started to shake from the Force.
In mid-sprint, Galen looked to where Ahsoka held her arm out to. He saw that it was in the direction of her lightsaber, that fell out of her hands during the battle. It was all too obvious that she was using the Force to grab her lightsaber. Ahsoka's blade, stopped shaking and then shot out from the ground towards the Jedi Padawan.
Galen had to act, before Ahsoka could get a hold of her weapon. So, he launched himself at a amazing speed by using Dashing Blast, a combination of a Force Dash and Force Push that brought out a high speed and proved deadly when collided with something. Thanks to the Dashing Blast, the distance between Galen and Ahsoka was severed almost instantly. Galen tackled Ahsoka, in mere moments before Ahsoka could get her hands on her blade. Ahsoka's lightsaber missed its target, when it soared in the air where its master once stood. The blade slid on the ground once more.
Ahsoka and Galen themselves slid on the ground, which created a little dusty trail behind them, though Ahsoka was the one who took the blunt of the damage. They quickly stopped, with the dusty trail passing by. Ahsoka was flat on the ground with her back against it, and Galen was on top of her like if he was almost sitting on her.
If it was under different circumstances, both would be madly blushing, as Galen looked like he was straddling Ahsoka. But unfortunately, those were not those circumstances. Galen had his blade out, and he was ready to use it to finally kill the Jedi.
Galen started to hear the two voices again, the mechanical one and the one that was pure evil. Time seemed to slow down for Galen through the dramatic moment.
"Yes! Do it!" The voice hissed in its old gravely tone.
"Use the full power of the dark side." The mechanical voice commanded through heavy inhales and exhales of oxygen.
Galen strongly gripped his blue colored lightsaber and started to raise the deadly weapon in the air. It all seemed to go in slow motion to him, as he continued to hear the familiar strange voices in his head.
"Take your rightful place at my side."
"Give in to your hatred!"
The two dark voices spoke again, except they came at a faster pace. Galen's lightsaber was now held steadily above his head in the downward position, ready to stab the Torgutan.
Hope looked bleak for Ahsoka, she could hardly believe that after everything she has been through. All of the training, all of the battles, all of the hardships, it was almost unbelievable that her end would come to this. She would never get to see her achieving knighthood through the Jedi Order, she would never get to see the end of the war, or other moments that could occur in her life. The young Tano thought, she saw a glimmer of light within Galen, she knew she saw a light in Galen, but it looked like he didn't see it. Ahsoka leaned her head against the soft dirt on the ground, and closed her eyes. Then she muttered, two shocking words to the confused Force sensitive on top of her.
"I'm sorry."
Galen then brought down his lightsaber towards Ahsoka, to finally kill the young Jedi.
"It will get you one step closer to your destiny."
"There is much conflict in you. Do not forget that you still serve me."
"Have your revenge. Fulfill your destiny."
"Will I ever see you again?"
Suddenly, Galen immediately halted his blade towards Ahsoka which stopped it from stabbing her, with those haunting words echoing in his head. His face was of pure shock, like if he saw a ghost. Galen's mouth dropped like an anchor, and his eye brows perched high on his face, with his eyes that showed surprise.
With seconds passed that felt like hours, curiosity overcame Ahsoka, she slowly peeked open one eye to see if she had truly died and became one with the Force. What Ahsoka saw was Galen's blue lightsaber that was just mere inches from her face, it was so close she could feel the heat that radiated from the blade. With both eyes open, Ahsoka simply stared at the lightsaber that was frozen in place above her. There were many mixed emotions coursing through Ahsoka, confusion, fright, nervousness. She could hardly breath. A thousand thoughts ran through the Torgutan Jedi's mind, but the one that she kept asking herself was, "Why wasn't she dead yet?"
With the pace of a Bantha, Ahsoka timidly moved her blue eyes, to the owner of the lightsaber who held the blade within breathing distance of her face. But what captured Ahsoka's sight was not what she expected. There before her… or rather on top of her, was Galen Marek, who still held his lightsaber, but he had a look on his face that screamed that he was in some sort of shock. His mouth was agape, and eyes widen.
Now Ahsoka was even more confused than before. She now had even more questions that ran through her mind.
"Why is he surprised? What's wrong with him? Why hasn't he killed me? Is this some sort of trick? Did I get through to him? Maybe he found the light side and realized the error of his ways? Is he okay?" The bewildered Jedi Padawan thought to herself, but she brushed the thoughts aside when she realized she had to focus on her own survival.
Though Ahsoka was now focusing more on her survival, she was still in a tough spot, both figuratively and physically. The Torgutan was at the mercy of the force sensitive on top of her, who appeared to be somewhat unstable at the moment. Ahsoka started to sweat, and she wasn't sure if it was from the stressful situation or the lightsaber pointed directly at her face, either one was bad.
Ahsoka just didn't know what to do, to truly get her out of the predicament unscathed.
"It looks like I can catch him off guard, so there is an advantage there. I could call for help, but that might cause Galen to kill me right then and there. I could try and take his lightsaber from him, but he looks like has a good grip on it. And even if I did get it from him, what would be stopping him from just blasting me apart with one of his Force Repulse? He has a good hold on me, so I can't throw or kick him off. Maybe I can Force Push him off, though that didn't go so well the last time."
Ahsoka mentally sighed to herself.
"There is one other option, but it seems just as risky as the other ideas. Well nothing ventured, nothing gained." The female Padawan thought to herself in the conclusion.
"G… Galen?" Ahsoka muttered in a curious and somewhat concern tone.
Galen heard the girl below him, and then shook his head to get out of the shock. But that action did not help much. Galen was still very confused, had no idea what happened, and he was even slightly scared. His eyes were still slightly widen, and he darted his eyes left and right. The Force sensitive attempted to speak, but all he got was silence. His mouth slightly moved, but nothing came out.
Galen deactivated his blue lightsaber, and let his grip loosen. Then got up from his position on top of Ahsoka and ran. He just ran. He ran as fast as he could possibly go, with the Force aiding his speed. Galen ran past the Lurmen, who gave him strange looks from the battle. But he didn't care, he just had to get out of there and had to think. He was soon out of the village, and then got into the tall grass that surrounded the Lurmen village.
Ahsoka sat up on her elbows, and watched with a puzzled and concerned look, as Galen ran off into the wild area of the tall grass. She didn't expect that reaction from Galen, he looked so abashed like how she is now.
"Snips." Anakin called out to his Padawan, though she did not respond to it.
"Snips!" Anakin called out again, though in a louder tone.
Skywalker leaned up from the dirty ground, with one hand around the bandages on his waist, which were now covered in dirt. The other hand was used to hold himself up.
"Wha… What just happened?" The Chosen One Anakin Skywalker asked, in-between breaths.
There was a brief pause before Ahsoka answered.
"I… I don't know, master." Ahsoka replied, "I don't know." The Torgutan repeated, though in a whisper like voice.
Aayla Secura grimaced as she stood up. Her muscles ached, but she kept her focus on where Galen fled. The Twi'lek Jedi Knight could not help but to be afraid for the Force sensitive. He is just a young man who is lost and confused. And now he has ran off, alone, into the wild where dangerous predators live.
Galen's POV
Galen sprinted as fast as his legs could carry him, with the aid of the Force. He didn't know or really care where he was going, he just had to get away from the Jedi. He just ran and ran. His mind was a boggle, but he did think.
"What happened back there?"
Back at the Lurmen Village
Wag Too and a few fellow Lurmen, placed Anakin on a makeshift bed when Rex and Bly returned running. They took their helmets off quickly when they looked at General Skywalker with shame.
"General!" Rex asked concerned. "I—I should have fought harder, but that Force user threw us pretty far and hard and…"
"That's okay Rex, I know you did your best; I sure did," Anakin assured with a strangely disappointed expression.
Aayla sighed as she saw it. Anakin was extremely powerful and expertly skilled, but he was also very arrogant. He seriously believed that he is a match for anyone and now Galen defeated him with ease and toss him around like he was nothing. That must really make him doubt his abilities. She had always thought he needed a firsthand lesson on humility but not like this. This went too far.
"So, what happen to that strange Force user?" Bly asked as he looked around to see if the Force user was in the vicinty.
"That," Ahsoka said, "Is the million credit question, Bly."
Ahsoka tried to sound to cheerful, but it was a fail. She was far too saddened from the fight with Galen, how he got away, and what happened to her master. She then turned to the Lurmen.
"Has something like that ever happened to Galen before?" She asked loudly.
Each Lurmen shook their heads, fear still in the eyes of many, but it was Wag Too, who spoke up.
"Never," He said sounding more than a little dismayed. "I mean, we knew that he was powerful, but he had never gone rouge like that. Usually when he fought one of the predators around the plains he just used his powers to knock them to unconsciousness like we asked. But if I had to guess, I would say that whatever flashback of his past he experienced, didn't make him like you Jedi much. But we have never seen him react so violently from a flashback." He said somberly.
"But why?" Ahsoka asked after a moment of silence. "He seemed so nice."
The Lurmen shifted their feet uncomfortably, clearly the display of violence of the man they were proud to call friend was making an impression on them. Anakin snarled, and then winced as if even making the expression pained him.
"Because he is a Sith, that's why," Skywalker sneered with a few coughs. "Probably trained by that coward, Count Dooku."
"I thought Ventress was Dooku's apprentice?" Ahsoka pointed out.
"Well, it looked like he trained trained some sort of secret apprentice." Anakin reasoned.
Aayla, who was quiet during the whole exchange, stared back at the direction Galen took before replying.
"I doubt that." She said without looking at her friends.
They both looked at her and frowned.
"What makes you say that?" Anakin asked.
The female Twi'lek turned around and sighed.
"Why would Dooku send someone as strong as Galen to a planet with no high tech or resources, or even any sort of military force? There is nothing to be gained here." Aayla reasoned as she walked back and forth in a line. "Plus the Force moves and his lightsaber form that he used against us in the fight proved that he was far too powerful to be an apprentice of Dooku."
"Yeah that does make sense. And I don't think that bald harpy, Ventress could use something like Force Repulse. So, maybe Galen isn't working with Dooku." Ahsoka agreed.
"But that is still no reason why we can trust him. He attacked us, so its pretty obivious that he is a threat."
Suddenly, Tee Wat appeared and glowered at the Jedi.
"This is your fault!" The Lurmen leader cried out as he moved surprisingly quick despite his age and the cane he used. "Galen was fine before you arrived and plagued his mind. You Jedi caused him to go and act out in self-defense. I was right; you are no peacekeepers."
Under normal circumstances, the Jedi would have defended their position and replied with pride, but these were far from normal circumstances. Anakin Skywalker just suffered the most painful and humiliating defeat of his career as a Jedi, his Padawan Ahsoka was too concerned for his master's health and apparently Galen, to pay attention to Tee Wat, the clones weren't sure how to reply and Aayla was just tired.
"Maybe not all the time but we certainly try to be," Aayla ended up answering.
"Try? Your actions have caused fear and worry in my people. Some of their homes got destroyed from your mindless fight." Tee Watt pointed his cane in the direction that Galen left. "Now Galen is out there! Alone! Is that what happens when the Republic tries? Regardless, I want you out of our village as of right now," Tee Wat demanded. "You have brought nothing but trouble and now we will have to repair the damage you caused to our village during your act of senseless violence." He huffed and walked away from the crowd.
Wag Too sighed and looked at the Jedi.
"Just ignore what my father said. None of you are in any condition to leave, especially you." Wag Too gestured to Anakin."Without a Bacta tank your friend here will be incapacitated for a while." Wag Too looked to the six Lurmen villagers, that were on the sides of Anakin's makeshift stretcher, "I need all of you to carry him to my pod, so I can treat him. I will talk to my father and try to calm him down." The Lurmen healer said and then left with the way the Lurmen waddle towards his father's pod.
The six Lurmen, with three each on the left and right side of the stretcher, lifted the stretcher that held Skywalker. They then waddled off to a pod, as per Wag Too's orders.
Rex and Bly watched as the Lurmen carried Anakin off. The clones took their attention to the other commanding officer, Aayla Secura. They stood up straight, with their blasters in their white armored arms.
"What are your orders, General? Do you want us to track down the Force sensitive?" Commander Bly asked.
Ahsoka looked to Master Secura, as she wondered the same thing. But her hazel eyes said, "We are in no condition to act."
The Twi'lek Jedi, Aayla took a long deep breath that sounded exhausted.
"No." Aayla replied, sounding ever so tired, "We need to rest and recuperate. Everyone is too worn out, to do anything rash. And I feel like that wasn't the last, that we will see of Galen."
Back with Galen Marek
After the long and desperate run, Galen finally came to a halt. His chest rose and fell multiple times, from breathing so hard. His face showed exhaustition, and his mind was still a rumble. The young man's legs ached from the constant run, he did not stop or take a brake, not even once. Galen observed his surroundings. The Force sensitive was on a dirt covered ground that was a clearing, that had large grass surrounded in a circle. But before him, was a very VERY large tree that held huge pods on its limbs. The giant tree itself looked roughly around sixty to sixty-five feet tall, and the width was maybe thirty feet. The tree's bark was a a light brown, almost tanish color, with beautiful healthy green leaves.
The pods themselves, looked around nine to twelve feet, the size probably varies on age of the pods ranged in different colors, as some were light brown, dark deep brown, and a few were somewhat brownish-red. Basically the pods were brown in color.
Galen examined the area around him and the tree, and saw that some pods had already fallen. No doubt it was caused from the Jedi and Clones when they first crashed landed. Galen himself had been by the tree on a few occasions, to help drag a few pods back with the Force to help the Lurmen villagers. The other time was that he passed by the tree, was when he and the Jedi had to save Skywalker from their crash.
Galen slowly walked up to the tree. He placed a soft hand on the bark of the tree and gently rubbed it as it brought back fond memories of him helping the Lurmen villagers. But it was through that simple action, that caused an even deadlier reaction.
One by one, five large pods fell from their branches. Each one fell just micro-seconds apart.
His instincts screamed at him to look up, to which he obeyed. Galen took a couple of steps backwards, moved his head upwards, and saw the five pods falling, three which were heading straight towards him. With a frown on his face, the male Force sensitive spreaded his arms and legs a bit to get in a better stance. When the pods were about to crash into him, Galen threw up both of his hands. It was then that the pods stopped their descent on the young man. Galen had use the Force to stop the three pods from crushing him, while the other two pods buried in the ground around him. He held the pods in the air for a few brief seconds, he moved the pods away from him, and then let them go. The pods fell on the ground simultaneously, which shook the ground a little.
That vibration caused even more pods to fall from their respective branches. Galen looked up and sighed with frustration, the tree was becoming more and more of a problem.
Galen took off towards the tree, as the large pods fell. He jumped on a low part of the wood, then bucked his knees in a squat position to rebound off the tree. With a good Force Jump, shot straight up in the air like a bullet. Galen was able to reach a good height, but it wasn't high enough and pods were falling straight towards him. He bounced off the tree again with a Force Jump to gain a higher height. The Force sensitive, activated his blue lightsaber and sliced right through a pod that was once in his way. The blade cut straight through the pod, though it required some strength for Galen, as the pods were made of strong material. The pod was cut in half vertically, and then he back flipped off the remains of said pod, to land on another falling pod.
Galen used the falling pod as leverage to achieve an even higher height, though he had to cut through a few more pods to attain the height. Galen reached for another pod, and grabbed a hold of it. He turned his body in mid-air to move the direction of the pod to face the tree. When Galen faced the tree, he shot off the pod and went straight to the tree. Once he reached the tree, he poured more energy in a Force Jump, and leaped into the air, until he finally arrived on a branch. Galen stood up straight on the large branch, and placed his palm on the bark of the tree, to get in a more comfortable position. He slightly turned his back to watch a few more pods fall, but after a few brief seconds, the tree stopped dropping pods.
Galen turned his attention to the front of him again. The young man had an excellent view, while he was on the high branch of the very large tree. He could see acres of land for miles on end, he could see how Maridun's orange sun has started to set, he could also see the crashed Republic ship that had a few Mastiff phalones near it, with no doubt in mind that they were scrounging around for food. Galen could see the Lurmen village, but he was too far and too high to be able to make out distinct figures and the people that inhabited the village.
The Force sensitive sat down on the long branch, and let his feet dangle aimlessly in the clean air. He looked down and stared quietly at his opened hands. Both palms were soar from holding his lightsaber too tightly during the brutal fight, no doubt they would bruise tomorrow. But pathetic bruises were the last thing on his mind.
"Why do I keep having these painful flashbacks that make no sense," He thought dismayed and frustrated. "I can't even remember most of my life, and this is happening ,during a some sort of war that I know almost nothing about. But the worst of all was that I'm not sure who the Jedi and the Sith are anymore. I do not know what is right and what is wrong. I don't know who I am."
Galen leaned down and placed his head in his hands. The stress and confusion was overwhelming.
He wasn't sure how he got to the planet, probably caused a few Lurmen to be scared of him for the rest of their lives, may of caused some damage to the Lurmen who were so kindly to treat him like a fellow villager, and he just left the Lurmen with the unknown Jedi group.
"The Lurmen probably hate me now." Galen thought negatively.
When he first woke up in the Lurmen huts, he thought that he may have some sort of future with the Lurmen, as their helper of some sort. But he now knew that option was no longer available. Galen Marek was lost. Lost in a place where no one wanted him to be found.
"I...I don't understand. I don't know what to do anymore." Galen sadly muttered.
It was then that Galen felt a tug of wind, that blew against him through the front of him. The Force sensitive raised his head from his hands, and placed his hands on his lap. Galen slowly closed his eyes, and felt another warm breeze gently brushed against him. The warm air felt astonishing as it coursed through his body. It was like a soft whisper or beautiful tune that sanged through him in a lovely harmony. When the wind swept across his cheeks, it felt as if a pair of feminine hands caressed his cheeks which caused a light blush to form. For a brief moment, he was at peace.
"Will I ever see you again?" The mysterious woman's words repeated in his mind.
Those words rang through his head endlessly in a continuous echo. They were unlike the other voices that brought him anger and frustration. Her soft angelic voice soothed him to no end. But he did not know who she was or what she had to do with him.
As soon as the breeze ended, so did the woman's voice in his head. He slowly opened his eyes with slight disappointment.
"The woman... she must be important to me somehow. Maybe, I am suppose to find her somewhere. She might be able to help me. But how would I able to get off Maridun?" Galen thought to himself. But it was then, that he thought of the Republic forces.
"I can't trust the Jedi, but I bet the so called, Republic, might send some help for them. I could try and ambush them and take their ship or maybe be a stowaway." The young man started to conspire, but his body turned against him as it desired sleep. No doubt his body was worn out from the events that recently transpired.
Galen leaned his head against the tree bark, while his body laid on the branch. His limbs ached for rest, but his mind wanted to remain active. The Force sensitive's eyelids were heavy, he tried to keep them open, but it was a losing battle. It didn't take long for Galen's eyes to close and was soon brought into a deep sleep in a dreamy state. But before he fell into a slumber, Galen once again heard those words that haunted him with a certain joy but at the same time with saddness.
"Will I ever see you again?"
In the cold depths of space during Hyperspace travel aboard a C-9979 Landing Craft otherwise known as a Separatists' Dropship
Aboard the the command center of the Separatists' dropship, B1 battle droids were at their posts on terminals that controlled the Separatists war vessel. The droids performed simply diagonsis, maintenance checks, and other routines for the ship from the terminals where they sat. The only living organism in the command center was an Aqualish, Pune Zignat, who served as a chief weapons technician. Pune simply observed the battle droids as they went on their jobs as per their programming. On the other side of the Aqualish was another battle droid, but it had the yellow marks on it to signfy that it was no ordinary droid, but a droid commander.
The droid commander did not move like its counterparts on the terminals, the ranked droid merely stood still like a statue.
Behind them, the familiar sound of the automatic doors whooshed opened.
The droid commander turned around and addressed his commanding officer, but with no salutes like a real soldier.
"General, Count Dooku would like to speak to you."
The General walked with heavy footsteps, between the weapons technician Aqualish and the yellow colored marked droid.
"Very well, put him on then." The General ordered with a deep voice.
"Roger, roger." The battle droid obeyed and pressed a button on the communications system.
A blue hologram sprouted from the communications terminal. The hologram had the looks of an aged man with white hair and a white beard that stopped at his chin. His apparel was of a cloak cape over a belted tunic and trousers with dark black boots. He had some wrinkles, but his stance and posture symbolised that he demanded respect, along with a mean glean that bore in his eyes. His name was Count Dooku a Sith Lord and leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
"General Lok Durd, how goes the weapon testing?" Dooku asked in a voice that demanded an instant answer.
Lok Durd was a male Neimodian General of the Separatists Droid Army. The Neimodian was extremely overweight, compared to the rest of his grey skinned species, but his large belly did not stop him from attaining a desired position as a weapons developer for the Confederacy. Lok Durd wore a Neimoidian miltre with the Separatists insignia set upon it in the middle, as well as a light blue and green tunic of Ramordian silk with expensive girdles and rank epaulets.
"Ah, Count Dooku. My... er... I mean 'our' weapon is complete. All that needs to be done is for it to be tested. The weapon itself should have a large range of fire, destorying all life within its blast radius, but it will leave machines unfathomed. I am currently heading to a planet to test it out on local wild life."
"And what is this planet called?" Count Dooku asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I believe it is called Maridun. Don't worry, the weapon won't be discovered..." But Lok Durd didn't get to finish his sentence as he saw that Dooku was slightly bent over and had the breath knocked out of him.
"Uh... Is something wrong, my Lord?" Lok Durd as he didn't want to be denied his desire to be promoted by simply having his old man of boss killed over.
Dooku regained his footing and looked at the fat Neimodian before him via hologram. The Sith got back in his stance to not give off the hint of any weakness.
"No. Carry on with your mission, but contact me when you land on the planet. I want to know what you test it on." The Sith Lord commanded.
"As you wish, Count Dooku."
"From the expense and resources I paid, this weapon better be worth it."
"I assure you, Count. You will not be disappointed." Lok Durd said with a wicked evil grin on his clamming face.
The communication shut off between Count Dooku and Lok Durd. The heavy set Neimodian General walked over to a terminal on the right side of a command console and looked at some schematics for the expeirmental weapon. The weapon was held by a modified Confederate Armored Assault Tank, but the the main cannon of the tank was much larger. It had a gold color, and the barrel of the weapon was extended and widened, to show it was used as a artillery weapon.
Above the schematics, it was labeled, "Defoliator".
On the planet Serenno in a undisclosed CIS base
Count Dooku currently resided in his private base on his home planet, Serenno. The base itself was very large with an interior that was also large in size. The Count's current room had a long walkway to his desk, with a pair of Magnaguards on each side of the carpet that lead to Dooku's desk. There was a very large window that took up the whole wall behind the Sith Lord, to have a good view of the ocean of Serenno.
Dooku cut off communications the fat Nemiodian that he slightly despised. Lok Durd was too arrogant and conceded, which would most likely lead to his downfall. Lok Durd put too much on the line for his gain, he spent too much money, too much resources, and too much troops for a meedly promotion that he would never get. But that was not had Dooku disturbed.
The Sith Lord got up from his chair and walked a few brief steps to face the large window. He had his hands folded against each other behind his back, in deep thought. During mid-conversation with Lok Durd, he felt... a disturbance in the Force. The disturbance was something new, something that did not belong... something that was powerful.
A plan then formed within the Sith Lord's brilliant mind. The Count walked over a desk a pressed a button.
"Prepare a Munificent class frigate, for me and set the coordinates for Lok Durb's position. I believe General Lok Durb has proven another use for us." Dooku said with a sadistic grin.
"Roger, roger." The high pitched mechanical voice on the other line replied.
"I am sure my master will be pleased, once this Force disturbance is found." Count Dooku thought menacingly to himself.
End Chapter
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Well there it is. I spent a long time on this story, and it is well over 18,000 words. I hope the wait was well worth it.
This chapter was actually suppose to be probably twice as long, but I held onto this chapter for far too long so I thought I post it earlier than planned. The next chapter probably won't take me as long to update, as I have a clear idea of what to write and what not.
The next chapter will have the Separatists invading the Lurmen village much like the episode of the Clone Wars series episode "Defenders of Peace", but how much will change when Galen Marek, Starkiller gets involved? Will he aid the droids help the Jedi and the Lurmen, or go his own way? Here is a hint: Epicness!
Also if anyone confused about the fight between Galen vs Aayla Secura and Ahsoka Tano, when they shot the lightning ball at Galen, that is the move where they absorb the lightning and shoot it back at the user like Yoda did with Count Dooku on Episode II The Clone Wars or Yoda with Darth Sidious on Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Thought I clear that up.
Remember to go and vote on the voting poll to see who gets to be romantically paired with Galen Marek with this story. I myself don't really care for the Galen and Juno pairing, but I thought I used their romance as a huge element to this story. Don't worry Galen will not be hooking up with Galen in this story, for obivious reasons. So you get to decide who gets to be paired with Galen. Also if you feel that anyone else should be on poll, anyone else at all, then ask and I will add her to the poll. Your vote matters and depends on Galen's future love interest. Galen will have an interaction with all of the women on the poll and each one will make a huge impact on his life.
Be sure to leave a review and tell me what you think of the chapter, as I will be glad to hear from you. If you also have any ideas or want to see something in this story, then feel free to tell me, I am open ears.
The next on the update is my Halo and Tomb Raider crossover, Halo/Tomb Raider: The Lost Get Found.
