Ch. 2
The Rogue Shadow exited hyperspace above the planet of Nar Shadda and as he looked at the planet, filled with nothing but bounty hunters, smugglers, and other common scum in galaxy, but he hoped it would have someone that knew about Ahsoka's whereabouts. He landed the Rogue Shadow in one of Nar Shadda's hangers, and went into a nearby bar and made his way to the bartender.
"Can I help you, young sir?" The bartender asked, and Galen put some credits on the table and asked for a drink. When the glass was placed in front of him, he took a sip and looked at the bartender.
"I'm looking for someone; I was wondering if she came through here." Galen said, and the bartender smirked.
"A lot of people come through here, friend." The bartender said.
"She's a sixteen year old Togruta, perhaps seventeen. She's about five feet, seven inches tall, not including the montrals. She may have carried a lightsaber." Galen said, and the bartender's reaction made Galen suspicious.
"Like I said kid; a lot people come through this bar everyday, and even if your girlfriend did come through here, I don't remember her, even if she had a lightsaber." The bartender said, but Galen sensed the man lying.
"She flies a blue G9 Rigger freighter. Ring any bells?" Galen asked, and the bartender shook his head.
"Sorry kid, I don't see the ships my customers use." The bartender lied, and again, and Galen was losing his patience.
"You want to tell me what you know." Galen said, using the Force to try and convince the man to tell him.
"Mind tricks don't work on me, Jedi." The bartender said, now getting angry, so Galen took it a step further, and started using Mind Manipulation; the Sith variant of the Jedi Mind Trick.
"You're going to tell me what you know about the Togruta, now!" Galen demanded, and the Manipulation worked.
"I…I don't know her name; all I know is that I have to give her the shipments my employer wants her to deliver to different parts of the galaxy. I don't know where she goes, or what is in the containers, I just know she's one of the greatest smugglers in this galaxy."
"A smuggler?" Galen asked.
"Yeah; one of the best. I've heard it say that she once worked with both the Republic and the Separatists, so she knows their anti-smuggling protocols, and she uses that information to avoid and outrun their ships." The bartender said, and Galen thanked the man and gave him a generous tip. Galen then turned around, and saw that the other patrons got out blaster pistols and rifles.
"My boss doesn't like it when bounty hunters and Jedi go after his employees, especially his best smugglers." The bartender said, pulling out blaster pistol of his own and aimed at Galen. But Galen just smirked and sent a powerful Force Push towards the bartender, and a large wave of lightning towards the patrons wielding weapons. He knocks the patron's unconscious with the lightning, and when he sees the bartender, who's looking at Galen with shock and fear. Galen then takes a large portion of the tip, leaving a smaller amount left for the bartender. Galen then made his way back to his ship, and left Nar Shadda, angry that he still doesn't know where Ahsoka is.
"PROXY, have you seen any reports of Twilight sightings?" Galen asked.
"I'm afraid not, master." PROXY said, and Galen sighed in annoyance. He then had the ship enter hyperspace to go to his next stop, which was the planet of Hutta. Galen then went into his bedroom, and hit the metal wall of the room.
'Ahsoka…why did you leave me? Do you not know how much I love you? I thought I proved that when I saved you from the Dark Side, and I thought you loved me, when you and I slept together the night you left…' Galen thought to himself, and he went to sleep, having nothing but dreams of Ahsoka, but he considered them nightmares.
The next morning
Galen woke up, feeling more depressed and angry than he did when he fell to sleep; he had another vision of him and Ahsoka living peaceful lives with a large family, at least seven kids, and while that's the kind of future he hoped for, as long as Ahsoka is gone, Galen knew it would never happen. He went to the bridge of the Rogue Shadow and saw that it was exiting hyperspace, and when Galen got a good look at the planet of Hutta, he saw it was as ugly as the stories told; slime green, air filled with pollution and smog, the majority of the buildings were Hutt palaces. Galen landed the Rogue Shadow, and instead of risking his life confronting Hutts, he aimed for smaller, just as illegit, businesses. Galen then walked into a ships parts shop, and walked straight to the shop owner.
"Can I help you?" The man asked.
"You might. I'm looking for someone. She's a female Togruta, sixteen, perhaps seventeen years old, five feet, seven inches tall, not including her montrals." Galen said.
"A lot of Togruta females come through this planet kid; most of them 'entertainment' for the Hutt's here. If you're looking for someone like that…you might as well give up your search." The man said.
"She's a smuggler; she flies a G9 Rigger freighter and carries a lightsaber." Galen described, but the man shook his head.
"Sorry kid, I don't remember seeing anyone like that, or a ship like that." The man said, and Galen sensed the man telling the truth. So Galen left the shop and went to other shops around the planet, but he got the same results, and eventually, Galen figured Ahsoka never came to Hutta, so he got back on the Rogue Shadow and left Hutta.
"Another dead end…" Galen said frustrated, realizing he wasted a whole day. "Any updates PROXY?"
"No master, I'm sorry." PROXY said, and Galen entered his meditation chamber to try and concentrate on where he should go next, but when Galen opened his eyes, he saw the infamous Darth Revan standing in front of him, with his red lightsaber activated and ready to decapitate Galen. When the Sith swung the blade, it was met by Galen's dual blades. Galen then jumped back and hit Revan with a Force Push and quickly followed by lifting the Sith with the Force, and slammed him into the walls of Galen's meditation room. Once Galen let Revan fall, he used Force lightning to stun Revan and deliver a series of blows to Revan's armor, and ends the fight by stabbing both blades into Revan's abdomen. Revan then disappeared and was replaced by PROXY.
"I'm impressed PROXY, you're sneak attacks are approving, but you need to stay on the offensive." Galen said.
"I was hoping your meditation wouldn't allow you to detect my presence and give me the opportunity to kill you without having to fight you." PROXY explained.
"Well, I'm not in the mood for any fighting right now, so just leave me alone for awhile." Galen said, and the droid nodded and left the room. Galen continued to meditate for a few hours, eventually finding himself having another vision of the future about him, Ahsoka, and their family, but it wasn't what he was expecting.
Galen was running on the planet of Alderaan, carrying one of his daughters as he did his best to avoid an orbital bombardment coming from strange cruisers he had never seen before. Galen turned around and saw two more of his children running right behind him, and he stopped real quick and used the Force to pull the two children to him, and he put one of them on his shoulder and carries the smaller child with his other arm. Galen looks behind him again and sees Ahsoka carrying their twins as the two parents make their way to the Rogue Shadow. Once Galen and Ahsoka were inside the ship, they did a head count of their children, and Galen counted all five; the twin brother and sister, their third child, which was another son, their fourth child, another son, and their final child, their second daughter.
"Mommy…I'm scared." One of Ahsoka's sons said, and Ahsoka picked him up and gave her son a hug to calm him down while PROXY and Galen got the Rogue Shadow ready to take off.
"Kids, strap yourselves in, just like we practiced, and stay in your seats until we enter hyperspace." Galen said, and four of his kids got in the two chairs behind his and Ahsoka's the twins each in one chair, and their younger brothers sat in their laps, and strapped in, while Ahsoka put her youngest daughter in her lap. The Rogue Shadow was then in the air, and the ship made it's way into the atmosphere, quickly being chased by fighters and the capital ships firing at them. Galen just barely avoided hitting a capitol ship, and he immediately entered hyperspace, escaping the attacks onslaught.
Galen opened his eyes, absolutely shocked at what he saw in his vision. He stood up, and went to the bridge of his ship and went through his list of Outer Rim planets to try and come up with where he needs to go next.
Meanwhile, on board the Second Malevolence, Dooku was talking to Can Bane, Aurra Sing, Bossk, and even Boba Fett about a mission for them.
"I want you to hunt down a certain Jedi; her name is Tano, and if you bring me her head, I will pay you two million credits and three million if you bring her back alive." Dooku said, and the four bounty hunters nodded.
"Where was she last seen?" Boba asked.
"You'll have to find that out on your own." Dooku said, and the four bounty hunters turned around left the Sith to go on their hunt.
"Figures; sent on a hunt without any sense of direction. They just love doing this type of crap." Sing said as she walked to her ship. "You may need some help on this one Boba."
"Get away from me Sing; you betrayed me and left me to the Jedi. If you think I'm going to trust you again, then you're dead wrong. And if you get in my way, I'll kill you." Boba threatened, and Aurra growled at the preteen. Boba then got in his repaired Slave I, and took off to find this Tano.
Galen then exited hyperspace above the planet of Tatooine and made his way to Jabba's Palace in hopes of getting information about Ahsoka, and when he walked into the palace, Jabba chuckled when he saw the Jedi.
"Jedi, how can I help you?" Jabba asked.
"Might Jabba, I assume you remember me as the Jedi that helped you get rid of that problematic gang lord." Galen said.
"Of course. How can I help?"
"Well, if you remember, I needed your help finding a friend of mine. Well…I lost her again…" Galen said, and Jabba laughed.
"Perhaps you should consider putting a leash on this girl of yours." Jabba said.
"It's tempting." Galen said, under his breath. "I've heard she's become a smuggler, and I was wondering if you heard or have hired her recently."
"I'm afraid I haven't heard of any new smugglers." Jabba said, and one of Jabba's Twi'lek servants gave Jabba a glass of wine, and Jabba was about to take a giant swig, but Galen sense deception.
"Might Jabba! Don't drink that wine!" Galen said.
"What do you mean?" Jabba asked angrily, and Galen approached the Hutt cautiously.
"I believe there might be something wrong with this drink; I suggest you have it tested." Galen said, and Jabba thought for a few seconds, and Galen noticed the slave that Jabba the drink trying to sneak away. Jabba then ordered an analysis droid to test the wine, and Jabba poured the wine into the droid, and few seconds later, it gave Jabba's servant droid the results.
"The wine is poisoned, Mighty Jabba." The droid said.
"What! Someone tried to poison me!" Jabba asked angrily.
"The poison is made from herbs native to Ryloth." The droid said, and two guards brought forth the servant that gave Jabba the drink.
"You have betrayed me, girl. And for that, you shall die." Jabba said, and he pressed a button on his throne, and the girl fell into a hole, and few seconds later, a Rancor roaring could be heard, followed by the girl screaming, and then silence. "Jedi, you have saved my life, and for that, I am grateful. In return, I shall watch out for your friend."
"Thank you, Might Jabba. I am truly grateful." Galen said, and he left the ship, knowing that Jabba will be competent enough to find Ahsoka, so he left Tatooine with a bit of hope.