War on Aargonar
"Commander Vorru, you are needed on the front lines." Yelled one of the white-clad military men, looking around to see if he may have talked to someone else and finally pointing at myself with a touch of confusion on my face. I waited for a response, before I began to hustle over. Taking a quick look at myself on the way to the front lines, i noticed a few things, things that could have waited to notice with all the confusion going on. Even though the temperature of the planet was stifling, I could feel air hitting my scalp. Reaching my hand up I realized, I was bald. Must be a side effect of the transfer, or did my subconscious have a desire for me to shave my head? I also noticed that I wore the same white armor on my hands and forearms that the troops did and wore a long hooded cloak that reached to the dirt, while the size did dictate that it would have some weight to it, I barely noticed it at all. Looking down I saw that my attire favored heavy cloth, with a small plate of armor between a few layers, at least I was thinking about personal security, though thought it was a moot point being in the middle of a war zone. The last thing to catch my attention was a metal stick that rest on my belt, of everything that I wore it felt the heaviest, but beyond the physical weight, like there was something else attached to it, some mystical spiritual weight that I couldn't begin to imagine.
The trooper directed me to the front line where I realized it was more than just moving and shooting robots, but giant vehicles as well, floating tanks, fast moving missile launchers with giant wheels on each side. "Again remind me why this was my idea trooper." I said shooting a concerned look back at the man on my right. "What is the plan of attack?"
"Head on, sir, we take this planet inch by inch, we don't let the enemy rest." He responded.
"Yes, yes of course..." I answered back. 'Did he say planet? Why not just say Earth?' I thought. "Okay men, time to attack! 'I guess...'" Every trooper began rushing forward, shooting lasers at the robots. 'Of course, robots wouldn't be complete with out lasers' I sighed to myself. As the troops under my command began to move forward, more troops rushed in from the East and West. The two other Jedi had moved their forces around my flanks to launch one massive assault, the last assault that would be done in this sector I later found out.
As I began to move out with my men, I heard a voice in my head. It was both startling and calming. "I know what you are thinking, there is no way that this can be real. What you see before you is indeed real though, John. Though the person by the name of John Andrews doesn't exist here. Here you are Corran Vorru, a Jedi, a Commander of the Clone Army of the Galactic Republic. Your duty is a protector of the peace, a warrior who fights for the side of justice, and judge that carries the heavy burden of all the lives you encounter and even some that you will never meet in this lifetime and the next. You are defender of the Republic, I brought you here to protect that same republic. Now however, you are not ready for this battle, I will take command of this battle. Remember me, remember this, we will speak again. With that I was gone, darkness.
While I was out I saw visions again of the hooded figure, lighting everywhere destroying a massive city with what seemed like cars flying everywhere at all different kinds of speeds. There was an incredibly tall tower in the center of the city, there a light shining, began to fade. As the light began to fade the hooded figure began laughing. The vision was over as fast as it began, and I felt completely drained. I opened my eyes to see sand and shapes surrounding me. "What happened..?" That was all I could get out, before I lost consciousness again.
Next thing I remember was comfort, a bed, a lost luxury to myself after having to pawn it off to settle some debts. I opened an eye to see myself in a room, cool and relaxing, that is till I noticed a certain small green creature sitting beside myself. It is only later that I would realize the greatness that could be packed into such a small being, the creature would later become a great ally, but that is for later. "Awake you are, asleep along time you have been." The odd creature said. "Interesting the battle on Aargonar was it seems. Master Ki-Adi-Mundi sent you back to Curoscant he did, needed rest you did." For one, it was enough of a surprise that this alien even existed, but there were robots and lasers, so maybe not as much of a surprise as the fact that I could understand this little creature, it spoke English.
"Umm... excuse me, but who are you?" I asked as politely as possible in the current situation.
"Yoda I am, forgetful you are, young Vorru." The little green man replied with a laugh.
'Yoda?' I thought with for a second, but I was sure I didn't know anyone by the name of Yoda, the again I didn't remember anything before waking up on the military ship. "I am sorry, but I don't know anyone, nor have I ever met anyone named Yoda. Though I can't remember anything that happened before Aargonar, nor do I remember how I got there."
"Unconscious you were, sleeping for a week. This young padawan here, took care of you she did." He said as he pointed to the foot of the bed, where a small, orange girl rested. She wore what looked like a headdress ornamented with a chain that came from the top down, it came to three points at the bottom, two in the front lining her face and one down the rear, as well as having two points at the top, it was designed with blue and white stripes. 'Funny hat for a kid to wear' was my first thought and then I realized that, 'She is just a little girl, this little girl took care of me?' She slept peacefully as I turned my attention back towards the small green creature.
"What is a Padawan, sir?" I asked him.
"A Jedi, in training she is, one of our brightest pupils, aswell." So from what I could put together, I was a Jedi, there were two more on Aargonar with me, with the title of General, this little girl at the foot of my bed was one in training, and probably the biggest surprised out of all of this, so was this little green man called Yoda.
"A Jedi?" I gave a look of concern. "You are a defender of the Galactic Republic, of peace, a warrior for justice. Sorry, but you are old and so small, how could you possibly be a Jedi." With he just laughed.
"Come in awake he is." Yoda said before the knock could even happen, and a tall angry black man, a bearded gentlemen, a green smiling alien that sort of unsettled me, but couldn't help to smile back, and a scary alien with what seemed like a breathing mask attached to tendrils on the side of his face all stepped in. "Jedi Vorru, the Jedi Council we are. Explain to us, Aargonar you will." I began to sweat... what to tell, if I didn't actually participate?
"Well you see, sir , I..." I stared. "I personally wasn't preset for the battle. I remember getting on the ground, moving towards the front line, and possibly hearing something about reinforcements arriving. After that sir, I blacked out." I questioned with myself as to whether or not I should go into full detail about what I saw while unconscious. "When I came to, I was laying face down in the dirt, I could hear voice, but could not make out what they were saying. Then, I was here."
"Strange it is, you remember nothing you say, yet active you were during the battle." The little one replied. "Master Ki-Ari-Mundi, given us a report he has. Quite the tale, does it tell. Master Kenobi read it for you he will."
At that moment a bearded gentlemen stepped forward, he lifted a pad to his face and began to read the report, his voice seemed full of worry.
"Ki-Ari-Mundi, Jedi Master, Member of the Jedi Council. Filing report for Battle of Indoris Valley on Aargonar." He took a breath then continued. "After successfully completing my objective by routing the separatist artillery in the south, I swung my forces wide and east, hoping to take the enemy's east flank by surprise. When I joined the battle I looked to find Jedi Knight Vorru to see him standing at the center of the front line. He was not moving, standing there, meditating. I quickly made a dash for him as enemies began to fire all around us. I looked away for a second to counter blaster fire, and when I looked back, he had vanished. Looking I around I did not see him, almost immediately after I pushed forward, no matter where he went, I had to finish this battle." He stopped.
"Continue, Master Kenobi." Said the dark-skinned male.
"Yes, Master Windu." Kenobi looked back down to the pad. "As I and the troopers pushed forward, General Swan's unit came in from the West, launching an attack devastating their flank. It was then in the heat of battle I saw him. Commander Vorru was in the middle of the enemy lines, though no droid seemed to notice him, they walked right by him. I sallied forth with my unit to come to his aid, then I noticed something strange, his eyes. They were open and glowing purple." Kenobi stopped, looked me dead in the eyes, as to confirm it was still be laying in the bed. "His speed was incredible, one second he was standing in the center of the separatist army, next he was, lightsaber in hand, sweeping through their rear flanks, cutting up droids faster than I could count, faster than the enemy could respond. He moved through the entire army with easy, moving left to right, right to left, cutting a swathe of droids to meet back up with the republic forces. When the enemy finally noticed him, he stared to spin, jumping in the air as he did, using the force to move himself throughout the army, blaster fire that fired at him, was sent right back, and any droid that he passed by, was slashed to pieces."
"What is this..?" I interrupted. "This can't be right, I simply fainted at the battle. I didn't do anything you are saying."
"You will do well not to interrupt the report," responded Windu, "for someone in your position, it is best to not speak unless asked to." He was infuriated, I don't know what I did to him, but for a Jedi, for what in my mind at this point was supposed to be a good guy, I was scared, no, terrified was more the feeling, I couldn't move, I began to sweat as he stare persisted. I simply nodded to him in response, which he then bade Master Kenobi to continue.
"It was when the first wave had been destroyed that young Vorru surprised me the most. He turned and faced the enemy, whose lose of the first wave, so quickly and so completely had cause fear in their ranks and the stations that were safely tucked underground began to lift off. Vorru, in an almost immediate response, put away his saber and focused on the closest station. It hasty ascent came to halt, Vorru had within his control, and entire space station. He then began to move back and forth, in response the ship did as well. He moved the station at his will, crashing into the next nearest to us, taking control of both of them and moving them up, further and further away, towards the next. In response, I had the front line move in around him, protecting him from enemy fire. Within the minute, he had wrangled two more together, all four of them smashed together and showing no sign of stopping. He simply moved them back and forth, collecting all the stations together, crushing them within his extended reach, before letting go, and we watched them fall toward us." The room was completely quiet, most of the masters were all looking at me, some in disbelief others in questioned glances. Just one stared at me in rage, while Yoda sat there, eyes closed, paying close attention to what was being said, meditating, as I found out later, on my connection to the force. "He then took a knee as the stations dropped, I told him that we needed to retreat, that we would not survive in our current position, he looked at me and responded. 'No, we would not be able to out run the blast wave, you and Swan need to put your hands on my shoulders, and concentrate on defending the army, put up a barrier.' In shock, I told him that there was no way that the three of us could put a barrier around the army, he only gave a sigh and placed his hand on my face. I could feel his power, his connection with the force was one, he was living breathing force and a physical body, I have no doubt about that now. We did as he said and lifted a barrier, which continued to grow. It manifested almost visible to the naked eye, and as the debris came down, he simply smashed against the barrier, though my nor Swan felt no additional weight pressed against us. We could hear the troops, in amazement speak about the power of the Jedi. Within the minute all the debris had landed, and had been pushed away by Vorru. When it was over, Vorru simply looked at me, his eyes a hazy purple, he said, 'I have won this battle for you, now I must rest.' With that he fell to the floor, as I moved to pick him up, he regained consciousness for second, made an incoherent sound, and then passed out again."
"Is that all, Master Kenobi?" asked Yoda.
"Yes, Master Yoda, Master Mundi just finishes up his report with the death count, thirty-seven of General Swan's squad from attacking Rhottin Base, twenty-nine from Master Mundi's from taking the forward artillery before the battle and only seventeen from Commander Vorru's battalion who attacked the main force. Master Mundi and Jedi Knights Swan and Vorru are responsible for defending the combined forces from the falling stations, losing no men in the process."
"Thank you, Master Kenobi." It was the look in his and most of the masters in the room, I was a threat. I knew why so many came, they would be there to try and contain me if I went off again. That Master Winu seemed all to keen on putting his saber into my gut.
"Masters I swear, I don't even know how that happened. Please, you don't have to kill me..."
"Killing you is not what we have in mind, but the truth is. we aren't sure if we can leave you loose." Windu interrupted. "There is a vote as to whether or not we should strip you of the force." The look of horror at the mention of it, filled the room, even the little girl, now awake gave a look at disbelief.
"Why, what has he done that would warrant a punishment of that magnitude. If it could possible be done," retorted the little padawan, she seemed to be the only one on my side. "I have been by his side, for an entire week, and all that I have felt from his is confusion, how can we punish someone for having amnesia?"
'Why would she fight for me? She doesn't know me, I could very well go back to who I was in the battle, though, that didn't seem like a bad guy.' "Thank you padawan... I am sorry, I was never told your name."
"Ahsoka, Ahsoka Tano," she replied with a smile.
"You take after your Master too much Ahsoka, you are out of line, return to your chambers at once." Windu hotly said to her. Unable to go against a Master, she complied with a frown.
"So what you are considering, what will it do to me?" I asked them.
"We will cut your tie to the force, you will become a hollow person, and be expelled from the Jedi Order. Never allowed to return, and sent far away, to live away from the war." Why was the Master so intent on doing away with me.
"Anything else I should know..."
"I feel, that his fate, this is not." Yoda finally spoke, "his ties to the force and affinity to use it, we could not break, even if we tried. Re-tought he must be. Re-learn the ways of the Jedi he must." uprise filled the room, gasps and a quiet yes, from behind the door could be heard in the room. "Same ability to follow orders, the padawn shares with her master." Yoda smiled. "You will be re-trained. Long time since I had a full-fledged apprentice, it has been." Again, shock and awe filled the room. Through my time as Master Yoda's apprentice, I learned that he had actually trained most of the Jedi in the room including the angry Master Windu. "Your re-learning tomorrow it starts. For now, rest, your strength you will need."
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