The ship was silent except for the humming of the engines. Everyone laid on the floor or anywhere they could fit as they slept after a long day. I sat in my seat staring off into space, literally. I looked into the blue tunnel we seemed to be flying through.
"What you did back there, tapping into that many minds so clearly they could follow you back to the ship…how did you do that?" Bastilla asked in a hushed tone so as to not awaken everyone who was asleep.
"I don't know. Just like everything else it just…happened." I replied with a quiet sigh.
"You still don't know who you are?" She asked looking over. I shook my head.
"I don't have a clue. I can't remember anything before waking up to you. Every time I try to push past this…block in my head it just hurts." Her eyes shot over when I said block.
"Block?" She asked as I nodded.
"That's what it feels like." I sighed rubbing my eyes.
"You should get some rest you look tired." She said as I chuckled.
"No I'm fine. I don't want to have you bored now." I said with a smirk as she chuckled lightly.
"I appreciate it." I rubbed the back of my neck and looked over.
"How about you Bastilla? You don't seem to have a block on your memories." She nodded.
"I don't have a block true. What is it you want to know?" She asked looking over. I turned my seat to face her.
"What about family? Your parents?" She looked down a moment. "My…parents have…passed on." She said quietly.
"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't know." I apologized quietly.
"It's alright you didn't know. My father was killed by a krayt dragon while hunting for treasure and my mother…she was sick, I gave her credits for a doctor on Coruscant but…they couldn't help her." I thought for a moment.
"Well what about friends?" She sighed quietly.
"Well Carth Onasi became a higher up in the republic…" She trailed off as I looked into her eyes.
"That's not the full story behind him Bastilla." I said as she looked down.
"You're very perceptive." She said looking up as I nodded.
"You're very good at dodging questions." I said with a smirk as she chuckled.
"Fair enough. Carth…he's one of the people leading this hunt. He never did like the idea of people being able to crush a warship with their mind."
"So your own friend who helped you stop Malak is now hunting you?" I asked furrowing my brow. She nodded sadly.
"Mission Vao had disappeared on Coruscant, she took Zaalbar with her and went off alone." She said with a nod.
"She sounds like a headstrong teenager." I said with a chuckle.
"Oh you don't know the half of it." She laughed thinking back.
"What about the others?"
"Well let's see…Canderous, who was a mandalorian, had wandered off to find mercenary work again. Jolee Bindo who was a Jedi Master had gone to a swamp planet I can't remember the name but I think it started with a D." Bastilla said trying to think as I chuckled.
"So he was a hermit then?" I asked earning a nod from her.
"T3-M4 had gone with Carth and HK-47 disappeared." I nodded taking her story in.
"And you can't remember anything still?" She asked looking over as I winced trying the hardest I possibly could to push past the block in my head. Suddenly I saw a flash of an image, a silver bladed lightsaber with a B carved on the handle. I blinked and panted.
"I saw…a lightsaber. I think it was mine." I said looking up.
"Yours? What makes you say it's yours?" She asked looking over.
"I…could feel it. It had a B on the handle of it." When I mentioned that I noticed her eyes darted down then back up. She knows something.
"Well we'll have to keep an eye out for it then." I watched her and slowly nodded. I turned my seat back around and looked out the window. "Bastilla." I heard the familiar purr of Juhani.
"Yes Juhani?" Bastilla asked looking back.
"Do you…have a spare blanket on hand? It is…cold on this ship." She whispered as I smiled to myself holding back a giggle.
"Yes ofcourse check the cargo bay." Juhani nodded with a smile.
"Thank you." She walked off. I waited until she was gone until I turned to Bastilla.
"I don't think she likes me very much." I said shaking my head as Bastilla chuckled.
"Don't worry. She'll warm up to you eventually." She said with a smile.
"Hopefully her voice is just so hypnotic though don't you think?" I asked as I typed on the console in front of me.
"I was unaware my voice had that effect." I heard a hiss behind me. I looked back and saw Juhani standing behind me as I turned a light red.
"Oh Juhani! Um hi." I stuttered. She shook her head and left.
"Well that went well." I said with a sigh. Bastilla chuckled.
A nearby console suddenly started blinking as the ship shuddered and fell out of hyperspace. "There it is, Manaan." Bastilla announced as I looked closely. I smiled to myself.
"What is it?" Bastilla asked looking over. I blinked and looked over.
"Oh I just love water. This planet seems very serene." Bastilla smiled and nodded.
We flew down toward the capitol city of Ahto. We flew to the outer edge of the city and landed in a hangar that the port authorities were certain to not pay attention to. The ship jumped lightly as we touched down. I stood up as everyone still slept.
"Well I'll go arrange fuel and some parts." I said stepping over people as Bastilla followed.
"Parts?" She whispered as we walked down the ramp which closed after we stepped off.
"Yeah the hyperdrive's capacitor needs to be adjusted and a few other parts need to be changed." I explained as we walked through the door ahead of us. "How could you tell?" She asked looking over. We walked out into a hallway that stretched to the right, the left lead to a dead end. We turned right and began walking until we saw a door labeled, 'port authority'.
"I could hear it and I could feel it." I said simply. I could feel her looking at me but I waved it off and opened the door. I saw two selkath in there hard at work on their consoles. One turned and clucked at me in their tongue.
"What are you doing in here?" I waved my hand before me.
"You're going to refuel my ship and give me the parts I require to fix it." It stood there blinking a moment then spoke,
"I'm going to refuel your ship and give you the parts you need to repair it." It clucked turning around and typing once more.
"You now have clearance to acquire anything you need free of charge." I nodded and turned as we walked out. We walked towards a nearby stall as I began examining the parts they had.
"Normally I wouldn't condone such actions." Bastilla said shaking her head with a sigh. I looked up at her. "What do you mean?"
"Using the force just to get something free but seeing as our…situation is so dire we have to." I nodded.
"That's the only reason I did." I said with a nod. I got the parts and walked back to the ship with Bastilla. The ship was already being refueled as we walked up the ramp.
"I'm gonna go work on the engines." I said and began to walk off. Bastilla headed to the cockpit and sat down with a sigh.
