Chapter 4 Mara Jade

The three Jedi activated their lightsaber and the group now faced Mara Jade. Luke was very surprised to see that there were Emperor Hands; he thought that only Vader had secret apprentices, like Starkiller. Well, it was obvious that other Dark Siders also existed and that would give them a lot of trouble.

Two green and a blue blades soon colluded with the purple saber of Emperor's Hand. She was attacking very ferociously and the three Jedi were very careful so that they would not get hit by the lightsaber. As the battle continued, Luke noticed however, that the Dark Sider was losing her stance; Mara was tiring since she was fighting three Jedi at once with one of whom defeated Darth Vader himself.

The fight lasted for about ten more minutes and finally Luke managed to knock out Mara with disarming her. If the battle could be seen by an outside observer, who also saw the battle between Mace Windu and Palpatine, he could say that the ending was very similar although Luke did not decide to point his lightsaber towards Mara's throat.

"Kill me, I failed my Master!"

"Mara Jade, your Master is killed. You don't need to follow his will anymore"

"No, no, I can sense him!"

"Luke, I think that Mara is just too tired."

"I agree Ahsoka. Let's take her with us since it would be the safest way to insure both her and ours safety"

Vaap came closer to the lightsaber he saw in Mara's hands and what he saw was very intriguing. The lightsaber's design matched perfectly with the design of Master Windu's one. Vaap still remembered his father's lightsaber since he saw him sparring with Ahsoka and there was no possibility that the lightsaber he was holding was not his father's one at some point.

"Where did you get this lightsaber?" Vaap was very curious and asked Mara as she was lying on a bed. She decided that because she was now a prisoner of war, she would not talk to them. She still believed that Palpatine was somewhere alive and did not want to tell any information to the Jedi.

Luke returned to look at Mara and soon left to talk to Ahsoka about her. The two sat in lunchroom discussing what to do with Mara.

"She does seem to know the Dark Side although her skills with the Force are very robust. It seems that she only knows how to use the lightsaber."

"I agree with that Ahsoka. Also, I sensed that there is no actual darkness in her, more like confusion and some frustration. She is not a Sith and not even a Dark Jedi although she does pretend to be one. I think that we can bring her to the light since she was not yet corrupted completely."

"And how are you planning to for this, Luke? She would not want to talk to you and will escape if you let her"

"I was thinking that I could bring her to the light using the same method as I used with my father."

"I hope you know what you are doing, Luke. It is interesting to see that you can see good in anyone"

"Well, I don't see any good in you. In fact, your Force signature looks more Sithly than Vader's"

"You little Skyguy!"

Ahsoka jumped at Luke and the two started sparring. They were jumping in the air, force pushing eachother and occasionally threatening to cut opponent's limbs. The sparring lasted for a good twenty minutes and then the two Jedi sat on a couch.

"I did not know that you are that good, Luke"

"Well, that should not be a surprise. After all, my teachers were Obi Wan and Yoda"

"And mine Anakin and Mace. We are even"

"Maybe. I will go to check on how Mara is doing and give your former apprentice a break."

"All right but be careful Luke. And if she even hurts you, I will cut her in half. No one threatens my family!"

"Don't worry Ahsoka, I can handle myself." Luke went to the room where they held Mara and let Vaap go for a break since he was looking after Mara for a while. Luke sat beside Mara who by now fell asleep. Luke looked at her and started using the Force to help Mara overcome her inner darkness and confusion. Nothing really worked and Luke decided to use a radical idea.

When Mara woke up she looked at Luke and then at her surroundings. Then, she looked at Luke with huge passion and only now Luke understood what he had done. He sensed that the darkness completely left Mara and she was now on light but there was a little consequence of his actions.

"Luke, I love you"

For Luke it was surprising since he did not intend to do anything like that but he was at least glad that she was on the right side. "She looks nice too. Maybe I could return her affections" he thought.

Meanwhile Ahsoka left the Temple and went for a walk. Once, she decided for some reason to go to a hospital. The Jedi Master entered the Hospital and saw someone she knew well; they were good friends before the Dark Times arrived on horizon. Ahsoka could not believe her eyes but here in the Hospital stood Barriss Offee. Ahsoka could sense that Barriss was not using the Force and she thought that most people in the Hospital did not even know that Barriss was a Jedi.

"Barriss!" Ahsoka called her former friend and saw that the Mirilian Jedi looked at her

"Ahsoka, I am so glad to see you. What are you doing here?"

"Well, for some reason I went here. I don't know but probably it was the will of the Force"

"I am happy that you are alive Ahsoka."

"Same. Barriss, do you know that a New Jedi Order has been created by Luke Skywalker? I thought you could join it and become one of the Masters since as it appears there are not very many teachers available since many Jedi died during Dark Times."

"That's wonderful news that the Jedi Order has restarted but unfortunately I cannot leave my place. I am needed here more to help people. I am sorry Ahsoka"

"I understand. If you ever change your mind, feel free to rejoin the Order"

"Thanks Ahsoka"

Ahsoka then heard a call on her commlink. Luke Skywalker was calling all available Jedi to the lunch room in the Temple to have a meeting. Ahsoka left the hospital and went back to the Temple.