Chapter four: The First Attack.
" So boss what's next?"the girl turned around to face the man sitting in the corner of the room. The man looked up from his computer console and replied " well, now we wait till the time is right. That jedi was supposed to get the girl Rahasha and not go after his academy rival. We need to get that girl before her other powers surface or else she's of no use to us." The girl grinned. "Boss can me and the girls get her for you?" the man looked at the women who had been with him for a few years and said " only if the jedi fails to complete his next mission."
Rahasha, Den, Saz, Paul, and Chris, continued to walk around the village. All of a sudden, an old man called outfrom an ally and motioned them over. Rahasha looked to all her friends and slowly and carefully made her way to the ally. "Who are you?" the man smiled " you don't need to know who I am. You just need to know what actually happened to this planet. Am I correct in what I say?" Den nodded and looked at Chris. Rahasha spoke directly to the man. "How do you know what we're here for? And how did you know who we are?" the man laughed "Rahasha, don't fret. it's not the end of the world. At least not yet. I know everything about the people sent to find out what happened and to find out how to stop it. I know your names because I've met every single one of you before." Rahasha didn't know what to think. Den pulled Rahasha aside for a second. "Rahasha, ask if he wouldn't mind if you read him to see if he was lying. Maybe we can get some info from him. But I want to know who he is first." Rahasha nodded. They went back to the man and Rahasha raised her hand and put ittowards the man. "Do you mind?" the man smiled. "Nope, you've done this before as well. I have nothing to hide." Rahasha grew very uneasy and frighten and very slowly touched the mans forehead. Rahasha was surprised. No emotions flooded her mind. The man controlled the emotions, and let the truth and history of him and how he talked about how he knew them, flow through at a rate that wouldn't confuse or harm Rahasha. Once Rahasha lowered her hand, Den was ready to catch her in case it was to much, but to his surprise, she smiled at the man. "Jolee?, what are you doing on this planet?" Den's jaw dropped to the floor and Rahasha put her finger under his chin and closed his mouth. Through mind reading, she said to him. 'That's not polite Den, we're meeting a friend of my mother's. it's rude to drop your jaw almost to the floor.' Den looked at Rahasha in confusion, but nodded and turned to listen to Jolee. "Well after the war was over against the sith and Malak was defeated, I decided to take a long vacation, so I came here, only to have it practically destroyed by some strange fire power, that even I haven't seen in my life time." Den looked to Rahasha and spoke through his mind. 'Rahasha, how is it you can talk to me through my mind?' Rahasha spoke back, 'I don't know. I just thought it and you received it. It's really pretty cool. At least I can talk to you without anyone knowing what we're talking about. It's like a bond formed between us when you helped me to control the things coming into my head when I touched objects. But it's time to get some answers' "Jolee, what are you going to do now that the planet is falling apart?" Jolee laughed. "I don't really know." Rahasha smiled and Den shook his head after she passed on heridea to him. "You can come with us and we'll take you somewhere safe." Jolee laughed. "It would be rememberable to get on that old ship once again. And if it's alright with your companions, then I will take your offer. But I must tell you what happened." he explain the events of the attack and Rahasha and the others had a better understanding of what happened, but still didn't know who was behind the attack. Rahasha lead the way to the ebon hawk. "Jolee, what was my mother like during the war?" Jolee was surprised only a little. "Didn't your father tell you?" Rahasha shook her head. "No th subject of my mother was always hard on him, especially now that I'm doing exactly what she did. He has plenty of trouble trying to tell me but, he can never get himself to say anything. I'm guessing you know how she died?" Jolee nodded "yes I know how she died. It's a real tragedy. She was a great women. Your father liked her when him and your mother found me on kasheyyk. But some of that changed when he found out from Saul Karath told him the truth of your mothers past. He was mad at Bastila the most, for she didn't tell either one of them the truth. But, Carth eventually got over that and fell in love with your mother. I guess now that she's gone, he feels that he can't speak about her cause he still loves her and hasn't completely let her go. But in time he will see reason and eventually he will let her go, but in his heart he will still love her, and he will love you more cause you are part of her and him. He helped create you will the women he loved. Even though your mother was Revan, she changed on the inside and didn't want to fall to the dark side again. She wanted to help people. she helped many people that we came across on our journey. She even helped one of my friends, when he was accused of murder. She was a caring person and I'm glad I met her and I'm proud to be acquainted with her beautiful daughter." Rahasha smiled sadly. "Thank you Jolee. I wish I knew more about her. I wish I had the chance to grow up knowing her. But I'm glad I have this chance to hear what she was like when she was alive and brave." Den asked though his thoughts again 'Rahasha, are you truly proud of your mother? How did she die?' Rahasha responded 'I am proud of my mother, at least for what I know. And she died by protecting me from a Mandalorian raiding party that attack us while my father was away on business. After that it's been just me, dad and Dustil.' Den nodded. The ebon hawk was full of life when they returned. Aphridite , went up to Jolee and had a conversation with an old friend. Saz pulled Rahasha aside. "Hey what was going on between you and Den back there? You were both making funny faces and kept staring at each other at different times." Rahasha smiled " we were just talking." Saz face showed Rahasha that she was stunned. "Talking? But neither one of you spoke ay words." Rahasha laughed. "That's cause we were talkingthrough our minds. I can read what he says to me through his mind and I can transfer what I tell him through the same way. It's really pretty cool." Saz relaxed "oh cause I thought you were falling apart and Den didn't know what to do." Rahasha laughed but stopped when Den spoke through the connection. 'Rahasha, don't you think it's time to explain something?' 'I guess it's time. But I need some time to figure out just how I should explain it. Jolee showed me so much. I just don't know how your going to comprehend it.' 'Okay, but everyone is getting really annoying with questions about it and it's getting on m nerves.' ' Don't worry Den I will explain in due time.' Den turned and smiled. Rahasha smiled back. Dustil was in the ebon hawks cockpit when Den walked in. He found Dustil asleep and nudged him awake. Dustil looked up to find Den with a frown on his face. "What's up Den?" Den shrugged "I don't know. I guess I will never understand the power of your sister and her powers, and the way she has learned to use them with out my guidance, and especially how she controls things invading her mind." Dustil looked confused "new powers? What is it this time? Mind reading? ha ha" Dustil laughed. Den didn't "actually, yes. She said that we have a connection, that she doesn't understand. While we were out there, she talked to me though our minds. It was weird but I enjoyed being able to talk to her without anyone else over hearing. I don't know what to feel." Dustil didn't speak till he knew what he wanted to say. "Okay, there's one thing you need to understand. Revan, Rahasha's mother, had a special bond with Bastila. I don't know how but they were able to talk to each other through their minds. They could feel each others pain and knew what the other person was feeling no matter how far apart they were. I guess when Rahasha was born, she got a bond gene passed to her when she was being conceived along with her other powers. Bastila knew that Revan was dying and she felt she failed Revan cause she couldn't do anything to help her. Bastila told me that she tried to tell Renee to calm herself and that she was not alone. But I guess she couldn't. Bastila felt the pain, saw Rahasha lying on the floor through her eyes, unconscious and couldn't do anything to help her. Renee died and Bastila hasn't been the same but she still keeps in contact with Rahasha and us." Den asked " what happened to the bond?" "The bond faded away when Renee's life force was leaving her body. There was no way to sustain Renee's life again like she did on Revan's ship." Den didn't speak.
Dustil set course for the next planet and directed the ebon hawk out to space. Rahasha and Saz, went to the mess hall to get some much needed food. " Rahasha?"
Rahasha stopped with her mouth full " yah?" "What did you and Den talk about?" Rahasha swallowed her food before answering. "I told him about my mother's death." Saz looked Rahasha right in the eye. "What did he say?" "He didn't say anything. I guess it was a hard thing for him to hear. He's helped me through so much and he couldn't say anything in this matter to make me feel better." Saz took a bit of her three cheese pizza. "So what are you going to do? Won't it be weird knowing you could read his every thought?" Rahasha laughed "not really. I can only read his thoughts if he's directing it at me. And I don't know what to do really."
Saz didn't know what to say so she continued to eat her Pizza. "So what happened when we found you and Paul?" "well not much really. we were walking through town just asking people questions, and decided to take the ally way when that guy jumped us. Paul had me go up to the wall and get out of the way. so I did."
Dustil was having a hard time trying to control the Ebon hawk through the asteroid belt. "Cp3-0 can you find us a safe path through this asteroid belt?" the droid went over to the computer console and plugged himself in. a minute went by and the droid had plotted a safe route out of the astoid belt. Dustil navigated the ebon hawk through the belt using the droid's path. once out of the astroid belt, Dustil headed for the nearest planet to begin repairs.
Rahasha came running into the cockpit. "What just happened?" Dustil turned to his sister and said "we just had to fly through and asteroid belt. I have some trouble flying till CP3-0 had to help plot a course through it so we wouldn't get any more damage or worse blow up." Rahasha nodded "oh okay. Where are we?" Dustil turned back to his console and looked at the map on his screen. "It appears that we are on a planet named Mancini. It's a planet that has a primitive race. They are somewhat a few years more advanced then we are. They may be able to help us repair the ship faster." Rahasha nodded again and Den walked into the room with Paul, Saz, and Aphridite right behind him. Rahasha turned to Den 'we landed on a planet and we need to see if they will help us with repairs. I'm going to need just you for this.' Den nodded and Paul looked at Den incomplete confusion. Den spoke up "okay Rahasha and I will go ask the villagers for help. The rest of you can get some training in while we're gone." Everyone nodded and they all separated. Den and Rahasha leaving the ship and the rest going off to train. Rahasha and Den were greeted the moment they stepped off the ships ramp. "Greetings off worlders. We are the Mancinians." Rahasha bowed and Den bowed his head in respect for the Mancinians. "We are pleased to meet you. My name is Rahasha and this is Den. We are from the planet Earth." the Mancinians faces light up even more at the word Earth. "We have heard do much of Earth. What can we do for our friends from Earth?" Rahasha smiled down at the nice man. "We are in need of some repairs, could you assist us?" The Mancinians nodded there heads very fast. "We will be honoured to help our friends from Earth. We shall begin right away." Most of the Mancinians rushed towards the ship to begin work, but turned and ran back towards Rahasha and Den screaming the word "WOOKIE!" Rahasha laughed and Den Called Zaalbar out of the ship. "Zaalbar, I would like you to meet our new friends the Mancinians" Den turned to the Mancinians "And we would like you to meet our friend Zaalbar." The Mancinians stopped running when Den had said the word friend and one spoke "any friend of our Earth friends are friends of ours. As long as wookie no eat us." Rahasha laughed again and tried to say "don't worry he won't bite. He good wookie."The Mancinians were rather pleased to hear that. They came closer to the Earth people and invited them to dinner. Rahasha, Saz, Paul, Den and even Aphridite's people were happy to hear they were invited to eat food. Rahasha and Saz were not accustomed to eating different cultures food, but they eventually got used to it after the first bite. Den and Paul were eating like they had never ate before in their lives. Saz laughed when Paul got some sauce on his shirt. Paul laughed and threw a berry at her in fun. Saz laughed even harder and told him "I'll get you later." Paul laughed. Den looked up at the sky and didn't hear what all the commotion was about and didn't care as long as his friend was happy. He began to wonder what it would be like to be extremely happy and not to have a care in the world. He wondered what he would be doing if he didn't have to save the world and what a bore his life would be. He would probably have a different job, he might even have a girlfriend or something and he might even be happy. Rahasha broke into his thoughts. 'Penny for your thoughts?' Den continued to stare off into space but answered 'just thinking about what I would be doing if I didn't have to save the world.' 'Really and how does it look?' Den almost laughed 'not to much better then my life right now. It looks kinda boring. But I think I looked happy. But it's all a dream anyway.' 'Is it what you want though? Is that why you dream about it?' Den showed her a picture of him shrugging and said 'I don't think so. I guess it's just something every body does ya know? Kinda like how you would dream of a past and you wish you could have done something to change it but you can't. I guess it's a lost course. At least I think it's a lost course.' Rahasha laughed inside and confided in Den 'do you want to know what I dream of?' Den nodded (in his thoughts) 'I dream that the Mandalorian's never attacked my home and that my mother was here so that my father wouldn't have to go through this life all by himself with just me by his side. I wish that I could have gotten to know what she was like for myself and not by what everyone keeps telling me. I wish I could ease my father's burden and help him to realize the goodness of everyone including those who have done wrong but are now doing right. But like you said earlier, it's all just dreams and wishes.' Den felt complete sorrow and discontinued there conversation. He needed time to himself to contemplate what she had just told him. Saz threw her last berry at Paul and ducked his. Saz had noticed the changing faces of Den and Rahasha and knew they were secretly talking to each other, and by the looks of it, it wasn't a good one. Saz felt it was time to talk to someone and she didn't know who to talk to. She left the mess hall 5 minutes ago and just started wandering the halls. She passed many Mancinians and they all said there greetings to her. She didn't know how far she went till she came to a window that showed a perfect view of the planet. She stood there for a long time till someone placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey Saz you look pretty down in the pits. What's up?" Saz shrugged. She continued to look out the window, but acknowledged the fact that Dustil was standing along side her. "Dustil have you ever wondered what really goes through your sister's head? I look at Den and Rahasha sometimes and I know they are talking to each other even though they don't say any words, but I just kind of feel left out and that she always talks to him about important things. It's like she doesn't confide in me anymore." Dustil leaned against the side of the window. "Listen Saz, you've always been like a sister to Rahasha. I guess she needs to talk to Den about guys things and maybe she's trying to get to know Den better and she needs private to do that so they talk through there minds. She still needs you. Even I know that. Your like a sister to me as well. They just need some privacy. Don;'t worry you'll see once you find someone you like." Saz smiled up at Dustil. "Thanks I guess you right. Maybe I will talk to her tonight and see if that's what it is." Dustil laughed and continued his way down the hall to his Quarters.
The next day Rahasha was walking alone in the beautiful gardens of Mancini. She stopped and smelled the roses but stopped when she had this feeling something was wrong. But this time it wasn't about her friends. It was with her. She didn't know where the feeling was coming from. She decided to tell someone. 'Den something's wrong. Please help me I'm in the gardens. Please hurry.' She heard footsteps behind her but didn't have time to find out who they belong to. Something hit her on the head and she fell to the ground.
When she woke up, she didn't know where she was. She felt herself starting to panic. She couldn't remember what happened. What happened? Where am I? Her prayers were finally answered when she saw a familiar face. "Hey Rahasha. How are you?" Rahasha felt tears roll down her face at the sight of Dustil at her bedside. "God Dustil I was just going for a walk. I didn't know it would turn out that way. What happened anyway?" Dustil smiled sadly. "That dark jedi hit you and tried to take you. We didn't even know what was going on till Den ran from the room in a frantic hurry. He didn't say anything but your name and we all followed him and found the dark jedi standing over you. Den knocked him to the ground and then picked you up and we took care of the dark jedi." "God why are they going after us? What did we do? No don't answer that I already know." Dustil let a laugh slip and nodded to the door "there's someone who wants to see you." Den walked in and sat on the bed beside Rahasha. "Hey Rahasha. I'm glad you're awake. I thought you weren't going to. He hit you pretty hard and left a pretty big bump on your head." Rahasha smiled "thanks for coming. I didn't think I got the message through to you. You remember when Saz and Paul were getting attacked?" Den nodded. "Well what I felt earlier was different from what I felt when they were getting attacked. It's like I knew someone was about to get attacked but I felt that it wasn't one of you guys. It felt closer. Like it was after me. That's why I called you. I knew something was wrong." Den smiled "your powers are amazing. You've learned to harness them so well and even without my help on most of them. It's going to get harder. But we'll make sure they won't be about to get a hold of you again. When you called me, I didn't know what to do except try to get to you. I felt so helpless, kind of like I could see you there alone and I should have been there with you." Rahasha shook her head. "No. I needed to be by myself. I'm just glad you were there. It's not your fault. It's no one's fault. So don't blame yourself. I don't blame anyone." Den nodded "I know. Anyway I will let you rest now okay?" Rahasha nodded and watched as Den left the room.
