Solin's rescue team approached the Jedi Council chambers. They were admitted instantly and stood before the council while Sabe' explained everything that happened. As Sabe' reported their failure, Ngema had an uneasy feeling growing inside of her. She kept glancing outside at the window, which was noticed by master Liam Park. When Sabe' finished explaining what happened on Malachor V, he addressed her.
"What is it, Ngema?" he asked.
"I have a really bad feeling," she replied nervously. "I feel like something terrible is about to happen."
"That's probably just the aftershock of what you discovered on Malachor V," Park said, dismissively. He then spoke to the rest of the rescue team. "Well, since we now know that Solin has turned to the Dark Side, we can send a team of Jedi to go after him and try to turn him back and-"
Suddenly, an explosion was heard, making the chambers shake. Once everyone regained their composure, Keira ran over to the window and looked down on an awful sight. A large ship had landed outside the Jedi Temple and thousands and thousands of Dark Jedi were marching toward the temple doors, which had been blown apart. In front of the approaching Dark Jedi walked a hooded figure that had their lightsaber ignited. Keira recognized the figure's walk immediately.
"It's Solin," she cried to the rest of the party. The council stood up out of their chairs and rushed over to the window and looked down on the incoming army.
"Oh no," Ewan Nielson exclaimed. "It's an entire army of Dark Jedi! We must warn the rest of the temple and get down there and sort out this mess, all of us!"
The council rushed out of the chambers, all of them extracted their lightsabers and igniting them. Once the council had left, the rescue team heard Nielson's voice, magnified to a thousand times louder than normal.
"JEDI KNIGHTS, THERE IS AN APPROACHING DARK JEDI ARMY MAKING ITS WAY TO THE TEMPLE! YOU MUST ARM YOURSELVES AND PREPARE TO HOLD OFF THE ARMY! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU ALL!"
Sabe' then reached for his lightsaber and ignited it.
"We should go, the council will need our help, especially if Solin is involved," he said.
Elocin and Ngema joined Sabe' and lit their own weapons. Bazila and Y'not drew their swords and looked prepared to fight. Keira however, remained still.
"Keira, we can use this opportunity to turn Solin back, we need your help."
Keira nodded and lit her icy blue lightsaber. Together, the team left the chambers and made their way toward the entrance of the Jedi Temple. They reached the entrance, but were too late. The Dark Jedi army had already breached the entrance and was storming into the Jedi Temple. Solin led the way through the entrance hall, killing any Jedi who got in his way. Suddenly, Solin froze and raised his hand, signaling the rest of the army to stop as well. The Jedi council then burst through the doors Solin was intending to cross to continue the march into the temple. They ran forward, lightsabers raised.
"NOW!" Solin shouted to the army. The army broke out of its marching formation and immediately spread out throughout the room and started fighting with the council members. The rescue team watched as every member of the council was taken down within seconds. Keira noticed that Solin had disappeared from the fighting and guessed that he had gone through the doors the council had came in to continue the onslaught of Jedi. She pointed this out to Sabe' who then shouted for everyone to follow him.
They made their way through the doors and met a gruesome discovery as they walked the halls of the temple: hundreds of Jedi lay dead in pools of blood, many of whom still had their lightsabers on their hilts; Solin didn't even give them fighting chances. Keira noted that none of the younglings were among the bodies littering the floor meaning that someone had seen to it that they, at least, made it out of the temple before the onslaught. The group then approached the hallway leading to the council chambers. They saw Solin fighting two Jedi; one with a blue lightsaber, the other with a green. He quickly dispatched of the Jedi he was fighting and then turned to face the group. Solin smiled and slowly advanced on the group. Suddenly, a figure clad in hooded blue robes approached Solin from behind. The figure ignited a gold lightsaber and lifted his hand and blasted force lightning at Solin, who was thrown backwards by the attack, crashing into a wall. The figure then lowered his hood. It was Nvled Jear, the Chancellor.
"Chancellor Jear," Solin said, clearly impressed with the Chancellor's move. "I had no idea you possessed powers of the force."
"Oh yes," Jear replied. "I was trained as a Jedi and took on the role of Jedi Knight twenty years ago. You never saw me in the temple because after I was made a Jedi Knight, the council allowed me to start my political career, something I had been wanting to do for a long time."
"I see," Solin said thoughtfully. "Well, you used force lightning on another person as an attack, you must be a servant of the Dark Side?"
"No, I used the attack merely to turn your attention away from your friends over there."
"Very well then, I'll just have to kill you first before I take care of my former comrades!" Solin then leapt up and attacked Jear, who easily blocked the attack.
The Chancellor put up a vicious counter attack to all of Solin's moves. Solin kept attempting to use force attacks against Jear, but the Chancellor was too quick for him and he had to block the Chancellor's powerful attacks. After being pushed back into a wall, Solin staggered and decided to change tactics, using his words as a weapon instead of his lightsaber.
"You've done well, Chancellor," he chided. "You would be a great asset to the Order of the Sith Lords. Join us and you will be spared."
"And what happens to the rest of the Jedi?" Jear demanded.
Solin laughed. "Once you're a Sith, you will no longer care about the filthy Jedi!"
"Then, I will never join!" The chancellor then attacked Solin again. Solin was caught off guard and barely dodged a slash from Jear that would have taken off his right arm. Jear then unleashed a barrage of attacks on Solin who required a lot of effort successfully block all of the attacks. The Chancellor appeared to be using force speed now and Solin began wearing down. Again, he tried to tempt Nvled.
"Very good, Jear," he said in a tired voice. "I can sense that the Dark Side is just moments from completely consuming you. Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the Dark Side will be complete!"
The chancellor laughed. "You actually think I'm actually using the emotions of the Dark Side? Oh ho! I'm using them in the lightsaber form; I'm putting all of the dark energy into the lightsaber, which is why it's moving a lot faster than you. I also pride myself on being a master of force speed which, when used with this lightsaber form, is very deadly against any opponent, even one who is considered faster on the Dark Side."
"Even with that power on your side, you are no match for the power of the Dark Side, Chancellor!" Solin shouted, leaping up and attempting to impale Jear, who easily blocked the attack. They then continued their battle. Solin, out of desperation, started using force powers against Jear who successfully prevented him from doing it each time. Quick as a flash, Jear leapt up and landed behind Solin, who was distracted by the sudden movement and didn't turn around in time for the Chancellor to kick him over, sending him flying through the room; his lightsaber landed about twenty feet away from him. Jear then slowly advanced on Solin, who had collapsed on the ground, his lightsaber pointed down at Solin.
"Your rein of evil ends now!" he shouted.
"No, no, no, YOU WILL DIE!" Solin shrieked before unleashing a powerful blast of force lightning at the chancellor. Jear quickly raised his lightsaber and blocked the attack. The lightning appeared to be reflecting off the lightsaber and back into Solin, who started convulsing on the ground. After a few moments, the lightning stopped and Solin slumped over, his breathing raspy. The Chancellor deactivated his lightsaber and walked over to Solin, examining him. He then turned around and made to walk away when Solin let out a burst of laughter and screamed "JEDI FOOL!" before unleashing another force lightning attack. The lightning struck the Chancellor, who was blasted off his feet and thrown into the air. Solin then got back up and started laughing at the Chancellor, who was stirring feebly on the ground.
"You actually thought I had given up didn't you? I just made it look like the lightning was attacking me, but in reality, I was making it disappear right before it hit me!" he laughed. Solin then called his lightsaber to him, activated it, and raised it to deliver the killing blow. However, Keira leapt forward and blocked his attack. Solin looked surprised, but pleased to see his former apprentice and a chance to fight her again. As Keira fought Solin, the Chancellor got back up and relit his blade. Seeing he was back up, Solin force-pushed Keira back and faced the Chancellor again. Jear kept up his vicious counterattack against Solin, who was still having trouble blocking all of the attacks. Solin then blocked an attack by the Chancellor and kicked him in the chest, sending him backward. Jear's lightsaber deactivated in his hand and he fell to the ground. Solin ran up to him and the Chancellor acted quickly and tripped Solin over him and stood back up to continue fighting. Solin then let out a bellow of fury and unleashed a powerful force wave that sent everyone in the room except himself staggering backward. Solin then jumped over the Chancellor who had fallen again and ran towards the steps, intending to leave the room.
The group quickly recovered and ran after Solin, the Jedi igniting their lightsabers and Y'not and Bazila drawing their swords. As the chased Solin, they noticed he was heading back toward the entrance.
"He's trying to escape, stop him!" Keira shouted.
They then sped up their running in a vain attempt to stop Solin escaping. However, as they did so, Solin's voice went ringing through the halls of the temple just like master Nielson's had.
"RETREAT. RETREAT. THE JEDI ARE COUNTERATTACKING. WE MUST RETURN TO THE BASE!" Solin's voice echoed.
The Dark Jedi army was then seen running toward the entrance of the temple where their ship was waiting. About half of them that had marched into the temple earlier remained. The Jedi who were chasing Solin then used force speed to catch up with him. However, before they could reach the doors after the last Dark Jedi had left, the ray shields were suddenly activated in front of them. They quickly stopped before crashing into the shield and saw Solin running to catch up with his army, having been the one who activated the shields. They watched in agony as the Dark Jedi boarded the ship and prepared it for take off. Suddenly, Keira turned and ran towards the takeoff center. The rest of the group then quickly followed her.
"Keira, what are you doing?" Sabe' asked.
"We're going to follow them," she shouted back. "They have a place where ships can land if the shields are down and I want to get on the ship! We are going to take Solin back and he will take us to Vulcan where I can get my revenge on him!"
"Revenge? What do you mean?"
"He took my master and turned him into something he is not," Keira answered, reaching the hangar and quickly selecting a ship that they ran to. "I'm going to get on that ship and bring back my master, the master that trained me to be a Jedi and then I will have him take us to Vulcan."
They reached the ship Keira had picked out and quickly got on board it. Y'not and Bazila, classically trained pilots, headed for the cockpit and fired up the engines. The rest of them made their way toward the sitting area of the ship and sat down together. Before anyone could say anything, the Chancellor piped up.
"I think that Senator Mobbs may be a spy for them, Solin, I mean," he said.
"What do you mean?" Sabe' asked.
"During the last session of the senate, he mentioned that he had knew for a fact that the Dark Jedi would no longer be involved with the war, and it looked like he was right. I don't think it was mere coincidence that the day after he said that, the Jedi Temple was attacked by an entire army of Dark Jedi."
The rest of the Jedi considered this for a moment before Elocin spoke up. "I think that once we have Solin back amongst us, he will be able to tell us whether or not it is true that Mobbs is indeed working with the Dark Jedi."
Ngema added, "If it is true that he is working with them, he will have to removed from office and taken before the Senate."
"Yes," the Chancellor said. "However, I won't be able to help you in that respect. None in the Senate know that I am a Jedi except for my aides so I will have to keep up the act that I am merely a politician."
"Very well then," Sabe' said. "We will take it upon ourselves to arrest Mobbs if necessary. It is safe to say that we could be the only survivors of that attack on the Temple. There are other Jedi and other councils spread throughout the galaxy, but they won't be able to help us in time. I also think that Solin should not be there to arrest him, if he is a member of the Dark Order, it is likely the temptation to use the Dark Side will be too much for him. Now, we must wait for our pilots to reach the ship Vulcan is on."
As if on cue, Y'not and Bazila entered the meeting room.
"The ship is on autopilot and I programmed it to follow Solin's ship until his ship comes to a stop. We will then pilot the ship into the hanger so we can do what is needed," Bazila explained.
"Very good," Elocin said. "Now, since there is no more Jedi Council on Coruscant, I have the authority as a former member of the Council to initiate you two into the order. Are you two prepared to join the Jedi?" Bazila and Y'not nodded. "Very well then, come here." They walked up to her and she put a hand over each of their chests and closed her eyes. After doing this for a few moments, Bazila and Y'not seemed to light up in front of them all and all three of them were lifted off their feet. A few minutes later, they landed smoothly back on the ground and Elocin stepped back from them.
"What just happened?" Bazila asked.
"I have just transferred some of my powers into each of you. You two now have the ability to use the force and I was able to make it so the two of you can use the force at the level of a typical Jedi Knight. Now, do you both swear to uphold the principles of the Jedi and use the force for knowledge and defense, and never for attack?" Bazila and Y'not nodded.
"Then you are now officially Jedi. Here," Elocin added, drawing out two lightsabers for the both of them. "I took these from the Temple as we were leaving and you two can now use them until you are able to construct your own. Now, I suggest we all center ourselves in the Force until the time comes for us to get on Solin's ship.
They all sat down on the floor, meditating. As Keira did so, she wondered how much it was going to take to turn Solin back to the Light Side and whether or not she would have the strength to do it herself…
A/n: This is the end of part two! I finished it much earlier than I thought I would! I'm going to start outlining part three as soon as possible so stayed tuned for it. I plan on being finished sometime before the summer is over, keep reading!