Chapter 3: The Mission and Old Friends
Earth.
Yuki sat in the house the next day after the watering hole incident. Her mother still had no idea that they were even there yesterday. She looked at her hands in confusion on what happened that day. She lifted Ame in thin air and saved him from drowning or at least getting hurt. She looked at the tea cup and had an idea to see if it will work again. She focused on the cup and pointed the open side of her palm at it. She shut her eyes and tried to summon the power, yet nothing happened. She wondered why didn't it work, maybe she did it wrong, so she tried again. Her eyes shut and pointed her hand again. She thought about lifting it up and imaged it in her hand. She then felt the cup in her hand, as she opened her eyes in excitement to see her results. She saw the cup with another hand, larger than her hand and accompanied by her mother.
"Yuki did you want the cup?" Hana asked Yuki. Yuki looked at the cup with disappointment that her power didn't come up.
"Yea mom, thanks." Yuki said with disappointment. Hana looked at Yuki with the sad eyes.
"Sweetie, what's the matter?"
"Oh, nothing mom."
"Yuki, come on, what's bothering you?"
"It's nothing mom, seriously."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes mom." Hana decided to let it go afterwards. She went to go make tea for her and the children. Ame then came walking in the dining room and saw Yuki with the disappointed look on her face. Ame wondered what happened.
"Hey Yuki, what happened? Why so glum?" Ame asked Yuki as he was sitting down next to her.
"Why can't I do it?" Yuki asked herself.
"Do what?"
"That thing. The thing I did to you back at the riverbed."
"Oh, the floating thing?"
"Yea. I was trying to do it to this cup but now I can't!"
"Yuki calm down. Maybe it just needs to charge up again. You know like some of those super powers."
"Yea but its been a day!"
"Well maybe it takes longer."
"You try Ame!"
"What? Why?"
"We're brother and sister, so we must have the same thing. We're both wolves, so let's see if we both got that lifting power as well."
"OK, I'll try." Ame looked for something to try. He decided to try it on a ball he likes. He lifted his hand, opened his palm and focused on the ball. He tried to get the ball to move from where he was standing, but nothing happened. "Ah, I don't think I have it Yuki."
"But you gotta have it too, we're siblings that's how it works, I think."
"Yuki, I don't think I have it, look. I'm trying but nothing is happening."
"Well try harder!"
"Yuki I said I don't have it!" Then with a push to the ball, it went flying outside. Ame couldn't believe it, nor could Yuki. Ame now saw that he had another gift like his sister as well. Yuki looked at him and smiled with amazement. Ame saw this as a great day for a great discovery about himself.
Space: En route to Alderaan in hyperspace
On a small scout class ship, Rayrsoll got the message from Bail Organa. Given to him on a holorecording, he requested Rayrsoll to come to Alderaan in secret and meet him at the University of Alderaan, there they would then go to the palace for the other message from master Shaak Ti. He hadn't seen them in a few years. He sought sanctuary with Organa for a while after the Jedi Purge six years ago. Organa saved his life as well as the other now outlawed Jedi, plus Organa for a time fed him information to let him know when the empire was close so he would escape off the planets he resided in. Now it's been three years since he last heard from him, and now he is summoned by his savior, as seeing Organa was surprising, a message from Master Shaak Ti, the former Jedi councilman that survived the purge as well. Now he has a chance to see her again, or at least hear from her again. Last he heard of her was that she now resided in Felucia with the natives.
He then realized that he was in the coordinates for Alderaan. He jumped out of hyperspace, and descended into the planet. The mountainous terrain coinciding with the luscious grasslands looked as beautiful as he remembered. He got on the communicator to hail for a landing.
"This is Rayrsoll to Alderaan communications, requesting to land, over." Rayrsoll asked the communications.
"Communications to Rayrsoll, whats your business here?" Communications asked.
"Business with Bail Organa of House Organa."
"What business?"
"An old friend following up a message. Contact him, he'll tell ya." There was a few seconds of silence before a final response.
"You are cleared to land, welcome to Alderaan." Rayrsoll took a left turn to a landing pad at a space port. Once he landed, he then left the ship and requested a thranta to take him to the university. He hitched a ride on a green common thranta piloted by an expert. The ride was about a quarter of an hour before Rayrsoll saw the university. They landed and Rayrsoll left after giving the pilot fifteen credits for the ride. He went to the entrance of the university and went inside. He saw students studying subjects like the Cleansing of the Houses conflict as well as engineer students who study ships and looked at schematics on how to improve hyperdrives and have better water works for the agricultural department. He went to the library of the university to find Organa. He picked up a book on the Jedi and decided to read about Reven, the Jedi and Sith who represents turning to the dark side and came back to the light. He then felt a presence next to him, a familiar presence he hasn't felt for a few years.
"Hello Rayrsoll, it's been awhile." Bail Organa said. Wearing his traditional Alderaanian clothes and having a bit of grey on his small beard. "I see you decided to take up on some of the university's literature." Bail said to Rayrsoll.
"Just passing the time senator. Why did you ask to meet here?" Rayrsoll asked.
"Well for two reasons, one I was giving a lecture on peace and politics."
"Peace and politics?"
"That's correct."
"When have those two ever mixed well?"
"Ha! Oh Rayrsoll you always were the sarcastic one of the order."
"And whats the second reason?
"Well the second one meeting straightly at the palace would seem suspicious. Spies are almost everywhere. Walk with me." Rayrsoll got up and decided to walk with Organa. He put the book down on a table and continued with him. They decided to stick to the halls to talk and keep moving.
"Why not just meet somewhere secret?" Rayrsoll asked Bail.
"Keeping on the move is the best way to avoid people keep from spies." Bail answered.
"Ah, I see, so why am I here?"
"As Cheka said on Naboo, you have a message from a former master. Shaak Ti if you recall."
"I do."
"Good, then let's head to the office, I asked one of the professors to lend it to me for a little while. He agreed." They headed to the office passed the halls, a decent sized room with a desk and holobooks for his research. Bail closed the doors and locked them, then pulled out a holorecording device and set it on the table. A familiar image to Rayrsoll of Shaak Ti surprised him with a new outfit and seeing an old friend.
"Rayrsoll, no doubt that you have made it to Alderaan with the hearing that Bail Organa wishes to see you. I have requested on accordance with Bail to send you this message. I have for a long time been trying to contact other surviving Jedi in secret and with trusted friends. I have come across a piece of information you may find surprising. A couple of months ago, a pirate vessel that landed here on Felucia had a record of a passenger seven years ago was a Jedi who was supposedly dead. An old friend of yours, one simply named Okami. If I remember correctly, you and him were dear friends, almost brothers. He helped you in training when you were a youngling and you became his master's next apprentice after his supposed death. Well Rayrsoll, I have found information that he left to a planet in wild space. I want you go find him and tell him what has happened and if possible, bring him back to Alderaan. I will have a contact waiting for your arrival. I know I am asking a lot from you, but you must understand that we stand at the brink of destruction; we need all the help we can get. You have lost a lot, as we all did since the event six years ago. I urge please look into this matter. May the force with, Jedi knight." The message said to him. Bail grabbed the recording and looked at Rayrsoll with a surprised look. Okami, alive?! A report said he died in a factory explosion on Kashiik during a mission with Dunar. But alive and on a different planet?
"Well Rayrsoll, what do you think? would you like to go?" Bail asked Rayrsoll. He then looked at Bail and gave an answer.
"If I'm going, I'm going to need more than a scout ship." Rayrsoll answered.
"Taken care of. I've hired a pilot of a G9 Rigger to take you. I've already paid her and she's got the coordinates ready and set. You leave in one hour."
"One hour?! I need time to get ready."
"The ship is stocked and up to date, all you need to do is go."
"Who's the pilot?"
"You'll see, plus a droid is with her."
"Everyone has a droid."
"Yea I guess, Ok which space dock are we going to."
"Not we, just you. I have a thranta taking you to the dock."
"Ok then I'll head out. Thank you Senator Organa."
"Be careful out there, wild space is no place to make mistakes, you and your crew."
"I will."
"May the force be with you."
"And with you as well." Rayrsoll left the university to the thranta rider. He flew over back to the space dock and saw the G9. For an old freighter model, it looked brand new, nearly. The dock was open and he entered. He decided to head to cockpit to meet the pilot. He entered to see who it was. The chair was turned so he couldn't see her. He decided to introduce himself. "Captain, I'm sure your probably wondering why we're going into wild space but your paid to fly not ask questions so let's just get ready for lift off after checking everything." Rayrsoll said to the pilot.
"Now is that anyway to talk to an old gal pal?" Her voice surprised Rayrsoll. The chair turned and an old face gave joy to Rayrsoll.
"Ahsoka? Ahsoka Tano?!" Rayrsoll said surprisingly to Ahsoka.
"The one and only." Ahsoka answered. Rayrsoll then came in for a hug and they embraced. Years have passed since these two long friends parted ways. The dark times made it no easier. Both thought the other died from the purge.
"Wow it's great to see you again. What have you been up to?" Rayrsoll asked Ahsoka.
"Well when I wasn't being chased by the empire for smuggling and other activities they don't approve of, I stayed on Shili and just did the whole wanderer thing for a while until a certain Senator told me about a former Jedi turned terrorist with a message from our former master about another old friend from the grave." Ahsoka answered
"Wow, that's a mouthful. You kept the empire busy too huh?"
"Haven't we both, but let's play catch up after we hit hyper-space. R4 ready to go?"
"R4?" A familiar droid beep came to him. R4-I1, his old droid.
"Yea, after you left him on Alderaan, I took him as a droid. Figured since you went solo, he could use some action." Ahsoka answered to Rayrsoll.
"I left him because I didn't want him to get into danger I was in." Rayrsoll replied.
"Well this little friend missed his old friend so much." R4 then gave a joyous beep to see his old friend again. "It's good to see you too R4." R4 then turned to get to his station for lift off. "Alright Snips, lets go." Snips, then name felt good to hear again for her. Ahsoka got the controls as Rayrsoll sat as co-pilot for the ship. Ascension came and they were off to wild space.