When the sun rose over the plains it shined into the now cleared entrance to the crystal cave. I laid on the ground panting from working throughout the night and most of the day yesterday. I slowly sat up with a groan as I began to recover bit by bit.
"You are awake? How are you feeling?" I turned and saw Bastilla standing above me.
"Like shit if that helps. How about you? Do anything productive?" I asked with a grunt as I stood up.
"Well I have begun the efforts to extract the crystals from the cave. The academy is almost cleaned up there's just a few chambers which still need to be cleaned one of which being the council's chamber." She replied with a light sigh at the end.
"You have some good memories there?" I asked as I began walking into the cave.
There was a heavy and musky smell hanging in the air as we walked further into the cave.
"I do have memories there. And you? Remember anything?" She asked as I looked down.
"No." I lied. She nodded.
"Well you'll remember eventually. Now up ahead should be the crystals." She said pointing as I nodded.
We got into the end of the cave where crystals were covering the area. I narrowed my eyes as I…felt something. A pulsating that drew me. I looked around and slowly began to follow it.
"Dak?" Bastilla asked but her voice was drowned out from the pulsing. I followed it until I saw a grouping of silver crystals. I blinked and saw that a part of it was missing…just enough for a lightsaber to activate.
"Dak? Is this where you got your crystal from?" Bastilla asked. I thought back and winced as memories flooded before my eyes.
I stood in front of a grouping of crystals they seemed to be calling to me.
"Dak hurry up we need to get back!" The feminine voice whispered from behind me.
"Alright I've found it just hang on a sec."
I coughed and blinked as I saw I Bastilla looking over at me. I shook my head trying to clear up my vision.
"What happened?" She asked putting a hand on my shoulder.
"I…remember being here when I found my crystal here. There was a woman with me but I couldn't see her face." I sighed shaking my head. She watched me carefully then looked to the others who were gathering crystals.
"Alright that should be enough take them to the enclave." She ordered as they nodded and hustled out.
"Dak listen to me if you remember…you may not like what you find." I looked up at her narrowing my eyes with suspicion brewing in my mind.
"What are you talking about?" She sighed looking down and avoiding my eyes.
"Bastilla if you have something to say just say it already." She shook her head slowly.
"No it's just…don't try too hard you may not like what you find is all." She knows something what is it! I sighed silently.
"I have to remember but…I'll be careful." I said with a nod.
"Very well. Now let's finish cleaning up the enclave." She said with a smile. I nodded and followed her back to the enclave.
Carth Onasi stood on the bridge of the Sojourn which was his ship. It was a hammerhead class fixed with the usual armaments except for an added one which was a prototype missile design. The explosion was said to be able to destroy a moon. He sighed to himself as the four soldiers who were on Kashyyyk stood before him.
"So what you're telling me is that you were pulled into the forest by some force you couldn't identify for a reason you don't know?" The men slowly nodded in shame.
"They obviously went into your minds and tricked you." Carth said with a sigh. He turned to the captain of the Harbinger.
"And you followed them from Kashyyyk after you bombarded the planet!" Carth yelled outraged.
"Yes sir I deemed the course of action necessary after they escaped to the planet and our troops were no longer reporting in." The captain reported as he stood at attention along with the ground troops from Kashyyyk.
"God damn it do you realize how much hell you razed with the wookies after setting one of their villages in flames! Now we have to come up with a cover story and try and keep them quiet! On top of that you lost all of them! This entire mission has gone up in flames!" Carth screamed as the men continued standing at attention. Carth sighed shaking his head.
"Sir…they also stole the Ebon Hawk…" One of the men added weakly.
"The Ebon Hawk? What the hell was the Hawk doing there?" Carth yelled as the men winced.
"Well we figured we could speed up the process by loading them onto it since it's one of the fastest ships in the galaxy but…" Carth shook his head.
"But you lost it right?" They weakly nodded.
"I need to talk with the senate so we can take more drastic measures. This is gonna turn into a bloodbath now!" Carth yelled and waved everyone off. The saluted and walked off the bridge. The only one left there was Carth who typed onto his communications console.
"This is Admiral Carth Onasi of the flagship the Sojourn, requesting permission to meet with the senate." There was silence on the other end of the line for a good couple of minutes before he got a reply.
"Rodger Admiral Onasi, your request has been accepted you will meet with the council as soon as possible. Reroute your ship to Coruscant." Carth nodded but realized it was a voice only com.
"Rodger that now rerouting thank you for your time." There was no reply as the line was cut. Carth sighed rubbing the bridge of his nose. I don't know how I'm going to be able to protect them after this. The senate's going to want blood now. Damn it. Carth sighed again sitting down and getting everyone back on the bridge so they could perform their duties.
"Change course for Coruscant."
A smile crossed my lips as I stood on the edge of the council's chamber, where the masters used to stand. The first person to set foot in here since Malak blew the place to kingdom come.
"Well it certainly is nostalgic to be here once again." Bastilla said beside me. I looked over with a smile.
"Well this is where we will lead our army." Her eyebrow perked up.
"Our?" I chuckled and gave a nod.
"Yes we co own this army of ours." She sighed shaking her head.
"You certainly know what to give a girl." I gave a shrug.
"I manage." There was a thump drawing our attention to the center of the room. There was a holotable sitting in the middle of the room, which looked just like the one on the ship.
"What's this?" Bastilla asked looking at me with confusion across her face.
"I had some troops call up their friends and they dropped this off from off world." I said with a smile. Bastilla looked at me a moment then nodded.
"Well now we need to fix the power in here." She said with a chuckle as I slapped my forehead with a sigh.
"Damn it if it's not one thing it's another." I looked to the men who carried the holotable in.
"I want you to inform everyone that I want the power in this place restored." I ordered as they nodded and ran off.
"Enjoying your power?" Bastilla asked teasingly as I chuckled.
"If I say yes would that make me a bad person?" Her smile lessened.
"Dak remember what I said about the dark-" I sighed holding up a hand.
"I know I know but like I said dear I'm not as weak willed as them." Her face glowed when I said dear.
"You insist on-" I pecked her cheek and nodded with a chuckle.
"I do." She sighed shaking her head.
"Dak I told I…I can't do this it's against the code." I groaned quietly.
"Bastilla we can make our own code now! We can make a new Jedi order!" I exclaimed grabbing her shoulders. She looked into my eyes then looked down at the ground.
"It's just not that simple Dak." I sighed and let her go as I turned.
"Whether you admit it or not I don't need to reach into your mind to see you have feelings for me." I said looking back at her before I walked off to check on the repair efforts.
