Chapter 9 Farewells Forever
LUKE POV
They flew across the brilliant glowing skies of Coruscant. The wind whipped wildly across his face. The cloudy sky long gone replaced by bright dots that filled the night. Some of them stars, others spaceships, and lots of them unknown to him.
Soreli flew the broken Bloodrazer in no particular direction. They were way over all the traffic and most of the tallest of buildings. The sight was simply beautiful, astonishing.
He felt something digging into his side. Fishing through his black cloak he pulled out the paint ball gun. It made him smile. He set it aside and mulled over the nights events.
At least I got to meet father. Even though he was a bit of a dumbass.
His contemplations were interrupted by Newt who was currently sitting next to him.
"Luke, I've got to tell you something," the nautolan spoke. He sounded slightly sad or solemn. It was clear that whatever he was going to say would be of great importance.
He turned to his short time friend, giving him his full attention.
"Soreli and I are going to be leaving Coruscant. We're going to move with a couple buddies we met of ours to Corellia," he said smiling slightly as if remembering something, something from the past.
Reminiscings.
He wasn't expecting that type of news. It was just. So sudden.
"Why," he questioned.
"well, first off we have a smuggling job there. Second…," he paused amid his sentence. Seemingly thinking, then said, "…second, an old friend of ours from the industrial district has informed us about clues that lead to Soreli's mother also my adopted mother being on Corellia."
"Oh." So it was something personal.
Old ghosts.
NEWT POV
Old ghosts.
Old times.
"We have lots of questions for her when we find her or if she's still there but generally Soreli and I would just love the chance to meet her again. She had disappeared when we were younger," his own voice sounded hopeful to his own ears. He secretly dearly hoped that their search wouldn't be in vain. It would cause a lot of pain.
Especially for sis.
Phantom pains
LUKE POV
"You can come with us if you want," Newt offered, "I mean you have been a real great friend in the short time we've known each other. By the way it didn't really look like you were on good terms with that Jedi earlier, seeing as you were fighting one." He said that last part smiling. Quite amused.
Sighing he figured that it wouldn't hurt telling Newt and Soreli that he wasn't really a Jedi.
"Actually I'm not an official Jedi but I do kinda live by their morals and have a common goal with them," he admitted, smiling sheepishly.
"Hmmph. I knew it! I knew there was something suspicious about you," Soreli smugly replied, staring at him out of the corner of her eye. She had been silent the whole ride until now.
"But that's okay," newt reassured, "that means you can come with us… well, if you choose to."
The offer was tempting. They could be a family. Even though he hadn't known either of them very long and Soreli had tried to steal his lightsaber the first time she saw him it would be just so easy. To forget about Sidious. He, Soreli, and Newt could go on adventures. They seemed like the adventurous type. Travel the galaxy like he always dreamed off. But alas, it was never meant to be. He had a job to do and could never just up and abandon his father no matter how hard things got. He could never leave Sidious's evil loose in the galaxy. He had to save his family and if he stopped Sidious it meant he could save his family and his friends as well as many others who would have become casualties of the empire and war. His decision was made up and there was no going back.
Glancing up at the sky wistfully he avowed, "As much as I'd love to I have business to take care off. People to save. Bad guys to beat up." He then turned to newt smirking mischievously.
Newt gave him a smile of understanding in return. He understood that they both had things to take care of and it was impossible to not go in different directions for them all.
For the outcome is written in the stars…
"Well then," Soreli voiced, looking back at him, "is there any place you would like me to drop you off."
He hadn't really thought of that. Actually he didn't know where to go. He barely knew the place.
I could go to the Jedi temple. But he quickly marked off the idea. He didn't dare try to pull another stunt like that again especially after he flipped them all off. It's not like I could help it though. I did it on the spur of the moment. Anyways, I don't think they would be very happy to see me either way.
I could go to the senate. Nah. That would be waltzing right into sidious's hands. Anyways he didn't want to draw too much attention at the moment.
Then he had a great idea.
"You wouldn't happen to have any extra money on you guys, would you? I mean, you don't have to give me anything or any. It's just if you have some extra change or something. I wouldn't want to steal from you when you actually really need it," he rambled, a light blush dusting his cheeks.
"Sure we have some extra change. Here," Newt dug a small knapsack out of his cloak. It jingled with the credits inside and he plopped it into his hand, "You can have this. Soreli and I won't be needing it anyways."
"Thanks are you sure," he asked.
"Sure we're sure. Anything for our new friend," Newt proclaimed as if it was the best thing that had ever happened all the while smiling broadly.
"Have you picked where you're going already," Soreli jabbed in, her voice filled with slight annoyance.
Smiling at her he stated, "Drop me off at the best diner you know."
The Bloodrazer sped across the sky toward the lower income Coco Town neighborhood near the senate district. Being near the senate made him a bit uncomfortable but brushed it off. They sped to a stop outside someplace called Dex's Diner. It didn't really look like much. Nothing too fancy.
"Thanks for the ride… and the money," he said getting out of the Bloodrazer.
Newt just smiled that little smile at him saying, "No problem Luke and trust me, this place has the best food in the galaxy. It doesn't look like much but the food is really amazing. Oh and here," newt handed him a blaster, "you can keep this. Just in case."
"Thank you once again, you as well Soreli,"he added. This would probably be the last time each of them would ever see each other again. Even though they hadn't known each other long it felt like he could know them for an eternity. It's not every day complete strangers befriend you. More newt than the distant Soreli though.
She just gave nod of acknowledgement and gunned the engines. Actually what was left of the engines, it was pretty banged up. The Bloodrazer partially started smoking but held together as it took off in the air.
"bye Luke!" Newt shouted as they zoomed off, waving wildly, in an almost childlike manor.
All he could say in return was one quiet, "goodbye," although Newt and Soreli were already long gone.
Just another speck in the sky.
Another star.
Breached the 20k mark : )
