You know something? I have learned to hate being shot down. Seriously. Twice in the one day. SHESH. At least this time the snow softened our fall. Oh wait, snow! I grinned and I grouped up a ball of snow in my hand. I put it behind my back.
"Ayden?" I asked my brother as he sat up.
"Eh?" He answered, looking at me.
I shot him a smile and then threw the snow ball at him. It hit him on the chest.
"Hey!" He exclaimed, "Two can play at that game!"
He grouped up snow and threw it at me and I side stepped it. He threw another so I sidestepped it again but it hit me anyway.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. Ayden was grinning at me.
I grouped up another ball and was about to through it when a snowball hit me on the face. I heard a noise from Ayden, like he was hit too.
I wiped the snow off my face and turned around to face Nadia.
"What on earth was that for?" I asked her.
"You're acting like kids." She started.
"That's because we are." I said.
"You've seen snow before." She continued.
"No, we haven't actually." Ayden put in.
"Just stay here with Bao while we go explore!" Nadia ordered.
"Righeo Boss!" We both said at the same time.
Nadia rolled her eyes and walked over the Kreia, Atton, James and Sasha, muttering something about 'Crazy Kids.'
Me and Ayden sat next to Bao and waited. (And not at all had a snow ball fight. No way ;) )
"So he going to be ok?" Ayden asked, pointing to Bao.
I nodded, "Yeah. Once the Echani come along they'll take him (and us) inside and treat him."
"The Whatani?" Ayden asked confused.
I glanced at the droid scraps then back at Ayden, "You'll see."
Just then a group of three Echani warriors surrounded us.
"Let me guess…" Ayden started, "These are Echani?"
"Yup."
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The Echani dropped Ayden, Bao-Dur and I off at the holding cells. Soon enough Sasha, James, Atton and Kreia were led in. I waved and said, "Fancy meeting you guys here!"
Sasha smiled and James smirked. Atton was complaining about being put into a cell again and Kreia was silent.
"Where'd Nadia go?" Ayden asked them.
"The Echani took her someplace." James shrugged, "We have to wait."
"Greaat." I groaned.
"And you're going to meditate." Sasha put in.
"WHAT? Why?" I asked. I didn't like meditating. Every time I meditated I got some random vision thing. Mostly Dark.
"Because I'm still technically your master and it's my guess that you haven't been meditating." She explained.
I groaned again then said, "Fine. BUT Ayden has to do it too! He's Force Sensitive and it would help if he was trained."
Ayden threw me an unhappy look and Sasha shrugged.
"Alright. Just shut your eyes and focus on nothing and everything." Sasha instructed.
I did as she said and shut my eyes and Ayden did the same.
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The door slid open and Nadia walked in. My meditation went rather well (for mediation…), no crazy visions or anything!
I glanced up at the red haired Jedi, "Find the ship?"
"More or less." She said as she opened the force cages up. She then chatted with Bao then Bao left. We started to leave when I turned to Ayden.
"Cover me?"
"What?"
"I have to talk to Atris. Can you cover me? Make sure they don't leave without me?"
"I don't know…"
"It's important!"
"Fine."
"I have to see her… wha?"
"I said Fine."
"Yes! Thanks!" I said, then running off into the other direction.
I just felt the need to talk to that lady. I had met her a few times when I was training to be a Jedi. I turned a corner and bumped into an Echani.
"Your ship is in the other direction." She spoke.
"Urm… yeah. I need to speak to Atris." I hesitated.
"The mistress is not to be disturbed." She said.
Right. I forgot about that.
I sighed with frustration, "Fine. Alright. Just tell her that Reese Ayren says hi!" I said and at the handmaidens nod, I turned back to the way of the ship.
When I got there they were waiting outside the ship for me. Nadia turned to face me and shook her head, "Why would you want to speak to her?"
"I met her a few times and I wanted to see if she remembered me." I shrugged, "But she was busy so I just left a message."
"We should leave now." Kreia piped up, "The sith could come at any time."
"SITH?" Sasha and James exclaimed, sounding a bit surprised.
"I'll explain when we get going." Nadia said, then she walked up the ramp and into the Ebon Hawk.
We all followed her up and James and Atton went to the cockpit. We looked at each other then Ayden spoke up, "Now what?"
T3 beeped at us as he rolled up to us. I glanced at him as Nadia and the others were talking. He beeped at us again.
"What?" Nadia asked him, annoyance tinging her voice.
He beeped at her and she looked at him in surprise.
"You have what?" she asked him, her voice surprised.
He beeped again and Nadia turned to face the rest of us, "He said that he downloaded some stuff from Atris's data banks. He said that my exile is in there." She told us.
"Perhaps it should show the holo. It might bring some insight." Kreia suggested.
Nadia frowned, "Insight into what?" she asked but she motioned her hand for T3 to play the video.
It played and when it was finished, Nadia frowned, "I didn't know about that last bit. I wonder what they were talking about…" she wondered.
T3 beeped again telling Nadia that he had more stuff and he showed her the list of missing Jedi. She took one look at it and faced the rest of us.
"We're heading to Dantooine." She said before walking off.
I gulped. I really didn't want to go to Dantooine. Not straight up, anyway. I haven't seen the Jedi Enclave… not since it was destroyed.
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