Chapter Two

On the planet De Vun, three individuals are gathered inside a cave. Alku Justina and Moona Jonstone are sitting opposite a man in brown Jedi robes, with brown-grey hair tied into a ponytail, and a beard. This is Alastair Runcock: A Jedi Master who is also on the run from the Empire. He was Moona's Jedi mentor as well.

"It is very good to see you two again." said Runcock, "I was afraid you two were killed during the purge."

"Yeah, we thought the same about you too." said Moona, "Do you know if anyone else survived?"

"Not that I know of." Runcock said reluctantly.

"What did you want to discuss with us?" asked Alku.

Runcock took a deep breath, then said "Remember you told me that you recently faced Darth Vader and a Clone trooper with a lightsaber on Nagob?"

"Yeah." said Alku slowly.

"Well, I'm afraid the person who trained him was me."

"What?" said Alku and Moona together.

"Yes. You see, he was responsible for my second padawan after you, Moona. He found her and brought her back to Coruscant for me to train. So, I repaid him by teaching him Jedi reflexes."

"You never told me you had another padawan." said Moona skeptically.

"I'm sorry. I didn't tell you because it was very recently. Her name was Anga Nicma."

"What do you mean 'was'?" asked Alku.

"She betrayed me."

"Why?" asked Moona.

"I had left her to stay in the Jedi Temple while I was on a mission. When I came back, the temple had already been attacked and she was gone. I interrogated a Clone trooper who had stayed in the temple and he told me that she assisted Vader in wiping out the rest of the Jedi in the temple. I jumped a ship and escaped to this planet not long afterward. I've been hiding here ever since. I don't know why she would do that."

Moona looked shocked and sympathetic. Alku shook his head in bewilderment.

"I'm so sorry. I had no idea." said Moona quietly.

Runcock shook his head vigorously.

"Forget about it. There's something more important that I need to tell you."

"What is it?" asked Alku.

"Well, there is something vandalizing the planet Nagob. Some people call it the Monster of Nagob. Some of the remaining residents there have been killed by it."

"But we were just there! When did it get there?" asked Alku exasperatedly.

"A few days ago. A Star Destroyer had crashed there not long before the sightings. It's possible that it's an escaped experiment of the Empire's that went horribly wrong."

"Okay, but what do you want us to do about it?" asked Alku, knowing the answer already.

"You must go there and stop it." said Runcock.

"Figured as much." said Moona.

They got up and emerged out of the cave. Alku and Moona's Jedi starfighters, which they found shortly after defeating Vader, were parked outside along with their two Astromech droids, R6-P9 and R5-X7. R5 and Alku's ship were both Emerald. R6 was pink and Moona's ship was turquoise.

"You'd better get going." said Runcock, "The longer it takes you to get there, the more damage it might cause."

Moona looked over at him. "So, you're not coming with us?"

Runcock shook his head.

"If we stay together, Vader can find us quicker. I can manage on my own anyway. But you two need to stay together if you hope to survive."

They hesitated, then got into their ships and fired up the engines.

Moona shouted over her engine, "Master Runcock! What does the thing we're tracking look like?"

"It's too hard to explain! When you see it, you'll know!"

Then both ships hovered off the ground and disappeared into the sky.