Chapter 11 is up. Just a quickie for tonight.


It had taken almost a full day, but the Jedi were able to push back the attacking force of Sith and Imperial soldiers. It was a relatively small force to take a structure like the Jedi academy, but it was still formidable. Fortunately, once the leader of the Sith force was identified and defeated, the remaining Sith seemed to lose a bit of their fight. By the time Republic troops arrive to assist, all that was left to do was patrol for any straggling opposition and the removal of the explosive devices that had been planted around the power generators.

Master Satele sat in the council chamber with the other members of the council, all of them looking tired and worn, but relatively uninjured. All things considered, there had been very few fatalities. There were too many injuries to count and a few of the padawans who were in upper Kaleth were still unaccounted for, but all in all, it could have been much worse.

The door to the chamber opened and Major Willow Deshan entered, looking unskaved, considering Havoc squad had arrive when most of the fighting had concluded.

"Looks like all opposition has either been killed or hightailed it off world. Havoc is up in the ruins now looking for your missing students." Deshan reported.

"Thank you, Major. With any luck, they will find the padawans alive and unharmed. With all the chaos, we just can't sense their fates with any certainty." Satele said, leaning back in her chair. She hated to admit it, but the attack on the school had rattled her. They had all believed that a ground assault on the academy was impossible. They had become complacent and were now paying for it.

The Major took a seat with a sigh. "I took a look at the explosives they had rigged to your power generator. It was some heavy duty hardware. If they had gone off, half this build would have been blown away, along with a good portion of the surrounding area. How did you find out about the sabotage?"

"We didn't. One of our former Sith somehow knew about the plan. She and another Jedi master were able to got to the explosives before they could be fully placed. The Force was truly with us today."

The major looked at the Jedi master critically. "Has anyone talk with this former Sith about how she knew about this attack?"

"She is actually still in the medcenter, having sustained a severe injury during the fight. When she awakens, we plan to ask."

"Speaking of our injured Sith, I will go check on her and see how the healers are holding up with treating the injured." Master Jerel said, getting up from his seat. The door to the chamber opened again and Hurrio stepped inside. He looked like all of the other Jedi, tired with war torn robes, but he had an excited look on his dirty face.

"Sorry for the interruption, but we found all of the missing padawans! They were hiding in a cave up in the farthest part of the ruins. They had a few minor injuries, but nothing serious. Apparently, a Cathar with glowing red eyes rescued them and told them to hide."

"Looks like we have more to thank Quinn for than we thought." Satele said with a smile. It was a terrible series of events, but if nothing else, Quinn had just proved her new found devotion to the light.


To Be Continued...