And on we go!

Chapter Twelve

Master and Apprentice

(EV Apollo, 1400 Hours, Shili System)

Katooni sat in Gakowa's quarters aboard the Apollo. She was wondering why he had asked to see her. He was certainly

doing a good job of testing her patience. She faced the clock on the wall. He was to arrive in ten minutes, if his

schedule didn't get in the way. She knew he'd been forced into a marriage, and was teaching his new wife how to speak

Basic, with his sister's help, of course. He felt it would be easier to have Sakowa send the knowledge of Basic into the

wife's mind, so that she could speak it fluently. As she thought this, the door opened. Gakowa walked in, followed by

Aisha, and Sakowa. Aika was with Ahsoka, as Sakowa thought it best if they got to know each other. Gakowa

approached Katooni, then nodded to his sister. She nodded back, then led Aisha to the bedroom, to help her put her

clothing and such away. Gakowa sat down next to Katooni, and looked her in the eye. "First off, I have a question.

When you left the Order, what was your level?" She looked him in the eye. "I was still a Youngling." Gakowa gently put

his hand on her shoulder. "Not anymore." She faced him, then noticed the object in his hand. It was a Padawan braid.

She looked at him in amazement. "I'm serious, Katooni. I want you to be my Padawan." She could not help the hug that

followed next. Gakowa smiled as he accepted the hug. She looked him in the eye. "But I don't have my lightsaber."

Gakowa sighed. "Yeah, I found out a rogue Jedi named Mace Windu has it. He took the lightsabers of six Younglings,

who were children of other Jedi, and left the Temple. He's killed five of those Younglings. You're the only one left. Their

names were Byph, Ganodi, Gungi, Zatt, and Petro." She started crying. "I figured you knew them. We managed to tag

Windu's flagship with a tracking device. By the time they find it, it'll be too late. We tracked them to the Mustafar

system. Jack's gone back to Earth to give his report about the Hera. My mother and grandmother are here aboard the

Apollo, and the Hades and Artemis went back to Earth with Jack. The Artemis is going to be put in service with the new

flagship until Sakowa becomes a Knight. Anyway, my point is, we know where he is, and we're going after him. We took

out a lot of his ships when he attacked us, and I'm getting sick of him coming after us. It's time for him to be on the

defensive for a change." She smiled at that, then hugged him again. Gakowa faced Aisha, who had just walked in. /Did

she accept your offer?/ Gakowa nodded. /Since we're going to be with each other from now on, I'm going to bring you

up to the bridge. You can watch the battle from up there. Personally, I like messing with guys like Windu./ Aisha smiled.

/I understand, husband./ Gakowa sighed. /You can call me Gakowa. I probably should've pointed that out before./

Aisha nodded. /All right, then, Gakowa./ Gakowa grinned. Facing Katooni, he said, "I'll see if I can arrange for you to

borrow a lightsaber from either my mother or grandmother." She smiled.

A/N

Uh, oh. Windu better have insurance. XD