Star Wars Rebels: Random Chaos Theory-Chapter 12
Corsecaunt: New Republic Senate
In the center of the huge Chamber, sat the Presidents inner table. This was just a meeting with Mon Mothma and Admiral Ackbar. Sitting before them sat Leia. She did not like being summoned and grilled about things that were actually not even part of her responsibilities. At the moment she was required to represent her Brother, Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight. This meeting would be recorded and available for the rest of the Senate to view when and if they wanted to. They all waited for the final member to arrive. Isak Norn the Ambassador for the Pantaron. When the blue and yellow streaked Man arrived Mon Mothma gestured for him to sit adjacent Leia.
"This is an informal meeting and all participants will of course adhere to normal levels of courtesy. Outrageous behavior will not be tolerated." Mon Mothma declared as she looked at both Leia and Isak. "Now Ambassador you asked for this meeting."
"Yes Madam President, we are delighted that Luke Skywalker has consented to be the Mate of Neesa O'cksham. The O'cksham Matriarch wishes me to inform you that she has consented to also follow your customs. Upon their arrival back here on Corsecaunt they will publicly be Married." Isak told them as Leia shook her head. She had expected something like this and she had to except it. Her brother was marrying Neesa.
"That is actually good news, Ambassador. I for one have no qualms or concerns about such a union." Mon Mothma said as she smiled broadly.
"Ah but there is one concern that should be addressed. The Pantaronian People want Luke Skywalker to reside on Pantora with his family." Isak Norn stated and he smirked as Leia stared at him wide eyed.
Standing in outrage, Leia slammed her hands down onto the table. "That is unacceptable, Ambassador! You cannot ask Luke to relocate to Pantora! He is needed here to help form the New Jedi Order!" Then sat when she saw Mon Mothma staring at her, frowning.
"I am not asking, Councilor. His now family is, and it is not forever. The Matriarch just wants Luke and her great Niece Neesa to be on Pantora until the child is born." Isak stated calmly.
"That is not such an unreasonable request, Leia. But Ambassador, Leia is Luke's sister, the Matriarch is asking or demanding that Luke come to Pantora." Mon Mothma spread her hands into the air. "What about his Sister?"
Isak thought for a moment and he had to relent to that, Family was important to the Pantoran's. "I think I understand and that is an easy solution. Councilor Leia Organa Solo and her husband of course are now part of the O'cksam Family."
None of them understood and Admiral Ackbar was the one that finally spoke. "What does that mean for Councilor Leia Organa Solo or for Luke Skywalker?"
"It is easy Admiral, at any time either may visit the other. Of course she would be allowed to be there when Neesa O'cksam gives birth. After all who would deny you that. All the Matriarch wants is to have her Great Niece Neesa on Pantora and at home so that she might see the Child when it is born. Afterwards Luke Skywalker and his Mate and child may return to Corsecaunt." Isak exhaled and could really not understand the problem.
Leia did not want her Brother to not be on Corsecaunt; too many Senators and Councilors were asking for his support and if he is on Pantora. There might be some serious ramifications. There would be the belief that Luke was supporting Pantora. That would not be a good situation. "Why cannot Matriarch O'cksam come here to see her Great Niece give birth?" Leia asked trying to find a possible solution.
The Pantoran Ambassador shook his head and huffed loudly. "Matriarch Mosail O'cksam is one hundred and twenty three years old. She does not leave the Family Estates unless it is vastly important. Would you ask someone as old as that to travel from Pantora to Corsecaunt?"
"Leia." Mon Mothma interjected. "I believe that both the Ambassador's and the Matriarch's request is not that unreasonable. I would suspect that Luke would not want to miss his own child's birth or to be away from his Mate, soon to be wife. But understand this Ambassador Norn if Luke is needed here for any reason, that the Pantaron's allow it."
"That is amendable. I will sign any agreement that you demand to ensure full understandings." Isak smiled, but Leia was still not happy.
Outside the Chamber she continued to fume as she stormed by her Husband Han Solo. "Well how did it go?"
Spinning towards him with a growl, Leia snarled out. "Wonderful! Not only did I just found out that my dear brother is getting Married, but I find out in a meeting! Not from my Brother! Oh and get this one, the Matriarch of Neesa's family wants or has demanded that until the Birth of Luke's and Neesa's child they are to move to Pantora. The old woman wants to be there for the Birth."
"What is wrong with that? I mean we are going to be allowed to be there to welcome the little Skywalker right?" Han asked trying to understand why Leia was so angry or upset.
"Yes! You will love this, essentially we are now part of the O'cksam Family as well." Leia told him and his eyes widened. Then he smiled broadly.
"O'cksam, the O'cksam Family?" Han Stammered out continuing to smile. Seeing that Leia did not understand, of course she did not know much about Pantoran's other then their Hormonal Charm. Everything else about them was not published knowledge. Pantaron's kept most of their history and culture to themselves.
"Yes the O'cksam." Leia answered him as he gave a short chuckle.
"Leia the O'cksam Family are the most influential and powerful Pantaronian Family on Pantora. This Matriarch basically rules Pantora, what she says goes." Han saw that Leia understood why Ambassador Norn was so eager to do whatever the O'cksam Matriarch asked. "Leave it to Luke to stumble into something like this and Marry into a very rich and powerful Family."
The Avatar: Saggora
Holding Ezra tightly, Sabine did not want to leave him or to let him get out of bed. But Admiral Ar'alani wanted to see him, her and Ashoka. The Chiss Search and Rescue Parties had completed their evaluations and had found Forty Three more Survivors. Some of them needed Medical Care that the Ship could not provide. So they were leaving soon. Ar'alani also advised them that one of the Hand Of Thrawn's Star Destroyers was now waiting outside the Binary Star entrance. It would have entered if it was not too big to safely travel the Pathway. Probing Ezra, he mumbled and grumbled. "Let me rest, someone wore me out."
"Make it sound like it was hard work to make love to your adoring Wife." She complained as she poked him again. "Ezra we have to go and see Admiral Ar'alani, she wants to talk to us." Then without further complaint Ezra pulled the blanket off him and after throwing his torn clothes into the Trash, grabbed fresh clothes and started to dress. Noticing that Sabine was also dressing. Then tossed her torn Body Suit into the same Trash Incinerator.
"Someone has to control her urges and compulsions, otherwise I am going to run out of Clothes." He said with some humor in his voice and Sabine exhaled happily. He had finally started to act like himself again. Which made her feel better. Ashoka told her that when he opened himself into the Force and removed his Barriers and blocks, the emotions of the Survivors and others on the ship overwhelmed him. Causing him to fall into a severe case of depression. Where he essentially blamed himself for what had happened. Walking hand in hand towards the Bridge, she caught sight of Ashoka. Catching up with her, Sabine smiled broadly.
"Ezra it is good to see you up and about." Ashoka stated, returning the smile to them. "I was a bit worried that the experience may have harmed you more than it had. You must remember to never remove your barriers, negative emotions can overwhelm and harm a Jedi if they are not prepared for them."
"I will have to remember that, I have no wish to experience that again." Ezra did not tell either of them, what brought him out of it was Sabine. He would have to tell her soon that he owed her the return of his mental stability. She had projected to him such wonderful emotions that it helped him to recover. When he first came out of it, he wanted to tell her then. But Sabine had attacked him and he did not have the opportunity. He wondered once he did if she would attack him again. He actually hoped so. On the Bridge Ar'alani was waiting Patiently. Eli Vanto sat at one of the Bridge Stations, not saying a word. The whole experience of the slaughter of so many Chiss Civilians caused him to become sullen. Not even glancing at Ezra, Sabine or Ashoka. He calculated the Navigational course and waited for Ar'alani to command the Avatar to depart.
Turning Ar'alani looked haggard and tired, but also guilty. She had executed the Mad Chiss Elder that became insane. "I wanted to inform you that we are leaving Saggora. Once we clear the Binary Cluster we will Rendezvous with the Rambler, a Star Destroyer. Vice Admiral Parck wants to debrief us all about what we found."
"Is there any indication on who did this?" Ezra asked, somewhat hoping that the readings that they had taken of all the Impact Craters would provide a clue who killed all of those Chiss on Saggora.
She considered for a moment deciding whether that information should be classified or need to know. "Yes, I believe we know who attacked. There are not many out here that have access to High Energy Weapons. So I have narrowed it down to a Pirate Group named the Outsiders. these Outsiders operate just on the boundaries of our territory. What concerns me is how they discovered the Pathway and why they did not plunder Saggora once they destroyed the Defense Satellites and the Bases. Instead they murdered everyone and did not take anything."
"As I understand it and from my dealings with Pirates. They do not operate like that unless they were hired to do so." Ashoka stated as Ar'alani nodded her agreement.
"Yes, someone hired the Outsider Pirates and provided them with the Pathway Coordinates. Once I discover who it was, they will face Chiss Justice first hand and no not the Justice that I conducted on Elder Bivakavut'chamuni. It will be far worse and long lasting." Ar'alani said then returned to command her ship as it began to pull away and head for the Pathway.
The Rambler:
Vice Admiral Voss Parck stared at the Binary Cluster, he wanted to take his ship into the Cluster and follow the Pathway to Saggora. But he knew the Star Destroyer was too big to safely enter. Instead he had them wait; in a couple of days a Frigate would arrive and Parck would use that to enter the Pathway. Until then all they could do is sit and wait. Parck had noticed immediately that something was bothering Captain Fagon Hines. The Captain of the Rambler had on several occasions became short with the Junior Officers and Crew as they approached the Binary Cluster. Which concerned Parck, especially since it was not the Human Officers and Crew that Hines kept targeting. Only the Chiss. But Parck had decided it was not the time to address Hines, a disaster had occurred and he needed to focus on that for now. When the Avatar signaled that they were leaving Saggora; Parck suspected that there was not many Survivors, especially since Admiral Ar'alani had not requested other ships to rescue any that remained. "Captain bring us to just Standby Alert. I will be in my quarters." Turning Parck left the bridge before Hines even acknowledged the order. Parck had another report to transmit.
The Starjumper:
Neesa finished typing on her terminal and after reading it sent it to New Republic Military Command. It was her resignation of her Commission. Glancing over at Luke she smiled. "He is so worth it." She said as she watched the acknowledge return of her transmission. As soon as they returned to Corsecuant another would take Command of the Starjumper. One part of her was thrilled to resign, but another part of her regretted it. It had taken her three years of hard work to become the Captain of the Corvette Cruiser Starjumper and now she had to resign. She suspected that Luke would not actually make her if she did not want to, somehow in just a few days she found she knew him better then anyone she had met before. Mainly because he was so honest and forthright. To her delight she found she loved him for that, and to her even more delight. He loved her. She began to reconsider, it would be just as easy to retract her resignation. Then she looked again at Luke. "No he is worth resigning, just to be with him."
"You do not have to, I would not ask you to. If anything I would be willing to be on the Starjumper with you. I am sure I could have them restore my own Commission or even be one of your Fighter Pilots." Luke said from the bed and she moved over to him, sliding into his awaiting arms.
She placed her head on his chest and gazed into his eyes. "I have to resign and you know the Higher Command would never allow you to serve on the Starjumper. This way is best for both of us." She closed her eyes and felt extremely content, ready for sleep.
"I love you, Neesa." Luke said as he held her tightly, giving her a gentle squeeze.
She smiled and felt her hormones rise, but both of them were near exhaustion. "I love you too, Luke. Now go to sleep before I decide that we need to fool around again." Sleep for both was almost immediate.
The Wavestream: Leaving Home
Packing had always been easy for them as Partak and Essee placed their few possessions into small carry bags. Mostly some garments, power cells, replacement Kyber Crystals and other functional items. Nothing really personal. If and when they had to leave, they wanted as few items as possible. "All packed and ready to go." Partak stated as he looked over at Essee. She held up basically the only non-functional item that she had just purchased a few weeks ago. A Twil'ek dancer see threw outfit.
"Do I leave this or pack it?" She asked with a grin. The flimsy material could fit into a pocket. It was not really clothing, but something exotic that Essee liked to wear for Partak.
"You must be kidding, Pack it." He replied, winking at her. "So are you ready?" They had just made their decision and now they were about to leave. On the way they would stop to say goodbye to the few colleagues that they had met and served with. Generally they did not make friends, but Commander Tess was almost one. Leaving was generally easy for them, mainly because they did not form connections with others. Now all they had to do was inform Luke of their decision.
Boarding the Starjumper; a Pantoran Crewmember escorted them to the Captain's Mess. Inside they waited for Luke to come out of the Bedroom. "Are you absolutely sure this is what you want to do?" Partak asked Essee as they waited. She took his hand and nodded.
"Yes, of course if it does not work out we can always change our minds." She said as Luke and a Pantoran female stepped out of the adjacent room. "Luke we have made our decision. We will join you, we will help you form the New Jedi Order."
The Pathway:
Since it took the same amount of time to enter as to leave; Ezra and Ashoka had time to continue the instruction of Jacen and the other Children. Though Ezra had Ashoka conduct most of it. He was not completely himself as he spent most of the trip in Meditation and with Sabine. Now wearing a mixture of Chiss clothing and what was left of his own. Immediately after leaving the Bridge, he had told Sabine of her role in his recovery and had lost another set of his limited assortment of cloths. Once again in her haste to be intimate; Sabine had reduced what he was wearing into tattered rags. Returning to the observation deck, Ezra, Sabine, Ashoka and Hera looked out to see the Star Destroyer waiting. Two other ships had arrived; a Frigate and a Carrack Class Cruiser. As they looked at the Cruiser they noticed that it was not actually a Carrack. It had the distinctive shape of a Carrack, but there was clear signs that it had been retrofitted with Chiss components as well.
"Vice Admiral Voss Parck awaits to debrief us all. He also wants to see the Sensor Readings we took of the Impact Craters." Ar'alani said as she gestured to the Large Star Destroyer. "We will be docking soon."
Ezra did not know about Sabine, Hera or Ashoka, but he had no thrill to go onto an Imperial Star Destroyer even if it was not part of the Empire at the moment. For years he had fought and evaded Imperials. Now here he was about to walk onto a ship filled with them. When he agreed to this endeavor, he never thought that he would see a large number of Imperials as part of Thrawns little group. But right there was a Star Destroyer and from what Eli Vanto told him; there were more. Many more, especially since outside the Chiss domain were a large number of Shipyards and Bases constructing Ships and Weapons to be used by the Hand of Thrawn. Grimacing as the Chiss Cruiser connected with the Star Destroyer, he exhaled.
In a small conference room, Parck welcomed his guest with enthusiasm. Shaking Ezra's hand and kissing Sabine's, Hera's and Ashoka's hands and then bowed to Admiral Ar'alani. "Please be seated, I have tea and confections on the table. Help yourself." He said pleasingly to his guests. Smiling at them as they all sat. He chuckled at Ezra when he saw the young man stare at him with confusion. "it is perfectly safe, Ezra Bridger. Yes I know you all. The Grand Admiral spoke highly about you all when he described and briefed me about you." Sitting himself he gestured towards the table. "Once we become comfortable and finish with this snack; then we will have a little talk about what occurred on Saggora." Picking up a confection and eating the powdery sweetened treat. The others began as well and Parck started just some idle chit chat.
To be continued