Chapter 12

Karel and the rest of the crew of Siren's ship have been given vacation time and were sent back to Gaia.

As soon as Kadabra went on vacation he gave Siren, and everyone else time off. You know, he's not that bad… well he still is a Sith Lord, but besides that he's not to bad right now. Most of Siren's officers went to bars or gambled.

A few of us went to the beaches of France. It was a beautiful day today. I was lying in the sun. This feels amazing. I bought a swimsuit last time I was on Gaia. It was going to come in handy, and now it's paying off. I also bought sunglasses, a beach towel, and an umbrella. Last time I was almost tempted to buy a house here as well, but I don't know how the royal family would appreciate me doing something like that without their permission. I never spent over one hundred dollars, but I would still feel bad.

I was lying on my towel when Lily came onto the beach. I had my eyes closed when she tried to take my sunglasses, or I hope that's what she was doing. I still don't know with Siren. I opened my eyes and she stopped. She was in a red bikini.

"What do you think."

I closed my eyes again "Nothing special."

She huffed and walked away. I smirked. I wondered where Ninalex and Jade where.

Ninalex might be nervous since she's the only Twi'lek on Gaia. I might be worried too. Jade is probably keeping her company. She's been hanging around her more and more. Jade's opened up to Siren and a bunch of the others on the ship. She's like the little sister on the ship.

I'm more surprised that Siren isn't here. It's not like she's having to take off a lot of clothes. I hear lots of noise coming from the road. A bunch of men hooting and hollering. I turn and see it's Siren. She seems to enjoy the attention. She walks like a cat to the beach. Siren reserved the beach, so we would be alone. She was waiting for a crowd, so she could descend being the center of attention.

She walked right past me. She looked right at me, and I just shook my head.

She was followed by many of the other crew members. I don't pay attention to any of them that catcall me. I just sit in the sun. I decide to read one of those Stephen King novels that I won off Daniel. I read it, and it's not that scary. I'm stopped by one of the officers handing me a beer.

"You're eighteen, right?"

I take a second to think about it. I was seventeen when I got here, and I spent months in those training rooms, it's been about three months since the war started. I think I'm eighteen now. She hands me the beer, but I pour it in the sand.

"I don't know." I say. I might be, I might not. I need more time to think about it. I get back to the book. I'm a fast reader so I get through most of it in two hours. I'm a fast reader, and this is one of the smaller books. Once I finish it I can say that I've seen scarier.

When I look back at the beach, the women put up a volleyball net, and started playing. I get up and stretch my arms. I crack my back and my neck. I walk towards the volleyball net.

"Look everyone, Siren's favorite boy has decided to come play with us." One of the officers shouted.

"This boy can take you on." I smirk.

They take me up on my request. Five officers against little old me. They hit the ball to me and I sent it back. They think that because they have five, they can take me out.

They send the ball over the net. I jump up and spike at the feet of one of the captains. She jumps back. That's one point for me.

I look at them and their faces get serious. "Oh, no." I whisper. They got aggressive and got faster. They ended spiking the ball in my face. It left a mark. They laughed. I let my guard down. We continued our battle with the ball, taking shots at each other. I tried not to use the force too much. I hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew.

I served the ball and got ready. I finally noticed a pattern. I don't think they even noticed it. They would instinctively go for either the front of the box or the back of it. Rarely would they go for the middle, but when they did, it was one officer. I hit it to that officer, and wouldn't you know it, they hit it where I thought they would.

I sent my ball to the officer on the bottom left. She hit it so that it would only just go over the edge. I rushed up and shot it down at the officer in the top right. She was a bit weaker. Half the time I would get a point off her, the other half she would send it to the back of my box.

This time I got a point. I just needed to get one more point to win. They needed three.

"I think I'm going to beat you" I say. The women didn't seem to like that. I served the ball again and I may have used the force to make sure I won. I may or may not have bashed the ball so hard that it popped. I may or may not have been yelled at after that, and I might have had to buy a new ball.

Siren and Lily left the beach by the time I won, and Siren came back with a pair of jeans and a tee shirt she threw at me.

"How did you know the sizes I wear?"

"Do you want to know?" Siren said

"Not really."

The women waved bye to me. Siren had Ninalex and Hawaii with her.

Siren had a smile on her face, and that could never be good.

"We've been called to the home of the emperor. He's having a banquet today with many of the highest-ranking officers, and the politicians. Of course, I will be taking part of this, but you all will be guards."

"That's dangerous… that's the point." I say. They want the order to come out of the shadows. I may have to kill one or two. I hope they aren't stupid enough to attack here. Who knows how many mavens are going to be there.

"Exactly. If the order is stupid enough to try anything, we'll crush them."

I nod my head. Siren walks into a three Michelin Star restaurant and purchased two bottles of wine. They were both a few hundred dollars. She handed them to me, and I handed Ninalex my bag.

"What do you want me to do with this?"

"open it." I say

"Alright" She opened it and I walked into the bag. I had a cold room in my bag and placed the alcohol there. Siren did like to spend a lot on this sort of stuff, this whole room was filled with it, all costing hundreds of dollars. I changed quickly before getting out of the bag. Since some of my clothes has been going missing in my room on the ship, I placed most of it in here. When I walk out Siren was waiting for something.

"Lancelot will be arriving shortly to bring us to the emperor's home. All the Darths will be there. I need you all to keep the house safe for a few hours."

"How many mavens will be there?"

"I don't know. At least 2." Siren said. A limo drove up to us. Siren got in. Siren made told us to get in, and we started to drive. We were taken to the airfield. There were some very nice-looking ships, most I would assume were stolen from Naboo, or other planets that make luxury ships. They were all painted black.

I saw Lancelot standing in front of one of the nicest ships. Siren waved to him and started walking towards him.

He looked at me then at Hawaii.

"Who's the Twi'lek?" He asked

"She's Ninalex. She was a Jedi in training that came over to our side." Siren said.

"Alright. Don't do anything stupid." We went on the ship and shortly after, it took off.

"Where's your crew Lancelot?" Asked Siren.

"I sent them ahead. No need to waste their time." Lancelot grabbed a bottle and opened it. He took out a glass and handed it to Siren, then drank the rest of it. Siren looked at him, I think she was impressed.

"You finished it off without taking a breath." Siren said

"This whole thing is making me nervous. The Order is highly skilled at teleportation. They can teleport into the house, take out an official and vanish like that. I don't like this." Lancelot put the empty bottle down. Siren laughed.

"Idiot, the emperor has a shield that cancels out magic." Siren looked at the glass. I watched as she stared into the glass. Her eyes opened very slightly, and she downed the drink. She tried to hide it, but somethings on her mind.

The rest of the trip goes on slowly. We didn't talk to each other. We flew over Greece, and the pilot gave the codes, and landed close by. We were close by and walked ten minutes. When we got to the emperor's house, Empress Khione getting walking around the perimeter. She turned and saw our group.

She walked over to our group and told us

"A rebel was found near our home, carrying a bomb. He said the order did something to him, before we killed him. We need you to be on your best for tonight." She said

Ninalex, Hawaii and I bowed. Siren and Lancelot went to the house.

"I don't know the Twi'lek, but if Agent Pennsylvania vouches for you I will trust you, but if you're a liability, I will kill you. Am I clear?"

"Yes ma'am." Ninalex said

"Good. It's good to see you again Karel." She said, then turned around.

"What was that last bit about?"

"I saved her life, and the lives of her children." I say. How long has it been since then? It's been months.

"Oh yes, you will be stationed inside the house, but will eventually go to the outside of the house. Two mavens are stationed at every entrance. The inside of the house may be spell proof, but the outside is far from that." Khione said. She gave us all papers, showing our routes and the times we should arrive to them at. She is very thorough.

"It will be done my Empress." I say. I look at Hawaii. This house isn't small at all. For it to have two mavens at every entrance, how many were recalled from action for this?

Ce came up again.

"Hello Master."

She appeared outside of my helmet again. Hawaii looked at Ce.

"You have an AI? Why don't I have one?"

"Hello their Agent Hawaii. I have no knowledge as to why I am the only AI. I help master whenever he needs it." I hated that she called me master. It just feels… wrong.

"That still doesn't answer why I don't have one."

"I don't know. I haven't asked the emperor as to why he put an AI in my suit. Ce, please come back into my helmet, and stop doing that." She went back into my helmet.

"Doing what?" She asked like she didn't know.

Hawaii smiled at me. "Looks like we're going to spend all of tonight together."

"What do you want me to say?"

The night fell. I still didn't see which mavens were here. I heard that I was the only Big 5 member here. I think Agents Alabama and Montana were here. That's All I heard about them. I never really learned the names of the other maven, except for Hawaii and Alaska, and the other Big 5 of course.

Ninalex was put on a different route from me, but I hear that Siren is making sure the other Darths were acquainted with her. I don't Envy her. I know the Darths, but she had only known the darkness of Siren before today. Now she's in the den of lions.

I was sitting when I hear noise outside. The Banquet was well underway at this point, with lots of Alcohol being served, so I don't know if anyone else noticed it.

I go to the door and open it slightly. I see six dead people, and a maven in what looked like a pirate standing over them. I close the door.

"What was out there?" She asked.

"A few dead rebels, nothing Big." She shrugged her shoulders and sat back down. Our next spot was inside the library. They have a library? I looked at the floor plans, and it is huge. They must have thousands of books. We move to the library and tell the mavens that we were taking their position. Over the past few stations, the mavens recognized me. I never liked that.

We were in the library, and I decided that I should look around for something interesting. I walked towards this book. The force was telling me to move to it. It was a few rows away, but it was the only thing on my mind.

As I turned to get into the row, I saw Siren looking at the book, reading a page about something. She had a look on her face. She looks at me and waves me over to her.

"What are you doing here?" I asked

"I got bored. Don't Worry, Ninalex is very entertaining. She's got way with words telling her stories of our missions."

"What are you reading about?"

"Come look at this page."

The first thing that I saw was a necklace. I caught the title of the page.

Horcrux.

"What's a Horcrux?" I asked Siren

"It's something only three people have completed. I am one of them." Kadabra was behind us.

"Sorry Kadabra. Something dragged me to this book." Siren said

"It's not your fault. I doubt even you could make one, so what's the harm of telling you."

"Who are the other two?" I asked

"Herpo, and Voldemort." Herpo? "They are made to keep us alive. They've been affective." Kadabra started to stroll left and right.

"They are items that we put a fraction of our soul into. Voldemort had a few of them. I destroyed many of them." Kadabra took the book from Siren's hands.

"Trying to make one has killed more than one person. Only the truly strong in the dark side in the force can make one." He said

The house shook. My arm flashed with a call to all the mavens.

"Two dragons have been spotted and are attacking the house."

Everyone heard the notice.

Khione, Lancelot, Herpo, the mavens, the guards, the officers, and the politicians. Everyone heard the roar of the Dragon.

Khione was the first one to move.

"Agent Maryland, Get my children and the Politicians down to the panic room. Everyone else, we have a dragon to kill."

I heard this over Ninalex's comm. How was I hearing this? Never Mind, we need to get out there and take down the beasts. I see the rage on Kadabra's face. The order will get it now. Why did they attack his home? What were they thinking?

All of us were out in the front Yard. So many cyber crystal-based weapons activated all at once. The hums of lightsabers and other weapons ringed in my ears. It's been so long since I heard anything like this. I was nostalgic, but I had to have my head in the game. Over one fifth of all the mavens were here, and all the Darths too. The order must be hoping that I will betray Kadabra here. They are sorely mistaken. With this new development, I must learn all that I can about the horcrux.

One of the dragons swooped down, and breathed fire, but Khione stopped it with her ice, creating a mist. The other dragon landed right in front of one of the mavens. Lancelot walked over and put his hands on the beast's open jaws.

Khione stopped the dragon from breathing fire by using ice. This was our chance. All the mavens went forward to stop the dragon from moving. Hawaii and I ran to the side of it. It tried to turn to us, but Lancelot held it in place. Hawaii pulled out a knife and as she was sliding down its wing and cut it. I finished cutting the left wing off. It tried to cry, but the other mavens cut off it's other wing, its ears, it's legs, and its arm. Lancelot then ripped the jaw off the dragon. Siren then jumped on top of its head, then jammed her lightsaber into it. The Dragon was dead, and I think that was a mercy.

We're still missing another dragon. I looked up and saw Kadabra fighting this one alone. I hear something behind me, then my stomach started to do a gymnastics routine worthy of the Olympic Gold. When I stop, I'm wobbling slightly but I refuse to let go of my stomach.

In front of me was one of the wizards. As soon as I looked at him, he hit me with a paralyzing spell.

"We have another mission for you. Kadabra will be leaving for Mandalore in just over a month. Rig his ship with explosives." I don't know who this guy is. He's hiding in shadows.

"No."

"Then find someway to kill the emperor."

"No."

"I didn't want to do this." He pulled out a wand "Imperio!"

My mind seemed to calm down. It felt like bliss. Where was I again?

"You will kill the emperor." That seems like a swell Idea.

No.

Why am I questioning this feeling?

This isn't me

How do you know that?

Because I am me.

You are too up tight. Let yourself relax. You deserve it.

Leave my mind.

No, I am your mind.

No, you're not. There is only one me. That's me. I would never be like this.

But I am you. I am the you that you should be striving for. Like killing the emperor will be hard.

Get out of my head.

It's our head

No, it's NOT!

I scream. This drew the attention of the Darths. Siren moved at top speeds and slammed the butt of her blade into the wizard's head. Lancelot picks him up and breaks his legs. Then his back.

The second dragon fell to the Earth, dead, and Kadabra jumped right in front of me. He looked at my eyes.

"You were hit by an Imperio spell." He tossed me towards Siren. She caught me.

"What's Imperio? Why do you look like you want to kill me?" I ask. I'm freaking out. Herpo moves towards me and smiles.

"I know a way to get rid of that." I don't like how he said that.

"So, do I" Siren said. Siren pulled out one of the Vials and poured the content of it down my throat. It was still terrible.

"Now, what did this scum tell you." Kadabra said.

"I told him to kill you!"

Kadabra laughed.

"Everyone except for the allies of this maven go back to the house."

Siren, Hawaii, and Khione stayed. Kadabra laughed again. "You thought he would be able to kill me?"

The order member growled.

"You killed my family. I want to kill you."

"I'll give you one free shot." Kadabra smiled at the man. "Your name, it's Dean Thomas right."

Dean pulled out his wand, but Khione froze his hands. Dean screamed.

"I never said my wife would give you the same privilege." Kadabra smashed Dean's frozen hands. Dean still had a fire in his eyes, but then Kadabra looked directly down into Dean's eyes.

I hold out my lightsaber to Kadabra. He looks at me, then takes it. He puts it on Deans head, then he turned it on. He handed me my lightsaber back.

"Trust me, you are no threat to me." Kadabra turned his back on me. He's very cocky, but after All I've seen, he's earned it.

Siren put her hand on my shoulder.

"The same goes for me. He's put you under my watch." Siren goes back to the house. Khione and I were left looking at the dragon.

"Drakon will enjoy the parts." Khione took a breath. She looked at me. "My husband doesn't scare easily. If you think you do throw that notion away. I am still grateful about what you did for my children, but if you're not cured, I will not hesitate to end you."

"What's this Imperio spell? It felt… good"

"Yes, I would assume so. It is one of the unforgivable curses."

"I've never heard of them."

"I would think so. Hogwarts no longer teaches that sort of thing. What do you know about magic?" We started walking.

"Not much. It teleports you, it can freeze things, it can do whatever Imperio did to me."

"It does so much more. It's an aspect of the force. In magic there are three spells that were and are outlawed. We have a single prison for people who use these spells. It's called Azkaban. It once held the worst criminals in the magic world. It's much useful in that aspect, since the only two groups that use magic are the order and our empire."

"Who do you keep in this prison then?"

"We have ten wizards and witches in there for using the killing curse. The rest is full of Drakon's test subjects. Not even Mandalore is as depraved as the people in this. It reeks in the smell of the Dark side. It's one of the worst fates on Gaia." Khione stopped for a second.

"How do you keep the prisoners from breaking out?"

"We have creatures that keep them in check. Dementors. They suck out your soul. Nasty and painful. Now these three curses are casted by these words. Imperio, as you already know. It is the only pleasant one. The second is Crucio, the Cruciatus Curse. It doesn't harm you physically, but its like every inch of your body is covered with piercing flaming knives. It turned Lancelot's parent into… The third curse, the killing curse. It's cast using the words Avada Kedavra. My husband almost lost his life when he was about two. Voldemort loved this spell. He was so skilled that he could kill dozens of wizards in seconds. He was truly terrifying. He was nothing compared to my husband. He cut Voldemort down is seconds."

The image filled my head.

"I see why it's illegal. Is there any way to beat it?"

"Only two people are known to survive it. One is in that house. The other is in the Order. Siblings at war."

Kadabra. Hailey. How did they survive?

"Now, let's go back in. I think the order won't try another attack. Two dragons were slaughtered tonight. What could they do?" We walked in.

Khione and I walked towards the table. All the Darths were sitting down except for Drakon.

"Go back to the library." Siren said.

I went back, and I opened the door and saw a man with a pile of books looking for something. I step up behind him and tap him on the shoulder.

"What is it?"

"Who are you?" I asked

"Darth Drakon. Head of the ISD. Now leave me."

That's how he introduces himself. "Shouldn't you be out in the main hall."

"I have more important work." I looked at the book and saw Horcrux on the page. What is he doing?

"I said I have work to do. Now get out of my sight." I went back to the door and stood

Why is he studying about the Horcrux? What does he think He'll find out?

Hawaii and I moved to the Balcony and we looked out at the trees at the edge of the property.

"They did this all, so they could get you to kill the emperor. That's embarrassing."

"What do you mean?"

"Isn't it obvious, you aren't who I would think of first when I think about someone who could even come close to the emperor."

"Hey."

"It's true."

"Fine. You have Point. The emperor is powerful, more so than me, but do you think he's more powerful than the other Sith Lord in the galaxy?"

"I wouldn't worry about that. Sidious is just a myth." Hawaii says. Oh, how wrong she is.

"What if he isn't?"

"Then I'm sure the emperor would defeat him." Hawaii said smiling.

"Imperio" I heard "Sleep. When I leave you'll wake up."

Hailey Potter was standing on the railing.

"We've got the camera on his ship. Many people are dying every day. Don't mess this up. I know what you can do. Use the force thing to kill the pilot when I tell you. After you do that, we'll find each other again."

"That is an unforgivable curse." I tell her.

"I know. Don't worry, she'll be better when I leave. Do your part." She teleports away, and Hawaii wakes up.

Ce looks fuzzy. I tap my head and her image clears up.

"Master, something stopped me. I don't know what. I've lost all memory of the last minute."

"It's alright Ce. Nothing happened, just a bug or something."

Author's Notes: BEACH EPISODE! But really, that wasn't the important part. Next chapter, the Attack on Coruscant.

This story is getting closer to ending. Just a few more chapters before the whole story will be revealed.

What do you guys think of the Order?

May the Force be With You

-DragonZlayerx12