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Chapter 12: Teaching & Realizations
Mark is standing in a classroom watching Yoda teaching younglings. If there was one being that ever walk in the Galaxy that could be consider the best teacher that is Yoda. He stands in the back of the class so he will not distract them.
"You follow Master Zane and I now, we will show you that size matters not when it comes to the way of the force." say Yoda as he walks out of the room. Mark follows behind the class of younglings.
He remembers when he was their age. He was going to make the best of himself and be the best Jedi possible and protect the Republic, but he had failed poorly in his universe. That is one of the reason why he is so determine to throw his life away to make sure this Republic would not fall, so these young ones have the chance to live life. It was unfair that Darth Vader killed them, it was not right! How could a bunch of younglings harm the Empire until much later? That is even low for a Sith to pick on an innocent children. Just thinking of that makes him angry.
This is his second chance to fix a problem, and he is going to go down swing if he has too. He knows he must stop Anakin from taking the steps that lead him down the dark path. He must stop Anakin from killing Count Dooku and stop him from slashing off Mace's hand.
"Master Zane daydreaming are you. How sad, pays a great attention, when he was young. Now look at him daydreaming while walking. Shameful." say Yoda with a slight smile on his lips as he shakes his head. The younglings laugh at this. "Bad Master Zane!" say a green young Twi'lek girl.
"Sorry, guilty." say Mark as he holds up his hands. "Master Zane if, done daydreaming, you are, lift anything with the right focus, care to show the younglings how the force can." say Yoda leaning on his walking stick as he points at a Crucible, a 325 foot long ancient ship that the Jedi use to students to Illum to get their crystal for Lightsaber.
"Wait he is going to lift that big thing!" say a male Duros with an amazement dripping from his voice as he hears this. Mark walks to stand beside the elderly child size Grand Jedi Master.
"I know you heard this saying countless times, but with the Force anything is possible. It is true if you have the will to do something and the contraction with the Force you can do whatever you set your mind too. Just watch and learn." say Mark as he turns around and outstretches his hand as he focus the Force onto the Crucible.
The younglings hear the legs of the skip groan as the weight being lifted up. Sweat pour down Mark's forehead as he focuses on lifting the heavy ancient ship. The younglings were amazed when they watch as the ship being lifted halfway into the air.
Mark than slowly lower it back down to where it was resting on the ground. Mark wipes the sweat from his brow and look at the younglings. They look excited like a group of kids with a basket full of candy on Halloween. It made him smile how excited they are.
"Dismissed, class is. Go one little ones, and have some fun." say Master Yoda waving his hand. The younglings took off running through the halls. Yoda looks up at Mark. "Your mission all that more important makes, does it." say Yoda. "Yes, it just hard to image someone could do that to younglings. Look at them all full of joy. It not just sad but just plain wrong." say Mark. Yoda nods at this as he watches Mark walks away.
He walks out of the Hanger and walk downs the hall toward the quarters area. Mark shares one with Rachelle. He walks into the quarter. It has gray carpet and white walls with a brown couch, coffee table, Holovision, bookstands. There are three other doors. One of the doors is his bedroom, the other is Rachelle's room, and the one in the middle is a bathroom.
Rachelle is laying on the couch watching the Holovision. He walks over and notices she is asleep. Mark walks into her room and grabs a blanket and pillow. On the nightstand by her bed was has a small hologram of a younger Rachelle with an older human female. That must be her first mentor. Rachelle had a big smile on her face in the picture. It is a smile that he hardly ever sees. She looks completely happy. That is another death at the hands of Palpatine and his stupid idiotic plan to get absolute power.
He uses the Force to lightly lift her head so it would not wake her up. He puts the pillow under her head and covers her up with the blanket. He looks at the Holovision and turns it off by the remote. He turns off the lights and walks out of the room.
He walks down the hall and accidentally run into Mace Windu. "Oh sorry, Mace." say Mark helping the older Jedi up. "Nah, it is my fault, I wasn't pay attention where I was going try to solve a problem." say Mace.
"About what?" ask Mark. "How the Force we did not sense Palpatine for he truly is. I mean there is a bunch of Jedi within these walls, and none of use sense him." say Mace as he crosses his arms.
"It is simple; he had his Force presence from us and his true thoughts. There are people out there that are very good at manipulating, and there are those who are good at manipulating manipulators." say Mark know he falls into the second category. "We should have listening to Mark from this universe. He told the council right before the Vote of no Confidence went out for Chancellor Valorum. He says that Palpatine is behind it, and that he senses the presences of the Dark Side in him. We did not sense anything and did not believe him." say Mace looking down.
For the first time in his whole life, this is the first time he sees Mace upset. It is kind of mind blowing to see such a proud Jedi upset about that. What Mace say is true, only if both Jedi Council had listen to their respectful Master Zane during the Blockage of Naboo, they most likely would not be in this mess.
"Don't worry Mace, that why I am here. I am going to fix your mistakes. Even if it kills me, the Jedi will stand tall and strong and the Republic will be better. I did not fixed in my time, I should have been their on Coruscant to protect those younglings and other Jedi, but no I was on Raxus Prime searching through piles of junk to stop the Separatist movement. Only if I was on the planet I could have stopped Order … 66. Wait a minute!" say Mark.
The change of Mark tone after the last comment got Mace looking up. It seems like Mark just have a pretty good idea. "What is it?" ask Mace. "The Clones have orders program into them that they have to obey, they are called the Contingency Orders. They were program into the Clones while they were at Kamino training." say Mark.
"You point?" ask Mace having a feeling where this might be heading but need more information just to confirm it. "My point is that even the newer Clones have that, it must be in the thought records at Kamino! Oh Force, how could I be so stupid! That one of the major piece of evidence to discredit Palpatine! Come on I live through that awful command! It was looking at me straight in the face." say Mark as he slaps his forehead as he shakes his head.
"Whoa slow down there; this is not a pod race. How is this going to prove something about Palpatine?" ask Mace. "See I bet you in that order it say something only the Supreme Chancellor, which at this moment is a Sith buddy, has the right to authorize Order 66 without the Senate consent, that to take Jedi down by lethal force and not to bring them in alive. If that is true, than that is against the Republic ways. According to one of the first acts made in the Galactic Republic in 25,053 BC, that any commands or acts that involves shutting down a branch or program that have to be authorized by the Senate as a whole, and in the case of taking a group of people down that is legalized by the government, they must have a chance to explain themselves. Order 66 goes against that act in two ways, first of all only Chancellor can activate it, and plus only lethal force can be use, which prevent explaining. It is a very old act, I bet hardly anyone remember but does not mean that they can overrule it." say Mark holding back a laugh.
Mace looks at Mark strangely as he smiles. There are times that he knows that Mark will act like a little schoolboy. This must be one of the times that happen.
"One question how in the world, how do you know all these stuff like about old acts?" ask Mace shocked. "To be honest, I do not know. It just at random times I remember different stuff, but sometimes I cannot remember if I read about or the Force told me." say Mark.
"You need to act upon this now, I advise you to take Rachelle with you to Kamino and find this information out. It might come in handy with our fight with Pal…I mean the Sith." say Mace as Anakin walks by. The Jedi Council agrees with the terms of not telling Anakin about who Palpatine truly is.
"Sure I will get ready and do that first thing in the morning." say Mark. "Take the Attack Cruisers; I do not trust this one bit. I bet the Sith will be getting restless about you and try to due you in." say Mace.
Mark nods at this, it makes perfect sense for him to take the Attack Cruisers just and the 3rd Legion just in case if Palpatine did decide to strike at him during his trip to Kamino. Mark already knows what to suspect to find there. The infamous Order 66 within the record of the Cloners.
After he finds them, he is going to have to have them delete it from the minds of the Clones that they are training. He just hopes that Palpatine does not catches on very quickly to what he is planning on doing.
After they are deleted, they can either send troops up there to get the order deleted from their minds, or keep using the Force to wipe that order out. It would overwork Mark, and the Jedi Council wears out if they keep on using the Force to whip that code out of their minds.
He will know what to do after the visit to Kamino. Right now, it is just too much different possibilities. In addition, if they do take the troops back to Kamino, it might spark the interest in Palpatine. Like always, everything will happen as it happen. He will find out the information he needs when he gets to Kamino.
The act above as far as I know is not real, but it seem like something that should be created basically the act states that Order 66 can not happen since it involves just the Chancellor sending a command, and plus if you look up Order 66 on Wookiepedia it states that the Jedi should be taken out with lethal forces and according to that act it have to be a Senate as a whole to decide.