Interlude

In the morning, I woke up not really knowing where I was for a few seconds. My mind sorted through the dream I had been having which seemed to not make any sense at all. Switching to a kneeling position I meditated to recall the dream. I saw myself on a plane of nothing but grass waving in the wind. For as far as I could see there was not sign of any difference. By my side was Sean in very plain looking Jedi robes. I studied him and saw not the forty plus years that I remembered. He looked no older than I was now.

"Good that you are now awake. We have a few things to discuss." I searched him and found he was at peace as much as I was. Still, I could sense there was something off.

"Are you having problems on my home planet?"

"No, not that I can sense, but things are changing. At first I could feel the Force, but not as strong as I did when I was you. Now it is getting stronger each day. I am worried that our worlds are merging, yet the Force is not telling me anything."

"Perhaps it is not something we need to worry about, or that it is your way of seeing the influence the Force is having on Earth."

"The changes are difficult to understand or to really see. I may have influenced them with my knowledge as I have designed certain things I had become accustomed to. This has brought me income to move freely. Not as I would like, but enough to search out a few that have left their mark in the Force."

"Are you searching for a padawan?"

"If there is one out there the Force will guide me, but I do not search for one. What worries me is that when I do find this disturbance, I feel it will change this world. Our times are so different from each other."

"Have you watched all the movies?"

"Yes, and your memories I gained have giving me other things to think about. I study the information and find there is more than half of what is written that could be a possible future. The most current movies are nothing more than a bad story. Though the legend stories are not correct either. The game is as close as I know to follow what I have experienced."

"I have been living the game, but after I saved Doctor Godera from Watcher One I have been able to know where to go without following the set story. I do not know how long I will be able to do this, but I hope it will have a similar outcome."

"I hope for you it will. Falling to the dark side is not what I would have wanted either. That as I played the game I found it chilling that I agreed with every choice. It looses meaning after defeating the Emperor. I would not have hesitated in destroying him like the game shows."

"Good to know and I do not plan to lose to him at all."

"You can't go against him. You will all fail."

"No, I do not think so. If we can not defeat him with the Force, I will defeat him without it."

"There is no way for you to do so."

"There is and I found it. The expanded universe may mostly be fiction, but some things have become true."

"Myrkr?"

"Yes."

"Interesting. I feel that will work, but only if you can get close enough."

"I have also run into Lord Kallig and Cipher Nine. Both have been taken out of the picture."

"That may have been not such a good thing to do."

"Perhaps, but it is done. I have a feeling I will be meeting the warrior and the bounty hunter sooner or later. I have changed Lord Zash's plans as well as the plans of the ISB with the SiS. How this will effect the future the Force has been silent on."

"I would meditate on it a bit more."

"I will, but we have not finished about what has you worried."

"I feel that the Milky Way galaxy is the same one we both live in. We may not be that far from each other."

"That would change things if I could go home. I do not want to think of what it would do to my world."

"It would change your world completely."

"That would put Earth somewhere in the unknown regions or in a location that is hard to get to. It could be anywhere."

"Or any time. This is what bothers me. Are we in the same time or is either one of us long dead? If so how could we have joined together?"

Nar Shaddaa Phantom

I was pulled from my meditation as Cort touched me with the Force. I suddenly stood up and then crashed back into the bunk as I had hit my head.

"Ow, how could you interrupt my meditation?"

"I apologize but you have been meditating for several days. Ashara and Kira were not successful in bringing you out of your trance."

"I was deep in the Force."

"We all felt it, but it is time to move on. I have completed my mission here. Kira has helped her friends and has sought out my help. I feel that she is not who she claims to be. There is a darkness that she is trying to conceal."

"Kira is my padawan and I know of her past. I am leaving it up to her when she decides to tell me."

"More of your visions?"

"Yes, but I need to report to Var Suthra."

"He has been given a full report. Ashara filled him in when you failed to come out of your trance. He is not happy about Doctor Godera staying with you."

"He will be on Coruscant soon enough."

"Your ship will not return her in time. I have another master to find on Tatooine. I need to go." I thought for a second and as much as I could just come with him as my next mission would also lead to Tatooine I got the feeling I was still needed here. I thought about the agent's ship and if I could secure it, it may give us an advantage in the future. Thinking this I felt I had to go get it.

"I can at least have a meal before you go?"

"Of course." I smiled as I got up and guided him out. After a shower and a meal Kira, T7, and I left his ship and we watched the ship lift off. I had talked briefly with Var Suthra and he agreed I should secure the agent's ship if I could.

"Master when is the Bendu's Way going to get here?"

"It will not. When it gets to Coruscant it will be sent to Tatooine. We will be securing another way off Nar Shaddaa."

"Private transport?"

"You will see." I ignored her rolling her eyes as we moved across the spaceport.

"Master those are Empire uniforms."

"I know and I got that stealth unit you gave me." Kira grinned as she suddenly vanished after looking around. I activated mine and I went passed the guards into the hangers beyond. Finding the ship wasn't to hard or getting to the access hatch. I pulled out my holocom as we became visible.

"Agent Tander, what can I do for you, master Jedi?"

"I need the access code to the Phantom. Do you have 2V still with you?"

"The Phantom? Oh, you mean the ship. I have the codes a team is on the way to get the ship, but why would you need the codes?"

"I am next to the access hatch."

"You can't just take the ship!"

"I am here and if I don't get the codes, we will get caught." Tander shook his head as he did something on his end. A few seconds later we were inside the ship. The X70B was mostly like the ship from the game. The ceiling was much lower. The storage holds were still in the back and the conference room on the left side with the medical bay on the right. The holoterminal was not in the center of the ship, but off to the side as the rest of the main room was set up as a lounge. As we moved to the cockpit there was two open doors that I could see bunks. The main cabin was much smaller and neatly organized with nothing out of place almost sanitary as if it was not lived in. The cockpit was using the highest tech available as if no expense was spared. T7 plugged in and the ship started up.

"Master someone noticed."

"T7, shut the access ramp." He whistled ass I could feel the ship's ramp settle into place. I grabbed the control and lifted the ship in the air spinning it around. The large access doors started to close as I pushed the ship forward. This ship was smaller than the defender by about half and moved smoothly. It had no problem avoiding the doors and soon enough I pushed it to full throttle. There was a grin on my face that shocked Kira.

"We just stole a ship."

"Yes we did. Now let's see what this puppy can do." Leaving Nar Shaddaa's gravity field did not take long. The display showed several ship with possible intercept vector's but none that would be able to catch up in time. T7 signaled he was ready for a destination.

"Fleet auxiliary maintenance we need to get this ship scrubbed." The stars elongated and we were off. It took several days to get to the maintenance fleet an hour to convince the captain that we were who we said we were. The ship was guided into a secure dock and netting was dropped around the ship. It was a challenge to land on the large rubber pads, but with the Force it was only tedious. As we left the ship we went through several sessions of questioning until another Jedi with a SiS agent came and confirmed who we were.

"You two are crazy stealing an imperial vessel and one from the ISB. The commander wasn't happy having to move the fleet early. That ship better be worth it."

"It will be and the Jedi will have a use for it, so no tearing it apart. Find any trackers, bugs and other traps and remove them, but we will need that ship intact and available."

"What is so important that the Jedi have that ship?"

"I'll tell you if General Var Suthra or General Garza give you clearance." He backed off after that as those names were familiar to him.

"Fine, but I am the agent in charge."

"Good, I would expect nothing less. I have to talk to the council, excuse me." I walked away from him and picked up my pack. Kira and T7 followed right behind me. I didn't think we would get the ship back, but in case we did it would be useful in either the first attack or the second. I shuddered at the thought of having it for the second attack. That would mean my mission with the ysalamiri failed the first time. We moved through the ship to the other docking bay and soon gained transport to the fleet space station. Before we left I sent word for my crew to meet me at the station cantina. We only had to wait a few days which most of the time we trained.

"Welcome back master."

"Thank you, C2. Good to be back. As soon as we are resupplied head to Tatooine."

"Yes, master Jedi." I glared at Zetta, but she was grinning at me. I shook my head as I went to my cabin.