Disclaimer: I am not George Lucas or Rick Riordan.

Enter Jag, on Nirauan.

Jag takes a quick sanisteam, then heads up to the attic. The area is filled with weapons belonging to the Fel dynasty. At the window is mounted what appears to be some sort of blaster cannon.

Jag. Missile launcher?

Enter Qwi, reading a set of flimsiplast scrolls written in Aurebesh.

Qwi. Nope, nope. Potatoes. I don't like potatoes.

Jag. Qwi. Where are the others?

Qwi. Roof. Roof. Gundark-watching. I don't like gundarks. Potatoes.

Jag. Potatoes?

Jag then notices that from the roof Luke and Tahiri are using the cannon to fire potatoes at the gundarks.

They have baradium missiles. And we have a potato gun.

Qwi. Starch. Starch is bad for gundarks.

Jag. Qwi. It's not safe here with the gundarks. We're going to be flying to Hoth soon. Will you come with us?

Qwi. [uncomfortable] Hoth. Seven thousand, two hundred kilometer diameter. Official mammal: the tauntaun. [in Mando'a] "To the Greater Javin, beyond the Je'daii, lies the Imperial crown. Falling from ice, the son of Vader shall drown . . ." [in Basic] Hmm. Burned. The rest is burned.

Jag. Qwi. Was . . . was that a prophecy? Where did you read that?

Qwi. Tauntaun. Tauntaun, tauntaun, tauntaun.

A baradium missile explodes near the house.

First Gundark's Voice. Jagged Fel. Show yourself.

Qwi. Nope. Jag shouldn't. Nope.

Jag. Just . . . stay here, okay? I've got to go help Tahiri and Luke.

Jag heads up to the roof.

Enter Luke and Tahiri.

Luke. Morning. Beautiful day, eh?

Luke holds his lightsaber in one hand, a water hose in the other. Using his hydrokinetic Jedi powers, Luke fires blasts of water at the gundarks, deflecting their uses of baradium with the power of the Force.

Tahiri, her azure-bladed lightsaber activated, notices Jag smiling at her.

Tahiri. Are you okay? Why are you smiling?

Jag. Oh, er, nothing. Thanks for breakfast. And the clothes. And . . . not hating me.

Tahiri. Why would I hate you?

Jag. It's just . . . last night. When I summoned the zombie, I thought . . . I thought that you thought . . . I was repulsive . . . or something.

Tahiri raises her eyebrows, then shakes her head.

Tahiri. Jag. Maybe I was surprised. Maybe I was scared of that thing. But repulsed? The way you commanded it, so confident and everything . . . like, Oh, by the way, guys, I have this all-powerful zombie we can use. I couldn't believe it. I wasn't repulsed, Jag. I was impressed.

Jag. You were . . . impressed . . . by me?

Luke. [laughs] Jag. It was pretty amazing.

Jag. Honest?

Tahiri. Honest. But right now, we have other problems to worry about. Okay?

Tahiri gestures to the gundarks.

Luke. I've got one more trick up my sleeve. Your lawn has a sprinkler system. I can blow it up and cause some confusion down there. But that'll destroy your water pressure. No pressure, no hose. And those baradium missiles are going to plow right into the house.

Jag. Guys. I've got an escape plan. Our family has a starship docked at a spaceport near here. My grandmother gave me this official document which should convince him to escort us to Hoth. And if he needs further convincing, we have that Imperial communique from Tenel Ka. He's a retired Imperial officer. He'll help us.

Tahiri. But Tikk's not back. And what about your grandmother? We can't just leave her.

Jag. Maybe . . . maybe Tikk will find us. As for my grandmother . . . she was pretty clear. She said she'd be okay.

Luke. There's another problem. I'm not good with air travel. It's dangerous for a son of Vader.

Jag. You'll have to risk it. . . . and so will I. By the way, we're related.

Luke. [taken aback] What?

Jag. Canderous Ordo, an ancestor on my mother's side. Revanchist. Grandson of Vader.

Tahiri. You're a . . . a descendant of Darth Vader? Jag, that's . . .

Jag. Barvy? Yeah. And there's this ability my family has supposedly. But I don't know how to use it. If I can't figure it out . . .

Spotting Jag, the gundarks spot Jag on the roof and cheer.

Gundarks. Fel. Fel.

Tahiri. They keep doing that. Why are they yelling your name?

Jag. Never mind. Listen, we've got to protect Qwi, take her with us.

Tahiri. Of course. The poor thing needs our help.

Jag. No. I mean yes. But it's not just that. She recited a prophecy downstairs. I think . . . I think it was about this quest. It said, "To the Greater Javin, beyond the Je'daii, lies the Imperial crown. Falling from ice, the son of Vader shall drown." And it was cut off from there.

Luke. I don't know how a son of Vader can drown. I can breathe underwater. But the crown of the Empire . . .

Tahiri. That's got to be the insignia.

Luke. And Qwi recited something like this once before, in Ossus . . . a line from the old Great Prophecy.

Jag. The what?

Luke. Tell you later.

Luke deflects another baradium missile.

Gundarks. Pretty. Pretty.

Jag. The thing is Qwi remembers everything she reads. She said something about the page being burned, like she'd read a damaged text of prophecies.

Tahiri. Burned books of prophecy? You don't think . . . But that's impossible.

Luke. The books Thrackan wanted back at the Remnant?

Tahiri. The lost Journal of the Whills that outlined the entire destiny of the Empire. If Qwi actually read a copy somehow and memorized it . . .

Jag. Then she's the most valuable Omwati in the galaxy. No wonder Q'Anilia wanted to capture her.

First Gundark. Jagged Fel. Come down, son of the Slayer. We've been waiting for you. Come. Be our honored guest.

Tahiri. Why do I get the feeling that "honored guest" means the same thing as "dinner?"

Jag glances at Luke.

Jag. Can you drive?

Luke. Sure. Why?

Jag. Grandmother's landspeeder is in the garage. It's an old X-34. The thing is like a tank. If you can get it started . . .

Tahiri. We'll still have to break through a line of gundarks.

Luke. The sprinkler system. Use it as a distraction?

Jag. Exactly. I'll buy you as much time as I can. Get Qwi and get in the speeder. I'll try to meet you in the garage. But don't wait for me.

Luke. [frowns] Jag . . .

First Gundark. Give us your answer, Jagged Fel. Come down, and we will spare the others: your friends, your poor old granny. We only want you.

Luke. They're lying.

Jag. Yeah, I got that. Go.

Exit all but Jag.

Jag grins down at the gundarks.

Hey, down there. Who's hungry?

The gundarks cheer.

As Jag makes a fruitless attempt to transform into a rancor, the gundarks raise their baradium missiles.

Hold on. You don't want to char me, do you? I won't taste very good that way.

Gundarks. Come down. Hungry.

Jag. Do you promise to spare my friends? Do you swear on the Font of Power?

The gundarks laugh and toss a baradium missile, which just barely misses Jag. It does, however, blow up a chimney. Jag somehow is not hit with any shrapnel.

I'll take that as a no. [to the gundarks] Okay, fine. You win. I'll be right down. Wait there.

The gundarks cheer.

Jag mans the blaster cannon. He fires potatoes at the lead gundark, knocking him backward into his own baradium missiles. The baradium explodes, killing the gundark. As the other gundarks run around in confusion, Jag fires arrows specifically at the baradium missiles. This causes some gundarks to detonate on impact, but others are left with scars.

However, the gundarks quickly recover from their confusion. They toss baradium missiles at the manor, causing it to catch fire.

Grandmother.

Unable to reach Zena's quarters, Jag heads down to the ground floor, heading into the garage.

Enter Luke, Tahiri, and Qwi, in the X-34 landspeeder.

Luke. Get in.

Jag leaps into the back next to Tahiri.

Qwi. Yikes. Yikes. Yikes.

Luke guns the engine and storms out of the garage.

The gundarks run to intercept, but Luke uses the Force to explode the entire irrigation system. Water spreads everywhere, spraying the gundarks with dirt, pieces of pipe, and water.

Using the gundarks confusion to their advantage, Luke speeds ahead, slamming right into a gundark which disintegrates on impact. By the time the gundarks have overcome their confusion, the landspeeder is already forty kilometers away from the house.

As Jag looks behind him, watching the baradium-armed gundarks chasing after them, he sees a hawk-bat flying away from the burning house, as Zena Antilles escapes from the wreckage. As she said, she has planned to die on her own terms, not the gundarks'.

Jag. Grandmother?

The landspeeder moves further north.

About three klicks. You can't miss it.

As the gundarks chase them, baradium explosions rip up the forest.

Tahiri. How fast can gundarks run?

Luke. Let's not find out.

The landspeeder finally skids to a halt at the spaceport.

Jag draws his bow.

Jag. Get to the starship. They're coming.

In the distance, the gundarks run toward the spaceport.

The minute the four of them get out of the landspeeder and begin to head toward the starship, Qwi shrieks.

Qwi. N-n-no. Fly with wings. N-n-no ships.

Tahiri. It's okay. We'll protect you.

Qwi shakes her head, panicked.

Luke. [exasperated] What do we do? We can't force her.

Jag. No.

Tahiri. She's too valuable to leave behind. [winces] Stang, I'm sorry, Tahiri. I sound as bad as Q'Anilia. You're a living thing, not a treasure.

Qwi. No ships. N-n-no ships.

Luke. I've got an idea. Qwi, can you hide in the woods? Will you be safe from the gundarks?

Qwi. Hide. Safe. Hiding is good for Omwati. I'm quick, and small, and fast.

Luke. Okay. Just stay around this area. I can send a friend to meet you and take you to the Imperial Remnant.

Jag. A friend?

Luke. [aside, to Jag and Tahiri] I'll tell you later. [to Qwi] Would you like that? Would you like my friend to take you to the Imperial Remnant and show you our home?

Qwi. Remnant. [in Mando'a] "Wisdom's daughter walks alone. The Mark of Ashla burns through Bastion."

Luke. Er, right. That sounds important. But we can talk about that later. You'll be safe at the Remnant. All the books and food you want.

Qwi. No ships.

Luke. No ships.

Qwi. I will hide now.

Exit Qwi.

Tahiri. I'll miss her.

Luke. We'll see her again.

Luke frowns, bothered by that line about Mara.

As the gundarks approach, Jag tosses the document to Luke.

Jag. Show that to the pilot. Show him your communique from Tenel Ka, too. We've got to take off now.

Luke nods, then he and Tahiri run toward the YT-2400 freighter docked at the spaceport.

Enter Jan Dodonna, a retired Imperial general with gray hair that was once black, standing near the ship.

As Luke and Tahiri show Dodonna the official documents, Jag takes cover behind the landspeeder and fires at the gundarks. As Jag knocks one of the gundarks to the ground with a perfectly aimed shot from a snare rifle, Dodonna gets his ship ready to move.

Jag fires at a few more gundarks before Tahiri calls out to him.

Tahiri. Jag. Come on.

One of the gundarks aims a baradium at the missile, but Jag deflects it with one of his arrows. As two more baradium missiles come his way, Jag flees just in time as the landspeeder explodes.

The minute Jag leaps onto the ship, joining Luke and Tahiri, the ship begins to lift off, leaving the gundarks behind on the spaceport.

As the YT-2400 lifts off from Nirauan, Jag glances back at the Fel manor and sobs.

Dodonna's Voice. [over the comlink] Dark Greetings, my friends. Welcome aboard. Next stop: the Hoth system.

Escaping from Nirauan's gravity well, the YT-2400 leaps into hyperspace.

Exit all.