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Chapter 37: A Place to Rest
Lillian has never been to another planet ever in her life besides her time when she was a child with her parents, who were bunch of criminals. Still even then they hardly visit to see attractions or look around. She does not remember being on the planet that is nothing but city called Coruscant.
When they first landed on the planet, it was dark. She was amazed at the sight of the super sized skyscrapers of the planet. Then the realization nailed her. She does not have a place to stay on the planet. She looks at her younger sister as they got off the ship.
As if Rachelle knows something was bothering, most likely she did with the Force, Rachelle turn to look at her. "Lillian what is wrong?" ask Rachelle softly. "Where am I going to stay? I do not start work until next week." say Lillian sadly. "Master, couldn't we contact your mother and see if Lillian could stay there? She has an apartment in the 500 Republica. All the apartments there are nice and it is hard to get a room." say Rachelle.
Mark, who was shutting down the ship in the hanger bay at the Jedi Temple, shakes his head when he heard this idea. "Aren't you two aware of the time?" ask Mark as he walks down the ships ramp. "No what time is it?" ask Lillian. "It is 3:24 AM. If I remember correctly, my mother will be busy in Senate meetings for the next 2 days. It will be unwise and disrespectful to call her this early in the morning." say Mark as he took the chip out of his Comlink that let him open the ramp of the T-6 Shuttle. He puts the chip on a stand where someone usually works at.
"You cannot expect me to let my sister be without a home, she will surely get mugged." say Rachelle. "I never said that, No ought the Jedi Order is not an apartment complex, there is nothing against the rules about letting someone stay here. She could stay in our quarters." say Mark.
Since Rachelle hasn't gotten a quarter, she is still sharing one with Mark. He does not mind until he or she get a Padawan. For some odd reason he sensed that she does not want to move out. Usually after his Padawan become a Knight he will only let them stay until they get their own quarters within the Jedi Order. For some reason he does not mind her staying.
"So where will I stay." ask Lillian smiling at her sister. "Obviously with us, until we can get in contact with the Senator Zane." say Rachelle before Mark can reply. He was about to said something, but Rachelle beat him to it. Mark crosses his arms trying to figure out how that is going to work out, due to the fact that the quarters only have two beds.
"Um, there are only two beds." say Mark. Rachelle seems to be on the ball about ideas because she already came up with an idea. "I could sleep on the couch, I slept in worst, Master." say Rachelle quickly.
Lillian had a slight smile on her face. She would do the same for Rachelle, but she would no expect Rachelle do the same for her due to the fact that Rachelle hardly knows her and just recently found out she had a sister. Unlike Rachelle, Lillian knew she had a sister.
"You don't have to sacrifice your bed for me. I can sleep on the couch. I do not mind." say Lillian softly as she look at her sister. "So where is Maria going to sleep at?" ask Rachelle. "I sensed Obi-wan is going to take her to Padme's apartment. That is where she stays." say Mark.
He knows a lot of things have been changing with the Republic and the Jedi Order on Coruscant. Padme is trying to get the Jedi who have a family to have an apartment to live in, for Jedi family where both parents are Jedi. They plan on having an apartment building not that far from the Jedi Temple. The Jedi Temple was never meant for families in the first place and they do not want to go and reconstruct the whole Jedi Temple for such a little change.
"No, I will refuse to let my sister, who was more injured than me sleep on a couch. It is the least I can do for you since you saved my life." say Rachelle looking at Lillian. Mark pinches his noise and let out a low, soft but long sigh. The next couple days are going to be nerve wreaking. How Obi-wan managed to put up with two Corellians that are sisters is far beyond him.
Mark was walking down the hall to their quarters where Obi-wan's door open and Mark almost got grab by someone. Mark looks and saw Satine. She seem to have a cheeks are red as she steps back into the room. "Sorry, I thought you were Obi-wan heard someone walking down the hall." say Satine.
Lillian notices that both seem a bit uncomfortable about almost kissing the wrong person. "No… he… um went to take Marie back to Padme's place. He should be in here shortly. What did you do, wait up all night for him?" say Mark raising an eyebrow. "Well yes, I want to surprise him." say Satine a bit shy. Mark looks at her and finds why she is hiding back in the shadows. She was only dresses in a pink bra and underwear. Mark put his palm up to his eyes so that they will be covering them. .
Rachelle not only sees the embarrassment but also senses her former mentor embarrassment through the Force. She feels a bit jealous that it was Duchess Satine that he got to saw in a condition like that.
"Duchess, do me a favor I am not the one that should be seeing you dress, or for a better wear lack of dressing, that you are wearing. Please do not be offended by my next words, but either put something on to talk to me or close the door and wait for Obi-wan." say Mark looking down the hall.
"Once again sorry." say Satine as the door closes. "Really ought to put a screen to let them view the hall security cameras in a case like that." mumble Mark as he proceeds to his and Rachelle's room. He presses his finger to the pad and the door opens.
Lillian was amazed at how the room looks. It is almost bared besides a Holovision, a couch, a coffee table and shelves with Holobooks in the living room. The kitchen was a mini kitchen with a plain square table with two chairs on each side, a fridge, few counter tops, stove, sink and a fridge.
The bareness reminds her of her apartment she had in the hotel back on Corellia. Since she did not spend so much time in her apartment she didn't add her personal touch to it over the years she had stayed in the hotel.
"It's not much, but here my little piece of the galaxy that I call my own. The door on the left leads to Rachelle room, the door in the middle is the bathroom; the door on the right is mine. That reminds me, you shouldn't even be in my room." say Mark pointing at the rooms along the wall that is facing them.
Rachelle shows Lillian to her bedroom. The door slides out of the way. As they step into the room the light flashes on. "Don't mind all the disassemble droids and machinery. I like to work on them." say Rachelle as Lillian notices bunch of droids in various state of disassembly lays around the room near the walls and on shelves. There is a small round table in the corner with a single chair.
Lillian walks over to the bed and runs her hands over the blankets as she sits down. She was amazed at how soft it feels underneath her hands. She lays back on the mattress of the bed and feel so comfort it what she image a cloud would feel like, if it was possible to lay on them.
Rachelle watches as Lillian half lays and half sit on her bed. "Whoa this is soft." say Lillian. "Yes, I manage to reconfigured the controls of the bed to increase the softness." say Rachelle with a smile. Lillian laughs slightly as she looks at her younger sister. Her sister must have a thing about working on machines and making them work way much better than they should. She tried that kind of stuff before and found that she is very lacking in that area of skills.
"You know, I could sleep on the couch, this is after all, your bed." say Lillian liking how the bed feels but willing to sacrifice the comfort so that her younger sister could keep her own bed.
Like many CorSec officers, Lillian knows how to sacrifice personal gain for others. Then again she never had too many to sacrifice. She was the least favorite in her family of criminals, because she was does not enjoying doing crimes and murders as much as her family. Her brothers and sisters all enjoyed and murder by the age of 10 years old. She did not do any of it unless she was forced to do so by her parents. There were times her parent's threaten her to do something at blaster point. All she did was steal stuff. It wasn't until she was 16 she was being forced to kill and she ran from her family.
"Nah, like I say I slept on worst in missions. I even was capture by Jabba and was forced to be his slave for a month, until my… first mentor… save me." say Rachelle voice growing weak as she hold back the tears that threatens to flow from her eyes. Rachelle turns away from Lillian to hide her tears. She is glad that Lillian is not Force Sensitive.
Lillian raises from the bed and sit up. "Rachelle what is it?" say Lillian little concern. "Its nothing." lies Rachelle lowly. Even through she just met Lillian a few weeks ago, it stills kills her to lie to her sister. It is the only true connection besides with her first mentor that she felt a connection to as a family.
Rachelle grabs a spare blanket from shelf in her room and walks to the couch. She uses the Force to turn off the lights as she lays down on the couch. She has a slight smile on her face. Before going on the mission, she did sensed that it would turn unexpected in ways that would not be foreseen. Come on how was she to know she will find out that she has a living sister, her family was bad and that the person she considered as a mother being alive and her enemy.
Still one thing she vows to do is to save her. Rachelle knows her first mentor would do the same for her. The question remains is how she is going to achieved such a goal when Darth Vader got her tightly in his grip.
Mark, who was leaning against the wall near the entrance to the quarters, smiles at the interaction between Rachelle and Lillian. It amazes him that for two people who does not actually knows each other that well. Right away he sensed family love between those two.
He can also sensed that Rachelle is happy to find out a member of her own family. Still he sense her unhappiness, some of it has to deal with Darth Destria and another one for someone else. He wonders what sadness that Rachelle can have for a Sith. As far as he knows besides being able to use the Force and both being females of the human race he does not know of any connections between them.
He believes that sooner or later he will find the answers to all his questions regarding his former Padawan. He knows not every question will be answer right off the back, even with seeking the answers through the Force. That one of the many reasons why one must be patient.
Without any farther thoughts, Mark walks to his bedroom and toss off his robes and sits on his bed looking down at a Holobook that his mother gave him. It makes him laugh every time he sees it. It was a Holobook of how to find true love and the signs of someone being in love.
Come on, wouldn't he know if he is in love with someone since love is something he preaches a lot to the Jedi High Council for years. No ought his mother seems serious when she hand it to him, he still thinks this is some sort of a joke. He picks the book up and looks at the cover on the screen before tossing it down on the nightstand beside the bed. He then lay down on the bed to head to sleep.
Today, You can consider one of your lucky days, I come bearing two gifts for you today. First was this chapter and second are for those who loved the Star Wars: The Clone Wars Series. I found this website called . at the top of the screen in light blue is Search! (That is how it it label). Click on it and when Google custom search bar comes up. Type in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and press enter or the search button. It should be the first selection. Click on it and you can watch all five seasons besides the last couple shows which they have not put on. I only watch a part of the first one, but the video come from an website called Rutube, which is some Russian website but the videos are in English, it just all the setting, (I am guessing similar to Youtube) are in russian lettering, but the play and volume options are easy to notice. Like I say, I am currently watching the first show of the first season. So I figure a lot of Star Wars fans might want to watch it online for free. It might buffer a bit, but I think the less tabs you have on the better.
The website do have ads I am guessing along the side of website, because it say advertising or something similar, but I am using Google Chrome with Adblock that I got for free from Chrome store, so I am ad free. As far a I know the video itself does not have any ads, so you can watch the whole show as if it was on DVD or to anyone who still and only uses VHS tapes, similar to them too.
I might put the address to get to the Star Wars the Clone War series on my profile, so all you will have to do is copy and paste it.
I am pretty sure that either the next chapter will be the last, if not then it most likely will be the one after that. I have not much to go on for this story.
Till next time, Enjoy and if you want to watch some Star Wars: The Clone Wars series.