Convergence

Dragon listened intently to the report from Fest. The phrik alloy testing center had been destroyed, and she had a good guess as to who was responsible. She had been unable to track Ethel and her crew for some time, all her attempts having been blocked. It was becoming infuriating, and her master was starting to get impatient.

Still, she had a strong feeling as to where she would find her quarry. "Admiral, set a course for Gromas-16," Dragon demanded on the flight deck.

"Yes ma'am," the officer responded before relaying her orders to the men.

At a spaceport Hiro tossed and turned in his bed, having a bad dream. A myriad of sensations flashed under his eyelids. He caught glimpses of Dragon and her companion, flashes of their red blades. He saw Gogo and himself clashing with them, and fighting a losing battle. He caught a glimpse of Kiara, smiling at him reassuringly before saying 'I'll be right behind you'.

Then she vanished. He heard her screaming in pain, followed by the voice of Dragon and the sounds of electricity and sparks. Ultimately ending with him watching in horror as Kiara's eyes turned from their red brown to a glowing and bloody red.

Hiro sat up in his bed with a gasp. The images still fresh in his mind. He wiped sweat of his brow before looking to his door. "Kiara," he whispered softly in worry. He threw off his covers and leapt out of bed. He opened the door to his room and ran out into the halls before exiting the BH6 altogether and sprinting right to Kiara's cruiser a short distance away.

When he got there he immidiately began pounding his fists on the side hatch. "Kiara! Kiara! Kiara!" he shouted frantically, though not entirely sure why. He was concerned and scared for her, unsure if his dream was just a dream or something more.

"Kiara! Kiar-" the door suddenly slid open to reveal a sleepy eyed Kiara standing there in her night clothes.

"What Hiro! What is it!" she asked both in annoyance and concern.

Hiro stared at her, taking in her state. She looked like she'd just rolled out of bed, with her clothes disheveled and her red hair wilder than normal. And considering it was the middle of the night...that may have been the case. Other than that she looked completely fine, with her eyes being the same color as usual. He blanched while staring up at her in awkward silence.

"Uh...how are you?" he asked nervously.

Kiara arched a brow at him, staring at him like he were insane. "I'm fine Hiro. Just sleeping, you know...since it's the middle of the night," she said as he gestured to the dark and starry sky.

"Yeah," Hiro replied with a flushed neck. He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Well I was just checking on you. Since we have a big mission and all tomorrow."

"I'm aware Hiro," she replied blankly.

"Ok, well I'm going to let you get back to bed," he said as he took a few steps backward.

Kiara stared after him in confusion. "What a strange boy."

Hiro climbed back into bed, staring up at the ceiling with wide eyes, wondering if his dream had been just that. But somewhere in the back of his mind the myriad of sensation had felt familiar, like another dream he'd had about a city of Lothal being destroyed by a masked figure.

Hiro was almost sure of it...he'd had another vision.

The next day Hiro was training with the clones again. He and Killjoy were in the Imperial shuttle again. Unlike the last time, Hiro was struggling. Killjoy watched as Hiro strained, eyes closed and hands trembling in effort as he struggled to just turn the ship's systems on.

Killjoy sat back with a sigh. "Ok kid, what's wrong?" Killjoy asked.

Hiro let out a breath and opened his eyes. "Nothing...just having more trouble than normal," Hiro lied.

"Last time you turned on the ship and got in the air. Now you can't even get the control panel to light up," Killjoy pointed out. Hiro looked away, fiddling with his hands. "You're distracted. Which means you're not focused. So, what's in your mind?" Killjoy asked again, this time more sternly.

Hiro sighed. "I guess I'm just nervous about our mission," he partially lied.

"Ah. That makes sense," Killjoy said as he bought it. "It's normal to get a little nervous before a big mission. I'd be lying if I said I'd never gotten rattled before a battle," Killjoy said. "But the key is to focus on what you got to do. Everything else, just sorta put it aside," he told him.

Killjoy pursed his lips, looking away. He wanted to do that. But his vision, Dragon, and especially Kiara...he wasn't sure if he could put his worried aside. "I'll try," Hiro muttered.

"Ah ah, do or do not-"

"There is no try. Yeah I know," Hiro finished with a nod.

A few hours later the group was eating breakfast, preparing for the mission. After they'd eaten they fly straight to Gromas for their mission. Hiro sat at the table while the other just stood around, silentily eating and psyching themselves up. As they ate Kiara strolled in.

"Hello everyone," he greeted with a smile. Everyone ackowledge her with a wave or murmur of greeting. Kiara strolled up to Hiro before bending down and pressing her cheek against his. She purred, nuzzling his face affectionately. "You'll be happy to know, Hiro, that I feel just fine," she told him.

"Was there something up?" Gogo inquired curiously.

"Hiro was so concerned about me that he came to my ship in the middle of the night to check on me," Kiara answered as she kept purring and nuzzling his face.

Gogo cocked a brow, looking at Hiro curiously. Hiro flushed slightly as Gogo stared at him.

"Ah, Honey Lemon, there was something I wanted to ask you about. Wasabi as well," Kiara said looking to them. The two of them perked up. "Can we speak?" They nodded, standing and waiting to follow her out of the kitchen. She nuzzled Hiro one last time and gave him a smile before leading the two of them out of the kitchen.

When they were gone there was a heavy silence in the room as Gogo kept her gaze trained on Hiro. Fred sensed it and quickly excused himself. With him gone Gogo set her mug down and leaned forward in her seat.

"Something you need to tell me Hiro?" she asked him.

Hiro sighed, knowing he was better off just telling her everything here and now.

Callaghan finished placing the chest plate on another Dark Trooper. He stared at the phase II model, giving it a quick once over with his eyes before nodding in satisfaction. He reached a hand out to the side, feeling around the workbench beside him for a tool. He furrowed his brows as he kept feeling around for it, but was unable to find it.

He turned his head, only to nearly shout and leap back in surprise as he found Reaper standing beside him. He swallowed, heart slightly racing at her proximity. She hadn't annoucned herself, and he hadn't heard her at all. He stared at her in silence, tensing as she began to raised her arm. Dread began to rise up within him, as he feared for his life.

Then, much to his surpise, the very tool he'd been reaching for was being held out toward him by the Inquisitor. He stared at her in confusion. Yet Reaper only stood there, tool held out for him to take as she remained unmoving. Slowly he raised a hand up, lacing his finger around the end of the tool and lifting it out of her hand.

"Thank you...Reaper," he said awkwardly. He turned back toward the droid and contiued to his work. But all the while he was aware of the Inquisitor's presence beside him. The Inquisitor was a mystery. A woman whose face he'd never seen. He'd never even heard her speak to anyone besides Dragon.

He continued his work until to his relief the door to the lab opened and Dragon entered. "Come Reaper. We're headed out," Dragon commanded. Reaper remained where she was, staring at Callaghan for a few beats of silence before turning to join Dragon at the door.

"Dragon wait!" Callaghan called out before the Inquisitors could leave.

"Yes Callaghan?" Dragon asked.

"I've done as asked, built many Dark Troopers. Even the phase III unit is ready. Now I want to know about Abigail," Callaghan demanded.

"The phase III unit is ready you say?" Dragon said, completely dismissing Callaghan's demand.

"Dragon!" Callaghan snapped.

"In due time Callaghan. I assure you. You've waited this long, all I ask for is that you wait a little longer. In the meantime, prep the phase III unit. We'll take it along with us," Dragon replied cooly.

Callghan frowned before turning away with a snort to activate the droid.

"Come Reaper, we're headed to Gromas," Dragon commanded. Reaper nodded, waiting for Dragon to turn away before following after her.

Dragon had a good feeling that Ethel and the other were headed to the Gromas-16 mining facility. This could prove to be the perect opportunity to eliminate them. And she had a feeling that the Cathar was with them as well. If she could capture her, she could finally find out where her master was.

Dragon smiled, determined to complete her objective.

silverwolf: Kovu will not make an appearance. Kovu is unimportant as Kiara's history is drastically different from her history in the lion king movies.

who was the true villain of the original star wars trilogy? Vader or Sidious?

No to the modern four. I mean jus...why would I?

guest: I didn't say the stormtrooper were incompetent. But naturally a clone, the stormtrooper's predecessor, wouldn't have anything nice to say about the ones who were supposed to be their replacements. But they do kind of miss a lot, star wars rebels for instant, there's lots of them and only like a handful of the main crew and they always lose. Don't like it? Blame the media :P