Chapter 22
Luke came up to Ahsoka's room, he knocked on her door. He wanted to talk with her about what he saw on Korriban, the visions he wanted to keep to himself were starting to haunt him. Its been five hours since the events of Korriban, yes five long hours. The T-6 shuttle was very slow in hyperspace. It takes the Falcon only an hour or two to travel the same distance. He tried to modify the hyperdrive to go faster, but Ahsoka and Sabine wouldn't let him near the engines. So Luke had to endure the long wait. "Enter", the soft voice of Ahsoka from the other side of the door said. Luke slowly opened the door to see Ahsoka laying down on her bed, with Sabine still working on her injuries. "Ahsoka, could I speak to you. In private?", Luke asked timidly.
Ahsoka nodded and signal Sabine to leave. After Sabine left, Luke went down and sat next to Ahsoka. "What did you want to talk about Luke?", Ahsoka asked him. Luke stayed silent for a moment, should he tell her what he saw in the tomb? Would that effect the future he saw? Lost in thought, Ahsoka grabbed Luke's hand to calm him down. "Luke what ever it is, you can tell me. You have to trust me in this", she said softly while looking at his cold blue eyes. Luke took a small breath and avoided Ahsoka's gaze. "Ahsoka, I wasn't completely honest when we were in the tomb", Luke finally admitted.
"I know", Ahsoka said smiling, "And before you ask how, I've known how you Skywalkers get when you try to lie. Your father wasn't very good at it when it came to your mother", she explained in further detail. Luke chuckled at Ahsoka's attempt to humor him. "Ahsoka, what I was shown, it scares me", Luke slowly said. Ahsoka's face grew more serious, Luke's test was different from hers. She only needed to do a challenge, he must have been shown something to drastically scar him. "What did you see?", she asked him.
Luke got up from his chair, facing the wall. "I saw darkness", he said before turning back to Ahsoka, "I saw destruction, pain, death. And the end of everything I loved and held dearly. I saw the future Ahsoka, and it's terrible. Planets getting destroyed, civilization falling apart, the rise of a new Vader, beings from the unknown. And a new Empire rising to take over the galaxy. And the worst part of it all, the jedi cease to exist", Luke said raising his voice and slumping down to his chair. "I'd failed to bring the jedi back, I cause the new Vader to rise, I caused all of it", Luke said holding back his tears. Ahsoka held his hand trying to reassure him, "Luke, the future cannot be predetermined. What you saw in there, it was just an illusion, a trick by a long dead sith lord. And if it was really the vision of the future, we can change it, the force will not allow something as terrifying as your vision to take place Luke", she said holding his hand even tighter.
"But Ahsoka, all of this, its just too much to endure", Luke said with tears threatening to fall from his eyes, "I still have many questions that even all the jedi holocrons put together cannot answer. I need to find the true knowledge, and its in the first temple, it'll have all the answers", Luke then muttered to himself. Ahsoka stayed quiet watching the young Skywalker walk back and fort muttering to himself. Luke then proceeded to pull out a small holocron out of his pocket, he started fidgeting with it until it started to open.
"The force is with you young one, what is thy biding?", the strong voice of Jedi Knight Revan spoke. Ahsoka was shell-shocked to see that a long thought legend was actually real. "He exist", was all she managed to say. Luke stood still thinking on what to say, if he wanted to find the jedi temple, he needed to change his tactics. "Master Revan, I'm headed for Mandalore now. Where do I go to find the first jedi temple?", Luke asked the holocron. The holographic images displayed a huge statue, two red dots flashed in the lower regions of the statue. "What you seek lies within this statue. A map hidden by Satele Shan during the reign of the sith empire, that map leads to the first jedi temple", Revan said as the holographic images of the statue started rotating.
"Luke, as much as I want to help you search for answers, we need to find Ezra. You can't just abandon us mid way", Ahsoka said trying to get up. Luke helped her get up, calling her staff to him from across the room. "Ahsoka, I'm not going to abandon you and Sabine. I made a promise, and I'll always keep my promises", Luke said as he gave her the staff. "If I'm correct, the star map that leads to Ezra Bridger and the purgills will also be within the statue", Luke said pointing to the second red dot on the statue. "So we kill two birds with one stone then", Ahsoka said as Luke helped her to the door. "Exactly", Luke said agreeing.
"All we need to do, is find that Statue. Mandalore itself is pretty big, it'll take us a while to find it", Ahsoka said, "Luckily we have ourselves a guide". As in cue, Sabine walked in with her repainted armor on, followed by R2-D2. "Hey, we're here", Sabine said looking at the two force wielders. Luke and Ahsoka just stared at her, smiling. "What?", Sabine said still not understanding what's happening. "Your just in time Sabine", Ahsoka said smirking, "Pack your gear Sabine. Your leading this one", she said as she threw Sabine her bag. "Let's get going".