"Echo? What's going on?" Fives answers feeling a bit better.
"Dooku…took Nora." Echo pants as he gets up.
"What?" Fives feels the air catch in his throat. "Wait for us. We'll be there soon."
"No time I have to get to her!" Echo shouts as he heads off.
"Echo wait! Echo!" Fives calls but Echo had turned off his com.
"We need to get to him!" Ariel looks ready to go.
"Right, let's get our speeders and call the general on the way." Fives looks ready for a fight.
"What's going on?" Cutup asks as they come back in a rush.
"None of your business." Fives grabs his helmet.
"Nora was taken by Dooku and Echo went after them. Please keep the pups here." Ariel explains as Fives calls the general.
"Wait we know the area better. We can help." Bait suggests.
"That's…" Ariel starts.
"You'll just get in our way." Fives says coldly. "Ariel." He turns on the speeder.
"Right." Ariel joins him.
"I guess we don't mean that much to him." Bait rubs his arm feeling hurt at his words.
"Jerk." Cutup clicks his tongue.
'That's not it.' Hevy watches the speeder go off.
With Fives…
"You know you didn't need to be so cold." Ariel looks at him sadly as they head off.
Fives said nothing as they got going.
With Nora…
Nora woke up on some kind of sofa and gasped to find Dooku in a chair across from her. "What do you want?" Nora looks on scared.
"Just to talk like I said." Dooku smiles.
"About what?" Nora glares.
"Still feisty even without your memories." Dooku chuckles.
He then stands and begins to pace as he says "They told you how you came to be here right?"
"They did, what does that matter?" Nora stands, trying to find a way out.
"Then you know how much power you have. Can you imagine what that power could be used for?" Dooku turns with a gleam in his eyes.
"Not really and I don't think I want to know." Nora steps back.
"You're afraid, aren't you. Afraid of what you could accomplish with such a gift. Is that why you've locked yourself away.
"What?" Nora looks on shocked and freezes.
"Hmm, yes now it makes sense. Fear, fear of your own power. I can show you how to properly use it you know. Help keep your friends safe." Dooku turns to her smirking.
"Your lying." Nora shakes her head and then tries to look around. She dashes to a corridor, but she's picked up in the air and struggles, but can't moves.
"Don't fight it foundling. This is where you were meant to be." Dooku smirks as he walks up to her and turns her around.
Nora keeps fighting and as she sees him coming, she activates her powers making herself glow and then throwing him away from her.
"Gasp." Nora falls to the ground at that, her powers deactivating.
"What?" She looks at her hands in shock.
"Don't fight it, come now, use it." Dooku throw the furniture at her and she throw them away. She feels herself become accustomed to her powers.
"Why would I ever join you, you're crazy!" Nora yells.
"Because I am the one who found you. As a child I found you but the jedi, they suppressed your powers. They were afraid of you, afraid of what you could truly become." Dooku responded.
At that Nora flinched as her powers deactivated. 'Am I truly a danger.'
"Don't listen to him Nora!"
At that they turned to see Echo had come in glaring at Dooku, his blaster up.
"You insolent clone." Dooku force pushed at him but Echo dodged it the way the generals had taught them. 'Those lessons did come in handy.' Echo sighs as he rolled away once more.
"Leave him alone." Nora force pushes at Dooku who flies off a bit, but he glares at Nora and says "You need to stay out of this foundling." Dooku throws a needle at her making her yell in pain.
"Nora!" Echo shouts as he tries to go check on her. But is soon shoved towards the furniture, his shoulder hitting them hard.
"Echo?" Nora looks shocked as she tries to activate her powers, but she can't seem to power them.
Then Dooku came up and said "I think you need some time to think this over." Then he waved his hand. With that Nora was knocked out.
A while later….
Nora woke up and found herself in a cell, Echo not far from her.
"Echo…" Nora groans as he crawls over to him and checks his wound.
Echo groans at that and says "My shoulder."
"Oh Echo. I'm sorry, why did you come for me? You should have left me here." Nora looks down saddened.
"I could never leave you." Echo holds her hand.
At that Nora looks shocked and says "But my powers. They're a danger to everyone. How can you all want me near you." Nora frowns sadly.
"Because we care for you, we love you….I love you." Echo looks on with shaking eyes.
Nora gasps and said "But, but how can you love me. I…I bring so much trouble and…."
"Are strong and brave and the reason you ended up in this situation was because you were trying to do the right thing. You don't need to be afraid of what you can do Nora. I know what you can do, and what you can do is wonderful. And no matter what you think or feel I'll run after you to show you." Echo smiles kindly as he holds her hand tight.
At that Nora felt tears fall from her eyes. 'I'll run to you.' Those words, she remembered those words. Suddenly her eyes opened as they became teal and memories started coming up, her necklace glowed as did Echo's.
Echo gasped and then said "The connection, Nora are you…."
Nora looked down at him, her eyes back to normal, and said "It's me Echo, it's me. I remember. I remember everything." At that they two kissed, glad to have each other back.
Not long after….
As the other two arrive Ariel can sense something is wrong. She felt uneasy.
"There's no way you're going to stay put is there." Fives whispers as he sees the ship.
"None." Ariel shakes her head.
Fives sighs as they start heading for the ship. Ariel took out a few droids with her saber.
"Nora." Ariel whispers with relief finding her and Echo in cells.
"Ariel, I'm so glad to see you again." Nora looks on happy to see her best friend
"She's got her memories back, but Dooku suppressed her powers for a while so we haven't been able to get out. And I'm having a bit of trouble moving myself." Echo rubs his hurt shoulder.
"THIS, is why we don't go in alone." Fives starts working on the cell door.
"I'm sorry but I just couldn't leave her." Echo looks at Nora lovingly.
"And if he hadn't of gotten in here alone it might of bean too late." Nora looks lovingly at him.
"We're getting out of here." Ariel looks at her friend, glad her memory was back.
"No you don't." Dooku lights his saber.
"Will you just leave us alone!" Nora shouts ready to fight even if she didn't have powers.
"You are not taking her!" Echo roars even as he held his hurt shoulder.
"I got this." Ariel lights her saber with a fire in her eyes. "Get them out of here Fives." she motions for him to go.
"Ariel…" Fives calls worried.
"Go!" Ariel shouts.
"Come on." Fives motions for them to get going, looking at Ariel worried.
"No!" Dooku moves to attack.
Ariel blocks him. The two fighting in the hall. The saber hits being heard through the halls.
Outside…
"We can't just leave her in there. Dooku could kill her." Nora looks on worried.
"We'll get her back Nora, you just stay safe." Echo holds her close.
"You can't. Head back to the cabin, I'll get Ariel." Fives turns to the door.
"But Fives you can't go alone." Echo hisses in pain from his shoulder as he tried to stop him.
"I can't leave her, you know that." Fives glances at Nora.
At that Echo understood and nodded as he said "Go get her vod." And with that he let him go.
Neither of them noticing that Nora was feeling a sort of buzz as her eyes glowed.
Fives heads off. He finds Ariel struggling to keep up with Dooku and the droids. He uses his blaster to take out the droids. The two tag-teaming until Dooku pins Fives to the wall.
"Fives!" Ariel calls in agony seeing him like that.
"Turn off the saber and kneel." Dooku demands.
"A-Ariel…" Fives manages to get out as he shakes his head.
"NOW!" Dooku orders strengthening his grip.
Ariel, tears dripping down, turns off her saber and kneels. Dooku smiles as he moves to strike her down.
"Don't you dare!" Nora shouts as she shoves into Dooku on then blasts him away with a star like energy.
As Fives drops Anakin pulls a coughing Fives to them. Ariel and Nora shove Dooku into a cell then take off with the others.
Back at the Cabin…
"Let me see that throat of yours." Kix looks Fives over.
"I… F…" Fives coughs.
"No you're not." Ariel sticks close by holding his hand.
"Fives please you'll be okay." Echo tries to check on his brother but flinches as he tries to get up.
"You shouldn't be moving with that shoulder." Kix warns with a glance. "As for how he's doing, he'll be fine in a couple of days. About the same time you should be out of a sling." He looks at Echo with a warning look.
"Sigh….But…." Echo tries to protest when.
"No, you are listening to Kix and that's that." Nora crosses her arms.
The others look down a bit sadly. Then they notice Rex giving them a sharp look.
"What?" Hevy growls.
"Never leave a brother behind! You might not have memories of your past, but you should remember that!" Rex lectures.
The other two look down sadly while Hevy just looks mad.
"Sir…" Fives tries to say something.
"They had no memories. They didn't know they were troopers." Echo begs for them.
"That's no excuse." Rex glares at Hevy.
"That's enough. This can be settled on the ship." Anakin cuts between them.
"WE'RE not going." Hevy glares.
"Yes you are." Anakin glares back. "See that man is a Sith and IF you're here when he gets out, he'll kill you. Now you might have forgotten who you are, but they haven't, and I won't leave men behind. Even if I have to take them kicking and screaming." He stares him down.
"Please come with us. I don't want you all hurt. You all helped me so much when I couldn't remember. I couldn't bare for you all to be in danger because of me." Nora pleads with large eyes.
The three look at one another then nod. They couldn't just stay now and maybe this would help them learn more about themselves. They pack the essentials then head off for the ship.
Later on that night on the ship with the Dominos…
Ariel was snuggling Fives. Fives stroking her shoulder with his fingertips. Every time he moves, she snuggles into him.
"You're not moving." Ariel hugs his waist nuzzling into his chest.
'Ariel…' Fives kisses the top of her head.
Scamp licks his dad's other hand happy his family is back together. Fives pats his head lightly.
Nora and Echo…
Nora was in the medbay making sure Echo was comfortable. "I hope your shoulder feels better soon. Then we can use the holo room to make a nice picnic area just for us." Nora grabs his good hand kissing it.
Echo smiles at that and says "That be great, but before that." He takes his hand back confusing Nora and then takes something out of his pocket.
Nora gasps as the white heart shaped box as Echo opens it to reveal the silver band he had made with a piece of a see through moonstone, light teal colored, in the middle, heart shaped.
"Nora Harper, we've been through so much together. But through all this I realized I never want to miss another moment with you. I want to be by your side forever. Please, do me the greatest pleasure and marry me?" Echo looks at her with love and hope in his eyes.
At that Nora couldn't contain herself and yelled "Yes!" As she launched into him and kissed him all over the face. Echo was in shocked and his shoulder hurt, but he didn't care, he just held her tight and kissed her deeply as he thought 'SHE SAID YES!'
Let's just say at the sound of his heart rate monitor Kix was the first to hear the good news. Though the couple had been flushed to of bean caught kissing in the medbay so passionately.
With the others…
The brothers had their own room. Staying in a different room while their memories were still gone.
"You think Fives and Echo are okay?" Bait wonders laying in the bed.
"That medic said so." Cutup sighs worried himself.
"Who cares?" Hevy huffs.
"They're our brothers." Cutup pipes annoyed with him.
"According to them." Hevy huffs.
"Do you really feel nothing for them?" Bait glares.
Hevy turns over in his bunk. The two giving him a look then head to bed themselves.
The nextday…
News spread fast about the engagement and well….
"Congrats!" Ariel hugs her happily.
"Thanks Ariel. I'm so excited." Nora squeals.
"I can't believe you got caught by Kix." Fives teases in a quiet voice.
Instead of flushing Echo just smirked and said "Jealous?" As he raised a brow.
"When'd you get bold?" Fives raises a brow himself.
Echo grabs Nora around the waist pulling her towards him and says "You can blame her. She's been an influence on me, bad or good I can't tell."
"Hey!" Nora smacks his arm playfully.
Echo flinches slightly but he guessed he deserved that as he chuckled.
'He's changed.' The Domino's think with a small smile.
"Okay Fives have you been a bad influence on him since I've been gone. Cause he's usually not this flirty." Nora glares at her soon to be brother in law.
"Not me." Fives shakes his head coughing a bit.
Kix came in and says "It's the pain meds. It's making him a bit loopy."
"Okay then mister how about you have brother time." Nora tries to get up.
Echo holds her tight and snuggles her whining "NO…"
"Oh Echo." Ariel giggles thinking this is cute.
"Fives a little help." Nora flushes.
"Come on, bro time." Fives says quietly.
"No, no go. I just got her back." Echo pouts at this.
"If you let go, I'll make you cookies." Nora smirks.
"Hmmf. Deal." Echo pouts not sure if he'd rather have the cookies or her.
The girls laugh at this as Fives shakes his head at his brother. At that the girls decided to head off to make the cookies.
"I feel so bad for him for when he comes out of it. He'll be so embarrassed." Nora flushes at the thought.
"Poor thing." Ariel giggles a bit at the thought.
"Maybe we should make some cookies for the brothers as well. Cutups great at cooking and baking. He could help us out." Nora smiles.
"I don't know." Ariel looks unsure.
"Please Ariel, they really are good guys. I think just having they're world fall apart was just too much for them." Nora sighs.
"Okay." Ariel sighs giving in.
With that they head to the boys room.
In Domino's room…
"Engaged?! Are you kidding me?!" Hevy huffs around the room.
"According to the others they've been dating for a while so…" Cutup sighs heavily.
"I guess… we should give our congrats." Bait looks down sadly.
"No. No way am I taking that as an answer." Hevy stomps off.
"Hevy!" The other two call, following after him.
Gym…
The guys were playing hover ball. Echo sitting with the pups, whom bark whenever someone gets a basket. Echo cheering for Tup and Dogma.
"Come on where's the brotherly loyalty?" Fives shooting him a look playfully, still not too load.
"What are you talking about they are my brothers, and since they're younger they need the most support." Echo chuckles.
The others laugh at that. Finally, Scamp couldn't take it anymore as he ran down the bleachers and got the ball, moving it with his paws.
"Really? You little troublemaker. Always him." They all chuckle as Scamp tries to chew the ball, keeping it still as he stands on his back paws as the other two hold the ball.
"Alright top dog. Give it back now." Fives pats his head.
But before he can take it Scamp pushes the ball away yipping. Angel running down to play the new game of keep away.
"So us versus them." Rex lifts a brow.
"We lose." The others laugh.
"Yeah you would, fear the cute." Echo chuckles, still a bit out of it from the pain meds.
"Echo!" Hevy shouts.
"Hey Hevy?" Echo smiles waving at him.
Hevy pulls him up by the collar with a fire in his eyes. The others all going on edge at that.
"So you can't fight on your own?" Hevy huffs.
"It's okay guys I got this." Echo finally sobers up as he sees the anger in his brothers face.
They did as they kept watch to see what would happen.
"Hevy stop this." Bait pleads coming in.
"Come on Hevy, we can just hit the bar when we get to Curascant." Cutup offers hoping he'd back down.
"No. No way." Hevy shakes his head. "They up root us. Tell us we're clones. Say we're supposed to be dead. And now this. Why do you two get the girls? Why not the rest of us?" he growls.
"You love her." Echo looks on shocked and blinking. 'Is that why he's so mad.'
Hevy goes to hit him when he feels a bite bellow. Angel nipping at his leg.
"You little…" Hevy looks at her furious.
"Don't even think it Hevy!" Bait shoves him, breaking Echo free and scooping up Angel.
Angel licking her hero's face. Bait having a small smile at that.
Hevy looking ready for a fight. Fives shoves him back shaking his head. Cutup looks surprised at this as Hevy clicks his tongue heading off in a huff.
'He needs a talking to.' Rex heads off after Hevy.
"Sorry about that." Cutup helps Echo stand.
"Wait, are you both in love with her as well? IS that why he's so mad?" Echo looks surprised and a bit pained.
"W-we found out about the engagement and well… we just need to drown our sorrows for the night. A hangover later we'll be fine." Cutup has that goofy grin he used to always have.
"Guys wait you shouldn't…." Echo tries to stop they're plan but….
"There you guys are." Ariel smiles coming in.
Scamp runs up to his mom rolling the ball to her yipping. Ariel giggles at that rolling it off with a little kick. Scamp chasing after it.
"What happened here?" Nora asked seeing the tension.
"Yeah you all look a bit stiff." Ariel looks at them worried.
The others all look at the Dominos. Cutup and Bait look at Echo and Fives pleadingly. Hevy is a hothead but he's their brother.
"Movie debate." Fives says roughly.
"Nothing we can't settled." Echo smiles.
The girls look at one another. They know it's a lie most likely, but whatever happened they want to settle it themselves.
"Well it's couple time. So, we came to steal our guys." Ariel snuggles Fives arm.
"We decided a picnic in the simulator would be good." Nora snuggles Echo.
"Picnic sounds nice." Fives pecks Ariel's lips.
"It sound perfect." Echo smiles sadly pecking Nora's lips.
Calling the pups they head off. Having a good time with one another.
While that's going on Rex shows the other Dominos something they needed to see, especially Hevy. They stare stunned at what they saw, medals of valor with their names next to them.
"Fives and Echo insisted on it. Saying you three deserved it more than anyone." Rex explains. "Think about that next time you want to pick a fight with them." He looks at them then leaves to let them think.
"They did this for us?" Bait looks at it misty eyed.
"So what? It was out of guilt." Hevy says with a gripped fist.
"Cut it out Hevy." Cutup snaps. "You're scared to remember. We are too. But it's time to stop fighting. Not only the memories but our brothers too."
"They're…" Hevy starts.
"Our brothers." Bait and Cutup cut him off.
Hevy bites his under lip looking at the board again. He felt shaky as his fist finally released.
Later on that night they dreamt about their past. They finally remember everything. They remembered their brothers and what happened. Hevy remembering Fives call out being the last thing he heard.
They all remembered something else, a woman calling to them. But they couldn't make out who it is. There are flashes of a nice place and the sound of a song. Then waking up on that strange planet.
The next morning…
The three of them went to find their brothers. Finding them eating with their girls.
"Hey." Bait and Cutup pipe a bit nervous.
"Morning." Ariel smiles at them.
"How are you guys?" Nora smiles as well.
"We um… We remembered everything last night." Bait plays with his hands.
"Or at least most of it." Cutup rubs the back of his neck. "And we all…" he sees Hevy falling back a bit, pulling him forward. "ALL wanted to apologize for our actions."
"Y-yeah. Sorry… about everything." Hevy looks down sadly.
"Wait does this have to do with yesterday?" Ariel looks at the guys.
"What happened yesterday exactly.? Nora asks worried.
"Don't worry. It was just a disagreement." Echo sighs.
"Nothing we can't move past." Fives smiles softly.
The guys smile a bit at that and sit with them. Joining them for lunch.
"Sorry I never got those cookies done Echo, but Mace called telling me once we get back to coruscant I'll be making my sabers."
"Sabers, as in plural?" Echo looks on wide eyed.
Nora smiles as she nods saying "I've been learning how to use double short blades."
"That's great." Ariel looks amazed.
"Wow." Fives looks shocked.
"That's amazing." Cutup says excited.
"We can't wait to see them. If we can." Bait rubs the back of his head.
"Of course you can. You can see them for when Ariel and I finally have our first match." Nora smirks at Ariel.
"Oh it's on." Ariel smiles with a spark in her eyes.
"I bet my girl wins." Fives winks.
Hevy just sat there not sure what to say as they all talked.
"Well I'm proud of you." Echo looks at her lovingly as he holds her.
Nora snuggles in as well and then says "Oh we have to pick a date soon for the wedding. I'm thinking something that will be in a few short months. So we don't take so long in planning." Nora smiles.
"Are you sure? I want to get married right away, but you deserve a big wedding. Especially after what happened on your birthday." Echo looks down sadly.
"Oh yeah that." Ariel sighs heavily at that.
"That's a bad memory." Fives sighs rubbing between his eyes.
"What happened on her birthday?" Hevy raises a brow.
Nora flushes at this and says "Well you see…" Nora explains, the others giving their own impute of the event.
They all looked on shocked and at that. What have they all gone through?
The tension was strong in the air and Nora felt off but said "Oh Cutup I told Ariel how good you are at cooking. Mind helping us make some cookies today? We thought it'd be a nice treat and we can all get to know each other better."
"That would be nice." Ariel nods wanting to be supportive.
"Really? Yeah I'd enjoy that." Cutup smiles.
"He's also good with cloths, he's the one who got me that yellow dress." Nora smiles at Ariel.
"That's cool." Ariel's eyes sparkle at that.
"Um well I just thought yellow would look nice is all." Cutup flushes.
The others chuckle at that as Nora said "Well maybe that means you can join our art classes. Oh Ariel maybe Bait can help out in the medbay. He's quite good so he could help out a lot." Nora smiles.
"Oh yeah." Ariel claps with joy at that idea.
"Are you sure about that? I wasn't taught to be a medic, it was just something I picked up." Bait flushes.
"Maybe it was just something you were always meant to do then. Your special talent." Nora encourages.
"Yeah, you have a real talent for it." Ariel nods smiling at him.
Bait looks down flushed but nods at they're request.
Hevy was about ready to leave, he couldn't just sit here and pretend like everything was okay.
"Oh Hevy." At that he looked over at Nora.
"I was wondering if you'd like to take art classes. You seem to like carving like Fives but can also paint. Maybe you'd like to join us sometime." Nora smiles at him.
"Oh really?" Ariel looks surprised and curious about that.
Hevy looked shocked but said "I guess, I'll see how I feel about it." He looks down uncertain.
The girls look sad at this but were glad they got him to at least consider, then they got a call.
"We'll be back, Anakin says Mace is calling us for an update." Nora sighs as she pecks Echo's lips.
"See you guys later." Ariel pecks Fives lips heading off.
With that they girls head off.
Once they leave Echo looks back at his brothers and says "You all still have feelings for her." It was a statement not a fact.
"We're sorry it's just, she was with us for a while and we hadn't let anyone else in for almost a year." Cutup looks down.
"Least of all a girl and with her around making things livelier, we just kind of all became close to her." Bait rubs the back of his head.
"You care for her a lot huh?" Fives looks at Hevy worried.
"Doesn't matter. She's marrying reg king and that's that." Hevy gets up to leave.
"Hevy don't be like that." Echo tries to go after him.
"Echo, I just need some time." Hevy looks over pleadingly before leaving.
Echo sighs sitting back down at that.
"Hey, he'll be okay. I'm sure of it." Fives pats Echo's shoulder.
"I just, I don't want you all to suffer but… I love Nora. I can't stand to lose her. And after everything we've gone through." Echo sighs not able to say more.
"Hey we'll be fine, who knows maybe someday we'll find our own girls." Cutup smiles.
"But do you guys mind explain how you all met? I'm curious on how all this happened." Bait looks confused.
With that they boys started telling them they're story. When they heard about general Windu being related to Nora, let's just say the two felt they're blood go cold.
"Still want her?" Fives teases seeing their faces.
"I think I'm good. Echo you're a brave man." Cutup pats his brother's back.
"I had no idea. Oh man no wonder she was so strong. General Windu is a legend." Bait looks on wide eyed.
Echo chuckles flushed and said "Yeah I was intimidate as well, but let's just say we found it was just meant to be." Echo smiles playing with his necklace.
With the girls later on…
"Finally, I can't believe it turned from a briefing to a calm the relative meeting. Seriously it's like me getting married is the end of the world to him." Nora sighs.
"Hey, you're his only family and he doesn't want to share you yet." Ariel tries to help her understand.
"I know, and he doesn't have any family. But I am worried for Echo. Mace is going to be a bit tough on him till the wedding." Nora sighs.
They came back to find the guys all chatting in the Domino's room. Well, all accept Hevy.
"Hey guys ready for those cookies?" Nora smiles.
"Chocolate chips." Ariel smiles.
"Hey do you two mind if I help? I'm kind of interested in cooking as well." Bait smiles.
"I don't mind helping either it will give us all time to be together." Echo smiles.
"Yeah sounds good." Fives smiles wanting to help too.
"That would be fun, but Fives stay away from the oven." Nora glares.
"Fine." Fives huffs a bit.
"You can help me with the dough." Ariel pecks his cheek.
"What's that all about?" Cutup smirks.
"Fives is a living fire hazard in the kitchen." Echo sighs.
The other laughed at that.
"One fire. One and I'm band for life." Fives huffs.
That's when Nora noticed it "Hey where's Hevy?"
"He just needed some time alone." Echo rubs the back of his head.
Nora nodded but was worried about this.
As they came to the kitchen and started cooking Ariel started singing and as she did two of the found brothers froze at that and looked over at her.
"What's the matter?" Ariel looks at them confused.
"Where did you learn that song?" Bait looks over curious.
Cutup looked on as if in a trance as he nodded.
"I guess technically my mom. I was told she sang it to me when I was a baby." Ariel recalls with a bit of a sad smile.
"Why do you guys ask?" Nora looks on worried.
"She sang it." Cutup says softly.
"Who?" Fives looks confused as he places the star shaped dough on trays.
"She did. Th-the woman that saved us." Bait recalls.
"What woman. Guys there was no one else there. Can you remember what happened?" Echo looks on confused.
"No. No we don't remember much but that song." Bait recalls it.
"That's the song." Cutup recalls it too.
"Someone else knows my mom's song? How is that possible?" Ariel looks confused and surprised.
"We didn't want to upset you." Bait looks worried seeing her expression.
"Maybe we're remembering it wrong." Cutup suggests with a nervous chuckle.
"Maybe a jedi can help clear up your memories." Nora thinks up, hoping this would help.
"Maybe." Ariel nods. "But for now, let's get these in." she manages a smile motioning to the cookies.
"Right." The others nod putting them in.
After a few more days they are back on Curascant. Kit hugging his daughter as soon as he sees her. Mace hugging Nora close as well, happy she's okay.
With Nora…
Mace sat across Nora in his room. Both on the floor as they looked at several parts for
lightsabers.
"Now, feel your saber in your hands. What does it look like, feel like. It's not imagining it, it's feeling it. What will make you strong in battle and humble in retreat."
Nora looked on wide eyed at everything and said "How will I know what to do?" She was never good with technology; it wasn't her strong point. How would she do this.
Mace sensed her doubt and said "This isn't about knowing how to make the saber. It will just come. Nora…Remember how you knew for certain you had to help the Zillo no matter what? Take that confidence, take that strength, and passion, and put it into your saber. That's is how you will know how to make it."
At that Nora thought she understood. She sighed as he closed her eyes, imagining the day of the incident, and her feelings, and then she thought of Mace's words about a saber. What would make her strong.
She put a hand out in front of her.
Yet humble.
The other came out as well.
Soon an image formed and the sensation of something in her hand came to mind. She could almost feel it. At that the parts moved around like the bats in the caves all those months ago. She took that feeling in 'I am a jedi.'
At that her crystal glowed and separated from her necklace and then it split in half as it went into the two sabers that where forming. In the end the two sabers where complete.
Nora gasped as he looked down at her hands. Mace smiling at her proudly and in some amazement as he saw how she had accomplished her tasked.
The sabers looked somewhat like Mace's upper half but thinner. They were of a dark shiny metal. On one was the carving of a bat and on the other was the carving of a morning glory.
Nora looked on amazed and said "Wow, they look beautiful." She then held them up and activated them and the short blades appear, luminating the room.
Mace smiled at this and said "They are. But only as much as the maker."
Nora looked on shocked and then turned them off as she hugged him. He hugged back no longer feeling shy of showing his emotions towards his great granddaughter.
'I need to make the most of it while I can before I give her away.' He thought sadly, but enjoyed the moment as he could.
With the Dominos later on that night…
Ariel hums her mom's song as she brushes her hair. Stopping and placing the brush down.
"Hey, why stop?" Fives comes into the room with some tea.
"I just… I don't feel like singing it." Ariel sighs heavily with shaking eyes.
"Ariel…" Fives places his hand on hers.
"I know it's not her. I do, but…" Ariel leans into his bare chest with shaking eyes.
"General Luminara should be back in a few weeks and then she can help make their memories clear. Then we'll know." Fives pecks the side of her head.
"Enough about that. How are you doing with them being back?" Ariel looks at him lovingly.
"Taking it a day at a time." Fives sighs heavily.
"Hey, I'm here for you just as much as you are for me." Ariel pecks his lips lightly.
Fives smiles at that pecking her lips.