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I have been inspired by "The Father" by "Procrastinating4237" and "The Way Finder" by "Rogue-Mando".
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Thank you "Rushstar32" for your review as well; Well here is a (long over due) chapter... Sorry that Shmi did not get much screen time in this or last chapter. But maybe she will play a part in the story later on.
The story continues onward like a river flowing to the sea...
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(Timothy's Point of View)
It everyone else about seven hours to get from the Desert Planet of Tatooine to Coruscant. I sighed softly as I stayed floating outside of the orbit of the City-Wide Planet of Coruscant. It only took me about three and a half hours to arrive, granted my ship is heavily modified and customized.
After Qui-Gon and the rest of the Crew got permission to land, I followed them down. I had my gold and black Astro-Mech fly it back to my hideout. I would ride with the gang, if I needed to ride.
I was wearing my Beskar Mandalorian Armor, with a Cortosis Ore weave cloak over it. I had my helmet over my face hiding my face and altering my voice, making it impossible to recognize. Most of my armor was black, and my cloak was also black.
I landed behind them using my jet pack to land quietly. Granted, I could have used my powers, but I did not want to waste my energy on that. I knew I needed to save it for the battle for Naboo.
The moment I landed, all eyes were on me. I growled softly as I looked at the nervous looks as people pointed their guns at me.
I took a deep calming breath before saying in my Vader-Like voice, "Do not make me destroy you. I am with the Jedi and the Queen of Naboo."
The Jedi and Decoy Queen and the rest all nodded their heads as the Decoy Queen said, "What he says is true. The Mandalorian is with us."
They slowly lowered their blasters until they were pointing to the ground, and their arms were down at their sides.
I rolled my eyes at their hesitance, knowing I could kill them quickly and easily. I saw an old man. I think he was the Senator of Naboo. I think his name was Palpatine… Sheev Palpatine, I sensed something from him… something powerful, evil, dark, it felt similar to Tartarus…
I grunted and said cooly to him, "Senator…"
Sheeve said to me, "So this is the infamous Reaper, eh?"
I chuckled softly and said, "You've got balls, old man. I think that we may get along very well."
I sensed a dark joy coming from Palpatine, but that was only because of the blessing of Aphrodite and Venus that I even felt that. I arched an eyebrow under my helmet but did not say anything. I followed them.
The Queens and the Senator and Percy went to the Senate while the Jedi myself and Anakin went to the Jedi Temple. I followed them closely as we walked the last little distance.
There were dozens of Jedi in the courtyard, and they began to point at me and whisper about me. One of them ran inside, likely to tell them about my arrival.
I narrowed my eyes under my helmet and held back a growl. I was not very happy about this attention. I sighed softly but said nothing as Anakin looked around in awe.
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan walked and lead Anakin briskly through the courtyard and through the Jedi Temple.
I followed behind them while making sure no one that had ill intent was following me. I sensed a few Temple Guardians watching me and following us. By us, I mean me. I sighed internally but did not do anything.
Several minutes of walking later, we arrived at the Jedi High Council. I sensed unease from them as I stood near them. Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan explained the entire situation to them. I stood still as a statue, allowing them to do their thing.
Eventually, the green troll looking thing that spoke uniquely said, "Too old Skywalker is. Train him. We will not."
I arched an eyebrow at that but said nothing. Qui-Gon said, "I will train him alone if I must."
"One Pawdawan only you can have." The green troll said.
The two eyed Nick Fury spoke up and said, "Now Jinn, you will be made to leave the Order if you do that…"
Qui-Gon said curtly, "I will do what I must. I will do the Will of the Force. With or without the permission of the Council."
I narrowed my eyes from under my helmet as I restrained myself from doing anything that I might later regret.
"Discuss this in private. We will." The green troll said solemnly. He looked at me and then said, "Another matter we have."
I gave them a nod but said nothing as all eyes turned to me.
The Nick Fury want to be, said coolly, "Agreed." He narrowed his eyes and then said to me, "Who and what are you, and what are you doing here?"
I growled at him, making everyone tense up. I took a deep calming breath and then said to them all, "I am Reaper, I am a Bounty Hunter, I am here because a friend of mine works with the Queen, and you sent the Jedi who met with the Queen that met me." I looked around the room, and everyone still seemed tense. I then asked, "Who are the two leaders?"
"Grand Master I am." The green troll said in his own speech pattern.
"I am the Head of the Order." The dark skinned Jedi said.
I gave them a nod and then asked them slowly, "May I know your names?"
"I am Jedi Master Mace Windu." The Nick Fury want to be said.
The green troll said, "Master Yoda, I am."
I gave them a nod and then said to them, "Thank you…" I said, "I already introduced myself, but I will repeat myself, I am The Reaper."
Qui-Gon gave a slight nod and then said, "Reaper here has been proven to be a significant help over the past few days."
I sighed softly and said, "Yes, but that is beside the point. As we were leaving Tattooine, I saw a red Light Saber wielding Zabrak…"
Qui-Gon's eyes widen slightly as he remembered that little detail. Then he retold them the encounter and how he believed that, that may have been a Sith.
I stayed silent, listening to them debate among themselves, them claiming that the Sith has been defeated thousands of years ago. I spoke up after listening to them squabble like the Olympians. In other words, they were fighting like children.
I growled loud enough to cut through the noise, silencing them. I said darkly, "Yes, you can kill a few beings, yes you can commit genocide, but no matter what you do, you can't kill or defeat an idea. From what I have learned over my life and from what I learned, nothing stays dead forever… some things are dangerous when left in the darkness to fester. The Jedi thought they had a true victory, they did, but they were unable to kill, to destroy everyone, they were unable to truly destroy the knowledge."
I took a slow deep breath that calmed me down as I continued, "You Jedi have hoarded knowledge and kept it hidden from the Galaxy at Large. You all have forgotten, what was there before the Jedi and Sith? What was there before that?" I sighed and then said to them, "What is forgotten can be rediscovered. What was lost can be found. If something happened that made all knowledge forgotten and lost, it would all be reinvented, it would take time, but it would not be forever…" I narrowed my eyes from under my helmet and then said to them, "Pray tell me, why do you think that the Sith are dead? If the Force is true, then there is both a Light Side and a Dark side, or maybe there is nothing but the Force, the Pure Force with no sides, but by the individual person."
I turned my head, looking around the room, looking at them in the eyes as I asked them, "What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks." I added darkly, "A man may die, nations, kingdoms, empires may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death."
They all looked at me as if I grew a second head or something like that,
After several long moments, Jedi Master Mace Windu asked me, "And tell me, Reaper, what makes you so sure about what you have said is true?"
I gave a bitter laugh then said to them, "War is universal. It is the same thing, either it begins in a family or if it grows to the size of a planet or a galaxy-wide war. Death is universal. It cares not if one is innocent or guilty. Death does not care if one is young or old. Death comes to all. Death comes for us all. We can only choose on how we face it when it comes."
Mace Windu asked me slowly, "And what does that have to do with what you said before?"
I smirked under my helmet and then said to them, "Simple, not much, but one thing, death, and ideas, you can't stop either of them. Both are eternal." I was tempted to Shadow Travel out of there, but I did not want to reveal all of my cards just yet. I turned on my heels and went to leave, not caring, if they did not take Anakin into their Jedi Order, I could use him as a pilot and maybe a warrior. I began to walk out of the Council Room.
I sensed Mace Windu bristle at the blatant disrespect that I was showing the Jedi and him. I smirked slightly as I stopped at the door, "And one more thing before I leave, I am here not because I was paid to, not because I was forced to. I came here because I wanted to come. I wanted to warn you that the Sith are back and on the Rise." Without waiting for them to answer, I walked out of the room and walked swiftly out of the Jedi Temple.
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Well I hoped you liked this chapter, well they are still on Tatooine at this time.
They left Tattooine...
If you have any questions please ask them and I will try to answer them.
Tell me what I can do better and I will try to do better in the future.
Death Fury signing off... for now...