A Journey of Justice
By: Christopher Smith
Chapter 4: The Crisis Builds Up
On a docking bay at Couruscant I noticed something wrong. There was a person hiding and then he took off. Han and me decided to chase after him while Chewbacca was showing Dobacca around the Millennium Falcon. Han and me ran really fast but this person was too fast for us. We saw him run and board an YT-2400 freighter and lost track of him.
"Oh boy I wonder why he was sneaking around my ship," inquired Han with a skeptical look on his face.
"I am not sure either. But I did sense something good from him not bad like I originally thought. Also I seem to remember someone named Dash Rendar that flew a YT-2400." I said to Han.
"Yeah you are right about that Chris, but I thought Dash Rendar was killed when he couldn't get out of Xizor's Skyhook before it blew up." said Han with a stern look.
"Yeah maybe you are right Han. It was probably just some smuggler." I conceded to Han.
Then Han and me decided to go find Luke so my training as a Jedi could start.
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Meanwhile aboard the YT-2400 freighter that just took off we see Dash Rendar and Lebo piloting it. Dash Rendar is around 3o or 40 years now. There is some gray in his hair but not much. He looks a lot like he did when he was battling crime lords.
"Hey Lebo what do you think about this assignment the New Republic just gave us? They told us to go and check out Naboo for any Imperials. I thought Imperials were just doing nothing now." said Dash to his faithful droid.
"Well I don't know Dash. It could be some sort of hoax from a crime lord that wants us to believe they are the Imperial Remnant," said Lebo in his mechanical voice.
"O.K. Let's get on our way to Naboo then shall we? Computer set your course for Naboo. I want a standard reconnaissance mission there that should be a piece of cake for us. Inform the NRI that we are on our way to Naboo to inspect this so called fleet of warships." said Dash with a relaxed look on his face. This should be easy for me to do thought Dash to himself.
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Back on the planet Vortex the Emperor has made a critical decision.
"Admiral Streen, I want you to go to Naboo. I have just sensed something in the force. I think our scout we are looking for is coming to meet us. So we should make sure they can't escape. Make sure all 12 Imperial class Star Destroyers are still there." said the Emperor with a mischievous grin.
"Yes sir. I will leave immediately so we can catch these spies," said Admiral Streen with a very confident look on his face.
As Streen's shuttle departs the Emperor decides to find this new disturbance in the force that he found near Couruscant. He decides to use the force and sends a telepathic message. I receive it and feel very weak. The Emperor somehow managed to use the force to find me and attack me.
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Back on Couruscant I ran into Luke, while he was coming with Leia and her three children.
"Hey Luke!" I said to him in a very pleased way.
"Hey Chris. No we can't do training now. We must leave for your home world. I have made a deal with the New Republic and the have lent us 6 Imperial Class Star Destroyers, 3 Bothan Assault cruisers, and 3 Attack Frigates. They expect heavy resistance so all 12 ships are fully loaded with weapons. We must go now," said Luke with a hurried expression on his face.
"I know that Luke but something just happened to me. It was weird, somehow someone touched me with the force and then I felt very frightened." I said to Luke looking very worried. His jaw just dropped.
"Oh no! That can mean only one thing. That they must have cloned Palpatine. I heard rumors that he could do that. Now he knows of your strong presence. Chris we must do some training on the Falcon on our way to Naboo." said Luke still with an astonished expression."
"Alright Luke. Can I start with the lightsaber here? I already know a lot of basic force moves, because somehow I was just born with them." I said while I ignited my turquoise lightsaber. The power I felt was great.
"O.K Chris. But I must warn you. If the Emperor were to fight you he would most likely not use a saber. He relies more on the force. But I will start you with saber training. Now here put this helmet on and concentrate on the force. Le your body goes with it's flowed and block the shots coming from this remote. Do not break concentration because if you do then you will most likely get hit," instructed Luke with a smile appearing on his face because this reminded him of the first time he met Han on the Falcon.
"Alright Luke. I got you there." I said while letting my body go with the flow of the force. The force guided my saber to diagonal slashes, horizontal slashes, vertical slashes, and some helicopter moves. I blocked every single shot.
"Wow Chris, your skills with a saber are very good. Your faith in the force must be really high. I am impressed with you, but must warn you not to think too high of yourself." Luke said with a very impressed look on his face.
"Alright Luke. I got you there and thanks. Let's head toward the Falcon now so we can start this mission ok." I said to Luke.
"O.K. Chris. The Falcon is right there." Luke said pointing to our left and we saw it. Once again Chewbacca and Dobacca were arm-wrestling each other and Dobacca beat Chewie. He started throwing a fit but Han came over to calm down the upset wookie.
"Look Chewie, just because your friend is stronger than you don't mean that you should throw a fit. I mean look you just threw and broke our best table," said Han while scolding Chewie like a parent would.
[I know he's stronger and accept that. It's just my wookie instincts tell me to go crazy if I loose] said Chewbacca in a bunch of roars.
"See buddy you don't have to be mad. So let's get ready for a big mission shall we." said Han urging us all on to the Falcon. So Luke, Leia, Jacen, Jaina, Anakin, Dobacca, Chewbacca, Shorty, C-3PO, R2-D2, and I boarded the Millennium Falcon.
We went up out of Couruscant's tall buildings. Han decided to show off to me and was weaving in and out of the tall buildings.
"Han what are you doing? Trying to get us killed before the mission!" said Leia hitting Han playfully.
"Honey I am just showing Chris why I am the best pilot." said Han with his world famous lopsided grin.
"O.K. Han I see you are impressive with flying. OH NO!!!!!! WE ARE GOING TO CRASH!" I said looking extremely scared when we were about to hit a building, but Han pulled up at the last minute and we skyrocketed up out of Couruscant's tall buildings. We could see the whole planet lit up. A pretty amazing site to me.
"Han just what do you think you were doing? Scaring our passenger. Shame on you." said Leia slapping Han.
"It's O.K. Leia. I found his flying impressive. It reminded me of my old times. When I used to fly with Dash Rendar. Man that guy could fly. Too bad we think he died in the Skyhook. The strange thing is that person we saw sneaking around sure felt a lot like Dash. Maybe Dash is going to Naboo if he is still alive." I said to everyone with a grin on my face.
"Well kid I hope he is alive. Anyways we are about to enter hyperspace now," said Han as he pulled the lever transforming stars into starlines as we made our way to Naboo to check out this fleet.
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Meanwhile in the unknown regions a group of aliens called the Chiss are discussing terms. The Chiss are blue skinned humans. They are extremely strategic aliens who had decided not to join the New Republic or the Empire due to a threat of some unknown type. Now that threat is so little that their claw craft will have no trouble destroying it.
"So do you think joining the New Republic would be wise?" said mith'or'naw the second in command of the Chiss and a relative of Grand Admiral Thrwan.
"Well I believe that to be the right thing to do because the Imperials were very cruel to aliens and there are basically none left. So mith'or'naw I want you to go to the New Republic capital world of Couruscant and let them know that the Chiss are interested in joining. Take your claw craft so you can show them how powerful Chiss technology is. Good Luck." said raw'sy'lo with no hint of a smile but inside he was happy.
As the Chiss claw craft left the Chiss home world and entered hyperspace heading to Couruscant a New Hope had started for the New Republic.
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Back on Vortex the Emperor has changed his strategy once again.
"Commander, set a new course for us. Make it Naboo so when this pitiful New Republic task force comes we can show them the full power of our Eclipse class II star destroyer. Make sure we have that interdiction field up so those New Republic ships can't make it to Naboo but will be stranded near hmmmmm let's say Tatooine. Also be sure you have that boy's parents. I want to use them as bait to lure him here and possibly make him a dark Jedi so we can easily overthrow the New Republic." said Palpatine as he started his evil laughing.
"Understood master. Here are the boys parents," said the commander bring two humans.
"Good, very good. Now just put them in some quarters and lock them up. I want to show them some of my good side so hopefully they can persuade their son to join Me." said Palpatine.
"We are at the hyperspace buoy, Master. Prepare for entrance." said the commander.
"Excellent. Everything is going the way I have foreseen it. Good work commander. I sense victory for us," said the Emperor as the stars turned into white starlines. Now the Terror was on it's way to Naboo.
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Back on the Outrider Dash and Leebo have almost reached Naboo when suddenly their ship is pulled out of hyperspace near Tatooine.
"Leebo are all the systems fine?" asked Dash with a worried look.
"Yes they are. It looks like some sort of huge interdiction field pulled us out of hyperspace." said Leebo with his monotonous droid speech.
"How can one be that big? Instruments do not sense an interdictor. I have a bad feeling about this Leebo. Let's stay in orbit around Tatooine now till we can get a message out to the NRI." said Dash with a very worried expression on his face.
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On the Falcon everyone was passing time good. The twins and Anakin were all playing around and watching Dobacca and Chewie arm-wrestle. Once again Dobacca beat Chewie and he threw a temporary fit only to have Dobacca calm him down. Han was just laughing at the two wookies because he always got a kick out of wookie arm wrestling. Han knew he would never do that because then he would definitely have to go to a doctor.
C-3PO was just busy arguing with R2-D2 and Shorty about some mathematical equations. Little did Threepio know he was 100% wrong on all his equations on saying that the odds of surviving a clone Emperor are 100,000,000,000,000 to one. Luke and me were just starting my training. So far Luke was impressed with my talent.
"O.K. Chris so far you know basic and advanced force skills. You would put up a pretty good fight against the cloned emperor, but there is one thing I want to teach you. It's a skill I learned when I fell under the first clone's powers. But I must warn you to let go of emotions so you will not fall to the dark side. Also let's do this where there is nothing flammable." said Luke while he lead me to the empty storage room.
"Luke what is this force skill? Is it force lightning?" I asked Luke with a suspicious look.
"Yes it is Chris. Remember always let go of emotions with this and make sure you only attack in defense. Now first you let go of emotions. Then you extend your hands and concentrate hard on making electricity. Then you let it go." Luke said as lightning shot out of his fingers.
"O.K. I got it now. Let me try." I said letting go of emotions and doing exactly what Luke did. Then lightning came out of my hands.
"Impressive Chris. Very good. I think there is even more potential in you." Luke said just as everyone came in.
"What was that energy surge I saw?" Inquired Han with a worried look.
"Don't worry. I was just showing Chris how to use force lighting. He's pretty good at it," informed the Jedi Master.
"Yeah but isn't that a dark side power?" asked Leia with a worried look.
"Yes it is but letting go of emotions prevents the dark side effects so he's ok." said Luke with a grin.
"O.K. that's good to know." said Leia.
Just then the Falcon was pulled out of hyperspace around Tatooine.
"Darn ship. The hyper drive must be out. Threepio are the systems ok?" asked Han as he hurried to the cockpit.
"Yes they are. Some sort of interdiction field from Naboo pulled us out near Tatooine. I have no clue how it could be that big." said Threepio.
"Great. Just what we need today stranded near Tatooine. Let's try to send a message to Couruscant," said Han as he punched the COM button.
"Blast it! No response we are jammed. Well at least we have a fleet with us," said Han with a very worried look.
"You got that right Han. So now what are we going to do. I know you have a bad feeling about this honey," said Leia as she hugged her husband.
"You got that right Leia. This just keeps getting better and better," said Han.
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So now the Falcon and the fleet that was supposed to go to Naboo is stranded near Tatooine while the Emperor is arriving near Naboo and preparing for his attack. The Chiss also are almost at Coruscant and hoping to ally with the New Republic. Rendar is also stuck in Tatooine and I have learned a lot about the force.