~~4~~
"King Organa, what is it that you requested a Jedi for?" Yenshu asked, looking skeptically at Bail Organa, the King of Alderaan.
"It is my daughter, Leia. She is acting rather strangely." He replied with a soothing voice, trying to convince the two Jedi that he was truly in need of their assistance.
"The few remaining Jedi are not baby sitters or child psychologists. What is truly the problem, if there is one?" Alexi replied, looking over Bail Organa and the palace to check all of the surroundings.
"Yes, so few of you now. It is sad, isn't it? Let us go somewhere else to talk." The Jedi looked at each other skeptically and then back at Organa. "Please, I know that you do not trust me, but it is important. I beg of you."
"Very well." Yenshu finally said with reluctance. "Lead the way, your Highness." She finished with a bow.
Bail Organa, Yenshu, and Alexi went down ten levels of spiral stairs and through a very simple door, a change from the extravagantly designed doors that they had gone through previously. They then went down a long hall that ended with a simple wooden door that lead into a large room lit by candles and torches.
"Now, the Empire doesn't know about this room, so we can talk without being traced or heard." Bail said, sitting himself at the head of a rectangular table in the center of the room.
"Doesn't the Empire get suspicious when you disappear like this?" Alexi asked, his face still clouded with doubt.
"No." Organa said, with a hint of pride in his voice. "I have a holoprojector in my office and my aides tend to a projection of myself as if I were really there. If any calls or messages are received, or any visitors come, I am indisposed and cannot talk for a few hours. My aides have a comlink that is encrypted and can only be read by me when I am here with any, shall we say, guests."
"Let's get down to business Organa. Why did you contact us?" Yenshu said, jumping into the point of the conversation.
"It is Leia. I think she has the Force with her." he said.
"What?" Yenshu said in astonishment." Why didn't you inform the Jedi Counsel of this before, when we were still a Republic?'
"I have just come to this conclusion. I didn't know of it before the Republic was disbanded. She is my adoptive daughter, you know." he answered. "I do not want it discovered. If the Emperor or Darth Vader found out about it, Leia would be ripped from me, and I cannot allow that to happen."
"What do you want us to do about it?" Alexi said, still in slight shock over the news. "My Master already has a Padawan, me. She can't have two. It is against the Order. What do you think we could do anyways? We are only two Jedi!"
"Be calm, young one." Yenshu said to her Padawan. Then, turning back to the King, "What did you want us to do about this?"
"I want you to help me keep it a secret. I already believe that someone near the Emperor senses something."
"Only people, or aliens, with the Force can sense others with it. Have Darth Vader or the Emperor himself been near her?" Alexi asked, voicing his Master's thoughts.
"Have you heard of Xanatos?" Bail Organa said, suddenly leaning forward and folding his hands in front of him.
"Xanatos?" Alexi asked, looking at his master for a hint as to who this person was.
"Ah yes. Xanatos." Yenshu said, sounding far away. "He was Qui Gon Jinn's former Padawan. He turned to the dark side long ago." She now sounded sad and forlorn. "Xanatos was near her?"
"Yes. I didn't know that he had the Force with him. But when he was near her, he got a strange look on his face, almost as if sensing something he sensed long ago." Organa said, leaning back in his chair again.
"The only thing we can do is try to protect her." Yenshu said, her head down, deep in thought. "First we must go somewhere to seek counsel from another." Yenshu suddenly stood up, as if she had resolved whatever problem she was faced with. Alexi followed her lead. "We will return as soon as we can."
"King Organa, what is it that you requested a Jedi for?" Yenshu asked, looking skeptically at Bail Organa, the King of Alderaan.
"It is my daughter, Leia. She is acting rather strangely." He replied with a soothing voice, trying to convince the two Jedi that he was truly in need of their assistance.
"The few remaining Jedi are not baby sitters or child psychologists. What is truly the problem, if there is one?" Alexi replied, looking over Bail Organa and the palace to check all of the surroundings.
"Yes, so few of you now. It is sad, isn't it? Let us go somewhere else to talk." The Jedi looked at each other skeptically and then back at Organa. "Please, I know that you do not trust me, but it is important. I beg of you."
"Very well." Yenshu finally said with reluctance. "Lead the way, your Highness." She finished with a bow.
Bail Organa, Yenshu, and Alexi went down ten levels of spiral stairs and through a very simple door, a change from the extravagantly designed doors that they had gone through previously. They then went down a long hall that ended with a simple wooden door that lead into a large room lit by candles and torches.
"Now, the Empire doesn't know about this room, so we can talk without being traced or heard." Bail said, sitting himself at the head of a rectangular table in the center of the room.
"Doesn't the Empire get suspicious when you disappear like this?" Alexi asked, his face still clouded with doubt.
"No." Organa said, with a hint of pride in his voice. "I have a holoprojector in my office and my aides tend to a projection of myself as if I were really there. If any calls or messages are received, or any visitors come, I am indisposed and cannot talk for a few hours. My aides have a comlink that is encrypted and can only be read by me when I am here with any, shall we say, guests."
"Let's get down to business Organa. Why did you contact us?" Yenshu said, jumping into the point of the conversation.
"It is Leia. I think she has the Force with her." he said.
"What?" Yenshu said in astonishment." Why didn't you inform the Jedi Counsel of this before, when we were still a Republic?'
"I have just come to this conclusion. I didn't know of it before the Republic was disbanded. She is my adoptive daughter, you know." he answered. "I do not want it discovered. If the Emperor or Darth Vader found out about it, Leia would be ripped from me, and I cannot allow that to happen."
"What do you want us to do about it?" Alexi said, still in slight shock over the news. "My Master already has a Padawan, me. She can't have two. It is against the Order. What do you think we could do anyways? We are only two Jedi!"
"Be calm, young one." Yenshu said to her Padawan. Then, turning back to the King, "What did you want us to do about this?"
"I want you to help me keep it a secret. I already believe that someone near the Emperor senses something."
"Only people, or aliens, with the Force can sense others with it. Have Darth Vader or the Emperor himself been near her?" Alexi asked, voicing his Master's thoughts.
"Have you heard of Xanatos?" Bail Organa said, suddenly leaning forward and folding his hands in front of him.
"Xanatos?" Alexi asked, looking at his master for a hint as to who this person was.
"Ah yes. Xanatos." Yenshu said, sounding far away. "He was Qui Gon Jinn's former Padawan. He turned to the dark side long ago." She now sounded sad and forlorn. "Xanatos was near her?"
"Yes. I didn't know that he had the Force with him. But when he was near her, he got a strange look on his face, almost as if sensing something he sensed long ago." Organa said, leaning back in his chair again.
"The only thing we can do is try to protect her." Yenshu said, her head down, deep in thought. "First we must go somewhere to seek counsel from another." Yenshu suddenly stood up, as if she had resolved whatever problem she was faced with. Alexi followed her lead. "We will return as soon as we can."