Chapter 2
"I know how you repented and turned away from the dark side, but how can I be sure?" I was a few days later and Anakin Solo was still interrogating his reincarnated grandfather.
"I tossed Palpatine into the Death Star's main reactor. And then I-"
The door opened. "Get up!" ordered the Espo. "Lord Garinoska wants you for lightsaber training."
Anakin Skywalker shot his grandson a look that said "It's time."
They got into the training room and found two lightsabers waiting for them. There were also about twenty Espos, but both Anakin Solo and Skywalker knew they wouldn't have a chance.
"Activate your lightsabers," ordered Garinoska over the intercom. They did and two red columns of light sprang up with the usual snap-hiss.
"Now grandson!" They turned so their backs were facing each other and then began to lash out at the guards. A dead guard's blaster bolt hit one of the glow panels and everything went black, except for the two lightsaber blades and blaster flashes. But the blasters were shooting less and less.
***
Up in the control room, Garinoska fumed. "What is going on down there? Switch the surveillance cameras over to infrared."
"I can't my Lord," answered the tech at the computer.
Garinoska pressed a button on his comlink and alarm klaxons began blaring all over the ship.
***
"Come on! Cut down the door." Both the Jedi moved to where they remembered the exit to be. They hacked it down and bright light flooded in from the corridor.
"Follow me!" said Skywalker. "The hangers are this way!"
"How do you know?" shouted Anakin Solo as he ran.
"We're on a Super Star Destroyer, like the Lusankya."
Once they were about a hundred meters from the training room, they felt the ysalamiris' influence fade. With the Force at their sides, none of the guards could stop them.
The hanger was bustling with activity. There were ships of all sorts there. "There!" said Anakin Skywalker. "That shuttle there! Go I'll follow you up!" They ran at a sprint towards the shuttle, deflecting blaster bolts as they went.
The shuttle was an older model Lambda-class, but judging from the amount of laser cannons on it was the military model, which meant it would have reinforced shields that out to hold against some fighters until they could jump into hyperspace.
"You man the guns!" called Skywalker.
"I'm already in the pilot's chair!" yelled his grandson as he powered up the ship. There was no time to prep the ship. "Shields are up and we're on our way outta here!"
Anakin immediately began to dodge incoming ion cannon fire while the former Sith Lord plotted a hyperspace course.
"All right, punch it!" Anakin pushed the lever forward and the stars stretched out into nothingness.
***
On the bridge of the Planet Slayer, Captain Derner turned his head as Lord Garinoska moved towards the gunnery officer. A scream rang out across the bridge, then all was silent, except for the hum of the SSD's engines.
***
Mon Calamari
Colonel Jaina Solo Fel looked up at the sky as a flight of X-wings flew by, followed by a half dozen freighters.
"Tighten up three flight," she said into her comlink. "You're embarrassing."
"Sorry Lead. Will do."
After the Yuuzhan Vong had been vanquished, her Twin Suns squadron had been assigned to Gavin Darklighter's new wing, along with the Rogues and her husband Jag's Vanguard squadron. They had been traveling the galaxy, escorting shipments of supplies to planets all over the Alliance.
"Bit harsh on your pilots Sticks?"
Jaina turned around the face General Darklighter. "Not at all Gen-"
"That's Gavin"
"-Gavin. Just bored, I guess. I've been demanding too much in the way of perfection from these pilots."
"I did the same thing the first time we had a long stretch of peace after I inherited the Rogues. Inyri was about ready to kill me."
"Maybe I'll ease up a little-Anakin!" she gasped. The everything seemed to blur after that and the last thing Jaina remembered was Gavin yelling into his comlink.
***
Alliance Council Building on Mon Calamari
Leia Organa Solo was in her office, reading the report Admiral Kre'fey had given her on the state of the Shamed One colonies at Myrkr and Wayland. A group of Yuuzhan Vong Shamed Ones had risen up against their masters and taken control of a small worldship, one that had become instrumental in the fight against the Vong. Most were distrustful of the Shamed Ones, but the Jedi and the military had supported them and helped them get their own settlements.
"I'm going to have to-Anakin?" The world started to spin and go dark.
***
Jedi Temple on Borleias
Luke Skywalker, his wife Mara Jade Skywalker both felt Anakin reopen his Force connections to all of them. In his room, the three year old Ben began to cry.
*** Jacen Solo was at the new Jedi Temple on Borleias, teaching a group of youngsters how use training lightsabers when Anakin's voice filled his head. "Ahh!" he collapsed in shock and blacked out from the sudden surge in the Force. Anakin was back.