"So what has happened to me?"
Jim sat up in the hospital bed aboard the Corellia, talking with Luke Skywalker and Cortana, who had taken residence on a holopad. A soft hum came from the ship, docked for repairs.
"You had some sort of reaction with the Chaos Emeralds, Jim. We don't believe they are what caused it; we think that they are what triggered it. What happened to you on Mobius was bound to happen."
"But I don't remember a thing. How could I have been able to do what you said I did and not remember?"
"Your body generated so much energy," Cortana said, "That tremors were felt half way across the planet. The lightening from your body blew holes in the Hidden Palace crater."
"The force has never been that strong either," Luke continued. "For days now I have had visions of a golden man in my dreams. I have also been told of wizarding seers that have the same description of a foresight they had. I awoke up here when you supposedly erupted. Jacen and Jaina are still hospitalized from the surge of the Force. The last one to show even the slightest similarity to you was-"
"Anakin Skywalker, I know."
Luke looked upset for only a second, then became concerned again.
"How do you feel now?"
"Well, I feel normal, if that makes sense. It's as if nothing even happened."
"I see. Let's try something for a second."
He pulled out a small stone from his pocket, and placed it on the foot of the bed."
"Lift it," Luke said.
Jim closed his eyes, and the rock began to lift off the surface of the bed. Suddenly, the Zeo crystal, which was sitting on the dresser by the window, began to glow blue green again. Seeing this Luke grabbed the stone, making Jim lose his concentration.
"What happened?" Jim asked, rubbing his head.
"The crystal…" Cortana said, "It started to glow."
"What is happening to me?" Jim started to get angry, and once again, the Zeo Crystal started to glow.
"Jim, your anger is causing the power to come again," Luke said, backing away from the bed. "Try to control your anger."
Jim nodded, and the Crystal went dull again.
"We need someone with experience in these matters," Cortana said. "Dumbledore would help in a second."
"Albus Dumbledore?" Jim asked, "He has too much going on at his school, now preparing for the invasion."
"Dumbledore is on this ship, Jim. He was with us last week when the Alliance council had a meeting about….recent happenings."
"I heard what happened. Russell wants me taken out of service. He thinks I'm a danger to everyone."
"And although I know better," Luke said, "If your anger level continues to rise like it has, you will become a danger to everyone."
Suddenly, there was a loud cracking sound and a group of wizards apparated at the door.
"Commander George," a tall one said to him, "I am Remus Lupin, these are my associates Albert Corwallice, Jessica Sarath, and Ronald Weasley. We are here by order of Albus Dumbledore and Brenton Galbraith."
Jim recognized several of them, mainly Jessica, whom he had met after Deneb, and espically Weasley, who he knew was a good friend of the legendary Harry Potter.
"The Alliance council has passed a vote, exiling you. They are coming to get you any minute. We are escorting you off this ship and to a safe zone set up by Dumbledore."
"Jim, watch your anger…"
The Zeo crystal was now glowing very brightly, and Luke, although surprised by the news, was more concerned with Jim's status.
"Dumbledore said this might happen," Jessica said, handing Luke something. "Give this to him, orally."
Luke looked at Jim, who nodded. "I trust Dumbledore."
It wasn't really a pill; it was more of a seed like object. As soon as he swallowed, the Zeo crystal stopped glowing.
"Right." Lupin said. Albert, we need a portkey."
"Right-o" Corwallice said, and pulled out a wand.
"Not without my things. I need to go to my quarters, on deck fifteen."
"Ill go with him," Jessica said looking to Lupin and the other wizards, "You and Master Skywalker should hold them off."
"Where can we meet you then?" Skywalker asked.
"The hospital, by the Horvath District. It should be empty. We can meet there."
"Right. May the Force be with you."
Jim stood up, walking over toward his armor on the table by the window. He picked up the zeo crystal, which shuddered when in his hands. He put it around his neck, and looked to Luke.
"You will be fine, she's a doctor remember?"
Before Jim could respond, Jessica grabbed his hand and pulled him out the door. They ran over to a turbolift, and entered it.
"Ok…" Jim said, "Let's go then…"
The lift let them off on street level, where the streets were flooded with people leaving the city for refugee camps. She pulled Jim into a cab, which was abandoned.
"I'll drive," she said, "Just get me to deck fifteen."
They took off down the street, hitting several road blocks by CorSec, the Corellia City Security force. They started tailing them as they grew closer to the Zoid Bay, shouting "cease and desist" orders. They ignored them. Reaching Downshift, the gateway to the lower city levels, was essential. CorSec was not going to stop them.
Downshift was an incredible engineering feat. A huge chasm downward, toward the bottom of the ship, was the parallel highway to the lower city. Getting there would give them considerable cover, seeing as the crime was high in the dark tunnel.
"I hate Downshift," Jessica muttered, flowing in and out of traffic, narrowly missing other speeders and ships leaving the lower city. "Too dark, I can't see."
"Move over, let me drive."
Jim took the flight stick, and accelerated immediately.
"So what do you need exactly?" Jessica, "From your home I mean."
"I have no home," Jim said, angrily, "I only have a place to be awake when I can't sleep. It's only a two room apartment. What I need there is of no concern to you."
"I see…"
She looked down, as if upset that she got his response.
Shit…
"Look, I'm sorry I snapped. It's been a difficult couple of weeks for me, seeing as I've missed two of them, and then get thrown out of my comfort zone."
"Oh, I understand that much. What I can't figure out is- Look out!"
Jim turned his head to see a large ship coming toward them. It was a CorSec security gunboat. They began to open fire on them.
"Damn," Jim said, "They want us alive. Ion blasts."
"Do you think they know you're in here?"
"I don't know. Best to just keep moving."
They dodged long enough for Jim to take an access tunnel from deck twelve to deck fifteen. Once reaching the deck, they landed at an access pad. Jim rigged a stun blast from a proton pack in the cab's hold, and used it to blow the cab into Downshift. It fell out of sight in the seemingly bottomless void.
They reached Jim's apartment, which was empty.
"They didn't know it was me. Otherwise they'd be here."
He ran into his bedroom, climbing over the mess of stuff, which was everywhere. Inside he climbed over another pile of clothes to a dresser, where he pulled open a drawer. A wooden box was inside, with several locks on it, and a pink ribbon around it. He pulled it out, and then returned to the main room, where Jessica stood waiting.
"Nice room," she said, picking up some things off the floor. "Could use a woman's touch, though."
"Leave it," He said. "My ship is docked a little ways from here, we can use that to get to your hospital."
They moved out of the room, closing the door. The sound of CorSec patrols through the bulkhead, they moved farther inside the city, where they arrived at a small storage dock. Inside was a ship that looked remarkably similar to the Millenium Falcon, except slightly bigger, and more beat up. It sat there with junk piled around it, as if it hadn't been used in years, with the name Sabra sloppily painted on the side.
"This is your ship?" She said in disgust. "I'd rather steal another speeder. This could be suicide."
He ignored her again, and found his way inside the ship. Inside was more junk piled everywhere, and it was a hassle trying to climb over it to the cockpit. Once there, he fired up the repulsorlifts and lifted out of the cluttered hanger, dropping anything that was sat on top of the ship to the ground.
"If you only live in a two room apartment, why do you need all that stuff?"
"I don't. Noticed how it is all being left behind, and crashing to the ground."
They took off toward Downshift, where they would return to the surface of the city. With CorSec no longer after them, they took their time, receiving little attention from anyone.
"So where did you come up with the name Sabra?" Jessica asked, breaking a long silence.
Jim's gaze never shifted from looking straight forward. "It was the name of a friend who passed away when I was younger."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."
"Its ok, I found comfort in a few friends from my adolescence. They and I built this ship from an old YT-1300. And one of them let me name it."
"So this isn't yours then…"
"Well, it was one of theirs, but they gave it to me as a birthday gift."
"What was his name?"
"Her name was Kim Francis, and the others you may know. Commander Lorenz helped, as well as a few from the famous Manchester choir. Does the name Napoli come to mind?"
"Yes, Alexandra Napoli, she's a singer."
"General John Eves helped too."
"Of CorSec?"
"Yes, that's the one."
"So this Francis girl owned it originally."
"Yes, she bought it, asked me to help fix it up. We didn't get much farther from the name when I left for war, so we just left it here."
They landed on the emergency landing pad of the hospital, and there waited the group of wizards and Skywalker. They landed, and walked out of the ship toward them. Jim concealed the box in his hands, and walked toward them.
"Commander, your way out of here awaits."
Jim took one last look across the city, and to the bridge, which loomed above it all.
Why does this always happen to me?
He stepped over toward Lupin, who pointed toward the door to the stairs. They all started walking toward it. He touched the door knob, and felt his feet fly off the ground, and into a void.
Luke watched Jim being sucked away into the door, toward the save zone set up for him. The strange thing is, he still felt his presence in the force, as if he was standing right next to him.
"He really is special, that man." Lupin said, as if he too still felt Jim. "In our world, we have a legend that has been passed down since the first stories were written on paper. They spoke of two heroes coming to save the world from all evil. One to bring peace, and one to fight for it. I wonder if Jim is that hero who will fight for us."
"Yes, I too believe in him. Many cultures across the galaxy hold tales of a hero who will save them from the bindings of evil, even our Jedi archives tell of one who will "bring balance to the force." It seems that he has filled every qualification for them all, with his courage and power."
"So you believe that he is the savior of all beings then?"
"I believe he is what humans call the "Super Human." The one who will unite the human race, and in turn, all sentient beings everywhere. He has just started his own legend, the legend of the Super Human."
Cortana, after hacking herself into Jim's memory banks stored in his arm's neural net, patched herself into the Sabra's core systems as well. The audio feed she heard from Luke about Jim's future was cross referenced into her data she received while on Halo. She continually ran over this data in her core banks, only she failed to understand what she found and had translated. As Jim traveled over the void of the Portkey, Cortana sat waiting to reveal the truth to the universe.
The path before, and path ahead
Will lead to times that Humar dread
And in the end the strife will come
And lead then while their doom is sung
The Humar left but two sung lore
And sent them to the Arc in store
The Arc exists on the planet blue
The third golden ring in which they drew
The two exist in phantom's quake
Hoping for their call to wake
When liberty dies and hope is dim
Both will rise but one shall win
But a second time, like in all tales
Will tell you how the good will fail
And the duo will return once more
To fight the fight they fought before
The Humar will never again return
To see their light of faith to burn
But there is a race that soon will rise
And with them comes the glorious prize
The Golden one shall rise once more
And then become Super Humar