Chapter 15
Trent stood in the wreckage of his first home. The devastation that occurred three years before was still prevalent, with tell-tale marks of everything that had occurred. Even the wall that had fallen on Cor was still there but Trent was in too much grief to remove the rubble and properly bury his friend. He could only remember everything that had happened so recently.
"I should have done something!" he said in tears and slammed his fist against the wall. But he knew he was fooling himself. There was nothing he could have done to help Mace, and if he had tried then he would be dead as well. If anything, Mace had given him enough time to escape.
After the core exploded flames engulfed the facility. In the ensuing confusion Trent took the moment to escape and ran all the way here. As much as Trent hoped, he knew the Emperor was still alive and would be looking for him. The words the Emperor had said repeated in Trent's mind.
"No matter where you run, no matter where you hide, I will find and destroy you. There is no escape from the Dark Side and the Jedi will finally fall."
As Trent's tears stopped, he realized that his dream from the night before had come to pass. His friends and family had been killed and now Mace too was dead, killed by the same lightning Trent had seen in his dream. But it was not a dream, Trent realized, it had been a vision. And now, like in his dream, he was all alone.
"I should have realized it was a vision," Trent said. "Maybe if I did Mace would still be alive."
But Trent knew that things would still have ended the same. But even with Mace dead Trent still had a glimmer of hope. Perhaps the entire facility was a trap to lure Mace into the Emperor's web, but with Trent still alive the Emperor had not fully won. Mace had taught Trent everything he ever knew, even his own lightsaber technique of vaapad.
Trent had not mastered Mace's famous technique but even with the small amount he did know he could continue what Mace had started. And when Mace's lightsaber was ripped away from him it had landed right in front of Trent now wore it on his belt. Everything Mace had taught him will last with him forever and that Mace would always be there to guide him through the Force.
Trent ignited his own orange lightsaber and then ignited Mace's purple blade. He stared at the shimmering energy for what seemed like forever and then clipped both sabers on his belt. The Emperor may have said there was no place for Trent to go, but he would find away. Coruscant was a big place after all, and he was a Jedi.
End