A/N: Ok, my chapters are gonna get more angsty...so just warning all of you. Please review! Thanks for the reviews so far! If anybody has some suggestions or constructive critiscm...write a review to me about it! I would love any help!
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Chapter 5
Carth sat there in the cargo hold. He held his blaster tightly...occassionaly bringing it up to his forehead in a suicidal guesture. She was gone. He had lost her...just as he had lost his wife before. He should have tried harder to distract them. It all seemed like a blur. The turrets firing, the explosion, the crew screaming. All he had now was gone...she was his anchor and now he had lost her. He was just an empty vessel that would continue to float around until he sunk.
Juhani sat in the starboard quarters with Mission. The jedi code had seemed to abandon her. She wept and grieved with Mission as they sat on the ground, just holding each other in a grievous embrace. Hayley was their best friend, not to mention their hero...savior. What would they do without her?
Canderous sat in the co-pilot's seat beside Jolee. Jolee said not a word, but stared forward as if trying to find something that wasn't even there to begin with. Canderous just continued to watch the radar...looking for enemies to appear, but none did. He needed something to vent his anger on. Or am I just waiting to see the transport's ID signature appear on the screen, and hear her voice again saying"I'm OK. We all survived."
T3-m4 plugged into the comm system and continued to try and gain a frequency with the ghost ship. Hk-47 paced up and down the halls, trying to decide what to do next. His Master was gone...so what now?
The halls and rooms of the Ebon Hawk were silent and still in reverance to the lost Jedi. The moans and groans of the hyperdrive lay silent, as they continued on course to Coruscant.
"This is Docking Bay 77921. Please transmit your ID signature."a voice over the comm system said. Jolee reluctantly obeyed and entered the signature." All checks clear. You are now permitted to land. Have a pleasant stay here on Coruscant."
Jolee snorted at that comment. It wasn't planned to be enjoyable...but Hayley would have done her best to make it enjoyable...
( Ebon Hawk after Kashyyk)
Hayley approached Jolee as he was in the med bay tidying up the place. Her face held a frown and concentration burrowed in her eyes. Jolee stopped her as she passed.
"You had another fight with Carth, I take it." she nodded," Here...sit down and I'll tell you a story. There was once this boy that I knew named...um...what was it? Ahh, yes...Andor. Well, anyway, Andor had all this force swirling around him."
" And you see that in me too?" she asked.
"We're talking about Andor, remember. Anyway, sometimes swirling force is just swirling force. It makes us old Jedi go"ooo, destiny!" Now where were we, ahh yes Andor. He was so sure of his destiny that he thought he was invulnerable. Well, we were on a ship, me and Andor, and I had had just about enough of Andor and his destiny. When suddenly we were captured by the Dimeans."
"Who are they?"
" You probably haven't heard of the Dimeans, they were before your time. But a nasty lot of them they were. Especially their leader, Kraat. Now Andor is so sure that his destiny makes him invulnerable that he starts making all sorts of demands like"free me now!" and " don't you know who I am?" Well, Kraat decides he's had enough of the boy that he picks him up by the throat and starts crushing it. I always told him to keep his mouth shut...and I think he agreed with me too! Or that could have just been some gurgling noises coming out of his throat." he paused dramatically.
"Go on..." She said now fully drawn into the story. It made Jolee happy to see her so interested in the story so he continued.
"Kraat finally throws Andor into this giant intake shaft and Andor gets sucked in, starts bouncing around...hehehe, screaming...hehehe. Maybe Andor hit something sensitive on the way down, or just didn't agree with the reactor core. But all of a sudden the ships alarms are ringing..." he started laughing.
"You're kidding..."
"Everyone panics, and I run. Barely making it to my ship before the the whole place blows up. Kraat dies horribly and the Dimeans never quite recover. Now I'd say that that was quite some destiny, wouldn't you?"
"I was better off arguing with Carth..." she said sarcastically as she left. Jolee smiled before getting back to his work...
(present day)
The explosion rocked the ship and threw Hayley against the wall. Malak didn't budge. He just continued to stare at her with eyes that could penetrate steel. The ship suddenly sped up quickly and the room was cast in a shadow of darkness.
"Master, we have safely docked with the Leviathan." She knew that voice!
"Good. Did we put on a good show, Bastila?" Malak questioned.
"Yes, Master. Though I am sorry to say that the Carth and the crew escaped...alive."
"I believe you know each other. Bastila-Revan. Revan-Bastila." He said.
"Bastila, you pretentious schutta!" Hayley screamed angrily at her.
"Ahhhh, Revan. I see you are still bitter as always."
"I swear if you harmed anyone on the..." she began.
"Do not worry. I have not harmed the crew...or your lover." she snickered.
Hayley struggled to break free of her restraints. Anger bubbled in her like a hot spring. There is no emotion, there is peace. She repeated the phrase in her head. Bastila and Malak joined in an evil banter of laughter.
"Hahaha...I never thought I'd see the day when the Dark Lord of the Sith would be reciting the Jedi Code...hahaha."he suddenly turned serious." Place her in the interrogation room. I will deal with her soon enough."
"You're a fool, Malak! How do you think your going to get me to go into..." Bastila stuck a small needle into her neck," I'll...kill...you for..." then she fell unconcious.
"Well done, my apprentice." Malak swung around and exited the small ship, his black cape flowing behind him.
Hayley awoke in a torture field. The same one she had used when she had previously been on board this ship. Then she had Carth along and it was no easy task answering the questions while he was tortured. In the end she had given in, to stop Carth's pain. Now she was alone...she had no weakness to be exploited. Malak entered the room. Bastila shortly behind...she stood to the side, while Malak faced Hayley.
"You should still remember how it goes...tell me what I want to know and you don't get tortured. Answer wrong or refuse to answer and you will be tortured. Here we go." Malak said.
"I won't tell you anything, Malak." Hayley said calmly.
"We'll see, won't we? First question...where is the hidden Jedi Enclave?"
Hayley remained silent. Malak nodded to Bastila who activated the torture field. Pain shot through her as the electricity surrounded her and shocked her.
"Next question...where do the jedi keep their hidden artifacts?"
Hayley again said nothing.
"Too bad..." he nodded again and this time the pain flamed up more powerfully."Third question...where is the crew of the Ebon Hawk going?"
Hayley could tell she was wearing Malak's patience thin...so she continued to stay silent. Malak could no longer hold his anger in. He opened the cage and activated his lightsaber which he slashed a deep cut on her cheek. Blood spilled out and rolled down her chin and onto the floor. Hayley winced in pain. A smile slowly crept along Malak's face. He repeatedly cut her over and over again all over her body. She screamed in pain...but he did not let up. Blood soaked into her robe until it was saturated with it. Tears rolled down her cheeks mixed with the blood. She fell to the ground in pain. Carth...where...are you? I... I...I need...you. Help...me...please.
Malak sliced her once more before she collapsed to the ground and passed out...
The ship was silent as they made their descent into the Docking Bay. Jolee activated the auto-pilot which hooked onto the tractor beam from the Docking Bay that eventually pulled them into the magnetic force field and then into the hangar. Jolee activated the comm and sent a message to the Jedi council.
"Hello...this is Jolee Bindo. Do you copy,Order?" after a moment of silence and static a familier voice came on line.
"This is Master Vandar speaking. It is good to speak with you again. I take it your flight went well?"
Jolee paused." Well...no. We...um...we lost her. We lost Hayley."
"Are you in need of a search party? We will begin..."
"It's not...not like that, old friend. I mean...she's gone. We ran into a Sith Armada. They..." Jolee swallowed hard," blew her ship up. She died in the explosion."
Master Vandar was silent."This news deeply saddens me...it also worries me greatly."
"I know she was an asset to the Order but..." Jolee's tone held anger.
"No, that is not what I mean. It worries me because I could not feel the loss through the Force. You have my deepest sympathy. You may now return to Rakata if that is your descision. Master Vandar out."
That's strange. Why couldn't the council sense her death? Hmmmmm...most curious. Jolee turned on the ship's personal comm system.
"I have just spoken to the council and they say we can return to Rakata if we please, or go elsewhere. I'd also like everyone to meet me in the lounge area immediately. Jolee walked to the area and waited as the crew one by one showed up. The most disturbing thing, to Jolee, was when Carth arrived. His eyes were red from lack of sleep...or crying. Poor lad. His face held lines of worry and of sadness. Jolee wasn't entirely ready to see him like this.
"I have called you here in memory of Hayley Jamira, and of Revan. She was a great Jedi..."Jolee said.
"Great friend..." Mission said through tears.
"Great warrior..."Canderous added.
"Great savior..." Juhani acknowledged.
"Exclamation: Great Meatba...er, Master." HK said as T3 whistled an affirmative.
Everyone looked at Carth. He looked down.
"What she did for the galaxy will be remembered forever." Jolee said.
"What she did for me will always be remembered." Juhani said as everyone nodded in agreement.
" Before you all leave...there is something you should know. The council said that they didn't feel her death through the Force." Everyone faced Jolee.
"What? How could they not have? We all felt it, did we not?" Juhani stated.
"I just thought you should know. Maybe we chose to feel it...because we saw it. Bah...I'm just rambling. Now get outta here. I say we stay her for the night, and leave for Rakata in the morning.
"Sounds good to me. I'm heading to the cantina. You comin', Onasi?" Canderous looked at Carth. Carth reluctantly nodded and walked out with Canderous to the local cantina.
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