Chapter 1 News Of Attacks
Kyle Katarn a great Jedi master of the new order had just landed his ship the Ravens Claw on the east platform of the new Jedi temple on the planet Yavin IV. He had something extremely important to tell Luke Skywalker. He rushed past everyone into the council chamber, which was occupied, only by Luke and his newly wed wife Mara Jade Skywalker.
" Luke…" Kyle began out of breath from all the running he had just done.
" Kyle?" Luke asked.
" I fought someone… someone I think is a Sith lord." Kyle sputtered.
" Impossible," Mara said simply." The Sith have been gone nearly twenty years… unless Sidious is not dead."
" No… no… it can't have been Sidious, the one I fought had mechanical legs, he was to fast to be that old." Kyle said. He was beginning to regain his normal breathing pattern now.
" Speed means nothing. My father was surprisingly fast for a cyborg, and the stories Ben told me of Yoda, you wouldn't have believed half of them if you had met him." Luke said.
" You are not taking this seriously!" Kyle was frustrated now." This was no dark Jedi. It was much too powerful, it was a Sith! And he is developing a cult, he calls it the dark army."
" This is interesting." Luke said." Where were you fighting him?"
" Well I was on Ren-Var, and all of a sudden, this man and several others come out of nowhere, they had red lightsabers and they began to just murder people everywhere." Kyle said.
" Mara and I will look into this." Luke said now as disturbed by this as Kyle. He stood up and left the chamber Mara at his heels.
" If there is indeed an other one" Mara began being cut off by Anakin Solo.
" An other what?" He asked curiously. Luke completely ignored his nephew's question and asked him one of his own.
" Anakin where are Han and Leia?"
" Oh there in the auditorium, Jania and Jacen are practicing dueling." Anakin said. Luke and Mara left him swiftly headed for the auditorium. Once they reached the door they heard the buzzing of lightsabers. Luke entered Leia was happily dueling with one of her twins Jacen. Han and Jania were on one of the seats watching closely. Luke and Mara stepped further in immediately the two duelers stopped.
" Luke, what can I do for you?" Leia asked.
" Mara and I must talk with you privately," Luke said and added, because of the hopeful look on the twins." Jedi business. Strictly masters."
Leia jumped off the stage deactivating her training saber, she had took the time to learn a little dueling to help her children keep up on practice, as they didn't want to fight each other. She walked up to Luke and Mara and all three walked out of the auditorium, into the dark hall outside.
" Leia, I just wanted you to know we shall be going away from the temple for a while." Luke said trying to stay off the subject as much as possible.
" Where?" Leia asked.
" We have erm…reports on possible Sith activity." Luke said awakwardly, he knew Leia would worry, but she had to know as well as Kyle in case of questions, people need not worry about them.
" Why are you telling me? Why not a council member?" Leia asked. This time Mara replied.
" Because if anyone asks about us it would be nice to have a few people know where we are. And don't revel our true mission unless absolutely necessary."
" Alright," Leia began in a confused tone." But where are you going?"
" To Ren-Var and that's all you need tell anyone." Luke said. Leia nodded and he and Mara left for a shuttle. Ren-Var was an ice planet and Republic citizens were not allowed there, as it was not a planet of the Republic and was embarrassed for helping the CIS in the clone wars. Luke and Mara reached the shuttle and took off, if the Sith was indeed there along with the dark army they had to be tracked and destroyed. The new Republic did not need to be driven to war. The Jedi had to stop this at once, and if they were not allowed to land on Ren-Var them so be it, but that didn't mean they were going to turn around just like that.