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Chapter 4: Unraveling the Facade
It has been at least a week now and his voice does not stop haunting him. It ravages my mind as though my apprentice believes I cannot hear it either. The truth is that everything he hears within his mind, I do. It is because of the bond, because of this connection through the force I can hear him. I can hear his words seeping through like poison to the blood. Infecting it and only within a matter of time it will corrupt and twist the being into doing whatever they want.
Right now, for all Jedi we are staying at the Damaged Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Well, Luke did want to relocate the temple to Coruscant, I guess he got what he wanted... somewhat. There was a funeral in my old master's honor the day after we landed on Coruscant, which was about a few days ago. It was nice, my mentor would have thought it was unnecessary. However, Luke thought it was befitting for a Jedi that status.
Sometimes I here him, sometimes his voice calls to Ichi, but then he discusses with me. I can tell because Ichi acts more dignified after the voice speaks with him. It is as if Kyle tries to hide it from me, but I guess he feels that Ichi is not quite yet ready to leave him as a padawan. Maybe my old mentor is right, but who knows. Ichi becoming a Jedi Knight is somewhat strange, since he did not help fight the Dark Lord, but set up a diversion for our escape. Besides, from what I understand, Kyle gave him enough time to kill Darth Destrus while he was not thinking. If that is the case though, than he should deserve the rank if it is truly marvelous.
"Jaden, come back to bed." I turn around to see the blonde haired Jedi Knight on her left side, staring up at me with her beautiful blue eyes. Her rosy lips and white teeth are bright shining lights, dispersing throughout the room. I begin to bring my back down as I head closer to the bed and look at her with open eyes. As I enter the bed, my body starts to mingle with hers. I can feel her soft skin as I caress it with my lips. Moving from the waist up to her cheeks and insert my tongue into her mouth. They move all around as though they are trying to show their own love of each other, as if they finally met after a long time of not seeing each other.
Meanwhile in the padawan quarters of the ruined temple, the furry brown dog like creature starts to feel a sensation he has never felt before. His mouth is tingling, but no one is pressing against his lips. He realizes what is going on, his master is kissing another person, maybe a woman maybe a man. He does not believe it could be Durii, to him Durii is his sun and moon. Durii could never betray him. He keeps that in his mind the whole time and soon looks out into the distance as though he hopes she stands there for him. Nothing, and so he decides to walk over to her room. Considering they have been closer friends since the transition to Coruscant, maybe she can help him out with this problem.
"I'm going to head back to my room."
"Do you have to Jaden?"
"Only for the moment, remember all the Jedi Masters are supposed to stay in one room to discuss how we are going to deal with Exar Kun and his disciples. I'll come back, don't worry, I'm just heading over to the Jedi Council Chamber." Right as I am about to leave I bring my lips up to her's and leave a mark of devotion with her. As soon as we finish expressing our passion, I start to head out the door and look both ways before I head down the corridor. I soon walk down the left corridor and see a figure that appears to be my young apprentice. I look over at him as he comes out of the turbolift and shows a grand smile that reaches from cheek to cheek there to see me out of complete happiness.
"Jaden, where are you coming from? I thought of all of the Jedi Masters had to stay somewhat close to the Jedi Council Chamber."
"We do..." As soon as I say this, I know I have to come up with something to retort and get him to believe I was not doing anything with Durii. I can tell that he loves her, and to hurt him would be horrible, since I know what he has gone through being an exile. The silence is broken with his voice as though he wants an explanation. I open my mouth again just to see if I could pull this lie off, "it's just Durii called for me. She had a hard time dealing with all of the destruction and, she needed someone to comfort her. Master Skywalker thought it would be best if I were to go to her. Now that she is alright, I am heading back."
"I understand master. Well, I'll speak to you later." I nod my head and walk into the turbolift. As I press for the Jedi Council Chamber, I ascend at an incredible speed. Feeling as though the speed is there to get away from my apprentice as fast as I can instead of in a slower pass, a truthful pace. I begin to feel through the force in order to speak with my old friend's apprentice. However as I try to speak with her, I can tell that she is in the washroom where water is going off all over her body. As the white water comes to clean her body, there is a knock on her door and I can tell that my apprentice is truly not walking around.
Meanwhile up in the Council Chamber, a few Jedi sit around comfortable chairs that feel as soft as the human skin. It feels as though you can sit back in the chair continuously, never falling down because it is eternal. It feels as though you can make any decisions without going wrong, however it is a problem in case if someone falls to far, they may not be ready for what is to come. I think that is why Master Yoda had these chairs, so the council would always be ever vigilant.
"Why does Master Korr continually do this? Even though he may love Durii, and attachments have almost been done away with, it is not something we must allow at the moment for dealing with the Dark Lord Exar Kun." The other Jedi that sit around the blonde man nod their heads and talk in a group amongst themselves. They continue discussing until the same man stops them with his hand up in the air, signifying for them to cease their speech. He continues, "However, since both Jedi Master Korr and Jedi Master Lonna both lost their former masters, I believe this will also soothe them. Thus it may be better if we allow these two to continue this relationship in order for them to stay on the path of the light. Now, if you do not agree with them seeing each other at the moment, then that is fine with me, but I believe in honor of Master Katarn we should allow them to see each other."
"Agreed."
"Very well put Master Skywalker."
"Great, now that we have that settled, we have another task that we must decide upon. Whether or not to return to the Massassi Temple or not." As soon as he finished his sentence, my body stepped through the door. As everyone hears the beats of my boots, they bring their faces towards mine. I walk towards the seat next to Master Skywalker, and as I sit down, I feel the very power of the old Jedi Master that once sat here. The very man that was the second to one of the greatest Jedi Masters of all time. This man, was one of the few black Human Jedi members to ever make the council. Reminiscing through this wondrous man's lifetime soon come to a halt as I hear a question come across.
"Sorry, I didn't quite hear the question, what was it?"
"Should we return to the Massassi Temple or not?" An orange man with a mask asks me this in a very angry tone. However, I should not hold it against him as this man does have a mask on, so it is hard to hear how is tone could be said. He also has been very calm in many decisions that give him the right to be a Jedi Master. Something every Jedi wishes to attain, but most never attain this level. They always end up in some mood that feeds the dark side, but this man never feeds the dark side of the force. That is why how he just spoke confuses me, and brings me into a state of uneasiness.
"Well, at the moment no settlers will be moving there."
"Then I beli..."
"However, Master Skywalker I have not finished my statement. I do believe if we finish Exar Kun here and now, then it will make things a lot easier for future settlers instead of worrying about it then."
"A very wise decision Master Korr. Do you know how to stop him?" With that said, each Jedi Master stared at me with the eyes of children when a kid must perform a task in front of them all alone. As though this kid is being fed to the wolves, in which one does not agree with the kid, they all do not. Many kids have this problem when reciting the old Jedi Code versus the implied Jedi Code. Many new students have this tendency to stay with the old and emphatic code, rather being true to what it really means.
"I do not at the moment Master Skywalker, but..."
"So, you're telling us you have no idea how to deal with the Dark Lord, and you want to go back to the Massassi Temple to finish him?"
"Not right now Master Okei. However eventually once we learn how to..."
"How can we learn how to destroy him if the Jedi Archives have been completely destroyed." Soon a rustling from a familiar voice appears out of the air. It is very deep and I can tell it is of my old master's. Soon a blue aura, very similar to the Sith Lord appears in the center of the room. He stands before us in his garments that he wore the day he became one with the force. As he greets each of us, he bows to us as many in the old order did when they first greeted the Jedi who were on the council.
"Look, there is a way to defeat Exar Kun, but it cannot be achieved through one of you. I have too little time to explain this, so you have to ask Ichi." Once he said these words he fades away as quickly as he appeared. Once we hear this we all look at each other and rub our eyes in order to see if what we saw was real or our imagination. The orange man blinks as there are spectacles across them, not allowing him to see clearly. As we finish at different integrals, we realize what just happened is not a dream but reality. Our answers lying within the small Ewok that has only been here a few months.
"Master Korr, can you bring Ichi here?"
"I think he is out somewhere right now. Since we still have our knights helping here, the only people here besides ourselves are the padawans. A few knights are here to watch over them, but I do not believe Ichi is one of the few who are here. Very few can understand him without being connected to the force, or through having a protocol droid."
"That's right, I sent him to Leia for the moment. She said that the New Republic needed someone to watch over the delegations going on in the mid rim. To see if they can trust the Republic again and they felt that only a Jedi could prove this to them."
"Even though it breaks our decision Master Skywalker, I do believe Ichi can handle himself and that this decision may overall benefit the New Republic and our New Order."
"What do you know Master Korr, you've only been a Jedi Master for a little over a year, and you act as though you know more than some of us who have been in the order longer then you. Master Skywalker, you have disobeyed our decision, this could lead to our own dissolution of our order if we continuously change decisions and laws because of one little benefit. I do not believe with your past decisions you able to continue leading this new order. I believe you are to take a leave of absence for awhile until you can prove to us you deserve this rank you have given to yourself." Within that second, two other Jedi masters nodded their head. Another felt such a shock and dissatisfaction with such a decision. This man, is the very man who never feeds his emotion towards the dark side, which finally proved to me that every person has a limit.
"Excuse me," I barked out as to express my utter disgust with this Jedi Master's ignorance. As I realized that I had been feeding an emotion that should not be fed, I continued with the utter aggression in which my tone begged to continue with. "you are not as strong as I am, you are not as attuned to the force as I am, and yet you say that I have no right to say that his decision is wise. You also suggest that Master Skywalker be thrown out of the New Order in order for you to get what you want."
"That is not true."
"Is it not? You have disagreed with most of Master Skywalker's decisions and yet you continue to work with him instead of leaving this shattered and building of the New Order. I bet it is because you want something you can gain by humiliating him as you try to do now? Or is it because you wish to enact something you try to suppress? Is it, that you truly would rather work for Exar Kun?" His face began to drench of an unsalty water coming from all different directions of his face. The side of his forehead, from his tentacles, and from the top of his head. He is showing his emotion he should not feed, the one emotion that I see the smallest Jedi of them all never posses. His fear leaks through him like a container of water with holes in a parallel circular motion. His saber on his belt ignited in a fiery red blaze of wonder as to show his true emotions.
"If you've figured out what I am, then how come you never said anything to Master Skywalker, or the other Jedi Masters?" His blade moves closer as he steps forward, but I can see in his eyes that he truly does not want to kill me. He can imagine it, as any person can imagine taking a world away from others, but this man cannot truly want to do it. He knows what it means to lose someone who is invaluable, even though he is a disciple of the enemy, he can understand this well.
"Put away your saber now, traitor."
"Master Skywalker, please..." The two of them look at me after saying this, the man who is holding a possible assassination from commencing. I can tell he never planned on killing me within his eyes, but the eyes pointed at Luke's are blazing with hatred, the same color as his saber. I continue, "What will come from kill him?"
"The end of the rebuilding of the Jedi."
"Wrong, it only brings death to you. Does it leaves less Jedi? Yes. Does it leave the Jedi without a figure head everyone is familiar with? Yes. Does it bring Exar Kun closer to his goal? No. It leaves us with a few less Jedi and someone to take Master Skywalker's place. If you do this now, you will be killed and not considered a Jedi as you die, however there is a chance of redemption. You can throw your saber down and walk out of the council chamber and wait for our decision on what to do with you. You have a choice, live or die in order to truly make a difference or to only bring more death and violence through accomplishing nothing. This is your choice, and I hope you make the right decision." After I give my speech to the disgruntled man, he presses the red button on his saber. It blows out the fiery red blaze and throws it towards the ground. He walks over towards the door and heads outside and waits in the hallway for us to finish our discussion as I told him to do.
"Thank you Master Korr, I owe you one."
"Understood Master Skywalker. Now let us continue with this debacle."
Meanwhile in Durii's room she walks out of her washroom to see no one there, however it does not feel right. As she heads over to her bed, she hears a voice from behind. This voice sounds seductive to her, but it is merely a greeting. Once she runs towards the bed she realizes who it is. It is the same person who came to speak with her as she walked into the washroom. His brown furry features do not confuse her as he is the only Bothan out of all the students. He looks at her with a smile that reminds her of a furry companion's innocent expression when feeling happy whenever their master's around.
"Sorry, I thought you were done in the shower." She walks over towards wear the door is and grabs the Bothan's left shoulder. He begins to smile more, thinking something great might occur, but her face is without pleasure. She looks down at the floor then brings her head up and moves her left arm at the bed. He walks over to it, and as he gets to the end of the bed, climbs on top of the neatly distorted covers and lays on it, as if he is waiting for her.
"Lisko, Master Skywalker told me to have you come here, and..."
"Master Skywalker told you that, but I thought Jaden wou..."
"No, Jaden couldn't tell you this. He thought you wouldn't be able to handle it." As the furry brown dog like creature hears this, he brings his body up. He brings his legs to the end of the bed and brings his big furry hands to his head. He starts to cradle his head back and forth in order to stop her from hearing what he thinks he will hear. Hearing the worst of what is to come, knowing that Exar Kun is right. Knowing that the dead man who believes in him is the only one, the only person who he can trust, when he never trusted him to begin with. She continues, "Your tribe is dead. Your family. Your clan. All of them. Master Skywalker figured since you and I were close and because Jaden would not tell you, I had to. I'm so sorry."
I told you your master believes you to be weak. He finds you incapable, you're an infant to him. You are nothing but a nuisance to him and you can never learn from him. However, there is always me. As soon as he hears this he spirit, he weeps even more. She believes that he is in pain about his family and friends, knowing how Bothans are extremely loyal. As she walks over to him to consult him, she sits on the bed next to him. She brings her arm over his body and brings him to her stomach. He continues to cry, feeling more hatred towards his master, and knowing that only part of what the Dark Lord says is true. Believing that Durii loves him, that is what keeping him from the dark side, not knowing the truth.
"Thank you."
Meanwhile as I speak with the other Jedi in the council chamber, I begin to feel a struggle within my apprentice. I feel this tearing of his heart from within him. This hatred of me, begins to fluster within his very soul and I feel it burning me. As though he plans to kill me, as though this is going to solve the problem. I stand up and two of the other masters get up as I do. Luke gives them a motion to sit back down and sends me off to do what I must. I have to console my student quickly, or my death is sooner than I felt. If I take the turbo lift, it will be too late for me. I bring my silver hilt to my hands and press my right thumb onto the red button. The purple blade forms from the emitter and I bring it towards the glass. I make a whole large enough for me to enter and jump out. As I fall towards the ground, I use the force to bring the turbo lift up. As it comes up, I press the red button to bring the blade back into my saber. After falling for a few seconds, I stop.
Lisko, I didn't want you to feel the pain you feel now. I know you would have hated me if I told you anyway, and I figured it would be best to save it for when you have reached Jedi Knight. I figured you'd be ready for it then, I thought you would be... I hoped you would be able to take it. I guess, I should have told you it. I just didn't think you were strong enough, but you've got to stop killing me. I can tell he hears this, because there is less of a grip on my life. That he feels less pain, I can tell he has no desire to kill me. It is just his emotion is too strong, his emotion for feeling left out must have been too great. As I reach the room, I see him on my love's bosom. Not in a way that is there for sexual encounters, but as a sign of support.
"Why were you going to tell me later?"
"Because, you seemed too susceptible to the dark side out of most of the students at the academy. I didn't want that to happen to you." Only, that this is a half truth. In fact, I really needed him to get to the Jedi Council, but now that it will take awhile before that is to be constructed again, it is best for having an apprentice. It is best for me to be there to comfort him.
"Why was I more susceptible?"
"You weren't as strong, you really are weaker than most of the other students. And, you were scared. However, you just haven't realized how strong you can be."
More of his Jedi lies to keep you at his side. He uses these to play with your emotions, to keep you from killing him. The truth is, he is the one who is afraid of death. That is why he came to stop you from killing him. Because of the bond you share, your passion could have killed him, however he put a stop to that. I bring my arms around him in order to show my sign of sorrow, but he pushes my arms away. He looks at me with fiery eyes and soon storms off out of the room. I can tell he is angry at me and he has that right to be, but as Kyle once said to me, he should not feed that emotion. I look back at my love and soon get up on the bed with her. I look her in the eyes in order to understand what is wrong, but I just do not know.
"He just needs time."
Later that night, within the padawan quarters, the brown Bothan continues to pass his saber back and forth. He does this in ever increasing fashion and does this until he cannot go any faster and when he stops, he brings his fist down into the soft surface of his bed. He can feel I am giving my love a kiss which our lips connect. He has finally had enough of the endless denial as he felt this happen before, but he always hoped it was a lie. Knowing that it won't end, he brings the same fist up and smashes his saber into many different pieces. He knows within his heart that I cannot be his master anymore, and I can feel it too.
You are ready to receive my training, good. Head back to the Massassi Temple and you will become more powerful then you could have ever imagined.
Meanwhile in Luke's chamber, he begins to hear a beep go off from a screen to the side of his bed. It continues to beep as he turns on his bed from side to side. He does not get up and the screen turns on, revealing a New Republic officer's face.
"Jedi Master Skywalker, we have received news that the family and tribe of Lisko Kon'ro was not just killed by anyone, but someone they knew. We found a strand of hair and have sent it to be analyzed."
Meanwhile, within the hangar of the ruins of the Jedi Temple, the brown furry creature looks for one of the old undamaged Jedi Starfighters. After a few hours, he stops looking, only to notice a hangar below with many fighters that have been untouched. He presses the button which brings up one of the fighters and places it onto the platform. The platform continues out and is outside, revealing the dark night sky. He enters the ship and starts the core engines. He soon heads out into the atmosphere and looks for the hyperdrive system. Noticing there is none, he decides that he must steal another ship that has a hyperdrive to get to Yavin IV quick enough. He brings his ship out and heads towards the closest shipyard to start his true training.