Chapter 8

Year 0 Month 2 Day 5

With the 122nd now under the control of Karel, and having left the city of Pare, being replaced by the 95th legion, the battle has slowed at Pare. Other battles rage across Remnant. All this make it easy for a single person to slip by unnoticed.

Jash Beam was doing something that many would call stupid. He was trying to enter mistral as a refugee. Mistral has been taking more and more people in recently.

"So, why are you coming to Mistral?" One of the refugees asked Jash.

"I'm going to stay with my cousin. He was at the coronation. His name's Tanner." Jash needed to investigate the house Tanner had. No one has been able to get to it yet. Now is the first opportunity he's had to get to Mistral. He needed to get to the house.

"I'm going to join the empire. I see the writing on the wall. The Empire will win the war by the end of the year."

"What about the Jedi?" Jash asked.

"If there were a lot of them, wouldn't they have been out killing Grimm all the time? How come the Grimm have only gone missing in the past two years?" The man said.

"Yeah. But what if they're a lot of them?" Jash said. The man took out a flask and took a sip.

"Men bleed." Men bleed indeed.

The man handed Jash the flask, and he took a sip.

"If you join the army, you might just become a hero."

"You want to be a hero?"

"Fortune and Glory friend. Fortune and Glory." He takes back the flask.


The ride went on like that. Everyone got off, and Jash wave bye to the man. He had one mission to accomplish. He started to walk towards where Tanner's house was, but after he was away from prying eyes he called his horse. It was a black horse that he named Veli.

It neighed.

"It's good to see you again. How've you been?" It neighed again in response.

"We've got to go to Tanner's house. Remember where that is?" The horse angrily neighed. "Hey, I don't know how your memory is."

They raced off to Tanner's house, and not a single Grimm was in the way. Jash looked out for them but didn't find any. He was a bit surprised but was glad. The trip went on for a few hours when he stopped by a river. Veli was drinking the river water while Jash was figuring out how far he was from Tanner's house.

He determined that it would be a three day's journey. He saw a few farms along the way, one close by. After Veli got his full of water and grass Jash got back on the saddle. He was still worried about Tanner. Everything he found at the temple pointed to a single direction. Salem. Though it wasn't much. Salem wasn't the first one to become like her.

Two other times this happened, creating the Grimm, the greatest of all being the dragon, and the other time creating wild Grimm. The Jedi were there to stop it both times.

Jash went to a Farmer and knocked on his door. The farmer opened it.

"Do you have a place where my Horse and I can stay. We've got a long journey tomorrow."

"Yeah… I've got room in my barn. Sorry I can't give more." The farmer pointed to a barn house.

"That's plenty. Here, let me pay for it."

"You're a funny one stranger. I'll take the money, and you have my thanks. I'll be able to feed my animals with this. You can give your horse any food he needs."

"Thank you again." Jash said to the farmer.

He went to the barn and gave Veli some feed. He got himself a bed of straw and placed a tarp on it. He fell asleep fast.

Jash woke up early the next morning. He and Veli left the barn.


Month 2 Day 7

Much of the second day was like the first, with a large distance traveled. Jash found another farmer who let him stay at the farm, and he fed Veli.

This day started like the last one.

It wasn't until noon when he got to Tanner's house, or what was left of it. Jash took pictures of the house and looked around the area. This house had been burnt down for months. Jash knew one thing about Tanner, and that was he hid away his greatest discoveries, and only had the tip of the iceberg findable.

Jash took out a drone and it flew above the tree lines. It would find any patterns. He walked in the ash. He knew where Tanner liked to hide his studies. He walked to a floor board that was under a window. He kicked the spot and lifted the burnt wood. He saw a safe sitting, untouched by fire. Jash used the force to bring it up.

The drone detected a pattern. There were 18 sugar maple, 32 apple trees, and 7 white birch trees.

The combination to the safe. Jash turned the dial to 18, then to 32, then to 7.

The safe opened. Jash saw only a single paper.

REPORT 12

Salem is the creator of many of the modern Grimm. She was once a Jedi but fell. Finding out if Others know where to find her. From my readings I've found something odd. A very strange Unique ritual. To be able to go to Salem's Realm one first needs the blood of a Jedi. It is a Trouble to be able to get the blood. Further studies are needed if any Jedi will do. My resources Have been limited recently.

Find next reports.

"He hid another report in the southern section." Jash analyzed the report and sent it and the pictures back to the Temple.

The drone made a geographic map of the land, and he was in the East section of it.

"This is an easier clue. The south… How big is that?" He looked at the size of the map, and the south section was seven acres.

"Scan for metallic substances in the area. If you find any send me the location."

The drone beeped. It came back with a new map, three areas that have over a pound of metal.

"Good Job."


Jash went to the first spot and saw a shovel. "This isn't the spot. Something is wrong about this. Jash dug it up anyways. It was a box that had iron ore in it.

Jash moved to the second spot with the shovel and found that an animal dug a whole. Jash used the force and brought the metal item out of the ground. It was a chest with a metal lock on it. Jash cut the lock and opened the chest. He found three papers.

Reports 1, 5, and 8

Report one was about the assignment, and where Tanner started.

Report five was background information about Salem. Her entire time as a Jedi and everyone major in that time of her life.

Report 8 was important

I have reason to believe that Salem and her forces can come from the Shadows. If the land is dark Salem can appear there. That's why my house has motion activation lights around it. Salem can convert people over to her side, but only after they have died. Salem injects the person with something like liquid Grimm.

Once this substance enters the body, the appearance will change. The body will become white as snow, except for veins and the eyes. People will look like Salem.

Summer Rose, before her death captured one of Salem's inner circle. The member didn't look like Salem so one of two things happened. Either it fades over time, or Salem can change appearances. I lean towards latter.

Summer Rose's body was found with a wound in the lower abdomen, and her eyes were no longer silver. She had the eyes of a blind person. She fought Salem, and her body was found. Summer Rose was one of the best fighters. Be careful when fighting Salem.

Jash looked up the name of Summer Rose and read about her. She was also the mother of one of the current Jedi.

What was the next clue…

Jash thought about it. He still had the third spot to go to. He went to it and dug at the spot the map marked. He saw a box, and in it was Iron plates? Jash grabbed the plates and looked over them. It didn't have any writing.

"Must have been a project. Weird."

An idea popped in his head. He went back to the last sight and picked what was left of the lock. He scanned it and found it was iron.

Iron was the clue.

What about Iron though? He thought about it. Its atomic number was 26, it's symbol FE. Plates, lock, and ore.

"The element!" Jash said out loud. Plates, P. Phosphorous.

Lock… L? There was no L.

There's an O, oxygen. L… Lithium?

What uses Lithium Oxygen and Phosphorous?

Lithium is used in batteries, Phosphorous is used for flares, Oxygen burns in flares. A flare is a light.

Motion tracking lights! He mentioned them. He went to motion tracking lights and found an X on the ground.

"Really?" Jash said. He dug and found another box. He opened it and found a large folder. All the reports minus 1 were here. There were 18 reports, and 13 was missing. Every report after 13 strongly mentioned it.

Jash took pictures of each of the reports and sent them to the Temple. He looked over the reports. He found nothing.

He read them repeatedly. He looked for a single clue that would be pushing itself out. Any ideas he came up with were nonsensical. He looked over them one last time and noticed only once was a place mentioned that wasn't Salem's Realm. In report 15 Tanner mentioned a place he called

"Nixvajo?" Jash searched for that name but nothing came up.


"Remember, if you ever lose me, you'll find me." Jash was having a flash back.

"Where will you be?" Jash was on top of a Canyon.

"This place is where I will hide my most important things. Can I trust you with its name?" Tanner asked.

"Of course," Jash said

"This is the Nixen Canyon, with the Vajon river. I shall call it Nixvajo."


Jash opened his eyes. Where was it… He remembered. It was in the deserts of Menagerie. He was about to send the location to the temple when he heard a lightsaber activate.

Jash looked up and saw Tanner. His skin pale white with black veins.

"No. She got you?"

"Yes. Do you remember where Nixvajo is?"

"Yes, I remember."

"Good. You're the last person I showed that place to."

"So, I have to kill you to get the last report?"

"Yes. In it is the key to defeating Salem."

Jash turned on his blue lightsaber. He and Tanner started to circle each other. Tanner was the first to move. He was a master of form V. He was aggressive to say the least. Jash fought with Tanner before, but he never beat Tanner. Their last skirmish ended in a tie.

Jash had a good defense, but he knew he wouldn't be able to beat Tanner like this. He moved to the grove of trees that gave him the combination. Tanner cut a tree down and threw it at Jash.

Jash jumped to the side.

"Why are you fighting me?"

"I can't help it. Salem has control over me."

Tanner jumped into the tops of the trees. Jash couldn't find him. Jash looked and looked up as soon as Tanner dropped from the tree tops.

Jash jumped out of the way. As soon as he got to his feet he was hit with a force push that threw him into a tree. His scroll fell out of his pocket. Tanner gripped it with the force and crushed it.

"Now I'll have to tell them the coordinates." Jash said

"You won't get the chance. I am so sorry." Tanner rushed towards Jash. Jash blocked the hit, but not for long. The blades interlocked, but Tanner kicked Jash back. Jash had to get sneaky. Thankfully the house was right by some woods. Jash jumped into the trees and ran from branch to branch.

Tanner followed Jash and he tried to follow him. Jash was so far ahead that Tanner couldn't see him. Tanner jumped on a branch then felt a large force blast send him to the ground. It would have killed a normal person, but since Salem had boosted his endurance, he was still alive.

Jash was hiding on a branch above the spot Tanner was at. Jash used the force to grab a bee's nest, and he sent it down at Tanner. Tanner slashed the nest and sent out a command. "DIE"

His semblance was control over animals, letting him get information that most would never find. The bees all fell to the ground dead. Tanner looked up, but Jash was gone.

Tanner jumped up on the branches again and ran towards Jash. He didn't that great of a head start.


Jash was going as fast as he could. He had a few seconds on Tanner. He didn't dare look back. He had to outrun Tanner. He stepped on a branch then a net came up. Jash was caught, and shocked. He collapsed to the ground and saw Em standing over him. She pointed a pistol at him.

"Forgive us Jash, but Salem has control over us." Before Em was about to fire, Veli ran into her. Jash cut the net and got on Veli.

"Thanks boy. Let's get going." Veli ran as fast as it could. Em was out of sight.

Tanner jumped in front of Veli and threw it at a tree. Jash jumped to fight Tanner. He got a few hits in, then pushed him back. Jash went to Veli. It died instantly. Jash put his hand on his horse then rose up.

"We can't have you escaping on us now." Tanner jumped into battle. He started to go faster. Jash knew he couldn't last long like this. Jash had to go on the offensive.

Jash started jumping over Tanner trying to get an attack on the back of his leg, but Tanner spun around quickly, and blocked the lightsaber. He knew what Jash was doing.

"You always used form IV as a trump card." Tanner knew he didn't have to wait long for this battle to end. No one can do Form IV for a long time.

Jash just needed one opening. Tanner was able to block every hit. Jash decided to do something dangerous. He turned off his lightsaber for a second and got a hit on Tanner's arm.

Tanner couldn't use his left arm anymore. Jash landed on the ground and dashed down the road.

"Clever." Tanner said, following right behind him.


Jash was running and felt that something was coming. A bolt came right at him. He deflected the shot but didn't see who fired it. He had an Idea.

Em was moving from shadow to shadow firing a shot at the road. Each shot Jash sent back, but he slowed down.

Tanner was able to catch up to Jash, and he hit Jash with a large force push. Jash fell down rolling on the road. He was bleeding and had lots of scrapes. He got up to Tanner trying to drive his lightsaber in him. He jumped behind the blade and slashed at Tanner. Tanner blocked the hit.

"What's the key to defeating Salem?"

"I can't say. Salem has wiped that from my mind. She doesn't want us to find out how we can kill her."

Jash spun and kicked Tanner in the jaw.

Tanner grabbed his jaw and went to get a killing blow.

Jash moved to the side, and force pushed Tanner into a tree. The tree collapsed.

"You've gotten better Jash."

"When did you die?"

"It was eight months ago. The day of the coronation." Tanner picked himself up.

"Who killed you?"

"I didn't see them. I know it was a woman, but nothing after that. Em saw her."

A bear came out of the forest and tried to attack Jash, He avoided the claw, then he cut its paw. He jumped on it and killed it.

Tanner was up and ready to fight, but he called the animals to tire out Jash.


Jash fought with birds, deer, squirrels, and every animal nearby. After a few minutes, then all fled. Tanner was ready to continue the fight, but Jash wasn't feeling so up to it.

"It's now or never Jash. Either I kill you here, or you kill me, and the Jedi find out how to destroy Salem. What are you going to choose?"

"I'm sorry that I have to kill you."

"As am I" Tanner ran towards Jash.

Jash blocked every hit. Tanner's hits weren't so powerful anymore. Jash was able to block and not lose huge amounts of energy.

Tanner knew this. He knew he would have to do something, but he didn't know what.

They were in a blade lock again.

"Why did you hide so many reports in one place?" Jash asked

"Who would have thought that the answer was the elements? You would have to know that nothing's off the table with me. How many people do you think there are that know me?"

"Why'd you kill my horse?"

"I didn't mean to. I meant to get you."

"Here I am."

"So you are."

"You win Jash. After we break this lock I won't have any more energy to attack you. You win."

"I don't want to kill you."

"I know. I know. You have to." Tanner was starting to breath heavily.

"Please forgive me."

"You know I do." Tanner dropped his lightsaber.

Jash got ready to cut Tanner down.

"I'm sorry."

Jash closed his eyes.


The smell of burning flesh filled the air. Tanner looked at Jash. A black lightsaber was coming out of his back. Jash turned back and saw Uriel Ventris. Yang and Cinder's Jedi master.

"I've… failed."

Uriel took his blade out of Jash. Jash Beam's body fell to the ground. He wasn't dead yet.

"But I… gave them all… but… one. Take my… body back to… Vale." Jash closed his eyes for the last time.

Tanner looked at Uriel.

"I won't forgive you for that." Tanner said

"I didn't expect you to. We need to get back. Salem won't like losing any of her undead Jedi." Uriel grabbed Jash's body. He walked into the shadows and came back out in Vale. It was night. Uriel was near the temple. He placed the body at the steps of the temple, then went back into the shadows.


Month 2 Day 8

Meg Deckerson walked down the stairs of the temple and saw the body.

She went to it and saw that it was Jash Beam. A tear came down her face. She picked up the body and took it inside the temple. One of the masters were walking past the entrance when Meg walked in holding onto Jash's body.

Emerald Ray went to Meg. She looked at the face and knew who it was.

"No. We were still getting notices from him a few hours ago. How'd this happen?" She took off her cape and place it over Jash.

"What?" Meg asked.

"We need to get him to the morgue. There we can talk."

They went to the bottom floor, past the med bay, into the morgue. A Jedi doctor was there. He turned and saw the two Jedi.

"Who is it?" The doctor asked.

"Jash Beam." Master Rey said

The Jedi didn't say anything. He went over and took Jash out of Meg's hands.

"He was with me for a whole month on our mission."

"We should go outside. I'll tell you everything then." Master Rey leads Meg out of the room.

"Who did this?" Meg asked.

"You know about Salem, right?"

"Yeah. Did she do this?"

"Most likely. Or one of her servants. We sent Jash on a mission to find out more about Salem. Do you remember Jedi Tanner?" Rey asked

"Somewhat? What does this have to do with anything?"

"Everything. Jash went to Tanner's base of operation on Mistral. He sent back pictures of reports that Tanner has written. It seems like he found out how to kill Salem, which is why he was killed. Jash found 17 of Tanner's Reports. One is mission, the one that holds the secrets. The fact that Jash got so close must have scared Salem. This is all speculation at the moment."

"Why didn't he didn't he send the last one?"

"I would assume that he didn't have it. We don't know how to find it. Not yet. But someday we will."

"Then we'll kill Salem." Meg said

"Don't let vengeance cloud your mind."

Meg shook her head.

"I'm sorry master."

"It's alright."


Emerald had to inform the rest of the council now.

She went to the council room, and saw Roni was the only one there.

"We need to have a council meeting immediately."

"What happened?"

"Jash Beam is dead." Roni stopped what she was doing, and she called the other Jedi masters.

"What happened? Vester Brock said through hologram.

"Jash Beam is dead. His body appeared on the steps of the temple. He was just about to find out how to defeat Salem." Ray said

"Do we have anything that he sent us?"

"Yes, we have 17 reports, missing one. All we know is that after 13 all the reports point to it saying it's how we defeat Salem."

"Do we know where the last one is?" The grandmaster asked.

"No. Jash sent one last message saying the last report wasn't on the property."

"So that just leaves the rest of Remnant." Roni said. "And we can't even easily get to a very large part of it."

"Don't forget the War." Brock added.

"I know. We can't look for it yet. The empire is too strong."

"Then we'll have to wait until we can." The grandmaster said.

"These are dark times."

Author's Notes: So, that's the completion of one plotline. We have to say goodbye to Jash Beam.

The Jedi still have much to learn before they can get to the mystical Report 13.

I think I deserve a little break. This past week I've done a lot of writing for this story and for Heart of Death: Karel's Story.

Who saw that new Smash Bros. Direct. They killed everyone but Kirby. Now I've got to main Kirby.

May The Force Be With You

-DragonZlayerx12