Chapter 31

Year 3 Month 9 Day 05

A short time after the empire invaded Remnant, they captured a large part of the land. The empire had been able to push back the defenders. The Pare empire pushed the Mistral empire and the Alliance back to their borders.

The imperials were fighting the Alliance. Erik Allusis flew in his tie interceptor, flying past an Atlesian fighter, taking it down. The ship blew up as he flew past the destruction. The battle was stalling. Erik lost track for a moment, but that was enough. His left wing was shot off. Erik started crashing towards the ground, spinning. Erik did everything in his power to save the ship. He pulled back a lever and crashed into the ground. He felt everything go black, and fainted.

Karel was fighting the empire, trying to keep what ground they had. The area to the mountain borders was too close for anyone's comfort. The Mistral empire at least had a large amount of buffer space between them and Vale. Pare was that buffer. Now that the empire had that space, the Alliance had to fight harder. Vacuo and Vale were in the crosshairs.

Rouge and Bora were back on the field. Jade was being watched by Ren and Nora, who recently got married. The Grey Jedi Auron joined them. Karel watched the tie interceptor crash. They were winning. Karel took out Oblivion and raised his hand. It was a cloud. The sky turned dark and a crash of thunder caused the fighters to land quickly.

"Is it going to rain?" Auron asked.

"I don't think so." Karel said. He rushed forward and slashed into an imperial. Soon he heard the order of retreat. They had won the day.

"Karel, I'm going to send a team to scavenge that ship that crashed." Bora said to him.

"Alright." Karel said. He went to contact the HQ and inform them of the victory. They would enjoy hearing that.


Bora got squad 7 to help her. They moved up towards the crash site. When they saw the tie was still intact, she made them move carefully. They surrounded the ship and broke into it. Violette felt for a pulse and found one. She, and two others got the pilot out of the downed Tie. Bora ordered them to take the prisoner to a tent that was set up nearby.

They put him on a chair and tied him down.

Erik opened his eyes. He could tell that he wasn't in his tie anymore. He tried to move his arms but felt them tied somewhere. His head shot up. He had four people pointing guns at him. He was captured.

"You've got to be kidding me." Erik said. He got ready for whatever came next. The only one who didn't have a gun to him went up to him and took off his helmet. Her eyes widened at the sight of his face.

"Yeah, I'm human! What of it?" Erik said.

"That's not the problem here." Bora said. "What's you're last name?" Bora asked

"Allusis, Why?" Erik said

"Then I may be able to tell you what you are to me." Bora said. She turned around and made a call "Karel, we're going to need you to come down here right away."

Erik waited for the reactions of his captures. It was all he could do. He wanted to know what this woman was talking about.

"What am I to you?" Erik asked.

He heard a voice call out. "This better be…" Karel entered the tent. "…important"

"It seems I'm your sister in law" Bora said.


Erik and Karel looked at each other. Karel spoke first.

"I think you're my twin brother." Karel said. Erik didn't know what to say

"I don't have a twin." Erik said.

"So, I was kept a secret. I get it. I'm a Jedi. I am Jedi knight Karel Allusis. I was taken to the Jedi temple at a young age from my mother and father. They were from Alderaan."

Erik couldn't deny the resemblance. Could he have gone to a new planet to discover a long-lost brother he didn't know about.

"Do you know the chance of this being true?" Erik said

"But you can't deny it. My master told me the name of my mother once, after the fall of the order. Is her name Gwen, by any chance?" Karel asked. Erik's eyes widened.

"This is impossible." Erik said.

"Give me your hand." Karel said. Bora untied one of Erik's hands and moved it to Karel. Karel pricked his finger to take a blood sample. Karel then pricked his own finger and ran a blood test. Karel showed the results to Erik.

"There you go. I've just proven to you that we're brothers." Karel said, "I guess I should know my brother's name."

"Erik." He said shocked. His mother had kept his twin brother a secret.

Karel placed his hand out to Erik.

"What will happen to me?"

"Normally, you would be sent to a POW camp until we would trade for your release, but you're a unique case. So, I will guard you personally until we decide what happens."

Erik grabbed Karel's hand.

"I accept." Erik said.


Karel and Bora took Erik onto their ship where they called Master Roni. Rouge and Auron were both on his ship.

"I see. This is most unusual. Bring him back to the Temple. We will discuss what to do then." Roni ended the call.

"You're going to take me to the Jedi?" Erik asked.

"Yes, but while we're flying back, I've got a few questions for you." Karel said.

"I probably can't answer many." Erik said.

"Do we have any other family members on this planet that I don't know about?" Karel said

"Our mother, and our siblings came with us. The Emperor himself put us all together. I thought that it was weird." Erik said.

"What about our father?" Karel asked

"He died. It was at the end of the clone wars when the Separatists killed him." Erik said.

"I see. So I won't get to meet him. I hoped one of these days… never mind. That's not important. Do you think we can get our family out of Pare?" Karel said

Erik's eyes widened

"Betray the empire? How could you even suggest it?"

Karel chuckled.

"Do you know what a youngling is?" Karel asked

"No, should I?"

"They're children wanting to become Jedi. Do you know what the empire did to them? Do you know what the empire did to the Jedi?"

"The Jedi were evil" Erik said

"That's not the smartest thing to say in a ship with mostly Jedi." Bora said. "But they won't hurt you. It's not in their nature." Erik looked at Bora

"I've noticed you're not a Jedi. Are a native of this planet?" Erik asked.

"No. I'm a Mandalorian. And the one flying the ship, so please stop distracting me." Bora got ready to land. When they landed, the Jedi Council was waiting for them.

Karel grabbed Erik's shoulder.

"Come on, no need to delay the inevitable."


Erik stepped off the ship and looked at the masters.

"Commander Allusis, we thank you for telling us about this." Grandmaster Ray said.

"Commander?" Erik asked.

"I'm the commander of the 122nd legion. Come on."

Erik was taken to the temple where Karel and Bora sat in a room with him.

"They want us to ask you a few questions, but I'll let you ask a few." Bora said.

"What's going to happen to me?"

"You'll come stay with us for the night. Give you time to adjust to Vale. We do have enough space for you, so don't worry." Karel said.

"What if I say no?"

"Don't get this wrong, you don't have a choice. We're going to watch you very carefully." Bora said. "In fact, we're going to have droids guarding your room, and the house tonight. We'll know if you try to leave."

"A comfy prison." Erik said.

"Yes. Exactly. Now we have a few questions. How many star destroyers arrived in Pare?" Karel asked.

"Ten, with two civilian ships. The empire wants to expand into this galaxy. It was meant to be the first colony world for the empire." Erik said.

"Then why send the inquisitors?" Karel asked, pacing back and forth.

"We were never told." Erik said.

"And that never brought up any alarms?" Bora asked

Erik shook his head. Karel smiled.

"Imperial culture, right?"

"That's not my place to…" Erik started. Karel waved his hand. Erik stopped talking.

"That's not something we need to discuss now. We have a plan. You will contact our mother, and you will arrange for her, and the rest of our family to meet us. I'll tell you more later. For now, we must get back to the house. Come on, you're probably hungry."


Karel and Bora brought Erik to their home. It was a big building. Karel invited Erik into his house.

"Welcome to our home." Karel said.

Bora went to their room while Karel put his sword away. Erik felt the handcuffs come off. They fell to the floor.

"You trust me?" Erik said.

"Doesn't matter if I do or don't. I'm a Jedi knight, so if you do try to attack me, or do anything, I can easily take you down. Karel took Erik to one of the guest rooms. Erik entered and looked at the room. It was nice, he had to admit.

"How many people are in our family?"

"Six others."

"Then they could live here." Karel said. Erik turned to look at him. "I plan on meeting my family. Just like you should. I'll go get you some clothes and then you can meet your niece. Try not to anything that will get in trouble." Karel left the room. Erik sat down at the chair and took everything in. Was he going to join his brother, and try to get his family to join him? He didn't know. He thought about it. Karel opened the door and placed down a pair of clothes.

"Once you're done changing, meet me back in the living room." Karel left. Erik was touched by the kindness. Yesterday, he was sure about what he was going to do, but that all changed. He knew he was going to have to decide what his part to play was soon.

He got changed and left the room. He saw Karel and went to him

"What was it that you wanted to show me?" Erik said.

"Come with me." Karel said.

"Do I have a choice?"

"Of course."


Karel got up and Erik followed. They went to Karel and Bora's room.

"Is your wife still in there?" Erik asked.

"No, she's with Ren and Nora. They're a few friends. It's just us, and Jade." Karel said.

"Who's Jade?" Erik asked. Karel opened the door and Erik saw a crib. Karel went up to his daughter and waved Erik over.

Erik stood over his niece and placed his finger towards her. She grabbed his finger and laughed.

"I wonder if she thinks you're me. I've got to admit we do look alike." Karel said with a smile on his face.

"We're twins" Erik said

"I know… I was making a joke."

Erik looked at Jade and took a deep breath.

"I'll do it. I'll help you rescue our family. We need to be together." Erik said

Karel placed his hand on his brother's shoulder.

"We shall do it together."

Later in the day, during dinner Erik was telling Bora and Karel about the Allusis family.

"Our youngest brother's Lance. He's smart, but also a flirt. He already tried to date three women on this planet. One of them slapped him when she found out Lance was going to take her sister out." Erik laughed.

Karel shook his head.

"I can't wait to meet him. What about our other siblings?"

"Jira's our oldest sibling. She's an officer in the army, but not to high up. She's stuck most days trying to make sure we stay alive. She's able to work with Mom as they make a government until we get reinforcements. Most of that stuff goes over my head, but both can leave without the whole thing collapsing. The last two are Alex and Adi. They both went into the stormtrooper corps. Adi followed Alex. They're both out sisters before you ask."

"What are they like?"

"Adi is completely different when she takes off her helmet. It's so strange. Bubbly when she's Adi, but deadly serious when she's a stormtrooper. Alex is the best shot I know. She honestly should have become a sniper."

"Bet I could beat her." Bora said.

"I won't question a Mandalorian, but don't count her out." Erik said.

They finished the dinner and they went to strategize.

"I have an idea, but we may be caught doing it." Karel said, looking at a hologram of the borders. They decided the place where they would make the 'transfer'.

"What is it?" Bora asked.

"What's a major benefit of having a twin?" Karel asked.

Erik blinked. He looked at Karel, then they turned to Bora.

"You're really doing that?" Bora said, "But you've got a scar on your face while Erik's got nothing" Bora said Karel felt the scar on his lower lip.

"It's not that noticeable." Karel said

"And what about your lightsabers?"

"Erik will hold them until I need them."

"This shouldn't work… but we can make it work."


Month 9 Day 06

Erik sent out the message.

"Mom, I'm fine, but I got captured. The enemy has made an offer. They want to trade me for a hunter that we captured. Just ask our prisoners who is or isn't a hunter. You'll find one sooner or later. Here are the coordinates of the trade. I was told to tell you to bring the whole family. Sorry for telling them about us." Erik ended the message. Karel nodded his head.

"We're going to bring a few people along. I don't trust the empire to be fair." Karel said

"How many?"

"Quality over quantity. Don't worry. I've got the group ready." Karel said

"The swordsmen?" Bora asked

"Yes." Karel said

"Then who will handle Oblivion?" Bora asked

Karel pointed to Bora. She nodded.

Gwen received the message and got her family together. Lance slammed his hand against a table. "We have to save him!"

"We will. We have to." A prisoner walked towards them with four stormtroopers.

"This one claims to be a hunter, whatever that means. We have the prisoner. Let's go." The head of the four troops said. They boarded a land speeder and arrived at the destination.

Out of the forest, they saw about two dozen people. One of them was wearing a mask. He was riding a horse. Gwen wasn't worried about what was going to happen.

Erik was pushed forward. The hunter was moved forward by a stormtrooper.

When Erik and the hunter got on opposite sides, neither side moved. Erik had his hands untied from Lance.

"Thanks Lance." Erik said.

Erik took off his helmet. Gwen stared at her son. Something seemed off. She grabbed his face. It felt different. Then she noticed a scar that didn't belong.

"Who are you?" Gwen asked.

"I'm your son." Erik said

"You're not Erik." Gwen said.

"Mom?" Adi said.

"No, I'm not Erik." Karel used the force to grab his lightsaber. He turned it on and shoved it in the air.

"I am Jedi knight Karel Allusis."

Everyone took a step back.

"You're our brother?" Lance asked. Karel put away his lightsaber.

"I was brought to the Jedi Order at a young age, but I can confirm that I am your brother."

Gwen looked shocked. She took a step forward.

A shot range out, and the hunter dropped. One of the stormtroopers fired and killed the hunter. The others got ready to fire at the Allusis. Karel jumped over them and used the force to take the blasters away from them. Karel turned on his lightsaber.

"That wasn't very smart" Karel said.

"Are you going to kill us?" One of them asked.

"No. I'm going to take you prisoner." Karel said, waving his hand. Phyrra and Jaune jumped out of the trees. The stormtroopers dropped their blaster. Karel turned his lightsaber off and turned to his family. "And you… how do you want to come to Vale?" Karel asked his family.

"What are you saying?" Alex asked.

"Do you want to come with me?" Karel asked

Gwen looked at her son. She took a step to him, and hugged Karel. She held him close.

"I thought you were dead." She said.

"I'm not." Karel said. He had no idea how to deal with this. He just waited for the answer.

"I think… we're going to come with you." Lance said.


Month 9 Day 18

Gwen and her family finished everything they needed to do to join the Alliance. The Jedi watched closely at Karel and his family. She was fine with that, her family was once again together, with a few new members. She didn't know what the future was going to hold, but she was willing to do it with her family. Including her daughter in law.

Karel was asleep in his study, with a small stack of papers on his desk.

Gwen went to his study and looked at her missing son sleep. He shot awake. Gwen jumped back.

"Sorry to startle you." Karel said, rubbing his head. "Just had to get some paperwork done." He looked at the paper in his hand. He was looking at requests for his legion.

"You seem stressed."

"More like overworked." Karel said.

"You know, your siblings can help you. They were all in the army… except for Lance." Gwen said, taking a seat.

"Speaking of Lance, have you seen him?"

"He should still be asleep, Why?"

"Tell him that he shouldn't play with my lightsabers." Karel said, holding onto his purple lightsaber.

"He didn't." Gwen said. She got up and went to yell at Lance. Karel smiled as he flipped through the candidates for a high up position for the 122nd legion.

Author's Notes: I know this isn't much, but it got its job done. I'm glad It's done. Next chapter things will pick back up. Maybe a reappearance of a certain someone. This is shorter than I normally do.

I've been playing SWTOR recently, and I've got to say, I'm enjoying it. I'm so glad it's still around.