Chapter Eight: Couple of Adventures Begin...

I came too again, this time with Anakin and Fulcrum's younger self hovering over me as well as the healer. "I'm fine." I half mumbled as I shooed her away, eyeing Fulcrum's younger self as I tried to recall what her real name was. Nothing came to mind, just her full undercover name which wasn't helpful in the least. Lifting a hand up, I rubbed my head, wishing to get rid of the pounding headache that this whole time traveling was giving me. A frown crossed my features as I found a small bump in the back of my head. Guess all that fainting had to eventually make me smack my head on something hard. "What's for lunch?"

"Lunch!? You faint, and the first thing you want to know about, is lunch!?" Fulcrum's younger self, I really need to remember what her first name is... asked me incrediously.

Anakin raised a hand up, stopping her tirade. "Hey... if I was in his shoes I'd be more curious about lunch than the whole fainting thing too, Snips."

I raised my eyebrow at that, pretty sure that the Ex-Jedi turned Rebel Spy wouldn't just use her first name when working undercover. "I can I get an introduction? I mean... I know that someone mentioned that your name is Anakin, but I don't know what your name is." I paused, before deciding to mumble something under my breath, I mean it isn't like they'll hear it or anything... "I can't keep calling her Fulcrum's younger self in my head forever."

"What?" She gave me a funny look, clearly having heard what I had said. Oh well... time to tell them a partial truth.

"Fulcrum is Kanan's superior. You know? The guy with the most training that assigns out missions to the others cause they think they're so much better than everyone else?" I crossed my arms, figuring that rubbing the bump wouldn't make it go away.

"Why are you mentally dubbing me that?" She raised an eyebrow upwards, which just made me freeze up. How was I supposed to answer that!?

"Uh...well...you see... err..." I scratched the back of my neck, vaguely wondering if they would believe me if I told them that I was from the future and Fulcrum was her code name and I couldn't remember her real one.

~Sabine's POV~

Satine was staring me down, as if she were trying to decide how much information she needed to press me into giving. I turned my head away from her, staring resolutely at the wall nearest me. As I did so, a planet briefly showed itself to me. "Coruscant..." I gave my head a shake, a single thought crossing my mind. That was weird...

"What about Coruscant dear?" Why did Satine insist on calling me dear?

I lifted a single shoulder up in a shrug, not knowing what that was about. "I don't know." Unease slipped in as I suddenly found myself wondering if I just had my first Force Vision. But what did it mean? That I needed to go warn the Jedi about Sidious? But then why go through the trouble of dropping me off here first? I rubbed my forehead, wishing that things would just make sense for once in my life. Closing my eyes, I stretched my senses out and eventually brushed against a cold presence... a familiar one that had alerted Kanan of my sensitivity in the first pounding, I decided that I really should remove that threat so that Satine can rule the planet without worrying about someone coming along and claiming the throne from underneath her. "Why does the law state that whoever holds the Darksaber is the ruler of Mandalor again? It makes no sense to me." I stood up, sucking in a breath as the room spun briefly. I can totally do this... who am I kidding?! I am so dead.

~Our Favorite Sith Lord's POV~

I drummed my fingers against my desk, brow furrowed in thought. Something had changed. The force...felt lighter? How was that possible? With Jedi dying in the war and Skywalker in the palm of my hand it should be getting darker by the minute. Leaning back, I shifted through my mind, trying to discern when it all started to change. Except that there was no slow change to the force... one minute it was normal and the next... brighter than ever before. To make matters worse, I sense that at least part of my problem is in the Jedi Temple... just out of my reach. My fingers flex slightly as I considered how I might meet this new Jedi. But first, I need to get to that meeting with some Jedi. Something about the safety of the people being at stake. Shaking my head, I carefully pulled my presence back in, blocking my sensitivity from the foolish Jedi.

"Sir? Master Yoda is here to see you." My current secretary informed me as she nervously peeked into my office.

"Ah yes. I've been waiting for him. Please send him in." I stifled a pang of disappointment that they hadn't sent Skywalker this time. They usually did.

Yoda came in slowly, a thoughtful expression on his features. "End this war, a way we have."

"Wha... already Master Jedi?" I shoved my panic to the side, wondering why he was so confident in this.

"Broken the rule of two, the sith have. Found another apprentice, we have. Child in our care now, he is." Yoda chuckled, a smile crossing his wizened features. "Thought to warn you, we did. Looking for his apprentice, Darth Kanan might be."

Darth Kanan? I frowned, not recognizing that name at all. The force whispered to me about how this was something that I might want to take note of for future use. Shoving that thought to the back of my mind, I steepled my fingers together, a small smile gracefully crossing my features. "I must thank you for your consideration. I do not think we should let the public know about this just yet... it will cause undue panic." Yoda merely nodded in agreement, his gaze piercing through me. If I wasn't so sure about my shielding, I would have been worried that he knew who I was. "Any chance that I can meet this child?"

"Ask Master Windu this, you must. A liking to him, the child has taken." Yoda turned to leave, without so much as the most pleasant of farewells. "Needs my attention, this war does. Go I must."

"Of course Master Jedi." I kept my smile in place as I patiently waited for him to limp his way out of my office before dropping the false smile, a scowl twisting my features.

A/N: Done! So... yeah. The Force is trying to tell Sabine to go to Coruscant, but it won't make it super clear or become super frequent until after she gets the Darksaber for Satine. Era is trying to remember what Ahsoka's name is, and Palpatine is planning on meeting Ezra to figure out what exactly he knows. This is going to be so much fun!

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UsForPresident: Phew... in that case if I decide that he needs to faint in response to something, he will faint. Here's the next chapter... oh yeah that reminds me!

I will be only working on my stories in the early-ish evenings and during the weekend until further notice. Dad needs the wifi for work since his boss told him to work from home for now. And with the strain wifi has been undergoing with how many schools have gone online, yeah... saving it for Dad. Sorry. It'll take longer to go through my update list cause of this. Please note that the weekends I will most likely spend catching up on the stories that I am reading (An hour or two each day just doesn't seem like enough time to me.). Thank you for your understanding!

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