As promised here is the second chapter. To continue to make up for the long wait my coauthors and I plan on posting two more chapters tomorrow. Please leave a review or a PM is you have the chance, feedback is always welcome.
Chapter 4
The next morning Ahsoka headed to the public library to see if there was any information that would get her a step closer to finding out where this society of the light side of the Force would be. Lux had business to attend to at the senate, so they decided to meet up with each other later and think of their next move once Ahsoka had done her research.
"What if I can't find anything though?" Ahsoka thought. "The Jedi didn't even teach us anything about this when we were younglings. Why would a public library have any information I'm looking for."
"Perhaps I can make a suggestion," Daughter offered.
"And what exactly would that be?" Ahsoka asked.
"I believe starting somewhere in religions would be helpful," Daughter stated. "The societies worshiped my brother and I like deities."
"Well," Ahsoka said. "It is a good suggestion, and it least it gives me a place to start at."
So Ahsoka headed to the religion section and looked through all the shelves, searching for any words that would help give her a lead on the two societies. After a good twenty minutes of searching, mainly finding books about the religions of various species she found the found a book on the history of the Force.
"It looks like it could just be about the basics," Ahsoka thought. "It doesn't hurt to check it out, maybe it will give us some information on anything other than the Jedi and the Sith.
So Ahsoka opened up the book and carefully looked through what was on the pages.
"The Force, believed to be an energy field that connects all living beings in the galaxy, those energies are fed into the Cosmic Force, that bound the galaxy together and communicated through individuals through the midi-chlorians."
"I already knew all of that though," Ahsoka thought. "Let's see if I can actually find anything on religion."
After carefully reading through many more pages, mainly focusing on the Jedi and the Sith and their connections with the Force Ahsoka found something that caught her attention.
"While the Jedi and the Sith are the most notable users of the Force, and the most practiced in the ways of the Force, there have been rumors that for centuries that people have worshipped both the Light side and the Dark side of the Force. Locations of these societies is unknown, but many spectators in the galaxy have reported suspicious fights between many individuals they believed had no association with either the Jedi or the Sith."
Ahsoka kept looking through the pages to see if there was anything more helpful that could give her more information, but it seemed like after that all the book talked about was the Jedi, the Sith, and their techniques and philosophies on the Force.
"Well that wasn't very helpful," Ahsoka declared. "All that really did was tell us that some people in the past believed that there were groups that worshipped both sides of the Force and that they've been in conflict with each other before."
"Yes," Daughter said. "Don't tell me that doesn't confirm your suspicions even a little bit. This book was not meant to tell you everything about the societies, because is about the basic history of the Force."
"Okay," Ahsoka replied. "That is true enough. Anyway, might as well search a little bit more. There must be a least one more book in this library that has some valuable information that we could use."
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Two hours later Ahsoka decided to go to the Senate, where she knew Lux would still be. When she finally arrived, the senators were already leaving their meeting chambers. She blended in with the crowd of people who were already walking in the other direction. Thank the Force she still had her cloak with her. Now hopefully no one would notice her, and hopefully Anakin wasn't here; that would just be awkward and way too painful. Anyway, she saw Lux not too far away, so she moved carefully through the crowd of people as inconspicuously as possible. And waited against the wall until Lux was close enough and then followed right next to him as they made their way toward his office. Once they were in his office Lux shut the door and Ahsoka removed her hood.
"Well Ahsoka,"Lux said. "Did you find anything in the library?
"Nothing that would really help us in finding a lead," Ahsoka said. "All I could find out is that there have been people who have been believed to worship both the Light side and the Dark side of the Force and that people have encountered random groups of people fighting each other, just not on the battle field, and they didn't appear to be Jedi or Sith."
"So we were right about the public library having very little information on what we need to find," Lux stated. "So it seems that we will need to investigate the Jedi Archives to look for more information."
"Yes, but there has to be some other way for you to get in though," Ahsoka declared. "While getting in wouldn't be impossible. What if someone caught you and then you're going to have to make up some excuse as to why you where there in the first place."
"I see why you're concerned," Lux stated. "Something like that could very much happen, but I'm sure I'll think of something. You shouldn't worry so much."
"I still don't like it. if you get caught you could get in a lot of trouble" Ahsoka replied with a shake of her head.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Without saying anything Ahsoka just dove under Lux's desk.
Lux opened the door, and standing there was Padame Amidala, Senator of Naboo.
"Hello Lux," Padame greeted.
"Senator Amidala," Lux greeted. "What bring you here?"
"Well," Padme began. "I know that it hasn't been long since you joined the Republic senate, but I was wondering if you would be interested in accompanying me on some senate business."
"Senate business?" Lux questioned. "Exactly what kind of business?"
"I must go to the Jedi Temple and speak with the council," Padme stated. "I don't necessarily need to have someone accompany me, but I figured since there's probably still much of Coruscant you haven't seen yet, perhaps seeing the Jedi Temple would be interesting. I mean you wouldn't be allowed in the Council chambers with me, but they do have a pretty interesting library you could probably kill some time in."
"It does indeed sound interesting," Lux replied. "Alright Senator Amidala. I would be more than happy to accompany you to the Jedi Temple."
"Great," Padme replied. "We won't be going until tomorrow morning though, so shall we meet up back here at say 8?"
"Yes, that would work," Lux said.
"Very well, I shall see you tomorrow then," Padme said.
"Yes, she you tomorrow Senator Amidala" Lux replied.
Once she was gone a wide-eyed Ahsoka got out from under the desk and saw that Lux had a very smug grin on his face. "The Force" she said "works in mysterious ways."
"Clearly," Lux replied with a chuckle. "I think it would be unwise for us to pass up an opportunity such as this though."
"You're right," Ahsoka said. "But once you're in the Jedi archives how are we gonna make sure that we have a way to keep the information that you obtain?"
"I heard someone say in passing that there is a data drive that can collect information and delete the search history of whatever device you plug it into," Lux declared.
"Where would we find such a device?" Ahsoka questioned.
"I've think theres a place in the lower markets that has them," Lux said.
"Alright," Ahsoka says. "It sounds like we can use it."
"Agreed," Lux said. "In fact I'd say the sooner we get it, the better."
"I think it'd be better if I go and get it," Ahsoka stated. "I move faster on foot anyway."
"I agree," Lux said. "Meet me back at the apartment?"
"Of course," Ahsoka said. "I'll be back before you know it and don't worry about the credits, I have a lot saved up."
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The next morning Lux was standing outside of his office with Ahsoka. It was half an hour before Lux was supposed to meet with Padme, so they decided to go over the plan.
"Alright," Ahsoka said handing Lux the tiny micro drive. "So once you're in you just have to plug this in and it will collect any information off the page you currently have up and it should erase the search history as well."
"Got it," Lux said. "What are you going to be doing?"
"I'll be following you from a distance on foot, I still can't go into the temple given all that's happened, but I'll be just outside."
"How long will you be there?" Lux questioned.
"At least until I see that you and Padme are exiting the temple. Then I can assume that nothing went wrong, and nobody figured out what you were trying to do."
"Don't worry Ahsoka," Lux said. "I'll be careful."
"Yeah, I know," Ahsoka replied playful punching his shoulder. "It's gonna take me a little bit longer since I have to travel on foot. So I'll have to leave now, plus I really don't want to risk bumping into Padme."
"Right," Lux said. "See you in a bit Ahsoka."
With a wave goodbye Ahsoka pulled up the hood of her cloak and sprinted off.