Hello everyone. Here is chapter 6. I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
While the cheerful music played, Nightfly began to look around the room in hopes of not finding Stormtroopers. It is clear to him personally, that they will have to keep their heads down as news of the incident on Belladoon might have reached the Stormtroopers on Tatooine. Nightfly decided in that very moment, not to take any chances at all.
They heard that the smuggler's name is Han Solo, who has a Wookiee partner and co-pilot called Chewbacca. It is at that very moment that, Xander told Nightfly about the Wookiees being a species from the planet called Kashyyyk that is now being occupied by the empire. They both felt bad for Chewbacca, both knowing the empire's cruelty.
The two kept hearing more information, from the conversation between the smuggler and Obi-wan Kenobi. The two are clearly talking about how much, the cost would be in order to fly on a ship called the Millennium Falcon. This information intrigued both Xander and Nightfly, who has never heard of a ship called the Millennium Falcon before.
When they heard that it made the Kessel run in 12 parsecs, this astounded the two as they clearly knew at that point it is a fast ship. Although they weren't sure, due to the fact that the smuggler could very well be lying and only trying to make him look impressive to the two. Though the conversation continued, Nightfly decided to speak up first.
"So, what's it like being a Jedi, Xander?, it must feel good" said Nightfly as he caught Xander's full attention. "Especially when, you get wield a Lightsaber".
"Well, it's very basic, there's lots of training and meditation" said Xander as he thought of the usual Jedi life. "So, that's pretty much, what we do every day".
"Wow, that sounds very boring, that's serious all you do?" asked Nightfly as he couldn't believe what he heard. "You just train and meditate, every day?, really?".
"Not really, when your stuck on a planet with nothing to do" said Xander as he provided his reasonable explanation. "It kinda seems the only thing, that you can do".
Nightfly nodded his head in understanding of what Xander is saying, seeing that he has a good point about meditation being useful. He figured he should give it a try, probably when he has found a quiet place in order to concentrate better as he didn't want his training to be disturbed. Despite this though, he decided to aske an important question.
"So, what was Shaak Ti like?, if you don't mind me asking" said Nightfly as Xander only nodded his head in response. "I would like to hear, more about your Jedi master".
"Well, my master was one of the survivors of order 66" said Xander as he began to explain about his former master. "She took me in, when I was only a little child".
"That's kind of her, it's exactly what I expect from a Jedi" said Nightfly as he smiled before quickly becoming curious. "What happened to both you and her, after that?".
"She made me her Padawan, I learned a lot from her" said Xander as he sighed before he wiped away a few tears. "However she died when I was ten, I was helpless".
"Oh no, so this was after the whole order 66 incident?" asked Nightfly as Xander solemnly nodded in affirmative. "Where were you?, how did your master die?".
"I was hiding, while my master was trying to protect me" said Xander as he felt more tears form up in his eyes. "A Sith inquisitor got to my master, he killed her".
The fact he heard an Sith inquisitor had murdered a Jedi, horrified Nightfly as he couldn't believe what he was hearing from Xander. He felt deeply sorry for his friend, knowing that he must be going through emotional turmoil concerning the death of his beloved Jedi Master Shaak Ti. He thought he could see more tears, appear in Xander's eyes.
"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that, would you like a drink?" asked Nightfly as he hoped to make his friend feel better. "We can always get a drink, here in the Cantina".
"I don't drink Alcohol and I don't trust any of them at all" said Xander as he eyed the bartender, serving the drinks. "I also don't trust, what they're putting in our drinks".
"Yeah, neither do I, they do seem to be a rag-tag bunch" said Nightfly before he quickly remembered something. "Also is it against the Jedi code to kill?, it was brutal".
Nightfly quickly saw that Xander looked guilty, which caused the young teenager to punish himself mentally. He knew from the facial expression that, Xander is remembering about the incident back on Belladoon. Despite seeing it happen in person, Nightfly still wanted to know if it was against the Jedi code to do any sort of merciless brutal killing.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I don't mean to ask you too many questions" said Nightfly as he still felt bad for Xander. "I was only asking about the incident, back on Belladoon".
"No, it's fine, yeah you're right, I've definitely been on edge lately" said Xander as he understood the question. "I've been hearing all these rumours about what the Empire has been doing with people. Although they seemed like rumours with me, but, when I sleep, I see these visions in my mind and hear these voices, it was all so blurry, I hear them calling to each other, in panic".
"Except, this one vision was so clear, a husband and a wife losing their children to imperial soldiers, the husband leaving his wife to see his father, and then the wife grabbing a blaster, ready to kill herself, I wanted to stop it. I woke up after that, so when I woke up, all I felt was anger and rage, I know what that kind of anger does to a Jedi, and I can't let it control me".
The last vision, has he been seeing the day, Bia was taken? thought Nightfly as he began to think about it. Was it destiny, that brought the two of us together?
It was certainly a lot to take in for sure, the fact that Xander can see visions is both incredible and scary. Especially when the vision, could show both the good and the bad stuff that could happen in the future or that has happened in the past. Whatever the cost may be, Nightfly felt even more determined than ever to rescue Bia and Carla.
He knew that he had made personal promise, it is something he wasn't going to let go until he fulfilled it. He knows very well, that it won't be an easy thing to do because the empire is vast as well as the fact they are occupying nearly every planet. Despite being aware of this however, Nightfly felt that rescuing Bia and Carla is worth all the risks.
"We should get a move on, Stormtroopers should be here" said Xander as he was wary of the Stormtroopers. "They should be here, any minute now".
"Right, of course, also, we better follow Obi-wan Kenobi" said Nightfly as he took a moment to look at the guy. "He knows what he's doing, we shall stick with him".
Xander nodded his agreement, before spotting the Stormtroopers talking to the Bartender. They knew that it was now or never, so they quickly followed Obi-wan Kenobi and the young man to the ship called the Millennium Falcon. Whether ship was fast or not didn't matter anywhere, they are just hoping that the ship can get them off Tatooine.