Trouble at the temple(Part 1)
A/N: So, I'm gonna keep this one relatively short and try to post this in the second full week of April, today is Tuesday the 5th, so, I'll try for the 15th. Enjoy
"You have unlocked your potential. You can now more freely use the Force. When you do you are connected to every single thing, living or inanimate, in the entire universe. Pick. The boxes. Up." I did as commanded, in a deep meditative state that took me several hours to achieve. As Ren droned on through the din of my state I lifted up my hand and focused through the Force, seeing through it how it affects the boxes. It looked like currents of energy suspended in mid air, moving and meandering like a river.
And if flowed through me, and as it does, I can direct it, because I trust that the Force will let me.
So I use it to pick up the supply boxes, 5 in all, and suspend them in the air with little to no effort.
"Good," Ren says. "Now release them, we're done for the day." I open my eyes and lower the boxes down. I get up, trying to shake off the funk that my brain is in. Every time I go into that state, it feels like I'm slowly shutting down my brain, every little though that does not relate to a bodily function such as breathing, or your heart pumping, or even if you have to fart, those thoughts are pushed to the very back of your head as your consciousness slowly shuts off. Or at least slows down enough to let you focus.
"Ok, I think you're ready now," Ren continues. "Finally ready I mean… I really mean it this time."
"For what?" I ask stupidly as my brain slowly restarts.
"Think about it," he says simply.
I look to Serenity, who just shrugs and goes back to focusing on her lightsaber as she uses the Force to unbuild, and rebuild it. She'll occasionally replace a piece or cleane a different one. Then I remember, about a week and a half ago Ren told me that I'm ready for the test that will determine if I become a Jedi or not…. And then he thrusted me into meditation training before I could even get two words out on it.
"Are we finally gonna go then?" I ask.
"Yup, now pack for about a week, we'll be a while."
"Where are we going?"
"A Jedi temple. A remote one too. Get ready and get some sleep. We leave at 6."
As I was packing, I get a text. A text from Jessica.
J: "Hey Morty, your training go good?"
After the cafeteria incident She gave me her number and we've been talking and texting back and forth.
M: "Yeah, it was. Oh, btw, I'm gonna be off planet for a while."
J: "Really? Why?"
M: "Jedi reasons." Oh yeah, I also told her that me and my new crew are pretty much Jedi balla bad asses. "So my cell service is gonna be out of range."
J: "Oh" After she sent that I waited but got nothing, so I went back to packing. Then I got, "I was kind of hoping to spend some time with you this weekend. When you getting back?"
I stopped all together… Then I typed, "I don't know. He said to pack for a week."
While waiting, I put in the last pair of underwear and zipped up my duffle.
After a few minutes she texted. "That sucks. But, here's something to keep you thinking about me. ;)" There was an attachment to it, a bunch of pictures. I opened them and then my breath hitched in my throat. The pictures were a bunch of nudes.
A few hours later we arrive at Ren's ship the Phantom Spirit and got into our cabins.
R-6 came in and beeped a few times. Ren responded with, "Yeah, do that. And when you're done prepping the engines calibrate the code module. I don't want any hiccups during the take off."
He rolls out and me and Ren went back to putting our stuff away. "Come on," he said. "I need to brief you on where we're going."
Once in the cockpit the power turns on, R-6 must have gotten the engines online. Ren taps a few things into the computer and a bluish hologram starts up of a, without the bluish tint to it, rust colored planet with white clouds, a green sea and 2 moons.
"This is Hail," Ren said. "It is part of the Federation but on the outer reaches of it, more of an outpost really."
"Is this where the Jedi temple is?" I asked.
"Yes, but I've never been there personally, to the planet or the temple. I found that it's on the planet, and even the coordinance to the temple, but it's been abandoned for a few thousand years. I'm briefing us because we need to know what to expect from the Federation." He pushed a few buttons and the hologram zoomed onto a bird's eye view of the surface.
"This is Lindsy Outpost. The only settlement on the planet, Federation or otherwise. We'll be going there and getting a hotel. It's a pretty small town. No real threat to to the Federation if they lose it, the planet has no strategic value, not a lot of useful resources, just a rest stop really before you leave Federation territory. Perfect place to do what we need to undisturbed."
The ship shuddered as the engines do a preflight burn and then Ren switches off the holo. "Strap in. It's a two hour flight." And with that he does his preflight check and we hover off the ground and shoot off and soon are out of the atmosphere. We fly out of range of some of the satellites and one we're past the moon he fires up the hyperdrive and the stars elongate into a light tunnel as we shoot off into hyperspace.
Later
We exit hyperspace, the tunnel of light breaking apart as we reenter real space, the stars rushing to their positions and the planet zooming towards us as we decelerate way below lightspeed, the artificial gravity catching us as our own natural gravity gives way from lightspeed.(Little syfy fact that may or may not be real, as something approaches the speed of light, they create their own gravitational field. Little tid-bit)
"Finally," Ren says. "Why don't you go and stretch your legs. We're gonna be off to the temple once we land." I undo my seatbelt and stand up, leaving the cockpit as we pass one of Hails moons. First I go to the kitchen and grab a snack, a sort of freeze dried packet of what tastes like lasagna. Then I head to me and Rens cabin. I double check my duffle bag. Extra cloths, check. Toiletries, check. Compact practice saber, check. Holocrone, check. Cell phone with jerk off material inside, check, check and check.
The ship shudders and then goes still, signaling that we've landed. I quickly shut off my phone and shove it to the bottom of my bag and zip it close. Ren comes in and says, "Ok, let's get out of here. I called ahead and told them that we're brothers on vacation. Gonna spend some time at a beach not too far from here." I only nod and strap my duffle to my back and turn to go. "Oh, and before we do, leave your cell phone here, we need to be completely away from any sort of remnant of society." I turned to give him a look, but he just smile and shrugged. Grumbling I dug into my bag and threw my cell phone on the bed.
When we got off the ship, the hatch opening and ramp sliding out, it hissed and steamed as we walked, giving us an effect of an 80's concert opening. We went to the customs officer and he and Ren started to talk in an alien language. They seemed to be exchanging pleasantries, Ren even laughing at whatever it is the officer said, then he signed a data pad and the officer walked off, still chuckling at whatever it is they said.
"What was that about?" I asked.
"Oh, we were just agreeing that your head looks like a harry cantaloupe," he said with a smile. "Come on, let's go."
Two hours later
After a hazardous trek through the Hailian wilderness, we almost got eaten alive by a bunch of gnats, snakes, and this purple gorilla thing I named Mr. Hyde after I cut off it's arm with my practice saber and it left. But before it did it pointed its finger at me and gritted its teeth before he left through the bushes. Finally we reached it. The Temple of Hail.
It looked similar to the Mayan ruins we've been learning about in spanish culture class in school. What looked to be the main structure was a 10 story moss and vine covered pyramid, surrounded by a court yard and smaller buildings and pyramids. And that was only when we burst through the jungle and ended up on a hill overlooking the whole thing. The grounds itself seemed to be set on a beach, overlooking the green colored sea.
"Woah," I said as I caught my breath. "This is… this is… amazing."
"Yeah," Ren agreed. "Imagine what it must have been like in it's pay day." With that he began the trek down, and I had no choice but to follow.
Since it was about midday, according to the sun, trying to tell the time on a alien planet was reduced to pretty much sundial technology, we decided to get started right away and enter the main temple itself. We looked around the base of it, and found a archway in the eastern wall. We entered and was met with semi darkness. Ren seemed to know where he was going, and I kept on getting vibes from the Force telling me to just follow him. Then I realized, this place is, no matter how much broken down and decrepted, alive with the Force. Thousands of generations have walked the very steps I'm walking and came out Jedi Knights or not. Soon we reach a wall.
"This is it." Ren said simply.
When I turned to look and ask what he meant, I caught a glimpse of something. It was skellington's. I yelled out and subconsciously sent a Force blast that shattered the remains into dust. There was a rumble and a rock slid over the entrance, casting us into darkness.
"... Morty… why?"
To be continued
A/N: So, I'm gonna make this a 3 parter. Shits about to go down. Your welcome. Don't forget to read and review and to check out my other stuff. This has once again been Bigmike33321 signing off!*Boop!*