I can't believe that no one knew I was talking about Galaxy Railways, one of the series created by Leiji Matsumoto the man who created Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999 and several other animes. Am I the only one who likes to see trains in space.

To Spartan-626, you are correct about Robert and Lux becoming like brothers. I will explore more of that as when the series reaches the Onderon Arc.

Now its time for the first part of the Mortis Arc. Disclaimers are the same as always. Enjoy.

Chapter 5: Overlords

July 14th 2018 21BBY

Outer Rim

1200 hours

Roberts point of view

I was pissed beyond anything that words could describe.

First, Gunray contacted the Senate and claimed that the republic was responsible for the death of Mina Bonteri was murdered by Erik and Fenrir, her body found torn to shreds by a Loth Wolf forcing the separatists to withdraw their willingness for a peaceful end to the war.

Second, a bill was to be passed to purchase five million additional clone troopers from Kamino by borrowing money from the banking clan which would also help in deregulating the banks. Bail and Padme found out the banking clan would be charging the republic with a twenty-five percent interest rate which would leave the republic in even greater financial trouble than it was already in, not to mention they were also funding the development of three million new battle droids.

Padme and Bail fought the bill, but many who they tried to get to support their efforts where blackmailed and beaten by bounty hunters hired by someone in the separatist alliance to keep them from siding with them. But when Bail was injured in an attack, Padme stepped forward and stated that if they pass this bill they will bring more harm to the people of the republic who are suffering from the war.

The bill would have worked had Onaconda Farr, the senator from Rodia and Padme's uncle wasn't murdered by Lolo Purs, Farr's aid who hated him for bringing the war to their home also murdered Mee Deeichi of Umbara to cover her tracks. The actions taken by her not only caused the republic to purchase more clones, but also caused Umbara to leave the republic and join the separatists.

As if that wasn't bad enough, Nix Card and his pals were also released from prison and retained their positions as representatives of their companies. The courts claimed the evidence I had acquired was fabricated and they were framed for the crime. A load of Bullshit, they were guilty and everyone knew it, the judges were just bribed into saying those things.

But on the bright side I did get to celebrate the fourth of July with my family again and even treated Torrent Company to a barbeque as a way of saying thanks for their service to the republic. Needless to say, the little party went well and it certainly was a good moral booster for the troops. But that's when Cassie said that she would be going link up with master Even Piell and assist him in a top-secret mission. She didn't know how long she would be gone, so before she left she met Rex.

I don't know what those two did, but from what Rex told me when he arrived at the Range the night before she left, the two of them had a little quality time together with her wearing a lacey black corset, black stockings with a girdle belt and long black gloves. It was easy to know exactly what they did and hopefully I wouldn't do anything like that if I ever found someone I loved. Though the outfit would be cute.

On the plus side, Ventress was MIA at the Battle of Sullust, but an attempt on Dooku's life by individuals thought to be rouge jedi forced him to find a new apprentice. He found one, a Zabrak male who bared a striking resemblance to the former sith lord, Darth Maul the one who killed Qui-Gon on Naboo.

His name, Savage Oppress who then later turned on both Dooku and Ventress, the later of who was using him to get her revenge on Dooku for trying to kill her and killed the king of Toydaria. Now there was a rouge sith lord on the loose. During the confrontation with Dooku aboard his ship over Toydaria, I clashed with the Count and asked if his proposal of peace he extended to the republic was a lie. Dooku however claimed his intentions for peace were true and that he had no intention of killing Mina.

I believed him and he even warned me that someone had placed a bounty on head again, causing me to constantly be on guard when I was ever in the city.

That was over four days ago and now Anakin, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan and myself were on route to link up with Rex, Barney and the others in the Chrelythium System. A transmission was intercepted from beyond the outer rim and imbedded in it was a jedi distress code that wasn't used in over two thousand years.

Fearing a trap was laid for us by the separatists we were to meet the others at the RV point and investigate it further.

Approaching the RV point, Anakin contacted Rex saying we made it to rendezvous point and where waiting for him. Rex however stated that they were at the rendezvous point and we didn't show up on any of the cruisers scanners. I fixed up the shuttles systems before we left the temple and everything seemed to be in order when the transmission was cut off and the power suddenly died.

"I thought you said you fixed the Shuttle." Anakin said to me, turning the pilots chair towards me. "I DID FIX IT! I don't know what happened." I responded just as the power came back on. "Well at least it was only a temporary power loss." I said. "Then what's that?" Ahsoka asked pointing towards a giant unidentified object that reminded me of the Millennium Puzzle and the Pyramid of Light from Yu-Gi-Oh.

"What ever it is it seems to be pulling us in." Obi-Wan stated as Anakin tried to pull away from the object, put to no avail. "Strap yourselves in. It appears were going for a ride." Obi-Wan instructed as the object opened up and a light began to shine brighter and brighter until we passed out.

The moment I regained my senses, I saw that we somehow were in what I thought must have be Africa. "You guys might want to see this." I said as they woke up. "What happened?" Anakin asked rubbing his eyes.

"We blacked out genius, that's what happened." I said to Skywalker as Obi-Wan came to. "Then who landed the ship?" he asked.

"Not me." Ahsoka answered before the others looked at me. "Hey I was counting sheep when we must have landed on where ever we are." I said looking out the cockpits viewport. "Its some kind of organic mass. All the readings say it's bigger than an asteroid. But at least the atmosphere is breathable." She said after checking the scanners.

"Well where ever we are, I can't contact Rex and the ship. The systems are fine but nothing is working." Anakin said as the four of us soon exited the shuttle and stepped onto the grass we had landed on. After a few moments, Ahsoka mentioned she saw a reflection from the top of a hill several miles from our location. Obi-Wan didn't see it, but what I was confused about were the floating rocks in the air. "We're not in Kansas anymore." I said to myself.

"What?" Anakin asked. "It's a famous movie quote." I said to him. "No, I mean did you hear that?" he asked. "Here what?" I asked followed by Obi-Wan who also said he didn't hear anything either.

"Are you the one?" a voice said from behind us. The four of us turned and to our surprise saw a woman in a white dress with green hair and was somehow glowing. "Hello." Obi-Wan said. "Who are you?" Anakin asked.

"I am Daughter." She replied. "Yeah that doesn't really answer the question." I said. "Are you the one?" She asked again. "The one what?" Anakin asked irritated. "I will take you to him." Daughter replied. "Him who?" Ahsoka asked. "Did you bring us here?" Obi-Wan asked. "Only he can help you. There is little time, follow me, we must have shelter before nightfall." She said before turning and walked away.

While the others followed the women, I couldn't help but feel like we were being watched by someone else at the moment. "And they say I don't give into peer pressure." I said to myself as I followed them.

It felt like we were walking for hours after we left the ship. Truthfully it was only about half-an-hour, but during that hour all four of us noticed that while the seasons change with the time of day, there were no animals and the place was very strong in the force.

"Hey, could you slow down a bit? We aren't exactly in the marathon running shape here." I said as run up alongside the daughter who didn't even seem to hear me. "Excuse me, who are you taking us to?" Anakin asked. "The Father of course." Daughter replied as Ahsoka made a little joke from behind us.

"Again, that doesn't explain a whole lot." I said before Obi-Wan asked who or what she is. "We are the ones who guard the power. We are the beginning, the middle and the end." She answered. Once again Anakin smirked quietly under his breath as we kept following Daughter.

Just as I noticed the grass started to turn red, I heard the sound of rocks falling and looked up just as Anakin pushed me and the Daughter out of the way of the rockslide. The daughter landed a few feet in front of us and was unharmed but she was pissed. "It is forbidden for you to touch me." She said angrily. "Sorry I was just saving your life." Anakin pointed out.

"That was my brothers work." She said looking up to where the rocks had fallen. "You are in grave danger. Wait for me, do not leave this place." She added before leaving us behind. "I THINK YOU MEANT TO SAY THANK YOU!" I shouted as Anakin contacted Obi-Wan and Ahsoka suggesting that they go back to the ship and send out another distress call.

"Well lets follow her." I suggested before Anakin grabbed my hand. "She said to wait. We should wait." Anakin remined me. "And if she said for you to jump into the mouth of a Megalodon, would you do it?" I countered before running off after the daughter, leaving Anakin behind.

Normal point of view

By the time Ahsoka and Obi-Wan made it back to where the shuttle was it was gone. "Did you lose something?" they heard a voice call from behind. Turing around they spotted a man wearing a black outfit and red eyes as Ahsoka activated her primary lightsaber. "You didn't do as you were asked." The man said.

"And what was that?" Obi-Wan asked. "My sister said to wait. Only one of you did though, don't worry he is safe." The man answered. "Did she now? Well we were unfortunately separated, we'd like our ship back if you don't mind." Obi-Wan asked, relieved that Anakin was alright.

"Not yet. Is it true he is the chosen one and the other young one is from Earth?" The man asked. The realization that this man had the knowledge of the Prophecy of the one who would destroy the sith and knew of Roberts birth planet caused Obi-Wan to activate his own saber while Ahsoka ignited her Shoto, both coming to the conclusion that this man was a sith.

"Sith? Yes and no." The man said as he waved his hand causing their lightsabers to deactivate just as the rain began to pour down. "The storms here are quite lethal, if you want to live I suggest you take shelter." The man said before he transformed into a Gargoyle and flew off as the two jedi ran into a nearby cave for shelter.

Meanwhile, Robert had just arrived at a monstary and to his surprise found Anakin waiting for him on the steps leading to the door. "When did you get here?" Robert asked panting. "I did what the daughter said and waited, sure enough he came and brought me here." Anakin answered.

"He? He who?" Robert questioned. "Come inside, a storm is coming and from what he said the storms are lethal hear." Anakin said as he walked up the stairs, Robert following close behind.

Entering the monastery, Robert gasped with awe at the sight he saw. Behind a crystal-like window above was an elderly man with a long white beard wearing gray clothes and a hat that remined him of a wizard sitting in front of a statue with what looked like two gongs hanging from it. To both sides were statues, one was a griffon and the other was a gargoyle.

Anakin to a seat on the floor confusing Robert greatly. "Welcome back, Skywalker. I take it this is the one you spoke of?" the man asked, opening his eyes. "Yes." Anakin replied. "Robert, this is the Father." He added.

"What is it you want from us?" Robert asked. "Only for your friend here to learn the truth about who they really are, descendant of Revan." The Father said causing Robert to be taken aback by what he just heard. "How do you know who I am?" he asked defensively. "As you both can see, there is no where else to go. It is late, you two will be my guests tonight." The father said as he walked away from the statue.

"My mom always told me never to except offers from strangers. Especially old men." Robert said before Anakin placed his hand on his shoulder. "He is right. The storm outside is raging and it would be better for us to get some rest. Tomorrow we can get our answers." Anakin stated, caused Robert to lessen up and reluctantly agree.

Meanwhile in the cave back near where the shuttle used to be, Ahsoka had fallen asleep when she heard a voice waking her up. "Are you happy child? Your master, does he treat you well?" the voice said. Ahsoka looked around and saw nothing, but when she looked towards the fire she saw an older version of herself.

"What concern of it is yours?" She demanded keeping one of her hands close to her lightsaber. "I am your future, your potential." The older Ahsoka replied. This caused Ahsoka to ignite her sabers in defense. "This is a trick." She proclaimed.

"There is a wildness in you, seeds of the darkness planted by your friend and master. Do you feel it?" the future Ahsoka asked. "No. They are like no other Jedi, passionate, impulsive, but I trust him with my life, same for Robert." Ahsoka responded.

"Is it because you have feelings for the earth boy?" the future version of her asked. "There are many contradictions in them and you." She added, her words making Ahsoka think long and hard. "Be warned, you will never see your future if you remain his student and you can't trust your friend. His past will catch up to him and try to destroy him unless you help him. Leave this Planet." the future Ahsoka said disappearing into the fire and causing Ahsoka to wake up to Obi-Wan trying to wake her. "I had a vision. I think Robert and Anakin are in trouble." She said.

Back at the monastery while Anakin slept peacefully, Robert tossed and turned in his sleep. Opening his eye's, he found himself in the remains of Boston's TD Garden. Looking around he saw that several trains had burst through the doors having burst straight through the buffers, broken glass on the ground and the skeletal remains of people their clothing ripped.

The sound of gunfire hitting metal caused Robert to turn and saw a figure in steel samurai like armor with a single twin blade gauntlet plunge their blade into a down Boston police officer, killing them before looking up and spotting Robert.

"Murderer." Robert said and prepared to activate his own sabers when he realized he didn't have them. checking his belt, he found himself wearing the same clothes he wore the day of the terrorist attack. The figure began to move towards him.

Robert tried to move but found that he couldn't. Looking down towards the ground he watched as several skeletal hands belonging to the people who were killed rise up and grab him holding him still as the figure stopped directly in front of him.

"Who are you?" Robert asked as the figure removed their helmet and revealed the killer to be Robert. "I am what you truly are. A murderer, just like you were two years ago when you killed him." The dark Robert said as he drew back his fist and smiled before plunging the blades into Roberts chest killing him.

Shooting up from the bed, Robert awoke to find himself sweating like a dog and realized it was all a dream. "What does that old man think he's playing at?" Robert asked himself as he got up and went to find the father.

Sitting in front of the statue, the Father's meditation was interrupted by the sound of a lightsaber activating. "Can not sleep? To strike an unarmed man is hardly the jedi way, no less the way of an honorable warrior such as yourself." The father said, his eyes still closed and a green blade just inches from his face.

"You're a Sith Lord." Robert declared as Anakin walked into the room. "What are you doing?" Skywalker asked. "This man is a Sith Lord, he plagued me with a nightmare of my death. He is a menace." Robert exclaimed. "He isn't a Sith Lord." Anakin stated.

"Your friend is right. You have a very simple point of view my young friend." The father said as he just remained still. "I am neither Sith nor Jedi. I am much more and so are the two of you." He added finally opening his eyes. "I don't have time for this bullshit, tell me what is going on here." Robert demanded.

Grabbing the blade of his lightsaber with his hand the father began to stand up. "Some call us Force Wielders." He said before pushing the blade back into Roberts weapon. "The Jedi have never spoken about this." Anakin said with surprise. "Very few still know of our existence." The father said.

"In my room, my mother came to me, it wasn't her and she made it sound like I slaughtered her captors, but I didn't and it wasn't her." Anakin explained. "Ah. My son I suspect. We can take many forms. The shapes we embody are merely a reflection of the life force around us. You carry a great sadness in your heart." The father said to Anakin and Robert.

"I failed my mother and she died in my arms. I wanted so badly to show the same kind of rage her captors showed her, but I knew it wouldn't bring her back." Anakin admitted. "I See. My children and I can manipulate the force like no other, therefore, it was necessary to withdraw from the temporal world and live here as anchorites." The father said.

"As a sanctuary?" Anakin asked. "And a prison. You cannot imagine the pain it is to have such love for your children and realize that they could tear the very fabric of our universe." The father said with a saddened voice.

"That's great and all, but what the hell does it have to do with us?" Robert asked. "It is only here that I can control them. A family in balance, the light and the dark. Day with night. Destruction replaced by creation." The father answered.

"Then why reveal yourselves to us?" Anakin asked more puzzled then before. "There are some who would like to exploit our power. The sith are but one. Too much dark or light would be the undoing of life itself as you understand. When news reached me that the chosen one had been found, I needed to see for myself." The father stated.

"So, you used a distress call with a hidden jedi frequency that hadn't been used in over two thousand years and lured us out into the boonies just to confirm your theory. Sorry to burst your bubble grandpa, but the whole 'Chosen one' thing is just a myth. A fairy tale meant for younglings." Robert said.

"Is it? Then why is it that when he came here on his journey, Revan believed in the prophecy and also developed another version of Shining Finger?" The Father asked Robert. "He isn't wrong. I have known about the prophecy for a while and I think its true." Anakin added.

"I can sense your still not willing to believe me, then why don't we find out together. Pass one test, then you and your friends may leave this place." The father said as he led the two away.

Meanwhile the sun had risen up and Ahsoka and Obi-Wan were making their way towards the Monastery when they were grabbed by a Gargoyle and a Griffin.

Robert point of view

The morning sun shone bright as the Father brought us out into a courtyard with a large circle that to me reminded me of the Yin and Yang from back home. The moment the Father explained that Anakin had to face his guilt about his mother's death and know the truth about himself, a loud roar was heard and looking above a black gargoyle holding Ahsoka with claw and a Griffin doing the same to Obi-Wan.

"Whatever it wants don't do it master." Ahsoka shouted as she struggles to break free of the gargoyles grip. "Let them go. Anakin won't play your games if you have to gamble other people's lives." I shouted to the father as I charged towards him, only to be lifted off the ground.

"Oh, but I think he will. I have ordered my children to kill your friends, the question is which one will you save: your master or your apprentice? You must release the guilt and free yourself by choosing." The father explained.

Anakin however stood in silence, I could tell he didn't want either of them to die but didn't know how to do it. Obi-Wan urged him to save Ahsoka, but he couldn't do it. "Only you can make my children release them." The Father replied as he stepped back with me floating by his side. "If your friend is indeed the chosen one, then he will save them both." The father said to me as I was placed back down to the ground and watched in amazement as Anakin brought both the Daughter and Son to the ground as they released both Obi-Wan and Ahsoka.

Through the force, Anakin was able to force both force wielders back into their original forms both of them panting. "And now you see how you truly are. Only the chosen one could tame both of my children." The father said as he walked behind Anakin. "THAT WAS A TEST! SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!" I shouted jumping down into the court yard and running towards Ahsoka.

"I have taken your test, now fulfil your promise and let us go." Anakin demanded in calmer voice.

The father however had something else in mind and ordered everyone to leave. I started to walk away, but the father stopped me. It turns out that he made Anakin take this test in order to find his replacement. The old guy was dying and while Anakin had passed the test, he refused to stay and watch over the place.

Understanding and respecting Skywalkers wishes, the father let us leave and now all we had to do is find our way off this planet. Little did we know, we wouldn't be leaving just yet.

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