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Chapter III

The Shadow Comes

The plane had no problem as it cruised through the sky towards the largest airport closest to Mendocino county. The president had been keeping an eye on things that had been going on with military bases on the Asian continent, and after the recent ravage and fade attack on a base, the president was worried. He had believed that the only hope for survival that humanity had was the force sensitives that had vanished after the Treaty of Versaille was signed in 1919. There were always rumors that they had been around to help out humanity, even tales that they had taken out several German bases during World War II, but those were just tales. After a few weeks of searching for them, he believed that he had finally found them. They were heading to Mendocino county to take a young child to where ever they had been hiding since they were made enemies of the public. He looked out the window as the plane sped to its destination, he was hoping that they did not miss their chance to save all of humanity.

The sun rose over the forest as the town of Fort Bragg began to move. Jedi grand master Alavos was leading his fellow jedi to the house of the boy powerful in the force. He looked out to the sea and saw a vision.

A fleet of many warships in space were orbiting the planet of Earth, and he could see as strange fighters began to swarm near the ships. However, they did not break under the resolve of the fighters and a much larger ship could be seen heading towards the world as twenty fighters broke away from the battle to engage it. Everything went black but he could still hear everything that happened. He could hear the sound of lightsabers clashing followed by a large explosion.

He opened his eyes and saw that he and his fellow jedi had crossed the bridge and were now even closer to their goal. As they progressed towards the house he began to look inward to the texts that he had read in his many years as a jedi. The original jedi led by jedi grand master Rockaras had survived within a cave in the state of Michigan that was flowing greatly with the force. In fact, any precious gems they found in those caves were so powerful in the force that the jedi used them to power their lightsabers. The original jedi had been prepared should they have died and created scrolls filled with their knowledge on the force, and how they felt a dark presence mysteriously appear on Earth, one that they could never find. However master Alavos believed that whatever had arrived was one a second cause for the unknown enemy to arise from the shadows of the darkness. He had also read that the old masters had prophesied that a war of great size would begin and that the force would be at war with itself, and at the end of the war one side would stand. Either the guiding hand of the light or the enforcing hand of the darkness, but in the aftermath of the war a young man would aid in bringing peace to the universe. Every leader of the order since the old masters had searched for the man, and they were never successful. Alavos looked at the problem a different way, and instead of looking for a man, he looked for a child, a young boy, and know he believed that he had found the boy. It all came down to how his meeting with the family went. He was hoping he could prepare the boy for war with time, time that he knew he did not have at all. For he could feel the signs of war within the force, and they were everywhere in nature, but only when it came to spiders for the damndest reason, and that confused him greatly. He removed himself from his thoughts and saw that they were nearly outside the apartment that held the two people he was looking for, the boy and his mother. He looked over his shoulder and could see a cop car parked along the street waiting for someone to come, or something to happen. He looked back at the door and knocked.

Christian was in his room playing with his toys when he heard the someone knock on the door. He got up and walked to the stairs as his mom walked to the door. He could sense a great amount of power on the other side of the door, but he could not tell what was on the other side, only that it was imbued with the light. His mom opened the door and he could just barely make out brown robes as he heard her speak to several people outside.

"We wish to speak to you and your son." Alavos looked at the woman inside the building with a calm look on his face, he would take the boy and train him in the ways of the force no matter the cost. "I know what he is, and I have come to take him to safety." She looked at him with a look of horror and hope. If these people were here to take her son, then that meant they were force sensitives.

"Why do you want my son, are going to kill him, hand him to the police?" She was obviously aware of her son's gifts. She was worried that they would lead to a sudden end to her son.

"Mommy, he's here to help me. He' a good man." Behind the woman was a little child of about six years old with blond hair and blue eyes. He was semi tall for his age, and he could feel the boy's connection in the force. It powerful, so much so that the seemed comfortable in some way or another.

He knelt down so that he could look the little child in the eyes. "Would you like to speak with me young child. I'm like you in a few ways my friend."

The small kid looked to his mother and nodded, and in a sigh, she let him and one other enter the building. So he and his first pupil, Drake entered the apartment. The door closed and behind it the two jedi got to know the boy for a few minutes before his mother gave them her decision.

"You can take him with you, but under one condition. He doesn't get involved in any sort of war until he is at least sixteen. No ifs, ands, or buts. That's final." She looked to the Jedi Master with a look of expectation on her face.

"Very well. I shall respect your request. I'll do everything in my power to keep him out of any battles that may come, but I will at least teach him to protect himself at any cost." She nodded to him and the young boy came down stairs with Drake, a small bag packed with clothes and books. He then walked to his mother and hugged her, for he knew what was happening, but did not know when he would see her again. When they walked out of the house they could see that the other five Jedi were standing in a protective circle around the door, lightsabers ignited. Drake was about to join them when Alavos put a hand on his shoulder and stepped forward. Not igniting his weapon, not even pulling it off of his belt. Then stepping out a black car was none other than the president of the United States of America.

He walked away from from the car and stood in front of the Jedi Master. Everyone present was silent as the two men stared each other in the eyes. Then the silence broke when the president saw Christian hiding behind Drake's right leg. He looked to his guards and gave them a stern look before waving his hand in a downwards motion. They looked at the president in a questioningly way, until they saw the small boy hiding behind the leg of one of the force sensitives. They lowered their guns at the sight of the small boy.

"Master Jedi, I, no we all need your help. There's something out there that's killing a lot of people, and I believe that you and your followers are the only ones who can stop this menace. If you don't wish to help us, then I don't blame you." The president began to turn away before Alavos put a hand on his shoulder with a caring smile on his face.

"It would be our honor to help you, my brother." The president and the Jedi all entered the limo and it left, with them all heading for the airport where the presidential plane was located. As the trip carried on Alavos whispered something into the president's ear. He nodded and then Alavos closed his eyes and began to meditate and embraced himself fully in the Force. Drake looked towards Christian and saw that he was looking out the window and staring at the ocean, it seemed to bring an air of calmness around the boy, that was something that would help him in the long run. As he looked at the small boy he could feel a sense of foreboding around him, that even worried him. Once they worried the plane everyone boarded, the plane crew gave the Jedi strange looks, something that was unsurprising to them. After all they had been hunted down since WWI, despite President WIlson's protests. As the plane took off Christian closed his eyes tightly, it was obvious that the boy was not a fan of heights.

After several hours in the air they landed in D.C. and rode to the whitehouse. However when they were in the presidential limousine a t.v. came down from the ceiling of the cabin and turned itself on. On the screen was the image of the planet Earth with brown land and purple oceans while two spider fangs seemingly pierced the planet in the image. Everyone stared at the image until a voice came from the screen shocking them from their stupor.

"For thousands of years we have been pressed away from our rightful spot as rulers of the world, but now we have come to take control." The voice was raspy, but understandable. "Now we have the true power to take the reigns of domination from humanity." The screen changed to the face of some creature with eight eyes. "So I say this to you humans, you can stand together, you can build the world's largest army, you can advance in technology as fast as possible, but you will either become slaves to my people, or you will be wiped out of existence." He stepped to the side to show an army of millions of creatures that were too far to tell what they were, but it was very obvious, they had a very powerful military force. "As you can see if you choose war you will be annihilated, but none the less, the Spider Alliance declares war on humanity. A war for control the of Earth. May the best species win." With that the video closed and the t.v. retracted back into the ceiling of the limo. The president pulled open the window separating them from the drivers so he could speak with them.

"Call my cabin, tell them to head to thee white house for an emergency meeting pronto." The president was giving a serious face so that he could mask the fear that he was drowning in. The driver nodded and closed the window while Alavos turned the t.v. on to look at the current news. It seemed that all of humanity had seen the broadcast as every news channel was talking about it and how it seemed to shake the world, people all over the globe were panicking as they prepared for the end of life on several images that the news stations were showing. As the limo drove up to the white house several people could be heard talking and yelling hoping to get the president's thoughts on what had just transpired moments ago. Once it stopped everyone inside were guided to the front doors of the white house, away from the press. Upon entering the building the president beckoned for them to follow him to his cabinet room where the president would consult with his cabinet to discuss what actions to take against this so called "Spider Alliance". Upon entering the room the Jedi stood off to the side and waited as the rest of his cabinet entered the room after them and took seats that surrounded the table.

The president stood at the head of the table and addressed his cabinet and spoke. "Ladies and Gentlemen, whether we like it or not we the human species is now at war, and our only chance at beating the Spider Alliance is through these people." He gestured to the Jedi who stood in the room, completely ignored until now.