Chapter 11

THE ROGUE JEDI

TYTHON

Yoda watched everything from a distance. The younglings training, knights with their new padawans, it was as if the war did not exist. But it was nightfall. The darkness was coming, and the light was leaving. Yoda knew that his life was slowly ending. He would give the mantle of Grand Master to young Skywalker. He had changed the Order so much, Yoda was blind to it all. He could never see that the young boy could change the code with something as simple as twins.

The twins were going to be important in the new war. But someone unseen, someone else, as Yoda knew, would be the ruler in it all. This unseen person would be discovered in many years, when they needed him. When the Jedi and the galaxy needed him, he would awaken.

Yoda sighed, and returned to his much larger meditative chambers. He sat, and saw the future. He saw the Jedi falling, but he saw the man. The savior, and it was not Skywalker. Only with Skywalker and the man, the galaxy would be saved from the darkness.

Padmé smiled, watching over Luke and Leia as they both squirmed around in their cribs. She looked over to the entrance when she heard the door open, and Anakin was there.

"Ani!" Padmé exclaimed, before running over to him and holding him close. Anakin looked over to their twins, and smiled.

"We're finally safe from war, Padmé. We can raise our children in peace." Anakin stated. Padmé held him tighter. Anakin moved away, and looked in at Leia in her crib. Padmé followed, and they wrapped an arm around eachother.

"I hope so." Padmé whispered. "But there's a new war around the corner, Anakin."

"Let's hope that by then, we'll be ready." Anakin replied. Padmé smiled.

TATOOINE

Lata moved to the side, and continued to fire at Dierin. Dierin blocked most of the shots with his vibroblade, but eventually a shot hit him in the knee. He crumpled to the floor, and then brought out a lightwhip, and whipped it outwards towards Lata. It pulled her legs together, and she began to be covered in electricity.

Lata was flung face-first onto a piece of metal, but it was flat and only caused minor bruising. One of the men who was restraining Dierin earlier punched him in the face. Dierin fired three consecutive shots into that man's chest, and he fell to the ground. Lata then brought out a knife of her own and threw it at Dierin. It punctured his stomach, and then Dierin pulled it out.

Dierin groaned, and then his eyes rolled into the back of his head. Townsfolk rushed over to Lata and freed her from the lightwhip, and then began to tend to her injuries. They hailed her as a hero.

TYTHON

Obi-Wan Kenobi slowly walked to the old ship Anakin had used to get back Ahsoka. He rubbed his chin, and contacted Anakin.

"Anakin, can I borrow your ship?" Obi-Wan asked.

"If you promise not to blow it up this time." Anakin replied.

"That wasn't my fault, you need to care more for your ship." Obi-Wan responded. Anakin's hologram rolled his eyes.

"Fine." Anakin stated. His hologram blinked off, and Obi-Wan entered the ship. He began to lift off the grounds of the Temple, and several other Jedi on the ground watched. The ship sprinted off into space, and the Jedi returned to their business. Obi-Wan punched in the coordinates for Mandalore. He needed to talk with Bo-Katan.

MANDALORE

Obi-Wan landed in the midst of a massive battle between the remnants of Maul's Shadow Collective and Bo-Katan's Nite Owls. The sky was filled with fire and blasters, the landing pad was covered with bodies. He had managed to bring his old Mandalorian suit, and had painted it a similar color to the Nite Owls so they wouldn't attack him.

Then, he noticed Bo-Katan coming towards him.

"Master Kenobi?" Bo-Katan asked.

"It's me." Obi-Wan replied. "I'm afraid the Republic won't be much help."

"I know that, but we're doing a good enough job." Bo-Katan said. "Why are you here?"

"To help. I know, eventually that the Empire is going to come here, they have Maul on their side. He will most likely try to merge the Shadow Collective and the Empire." Obi-Wan stated, before taking out his lightsaber, and immediately cut down two Shadow Collective soldiers. Bo-Katan shot down a few more, and then they split up.

"That doesn't sound good." Bo-Katan yelled over the battle. Obi-Wan nodded, but she didn't see it. He swung forward and killed some more soldiers, when he looked into the sky. There was a ship coming in.

TATOOINE

Lata awoke in a medical bed, with a doctor tending to her injuries. She inspected the room, then looked at the doctor. The doctor was a female human, who turned around and smiled at Lata.

"Hello, Ms. Nevorra. Lots of people in Mos Eisley are applauding your bravery. You will have to be in the hospital for a few more days, you have a few broken ribs and some burns on your legs." the doctor said. Lata rested her head back on the pillow. The doctor soon left the room, and she was soon back asleep, dreaming of her former life as a Jedi.

There was her former Master, Deloks Catax, and her rushing through the forests of Kashyyyk. Soon, they were ambushed. Several commando droids began to fire, and Deloks was injured in the leg. Lata destroyed most of them, but one got a stray shot to Deloks' chest.

"You were a great Padawan... Lata..." was his final words to her before his eyes rolled into the back of his head, and he was gone.

Lata's eyes opened and she saw the doctor dead at the entrance of her room, and she peered out the door. There were several men speaking, and she could barely make out what they were speaking about. She only heard bits and pieces, such as "there's supposedly a former Jedi here" and "but Lord Ikans wants her alive". She immediately knew why this Lord Ikans wanted her alive, because the Empire had said that before you kill the Jedi, you bring them to Coruscant, now Imperial City. If they weren't worthy or couldn't be turned, the bounty hunter who caught them could do the honors of killing the Jedi.

Lata gasped quietly, and some of the men noticed it. They started to walk towards her slowly. Lata duck back into the room, and found a scalpel in a drawer. She picked it up and stood in a battle stance. She knew this wasn't the best weapon, but it would work.

"Did you hear that?" one of the men, a Rodian, said.

"Yes... check each room." another man, a furred species Lata couldn't identify, replied. The Rodian walked into Lata's room and Lata stood ready to attack him.

MANDALORE

Obi-Wan continued to slash through the Shadow Collective defenses, and soon found the corpse of Savage Opress on the ground. He stared at it for a moment, when suddenly someone attacked him from behind. He turned around and swiped, and saw Darth Maul standing there.

"Hello, Kenobi. It's time for me to get my revenge, once and for all." Maul snarled, then jabbed his lightsaber towards Obi-Wan's chest. Obi-Wan blocked it and flipped over the back of Maul. Maul spun around and slashed at any open space he could, but couldn't hit anything.

Obi-Wan attempted to cut off a limb, but Maul jumped backwards over Savage's body. Obi-Wan and Maul continued to jab and slash at one another, until Obi-Wan force pushed Maul backwards again. Maul grabbed on to the edge of the platform, and then jumped up to the platform above Obi-wan. Obi-Wan followed and swiped at Maul's back, who blocked the attack and turned around.

"You aren't getting revenge today, Maul." Obi-Wan said. Maul continued to use his rage to fuel his attacks until they were both inside the throne room. When they were both in a saber lock, a stray blaster bolt from outside punctured Maul's side. Maul growled and then continued to fight back Obi-Wan. Eventually, he jumped out of the room and back on to his ship and left. Obi-Wan sighed and walked out of the throne room as well. It was much quieter, and he noticed Bo-Katan's forces had managed to clean up most of the Shadow Collective.

Obi-Wan slowly walked to Anakin's freighter and sat down on the ramp. Bo-Katan walked up to him.

"There isn't much left to deal with here, Kenobi. You don't have to stay, you know." Bo-Katan told him.

"If you don't mind, I think I will." Obi-Wan responded. "Maul fled, most likely the Empire won't come here, he only wants me." Bo-Katan sighed.

"Okay. Goodbye, let's hope we can get rid of the Emperor and his insanity." Bo-Katan said. Obi-Wan smiled.

"We need all the help we can get, Bo-Katan." Obi-Wan said, before returning on to the ship and punching in the coordinates for Tython. He knew that if he went on small missions such as these, the Jedi could get more allies, and there would be more aid in overthrowing Plagueis.

TATOOINE

The Rodian lunged at Lata, but the scalpel in her hand plunged into his arm. The Rodian yelped and pulled back, when Lata began to punch him in the stomach as he fell back to the hallway. The second man, now Lata recognized it as a Sesho, jumped into the room and attempted to hit Lata in the face. She ducked and kicked him in the side, before jumping behind the Rodian and grabbing a knife from his belt.

She used the knife to stab the Rodian in the stomach before throwing it at the Sesho's head, who ducked and charged. Lata rolled under him and pushed him forward. She grabbed the knife from the other side of the hallway and stabbed him in the chest. The Sesho fell to the floor, but managed to get out a gun and shoot it. Lata quickly jumped to the side when the blaster bolt hit the wall.

She turned around and noticed another man, a male human, coming in her direction. She identified him as the ruthless bounty hunter Szarou Catana, the leader of a group of bounty hunters. She now knew that the two people she had just killed were Szarou's Soldiers bounty hunters. Szarou pulled out a vibroblade, and stood in a battle ready stance. Lata also grabbed a vibroblade from the dead Sesho.

The two engaged in a fierce duel, blocking and swinging at eachother. Since Lata had much more experience with a melee weapon and was force-sensitive, she had an advantage. After breaking through Szarou's defenses, Lata plunged the vibroblade into the man's chest, who stumbled backwards and fell onto the floor. She breathed a sigh of relief and quickly rushed out of the building.

When she was far enough away from Mos Eisley, she stopped. Not because she was tired, but she sensed someone was near. On her way out she had retrieved a lightsaber, her original one, from her hut.

"Who's there?" Lata asked aloud. She heard footsteps, and then a face appeared who she immediately recognized, a person she had gone on many missions alongside. "Master Kota?"

Rahm Kota appeared, and stared. "Gunda?!" he exclaimed, before walking towards her. "I thought you were dead!"

"I'm not, and please call me Lata." Lata said. Rahm nodded. "I need a way to get off this planet, bounty hunters have been searching for me."

"They have been searching for me as well, Gun-" He interrupted himself. "Lata." Lata smiled. "I might be able to make contact with the Temple, but last I heard they moved to Tython, which coordinates are unknown to the Emperor." He stopped speaking and Lata turned around, and they saw several bounty hunters ready to kill.

"Two Jedi, how fun." one of them said. Lata and Rahm both ignited their lightsabers, and the bounty hunters opened fire. Their shots were deflected back, and they attempted all they could to stop the Jedi. Three fell within seconds, and two remained. Rahm charged up to one and impaled him through the heart, while deflecting shots from the other. The other attempted to shoot Lata as well, but one of the shots she deflected killed him.

"I'll make contact now." Rahm said, pulling out a comlink, and soon he could hear Mace Windu.

"Master Kota?" Windu asked.

"Hello, Master Windu. I'm stranded on Tatooine with Gunda Reiosh, and yes, she is alive." Rahm replied.

"We will have to speak about that later, I am sending Master Vos to retrieve you." Windu said.

"Also, her name is now Lata Nevorra." Rahm added, sending their coordinates.

"Okay." Windu said, before the comlink turned off.

One Hour Later

Quinlan's ship landed in the desert at their coordinates and both Lata and Rahm entered. They sat down next to Quinlan as the ship entered hyperspace back to Tython.

"I didn't know you were still alive." Quinlan said, starting up the conversation.

"I was alive, but my former Master didn't survive. I became a bounty hunter, because I felt as if something was going to happen and I shouldn't have been in the Order. I guess I was right." Lata said. Quinlan smiled.

"Well, I'm glad to see you as well Rahm." Quinlan said.

"You as well. How many Jedi have survived?" Rahm replied.

"Most of the Council survived, but mostly everyone who was on a mission died. I remember that Master Billaba's new Padawan had been seperated from her, and nobody knew what happened to him. Caleb Dume, I think." Quinlan said. Rahm sighed.

"Let's hope we don't lose anymore." Rahm said.

TYTHON

Padmé enjoyed the time alone with Anakin and her children, just them with no worries. Luke and Leia squirmed in their cribs, and Padmé smiled on at them. Anakin wrapped his arm around her neck, and they looked down.

"They're adorable." Padmé said.

"They are. I'm so glad that we can live in peace here on Tython." Anakin stated. Padmé nodded slowly. This was their new home, and nothing could take it from them.

THE HAPPY ENDING! So cute, those babies are. It's not the last chapter, though.

Caleb Dume was the original name of Kanan Jarrus, and he will show up later, but not in this story. Just a note, the next story will take place 17 years after this. I have most of it planned out.

Also, sorry for the long wait, I had a bit of writer's block for the past week, and after thinking about ways to include Rahm Kota and Quinlan Vos in my story, I got this idea. This isn't the last you're seeing them, or Lata for that matter. They will also play a big role in the second story.

Next chapter is almost entirely focused on Yoda. It's going to be him with more visions, including the mystery man from the stone temple.

A hint at the mystery man from the stone temple's identity: It's going to be a character that I absolutely love.