Chapter 3

Amity Park, Indiana

Jof

Jof Favrem awoke to see that she was in a bare room, on top of a primitive mattress and light fixture of some sort nearby. She looked around the room and saw a window with yellow sunlight peeking through. Jof saw a pair of crutches and a bowl filled with clear liquid nearby. Jof took the crutches and went over to the window. Outside she saw a small city with tall, primitive buildings. The species that built them was obviously not completely primitive, but the buildings were anthills compared to the starscrapers on Coruscant. She heard feet coming, at least four bipedal creatures, and voices.

Jof saw her bag and reached out with the Force and sent it to her hand. She pulled her lightsaber from it and clipped it to her belt, then waited. The four humans entered her room and looked at her. She recognized the tall teenaged female from the night before, and remembered how she helped her. Beside her were three younger teenaged humans, two males and one other female. The other female and the boy were light skinned with black hair; the female's eyes were violet and she wore a black sleeveless short shirt with a purple oval and black skirt and bracelets, along with a black skirt with purple leggings and black boots while the male had blue eyes and wore a white short sleeved shirt with a red oval and long blue pants with red shoes. The last teenaged male was dark skinned with green eyes wearing a red hat and long sleeved yellow shirt with green pants and brown boots. All of them carried packs strapped to their shoulders.

The taller red haired female lifted her hands to show they were empty and slowly walked toward her. "It's okay; we're not here to hurt you. We came to make sure you were alright," she slowly said. Jof nodded and said, "At least you speak Basic." "Well…this makes things easier," the black haired female said. "Alright, let's start at the beginning, hi, I'm Jazz, this is Danny, Sam, and Tucker," Jazz introduced herself. "I am Jof Favrem," Jof introduced herself, bowing her head. "Alright, Jof, are you alright?" Jazz asked. "My mind is clear, my abdomen is on its way to healing, but my leg is another story," Jof told her. "Alright, we came up to change your bandages. Sit down on the mattress and we'll get to work," Jazz told her.

Jof did as she was told then said, "You're not very surprised at my appearance. Judging by the state of your planet's technology, your people have never encountered another sentient species before." Jazz unwrapped the bandages on her head and washed the dried blood on her head as she said, "Well, you're the first alien we've ever seen, it's true, but well, lets just say that our town's not your average town." Jazz's hand brushed on her lekku and she gave a small gasp. "Oh man, I'm sorry!" Jazz said, then Jof told her, "Be careful with my lekku, they're extremely sensitive." "I'll remember that," Jazz said, as she went about replacing the bandages, much more slowly this time.

"So, how did you get here?" the dark skinned male, Tucker, asked. Jazz finished wrapping up Jof's head and she told him, "I was escaping from the Galactic Empire. During my escape my ship was damaged. I had to jump to hyperspace before I could calculate my course, and wound up on this planet." "The Galactic Empire?" the other male, Danny, said, eyes wide in astonishment. "It's a long story, I don't know if I have time, today. I need something to eat," Jof said, leaving all the teenagers eager. "Um, we don't know what you can eat," the other female, Sam, said, and the teenagers all looked at each other. Jof smiled and said, "My species can eat almost anything thanks to our multiple stomachs. The desert planet we evolved on meant that we couldn't afford to be picky about our sustenance."

"That's good, just wait here and we can go get something," Danny said. Jof watched them go, but as they left, she felt the pull of the Force, towards Jazz. "Jazz," Jof said before she left. "Yes?" Jazz said. "I hope we can talk more at a later time," Jof said. "We will," Jazz promised, and left.

Vlad

Vlad Masters watched in his underground lab as his computer hologram of his beloved Maddie scanned the alien ship. "It is definitely of extraterrestrial origin, Muffin, with a variety of weaponry and what appears to be a kind of forcefield too." "Have you discovered the powersource?" Vlad asked. "It seems to run on a combination of plasma and electricity, along with several unknown elements Cupcake," the Maddie hologram said. Just then a long arm wrapped itself around Vlad's throat and a he heard a voice say, "Where is the Jedi?" "Would this be your space ship?" Vlad calmly asked. "That is none of your concern," the intruder said. "I beg to differ," Vlad said, then immediately turned intangible and phased through his attacker's arm.

"Should I call security Darling?" the Maddie hologram asked. "That won't be necessary my dear," Vlad said as he sized up the intruder. He was a tall, thin yet athletic human with a bald head and pale skin and green eyes wearing a type of red armor covered in a red cloak. "I'm not asking again, where is the Jedi?" the intruder asked, pulling out a staff then pressing a button that emitted a red laser blade from the staff's tip. "I don't know who you are, or what this Jedi thing you're looking for is, but buster you made a big mistake breaking into MY facility!" Vlad said, then went Ghost. Vlad blasted a ghost ray at the red cloaked intruder, who reflected the laser back at him with his laser spear.

Vlad blocked it with an ecto-shield and the intruder jumped forward and tried to slice the shield with his laser spear. The shield blocked the attack and Vlad kicked his attacker away and followed up with five more ghost rays. The intruder blocked three of them and dodged the last two, then motioned with his arm for Vlad to bring it on. "You as-" Vlad was interrupted when the table behind him hit him. The intruder stabbed at Vlad and Vlad phased through the table just in time, the laser blade went through the table like it wasn't even there and scorched his intangible chest! Vlad angrily growled and created three copies of himself, "Block this!" the four Vlad's said as they blasted a flurry of ghost rays. The intruder's spear spun about in a red blur as he blocked the ghost rays then jumped up and forward at one of the Vlad's. Before the copy could counter attack it was run through and disappeared in a puff of smoke. The intruder then threw his spear, the laser blade decapitated another copy and knocked a third out of the way.

The weapon then seemed to be pulled back into its wielder's hand as Vlad flew straight at him and punched him back into a wall. "You're good, but you're no match for a halfa!" Vlad crowed as he and his last copy blasted ghost rays at him. The intruder waved his arm and another table overturned and blocked the ghost rays for a minute. As the table was destroyed by the onslaught Vlad saw that he was gone. "Where'd he go?" Vlad asked then got his answer when his last copy was sliced in half groin to head and the butt of the laser spear was rammed into his chest. The intruder stabbed at Vlad, who narrowly dodged the attacks. Vlad created small ecto-shields in his hands and blocked a strong overhead slash then grabbed the handle below the energy blade and yanked it out of his opponent's hand. "So what are you going to do now Mr. Red?" Vlad smugly asked.

The red clad intruder's face contorted in rage and clutched the air in front of him with his right hand. Vlad felt like an invisible hand was strangling him as he let go of the weapon and grasped at his throat. How!? Vlad thought as the invisible hand tightened. He's using some kind of telekinesis! Vlad realized and blasted a ghost ray through his eyes at the intruder's chest. The invisible hand disappeared and the laser spear flew back into its owner's hands. "Hold on!" Vlad yelled, "It's obvious that we're getting nowhere with this fight. So, how about we make a gentleman's arrangement?" The intruder lowered his weapon and said, "I'm listening." "Let's start with your name, it's customary for the guest to introduce himself first after all," Vlad said. "I am Kandall Thal," the red clad man introduced himself, "And you are?"