Chapter 6

Jazz

Jazz had been thinking for a long time about Jof Favrem's offer. To become a Jedi, something she had never even heard of until yesterday…it was crazy, illogical…but felt so right. Jazz had been distracted with these thoughts, though she had managed to do her schoolwork. Now she was on her way to the Hotel to talk to Jof. What am I going to do? I'm just a normal…no, there's nothing normal about me. Normal girls don't have ghost hunting parents. Normal girls don't have superhero little brothers. Normal girls don't go on adventures. I've never been normal.

Jazz stopped her car and looked up to see the Hotel. She took a breath and walked in and headed straight for Jof's room. When she was at the door she heard Sam say, "We'll protect it." "Thank you," Jazz heard Jof reply, and then went in. Sam, Danny, and Tucker were standing in front of Jof, who was sitting on her cot and holding a glowing blue cube. Jof had a smile on her face and said, "Welcome, Jazz." "Hi," Jazz said, "Um…what's that cube?" Jof told her, "This is a treasure of the ancient Jedi Masters. This is a holocron, within is contained vast knowledge of the Jedi Order's history, the old teaching methods, so much. Your friends found it and brought it to me. This is good news, Jazz, very good news indeed."

Danny looked at her in shock and said, "Don't forget that your ship is gone, and the Empire might have it now." "WHAT!?" Jazz nearly screamed. Jof's smile slowly faded and she said, "It is true. They found this holocron where I crashed. The Empire may be on its way now. I have made sure that this," Jof held out the holocron, "will not fall into their hands." "I see. Do you think that we should move you?" Jazz asked. "No, not until I can heal my leg," Jof told her, and Jazz then noticed that Jof's head wraps were gone and she had a scar on her forehead. "But how?" Jazz asked in amazement. "The Force is a powerful ally. With the right knowledge and training, one can do many things with its help," Jof replied with a small smile.

"That's actually why I came. I've decided…I will train to be a Jedi," Jazz said. Everyone was silent, then Danny sputtered, "Wha-wha-how-what abou-what?" "What, why can't we be Jedi too?" Tucker indignantly asked. "I am sorry, but none of you three have the potential," Jof told them. "Man," Danny said, and Sam immediately smacked him, "What are you complaining about? You already have superpowers!" Danny blushed in embarrassment and Jof said, "If it will make you feel better, you can stay for Jazz's first lesson." The three looked at each other and nodded, and Jof turned to Jazz.

"Understand; the life of a Jedi, even at our height, was not an easy one. You will be different from other sentient beings, subject to our laws and regulations. The greatest one that will affect your life is that a Jedi cannot form attachments. Before, a Jedi was found as a child, and taken to the Temple and trained from a young age to prevent attachments. Attachment can lead to jealousy, anger, and lead one to the Dark Side. Your family attachment is strong, but you must be wary to not allow it to devolve into greed. Romantic attachments are most forbidden; sexual passions can corrupt the mind and lead to sorrow. Do you still wish to become a Jedi, Jazz?"

Jazz had to think about that. She was a teenage girl, still in High School. She had never had many romances in her life, but she had still hoped to have a family…one day. Is it worth it? Jazz asked herself. An image then appeared in her mind, of a wider Galaxy, far away from Earth. She saw men and women and thousands of different species of aliens wielding laser swords and battling various criminals and warlords, protecting the innocent, and bringing peace. "UGH!" Jazz sighed as she fell to her knees. In her mind she saw battles between space ships of all shapes and sizes. "JAZZ!" she heard Danny yell and go to her side, but he sounded like a dream.

She finally had a vision of Jof, leading soldiers in white armor against armies of robots until she was all that stood. "GET HER ON THE BED!" Danny screamed, sounding a thousand miles away. Jazz saw Jof reunite with another Jedi, an alien with green skin, large black eyes, antenna on its head and suckers on its fingers. She watched as Jof and the other Jedi battled a warrior in red, a bald human with red eyes and wearing red armor with some kind of laser spear. "JAZZ! JAZZ!" she faintly heard Danny yell. The warrior in red fought like a tiger, driving Jof and the other alien Jedi back. Jazz watched as the warrior in red kicked Jof away and stabbed the other in the chest with his laser spear. "MASTER!" Jof yelled.

The other Jedi shoved its hands forward, pushing the warrior in red back for a long distance. "Run…Jof," the dying Jedi said, and Jof ran. Jazz's vision then changed to show Amity Park. A white pyramid looking space ship was raining lasers down as smaller grey ships that looked like eyes with black hexagonal wings blasted yet more lasers into fleeing crowds. Bodies were everywhere, and all Jazz could do was scream as she saw her family among the dead.

"JJJAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!" Danny screamed. "IT'S OKAY, JAZZ!" he screamed, and Jazz realized she was screaming as well. "What happened!?" Sam yelled. "She had a vision," Jof said. Jazz was terrified as Danny hugged her, "Its okay, Jazz." "No, it's not, I saw the ship, it was destroying everything!" Jazz screamed. "The Force gave you a vision," Jof said. "It's hopeless, isn't it?" Jazz asked. Jof shook her head, "No. The future is never set in stone until it happens. There is always hope, a way for the future to be changed." "How?" Jazz asked. "You were given the vision, Jazz. Only you can change the future," Jof told her. Jazz calmed down and Danny let her go. She stood up and said, "I will become a Jedi."

Thal

Kandall Thal drove the primitive wheeled 'police car' around a building. He wasn't really looking with his eyes as much as searching with the Force; searching for a beacon in this primitive backwater world for Jof Favrem. He was not happy with the situation, but a deal is a deal. He had a month, then he could slag the whole city. Thal didn't know what he wanted more, to find the Jedi and make her die slowly, or rain fire from the skies on the heads of the primitive people. He watched blankly with disgust at the people walking through the sidewalks, not a care in the world. They knew nothing of suffering.

Thal knew suffering; his whole life had been one suffering after the next. Suffering in the lower levels of Coruscant, struggling just for his next meal, all alone fighting against the other refuse of the City Planet, wishing he could let the wealthy classes that stood above him could have but a small taste of his life. All that changed 19 years ago, when the Emperor, then Chancellor Palpatine, found him. Thal had tried to rob him, and was soundly defeated. He still remembered the beautiful lightning as it flared out of his Majesty's hands. He had told Thal, "You have potential. I can show you how to use that potential, to make others tremble before you." Thal accepted the invitation happily.

He suffered yet more under the Emperor's tutelage, learning of the Dark Side and its power. The pain was incredible, and it only fueled his rage, his power. He was sent to kill a number of criminal warlords and gangs during that time, scum that had been like him, yet had forgotten what suffering was like. He was more than happy to remind them. Then, Order 66 came, and Thal was allowed to truly show the universe his power! He had slain nine Jedi so far in the six years since that day, but only recently took trophies. The shock in their eyes as those so called 'defenders of justice' died at his hand was delicious. Only Jof Favrem had escaped him, the time that led to now was the third such time. Each escape only fueled his rage, his power. He would enjoy the day that he showed her head to Lord Vader.

Thal looked in the mirror in the car and saw that he had spent too much time reminiscing, his eyes had turned red. He put on a pair of 'sunglasses' that came with the police uniform Vlad Masters had given him and then heard a scream. He saw a dark skinned woman screaming and a teenage male with a similar tone running away with her purse. "Please be armed," Thal pleaded with the Force, he wanted to kill something, so much right now. Thal walked out of the police car and yelled, "POLICE! STOP RIGHT THERE!" The youth looked at him and reached into his coat then said, "DIE PIG!"

Thal pulled out his gun and shot the youth in the leg, then the shoulder. He then smiled at his victim's suffering as he walked up shot him in the head. Thal smiled at the woman who had been robbed and said, "Have a nice day," then went back into his police car.