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Chapter 6: Still no Answers
Due to the Clone Wars, most people would have thought the role of a Jedi is to fight any darkness that threatens the peace. They are wrong about the fighting part. Some times to able to protect the peace would be to do investigations and use peaceful ways of bring peace. In the views of the Jedi that is how they would want to be done. The more peaceful the better, is how the Jedi view it.
That is one of the greatest thing that the Republic have forgotten the Jedi are not soldiers, they are peacekeepers. Far difference between those two. Even through sometimes in order to keep peace the peacekeepers must become soldiers like they did in the Clone Wars.
Since his arrival to his homeworld, Mark has been trying to find information on how have destroy a top secret space station located within the Outer Rim. That station was supposed to act like a prison and a base of operation to try to bring peace and order into the lawless Outer Rim. It was going to be one of the few that were located within the Outer Rim. So far there have only been three installed and they all have been destroyed.
With the other two top secret space stations being destroyed, Mark is trying to work more faster to bring the person who keep giving information to the Sith. That something else he has been trying to do since he arrived on the planet of Bakura.
Mark believed now it must have been someone higher up in the military ranks or high up within either the Galactic Republic government or the Bakuran government. Not everyone military personal does not know where all the stations was located besides a very small handful of military personal.
"Everyone we talked too was innocent. I did not sense any deceptions on their parts about the station. The only deceptions are some of them are cheating on their spouses." say Rachelle as she sips a smoothie that she has bought.
"Someone had to tell them. We talked to all the low military and government officials. Let start going higher up." say Mark as he looks at Rachelle. They were sitting on a platform of a tall building that is a mall within the city of Salis D'aar. They are sitting next to a red Speeder that has light brown seats and a golden strap over the hood.
"The question is who, there were a lot of higher ranking officials within the government and military." say Rachelle. They got into the Speeder and speed toward Amelia's house. Hoping they have narrow down the search for the possible problems. They have been looking at anything anyone have did is unusually in the past few weeks.
Mark just hopes that they can find some answers that they are looking for. It soon begins to seem that this mystery cannot be solved at all. He wants to solve this problem as quickly as possible.
Darth Vader is sitting in a throne in a starship. The Starship is an Imperial-class Star Destroyer or as the Republic would calls it an Imperator-class Star Destroyer. Still the Republic still uses the Venator class Star Destroyer. The major difference is that his ships are more stronger than that of the Republic and the Venator class.
The door slides open in his throne room. Darth Destria walks into the room. She was wearing a black robe with a black armor underneath of it. The armor look like a bodysuit with added padded areas along her arms legs and chest.
When she was standing in front of Darth Vader she got down on one knee. "Master I just got back from my mission. I got great news. The other 2 stations the Republic has built have been destroyed. I have killed all those that were onboard and have taken information that they have gather." say Darth Destria.
"Good, we are heading to Bakura. I had sense that there is a very young human that is strong within the Force. We can rise whoever it is in the Dark Side and she will be strong." say Darth Vader raising his fist from the throne. "Master, I have sense Master Zane is on the planet." say Darth Destria.
Darth Vader smiles behind his mask as he hears this news. So the person who he had hated and use that hatred to make himself stronger in the past 4 years is on Bakura. Darth Vader puts his right hand on the bottom of his helmet where his chin is. "He must be on the planet trying to locate any kind of information about how we found out about the Republic secret stations." say Darth Vader.
"That was my guess to, Master. We should do something to prevent him for gathering information about us." say Darth Destria. "Oh our contact wouldn't dare to tell him. After all, we put bombs in his family and if he talks, all I have to do is press a button and his family will be nothing but bits on any piece of trash that they are on." say Darth Vader with a twisted smile that his helmet hides.
Naturally he hates Bakura. He hates the planet with a passion since it is the homeworld of his enemy. It reality it could be consider his since he is a clone from his template. He hates to think he is a Clone. He hates to think that he is the same as Master Zane but full of darkness. With his hatred of Zane and the other hatred he made him very strong within the Dark Side of the Force.
"What happen if he becomes selfless and tells Master Zane?" ask Darth Destria. "I already have a plan for that. Our friend Maxus would enjoy killing him. I gave him orders to kill him when we enter the Bakura System." say Darth Vader. "Maxus have proved to be a very well addition to your Empire." say Darth Destria.
Darth Vader touches a button on his throne and a hologram of the captain of the ship appears out of the arm of the throne. "Captain, take us into hyperspace en-route to Bakura." say Darth Vader. He ends the transmission before the captain can reply.
"Are you sure Maxus can kill him, after all he is his friend." say Darth Destria. "Come on he almost killed his family on Bakura when I tested his loyalty. The military had brought him up to great. Loyalty to those he work for." say Darth Vader. "Why you did not let him kill them." demand Darth Destria.
"Watch your tone with me. Because I do not want that to cloud Master Zane's mind. I want him to be on the top of his game when I kill him. Only then I can be considered to be the best and bring fear to the Republic." say Darth Vader as he looks at his apprentice.
Darth Destria could not make any sense of this. If her master wants Master Zane dead, why not kill him when he is weak. He told her never to give Jedi scum a chance to live and that what she did at the two secret stations.
"Now go and train." say Darth Vader. Darth Destria stands up and walks out of the room. Darth Vader watches as she leaves the room. Darth Vader had been using the Dark Side of the Force to make sure her memories not return. She is still clueless about her past as a Jedi. It was still to the same extent as it was before she was found by Darth Vader.
To say it was disdaining to not be able to come up with any information that could lead to whom have told the Sith of the three space stations that was station in the out, was an understatement. They have surely narrowed down the search to someone high up in the Bakuran government or military.
"What about the Prime Minister?" ask Mark. "Impossible he wouldn't do a thing like that." say Amelia. "What about if someone threatens his family? The Sith are ruthless, they have mean ways of getting people to do what they want. Look at Palpatine. To them people are expandable." say Mark.
"It could be possible; there was an attack on his family earlier last month. He does care for his family a lot, but I highly doubt it. It is not easy to blackmail him. There is also General of the Red Comet Regiment." say Amelia.
Mark heard of the Red Comet Regiment, it is one of the toughest Regiment within the Bakuran military. "Since Maxus is alive, I bet you Maxus got the information from him and Maxus told Sith Lord." say Padme as she looks at Amelia. Mark could see how Padme thought of that right as she said it.
Luke and Leia enter the room. "Mommy can we go swimming in the lake?" ask Luke. Leia stands beside her brother and nods. She really wants to go swimming. Just the image of them swimming crosses Padme's mind made her smile.
"Is your father awake from his nap?" ask Padme. Mark smiles at this to hold in his laughter. Anakin and the twins were playing outside all morning and they really whip him. He had fallen asleep on the floor of the living room as he was laying with the twins.
Mark remembers when him and Rachelle return from their search they notice the twins were asleep in Anakin's arms. Both twins were using his chest as a pillow. It was a cute sight. He also notices at the sight Rachelle have begin to daydream like she have been doing more lately at strange sight. That makes him worry sometimes because what happen if she begins to daydream during a battle or anything that needs her complete focus.
The twins shake their heads. "Daddy is sleepy. Can we go swimming, please?" say Leia sweetly. Padme looks at her baby girl. She really wants to be at the meeting, but she also wants her children to have fun on the trip. It is not often that they get to visit Bakura.
"Sure, go get your swimsuits on. Do you need any help?" say Padme. The twins look at each other with huge smile on their faces. "Mommy I'm 4! I could get my swimsuit on myself." say Leia holding up four fingers. "Good for you, now go up and get change." say Padme as she gets up figure she should change too.
Padme walks up to the room she shares with Anakin and throws on her two piece bikini that is blue and white. She walks to the door and find Leia wearing a dark blue one-piece swimsuit and Luke have red swimming trunks on. They walk to the stairs that leads down to the large crystal blue lake.
Padme was amazed that the stairs move downwards to the lake. She notice there was another side that goes upwards. It makes sense to have something that moves because of how far. Just walking up and down the set of stairs would taken way much longer than it with the stairs move on their own.
As soon as they were on the very soft sanded beach, the twins took off running toward the crystal clear blue water. Padme smiles at their joyful laughs as they run into the water. They soon begin to splash each other with water. Padme just swims around in the water until they start splashing.
Padme and the twins spent hours in the water swimming, racing against each other and splashing each other. It was one of the most fun that Padme had in a long time. No out it has been hours, but it felt like only an hour went by instead of the five. They did not know the time until Anakin came down and told them that Amelia have just got cooking supper.
With the mention of food the twins took off running to the stairs. They races up the stairs that were move upwards. While they race to the house, Anakin stares at Padme as she dries off. He kisses her on the lips. "You are still as beautiful as you were when we have our first wedding." say Anakin softly as he looks into the warm brown eyes that are his wife. Padme blushes a little bit and kisses him on the lips.
They both walk up to the house at a slower pace than their children. Enjoying being in each other arms and the slowly setting sun that is behind them making the crystal clear blue lake appears with a tint of orange.
Okay just a little note, as you know there have been days I haven't submit things. Well as far as I know, I will not be able to post anything until Friday or Saturday.
I hurried to finished this one up. Sorry if it is not good, I am a bit tired. Hopefully this chapter is still as good as the other.
Oh here is a little puzzle for you. It is about the Force Senstive that Darth Vader had sense on Bakura. I want to see if you can figure it out. I know that I did not give you any clues about it in the story so here are the clues:
It a female human, born in 17 BBY, was an Emperor's Hand within the Star Wars Saga. Died in 40 ABY by the hand of her nephew. These information could be found on Wookiepedia.
Till Friday or Saturday, enjoy and Have a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays.