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Chapter 25: Marek Family
As Mark and Rachelle walks through the halls of an Attack Cruiser, also known as Venator-class Star Destroyer, they realize how silent the ship sounds. The only noise that was making is the hum of the engines and Hyper-drive, which is propelling it into Hyperspace. Even as they walk, they can hear the echoes of their boots as they walk across the metal floors of the ship.
For Rachelle it is unnerving to have an Attack Cruiser this quiet. Then again, most people are resting up from a long eventful day that they had on Kashyyyk. As her mentor, she kept herself open to the Force. She came to the same conclusion as her mentor; who ever had sneaked on the ship means them no harm.
Still even with knowing that, the eerie silence of the ship is making her think something will jump out to attack them, even through she does not sense anything. Out of habit, she keeps her right hand not that far from her Lightsaber, which is hook onto her belt.
As they were walking, Rachelle notice that Mark's hand is no where near his Lightsaber and she knows for a fact that when he thinks there is trouble he make sure his hand is not to far away from his Lightsaber.
"Master do you really think these people will not try to hurt us?" ask Rachelle. "I highly doubt it. For a couple reasons, first is the obvious, if someone wants to hurt us, why would they bring their own children on a ship that has many armed soldiers that could damage their child. I sense that they loved their child. Second, I sense nothing through the Force that they want to harm us. What I am thinking is that they are looking for a ride off the planet." say Mark as they made a turn down another hall.
They walk down to where the dinning hall of the ship is. No one is in there besides some droids that were cleaning up the kitchen. Some Mouse Droids roll around on the floor by there feet. Those little droids are very handy to use on ships or bases. They can be used for security, cleaning, communications and guides; base upon whatever programming they are selected. Sometimes they are annoying because they get in the way and you have to watch where you stepping or you might step on them. Then again, they do have sensors within them that if they sense people near them they get out of the way.
Mark took a lift down from the hall to the next level bellow in the ship. They step off the lift and walk down a few more empty hallways. They rounded a corner and Mark almost got stab through the neck by a yellow plasma bladed Lightsaber. Rachelle was about to draw her Lightsaber when Mark hold out a hand.
Mark look at the person who is welding the Lightsaber and to the person next to her. Down by the legs of the guy and the lady's was a child that looks like he is about the same age as Luke and Leia. "Oh my, have my eyes deceived me?" say the guy. He have dark brown hair that is graying, much darker then Mark's hair and has light brown eyes he is 6 feet tall. Mark recognizes him right away. He is Jedi Knight Kento Marek. If memory serves Mark right, as it usually does, he was born in 45 BBY.
Mark eyes darted to the holder of the yellow Lightsaber that is pointed at his neck. She has long light brown hair, warm brown eyes she stands at 5ft 6ins, A size breasts, in fit. Mark knows this is Jedi Knight Mallie Marek. Mark is for sure that Mallie Marek was born in 50 BBY, because Mark remembers learning with her in some of Yoda classes when he was younger.
They both serve in the beginning of the Clone Wars when they fall in love, despite the codes of the Jedi Order. Without telling anyone, they left the Order during a mission in 22 BBY. Mark knows about them, because he had both of them come to him, back in his universe, about feeling in love. They both know that Mark was the only Jedi Master on the High Council who believes that love is a good thing. He helps them form a plan to get away from the Order so they can live peaceful lives. He almost forgot all about them. He hopes the Kento and Mallie Marek in his universe are okay.
"Mallie please put your Lightsaber away." say Kento. "Kento, don't you remember he died in Geonosis back in 22 BBY. You should remember because you were there!" say Mallie. Rachelle looks at the exchange between her mentor and the two other Jedi Knights.
"I could explain everything, but I agree with Kento, please put that Lightsaber away." say Mark looking down to the yellow plasma bladed Lightsaber. "Mallie, it is him. I can sense it, despite what I saw during Geonosis." say Kento remembering seeing Mark's head got slash off by Dooku.
Mallie sighs as she deactivates her Lightsaber and clips it onto her belt. "Explain." say Mallie shortly as she crosses her arms. Mark begins to explain the whole story about him being from another dimension that is very similar to this one, why he came here and what he did here to prevent Palpatine from taking control over the galaxy and destroying the Jedi Order. He also explains that he knew both of them were in love during the Clone Wars and help them out so they can be in love with each other.
Both Mallie and Kento was surprised when they hears this. They know how Mark is and the one that is standing in front of them alive and well, sounds exactly like the one who helps them out.
"I would have killed Dooku." say Kento as he crosses his arms after Mark finish his tale. "Dooku was defenseless and Anakin Skywalker took him as prisoner. You know I am different then most Jedi, but most of the codes I live by. You never strike down a defenseless foe nor does a Jedi kill their prisoners. Plus Dooku felt bad." say Mark.
Rachelle looks at them. "Why did you two sneak aboard our ship? You know you could gotten all three of yourselves killed." say Rachelle as she crosses her arms and look at them. "To get away from Kashyyyk, that Sith was trying to get us to join. We barely escaped, so we sneak upon the first ship we saw that took off." say Kento.
"If the Sith you referring to wears a golden helmet in dress in black, his name is Darth Vader, who is a clone of me and Palpatine put together. He was raised and created in darkness." say Mark. "Well whoever he is, he was a very good duelist. He disarms Kento and killed our Wookiee friends. Him disarming Kento is saying something, because he was trained by you… well not you… by the you from this universe." say Mallie.
Mark looks at Kento. He remembers training him back in his universe. He was one of Mark's first Padawan. Matter of fact he became his Padawan a couple years after he have became a Knight. He was one of the fastest Padawan to be knighted. He was selected as a Padawan when he was 8 years old in 44 BBY. By the age of 15 Mark was a Jedi Knight, do to how fast he learned and he begin to out master Rahm Kota, so he taken his trials and passed them in the year 37 BBY. In 35 BBY, Mark has taken on his first Padawan Kento Marek, who was 10 years old. Mark was 17 at the time he had taken Kento as his own Padawan. He has trained Kento for 7, and in 28 BBY Kento Marek pass his trials to become a Knight. 3 years later at the age of 27 in 25 BBY, Mark became Jedi Master. It was his skills and knowledge that promote him to the rank of Master. At the age of 29 in the year of 23 BBY, Mark became a member of the High Council.
He was training another Padawan when he became Jedi Master. He has gotten that Padawan right after Kento pass his trials. Usually to become a Jedi Master you have to trained more then one Padawan and have them pass there Knighthoods, or you take a more advance form of the trials that a Padawan takes to become a Knight. Sometimes on skills and experiences, you are promoted to the rank of Master. When he became a Jedi Master, he was still training his second Padawan. That Padawan became a knight a year in 24 BBY.
Now thinking about it, Mark's life was on the fast track in the Jedi Order. "Master, so how many Padawans did you have?" ask Rachelle. "Including you, I have three, and trust me all 3 of them was hard. That is why the Council says that I have experience training difficult Padawans.
"So you were one of Master's Padawan. That must make you pretty strong and skilled." say Rachelle. Kento smiles sheepishly when Rachelle stated this. "It amazed me how much a 17 year old Jedi Knight knows. He was very skill for his age when he taught me. I swear I was being taught by someone much older then him." say Kento.
Mallie smiles as she holds the little boy hand tighter so he would not go run off. Mark looks down at him and got down on his one knee. "What is your name young one?" ask Mark with a slight smile. The boy hides behind his mother's legs.
"His name is Galen Marek. He is four years old." say Mallie with a smile on her face. "Well, Galen, let me do the honor of introducing myself. I am Jedi Master Mark Alan Zane. I have trained your father." say Mark as he holds out his hand. Galen head pop around his mother's leg. Mark hold out his right hand waiting for Galen to take it. Slowly Galen stands beside his mother and shakes his hand.
Like Maria Jade, Mark senses that Galen will be powerful, but he does not feel the same connection with him as he did with Maria Jade. There is a rumor that the Force usually let people know who trains whom sometimes. That how it felt when Mark took Kento as his Padawan. Mark then stands up.
"Just let you know you two are welcome to the Jedi Order. Marriage is no longer forbidden." say Mark. "Told you I heard that on the news." say Mallie as she looks at her husband. Mark turns around. "Let me tell you something. Today all three of your were lucky to survive a confrontation with Darth Vader. It will be wise, to not to face him again. I watch many Jedi died today because of him." say Mark.
"You want us to join the order?" ask Kento. "You are not the only Jedi who left the Order because of love and they rejoined. As I see it, once a Jedi always a Jedi." say Mark. "Unless they fall to the Dark Side." say Mallie. "Even then, there is a little bit of a Jedi left inside them." say Mark as he walks away.
Rachelle follows him, and then the Marek family follows him. Mark senses this and decides to show them where they will be staying. He walks into the hall where the Jedi are station at. As they walk through the hall Yoda, Mace, Shaak Ti, and Obi-wan saw them. "This will be your room for the rest of the trip. Once we get back to Coruscant, you two can decide rather or not you want to join the Jedi Order once more. I sense that there might be a war coming, and we need all the strength we can get. Kento, if your Master Zane was anything like me, then I know you are well skilled." say Mark with that Mark left the Marek family and the rest of the Jedi slightly confused.
Rachelle quickly follows Mark, before anyone could question her about the new arrivals with the ship. She is not scared to answer, but she have a feeling that her mentor could do a better job at explain what is going on. Matter of fact, she is still confuse at what it was going on. She has senses Kento presence in the Force and it was strong.
She begins to wonder if Mark knew who they were when he saw them on the security recordings. Maybe he did not even need to use the Force to sense if they had any ill intentions to them and the troops on the ship.
She was going to ask her mentor some questions, but decide against it as she notice he was already in bed and trying to fall asleep. Being his Padawan for so long, she knows sometimes he has a hard time sleeping and it is best not to bother him if he manages to get to sleep. During 20 to 19 BBY she thought he have a hard time falling asleep due to the fact that visions of what had happen to him and what he felt in the 19 BBY in his universe was causing him have a hard time to sleep. No ought now he sleeps more but he still has a hard time falling asleep still. Through the Force, she could tell that
Rachelle lays down on her bed and looks at Mark as he sleeps. Once more, she is having visions of them being together in the future. In that vision, they have kids too. She is wondering if these visions were just her dreams or visions supply from the Force. With a yawn, Rachelle turns over so he back is facing her mentor and she closes her eyes to fall asleep.
Okay I remember someone stated to me in a review of this series that I should have Galen Marek, which I did plan on having, if I could seem to fit him into the series. There isn't that much description on Kento Marek and Mallie Marek, so I made some of them up. The fact that they fall in love and leave the Jedi Order and their duties during the Clone Wars are true. Mallie information on Wookiepedia did not have how she looks so I decide to come up with a look.
The Marek family was introduce in the Force Unleash part of the Star Wars Saga. In a Star Wars Force Unleash game (going by the WII version) Galen Marek was kidnapped by Darth Vader after Darth Vader killed his father on Kashyyyk. It was due to this that I decide on the location where the Marek family was for this story.
Also to get a better view of the robes that Kento Marek and Mallie Marek was wearing go to Wookiepedia and type in Kento's Robe in the search bar. You will get a better understanding of the robes they are wearing.
Well doing this I also thought I will make Kento Marek being Mark's first Padawan. Doing this I figure I will tell some of Mark's past in the other dimension. For to be easier to understand here is the information all over again. 46 BBY was not mention in this chapter but if you remember, Mark was born in 52 BBY and he lived with his mother until the age of 6 when the Jedi Order pick him up in 46 BBY and 19 BBY was imply as with 46 BBY since they were cover in the last story of the series.
46 BBY: Went to Jedi Temple
44 BBY: Became Rahm Kota's Padawan
37 BBY: Become a Jedi Knight
35 BBY: Kento Marek became his 1st Padadwan
28 BBY: Kento Marek pass his trials, Mark gain a 2nd Padawan
25 BBY: Became a Jedi Master, base on Knowledge & Skill
24 BBY: 2nd Padawan became Knight
23 BBY: Jedi High Council Member.
22 BBY: Help Kent and Mallie leave the Jedi Order in secret.
19 BBY: Went into portal to new universe.
Til next time, enjoy.