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Chapter 31: Sisters
After a 15 minutes trip into the heart of Coronet City and a 2 hour talk with the director of CorSec, Lillian is leading Jedi Master Obi-wan Kenobi, Jedi Knight Rachelle Hunter, and Maria Jade to the hotel across from the CorSec headquarters. The room is on the top floor and has a nice view of the city.
"Hope you like it. The Director surely got you one of the best hotel rooms in the hotel." say Lillian as she looks at the long planes windows. Obi-wan crosses his arms over his chest. "We do not need to have the best hotel room." say Obi-wan looking at Lillian who is standing by a window.
Rachelle watches the interactions between Lillian and Obi-wan. Every time she thinks about Lillian or look at her, she feels like as if she knows her from before. Still she cannot place the thought at all. She never has this feeling with anyone before. It was a feeling as if she knows her, but has not seen her for so long that she cannot remember her at all. For some reason, even without the Force she knows that this person is a caring person and when she knew this person she was very caring of her.
That feeling is start to really get on her nerves as much as the feeling she have for Mark back when she could not figure it out. Those were the times that make her just want to pull her hair out.
Through the Force, Obi-wan sense something from Rachelle. He senses confusion. He is slightly confused but he thinks he knows who Lillian is, since he was older then Rachelle when he meet her only once before. He senses she is as confused as she was when she trying to figure that the feeling she had for Mark was love.
Something beeps and Obi-wan look shock as he look down at his Datapad. That was right he forgot he set the thing to alarm him when Satine ship enter Coruscant. Hopefully Mark or the Jedi Order could explain to her. As much as she does not like him rushing through mission, she does not like being in the dark to why he wouldn't be where he says he would be without an explanation.
Everyone looks at him and he turns the Datapad alarm off and put it back into a pocket in his belt. "What was that beeping noise for?" ask Rachelle looking up at Obi-wan. "Oh a warning to tell me Satine landed on Coruscant." say Obi-wan. They thought it would be a good idea to have a chip on them to let the others know that they are on the planet that it is set to go off, to help them not worry if they are okay or hurt from their trip.
Lillian eyes dart to Rachelle once more as she walks around the room to make sure everything was safe. Being part of Law Enforcement for her entire life taught her that you can never be to careful. She have bee in a house that one member of CorSec say it was clear, and when they walk into it, the house exploded. That member did look around but not as carefully as she would. Then there were a similar problem when there was no bomb found but she did not check and there was another explosion.
She loves being in Law Enforcement. The thought of her being so different then her parents makes her so happy. Her parents were criminals and murders. So was her older brother. She remembers she would have to go on the run with her family bunch of times. As she got older and learns that what they were doing was run, she tries to contact CorSec or any authorities.
Rachelle watches as Lillian works, she has been trying to figure out who she is to her. Why does she seems so familiar and looks almost like her but an older version. It is nerve wreaking to have this happening. She knows Corellia is where she was born and she bound to have a family she does not know about on the planet, but out of all the times she visit she never heard a word or see her family.
Something like that makes Rachelle jealous of Mark and Anakin. They both got to live with their families and know them. She does not even know her family at all. It was a big mystery to her.
"Okay, the apartment is safe. Now, my room is down the hall. If you need to contract me about anything feel free to knock. I think you should turn in soon, because we going to have a busy day. Tomorrow, I will be taking you to the Corellian Engineering Corporation." say Lillian.
"Well… um thanks." say Rachelle as she watches Lillian walks out of the apartment. Rachelle spins around to look at Obi-wan. "Am I related to her?" ask Rachelle. She knows Obi-wan and Qui-gon Jinn was the ones who brought her to the Jedi Order.
Obi-wan rub his chin as he looks at Rachelle. He is wondering should he tell her or should he wait for Lillian to disclose that information. It does not seem like something he should tell, but either to confirm or deny when they talk about it. Then again he is not sure if Lillian Hunter is who he thinks she is. He knows that there are two family line of Hunter on Corellia. One of them was all bad with some good members and one of them was all good.
"Do not know, maybe when we are not busy you can ask her. Now I am going to turn in for a shower. After that we are going to find something to eat." say Obi-wan as he walks into the bathroom.
Rachelle walks over to the couch and drops onto it. She picks up a remote to turn the Holovision on. When she presses the power button a colored hologram appear above the stand. She lazily flips through the channels to find a movie.
As she watches the movie, she keeps thinking about Lillian. She looks around the room and finds. She turns it on and presses some keys on the screen. She types in Lillian Hunter into a search bar of the Holonet. She got bunch of information on her. This is what is said:
Lillian Hunter, born in 61 BBY is a human female who is well known in Corellia due to her various services within Corellia, where she spent most of her life since she was 16 years old. She have worked her way up to Inspector over the years since she begin. Some compare her skills as an Inspector compare to the late Maria Jade. Records also show that she worked with Maria Jade and learned for her.
Through a highly respected CorSec Inspector, she came from a family of dark. She is the daughter of Villola Hunter nee Darkbright and Foligannie Hunter, a mastermind criminals and murderers that have committed crimes throughout the Core and Inner Rim for 40 years. Their crimes end up worth 20 billion Credits and a total of 400 murders. Her parents and her older brother, all three are dead now, have committed a lot of crimes. There have been reports that Lillian as young as the age of 7 tries to bring her family in by calling the law enforcements of whatever planet she was on.
It was not until 46 BBY, when she join CorSec, at the age of 16 that she to defy her family and try to bring them in. She has been reported on many missions to bring her family down. She did not succeed in her goals until 39 BBY when her parents were run off the planet of Corellia and their ship got shot down by Republic Security Force that was aiding CorSec into capturing the Hunter Family.
It was a rumor that Lillian had a baby sister during the final year of her parents' lives that she tries to help out the baby girl. The name of the girl remains unknown and what have happen to it is unknown. There are hardly any reports of this girl and it is consider a rumor and nothing more. Even if it is true, it is believed that Lillian Hunter's baby sister was on the ship with her parents and brother when they went into the sun.
For more detail information about Inspector Lillian Hunter, her missions, and her rivalry with her family follow the links bellow provided.
Rachelle was shocked when she reads this. She would never have thought that anyone who was raised in a criminal family they would be so against it. How do they learn what is right and wrong when the family she was growing up was wrong. It does not make sense to her.
Rachelle decides to read some more about Lillian Hunter. For the next 20 minutes that Obi-wan were in the shower, she had been reading about the person who spent all of her adult life so far in CorSec. The more she read the more she found out how different then she was from her parents and older brother who all were criminals.
When Obi-wan got out of the shower he looks at Rachelle who was on the computer. "Doing some background research on Inspector Hunter, I see." say Obi-wan as he looks over her shoulder and to the screen. He quickly scanned the page she was on. "Yes, it has been bothering me since we meet. I keep getting the feeling I know her from a very long time ago. I get these thoughts in my head that she is a caring type of person." say Rachelle.
Obi-wan crosses his arms a bit as looks at her. He did heard that it was possible when someone have not seen someone in so long that they do have a little bit of memories of how they act, even if they do not remember that person. Still he is not so sure if Lillian Hunter is who he thinks she is. She could be a part of another family.
"Seem like she is married to her work." say Obi-wan. "How could you marry work?" ask Rachelle confused. "Not actually married like Anakin and Padme is. It just another way of saying that her life is her work. Makes sense if you think about it. She lives in a hotel across from the street of CorSec headquarters. She did nothing but work for them. I was talking to her in the Speeder as you and Maria was talking about something. She was saying how she never taken a day off unless she was being forced to." say Obi-wan.
With that being said, Obi-wan walks into the kitchen part of the apartment to find something to eat. He is still getting use to the fact that he is working with Rachelle. Over the past 5 years Rachelle has been only working with Mark and a few other Jedi on missions. Matter of fact, he never was on a mission with Rachelle alone without Mark being there.
Obi-wan manages to find something to cook to eat. They eat their meals and went to bed, since he figures they will be up early. With how Rachelle was trained by Mark, she is way use to getting up in the morning because they would train their skills or meditate. There was always one thing that Mark always told her is, even after becoming a Knight you should never forgo your training. You must keep up with them to stay sharp.
The next morning, Rachelle wakes up at 6:35 in the morning. She walks out into the kitchen and found Obi-wan sitting at the table drinking some coffee. She is not use to the smell of coffee in the morning. Mark hardly drinks coffee in the mornings, unless he had a hard time falling asleep, like he did back in 20 BBY and early 19 BBY.
Most adults in the galaxy drinks coffee in the morning when they get up. Rachelle found this strange, because her past 3 mentors all drink coffee every morning. She remembers when she questions Mark about it. He told her that he does not drink coffee because he wakes up naturally. One does not need to drink coffee to be awakened. It is the caffeine in coffee that gets people started.
"Want some coffee?" ask Obi-wan. "No way." yawns Rachelle as she stretches her muscles out a bit. "Are you sure? We do have a busy day today, it is unwise to start the day being tired." say Obi-wan lightly. "Master, told me you do not need coffee to wake up. He told me that it is a habit people get so used to that it makes them feel more awake." say Rachelle.
"Rachelle, you know Mark is very different person than most. Even the one that died at Geonosis was different than most people and Jedi. Some people needs coffee or something similar to help them get started." say Obi-wan lightly. Mark might be a very powerful Jedi, most likely one of the most powerful ones that ever was in the Jedi Order, but as powerful he is, he is also very different than most.
Rachelle grabs a glass and put some water in it. She drinks some water. "Do you think, I will have time to do some meditation?" ask Rachelle. "Most likely not at the moment, I got a call from Inspector Hunter; she will be up here in a couple minutes.
Right as he got done saying this. Lillian Hunter walks through the door in the apartment. She was dressed in the same white uniform she was dress in yesterday. Her hair is tied up into a ponytail. Around her waist is a golden belt with 2 holsters with Blasters in them.
"Good morning, Master Kenobi and Master Hunter." say Lillian as she stands near the door. "Good morning." say Obi-wan. Lillian eyes dart to Rachelle standing near the sink.
"Master Hunter, I want to ask you a question. There has been something I have been debating a lot since we meet yesterday. What is your first name?" say Lillian. "Rachelle, why?" say Rachelle.
When Rachelle says her first name, Lillian looks like she has been on the receiving in of a mighty punch straight to her stomach. Both Jedi sensed that she was very shocked, well maybe shock would be an understatement. Lillian open and closes her mouths a few times as her legs shake.
Her reaction made her seem like a very different person then she was yesterday. Yesterday she seem to be the type of person who no one could get the best of her and right now she is the type of person who seem to got blown away by something. She was shaken up greatly.
Right there, that action told Obi-wan what he thought he know was true. She is the one he met back on Corellia in 39 BBY with his late mentor Qui-gon Jinn. "How….how o…old are… you?" ask Lillian having a hard time speaking as she slide down the wall and sit there looking up at Rachelle.
If Rachelle thought the reaction to when she told Lillian her name was strange, how she was acting now was even more strange. Why would she want to know her age? She could see why she would want to know her first name, but an age is more personally.
"25 years old." say Rachelle confused. Lillian was mouthing words to herself now when she heard this. She shakes her head and looks down. She was talking to herself very lowly.
"I cannot believe… it. I just cannot… I tho…thou…thought I would never see you again. I knew… that… was a… risk when I hand you over to the… Jedi…Order." say Lillian as her voice is trembling even more.
"What is going on here?" ask Rachelle turning to look at Obi-wan. Before Obi-wan could answer the question, Lillian got up and walk to her. "Rachelle, I am your sister." say Lillian lowly.
If Lillian was shocked when she found out Rachelle age and first name it was nothing compare to what Rachelle feels. It feels like she was blasted by laser cannon on full power from a Star Destroyer.
"That…that…that…that….that…that….impossible." say Rachelle could not get the thought through her head as she strumming. "It is true; I give you to the Jedi Order. You went back and forth between me and our parents. I would take you from them and they will kidnap you once more since you were born. I did not want you to be raise in that family as I was. I barely learned that what they did was wrong. I could not let you suffer. The last time our parents kidnap you from me, they were trying to sell you to a gang that they were in debt to. The problem with them and the CorSec, Master Kenobi and Master Jinn was called in to help. When they come and I found you, I thought you will be much safer off the planet with the Jedi. So I give them to you. Even after our parents die, you were on the planet, I figure it would be best for you to be with the Jedi." say Lillian, knowing that Rachelle would want to know how she ending up where she was. She would want to know if it was her.
"So are you and me the last of our family?" ask Rachelle. "No, but trust me you do not want to know the rest of our family. They are criminals. No good for nothing scum. You used to have 4 sisters including me, and 4 brothers. Out of all of them, you and I are the only one alive. One of our brothers died on the ship that went into the sun. I killed 2 of our sisters and 1 of our brother in a shootout. CorSec killed the others. Only relatives we have our cousins, uncles, aunts and grandparents. They all are criminals." say Lillian softly.
Lillian wishes she could tell her that their family was as good as both of them, but it is far from the truth. The only reason why Lillian kept the name Hunter was due to the fact to honor her baby sister Rachelle, who was the only person she really cared about out of the whole family because she was innocent.
Rachelle turns to Obi-wan. "You knew?" ask Rachelle in shocked. "Yes, I knew. The Council thought it would be better if you remain clueless about your family until you are at an age that we thought it would be safe for you to know. Due to the how bad they were, not a lot information was availably throughout the galaxy on them, besides here on the Holonet on Corellia." say Obi-wan knowing that Rachelle felt slightly betrayed at the thought. He does not blame her. "Still do not feel bad, most Jedi, including myself, we do not even know who are family is nor do we even bother looking for them. The reason why is, the Jedi Order is our family. We were raised from a such a young age with them, so we did not even need to go looking for who we are, because we know we are Jedi. Who we were before then was nothing. Sometimes, no knowing something is the best. In your case not knowing would not be for your best." say Obi-wan lightly.
"Could it be possible that members of our family is behind this thief?" ask Rachelle looking at Lillian. "To be honest, I will be surprise if they do not have anything involve with it. They always seem to have some very small part involve with the crimes here." say Lillian.
"Remember, Rachelle. Jedi do not seek revenge. That leads to the Dark Side of the Force." say Obi-wan. Rachelle swear she could Mark's voice in her head telling her the same thing. It was something that he drilled into her.
Lillian looks like she back to her normal self as she was yesterday. "Well what are we waiting for? Just because we are sisters, does not mean that I can put off my duty as a CorSec Inspector nor does it mean you can put of your duty as a Jedi. We have time to talk after we are done. We got a busy day ahead of us." say Lillian. "Um, you could slow a bit down. We are just going through the crime scenes. Let's do breakfast first." say Obi-wan.
"Fine, I know this good restaurant not the far from here. Should got up earlier. I was up since 3 in the morning." mumble Lillian as she walks to the door. Rachelle groans a bit. Lillian reminds her somewhat of her 2nd mentor that she had. She had a total of 4, including Mark. Talk about being worked hard. She would be force to get up at the earliest around 4 and the latest was 6 and that was when they were no on any serious missions.
Even through this mission got interesting for her because she found out about her sister and her family, she have this strange feeling it is going to get more interesting now knowing that CorSec Inspector Lillian Hunter is her older sister. Guess the only way to find out how interesting this mission is going to be, is to do the mission.
Okay here is one part of the plot bunny that I have in my head. Still I would not tell you my whole plot bunny until we get to the end of this. Let just say when I did the history of Rachelle before she became a Jedi in chapter 18, that this was added to this plot bunny and make me want it take place on Corellia. Yes I did plan on Lillian Hunter being part of CorSec because I thought it would be neat to have someone that was born in a bad family to defy that family.
Through I did have a hard time figuring out how Rachelle should find out about it. I figure once I put the informantion that Rachelle found about Lillian Hunter, those who remember Chapter 18 well would find out that Lillian Hunter history is similar to the person who gave Rachelle away to the Jedi Order, so instead of doing in later chapter, I figure I end this one with Lillian telling Rachelle that she is her older sister and little bit about the family.
Oh a little off the topic note from this. I was doing research on Wookiepedia, and I found something that shocked me. I forget what I was searching for at the time. But I found this human female Jedi who carries a yellow Lightsaber that she was alive during the Clone Wars. Now that is not the shocking thing. What I found out it her name was Mavra Zane and according to Wookiedpedia she appear in Kinect Star Wars and that she was reference Star Wars Insider 135 titled taking control. For those who knew about her, just let you know that shie does not exist in this story. Hmm, maybe since I found that out maybe she will be a non Force Senstive sister of Mark, or maybe I would not even put it. That what I found interesting thought I would say tell you.
Till next time, enjoy.