Ahsoka slowly fluttered her eyes opened to see another day on this strange planet. She raised her body up yet again but this time with much ease. She stretched her arms out long and looked down. The makeshift bandage was gone and she could see a big scar from where she was bleeding. She wasn't surprised at how fast she healed; Zeos had to have known healing abilities if he was strong in the force. Thinking about it, Ahsoka wondered where Zeos was.
She got up from her bed of crates and looked around the crater. The fire was out and Zeos was nowhere in sight. She looked around the crater's edge and soon found her new… acquaintance on top. She climbed and struggled a bit; luckily her strength was completely back otherwise this would have been impossible for her. After moments of climbing, her hands finally reached the top and she pulled herself up. She looked at Zeos and realized he was floating in mid air!
She couldn't believe it, which is why she climbed and ran to him faster than she ever did. Only a few feet away and seeing it so clearly, she still couldn't believe her eyes. She moved one of her hands under where he was floating; nothing was holding him up. He was just floating there! He had to have been at least three feet off the ground. Judging by his cross-legged stance and his eyes closed, he must be meditating. Whoever this boy was, the force was stronger in him than even master Yoda. Ahsoka just stared at the boy's blank face and just thought. Who is he? What is he?
"Are you going to stare at me all day?" Zeos said, completely surprising Ahsoka. She jumped back but accidentally slipped and fell on her rear. Zeos ended his levitation and returned to his feet. He walked towards the unknown girl and held his hand out to help her up. She stared back and forth from the hand to his face. She doesn't know what to think of this entire situation. She has a strong feeling that he is bad news, but he shows so much…kindness. Finally trusting him, Ahsoka grabbed Zeos' hand and the boy pulled her back on her feet. He did a quick scan to make sure she had anymore wounds. "Do you feel any better?"
Stretching her arms out for a moment, she replied, "A lot better. Thanks for helping me."
"Good, now explain to me why you are attacking my planet."
This caught Ahsoka completely off guard. "Attack your planet? You shot at us first AND hacked our communications!"
"Only to find the correct radio frequency and establish contact." Ahsoka fell silent at how stupid she thought Zeos' explanation was.
"So you were trying to open communications with us…by hacking our communications?" The boy was angered by the arrogant alien. He took a step forward and sternly told her.
"I don't like the tone you used to say that. Now listen up, you're on my planet so that means I'm in charge. That also means I have the advantage."
"'You' have the advantage?" Ahsoka questioned. She wanted to show that he cannot control her. That, however, was a grave mistake. In an instant, Zeos stomped his foot forward and a giant boulder appeared behind Ahsoka. She turned around in shock but the moment she returned her sight towards Zeos, he had his lightsaber to her throat and his pistol pointed to her forehead. Her entire body went cold; only her neck was warm from the black, glowing blade. The fear of being murdered consumed her as she began to breathe fast and loudly.
Zeos leaned in closer to the girl and whispered, "I'll always have the advantage. Now are you going to behave and listen to me?" Ahsoka was too frightened to talk; his gaze almost appeared to hold pure evil. She merely nodded and in an instant, Zeos holstered his gun and removed the saber from Ahsoka's neck. He began walking towards the crash site and Ahsoka followed a few paces behind. Ahsoka was so intimidated by him and she had no idea why. She had her own weapon, why didn't she try to fight back? Then she realized something important: where was her lightsaber? She immediately checked her entire belt and there was no sign of her weapon. Without hesitation, she ran straight to the pit to search for it.
Ahsoka accidentally ran into Zeos which caused him to fall. As soon as Zeos fell to the ground, he immediately flipped back on his feet and pulled out his 44. He thought that this Ahsoka girl was attacking, but she was nowhere in sight. With his gun still out, he slowly walked towards the craters edge and found her scouring every scrap pile. He raised an eyebrow in confusion; he sensed her fear, so she must have lost something but why did she feel so panicked? He holstered his gun and slid down to the crash site.
"Loose something," Zeos asked.
"My lightsaber! I lost my lightsaber!" She began describing it, but Zeos understood what she lost the beginning she mentioned it. He found the weapon on her when she was knocked out and took it in case she was hostile. He pulled it out from under his shirt; "This lightsaber?"
Ahsoka instantly turned around to find her hand-crafted weapon in the hands of the boy. She stood up and reached for it, but Zeos immediately pulled it away from her.
"Give it to me," Ahsoka angerly stated.
"I can't do that."
"That lightsaber is mine!"
"Yes it is, but I can't trust you with a weapon!" Ahsoka immediately opened her mouth to yell at him, but nothing came out. It was then that Ahsoka realized why Zeos was acting so hostile; he was just trying to protect his planet. She felt so foolish for how she was acting towards him. Ahsoka finally understood his reasons, but he didn't understand her reasons.
"Please. That might be a weapon, but it's also a piece of me. I put my heart and soul into making it. That lightsaber means so much to me." Zeos was surprised at this sudden act of kindness. She had a strong connection to this weapon; Zeos couldn't bear looking at her saddened eyes. He looked at her saber in his hand, wondering if he should return it to her. Unfortunately, he caved in and threw the weapon to her without looking back up. She immediately caught it and was happy Zeos could trust her.
"I see it lit, and I'll cut your arms off," okay, maybe not completely trust her, "Now come on, we need to go." They began walking to the other side of the crater, but Ahsoka ran in front to stop him.
"What now?" he asked slightly irritated.
"Look, maybe we started out the wrong way." Ahsoka raised her hand and Zeos quickly grabbed his gun's handle. She paused for a moment with him holding onto the handle. She slowly lowered her hand so that it was extended in front of Zeos. "Hi, I'm Ahsoka Tano. I mean you and your planet no harm; I'm sorry if my actions seemed hostile."
Zeos was very pleased with her apology. He could sense every word she said was truthful without any hint of lies. He finally knew this child was someone he could trust. He happily grinned, something that surprised the young Togruta, and shook her hand. "I'm Zeos Maloran. A pleasure to meet you, Ahsoka," He said and bowed to her graciously. Ahsoka couldn't help but chuckle at not only the funny gesture, but also how quickly the boy would have forgave her if she had just apologized. Apparently, this planet's society revolves around equal treatment; eye for eye, tooth for tooth, anger for anger, peace for peace. As they were walking, Zeos and Ahsoka continued to talk to one another.
"I guess that we did show hostility first, Ahsoka. Please understand that we only shot a tractor beam on you first to protect ourselves."
"Tractor beam? You mean that giant, yellow sphere that trapped our ship?"
"Yeah; we usually use that to stop incoming meteor showers."
"But this time, you stopped an incoming spaceship." The two of them laughed at her remark and soon they reached the other side of the crater.
"So why did we need to walk here? Ahsoka asked.
"Could you jump this?" Zeos asked, randomly while looking up. Ahsoka knew that she could not because the earlier climb was difficult enough. No jedi she knew could leap all the way to the top, but could he?
"Could you?" she asked. Zeos grinned at her question and he dropped his eyes onto her. "Lets find out."
Zeos picked up Ahsoka in a split second and she gasped at his quickness. He instantly jumped in the air, higher than any jedi Ahsoka has met. Zeos' feet landed on the crater's wall, halfway to the top. He jumped one last time, rolled in the air, and landed right on the top of the hill. He put Ahsoka down and she was in complete shock at how powerful he was.
"You-You're really strong!" she exclaimed, like a geeky, nervous fan.
"Thank you. The mighty angel blessed me with great control over arcane."
"Arcane?" Ahsoka had a feeling he meant the force, but why did he call it that strange word.
"I'll explain more when we enter Eutopus, our planetary capital." Ahsoka, slightly confused, looked around the barren desert and besides a few piles of junk and garbage, found nothing. "Where is 'Eutopus'?"
"mmm…'bout 800 kilometers."
"That sounds like a long walk."
"Which is why we're taking that," he stated, pointing to a strange vehicle ahsoka never saw before. It seemed rusted and old and was held up on two strange, circular discs. "That hunk of junk?"
"Hey! My motorcycle works perfectly." Zeos mounted the strange machine and it started making a loud roar. Ahsoka jumped back, but Zeos reassured her. "Don't worry, it won't bite you." He gestured her to climb on. She slowly walked to him and climbed on. It was vibrating and sounded like it was growling.
"You might want to hold onto my waist," Zeos stated, "This thing goes pretty fast." Ahsoka obliged and wrapped her arms around loosely. The "motorcycle" made a loud, sudden roar and Ahsoka immediately grabbed tighter, almost not tight enough when they suddenly dashed forward. She tightly closed her eyes and her arms as Zeos and her sped toward the planet's capital.
I am so sorry that this is so late! I was so preoccupied with summer and the beginning of school that I nearly forgot. I'll try very hard to update as soon as possible. Keep reviews, comments, and/or fanart coming and I might get motivated to work on it more. Speaking of fanart, I'd like another reader's choice again. As of now, I completely have no idea how the city Eutopus should look like so I'm letting you guys choose. If any of you can draw, paint, or anything like that, send pictures of what you think the city or the city buildings should look like at my deviantart account: animeluver1694. I'm very happy at how popular this series is getting and I hope to continue it even if it dies out.