The time Flew by them just as the desert wind did. Ahsoka tried to cover her face as best as she could without letting go of Zeos' waist. Dust and small pebbles flew in her face and Zeos' back wasn't enough of a shield from it. He was slightly amused at how Ahsoka was trying to cover her face from the debris but he was so used to it with his constant wasteland journeys. To him, this was an average ride but to Ahsoka, it was a nuisance; she just wanted this ride to finally end and almost instantly, it did. Zeos stopped the bike on a hill.
Ahsoka slowly opened her eyes but kept her head down. "Are we almost there?" she asked Zeos. He replied, "Look over my shoulder and find out." Ahsoka slowly moved her head as Zeos suggested. Over his shoulder, she was greeted by a magnificent city, just like the one from her dream. She was amazed at how in this entire planet of fear, there was something so beautiful. Gigantic Skyscrapers with huge extensions to the sides; blocks and blocks of buildings big and small. She even saw green, luscious parks even though this planet was a desert rock. All of this surrounded by a large metal wall like a citadel. Ahsoka was not expecting this.
"It's beautiful," she exclaimed in an elegant tone.
"Thank you," Zeos commented, "many of those building designs were my own."
"You have good taste." Zeos smiled at her compliment. He began riding down to the city and stopped again in front of a metallic door near the towering wall. Zeos waited for the doors to open and Ahsoka began peering over the wall's top. Squinting, she noticed there were people and she soon realized they were soldiers, aiming rifles at them. Finally, the doors opened and Zeos rode through a lighted tunnel.
"Uh, Zeos," Ahsoka said in a slightly nervous voice.
"Yes Ahsoka."
"Do you…have enemies here." Zeos thought that was quite a strange question, until he realized he never told his importance and rank to her. "Not really, why?"
"Well, I saw the top of those walls and noticed there were people. They had some kind of weapons point-" out of nowhere, the motorcycle slid and screeched to a stop. Ahsoka looked in front to find herself inside the city, and to be greeted with a strange welcome party.
Three large rectangular vehicles on the same strange disks and mounted guns blocked their way along with about 20 men in dark grey armor with rifles pointed right at them. Ahsoka didn't understand; Zeos said that he had no enemies, so who were all these people.
"Wow, they don't trust you," Zeos exclaimed. Obviously, they are taking these aggressive actions because of Ahsoka. Just then, five silhouettes jumped from behind the vehicles and landed in front of the two on the bike. They were hideous, muscular monsters with legs similar to a lion eagle's hind legs and large horns. They were pointing staves at Zeos and Ahsoka with red lights coming from the pointed ends. Zeos spoke, "Let me rephrase that: Holy shit! They really don't trust you!"
"Step off the bike and step away from the boy!" a soldier said. Ahsoka realized that this blockade wasn't because of Zeos; it was because of Ahsoka. She was disappointed because of all the trouble she caused for this planet and she was only here for one planet rotation.
Soon after her thought, Zeos spoke, "Stand down, men. I am not this girl's hostage." The soldiers stared at one another; they had no idea what to do. On one hand, they should keep their guns on the two in case he was somehow posessed. On the other, ignoring a command from someone at Zeos' rank could get them hanged. Luckily, Zeos sensed their confusion otherwise he'd just clear the path himself. However, they couldn't stand here all day.
"That was an order! Do I have to repeat myself another way?" Zeos shouted, slowly lifting his hands off the handlebars. That statement immediately got their attention.
"Y-Yes sir! All units stand down! Stand down I said!" One by one, guns were lowered and the two rode in front of the commanding superior. As the officer stared at the two, Zeos had half a scowl and Ahsoka awkwardly waved. It was very strange as to why the soldier took orders from Zeos, since he looked old enough to be Zeos' father. Zeos had to slightly look upward just to talk to him. "You better have a good reason pointing a gun to me, soldier."
"I'm a Sergant, sir," The man replied, "I was given direct orders from the Secretary of Military to stop any suspicious imports, and…" The sergant looked at Ahsoka then back to Zeos. "…Well…"
"I get it. That's the what and the who, but not the why. As in why wasn't I informed?"
"Well, there was interference from trying to contact via radio and we had to take precautions after the other crash survivors showed hos-"
"You found survivors?" Ahsoka interrupted. The sergant jumped from her response just like Zeos first reaction. He wasn't expecting her to speak their language either. "W-Well yes. Many were human clones, but one in blue armor appeared-"
"That's Rex!" she interrupted again, "What about a man in grey armor? He has brown hair and a scar."
"Little robot following him around?"
"He's alive?"
"Yes, and badly wounded seven marine scouts and broke an Arca-knight's ribcage." Ahsoka was quiet from the statement. Soon, Zeos turned his head to her with pure anger shown in his face. He turned back to the hostile person Ahsoka first met on the planet.
"Sergant, I want those two men at Highpoint tower immediately."
"Yes sir! What about the blockade?"
"Leave them. But you don't need the Satyrs on guard."
"Yes, my lord," said most of the monstrous humanoids, now known as Satyrs. They soon proved their agile skills by leaping the vehicles, sprinting great distances, some even started climbing up nearby buildings. Ahsoka would have been amazed if it hadn't reminded her of her early dream. These were one of those creatures she saw; this planet was what she saw; these 'Arka-Knights' she saw; Zeos Maloran she saw. What else could this planet hold?
Ahsoka and Zeos were riding to highpoint tower, wherever that was. Zeos was still angry over what he had heard Anakin did to his people.
"Who is he," he asked with a slight tone of demand in his voice. Ahsoka felt that the less he knew, the safer her master was. But she really wasn't in the position to not answer questions or keep secrets. "His name is Anakin Skywalker. Zeos, please don't hurt him."
"I'm not really in a position to hurt someone from another planet, Ahsoka." That relieved her of a lot of stressed. "But I am going to have a talk with him." And back comes the stress, "Now I hate to be rude, but I'm going on the fastest highway on Eutopus so I need to focus." Ahsoka kept quiet and looked at the buildings as they zoomed through them. They were quite unique with multiple shapes and sizes. Some of the vehicles they passed gave her humorous looks as though they were looking at a freak or a monster, but she didn't care. If she saw an alien on the back of a motorcycle, she would be surprised too.
After they passed another vehicle from their left, she noticed an amazing building or in this case, a temple. It was the same temple from her dream; a hexagonal building and two pyramids with rectangular tops on two sides. The temple was surrounded by plants and grass greener than she has ever seen. What is that place, she thought.
"That's the temple of Arcanum," Zeos said, somehow answering the question in her mind. She stared at the back of the boys head in confusion and Zeos could feel her stare. He tilted his head so Ahsoka could see his eyes but tried to keep his pupils on on the road. "You think really loudly."
"You could read my thoughts?"
"Like I said, you think really loudly." Before Ahsoka could respond, Zeos immediately twisted his head right and nearly yelled, "There's our turn!"
He made a hard right which nearly flew Ahsoka off the bike. They were traveling in yet another tunnel, but the yellow lights flashing by them was beautiful to Ahsoka; it was almost mesmerizing. When they exited the tunnel, Ahsoka awoke from the hypnotic lights and saw the usual multi-shaped buildings surrounding their sides.
"Check it out, Ahsoka," Zeos said. She looked forward to see a magnificent, towering structure that almost reached space. This must have been Highpoint Tower Zeos mentioned. The building had a spherical bottom with a giant tower in the center. It must have been the center of the entire city because from what Ahsoka could tell, all the roads led to this one building. Zeos parked his bike and with the usual awkward stares from other people, they walked inside.
Zeos started explaining the Tower's importance as the two were in an elevator. "Almost anything that alters the whole city and the planet is discussed, debated, and voted here. It also manages important information by a secretary for a certain subject." Ahsoka remembered the sergant they met earlier mentioned a secretary of military. "How many are there," she asked.
"Six. There's Secretary of Military, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Population, Secretary of Economy, Secretary of Culture, and Secretary of Technology. Each is a member of a Board that meets the Planet's emperor to discuss key events."
"Like this one."
"Absolutely! The World Board is gonna have a lot to discuss." The elevator stopped at a floor. "This work station is mine," he said as they entered. To Ahsoka, the office was strange. It had wide, open space and what looked like a throne in the back along with a computer to the right of it. The computer started beeping and Zeos began clicking some buttons. The screen popped up the same elevator Zeos and Ahsoka were inside. Anakin and Rex were inside along with three soldiers pointing rifles right behind them. "That Anakin?" Zeos asked pointing to Ahsoka's master. "Yes," she replied.
The elevator opened behind them, revealing Rex and Anakin alive and well after the crash. Well not so well considering they had three men behind him pointing guns at them. Anakin's mood was slightly fowl, but soon changed after seeing his padawan in front of his eyes. "Master!" she yelled and ran towards him. The back guards immediately pointed their rifles at her over Rex and Anakin's shoulders. Anakin had half a mind to pull their rifles out and point them right at their faces, but Zeos clapped his hands twice and the guards lowered their weapons.
"Leave us," he said. The three men entered the elevator to leave and Ahsoka got reacquainted with her two friends. Zeos pushed a hidden button to reveal two old-fashion 9millimeter's in the arm rest's hidden compartment. He tucked them in his back pockets and walked toward the red skinned alien, the buzz-cut blonde, and the scar-faced adult.
"So you're the one who nearly killed my men," he exclaimed and pointed to Anakin. Confused, the jedi looked at the boy and answered, "I'm sorry, youngling?"
"My name is Zeos, and you should show some more respect to me when you're on this planet, no matter if you're from the galaxy."
"What did you just say?"
"Master, please," Ahsoka interrupted, but the two still went at it.
"You heard me, Sarface."
"Look, we're not here to be insulted by some kid." Rex said to Zeos. "We want to speak with the superior of this planet."
"You're talking to him."
"Please, Rex, Master. Zeos is-"
"WHAT?" The three shouted to Zeos. Zeos continued, "I am Emperor Zeos Maloran. I rule this city and this planet for hundreds of thousands of generations." The three of them stared surprised at a child that couldn't have been older than 17. None of them were ready for what he just said; this encounter just became very awkward.
I am SO SORRY for the update delay, guys. Everything got a little hectic; first I'm getting a C in english because we're reading a really dumb book and the teachers dont know shit about writing, and second both my computer towers got slagged. Why they're damaged, you do not wanna know. Anyways, I hope you guys liked the little twist with Zeos, and there's more to come. Bye bye!