AN: hey everyone here's another chapter I hope you all enjoy.
Disclaimer: I only own my OC's the Urku, and the Dramons.
Chapter 10 (The Journey South)
The Grand Gul paced back and forth thinking back on what happened just a day prior "I thought the sages were dealt with centuries ago by that dark sage and those beasts." he mused out loud
"They said that they weren't sages my master." a pained voice spoke up, the grand Gul turned and saw high Gul Mun limping his way into the room clutching his chest and breathing heavily.
"Oh and what did they call themselves?" the grand Gul asked curiously as the dark master's presence entered the room unknowingly, along with High Gul Balğa.
"They called themselves Jeddai." Mun wheezed out pathetically.
"Jedi." the Dark Master corrected making his presence known prompting the three Guls to turn to him and bowed down in submission, "the correct pronunciation is Jedi."
"My liege what are the Jedi if I may be permitted to ask?" the Grand Gul asked
"They are the sages distant brothers and sisters." the Dark Master revealed, this caused the Guls to raise their heads in surprise, the Dark Master had told his legion about the sages' brother order and how they were potentially an even greater threat but to what extent the Guls could only imagine.
"These must be some of the Jedi's greatest warriors if they defeated us." the Grand Gul said.
The Dark Master scoffed, "hardly the boy you faced was only a young lad fourteen years old," he told them sending them reeling from that revelation "but he is a warrior, he fought in the bloodiest conflict the Jedi order had ever seen a war that spread across the stars."
"My liege what can you tell us about these Jedi? also what about the other one with him he doesn't respond to the term Jedi." Mun coughed out.
"The other boy comes from another order spawned from the Jedi called the Sith but he turned his back on the ways of the Sith, he is on the path to embracing Ashla." the Dark Master explained, before he could continue the discussion an Urku came into the room.
"My liege the scouts report that one of the sages left the fortress and is on his way south." the urku reported as he kneeled down.
The Dark Master hummed in thought, "He must be trying to find allies in the continent to the south, send out the Dramons and the lohikäärme riders to stop him and if possible bring him back to me alive his potential is amazing and it would be a shame to waste it." the Dark Master ordered, the urku nodded and set about to carry out the command.
"You wish to take the boy's body my liege?" the Grand Gul asked curiously.
"I do indeed." the Dark Master affirmed, "when the time comes I will fight in the battle so bring me my armor I'll bind my soul to it for now should the troop fail to bring him back." he commanded, the Guls nodded and got up to go with Mun limping all the way the Dark Master watched with silent amusement as the injured Gul carried out his request, the urku came back in again.
"My liege the troops have left now." the urku reported.
"Good, now go." he dismissed, the Urku bowed his head and complied leaving the Dark Master alone.
(location uncharted world the grassy planes)
Daniel and Sentinel were zooming across the sea of green when Daniel noticed that twilight was approaching, "I have a feeling we'll be making this journey during the night." Daniel commented as they passed over a gorge.
"Are you sure you don't want to make camp?" Sentinel asked.
"Probably not a good idea considering that the Dark Master will be sending out his forces to hunt us down I'd rather find the friendly Dramons first." Daniel answered, "besides I can go without sleep for a few days it's not that big of a problem."
"I understand." Sentinel responded as he stretched out his senses to act as an early warning system, after a few minutes Sentinel detected something "I am detecting several life forms moving in fast!" he reported.
"Where?" Daniel asked calmly as he looked at his HUD the motion detector was detecting movement heading in on him at incredibly fast speeds, "Whatever they are they're faster than this speeder that's for sure." he stated.
"Well I guess we'll have to fight our way through this." Sentinel suggested, Daniel nodded in agreement as he reached for the blaster on his hip in preparation for what was to come, he looked at his HUD and saw that they should be in visual range now he turned to look back and saw several Dramons flying towards him at high speed, as well as several lohikäärme with Urku riding them, Daniel took aim and fired the bolt hit its mark and an urku off his steed but the animal kept coming, he than shot the animal, it slowed but kept coming, "Those scales are tough." Daniel growled as he fired again.
"Can this thing go any faster?" Sentinel asked.
"For a brief moment but it will burn itself out if I go that speed." Daniel answered, then he looked back at the pursuers rapidly gaining on them, "But considering the alternative…" Daniel started, "Full throttle!" he warned and pushed forward on the throttle, the bike took off like an airborne missile, "Did Alpha put thrusters on your bodies?" Daniel asked Sentinel.
"He did, why?" Sentinel asked.
"Because what I have planned is so stupid and reckless that Anakin would be proud." Daniel answered with a nervous chuckle.
"You're not planning what I think your planning?" Sentinel begged.
"Depends on what you think I'm planning." Daniel retorted as they covered a lot of ground fast.
"You want to use the thrusters to fly just befor our bike begins to fail." the shard deadpanned.
"You know me too well." Daniel confirmed.
"Why didn't you just take the fighter!?" Sentinel cried out.
"If it's any comfort I came up with this plan on the spot." Daniel said sheepishly.
Sentinel said nothing but Daniel knew that he he was human he'd be glaring at him in a manner that would say 'What the hell are you thinking?!'
The pursuers weren't catching up now but they weren't being left behind either this told Daniel that they were roughly going the same speed, but he knew the bike couldn't maintain the speed forever, "Are you ready to initiate the thrusters?" Daniel asked.
"I am whenever you're ready." Sentinel said reluctantly.
Daniel nodded as he looked at his speeder's display on his HUD according to that he had about 15 seconds before the speeder overheated, "On my mark alright?" he asked.
"Yes."
"5… 4… 3… 2… 1… NOW!" with that he propelled himself off the speeder and into the air going faster than before, Sentinel activated the thrusters and Daniel was flying through the air, "This is amazing!" Daniel exclaimed momentarily forgetting his troubles.
"Why? You've flown before?" Sentinel asked curiously.
"Not like this." Daniel responded gleefully before he remembered his pursuers "how far are our friends?" he asked looking at his HUD, it seemed some of them had given up most likely the one on the ground.
"About fifty meters behind us." Sentinel answered.
"Alright how far till we reach the southern continent." Daniel asked as they continued to fly.
"At this current speed six hours." the Shard answered, "It's fortunate that Alpha designed this to take fuel from the air so we can fly for quite a bit of time."
"Yeah." Daniel agreed.
After quite some time Daniel noticed they were beginning to slow down "Sentinel what's going on?" Daniel asked worried.
"We're outputting more fuel than we're inputting hence we're slowing down." Sentinel answered calmly.
"Alright drop us." Daniel ordered.
"What!?"
"Don't worry we'll be fine." Daniel assured him, Sentinel would have shook his head at the absurdity of the situation if Daniel wasn't wearing his body, he turned off the thrusters and the began to lose their altitude, "Sentinel use the force to help slow us down." Daniel told him.
"Alright." and Sentinel did so along with Daniel as the fell to the ground Daniel flipped to his feet and rolled with the impact and took off running into the forest to hide from the dramons.
The Dramons hovered over the forest that their target had gone into, their predatory eyes scanning it to see when he'd exit.
Daniel took a moment to catch his breath "Sentinel are you okay?" he asked concerned.
"You nearly overheated my systems." Sentinel deadpanned "Alpha said not to over do it until he finished the upgrades!" he was now on the verge of shouting.
"Sorry about that." Daniel apologised sincerely "look we can take things slowly now I'll stay to the woods and keep hidden in here."
"Very well." Sentinel said with a sigh of relief as they began their trek through the woods.
(Location Dark Master's mountain fortress)
Meanwhile the Guls had the armor and put it on an armor display the Dark Master nodded in appreciation before an Urku came in the chamber, "What is it?" the Dark Master asked doing nothing to hide his annoyance, "Speak quickly!"
The urku gulped, "the scouts have reported back the Sage escaped into Darkwood forest, the Dramons are flying above it to make sure catch him incase he come out."
The Dark Master hummed in thought "Did you say he is in Darkwood Forest?" he asked, the urku nodded in confirmation, the Dark Master's spirit smiled, "Grand Gul." he called.
"Yes my liege?" the Grand Gul asked.
"Contact 'the whisperer' and tell him to go into Darkwood Forest and scare the Jedi out of it." the Dark Master ordered with a sinister smile.
"It shall be done." the Grand Gul bowed and knelt down to reach out with his telepathy to the Draugr, 'Whisperer heed the call of the Dark King' he beckoned.
(Location Barrows of Mijorn)
Meanwhile in the Barrows of Mijorn in the Royal Barrow where the body of Captain Narthean was kept ever since the Grand Gul sealed his soul in his body the good captain had only begged to be released from his cage, he had no control over what his body did now, he had no idea how long it has been since than it felt like centuries maybe even millennia if he was honest with himself, than he heard a voice in his head 'Whisperer heed the call of the dark king.' his body twitched in response.
'I obey.' he heard himself respond, much to his own horror the only thing that the Dark Master would call him for was to hunt a sage or one of his kin, 'No please don't' he begged but it fell on deaf ears.
'Go to Darkwood forest just north of the Barrows and find the sage hiding in their.' was the command.
'As the dark king commands.' the whisperer responded as he picked himself up and made his way out of the tomb, 'I'm so sorry young sage.' the tortured soul of Narthean cried but no tears came.
(Location Darkwood Forest)
Back in the forest Daniel felt a shiver run up his spine, "I have a bad feeling about this." he murmured.
"I sense something dark and cold, it also feels trapped." Sentinel responded, "and it's coming this way." he warned.
Daniel went rigid upon hearing that and he stretched out with his senses as well and sensed the exact same thing "What the hell is that?" Daniel asked he had never felt anything like this before, "I have to hide." he said and jumped into the trees, "please tell me Alpha installed stealth features into you?" he said.
"This thing is scaring you that badly?" Sentinel asked surprised, the young Jedi honestly had no idea why this terrified him so much he had fought through a war, faced a deadly parasite, he even tangled with the mentally unstable Gen'Dai bounty hunter Durge, why was this far more terrifying than those things.
"I never felt such darkness before Sentinel, it's unnerving." Daniel panted out as he looked around the tree trunk he was hiding behind, that's when he saw it the man's face still looked the same as it did the day he died, "Captain Narthean." Daniel breathed out, the Draugr seemed to be looking through the woods eerily doing lond sweeps with his eyes over the area and craining his neck to get better views.
"I know you're here Sage." the whisperer said the voice sending shivers through Daniel's body.
Daniel swallowed a lump in his throat, 'It'd be suicided to face him openly I have to sneak past him but how?' he thought to himself as he surveyed the area than he had an idea he used the force to break a tree branch further north the loud crack caused the Draugr to hiss excitedly and move in that direction, as soon as he was a safe distance away Daniel silently crept through the trees making sure to stay up high.
This continued for several minutes with some close calls, Daniel was approaching the woods edge he looked behind him to see if he could see where Narthean was, his heart skipped a beat when he saw that the Draugr was looking directly at him, his muscles turned to stone and his blood turned to ice as the Draugr made his way to him.
"Daniel you may want to move!" Sentinel said nervously, that snapped Daniel out of his petrified state and he bolted from the trees running as fast as he could not looking back and not caring about the Dramons flying overhead, he just needed to get south, he kept running.
"Sentinel I'm sorry to have to do this but I need those thrusters!" Daniel shouted as he kept running.
"Considering the alternative I agree." Sentinel said, "there is a cliff to the south west of the Barrows up ahead run through it and jump off it."
"Alright." Daniel agreed not caring if it sounded suicidal he trusted his partner, he sensed one of the Dramons were getting dangerously close and he turned and sent a force push at it and knocked it to the ground, Daniel in that brief instance saw Narthean was still pursuing him, with that in mind he took off running again through the Barrows, the dead landscape raced by him as he ran full speed to the cliff, he approached the cliff and came to a screeching stop, "Sentinel are the thrusters ready?" he asked as he looked back the dramons landed and drew to their full height to intimidate him though that did little to impress or frighten the boy.
"Not yet." the shard responded Daniel nodded and mentally told Sentinel to put a progress bar on his HUD.
The whisperer came forward and stopped several feet away from, "Come back, Come back to his majesty, I will take you." the whisperer beckoned with an outstretched hand.
Daniel recoiled from the hand to stay as far away from it as possible, "I should tell you now I will never submit to the Dark Master!" Daniel exclaimed, "surely you can understand Captain?" Daniel asked the whisperer didn't make any visible reaction but the signature did, "I know who you were Narthean and that you're trapped in this hell unable to pass on and if it was within My power I would free you in a heartbeat." the Whisperer's hand dropped down to his side, "But I can't, I know how to free you it just can't be done by me." as Daniel spoke he began to feel weaker and weaker 'so this is what the Spirit Guardian was talking about.' he thought to himself, "Narthean you have not been forgotten." Daniel finished speaking to him, "and to you Whisperer I would rather die than give in to Bogan!"
"... Than you will Die." Whisperer stated and pulled out a blade and began to advance on the young Jedi, Daniel looked at the progress bar and swore he had no choice but to fight this battle now, he grabbed his lightsaber and ignited it, its yellow glow cast a light all over the area.
"Better that than the alternative." Daniel retorted as he parried a slash from the whisperer, only when his blade made contact with the metal his lightsaber shorted out, "What!?" Daniel shouted in disbelief, "That's just not fair." this had to mean the sword was made of pure cortosis, as the metal in its purest form can short out a lightsaber but the metal was so rare and so difficult to refine that there was almost no point to even make weapons or armor out of pure cortosis unless someone had pretty deep pockets and held a grudge against a Jedi, plus it was for some reason energised and if someone touched it with their bare skin… well they better have had their affairs in order.
Daniel backed off now "When I get the chance I should go to Mestare." he mused to himself, "Than I'd be able to make short work of your damn blade and anything like it." he growled as he sent a force push at the Whisperer, it did absolutely nothing except flutter some of his clothing, Daniel gritted his teeth before he picked up a nearby boulder and threw it at the draugr, the whisperer was knocked off his feet and sent into the air from the blow, the whisperer fell to the ground, but then he stood up as if nothing happened, "Your bones would have to be unnaturally strong to be able to shrug that off, a normal... man would have been crushed by that." Daniel panted out the effects of the Draugr were getting to him, "I have one more thing to try." he muttered and created a massive amount of fire and threw it at the group this actually caused the Whisperer to back off and screech at him, "Sentinel take over." Daniel gasped as he began to lose consciousness that had taken more energy than it should have but given what the draugr was doing it was only a matter of time.
"Daniel?" Sentinel asked worried for his partner, Daniel didn't respond, with that Sentinel took over the suit and ran to the edge and jumped, he than activated the thrusters and flew through the air carrying Daniel over the sea.
(location Sages fortress)
While this was happening, Caleb was training in the training grounds at the sages' fortress with Auran looking on, Auran and watched as Caleb vanquish the simulated Death Bringers which were the second group of urku they faced earlier that day, he sighed in pity 'Sobec has yet to confront what happened to him, he shouldn't hide from it' he thought to himself, with this in mind he strode forward to meet the ranger.
Caleb just finished killing the last Death Bringer as the young man came in, "How can I help you?" Caleb asked as he wiped a bit of sweat from his brow.
"How are you doing?" Auron asked, Caleb knew instantly what he was referring to and became guarded.
"What do you think?" Caleb bit out rhetorically.
"Why are you hiding from this?" Auron asked frustrated.
"Like you have room to talk!" Caleb nearly shouted, Auron recoiled as if he had been slapped.
"What are…" he began but never had a chance to finish.
"I'm talking about your master's recording, don't give me excuses, the fact that you haven't gotten around to it is because you're genuinely afraid of what it might say." Caleb accused, Auron just turned away unable to look at him.
"You're right, I am afraid." Auron admitted with a sigh.
"Well you have nothing to be afraid of." Caleb answered somewhat subdued, and turned his back to him, Auron looked at the ranger questioningly, "You should see what he has to say, I didn't completely understand it but you should be able to."
Auron just stood there for a moment "...Very well, but you should talk to someone." with that he walked off back to the ship before Caleb could say anything.
Caleb sighed and placed his hand over his eyes, "He's right you know." Lapsionna stated as he appeared next to the ranger.
Caleb looked at the Sage's spirit that now inhabited his body with him, "I know he is." he sighed frustrated, "I want to tell My brother though but I want to make sure he's alright first." he explained.
"Your brother is a strong man he's recovering from the poison much faster than most, he'll be fine go to him you keeping this secret won't help."
"Aaron was never one to let physical pain bring him down." Caleb said with a smile, "he broke his arm one time the elbow bent the wrong way he still kept fighting." Caleb reminisced, "I remember he told me 'it hurts like hell but I'm in hell right now so might as well keep going.'"
Lapsi smiled at that, "Perhaps he'll be the one to free Narthean."
"Oh he'd definitely be up for that." Caleb agreed, "but right now I should go tell him what's up."
"It's for the best." Lapsi said, "are you still going to go along with that plan?" Lapsi asked.
Caleb began to walk back to the ship his eyes flashed blue light, "Yes." was all he answered with as he left the courtyard.
Auron sat on his bunk holding the recorder in contemplation 'Why am I afraid, it wasn't like my master treated me badly.' he thought to himself he looked within himself to find the answer when Qixoni entered the room, Auron guessed he had sensed his anxiety and came to see him.
"What's the matter?" Qixoni asked and sat down on the bunk across from the troubled young man.
Auron held up the recorder for him to see, "This is my masters recorder his final words to me." he started, "I'm a bit apprehensive to open it though."
"Why?"
Auron sighed, "I'm not sure." he answered and started to laugh, "I don't know he never treated me horribly in fact he saved me from some trouble by taking me as his apprentice." he explained
"How did he save you?"
"At the time it was against imperial law to kill a sith, even for fellow sith." Auron explained, "I killed my fellow student and well the man who'd eventually be my master was called into investigate and he claimed the death was an accident and took me as his apprentice."
"You killed a fellow student why?" Qixoni asked.
Auron looked away "It doesn't matter now, those events happened long ago, and quite frankly I don't want to talk about it." Auron growled out.
"Alright but if you change your mind I will listen." Qixoni assured him.
"Not likely to happen… but thank you."
"Any way why do you think you're apprehensive about viewing the recording?" Qixoni asked
Auron scoffed "I told you I don't know."
"Than allow me to guess what it is." Auron just groaned and nodded in aquess, the Shard looked at him for a moment "...You feel that by viewing it you will be reminded of things you want to forget like your murder of your fellow student."
Auron sneered a bit at that "He deserved it." he snapped, "considering what he was going to do to her!" he nearly shouted before he stopped himself with a sigh, "Why did you choose me? why did any of you choose me, I'm a killer, a conqueror, and above all a destroyer." Auron said with tears forming in his eyes, "I'm no better than an animal."
Qixoni stood up and walked over to the distraught man and wiped a tear away and held it up to him "Does an animal feel guilt over the life it takes? Does an animal shed tears for the families it destroys?" he asked softly, "You are no animal Auron Var, just a sentient being whose made a lot of bad decisions and feels guilty for those things he's done as a good man should." Qixoni told him, "because that's what I see before me, a good man who wishes to make things right."
"You're right I want to make things right." Auron stated and took a sharp breath, "I can't keep running from this I will play the recording now, watch with me?" he asked
"Of course." Qixoni agreed and sat down across from Auron again, as he pressed the button a hologram of a man wearing sith battle armor appeared before him the man was tall and sported a beard that began greying, he appeared thin as to appear like he was starved, Auron swallowed a lump in his throat his master had starved to death that was not an easy way to go and he could only imagine the pain and unbearable discomfort the man endured.
"I am Darth Aartsengel of the sith order and these are my final words to my apprentice Auron." the man's voice was raspy from disuse, "I willingly give my life for my crew even though I could easily rip one of them out of one of the pods and use it for myself." Auron smiled at the memory of how his master always saw to it that as many of the men and women under his command would survive any battle they participated in, "Auron… I'm not very good at this so I'll just be blunt, I am proud of you my boy, I have looked into your future and I like what I see your mother would be proud, I don't know if you know this but I knew her, her name was Yisa Var she told me that you were captured and put into slavery along with your brother and I promised her that if I ever found either of you I'd do what I can to help you both, unfortunately I never found your brother but I know that he'll somehow be apart of your future" Auron felt unpleasant memories of his brother stir up and he closed his eyes as he felt tears come to the surface again, "I hope Yisa died peacefully." that caused a sob to rock Auron's body the painful memories of what he did to his mother flashing inside his mind "Auron I want you to remember what I taught you 'tu'iea tyűk aukoti j'us midwan ir anas midwan aukoti j'us pergaleas ir moketi is akuyi ir tikazi anas rast j'us buti won', you are free to do what you wish Auron truly free, do you understand what I'm telling you?" he asked, Auron was a bit confused, "you have the freedom to make your own decisions now, to build your power as you see fit." at that Auron's eyes went wide he was right, he was completely free to do what he wished without the constant threat of his peers stabbing him in the back, "Go Auron live your life and end the oppressive age of the sith and herald in a new age I ask this but you need not follow through." Aartsengel said, "I may not be your father Auron but I have always seen you as a son, may you and your children live long healthy lives." he said that last bit almost knowingly, then he broke into a coughing fit, "I am tired I can't..." he began before the recording ended.
Auron and Qixoni sat their for a moment, Auron wiped away the tears on his face and looked at his shard who looked back at him, "Qixoni I want to know how far will you go to help me?" Auron asked.
"I would follow you into the core of the hottest star in all of creation Auron." Qixoni told him.
"I think it's time I completely trusted you and that means sharing my entire past, but first I need to talk to the other force users about something." Auron stated.
Qixoni nodded in understanding, "May I inquire as to what you are planning?"
Auron nodded "I'll explain in the training room let's go there." he beckoned, stood up, and and walked out of the room the shard following him.
Meanwhile Caleb was standing outside of the med bay pondering what to say, before he decided to just walk in, he saw one of the medics tending to Aaron and Rohkea, "Well I'm pleased to say that you, Rohkea, should be okay to leave tomorrow, and Aaron I'd like to keep you in for observation for the next two day at least." the medic stated.
Aaron sighed in annoyance, "Thank you Yim." he said gratefully though he was still peeved at his current situation.
"Don't worry you'll be up on your feet in no time." Yim said as he turned to leave, "Oh I'm guessing you're here to visit please, make yourself at home." Yim said welcoming Caleb when he saw him this drew the attention of the bedridden Rangers.
"Thank you." Caleb said with a nod Yim moved on by, Caleb then grabbed a chair and positioned it so he could face both his brother and the wookie, after he took his seat the two waited patiently for him to start, "...I'm guessing you know what's going to happen in less than a week?" he asked after a moment of silence, this prompted a nod from the men in there, "What you don't know is how we know." Caleb stated.
"Does it have to do why you've been a little distant the last day?" Aaron asked, Caleb nodded stiffly.
"Yes, During the fight I was captured by the Urku and their I guess spiritual leaders." Caleb breathed out, Aaron and Rohkea's eyes widened at that.
(Are you alright cub?) Rohkea asked worried.
Caleb looked away for a moment "They dragged me back to their home and performed a ritual." he than started to undo his jacket and unbutton his shirt and moved the cloth out of the way to reveal a very nasty scar right over his heart, "They were trying to Sacc.. ..e ...me." Caleb started to break down now, Aaron moved to stand up despite his body screaming at him to take it easy and rushed to embrace his brother, Caleb buried his head in the crook of his brothers neck and let it out, Rohkea also stood up and joined in the embrace.
After Caleb had calmed down Aaron asked "What happened next?"
Caleb took a shuddering breath, "The Grand Gul stabbed me so that their Master could possess my body and take it for his own, however he could only do that when I truly died and I had passed on, in the last moments before that happened I met another spirit named Lapsionnea and he merged with my spirit and it healed me don't ask me how that's possible I still have trouble understanding it."
Aaron jaw clenched and and his hands squeezed into fist so hard that it might have drawn blood, "This 'Dark Master' and his legion better pray they don't encounter me otherwise there will be hell to pay."
"I don't doubt it Aaron but there is another thing I need to tell you, I have to leave for a bit." Caleb stated.
"What?!" Aaron asked "Where do you have to go?" Rohkea was also worried at the declaration as well.
"Thanks to Lapsi I now know how to use the force and I have access to his memories, a long time ago the creatures that are terrorizing the planet we are heading to found their way here and well it it began a very long and bloody conflict that ultimately nearly killed off the Sages one of the reasons this happened was because of a powerful Urku army that's loyal to the Dark Master, resides in the mountains to the north, I will be going there to assassinate the war chiefs and their king to make sure they are not a threat later on." Caleb told them.
"Caleb at the very least bring Asajj with you or any of the clones if any of them are willing." Aaron pleaded
"I'm not leaving without telling anyone Aaron, you know me better than that." Caleb reassured.
"Good." Aaron said, then hugged him again, "Bro. you can tell me anything you know that right?"
"I know I just needed a bit of time to myself to process it all." Caleb muttered.
"I understand but please next time just come to me. Okay?"
"Okay." Caleb nodded, and stood up to gather the group to tell them what he was going to do.
Daniel groaned as he woke up he felt a soft blanket beneath him and he opened his eyes wide in alarm, "Sentinel!" he bolted upright, he found himself in a well lit room on a soft bed with fur blankets, he looked around, the room quite large and spacious a fire in a hearth and torches kept it lit, than his eyes came upon a tall, muscular reptilian creature with wings, "Hello?" Daniel asked nervously, he hoped this was not a member of the Dark Master's Legion, the Dramon seemed to shake itself awake and looked at him.
The Dramon stared at Daniel for a bit of time, Daniel actually began to feel a bit self conscious but he didn't show it, finally the dramon spoke well he heard something but the creature's mouth didn't move, 'it has been a while since humans have stepped foot in our halls.'
Daniel looked around for the origin of the voice, 'I am speaking through what you call telepathy.' the voice sounded female.
"Oh I see, sorry about that." Daniel apologized for not realising that was what was happening, the Dramon just laughed it off it was loud and booming.
'Think nothing of it, my species can't physically speak your language so we rely on telepathy to communicate with other species.' she explained.
"Ah, I see it's not that unbelievable the Ithorians and Wookies can't speak basic either." he mused out loud, "anyway do you know the circumstances that brought me here?" he asked
'Your strange armor brought you here and we saw to your condition.'
"That brings me to my next two questions, first where is Sentinel, he's the strange armor?" Daniel asked.
'Oh he's speaking with the Marquis.' she told him.
"Okay," he nodded, "now for my second question, where are my clothes?" he asked cooly, having realised that he had on no clothes to speak of with the blanket covering everything below the waist.
She pointed over to a small table behind Daniel, "Thank you." he said gratefully, "why were my clothes removed?"
'To assess you for injuries, if we have shamed you in any way I sincerely apologise.' she said, Daniel actually felt her feel a bit of worry if she had offended him in any way.
"Be at peace, if it was to make sure I was fine it's okay, I was in the military I kind of got used to being in my skin around other people." he reassured her.
She let out a sigh of relief, 'well you have nothing to be ashamed of I'm sure your mate would appreciate you.' she said with what looked like a smirk.
"W...w...w...what?" he stammered out, he was flustered now, "I don't have a mate, I'm only fourteen and am not interested in looking for one." he added.
She just let out a laugh, 'I'm sorry I couldn't help it.' she told him, as he got dressed.
"I am guessing your culture doesn't particularly care about being closed off when it comes to sex?" Daniel deadpanned as he finished dressing.
'You'ld be correct we're very open about it though we still have rules about that sort of thing.' she explained.
"I imagine." Daniel muttered considering she was worried about him being offended at being disrobed when he was unconscious it made sense.
'Forgive me I forgot to introduce myself, My name is Tanssi Tulipalo.' she place a fist over her chest and bowed.
"Daniel Valo." Daniel reciprocated the bow, "May I speak to the Marquis, Tanssi?" Daniel asked.
She did an odd motion with her head where she slowly pivoted it from her left, then snapped it to her right, 'Yes you may, he wishes to speak with you anyway.'
"Oh perfect." Daniel said, "lead on?"
'Please follow me.' she beckoned and turned and walked out the door with Daniel following her, the hallways were massive, Daniel guessed for the Dramon's massive sizes they'd need a lot more space than most other sentients, they came upon a massive chamber door and Tanssi knocked on it and made a few roaring sounds, Which Daniel guessed was their natural language because in no less than a minute the doors opened inwards.
The chamber of the Marquis was huge, the only thing Daniel could compare it to was the Galactic Senate Chamber, the chamber was well lit by hearths torches and Chandeliers, the room had an oddly delicious smell of meat being cooked, the young padawn looked around and saw many of the Dramons cooking food in the hearths and some of them caught sight of him and they stopped what they were doing to see what was going on, Daniel could also hear some folk music in the air, and he also saw some of the Dramons dancing or at least that's what he assumed from what he was seeing.
Daniel continued to follow Tanssi till they came to a large and extravagant throne adorned with fur and tree bark, Daniel looked over and saw Sentinel standing before the Marquis apparently talking with him.
Tanssi let out a roar, the crowd stopped and turned their attention to the throne, and the Marquis turned to face her, Daniel met the Dramon's gaze unsure of what to do, 'should I bow out of respect or would he not recognise that?' he thought to himself.
'Welcome to my hall Daniel, son of Naomi.' the Marquis said telepathically, Daniel spared a glance at Sentinel obviously aware that he must have told the Marquis a little bit about him.
"Thank you sir." Daniel said politely.
'Your fascinating companion told me that you are here to receive help from us and the Urku tribe that live on this continent.' the Marquis stated.
"Sentinel is not wrong that is what I am here for, sir." Daniel confirmed.
The Marquis nodded, 'well before you tell us why I have sent a messenger to the Urku chieftain he will be here soon so please feel free to enjoy yourself here.'
"Thank you sir." Daniel said and bowed respectfully, and walked over to Sentinel, "hey Sentinel." he greeted.
"Daniel it is good to see you are well, how are you feeling?" the shard asked.
"Oh I'm fine, but can you tell me what happened after I blacked out?" Daniel asked.
"Well I got us off the cliff and flew to the southern continent and than I landed on the shore after a bit a group of Dramons appeared and I managed to convince them that I wasn't a threat and that you needed help as soon as I said that you were in a battle with a Draugr they immediately took us here."
"I see." Daniel stated, "How long was I out?"
"A few hours, they believe that you're a sage and that since you are force sensitive the Draugr's 'magic' drained you if we had stayed their any longer it is likely you would have died." Sentinel explained.
"That's a very upsetting thought." Daniel sighed, he looked in his peripheral vision and saw Tanssi approach them, he turned to address her, "Thank you very much Tanssi for being my guide." he said gratefully.
'You're welcome Daniel.' she said with a smile.
"So what should we do now?" Daniel asked.
'Do you have any stories to tell?' She asked hopefully, Daniel also noticed that several nearby Dramons were looking at him in anticipation.
Daniel looked over at Sentinel before looking back at Tanssi, "Sure." he said, all the Dramons near by immediately rushed over and looked at him expectantly, Daniel chuckled at that, "so what would you like to hear?" he asked curiously.
(location the Dark Master's mountain Fortress.)
The Dark Master was livid "What do you mean he got away!" he bellowed.
"His armor had something that allowed him to fly through the air to avoid our forces he made it to the south my liege." the terrified Urku stated fearfully.
The Dark master worked to reign his temper in, "That is unfortunate, but there will be another opportunity." he assured himself his temper simmering down a bit, as angry as he was he did not see much point in killing his soldiers despite how pathetic he viewed them.
"My liege do you wish to contact the norther Urku tribes?" the urku asked cautiously.
That instantly evaporated his sour mood, "Of course contact the grand Urku of the north tell him his master calls him to war." told him.
"As you wish my liege." the Urku stated and prepared a letter to send to the northern tribes.
The Grand Gul walked in the door, "My liege your armor is ready to contain your soul."
"As much as I loath to do this it has to be done before I can have a body, Whether it be the boy's, the man's, that sith's or the two yet to make an appearance I don't care any more." the Dark master said in exasperation as he approached his armor, which was light grey and covered everything -or would have if he had his body- it also had a crown on the top and some spikes on the elbow, his soul drifted into the armor and the Guls holding it all in place let it go, as a pair of white eyes appeared in the eye sockets, "Now all will fear me and rejoice." he declared his voice sounding even more deep than before.
(Location Sages temple, hanger, inside the ship)
"So let me get this straight you want to go take on an army of Urku in the north and kill their leadership?" Micah asked having heard the plan presented to him.
"Yes, these Urku are loyal to the Dark Master and played a part in the near total annihilation of the sages, not only that but if the Dark master calls them than we'll be fighting on two fronts better to eliminate the threat now than dealing with two armies hell bent on destroying us." Caleb reasoned.
"Not denying that." Micah agreed, "but I'm not sending you on your own." he told him.
Caleb looked at the others in the room, "Would any of you be willing to go with me in this endeavor?" he asked them, for a moment nobody said anything.
"I will." Asajj stated as she stepped forward.
"As will I." Swift volunteered.
"Me too." A'den said as he clenched his fist.
Saber also raised his hand to signify that he was volunteering as well.
Caleb turned to Micah, "Well how about now?"
Micah sighed resignation, "This is a big risk but if you can do it I'd say the rewards is worth it, May the force be with you."
Caleb nodded, and turned to the group going with him "Alright then let's get ready." he told them, as they left the room and set about to prepare for this deadly mission.
AN: so what do you think good, bad, somewhere in-between?
well anyway questions
Icewolfe999: in all honesty they would find him interesting plus the way I do the Dramons they are a bit carefree (I don't have a better word to describe it as of now), the Urku may be a bit more critical of him you'll just have to wait and see.
Dragonzlayorx12: as I discussed with you it may take a bit of time before RWBY become the major plot point as of right now I'm trying to flesh out the characters here and not try to fall into the tropes of other crosses between SW and RWBY (if that made any sense)
Announcement: I am starting a new project it takes place in the same universe as this story but with other Jedi survivors, it is a cross between SW and the Hobbit (yes I am doing a triple cross don't worry I will make it work I have it though out but knowing me... well don't worry about it that story's first chapter will be up hopefully by the end of this weekend or Monday at the latest.)
Well any way please Review and criticize my work it honestly would help and I hope you all enjoyed.