Now I owe everything that I learned to Rakine, my new master of the Force, both Light and Dark sides are under his control. If I wish to learn how to use the Force, then no doubt he will help teach me. I shouldn't be afraid of him. Powerful yes, but he's a rebel. He's against the Empire, who I'm told is the true evil in the galaxy. I hope I picked the right side.
"Master, I can't help but wonder, if your a rebel against an Empire, which is said to be evil, would that make us rebels too?" I looked to Rooda.
"You become a rebel if you do things against the Empire's rule. If you fight back and join the Alliance, you're officially a rebel." Rakine started rubbing his head.
"If both the Empire and the Sith are evil," Rooda leaned against the wall with one leg up on the wall, "would that mean the Empire-"
"Is ruled by the Sith." Rakine nodded. "It was former Chancellor, now Emperor Palpatine, now Darth Sidious, that united the First Galactic Empire." His eyes turn yellow and I can feel internal anger rising within him. "If it weren't for that blubbering Gungan idiot, none of this would have happened! Immediate emergency powers." He scoffed and Force threw the training droid into the wall, it's impact so hard, the droid smashed into small metallic pieces. I backed away in fear. His eyes return to normal and he sighs.
"Sorry about that," he chuckles.
"It's nothing, master," I nodded to him. "You said you had gotten shocked so much as an apprentice, that your Dark Side is mentally unstable?"
"A bit. I can control my anger, hate, and fear just fine. Sometimes the Dark Side just likes to pop out at random. Suddenly I'm shooting lightning out of my hand." He scratched his forehead, looking at me. "That's what happened earlier, with you, Eyt. If Rooda didn't step in, it would've gotten a lot worse."
I looked back to Rooda.
"Thank you Rooda."
She nodded her head, with her lightspear still in both hands.
"Now," Rakine began to walk out of the room, "I think we've trained enough for today. Allow me to lead you both to the living quarters." He walked out and I got up to follow them out. Rakine started walking down the hall back to the large stairway, this time going up, walking down the hall at the top, and past the broken elevator shaft.
"This temple is huge," Rakine looked back at me and Rooda. "I'm showing you the areas that are important to your training. I promise you don't need a tour of this whole thing. You'd get lost easily." He chuckled shaking his head.
Rakine kept walking down the hall and the hall itself split into two as the reached this strange wall. There's something about this giant boulder-like wall. Something inside me is tingling. I don't know if it's midi-chlorians or if this rock is unexplainable. I just feel this rock has a strong impact on the Force.
"A giant rock?" Rooda asked. "But why is this here?"
"This is the Natural Spire," Rakine walks through the left hall which goes around the large structure. "This spire is part of Coruscant's actual surface. We keep it here because, well, Eyt how do you feel with the Force now?"
"Once we came here, it feels all tingly, like the Force is growing stronger around us. I can feel something very strange with this rock." I held my left hand out to it and the Force began surging through my entire arm. I pull back, worried if this will have a bad impact on me. "My arm suddenly feels much stronger, as if this spire is like some sort of Force generator?" I looked at Rakine, who only nodded as we kept walking down this long hall, going completely around the rock spire.
"That's because this giant spire is naturally like Eyt said, a Force generator. This spire itself is immensely strong in the Force, it is why the Jedi Temple was just built over it. Reasons for this rock having such strange amount of Force in it is still unexplained. But some Jedi once said that the Natural Spire is the very birthplace of the Force." He tapped the spire with his hand as we kept walking, "This is the most powerful Force user in the galaxy. While it is a rock, its midi-chlorian count goes up to at least trillions. The only thing this rock does now is just give off bits of the Force. It's unexplained like I said, but without this, we might not even know about the Force." He kept walking down the hall, "It's still such a very interesting thing."
We had at least gone around the whole spire and Rakine turned down to a small staircase descending down and when we looked to our left, a giant glass wall showed a colossal room with many large spacecraft.
"That is the Jedi hangar for many land and space vehicles." Rakine walked down the stairs more and pointed to the door that leads into the hangar. He got off the staircase and opened the door to the hangar.
"This is a shortcut to the living quarters." He entered the hangar and walked straight through, pointing at the door on the other side. "We're going over there."
Rooda and I followed after Rakine but are entranced by all the large vehicles that are just left in this large hangar. I looked up at the inside of the large room and saw that the ceiling had large doors on it, where the ships could fly in and out.
"Why didn't you land your ship in here?" Rooda looked at Rakine.
"Hey. You!" At least seven stormtroopers who were patrolling the hangar have spotted us and cock their weapons. Rakine and I ignite our lightsabers and start repelling the blaster shots back to back. Rooda jumped off the end of a ship and with her lightspear, started impaling and slashing through some stormtroopers, and Rakine and I start finishing the last of the Imperial army. With each of us slashing and deflecting shots, every stormtroopers in the hangar is dead in seconds.
"That's why," Rakine deactivated his lightsaber. "Stormtroopers, do not let them know of our presence here." He thought for a second. "If they're still patrolling the Jedi Temple, it might not be safe to sleep for the night all at once. When we get to the living quarters, you two should get some rest first. I can take first watch." He caught us looking at all the ships. "I don't know if taking a ship is the best idea. But if we are caught, it is our best chance of escaping this place when stormtroopers barge in." He walked toward the other door, to lead to the living quarters. Rooda looked up at the closed hangar door on the ceiling.
"We need that door open if we are to escape quickly." She ran to one end of the hangar and entered the control room. I see her scanning the tables for something, and when she pushes a button, a large door on the ceiling slowly opens and the setting sunlight pours through the hangar to the abandoned ships and the floor.
"Great thinking." Rakine nodded slowly. "But we should still be careful. We don't know if this Jedi Temple is being watched on the outside."
"Let's get back to finding the living quarters," I started walking to the exit door. "We should probably stay hidden in the living quarters until dawn. We need to get out of this hangar if we are to avoid being spotted or captured or killed. That open door might just attract something to enter at night. If we are spotted, we attack all the intruders that are in our way. Rooda and I will take that one ship." I pointed at the nearest ship. "Master Rakine, I'm sure you can easily get back to your ship on the platform with no problem."
He nodded.
"I can. It's not me you need to be worried about. Those are still soldiers of the Empire. You two need to move if they do locate us." He opened the hangar exit door and it opened back into another hallway. He turned a corner and found a door labelled, "Living Quarters".
Rooda chuckled.
"Now we know our escape isn't far." She looked to me.
"Yes, it will be fortunate if we all get out of this temple in one piece. After years of ruin you'd expect this place to be empty." Rakine opened the doors to the living quarters and we saw many hallways with many doors. "These rooms are all meant for the Jedi who live in the Jedi Temple. There are many rooms, but we only need maybe one or two." He opened a door into one room. "Perfect. These rooms have hospitality for anyone who stays. Remember we'll only be here for a night. Then we've got to move." Rooda and I walked in and set our lightsabers on the little tables next to the large bed. "You two make yourselves comfortable. I'll stay out here and keep watch."
"There's only one bed." Rooda looked at the bed then to Rakine.
"Yeah each room is for one Jedi each. It's not a problem, is it?" He looked curiously at the bed.
She shook her head.
"No," she said quietly. "There's no problem." She looked down to the floor nervously.
"Good," Rakine said as he held his deactivated lightsaber in his hand. "You should get some rest. You need anything let me know. I'll just be out here." Rooda sat on the bed and muttered quietly.
"Warriors each get one bed. It's improper to share a bed. It's a way in our tradition."
"Well, Rooda, you're not on Zant anymore. Out here, your traditions don't mean anything. People out here don't focus on any one tradition from an area. Especially one from a planet system beyond the outer rim. It's not easy but you should get used to it while we're here. If your tradition says specific rules, remember, you're not on Zant. Here, it's not hurting anyone if you abandon it just out here. The chief wouldn't know if you two broke a few traditional rules."
"He is right, Rooda." I laid down in the bed, still wearing my loincloth.
"Fine." Rooda shook her head as she laid down beside me. "I'll try to abandon it for now. We'll be fine I guess." She looked at Rakine. "Wake us up if anything happens."
"I will. Also, Eyt, when one is strong with the Force, they can sense danger. Right now, were safe. I'd just rest for now." He closed the door and stayed out of the bedroom.
We laid down in the bed staring at the ceiling. I looked at Rooda for a second, then back to the ceiling.
"I think it would be best if we kept these loincloths on us." I look to her as she pulls a strap from her shoulder.
"Do you remember why we sleep without our outfits?" She almost glared at me, "Because they're tight on our skin. I don't know about you, but my entire body is sore."
I looked away as she proceeded to remove her leather straps from her torso, with a sigh in relief. "Now I can breathe." She reaches for her loincloth and only just loosens the knots at her hips. With all the tight tension on her body now relieved, Rooda slumped back against the bed and covered her body with the blankets.
I laid on my side with my back facing her. I had covered myself with the blanket as I put one hand behind me and slightly loosening the knot keeping my loincloth on my body. I almost sigh when my waist's pressure is released.
"These things are tight, aren't they?" I asked Rooda before she nods and turns to lay on her side, her back facing me as well.
I stay laying on my side and try to at least get some sleep. I closed my eyes and let the Force around me warn us of any dangers outside the Jedi Temple. Nothing.