Chapter 20
This chapter is also major to the storyline… you'll know once you actually read that chapter. Also, my holidays started! So I can update my stories every 8 days, instead of the normal 1 and a half weeks.
The Force felt murky to many, and even those who didn't know about the Force felt… off.
Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One of the Light, were one of them. He was meditating on the sandy deserts of Tatooine, crossing his legs and closing his eyes as his long dark blonde hair hung from his head.
"Anakin! Come in!" Anakin heard his sister-in-law exclaim in a tone that said that she called many times already
Anakin decided to finish, so he stood up and responded normally, but with a twinge of happiness with "Coming!"
Anakin went into the house to see Padmé and Adenan talking, both sitting on two white chairs. Padmé was holding the babies while Adenan was looking at them in interest. The rest of the house looked relatively normal, with it being light brown and the floor being also light brown. It wasn't a Corusanti Apartment, but it made him happy to stay here.
Meanwhile, in the Jedi Temple, the Council was talking among themselves. Ever since the leaving of Jedi Council Members Shaak Ti, Plo Koon, Anakin Skywalker, Kit Fisto and Yoda, and the deaths of Luminara Unduli and Agen Kolar, the Council had been greatly minimised and changed.
The Council members now were Grand Master Mace Windu, High Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Depa Bilaba.
"How's the Resurrection technology coming along?" Mace sternly asked Obi-Wan
"Due to constraints, we can only make it a certain size" Obi-Wan answered, his voice betraying no emotion
"Really? 'A certain size'?" Mace asked inquisitively
"Yes Master" Depa answered, her voice also like Obi-Wan's
"But are we really doing the right thing?" Obi-Wan asked, putting all his emotions into this statement
"What do you mean by that?" Mace asked strictly
"Why revive old Traditionalists, if we know Tradition's value, then you know that the Traditionalists respect both the living and dead. We are killing Balancers, which is disrespectful to the living, and reviving old Traditionalists, which is disrespectful to the dead." Obi-Wan answered, outputting all the emotion he had with that little speech
Mace Windu clapped slowly, smiling to show his sarcasm, then he boomed "We're at war, we need all the help we can get, and I am your master! You need to follow my orders!"
Obi-Wan said nothing and the Council Meeting was adjourned. The three filed out of the room. Obi-Wan saw the long corridors of the Jedi Temple being highlighted with the setting, orange sun. Obi-Wan smiled at that, despite his confusion and conflict in his soul.
Obi-Wan sensed a presence behind him, it was Cin Drallig, a human Jedi Master who had long, brown hair and fair skin. Cin walked beside Obi-Wan.
"What do you want?" Obi-Wan sourly asked
"What are we doing, my friend?" Cin asked Obi-Wan, helplessly
"For what?" Obi-Wan asked back, now getting annoyed, not looking at Cin, who was beside him
"What are the Traditionalists becoming?" Cin asked again
"The Traditionalists are becoming what they are meant to be" Obi-Wan almost robotically answered
"Emotionless, Cold-Blooded warriors?" Cin asked
"No! Duty-Bound, Scum-Free Peacekeepers!" Obi-Wan exclaimed, now becoming angry
"Is killing innocents really peace… oh wait, you won't know since you basically stayed in the Temple since then!" Cin argued aback with equal anger, then walked away
Cin was furious at his old friend, who seemed to might be the Council's slave, no, he was the Council's slave! Cin decided that there was only one thing to do, many might die, but he knew what to do! Cin went to his quarters to do what he wanted.
Anakin and Talimer had gotten a call from Master Yoda, they were supposed to get resources to take back the Jedi Temple. Talimer was inducted back into the Order, but this time, the Balancer's Order. Shmi Skywalker came in to see Anakin and Talimer talking to a small hologram
"Call in all the Balancers, I will" Yoda stated carefully making plans
"Yes Master, but where?" Anakin asked, confused
"May I make a suggestion?" Shmi asked, louder than normal
"Go ahead, sister!" Talimer exclaimed, happy to add Shmi to the conversation as Anakin smiled lightly
"Send them all to the Lars farm, where we are. I'll take care of them" Shmi suggested with a her best soldier tone
"That, we can do" Yoda happily replied, as he turned off the hologram
Anakin and Talimer looked at Shmi, who just shrugged at them, trying to tell her family members that there was no other option.
"The Lars farm is too small to fit the many Balancers!" Talimer nervously exclaimed
"I agree with Uncle Tal" Anakin immediately seconded
"I'll worry about that. You worry about what you need to worry about" Shmi instructed lightly
Shmi left as Talimer and Anakin thought of how they were going to bide their time and expand the chances of taking over the Temple at the same time.
"Bounty Hunters!" Talimer exclaimed
"Bounty Hunters?" Anakin repeated in a questioning tone
"We could spend time doing missions, getting money and expanding resources. It'll be like 'take your nephew to work day'" Talimer answered in pure delight
"Anakin Skywalker, Bounty Hunter, doesn't sound half-bad" Anakin smirked as he muttered that, he raised his head to Talimer, who smiled at him with a glint on his eyes
"I have a ship in Mos Eisley!" Talimer told Anakin, as they both tried to run out of the farm.
Anakin opened the door as the two Skywalkers' went out. They saw Beru and Padmé taking care of babies Luke and Leia. Anakin tried to run out, but was looked at by Padmé.
"And, where are you going? Padmé asked her husband
"Bounty Hunting!" Anakin answered like it was an everyday job
"What?!" Padmé exclaimed in a tone that showed that she didn't agree with this
"What? I suggested it!" Talimer said, confused
"You need to be here! As a father!" Padmé cried out, years ago, she would've laughed at what she was saying, but things had changed.
"Later!" Anakin exclaimed, really just breathing the word out, he really didn't want to stay here right now
Anakin and Talimer quickly fled out in happiness of the idea. They both found a speeder outside, waiting for them. Talimer got on the driver's seat and Anakin sat behind him in the speeder. Then, they flew to Mos Eisley, the town Anakin remembered as the town he was a slave in.
All the buildings were small and light brown, just as Anakin remembered it. Though this area was not familiar to him, he deduced that this was the richer parts of Mos Eisley, parts that he merely never went to in fear of his slave tracker, a device that exploded a slave when the slave tried to escape, activating.
In stark contrast with the small buildings, there was a big construction that Anakin deduced to be the Mos Eisley Spaceport.
"Docking Bay 45, make sure you get there" Talimer said with excitement, then… seemingly disappeared
"Uncle?" Anakin asked, trying to find where his uncle went, he turned around in a full circle, and then sighed.
His uncle left him in a place he didn't recognise! Anakin sighed again, as he remembered what his uncle said, Docking Bay 45.
Anakin decided that the first course of action he was going to do is buy a new outfit. He put his hand on a pocket in his utility belt, then, to his luck, there was some Tatooinian Currency
He walked around, trying to find a costume shop, he then found a thin, obviously senile man wearing a white tunic, brown belt, white leggings and brown boots sitting on a red and white checkered plastic carpet, with fruits all around him.
"Hey! Do you have any apples?" Anakin asked, remembering that Adenan's favourite fruit was apple
"Apples? This is a fruit store! What do you think?" The man rudely answered
"I'll buy one!" Anakin stated
"Three!" The man exclaimed, happy with the purchase as he threw a green apple at Anakin, who caught it and threw three golden rectangular prisms at the man
"And where's the bounty hunter shop" Anakin asked the man firmly
"Over there!" The man exclaimed, pointing at a building behind Anakin, it was behind a normal small residence, and the showcased Bounty Hunter armours and blasters
Anakin went into the store to see a wrinkled green humanoid who was a few inches taller than Anakin, standing at 6'6".
"Are you a Jedi?" The humanoid asked, suspicious of his newest customer
"Former Jedi. I need Armour and Weaponry" Anakin stated, making his best bounty hunter impression possible
"I think this might suit you" The humanoid led Anakin towards some black armour, it was in plates for the shoulder and arm, chest, mid-section, legs and there was also black coloured boots
"Thank you. And an eyepatch" Anakin said slyly, smirking a bit at how easy this was
"225 Tatooinian Credits" The humanoid said, going to the counter as Anakin went to some trial rooms in the back. Minutes later, he came sporting sleek, black armour a black utility belt, two blasters like the ones that his former Captain, Rex used, his lightsaber concealed in the belt, black leggings and black boots. He also wore an eyepatch. The clothes underneath the armour were also black
Anakin laid a stack of credits on the dark wood counter, and left majestically, stepping on the sand. He looked at the spaceport, ready to meet his uncle and do some bounty hunting.
As Anakin walked, kids who were playing on the side of the road with some marbles stopped and looked at the Jedi Bounty Hunter in awe. Anakin just kept walking to the spaceport.
He walked in, and saw Docking Bay 1, he kept walking as he saw similar entrances with the numbers increasing as he gone forward. He walked and walked to Docking Bay 45, where he was supposed to be. He stopped, panting as he went into the Docking Bay, he saw a grey ship with it's wings retracted and it had a sleek, black window.
He saw his uncle meditating. Talimer stood up and smiled at his nephew, who looked at the ship in awe, he also noticed that Talimer was now sporting brown armour, and wearing green underneath.
"Nice suit, nephew!" Talimer complimented, obviously proud of his nephew
"Thanks!" Anakin excitedly thanked, he never thought he'd be happy about bounty hunting, even before becoming a Jedi.
"C'mon!" Talimer instructed happily, as they both went into the ship
And, the grey ship hovered in the air a bit as wings sprouted out of the ship and it flew out of the desert planet.
Meanwhile, Cin Drallig was sorting out all the other people who thought that Mace Windu was corrupting the Traditionalists together.
"We must leave the Temple! Mace is corrupt!" Cin spoke loudly and passionately
"He is not! And he will know about this!" A Padawan, a human girl, darkly shouted, as she left the room.
Solace Jelaino, Jedi Padawan and part-time partner, now enemy of Adenan Kornen, left the room, intent on reporting Cin Drallig to the council.
She hated Cin Drallig and all non-traditional Jedi, especially Adenan Kornen, but she still wanted Adenan, it was a complicated thing to talk about. And she wanted Adenan, she will split up Kornen from Bethrona and take Kornen for herself!
'Damn the Balancers for taking him!' she thought angrily, as she went to report to Obi-Wan Kenobi about it
Solace walked through the corridors, until she found the Council Chambers, she burst in to the Council.
"Padawan Jelaino, what's wrong?" Mace Windu asked, concerned
"Cin Drallig and some other Jedi are planning to join the Balancers!" Solace confessed without a thought
"They're doing what? This must be stopped!" Obi-Wan exclaimed in anger
"And so they will, Obi-Wan" Mace calmly stated, but with carefully hidden malice.
Yup, the Traditionalists are splitting up! Solace hates, but at the same time, loves Adenan Kornen, Anakin joins his uncle in Bounty Hunting and the Balancers are regrouping in Tatooine. NEXT CHAPTER: DOUBLE TROUBLE