Chapter 22
Term 4 will be starting in my school, so I'll be moving back to the normal schedule of updating every two weeks, sorry, but school.
To explain, the war between the Balancers and Traditionalists had been going on behind the scenes in this story, similar to how the Clone Wars was portrayed. Also, a warning, this has spoilers of at this point, future chapters of Adenan: The Masterless Padawan.
Mace Windu was being flanked by Obi-Wan Kenobi, as they saw a big metal cube with pipes going around it, there was a laser cannon-like pipe going from the cube, which shot a beam that revived the dead, and a seat on the side to control the pipe shooting the beam. Mace was very happy, now that he could revive the more skilled Traditionalists, like the first one he was going to test on, Adi Galia.
"Obi-Wan, begin the test" Mace sternly ordered the auburn man to his left, Obi-Wan stoically walked to the seat beside the cube and sat on the seat.
Obi-Wan aimed the machine's beam pipe towards the still intact corpse of Adi Galia. Obi-Wan closed his eyes, wondering what his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn would think of this. Obi-Wan then nodded his head, to prevent his thoughts and becoming a 'sentimental fool', as some would call it.
"Fire!" Mace exclaimed, with glee as Obi-Wan did so, a yellow plasma beam shot from the machine, similar to the way a blaster shot it's beam. The yellow beam hit Adi in the chest. The corpse of Adi Galia reanimated, Adi sat up as Mace prevented himself from cackling in evil glee.
"Where am I?" Adi asked, looking around in confusion
"The Jedi Temple, you're okay Master Galia" Obi-Wan assured, in a tone of fake concern
As Obi-Wan, Depa and Mace began to explain what had happened, Adenan Kornen was waiting for Master Drallig to come, he saw many, many Republic cruisers. About thousands of Republic cruisers. Adenan never saw that many cruisers in one single place on his entire life… other than the time he went to the Coruscant Military Base and Lab.
Adenan wasn't aware of what happened recently in the Third Jedi Civil War, as Master Yoda supposedly called it. He would learn when Master Yoda got there. He prepared for everything, even the Traditionalists following him.
Adenan now wore customised armour. The entire armour was black, it was mostly a polyester jumpsuit, but with pieces of armour on his chest, back, arms and legs. He wore black leather boots. He had a black utility belt which concealed his orange lightsaber in one holster, his rainbow shoto in another holster and a blaster pistol in another holster just in case.
Adenan even practiced on every of his known lightsaber forms, his performance in the Force and something he swore not to use since Cherenya, Dathomirian Force Magic.
It was true that the magic he used to freeze the sand outpost next to him in this desert planet was Dathomirian, but it was Master Chi who made him and Faro promise that they will never use the magic, which they defied the council to both get and use.
He saw an air bus land between the moisture farm and the tall outpost Adenan built. It was a silver, double decker air bus, it had a Jedi logo at the side and many younglings were looking through the windows to see the desert planet, Adenan was sure.
Cin Drallig came out, in his usual garb. Adenan bowed slightly in respect, Cin bowed back.
"Master Drallig" Adenan respectfully greeted
"Padawan Kornen" Cin greeted back in the same tone as Adenan
"So, anyone following?" Adenan asked, cautious
"No. No one that I'm aware of" Cin shrugged casually
"Good, we can't afford anyone to come here, unless you bought anyone here." Adenan narrowed his eyes in suspicion
"Hell no! I turned my back on the Traditionalists entirely" Cin raised his arms in defence
All the younglings came out, Adenan remembered hating younglings until he was like… 14, a bit before he became a Masterless Padawan, but he was over it and now loved younglings, in his own way, though he never bothered or thought about younglings.
There were two younglings that reminded him much about himself and Faro in his own youngling years. Adenan realised that he missed Faro a lot. He decided not to show those thoughts.
"Wow. Are you the famous Padawan Kornen" A youngling, a blonde girl with fair skin, asked, this girl was a lot shorter than Adenan, being up to his knee
"Yeah. Though I'm not actually famous, just… known around the Temple" Adenan answered with a twinge of nervousness, Cin laughed heartily
"You'll get over it!" Cin exclaimed heartily
"Glad to hear that" Adenan sarcastically said, smiling at the same time
"Is it true that you once competed in the Malastarian Annual Pod races?" A brown haired boy with a bowl cut asked enthusiastically, he was a bit shorter than the girl
"Yes. Master Chi told me to once, never knew the reason why he told me so" Adenan confessed, as he remembered his mission to Malastare to capture a wanted Dug, and getting the hang of answering the youngling's questions
"How much do you know Master Skywalker?" The blonde girl asked
"Ok kids, that's enough questions for Padawan Kornen!" Cin exclaimed, trying to cut off the younglings
"It's okay!" Adenan insisted nicely, then answered seriously "I met and had an actual conversation with Anakin when I was nine, but we personally knew each other when Order 66 was issued"
Then, Shmi came out of the farm to see all the children talk to Adenan, Shmi wondered if this was all the Balancers.
Adenan sensed her thoughts and turned to Shmi, telling her "No. This is just a part of the Traditionalists that deviated"
"Oh. Should I set up food?" Shmi asked nicely
"I dunno" Adenan uncertainly answered
"Food might be nice" Cin answered politely
"Ok then" Adenan muttered softly, then announced louder than his normal volume "Ok kids! We all shall retire to this outpost I built with the force", one kid raised his hand, his hair was strawberry blonde, Adenan softly said "Ask away"
"With the force?" The boy asked, chuckling a bit
"I used the force in a way only Dathomirian Witches use" Adenan told him, jovially
Shmi nodded, wondering how Adenan would be if he became a teacher. He was certainly nice to kids. Though Padmé had claimed that Adenan himself said that he would be a horrible teacher. Shmi didn't agree with that since he was good with handling the kids that were here.
Adenan looked at the sky to see if there was any battle, and to his horror, the Republic Cruisers had sudden blue and white flashes on them, which meant a space battle.
"Uh oh" Adenan slowly said, in a horrorstricken tone
"What is it?" Shmi asked, concerned of Adenan, Cin looked towards the sky
"Traditionalists!" Adenan answered, almost shouting
"We must get these younglings to safety!" Cin exclaimed, concerned for said younglings
"Guess my outpost will never be used" Adenan shrugged, a bit sad because of that, then he lifted his hand towards the outpost and chanted "Contatum", the outpost unfroze and fell completely into the sands.
"Guess that solves that" Cin said, half-joking
Adenan, Cin and all the younglings fled to the bus. Adenan ended up on a seat beside Cin.
"Padmé!" Adenan exclaimed, remembering the woman they left
"What?" Cin asked, baffled by Adenan's sudden exclamation
"I forgot Padmé!" Adenan exclaimed, quickly getting off the bus and running to the farm
Adenan went in, and ran towards where Padmé was reading from a datapad. Padmé looked up when Adenan went into the room. The babies Luke and Leia were on a cot.
"Padmé, we're in trouble!" Adenan exclaimed
"Traditionalists?" Padmé asked, softly, but not calmly
"Yes!" Adenan answered, his face marred with horror
Adenan quickly picked up Luke through the force and bought Luke to himself. Padmé picked up Leia from her cot, and they both said goodbye to the Lars family. Both of them left for the air bus.
"Well, that's the end of Tatooine!" Adenan noted a bit happily while getting on the bus
"Yeah. Let's just get out of this heat!" Padmé exclaimed, relief on her tone
"Very well then" Cin said softly
The air bus flew and went out of atmosphere as quickly as possible. Padmé wondered if Anakin and Talimer were involved in this battle, then decided to not think about it.
"Let me contact a Republic cruiser!" Adenan requested, a bit forcefully
"Sure, go ahead" Cin let Adenan stand up, who did so and contacted Admiral Yularen and the Resolute
Seconds later, a call had started "This is Admiral Yularen, who is this?" Yularen asked, in the serious tone he always used
"This is Commander Kornen, requesting to land on the Resolute" Adenan answered
"Commander Kornen! Landing request granted" Yularen replied, a bit happy at Adenan's survival
The Resolute opened and Cin drove the school bus in quickly to avoid the battle. Adenan and Padmé went out first, each holding one baby. A few Clones came to welcome them all.
"A air school bus?" A clone asked, confused
"Many younglings, an ex-traditionalist and an ex-chancellor" Adenan answered, walking into the cruiser and happy to be in a cool environment again
"Welcome sir!" The two Clones stood up straight and welcomed Adenan seriously
"At ease men!" Adenan ordered seriously
Everyone came out to see the environment outside. The ship rumbled because of an attack.
"I suggest we retreat now" Adenan ordered the two clones who were there
"Yes sir!" The first clone saluted and both went to tell the Admiral of Adenan's orders
"Now. Where do I find a ship?" Adenan asked himself, in a slightly sly tone
"A ship? Why do you need a ship?" Cin asked, confused
"I want to visit an old friend in Chameta" Adenan confessed
"Bethrona, right?" Padmé asked, in a teasing tone
"Yes" Adenan answered, a bit annoyed at the teasing
Adenan then felt the ship moving to hyperspace, he smiled knowing that his order was given, he hoped that it was given to all the ships that were in the battle.
Adenan then found his Green Jedi starfighter and a hyperspace ring. Adenan smiled at taking a familiar transport. Adenan walked towards the starfighter and waited until the ship finished hyperspace. The familiar rumble was heard. Adenan picked up his comm. link.
"Admiral Yularen. I am going to the planet named Chameta" Adenan told Yularen, casually
"Ok. I'll keep the ship guarded" Yularen seriously replied
Adenan flicked some switches and buttons, as R2-Y7 quickly saw Adenan in the ship and flew to where the droid was supposed to be in the ship. Adenan took himself and the hyperspace ring to space, the stars were glistening as Adenan went to the hyperspace ring and chose his course.
Adenan smiled, as he was finally going to go to Chameta. He pressed a button and went to hyperspace.
Meanwhile, Mace Windu was smiling in the Council Chambers, since he finally got what he wanted, something to combat Talimer's new revival force moves. A revival machine!
"Now Skywalker, you will die!" Mace cackled evilly in his office, there were meditation chairs, and the room was dark.
Mace did an evil laugh that resonated through the force, Anakin Skywalker, being the Chosen One, sensed a disturbance in the force from the laugh, as it was a symbol of evil from a Jedi who was never supposed to be evil. Anakin quickly woke up, drenched in sweat. He looked at what he was wearing. He was wearing a green tunic, a brown belt and black pants. He saw that he was in a bed, which he guessed made sense since he knew that two farmers took him in, actually, a presumably farmer and his wife.
Anakin looked to the bed left of him and saw his uncle, Talimer Skywalker sleeping. Anakin looked at the room around him, he saw that the room had almost no decorations, and there was a big window to his right, and that there was a desk between the two beds. Anakin then remembered that he had crashed in this planet after a hyperdrive malfunction after dugs had stolen some of the parts important to the hyperdrive and that they were probably stuck here, at least for a while.
Anakin saw his and his uncle's lightsabers, his comm. link and the flat, circle hologram he always kept with him. Anakin took the hologram and decided to look at some holos he always kept.
But as he was going to turn the hologram on, he saw two people enter the door, a man with dark hair styled similarly to Anakin's own blonde hair, and a blonde woman who had a similar complexion to his own. Anakin saw them come in and sit on stools that were in front of the desk his lightsabers were on.
"You're awake, good" The man, Taren, Anakin remembered, said, happy
"I am… but where is my armour?" Anakin asked, concerned of his armour
"Sorry, we had to take those heavy clothes off." The woman, Kyra, apologised in a partially sad tone
"Anyway, what's your name?" Taren asked, interested in Anakin
"Anakin" Anakin said, not fully trusting
Kyra somehow sensed Anakin's distrust, and assured in a motherly tone "It's okay, you can trust us"
"Ok. Anakin Skywalker" Anakin told them, the two gasped in shock, Anakin asked in confusion, "What?"
"Do you know Shmi Skywalker?" Kyra asked quickly
"Yes. She's my mother" Anakin answered calmly
"My name is Kyra Jykes, but my maiden name is… Skywalker" Kyra told Anakin, scared of his reaction. Anakin gasped, in both shock and surprise
Yes, Anakin found another relative! Though Kyra won't be the last relative the Skywalkers' will find. NEXT CHAPTER: THE REUNIONS