Chapter 25
As seen in my most recent chapter of Adenan: The Masterless Padawan, Adenan, Faro and Master Chi's first spell is the flight charm, not the freezing charm Adenan likes to use so much in this story. Why Adenan likes to use the Freeze Charm will be explained in the next chapter of that story.
Adenan was under pressure, as he spun his flaming Citrine lightsaber at Jedi Master and manipulated Traditionalist Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Jedi Padawan spun around, his lightsaber horizontal, creating a dangerous electric circle, which Obi-Wan tried to dodge.
Adenan stopped spinning and tried to use a force push on Obi-Wan, who was prepared to avoid that. But the Force Push was not a normal one, whitish blue ice particles came out with that force push and Obi-Wan was flown over to a few feet away.
"Dathomir Elements, Bitch!" Adenan exclaimed, smiling like he was insane
"You'll pay for your insolence, Kornen!" Obi-Wan screamed and used Force speed to lunge at Adenan
"Possibly" Adenan then made a stance that would easily get him to hit his face and damage one eye at best. Alas, he failed as Obi-Wan blocked with Form III.
Adenan and Obi-Wan continued duelling, icy metallic yellow and plain old blue hitting the other. Obi-Wan saw specks of white on Adenan's eyes, contrasting with the dark brown colour. Though, the two colours beautifully settled themselves on Adenan's eyes.
Obi-Wan decided to switch forms to avoid getting killed by this obviously powerful Padawan. He switched to Ataru and Vaapad. Adenan attempted to kick Obi-Wan in the mid-section, but Obi-Wan held his lightsaber at his mid-section, narrowly over it.
Adenan switched to a normal stance, and wondered if this duel would go forever
"Ever heard of Solace Jelaino?" Obi-Wan asked in a taunting tone, Adenan growled
"She's my friend, despite her crazy obsession for me" Adenan answered, struggling to keep his anger
"Well, she's cut off any friendship she had with you" Obi-Wan struck at Adenan sharply, as the tone of that statement was, Adenan defended the attack.
"Just out of curiosity, does she still have that crazy obsession over me?" Adenan asked, as pushed Obi-Wan off him. Obi-Wan stood straight as Adenan charged again
"I think you'll have to find that one out when the time comes" Obi-Wan answered calmly, as they continued fighting
Anakin Skywalker sensed conflict in his Padawan, like he was duelling a… Traditionalist! Anakin wiped sweat off his forehead as he got concerned over the man he thought as his son.
Anakin came running in the cockpit, to see Taren and Talimer piloting the ship.
"Quickly! Set hyperspace to Chameta!" Anakin ordered, fearful, his eyes widened in said fear
"Why?" Talimer asked, a bit angry at the sudden outburst
"Adenan's in danger!" Anakin answered quickly and loudly
Yoda was meditating when he sensed trouble in Anakin and Adenan. He already became the Master of Anakin, now he decided to teach the Chosen One things he did not even teach Dooku or Mace Windu. When Anakin came back that is.
Master Chi and his Padawan, Faro, came into Yoda's room. Yoda opened his eyes and smiled at them.
"Come in, you will" Yoda spoke in the calm tone he always used near Jedi
"Master Yoda, remember the Cherenya mystery?" Master Chi asked, nervous and referring to the mission Yoda sent Master Chi, Faro and Adenan after getting a distress message
"Remember, I do" Yoda frowned slightly, where was Master Chi getting at?
One response Yoda did not expect and what Master Chi did say was "I lied when the Council asked us for a report of that mission"
"Lie? There, what happened?" Yoda asked, recovering from the shock
"Yeah… Adenan did not only use the Force as Master Chi told you all, Adenan wasn't that powerful back then. Jentron and Jentuity, the two we met there, led us to a Temple where they stored Dathomirian lightsaber crystals" Faro answered that question calmly
"Dathomir? The places of witches that is!" Yoda exclaimed, confused
"They mine their own gems and make lightsabers with these gems, 30% of those gems are exported to Cherenya. The Cherenyan Temple Master, the one who owns all the gems in Cherenya gave us three. But that's not all" Master Chi was not jovial as always, he took a more solemn tone
"What else is there?" Yoda asked, interested at getting all lies out of the way
"Ferio Levatatum" Master Chi chanted, in an echoing tone, as the Pantoran Master flew a few inches, and then flew towards Master Yoda, who looked at them, shocked
"How?" Yoda asked, failing to recover from the shock of this revelation
"Dathomirian Magicks, the Light Side allows many things. And, the Balancers might be able to encourage this instead of bash anything that's not their own light like the Traditionalists" Master Chi answered, softly and kindly, Yoda sensed they both wanted to go see what Adenan was on
"Go you may" Yoda answered, as the two were about to leave, Yoda added "Write a complete report you will, of what actually happened on Cherenya. Put it in the archives we will, when we conquer the Temple once again"
"Yes Master Yoda" Master Chi bowed slightly in respect, as the Master-Padawan team left to do what they were assigned to do.
If this was when he was a child, Adenan would have doubled over in tiredness a long time before, but not now, he was an adult… even if he was sixteen, in his mind and personality, he possessed the maturity of a twenty-six year old. And he possessed the physical attributes of a very strong twenty-six year old too.
And with the assistance of the true Light Side of the Force, and Dathomirian Magicks, he knew that he would hardly tire right about now.
"You have much skill, skills myself and Mace Windu can add to, join me and you will learn those skills" Obi-Wan changed tactic, now wanting Adenan to join him
"A usual tactic, but no, I have learned much as a Maverick and a Balancer, the Jedi Code will only restrain me from power. Also the fact that I don't go hunting for power, I am content with how powerful I am here and now!" Adenan replied, frowning and striking at Obi-Wan again.
Adenan's tanned face was covered with sweat as he hopped back a bit and ran his hands over his brownish black hair as he wiped sweat off his forehead and charged again.
The lightsaber of Adenan's flared a icy-silvery colour, Adenan smiled, as he realised that he was close to earning his true potential, a point of force training that had only been reached by his Master, Anakin Skywalker, and a few other ancient Masters who were mavericks.
Obi-Wan was having trouble keeping up with the young Padawan… no, he isn't a Padawan… young man's moves. Obi-Wan frowned, as he became angrier. His eyes flared yellow, with specks of blood red.
Obi-Wan punched Adenan in the face, as the Balancer lost the blue and white specks on his eyes and stepped back from the pain. Obi-Wan charged at Adenan, who quickly kicked Obi-Wan on the shin and punched him on the midsection quickly. Obi-Wan lost the red specks in his eyes as only yellow remained.
Both duellists scrunched their faces at the pain they both the other. That's when Bethrona and Padmé decided to come along. Adenan saw them and Obi-Wan smiled at Padmé.
"Don't look at mom" Adenan growled, Bethrona scooted closer to Padmé, who was holding Luke and Leia, who were at the ship
"So, you gave birth to two. The boy will be good as my apprentice, and the girl might be Master Windu's apprentice" Obi-Wan goaded, Adenan decided to release some of his repressed anger, from about everything that made him angry.
One thing about Adenan Kornen was that he had a legendary calmness, but it wasn't calm. It was repressed anger that never went out of control. Yes, Adenan was known for several rage outbursts during when he was 12, but he had learned how to repress his anger and let it out without touching the Dark Side when he was 13, all by himself at that!
Now, this was an example of Adenan releasing that anger in a very controlled way, as he fell into the depths of the Dark Side, his eyes glinted dangerously as he charged at Obi-Wan with both the Light and Dark Side at his hands, more of the light side though. The Dark Side in Adenan was repressed to a point where he could only use the Dark Side during very deep meditation.
"Interesting, you have anger, I can feel that, yet you are not darker" Obi-Wan mused, half confused
"Another Balancer property, I'm more grey than other Jedi" Adenan replied, with righteous anger
Adenan struck again, both were now using moves full of anger. Though Obi-Wan's moves were darker. Adenan had the advantage of the true light side, not the perverse version of the Traditionalists. Adenan sliced with total agility, as Obi-Wan felt a sudden pain, he clutched his right eye, as he realised that Adenan had sliced his eye vertically.
He held both arms at his lightsaber, as Obi-Wan Kenobi had a new scar, little did they know that this scar would influence his life majorly.
This was the start of it, as Obi-Wan screamed "I hate you!", both to the Dark Side of the Force and to Adenan. Obi-Wan had now a limited field of vision, since his eye had been cut, to the inside of the retina.
Obi-Wan just hoped it would be healed.
Master Chi smiled, he was on a ship with his Padawan for two years already, Faro Sheekano. He sensed Adenan using ton of Dathomirian Magicks. Master Chi and Faro decided to get their lightsabers.
Faro had already covered back to his emerald Dathomirian crystal, but Master Chi realised that he hadn't.
"Take the wheel Faro, I need to change the crystal of my weapon" Master Chi ordered in a polite tone
"Yes Master" Faro bowed slightly and then stood straight and walked to the pilot's seat as Master Chi went in a meditative position.
Master Chi took out his lightsaber through the Force, it was shiny metal, and had a bumpy bit on the middle, except that, it was fully cylinder. Master Chi used the Force to split up the parts of the lightsaber, a glowing blue crystal was shown, which Master Chi quickly took out, then he used the Force to take out an topaz crystal. He put the topaz crystal where it should've been, and closed the lightsaber quickly.
"We're in Chameta, Master" Faro suddenly said, as Master Chi put his lightsaber on his utility belt and put his blue crystal in his bag.
"Adenan's like a hero here, so he's obviously near the Palace, swoop down there, but don't land" Master Chi told Faro, as he went near the mirror to see that happening
Adenan continued to duel his adversary, his Master's Master. Ironic actually, first it was Obi-Wan duelling his Master's Master, then it was himself that was the Master's Master that was being duelled.
Adenan dodged an attack coming at Obi-Wan. He knew he needed help quick, or else both of them would get killed.
Just when he was thinking that, Adenan felt a burning sensation on the thin piece of skin on his left eye and his arm, he realised that Obi-Wan managed to get a vertical swipe at him, so there was a scar on his shoulder and his left eye.
"Adenan!" The Jedi Padawan heard Bethrona exclaim, as Adenan realised that he could not duel without his left hand, since his left hand was his main hand. But he could go for the killing blow… Obi-Wan charged at the Padawan, who was backing off from the Jedi Traditionalist. Adenan opened his eyes, to see that the swipe on
Bethrona and Adenan both gasped as they saw a ship overhead, and they recognised it as the freighter ship that belonged to Master Chi. The ramp opened, both Master Chi and Faro popped out.
"I got reinforcements… neat" Adenan softly mused, as he deactivated his lightsaber and walked backwards, Bethrona quickly held Adenan in her arms.
"Obi-Wan Kenobi?" Master Chi screamed in confusion
"Panto Chi. Nice to see you again, it makes sense your entire group joined the Balancers" Obi-Wan calmly and tauntingly greeted
"Except Solace" Faro replied sharply
"…Joined… Traditionalists" Adenan weakly supplied, Master Chi nodded knowingly
"She did" Obi-Wan ran away using Force Speed, past everyone
"'Great! We lost him!" Faro exclaimed angrily, Adenan frowned, as he looked up to see a Red Jedi Starfighter shoot up to the sky and into space
"And we need to get you to a medic" Master Chi pointed at Adenan
"That was a… physically taking duel" Adenan joked, Bethrona smacked him not-so-lightly on the arm
"Nice scar, by the way" Master Chi commented, Faro frowned
"Thanks, I always wanted to get a scar on my eye" Adenan replied
Obi-Wan Kenobi frowned, he failed his mission, and he blew the cover he had during this war, since Adenan and his group will definitely report this to Master Yoda.
He put his hand where his right eye was. He growled, he couldn't believe that a mere Padawan had cut off his eye. A Mere Padawan! He went to his hyperspace ring and set coordinates for Coruscant. He let autopilot do the job, since he was too wasted from the duel that just occurred.
Anakin suddenly sensed the darkness and conflict in Adenan go away. He smiled, knowing that Adenan survived the duel that happened. Anakin stopped pacing and let himself relax
"We arrived in Chameta" Talimer told Anakin, who suddenly darkened
"You mean now? Where we all this time?" Anakin angrily screamed
"Hyperspace" Talimer sunk back and gulped in fear. Anakin stomped to the cockpit and saw the green planet, Anakin sighed
"What's wrong?" Taren asked, concerned
"My apprentice, the one I think as a son duelled a possibly very skilled Jedi… and I missed it! It's like missing your child's first steps, but worse" Anakin dramatically sighed again and put his hands on the controls, as Kyra got a contact
"Unidentified Trader's ship, state your name and business" A guard on the other side went on
"This is Anakin Skywalker, Jedi Master to Adenan Kornen" Anakin suddenly blurted out
"Really, the last Jedi that came here claimed to be a friend of Adenan Kornen, but he was lying and killed one of our guards… also injured Kornen!" The guard exclaimed
"Who was that, he was lying, but I'm just here to check on Adenan, I sensed him in trouble"Anakin truthfully replied, yes, he did come to Chameta because he sensed Adenan in trouble
"Obi-Wan Kenobi" The guard answered
"Obi-Wan… no!" Anakin softly exclaimed, and moved away from the control panel
"Guard. Who was that?" Anakin recognised that female voice as Adenan's friend, now girlfriend, Bethrona
"Anakin Skywalker, princess" The Guard told Bethrona
"Anakin's a good friend of Adenan's, let him land at the back palace landing pad" Bethrona told the guard
"Thank you Bethrona" Anakin quickly replied, then turned off the call, then he frowned and said "Obi-Wan. Why'd it have to be Obi-Wan?"
"I don't know" Talimer put his hand on Anakin's shoulder
"Obi-Wan was like my brother… and he betrayed me" Anakin growled, then growled again "I hate Mace Windu, I hate the Traditionalists, I hate"
"Don't you talk about hate, you'll turn to the Dark Side again" Talimer reminded Anakin in a soothing tone
"You're right" Anakin sighed, then sat down on the floor as the ship went to land
Bethrona and Padmé stood as they saw a cruiser ship come along. The ship landed, it looked like it was owned by some rich people in the Outer Rim. Anakin and Talimer came out.
"I suppose you've heard about Obi-Wan?" Padmé asked calmly, judging from her husband's tear-stained face
"Yes." Anakin answered in a low tone
Anakin and Padmé embraced each other. Bethrona felt sad for the man who Adenan thought as his father.
"Let's go see Adenan now" Anakin said, he nodded knowingly, implying he knew that Adenan was in medical attention right now
The lot of them walked to where Adenan was being treated. They found Adenan and Faro talking in a large, sandstone room with a bed on back where Adenan was lying down, bandaged on numerous places
"I mean, what if all of us only knew one system which had nine planets?" Adenan asked, then added "And we all were in only one planet and the population was only 6… no, 7 billion?"
"That's damned specific, where'd you get that?" Faro asked back, laughing
"Made it up" Adenan answered, then he saw Anakin and Talimer
"Hey Mom… hey… Dad" Adenan waited patiently for Anakin's reaction
"'Dad', sounds nice" Anakin mused, then he added to Adenan "Especially from you
"Are you okay" Bethrona asked Adenan, coming closer to him
"I am. And hey! I can finally say I got a scar on my eye from battle!" Adenan joked, smiling
"I decided something" A voice echoed across the room, everyone looked back in the big room
"Master Chi" Anakin quickly bowed, and then stood up straight and asked "What?"
"I asked Master Yoda and all the Balancers to come here, we cannot continue this war, we need to strike at the heart of the Traditionalists" Master Chi told everyone in the room
"The Jedi Temple" Talimer breathed, in sudden realisation, wondering how the Temple had changed since he was last there.
"Yes. And we might have powerful enemies" Master Chi told them
"How? Obi-Wan was powerful enough!" Adenan suddenly exclaimed, sitting up on his bed
"A Padawan, Caleb Dume, ran away from his Master, Depa Bilaba after an argument about the Balancers and Traditionalists. Padawan Dume told us about a machine that Mace Windu commissioned and Obi-Wan helped build. A machine that can do the things only Talimer can do in this universe" Master Chi answered, indeed, Master Chi was no stranger to Dimension Sightseeing, having a student with it
"Only me in this universe… Revival?" Talimer asked, Master Chi solemnly nodded
"If that's true, then we might have a lot of trouble on our hands, who knows how many Mace Windu revived" Anakin replied, in a horror-stricken tone
"A lot possibly, we must destroy this machine" Padmé said, raising her hand
"I really would want that machine, but I guess you guys are right" Faro mused
Everyone cheered, as they finally, after many delays, began making plans to end The Clone Wars forever.
Yes, the Balancer and Traditionalist war is part of the Clone Wars, since there are Clones on both sides. NEXT CHAPTER: PLANS FOR PEACE