Chapter 10
Mission of Redemption
Okay, guys. Let get going. Just gonna get right in to it so...Let's kick it up!
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All was quiet above the Earth as the Rogue Shadow came out of hyperspace. Surprisingly though, the one in control of it was not Lincoln, Sabine, or Sixer. But Luna.
"You're surprisingly good at that." Leni complimented as she entered the cockpit and handed Luna a ration bar.
"Thanks. Let's just hope I can land her okay. Last thing I want to do is tick Lincoln off by by scratching her." Luna said before the two of them shared a small laugh.
Soon enough, the Shadow broke through clouds before landing just outside a small facility.
"What in the blue hell is that?" An elderly woman asked from inside the building before the exit ramp lowered an the two sisters walked out.
"Luna? Leni?" An elderly man asked before he stepped outside to be met with hugs from both girls. "You two mind telling me what the heck that is?" He asked.
"It's a long story, Pop Pop. Short version, we could use your help." Luna said before she signaled for her grandfather to follow them.
(Back on Dantooine)
Lincoln stood shirtless across from Tristen with the rest of the Specters watching on.
Without warning, the Mandalorian rushed at the young Jedi with a series of punches which were quickly blocked. Lincoln then ducked under a roundhouse and tripped Tristan with a sweep.
Lincoln made an attempt to punch down at Tristan only for him to roll out of the way. The slight shift in advantage was short lived however as Lincoln grabbed Tristan's leg before he got him to the ground and in to a sleeper hold.
"Okay. Okay. Okay." Tristan choked out as he tapped and Lincoln let him go. "Man. You got some skill." He complimented.
"Ten sisters and only one refresher. I had to learn how to fight." Lincoln joked before calling his shirt and upper armor back to him. "Speaking of which. Where are they?" He asked as the other Specters walked up.
"Lori's helping with drills, Luan's testing weapons, Lucy's meditating, the younger ones are helping your dad with keeping the troops fed, and Lynn..." Hera was explaining before Lincoln nodded.
"I'm gonna go talk to her. Call me when the Shadow gets back." Lincoln requested, gaining a nod from Sabine as he walked off.
A few minutes later, Lincoln reached the top of a hill where Lynn leaning against a tree.
"You mind having some company?" Lincoln asked, gaining a weak nod. "How are you recovering?" He asked.
"I'm doing okay." Lynn said in a solemn voice as she opened and closed her hand. "Did you ever get..." She tried ask before the words caught in her throat.
"No. My friends found me way before anything like that could have happened to me." Lincoln said, causing Lynn to gain a small smile.
"That's good. At least I didn't make that happen to you." Lynn said before Lincoln put a hand on her shoulder.
"You didn't cause anything that has happened to me. This is always where I supposed to be and I believe it's where you were too." He said in a calming voice, gaining a light chuckle from his older sister.
"You've grown a lot." Lynn admitted.
"So will you. You just have to trust your instincts and open yourself to the path." Lincoln said as he pulled out the Holocron of Juhani and handed it to her. Just then, his com beeped.
"Lincoln. The Shadow's back." Sabine said.
"Thanks, Sabine. We'll be right there." Lincoln responded before cutting the coms. "Let's go." He said before the two of them stood up and began to walk back to base.
Upon returning. The two middle Loud siblings were in high spirits upon seeing their grandfather, Albert had arrived.
"Hey, kiddo. You're looking great." Al said before pulling Lincoln in to a tight hug.
"It's great to see you, Pop Pop." Lincoln replied while returning the hug.
"So, I hear that you've got yourself in to the middle of a war here." Al said, gaining a chuckle from the white haired Jedi.
"Yeah and we could definitely use your help in the tactical department, Colonel." Lincoln said before Al put a hand on his shoulder.
"You've got it. Anything I can do to help." Al said.
"Good. Because we need to plan out some ops right now." Hera said before they led Al to a planning room.
"We've established contact with a group on Brocca called the 'Prouf coalition'. A group of the best builders in that system. Their help would be invaluable to us." Sabine said, Lincoln being quick to figure out how.
"Yeah. Not all of the fighters we've managed to get are as well maintained as the V-Wings." Lincoln said.
"Speaking of which." Kanan said before switching views. "Our contact at Incom informed us that the Empire has caught on to the troop transports that they were making for us. Both are high priority for the effort." He explained.
"Okay. Knowing the Empire puts more value on gear than people, I think the best coarse is for us to oversee getting the transports while Dragon Squad heads to Bracca." Lincoln said as Al switched the view back to the scrapyard.
"This place looks heavily guarded. You're gonna need a distraction." Al pointed out.
"I think I know just the thing." Luan said with a smirk before the group finished laying out the plan.
"Okay. You just need one more thing then." Lincoln said, gaining curious looks from his family before looking to and nodding at Kanan.
"I made some calls and had her pulled out of storage for you." Kanan said before leading the Loud sisters to a black and blue freighter. "This is the Escape. The first ship I ever owned. She's fast, stealthy, harder to hit than a Mynock on Death Sticks." The older Jedi praised.
"And she's all ours?" Luna asked, gaining a nod from Hera and having to resist the urge to begin leaping for joy.
"Alright then. Let's get moving." Lucy said before she and the others began to move.
"Hold on." Lynn said before Lucy looked back to her. "I'm... I'm getting this feeling that I should be coming with you." She said.
"Then come on." Lucy said, gaining a nod from Lynn before the two of them began running to the Escape.
(Meanwhile)
Within a small ship, the red haired Jedi stood around a holo table along side his droid, a small four armed alien in a red flight suit, a woman with pure white skin and white hair in red robes, and a dark skinned woman in a with shockingly large eyes for a Human clad in a brown jacket carrying a modified Inquisitor Lightsaber with only half the ring guard on the hilt.
"So, we're really headed back to Bracca." The four armed man noted.
"Did your vision tell you what we are to do when we arrive there, Cal." The white haired woman asked before the red headed man shook his head.
"No. But the pull is extremely powerful. Whatever needs to be done is important." The man explained.
"Well, we're right here with you, Cal. I know going back to Bracca can't be easy for you." The older woman said before the other two nodded and the droid beeped.
"Thanks, guys. I'm gonna go meditate. Call me when we go to land." Cal requested before going in to the back of the ship. As he did so, he felt a small tremor within the Force.
(Meanwhile on the Escape)
"Okay." So here's what I have in mind." Luan said before bringing up a hologram of the scrapyard. "I can exit here and plant a few charges with Leni backing me up." She suggested.
"Okay. I can stay up here and give some sniper cover." Lori said, pointing to another point on the map.
"That just leaves me and Lynn on the extraction." Lucy said, gaining nods from her older sisters. "Then we should make final preparations for the op." She said before taking Lynn to the weapons locker.
Once near the locker, Lucy gave Lynn a DC-15s, the older girl looking slightly distracted as she checked the site.
"You okay?" Lucy asked.
"It's just... I'm sensing something the closer we get to this place." Lynn said as Lucy sat down next down to her.
"Well, I have training. Maybe telling me could help." Lucy suggested.
"I know what were about to do is dangerous. But I feel... safe. Like if I fall, I'm gonna be caught." Lynn said, gaining a nod from Lucy.
"That's how I feel whenever Master Qui Gon is about to appear. Maybe when we get to Bracca, you'll meet your own Master." Lucy mused, gaining a raised brow from Lynn.
"I hope your right. I really need to catch up to you at least." Lynn said before Lucy smirked back at her.
"Oh, you wish you could, big sister." Lucy said as she and Lynn playfully shoved each other before the signal chimed that they were approaching Bracca.
"Okay, ladies. Let's get the operation done." Luna said before moving the Escape in to position over the first drop point as Luan and Leni jumped out.
Once they had dropped Lori off at her sniping point, Luna positioned the Escape above Lucy and Lynn's drop point.
"You ready for this? Lucy asked.
"As I'll ever be." Lynn said while adjusting her gun belt before the two jumped down, the younger of the two pulling out a holo projector showing a map of the area.
"It looks like our best way to get to the rendezvous point is by going under the main streets." Lucy suggested.
"Parkour?" Lynn asked, the two of them sharing a smirk.
"Parkour." Lucy said before the both jumped off the street and began to run and swing through the inner workings of pipes and cables.
As the finished making their way to their destination, they were discouraged to see there was already a large amount of troopers of regular and riot varieties. "Dang it. We're too late." Lucy said before pulling out her com. "Dragon 1 to all points report."
"Dragon 5 here. Charges are set. Ready on your mark." Luan said with her finger on the button.
"Dragon 3 here. Either of you feeling any of that Force stuff right now 'cause I'm seeing two people with Lightsabers heading what way and what looks like an archer covering them." Lori asked.
"I am. Don't fire on them. They're good." Lynn replied, gaining a confirmation click from Lori. "Let's get moving." She said in to position across from the two mysterious Lightsaber wielders, nodding to them to show that they were on the same side. Lucy then signaled for Luan to blow the charges. The carnage supplied by the explosion created the opening for Lucy, Lynn, and the other two jump down. With that, three blades, one green and two Cyan were ignited in addition to the yellow blade of Lucy's Lightsaber.
Lucy and the red haired Jedi were the first to attack with cover fire supplied by Lori and the Archer as the other Jedi moved to get the workers to safety before one of the Riot Troopers tried to attack her with an electro staff only to be shot by Lynn, causing them to drop the weapon before being kicked over the edge by the brunette as she then kicked the staff in to her hands and began to aid in fighting the other Riot Troopers.
The group managed to do quite well in the combat. However the sheer number of troopers proved to be be at least enough isolate Lucy from the other three
"Dragon 3 to Dragon 1. You have a crap load of troops coming towards you. You've got to go now!" Lori called from over the coms
"I can't leave without Lynn." Lucy protested between slices.
"I'll catch a ride with these guys. Finish the op!" Lynn call as she pushed two troopers off the edge before Lucy reluctantly began to lead the workers away.
"Cere! Make the call. We've got to go!" Cal called, gaining a nod from the other Jedi.
"Captain! We need a pick up!" Cere called before their ship came flying in.
"Let's move." Cal said to Lynn before she speared the staff she was holding in to one of the Troopers before Cal lead her to jump. With that, the ship flew to pick up the archer before making its way out of the planets atmosphere. "Nice flying, Greez." Cal said.
"Thanks, buddy. Who's the kid?" The four armed pilot asked.
"My name's Lynn Loud. Me and my sisters were down on Braaca doing a rescue op for the Rebellion. Related note. I need a ride to Dantooine." Lynn said, gaining a nod from Cal.
"Sure thing. I'm Cal, by the way. This BD-1, Merrin, Cere, and Greez." Cal said by way of introduction.
"You two are Jedi, right?" Lynn asked, gesturing to Cal and Cere's Lightsabers.
"Yes. Just like that girl with you." Cere confirmed.
"Then there's something I need to ask you." Lynn said, gaining raised brows from the others. "I recently found out about all this 'Force' stuff and was told that if I trusted in it, I'd find a way to learn." She explained.
"And you found us." Merrin reasoned out.
"That's what you were sensing that brought us back to Bracca." Cere said, Cal nodding in agreement.
"If the Force guided the both of us together, then it looks like we were supposed to find each other." Cal said before shrugging. "Looks like I've got an apprentice." He said.
"Well, before you get started with that. We should probably touch base with the Rebellion It might be good for us not be going at it alone for once." Greez said.
"He's got a point. She's already working with them and they have other Jedi with them." Cere concurred before ordering Greez to set coarse for Dantooine.
A Short while later, the ship they were in landed at the Rebel base where upon walking out, Lynn was approached by Lincoln who walked up and hugged her.
"I hear your first mission went well. Don't worry. They're not all that boring." Lincoln said, the siblings sharing a chuckle. "So, care to introduce your friends?"
"Right. This is..." Lynn began to say before being cut off.
"Cal?" The two heard before turning to see Kanan.
"Caleb!" Cal explained before the two men shared in a hand clasp.
"Birth name. Were you two close at Temple?" Lincoln asked.
"Same clan, as matter of fact." Kanan explained, Lincoln mentally smirking at the strange odd the Force made possible.
"You and I have a lot of catching up to do." Kanan said as he put an arm on Kal's shoulder before the two of them walked off.
"You were right. I opened myself up and the path was right there." Lynn said as Lincoln put a hand on her shoulder.
"Well, now that you've found yourself a teacher, it look like you just need one more piece of the puzzle." Lincoln said before Lynn pulled out her Kyber Crystal, Lincoln then saying "Come on. Let's get to work."
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Well there you go guys. I know It's been a minute. But at least I gor it by May the 4th. Hopefully this will end up being more than just annually. If it does, then next time will see Lynn and Lincoln getting more than they bargained for on a training mission. Until then and as always... keep on keeping on.