Chapter 2: A Call To Action

Walking into the chambers, he already knew two of his companions had left and was a little bit surprised to see only Rey inside the temple. "The three remaining are on their respective missions," she said. Jothan was expecting one more member to be inside the temple but was pleased to have at least Rey to share the news with.

"I received a signal from my tech station in the last couple of minutes, I don't know what it is or what it could lead to but something is going on in the outer regions," Jothan stated.

"Are you sure this isn't a technical problem?" Rey asked.

Jothan responded with a sound, "No." this wasn't a technical problem. "This could be something serious, a threat, this needs to be investigated," he said. "Then it will be your task to investigate this further, if you think this could be serious then I trust you to find evidence that proves that this could be problematic and that we should act on it. She said.

"I will take the responsibility and report as soon as I find something," he said. "I eagerly expect the news, but be careful, I don't want to lose my most reliable partner," she said.

Rey was terrified by the thought of losing him, Jothan was aware of this, she was by no means attached to him but he had seen her lose students in the past due to discovery and was therefore strict with the ones that stayed but with Jothan, she let go this time. "Hey, don't worry, you won't lose me," he said, and with that, he embraced her, it was the first time Jothan embraced anybody but the moment felt right. He expected the embrace to go by quickly but Rey hung on as memories of past loss waved on in her mind. Once the embrace finished Rey was almost about to cry, Jothan couldn't believe that she was being so vulnerable at this point, instead of turning and being dismissive he grabbed her shoulders and said: "For the Republic, For the Order," something that Rey repeated with him many times over.

"I need you to be strong, despite all loss, keep training new recruits even if it feels like all of them are going to leave," he said. "Thank you, your support is truly appreciated," she said. "I thank you for your support as well, in the meantime tell this to the other members and I will report to you as soon as I have some news," and with that, they said their goodbyes and Jothan climbed on his starfighter, and set course on the location of the signal.