Chapter 13

LAST WAYSEEKER

HYPERSPACE ENROUTE TO TAKOBO

The Revenant, Advanced Militia Light Corvette

Ahkilleon lay in bed of his cot, the Hyperspace lane humming outside the ship as the engines had lulled him to sleep, many of the crew were either just rising or still sleeping. Turok smoked his pipe in the cockpit feet propped up the ventilation system taking his smoke into it and purifying the air. Beetoo rolled through the hallways, Lt. Breacher was up and in the fresher shaving his chin and neck to make sure his mutton chops looked pristine. Master Tai Uzuma, their resident Jedi Knight, was in the cargo hold quietly meditating with Yumi, Corto her older brother was somewhere? As for Rulf and Jay the two boys asleep like Ahkilleon as Sawyer Gerrera the Dragoon was wondering about the ship becoming familiar with it.

Back in Ahkilleons room, he tossed and turned in his bed asleep but his mind adrift in dreams of vision….

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Ahkilleon was awake in his dream, he was walking through a stone forest, there were lanterns in the trees and small amphibian creatures croaked all around him, as he walked through the stone trees the creatures didn't even move at his approach. Then he heard a loud cry overhead of a bird. He saw it circling the moon before it landed in the branch of a strange green looking raven. He followed into a glen where there were other crows, two foxes were among them one blue one yellow, they sat up when they saw him and the crows among them all had dark eyes and looked at him before it shrieked loudly and flew away.

Then he heard a growl.

Two growls.

He turned around and saw black jackals. They had long pointed ears, their fur black as night eyes yellow , their long jaws barking at him baying for blood.

He roared back.

Ahkilleon was on all fours, his paws charged the two jackals and he snapped his jaws instead of drawing his lightsabers, one of the jackals went for his neck but Ahkilleon went low and bucked his head up horns smashing into the jackal before the other one pounced on his back, Ahkilleon could felt the weight of the jackal before he flung it over him reaching back with his own claws to hook in the fur and flesh before throwing the jackal against the nearest stone tree. He attacked the second jackal and wrestled onto the edge of a dark lake, he got on top and slashed at it with claws, he tore it's throat with his fangs and knocked it into the water his claws and brute strength before he stopped to let the moonlight show him it wasn't a jackal.

It was the boy he killed on Jabbim.

The water began to calm and he saw his reflection, the demon with no eyes, horned and its fangs covered in blood. Howling to the moon Ahkilleon was a beast, a demon-

"NO!"

Ahkilleon shot up from the lower bunk catching the top of the upper bunks before his head could hit, when he looked to see where he was he saw Lt. Breacher in the doorway with a towel. The man's brown eyes were on him intently before he came in and sat at the desk "Where were you?"

"What?" Ahkilleon asked, rubbing his forehead.

Breacher sat down on the desk "You were having a nightmare, woke up in a cold sweat reaching for a weapon, where?"

"Weapon?" Ahkilleon looked at his other hand and saw he had torn his blue lightsaber out from his harness on his armor sitting at the foot of his bed, "I… forget about it."

Lt. Breacher shrugged "...Okay." he said as he got up to leave.

Ahkilleon moved out from the bed and reached for his pack that had his canteen and when he grabbed it, the bag fell open and a small package fell out, Ahkilleon saw it was wrapped in paper before he opened it, it was a holodisk, he almost activated it when he saw writing inside the packaging, it was written in basic, 'Do not activate until alone' and written under it was a signature 'Petro' Ahkilleon new this was Lord Asimov's handwriting but in addition he new that only a handful of people new Lord Asimov's real name.

A secret message?

Later after Ahkilleon had gotten up and dressed, he left his armor in his room and walked through the ship heading into the armory and weight room, he flung his shirt off revealing his muscles and he e walked over to the bench and used the force to lift it over to the rack with the barbell on it, he put two large plates on it and then two smaller plates before he slipped under it, arching his back and keeping his form tight, he started to bench press the weight up and down, in repetition. Soon the loud clunk of weights being lifted and reset echoed across the ship.

Ahkilleon lost track of how many reps he'd done when he sat up to see Jay and Rulf, "Work in with you?" Jay asked.

Ahkilleon nodded and Jay took his shirt off, Rulf just wore his uniform gray shirt, amongst the three boys their physiques were different. Rulf was by far the biggest, he had broad shoulders and thick arms attached to his barrel chest, but he wasn't fat from the way his jawline didn't sag. Jay was lean and tight with muscle pushing through any youthful fat, as for Ahkilleon he was a mix of both being built of muscle that was tight against his skin, a six pack with a large chest and broad shoulders strained from the months of exercise and jedi diet had turned his skinny days as a boy into what it was today. "Ahkilleon, let me ask you something." Jay said as he started to do reps.

"You've been to Takobo before, what can we expect?" Jay asked.

"Lots of immigrated species, ithorians mostly, I haven't been there in months so a lot could have changed by the time the Imperial Garrison moved in." Ahkilleon explained as Jay finished his set.

Rulf moved in and started to do his, "Ithorians huh, they gonna be in trouble."

"Ithroains are peaceful by nature, so I doubt it." Ahkilleon said he was thinking of how he'd been captured by the Empire and the Inquisitors after they saved the baby ithorian from the inquisitors.

Eager to change the subject "How's Gabi?" Ahkilleon asked.

Rulf stopped and the two of them looked at one another "What is it, Corto told me she was alive?"

"She… she'll live, but Hawkeye destroyed two of her spine vertebrae, she's paralyzed from the waist down." Jay sighed as folding his arms over his chest.

Ahkilleon shut his eyes, "She'll be fine bro." Rulf said as he lifted the weights, "Right now she's back on Raxus, getting treatment, and if they can't heal her she gets a sweet cybernetic upgrade." Rulf said as he pumped the iron.

"But-" "But nothing, Militia troops get hit bad all the time, you lost a hand, they gave you a new one, they'll fix Gabi right up." Rulf said as he sat up some sweat running down his face.

Ahkilleon took his turn and started to workout, "Guess so."

The boys kept working out when Sawyer walked in, Ahkilleon glanced at her and she walked over to a corner of the room and the floor opened up to raise out a punching bag, she started to hit it, showing she knew how to use her fists. She was toned and lean with wide shoulders and long arms, the loud clap of her fists hitting the bag and then her leg echoed as much as the weights. "Those dragoons show you some new moves Sawyer?" Jay asked.

"More than enough for you infantry." She said as she did a whirlwind kick "And jedi." She said snidely at Ahkilleon.

He ignored her and kept working out.

Up in the cockpit, Turok was still smoking his pipe as the hyperspace lane continued on, Master Uzuma walked in and sat next to him, "Why did you choose this team Turok?" She asked.

"Good morning to you too." Turok replied, smoke leaking from his fangs.

"I'm serious Turok, I understand, Yumi even could be an exception, as it is a Jedi matter. I've looked at Lt. Breacher's service records, they go all the way back to the Clone Wars, and there are other healers or medics then Corto, along with the other cadets and Tano, not to mention Gerrera?" She asked.

Turok huffed on his pipe "She was General Kleeve's choice, you know how he and General Gerrera are… close."

"Oh cut the rancor shit, Turok." Tai snapped in a low tone, her eyes darkening. "Her mother, his father, the history there. I can feel the hatred coming off her like steam from a boiler. You put that next to Ahkilleon and-" "And maybe Ahkilleon will stop rushing into danger first if he learns to act like kids his own age." Turok said.

He emptied his pipe onto the ground, the embers burning out when they hit the floor, "As for Gerrera, not my first choice, I lived that history you were talking about." He said cleaning out his pipe with his claw "Now, if I had picked a team of soldiers they'd be loyal to Asimov and there's no telling what orders his Lordship would give."

"What about Ahkilleon, he's his apprentice?" Tai asked.

"And even as an apprentice, Ahkilleon has issued following orders. But he trusts me, and I trust him, that's what I need to make sure we can get Qu to come back willingly, whatever his reasons, Jedi or other, it's too dangerous for someone like him to go running around knowing where Arcadia is."

Back in the workout room, the boys were finishing up their set when they heard Corto yell out "COME AND GET IT!"

"What?" Ahkilleon asked as he finished his rip.

"Oh boy you're in for a treat." Jay said as they grabbed their shirts.

Ahkilleon followed them across the walkway of the upper level into the lounge where they smelled fresh food being made, Ahkilleon saw Corto in an apron flipping small flat loafs of bread on a frying pan and landing them on a stack of the flat cakes. "What the-" "Breakfast moron." Sawyer said, pushing past him to the table where the cadets, Breacher and Yumi were all sitting.

"You cook?" Ahkilleon asked Corto who came over with one hand holding a plate that had the stack and the other a stack of plates, he slid the plates around the table and used the force to send the food to each of them "Can Corto cook, he's almost as Master Zao." Yumi said as she picked up a bottle of dark brown goo and poured it on the bread "What are these?"

Ahkilleon asked to pick one up, "I call them pancakes." Corto said as he fixed Ahkilleon a proper plate.

"Of course you can cook." Ahkilleon bit into the pancake "Holly kark, that's good." Ahkilleon said.

"Yeah well the Masters encourage us all to find hobbies, being a Jedi is hard enough." Corto said as he wiped his hands "So you heal people, everyone likes you and you can cook?" Ahkilleon asked Corto.

Corto shrugged, "Well everyone likes someone who can feed them and patch them up, the rest is just my sparkling personality."

Ahkilleon looked over at Yumi who glared at him "What?"

"He said, hobbies, what's yours Yumi?" Ahkilleon asked her.

"None of your business Ahki." she hissed.

Ahkilleon took his plate and walked out of the lounge, Corto frowned but said nothing but went back to the kitchen to continue cooking, "Jay, what about you?" Ahkilleon asked.

Rulf snickered "Reading." Rulf said

"Reading what?" Ahkilleon asked.

"Anything, histories, fiction, I read this one great book about this archaeologist who travels the galaxy using a whip for a weapon, I'll give you a copy." Jay said as he continued to eat "What about you?"

Ahkilleon paused "Fighting?"

"Booo." Rulf said loudly, making everyone snicker, even Breacher, "No, a hobby is something you enjoy for recreation." Corto called from the kitchen.

Ahkilleon sipped his blue milk, "When I was young, my mother or Turok would leave with Admiral Trench, we played a lot of Admirals & Armadas, does that count?"

"Close." Jay said while Sawyer snickered from across the table.

"What's so funny?" Ahkilleon asked.

She looked up and smiled. Jay rolled his eyes but Rulf answered "Sawyer, has the record of most wins in our class of cadets, so much so she got to join the Dragoon corp early."

"How about a game?" Ahkilleon asked her.

"Against you, no contest." she said as she smugly ate her pancakes "Then let's make it interesting, you win, you fly the ship from now on, but if I win I get your pancakes." He said as he pointed at her stack of flapjacks.

Sawyer thought it over "Done."

She pressed the button in the center of the table and a hologram menu came up, a few commands later she set up the game Admirals & Armadas, two menus came up between the players and they started to set up their fleets "Alright, breakfast and a show." Breacher said.

The fleets opened up and Sawyer had chosen the Militia fleet, three dreadnoughts, six frigates and a fleet of fighters. Ahkilleon's fleet appeared next, he smiled and the table erupted in laughter, Ahkilleons fleet were two dozen freighters of varying design and models, "A smuggler fleet, ballsy." Rulf said.

Sawyer gritted her teeth behind closed lips, it wasn't ballsy it was an insult.

"Challengers honors." she said letting Ahkilleon make the first move. The smuggler fleet attacked the Militia fleet and swarmed over the larger ships outmaneuvering the guns with only losing three ships. Sawyer sent out her fighters and the table watched the dogfights erupt, the fighters did little to stop the freighters.

Ahkilleon's next move sent his freighters against the frigates taking out half of them, Sawyer watched but kept eating and playing at the same time, she maneuvered her dreadnoughts, the lead one turned broadside and the other two flew out and turned inwards to each other, in the moves Ahkilleons fighters took out two more frigates and the number of her fighters was dwindling. "Give up?" Ahkilleon asked her.

She said nothing, as he took out her last frigate and the dreadnoughts were starting to take damage he'd only lost another freighter with his twenty out numbering her three dreadnoughts. "Hardly." She said pressing a button made her dreadnoughts move to the outer borders of the holographic arena and open a crossfire on all their starboard sides. Ahkilleon watched in one move her dreadnoughts lay waste to his fleet.

"What the hell?" Ahkilleon asked, looking at the decimation of his fleet "How did-" "The smuggler fleet is fast, and their unpredictability factor helps them on their rolls. But the Militia fleet has superior armor and fire power, takes enough hits and a lion will still be a lion, you can sit in the back of the bridge when I fly." She said as Yumi, Rulf and Breacher all gave a slow applause to her victory over Ahkilleon.

TAKOBO

Hammertown

The Revenant flew down from the busy skies of Takobo past the imperial fleet, the ship landed in a space port that fit the ship's size before everyone walked out of the ramp, many of them dressed in poncho's or cloaks "I can't believe they actually bought that refugee story." Tai said as they walked down to the surface.

"The Imperial navy hates paperwork, but the garrison may be different, eyes up." Turok said as he nudged his head to an imperial officer with a squad of stormtroopers, under their cloaks and ponchos, Breacher and Gererra went for their blasters. "Stand down, Master Jedi if you would?" Turok asked as he walked up to the imperials.

"Good morning friends, I have our travel passes right here." Turok said, taking out a holopad, and offering it to the officer.

The imperial officer didn't even bother looking at it, "Pass or not, we must inspect your cargo and passengers, there has been an uptake in rebel activity in this sector."

"By all means, this is my employer. I'm transporting her family away from the war with those damn separatist." Turok said spitting on the ground to add to the ruse of disdain.

Tai sighed, she held her hand up "You don't need to inspect our ship or us." She said calmly.

"We don't need to inspect your ship or… you're family." the officer said, his eyes becoming heavy, the stormtroopers started to get hazy to, "You and your men are tired, go get yourselves a drink."

The officer yawned, "I'm tired, man, let's go get a drink."

"Drinks sound great sir." The stormtroopers behind them said before they walked off.

When they were gone Yumi came up behind Tai "Well done Master Uzuma."

"Alright, now thats out of the way we're going into town, Master Uzuma, Ahkilleon, Lt. Breaker and Sawyer will go with me into Hammertown, while we're away Cadet Jay is in charge of the the three of you." he said to the cadets and young jedi.

Yumi gawked "But we can help, I could trackMaster Qu easier now-" "No, seeing one Imperial officer means the street will most likely be crawlin with Imps and we may need a quick getaway if things go south." Turok said.

He turned to Jay then "But if you want to help see if you four can get the port's manifest of all ships landing here, may be able to find out which one is Master Rahns."

"Roger, roger." Jay said back.

Turok whistled to the rest of them, "We split up, Master Uzuma and I will head to the apartments, Breacher and Gererra will take the market, Ahkilleon you and Beetoo will check the slums."

"Why do I get the slums?" Ahkilleon asked.

"Because that's the roughest part of town, and I need my best fighter there." Turok said as they headed out. Ahkilleon looked down at the blue and yellow Beetoo the R5 unit beeped at him before they headed out "Call signs, no offense Turok but Revenant 1 to 6 is a bit of a mouthful." Sawyer asked.

"Just regular names for now, come on." he said as they headed out of the space port.

Ahkilleon couldn't shake the dream he had "Wait." Ahkilleon said.

"What?" Gerrera asked.

"I had a dream." Ahkilleon said.

Breacher grumbled "This isn't sharing time Captain."

"Wait." Tai said, holding her hand up, "What did you see?"

Ahkilleon reached around his neck thinking of the demon he saw. He said, "I was looking in a stone forest, I saw a moldy bird and followed it, before I was attacked by two black jackals."

"Jackals?" Turok asked "I think… I think we're not the only ones looking for Master Qu Rahn here." He confessed.

Turok looked at Tai who nodded "Visions are never clear, but that sounds like a safe translation."

"Then we be on our guard, you see imps you leave discreetly, you see Inquisitors you run." Turok said plainly and they split up.

Ahkilleon went into the slums away from the main city of Hammertown, when he and the Specteres were here they had gone into public housing, but this was down a low path where the sewers spill out into a river of grime, Ahkilleon grumbled sniffing as he pulled his poncho's hood over his head to hide his face. Beetoo followed him and beeped "We're looking for a Jedid master, which isn't easy anymore, keep an eye out for anyone suspicious." Beetoo beeped at him as they walked through an alleyway with homeless and dredges, they walked out of the alleyway into a village of metal shacks, Ahkilleon pulled out the holodisk that Asimov had snuck into his pack, rubbing it with his thumb he wondered if now would be a good time to get the message.

Beetoo beeped at him "What, no, I'm not your new Master."

Beetoo said something else, "Yeah Nemo seemed like a good guy, bet he was a good Master I…" the droid let out a low booooop, "... I lost a droid I was close not that long ago."

The astrodroid looked up "... Hmmm I'll consider you being my new droid, let's just find this Qu guy, check imperial chatter for anything." he said as he walked away to open the message. He almost did when he felt something.

A tremor in the force, someone was watching him.

Ahkilleon looked around the slums, mostly Ithorians but then he saw a hooded figure walking into another alleway, Ahkilleon followed into the other alley and stopped when he saw it was a dead end. The alleway reminds him of Jabiim of the boy he killed "You're nervous, but not here, something else?" the hooded figure said.

Ahkilleon looked at the hood, they wore a long dark gray coat, with a hooded tunic underneath, simple trousers and a belt that Ahkilleon noticed sagging to one side, something weighing it down under the coat, a weapon? "You can sense my emotions." Ahkilleon said, waving his hand at Beetoo to not signal anyone.

"Qu Rahn I presume?" Ahkilleon asked.

"I knew someone was going to come after me, and eventually didn't expect you." The man said walking forward, he pulled his hood down revealing the same man from the holos, he had salt and pepper hair receding off his head, a goatee of the same black and gay. His skin was fair and eyes dark. All in all he appeared very unassuming for a Jedi Master.

Ahkilleon reached under his robes for his weapons but he stopped dropping them to his side "You, you know me Mater Rahn?"

Qu nodded "I know a lot of things, Ahkilleon, and it's not just that I know where Arcadia is."

"Then you agree that leaving puts the whole Militia at risk." Ahkilleon said, pulling his hood down.

Qu tilted his head, "My new friends think it's best we run now, but I wanted to talk to you, I wanted to see if we could smooth things over before the rest of your friends show up, there's a tracker on the droid by the way."

Ahkilleon looked at Beetoo who shook his cranium, "Check the undercarriage." Ahkilleon knelt down not taking his eyes off the man and then he took out a blinking locator beacon.

"What- how?"

Qu sighed "Who do you think helped Turok find all the other Jedi to get to Arcadia, you didn't think he did it alone. I didn't have a lot of time, so I'll be blunt."

"Your new war with the Empire isn't going to change things, the galaxy is old, and wars from the Outer Rim have never gone in their favor the core is to industrialized, to powerful and the Empire doesn't have the restraint the Old Republic did, but the Rebellion can help you." Qu said, taking a step toward him.

Ahkilleon shot up "I left that life behind."

"I know, which is why I'm talking to you now, I served the Republic all my life before the Empire took over, the Jedi Order served the Republic for a thousand years and-" "And it was betrayed overnight, I know the histories as well Master Rahn, the schism, the first purge after Revan and Malik, the Jedi shouldn't have to serve we should lead." Ahkilleon said, eyeing him.

Qu shook his head "Then you miss the point of being a Jedi Knight all together."

"My destiny is greater than Knighthood." Ahkilleon said.

"Yes, your Master and his inner circle think of you as the Jedi King, there has never been a Jedi King nor should there be." Qu said, sighing "I was hoping I could convince you of that." Ahkilleon tightened his grip on the holodisk and Qu noticed it "That holodisk, that's from him, have you even read it?

Ahkilleon eyed him with eerie eyes, Ahkilleon sensed something "You have to come back with us Master Rahn, this comes from the General, the New Council, it's to much of a risk to the New Jedi and the Militia you ran off without a word."

"Is that what they told you?" Qu asked.

"That's all that matters." Ahkilleon looked behind to see Turok and Tai come running with Breacher and Sawyer behind them blasters up. Turok walked forward and patted Ahkilleon on the shoulder "I knew you'd find him lad." Turok said.

Qu didn't even look phased that Turok and the others had him cornered, "Qu."

"Turok, I have no quarrel with you or your team, let me pass." Qu said.

The trandoshan sighed, shaking his head. "You know I can't, I don't want to fight you, you don't want to fight me but you were selfish."

"I was selfish for doing what I thought was right?" Qu asked.

Turok groaned "Oh stars no one cares what we all think is right, your a security risk Qu, what did you think was going to happen the Militia and New Jedi weren't going to come looking, what if we hadn't found you first, what if the Inquisitors had, huh, all those New Jedi on Arcadia, all the families on the Militia they'd torture you to near death to get that information or rip it from your mind." Turok snapped claws up and he got a bit closer.

Qu eyed him "I know what I'm doing Turok, I won't give anyone Arcadia's location not even the Rebellion you have my word."

"I believe you, but the Warlords don't please don't do this Qu."

"Forgive, old friend." Ahkilleon and Tai felt the surge of the force from Qu and he used the force to blast everyone off their feet, Ahkilleon and Tai held up their own hands to stop the force push like two stone pillars against an invisible wave of force energy.

Qu leapt up to the top of the building and the Jedi chased after him, landing on the top of the roof they saw Qu was already on his way to the next one bounding over the steaming air conditioner units and vents. "We're here to capture him, not kill him." Tai told him.

"Wasn't planning on it Master." Ahkilleon said running after him, they leapt over alleyways and ran up a fire escape after Qu.

They hopped up the next building and heard rumbling engines, they looked up to see a ship heading their way was a black and red HWK-290 light freighter, modified but not like Turok's. Ahkilleon held up his comlink "Hey Jay, any HWK-290 ships on that manifest you found?"

"Yeah, just something called… Moldy Crow, why?" Jay's voice asked from the Revenant.

"Because we're racing it to get to the target, get the Revenant ready to fly." Ahkilleon ordered as they chased Qu to the edge of the building.

Tai and Ahkilleon drew their lightsabers before Qu turned slowly, dropping his robe, he had his sleeves rolled up showing strong forearms with black hair running up them, "Last chance?" he asked.

"No more chances." Ahkilleon rushed forward with Tai and the two of them engaged, Qu just smirked and didn't even bother drawing his lightsaber; he slipped between them and punched Tai in the chest before he kicked Tai in the side, the two of them fell back and counterattacked. Qu leapt up spinning and pressed his hand on Ahkilleons forehead knocking him off balance. He stumbled and fell before he looked back to see Qu land on one hand before he swung his legs around into a sitting position, "Come on, is that the best you got-" Tai answered him with slashing and swinging of her green lightsaber, he backed up dodging, "Glad you remembered some lessons." he said before he slipped out his lightsaber and a golden yellow blade caught her lightsaber, he only used one hand.

Getting up Ahkilleon recognized it from II Makashi, the duelist.

Qu slipped around her parrying and reposing to make himself a smaller target, Ahkilleon yelled in his next strike even with the three blades, Qu's one yellow lightsaber was everywhere at once. Showing the skill of a true jedi master, he force pushed Tai back and let Ahkilleon hack away at his defense with the red and blue lightsabers, "I remember a time when the colors of lightsabers meant something, course then Windu showed up with a purple one and you can imagine-" "Shut up." Ahkilleon barked.

"You know there was an elegance to banter in the Old Republic." Qu said as he walked in a circle.

"You'd see a bad guy, say something witty he says something clever back and then we fight, but now-" Ahkilleon attacked thinking Qu' guard was down but Qu just dropped into a split and lunged his saber at Ahkilleon's arm glancing off his armor "There's no pasazz."

Ahkilleon fell back and Tai counter-attacked, Qu rolled off the ground and continued to parry her attacks "Just hacking, slashing, so much for a more elegance for a more civilized age."

"Attack together." Tai ordered and the two of them attacked at once, Qu readied himself and both new jedi slashed, swung, stabbed all together pushing Qu back, he continued to deflect, or dodge, never taking the offensive till he was backed up into a corner and he looked back. "Nowhere left to run Qu." Tai said.

Ahkilleon sensed Qu wasn't afraid, he was entertained "... you just had to say it." Ahkilelon muttered before Tai held his lightsaber up like a duelist and turned it off before be backflipped into a swan dive off the building an the Moldy Crow rose up with him on top of it, he sat down legs crossed before giving a fond salute farewell "Remember what I said Tano, we don't need to be enemies." Qu said before the Moldy Crow started to pull away.

"Throw me." Ahkilleon said to Tai.

She looked at him like he was insane "Throw me dammit!' Ahkilleon said backing up to the other side of the building before he ran into a force fueled sprint, "This is isane." Ahkilleon used the force to jump off the roof and into the open sky before he felt Tai smack him like a baseball bat hundreds of kilometers into the sky, Qu looked over his shoulder with wide eyes "Son of a-" kicked Ahkilleon had punched Qu so hard he fell back onto the haul of the Moldy Crow.

They watched the Moldy Crow fly off into the clouds but it suddenly stopped, they looked up to see coming down from the clouds was the Imperial Star Destroyer that had been guarding the planet, it had the Moldy Crow in a tractor beam and was slowly swallowing the ship toward it's hanger. "No." Tai whispered.

"My vision, the Inquisitors never came because they were watching, we practically just gave Qu Rahn to them." Ahkilleon gasped seeing the star destroyer start to pull them close.

"And Arcadia with it." Qu said. Ahkilleon held out the holodevice in his hand the one with the message from Asimov he was yet to read, it was a small device no bigger than his thumb, gulping Ahkilleon shoved it in his mouth and swallowed.