Stargate Atlantis Trading Grounds I: The Return To La Rochelle
Warnings: I lost another page, so I have to fix this, before I finish the upload right now, as from here it's case of fixing the damage. In the cast, and with it, Nick Ballard makes an appearance, as he sees after 25 years. Daniel found his way back to the command side of the grouping that were trying to over turn his decision then. After Daniel's parents were killed in the accident here now, so from here it changes now.
But if anyone noticed here in the continued references to the movie script of Sphere, the story is going to follow some of it, but changes in other areas. And this story on Sphere, is going to be book 3 of the 6 part series I'm creating. Basing it from now, to end of Season 5, and instead of dead, Daniel's going to be training to be a Q. And like season 6 showed, only 3 of the 22 episodes, has him with the trio, the others.
He's there at the SGA, Daniel's clone, turned twin brother ascended and Daniel is at the SGA, making his powers stronger. As the last episode unlocked his potential completely, though by doing that, everything that came with it. Starts coming out in visions, till they reach my other story, of the Past and Present series. Till the final shot results now here in the 5 years he spent, on board the enterprise, there in Antarctica.
With this series, there's going to be a severe amount of backlash brought on by the traumas of Hathor and Machello. But the connector is going to be Need and Shyla's kingdom, so for Sam and Jack. The events of Hathor and Shyla have stuck, leaving them facing a backlash that has Daniel. And Teal'C, on one side of the line, them on the other, in basing this solely on the book series on the movie, directly after it.
The events are altered to it being civilian ran with military help and the SGA is just that, as Jack and Makepeace get the entirety of the consequences. That resulted in Daniel becoming a pariah now in that book series, only now it's reversed here. So everything negative on Daniel is Jack now, in the SGA and everything Jack is Daniel. In the SGC ops, but it's because of the permanent effects of Hathor's pheromones.
This story and it's followers are going to match the dialog, in the flashback memories, of chapter 4, of the past meets the present series. As it also follows the complete mental breakdowns, of the human half of the team. And Robert Makepeace and Adam Johnson, so the story is going to follow the dialog to the letter exactly. Along with some new dialog that was not in the fast forwarded portion in the flashbacks.
Basing this in real time, rather then the show, of 25 years ago, Antarctica was a neutral zone for research so military research was not allowed out there. And with it, as the chair is considered military technology, it was meant to be last resort. In case of another orbital attack, so the outpost is now trade and exploration. So with this chapter, is the colony/crew is now getting used to being a slightly underwater crew.
As he's getting to work in trading to bring in more improvement for the planet at large now, so a military attack. Just to bring him back to the states, is attempted, is an international. In incidents and enough to get them convicted for kidnapping now, with his clearance. So from here, is he's dropping in on Ry'ac and Drey'auc and before the press conference. And just before his first stop in planets is to Gaea, home of the Nox.
This chapter will finish off this portion of the story-line, as the next two chapters and forward, cover chapter 2, going by the name. And of The Glory Of Tantulus, which covers things, from his going to the races and Tok'ra creation of the treaty. And his return to Shyla, before the following Chapters cover the the breakdowns of the trio and Carter, who's lost her ability to function mentally, out of desperation now.
As the mission was sanctioned, and he was transferred to Landry and the Atlantis team at the time. As Rodney McKay, Cam Mitchell, Vala Mal Doran, Hank Landry, Frank Simmons, Steven Caldwell, John Shepard. And Elizabeth Weir enter the picture here, the story will have Daniel and Teal'C joining their team. As the SGA is founded 5 years early, and moved into the outpost on earth….
Disclaimers: I don't own the shows, the story belongs to everything else belongs to the creators and the movie companies.
Chapter 102: New Futures And Fresh Starts X: Time's Arrow and Recovery VIII
Avalon I Continued:
'Indeed, listen to me, that boy has a life already, he's a youngling still, he's too young to be alone on a planet always in a warzone, but you people have done enough damage to us, you're not leaving my son traumatized, because he got stuck there, blast it.' Jackson thought sternly as Hayden looked at the duo as he got up then as he walked over to them quickly moved to them gently as he said it to them that.
"I wanted to say good bye now, we'll be leaving early in the morning, I'm sorry I can't stay to help you, I want to." he said and they nodded to him. "We understand, you must obey your elder." he said and he sighed then. "It's not obedience as much as respect." he said and they heard a sigh. 'Even in my ears that's a lame excuse.' they heard to his remark to them as she answered his statement to that.
As she said her opinion on that firmly. "Don't say it, I grew up normal, Roenni, in truth, this is actually what they were afraid of in my case. Being a sheltered Jedi growing up in the temple is dangerous, as this is why, nearly losing your mother. Followed by Bant Eerin struck him so hard, he never knew falling in love. And with your best friend, in truth, could hurt this much, but I'm dating a members of my quintet."
"Just a piece of growing up now." he said and they nodded in shock. "Ah my trouble is that I never understood this respect thing, my grandfather told me what was right. And he was always wrong, what does it matter, he'd say whether thousands die or millions die. The sky is still blue over head and our world remains, the cause is what's important and so your Jedi boss tells you what you must do and you do it."
"Even though you know he's wrong, and that is called respect." she said and sighed as she finished saying it then. "Maybe I've been living in the dark too long, but I don't see it." she said and he sighed. 'Great she's forcing me to question my own beliefs right now now, life as a Jedi was like a shimmering pool of clean water, but now she's muddied it, and clouding my beliefs with doubt.'
'There must be something I can do here right now.' he thought and the council crossed his arms at that. "I would help if I could, if there was something I knew I could do that could make a difference." he said and Roenni and Nield exchanged looks. 'Uh oh, this better not mean what I think, my job is getting her out, all else comes second.' they heard and Jackson nodded gently at that remark.
"What is it." he said and she nodded. "We do have a plan." she said and he nodded as he leaned his head closer to them so they could discuss this. "Tell me." he said and she explained that to him then gently then. "You know that there are deflection towers ringing the perimeter of the city, there are also towers around the Melida center, these towers control the particle shields, preventing entry."
"And separating the Melida and the Daan sides?" she said and he nodded to her. "Yes I've seen them." he said and Nield put his head close to his as he answered him then as they put their heads together then. "We've been in contact with the Young Second outside the city, I've sent a message to them telling them. That we have succeeded in capturing the weapons of both Melida and Daan."
"But there are several destroyed villages ringing the city, many of the children live there, or the countryside, hundreds, thousands now. If we take a wider area, they are all connected by a network, if we destroy the particle shields they will march into Zehava." he said and Ferus nodded as he answered him gently at the remark then at this news then, before he could though Roenni finished that.
"And they have the weapons." she added and he nodded as she went further then gently. "We would have an army now, so not only would the Elders be outnumbered,they would have nothing to fight with We could win a war and without one death. If we are careful and the elders are smart enough to surrender." she said and Ferus nodded as he answered her at the remark as he looked between them gently.
"It sounds like a good plan, but how are you going to knock out the deflection towers here?" he asked and she sighed. "That's our problem, they can only destroyed by air, all we need air transport." he said and she finished that remark gently at that remark then. "We can't use the floaters, the deflection towers have defensive systems, floaters are not fast enough or agile enough."
"We need a starfighter." she said and Anakin straightened."We know you flew some sort of fast transport to Melida/Daan, could you fly us on the mission." she said and he inhaled at that as they heard the next remark then at this news then firmly at that remark then. 'First the Outer Rim planets are asking me to stay here and now they ask this of me as well, how much more can they take from me.'
'She and Nield are asking a great deal of me right now, but this would go beyond a padawan's disobedience for breaking rules. It would defy Master Yoda himself right now, Obi-wan and Qui-Gon would be well within their sights to send me back to the temple. I would probably have to appear before the council, and they have the right to dismiss me as their padawan.' they heard as Nield said it to him then.
"We can leave at dawn, the mission would only take an hour, maybe a little more, then you can take Adi to Coruscant." he said and she finished that."The destruction of the particle shield will actually make it easier for you to smuggle Adi out of Zehava." she added and he sighed as he said it to them as he looked between them as he said it to them at this remark then firmly at her remark then.
"But if the starfighter is damaged it would mean we can't leave at all, and doom our mission to failure, and perhaps make me responsible for Adi's death." he said and she sighed as she answered him then as she said it then gently. "It was wrong for me to mock you before, I know the Jedi code guides the way you live, and we know we're asking too much from you right now."
"If we weren't this desperate, we wouldn't do it, you have already done so much for us." she said and Ferus nodded to her. "As you have done for us, we would never have rescued Adi if not for you." he said and she nodded to him gently at that remark. "It is our only chance for peace, once the Elders see our numbers they will have no choice, but to surrender." he said and Ferus sighed as he and Hayden looked at the trio then.
'I owe them so much right now, they fought alongside me, even saved my life, we have a bond.' they heard, before they heard a sigh. 'But I have a bond with Roenni and Nield as well now, the shortness of the time doesn't matter, the current of connection is nothing I ever experienced. And even though Roenni apologized for mocking me, isn't there a small gram of truth in there?'
'Is it right to obey when my heart is telling me it's wrong right now.' he thought as he looked into her eyes then gently as he saw the compassion in them, as he saw the same look on Nield and then took a deep breath. 'I make this choice there is no going back, but maybe, I won't have to, I can ask and I know the quartet and the council would say yes, I can do it, for them, their cause, as they can ask this.'
'Because they know it's right, and I know they're right, I can't let them down, I can't make this choice as a Jedi I have to do it as a friend.' they heard as he answered her as he took a deep breath. "I'll do it." he said and they nodded. "But first I got to run it by the quartet, my first mission is to get her out, and take it up with the council." he said and she nodded to him gently at that as he sighed then gently.
"Family meeting, Ferus?" he suggested and he nodded in agreement here. "Agreed, who was that on the comlink exactly?" he asked and he sighed. "The senate wants the Jedi to leave someone here to manage the peace process here. Before they gave us that suggestion, but the Jedi they and Chancellor chosen was me, though why Palpatine suggested me, is now the question." he said and he nodded in shocked fury at that.
"We both made the same choice, but they want to us leave you here, forget it, it's not happening right now." he said and Hayden nodded gently. "We have to tell our team family this and now, so we just work through this, but only gave them fighting chance. And get her off the blasted planet." he said and Ferus nodded in agreement gently at that. "Agreed, only a fighting chance now, and then we leave here." he said to him then.
Walking to Adi, he crouched in front of her as he felt his inner cub start growing. 'My mother, I love her as much as I love mom, my mentor as a Master guardian, my sister, my mother. I'm a member of two teams, but I'm a master guardian, I'm not leaving her, I'm not leaving the trio. Them or Mace, I'm going home after this.' he thought softly as he said it then to her gently at that as he said it to her then gently at that response.
"Mother." he said and she opened her eyes gently. "Annie you okay?" she asked and he said it then."Whatever happened to Obi-wan, the last time they were here, it's happening to me now." he asked shaking and she said it softly then. "Shh, it's okay, your non force sensitive side is trying to take control right now, it's okay. Just focus on what matters more." she said and he closed his eyes then as he did that.
Seeing his friends, the trio, and his life at the temple, he started feeling his Jedi side start taking total hold, as he also pulled out his crystals. Said that had the colors of his friends and team quintet and smiled as his scales leveled out and she smiled. "There you go, not so hard when you remember you got a life already in two ways here. As everything you think you found here you have already." she said and he nodded as he sighed as he said it.
"It got worse, Mother, they asked of me the same one that Cerasi and Nield asked of Obi-wan, same request, I can't do this, what happens. And if the fighter gets damaged, that could kill you if the injuries are even. And then we thought right to what they did to you now and without it destroying our bonds. But I'm not leaving you, my place is at your sides." he said and she nodded as she answered him gently.
"One last mission to help is fine, but we're leaving directly afterwards." she said and he nodded as he closed his eyes as the tears came forward and she felt her heart fall at that response. 'Oh gods, what happened if he's close to breaking on me right now, what did you people do for him to start crying, shh, it's okay baby?!' she thought as he said it to her as he opened his eyes as he said it to her gently at that remark.
"That's the problem, before I spoke to Roenni, I got a call from every planet in range of Melida/Daan, they asked for a Jedi with experience in the outside world. and the Chancellor chose me, but what's worse is this dragged up the same choice. That Ben went through right now." he said and she nodded as she sat up and he hugged her, as he pulled her into a sitting position as he buried his head into her shoulder.
'No, oh gods no, it can't be, please tell me they didn't just ask what I think they did, and who was that radio call coming in from, he's right. He just made up his mind and they ask him to stay here, it's not going to happen I'm not leaving my brother here, not alone. Got to take it up with the council they need to know this right now, us four and Mace are his family, he's not letting go.' Ewan thought as he looked at Siri then.
'Oh force what now, damn it, what the hell did they ask from him if he's clinging to her not wanting to let go right now?!' Liam thought to that as he, Ewan and Siri quickly moved to them at that as he said it quickly at that. "What's wrong exactly, I heard most of what you were thinking, so what's wrong padawan?" he asked gently as he crouched down in front of him as Siri sat Adi up against the wall at that.
"Right after our fight, I was trying to work through it, just as I hit the level you wanted me to, I got a call from the planets in range of Melida/Daan. Asking for Jedi assistance to end the fights for good, and they chose me." he said and the trio nodded as he looked at the tears running down his face. "With it, is I got asked the same request that Nield and Cerasi asked of you, Ben." he said and they all nodded gently.
"I don't want to stay here, I want to go home." he said and Ewan hugged him and he buried his head into his shoulder as Liam and Adi exchanged furious looks at the news. 'Just what right do you have to ask this of him, he's a youngling, not an adult. He's just a child, I'm not leaving my son here, not without parental supervision.' Qui-Gon thought angrily at the news as Adi said it for him at that gently at that.
"Issues in the job, here's where the parent takes total control, but you're a very young teenager and they asked something they have no right whatsoever. In asking of our team quintet now, and now when I'm your guardian and Ewan is your warden." Liam said and Hayden nodded in agreement. "Yeah but this is now you're not there to field the problem, and now it's we have to deal with a further problem." he said and he nodded in agreement then gently at that remark.
"You had to tell us this as we're part of the council that the Chancellor is trying to under mind in Master's orders for us to withdrawal?" Adi said as Siri helped her get into a sitting position against the wall at that and he nodded to answer her. As he couldn't answer directly and not without feeling like he was about to start crying then. "Shh, it's okay, we understand, but before we do anything, Anakin one choice."
"But we have to tell the others right now, Siri stay with her, Obi-wan, Anakin and I are going back to the ship." Liam said and she nodded to him and stood up as they pretended they headed for the ship. Once reaching it, Hayden turned on the radio. "Jinn/Kenobi/Skyalker team to Jedi council, repeat this is the Jinn/Kenobi/ Skywalker team to Jedi council, do you read me?" Liam said into the radio then.
"Yes we read you Qui-Gon, what is wrong exactly?" Jackson asked and Hayden swallowed as he answered him. "It seems that right after Master contacted Master Yoda, every system in the Outer Rim surrounding Melida/Daan. Has ordered me to stay and help with clean up, as if that's not enough Master. I was just asked the same favor that Cerasi and Nield asked Obi-wan, last time they were here."
"But, and here's the bad news right now, but every planet closest to the Melida/Daan contacted the chancellor, he's demanding to end this. That the Jedi stay on the planet to help clean up the mess here." he said and the council nodded. "You think he's trying to drive a wedge between us by demanding that, that he is trying to use your non force sensitive side against you right now."
"Just to get you to brush the darkside right now Anakin?" Jackson asked sternly to that news and he nodded to him gently. "Honestly Master, yes I do, the Chancellor is trying to stabilize the planet portion of this mission. Just to drive a wedge between us at the moment, I've already discussed this with Master Adi. But you're the one I needed that true counsel from, as the balance within."
"That includes this right now, a guardian growing up in the temple has a hard time controlling that balance within. But I am trying to control that balance in the same way, you're training me to equalize the blue and red. But these guys and the Chancellor are trying to undermine that balance at the moment. I have a people, a family and cause already: but here's the reason for this."
"The Chancellor has under-minded your orders by them contacting him and he chose me to be the one to get involved." he said and the 11 nodded slowly. "He's demanding we leave you there to finish with ending another war?!" Kit snapped in shock and he nodded to him. "They see this as a good idea, you can't get involved without things getting worse, but they see that I can, Master Yoda."
"But I do, and I know what's coming in your cases, I could never openly defy you in this case Master, what am I supposed to do." he asked, shaking and Yoda nodded, sighing at the news. "What options considered have you, Anakin, because maybe the only way to prevent a repeat to Obi-wan's situation it is now?" he asked and Hayden sighed and told him the truth as he looked between the council then.
"Take a sabbatical as a Jedi and for a few weeks, once my mission here is complete, you come pick me up and I go on probation immediately. As you once said: to return to the Jedi well then you have to be a Jedi. But if there is an emergency when I get back, then the very worst time. Is the time I must follow our code and I will, if this is turning into a repeater of Xanatos and the thefts."
"That just barely got Bant killed and did kill Bruck, that is not happening twice, but I can delay a few weeks in visits home. As they are delayed as I start my training with you starts again as we get our bonds back into place. And I just spend that 12 weeks in re-training as I do lightsaber training with you." he said and the council nodded to his decision, before Jackson smiled as he answered him gently.
"That's best anyway and we see why you have to get our council, before your non force sensitive side got too strong right now. This is interfering with your balance, the colors of balance in you are shifting between red and blue. Did you already talk to Adi, if you came to me next, Annie, I'm your color. You needed to talk to me most, is that it Anakin?" he asked and Hayden nodded to him gently.
"Yes Master, but I think this was the Sith's attempt to have me suffer Obi-wan's reaction. So if there is trouble, while I'm gone and before you bring me home right now. But Cerasi and Nield's children asked me the very same favor that they, the duo themselves. That they asked Obi-wan, regarding our ship right now at the time here 15 years ago, it's happening again right now over here."
"But I'm not disobeying a direct order, you made that clear, total commitment and loyalty Master, I swore to it. But there is one option left to get Adi out and Cerasi's friends from the country Young first in. But I need permission to do it, once done, as I am not breaking your orders directly at the moment. But I learned from Ben's situation and instead of doing it without authorization."
"I had to talk to you, before taking her only way off the planet." he said and they nodded. "The wars started up again, Obi-wan?" Ki asked him and they all nodded. "They did, but it's not the Young when I was apart of it, my generation. Said is the middle generation now, but 20% of Wehutti's age group never let it go. And their grandchildren are in the same war with their grandparents here."
"That we were with their parents, before Cerasi got them to stop and listen and Anakin is now caught in the middle of this right now and as are we." Ewan said and they nodded. "The only thing I can do is do their mission, but it's that and only that, but I am not and will not be violating your orders. And any further then that, but my back up skills can come in handy for your age group."
"And Obi-wan's, Father and before we have a repeater of this situation that put her into a coma that year, but still your Padawan." Hayden said and Liam nodded gently to that. "So while Qui-Gon and you distract the renegade Elders in Wehutti's generation, Anakin and their twins blow the shields. Alright do it, but be careful, once done, get the girls out of there, Anakin, if you're staying."
"Though you gave your primary to the duo, use your spare and continue training, that's your only way to stay who you are. Without you in the same uncertain path principle that your brother got stuck in. You got your link to us by your spare, once ready to come home, just send the word." Jackson said and he nodded to the order as he relaxed in relief then, that he wasn't disappointing them.
"Master, just this once and only once, but I was ordered to stay here right now, by the senate, the Outer Rim planets contacted the senate." he said and Jackson nodded to the news. "We'll handle this, though a padawan in theory, you're still a youngling, you're still too young to be left alone on a mission this dangerous right now, it's going to be okay son, we're going to deal with this."
"But if there is one thing more dangerous then a fully trained adult Jedi, it's one that treats their students like their own children. And when they know that what they are asking is something we'd never agree to right now." Jackson said and he nodded to that. "Yes and I'm the Jedi connected to the Jedi that this started with right now, but I kept several things you left to me to stay focused."
"One good thing is ever since you started training me in lightsaber combat, I took another approach to this and was using the info-red goggles. Just to black out the laser, as I also kept my spare crystals to change colors from blue to amethyst in my spare." he said and they nodded."We're going to talk to the senate and Chancellor, you do your mission." Jackson said and he nodded gently.
"I'll see you in a few weeks Master, I promise." he said and Jackson nodded to him. "Us too Anakin keep up your training, and be careful, boys, we expect you back in a week. May the force be with you." he said and they all nodded gently as they ended the call at that. "Well next step now, Obi-wan go to Cerasi and Nield, I'll go to Wehutti and his group of elders that called off the fight, we distract them."
"And you and his granchildren, the twins, blow the shield towers and particle shields." Liam said and they both nodded as they returned to the tunnels and moved back to the girls. "What the council say?" Siri asked and he explained that. "The council gave the go ahead, but on distraction and division, Siri. You stay here with her, so we get the trio and go to war council with the renegade elders."
"Distracting them long enough for Anakin and the twins to blow the particle shields and the towers. Once done we got to leave now, he's a pilot and mechanic, he can use his back up skills to do this. But we all agreed to his only way to prevent a repeater right now." he said and they nodded. "Wait, before you go to the Elders, we get her and Siri in the ship, so a fast get away now."
"But I blow the towers and the shield, once done you're waiting for us at where we hid the ship and we get the girls aboard it. So the second that the renegade elders go back on their word of peace talks. And with the Middle generation and the Young second, you get the ship ready to go. And I tell you to leave, before they fix the shields." he said and Liam nodded to his suggestion gentlym smiling.
"Indeed, but as we decided on that policy, we spring the trap the second they think they got us right now. At this rate right now things switched course, it doesn't matter anymore. So long as I never lost you as my youngest cub this is better then what would have happened. Twins could you come here, please, we need to talk cubs." he said, staring at the twins and they moved to him at that gently.
"Is this going to be the only time you ask for use of our ship, because Anakin is taking a big risk at doing this for you. We can agree to this, but it's just this once right now, we'll: that is your parents. Your grandfather, Obi-wan and I distract the renegade elders and you destroy the towers and particle shields?" he asked and the twins nodded in amazement and relief, they got it worked out so fast.
"Nield get your father." Siri said and he nodded as a few minutes later their parents and Wehutti arrived. "Guys we're doing it again to give you a fighting chance, but once done we got to leave right after, as we wait to see their response." Obi-wan said and they nodded to the decision. "Done, if he gets ordered to stay here, he's staying with us, I promise we'll take care of him, I promise Obi-wan."
"Like you, he is taking a very big risk for us, but we are not asking either of you to violate your bonds or go against Qui-Gon twice." Cerasi said and her daughter nodded. "Just this once, if it gets worse, and he gets orders to stay, blow the blasted reason, we can figure a new way. To protect your parents and ancestors past, but the halls have got to go, they did enough damage, to us and you."
"But we better plan it out right now, but you're our closest allies with Deanna, Gueni, Rica, Deila and Joli." Qui-Gon said and she nodded. "Always my friend, you sacrificed so much for us and we're paying it forward. And by insuring your relationship stays strong, but we had enough of the fighting here now. But we end it in one shot, but last time I swear." Nield said and Cerasi nodded to that
"We can Master Jinn, Obi-wan, and thank you, the mission begins at dawn." Roenni said to them and they nodded. "Very well, best get some sleep now." Ewan said and they nodded as Hayden grabbed his sleeping pad and blanket, moved to them. And curled up next to the quartet, Liam, watching him sleep, hid a smile as he ran his hand through the boy's hair and smiled as he turned his head to him in response.
As he watched him burrow into Ewan's chest and Obi-wan wrapped his arm around him to keep him warm then. He hid a smile then at the fact that one change kept their bonds strong now. Before things started the next morning then, as Obi-wan gently shook him awake then and he nodded as he stood up then. "Remember be careful and try to go on stealth mode for most of this." Liam said for him and he nodded to him.
"I will father, we'll meet you back at where we hid the ship, before you guys, Wehutti, Cerasi and Nield join with the other Young first and Elders. And to go to bat with the renegade Elders, but we'll be waiting for the call." he said and Liam nodded to the directions. "We'll see you in an hour then." Liam said to him gently at that as he nodded as the twins moved to them gently at that.
As he and the twins grabbed their weapons then, and they headed for the Outer Circle through the tunnels as the trio arrived at the ship and the twins smiled then. "Well let's get going, I'm a really good pilot, so don't worry." Anakin said and they nodded as he took the pilot chair. "We should hit the perimeter towers first, then the central towers, we're going to have to do everything by sight here."
"I don't have any coordinates for the nav computer." Roenni said and he nodded to her gently at that as he kept the engines at low then to avoid detection. "It won't be a problem, I'm going to have to do some defensive flying. So it's better if you two do the aiming, the station for the laser cannon is right in front of you, Roenni. I'll open up the emergency weapon sighting plate as we get closer."
"Remember to keep your eyes out for speeders, we're going to have to come in low to blast the deflection controls." he said and she and her brother nodded to him as he flew to where they were starting from. "Here we go." he said and she nodded. "Floater on the right approaching, we must have turned up on the scanners." she said and he nodded to her gently at that as he answered her then gently at that.
"They won't do that very often." she said as she watched them come into view, as a missile shot at them and Anakin pointed the wing down slightly and it shot passed them and hit the wall causing an explosion. "They could level a building, once we get over the city." she said and her brother, Nield Wehutti, answered that gently. "They'll probably use smaller fire power." he said and she nodded to that as she said it.
"We have to do this without blasting them out of the sky, we have to show them our ultimate goal is peace." she said and Hayden nodded to that. "That's my job, the tower is ahead, let's blast it." he said and they nodded, watching the floaters carefully he knew he had to stay level, as he realized he had just enough time, as he opened up the firing panel for them, bracing himself against the wall Nield aimed his cannon.
"Now!" Hayden called out to them as they fired the cannons, before he saw several floater then. "Seven floaters, can we do this Anakin?" she asked and he nodded. "If we do it fast, can you aim upside down?" he asked and she smiled and nodded. "No problem!" she said and he nodded as he flew into position. "Ready." he called out as he timed it right and then flipped the ship over and dived below it at that firmly.
As he maneuvered the ship so that they had a clear shot at the tower. "Everybody okay?" he asked and they nodded. "Dizzy, but okay, that was incredible flying, Annie." Roenni said to him and he nodded. "Okay, follow the wall, we'll hit the towers one by one." Nield said and Anakin nodded as he flew them close to the, as they saw more floaters coming to intercept them, but not being able to fly fast enough.
And as more joined in, but they couldn't keep up with Hayden, as he flew and one by one they destroyed each tower. In relief, Roenni leaned over and hugged him and Nield pounded him on the back at that. "I knew we could count on you, we have plenty of fire power left. What do you say to we blow the halls of evidence into nanospecs?" he asked and Hayden closed his eyes as Roenni answered that gently.
"Now?, but Nield, we promised our parents, grandpa and the quartet, once done we return to where they hid the ship. We need to get back, we have to hit both the Melida and Daan for peace negotiations, while they're weak." she said and Hayden finished that. "Besides there could be people inside." he said and she nodded as she finished that as she answered his remark gently at that news.
"We said we would do this without taking of life." she said and he nodded, sighing. "The sooner what's left of those halls of hate are blown up. And the sooner everyone can breathe again, I despise everything they stand for." he said and they nodded. "I know, so do I, remember if not for them, we may not have been born, but lets take this one step at a time." she said and he nodded gently to her.
"Alright, let's do one last thing, before we land, let's do a quick loop around the countryside. Aunt Deila was waiting to pass the message that the perimeter shields have been blown. The Scavenger Young first and second should be mobilizing right now." he said and they nodded as Anakin flew in widening circles, everywhere they looked, they saw both generations then as they were streaming out.
From farms, villages and woods, they were already beginning to clog the roads of Zehava, as several from their parents generation waved at them. And Hayden dipped his wings in a salute to answer them as a man lifted a com-link to his lips."Hey son, if you're the apprentice to the Jedi that were here last time. Tell them we send our thanks and welcome back." he heard and Anakin nodded to the order gently.
"What's your name, Sir?" he asked and the man answered with a smile in his voice. "My name is Joli, I was a friend of his and Nield's, after they won the war. And we prevented another from getting started that day after Cerasi was knocked into a coma at the time." he told him and Hayden nodded. "Sure thing I'll tell them." he said and he waved his blaster and Anakin dipped his wing a second time.
As Roenni smiled at him with tears in her eyes. "I will never forget this day and I will never forget what you did for us Anakin Skywalker." she said and he smiled at her as they flew back to their hiding place as he saw the quartet waiting for them. "Everything went fine Master, a man no older then you Obi-wan said hi and welcome back. He's also sending their thanks from your last trip here."
"His name is Joli." he said and the duo nodded. "Deila's on the scavenger track, we'll tell her to intercept him." Cerasi said and he nodded. "Our job is done now, you're up, we'll wait for you at HQ, guys." Roenni said and they nodded. "Be ready to make a fast get away though, because you're warming up the ship. So we can get the girls out of here, boys, honey." Nield said and the trio nodded to him softly.
Three Hours Later-Anakin's Version:
Getting back from the meeting, the fight between them started up again. "I'm not liking this one bit right now, Father, it's like you mentioned, they agreed far too quickly for this to be a coincidence, you said they did this before. It was a distraction, to catch them unprepared right now, I get the feeling they're going to try it again, but they do I'm leaving either way." Hayden said and he nodded to him gently.
"Us too, your thoughts match our's, I'm not liking this one bit, it's like the last time they tried this after I blew the shields, they agreed far too quickly to have a meeting right now." Ewan said and Nield nodded to that. "We will not meet with them, I know what their promises are worth, they will agree to meet as a diversion, they will tell us to disarm."
"And then the fighting will begin again, this surrender is too soon, if we relent, they will think we are weak." he said and Liam nodded to him. "Like before, they know you, both Generations of the Young, have backed them into a corner. They're willing to talk, you succeeded, Nield, now take your victory." he said and then Hayden stood up at that remark as he answered him then gently as he got ready.
"We did not succeed by acting as fools." Roenni said and Anakin thought it over at that. "They agreed far too quickly, that's not normal, but why exactly, Wehutti is here with us, what's left of the middle generation. They combined with yours at the moment today, they know that my generation will be determined to. And like before, in finish destroying the halls at the moment now, guys."
"Unless..." he started to say and at that they heard a loud blast and roar at that and Nield quickly turned to them. "The offer for negotiation is once again a trick, the Elders are attacking." he snapped and Hayden nodded. "Father, guys, get Mother, I'll get the ship up and running, come on!" he said over the noise and they nodded. As he took off with the twins and they went running to the area they hid the ship.
Turning on the ship, he activated everything, as he heard the quartet arrive. "We're here, Annie?!"Liam said and he nodded as he finished. "Yeah alright, I got her on the fastest course right back to Coruscant, Father." he said and they nodded as he stayed put. 'This is it, my one chance to go home, but I can't.' they heard through suppressed sobs then, as, seeing him sitting there shaking then.
As he felt a jolt of pained resignation through his link to Luke, Daniel, Kit, Ki, Agen, Saesee, Stass, Jackson, Nejaa and Yoda and closed his eyes tightly. 'They spent all last night trying to change their minds and it never worked, I'm stuck here. And until the final war on this planet is done and until the clean up is over.' he thought in pained recognition as he realized what that meant as he tried to hold it in.
As the duo exchanged looks. 'Oh force no, please, this can't mean what I think right now, tell me that is not what this is right now.' Liam thought to himself as he saw him shaking in agonized pain as Ewan crouched in front of him, as he said it gently. "Annie?" he asked and he closed his eyes then. "Annie, what is it, what's wrong, brother?" he added gently to him and he looked at him in pain then.
As the tears came forward. "My orders from the committee and the senate, Obi-wan, I have to stay and help. After my report to the council, they spent all last night and this morning arguing with the senate and the Chancellor. They're not changing their minds, I have my orders, I have to stay here." he said to him and the duo nodded sadly as Siri, arriving in time to hear that, leaned into the cockpit wall.
"No." Siri said quickly and he nodded. "The order was explicit, and nothing the council said made any difference, I have my orders Siri." he said sadly and she shook her head as she answered him."No, we're not just leaving you here, you chose us last night, Annie. We're not leaving without you right now baby brother." she snapped firmly as she pulled him into a hug and he broke at that finally.
Burying his head into her shoulder, she hold him as he clung to her, not wanting to let go then, as they heard a furious growl. 'No, you are not taking my brother away from me you Sith scum, he is not suffering that trauma by separation from us. You want him and you're going through me to get to him, you hear me, you lunatic.' she snapped mentally as he relaxed finally as he wiped the tears of his face then.
As he leaned forward, shaking as he answered her. "I don't want to stay here, I want to go home, that's where I belong. I did my mission to give them a fighting chance to end this, but I am not leaving you, my family." he said as he tried to control it, just as he was saying it the radio went off and he turned it on. "This is Skywalker, go ahead." he said and Jackson appeared with a solemn look on his face.
"We tried for seven hours to get them to change their minds since you called us last night, nothing we say makes a difference. You have your orders, Padawan, I'm sorry Anakin, I know you want to come home. And I know how hard it is for you to make this choice." he said and Hayden nodded."I'm a master guardian, it was all about balance since you started training me, but now this order."
"Someone is trying to screw with the balance within, Master I did my reflection, I don't belong on this planet, I have a people, family and cause. I want to go home, my place is with you, I belong at the temple right now. Can't I just refuse that order, I took it up with you and Adi last night, before I made my decision. But yesterday was enough to fix this, what was going to be a problem here."
"But this, being ordered to stay behind while my entire family leaves, I can't do that, Master, 1/4 of my entire family are on this ship, the rest is on Coruscant. Tatooine and Naboo, I have friends, a family, cause, I did enough to change things. But now the system leaders and the chancellor want me to stay, no, not happening, I want to go home." he said, shaking and Jackson nodded to him gently.
And at that as they saw the same pain in his eyes as they were feeling themselves at that remark. "I know, believe me I understand, but the sooner we stop this war on the planet and the sooner you can come home. But this is not meaning you're cut off from us completely, don't you remember. Check your pocket, we did this in case you suffered the same reaction your brother did, remember now."
"We go to your back up decision, temporary sabbatical and then when ready we come get you and you are on probation until our bonds are back in place." he said and Hayden nodded as he reached into his tunic pocket and pulled out 7 crystals. As Hayden pulled a small case out and they saw thirty more in his friends shades and closed his eyes. And as the tears started running down his face as Mace said it gently as he looked at him then gently.
'Sidious, you just drove another nail into that coffin of your's I swear here, my baby brother is not going to change, stay away from him.' Ewan thought, exchanging looks with Siri sadly and she nodded. "Hang in there Annie, we're not letting you go that fast." he said and Anakin nodded. "I'll report to you in a week to keep in touch and keep you updated. I promise Master, not letting you go now." he said and Jackson nodded gently.
And to that remark. "I understand son, but remember you can change colors this way by dismantling it repeatedly so you can have your link back to us. Continue training as though we're there with you until it's time to come home. As you had all our spare equipment on the ship, still in lightsaber training. Just take that with you, it won't be long, before you're home again." he said and Hayden nodded gently.
"I'll call you when they get back to the temple then, so we can keep you updated on our progress here. But weekly updates, so you can hear from me now starting now. So though not entirely cut off you can still train me this way now, Master." he said and Jackson nodded gently. "I know this was difficult for you, but a few weeks, we will leave the link open as this way so you can talk to us."
"Just remember you will always be a Jedi, may the force be with you." he said and Hayden nodded as they ended it at that as he leaned forward shaking then. "I don't want to, I did all I could, but a choice: said choice is 'go with you now or stay. But I go with you and I stay a Jedi, but I stay and I am just a force sensitive fighter pilot after that now." he said and they nodded, sadly to that news gently.
"You will always be a Jedi, remember everything we taught you, Annie." Ewan said, pressing his forehead to Hayden's, before Liam did the same. As Liam removed his belt with his primary lightsaber attached to it then and gave it to him. As he took his back up pack from their supplies in the corner, and checked it to see his spare. Before Liam stuck two pictures into it, one of the five of them and the second of the trio.
Inside the bag there was his miniature tool kit, 5 spare sets of clothes, his Jedi clothes, his datapad that had all the pictures. That he created of his life on Coruscant, Tatooine and Naboo when he went to go see Natalie and her family in visits then. As he stashed the box of lightsaber crystals in the bag as he pulled out a copy of the snippet. That he made for Natalie then and closed his eyes as he put it around his neck then gently.
'Just like when leaving Tatooine, I freed mom, and my friends from slavery, don't look back, don't look back. I turn back now and I'm going to break like I did last time, my parents, brother and sister. I don't want to stay here, I want to go home, home is the temple, the farm and Naboo. That is home, I have a family, a people and cause, I am a Jedi, I am a Jedi, to return to the Jedi."
'I have to be a Jedi, the very worst time is the time you must follow the code, I know this planet is not my home planet. I am a Tatooine native, engaged to the queen of Naboo, my Jedi family are the quartet. My master as a master guardian is Master Windu, I am not from Melida/Daan. I am a Tatooine local, a pilot, and most of all I am a Jedi padawan, always.' they heard him thinking softly to that.
Looking at the datapad he saw every photo of his life at the temple, of him and his clan group, his visits home to his friends and family. And as he pulled out his small box of crystals in every color that his fellow Jedi carried as he removed seven. From the box and put them in his pocket then and they nodded, knowing who's colors they were. As they saw the trio in pink, near violet, violet and orange at that and the trio nodded, sighing.
As he grabbed a second bag that was loaded with their emergency supplies and they stuck his stealth goggles in it, his training remote and four or five other things in it. And so he could train himself till it was time to return home then gently. And as Siri also added several pieces of his life as a Master guardian into it. 'All that says is he determined to remember who he is right now, but we have to remind him.'
'At the moment he needs to keep in constant contact with us to remember who he is, if this is what he felt the last time I don't blame him. He needs his a link back to us, but we don't do something now, he's going to break right now.' She and Obi-wan thought together. 'He's thinking about the last conversation he had with Shmi you two, this is even worse than that, stay strong right now.'
'We have to give him the strength right now, but this is killing him right now that he has to leave us behind and stay here.' Liam said in answer to that and she quickly thought it to him. "That was the last time you saw him like this, before we changed the code, you had to see him like this with Shmi?!' Siri said, trying to keep from turning her head to look at him or saying it out loud and he hid a nod.
'Yes it is and right now, whoever it is that decided this is in deep trouble right now for it.' he said with a firm growl in his mental voice as he felt his heart tear of having to see his youngest once against suffering the pain. And of leaving everything he knew behind once again. 'Both of you keep it together right now, focus.' Adi snapped from her position then and they hid a nod to the orders then.
