Chapter 5: An Anti-Hero in a Galaxy far, far away.

Summary:

J'son T'odd puts his foot down when the Council try to send his Padawan to Zygeria with Ahsoka.

J'son T'odd stood in front of the Jedi council, Anakin Skywalker standing next to him, Ahsoka standing on Anakin's other side, while his padawan, a Twi'lek named Anya Sakura standing on his left side. Master Qui Gon stood behind him and Master Kenobi stood behind Anakin. Grand Master Dooku stood behind them.

"The counsel has decided..." Mace began only to be cut off by J'son.

"I acknowledge that the council has made a decision..." J'son snapped. "...but seeing as it's a stupid ass decision, we've elected to ignore it!"

Mace looked at J'son with murderous eyes. "You will hold your tongue young T'odd."

"I will not stand here and let you send Ahsoka and Anya to Zygeria to be used as pleasure slaves!"

"Young one." Shaak Ti said calmly. "Do you not realize that they have the least to lose here? If one of the Masters or Knights were to go, then they risk pregnancy."

J'son looked at Master Ti as though she were a particularly slow child touching the cooking unit for a third time to see if it truly was hot, or just her imagination. "NO!" He shouted, the Force resonating with him. "If anything, they have the most to lose!"

"Why is that?" Ki Adi Mundi asked.

J'son looked at him, and wondered, not for the first time, if the council had all their mental faculties about them. "They will lose their innocence for one. They will be violated in ways that they should not be violated in, and they will learn to hate themselves thinking that they are no better than meat to be used by those around them because that is all they are good for!"

Dooku, Qui Gon, Obi Wan, Ahsoka, Anya, Aayla and Plo Koon noticed how Anakin and J'son involuntarily flinched at J'son's outburst. If the rest of the Council noticed, they didn't show it.

"Enough!" Mace shouted. "You will complete your mission, or you will be exiled from the Jedi Temple!"

"Fine." J'son said, dropping his Lightsaber and utility belt.

Anya dropped her Lightsaber and utility belt. Qui Gon followed his Apprentices' actions, dropping his robes, utility belt, and Lightsaber. Anakin and Ahsoka were next, followed by Obi Wan. Dooku looked at the council in disappointment before following his Grand Padawans' example.

The Council's jaws hit the floor as an entire generation of Jedi dropped their Lightsabers, utility belts, and robes.

Aayla Secura and Plo Koon reluctantly joined the group before dropping their Lightsabers and Utility belts.

"What is the meaning of this!" Mace demanded.

"We are leaving the Jedi Order." J'son said. "When asked why, we will tell the republic that the Jedi are not peacekeepers. They are nothing more than hypocritical zealots who think they are more important than they actually are."

"Where will you go?" Kit Fisto asked.

"Wherever the Force wills us to go." J'son said. "Just because we leave the Jedi Order doesn't mean we lose our connection to the Force... Unless the Council knows a technique to cut off our connection to the Force?" He challenged.

"No, knows." Yoda said. "Such an ability, the Council does not."

With that, J'son, Anya, Anakin, Ahsoka, Qui Gon, Obi Wan, Dooku, Plo Koon, and Aayla Secura left the Council chambers, leaving their Lightsabers, robes, and Utility Belts on the Council chamber's floor.

"Mother Krif!" Mace snapped.

J'son led his group through Coruscant down to the deepest levels and into a "Safe" house. He unlocked the door from the other side with the Force and led them in.

He ran to the other side of the room, deactivated the defenses and moved over to a stack of crates, checking each crate before handing them out to the others.

"What is in this young J'son?" Plo asked.

"Gear for each of us." J'son said. "When the Force speaks, you listen."

Each member opened the crates to find clothes, robes, gear, a utility belt, and...

"LIGHTSABERS!" Ahsoka and Anya shrieked as they pulled out Lightsabers, one for Anya, two for Ahsoka.

"J'son." Qui Gon said. "When? How?"

J'son pulled out his twin Lightsabers and activated them to show the white glow of Purified Kyber Crystals. "Do you remember when we infiltrated Palpatine's office and killed him?" He asked.

"Yes."

"Well, he had a stash of Red Kyber Crystals he'd tortured into bleeding. The Force told me to take them and purify them, and you taught me to always listen to the Force. So, I did, and now I know why."

"Why?" Anya asked.

"Because. We will start an Order of Grey or slightly Dark Jedi in order to solve the problems that the Jedi refuse to, starting with Zygeria."

"Do not let your emotions guide you young one." Dooku said.

"I'm not. I'm listening to the Will of the Force. It's telling me to go to Zygeria."

Qui Gon and Dooku listened to the Force and felt the pull to Zygeria.

"Very well Young One." Dooku said. "We shall go to Zygeria to deal with the Zygerians."

"Let's go." Anakin said walking out of the back, covered head to toe in grey pants, tunic, and robes. His new Lightsaber hanging at his hip.

Anya and Ahsoka ran to the back to change while J'son and the others changed where they stood.

When they were changed, they walked into the back where J'son had a ship he and Anakin had repaired in secret on their free time. They boarded, went through a pre-flight checklist, and shot off for Zygeria. The Galaxy was not prepared for this new Order of Grey or slightly darker Jedi.

Asajj Ventress felt the Force calling her to Zygeria, and followed, not sure why, but felt confident she would find out when she arrived.