Zaalbar Tokocharger

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- Zaalbar Tokocharger

""A good soldier is not someone who never fails, a good soldier is someone who never quits.""

- Zaalbar Tokocharger

""Experience is a mean teacher. It gives you the exam first, then the lesson.""

- -Zaalbar Tokocharger to his Padawan Jacen Brashin

""My biggest enemy is me, myself, and I.""

- Zaalbar Tokocharger







Lightsaber Crystals
24 BBY

The Republic ship, Dauntless,  cruised through hyperspace on its way to Ilum. Zaal felt a vibration go through the ship as the ship dropped out of hyperspace. The icy planet filled the cruisers windows. Two Padawans were aboard the ship along with Zaal. Chalu, a female Mon Calamari, and Trov Lya'Tu, a male Bothan. These three were technically young to go find their lightsaber crystals, but the the Force said otherwise, and they were on their own trip, separate from the rest of the Padawans that would come in months, and maybe years.

The Dauntless lowered through the atmosphere, and the icy wind quickly intercepted the ship, and Zaal heard as the ships heater rumbled, preventing the cold prom penitrating the thick durasteel hull. after a minuet of blindness the ships auto-nav computer found its resting point on the icy ground, of what seemed a long forgotten landing pad. Master Yoda walked into the room with the Padawans..

(To be continued)

Training Missions
22 BBY

Zaal was in the training room in the Jedi Temple. He was jumping from pole to pole, but was slipping on a few.

"Concentrate, Zaal." His master,  Vette Derlih, said. "Let the Force guide you, help you in your training." He stopped, and fell to the floor. Vette was a blue Twi'lek, as Zaal was.

"But-it's-too-hard-Master." He panted out. Vette walked over, and helped him up. Zaal dusted himself off, and sat in a chair in the corner.

"My young Padawan, you must learn to use the Force to strengthen you." Vette said, sitting beside him.

"But it's... Too hard... Even with the Force." He said, trying to regain his breath, and Master Vette shook her head.

"You are very strong, but you must learn to focus. Enough for today, go get some rest." Vette said.

The smell of freshly cooked food greeted him, as he entered the mess hall. Zaal got his food, and heard his friend Aarok Bactamark.

"Hey, Zaal, over here!" Aarok  called over to him.

"Hey, Master Aarok!" Zaal said, and hurried over, and sat down.

"What about a quick training duel after we eat?" Zaal asked."

"Sure!" Aarok said.

"Okay." Zaal said, and started eating.

They quickly finished their meal, and walked to the dueling pad.

"So Zaal, I hear your Master has a trying time with You." Aarok said,

"Well kind of." Zaal replied.

"Very well, let's begin." Aarok said,

"Okay." Zaal replied. "Master Aarok, you ready?" Zaal then asked.

"You bet!" Aarok responded.

Zaal and Aarok stepped into the ring. He reached down, and grabbed his lightsaber, ignited it, and held it forward. Zaal took the first move, and swung his saber down toward Aarok's blade. He deflected Zaal's first thrust down to the left and went back to guard just in time to parry another thrust. That came close to getting under his guard. Zaal let his blade slide down Aarok's, then pivoted under Aarok's guard, freeing his blade to face Aarok from the right. Aarok stepped back and swung around as he adjusted his stance to meet Zaal's attack. Aarok let his right hand go of his saber, and extended the blade in a one handed thrust to give him more reach, as he advanced on Zaal, but Zaal would have none of that. Zaal brought down his saber on the tip of Aarok's blade, with maximum force, and knocked it out of his hand.

"Good job, Master Aarok." Zaal said, his saber pointed at him. Zaal deactivated his saber, and picked up Aarok's. "Here." Zaal said, and tossed it to Aarok.

"Thank you, Zaal, You are very skilled. Your Master should be proud, but now you need to hone your skill, to truly be the best you can be." Aarok said, accepting his lightsaber.

(part is being continued)

Hunting the Hunter
(Soon to arrive :D)

Rescuing the Master
22 BBY

Zaal and Aarok walked stealthily through the underground building. Zaal's Master, Vette Derlih, had been kidnapped, by the Separatists.

"Zaal, Stop!" Aarok said quietly, and Zaal obeyed. Battle droids marched down the corridor. The Jedi stepped into a small room quickly.

"Hey, you're not supposed to be here!" said a droid, who had spotted them.

"Famous last words of a droid." Zaal commented, and whipped out his saber, and left the droid in a smoking heap of spare parts. More droids walked in. Zaal and Aarok had reduced half of them to smoldering junk. suddenly the droids started retreating.

"I hate it when they do that." Aarok said.

"Do what?" Zaal asked.

"Retreat with no reason." Aarok said

"There's always a reason, Master Aarok."

"Thats why I hate it."

"Ar-three, find out where Master Vette is." Zaal ordered his astromech droid, pointing to a datajack.

The droid gave a response of a series of beeps, and rolled over to the spot in the wall. after a few moments, the droids head swiveled around, and produced a ghostly blue holoprojection. Master Vette was bound to a chair in am empty room.

"That makes no sense. She should be heavily guarded." Zaal said

"It makes perfect sense. It's a trap." Aarok said. "And may be made for us, personally."

Ok, so it's a trap, what's our next move?" Zaal asked.

"We do as usual. We spring it."

"Thats a plan I can follow."

Zaal and Aarok hurried to the chamber where Master Vette was being held. Zaal immediately started working on the door, ignoring the R3 unit. The door swooshed open, and Zaal walked in.

"Master!" Zaal exclaimed.

"Zaalbar!" Master Vette said. "It's a Trap!"

"Yes, we Know, Master."

"Well, you just walked into it."

"That's the plan."

"You know, Zaal, sometimes, your methods surprise me."

Behind them, the droid monster, Grievous walked in, before Zaal had time to unbind his Master.

"Jedi Scum!" Grievous said, with three of Magnaguards next to him.

"Zaal, don't attack." Master Vette ordered.

"I won't leave you, Master."

"Zaal, You won't leave your master. You will leave this one to me." Aarok said.

"Not a chance, Master Aarok." Zaal said, and activated his saber. "No one can beat him alone."

"Ah, two more sabers to add to my fine collection." Grievous said, and went into a coughing fit.

"How 'bout I add your's to mine?" Zaal taunted.

"Fool!" Grievous said.

"Do not underestimate him!" Master Vette said.

Grievous reached for his four sabers, and advanced on Aarok, and Zaal.

Zaal swung his blade ar Grievous, but was easily deflected. Zaal and Aarok fought the beastly droid until the point of complete exhaustion. But Zaal managed to cripple his left leg.

"This is not the last of me!" Grievous snarled, and crawled out on his four arms in a spider like fashion.

"Coward. if you so much as scratch his armor, he crawls away to get repairs." Zaal commented. but the Magnaguards were still a problem.

The droids advanced, electro rods crackling with energy. Zaal sliced at the droid, but these droids were quick. bouncing off the electrostaff, Zaal swiveled around and cut the droid’s head off. That did not stop it. These droids had a photoreceptor in their chest, allowing them to fight without a head. Zaal faught fiercely, calling upon the force for strength. Aarok, and Zaal eventually chopped down the droids.

Zaal rushed over to his master, and released her from the chair. red lights flashed, and sirens blazed. Droids rushed in.

"Master, here!" Zaal said, and tossed one of the Magnaguards electro stafft to her. Master Vette caught it, and slammed it into the chest of a B2 battle droid. Zaal chopped and sliced at the droids, and deflected blasts. The door to the chamber slammed shut.

"Zaal you get the door! I'll cover you!" Aarok yelled.

"Yes, Master Aarok." Zaal replied. Zaal burst through the wall of droids blocking the door, reducing them to scraps. he plunged his blade into the durasteel door, and started cutting his way through. The droids pushed forward, but the Jedi Masters kept them back.

"Almost there..." Zaal said.

"You might want to hurry, I dont know how much longer we can hold this." Aarok replied.

"Got it!" Zaal said, and the circular metal slab fell with a clang on the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Master, you first!" Zaal said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Zaal, it is my job to protect you, not your's to protect me, you go." Master Vette said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Master..." Zaal said annoyed. He slipped into the middle of the droids.

<p class="MsoNormal">"ZAAL!" Master Aarok, and Vette exclaimed.

<p class="MsoNormal">Zaal jumped into the air, and reached into the Force. He pushed out with the force so hard, that the droids slammed into the wall, and cracked it.

<p class="MsoNormal">Master Vette stood, amazed. "H-how?" She asked

<p class="MsoNormal">"I dont know." Zaal said. "It just kinda happened I guess."

<p class="MsoNormal">"We'll talk later, right now we have bigger problems." Aarok interrupted.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Agreed." Zaal said. The droids just kept coming, and the Jedi just kept slicing them down.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Zaal, which way to the exit?" His master asked.

<p class="MsoNormal">"The northern wall has an air-lift out of here." Zaal replied. He had studied the blueprints of the place over and over, memorized every inch of it.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Destroyer droids incoming!" Aarok said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Finally, some fun." Zaal replied.

<p class="MsoNormal">"You have a strange sense of fun, Zaal." Master Vette said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Well, I'm afraid that your sense of fun, is boring." Zaal replied with a grin. <h2 class="MsoNormal">Republic Commando (Soming soon)

Hijacked
(Coming Soon)

Crafter
(Coming Soon)

<h2 class="MsoNormal">Agents Of The Dark Side 22 BBY - Dromund Kaas

""Darkness is everywhere. Shine a light on it, and it temporally disappears, but as soon as it is turned off, the darkness returns""

- Zaalbar Tokocharger

Walk 'n Talk
Clouds brewed overhead, and rain pounded everything in sight mercilessly. Lightning flashed in the sky, and thunder was heard all around. Zaal walked through the mud, and swamp, with Jedi Master Aarok Bactamark following behind him.

Vette Derlih had sustained minor injuries when they were walking through some of the more dangerous swamps. She had the misfortune to step into a hole, that was probably the den of some amphibious creature. Spraining her ankle, she had to stay behind to watch the ship, while Zaal annd Aarok went off on the mission. The ship held a cargo bay that housed three speeders, but the Jedi left them, to prevent any unwanted attention. Large enough to acompany 12 people, each with their own room.

The Republic had a secret base here on Dromund Kaas, the planet had a very high potential of a Separatist outpost. It was the perfect place. And with the influences of the Dark Side, The Separatists coud become even more reckless, and ruthless.

The Republic Base was known as Laxu, located near the small city Shakka. It was prepared for an all out attack, and there was always a small group of Jedi there at all times, to push the Dark Force away. Someone, or something was not happy. The base had been obliterated. That's all they knew. All power had been knocked out, but hours after the attack, a security probe that happened to survive the assault, flickered on, and sent the news to the Republic, before it short circuited.

"Master Aarok, I do believe Laxu is two miles due east from here?" Zaal asked.

"One-point-eitght-three-five miles from here to be exact." Aarok usualy never bothered to be exact, but when in need of conversation, Aarok will be precise.

"You and your mathmatition brain," Zaal said.

"I am not showing off. I am simply giving the exact distance." Aarok replied Smirking.

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Laxu
""A Jedi must always be prepared for devastation, disaster, and darkness""

- Zaalbar Tokocharger

They talked about nothing as they walked. About half a mile from Laxu is when the action started.

"Zaal, stop!" Aarok said. Zaal did as told. In the smallest fraction of a second possible, a red beam streaked passed him, splintering the tree right where his heart would have been. The smell of ozone filled the air. Zaal already had his saber activated, ready to deflect another attempt. Nothing came. Zaal did not feel any change in the Force, indicating a living being was near.

"Master Aarok, did you feel another intelligent being nearby?" Zaal asked.

"No." Aarok's simple reply came. "Some one was prepared for Jedi. Cloaking the danger from the Force. Zaal, keep a look out for anything out of the ordinary."

"Yes Master." Zaal said. This required ending any conversation; any distraction could mean the end of their life.

Roughly a quarter hour later, the Jedi arrived at the ruins. The only parts of the actual Base, what was firmly in the ground, stood no more than a meter. Rubble had been thrown everywhere. It was clear none of this had been done with blasters. Stunned, Zaal and Master Aarok just stood, surveying the ruins.

"What-" Zaal started, but Master Aarok interrupted him,

"Even I don't know, but I have a sure feeling it wasn't the Seps."

Zaal bent down and picked up a small security probe. "Let me see if I can get the data out of this." Zaal said.

"Alright, just be cautious and alert." Aarok said, and started looking at the damage more closely.

Zaal popped upen the driod, and pulled a small tool from a pouch attached to his belt. After several minutes of tinkering with it, Zaal managed to re-activate it. He attached it to his datapad, and downloaded what it recorded the day of the attack.

"Master Aarok, I got more than planned out of this. It is mostly functional. I downloaded what it recorded the day it was decommisoned, but I doubt here is the place to view it."

"Get a good recording of the damage here, and send it to the Jedi Council." Aarok said.

"This probe was designed to send information to the bases central computer. The computer sent all information to Coruscant. If we can't find the computer, and repair it, we'll have to wait." Zaal said.

"Can you reprogram it quickly?"

"Yeah, no prob. what do you want me to do with it?"

"Send the information to your Master, and have her relay it to Coruscant via the ships computer."

"I can do that, Master, but Master Vette has to accept the recalibration too. Giver her a call and tell her to set the radio frequency to accept this transmission."

Aarok did so, and only minutes later, Zaal was recording the damage. They had surveyed the damage, recording it along the way, and sent it to Master Vette, who sent it to the Jedi Council, then the two Jedi started moving some of the rubble to see what was burried beneath. Whoever or whatever attacked sure knew how to redefine ther term obliterate Under the rubble, was only more rubble. Nothing had survived.

"I knew one of the Jedi that was stationed here..." Aarok said, and without completing the thought, he added, "Something just looks wrong here. Like something is missing."

Zaal once again looked at the ruins. It was obvious. "Master Aarok, where are all the bodies of the soldiers who were here?"

"That's it! It was obvious, and we were looking too hard." Aarok exclaimed. "Zaal, I don't know where they are, but there were hundreds of troops here. No one, or thing could drag them all away. We're dealing with something far more powerful than we thought."

"What Master?" Zaal asked?

"I'm not sure, but I believe it may be someone who is somehow connected to the Force." Aarok finished.

Unexpected
''Not too far away, a spy was perched in a tree. Macrobinoculars in hand, watching the Jedi, the spy was ready to execute her plan. She covered her supplies under a camouflage covering and leapt from the tree. Several minutes later, she arrived at her destination.''

Zaal was meditating when he hear a blood curdling scream. He jumped, and looked at Master Aarok. Aarok nodded and they both sprinted off in the direction the sound came. Leaping over the remains of Laxu, bushes, and other obstacles, Zaal and Master Aarok approached a young  woman, a little older than Zaal.

The woman seemed to have not noticed the presence of the two Jedi.

"Ma'am, what's wrong?" Aarok said firmly. The girl jumped, oblivious to the fact they were there. "What's the problem?" Aarok repeated.

The girl slowly reached out, and pointed to a spot in the grass. Zaal walked closer to what she was pointing at. At first, he could not identify what it was, but soon realized it was a body. Zaal gasped, and turned around, nauseated.

"Master, you may want to take a look at that.." Zaal said.

Zaal saw Aarok let a tear slip. The Jedi Aarok mentioned earlier, Jeela Jissard, laid in the grass, lifeless. Jeela was an elder Jedi, and treated Aarok like her own child. It looked like she had been beat to death. She had multiple oddly angled limbs, and broken bones. Zaal caught a holo-image of Jeela, to report to the Jedi Council.

The girl who led them here, stood shaking, horrified at what she stumbled across.

"Ma'am, do you have shelter nearby?" Aarok asked, knowing the girl needed protection, and was lucky to get this close to Laxu.

She was pale in the face and with a whisper, barely audible, she said, "A-about an hour w-walk  t-that a way."

"Wait here. I'll be back. Zaal, stay with her." Aarok said. "If you need me, use your holocomm."

"Yes Master."

Aarok sprinted off, heading back to the ship.

"Where is he going?" The girl asked.

"Back to the ship. We have a few land speeders, we'll get to your home quick and safe as possible."

The girl nodded, and did not say another word untill Aarok got back.

Aarok's Return
Soon, Zaal could see Master Aarok in the distance, who had managed to hook up the other two speeders to follow behind him. This had taken Master Aarok less than twenty minutes, how he did it, Zaal hadn't a clue. All that mattered was that Aarok was back with the speeders.

"Took you long enough." Zaal said sarcastically over the holocomm.

"I ran into some technical difficulties. And I had a quick chat with your Master." Was Aarok's reply.

"So you're telling me you could've done that quicker?"

"Yes. That is exactly what I'm saying."

Zaal grinned, as Aarok stopped the speeders.

"So, what did you and Miss..." Aarok said, then turned to the girl. "I'm sorry, where are my manners, I forgot to introduce ourselves. I am Jedi Knight, Aarok Bactamark. This here is Padawan Zaalbar Tokocharger. Might I ask your name?"

"Emma. Emma Dunwell." She said, her voice still a little shaky.

"Alright, Miss Dunwell, would you like to get going?" Aarok asked.

Emma nodded, and Aarok gestured to the speeders. Zaal, Aarok, and Emma climbed on the speeders, and gunned the engines. Zaal, in his spare time, enjoyed working one mechanical devices, and this included speeders. He had invented a small device that lowers the sound of the speeders to an almost inaudible hum.

Zaal tossed Emma, and Aarok their helmets, and they put them on. Aarok gave the thumbs up, and Emma took the lead. Tall clumps of grass whipped at the bottom of the speeders. After about seven minutes of rushing over the uneven terrain, Emma slowed her speeder. After another minute, they came upon a depression in the ground. A good twenty feet deep, and seventy-five feet in radius. It looked as if it had been a small, cheaply made, man-on-man battle arena. Emma walked to the edge of the pit, and found the ladder that led them to the floor. Multiple passage ways covered by thick durasteel gates sprouted off in many directions. Emma walked to one of the nearest ones and grabbed a small log that was on the ground, next to the gate. She struggled to get the gate open, but did not succeed.

"Here, let me help." Zaal said, and closed his eyes. He cleared his mind of everything. His master, Laxu, the Clone Wars, all out of his mind. Then he reached out to the force. "D'on't go to the Force. Let the Force come to you." That was one thing Zaal learned from Master Aarok. Zaal lifted the durasteel gate with the force; and a loud metal-on-metal screech. Emma then shoved the log under the gate to hold it up. She got down on her stomach, and crawled under. Zaal and Aarok did the same, and dusted off their robes. After removing the log, they walked down the passage way. Torches lit up the walls, cobwebs covered the ceiling. They entered a large cavern; water dripped from stalactites into little pools of the the smooth ground.

"Thank you for helping me, Jedi"  Emma said. "I-I never expected to come across something like that, I came here to escape the war."

"It is our duty, as a Jedi, to help." Zaal said.

Zaal heart the snap-hiss of a lightsaber activating, and started to say something, but then realized it was not Master Aarok who activated the lightsaber. The being with the blade was hidden in the shadows. The glow of the lightsaber revealed a silhouette of a well-built man, in light armor, a mask, and loose robes. Another lightsaber lit, in the other hand of the figure. Two more humanoids appeared on either side of him, who, strangly enough, the Jedi were not able to use the force to sense their species. Emma, If that was actually her name, activated her own lightsaber. It was the only yellow blade in the cave.

"Jedi are more foolish than I thought." Emma said. "This was so easy, I'm almost worried you have a trap set for me"

"Without the Force, you are no match for either of us. We are two of the top blademasters in the Order." Aarok said.

"Oh, but you see, we can use the Force." Emma said, and grabbed Zaal with the Force, and pinned him to the cave wall. These users of the dark side, not Sith, were able to mask their Force ability.

Aarok reacted by throwing one of his lightsabers at Emma, causing her to lose focus, and allowing Zaal to fall to the ground. Zaal clumsily grabed his lightsaber, and activated it. The other three humanoids moved in, four more lightsabers added to the attack. Zaal took a swing at Emma, as Aarok lept high over the strangers, and noticed they were Chiss. Emma easily deflected Zaals first hit, but his plan did not involve killing her. He planed to get a sense of how Emma fought, so he could then subdue her, without injuring her. Zaal took a few more harmless swings. Behind him, Aarok pushed out with the force, causing a wave of pure energy to ripple through the air, that was so strong, any non-force user would hae had their bones shattered. Instead the Chiss were sent flying through the air, and hit the rock wall. Zaal was almost taked by supprise, when the bigger guy, species still unknown, attacked from behind. Obviously, this man was quite adept in the ways of the darkside, Zaal had almost forgotten about him. Zaal saw, through the force, Aarok quickly grab a n old durasteel pipe, and use the force to strengthen him, and he twisted it twice around the Chiss.

Zaal knew that he could not take on Emma, and the unknown man alone. He had two options. One, wait for Aarok to aid him, and two, use Form VII, which involved tapping into the darkside of the force. He did not like the odds of waiting, so he switched fighting forms, and allowed the Dark side of the force to run through him. His master had once told him to never accept the dark side, and the second time it tempts him, it will only be harder to resist. Zaal knew the dangers of this, but he made sure to let the light side keep the darkness at bay. With his new found power, Zaal lept in the air, and kicked the larger man in the face. He felt cartilage crack under his boot, and knew he had broken th man's nose. Zaal then swong his lightsaber at the man, who was stunned, did not see it coming. Lucky for him, Emma kicked Zaal in the back from behind. On the ground, Zaal gahtered the force, while he distracted his probable soon to-be killers.

"I never thought it would be this easy to defeat a Jedi." Emma said, her saber pointed at Zaal.

"You thought right. It aint gonna be this easy." Zaal said.

"I dont believe you are in any position to be saying stuff like that." Zaal said. The bulky man approached Aarok, while Zaal was still on the ground.

"And i dont believe you are as tuned to the force as you think." Zaal said, and swept out with his foot, knocking Emma to the floor. Zaal jumped into the air, and gathered as much of the force as he could, then released it all. Zaal had only done this once before, and again, only by tapping into the dark side, with Form VII. A wall of evergy ran through the cave, Smashing into both dark users. The man rolled to the side, just as Aaroks boot was coming down on his face. Aarok missed my a centimeter, and that was just enough for the man to get up, and attack Aarok. Emma, was nt as big, nor strong as her counterpart, was smarter, more agile, and more adept in the force. She quickly advanced Zaal, and a few meters away, let out a supercharge of voilet force lightning. Zaal was not able to deflect it, and was consumed by the dark energy. However, he did not cower to the pain. Using the power of the Dark side and the Lightside, Zaal was able to prevent the pain. He was not able to prevent the damage, but he felt little more than a shock. Zaal tossed his blade through the air, and it arched towards Emma. Emma lost focus, and dodged the spinning blade. Zaal reached down to grab a pipe from the floor, and swung it at Emmas skull. It made contact, and she collapsed, unconsious.

At that moment, Aarok lashed out with the force, ans sent the man hurtaling towards the other side of the cave. His hood fell off, and exposed Human features. The look on Aaroks face showed that he surly rechognized him.

"You!" Zaal heard the human shout, now that he knew he had been rechognized. Aarok, I remember you! "YOU! Aarok! I remember you! You were always better than me, and became a Knight the same year I did. You're 4 years younger than me, so why did you get to becoma a Knight first!? That is why i found truth in darkness! That is why I have sought revenge. Had your stupid padawan not tapped into the dark side of the force, both of you would be a dead carcus!

"Three things, Jake. One, Zaalbar is not my Padawan. Two,  he is smarter than you will ever by, and three, You need to reject the darkside. Do that, and you can rejoin the Jedi Order. Come back with us, become oe of the lightside again." Aarok replied.

"Never! Never again! You fail to see through their lies!" The man, Zaal assumed to be named Jake, yelled, then he began to engage Aarok furiously. As he got angrier, and more agressive,the stronger he became in the dark side. But he just could not control his own rage, and caused  his attacks became more and more sloppy. When he finally made a move, he failed to protect himself. His style of fighting provided equal offense and defense, but he did not make his move correctly, and exposed his right hand, and Aarok took that moment to slice clean through bone and flesh.

"AHG!!" Jake yelled. "Why? Why?" he muttered.

"My role as a Jedi is to bring peace to the galaxy. That includes stoping darkness. If you wont shed your shell of evil, I must stop you.

"You shall die!" Jake yelled, enraged. With those words uttered, Aarok was standing over a small chasm, at least 50 feet deep. Jacob dashed at Aarok, and swung wildly for his head, but  he missed, and lost his balance. Aarok reached out, and tried to pull him up, but it was Jacob's wounded hand, and he would not let Aarok save him. He attempted to cut Aarok's hand off, or pull Aarok down with him, but Zaal had incapacitated Emma by now, and was there pulling on Aarok's body to keep him from falling.

Jake's strike towards Aarok's arm was not successful, but Aarok let go to miss the blow, and Jacob was no more. His final words; ""No!!"

"Master, you seemed to have rechognized him. Who was he?"

"Wheres Emma?" Aarok said, ignoring Zaal' question.

"She is out cold. I used the constructed a temporart cage out of some pipes, using the force to place, and weld togeather. I also put a force barrier aroud it, to prevent any escape"

"Impressive. Most impressive." Aarok congradulated. "And yes, i did rechognise him. His name is Jacobi 'Lesona. He is a few years older than I am, and we used to be great friends. I never knew he left the Jedi Order, nor that he bacame one of the dark side." Aarok said.

"I-I'm sorry Master. You've now lost two friends in the same day."

It's alright bud." Aarok said. "Now," he said, "Let's get Miss Dunwell, and the other two to the prison on Diab."

"Prison? On Diab? I've never heard of it." Zaal said. "I'm not surprised. I'm not supposed to know of it, at least according to the Code, but Yoda, Master Windu, and Master Kenobi told me about it when we captured Sith Acolyte back in 23 BBY. It's a place to house Sith and Force sensitive people who are a threat the the Order and the Republic. That is where we're gonna take these three." Aarok answered.

"Okay. Diab, where is that again?" Zaal asked.

"It's located in the Diab system, out in Wild Space. The Prism, as the prison is called, orbits Diab's sixth moon." Aarok told him.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">"Okay. Well, I guess we better get going." Zaal said.

"Indeed. Zaal, take a speeder back to the ship, and bring it back here, so we don't have to transport them on foot, and we'll sedate them when we get them onto the ship." Aarok told Zaal all of this without saying a word. He was using Jedi Hand Signals, which Zaal had recently learned, and so Zaal did as told. The two Chiss wondered where Zaal was going, and Aarok used the time to interrogate Emma.

Zaal joged out of the cave, crawled under the gade, and jumped on a speeder. He gunned the engine, and zoomed off toward the ship. As he rushed over the rugged terrain, Zaal thought about the duel in the cave. ''Was it really necessary to have used the dark side? ''Zaal thought. He could feel it attempting to invade him. Zaal knew the power it could bring him. ''Can someone use the darkside for good? ''

"No, thats the darkness speaking" Zaal said aloud. But now that the thought had crossed his mind, he had to admit, it was a good question. Several minuets over pondering on that question, Zaal arrived at the ship. MAster Vette heard the whine of the speeder when it was kilometers away, and was already waiting outside of the ships.

"Zaal, what happened, where is Aarok?" Master Vette asked, worried."

"it's OK, Master. He sent me here, so we can take the ship to him. We have a few acolyte's of the darkside. Aarok stayed to prevent their escape."

"I see. Alrighty then, lets get over there."

Zaal and Vette rushed to the cockpit, and fired up the engines. Zaal pointed his master where to go, and they reached the cave in just under a minuet.

"I dont see a cave." Vette said

"How observant Master." Zaal said sarcastically." Were standing on it. Follow me"

Master Vette limped out of the ship, an Zaal noticed she was doing on her foot than before. The Force had aided her in healing, quite quickly. Zaal suspected she could walk on it nomrally by the folowing day. They managed to find the gate proped up by the log, and to crawl under it, and they marched down the cave.

"Master Aarok, The ship is ready to transport our prisoners." Zaal said.

"Great." Aarok said. "Ah, I see you are doing better, Master Vette."

"Indeed I am." Vette said with a smile. "Zaal, Help me get these goons to the ship." Aarok said.

Zaal say the Chiss and Emma were all out cold, and the Chiss were still bound togeather by the durasteel pipe. Aarok, being older, and stronger, heaved both of the chiss, and managed to drag them under the gate, and on the ship. Zaal grabed Emma, and got he on the ship too, then the ships engines rumbled, and they took off. Aarok locked the three prisoners in the ships brig, and then took over as pilot.

The Prism
"This place, it's rather quaint isn't it?" Aarok asked.

"Yes, I think so." Zaal replied.

They docked in the hangar of the Prism, and unloaded their prisoners. Then the handed over the Chiss to the prision guardsm who put the Chiss in cells that were next to each other, and put Emma in a Desinged to prevent  even the strongest of Force users from escaping. After their smooth drop off, they returned to the ship, and awaited the Council's guidance about whether or not to return to Dromund Kaas. The Council did not respond for some time, but when they did, they told Aarok, Zaalbar, and Master Derlih to return to Dromund Kaas. They were to figure out what happened to the base, then report back to the Council for further instructions. They obeyed, and immediately set a return course for Dromund Kaas.

"Ugh," Zaal complained, the effects of allowing the Dark Side to partially control himself still lingered "We have to go back there?"

"Yes Zaal." Aarok replied.

"But we'll get there, figure out what happened, and then we'll most likely be done." Master Derlih replied.

They were all silent for the rest of the trip back. Aarok meditated, while Zaal continued to tinker with the speeders, and Master Derlih got some much needed rest, to continue healing.

Return
<p style="margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;">"We've arrived." Aarok spoke over the comms. Zaal was the only one who came to the bridge.

"Where's Vette?" Aarok asked.

"I told her to keep resting." Zaal replied.

"Very well," Aarok responded, "Let's head back to Laxu."

"Yes Master." Zaal answered.

They landed near Laxu, and prepared to exit the ship.

"Zaal," Aarok said aloud,

"Yes Master?" Zaal asked,

"When we're done here, we're going to collect the body of Master Jissard, and return her to the Temple." Aarok replied.

"I think thats a good idea. I dont very much like the idea of sharing a ship with a dead body, but I think her friends would very much appretiate it, and she could have a proper funeral." Zaal answered.

They headed towards the ruins of Laxu once again, reaching the destination in a short time. They discovered something that was missed before. There, in the rubble, laid what appeared to be a Lightsaber hilt. Aarok grabbed it with the Force, but immediately knew it wasn't Master Jissard's. He assumed that it belonged to another Jedi stationed there, who lost it during the events leading up to the bases annihilation. He attached to his belt, for safe keeping, until it could be returned to the Temple.

<p style="border:0px;font-weight:normal;margin:0.4em0px0.5em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:22px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;">Zaal and Aarok once again just stood there in dismay, as they examined the ruins for a second time. Laxu was not a large base, more of an average sized outpost, but it was still utterly  destroyed. They continued to examine the ruins, surveying all of the damage, all the while, still having no idea of what happened.

<p style="border:0px;font-weight:normal;margin:0.4em0px0.5em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:22px;orphans:auto;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;">While they were surveying, Aarok caught a glimpse of something reflecting faintly in the distance. Hesignaled to Zaal, and they headed for it. When they got there, Aarok was about to remove the helmet of the body, when he glanced at the neck line, and saw only bones. He then used Force Sight, and determined that this body had been there for a long time. They didn't see a Lightsaber with the body, but the one they had previously picked up looked to be of the same era, so Aarok theorized that it was the Jedi's. Aarok was only surmising this, but he believed it the lost logical explanation. Aarok then thought he saw something move.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">He signaled to Zaal with hand signals, and they moved stealthily in that direction. They arrived where Aarok had thought to have seen the movement, only to find nothing there.

"Master Aarok, What was that all about?" Zaal asked.

"I dont know. I thought i heard something."

"Are yuo going crazy now?" Zaal asked, mostly sarcastic.

"Perhaps I am." Aarok replied in a serious tone.

"We gotta get away from this forsaken, dark place.."

"Indeed, Zaal. Indeed we do."

The Storm Beast
It was then, that they both heard a roar so loud, Zaal was sure he was going to go deaf. Zaal had to fight, inorder to prevent his trembeling, at the sight of the monsters sheer size. They were looking at a Storm Beast... It was massive, and angry. Zaal was pretty sure it was not just hungy, but that someone, or something had provoked it.

Master, what in the galaxy is that!?" Zaal asked in alarm.

"It's called a Storm Beast." Aarok replied.

"A what?" Zaal asked, almost unable to hear him.

"A Storm Beast. It's usually native to Malachor V, but it shouldn't be here. They went extinct circa 3951 BBY. They're extinct, so my boy, how are they here?" Aarok answered, then asked.

"Are you really asking me?" Zaal asked in dismay.

"It was a general question, directed to both of us." Aarok calmly replied.

"You seem a little bit too calm for this. Even for a Jedi Master." Zaal said.

"I've had experience with large, beasty,  animals before." Aarok replied solemnly.

"When?" Zaal asked,

"I'll explain later." Aarok replied. "Now," he started to say, "let's take care of this Storm Beast, and then discover who or what set it off, and how it is alive." Aarok replied.

"Remember that Zillo Beast that attacked Coruscant?" Zaal asked as he activated his lightsaber. "Lets just hope this ancient beast has penatrable scales."

"You can say that again. We dont want to battle an invincable monster alone. Try for its skull. If our lightsabers can penatrate it, we should be able to sever its brain."

"Affirmative, Master."

Zaal rushed towards the Storm Beast, and was supprised at how quick it moved, for its size. He rolled to avoid the massive foot of the storm beast, and heard Aarok say, "Oh, and "One more thing, Zaal. Try not to get squashed. I'd hate to have to tell your Master that you died." Aarok put on a half-childish grin.

"Id hate to not be able to help the galaxy in need. If i get squashed, then the galaxy is one Jedi short for peace keeping."

They enaged the beast, but didn't seem to be getting anywhere. Every time they would take a swing, the Storm Beast already had its own attack coming from a different direction, preventing the Jedi to do any real harm. Zaal penetrated the thick hide of the beast's right foot, but it only angered the beast, who then kicked at Zaal,who flew a good 25 ft. Zaal twisted through the air, and realized he was about to land on an old, broked rusted pipe. Using the force, he attempted to miss it, but, lucky for him, Aarok used to Force to grab im in mid air, and lower him to safty.

"Thanks for the catch, Master." Zaal said.

"No problem. I said don't get squashed, that also means don't get impaled." Aarok replied smiling.

"Yeah, yeah. Sure thing." Zaal replied with a grin.

They returned to fighting the beast, and while Zaal had injured the beast's right foot, Aarok had cut around the diameter of its entire left foot, causing it to limp in severe pain. It was angered by this as well, but Aarok dodged its attacks.

Zaal managed to leap on the Storm Beats's head, and took a stab at its skull. The beast shook wildly, and zaal missed. The beast snaped at Zaal with its massive jaws, and Zaal was barly able to get clear. His lightsaber, however, was not so fortunate. The beast crushed the lightsaber, and flug Zaal off.

"Zaal, catch!" Aarok shouted. He grabed the old lightsaber they had discovered minuets before, and tossed it to Zaal, who caught it, activated it, and re-engaged the beast in one fluid motion. After getting thrown a third time, Zaal had enough. He reached out into the force, trying to avoid using the darkside. He gatered mass amounts of energy, and released it, causing the Storm Beasts head to implode. The beast faceplanted in the rock and grass, with so much frce, it shoot the ground like an earthquake.

Both Jedi were panting, and Zaal had brought himself dangerously close to overusing his power, and collapsing due to exaustion

After a minuet or so, Arrok spoke. "Now," he began, let's figure out where this beast came from, and how it has been revived, after its long extinction." Aarok said.

"I. I think thats probably a good idea." Zaal replied.

The Cave
"Now, we have two options." Aarok said. "Follow the path the Storm Beast left, or find some other way."

"Woulden't the logical plan to folow the path?" Zaal asked.

"Yes, but then again, if i were to revive a long dead monster, i would not want connect it to me. Whoever, or whatever revived it could have placed it someplace away from their hideout."

"True. Very true. But where would we start if we were to look somewhere else?"

"Thats a very good question."

"I vote we follow the path."

"Why do you say that, young padawan?"

"Because.." Zaal knew it was a trick question. "Because even if it was transported someplace far away from the place it came from, ther may still be a hint of where it came from."

"Good answer. But I did notice that hesitation." Aarok answered. "Now, lest folow that trail."

With that, they followed the path of destruction from where the beast had come, and found a cave entrance, where a giant cave was located,  and activated their lightsabers, to shed some light inside the cave.

"So, I assume that this was the beast's lair." Zaal said

"A logical assumption, and a good observation. Good job, Young One." Aarok replied smiling.

"Thanks, Master." Zaal replied happily.

"You're welcome." Aarok replied in a gentle tone. "Now," he began, "I surmise that Emma, Jacob, and the other two goons were only foot soldiers for a larger more powerful coalition, headed by someone far more powerful than any of them."

"Really?" Zaal asked, surprised.

"Yes, I have two possible choices, but both seem illogical." Aarok began.

"Well, what are they?" Zaal asked.

"The first would be the Dark Lord that we've been looking for, Darth Sidious, but I doubt he would trouble himself with such lowly Force wielders. The other choice is more illogical, because he's been dead for almost 960 years." Aarok replied.

"You mean, Darth Bane?" Zaal asked. "Is that even possible?"

"Perhaps, but it was a wild guess. I assumed it because perhaps the spirit of Bane is here on Dromund Kaas, and could be what revived the Storm Beast as well. Nevertheless, it was a wild guess, and a most illogical assumption. I surmise that is someone new we have not yet encountered." Aarok finally finished.

"I see." Zaal simply replied. "Well, there is one more posibility."

"Is there?"

"Yeah. So you know what happens when a hyperdrive fails, right?"

"Yes, i do."

"Yeah, four possibilities. Hyperspace it inbetween dimentions. If a hyperdrive fails, your ship may explode, or if your lucky you will fall out is dead space, with only sublight engines. But there are two more uncommon posibilities. You can fall into the other dimention, or fall through time."

"I see.." Aarok said thinking it over."

"It soude just as crazy, but its not impossible. There could have been some sort of transport ship that this thing was on, and the ship crashlanded here, on Droumound Kaas, after it fell through time due to hyperdrive failure."

"Possible, yes. Still crazy as any other."

They journeyed deeper into the cave, until they heard what sounded like voices in the distance.

"Jedi, come to me. I wish to speak with you." A voice echoed down the cave walls.

"Was he talking to us?" Zaal asked slightly frightened.

"I believe that we're the only two Jedi here." Aarok replied. "Calm yourself, Zaal. We'll be fine. I won't let anything, and I mean anything happen to you." Aarok said.

"Thanks, Master." Zaal said. With that, he boosted his confidence, and bravery, and they began to follow the voice.

They arrived to find the Specter of a long-dead Sith Lord. Aarok's assumptions were correct, it was Darth Bane...

"I knew it!" Aarok exclaimed. "But how is this possible!?"

"Master, was'nt Darth Bane's soul, and essence cast out into oblivion, when he attempter to take over his apprentice?"

"Which only complicates thigs more."

"She proved that she was worthy of becoming the Dark Lord Of The Sith." Bane informed thim, in an sharp tone. "I have returned to grant you both unlimited power, and to offer you a choice, join the Dark Side, and you can overthrow the weak and feeble Jedi Order, and rule the Galaxy as Master and Apprentice. Should you choose to accept my offer, you would become Darth Eternal & Darth Merciless. You would rule the Galaxy as my servants, and do my bidding, but have free reign over all the worlds in this universe. You would have limitless power! Now, will you join me?" Darth Bane finished.

"But that breaks the Rule Of Two. What about Darth Sidious?"

"He is no true sith!" Bane said outraged at the embarrasment he is to the Sith. "Now answer me, do you join the darkside?"

"Never!" Both Zaal and Aarok said in unison.

"In that case.." Bane said, and conjured up an image of another Storm Beast attacking Master Vette. "I'll kill your master."

"Dont you dare!" Zaal said aggitated.

"Zaal, keep calm. He wants you to give into your anger." Aarok advised

"Yes, give into your hatred! Strike Aarok down, and you can save your Master from certain death. Then you can rule the galaxy with her by your side! Join me!" Bane boasted.

"I'll never join you!" Zaal replied. "I'd rather die!"

"So be it." Bane said angrily.

His Specter then faded away, and 15 Acolytes, and 25 more Minions appeared from the shadows.

"It's been an honor to learn from you Master Aarok." Zaal said.

"No matter what the odds, dont give up hope, Zaal. Once you give up hope, you have already lost the fight."

"You, and your wise quotes."

"For the Republic! For the Jedi Order!" Aarok yelled.

"For Master Drallig, Master Derlih, Master Yoda, and the rest of the Jedi Order!" Zaal spoke.

As the Sith folowers were just about to attack, The Leader of them steped out and said, "Leave this to me."

None of the other folowers were quite convinced, but they lowered their blades, still activated.

Aarok obliged the Sith warrior, after he told Zaal to stand down, and they began to wage an epic duel. Aarok was overpowering the Sith  warrior, but then the warrior would regain strength using the Dark Side, and continue to mercilessly assault Aarok's blades.

Finally, Aarok Decided they had fought long enough. He knew the other sith, and Zaal would not just sit around and watch much longer. He acted like he was about to give up, but then proceeded to sever the warrior's hand. This caused a slight moan to come from the warrior, and Aarok then Force pushed him away. Thats one less sith to be dealt with.

Zaal actvated the yellow beam of the ancient lightsaber, as he watched the Dark acylote fall. Aarok and Zaal resumed their fight, and the Sith continued their unending assault. Finally, Aarok and Zaal appeared to be winning, and they took an opportunity that wouldn't have come again. It was obvious they did not have proper training, and the Jedi used Force repulse to unsteady half of the Sith, and launch the other half into some jagged debris and rocks, causing their unfortunate demise. Aarok took on half of the remaining warriors, while Zaal took the other half, which totaled to about 7 for Zaal, and 8 for Aarok.

Zaal was handling his 7 quite well, dispatching 3 in A metter of seconds, and Aarok had dispatched 4 in about the sam time as well; All of the warriors were very easy to launch into things, or throw things at, that the warriors refused to dodge for some reason, once again proving how little they knew of the Force. Aarok and Zaal then decided to take on the 8 together, and dispatched with 4 more in a matter of seconds, finishing with the other 4 mere moments later.

After 10 minutes of viscous fighting between the warriors, the 5 minute duel, and another 4 minutes to eliminate the rest, Aarok and Zaal were very weary. Now that the Sith had been defeated, they both didn't know what to do. Then, they sensed something nearby. They decided to investigate, and thus stumbled upon an Ancient Sith Holocron. They attempted to contact Master Derlih, to seek her guidance, and the Council's on such an important find, but couldn't get a signal so deep inside the cave.

"Well, my instincts say we should either leave it here, or destroy it. Otherwise, it could lead us down a path I don't want either of us to follow." Aarok spoke.

"I agree. I think we should return to the entrance, try for a better signal, and then if told to do so, block the entrance to the cave, permanently." Zaal replied.

​"Good idea. Let's leave the crystal here. I don't want anything happening." Aarok responded.

"But, don't you think we should bring it, just in case?" Zaal asked, unknowingly beginning to fall under its spell, after his excessive use of the dark side.

"What!? Why would we bring it back?" Aarok asked.

", Well, the Jedi could learn so much. It may even aid us in the war.." Zaal replied. "I-im sorry master, that was not really me talking.

"Right. Yes, let's get going, and leave it here. We'll leave a beacon nearby, in case we lose our way if we come back." Aarok said.

Yes, Master." Zaal answered.

With that, they left the Holocron, and began their return trip to the cave entrance. They finally arrived at the entrance, severely weakened both mentally and physically from the journey to exit the cave. The Dark Side was very strong in this realm, and it was wearing them down.

"Master Derlih, come in." Zaal spoke over the holocomm.

"Yes, Zaalbar?" Master Derlih responded.

"We've located a Sith Holocron. What do you think we should do?" Aarok asked.

"Leave it there. Don't return to that place. Get out now!" Master Derlih ordered.

"But Master, we still haven't determined where the Storm Beast came from. Maybe the Holocron can tell us." Zaal replied.

"No, it's too dangerous for you Zaalbar. You must return to the ship immediately. Aarok, if you wish to find out, you may. I trust that your resistance to the Dark Side is stronger than Young Zaal's." Master Derlih spoke.

"Yes, Master." Aarok replied. "I'll send Zaal back immediately."

"Master!? Why do I have to return, but Aarok can stay? It's just as dangerous for him, as it is for me. Please, let me stay!" Zaal pleaded.

"No. That is final. Return to the ship at once." Master Derlih replied, then ended the transmission.

"Do as you're told, Young One. Don't worry Zaal, I'll be fine." Aarok assured him.

"Yes, Master Aarok." Zaal replied reluctantly.

Zaal then left the cave, to return to the ship, while Aarok went to return to the Holocron, alone...

Journy to the ship
Zaal walked out, not very fond of the idea of leaving Master Aarok alone with the possible danger. ''What if there is another Storm Beast in there? ''Zaal thought to himself. ''There is no way he'd survive it alone. ''

As Zaal walked, he though about what had happened that day. He though about leaving Aarok there to study teh Holocron in a place that if it were to corrupt him, he could do no damage. He thought about how helples he was at the moment. The Jedi Masters were a little too over protective towards him.

"Why dont they trust me? Why wont they let me stay?" Zaal asked alound. "Stop it, thats not you talking." He said a little quieter. "You really should not have alloud the dark side to aid you."

He had been walking for quite some time now, when he got the feeling that Aarok was in trouble. He just kept walking, until the idea of aarok being in trouble overwhelmed him.

Grabing his holocomm, he said "Master."

"Yes, Zaal" Came her reply.

"Im turning back to get Aarok." He said.

"No your not, i told you to get back to the ship."

"I know, Master, but i just got the feeling that Aarok was in danger."

"Zaal, you keep--"

"Sorry Master." He said, after he ended the transmission in the middle of her sentence

He then started  to sprint back the way he came...

Back at the Cave
In only a few minuets, Zaal had already reached the cave entrance. He burst through it, but was pretty sure he was already too late. He had no idea what he would find, but was pretty certain it was not going to be good.

Zaal approahed Aarok, who had cllapsed on the ground. The force told Zaal that Aarok was perfectly fine, but his eyes told him otherwise. Once again, the Dark side tempted Zaal, and he usd the Force to smash the Holocron agains the wall, shattering it instantly.

"Master." Zaal said worried. Aarok still laid on the floor, unmoving.

Padawan
__ BBY

Zaal sat in a room on his personal ship, known as ''The Revival. ''He named his ship that, in remermberance of the Republic. He had escaped Order 66, and he took that as a sign that he was still alive to revive the Republic, and the Jedi Order. Zaal was meditating, thinking over what he has contributed to the Jedi Order. Zaal saw one big thing missing. He had no padawan to folow his lead in the Jedi Order. Surely other Jedi survived. Zaal's master went missing in Order 66, Dead or alive, Zaal did not know.. Master Aarok survived, that, Zaal knew for a fact. Many years later, Zaal had never found Aarok, but the Force told him he was alive.

While Zaal meditated, he recieved a message from the Force. The first one in longer than he could remmeber. But ti was unclear. It was a vision, but more like a dream. Visions were usually very vivid, and detailed. Dreams were distant, and blurred. The only reason Zaal knew this was not a dream, is because he could feel that the Force had sent it too him. It seemed the Force wanted him to go to a location. Zaal could tell it was a very dangerous place. Gravity was a factor. But it was more than just a black hole. Multiple? Impossible. the black holes would have fought eachother, then who knows what would happen. But what could have this type of power?

Just then, Zaal heard an alarm on the ships computer go off. It told him he had recieved an unknown transmission. Zaal got up, and walked over to the navicomputer, stretching his legs after the long meditation. Sitting in the pilots seat, Zaal taped at the computer, and found the transmission was encrypted.

"Strange.." Zaal said to himself. the transmission had no origin. its like it came from everywhere, yet nowhere at the same time. Zaal sent it through the computer's decryption programs. several minusts later, he had results. Numbers. Just numbers? Zaal was confused, but after looking at them, he realized they were coorinants.

"The Force? The force must have sent this." Zaal had developed the habit of talking to himself, after being isolated, for so long, in The Revival, and  Zaal found the silence eeire.

Zaal hesitated before putting the coorinants into the navicomputer, but after a  moments of concideration, he put it in, and The Revival shot off into hyperspace.

The Maw
After The Revival exited hyperspace Zaal saw nothing. But he sure felt danger. Impossible Danger. Zaal ran the ships scanners, and discovered nothing withing four-hundred thousand kilometers on the ship. But he reached even further with the force. He knew what was there. Black holes. Hundreds of them.

"Revival?" Zaal said, to the computer

"Yes?" the femail voice, Zaal had programed to sound exaclty like Master Vette, replied.

"Give me any data you can find on a lage cluster of black holes."

"Cluster of black holes? According to my data banks, thats almost impossible, for two to be near each other."

"Thats what i thought. Just give me the data, please."

"I am capable of multi-tasking. All data recieved." The data appeared on a svreen build into the ships control system.

"Lets see.." Zaal said, and took another look outside the cockpit. There it was, ionizing gasses getting sucked into the black holes. "The Maw Cluster... Now with as close togeather some of theses are, they should collide." Zaal glanced back at the data on the Maw. "Most intriguing. Who would have the power to arrage these black holes? And strategically place them so that they cancel each others time warp? They even keep each other from falling into another." Zaal said. "Now why bring me here?" Zaal took a while to throughly read all the data on The Maw.

Almost and hour later, Zaal stood up, and looked outside, at The Maw Cluster. "Amazing. Revival,' im taking us in. Manual control please."

"You dont mean take us in that cluseter do you?"

"Thats exactly what i mean."

"Now why would you want to do that?"

"There is a prison in there."

"A prison? What about it? There is one on Coruscant too."

"This one is diffrent. It hold Jedi, and other extreemly dangerous people."

"yeah, but why risk your life, for that of others?"

Zaal sighed. "Revival, Why cant you be more like my master. Im gonna need to reprogram you. The reason i must to this is because the force brought me here to free the Jedi. If i can free them, i can bring the Jedi Order back."

"Ah, I see. Handing over manual control." Revival said, and was silent.

Zaal took the ship slowely towards the center of the cluster, using the force to navigate, and keep away from the gravitational pull of the Black Holes. After about twelve minuets, Zaal heard sirens goo off around the ship. He immediatly rechognized them as the 'critical condition' alarms. He instinctively took the ship into a dive.

"Revival, Whats happening!" Zaal said

The Revival burst out in 'laughter'.

"Revival? Give me a statis report!"

"I was just playing with you." Revival said sardonically.

"Revival..." Zaal said. "Please dont do that again, or i'll deactivate you. For good."

"Yes, Zaal.  I personally think--"

Zaal interupted with "You cant take anything personal. your not a person. your a computer. You were computing."

"In that case, my computer programming told me that the situation was too quiet. We needed some excitement."

"You must realize that if you keep that up, when we really are in danger, i wont know weather or not you are joking."

"Sure you will. You have the Force to tell you." Revival came back. Zaal sighed.

"You know, sometimes I think i programed you too well." Zaal said. "Ok, so what ive learned based off the data you gave me, there is a small planet located within this cluster of black holes. On the planet, is an Imperial prison, that is so isolated from the rest of the galaxy, it is not ofted for them to get attacked. This may give us an advantage. But we need to look out for TIE fighters. It sais here there are large ammounts of imperial ships guarding it, along with heavy ground units."

"You know, I am equiped with stealth capabilities." Revival informed.

"Yes, but if they happen to be able to detect us, they will destroy us for sure. If we go in as a supplies ship, or a prison transport, we may be able to get through." Zaal said.

"My cloaking capabilities have never failed. What makes you think that this time they will?"

"Its not that they will fail, but the fact that this is a very secure Imperial prison planet, that may have the technology to spot cloaked ships. During the Clone wars, there was a seperatist general who was a mastermind, and  knew how to find a ship in stealth, and destroy it."

"I see. Sounds logical."

"No, it does not sound logical. There is no logic is attempting to break into any imperial teritory, let alone, a top secret, prison with top of the line security systems."

"Does that mean you dont wish to procede with this 'mission'?"

"No where is that did I say 'Forget about it, its impossible' did I?

"Well, no, but--"

Zaal inturupted with "Were going to free the Jedi there, at any cost."'

"Ok. Lets get on with it."

"Revival, stand by. I want a record of all ship activity in this sector." Zaal ordered ths ship

The Revival remaind silent, and would stay like so, untill Zaal said otherwise.

Over the next three months, Zaal and The Revival watched as transport ships, supply ships, delivered. Every two to three weeks, a supply ship arrived, but Zaal noticed they never left. He assumed that the Imperial forces prevented anyone from leaving, to prevent any data from escaping. Obviously a few has escaped. The Database on The Revival Was one of the most accurate in the galaxy, and contained most of the data from the Jedi Archives.

"Revival." Zaal said, his first words in over a month. no reply. "Revival?" Zaal heard a beep and saw a message on the computer: Error: lack of use has caused AI systems failure. Please reboot system and try again later "Revival..."

The computer let out a virtual sigh, then said "Well your no fun. Anyways, how may I be of your assistance?"

"Next supply ship to come through here should be here tomorrow." Zaal informed. "Once it leaves hyperspace, I want you to jam transmissions, and grab it with a tractor beam immediatly, you understand?"

"Yes, i do."

"Notify me when it arives. I'll be grabbing some long needed rest."

Beyond Return
The supply ship exited hyperspace the following day, and, The Revival caught it, instantly, with its tractor beam.

"Zaal, we have the supply ship in tractor beam." The Revival said.

"Good, Bring it closer, and dock." Zaal ordered, and walked out of the cockpit. He then grabed a small divice, small enough to fit in his pocket, that would allow him to wirelessley connect to ''The Revival. ''Its not a holocomm, but similar. It also has the ability to act on its own, if it cant connect to The Revival. Basically, it is a miniturized, not as powerful version of The Revival's onboard computer.

The Revival's docking bridge reached out, and connected to the cargo ship, and magnetically sealed istelf. Walking to the other ship, Zaal his his lightsaber, and grabed his blaster. Not his favorite choice of weapon, but he had no intention of letting knowledge of a renegade Jedi on the loose. Blaster in hand, he opened the airlock, and steped into the cargo ship. No one in sight. Cautiously, Zaal stepped through the door, probing the ship with the Force. Two life forms were in the ship. It seems they have sealed themselves in the cockpit.

"Open this door!" Zaal ordered. No reply came from the cockpit. "I just need to borrow your ship." Still no reply. They were afraid. Zaal could feel it. Zaal was very impatiant, and was not willing to wait any longer. He grabed his lightsaber, and activated it. Zaal could hear a muffled gasp come from within. He then plunged his lightsaber into the durasteel door, and cut a hole through it.

"Hello. Im gonna borrow this ship, if you dont mind. And if you do, too bad, im still taking it." Zaal said. The Two pilots were armed, but were too stunned that a Jedi had survived Order 66, and had taked their ship, to use their blasters.

"Up. Stand Up." Zaal said. Neither of them moved. Zaal then proceded to point his blaster at them. "Stand up, now." Using thw Force, Zaal reached out with an invisible hand, and yanked the blasters from both of the pilots. They stood up, and Zaal herded them to the brig on The Revival.

"Revival, stay in this position untill i get back. If in nor back in two days, leave to Ryloth, and release the prisoners."

"What if I wait three days?"

"Revival, im on a tight schedule. No games right now. Two days." Zaal said, as he borded the cargo ship for the second time. "Now, release this ship, please."

The supply runner shook, as the docking bridge receded back into the Revival.

To Be Cotinued.

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