Zaalbar Tokocharger

"Every end is a new beginning."

-Zaalbar Tokocharger



Training Missions
22 BBY just before the clone wars.

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-to-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 freashly cooked food greated 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, 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 thier meal, and walked to the dueling pad.

"Aarok, you ready?" Zaal said.

"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 left hand go of his saber, and extended the blade in a one handed thrust to give him more reach, as he advanced to 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 saber.

(part is being continued)

Rescuing the Master
22 BBY, four months after 'Training Missions'

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, your 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."

"Are-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, whats 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--"

"Yes, we already know it's a trap, 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 his three Magnaguards next to him.

"Zaal, don't engage him." Master Vette ordered.

"I won't leave you, Master."

"Zaal, Leave this to me." Aarok said.

"Not a chance, Master Aarok." Zaal said, and activated his saber.

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

"How bout I add yours 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 super 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.

"Master, you first!" Zaal said.

"Zaal, it is my job to protect you, not yours to protect me, you go." Master Vette said.

"Master..." Zaal said annoyed. He slipped into the middle of the droids.

"ZAAL!" Master Aarok, and Vette exclaimed.

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 they cracked it.

Master Vette stood, amazed. "H-how?" She asked

"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 grinning. <h2 class="MsoNormal">Jedi Purge Zaal sat, meditating in his quartes in the Jedi temple. He was troubled by what he say. Darkness, and suffering. Death, and despair. Zaal couldent take it any more. He got up, and walked out to the younglings area. He needed to get his mind off the dark visions, and helping the younglings is one sure way to do it. His master was off on a mission on Corellia. Zaal was inable to go, due to some injuries that were a gift from Count Dooku. Zaal stumbeled across a Jedi body. And it belonged to Nute Sykes.

"Master Sykes!" Zaal yelled, but the master was already dead. Nute Sykes was a  Chiss, blue skined, with red eyes.

The younglings. It may not be to late. Zaal put of a burst of speed. There was not a Jedi to be found, but he just kept running. He had to save they younglings, before it was to late. Zaal burst into the room housing the younglings.

"Go! Get out of here!" Zaal yelled. The younglings were confused, but they had sensed a darkness too.

"I'm afraid your too late, Tokocharger." Said a familiar voice. Zaal turned around slowly.

"Master Skywalker? What are you doing?!" Zaal almost screamed.

"Step  out of my way, and I'll have enough mercy on you, and make your death painless." Anakin said.

"You will have to go through me, if you want the younglings." Zaal said, but the younglings still belived Master Skywalker to be the hero.

"Very well." Skywalker said, and swong his blade towards Zaal. Zaal activated his lightsaber, and deflected the blow. The younglings were scared, they were young enough that fear was common, but as they get older they needed to learn not to fear anything.

"Master Skywalker, you dont have to do this!" Zaal yelled. Zaal had broken his left arm in that duel with Dooku, and was still unable to use it, so this was a one handed battle.

"Dont worry, you wont remember a thing once im done with you."

<p class="MsoNormal">“Master, back down.”  Zaal said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"Do you really think you can tell me what to do?" Skywalker took another swing. Zaal ducked, and swong at his legs. His blow was deflected. Zaal blocked aswing from Anakin, and took his own over hand swing.

<p class="MsoNormal">"You fail to see true power!" Anakin said.

<p class="MsoNormal">"You fail to see justice." Zaal replied. "Your greed overwhelms you."

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