NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2: The True Son
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Year 34 ABY
Within the red pillar, a widening crack formed another fission! It Withheld the thunder and lightning that grew in the black fog! And through the red sands that blew, Ahsoka could feel it through her sweat…a kindred spirit… but she didn't understand the reason… and that is what terrified her the most…
A red planet deserted by time; a world lost to the archives as the Jedi libraries burned throughout the centuries. It was then her vision changed, to the world of Tyhon… the first world… the home of the Jedi, and the birthplace of the republic! But while she stood in, audience to the council of Jedi from a bygone age!
They did not notice her! For masters, so strong in the force… for them to not even notice a change in the force proved their inability! For their hottie chairs were filled with hubris, nothing but petty arguments about policy and wars… about how they should have the responsibility to keep the peace…
Ahsoka could not help but compare them to the council she knew from her time… rigid… and cold... Without acknowledgment of flexibility… this vision only proved her right, in her decision to leave the Jedi when she did… after all, she could not see the balance in their belief….
As her vision changed again, she saw the countless dead worlds left behind and the surviving species of each… she felt their longing… their hatred… and their loyalty to the republic! But as her vision began to swap again, she caught a glimpse of a black bird with a tint of red that coated the shadows of their most important symbols!
As she fell from the last vision onto a cold steel floor, she looked up to see a new council but a council made of the Sith! Dark figures molded out of their deepest desires… hatred, vengeance, pride… and love… beings who sowed turmoil in each other… always fighting and betraying… never one…
Until he walked into the room… Revan! Terrifying was his might, as was his presence! The very force itself warped and bowed to him, a man who could pull asteroids from their places in the galaxy, and a man who could crush people with a wave of his hand…
A man who the others bowed! Seeing such a figure Ahsoka was at a loss for words, though she did not know the man, the power he wielded was enough to scare her!
Sensing that fear, Revan looked at her! And said through his Sith-colored eyes, as he stretched out his hand:
[what is the visage of the daughter doing here? Is it that time…]
Frightened and wide-eyed, Ahsoka was about to speak, when the clawed hand of a bird coated in shadows held Ahsoka's mouth closed! While she was swallowed by fog, she heard in a deep voice with a strong echo, like that of a bird, say with deep hatred:
[THIS IS MY KINDRED SISTER! SHE BELONGS TO ME!]
[YOU AND BANE WERE WRONG! THE CHOSEN ONE WAS WORTHLESS!] continued the voice, but it sounded different… Like it belonged to someone else… almost as if two people were talking.
[Oh! Was he worthless… or was it you!] replied Revan as if knowingly…
[Go on then… play your new game… let's see if your new chosen will fare better, than that of the one foretold since the birth of the galaxy!] continued Revan as the living fog swallowed up Ahsoka completely!
Screaming, Ahsoka woke up in the middle of space surrounded by stars! Her little ship floating in the cosmos like a helpless bird…
[that voice…I think I heard it before… but I can't remember where…but it felt so familiar] said the age Ahsoka to herself, full of exhaustion.
[Just what is going on! Maybe Luke will understand these visions…] thought Ahsoka
But while she was on her way to find Luke, it was already too late… for as she was on her way, she felt his death through the force! He had died at the hands of his best friend's son! Though many find that questionable, and that he had chosen death by using the last of his life force using the 'force', many still don't see the difference…
With his death Ahsoka's heart sank, for much of the old world that she knew had already passed on… she was now a living relic of the past… but in that misery, Luke appeared to her as a ghost and smiled!
With a tear, Ahsoka said:
[thank you... old friend…]
With his spirit fading into the force, Ahsoka focused her eyes and said:
[Yes, Luke I understand… I must head to Coruscant... To where it all began!]
1 year later 35 ABY -The second death of Palpatine
As Ahsoka studied all the remnants of the Jedi order she could find, either through old friends in the senate or on the black market. To find anything about this red planet she kept seeing in her vision. But during her research, she felt it… the death of Palpatine through the force! her mind pained her in an all-familiar echo…and this time she was ready! She let the force take her into the vision!
As her eyes opened, she was back on that red planet… its dusty sand obstructing her vision... Until she heard it! A crunch under her foot! Concerned, Ahsoka looked down to see what it was… to her horror it was bones! Worried, she looked up to see that she was in a field of bones!
An ancient graveyard of a species she knows nothing about! Not wanting to disturb the dead, Ahsoka tried to carefully walk in between the bodies, but it was of no use! The countless corpses of the past surrounded every step…
With each bone crunch, she continued to walk a path that was set for her by symbols etched along dirt walls that told a story she couldn't comprehend… while halfway down her walk, the light of the planet sun became darker… whereas before she could see for miles… now only a few steps at a time!
With blindness approaching her eyes, she activated her lightsaber! With its burst out flew many birds with redheads! With roaches the size of her hands fleeing around her! Annoyed, she killed her way, as she heard drum beats echoing like a heart coming from somewhere…
With each beat of the heart, the bugs would fly faster around her! While the winds picked up their speed! The world around her peeled away like a shoot to a fire!
In her confusion, she quickly turned to hit a statue made of bones! With black chains that wrapped it tightly, and to a giant vulture that sat on its head! With its red eyes studying Ahsoka, it twisted its head back and forth and gave one hiss, as it flew off into the distance to fly around a green owl creature that was beyond Ahsoka's vision.
As Ahsoka studied the statue, she realized what it was…
[Ooroo! This can't be… he disappeared on… KORRIBAN!] said Ahsoka out loud to herself as she recognized the man from her research. But while she stared at Ooroo, a harsh wind blew across her face! Forcing her eyes shut!
As she slowly opened up her eyes, she saw the bones around her changed to that of fresh corpses dressed in old galactic gear! She saw a scene of war and death, as laser skidded around the sands… and people screaming but no sound reached her ears… and as she spun around, she saw dark vultures going in and out of the fog!
Devouring the galactic troops! Vicious and ugly, with broken beaks and claws, with eyes that told a story… with guts and blood showering the sands… Ahsoka felt their pain in the force… as if they really just died in front of her!
Backing away from the scene, the world around her changes to that of a small room! Where a Sith Holocron sat by two perpetually burning lightsabers that were burning a hole like a key. Curiously she reached for the Holocron, and with her touch, the room changed!
With floating symbols, the room peels like old rust, and like a throbbing echo, her eyes saw it, while sands and fog blew away! As a red pillar that drowned in runic symbols exploded! And with it, out came an alien she never knew… with a loud roar of freedom, the alien shook the cave and yelled in a cawing voice:
[Hi my kindred sister!]
To those words, the dark entity that coated itself in the dark side of the force pulled Ahsoka to him! Face to face the alien stared into Ahsoka's eyes as he turned on his burning saber through her chest! With one side of his face drawing a single tear, he said in a different voice than before:
[Sorry sister… but it's my time now!]
And to those words, the alien screamed into Ahsoka's face ending the short vision!
On Korriban, while Ahsoka had her vision:
[come on already! Blast the thing open will Ya!] yelled the scavenger in charge
[silence! Amadas! This cave is old… do you want to collapse it on us!] yelled back a crew member.
[Drake!] called out the final member
[what Leon!] replied Drake
[I think I found something here!] replied Leon
[It better not be more bones!] replied Amadas angrily
[no! I think we just hit the jackpot!] replied Leon as he pointed his finger through a small hole.
[Really! What is it? What did you find!] replied Amadas as he got his fat ass in gear.
[I think… I think those are lightsabers! We're going to be rich!] replied Leon
To the word lightsaber, Amadas and Drake looked at each other doubtfully, as they hurried to the hole to see for themselves! To their shock, Leon was right! For right through that tiny crack in the wall, they could see two burning red lightsabers! While a Holocron sat motionless at the center.
But while those two celebrated their rich fantasy, Leon broke the thin wall down with a quick blaster fire. With its destruction, the cave shook a little freaking the men out!
[quickly! Go grab the lightsaber! They are worth a fortune on the black market!] order Amadas to his men, as he was too afraid to go in himself in case of a cave-in.
With not a wasted second, Drake and Leon raced down the suspiciously clean stairs… where the dark cave sat silently waiting… with shaking hands, their mortal fingers touched upon those sacred Sabers… nothing happened… all was silent… it wasn't until Drake asked:
[hey Amadas!]
[what?] replied Amadas
[are lightsabers supposed to have a curve on the beam itself? It looks like a Khopesh!] replied Drake
[umm... That's weird, that's not how I remember seeing them… but hey maybe they are a unique kind! I mean we did find them on an altar of shorts… Maybe they are a ceremonial type of lightsaber…] replied Amadas with a hand on his double chin.
[Sir! What about this weird cube thing? Do you know what it is?] interrupted Leon
[huh?] replied Amadas as he finally got the courage to approach the altar…
[umm… no… it can't be… is it really….] replied Amadas as he studied the cube without touching it.
[Umm... sir?] asked Leon
[Oh! yes ... sorry… I just can't believe what I'm seeing… It's a Holocron! They're even rarer than the lightsabers!] called out Amadas in shock.
[you mean we really struck it big this time boss!] cheer the men
And so, with shaky hands, Amadas placed his fat fingers on the Holocron in excitement! But the second the grease from his finger touched the Holocron, it turned bright red! And opened like a complex puzzle cube! And as their gears turned, the cave let up in red symbols!
Scared the men were about to book it when the way out disappeared in shadow! With thunderous shaking, and the loud echos of crying birds! With red lighting, the men were covered in the shadow of a two-feather-winged bird… scared, the men took out their blasters, while they held onto the sabers like their life depended on it.
With tensions rising, the scavengers stared, as the lighting started to converge into one single point! And out of that point emerges a red pillar! With three giant cracks that oozed black smoke, and within that crystal shone brightly a dark figure held within!
Twitching with every heartbeat… to the motion of the crying birds, where their song echoed around it… chipping away at its core… with each chip a whisper would leak…
A maddening whisper that only Amadas could hear…. Backing away scared, Amadas began firing like crazy at the pillar, screaming:
[get out of my head!]
To his scream, Amadas was suddenly lifted into the air! And drawn right to the pillar! Slamming into it and gushing blood from his forehead but not enough to make him lose his conscience. As his blood poured onto the pillar the figure inside opened his eyes!
Staring into those red eyes, Amadas pissed himself as the pillar exploded! With its explosion, the shadow of a giant vulture claw could be seen on the man's shoulder, while the rest of it stared down at the men like prey!
Frighten beyond belief the men pointed their guns, only for their blaster hands to burst into blood! As the figure used the 'force' to crush their hands, as they screamed, the figure pulled the fat man to his beak, with burning eyes he then grabbed the Holocron and placed it near Amadas body. He then said:
[Ah… freedom at last…]
With those words that sounded like a bird, the man communed with the Holocron to change into a complex series of shapes that spun! While looking at the fat man he smiled… As he drained him of his life force! Turning him from fresh into bones in a matter of seconds!
Seeing their leader die horribly, Drake and Leon pleaded with the figure for their lives… but watching the creature casually walking down the altar, Drake knew this thing wasn't going to let them live! So, with a yell, Drake charged at the creature with the lightsaber in his hands!
The alien simply scoffed at the sight, and waved his hand again, and forced the saber out of Drake's hand! Shocked and scared, Drake could do nothing as he was pulled towards the alien! And as he was pulled, he felt the burning pain of the saber as it tore through his flesh by the waist!
Seeing this, Leon dropped the saber with tears in his eyes, and screamed while trying to run away! But his feet could not find the friction needed to move!
Floating in the air, it was his turn to be pulled towards the alien! Screaming and pleading all the while, until the alien placed his foot onto his chest and slammed him into the rocky floor! Screaming in Leon's face, the alien said while both of his sabers shined by Leon's head:
[WERES YOUR SHIP!]