Myrkr

I moved to my cabin and pulled up everything I had available on Nar Shaddaa. While I studied, Kira came in sometime later with a meal. We ate together as we discussed the planet. I told her what I remembered of the Power Guard Project, but not what could happen to Agent Galen, she talked of her time there with general information that we may need for our mission.

"Master I spent a lot of time on Nar Shaddaa before I was discovered by Master Kiwiiks. If we have time, I would like to deliver some supplies to help the friends I have on Nar Shaddaa. They are in a tight spot. Promised I'll help."

"I have no objections to helping. Tell me about them."

"Nar Shaddaa has lots of refugees, and the Hutts are not known for their charity. People are starving. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, foodstuffs, medical kits, and other basics. Stuff that can be provided easily."

"Our schedule might be tight, but a trip to deliver supplies shouldn't take much time. Gather the things you need and a list of what we don't have and I will send the request forward for the rest."

"Swell. They're already expecting us. Get me to my friends and I will handle the rest."

"We will do that. Let us meditate." Kira nodded and not a hint of resistance. Time became lost as we joined together with the Force. It did not matter if minutes, hours or days went by as we were at peace.

Several hours later, Lt. Zetta came in and cleared his throat. It was a distant feeling, but one that brought me instantly back to the present.

"Master Jedi?" I kept my eyes closed feeling him near me with the Force. I could tell he had something important to tell me. I rose to my feet almost as I was lifted by an invisible being.

"Zetta, I am listening."

"You had in your file the Myrkr System, and now that we are coming into the Corsin System, the Myrkr System popped up on the map."

"Good, when do we drop out of hyperspace?"

"In five minutes."

"Get Dr. Godera and Kira signal the others to join us on the holocom. I have a detour that maybe be profitable to all concerned."

"Okay, You have our attention, but make it quick." Sanusha looked a bit frazzled. I felt her in the Force and seeing Aric on her ship it didn't take much imagination to see what I had interrupted.

"The Myrkr System is not that far from here and it has a certain species on it that could become very important. I would like to detour there and see if we can take some of them with us."

"What would be so important? We can't just fly to some unknown system." Ingo looked a bit annoyed.

"I understand this, but the species if we can figure out a way to bring them with us, create a void in the Force."

"This sounds very interesting. I assume you plan to use them on any Sith we encounter?" I smiled slightly as Cort made the right assumption.

"Yes, however they will affect any Force user that is near them. If you carried one on your back, you would be protected against any Force attacks. Not all, but lightning, mental attacks, and any other ability that is not physical in nature. The added benefit would be if a Force user got close, they would suddenly lose their connection to the Force."

"Now that is very exciting. To suddenly lose the ability would be shocking. I am very intrigued."

"I knew you would be, doctor. However, we need to keep this a secret from everyone else. No journal logs, or any other electronic records. I also would like to keep any physical records to a minimum, preferably nothing."

"It does sound interesting, but carrying some animal on your back, and having to feed it doesn't sound very practical."

"If this creature really does block the Force I am all for it." We discussed it for an hour before we plotted the necessary course to the system. Breaking the script was more noticeable now than ever and I had a good feeling. This was my story now and I directed it. Sure I got direction from the Force, but that was more on a instinctual level. It took several days to get to the planet and seeing a planet in a pristine condition was breath taking.

"This is not what I expected, when we talked of the planet. However, I can see this place being a perfect place for a base."

"If you ignore the hostile wildlife, the high sensor interference alone makes it a perfect planet to hide out on."

"Remember the vornskr will hunt Ashara, Cort, Kira and myself. This will be an excellent chance in active dampening of our Force abilities."

"I am having no problem with my connection to the Force."

"Ashara you will not in this field, but once we are near the Olbio trees with ysalamiri in them you will be cut off. In the open like this use of the Force will attract vornskr to you like a guided missile. Shoot them before they get close and be very wary of their poisonous tails. Cut them off if you can not kill them out right."

"For a planet that barely has a name, you sure know a lot about it." I shrugged at Ingo as Cort spoke up.

"This planet is not unknown to the Jedi and there have been efforts to keep it from the public eye. Having an effective defense against the Force would be a boon to either side of the war. Not being able to remove the animals from the trees has been the best defense against using them. The Jedi Order has used this location in the past to train member not to rely to heavily on the Force."

"Very good, I am impressed Cort. Let's spread out a bit, and find what we seek." We spread out alternating between Jedi and non Jedi. Aric and Sanusha was on the left end where Elara and Qyzen was on the other end. Doctor Godera kept the crews of the three ships busy preparing the camp for a few week stay. He did want to go at first, but it was best not to risk him on the first scouting mission.

Doctor Godera proved his worth within the first week building a nutrient frame that would be easy to carry with the help of a couple of his droids. By the second week we had successfully transferred a dozen ysalamiri to the racks and only stayed to harvest enough nutrient paste to last for months. The vornskr attacked several times over the three weeks we were there, and we honed our non Force abilities to watch out for them.

That Ingo and Aric found a litter of vornskr pups and took their tails off made it clear that he planned to keep and train them. That Corso took a liking to the animals and had a knack for training them was not surprise to me. Even after a week they would follow, sit, stay, or do several other tricks. As much as I tried I couldn't get close to the pups as they would react like they were hungry. However, there were a few times I managed to pet them without being under a ysalamiri's bubble. The pups went on the Thunderclap with Ingo and the dozen ysalamiri on the freighter. Risha didn't like it, but I could see the credit schemes she was thinking up. I made sure Godera didn't give her the method he used to remove them from the trees.

Conflicted

"T'aa, I am impressed. I feel that you are free." I looked around in my dream as it changed to a simple grassy plain with a lone tree with bench sitting under it. I smiled as I Saw Sean sitting under the tree. He had grown a nice beard along with his longer well kept hair. He wasn't in Jedi robes, but the clothing he did have would easily allow him to fight without restrictions. He looked no more than twenty five now.

"Hello Sean, I have done several things to break the script. Everyone is so much more alive to me. I see that you have been staying busy." He chuckled a bit as he gestured to the bench. I moved closer, but didn't sit right away as I took my time examining how he was presented. I was also puzzled that I didn't feel any claim to who I once was.

"Please sit, we have to talk." I felt that there was something wrong, but no clue as to what it could be.

"Is there something about Earth or the people that you don't understand?" He looked down at his feet and then directly into my eyes. For a long moment he stared before looking away.

"No, I have a very good background of Earth from you, and I am having no problems making friends. My problem is with the Force. When I was meditating, I often see what you are doing."

"You watch me?"

"Yes, and I don't mean too, but it happens. Recently I have been having problems seeing you and I fear the planet you are on is dangerous."

"Myrkr has a species that creates Force dampened spheres. What you are experiencing is me being cut off from the Force in general."

"I see, but it is more than that. Each time that you are cut off, I have this overwhelming urge to seek you out. It is almost to the point where I feel like the first time our souls touched." I took in what he was telling me and I could see a possible problem.

"Okay, then the only thing I could suggest is that you stop meditating for a while. If you do this, than the urge to seek me out should lessen. I can see that this urge could make you want to switch again."

"That is part of what I fear will happen. The other part is that if I do this, you may not go back to this body. I am sure you know what will happen."

"That we will both be in this body and your, I mean my old body without a soul will die."

"That is what I know will happen. I also don't think that you will survive if this does happen. The body you are in is originally mine, and I am sure once I am back in my body you will have no control if you can remain."

"Sean, I am T'aa, not the old Sean. I, no longer think of you as T'aa inside my old body. You are just Sean, my brother. Spend less time focused on me and focus on who you are now. Accept it as your body as if you were born to it."

"I do accept who I am now, just I am concerned that the pull maybe too strong."

"I think I know what I have to do..."

Sean jerked as his eyes flew open. The connection he had created was suddenly cut off like a light going off. He held his hands in his lap as they shook. He had a few other things to tell her, but she had cut him off. He looked at the time and went to take a shower. He needed to get ready for work. He didn't think of it as work, but many would call it that.

Three days later he could barely meditate as the urge to seek T'aa out was unbearable. He knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't sleep unless he tried. Again he failed to see even a glimpse of his old life.

Seven days have gone by and the urge is finally lessening. He got through a complete meditation without trying to seek out T'aa. He was worried about his sister being cut off from him for so long. He had searched for the planet Myrkr, and he was surprised that this world could create such a detailed fictional universe. That it was nearly perfect from what he remembered was interesting.

Ten days later he felt a minor twitch in the Force as he was meditating. He concentrated on his focus and pushed the itch out of his mind. After several hours, he later realized his sister was using the Force again. That it felt similar to how his old masters back home felt at a distance. His thoughts dwelt on her for a few minutes before he went back to the project he was working on.

Nar Shaddaa

"General, we have reached Nar Shaddaa."

"Where is Doctor Godera? Why did you not report after you left Taris? That was weeks ago if you are on Nar Shaddaa?! There is a team out on Taris still looking for you!"

"I have my reasons and Doctor Godera is right here." The general looked a bit surprised mixed in with his anger.

"Oh stop frowning. She saved me from a really hairy situation. I haven't felt better in years."

"You are looking well. Are you ready to come home?"

"That depends on if you are ready to do the right thing?"

"I was always, and our time has finally come. Now I have a problem to get you back to Coruscant. Nar Shaddaa is not the best place to arrange transport from. He is needed in Coruscant immediately."

"General, he will be personally taken back to Coruscant in my ship."

"I am glad you rescued him. I can only imagine what would have happened if the rumors we received on Watcher One being on Taris had lead to Doctor Godera being captured by him."

"Watcher One has been taken care of. Forwarding my report to you now."

"I did hear a rumor you saved a settlement from a Sith assassin. Those settlers were lucky you showed up. How did you wind up there?"

"It is in the report. Is there any word from Agent Galen?"

"Negative, after Taris and Ord Mantell, I fear the worst. I'll warn you now, the project there. I should have ended it years ago." The general looked down in the holo as he felt shame.

"This is not going to end well."

"After the Empire's victory on Coruscant during the war, people were terrified. We looked weak. Helpless. The Senate authorized research into science we had no business exploring, using technology to turn ordinary men into living weapons. The Power Guard program was creating the ultimate soldier. One tough enough to fight a Sith head on."

It was my turn to respond and I just couldn't deal with the way he was just continued to follow the script.

"You do not have to explain any further. I have read up on Nar Shaddaa and how I see it would have been a perfect place for such research. That you set up the operation with no real over sight to help it remains hidden, but with what Tarnis took I doubt it has remained hidden. If you have had no contact with Agent Galen, then I will need the information he had to follow his trail. I will coordinate with the local SIS as soon as I have what I need to meet up with the chief agent there."

The general was slowly showing his surprise at what I was telling him. It wasn't the first time I told another what they were about to say. I almost wanted to laugh if it wouldn't have been totally inappropriate. It took him a moment to realized I had stopped talking.

"Right, transmitting that right now." T7 reported the data was coming in as the general winked off the holoprojector.

"Miss Onasi I am curious how you just knew what he was going to say next. Is this some Force thing?"

"No, Doctor Godera, I have what you might call visions. Lt. Zetta take the good doctor to Coruscant and return here."

"Master is that such a good idea?"

"We will be fine. The others are here on Nar Shaddaa as well. We can use Cort's ship to rest and it would be good for you to receive training from Knight Cort and maybe help Ashara on her training as well."

"Very well master."

"Maybe you and Ashara can go help out your old gang. I think it is the perfect solo mission for you."

"Thank you master. I'll go grab my pack." I watched her nearly run to her cabin as one of the crew chuckled.

"Miss Onasi I have to thank you for rescuing me from Watcher One. I am in your debt."

"I did what was needed to be done. Just do what you can to correct the mistakes of the past."

"I will, and I am excited about the animals we recovered on Myrkr."

"About that I would highly recommend you honor the secrecy of Myrkr. It is a surprise that the Empire will not expect."

"I will, may the Force be with you."

"As with you, doctor." I got my gear and Kira, T7, and I left the ship. Lt. Miro would leave as soon as the ship was refueled. We headed over to Cort's ship as the others were joining us as well. I stopped suddenly as I was cut off from the Force. I looked around to see Corso carrying one of the ysalamiri on his back.

"Sanusha can you tell Corso to go back to your ship and put the pack away. Nar Shaddaa is not the place for such an exotic. Plus I see Ingo coming with one of the pups, so I don't think Corso wants to become its next meal." Corso went a bit white as he looked at Ingo, Dorne, and Aric approaching. He rushed away as Sanusha and Risha shook their heads.

"I told him it wasn't a good idea, but he didn't listen."

"That is okay, Sanusha. He is like a little boy with a new toy." We all giggled as Havoc squad approached.

"Did I miss a good joke against Corso?"

"You did. How are the pups?"

"Very easy to train. Aric here has become their daddy or is that mommy?" Ingo grinned with the frown Aric gave him.

"Very funny."

"Captain, we have our orders we should move on. I still think we should leave those foul beasts back on the ship."

"Can it Dorne, but you are right. They are acting nervous with only these two jedi here. Aric take them back."

"Very well, sir." He moved off as we entered Cort's ship. His ship was very much like ours. There were some differences. Kira wrinkled her nose a bit as we all were noticing the unique smell that Qyzen Fess's species left in the air. As we came up to the lounge, Cort's C2 was busy setting up snacks on the various tables.

"Welcome aboard Serenity."

"Thank you, Cort. I hope you don't mind us sharing this ship for a while?"

"I would be pleased to have you on the ship. Is there something wrong with yours?"

"It is going to Coruscant to drop off the doctor."

"Ah, good enough reason. I will enjoy our time together. I have somethings to discuss with you later."

"I will look forward to it. Shall we go over our missions to see where we can help each other?"

"We shall." I was finding it really hard not to keep the grin off of my face. I think Kira had noticed a bit more about our conversation that the others had missed. Sanusha was smirking the next time our eyes crossed paths which didn't help as I blushed. Ingo was tasked with hunting down M1-4X, Sanusha was still crossing blaster bolts with Skavak, and Cort was searching for another of the jedi afflicted with darkness. The twelve of us came up with a game plan of mutual cooperation. With Kira and Ashara eagerly going to help her former gang. In the mean time Cort suggested we trade padawans until we could afford to let them start their missions.

"Why am I with you and not Master Cort? I know the reasons you mentioned before but there is something else. I can feel it." I had earlier looked for a particular spot on Nar Shaddaa and I had found it. I wasn't called the refuge landing pad, but it was close to the bar of the Jekk'Jekk Tarr. I leaned on the railing and looked down the shaft as I allowed the Force to fill me with the feelings of Nar Shaddaa. To experience the world that I had only experienced in a game was stunning.

"You lack the ability to have patience. To know where you need to be and to feel the Force not as a tool, but as a guide. Contemplation, yet Duty is one of the lines of the code that you will not hear about. Can you tell me what it means?"

"From what you have taught so far it means you do your duty and not just contemplate about it."

"Very good, but it is not all that. Each line of the code is finding balance. It is fine to contemplate the need to do something. Battle plans are a form of this or just going over a situation and trying to see all the sides."

"I see, but why this location? It is no where near wear we need to be."

"Feel the Force around you and what do you feel?" Ashara closed her eyes and I could see the emotions she felt as she opened herself to the planet's life. Her eye flew open as tears rolled down her face.

"Pain, fear, greed, lust, all surrounded by darkness."

"Open up further. See the hope, joy, satisfaction, love hidden below the negative." She did so again and the tears came harder as she started to vocalize her sorrow. She shook her head as she broke the connection. It took several minutes before she was able to speak.

"I could barely find it, too much darkness."

"This is a dying world, a struggling world of greed, a world that is fighting to survive in any way it can. This is a place that with one kindness can change their lives or ruin them."

"I can feel that, but it was so intense. Too much for me."

"You spent your time on Tython and on Taris. Taris a world that died, but was coming back reborn into a new creature. With the suffering of millions the world still continued. Here it is different. It only survives on profit and greed. An environment that the darkside thrives on, but the light still influences. Between both planets you have learned what the balance between them contains. Here as there the dark fought with the light."

"I still don't get it."

"The universe is constantly in a state of flux. Sometimes light, sometimes dark. As time goes on, it remains balanced overall. The Living Force is the here and now, the Unifying Force is both the light and the dark combined over time. What we do here will create echos that will change lives and influence the balance. Here you will learn the good and the bad of compassion. Compassion has its place and time, but used wrongly can be considered cruel, or used in such a way that the person you are helping only receives a small relief. Think on this as you help Kira and her old gang."

"I will master."

"Good now let's get going and find Agent Galen."

It didn't take long for us to find Gudnem's Gadget Emporium or to use the turbolift when no one else was looking. The SiS base was fairly small set of rooms. We walked up to who I assumed was Bureau Chief Rieekan.

"If I wasn't expecting you, I would be asking how you got in here."

"Chief Rieekan?"

"And the Jedi that took out Watcher One, good to meet you. Wish I had better news to report, but we are in the dark right now. Here is what little I know. Agent Galen came here to secure a top secret operation. Galen disappeared in the Nikto Sector while pursuing a contact. Fortunately he left us a trail to follow. He left progress reports in several dead drop throughout the sector, but with the hostility it has become impossible to recover them."

"I can see the concern, and we will recover those reports. I also want detailed maps of the area and you might want to start moving to a new location. Once I find the lab, your job is done here."

"We are safe here, and we have a mission to complete."

"Your mission will be finished, and I do mean all of them, the moment we find the main power guard facility. Start packing up and move to the SiS location in Shadow Town. Do not let your sense of duty interfere with the need of safety. You can not complete your missions if you are dead." Agent Tander handed me the data chip with the dead drop locations as the chief stared at me in angry confusion. I turned and walked away, entering the turbolift as Ashara scrambled to catch up. That he still would not listen and that I felt no change in him to think of moving the base. I could feel that Agent Tander would be doing something.

I knew Lord Sadic's base would be in Shadow town. I went to an information terminal and brought up the location. Studying it intently I didn't expect to see anything familiar.

"Master T'aa what has this area to do with our mission? Should we not be looking at the Nikto sector?"

"We should, but I have a feeling we need to go here."

"That is not a good area. Even I can feel it."

"Exactly." I brought up the Red Light district and had the same feeling as I noticed a certain area. Though it was not as strong. The only reason I was looking in this area was that I had broken the script, but I didn't want to ruin the story. I knew I would be facing the Emperor or his voice. This got me thinking of the missions the other Empire characters would be doing on Nar Shaddaa. I focused and their story lines came to mind. Whether I would meet any of them on this planet or any of the others was doubtful, but I had another feeling I would.

"Come." I noted the locations on my datapad as we headed to the taxi stand. Getting there T7 joined us. "To Shadow Town as close to this location as possible." The droid bobbed his head and moved from the platform as we settled.

"Master are you sure we should be going here?"

"I follow the Force, Ashara and it is guiding me here." I could see she was having doubts, but as much as I wanted to tell her about my knowledge, I doubted she would believe after so short of a time getting to know her. The story on Nar Shaddaa would have me going from the Nikto sector to the Red Light sector to the Imperial sector to finally Shadow Town. What I was doing was hopefully skipping over all of it. If I wasn't successful in Shadow Town I would only lose a few hours at most, but if I was I would take Lord Sadic completely by surprise.

"I have a bad feeling..." I nodded as we moved from the taxi to the location that I had marked. We wore a full cloak to conceal who we are, but I could tell as we went further into the area that we were being watched. We stopped for a minute, so I could check the map and from what I was feeling we only had a bit more to go as I could see the entrance to Sadic's base.

"Master?" I turned to see Ashara suddenly crumple to the ground as a man and @v-R8 suddenly appeared before me as something hits my neck. My mind reals as he just grins as I go to my knees. I can feel whatever poison is rushing into my body as I fight to push it out.

"Now look here. How lucky seeing Darth Angral's most wanted Jedi. Such a nice reward capturing you." My vision started to fade as the drugs were taking effect, as the word, onormatophobia popped into my head.

" Onormatophobia, phase one." I hoped I said it right as I lose consciousness. T7 doesn't know what is going on and whistles his concern.

"Oh my such a strange thing. My master appears to be frozen." T7 extends his weapons and aims them at 2v-R8

"" The droid raises his arms in the air.

"I am not programmed for combat. Please do not destroy me." T7 whistles again. "Yes, I think I know where the antidote is." 2V-R8 searches Cipher Nine and comes out with an injector. He moves over to Ashara and then to Master T'aa, injecting them both.

"Master, you need to wake up." I felt the Force flowing into me as my eyes opened. I felt like I had been woken up to soon after staying up for a week straight. I drew on the Force and I remembered I had just been drugged. In a second I jumped to my feet with my senses spreading out for any danger as my lightsabers came into my hands. I then noticed @V-R8 shaking violently as T7 had his weapons facing him and a zombified agent standing next to him.

"I can't believe it worked." I waved my hand in front of him, and he had no reaction.

"Why is he like this?"

"The ISB put in mind control switches in their agents just in case they go rogue, or they think they are a double agent. The word popped into my head and I said it."

"The Force gave you this word?" I nodded again not wanting to explain myself.

"Agent sit." The man suddenly sat right where he was standing. "Jump." He did as he stood up and then sat back down. "Stand." He got up. "Now follow me." He showed no reaction, but started moving if I moved. I fished in my pack for the restraining bolt. Before 2V could move out of the way, I had the device in place. His shaking stopped as he stood like the agent.

"Come both of you." We moved to the entrance that was the way into Sadic's lair as I could feel the pain and the suffering that was going on. "Stay here and anyone that is not Ashara or myself do not let by." I was not sure how effective the order would be, but I had to have them able to defend themselves. Going in was as I expected as we started to fight the first of several groups of mobs. I was still wondering why I still thought that as we took down the last defender.

"How is you found this place? I just received word that you landed. Impossible." I could feel the fear rising in him overcoming the extreme pain he was going through as he was surrounded by medical droids. He was missing nearly half his body with body parts just dumped on the floor.

"Not impossible. Put him to sleep."

"We are not allowed to put him under general anesthesia."

" Do it or your patient will die." I activated my lightsabers and the droids started to move.

"No don't..." Sadic fought as much as he could, but with his body in ruins he couldn't resist long before his eyes closed.

"This is horrible. How could anyone do something like this to themselves?"

"For power, the Sith believe that power gives them strength to pursue victory. It is a race that no one can win even if they control the entire universe. In the end they are still a slave to the dark side."

"We better get a team in here." Agent Tander cleared his throat as we turned around.

"Already here. We linked up with Black Star Squad. A favor that General Var Suthra called in with General Garza."

"Good, then secure this facility and get Lord Sadic's droids to make him mobile. We caught him in the middle of getting converted to a power guard." The agents got moving to the computers as the commandos went around setting up explosives. It took several hours before Sadic looked remotely human again. I could only cringe as I looked at what the dark side had done to his face.

"What are we going to do about him? I would rather space him then turn him in."

"Agent Tander you will transport him to the Jedi holding facility and maybe the healers there can help to redeem him."

"A Sith redeemed not likely."

"Master we should have just let him die."

"Ashara we are not killers, and he was defeated, helpless. It would not change the outcome of this mission to kill him. We still need to find Agent Galen."

"Found him and he is back at the base. Sent a squad there to destroy the location, but it was in ruins when we got there."

"Then he is safe?"

"Safe not really, but confined until we can help him. If we had time, we could bring him here. What do you want to do with the data we recovered?"

"Bring it with. General Var Suthra may want this site destroyed and the project erased, but what they discovered may have medical applications to help others."

He nodded and we left the facility. As we got to the entrance, it came to me that I had forgotten about the agent. I was about to ask about him when we came out and the Agent was just standing there along with 2V.

"Hey what is up with this guy, anyways? We got here, and he raised his weapon and Diyaz ordered him to drop his weapon, and he did."

"He is under a mind trance. Agent, 2V follow Agent Diyaz here and his orders. Agent Tander this is Cipher Nine. He will tell you everything you want to know."

"An Imperial Cipher Agent?" Tander shook his head, dumbfounded. "I am not going to ask. I thought for a second then explained the code word and how little I knew about it. If he needed more information to talk to Ardun Kothe and his team, and to not allow him take Cipher Nine from them. I spoke briefly with the agent and got the location of his ship. Kaliyo would be difficult with Dr. Lokin and Vector helping her, but I was leaving it up to the SiS to deal with his ship.

As we got to Cort's ship, we were both tired. I could still feel the effects of the drugs in my system as I took a much needed shower. Clean, and with a full stomach I started to meditate as Ashara slept soundly in her bunk. It was nearly an hour before I felt Cort and Kira come on to the ship. Moved out to greet them and I could tell they were both exhausted.

"I heard through Ingo that your mission was surprisingly short as it was successful."

"It was and I think I can help you on your mission if you like."

"That will be helpful, but I doubt bringing you in now will be wise. Get some sleep as will I." He walked off to his cabin leaving me wondering. Cort and I had something and as much as I claimed it was just an experience I had feelings for him. He was changing and maybe that was a good thing. Still, I wanted to forget for a couple of hours if I got the chance to be in his arms. I returned to my bunk and laid down. Sleep came quickly as I went through a technique to help heal me of the drugs still in my system.

Interlude

In the morning, I woke up not really knowing where I was for a few seconds. My mind sorted through the dream I had been having which seemed to not make any sense at all. Switching to a kneeling position I meditated to recall the dream. I saw myself on a plane of nothing but grass waving in the wind. For as far as I could see there was not sign of any difference. By my side was Sean in very plain looking Jedi robes. I studied him and saw not the forty plus years that I remembered. He looked no older than I was now.

"Good that you are now awake. We have a few things to discuss." I searched him and found he was at peace as much as I was. Still, I could sense there was something off.

"Are you having problems on my home planet?"

"No, not that I can sense, but things are changing. At first, I could feel the Force, but not as strong as I did when I was you. Now it is getting stronger each day. I am worried that our worlds are merging, yet the Force is not telling me anything."

"Perhaps it is not something we need to worry about, or that it is your way of seeing the influence the Force is having on Earth."

"The changes are difficult to understand or to really see. I may have influenced them with my knowledge as I have designed certain things I had become accustomed to. This has brought me income to move freely. Not as I would like, but enough to search out a few that have left their mark in the Force."

"Are you searching for a padawan?"

"If there is one out there the Force will guide me, but I do not search for one. What worries me is that when I do find this disturbance, I feel it will change this world. Our times are so different from each other."

"Have you watched all the movies?"

"Yes, and your memories I gained have giving me other things to think about. I study the information and find there is more than half of what is written that could be a possible future. The most current movies are nothing more than a bad story. Though the legend stories are not correct either. The game is as close as I know to follow what I have experienced."

"I have been living the game, but after I saved Doctor Godera from Watcher One I have been able to know where to go without following the set story. I do not know how long I will be able to do this, but I hope it will have a similar outcome."

"I hope for you it will. Falling to the dark side is not what I would have wanted either. That as I played the game I found it chilling that I agreed with every choice. It looses meaning after defeating the Emperor. I would not have hesitated in destroying him like the game shows."

"Good to know and I do not plan to lose to him at all."

"You can't go against him. You will all fail."

"No, I do not think so. If we can not defeat him with the Force, I will defeat him without it."

"There is no way for you to do so."

"There is and I found it. The expanded universe may mostly be fiction, but some things have become true."

"Myrkr?"

"Yes."

"Interesting. I feel that will work, but only if you can get close enough."

"I have also run into Lord Kallig and Cipher Nine. Both have been taken out of the picture."

"That may have been not such a good thing to do."

"Perhaps, but it is done. I have a feeling I will be meeting the warrior and the bounty hunter sooner or later. I have changed Lord Zash's plans as well as the plans of the ISB with the SiS. How this will affect the future the Force has been silent on."

"I would meditate on it a bit more."

"I will, but we have not finished about what has you worried."

"I feel that the Milky Way galaxy is the same one we both live in. We may not be that far from each other."

"That would change things if I could go home. I do not want to think of what it would do to my world."

"It would change your world completely."

"That would put Earth somewhere in the unknown regions or in a location that is hard to get to. It could be anywhere."

"Or any time. This is what bothers me. Are we in the same time or is either one of us long dead? If so how could we have joined together?"

Nar Shaddaa: Phantom.

I was pulled from my meditation as Cort touched me with the Force. I suddenly stood up and then crashed back into the bunk as I had hit my head.

"Ow, how could you interrupt my meditation?"

"I apologize but you have been meditating for several days. Ashara and Kira were not successful in bringing you out of your trance."

"I was deep in the Force."

"We all felt it, but it is time to move on. I have completed my mission here. Kira has helped her friends and has sought out my help. I feel that she is not who she claims to be. There is a darkness that she is trying to conceal."

"Kira is my padawan and I know of her past. I am leaving it up to her when she decides to tell me."

"More of your visions?"

"Yes, but I need to report to Var Suthra."

"He has been given a full report. Ashara filled him in when you failed to come out of your trance. He is not happy about Doctor Godera staying with you."

"He will be on Coruscant soon enough."

"Your ship will not return her in time. I have another master to find on Tatooine. I need to go." I thought for a second and as much as I could just come with him as my next mission would also lead to Tatooine I got the feeling I was still needed here. I thought about the agent's ship and if I could secure it, it may give us an advantage in the future. Thinking this I felt I had to go get it.

"I can at least have a meal before you go?"

"Of course." I smiled as I got up and guided him out. After a shower and a meal Kira, T7, and I left his ship, and we watched the ship lift off. I had talked briefly with Var Suthra, and he agreed I should secure the agent's ship if I could.

"Master when is the Bendu's Way going to get here?"

"It will not. When it gets to Coruscant, it will be sent to Tatooine. We will be securing another way off Nar Shaddaa."

"Private transport?"

"You will see." I ignored her rolling her eyes as we moved across the spaceport.

"Master those are Empire uniforms."

"I know and I got that stealth unit you gave me." Kira grinned as she suddenly vanished after looking around. I activated mine and I went past the guards into the hangers beyond. Finding the ship wasn't too hard or getting to the access hatch. I pulled out my holocom as we became visible.

"Agent Tander, what can I do for you, master Jedi?"

"I need the access code to the Phantom. Do you have 2V still with you?"

"The Phantom? Oh, you mean the ship. I have the codes a team is on the way to get the ship, but why would you need the codes?"

"I am next to the access hatch."

"You can't just take the ship!"

"I am here and if I don't get the codes, we will get caught." Tander shook his head as he did something on his end. A few seconds later we were inside the ship. The X70B was mostly like the ship from the game. The ceiling was much lower. The storage holds were still in the back and the conference room on the left side with the medical bay on the right. The holoterminal was not in the center of the ship, but off to the side as the rest of the main room was set up as a lounge. As we moved to the cockpit, there was two open doors that I could see bunks. The main cabin was much smaller and neatly organized with nothing out of place almost sanitary as if it was not lived in. The cockpit was using the highest tech available as if no expense was spared. T7 plugged in and the ship started up.

"Master someone noticed."

"T7, shut the access ramp." He whistled ass I could feel the ship's ramp settle into place. I grabbed the control and lifted the ship in the air spinning it around. The large access doors started to close as I pushed the ship forward. This ship was smaller than the defender by about half and moved smoothly. It had no problem avoiding the doors and soon enough I pushed it to full throttle. There was a grin on my face that shocked Kira.

"We just stole a ship."

"Yes we did. Now let's see what this puppy can do." Leaving Nar Shaddaa's gravity field did not take long. The display showed several ships with possible intercept vector's but none that would be able to catch up in time. T7 signaled he was ready for a destination.

"Fleet auxiliary maintenance we need to get this ship scrubbed." The stars elongated and we were off. It took several days to get to the maintenance fleet an hour to convince the captain that we were who we said we were. The ship was guided into a secure dock and netting was dropped around the ship. It was a challenge to land on the large rubber pads, but with the Force it was only tedious. As we left the ship, we went through several sessions of questioning until another Jedi with a SiS agent came and confirmed who we were.

"You two are crazy stealing an imperial vessel and one from the ISB. The commander wasn't happy having to move the fleet early. That ship better be worth it."

"It will be and the Jedi will have a use for it, so no tearing it apart. Find any trackers, bugs and other traps and remove them, but we will need that ship intact and available."

"What is so important that the Jedi have that ship?"

"I'll tell you if General Var Suthra or General Garza give you clearance." He backed off after that as those names were familiar to him.

"Fine, but I am the agent in charge."

"Good, I would expect nothing less. I have to talk to the council, excuse me." I walked away from him and picked up my pack. Kira and T7 followed right behind me. I didn't think we would get the ship back, but in case we did it would be useful in either the first attack or the second. I shuddered at the thought of having it for the second attack. That would mean my mission with the ysalamiri failed the first time. We moved through the ship to the other docking bay and soon gained transport to the fleet space station. Before we left I sent word for my crew to meet me at the station cantina. We only had to wait a few days which most of the time we trained.

"Welcome back master."

"Thank you, C2. Good to be back. As soon as we are resupplied, head to Tatooine."

"Yes, master Jedi." I glared at Zetta, but she was grinning at me. I shook my head as I went to my cabin.