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Star Wars: The Sith Resurrection Part IV: Alliances Divided


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Hethra opened the door to see Jun-la. "What are you doing here?" He asked her immediately.

Kol Skywalker thought about what he had heard, and decided to act on it. "Alkéa, I want you to go to Tython, the reports from there, combined with the information your husband confirmed, leads me to beleive that these Rashikians are going to attack there, and I don't mean like their attacks on Republic ships lately." He said to Alkéa.

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"I know what's going to happen, which is why I must stay here." Hethra replied.

"Master Skywalker, I don't believe sending a single Jedi is enough for what's out there." Komad told Kol Skywalker. "I agree, perhaps it would be best to send Master Starlighter, his knowledge of these Rashikians would be of great help on Tython."

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"As well as I. You forget Master Hethra that my gift is in visions," Jun-la replied in a quiet voice. "I have come to help but the bigger threat is on an Avalonian." She refrained from describing a vision that had haunted her since she began her journey to return to Coruscant. Outside events were used as a means to defeat the Avalonian since the relationships they form tend to be as physical as a bond between master and apprentice bordering on familial ties. Even now she saw the one who was responsible commiting the same act over and over again.

 

Reyvan agreed with Komad, "I concur. Two Avalonians make a formidable force." He remembered a story that Jun-la once used to illustrate that numbers weren't always everything if you had a warrior's heart. "Master Starlighter and Jun-la can help in ways we couldn't," referring to their connections to the Avalonian fleet, the only true fighting force still in existence since Avalon joined the Republic four thousand years ago.

Alkea nodded in agreement while watching Master Starlighter. Andros appeared to not be listening but in truth he was deep in thought as he was listening. More likely he was working out a scenario that could happen. She knew he had seen what Komad had seen and wondered if he knew it was meant to be or it could be changed.

As if he had read her thoughts, Andros looked at Alkea and said softly, "The future is uncertain. The same as the stars." It was a private reference when he once explained the concept of reading the stars. It took years often centuries to see what was to be. Jun-la was one who diligently studied them. The joke among the family was that she was the only one with Kirabaros' gift of sight. The rest was dispersed through the family.

"Then you are going?" Alkea asked.

"I will. Hethra is a friend," Andros replied, "He found me when I was at the pit of despair. I owe him that much and more."

Alkea nodded and waited for Master Skywalker to give his opinion and consent.

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"Master Hethra," Jun-la got quiet, "He will come for my father." She had her eyes cast downward as a show of respect for Master Hethra. "My father will have to face him again. Avalon and all we stand for will be put down if he succeeds in defeating my father."

 

Alkéa brushed her lips gently on Reyvan's face who warned her to be careful. She in turn said, "Watch out for him," and motioned with her eyes towards Andros. She gave him another kiss and went to the hangar back to her fighter. She might need to call her squadron again but that was their mission.

Andros came up to her and smiled, "May the Force be with you Little One."

Alkéa replied, "I will," and with a quick bow to MAster Skywalker, she took her leave. She figured Jun-la would already be there so at least there would beone more friendly face before the storm besides Hethra's.

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"Even so, the Rashikians are coming here, and we have to evacuate as many civilians as we can, and we have to transfer the data in the archives to Coruscant, where it'll be safe." Hethra replied.

Back on Coruscant, Komad waited at a Temple landing pad with his son and daughter for his wife's shuttle to land, and as he looked up, he spotted him come into the atmosphere.

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"For certain this is not," Jun-la replied, "For certain you face death." She was rather quiet inwardly thinking and replaying the inmages over and over in her mind.

 

Greea was impatient to see her family. Still she was a Jedi and had to practice patience. The shuttle would get there soon enough. She projected her longing and love so much that it reached Andros who was standing next to Komad. He smiled and said, "I see that greetings shall be like the morning sun. Full and bright."

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((I know but Andros likes Greea as well))

 

"Nor I Master Hethra but a future I see for you," Jun-la replied.

"Still we must help the people. You know our duty," Almalexia replied to the younger girl. She was aware that sometimes Jun-la obessed over a vision but she never explained fully to get any advice. It was as if she was waging a private war.

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"What about Master Hethra?" Jun-la replied,"War will come and a future for you I see."

 

Greea smiled at her children and hugged her husband replying, "Spice mines are the same. Funny thing is there were some strange incidents. At first it was thought to be sabotage but it looks like some equipment failure." She turned her head to see MAster Starlighter standing there watching them. SHe then asked in a whisper, "And how is Master Starlighter?"

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"I am not a young man, I have lived a long life. But still, you need to explain what's going on." Hethra replied.

"Curious, but it's probably just ordinary smugglers creating a diversion." Komad replied. "I have some other good news: I talked to Jun-la, and she said she'll train Andros when he's ready."

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"That is good darling," Greea replied, "yet I sense that is not the reason for the somber mood that Master Starlighter is trying to hide by talking to our son."

 

"For as long as it has been remembered, it is said the Force began with Avalon which explains why there are so many Force Sensitives and Jedi, even when Vader thought he destroyed them all," Jun-la began, "One united the Republic and our people. One named Kirabaros, the Heart of the Guardian. He had enemies of course but only one sought the blood to be repaid, blood duel. It was said that the Jedi Ashira-Li Starlighter defeated the last family member of the family that sought to destroy the lines of the Jedi Revan and Kirabaros. Unfortunately I found out that our friend from sixteen years ago is a member of the family set on blood to be repaid. I also had a vision of him killing my father, before and after I found out.

"Death means many things. It is not just physical. It also can mean emotional and mental death. If you die you will kill my father." It sounded harsh even to Jun-la but she knew that Master Hethra wouldn't allow for anything less.

Almalexia recognized the tones in which Jun-la uttered her explanation. She had heard those tones of pain and worry before. Andros had the same tones though he masked them well from Hethra. She had heard that Lady Ashira-Li took it very personal when a Jedi friend was killed during the Clone Wars and was almost broken when the other nearly rejected her. To bear the burden of having to watch your back was something she never had to experience and was worried for the young Jedi. She figured it was why she held the scoundrel turned hero at arms's length.

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"Even so, I have to stay here to help protect the Archives. If they take this planet, the rest of the Republic will fall." Hethra replied.

"Kalla found out that Tyrannus is involved in the disturbances near the Unknown Regions. Master Starlighter knows what's going to happen." Komad replied.

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"Not everything," Jun-la replied quietly. It was pointless to argue a point said. The Archives did need to be protected but at what cost? "Father knows his enemy yes but he doesn't know what will happen. All he knows is that if something should happen, it will echo to the core of his being. A wound if you will."

Almalexia thought the same thing and asked, "If the Archives mean so much, what about making them in place that cannot be found except by those who know where it is?"

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"Unless..." Almalexia broke off to look at Jun-la.

Jun-la looked at the princess and asked, "You mean?"

"Yes," Almalexia nodded, "If I remember correctly they were done when your grandmother was fifteen, around the time when she first went to Bandomeer."

"There wouldn't be any reason for it to discontinue even with all that has happened. Old Pythias would know where it is."

 

Andros was talking to his namesake aware taht Greea was worried about him and his possible reaction to what he already knew: Tyrannus was back and he was out for blood. He said nothing of it especially to his daughter since her perchant for visions tended to stay in her mind. He spoke to young Andros, "Tell me. How has your mother fared when I went to Bandomeer of all places. SHe seemed uneasy when I went but I never asked her."

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"Hmm," Andros mused, "What do you recall from the conversation? Use the Force." He gave a smile of encouragement.

 

Almalexia and Jun-la looked at each other deciding who should tell Hethra what they were discussing. They didn't use words but spoke through the eyes, a puxxling and sometimes annoying trait Avalonians used at times. Jun-la gave a slight nod before answering, "There is no need to copy or protect the Archives. It is already done."

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"If they are already in another location, than the Archives must be wiped clean. And still we must raise the defenses. I will not allow any planet of the Republic to fall into enemy hands." Hethra told them.

"I think they were comparing some stunt my aunt pulled to it. I remember my dad saying earlier that they hadn't seen you since before I was born." Andros replied.

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"Defenses are underway Master Hethra," Jun-la replied. "If I know my father and brother, they would have let my sister and sunt know. The Avalonian fleet would be on its way."

"But I think we should allow the local miltia to mobilize. This is their home too," Almalexia added.

"I agree. To deny the righ to defend a home loses strength." Jun-la nodded her agreement. She knew that one free man defending his home is more powerful than ten hired soldiers. Her time with the tribes taught her that. Her father said that occassionally too but she never quite believed it.

 

"Hmm your father always thought I was a semi bad influence on your aunt. The thing is I saw her unique spirit," Andros explained to the younger one. He smiled at the thought. The second part about Komad not seeing him, he figured he should explain, "I don't know how much you know but you do know that I lost my wife when my children were as old as your parents when they first met?"

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"I didn't know that. My parents rarely mention you, and yet they respect you enough to give me your name." The younger Andros replied.

"We should get started with preparations; the militia is all this planet's got. The Republic military has been out of commission since the end of the War of Resurrection sixteen years ago." Hethra stated.

"I'm worried. These attacks by the Rashikians are getting worse, and the Senate's not helping, if what I saw comes true, we're going to lose a planet very soon, along with someone very important." Komad told Greea.

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