Star Wars: Purgatory

Chapter Four: Proposal

Master Sai piloted the craft into the sea of stars. He followed a beacon, the last known qaurdinates of Ms. Tano. His ship sailed into atmosphere of white and tan planet surface, penetrating the white clouds that shroomed about him. He piloted the craft to the canyon, past some tents. Setting the craft down, the Jedi let down the ramp and covered his head in his ivory colored hood.

Exiting the ramp, he took in the fresh air, and closed his eyes. Then he made it way towards the tents, hoping locals might know of saber wielding Togruta.

The Moon was agrarian, with only poor farmers hard at work. Many of them human. As the Jedi approached, a man with a pitchfork shouted.

"Stay back stranger! We don't want any of your kind here!"

Master Sai blinked.

"You mean by my kind?"

The Farmer pointed his three pointed spear at his lightsaber hilt.

"The Jedi bring danger on us! So get going!"

The Jedi Master sighed.

"You are correct that in these times we are not in favor. I've come for another who wields sabers. A Trogruta, named Ahsoka."

The Farmer spat on the soil.

"Never heard of her."

The Jedi could sense this was a lie, but did not pry further.

"Thank you. I shall have to conduct my search elsewhere."

The Farmer dug his fork into dirt, loosening it.

"There is a lady name Ahoni, who sometimes trades crystals from the caverns for food. She might know something."

The Master Jedi bowed.

"Much obliged."

He knew Ms. Tano would use an alias, the times demanded that. It was too dangerous to use their names from the Clone Wars, too easy for it to get reported back to The Empire, and summon him, the Agent of Evil.

Master Sai made his way through the canyon and to the caverns. He stopped at a cave mouth. He could feel the Force teeming inside, ripe with Kyber, and perhaps The Force User he sought.

He stepped into the darkness, and made his way through the tunnel, which was framed by jagged rocks, and small pools of water. He came to offshoot, where he saw light. He followed it into a room of rock, it had a cot, and crystals illuminating like candles of purple, blue, and yellow. He could sense she had been here.

Returning to the main cave tunnel, he saw reservoir of water, enough for a city, and an opening in cabe rock at the ceiling shone light on the great blue pool of water. There was a host of lanterns at its threshold, faces peering and carrying pales of the life giving liquid in buckets and carts to carry to the surface.

Master Sai searched for her among the crowds in the Force, when he felt a strong flow of the Force around on hooded individual pouring water into the buckets and carts of the farmers. Her white hood protruded in two points, and as she turned two great topaz blue eyes shined, and skin with waves of orange and white mingled as if on canvas. She had sensed him and as he drew nearer to her position, she disappeared. Suddenly he felt something dig into his back, it was shaft of a white staff.

"The Water is for all, but even here no one is safe. You are reckless Jedi."

Master Sai turned and looked at Troguta whose face was as beautiful as he had seen from a distance, only now he detected in those eyes and her mouth line great sorrow.

"I have come looking for you Ahso.."

She stopped his mouth.

"Shh.. I am Ahoni here."

The Jedi Master nodded.

"Please, I must speak with you on a matter of great urgency."

Ahsoka rustled her head, two tentacles rustler at her neckline.

"Very well, if you must. Come."

The two made there way past the pilgrims carrying water to that private chamber that had a cot and candles of crystal. The Trogruta sat on the floor crossing her legs, Master Sai joined her.

"First things first, I came to this Moon, Raada, to disappear. I have no desire to join the Rebellion."

Master Sai nodded.

"I have come by the bidding of the Jedi Council."

Ahsoka wrinkled her orange nose.

"The Council? There is no more Council."

Sai nodded, and removed his hood to show his chisel jaw, pale blue eyes, and short wavy hair.

"It was the last session, before the noble Masters, like yourself, went into hiding."

Ahsoka waved her hand and chiseled cup of rock came to her and she drank some water. Another identical cup floated and landed in front of Master Sai.

"As you know, I am no longer a Jedi, I left the Order before the Fall of the Republic and the end of the Clone Wars."

Master Sai took a drink from draught, the cool liquid was fresh and revitalized him.

"I am aware you and Order stand apart. But in these times we must count on our allies, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Ahsoka scoffed.

"I have no enemies, not anymore. I don't fight in pointless wars."

Master Sai sat down the cup of stone.

"This isn't about the war. Its about hope."

Ahsoka shook her head, the tendrils swaying.

"Sounds like your gonna make a pitch, I've heard them all. He use to say to me 'we will being peace, freedom, justice, and security.' Now we live in tyranny, the only remedy to forget who we were."

Master Sai shook his head.

"I am putting together a team, with the aim of neutralizing the Emperor's Agent, the one they call Darth Vader."

Ahsoka's face became grave.

"Best of luck to you on that."

Master Sai looked at Ahsoka with determined eyes.

"We both know there is no such thing as luck."

The Troguta Female stood up.

"This has all been interesting, but ai have no wish to hunt down that monster. Count me.."

Sai stepped close to Ahsoka's face.

"They are alive."

Ahsoka could sense in the Force his meaning, her blue eyes trembling and her mouth opened wide.

"The offspring of Padme live. The Children of Sky.."

Absoka put up her hand to stop him.

"Enough! That's enough. What you are saying changes nothing!"

Master Sai leaned into her, bot touching with his hands.

"You know what they mean, for The Force, for the Jedi, and most of all to the Empire. If we don't stop him, or at least keep his eyes off of them, they will be turned into pawns of the Emperor, made to suffer like.. him."

Ahsoka pointed her finger at the entrance of her little chamber.

"Get out! I've heard enough."

Master Sai put his ivory hood on his head and obeyed. He paused at the month of the cave.

"The boy looks just like his Father. I thought you'd like to know that."

Master Sai then exited the chamber.