STAR WARS: A New Threat

Escaping the First Order

The first battlecruiser emerged from hyperspace, the huge vessel covering the skies over Ajan Kloss. Everyone below took a deep breath at the appearance of the gigantic ship. The First Order had found them once again.

The Resistance was in fleeing mode, but they sent in a squad to distract the unwelcomed visitors long enough so that their cargo ships and medical frigates could escape. Their best pilot, Commander Poe Dameron prepared the squadron for attack.

"Black Leader to Red Squadron, listen up. We distract them long enough so our friends on the ground can do their thing. Avoid getting to close. I want everyone back today," announced Poe Dameron. They all heeded their Commander.

The First Order sent their TIE-fighters to attack the rebels, their ships fancier and counted with newer tech.

"Don't let them intimidate you, we got this!" Poe scremed over his comlink. "BB-8, give me an update on the Resistance. How far have they gotten?"

The round orange and white droid beeped, worried. Some frigates were still on the ground. Someone tried to communicate back to the pilot. BB-8 connected the transmition.

"You need to buy me more time," a deep breathless voice talked over the comlink. "We're almost there, Poe. We are evacuating the last ship now," explained Ben Solo, Leia's son and avid Force user.
"Well, that's something, old friend. I'll see what I can do for you," replied Dameron as he shot at two TIE's and maneuvered to escape a third one. "Let's go!"

The little droid screeched at the intense turn its human friend had done to position himself behind a TIE.

"Woo!" screamed Poe, exhilarated.
"Don't get too cocky, Commander," replied Ello Asty, supressing his laugh.
"You know I can't help it, my friend. It's time to blow some stuff up."

The squadron aimed at the large star cruiser's cannons, blowing them up. Meanwhile, what was left of the Resistance on land had been able to evacuate everyone and made it to orbit.

Ben Solo quickly made it to the Millenium Falcon, where Chewie waited anxiously.

"Graahhhh!" his huge friend roared at him, worried.
"We're going pal. Let's hurry, I can feel someone comming behind us," he said, pensive. 
"Arrg?"
"I don't know, but they're powerful in the dark side of the Force. A strong presence that I haven't felt in a long time," he said, worried.

Quickly, they readied the ship to protect the freighters that had just orbited. Ben could feel the person, whoever it was, closing in on them to attack. The Force shuddered around him; Ben could feel the malevolence drawing closer, and its intensions were murderous ones.

"Turn on the shields, they're going to hit us from behind," he warned his co-pilot.

Chewie turned the shields on and gave Ben Solo a reassuring look. It was then that the first red blasts grazed the Falcon.

Just in time! He thought.

Young Solo was an expert pilot, like his father and grandfather before him. He used the Force to predict where his opponent was going to attack next, which helped him dodge their blasts. With a deft move, he managed to get behind the attacking TIE fighter. He fired a couple of accurate shots, hitting the ship's wing. He could feel the person inside flinching with anger, but there was nothing the other person could do. The ship wouldn't go far. Dark smoke began to emanate from the damaged wing.

Although Ben tried to fire one more time to end it, the TIE took a tight turn and escaped his shots. Ben growled, frustrated. At that very moment, he felt the person through the Force. They rejoiced in his failure... again. 

We'll see each other soon, Ben Solo. The voice called out to him through the Force.

With that, the enemy ship returned to the safety of the First Order cruiser. Solo was confused, because he had no idea who had contacted him. It had been some time since he last encountered a Sith, powerful enough that he hadn't felt them coming. He had never seen their face, and it was so long ago that it very well could be someone else. Could this be the same person or an apprentice? Ben couldn't answer that right now.

~

Ben ran to meet his mother at the commanding brigde, where they were getting ready to jump to lightspeed. Princess Leia looked at the navicomputer, thinking where they should go next. It seemed no matter where they went in the vast galaxy, the First Order always found a way to find them.

"Take us out of here," Han insisted, his face frowning.
"Wait dad, Poe is still out there," said Ben.
"Tell him to desengage. We are getting ready to jump," his mother told him.

Ben reaches on his pocket for his comlink and orders Poe Dameron to stop the attack and return to the fleet. Although the guy still wanted to continue in the fight, he obeyed the orders. The most important thing now was to stay united and find refuge. Where could they go now?

"Take us to Takodana, to neutral space," ordered Leia.
"Yes, Princess Leia," answered Lieutenant Connix.

Leia took a seat at the command table, thoughtful. She too, had sensed the dark presence when they evacuated the planet. And she knew his son had felt it too. Her son approached her, feeling what she was feeling: the worry and fear that a Sith Lord was after them.

"Mother," he started.
"I know, sweetheart. I felt it too."
"Whoever that was, they communicated with me. They said they we would meet again," he told her.
"Then it will happen. I'm afraid we were so focused on handling the First Order that we didn't stop to think who was really behind it. This dark lord must be behind it all."
"I wouldn't be surprised. And another thing; I recognized that precense. It was the same as the one years ago," Ben looked disturbed. "Mother, we need to find him," he said, referring to his uncle.

Luke had gone shomewhere to meditate after he had visions about the remaining Jedi, but the vision hadn't been so clear so he went somewhere where the Force was strong.

He wasn't the same since the great tragedy that had occurred that night at the Jedi Academy he had created.

"Ben," Leia whispered for only her son to hear. "Where do you think your uncle would go if he wanted to have a strong connection with the Force?

He thought for a moment, remembering his younger self as he learned the Jedi ways, reaching out with his mind. Years of training came back to him; when he trained under the tutelage of his uncle and everything he had taught him.

The two oldest Jedi temples are on Ahct-To and Lothal. While Lothal's temple is full of history, Ahch-To's is probably the birthplace of the Jedi, and if you ever need to, you can find answers there, he remembered a conversation between him and his uncle, back when he was just a padawan, no older than 15 years old.

"Ahch-To. He's in the first Jedi Temple."
"Then that's where you will go. Prepare for the jump," announced Leia.