The Eternal Jedi

Chapter 2

Keela nervously stood in the darkness. "Hello?" she called out. "Is anyone there?"

    "Hello? Is anyone there?" A distorted voice answered. Keela shrieked and wrapped her arms around herself. "Who are you?" she asked. She then remembered her lightsaber attached to her belt. She removed it and ignited it. The brilliant silver blade peirced the darkness and provided some light. "I see you have a silver lightsaber," the voice said back. "You were stronger when it was red."

    Keela turned to face the direction from which the voice had came. "I know you," she said. Something moved out of the darkness. A figure cloaked in black stepped up to Keela in an all too familier mask. "How are you here?" she asked. "I killed you!"

    Darth Rogue chuckled. "Did you really think you could escape me that easily? No, no, no. You don't get it. I will always be a part of you."

    Keela hands shook and her lightsaber waverd. "No, no," was all she could say as she stepped backward but Darth Rogue just took one step forward for evey step she took back. "Get away fom me!" Keela swung her lightsaber at the sith but it just passed through it. "You're right," the sith said."You did kill me, but now my spirit lives on in your mind. You can not escape me. You will rise again as a great sith. It is your destiny." Darth Rogue reached out a gloved hand and wrapped it around Keela's throat. Panic filled Keela as her hand lost her grip on her lightsaber and it fell to the floor. "Joake!" she weakly called out. "Somebody help!"

    "Leave her alone!" a second voice said. The voice was different than her brother's, softer somehow. Keela saw a blue light approaching them. The blue light then took the shape of a human in old Jedi robes. The man had dark, curly hair that came to his jaw. The force ghost raised a hand and Darth Rogue let go of Keela who fell to the ground. The force ghost waved his hand and then Darth Rogue dissapeared completly. "Who are you?" Keela asked.

    "My name is Anakin Skywalker," the ghost said. "I have come to help you."

    "Skywalker, as in Luke Skywalker?" Keela asked.

    "Yes," Anakin replied. My son trains your brother who now trains you. I was saved by my son as you were saved by your brother." Anakin paused. "Even as a force ghost Darth Vader still haunts me. What most people do not understand, not even Yoda, is that when Jedi turn to the Dark Side, a different being, a sith, makes it's home in that Jedi's body. Darth Vader used my body to carry out Palpatine's orders. While Darth Vader was in my body, I was still aware of myself, but Darth Vader controled my thoughts, actions, and words. I allowed him to take over me because of a false promise to save my wife. You are different; you did not have a choice but the same thing happened. You and Darth Rogue are the same and different at the same time."

    "So, Darth Rogue can still talk to me? It said something about me becoming a sith again. What does it mean?"

    "It means something dark is coming, Keela. I do not know what it is, but we will protect you." As Anakin said that, dozens more force ghosts appeared. Keela knew each by name from veiwing the Jedi holocrons. She saw Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jin, Avar Kriss, Bell Zetifar, Bastilla Shan, Yoda, and many others.

    "But why didn't they protect you?" Keela asked.

    "Because I chose the Dark Side, you didn't."

    "But how will they be able to protect me? Won't it be weird for them to be following me around all the time?"

    "You will not be able to see us, but we will hold off this darkness, whatever it mahy be, until you are strong enough to finish it."

    "So it's most likely Rogue then?"

    "Possibly." The force ghosts slowly started to fade away. "May the force be with you," Anakin said as he faded away completely.

    Keela stood alone once again. She raised her hands and opened the large doors and found Joake waiting outside. "What did you find out?" he asked. Keela told him the whole story.

    "Wow, that's amazing..." Joake stopped when his comlink vibrated. "Hold on," he said.

    Joake stepped away from the door and Keela waited by the Millenium Falcon. When Joake returned, he wore a worried expression. "What's wrong?" Keela asked.

    "That was Luke. He...found something out."

    "What?"

    Joake sighed. "He found out how Sideous got you in the first place."

    Something dark washed over Keela. Immense worry and fear. "How?"    Joake sighed. "It was...our...mother."