Legend of the Harp Episode I: Birth of a Jedi

Legend of the Harp By Hemaccabe Episode I: Birth of a Jedi Chapter 9: Reunion

Legend of the Harp

By Hemaccabe

Episode I: Birth of a Jedi

Chapter 9: Reunion

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

***Jedi Knight Furin Kazan, Aram Station***

Then my memory started to reassemble.

Jojo was here. He was alive! I wasn't the last and alone anymore. These thoughts were going through my head as pure joy when Jojo handled the big guy he was fighting. Then, in a moment of true nightmare, the joy was shattered when the man's knife went into Jojo's stomach. Then a blossom of fiery pain hit me in the back. I'm not sure if I fell down.

That's when reality started swimming, I tried to size up the situation.

There was a clone helping Jojo. I twitched with an immediate hostile reaction to the clone, but he was clearly helping Jojo and must be an ally.

"Is that creature with you?" I asked the clone, pointing at Burbur.

"Yes." the clone yelled back over the rising din.

"Shield bring the creature." I said then staggered.

Someone got under my arm. I looked and was completely stunned for a moment. I could have sworn the person under my arm was Fion!

We moved as quickly as possible down the causeway. Soon we were on Bearer.

I shouted from the cargo hold, "Pilot debark and get us to the Fortress."

The Pilot replied over the intercom, "Station refusing to give debark permission sir."

I took out one of my double sabers and held it up, "Shield take this and break station."

Shield took the double saber and went to the docking ring. He inserted his data plug into the door. One could hear armored trooper feet coming down the docking ring. After a few endless moments of wondering if we would have to fight a squad of Storm Troopers as we were, the station door closed. Then Shield placed the saber in the station docking ring and lit it, twisted it once one hundred and eighty degrees and Bearer was no longer connected to the station. There was a second of low pressure while Bearer's door closed.

"Pilot go now. Emergency speed." I yelled again.

We all fell down when Bearer suddenly pulled away from the station and we were going.

"Shield please get me up to the cockpit." I said.

Shield picked me up and carried me, quite gently, to the cockpit. I confirmed we were on track to jump to hyperspace. I feared pursuit from the station. As I surveyed Bearer's scanners, I realized the station may have had a company of troopers, but apparently no space fighters. I wouldn't be surprised if reinforcements were inbound. The Empire would never want to ignore direct, general defiance as it had just been shown on the station. There had been several dead stationers for each trooper, but I'm sure the Empire would want to exact another large measure of punishment. I was proven right when one of the new Star Destroyers entered the system and started disgorging TIE fighters. Fortunately, they were light minutes away, so we would wave as we ... jumped to hyperspace.

Then I was back in the now.

I just wanted to fall asleep in that co-pilot chair and never wake up. My back hurt so badly. But I had, for the first time, guests.

"Shield get me back down to our guests" I managed to get out.

Shield carried me gently back down to the hold.