~Two weeks later, Mandalore~
Gar Saxon left the palace with the hefty sum of credits, being paid by Satine with what he'd done but he still thought about the teared filled face of VanX as he rushed to hold Bo-Katan close to him.
~Inside the Palace~
The Hologram of the King Mandalore toward over Satine, telling of the demands he wanted of her, telling her that Concordia had been taken, and that if Mandalore 'Yields' like they always do now, he might consider showing mercy to the Mandalorian Pacifists, he explained that his showing of power and conquering of Concordia had showed the remaining Mandalorian Clans that still honored the old ways of Mandalore had pledged to the new Deathwatch, seeing no longer as a mere splinter cell group but a formidable army that had taken the moon of Mandalore...
and had its sights on Mandalore itself...
"You're a Mad man Jarack Djunda, you say that you will stop after you've taken Mandalore, but you will not stop there, it's in your clan's nature to not stop taking after you've started." Satine said as she cut the call, insulting the Djunda Clan's name in front of its leader's holographic face...
She was scared, Deathwatch was winning, her Peacekeeping Mandalorian guard was no match with the new Deathwatch that Mr. Djunda had forged, not to mention that she just paid a mercenary who said that he killed her sister that she ordered him to...
She prayed to Tar'Malakno, the old Mandalorian God of mercy, she hoped that she would answer her prayers.
~The Nite Owl HQ~
Bo-Katan laid on a medical bed, her head bandaged from the wound, the low-Ion blast she had was too delicate for Bacta to work, if they just threw her into a Bacta tank, while the wound would be healed, Bo-Katan had a major risk of coming out permanently brain-damaged, so she had to naturally heal herself, but the Medical droid said that this would mean that Bo-Katan would be in a coma for an estimated two years in order to be fully healed...
VanX hadn't left his aunt's side ever since she was laid on the medical bed, many food canisters filled the local garbage can, Tank watched in idle as VanX paced back and forth, monitoring VanX's heartbeat. "VanX, your heartbeat has been severely elevated for over two weeks, only stopping when you literally passing out to sleep, you need to calm down." Tank said as he approached VanX.
"N-No... I need to be with Aunt Bo, she needs me." VanX said as he sat next to his aunt.
"VanX, you are suffering from extreme levels of sleep deprivation, stress and fatigue." Tank said.
VanX was about to look up and yell at Tank, but he stopped as he saw the figure.
VanX looked at the figure that stood next to Tank, faintly glowing. "The Jedi Temple..." the figure said before he disappeared...
"The Jedi Temple..." VanX said softly.
VanX turned to look at Aunt Bo, her calm sleeping form on the medical bed. perhaps the Jedi Order knew a way to help Aunt Bo...
"Tank, do not tell anyone where I'm going." VanX said as he got up and ran to his bedroom, collecting his armor and the Darksaber, picking up his helmet and putting it on, he then turned and ran to the nearest ship garage, looking for a ship he can use. But then he ran into Anir.
"VanX?" she asked him in confusion.
"Uh, hey Anie. Uh, look, you are my best friend. I trust you, I'm going to the Jedi, I'm gonna try and see if they know how to help Aunt Bo. Please, don't come after me." VanX said.
Anir nodded. "Alright, I trust you too." she said to him, but then she reached up and lifted VanX's helmet and kissed his cheek. "Good luck kiss." Anir said as she ran off somewhere. VanX stood there for a moment, contemplating the kiss Anir gave him.
VanX shook his head as he turned and looked for a ship that no one would notice would be gone, soon he found one, it was an old model Razor Crest.
"That's an easy ship to pilot." VanX said to himself as he entered the ship and made his way up to the pilot seat and started the engines up, he took control of the ship and lifted it up and out of the garbage, into the air and out of the Nite Owl HQ airspace and he set course for Coruscant, that was where the Jedi Temple was right? was there more than one or something? VanX was unsure but he had a pulling feeling towards Coruscant.
End of Act One
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Star Wars: The Book of VanX Kryze
AdventureThe early life of VanX Kryze during the clone wars, and the starting pieces for his journey of other places and beyond...