The Survivor

Eleven

Order 66

"To know things I don't know yet..." 

The sound of the ocean filled the otherwise quiet nature.  The wind whipped past my hair, blowing it everywhere.  Not that I cared, my mind was too unfocused, my vision not registering the waves in front of me, tickling my bare feet.  

I'd been sitting near the ocean since I woke up, feeling threads in the Force.  Despite what happened hours before, I could feel the Jedi's lifelines in the Force.  They were alive.  Whatever I'd witnessed, it hadn't happened yet.  

"What's wrong?"  Jylo asked, walking up with his helmet tucked under his arm. 

Ten months ago, when I revealed my Force-sensitivity to save Shadow from Fluffers, we'd opened up about things.  Not a lot, but he knew my name and I knew his.  Jylo Kryze.  His older sisters, Satine and Boka' tan, had sent him away to Morsaund when he was about a toddler, after their parents' deaths.  

I glanced at him as he stopped next to me.  "I don't know."  

"I heard you screaming," he said.  "At three in the morning.  Figured you wouldn't want to talk about it then, so I haven't asked anything.  But you've been out here for hours, Jora."  

I stayed silent, watching the waves.  The beach always calmed me more than anything else ever could, even meditating.  It was rare if I ever got to visit it, and when I did I always tried to memorize everything about it.  

"I think something's going to happen to the Jedi," I told him after a moment.  "I think I had a vision.  Something terrible is going to happen."  

"To you?"  He questioned, sounding worried.  

"I'm not a Jedi anymore," I reminded him, looking down at the lightsabers clipped to my waist.  

Even though the Jedi betrayed me, I couldn't let them die.  Not like this.  I had to find a way to help, to warn them before whatever was going to happen happens.  

"I have to warn them," I said, getting to my feet.  

"Didn't the Jedi betray you?"  Jylo interrupted, stepping in front of me.  "And whatever's happening to the Jedi, are you sure you should even go?  What if it's a threat to all Force-wielders?  And if not, anyone could mistake you for a Jedi with your lightsabers."  

I sighed.  "I may not like the Jedi, but I can't just let them die if there's something I could do to stop it.  How would that make me any better?"  

Jylo was silent as I started walking to his ship.  When I was about to step up the ramp he ran past me inside.  "You're sure as kriff not going alone.  I don't trust you with my ship," he added quickly. 

I gave him an amused look, walking past him into the cockpit and sitting down in the co-pilot seat.  He closed the ramp and came to sit in the pilot seat, starting up the engines.  I had to admit, it felt nice to have him with me.  Especially when he could be off getting the bounty we'd been tracking for almost a week.  

The ship took off, flying into the sky, away from Corellia and out into space.  I closed my eyes and tried to meditate, trying to make more sense of the vision.  Even though I meditated hard the whole flight, which was about a day plus a couple hours, I couldn't make sense of the threat itself.  

Jylo's gauntlet starfighter arrived in Coruscant's atmosphere, the planet lit up with lights even from space.  A feeling of nostalgia washed over me, but I brushed it away, trying not to let my memories overtake me.