Star Wars: The Lord in Exile

The Future of the Force

Civilian transports flew back and forth from a nearby planet. One departing cruiser leaving the planet had an elderly human woman aboard. She held a baby in her arms, she was wrapped in a blue blanket with little tufts of brown hair sticking up from her head. The infant looked up at her caretaker innocently as the old woman held her close and had a loving and protective look on her face.

"There, there, Alora." the woman soothed. We're away from trouble now. A new life awaits us both."

Just then the ship shook, an Imperial-1 Star Destroyer approached and used its tractor beam to pull the civilian cruiser to them. The baby whined at the sudden noise and the woman tried soothing her by singing a lullaby in her native tongue.

"It's the Empire! They're seizing the ship! We need to get out of here!" a passenger screamed.

From the airlock, the Seventh Sister and Fifth Brother walked out. After their fight with Aurelian, both had been given cybernetics to replace their lost limbs. The Seventh Sister had a right arm made from silver metal while the Fifth Brother had a red robotic left leg. They moved forward menacingly and a man in uniform approached them.

"This is a civilian transport. We were granted clearance for takeoff." he informed the two.

One of the female Inquisitor's probe droids pinned the man to the wall. "I'm afraid it's been canceled. As fortune would have it, you carry a cargo of great interest to us."

They moved forward and approached the old woman. She ran to the door and opened it with the press of a button. Before she could get through, the grey-skinned alien used his powers to slam the door shut. This process repeated for a few moments until the Fifth Brother slammed the door closed. The elderly woman slammed her fist on the door before turning around and backing away from the Inquisitors.

"No! No! Keep away."

The Seventh Sister lowered his faceplate and smiled sinisterly. "Fear not, old one. We wish to make friends. But first we have some business to attend to."

The Fifth Brother ignited both sides of his lightsaber and threw it forward, killing all the passengers in the hallway.

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On Garel, Aurelian and Sabine were walking back to the ship carrying some street food with them. They were seemingly using this moment of calm to enjoy each other's company, as they walked happily holding hands. Aurelian was brought up with a sophisticated palate, and while he did enjoy common foods, he was quite picky about quality.

"After due consideration... that vendor lied when he said that Garelian newt tastes like mynock."

Sabine laughed, "Hey, still beats Zeb cooking."

"That is not saying much."

The Mandalorian looked at her boyfriend and smirked. "You have something on your face." she leaned in and kissed the boy's cheek affectionately before smiling. "That's better."

Aurelian smirked and turned to his lover, "Well now you have something on your face."

He then made Sabine look at him before kissing her on the lips. The two remained there, kissing for a few minutes before parting. Aurelian had a victorious look on her face, but Sabine looked just as triumphant. They chuckled and kissed once more before continuing on their way, which is when they saw Ahsoka enter the hangar.

"Ahsoka? I wonder what she's doing here?"

"No idea, but here." Aurelian passed his food to Sabine. "I suspect I'll have to cut this short."