Star Wars: Lurking Darkness

Chapter 26

     Shooting out of hyperspace both ships were immediately thrown into an asteroid field. Although the asteroids were large in size, many would still pose a threat to unwary pilots. One wrong move would send a ship on a crash course to oblivion.

     Yrett piloted her own ship, while Dan piloted one of Zurga's flag ships.

     The Corellian frigate Dan piloted was much larger than Yrett's freighter. Nothing about it was elegant and seemed to have been in some sort of conflict not so long ago. Rust engulfed most of the exterior parts of the ship and inside proved to be less welcoming. The scorch marks on the portside of the vessel confirmed it had been through rough space. Nevertheless, the ship would help get them onto Nar Shaddaa without any trouble.

     Von sat meditating as Teg impatiently paced back and forth within the room.

     "Master do you honestly believe we will be safe on a world controlled by Hutt's?" The younger Jedi said breaking the silence.

     "I'm willing to give it a shot and besides it's not like we have many choices at our disposal. This new Empire has no power over Hutt space and according to Zurga it will be a long time before that happens, so as long as we keep our heads down we should be safe."

     "You see we have to stay hidden and watch everything we do. I can't live like that master can you?" Teg asked.

     "No and that's why we must train hard to become powerful Jedi. Insurrection will someday arise from all of this and when that happens we need to be ready." Von said.

     "I still don't like this. Becca has a lot to learn and being in an environment like that will be difficult for her." Teg said sounding overly confident of his own skills.

     "We all have much to learn Teg and we must never stop learning especially now. If we are to survive we will need to learn fast. From this day on I feel you have achieved the rank of a Jedi knight and will be just that. I will take Becca as my padawan and teach her the ways of the force as I have come to learn them. I will train her the best I can, but I will need your help in doing so. Alone were vigilantes on the run, but together we are Jedi knights of the Republic."

     Bowing to his master Teg was honored to be called a Jedi knight. Looking behind him he saw Becca was fast asleep on the old bunk attached to the ships wall. It didn't look comfortable and he assumed she must have been really tired to have fallen asleep on it.

     "We have to protect her from all harm. She's the future Teg losing her means losing everything we have fought so hard to preserve as Jedi. Nothing will be easy from this point on and being vigilant will become our priority everywhere we go. Seeing what happened back there I'm convinced we were lucky to have been so far away from the temple when all of this betrayal occurred. Now we must keep our minds on thriving in a galaxy that is convinced we're the bad guys."

     "Don't worry master we will get back at whoever did this." Teg said zealously.

     "I'm with you on that one."

     Hearing a yawn they both turned to see Becca casually sitting up on the bed. She rubbed her eyes vigorously and stretched her arms out as far as her tiny body allowed her to. "Oh boy was I tired. Are we there yet?" She asked as a voice came over the speaker above them.

     "We are here everyone." Dan said joyfully.

     "Well that answers my question." She said giggling.

     "Let's head to the bridge and see this hidden droid factory." Von said.

     Exiting the small room Von noticed Stryder and the three clones had already marched towards the cockpit.