Star Wars: The Jedi Chronicles:Enter The Shadows (Books 1-4)

Chapter Four: Premonitions

The group flies back to the Rebellion. The instant they carry Shain into sick bay, Carl, Willie, Dudley, Michael, and Sara are healed. Willie sits up, shivering.

Willie: Did he pass out again?

Andrew: Yes, he did.

Dudley: How are we gonna expect to beat Censes if Shain keeps passing out every time he uses that lightsaber for a long period of time?

Eve: I’m sure Shain has a plan. He always does.

Michael: Except for when he doesn’t.

Carl: Which is most of the time.

Sarah: Nooo, Shain has a plan.

Ben: He does? What is it?

Sarah: (grinning from ear to ear) Shain’s back-up plan is always not to have a plan.

The group laughs as Shain starts to stir, just like he did the last time he passed out. Shain’s little brother Jordan is the first to notice.

Jordan: What’s wrong with Shain?

The group turns and looks over where Shain and Nathan Hall are lying.

Willie: I don’t know…

Willie walks over to the computer that is monitoring Shain.

Willie: Everything checks out… Wait a second… He’s having a nightmare.

Willie moves his hand over Shain’s forehead. He sees Shain’s vision, but it’s really fuzzy, meaning it may or may not come true. Shain is fighting Censes, not only physically drained, but emotionally. Much of the temple is destroyed from their battle.

One by one, Censes slaughters Shain’s friends and then his brothers, forcing Shain to watch. Censes kills Shain and manages to pull the galaxy into total darkness and evil forever with no hope of ever going back. Shain and Josh both jolt up out of the beds.

Willie, Shain, Jacob, Jordan, Ben and Josh: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

The group jumps due to the sudden screaming.

Cassandra: What happened?

Sara: What did you see?

Shain: (breathing hard) I saw two things… I saw a fifth element on the lightsaber... and our deaths…

The group falls silent and everyone becomes very solemn.

Shain: I’m not sure if we are going to live or die… The first one we all lived and there was a fifth element. The second one we lost- -

Josh P. Our lives…

Nathan: Wait... you all just?

All five brothers and Willie nod their heads. The twins run over to their oldest brother and hug him.

Jacob: I don’t want to die.

Shain: That's not going to happen. Not on my watch.

Shain jumps up off the chair and walks out of the room.

Aria: Where’s he going?

Willie: I have an idea. Let me know when Nathan comes to.

Willie walks down to the training room where he finds Shain, training. He is more aggressive in his fighting style, using Force-push. He has the holobots, which he has programmed to look like Censes, set to maximum difficulty, and it still doesn’t compare to Censes.

Willie: Shain... what are you doing?

Shain: I’m training!

Shain lets out a yell as he blasts a bot into the wall. Each time he hits a droid with his saber, it sounds like big rocks and boulders being smashed into a metal building with lightsaber sounds. Willie walks to the center of the room and uses the Force to push Shain.

Shain slides across the floor. He looks at Willie for a second, and flips to his feet. Willie opens his lightsaber, knowing Shain needs to fight his emotions out and think things though. Shain rushes up to Willie.

He swings his saber with both hands from his right. Willie blocks with one hand. Shain’s attacks look stronger and more aggressive than usual, but he is flicking his wrist before the sabers connect and stopping his arms just before contact.

Shain is still using his earth saber. Ben, Jacob, Jordan, Paul, Joel, and Aria all walk in sit down and watch the two best friends, trying to figure out what happened. Shain strikes down and Willie shifts the strike to Shain’s left.

Willie steps in and hits Shain in the chest with his left arm. Shain steps back in with a thrust. The two continue to fight while they talk.

Shain What, Willie?!

Shain spins around and there is a break in the fight while their sabers sizzle against each other.

Shain: What the heck is going on in my head!? Is it Censes, messing with my head?

Willie flips the saber out of Shain’s hand. The saber spins around Shain’s wrist. Shain grabs it. Willie thrust his saber at Shain. He leans backwards and blocks. He shoves Willie’s saber away from him then the two spin around and clash their sabers together once more.

Shain: Is it... God?... The Force?

Willie uses the Force to push Shain up and back. Shain lands on his back. Willie steps in with his saber to Shain’s throat. Shain’s eyes widen.

Jacob: Whoa....

Willie: You ever think it was you?

Shain’s face goes from angered and frustrated to solemn. The boys shut their lightsabers off and Willie helps Shain up.

Shain: What do you mean?

Willie: This whole time Censes has control of the galaxy, you’ve hated yourself for it. It’s not your fault. Just let it go. As for your dreams, that’s still you. You’re so afraid of losing us, it’s going to destroy you. Go take a little vacation. Revan was able to take back Naboo. Go relax there and find yourself.

Shain: But...

Sarah: (walking up to them) Willie’s right. We could all use a small vacation to unwind. We have to be calm to fight our best.

Shain: We have four months before Doom’s Day! We can’t just stop!

Joel: Exactly: we have four months. We can afford to take two weeks off and get our heads on right.

Paul: (snorts) Like you ever have it on straight.

Aria: Enough, boys!

Shain: But... who's going to finish the battle plans for war? Censes isn't going take a break! We shouldn't, either!

Paul: You’re going to go crazy if you continue. Take two weeks off, and then we can take Cody.

Shain: A week.

Eve: A week and a half.

Shain pauses for a moment.

Shain: Fine... (he takes a deep breath) Naboo?

Eve: Oh, yes! I can’t wait!

Shain: Why wait? Let’s go now, so we can get back.

Shain walks out of the room.

Paul: Knowing him, we’re going to have to work hard to keep him from training.

Willie: Yeah... I know.

Joel: He’s just soo... dark.

Sarah: I miss the old funny him.

Jacob: Yeah, me too.

Ben: I like it; he actually gets things done.

Jordan: Shut up, Ben!

Willie: Come on, guys; no more fighting, please.

Aria: We’ve all been fighting too much lately.

Paul: Even I’m sick of the fighting.

The group just looks at Paul.

Sarah: Well, we should go pack!

The group waits for Nathan to wake up. They bring him up to speed and get their stuff packed up. They spend the next week and a half on Naboo. The group has to fight to keep Shain from thinking about what is going on in the galaxy. They manage to get him to cool off a little, but not much.