Enigma Pt.2 - A Star Wars FanFic

Chapter 7- Trouble

Flint landed the ship for the night so they could try and make something resembling a plan to stay close to Evander and Jolie. The three of them were all huddled in the cockpit hashing out their ideas when they were getting a transmission.

Flint shrugged and patched it through, only to be staring in horror at Master Kenobi. We are in so much trouble.

"Erm, Master Kenobi- uh hi," Flint stuttered nervously, his face turning almost as pink as Synyc's skin.

Alda moved over next to him so she was in the picture as well. The Jedi General and Master finally broke his intimidating silence. "The Council has received word that you've forged important paperwork regarding the very ship you're in as we speak. Care to elaborate?" Kenobi's voice wasn't harsh or even mean, but more humorous.

"Well- um,"Flint gave Alda a worried look and she nodded her head. "You see- do you remember Jolie Peregrine?"

Kenobi sighed,"Yes. I do feel awful about what she had to go through," his voice as sincere. "What about her?"

"Evander Aine, our fellow comrade, had exactly three visions of her turning to the dark side so we came to the conclusion that she may have been in trouble," his voice was wavering and full of nerves,"We were right. Count Dooku was meeting with her, but it seemed peaceful until we showed up. We're okay, though."

"Why was he meeting with her?" Kenobi asked, now visibly intrigued as he stroked his beard.

"We don't know," Alda said. "Evander ended up sneaking on her ship just before she made the jump to Hyperspace. We were forming a plan before you called."

"This is serious," the Jedi General's voice had lowered but remained calm and even welcoming. "I will be calling tomorrow with the rest of the Council to discuss this further. You won't be in any trouble; it was clear the Force was directing you this way."

Alda and Flint nodded and kept back a relived smile. "We'll talk then. Thank you, Master Kenobi," Alda said.

Flint nodded,"Thank you."

Kenobi nodded and the transmissions cut out.

Flint let out a massive sigh of relief and ran both his hands through his hair from his forehead to the base of his neck as he leaned back in his seat. "Holy crap, I've never been that stressed in my life."

Alda laughed and gave him a pat on the shoulder,"That went well to me! On that note, we should probably wait to plan until we talk to them."

"Was that the Master Kenobi?" Synyc asked with his eyes lit up.

Alda and Flint both laughed quietly. Alda nodded,"Yep. Welcome to the big leagues everyone," she raised her glass ceremonially and smiled,"May we not royally screw this up!"

"I'll drink to that!" Flint said with a smile as he clinked his glass together with Alda's.

Synyc laughed and did the same, sharing in the brief, triumphant moment. If only Evander was here for this.

        "Jolie! Wake your ass up!" Evander yelled back from his seat in the cockpit. He'd rightfully moved over to the pilot's seat after seeing Jolie's lackluster flying technique.

He heard some rustling and then a shockingly composed looking Jolie shuffled out of the small bedroom and into the cockpit alongside him. "Sorry. That was supposed to be a nap."

"It's fine. Like you said, we need to refuel. I'm assuming you have credits?"

There was no answer.