Youth Wars Part III: A New Age

Chapter 7

"Remind me what we're doing?" Calista requested Bennar. They were alone in a hangar bay, and Bennar was peering out into the night sky.

        "We're expecting an arrival." Bennar replied. Calista's eyes widened. She stepped back and placed a hand on her stomach. "No! No. Not that. Not what I meant." Bennar said, starting to panic, then calming down. "I've been in contact with some friends, and they're doing all they can to help us defeat this Empire."

"They're coming here for what exactly?"

"This is the rallying point. We're going to take down the enemiy's secret weapon."

"That's a bit of a leap, Ben. How could you even know where it is?"

Bennar turned and grinned. Understanding where he was heading, she smiled back. They stood there, waiting for the arrival.

"What happened?" Calista asked after a moment,

"What hapened to what?"

"On Kamino. You never gave me details."

        "Oh. Cal, I'm sorry. I've been under a lot of stress because of the mission, and have kept it well-hidden. Believe me, if you knew of what happened, you'd be as scarred as I am." He said, slowly gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. Suddenly receiving a flashback, he clutched his head and shouted, then repulsed everything around him. Calista yanked out a small, strong, and handy knife and caught onto the ground to prevent an injury.

        Once Bennar recovered, she fell back on the ground. She looked around and saw the walls, floors, and ceiling cracked. She gazed back at Bennar and saw him recovering. Retracting her knife, she went back beside him and helped him up. "Is there anything I can do?" Calista asked softly.

"As far as I can think, no. I wish there was."

Then, Calista looked up and saw ships entering the atmosphere. "They're here." She told him. Bennar looked up and saw them too.

        "Alright." He mumbled. They backed up to give the ships room to land. They arrived and landed, then Bennar's friends exited their ships and approached them. They also took a good look around. When they reached Bennar, one of them asked, "What hapened here? It looks like this place was built forever ago and hasn't been touched since."

"It's hard to explain. It's good to see you Vustine." Bennar replied as they turned to start pacing around the bay.

Jedi explorer Vustine Farthen was a young, middle-aged man, near his thirties. He had a full bright brown moustache and beard, and short hair of the same color.

"You too, Bennar, How've things been?"

"Not too brightly, to be honest. This Empire has barely fought, and yet I feel like the Republic is slowly falling apart."

"How so?"

"I've felt a massive presence of the dark side within our ranks, and have failed to expose it. I know that if this goes on any longer, we could lose many."

"Have you told anyone else?"

"No. I'm not talking about a mole. The dark side has slowly crept into the Jedi Order; one Jedi, I feel, has already been affected by it."

"Well, maybe this attack will help ease us, and we can have an easier time finding out more."

"I don't know. This could be the riskiest move we've ever made. We lost many resources in a battle a short while ago; this is pretty much all we have."