A Jedi Knight of Old. Part II

I breathed deeply, drawing on the Force. What was I going to do with her? I didn't know. I don't think Uncle Luke really expected the rumours to be true, my orders had just to check it out. But I also knew that he would want me to bring her back to the temple so that we could learn about the old ways. There was so much that she could teach us.

Confused I went inside my mind for a moment to seek refuge. Suddenly Jacen's face appeared from nowhere. "Let her decide Jaina. She is her own person, and there is no way you could bring her in by force. She was probably a Jedi Master. She will know what to do."I opened my eyes and looked at Lebua's. "I don't know." I answered truthfully. "I'm guessing that you don't want to go back to the temple because you never made contact. I don't know why that is. Perhaps you don't like the changes that Uncle Luke made. The thing is that we know so little about the Jedi back then, it would be brilliant if you could come back with me and teach us, Master."

Her eyes widened and she spun the gun on the table, sending both of our glasses flying. She lunged across the table and pressed her gun to my throat.
"Who told you I was a master?!" she demanded, her eyes wide, with… was that fear?

"A Jedi knows no fear." The words echoed in my mind as my hand shot for my lightsaber. Then I felt eyes on me; half the bar was looking at us and the source of the commotion. I couldn't reveal what I was down here! Tension crackled all around us.

Calmly I gently pushed the end of the gun away from me. "No one told me anything. I just assumed." I said with practiced patience."You must have been powerful to survive the purge... Only two others managedit..."I didn't want to ask her about that day. It must have been terrible, everyone that she knew and cared for dead... murdered by my own Grandfather... I repressed a shudder. I looked at her sideways, her eyes were blazing, not unlike Dad's sometimes, tentively I asked, "That's a 'No' for coming back to the temple then?" I was sitting on the edge of my seat, ready to react should she attackagain.

She released me but moved the gun back into position, holding it steady. Her tone was annoyed when she spoke. "I will come. But if you ever hide your emotion again, I will blow your brains out of your head."
"I'm old," she muttered, "I'm grumpy, and I've had a hard life. My past is my own, but if you would like me to come to the temple. I will come and I will teach with lessons from my past."

I was shocked. "Really?", I blinked. I hadn't expected her to come at all, just to melt back into the streets after our encounter. "Wow... That's... Brilliant!" I smiled at her, and stood up. "Let's go then!" I chucked a few credits to the bar keep and looked again at the indigo twi'lek.
Hera again passed through my mind."The thing is, at the moment there's a bit of a... situation at the Temple... I think that you could help us,"I thought about explaining but then decided to leave it for the journey. "It's a long story. I'll tell you on the way."

She laughed. It was like nothing I’d ever heard and she swifty covered her mouth. "There is nothing that I haven't encountered." She said.

She looked at me, "You flying?"
I nodded, "Sure thing. I have a Jedi Ship docked in the bay. It should fit both of us."

"I can fly us both out, with your ship in my cargo-bay," she told me, "Unless you don't trust me."

I looked at her, I did trust her. I knew that.So I agreed. "Sure, if your ship can take mine. I'd love to see it!"

“Meet me by the Empty Lot, coordinates, 51-62. I will pick up your ship there, so we have room for the exchange."

I nodded. "51-62" I muttered to make sure I remembered. I gave her a waveand walked off, trying to push the thought that said she was going to make a run for it to the back of my mind.



(Read Lebua's side of the story here.)