Twilight Ghost

[Brendak Shiel]

Lonn.

Brendak shifted his thoughts. Sarahi wasn't overly protective or overly emotional. She accepted life's attacks against her, as far as he had seen. Either that or she merely pressed them down until they virtually disappeared.

But even this situation with her old padawan seemed different that all of that. Something worse than bitter sorrow had entered her mind that day.

Keeping his eyes on the small, jedi female, Brendak reviewed what he knew about her. Which wasn't very much. But, combining the short memory that he had accidentally gained access to involving the death of Lonn and Sarahi's desperate cries, with the way the Sarahi shrugged off praise like Rakhgoul disease, he had a fairly clear image of what tormented her.

Blinking, he narrowed his eyes with concern. Glancing around the room, he noticed that no one shared his private worry. If Sarahi was inflicted and tormented by what he guessed was plaguing her......... Brendak flinched at the thought when old memories invaded his mind.

Revenge and remorse destroyed me, Brendak.

They tormented me and tortured me. All of my thoughts bent around the idea of reconciliation so tightly that I could think of little else. All of my purpose revolved around making it right again, and I broke myself if I did not. And I loved it, I drank in the thought of correcting my wrongs and lived in the pain that accompanied it.

They were a poison, an acid that flowed through my veins. It wrung the life out of me and eradicated anything honorable that I had ever done.

It utterly destroyed me, Brendak. Don't let it destroy you.


Brendak Shiel clenched his fists and fought back the voice that he hadn't heard in years.

I swear that I won't let them control me, He promised silently. Looking over at Sarahi again, he felt a weight of fear, responsibility, unexplained desperation when he saw what she might become.

I promise that Sarahi Qui will not fall to the same fate. Not while I have strength left.

[Sarahi Leor Qui]

Cla'Tal watched Brendak and Sarahi exchange a few words quietly between each other. He frowned as Brendak placed a hand on Sarahi shoulder. What does he think he's doing? Cla'Tal thought. He stared at Brendak, as if his own vision would burn holes into the jedi knight. He watched Sarahi's small movements of insecurity; the occasional wringing of her hands and the shifting of weight on her feet. Her face was barely readable beneath the shadow of her hood, but the familiar look of grief washed over her face.

Cla'Tal balled his fists. Stop it, stop talking to her you idiot. His brow knit together and he tried to relax. Lay another hand on her and I'll rip your head off. He guarded his thoughts.

"Not since Lonn..." he heard Sarahi say before turning away from Brendak. Cla'Tal stiffened at the deceased padawan's name. Sarahi never brought up her padawan in causal conversation; never, not even with him. Cla'Tal knew what had happened after he overheard a jedi speaking to his padawan about it, that is the only way he knew things about Sarahi from when he was gone.

So much suffering in so much beauty. Cla'Tal sighed. Sarahi whipped around and stared at him, obviously overhearing his thoughts. Don't mind me, just letting my mind float away in a cloud. Sarahi turned back around without a thought towards him.

Ouch. Cla'Tal thought. She really does hate me.

[Ketreelawa Ochor]

Ketreelawa frowned as, once again, something happened between Cla'Tal and Sarahi. Why does she have such sad and slightly angry memories towards him? Why is she always so grim? She seems to have shoved her darkest feelings deep below, where they will grow over time. Ketreelawa thought before her master's voice invaded her mind.
"Were you much better when you thought I died?"
Ketreelawa's lips tightened as the memories hammered to get into her mind, Master, I don't think you died, I know you died. I saw it with my own eyes.
Kendalia's voice almost seemed amused, "Do you believe only what your eyes tell you?"
I don't understand. You died. Darth Morax killed you. Ketreelawa's thoughts fought back.
"Things aren't always what they seem to be." Kendalia's voice replied.
Ketreelawa focused back on Sarahi, then switched her gaze to Cla'Tal as she came to a decision. Slowly, she made her way over to Cla'Tal, then, in a quiet voice, she asked, "Master Cla'Tal, Master Qui confuses me greatly. I sense saddness and heartbreak from her. Why? You seem to know alot about her, what can you tell me? And you, Master, forgive me if I am too bold with my statements, but Master, I sense feelings in you as well."
Ketreelawa was hoping that she hadn't mistaken Cla'Tal's rank.
She paused as her gaze drifted to Brendak, and her voice softened more, "And, master, what of Brendak? I sense you do not have good feelings towards him. I do not trust him, for he is the son of my master's murderer. What do you know of him? Or do you know anything about him? Master, forgive me once again if my mind is too suspicious, but is Master Sheil to be trusted?"
Ketreelawa hoped that Cla'Tal would have answers to her questions.

(Sarahi, or anybody else, please tell me if you need/want me to change this)

[Jenina Fenwyn]

Jenina curled up, worn out. Using her Medkit for a pillow, she drifted into sleep, lulled by the silence of space.

Lisa leaned back into her corner, flipping her new knife. With nothing else to do, now was as good a time as any for throwing practice..

[Sarahi Leor Qui]

Cla’ Tal blinked at the wookiee. She confuses me too. “Well,” Cla’ Tal made sure his voice was quiet enough so Sarahi couldn’t hear him, “About two years ago Sarahi’s padawan was killed by a sith, who actually is her twin brother Nuru. The sad thing is he was her only family left.” He cleared his throat. “Not to mention her title that has been going the temple, ‘the padawan killer’.” He smirked. “As for my feelings, Sarahi’s just a friend, nothing more or nothing less.” Heh, yeah right.
 
Cla’ Tal glanced at Brendak who seemed to be paying more attention to the air around him than what was going on. He rolled his eyes. “As for Master Shiel, eh. I really couldn’t care less about him.” Cla ‘tal gave another moment’s thought. “My wisdom of the day, the sins of a father should not be cast upon the son.” Like I really believe that. Cla’Tal thought to himself. “I really don’t know much about the kid, but hey, if I know things, which I do, it’s that he is not to be trusted. The look of him just gives me the shivers.” He yawned. “The plus side of being a bounty hunter for a few years is that you can profile people pretty well.”
 

[Brendak Shiel]

Brendak Shiel drew back inside of himself, lost in thought.  Ketreelawa’s questions had been blunt and out in front of the two people that she had been referring to.  Don’t you know that we have ears, wookiee? 
 
     His disbelief grew when Cla’ Tal began to answer.  He wouldn’t dare, Brendak thought tightly.  He wouldn’t dare expose Sarahi like that and give his personal opinion of random jedi in front of their faces.  Would he?
 
     He was answered by Cla’ Tal when the idiotic jedi knight started to ramble on about Sarahi’s past.  How her brother, Nuru, had killed her padawan, Lonn.  Brendak stood in a mix between rage at a Cla’ Tal for revealing Sarahi like he did and, well, more anger. 
 
   “As for my feelings, Sarahi’s just a friend.  Nothing more, nothing less,” Cla’ Tal assured her. Really…….

He felt Cla’ Tal’s eyes suddenly on him and he immediately focused on something beyond his sight. When the jedi looked away, Brendak continued to glare down at the floor, listening intently.

“As for Master Shiel, eh. I really couldn’t care less about him.”

Brendak scoffed when he felt the mocking vibrations in Cla’ Tal’s tone.

“My wisdom for the day, the sins of the father should not be cast upon the son.”

Oh, so that’s what you believe? Just like you and Sarahi are just friends?

“I really don’t know much about the kid-”

KID!?

“-but hey, if I know things, which I do-”

Which you most certainly don’t.

“-its that he is not to be trusted.”

Oh, you got that right. You better watch your back for this untrustworthy sith.....

“The look of him just gives me shivers.”

Good. Would they be enough to kill you?

“The plus side of being a bounty hunter for a few years is that you can profile people pretty well.”

Sure. Then you will know that if you say one more thing, I’m going to get permission from the council to kill you.

[Ketreelawa Ochor]

Ketreelawa blinked and stared blankly at Cla'Tal for a moment. She wasn't quite sure to believe a word he had just said, but, after all, he was a higher ranking jedi than her so he was probably not lying.
"Oh." was all Ketreelawa whispered.
Her gaze slid over to Brendak who seemed to be glaring at the floor. Anger flowed off of him in small waves. He heard me. Ketreelawa thought the obvious.

No, duh. Kendalia's voice said into Ketreelawa's mind, They've got ears, you know.

Ketreelawa sighed, Well that is fine with me. Brendak already knows I don't trust him, so why does it make a difference?

Sure. Then you will know that if you say one more thing, I'm going to get permission from the council to kill you. Ketreelawa blinked again and shot a glance at Brendak.

What? She thought, Why would he want to kill Cla'Tal just because he had answered some of my questions? Is he insane?

[Aurra Lunelle]

Aurra tried to relax and retreat to her thoughts, but she found that she just couldn't think with the rest of the group standing and sitting around her. The Jedi seemed tense, like something was disturbing them. Aurra had no idea what it could be and she really didn’t care to know. When she had finally had enough of their awkward silence, she got up from her seat at the war room table and walked out of the war room.

Finally, I can get some peace and quiet, she thought before venturing down the short passageway to the cockpit.

Aurra, still curious about The Twilight Ghost and it engine, went and sat down in the pilot's seat, examining the console's controls. The Twilight Ghost was headed toward Coruscant, a planet heavily-populated planet that Aurra had not visited in many years.

As Aurra sat in the pilot’s seat studying the controls, she began to realize how tired she really was. She yawned and rested her head against the side of the seat. Her eyes felt heavy; the cockpit was silent. Slowly Aurra began to drift into sleep.

[Robbie]

Jarx went up to the cockpit and started working on the controls. He also thought about the events that had unfolded and laid them out in his mind.

1) They had met on a station, then were ambushed after having to deal with a conveniant detonation of a starship who's pilot joined there group.

2)After they had blasted into space, they saw the Republic Warship blown up by the sith. But sith starfighters, different from the ones firing on the Republic warship. Then they landed on Taris.

3) After landing on Taris, they explored the Lower City, then went to the Under City and met the outcasts which told them about the Promise Land. After finding the datapads, they returned them to the outcasts and then knew were to go.

4) After arriving at the 'Promise Land', they learned that it wasn't what it all seemed to be. It was in fact, a little different. It was not totally run by droids. Men also help run the place, and they were hired by someone.

5) The place was ran by a mysterious master. The master seemed to dislike both Jedi and Sith. But he seemed to have some forceusers amongst his group. Like Kara, or the sith spy.

6)The sith spy tried to kill Brendak, and was not a master. The Sith Master was in the hanger, and was much more powerful then any jedi or sith Jarx had ever faced. Jarx had felt the man's power. But Jarx also knew the Sith Master wasn't a man. He was an alien of some sort. And he had his suspiciouns. But something also bothered him, he recognized the sith, but couldn't place his finger on it.

Kara joined Jarx in the cockpit, "What are you thinking about, Jarx?"

Jarx looked at her, who was she really? He answered, "Not much."

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Fidella looked through the rest of the data. He laid back, and thought. He hadn't gotten much more information or answers. Just more puzzels and riddles.

[Sarahi Leor Qui]

Sarahi sat down and rested her head on her palms. She allowed the Force to drown out all the chatter among the group. For the first time in a long while Sarahi let herself relax and rest. She felt the mission already taking it's toll on her. Two years of working in a medical bay daily hadn't been good for her health, and now she was paying for it.

I haven't ever slept well since... that day. A vision on red flashed in her mind's eye; Sarahi pushed it away. Sleep. She told herself. You must sleep! Sarahi's inner demon pushed back and force her to remain partially awake. She subconsciously felt her body tense as if an unknown danger lurked among the ship.

Sarahi stood up for a moment, but was overcome with weariness. This is not how a Jedi should live. She sighed. Come on you're better than this; there are several Jedi to defend the ship if something were to happen. Sarahi soon had willed herself to fall asleep.

[Jenina Fenwyn]

Jenina wandered through mainly dreamless states, picking up different emotions from various places. They danced in her vision as colors, winding into a meaningless, spiraling whirlwind of color.

Lisa sighed, and stood, pacing to the window, still flipping the knife occasionally. She was far too alert to be sleepy. Her feline traits helped her not need as much sleep as others. She smiled as she saw people falling asleep.

[Saint Dane]

Shaa sat in the co-pilots chair, observing. Smiling, she watched as the group gradually fell asleep, one by one.
She glanced down at her side, her wound was almost completely healed. In fact, it didn't even bother her any more.

[Aurra Lunelle]

Aurra awoke suddenly when she heard the sound of light footsteps coming toward the cockpit. She was immediately alert and focused. One of Aurra eyes opened, glancing around. She realized that she was not alone. Aurra didn’t move, pretending like she was still asleep.

“What are you thinking about, Jarx?” Aurra recognized the soft voice as Kara, the non-Jedi, force user that had helped Aurra collect the group’s weapons earlier that day. Aurra debated whether or not to remain ‘asleep’. She really didn’t feel like listening to the two of them chat, but on the other hand they could potentially reveal something of interest.

“Not much.” Jarx replied with such a tone told Aurra otherwise. Aurra rolled her eyes and went back to sleep.

[Ketreelawa Ochor]

Ketreelawa thought for a moment about curling up and sleeping in some peaceful corner of the ship, but decided against it. Instead, she leaned against the wall and closed her eyes. She wasn't sleeping, but at least this way she could rest slightly.

[Robbie]

Jarx sat up in his chair once they came out of hyperspace. He looked at Kara, "This will have to wait." He then took the controls and slowly maneuvered the Twilight Ghost in the direction of Coruscant.

Coruscant is a huge planet that is practically one huge city. Jarx went through the com frequencies, passed the security tests, and was able to get them a landing pad at the jedi temple, Convenient.

Jarx landed the Twilight Ghost without a hitch. He put down the landing gear, then turned her down, except her security systems.

He got up and woke up the young pilot, then motioned for everyone in the cockpit to follow him, "All passengers, this is Jarx. We are now at the jedi temple. It is time to go inside."