Star Wars: The Rise of New Order

Chapter 17: Chapter 17: The Monster (1)



"The mission was simple. There is a monster that is rampaging everywhere. The problem was that blasters are not working on it, not even the lightsaber. I landed my strikes on it, but they left not even a mark that I landed my strikes", Quinlon Vos lamented about the mission.

"If you couldn't bring the monster down, shouldn't you have asked for heavy fire? Why did the council send us?" Ayla felt confused about the matter.

"My Padawan", Vos spoke as if it answered everything.

The newcomers didn't understand what Vos was telling.

Seeing their confused faces, Vos continued his explanation, "My Padawan here had a Force Vision in the middle of the battle. As you know, these Visions were never complete. She was sure that she saw two more Jedi, actually a human Jedi and a very young human Padawan, almost a youngling, or at least that's what she believed, who fought alongside us, which led to successfully dealing with that monster".

"Though it was vague, I requested the council to send a pair like that, and they sent you. If you are the ones that my padawan saw helping us, then it is well and good, or else we have to request to send some heavy power next time".

Ayla and Jayden understood the reason for their presence here.

As Jedi, they serve the Force. Though many today see that as a tool to do whatever they want to, without even understanding the force.

To many, it was a tool like a lightsaber. Though it might be a conscious thought, subconsciously, many started to ignore the Force.

Force Visions come to any force user when that scenario is important, not just to them but to the galaxy as a whole. That is a point that many forget and think only about themselves.

If a Force Vision appears, then whatever incident it shows has some world-shattering consequences. That was the point most missed, because whenever a Force Vision appears, the Jedi either ran into the fire without any protection gear or delayed so much to put on the gear that they were no longer needed.

When they ran without a plan, fully basing their actions on the force vision, they stumbled and many died or were injured. So, many old Jedi started being too cautious when they received the vision. Only the young would jump directly without thinking much.

Luckily, Vos was neither.

Though he may not understand what those visions actually entail, he was not one to rush or take too much time before acting.

If the force is asking them to bring the two in order to complete this mission, then he intends to do so. He asked the council for a Jedi and their young padawan, who might have been mistaken for a youngling.

Though he made such a request, he didn't stop. He kept track of the monsters, patiently waiting to take them down if possible.

When compared to Obi-Wan, he might appear reckless, but he has traits that others lack. He felt that the monster was going berserk for some reason, but he couldn't find that reason.

"Hmm", Ayla nodded her head, rubbing her chin, clearly thinking about what the Force Vision meant and whether it was the two of them that the young padawan saw.

If Secura had seen the faces, it would have been better, but she didn't. The only thing she saw was that they were humans, and the padawan is so young that he can be mistaken for a youngling.

At the moment, there are not many that fit the last description, and with both master and padawan being human, along with what Secure saw, only they fit.

'No wonder the council sent them. Well, it was Master Yoda, rather than the council. I can see that the others were not sure about this vision. I didn't under back then, just thought that they were still angry about my defiance back then, but it looks like this might be the reason', Ayla thought to herself.

"Okay, let's test that theory and see if we are those, and I hope we are those from the vision", Ayla said.

"I hope so, too. Follow me, there is a ship to take us to the last seen location of that monster", Vos spoke, and the master and padawan duo followed him.

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As Quinlon led them from the spaceport, Jayden, for the first time, saw Wookies.

They are quite a fan favourite because of Chewbacca. Moreover, they stood with Yoda when the clones betrayed due to Order-66. Later, Wookies are one of the species that faced a lot of pressure from the Empire.

Unlike the Lasat, who were genocided, Wookies were sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel, which was worse than death for them, and all these things happened before the senate was dissolved.

For this reason, Jayden at first thought of bringing Wookies to his side, but he decided against that for the same reason. If he interacts with the wookies, everything that he does here would be sent to the order and the senate.

Why would a human Jedi be interested in Wookies?

The Sith would definitely look into his activities, and they are not idiots like the council. They would look into his family as well.

Even though his family was powerful and could hire many droids or mercenaries, one can't take the power of the Sith. They were planning for a thousand years and they controlled many heads of organisations, planet governors and even criminal elements in the republic, either through intimidation, bribes or evidence of such bribes.

Whatever worked efficiently, they used it to lay a strong network, which helped them to quickly dismantle the Jedi Order like never before.

To someone who did that, would his family power matter much?

So, Jayden decided to just have friendly relations with them if that were possible through official ways. This wouldn't raise any questions, and the Sith wouldn't be alerted.

Wookies were friendly with the Jedi. So another Jedi who made contact through official ways wouldn't raise a question if he visits them frequently.

Also, Sith had no plans here until the clone wars started, as most wookies were straightforward and wouldn't fall for their tricks and had the best relations with the Jedi.

If not, Kashyyyk too would have become an experimental site, as many others in the hands of Darth Plagueis.

Now that he got a chance through officially, if it were possible, he wanted to make a few friends before his mission ended.


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