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The Training Camp
Chapter Twenty Seven
Jenica Maral
She sat alone attempting to meditate but her focus kept slipping back to the moment when Swa Lu pushed her out of the way of that blaster bolt. She kept coming face to face with the fact that she wouldn’t have done the same for the Jedi and that horrified her. She had always prided herself on being the best she could possibly be but now she saw how clearly she had failed.
She wasn’t even sure she could continue as an Imperial knight after leaning how flawed she truly was. She knew that her master back in at the Academy would try to tell her it was just the battle stress making her feel this way and that in time she’d accept it and move on.
“Hey Cadet Maral,” Bocota Long of the Jedi said from behind her. “Tasha Baldour is awake and is insisting that rescuers will arrive in the mourning that Master Nextor managed to call for help before he was died.” The Bothan looked relieved. “Looks like we won’t have to split up and have some of us head for the space port after all.” She thanked him for telling her and then went back to dwelling on things once he was gone.
She pushed the thoughts of Swa Lu out of her head and focused on Zholl Codi and his betrayal. She recalled Tasha Baldour claiming he’d been changed by the dead blonde woman but she couldn’t see how that was possible. The only real explanation was that he’d betrayed them before this some how. She hoped that the Empire’s investigation would discover all the details and route out any other traitors.
She heard a noise then and turned to see Tasha Baldour standing behind her. “May I help you?” She did not want to speak with her. She hadn’t forgotten their earlier confrontation about her supposed vision.
“We need to talk,” the jedi said firmly. “But not here meet me at the ruins of the Jedi ship in the valley.” She knew her reluctance must have been showing none of them had gone near the valley ever since they had carried the wounded to the small clearing in the woods. “Please it is important if you want to have any chance to make up for your inaction that got Swa Lu killed.” She felt as if she’d been slapped but before she could reply the other woman was gone.
She sat down and resolved not to go anywhere near the other woman again. Still something bothered her about what she said so she thought back. She realized with growing horror that the other woman was right. She had frozen when Zholl Codi was revealed as a traitor and still be frozen when Swa Lu shoved her out of the way. If she’d been acting like a real Imperial Knight she wouldn’t have frozen.
She wasn’t sure how the other woman knew she hadn’t even realized it herself but she found herself getting up and heading toward the Valley. As she walked she realized that as guilty as she felt for how she’d treated her partner the fact it was her own failing that made her sacrifice her life made it worse. The fact Swa Lu had been the only one of them who made it to the Valley to die was even worse. The Jedi would still be alive if not for her incompetence and that made every thing worse.
She arrived to find the Valley empty and for a moment she thougth the other woman had just tricked her but then she sensed her. The young Jedi woman was climbingout of the ruins of the Jedi ship holding a metal box that had clearly survived the explosion. “Good you came.” The woman said with a sad smile. “You aren’t going to like what I have to say but if you do what I ask of you then you’ll get a chance some day to save another like Swa Lu saved you and with him your beloved Empire.”
In that moment as much as it scared her she felt a crystal clear certainty through the force that the girl was telling the truth. She was momentarily terrified enough to run form the valley but she saw a fleeting image of Swa Lu between the trees that stopped her. She knew that Jedi who faded away like her partner had done sometime showed back up to guide the living. She forced herself to relax and drew on the force to center herself. “Tell me what you have to then.” She said.
To be concluded.
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The Training Camp
Chapter Twenty Seven
Jenica Maral
She sat alone attempting to meditate but her focus kept slipping back to the moment when Swa Lu pushed her out of the way of that blaster bolt. She kept coming face to face with the fact that she wouldn’t have done the same for the Jedi and that horrified her. She had always prided herself on being the best she could possibly be but now she saw how clearly she had failed.
She wasn’t even sure she could continue as an Imperial knight after leaning how flawed she truly was. She knew that her master back in at the Academy would try to tell her it was just the battle stress making her feel this way and that in time she’d accept it and move on.
“Hey Cadet Maral,” Bocota Long of the Jedi said from behind her. “Tasha Baldour is awake and is insisting that rescuers will arrive in the mourning that Master Nextor managed to call for help before he was died.” The Bothan looked relieved. “Looks like we won’t have to split up and have some of us head for the space port after all.” She thanked him for telling her and then went back to dwelling on things once he was gone.
She pushed the thoughts of Swa Lu out of her head and focused on Zholl Codi and his betrayal. She recalled Tasha Baldour claiming he’d been changed by the dead blonde woman but she couldn’t see how that was possible. The only real explanation was that he’d betrayed them before this some how. She hoped that the Empire’s investigation would discover all the details and route out any other traitors.
She heard a noise then and turned to see Tasha Baldour standing behind her. “May I help you?” She did not want to speak with her. She hadn’t forgotten their earlier confrontation about her supposed vision.
“We need to talk,” the jedi said firmly. “But not here meet me at the ruins of the Jedi ship in the valley.” She knew her reluctance must have been showing none of them had gone near the valley ever since they had carried the wounded to the small clearing in the woods. “Please it is important if you want to have any chance to make up for your inaction that got Swa Lu killed.” She felt as if she’d been slapped but before she could reply the other woman was gone.
She sat down and resolved not to go anywhere near the other woman again. Still something bothered her about what she said so she thought back. She realized with growing horror that the other woman was right. She had frozen when Zholl Codi was revealed as a traitor and still be frozen when Swa Lu shoved her out of the way. If she’d been acting like a real Imperial Knight she wouldn’t have frozen.
She wasn’t sure how the other woman knew she hadn’t even realized it herself but she found herself getting up and heading toward the Valley. As she walked she realized that as guilty as she felt for how she’d treated her partner the fact it was her own failing that made her sacrifice her life made it worse. The fact Swa Lu had been the only one of them who made it to the Valley to die was even worse. The Jedi would still be alive if not for her incompetence and that made every thing worse.
She arrived to find the Valley empty and for a moment she thougth the other woman had just tricked her but then she sensed her. The young Jedi woman was climbingout of the ruins of the Jedi ship holding a metal box that had clearly survived the explosion. “Good you came.” The woman said with a sad smile. “You aren’t going to like what I have to say but if you do what I ask of you then you’ll get a chance some day to save another like Swa Lu saved you and with him your beloved Empire.”
In that moment as much as it scared her she felt a crystal clear certainty through the force that the girl was telling the truth. She was momentarily terrified enough to run form the valley but she saw a fleeting image of Swa Lu between the trees that stopped her. She knew that Jedi who faded away like her partner had done sometime showed back up to guide the living. She forced herself to relax and drew on the force to center herself. “Tell me what you have to then.” She said.
To be concluded.
REVIEW HERE
