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<blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 2761067" data-attributes="member: 10079"><p><strong>Chapter 23: Aftermath</strong></p><p></p><p>It didn’t take long for the adrenaline rush of the battle to fade into pure exhaustion. Even the older students an the Jedi Masters that resided at the Academy had the tired, beaten look to them...despite the fact that they’d fought off the attack. Luck? Well, many of the younger students that had put aside their egos would agree to that...but the older students knew it wasn’t luck. But it had still be close. Far, far too close.</p><p> </p><p>Thankfully, the TIE bombers had been taken out early enough that the Great Temple hadn’t been completely leveled. In fact, only the top few levels had been destroyed, and the repairs were already starting. It would take some time, but eventually things would return to normal...on the surface, at least. None of the students would be the same, though. For most, it had been their first encounter with death outside of holodramas and stories told by their parents. It was...shocking, to say the least, and thankfully there were enough senior Jedi that it wasn’t too difficult to deal with the students still that had been hit the worst.</p><p> </p><p>The bodies that had littered the area had been cleared immediately. That had been the first concern of all of the Masters, knowing not only the sanitary problems the corpses would cause, but also the dangers of the young students seeing their dead friends. And it was hard to find a student who hadn’t lost a friend.</p><p> </p><p>Of course, as usual, the Solo kids and their friends were getting all the credit and the praise. It was...annoying to a point, but at the same time it was nice to not be stuck in the spotlight. Master Hamner was doing his best to help all of the clean up efforts, but had tracked down Gant, Esah, Cira, and Cowan a few hours after the fighting stopped.</p><p> </p><p>The five of them now stood at one of the smaller temples to the south that bordered one of the many lakes that dotted the endless forests of the small moon. They had all been relatively quiet, as there was so much to think about that the four of them were too busy trying to work things out to actually speak up.</p><p> </p><p>After looking out across the pristine lake for a short while, Master Hamner turned around and said, “You all did very well today.”</p><p> </p><p>“We did?” Cira asked, the first to question this obviously off-base compliment. While she wasn’t a typical Imperial in the way that most people thought of them in the galaxy, she was definitely a cynic...and somehow, that just went with the whole Imperial upbringing perfectly.</p><p> </p><p>But Master Hamner simply nodded, a neutral expression still etched on his hard features, “Yes, Cira, you did. All of you...no matter what you may be thinking to the contrary.”</p><p> </p><p>At that, the Jedi Master’s eyes fell on Cowan, who managed to make a surprised expression before staring down at the dirt. Everyone gave him a look, but then the moment passed and they all looked back to Master Hamner, who stopped toeing around the point, “We protected the Academy, but this fight is not over. You all proved yourselves out there. You acted like true Jedi by acting through the will of the Force instead of through your emotions. Now that we are forced to deal with less space to house all of the students in, we have been looking at alternate training exercises...and besides, you’ve all reached a point where you can learn much more outside the Academy than cooped up here waiting on a Master to help guide you.”</p><p> </p><p>Silence. All of them were waiting for the next part. That sounded like the speech that would end with all of them being knighted. It had to be! Why else send students off on their own without a Master to make sure things went well? That was how it always had been!</p><p> </p><p>But they got a surprise, “You are not ready to be Jedi Knights yet, however. It...puts us in a difficult position, but we trust the four of you. And there is a task that must be done that we believe you would all be well suited for.”</p><p> </p><p>Another silence. This one was permeated by a sense of surprise and disappointment. But it didn’t take long for Gant to push those away and focus. Once that had been done, he took the hint displayed by the fact that Master Hamner wasn’t saying anything else and began to reach out with the Force. He focused more...harder...then let go and simply allowed the Force to bring what he searched for to him. That worked.</p><p> </p><p>If Gant had eyes, this was the point where they’d have opened. Instead, he just said, “You want us to find out how the Shadow Academy got a foothold here on Yavin IV without us knowing about it.”</p><p> </p><p>A rare, broad smile formed on Master Hamner’s face and he nodded, “Very good, Gant, very good.”</p><p> </p><p>“You didn’t make it very difficult,” Cira said quietly, having picked it out just a second after Gant had.</p><p> </p><p>The Jedi Master nodded, “True, but that’s not important. You will all be provided with a small starship, but I suggest giving us some time and starting here...talk with one of the Masters before you follow any leads off planet, though. For your protection, Esah, you will be provided with a lightsaber. Of course, this does not excuse any of you, including you Gant, from finding the necessary components to construct your personal lightsaber.”</p><p> </p><p>They all nodded, and Gant thanked the Jedi Master for not pushing the subject of the weapon. It was nice to be beyond that point finally. Master Hamner then retrieved a small box from his robe and handed it to Esah, who just happened to be standing the closest to him, “Sensor equipment a few other things to help you get started. The sooner you’re able to figure out how this happened, the better we’ll all be,” and then, he bowed, “May the Force be with you.”</p><p> </p><p>Then Master Hamner left. The four of them stood there in a new silence. This was a very important task...and it had been intrusted to, of all people, them?! Not that any of them(well, save maybe Cowan) believed they couldn’t do it, but it was just so...so sudden. They weren’t even Knights! But...but he’d just left! And they were stuck with it. All of them could imagine the Jedi Master walking off with a smug look on his face. He was too good at this. And besides, this was important...</p><p> </p><p>“I believe he expects us to get started now,” Gant said slowly, finally breaking the silence.</p><p> </p><p>Cira grinned and nodded, “Not very subtle, is he?”</p><p> </p><p>“Not many Humans are, in my experience,” Esah laughed in her unique, Mon Calamari laugh that sounded more like someone drowning than a real laugh. It definitely was a sound one had to hear many times to understand as laughter.</p><p> </p><p>“Yes, well, we try to keep up appearances,” joked Cira as she fell into step with the others as they got their bearings and started for one of the camps they’d found, “Right, Cowan?”</p><p> </p><p>“...sure...” he was quiet, depressed sounding, and all together managed to kill the fun right there. He’d been like that since the end of the fighting, and none of them really wanted to get into the whys...at least not right now. Sometimes, it really was obvious that he was a spoiled little rich kid. And it was annoying enough that they were just going to have to let him get over it himself instead of pushing him and making it worse. But, at least it would keep things interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ankh-Morpork Guard, post: 2761067, member: 10079"] [b]Chapter 23: Aftermath[/b] It didn’t take long for the adrenaline rush of the battle to fade into pure exhaustion. Even the older students an the Jedi Masters that resided at the Academy had the tired, beaten look to them...despite the fact that they’d fought off the attack. Luck? Well, many of the younger students that had put aside their egos would agree to that...but the older students knew it wasn’t luck. But it had still be close. Far, far too close. Thankfully, the TIE bombers had been taken out early enough that the Great Temple hadn’t been completely leveled. In fact, only the top few levels had been destroyed, and the repairs were already starting. It would take some time, but eventually things would return to normal...on the surface, at least. None of the students would be the same, though. For most, it had been their first encounter with death outside of holodramas and stories told by their parents. It was...shocking, to say the least, and thankfully there were enough senior Jedi that it wasn’t too difficult to deal with the students still that had been hit the worst. The bodies that had littered the area had been cleared immediately. That had been the first concern of all of the Masters, knowing not only the sanitary problems the corpses would cause, but also the dangers of the young students seeing their dead friends. And it was hard to find a student who hadn’t lost a friend. Of course, as usual, the Solo kids and their friends were getting all the credit and the praise. It was...annoying to a point, but at the same time it was nice to not be stuck in the spotlight. Master Hamner was doing his best to help all of the clean up efforts, but had tracked down Gant, Esah, Cira, and Cowan a few hours after the fighting stopped. The five of them now stood at one of the smaller temples to the south that bordered one of the many lakes that dotted the endless forests of the small moon. They had all been relatively quiet, as there was so much to think about that the four of them were too busy trying to work things out to actually speak up. After looking out across the pristine lake for a short while, Master Hamner turned around and said, “You all did very well today.” “We did?” Cira asked, the first to question this obviously off-base compliment. While she wasn’t a typical Imperial in the way that most people thought of them in the galaxy, she was definitely a cynic...and somehow, that just went with the whole Imperial upbringing perfectly. But Master Hamner simply nodded, a neutral expression still etched on his hard features, “Yes, Cira, you did. All of you...no matter what you may be thinking to the contrary.” At that, the Jedi Master’s eyes fell on Cowan, who managed to make a surprised expression before staring down at the dirt. Everyone gave him a look, but then the moment passed and they all looked back to Master Hamner, who stopped toeing around the point, “We protected the Academy, but this fight is not over. You all proved yourselves out there. You acted like true Jedi by acting through the will of the Force instead of through your emotions. Now that we are forced to deal with less space to house all of the students in, we have been looking at alternate training exercises...and besides, you’ve all reached a point where you can learn much more outside the Academy than cooped up here waiting on a Master to help guide you.” Silence. All of them were waiting for the next part. That sounded like the speech that would end with all of them being knighted. It had to be! Why else send students off on their own without a Master to make sure things went well? That was how it always had been! But they got a surprise, “You are not ready to be Jedi Knights yet, however. It...puts us in a difficult position, but we trust the four of you. And there is a task that must be done that we believe you would all be well suited for.” Another silence. This one was permeated by a sense of surprise and disappointment. But it didn’t take long for Gant to push those away and focus. Once that had been done, he took the hint displayed by the fact that Master Hamner wasn’t saying anything else and began to reach out with the Force. He focused more...harder...then let go and simply allowed the Force to bring what he searched for to him. That worked. If Gant had eyes, this was the point where they’d have opened. Instead, he just said, “You want us to find out how the Shadow Academy got a foothold here on Yavin IV without us knowing about it.” A rare, broad smile formed on Master Hamner’s face and he nodded, “Very good, Gant, very good.” “You didn’t make it very difficult,” Cira said quietly, having picked it out just a second after Gant had. The Jedi Master nodded, “True, but that’s not important. You will all be provided with a small starship, but I suggest giving us some time and starting here...talk with one of the Masters before you follow any leads off planet, though. For your protection, Esah, you will be provided with a lightsaber. Of course, this does not excuse any of you, including you Gant, from finding the necessary components to construct your personal lightsaber.” They all nodded, and Gant thanked the Jedi Master for not pushing the subject of the weapon. It was nice to be beyond that point finally. Master Hamner then retrieved a small box from his robe and handed it to Esah, who just happened to be standing the closest to him, “Sensor equipment a few other things to help you get started. The sooner you’re able to figure out how this happened, the better we’ll all be,” and then, he bowed, “May the Force be with you.” Then Master Hamner left. The four of them stood there in a new silence. This was a very important task...and it had been intrusted to, of all people, them?! Not that any of them(well, save maybe Cowan) believed they couldn’t do it, but it was just so...so sudden. They weren’t even Knights! But...but he’d just left! And they were stuck with it. All of them could imagine the Jedi Master walking off with a smug look on his face. He was too good at this. And besides, this was important... “I believe he expects us to get started now,” Gant said slowly, finally breaking the silence. Cira grinned and nodded, “Not very subtle, is he?” “Not many Humans are, in my experience,” Esah laughed in her unique, Mon Calamari laugh that sounded more like someone drowning than a real laugh. It definitely was a sound one had to hear many times to understand as laughter. “Yes, well, we try to keep up appearances,” joked Cira as she fell into step with the others as they got their bearings and started for one of the camps they’d found, “Right, Cowan?” “...sure...” he was quiet, depressed sounding, and all together managed to kill the fun right there. He’d been like that since the end of the fighting, and none of them really wanted to get into the whys...at least not right now. Sometimes, it really was obvious that he was a spoiled little rich kid. And it was annoying enough that they were just going to have to let him get over it himself instead of pushing him and making it worse. But, at least it would keep things interesting. [/QUOTE]
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