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(3.16) Destiny and Vision
Destiny and Vision (Part One)
Republic City (Brown Sector)
Coruscant
There are moments in Daz's life when he really just doesn't understand why he does some of the things he does. He watched Biggs and Lysire walk up to the stand and talk with Joe the stand keeper. He slowly drew out his blaster and aimed it through the canvas tarp that covered up the back section of the stand. The only part of his body that was showing was his little head. His disguise of a Jawa really fit him well. As long as he kept his mouth shut this time he would be fine. He slowly pulled back as he noticed Lysire take note of him. In that moment he actually choose not to fire his blaster, however there was a voice in the back of his mind that called out. 'Are you going to man up Daz?' the voice said. In that moment Daz went against his natural instincts and fired at Biggs.
The shot rang out surprising everyone around, even Daz himself. He couldn't believe what he had just done as he watched in slow motion the energy blast travel at Biggs. He watched as Lysire's lightsaber activated and just barely miss the deflection. The blast traveled at Biggs as he was caught by surprise. The blast hit his right shoulder and caused him to roll to the right and twist with the force. Spinning back at his attacker, Biggs reached for his lightsaber through the force and it flung to his hand. He activated it as he looked right in to Daz's eyes. The moment of surprise had past and combat was joined by the group vs Biggs and Lysire. The next action was to fall on Biggs and he was going for blood this time. It was time for payback and that was clearly seen in his eyes.
The sight of Biggs coming over the counter was truly something to be held. His muscles were completely surging as the power of the Force as it flowed through them. His light blue lightsaber made an impressive sight as it cut away anything that might have caused Biggs a problem as he sailed over the counter. It was clearly an intimidation move which paid off as the cook known as Joe leaped out of Biggs' way screaming “fuck!!!!” As if he was a great cat leaping at his pray, Biggs' eyes were completely on Daz as a smile crossed his face. However, it was Angelique who leaped up with her own lightsaber activated and stood in the way of the coming attack. Biggs' first attack came in fast and forced her to parry it with her lightsaber. His next attack just narrowly missed her chest as she leaped back and watched the blade pass by harmlessly. She was badly winded from the attack but still at the top of her game. To this day, no one would know if Biggs aimed for her or if she moved in to combat with him. Either way, she gave Daz enough time to act during the combat.
Before he could act though, he was pulled from little wooden framed stand by Jenna. Just in time to avoid Lysire lifting the entire stand off the ground and tossing to the side. Visst and Angelique were in clear view of Biggs and his entire team. Angelic attempted to affect Biggs' mind with the Force by tricking him to think that there was no one in the back of the little stand. However her attempts came up sadly short as he had called on the force before this started to help him defend against any Force based attacks. Biggs landed a power set of attacks on Angelic as she was forced to retreat some more while she parried both attacks. Visst could see the entire battle going south from them and made a moment to sacrifice himself. He lifted Angelique off the ground and tossed her away from the battle while putting his lightsaber away. His plan was cut short by a number of small canisters landing around him. The blinding light and explosive sound stunned everyone in the area. Another set of canisters filled the area with a thick smoke causing many to cough and choke.
For Daz, he saw the battle unfolding as Jenna pulled him further from the battle and Biggs. She pulled him in to the crowd of people attempting to get away from the combat. At first he had the intention of giving aid to his friends but just like Visst, his plans were cut short with a powerful blow to the side of his head. The blow was so hard that it ripped his breather mask from his face. Helpless on the ground he coughed as fresh clean air filled his lungs. The poisonous air attacked his lungs as it made contact. Through his blurred vision he could see Jenna leaping on top of him as other shadows aimed weapons at him. She was screaming something while she forced his breather mask back in place. He could tell she was working hard to save his life as another blurred shadow slid next to him. He heard her say, “Daz Murl you will not die. You are under arrest.” His mind over loaded and confused drifted in to that black place where his fears were held at bay.
Daz opened his eyes once more. He was alive however the the cold of space told him that he was somewhere else. He stood on the cold surface of a strange moon over looking a beautiful bluish world with thick white clouds. He could see large oceans, continents, mountain ranges, and thick ice caps in the north and south. He could see the world clearly and noticed how peaceful the world appeared from his advantage point. His eyes moved from the world to the sky around him. As he looked around he could see the sun of this system. It was young and full of life as it filled the world with its warming light. He continued to search the system and saw three strange stars in the distant space beyond the solar system.
From behind him he heard, “Did you know that long before their were Navigation Computers and droids, the pilots of old used to navigate by pulsars.” Daz turned to see, Master Qu'Wash standing there dressed in his Jedi robes. It was clear that he was a force spirit from his bluish appearance. There was something off about his appearance. Before when Daz knew him, there was always this look of stress and concern on his face. As if the entire weight of the Republic rested solely on his shoulders. However, now Qu'Wash seemed calm and relaxed as he stood there before Daz. “Can you see them Daz? Are they not truly a sight to behold?”
Daz was not sure what to say as he stood there just staring at his former Master. Master Qu'Wash continued, “If you are to find this place you must navigate by the pulsars. Its the only way.” he pointed at the pulsars and smiled, “Did you know that they are the only star which can be seen while in hyperspace.” He walked up to Daz and patted him on the shoulder, “There is so much I have learned since my death. So many secrets that we have forgotten.” He said softly to Daz while bending slightly next to Daz, “I was wrong to join the civil war. I see this now. I had a chance to argue against it. I didn't, I just kept my mouth shut while others rattled the sword of war.” He looked down in a sense of sadness, “Now the task is yours and others to bring the war to an end before its too late for us all.” He slowly rose up once more and back up some from Daz.
He pointed behind Daz causing Daz to turn around, “You know why you have to come here.” As Daz turned around he saw that he was now standing in a torch lit tunnel. It was cold and damp but he could see the sky beyond the opening of the tunnel. There was a strange flag flapping in the distance atop of a strange set of buildings. The flag was made up of some kind of sunrise with two golden things under it. Between them a kind of crown atop of a symbol. He knew this symbol, it was something that he knew all his life. He tried to focus on the symbol and commit it to memory. He could see the peaks of great mountains in the distance as they rose up through the thick clouds. Daz turned around so he could find out more about the tunnel. He learned that it was hand dug through solid rock and as he traveled through its winding curves and passageways. He passed human males standing on either side of the passageway, with their backs to the walls. They wore shades of orange robs with bald heads. Each was armed with some kind of melee weapon.
After a bit of time traveling through the passageways, he came to the a large stone that made some kind of door. There were torches on either side of the stone door that illuminated a small shrine at the base of the door. There were candles, bells, small bowls of offerings and coins that lay at the base of the of the door. On each side of the door stood a human male that was dressed and armed as the ones before. Each of the humans appeared to be primitive in nature but something of the way they stood reflected some link to Daz's past. They stood their ground like silent golems as they watched the area right before their eyes. Daz heard a sound in the distance. It was a deep toned ringing sound echoing through the tunnel. Over and over he heard the ringing sound.
“You know why you must come here.” He said softly and placed a hand on Daz's shoulder and caused him to turn around once more. “There are dangers here, Daz” he said as Daz turned around. Daz felt his body travel the world. He passed strange winged craft that flew through the air. They seemed to be riding the winds as they made strange mist trails behind them. Daz came to a strange city. He saw tall buildings reaching for the sky. The sky between the buildings were empty but the surface of the buildings held another kind of flag. He saw humans walking around the buildings as they rushed from place to place. Strange wheeled crafts roared down the roadway. There were so many people and land crafts all over the place. The city was so crowed and filled with so much noise it was hard to hear. Daz could see the sky with an almost yellowish haze to it. The people seemed to just walked about their daily business without any care of knowledge of what is above their heads.
Daz turned around to ask Master Qu'Wash a question but the image changed to another alien city with a different flag. The images started to spin around Daz causing him to become dizzy as more and more cities passed before his eyes. Each new city held a different flag. He could see great human armies of the cities waging war with each other. The wars were horrific and sometimes between groups of these city states. While other times there were wars that were between one city and another. These wars continued for years, decades, centuries back. He could see the evolution of the culture as he saw the wars from the past till the moment. Only a few years ago in this world's history did Daz see something that brought fear to his heart. A large bright explosion that covered an entire city with fire and winds. A large fiery mushroom cloud rose above the city and in that moment of history millions of voices were silenced. A nervous time of peace followed the great mushroom weapon. But this peace was now threatened as more cities gained their own city killing weapons. The peace was very nervous as some leaders tried to keep the peace while others tried to gain more power, more wealth.
Once Daz was sure he had seen the entire world, he stood once more on the moon over looking the world. “Daz, I know you have your doubts. Doubts about yourself, doubts about what you are doing doubts about who you are, where you are going in your life. But you have to trust in the Force. It led you to this moment. Listen to the Force and trust in yourself. I too had doubts about myself as well. The difference is, I listened to my doubts and gave in to my lack of faith in myself. I had a chance to do something about this war, but didn't. Now look how many have died from my failure.” he looked in to Daz's eyes softly, “I know you can do this. I have always had faith in you. You can do this. Just don't forget who you are.”
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Visst's snapped his eyes open to what could only be described as the most horrific sound he had ever heard before. Being a well trained and now seasoned Jedi, one learns to control one's emotions. However, this sound ripped his control away and allowed primal fears to run ramped across his mind. He looked out across what could only be a Force Vision of some solar system. Beside him was his all to familiar spirit guide. 'Oh now you decide to show up?' Visst thought trying with all his might to focus the sound out of his mind. He looked down to see his own hands trembling out of fear. He closed his fist in an attempt to gain some level of control over them. It was useless as the fear had taken hold on his mind.
In that moment Visst was that ship of his nightmares passing from behind him, just over his head. “Where are we?” He asked the guide as he saw many more nightmare ships just shifting in to view. There were hundreds of them swarming the solar system from all angles. Visst said a silent prayer that this was not his galaxy. There were ships in the distance trying to fight off the swarm of nightmare ships. Visst noted something about the defenders. Even though they out numbered the nightmare ships over three to one, they didn't seem to fight as one group. This made it easy for the nightmare ships to reek havoc on the defenders.
The guide spoke in that same hissing, strange and confusing voice, “Nar'shi Nada”
Visst watched the battle helplessly while the battle or more like slaughter unfolded and the odds turned against the defenders. And it was a slaughter throughout the space and around the one populated world. Not one of the defending ships were left intact. The nightmare ships spread out throughout the solar system hunting down survivors. Where they were found they were destroyed while another group of nightmare ships headed for the star. Visst could easily see what was happening. The ships were seeding the star with something. Each nightmare ship dropped three to five large things in to the star. Once they dropped their items they held close to the star watching to make sure no other ship approached the star. Not even other nightmare ships were allowed to get close to the star. They were chases off by the ships already there.
Visst watched as a small group of ships attempted to flee the world. They were swarmed by the nightmare ships and slaughtered. Visst watched as the world orbited around the star. He noticed something strange. Each time the world passed around the star, the star got smaller. Six times did the world orbit around the star till Visst saw something moving in the star. Visst could see large spider like things moving within the star. On the seventh time around the star, did those things burst from the star as it reached the size of a red dwarf. Visst could see hundreds of nightmare ships leaving the dying star. Unlike the ships he saw before these ships seemed smaller than those in the solar system before.
It was the world that drew his attention now. The once terrestrial world was nothing more then a large frozen world as it orbited its dying star. Visst could feel each life on the world freeze to death. It didn't take long for the world and its population to die as the warmth of the world vanished. Within a matter of days, the planet was completely dead. Visst just looked down in sadness as he felt the last life vanish from the world of the living.
It was a massive explosion that brought his attention back up. He saw waves of energy rip across the galaxy and the sound of rushing filled the space around him. The nightmare ships were being pulled in to a black hole that seemed to cross nearly the entire horizon of his vision. Each and every one of them fell back and were dragged in to the bleak unknown that is the heart of a black hole. It was the little ships that fell first while the larger one fought to regain their place in space. However the gravity of the black hole was something that would not be denied. Even the star was ripped from its place in the sky as its mass was sucked in. The frozen world followed as well as its orbit decayed. It was not long till all there was that was left was the black hole, itself.
Beyond the black hole, Visst could see other black holes. Each one was as large as the one in the center of a galaxy or maybe even larger. The nightmare ships were all being pulled in to them. The galaxy was dying and taking with it all of the nightmare ships. For a moment Visst thought that it was over. But then he saw a pair of them fleeing in to the great void. Visst could tell that one was badly wounded from the black hole while the other helped it along. As the black holes grew larger, he could still make out their forms as they continued to slip further and further away from the death traps.
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