Chapter 44

The answer to why my force intuition was warning me but I could not get a fix came from an uninvited guest/invasion. It was a creature I'd never seen before. Someone had dropped the thing close to my home and it headed straight for my Eden ship. The blue dog thing was ugly, its front paws looked more like ape arms but it ran with a trot like a horse. It ran past other buildings to make a straight line for me and passed my defence with little care as it got sprayed by my turrets. The thousands upon thousands of shots caused the beast's skin to ripple as each bullet failed to pierce the beast.

It climbed the side of the walls trying to find a way in. The walls electrified causing the animal to jump off my home and tumble to the ground. More shots failed to pierce the skin and the beast flipped around to avoid them as best as it could. I was watching this from the inside and could honestly say it was impressive. It was hard to see but I was sure that the creature wasn't force sensitive but somehow was blocking my abilitys. I tried a little telekinesis to hold down the beast but it failed. I also tried to throw things at the beast, this worked better as an item in motion stays in motion but as soon as the item reached the beast I lost control.

I change up the weaponry as the bullets aren't working. Laser shots are my next choice and they work better but they don't stop the beast. The only thing that worked is heavy things I've tossed at it, this confuses me as my slugs are essentially the same thing but faster and yet they did nothing.

The fun part was the beast had no way to enter my home and it was constantly being attacked, in time it would either fall tired or run away, but the real question was who brought it here. To answer the question a barrage of missiles attack my Eden home. Every single missile is shot down by my home defence, not a single scratch is made.

As all of this is happening I'm searching through my screens to find the attackers. There are many. A small army that I'm surprised was able to get this close without my droids, checkpoints and customs discovering them.

They are spread out but almost all of them are targeting my home. Some of them are planting charges in other places that aren't connected to me, they may be going to use others as hostages. There is likely a ship in orbit but how is it there without being destroyed by my defences? I have invested heavily in defence and attack. I have shield generators throughout the world to protect what is mine. This whole operation is well-planned and is targeting me. I know this because they have sent a strange beast that is not only immune to the force but is also interfering with my abilitys. Someone has done an investigation on me but who? They know my strengths and have found a weakness in the force.

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Who is organized and powerful enough to do this? They must have used the pirates or Hutt's smuggling routes to bypass my droids but what about the ship in orbit? I can't find it. I have several satellites but none of them are picking up a ship.

There is something fishy. I send a message to my fleet.

I send out a small army of droids to get rid of my guests, I permit them to maim but not kill. I want answers. I watch as the droids with expert sharpshooting blow off arms and legs and then drag off the wailing hostages. One of the jerks holds up a detonator and threatens to blow up hidden bombs. Both of his legs were shot off and beaten when he pressed on his switch.

The droids cleared up the terrorists and wore down the blue beast that was interfering with my ability. Only when I thought it was clear did I leave my home. The beast was breathing hard with burnt laser marks all over it but it had enough stamina to jump at me.

Ducking under the attack I give a perfect uppercut. The beast's face compressed and warped as the power from my fist distorted the flesh. It crumpled to the floor knocked out.

Despite the one-hit KO, I felt sick around this beast. It felt like I had no ability for the force. I used the force all the time to reinforce my body but now I felt weak. I've met with species that the force doesn't affect but never one that scared the force out, this was a predator of force users.

A giant blast of light caused by an explosion in the atmosphere made the world shield shimmer. It was a ship in space that had fired high explosive ammo.

My fleet picked it up and headed at top speed to capture the ship but to my surprise, it disappeared. A cloaking ship was very illegal, they existed but if you were caught with one it would be best to pretend to kill yourself rather than react to the consequences.

My mind wonders as the blue beast is wrapped up in non-Newtonian fluid restraints, that absorb powerful creatures' movement without destroying them. I wonder who has the power to do all of these things. The force starts to whisper to me as soon as the beast is gone. Connections empowered by the force make leaps and something that I hadn't thought possible slid into my mind. I wasn't the first to fake my death to escape notice and it was very likely that the person who attacked me had done the same.

They had power, wealth, and smarts and were willing to break the law. Perhaps they were above the law or more likely part of the underworld.

I couldn't accept the answer I just came up with, I had to gain some evidence no matter how small.

The captured invaders had their minds destroyed by my skill, I drained them of all their knowledge discarding what I didn't need and pieced together a puzzle. The results didn't make me happy. They had been hired through several underworld organizations that all pooled back to the black suns. This was enough information for me, Rharo Dine, the leader of the black suns was still alive. He must have faked his death like I did, properly not because of me. The force whispered to me that I was correct. Faking my death now seemed such a waste. I don't know why Rharo Dine would think I was still alive but it didn't matter if he thought I was the real Bee or someone who had taken over. He had attacked and now needed to be removed. Thankfully, this battle would be out of the history books and just a side note that no one in the future will care about.