‘About half an hour later, we have reached the coordinates for the exchange. There was a ship already waiting for our arrival. Our ship slowly encroached towards the much larger ship that was waiting silently, the vast space surrounding it.’

‘We tried to open communication with the ship, but we failed.’

‘Ayelfita was deeply frowning at this moment. The others didn’t have better expressions either.’

‘Suddenly, Ayelfita asked Seldibo to try again with the communication for the third time in a row.’

“Try it again. I can’t believe that their communication device is out of order. They can’t be that stupid to come to meet with business partners without a communication device...” — The woman joked trying to lighten the mood, but her posture was stiff just as the rest of the crew’s.

“I find it hard to believe too, but maybe they just left the bridge for some reason.” — Answered Seldibo hesitantly.

“They knew that we were coming to meet with them. They can’t be that stupid.” — Reacted Ayelfita.

“So what will we do now?” — ‘Asked another weequay that I didn’t know personally.’

“We will board the ship, obviously.” — Said Ayelfita in a tone that left no place for objection.

‘In the meantime, I reached out with the force, searching for possible dangers. Strangely, I felt nothing, only silence, but this silence was too eery, even abnormal. There was something clearly wrong here, a danger that could hide from my senses.’

‘Aside from that, I couldn’t sense a single living being on that ship. Wait... Not a single living being?’

‘While I was lost in my thoughts, the others were about to begin the boarding process.’

‘As we got closer, I could sense something even more alarming. There was a carefully hidden miasma lingering around the ship.’

‘When we closed the distance, I finally sensed it.’

‘Along with a series of pictures… a bloodbath, corridors painted in crimson, disembodied body parts spread out in a blood freezing manner, screams filled with terror and… and death.’

‘I was not ready for such an intense force revelation.’

‘The terror and fear of the people. The hopeless cries of children, women and men flowing into a single terrifying amalgamation of suffering… before the final… suffocating silence.’

‘I was unprepared to feel such terror, and such darkness, so suddenly. Therefore, I was momentarily swallowed by this vortex of blinding terror.’

‘A few seconds passed when I finally managed to pull away from this dark void. I opened my eyes as I felt a sudden thirst for air. I began to breathe, feeling strangely out of breath...’

“What happened?” — ‘I asked as I looked around the bridge. Everyone seemed to be unnaturally tense, and they were aiming their weapons at me.’

‘Ayelfita looked me in the eye, then she sighed... She waved to the others to lower their weapons. The pirates hesitantly followed the order after a few seconds. Then she marched towards me with the zeal of an angered mother wookiee.’

“The fuck you mean by what happened? If someone is allowed to ask that question, that someone is me! So tell me what happened that made you start screaming like a banshee out of nowhere?!”

‘I blinked.’

“Did I scream?”

“Yeah.” — ‘Said practically every pirate in the room. Oh, and there were quite many right now, as many more ran to this location because of my presumed screaming.’

‘Then the force vision I just saw came to my mind...’

‘It was much more drowsy now, as if something wanted to erase it to make me forget... no... that is exactly what was happening!’

‘My eyes widened as the cruel realization hit me. This, this is a darkside technique, a very powerful one, much more powerful than the weakened version that was used on the Jedi Temple.’

‘The dead bodies, clearly butchered by lightsabers, blinked into my eyes as I sprang into action, surprising the surrounding pirates.’

‘I sensed that more than one blaster gun was pointed towards my undefended back at the moment, but I didn’t care. I ran to the control panel and looked around in a panic. Luckily, the ship had standard controls, so I recognized most of it easily. I pushed a few buttons, setting the ship in reverse, then reached for the right lever and pushed the speed control lever to maximum acceleration.’

‘I felt a hand grab my shoulder than Ayelfita forcefully pulled me from the controls, even more so, as the sudden quickening made her stumble backwards pulling me into a bearhug that soon ended with me pushed face first into the floor while she was holding my arms behind my back quite painfully.’

“What the hack is wrong with you!?” — She screamed. — “Why would you try to run away now, after we gave you all those chances in the space station? Did you hit your head since we came here? This is why I hate children!”

‘She was practically shouting into my ear protrusions and for my enchanted senses, that was unfortunate. She then turned away from me and continued her shouting. Also, those chances she mentioned were clearly traps to make me try to run away... I could see through it from a mile away...’

“Seldibo, get to the controls and go back to the ship! We have to board it!”

“Okay dear I am...” — ‘The man began his answer but is cut it short.’

“NO!” — ‘I shouted.’ — “We can’t go back, it is a trap! Everyone is dead!”

‘There were a few tense seconds after that, and I felt a cold blaster gun barrel touching the backside of my head right between my two lekku. I shook from the terrible feeling like a dry fig.’

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“Good, I see that you still fear for your life. That means you didn’t completely go crazy, did you?” — The red woman asked in a no nonsense tone.

“N-N-no...”

“Splendid, since I don’t like killing children, and you were quite co-operating until now. I will ask it only once, why do you think that it is a trap, and everyone is dead on that ship? Did you know something that I did not? Maybe that is the reason why you were so calm in our custody. Usually people are not half as relaxed, or even grateful, to be kidnapped as you were, sweety.”

“W-well... I saw a force vision... I saw the people, the twi’leks... even the children. They were massacred.”

‘I felt as though the weapon barrel that was being pushed to my head relaxed a bit, but it was still pointing to my head non-the less.’

“Hmmm... your jedi powers have been verified already. Yet I find it hard to believe in some so-called visions... Lifting up things without touching it is already strange. Now you are claiming to see the past? What next? Will you blow up a whole planet with a few waves of your hands?”

“Ugh... only if you know...”

“What did you say?” — She demanded.

“No-nothing...”

‘It was at this time the other twi’lek interrupted us, and I was glad for it.’

“Ayel, my love, should we go back to the ship, then, or what? We are quite far already...”

“Wait a minute. I am still talking with...” — ‘She began her answer when suddenly our ship started shaking violently.’

‘Each of the pirates that were standing and not sitting in a seat fell to the floor. Luckily, I was already on the floor, so I was saved from new bruises. I still didn’t completely heal from my injuries from that battle. I couldn’t use force heal all the time, and the pirates didn’t have a fresh bacta supply to fill a full body healing tube. Even if they had, they wouldn’t use it on me...‘

“What was that?” — Shouted someone from the pirates, as the ship began to stabilize and the lights turned on again.

“The ship we were about to board just blew up.” — ‘Said Seldiba, with shocked realization.’ — “If we did board it, then now we had been turned into stardust... The girl saved our asses...”

‘There were many surprised, thankful and even fearful glances sent towards me, who was still being pushed to the ground by a shocked Ayelfita... She soon caught on, too, and finally pulled away the gun from my head. It was a genuine relief. I was clearly too young to die...’

‘I felt as she pulled me up from the ground and she shamelessly hugged me and kissed me on my forehead at least three times in a row.’

“That is my little kitten. I believed in you from the very beginning. Seldiba!”

“What is it, my love?”

“I have decided we will seriously adopt her. She is our lucky star! And since she is big enough, you don’t have to worry about her crying all night!”

“Hmmm... If that is what you want, I agree.”

“Good. We will tell it to Hondo when we get back to the space station!”

He agreed silently.

“What if I don’t want to be adopted!?” — ‘I asked reluctantly. While wondering what was wrong with this galaxy?’

“Sssshhhh... Just shut up. You are a kid. You obviously don’t know what is good for you. Have some faith in your parents. We just want to guide you into a better future.” — ‘The woman said, having a hard time to stay serious while spouting so much nonsense.’

“But..”

‘She narrowed her eyes dangerously... I gulped... I wasn’t really afraid of her... I had my lightsaber on me after all... I reached towards my blade just for reassurance...’

‘It was missing... I checked it again... Still missing...’

‘I looked up to Ayelfita questioningly... Oh damn, she has it on her belt... I should have known.. She must have taken it out of my bag while she pushed me to the ground. Her mood seemed to deteriorate while she watched me looking for my... weapon...’

“Bad-bad girl... You should not let my praise go to your head. You tried to defy your mother, so brazenly, in front of everyone. No lightsaber for you, for an entire week!”

“But!?”

“Silence, before I make that into two! Go to your room and think over your actions, young lady.” — ‘She stated it with so much emotion that I actually turned around and took a step towards the corridor before I realized something.’

‘I swirled around, infuriated by being played so easily.’

“I don’t even have a room!”

“Well, then wait until we reach the space station. Now, sit down and be silent while I call Hondo, and tell him what happened.”

“…” — ‘I wanted to protest realizing that it wasn’t even the main issue that I didn’t have a room, but she was not my mother to begin with. It was supposed to be an act which has no meaning anymore… so she should have stopped bossing me around…’

‘I watched as she walked away towards the holo communicator.’

‘I was still standing in the same place, feeling shell-shocked, with a somewhat slack jaw... Seeing the woman’s impudence and shamelessness.’

‘I felt strange, and I mean awkwardly strange... As if I was actually just scolded by my mother a few minutes ago.’

‘It was a really weird feeling, as if my current body and mind needed it, to be scolded and sheltered by a parent figure, as if I was wishing for this my whole life. Yet on the other hand, the memories I inherited were screaming at me that this was so awkward and creepy that nothing good could come out of it ever, and that I should run away as fast as possible.’

‘It was a good feeling and a terribly uncomfortable one, too. In truth, I was confused, even when she held the gun to my head. I didn’t feel her will to actually kill me. None the less, it was still damn scary to physically feel a gun barrel touching my skin and pointing towards my brain.’

‘In the end, I decided to close my mouth, walk to an empty seat in a dark corner of the bridge, and sit down. This woman had the aura of a mother wookiee indeed.’

‘It’s not like I can’t take my lightsaber from her. But I was still injured, and I didn’t want to fight with these pirates. They saved my life, and in the end, if you could speak in their language, they were not that bad. I mean, they are killers and scum, but they still have their own honor. You can find much worse criminals in the galaxy, and you don’t even have to search for long.’

‘I will also tell you a secret, that time when I told the Jedi Council and Obi-Wan that I favor fighting with in one hand a lightsaber, while with the other using force powers.’

‘Well, you see, it was not completely true. Only partly.’

‘My childish body can’t channel the force as freely as an adult body would. Therefore, out of necessity, this is indeed my favored fighting style right now.’

‘Then what is my normal battle style, you may ask? It is very straightforward, I assure you. I simply use the force with my favorite move. It is called force crush.’

‘To use it, you either have to have an incredible amount of raw force power, or just as incredibly fine control over your force abilities.’

‘Or both, like Revan had. I smirked at the thought. Yet again, you should not envy someone who had a giant nose that was so big that when he stood under the shower, it practically functioned as an umbrella.’

‘I snorted silently.’

‘I have to agree with the old sith saying... The dark side of the force is indeed a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.’

‘Anyway, force crush was a powerful technique that immobilises and one shots people without powerful enough force shields. I usually use it in a simple but effective way.’

‘I pick up my enemy with the force, effectively paralyzing its movements and stopping it from retaliating. Then I crush their hearth, quite literally, mind you.’

‘You can crush their whole body too, but there is no reason to do that, too tiring and you will drain yourself quickly... Sadly, against, well-designed droids, like my nemesis, you had no other choice than crashing the whole.’

‘The only weakness of the technique is that you can’t focus on anything else while doing it.’

‘That means you will be a sitting duck for the next five to ten seconds. Depending on the resistance your victim throws against you. This is why I never use it in open battle... I would be killed by a sniper immediately...’

‘I nodded to my internal conclusion as Claire sat down by my side, already asking me a plethora of questions. She wasn’t in the room when the whole situation happened... I sighed... Well, time to entertain her curiosity... I guess...’