Behind Enemy Lines (Day Three)

[Akirapryde]

Behind Enemy Lines (Day Three)
Covert Action (Duncan/Jaden)
Outer Rim World of Olivan
Date: 2919 AOK (Eight months after Auro’s Birthday)

In the distance, the Jedi Temple of Olivan was lit up by its own lights as well as by those of the Twenty-Seventh. The combination of lights cast an eerie glow in the sky. A glow that the strike team of Partisans found comforting. The mixed Olivanee, Rogue Jedi group tried to get as much sleep as they could before their big mission later in the morning. The wings of the LAAT were being used to shield them from the rain, as the annual downpour continued. Though there were some minor breaks in the clouds indicating a break in the rain tomorrow. Something everyone was looking forward to.

Beyond everyone’s sight, a small human girl dressed in a bright yellow dress danced to some unheard music. The bright happiness in her eyes radiated across her smile. She moved between the sleeping members of the strike team like a ghost. Her hair unaffected by the rain, it flowed from her body as she turned and continued her dance. Behind her, she left no footprints nor did the water even ripper where she stepped. She came to a stop next to Jaden and Duncan. She slowly lowered herself as Duncan started to stir. She smiled and whispered, “sleep.” On that, Duncan slowly lowered his head and went back to sleep.

She reached down and picked up a flower that had been crushed as the Strike team made their beds under the speeder. She sighed softly and moved her hand over the broken flower. The local flower was a bright blue flower with purple and pink throughout the design. But it was broken and ugly. She waved her hand over the flower. As she did, her hand glowed as did the flower. Slowly it returned to a prefect state as if it had just been picked. She reached over and placed it in his hand, “you will know when” she whispered in to Jaden’s ear.

She brought her hands up towards her lips and kissed them. As she did, small little lights drifted from her lips and danced over Jaden. She smiled at the lights, “guide him” she whispered and gave them a soft blow with her lips. The lights started to dance over Jaden as she stood up and backed away from him. Though them, Jaden heard a strange sound. It was as if a lovely voice was singing to him. Jaden said nothing as the lights woke him up.

It was if he was lost in a trance as the lights danced around him. As the lights started to move away, Jaden reached over to his brother and tried to wake him. Duncan didn’t stir as Jaden tried to keep the lights in sight. He tried again to wake Duncan but nothing happened. “To hell with it” he said getting up and chasing after the singing lights. It seemed the faster he run, the faster they moved. Jaden ran through the rain soaked forest of Olivan as he chased the lights.

Jaden had to sprint as fast as he could to just keep the light in sight. He leaped over fallen trees and slid under low hanging branches. He could hear the music almost as if it was completely around him. He chased the lights till they slowed and started to dim. But the music remained the same. As he started to reach a clearing he also slowed down, as the lights completely vanished. But the music didn’t go away. Jaden slowed as he had to crawl under thick foliage to get through. He never realized why he was favoring one hand, he just knew that he would know when.

He reached the heart of the clearing and Jaden saw a large force illusion at work. It was the source of the music. He knew it was only an illusion of his eyes and ears. There were a dozen figures made up of a ghostly blue mist playing strange instruments while others were singing in a strange language. He tried to get a better view of the figures, but then saw through them the source of the illusion. It was Trysta!

The figures were of her own people and had encircled her. While they were not as provocative as her outfit was, they were dressed similarly. Trysta was lost in the illusion as she continued to sing her song with the aid of her own people. She had taken mud and made strange marks on her face. Similar marks on the faces and bodies of the ghostly figures around her. As she sang with them, she spun madly almost as if she was singing for Olivan’s two moons.


Trysta's song

Within moments her song was over and she suddenly turned at a strange feeling. She half drew her swords but stopped when she saw Jaden. “Spying on me,” she said half playing half surprised. She pushed her blades back in to their sheaf. She turned and walked to a near by stream to wash her face off.

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Beyond the clearing and beyond their vision, the little girl smiled as she watched the scene unfold. A tall woman dressed in a deep blue robe walked up behind her. A lightsaber hung from her side. “We do not approve of this nor did We did agree to this.”

The girl turned and smiled, “We have talked about the next conflict. Should we fail, we should be ready for the next conflict.” She turned back to the scene, "to remain ahead of the darkness."

“We agreed that we would focus our efforts on this conflict so that we don't loss it,” the older woman said.

“it’s love,” the little girl said as she motioned to Jaden and Trysta. “It was meant to be.”

“These events were never meant to be. He and his brother were meant to have been killed two days ago,” the older woman warned. "Their deaths would trigger other events that would press the balance in the favor of the Light." The older woman stepped closer to the girl as she continued, “our actions have changed the time stream. Darkness has detected these changes. It searches for the source of the change.”

The girl shook her head, “We found a window that their deaths didn’t happen. This is not a change. It is only a Deviationfrom the actually stream. We choose to explore it. If not for this conflict, for the next one.”

“Deviation? He is supposed to be dead. In a few days, she will battle Auro on the roof top and later that day she will die. Killed by her own kind." The older woman stepped in front of the girl. "This is a change. As for the windows we speak of. We have been warned about those windows. The danger that comes with them. We are risking much more than just the moment.”

The little girl side stepped as she wanted to see more in to the clearing, "we don’t care. These events have happened and cannot be changed. We have made sure of that." She turned to the older woman, "they deserve love. Their descendants will be heroes within their own right. Darkness nor Light can change this now. We have found a way to protect this window." On that she faded from existence leaving the older woman alone near the clearing.

The older woman sighed heavily, "we are being foolish." With that, she was also gone.