Chapter 268: V.3-C.66│The End I│
Jabitha, the living ship had been saddened for a while now at the loss of her 'mother' planet. After all, she was born from there, created from there and had attached herself to Anakin from there as well.
With it's death, she would be out of commission for a bit as she would be saddened for a while. Not that this was all that important but just a side note in the greater scheme of things.
After all, if Jabitha had noticed that slight, smallest of connection remaining between itself and the planet known as Zonama Sekot, then there was a chance to save it from total destruction.
With it's death, Abeloth would be empowered even more from the suffering and chaos caused from the explosion. Even more so is that the debris of the planet had gone into the massive super black hole at the center of the galaxy.
Not a trace of Zonama Sekot remained.
Padme was still taking care of the politics in Anakin's presence, with some help from some of Anakin's mental thought processors and Siri who was helping out with everything.
Aayla was having a good time, raising their daughter in the confines and protection of the Empyrean, while Barriss was also helping out in the Empyrean with the cultural and religious aspects of everything.
On the other hand, Zannah and Shaak were still on the planet Coruscant, left there to help monitor the happenings there. Not because they are unneeded or anything like that but because their level of power is the greatest, greater than the reformed Jedi folded into the Empyrean.
Not anyone of the Jedi from before could really put up a fight against them now, and Anakin was also convinced by the two of them to stay.
They themselves wanted to stay here and slow down the progress made by Abeloth in her return.
It seemed like she was trying to find herself a proper, powerful body to take hold of. She wanted to recreate her body anew, and she needed alot of lifeforce and Force energy to do so and that required alot of death and alot of life.
Even more so was the fact that Zannah and Shaak were the most used to the environment now and their battle instincts were soaring at being challenged. Out of all Anakin's lovers, these two would be the two most battle hungry of them all.
Ahsoka would be a close second, for her instincts fit in line with Shaak's, being they are from the same species.
Past this, Yoda, Mace, Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and the many other Jedi that were there would go ahead and start to track down the bodies and avatars that Abeloth has under her control. Everything would be kept track of, so that they may finally put an end to this short term suffering and chaos.
Stop it before it becomes more and more and more. Stop it before it spreads to the rest of the galaxy and start affect more people.
After her plans were discovered, and Abeloth was discovered, she seemed to redouble her efforts in spreading her influence of others. While not exactly getting stronger, she was getting faster in spreading into new planets and systems.
Anakin, Eve and Ahsoka were all going to travel deeper into the hulking chaos that had spread into the Deep Core.
Whatever Abeloth did she was fast, fast enough to fully encompass all that was left behind and turn the formidable opponents known as the Yuuzhan Vong into even greater and stronger creatures to fight against.
From the perspective of the Force, everything was both chaotic and stable. Anakin himself being the catalyst didn't change the 'love' the Force had or has for Anakin and his transformations since a long time ago.
Even knowing that this isn't the same exact Chosen One that it had wanted wasn't what stopped it. Probably nothing will at this point, as Anakin's lovers and wives loved him even more so as time passed.
Spending time together, caring for each other. Bonds forged through some rather arduous times, and this type of love would not go away, even knowing that the Force had some play into their loving him.
'Your time has come, my child. Your path chosen is not easy. There is no way for me to know anymore. No way for me to predict to calculate and sway the currents of time.' A voice, like the Force itself seemed to echo from everywhere.
Talking to the great nothingness that everyone returns to. 'Your fate is in your own hands now... The fate of the universe itself and all life that exists is in your hands. The fate of myself, the Force itself, is in your hands...'
The stars in the sky seemed to shimmer before being blotted out by the growing ever darkness known as nothingness. Apathy was the state of being that the Force was against, for emotions from those living beings empowered it.
The very thing that Abeloth wanted was not what the Force wanted. Abeloth was an embodiment all the same, like the Father, the Son and the Daughter.
All of that and more. Abeloth represented the end of the Force, the end of life and the entropy of everything.
Without life, there would be no Force, and without the Force, there would be no life.
It was called the Ashla by the Lasats, It by the dianoga Omi, the Life Current by the Mustafarians, the Tide by the Lew'elans, the Sight by the Chiss, the Life Wind by the Zeffo, the Great Presence by the people of the Chaos, the Luminous Mist by the Mist-Weavers, the White Current by the Fallanassi, and as the Beyond by the Magys and her people. The Force was created by life, and therefore, resided in all life forms.
Black Holes were another part of the Force, and represented the ever ending and chaotic nature of what is everything. At the very center of the galaxy, that black hole was more than what meets the eye.
It was no more connected to the Force than anyone else, and in fact was disconnected. That black hole was something more and something less, being unliving in the truest sense of the word.
That would be the final stage.
The black hole and its event horizon would become a grave. A grave for the chaos brought into the world.
'And there nothing I can do to stop it.' The force itself, if it had thoughts would be thinking something along those lines.
Just like all life wishing to continue their meaningless and purposeless existences, the Force as well tries its hardest to ensure everything survives. Some form of life MUST survive, if the Force is to survive.
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Twisting and turning, within a truly lifeless ship with no Force or connection at all outside of its mechanical inner parts, Ahsoka was thrashing about.
Her face was concerned, ever more was the ship transformed to allow Anakin, Ahsoka and Eve to travel unannounced, hidden and kept away from the darkness that is Abeloth, laying in wait for their approach.
The ship traversed the space of the Deep Core. Their first stop would be coming to a halt as they needed to hide away from the living ships the Yuuzhan Vong had access to still, meaning that they were also transformed by Abeloth.
Waking up, Ahsoka had just had another one of those dreams, or nightmares, or whatever visions she had been receiving for a long while now.
'Well, long while is a bit much. However...' Ahsoka thought to herself as she looked around her room. Right now Eve was with Anakin within another bedroom, no doubt having had some fun while Ahsoka herself was thrown away into another room.
Not that she doesn't understand the want to be alone. After all, she had done this to Eve as well. Kicking her out and getting to have some very fun times with Anakin, but even those thoughts couldn't stop Ahsoka from those visions she was receiving.
'I need to know more.' Frowning she didn't know how to go about this information. She would probably need to do some more things now that she was also a part of this foray into the unknown.
Scared she may be, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to go with Anakin and Eve and try to save Anakin and Eve if need be.
A Togruta female who had blue eyes, dark orange skin, brownish-grey lips, white facial markings, a slender build, and white lekku and montrals with blue stripes. The markings on her montrals were unique.
Unique enough from her species, and she didn't know who her parents were, and there was a whole lot of other things she wanted to do. However, that would be put on the backburner for now as she has to support Anakin and Eve.
Abeloth was a foe of the lifetime, meaning more than ever that facing her would probably need some backup.
"I need to do some meditation." Ahsoka sat herself down and prepared to enter those visions she was having, to forcefully get some answers as she has had enough of being haunted by such things.
Going in deep, Ahsoka rediscovered everything and analyzed what this all could mean. Sidious and the Sith were all gone, leaving only those monstrous abominations behind while Abeloth that lady had shoed herself.
Also understanding her history, Ahsoka was able to understand why she was given those visions and experienced things as Abeloth. It seemed that Abeloth wanted to make Ahsoka one of her vessels, as seeing she was the youngest she still failed.
Abeloth failed to get ahold of Ahsoka, simply because she was strong enough to resist in combination with other things helping her out.
'Child.' A voice spoke to her, alerting Ahsoka as she was revisiting memories of those visions.
'Who is it?' Ahsoka asked calmly.
'Child. Fear not. It is I, myself, you.' The voice replied cryptically. A voice that sounded so much like that of her future self when on the planet of Mortis.
'I, myself... you? Why are you so confusing?' Ahsoka asked grumpily, after having found something new, she couldn't allow this to escape her grasp.
'Don't worry. Need not fear no more. I am you and you are me, or an emanation of you from the future. I am here to deliver a message.' The older Ahsoka appeared before her again, this time she seemed to be tired.
'What is this message you speak of?' Ahsoka asked with grim determination setting in as she saw through this as real. It was a real vision of herself from the future, which may or may not be soon to be.
'A grim message. A not so nice message. Anakin...' The older Ahsoka seemed to shimmer for a bit before realigning herself and centering herself in the here and the now. 'Abeloth has planned alot of things. If you don't do something, Anakin will die.'
Shocking Ahsoka, she exclaimed. 'W-What!? How!? W-Where!? Tell me!' She was no where but everywhere at the same time, the stars off to the distance as older Ahsoka pulled her in another direction.
A place that she is close to as well.
The gigantic black hole at the center of the galaxy.
The Galactic Center was a supermassive black hole that existed at the center of the galaxy. Its mass was estimated to be four million stellar masses. While no living sentient had ever witnessed it firsthand, probe droids had been sent to observe and confirm its existence.
'Why are we here?' Ahsoka asked her older self, as she seemed to become more and more static in nature. As if the connection was failing as time passed her by.
'...' The older one seemed to stop for a bit before saying with a very deep pain. 'In there is where you will find Anakin. You must at all costs keep him away from this place, and away from Abeloth. She plans to entrap him with her inside that black hole.'
'H-How... How is that possible?' Ahsoka herself could feel, or not feel the presence of the Force as it was distorted and more than a normal Force wound it seemed to want to end everything.
'Listen to me. I don't have much time left. If you save Anakin from that fate, you save everyone else. Remember one thing. Trust yourself.' The older Ahsoka left Ahsoka there, before fading into nothing as she stared into the abyss.
'Great... This is alot of pressure now...' Ahsoka thought to herself as the supermassive black hole seemed to be an angry, hungry abyss, wishing no more than to end everything. 'Why is this such a scary place anyway?'
Her thoughts were interrupted before being throw out of this space, and back into the real worlds as Anakin shook her awake. "Hey. You all right there? You were in pretty deep."
"I-I'm fine. But Anakin-..." Ahsoka stopped herself before hugging him.
"What's this for?"
"Because I care." Ahsoka replied. "Because I love you."
"I love you too." Anakin easily replied as Ahsoka seemed ready to cry, not that he noticed. Ahsoka kept hidden her feelings as best she could at this moment and needed some time to regather herself.
"We must win. We must survive. Promise me, Skyguy. You will survive. You must." Ahsoka stated with such certainty that Anakin just nodded his head in response.
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