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Chapter 2 - Episode 2: The colosseum

We land just outside the colosseum, I had seen in my dream.

"Okay, I am never letting you drive ever again." John hops out of the speeder, dizzy and almost throwing up.

"What, why?"

He looks at me, "Because you're a terrible driver!" He glares.

I shrug grabbing the case from behind the seats. I open it up, revealing a black and white, DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. I grab some bullets, filling the gun with them. I swing the gun over my shoulders, the strap hanging onto me. I grab a eyepatch like mask, putting it over my eyes, my eye sight, and my senses rapidly increasing.

"Did you have to bring that?" He asks, nervous.

"Good thing I didn't let you two idiots go by yourselves." A feminine voice from behind says.

"Decide to join the party?" I turn, looking at Thalia.

"I don't want either of you two to get yourselves killed, so of course I didn't stay back." She says, tense.

She grabs a pistol from a holster on her left side.

"Am I seriously the only one without a weapon?" John asks.

"Not really." Thalia says.

"Your belly fat is a weapon, belly dance and you'll scar them for life." I say.

Thalia and I chuckle.

"Lead the way, Brady." Thalia says.

I nod, heading inside the colosseum.

"Brady, quick question." John says.

"Ask away." I say as we turn down a corridor. Both me and Thalia on high alert.

"In this dream, was there-" He pauses, as some loud screams come from somewhere in the building.

"What was that?" Thalia asks, scared. Our hands find their way towards each other.

"Sounded like it came from that direction." I point down the east corridor, where light was visible.

"Thalia's going first." John says.

"No, you're going first John." She says, glaring at him.

I sigh, letting go of Thalia's hand. I start walking down the east corridor.

Thalia and John watch as I walk towards the end.

"Is he dead?" John asks.

Thalia shrugs, following.

John follows close behind her.

I come into view of a large stadium, capable of seating at least eight hundred thousand people. Bright sunlight shines down into the stadium, where several people on the battlefield stand. John spots a clock on a wall.

"There's no corpse?"

"Corpse?" Thalia asks.

"Yeah, the Mandalorian in my dream, sliced the Jedi's head off. There isn't even any new blood decorating that field like the rest."

"As I was going to ask earlier, before we were interrupted by a loud scream. Do you know what time it was in that dream?" John asks.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Thalia asks, thinking that we both had gone crazy.

"It might help us with what exactly happened, if we know what time and what date it was, it could help us determine when this happens." John says.

"Do you really think he can see the future or the past?" Thalia asks.

"Maybe, it's possible." He says.

"It's not likely, I think I'm going crazy though." I say.

"I don't think you're crazy, Brady." John says.

"Huh, how?" Thalia asks, asking the same question I had.

"Because, Cass is right there." He points down onto the field where the Jedi, with several other people stand, around a dead corpse.

Thalia looks at me. "This means he isn't dead and we all can just leave this damn place." She says.

I shrug, spotting some stairs, that lead down to the field. I walk over, heading down the almost collapsed stairs. Gun shots suddenly begin to fire, above where my friends were, the tunnel begins to collapse. I look back,

"Thalia, look out!" I yell at her.

She quickly looks up seeing the tunnel exit starting to collapse, a huge part of the tunnel, crashes down. Thalia immediately grabs John and they dash, trying to get out of the colosseum, the staircase I was on, collapses, with me standing on it. I hit the ground, I put my left hand out to stop my face from hitting the ground. My elbow makes contact with the ground.

"Gah!" I yelp, looking at my elbow, bleeding. I look up seeing the Jedi and his group of friends, which included some tall guy with a mask that didn't look like it they were able to see, a bird stands on the guys shoulder. He grabs a weapon that clung to their back, and starts firing, flames coming out of it. The other one looked like a stormtrooper, at least with a stormtrooper outfit. They grab a weapon that was on their belt top their left. They begin firing right at a whole wall of stormtroopers. The Jedi jumps towards them, turning their lightsaber on, the stormtroopers, turn their aim towards Cass. Cass puts his saber in front of him, reflecting the bullets right back at the stormtroopers. He puts his hand out, some stormtroopers being thrown a couple feet backwards into a couple more troopers. Flames hit other stormtroopers, as well as bullets.

A woman with a brown and red cloak, long red hair reaching her elbows. A red lightsaber in her hand.

"You made it this far, Cass, I'm impressed. But, just because I'm impressed doesn't mean he is." She force pushes him, eight feet backwards. She holds her hand out, squeezing her fingers slowly together. Cass drops his saber, the lightsaber deactivating. He falls to his knees, both of his friends get up rushing towards him. They only get close enough to do the same thing, both of them fall to their knees, struggling to breathe. I'd have a surprised look, my eyes getting bigger.

"Noooo!!" I scream out.

The woman looks over, towards me.

"Who do we have here? Some child?" She chuckles. She puts her hand down, the three guys recollecting their breath. She continues walking forwards. Cass and his friends look over.

"Call...call for meeee..." I hear a faded voice, in my head.

"What!?" I say, confused, thinking the woman said it.

"Call..call for meeeeee!" The faded voice says again.

"What are you throwing a tantrum all about kid?" The lady says.

"What do you want?!" I yell, covering my eyes.

"Call for me...and you'll seeee..." The voices says.

Cass looks at his friends, confused.

"I want you, to die." The woman says, igniting her saber.

She jumps towards me, ready to slash the daylights out of me.

I'd get scared, backing up, and tripping on my shoelaces. I cover my eyes, as the woman lands on top of me, ready to strike me down.

"Come to me!" I yell, the lightsaber next to Cass, shakes near him. Cass looks at it, as it flies past the sith, right into my hand. I look surprised as the lightsaber turns on, blocking the ladies attack.

"No!!" She yells, more anger filling into her emotions.

"No way.." The stormtrooper next to Cass says.

"The force was talking to him?" Cass' other friend says.

"Looks like it.." Cass says.

I glare at her, kicking her in the stomach, making her stumble back.

"It cant be.." She says, backing up. "This isn't over kid.." She turns her saber off. "Back to the ship everyone!" She walks off.

"Just one look at him and she's scared?" The stormtrooper says.

"Not just that." Cass says. He gets up and walks over.

I look at him. "Oh sorry, sir.." I turn the saber off and hand it to him.

"It's alright, what's your name?" He asks.

"..Brady.." I say hesitantly. "Brady Callahan.."

"Nice to meet you Brady, I'm-" I cut him off.

"Cass Klein?" I say.

"Nope, my name is Chrzio Cassmar. Cass Klein is a made up name I use." He says.

"Oh, nice to meet you." I say.

"How would you like to join me and my crew? I could teach you the ways of the force, make you a strong warrior. That sith wasn't just scared of you are, she was scared of what you could become. I sensed the force from you even before you called the lightsaber, but you became stronger just by calling to the force." He says.

"Me come with you?" I ask, confused.

"Yeah, come with us." He turns to his pals. "Boys, take your masks off please." He asks politely.

They step forward and remove their masks.

"The stormtrooper fellow is Fetok Fok'kopos, and the other is Lloyd Haynes the pilot of our ship. We have a few other crew members on the ship, but they should be just as welcoming." He says, a friendly smile appearing on his face.

"Thank you, but can I think about it some more? The tunnel my friends and I used to get here collapsed and I want to make sure they're okay before I make a decision. They're important to me.." I reply.

"Alright, we'll be here for another day to make sure that sith and her stormtroopers are no longer around." He says.

"Thank you." I bow to him. Then take off to find my friends.

"How powerful do you think he really is?" Lloyd asks.

"Very, I want to train him, make him a loyal and great Jedi." Chrzio says.

"No one besides me is flying my ship, captain." Lloyd glares.

Everyone laughs.