Intimidation
~~~(POV: Satele Shan)~~~
~~~(Location: Tatooine)~~~
He's grown so powerful in these years I haven't seen him. The events that have happened aren't something that I ever wanted to happen. We're all watching in fascination as Nathan crushes the support cruisers. Fireballs rain from the sky in the distance, hitting the endless sands of Tatooine. His eyes shift towards the Capital Ship.
His hand outstretches, and we hear the ship groaning from here. "They'd be wise to surrender. I won't destroy their ship if they relax..." General Garza is a smart woman and will recognize that if Nathan wanted them dead, they would be. We watch as the Capital Ship is pulled from orbit and stops resisting. Good, she figured it out.
The landing gear comes out on its own, and he lands the massive ship off in the distance. As he does, the grip he has on all of us is let go. Nomen Karr tries to stand up, but his body is too broken. The medic of the special forces troopers is already tending to him. "Marisa, you tell your Republic to stay away from me and out of my way." It hurts me to see him like this...
Fallen so far from what he was and could've been. Marisa stands up and makes her way over to her Nephew. She opens her arms and wraps him in a hug. "Let me have this... I'll probably never get to see you again..." He let's out a little sigh and hugs her back. He still cares about his family more than anything. Theron... Maybe I was wrong...
She pulls away and starts walking back towards the landed Capital Ship with the rest of the senators and Diplomats. The troopers carry Nomen Karr in a stretcher. "I'll find you and kill you, Nathan! I promise that I'll end your blighted existence on the galaxy!" My heart cringes at the fall of a great master. His struggles with the Darkside have come back to haunt him.
All that's left is Nathan and I... His arms are at his side, and the wind gently blows. His hair blows in the wind too... His eyes stare into mine, and he's waiting for me to speak. "I failed you, Nate... You could never be a Jedi... I was too blinded by love... You're the son I never had... Your power and upbringing have left you with much pain... I never saw it..." His lack of reaction hurts me.
He might not even care about me anymore... I failed him worse than Theron... "My life was ruined by the Jedi... Ruined by the Force... I can't forsake my power cause that'd be even worse than a hypocrite... I can say leaving the decision to me to join at the age I was... You should've let my parents decide for me... I didn't know any better..." His words burn me like a lightsaber strike.
He tilts his head and looks past me. I sense her walking up with troopers. General Garza stands at my side and stares at Nathan. "We'll keep away from you, Nathan Opal. Just remember, your bounty is gone, and the Republic will welcome you anytime." She turns to me and gives a single nod. Informing us that we're leaving.
I start to follow her back, leaving Nate behind. For the first time in years, tears fall from my eyes... Just as hard as the day I lost him... "Satele." My heart leaps a little, and I turn to see Nathan with a calm expression. "We're all failures, in the end. No one is exempt from that." My insides ache as his words sink in. I turn around, trying to hide the pain.
Continuing my walk behind General Garza. This meeting has hurt far more than I ever imagined it would... It feels like someones ripped out my heart and infused it with every painful emotion I've ever had... I've lost my son, and now I've lost my second son... "Are you going to be alright, Grandmaster Satele?" Garza's voice is soft and sympathetic.
I can sense she's gone through a similar pain... Lost a daughter and a son to the war against the Sith Empire. "I'll be okay... It's hard to see him like that... In so much pain and sinking further into the pit of revenge... It leads nowhere except oblivion..." I sought revenge against Malgus for the death of my master and the raid on the Jedi temple. I know what it's like to hate...