Chapter 34: Settling Matters

Preperations Arc, Part 1: Return to Mandalore

I made my way out of the cave of Tge Ete if The Webbish Bogg, and in the next moment, I reappeared back in the Sith Temple.

My clothing had been repaired long ago, along with my body taht had regenerated from their wounds.

I was in the sane room that I had been in before reading the note which took me into my past life memories and then to Mustafer somehow.

I didn't care, and I wanted to be done with Moraband.

Along the way out, I came across everyone else in my team except fir Bossk and Latts Razzi. Although when I check in the comms they were fine.

Kal and Jinx looked like they had been through Hell and back, while Jack seemed...different. Aureole looked confused.

I told them all not to trust nor believe what they saw as they most likely saw an Illusion that would twist their memories to lie and corrupt their minds.

It did end up helping them somewhat. Although, Jinx seemed more effected. It is natural. She is five millennium years old and must have been through some tough shit. Whatever the Illusion she faced was, must be very deep for her.

Soon we exited and I quickly went to the Icarus and had Kara examine the Sith Wayfinder and create a fake replica of it immediately using all the knowledge I had stolen from the Jedi Temple and Sidious' collection of Sith Artifacts to create my own fake Sith Wayfinder.

I lied to everybody that I had found the Artifact l, which is technically true, but I was going to keep the real thing.

As I was leaving, I had met up with Kal, and spoke with him for a bit, but then things git a little interesting.

Kal: "I want to join your Clan."

Adrian: "Yiu already belong to one. Why would you abandon your own to join me?"

Kal: "This whole experience has changed my perspective on some things. Besides, nit like my old man is gonna miss me while I'm gone...at least I hope not."

Adrian: "What happens if he isn't okay with it?"

Kal: "Oh no big deal....hell probably try to shift your "little brother" off."

Adrian: "Damn! Your Clan is psychotic!"

Jack: "Wouldn't I count as mad and psychotic since I essentially am an Lovecraftian being now?"

Adrian: "...I guess so...so why are you here?"

Jack: "I want to join your Clan as well. Besides, we share a common goal remember. So the more tge merrier."

Jinx: "I should join in as well. Been months of travelling, at this point I will wouldn't be suprised if I had to protect your Clan's HQ in the future with the rate of which you are doing all these crazy jobs and adventures of yours.

Adrain: "Seriously! Whybrgere Hell are all I'd you even coming from?!"

Aureole: "I-"

Adrian: "Let's me guess. You want to join my Clan as well, don't you?"

Aureole: "While that is a generous offer, i must decline. I have other matters to attend to, perhaps we will meet each other again on more...wel...Good terms at least."

Dagger: "Ahhhh, and here I thought you two of you would make a great married couple."

Aureole & Adrian: "We don't!"

Aureole and I looked at each other, and after a small staring contest, she bid her farewells and left.

Adrian: So, what do you want now?"

Dagger: "I want your help as we discussed earlier with saving Aurora from continuing being used by those beainwashing-stealing-slave-owning Jedi Kidnapping Assholes.

Adrian: "I could use some help with that as it would help my plans hasten up a little.

Once most of it is done, I will be able to lure Aurora in the future and then we can restrain and capture her and you can tell her the truth, whilst also getting revenge on the ones who killed Thora and stole Aurora all those years ago."

Dagger: "If it means it will speed things along and you you help me. Then I will join you."

Adrian: "Hmm. But first, all of you must be subjected to a Mind examination test. Jinx already experienced it so she can tell you about it. I won't pry into your personal lives, it will jurist read surface thoughts and emotions and such in a unique way."

Jack: "I don't mind it. But you do know understand my "Particular Circumstances". I would advise against it cause if tge whole Lovecraftian mind thing."

Adrian: "Agreed."

Kal: "Well~ I don't mind it! But don't look at the memory of me holding a pink data pad...."

Adrian: "..."

Jinx: "..."

Dagger: "..."

Jack: "..."

Kal: "... ;)"

Dagger: "Anyway~.....I will gladly join your Clan once Aurora is saved. Until then we are comrades. I think I should properly greet myself...*takes of helmet*...my name is Jason Smoke, I go by Dagger as my alias."

Adrian: "Pleasure to be working with you."

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Small Time Skip

...

I went to deliver the fake Sith Wayfinder to Sidious in the industrial district of Corrusaunt.

I kept my interaction with him very brief as I knew he was trying to probe my mind and emotions with the Force and I didn't like it.

After giving the fake Sith Wayfinder, I departed with my reward. The others received their payments of 500,000 Credits as stated in the contract, in their desired form of payment.

While I, received tge 2.5 million unmarked Credits as the bonus reward.

I also requested for the 500,000 Credits base reward to be in the form of as many Kyber Crystals it was worth.

I wanst an idiot and so I had scanned the case, and found a tracker.

Sidious probably suspects that I was the one who stole his collection of Sith Artifacts.

Come on man!

I left the big ones for you cause I was being generous!

Totally not because they were to bug fir my infiltration team to be able to extract which is totally not why I left the big Artifacts there in his secret tower!

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Ava pov

Location: Jedi Spire, Jedi High Council

I was summoned before the Jedi High Council.

I was standing in the center of the room in my regular Jedi attire, my face and appearance had changed back to what it once was, as I no longer need to disguise myself.

They had just told me that they had just sent Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn to Mandalore, to find out any possible leads to Zer0's Mandalorian past from Dutchess Satine if possible.

Windu: "We did not permit you to undergo this assignment that Senator Palpatine had asked of you. While we do not agree with your actions, you should have informed us, even if you were planning to do it behind out backs."

Ava: "I'll accept any punishment the Council decides Master."

Yoda: "Hmm, receive punishment, you shall not. Thanks to you, what the Mandalorian has, we have learned."

Windu: "A Sith Wayfinder to an ancient HomeWorld of the Sith."

Ki-Adi-Mundi: "Zer0 still poses a great danger. He still has the List of Force Sensitive Children and nearly all the Jedi Records and Artifacts we had gathered over thousands of years."

Yoda: "Go with Master Qui-Gon and Padawan Kenobi, you will. Fought Zer0 before, you did. A great warrior, he is. Need your help, they will."

Ava: "Yes, Masters."

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Adrian pov

I was working on the various plans I will soon begin to enact.

I was fine tuning the preperations before they could begin. Along with being able to focus on creating my Makluan Rings.

Originally, I wanted to create the 10th Makluan Ring (Pink - Life Manipulation), but my priorities had changed after my duel with Ava Kendra.

She was powerful, and made em realise that I needed to focus more on the present and not far into the future. Besides, in 3 years I can make two rings. I can just make the Life Ring my 2nd one I'd create.

The 1st Makluan Ring (Purple - Space Manipulation) is what I will now be creating 1st.

This will help me in creating Project MGR and Project MGS.

(A/n Remember these.)

As I was going to move onto the blueprints for some of my larger operations I will soon enact, two moronic individuals barged into the War Room I was in and fell to the floor.

Adrian: "What is the meaning of this."

I said in an tired and uninterested tone, knowing full well the level of these two individual's stupidity.

Kal: "He started it!"

Jason: "You wanted to see was the fastest, and I told you it was futile!"

Kal: "I still tied with you!"

Jason: "But I was tge one who knocked the door open first so I was tge first one!"

Kal: "But I am the closest to him so I won!"

Jason: "Then your a weirdo who invades personal space!"

Kal: "I-"

Adrian: "Enough of this!"

The two noisy rats of my ship had finally shut up. They were a real pain to deal with, but they quickly learned to be fully obedient to me when I ordered them to stop.

One of the benefits of having used my Nightmare Gas on them.

Thee was an awkward silence between the three of us.

*vroom*

A Vaccum Cleaner Droid in tge shaoe of a Sand Cart, called 76, awkwardly passed between all of us as it left the room. Probably finished cleaning my War Room Office that was to the side.

We just stared at it as it left the room. 76 noticed us and just stayed there motionless for a minute.

Adrian: "..."

Jason: "..."

Kal: "..."

76: "...beeb?"

Adrian: "Get outta here or I'll scrap you."

76: "BEEB BEEB!!!"

*VROOOOOOM*

And like that, 76 sped off faster then the Flash can say "I'm outta here!" Before actually running away.

(A/n OC created by Pelousebourse76 --- "I want to be a vacuum cleaner in the shape of a sand cart that passes at awkward times" --- legit what he said.)

Kal: "*clears throat* Ahem, anyway we-"

Jason: "We wanted to see who could tell you first-"

Kal: "Oi! I was speaking."

Jason: "??? And?"

Kal: "Nevermind... T_T"

Jason: "Anyway, Kara told us to tell you that she is now focusing 99.995% or whatever of herself to completing the main projects of yours taht you'll soon begin."

Kal: "Oh! Also, that A.I. Orpheleon will be replacing her temporarily until she had completed what she has to do."

I hum in agreement and immediately made a whistling sound from my mouth.

A Trap door opens up from underneath both of Kal and Jason and they screamed "Not Again!" as they fell.

The trap door leads to, my recently enveloped Xenomorph Praetorian, Specimen Six's Royal Jelly Chambers.

If any of those two lands on an egg, then the thousands of Face Huggers (Ovomorph Eggs) will latch themselves to their faces.

But I'm sure they'll be fine...maybe...who cares...

Shortly after that, I heard a slightly familiar voice, but one I Haven heard very often since it was always Kara's voice.

Orpheleon: "Master Hawke? Am I interrupting something important?"

Adrian: "No, you are not. Why have you contacted me?"

Orpheleon: "On a (Yautjia) Falcon Drone's surveillance feed that was on Mandalore, showed that three Jedi have arrived and are now meeting with Dutchess Satine Kryze."

I knew the Jedi would go to Mandalore to find clues that can link back to my identity or past, but I made sure since my childhood and time on Mandalore to erase all traces of my past and even my existence so noone would ever find out a single damn thing about me.

I had even had to mind wipe my Mandalorian family, that I never even existed and that my Mandalorian mother had miscarried.

I feel guilty at having to do it, but I question if it was necessary.

But I ignored my doubt. Of course it was.

They are safe, even now.

Hmm, it should be Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon who want to meet with Satine simce it had only been a few tears since the Mandalorian Covil War happened and the whole Obi-Wan and Satine romance bodyguard mission had happened.

They'll be fresh in each others minds. Of course the Jedi would send a familiar pair of faces to meet Satine to get intel on me.

But...

Adrian: "Orpheleon, who are the three Jedi that are on Mandalore right now?"

Orpheleon brought up a trio of holographic images showing them. But when I saw the third, I immediately ran to the Command Room, whist ignoring Orpheleon telling me their names.

Ava Kendra.

Shit!

If she is on Mandalore with her God-like connection to the Force, then she would easily be able to find my family on Mandalore!

I need to get to them first!

Hopefully I will get there in time!

Adrian: "Orpheleon! Plot a course to Mandalore!"

I arrived at the Command Room in no time and brought up all my Yautjia Falcon Drones and the surveillance feeds on all of them.

I watched everything taht happened at X3 speeds, because I could, and with my enhanced mind, could still hear and see everything as if it was at normal speeds.

My ISU-Mass Effect-Halo-Hyperdrives couldn't get me to Mandalore instantly. If i wanted to upgrade them to the point of instant Teleportation, then I need the 1st Makluan Ring (Space Manipulation) in order to enhance them and upgrade their capabilities.

I watched everything since when Obi-Wan had just met with Satine, and Ava had arrived at the Palace.