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[hidden_sith]

"You sure you're going to be okay?" Trever asked Kale. He wanted to reach up and brush some hair from his twin's face... but that would have been wrong. They were trying to be separate.

"I'll be fine, promise. I'm not going to leave the house. Tobias and I'll be fine. I promise," Kale said, looking a bit wistful. He wanted to go too. But... he couldn't. Too dangerous. The last thing they needed was for something to trigger off Kale turning into something like Nihilus.

Trever hesitated and then gave Kale a hug. Hugs were safe. Kale hugged him back. "I'll miss you."

"Me too."

"Right, okay. I'll try and keep you updated as often as possible."

"Good. Now go on. Shoo."

Trever stuck his tongue out, but left to find Axis. It felt weird going to find their father body or alive. He didn't know which would be worse.

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A talent for foresight does run in the family. It's how their father survived Order 66.

"I didn't hear it directly," he says with a slight smile. "The teacher might be willing... but the student is still hurt."

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

See, he can totally be helpful with that.

"No one ever required the student to like the teacher. I'm told that Malak disliked his Jedi teacher, Vrook, but he still learned from him."

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But is that a good thing?

"It's not a matter of like or dislike ... so much as 'he tried to kill me and what if he does it again to prevent me from becoming like Nihilus?' that's bothering Kale." Trever thinks that's a perfectly reasonable worry.

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

Potentially. It means he'll know what and who to avoid, right?

"I can't say for certain, but did he consider that Rev'ika knew that that wasn't going to kill him? And I think if anyone would be worried about Kale turning into Nihilus, it'd be Tobias."

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Like Trever'll actually listen to that one.

"How would he know it wouldn't have killed Kale? It killed those Jedi Masters."

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"The Masters didn't have twins, now did they? Probably figured it'd either sever Kale from the Force, or, less likely, it'd kill you both." This comes from John, who's standing at the entrance to the cockpit and gazing out through the viewport.

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"So you're saying that Revan figured that I'd keep Kale alive?" He asks, eyes never leaving the viewport. It made some sense to him. The way the two of them were -had been - connected they couldn't let the other go away. It would kill them.

"How much longer? D'you think?"

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"You did, didn't you? He doesn't seem like he'd be so stupid as to not factor you into the equation."

They've already gotten through the portal. "Couple minutes," Axis replies as he puts the controls back on manual. "We aren't going to get shot of orbit, are we?"

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"I have no idea what he was thinking at the time. I just needed to get Kale back."

Trever laughs at that. "No, we're not. The Empire holds the planet... but I know the codes to get through."

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Axis grins. "Well thank the Mandalore for small favors. You get to entering those codes, I'll take her in."

He mutters something to John, who nods and slinks off again.

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Trever rattles off the coordinates for his family's farm, as he starts entering the codes. Finished, he gave a satisfied smile. "There and they won't have any record of us either."

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Axis glances over to him for a moment before focusing back on heading for about a half-mile outside the farm. "Really? Well, I'm glad of that."

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His time with the Sith was handy for getting access to codes that let them slip unnoticed. Trever had sent in a "Very Secret Tell Anyone We're Here and You'll Die" code to the airspace command.

He watches the scenery with a bit of a smile, resisting the urge to point out places he recognizes.

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's verrah nice. Axis likes.

He sets the Ebon Hawk down once he finds a good spot. "You ready for this?"

[hidden-sith.livejournal.com]

Kree'sha didn't even know he found those.

He takes a deep breath and nods. "Ready as I'll ever be."

Though there's a twitch of a smile on his face, as though he knows something Axis doesn't.

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

The twitch of the smile bothers him; it makes him feel like he's walking into something bad or that he's not part of the joke or something.

He finishes locking down the ship, going so far as to lock down the star charts and everything else, before getting up. "Let's get going, then."

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Oh yes. You should be bothered Axis, you should.

Trever stretches a bit before getting out of the seat to walk out of the ship. He'll wait for Axis and John (if he's coming) to catch up before setting out towards the farm, hands in his pockets, that smile on his face.

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

Oh, he is. He is.

Axis does catch up, talking quietly with John (possibly even finalizing battle/retreat plans based on the landscape) as they walk. John changed into a breastplate, shinguards, and gauntlets, with a pair of blaster pistols at his side. He almost looks like he belongs here.

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It's rather boring and flat farmland really. Not very good for those sort of things. They're rather out in the open. Behind the farmstead however, are dark hills that over shadow the land.

Trever only half listens to what Axis and John are talking about, apparently not at all worried about what's up ahead. It doesn't take long before the buildings are in sight.

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Open land is bad. Axis nudges John gently and says something in that language from earlier, to which John nods.

Axis is just paranoid and stuff and- oh, buildings. That's good.

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Trever is mildly annoyed at that, but he suppose it's only fair since he and Kale go off in their own language and no one can understand them.

As they walk, he drops a bit next to Axis, hands in his pockets, taking in the familiar scenery.

The reason for this becomes clear as soon as they reach the gates of the farmstead. A shot from a heavy blaster rifle hits the earth just in front of the three of them, sending up large clods of dirt.

A woman, who was very obviously Trever's mother was standing with the rifle held up like she had known how to use one her whole life. In perfect Mando'a she said to Axis, "Step away from my son, now."

Trever looks not at all surprised at this.

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John lets out a startled noise, hand flinching toward the pistols on his hips. Axis grabs the boy's wrist, then jerks his chin. John reluctantly backs up while Axis busies himself with giving Trever the stink-eye.

He gives Trever a light shove toward the farmstead before backing up himself. "Here I thought all of the Mando'ade were dead, save one of clan Fett," he says in Basic, tone amiable. "In any case, we were bringing him back and had some questions about his Jetii father." He's thinking up a plan on the fly here; Revan hadn't mentioned this.

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Trever walks over to his mother, grinning madly. When he gets up to her, he says something quietly which results in him getting cuffed in the head and a finger shaking. But mother puts the blaster down and address Axis and John almost apologetically in Basic. "You must forgive me, my son has a rather ... obnoxious streak sometimes." There's a glare at Trever. "And I'm not Mando'ade, I merely traveled with some for a while. But I'll take that as a compliment."

Revan didn't know about this. The twins never mentioned it. Bad boys.

"And you, get back to the house and tell Naldin that we have guests, and I'm going to be wanting a full account of what's happened and where Kale is."

"Kale's safe, promise."

"GO."

[vode-an.livejournal.com]

Okay, now that? Gets a twitch of a grin out of Axis. John mutters under his breath to Axis, who grins and scrubs the kid's shaved head. "Boys will be boys, ma'am. At least he's not trying to take over the planet or something." He strides in closer to offer his hand for a shake. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Axis of clan Mereel, and that," he motions to John, "is my compatriate Jast."

John inclines his head politely. "Ma'am." Obviously he has no compunctions about fibbing in this little matter.

"Even if your son's rather..." he tries to think of a word, "well, rambunctious... he is telling the truth. Kale is perfectly safe."

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No, that would be Axis' son. XD

She nods her head, shouldering the blaster rifle before giving the hand a shake, "Talia Delvar."

It's a small fib.

"I find that hard to believe. The two of them are practically inseparable. Something must have happened to Kale since he's not here." Talia starts walking to the house, with a wave that they should join her.