Life is a journey, a path on itself...

Ruwee’s uninformed absence of two weeks was a high priority matter in school and his teacher was angry at me. She was that decent that she didn’t ask Ruwee about it, but me. And that happened when I dropped him off in the morning. I had a little patience with rebukes and the moment I folded my arms, it was a sign that the subject was off for me. Ruwee was back and that was the end of it. I refused to explain why he had been absent. My son would tell in class anyway. When I went back to get him at the end of the day, I found a dismayed Ruwee who told me that nobody had believed him about the shipyards and the stardestroyers. The course was his teacher who didn’t want to believe. It was but anything she had ever heard from a child. Ruwee was not happy and wanted the class to believe him, but I told him that everyone had the right to believe what he or she wanted. I explained it with simple subjects, but telling him about all sort of different views was still beyond his comprehension. His teacher had a couple of questions to me, but I only answered that it was up to Ruwee to tell. If she decided not to believe him, it was her own fair choice. She was entitled to have her own believes.

She was clearly baffled with my answer. I was an Imperial Commander and I didn’t let myself to be ordered around by persons who had no connection to me in whatever way. Ruwee was a fine child, but it was me who appeared to be difficult as I sensed a few days later when I saw her again. But now there was a female colleague of another class with her and she radiated suspicion when she saw me. There was no choice than to tolerate, however the other parents were asked what they knew of me. I felt exactly in the Force what kind of trouble laid ahead, but due to Ruwee I could not run away from it as my father had always done. Then I had built here a life and I faced the problems as I had always done it. I left it alone, because the issue was lesser without my intervening. It was a way of balance.

The outside world had still plans with me. I knew that the Jedi would like to recruit me and have me among them, so they could rely on my power and keep watch over me at the same time. The same desire was shared by the Sith, but under their influence I would loose all I had. I felt a tremor in the Force, indicating someone was me on trail and would arrive soon on Naboo, if he or she hadn’t landed already. I knew the Jedi. The Sith I had never met before and they wouldn’t have the same approach as the Jedi. They were masters of hiding in the Force and appeared very friendly at first sight. And they surfaced in places where they were the most unwanted. The dark side was suddenly present and that was how I knew a Sith was looking for me. I instructed to the parents of a friend of my son to look after Ruwee and then headed off. I didn’t want the Sith to appear at the school ground. With a speeder I traveled to the spaceport. It was just a man, in black travel robes, hair into a long ponytail and facial tatoes. He had checked in and was waiting for me. He had come, because he liked to talk to me. But also he addressed that I hadn’t showed up at the given address and that I had checked it out, where he had not been happy with. Hidden in the words was a threat. I didn’t answer him.
A long time we faced each other, before it was clear I would not yield to him. Then he began to fight with a red coloured lightsaber. He grinned when he saw the colour of my blade and nodded approvingly. His approving words that I had sensed what my future was, angered me literally. And that was his intention also. He wanted me to get in contact with my anger and use it against him. So quickly I changed approach and went over to defense. I put all my fears out of my thoughts and surrendered myself fully to the Force. It whispered to me where my opponent would strike at me and what was a fake move. The constant clashes of the lightsaber echoed through the hangar and called to the wondering of people, not knowing what was going on in the hanger. Unaware the news spread quickly that a lightsaber duel was going on. In my defense I took the lead over in the duel and guided my opponent to where I wanted. I somersaulted much over his head to keep out of ranch of his lightsaber. I didn’t want to be hurt.

The fight was ferocious and it had been long time ago since a duel had been fought. Tales surfaced still around about Ben Kenobi and Darth Maul. The Sith Lord had been defeated and fallen into a deep endless reactor shaft. When this Sith tried to somersault over me I swept my blade around and caught his left hand and leg. The Sith landed hard on the ground, hissing on pain, but was not able to stand up at all. Angry he tried to stand up, but with a leg severed far above the knee his body couldn’t obey anymore to the commands. Even the Force was not help. The fight was over and people appeared cautious through the doors into the hangar. I deactivated my lightsaber and looked down to the wounded Sith. Burning eyes looked at me. I turned my back to him and left the hangar to return home.

Drained of my energy I slipped into healing trance soon I was home. Ruwee was still with my neighbours probably playing there and for now he was save there. I saw him in the evening again, when I came along my neighbours to pick up my son. But instead of only picking him up, I was invited inside and share some delights with them. I felt better, but needed the Force still not to swagger on my legs. The fight was filmed in the hangar and so I saw everything back in the news. I felt still the sensation in my head and for a moment I stretched out fully in the Force to get some feeling upon Macey. I could sense her distantly on Coruscant and so her worries about me. I put reassurance into the Force that I was all right and our son was not hurt. I felt her relief and imagine a smile on her face. Then I withdrew myself. Ruwee looked questioning at me, because he had felt what I had done. I told him by mind that I would explain it later. He nodded and grinned, realizing that I could not tell here. Then he knew also he had a mighty dad, who could do more than any other father. What had been for a fight about live and death, for him it was beautiful stance what he wanted later to do also? He declared to save the whole world from bad people. In the living room all elders laughed at so much childish enthusiasm and determination. From a five year old boy it was to be expected.

As Ruwee had seen on the news he made also a try to use his own telekinesis to get his glass with lemonade to him without reaching for it physical. But lifting the glass from the table was hard effort for him and he failed. The glass hadn’t moved at all. For me it was an easy job and so with my power I guided the glass to him so he reached to it from empty air. The mouth of his friend hang op as well, so I did the same to him. By the time we got home again, Ruwee was tired and I put him straight into bed. He was forgotten about my connection to Macey and in the days after he didn’t ask for it anymore, so I left the subject what it was.