Alura paused when she saw Zahlor's lightsaber... she hadn't ever seen him use it so the fact that it was red surprised her... hacked a trooper in half coming towards Zahlor... why... is your lightsaber red? she asked giving him a puzzled look being careful not to get in his way... swinging wide arcs at more troopers forcing one against the wall without even thinking...eyes still fixated on the red blade
"NO TIME!" He shouted over the fight, violently slashing one trooper in half, at it's waist. Another trooper charged, he ducked throwing the imperial over his shoulder, and sent his red blade through the troopers face plate, into his face. Now that all the troopers were dead, he deactivated his blade. "Don't as questions." He went through the door and came to a room that was empty. He walked to the centre, and placed his hand on the floor. There was a blue flash of light, and the crackle of lightning, and a section opened up. "These prophecies and ancient chambers were discovered by the Sith fifteen thousand years ago. Then intended to use them to immortalize their lords, but the locations were lost, no ones knows who built them, but we do know why." He hoped into the hole, "Come down now, it will close soon."
"Don't worry, I'll do my best to make you we'll see eachother again...even if I dont know we will...I don't know how long you will be down here Alura." He walked up to a wall, and cut through it with his lightsaber. "This room is undetectable by sensors." A large force crystal was in the center of the room, hollow, and open. "You need to get in there, the force will keep you alive and keep you from aging. It's like cryo-statis, but much better." He looked down at the ground and his eyes were shut tight, "I..." He trailed off, "If this is the last time we will see eachother...I want to say goodbye." He reopened his eyes, but he would not look at her.
The words cut through Alura like she had just been hit with a sabre... she had become close to Zahlor... he was like a brother to him and to think that she may not see him again... she couldn't even believe it..."Zahlor..." she yelped before he left... "look at me... I at least want to be able to look at you one more time if it be that I may not see you again... and don't say ..."g...g...goodbye... i'm sure I'll see you again."
"Maybe. Maybe not." He said still not looking at her. "But..." He clenched his hands into fists, but they relaxed almost instantly. "I..." He still didn't want to look at her, but no tears came. He thought they would, but they didn't. He turned to look at her, "I can't promise you will see me again Alura...only that I will do my best to make sure you do." His voice was very soft and gentle, which was a first in his life. "You need to get into the crystal now. It's your destiny."
Her eyes met with his as the tears rolled down her cheeks... I trust you Zahlor... i trust that I will see you again... I'll get into the crystal just as soon as... as... she knew that it was asking a lot, but if this may be the last that they see eachother than she had to do it... as soon as i... she wrapped her arms around him... you're like my brother... thank you for everything she said softly...
Zahlor felt himself tense, because of his personality, because of his past. Often time's he'd been a cold emotionless shell, and now Alura had thrown her arms around him. He didn't have many friends, and really wasn't used to it, let alone this. It made him slightly uncomfortable, and he pushed her away gently, "I..." He didn't know what to say, your welcome maybe but it'd didn't seem like the right response.
Alura could tell that he was uncomfortable so she backed away... "I'm I'm sorry for that... just wanted to give you a proper goodbye... she continued to back away from him... I guess I should go now she said a few more tears rolled down I'll see you in a while... I guess she was now the one who was uncertain of what to say.
"Sorry? You have nothing to be sorry for..." He said, eyeing the force crystal. "Don't worry, it will be just like sleeping. You will close your eyes, and the next thing you know you will be waking up...I hope I can see you again." He added at the very end. He walked up to the crystal, and traced some symbols on it's side. "We don't have much time."
Alura followed his instruction... she went into the crystal after saying her final goodbye..."i hope i see you again..." she looked at him one last time and then closed her eyes and waited a few tears rolled down her face once again...mainly at the thought of never seeing Zahlor again but also because she was scared for the first time in a long time.
As he jumped back out of the hole, out into the hall, he distantly heard the sounds of battle again. He reflected on what he saw, and that would be the last time he saw her, for a long...long time. He blinked back tears, "Well this is a good idea." He said, walking to the hangar to leave Yavin 4. Luke, Kyle, and Jaden were already gone. He could sense that. This battle was lost, the Jedi had lost their home. But not themselves. "I wont let you down." He said to himself.
Five hundred years later. The Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 was nothing more than a ruin, completely destroyed, except for a few places that were underground. Yesterday, the people that had come dug out one of these such places, had peen paid, and now they were gone.
The room was dark, except for one crystal, that was glowing faintly. There was the sound of scraping rock, then a beam of light entered the room from above. A man, dressed in a black cloak so that his face was not visible, landed softly on the floor. He walked across the room, and as he neared, the crystal's glow increased. It would open soon.
The man walked forward more as the crystal opened, and held Alura up with a wave of force. His dark cloak started to flow as a gust of wind seemed to come from everydirection. He looked around, his face still masked in shadow, and then his eyes settled again on Alura. He stopped his force wave, confident she could stand. "Come. We must leave now."
Alura held her own weight... still feeling a little weak and not completely sure of what was going on she listened to the shadowed being and followed him closely... his voice sounded like one that she had heard before but she wasn't sure... "who.. who.. are you..." she said quietly she didn't want to ask too many questions because she was sure everything would be clear soon