A clean slate

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

She had agreed to take him as apprentice, after she got her boyfriend to wipe his mind. She was going to teach him a new, how to use the force. She sat in her personal chamber, and waited for him to arrive. This was to be his first lesson, the code of the phoenix order. They have merged with the tenevi order, but they still kept their code. She was going to make sure, they were not swallowed whole by this merger.

She took a drink of water as she waited for him, this was going to be trying for him.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Hakora walked down the halls of the temple of the Order of the Pheonix taking in the site. He had seen a lot of interesting sites as a pilot for the Rebel Alliance, but none to this level. He rubbed his temple as he walked. He had a off and on headache since waking from his nap at Sabrina's house, but maybe it was the food she had given him wasn't agreeing with him and effecting his mind. He looked at the datapad, following until he got to the door where he was to meet with Sabrina. He knocked twice and gently pushed open the door. The boy of 20 years with medium length white hair and common clothing entered the office. As far as he knew, she had recruited him from the Rebel Alliance to serve the Phoenix Order as a non force user as he had no memory of having the ability to use the force. He entered, unarmed and took a seat. and addressed the woman before him. "I apologize, what did you tell me to address you as here? Dux something I believe." Hakora's headache went away as he began to relax.

[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

Apprentice you are to refer to me as Dux Kotass, and remember that this time. She then handed him a datapad, On there are three codes, the Jedi code, the sith code and our code. I want you to study all three, and then meditate on them. She then paused, as he took them of her. Once you done this I want you to recite them, and explain their meaning. What is wrong with each code, and what is right with each code. She then sat back down in her chair, and waited for him to leave. As he would have to research each code from scratch, and this would take him some time to do.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

"Apprentice? Of what?" He was a bit confused on the term and was handed a datapad. Jedi? Sith? Phoenix? Hakora had heard about all three in the Alliance, but weren't they force user groups? Hakora could not use the force so why was he studying them unless it was better to understand the enemy. Ah, that must be it. Dux Kotass, as she had told him, had offered Hakora a position as a solider among their non force user group because since a young age Hakora wanted to ride dragons and become like the Dragon Riders of Poolok and fight for peace and justice and bring order to the Galaxy. She had offered to train him as his only form of combat was swordsmanship and she believed he could learn more than that. He bowed as he had learned this was how they saluted here and went out of the chambers without a word.

He went to his chambers and began reading the codes which seemed like remembering a far off dream, but at the sametime very foreign. Three codes:


Phoenix Code:

"There is no serenity in my heart, there is only passion;
Through passion, my heart burns with a righteous flame;
There is no chaos in my mind, there is only control;
Through control, I command the righteous fire;
There is no death, there is only purification by the flame;
Through purification by the flame, I am reborn."


A few hours had passed and Hakora returned to her chambers. After being addressed to speak he recited the three codes from memory which was something Hakora had always been good with as farmers had to memorise many documents to do their job. "The problem with the Sith code is Peace is a lie. If peace is a lie then the Galaxy is doomed to a constant state of war and disorder which history has proven is wrong. The Jedi code is wrong because there is emotion in all things and emotion, though unstable and able to cause us to do wrong, it also can strengthen us like love. The problem with the Phoenix code is the mind and the heart. The mind is stated as calm and in control, while serenity means calm, peaceful, and untroubled. The mind and the heart are linked and if they are at odds where one is calm and one is not then you with have war within yourself. The Jedi code teaches enlightenment which is needed to keep us making choices that may go against emotion. The Sith Code teaches Emotion and passion which make us fight harder and longer for what we believe. The Phoenix Code takes both and harnesses as a weapon of justice." Hakora took a deep breath after talking so much and hoped he had the right answers.
[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

She decide not to explain why he wrong about the sith code, as two people arguing was not peaceful was it now. Peace was a lie, was just fact life, and as long as their would never be peace. She had that code, as it was tainted by the one sith, she new one that she had to bring meaning to. This was going to be her first time of actually doing this, so she choose her words carefully. No it does not harness emotion for justice, it does it for order. As without order, there can be no laws. There can be no civilization, nor can their be a place for people to live in peace. She was not going to say it, but true sith stride for order. The one sith create chaos in their wake now, and as such destroyed the code that she use to live by. She sat in chair and waited for him, to see if he understood it.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

"I agree, but if there is only order and no justice then the order becomes disorder. I would believe you need both because order without justice is lawful evil like Darth Palpitine who control the Galaxy for order, but did so to empower himself and did horrible things to achieve it. Would I be correct in saying this?" It was beginning to seem that even without his memories, Hakora's values and morals still remained intact. He was no true Jedi nor was he a true sith like the One Sith. He walked the middle and fought for peace, justice and order and would do whatever it took to make them come about as long as he did not break order and justice in the process, though fighting broke peace, but he had to or peace would never happen.
[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

Are but without order, how would you administer justice. As all you have is mob rule, and the mob never believes in justice. They want revenge, and it's not guilty who they catch. Order allows for investigation to be done, and to try and find the guilty. Justice is necessary, but for order for justice to be done order must happen. She explained order was the priority, as without that all thing fail. Justice, laws and the military needed order first, otherwise they would not be effective.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

"I believe we are saying the samething, but Order is slightly more important before justice as order must come first. This is why the Phoenix code is more all encompassing than the other two and allows the members to do real good regardless if the user can use this force you spoke of or not use it like people like me." Hakora was not aware he could use the force as he requested to not be trained in it or opened to it until he proved to be a good warrior as his force powers were too powerful for a reckless person like he tend to be.

[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

Know you are to serve as my guard, so I need to you learn combat. The first thing you need to learn, is how to use a sword and shield. She paused at that point, as she was not going to be one practice with him. She did not want to exert her body too much, as she did not know if that would damage her unborn child. Something that perplexed her at moment, and what to do about it, and it's father rexus drath. You will find a droid to fight, and practice against there. Remember the art of not being hit, is stepping back. As this grant's you time, to react to your opponent. This in time will help you guard against force users, and other melee opponents. She had a vision of him riding dragons one day, when the order finds it home world.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Hakora raised an eyebrow as he grabbed the shield and sword. The shield felt decent enough and he gave the sword a few swings and spun it and then balanced it on his finger. The sword was slightly unbalanced in the hilt, but it would serve his purposes well. He bowed, " Yes Dux Kotass." Hakora then walked out of her office and made his way out of the office to the training area. "So training droi.... Really?" In the training area was 8 deactivated droids. They were not advanced droids meant to go to war, but they did not look like push overs. Clearly, Hakora's new master had high expectations for the former pilot. He walked in heading for a single droid expecting him to have to turn one on and fight them one on one, but as he reached the center the droids began to light up. "Seriously?!" Hakora pulled the shield to his front to block some incoming fire, but was shot twice in the back. "Ugh!" Four were outfitted with guns and and four with vibroswords. The four sword droids moved in and surround him and it was becoming increasingly hard to block four swords and blaster fire coming in. Hakora received a slash on his arm and then his left shoulder. Hakora kicked back one of the droids and sliced through two droids with one slash, but was shot in the leg by a blaster round and he dropped to a knee. He had to get serious. He cut through the other two melee droids and drew his shield at a blaster droid taking off it's head. He ran as fast as he could to take out another droid, grabbing it as it was going down and throwing the droid at another leaving one blaster droid that shot him in the back. Hakora threw as hard as he could to send his sword threw the last droids head, but the weight was off and it went through the chest which still took it out. Hakora dropped to his knees, breathing heavily from the fight and covered in his own blood, but not drastically hurt as the swords were weak and the blasters were on a low setting.

[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

She watched as her new guard fought the droids, he had potential. She need to get him equipped for battles to come, as soon or later the new orders would reveal themselves, to wider galaxy if they were to make a difference to it. Though that time is yet to come, she clapped as he finished the last droid off. Then she gave him her verdict, You show promise, and you will be my personal bodyguard in struggles ahead. She paused and then asked him, What greatest weakness, so I can look for way to strengthen it. What is your greatest strength, so I know what task you be best suited to do. This was a reverse of some sith training techniques, but she improve it.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Hakora looked up and wiped his eyes as blood feel slowly into his eyes. He struggled to stand and looked at his master. It was weird, the fighting felt natural, but felt like instincts he did not know where their origin was coming from. He felt incomplete, like he had skills, but from no where. "My weaknesses? I would think I am very weak in compared to the other members of this order so why would you want me as a guard? Hakora finally came fully to his feet and looked at the master, " Though I was one of the greatest pilots the Allience had, that could be a strength."
[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

[member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

Simple with training you will become stronger, and you are trustworthy. The trustworthy part was an important one, as she has secrets she wishes to hide. She also knows if he tried to stab her in the back, she could deal with him. I will have needed of you future as star pilot, I have new ship that will require testing. I will also have new weapons, that need to be fired. These and other duties will be yours. Know once you fit to train again, I will be giving an acolyte a lesson in lightsaber combat. You will be his sparring partner, don't worry he will be obliged not to use the force. Go now to medical bay, and report back when you are fighting fit again. She then turned and headed into her private sanctum, to meditate on what she should do next.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

"Lightsaber?" Hakora watched as she left and a medical droid came in to help him. Hakora had never even seen a lightsaber before and didn't in order for someone to use one they needed the force or whatever the religion thing was called? Hakora sighed and went with the droid. Once in the medical bay, Hakora laid on the table as the droids began work on patching Hakora up. Due to the pain killers Hakora fell into a deep sleep. In this sleep he saw fire and people screaming. He saw a young girl holding a gold lightsaber fighting off people with red lightsabers. She looked like a younger version of Hakora, but he did not regonized her. Hakora gently awoke from the dream and had no memory of the dream. He slowly sat up, a bit sore, but a good stretch would help. Hakora swung his legs off the table and sat there for a few moments before he stood and made his way back to his master. After being let in he took a seat and waited on her and whatever else she had in store for him.

[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

As [member="Hakora Rhapsodos"] came back in, she had invited a padawan to learn as well. His name was [member="Malachite Avachei"], he had taught her the basics of pyromancy, know it was her turn to teach him lightsaber combat.

Good you are both here, to begin combat training. The form I going to teach you basics off is makashi, it excellent when facing one on one. Though if you face more, you should not rely on it. Know for the first part I wish you both to face one another, and I will instruct you on what to do first. She wonder how much of the force reflex hakora has kept, since his mind wipe. Though it should be less than someone who remembers his connection to force, it still could be fast.

 

[Malachite the Shoki]

I looked at Sabrina, and the titchy-looking white-haired guy. Of course, he might not have been short compared to anyone else, but being seven feet tall made me a bit biased. Raising an eyebrow, I allowed those barely controlled sparks of mine to flare into existence. There were only two people I'd ever met who could match my power with the fire, and one of them was dead now. I wondered vaguely what made this guy so special that my new friend would risk his getting burned in a fight like this.

"No offense to either of you, but is that a good idea? I mean, I'd feel bad for the damage I usually cause to my surroundings in a fight."

[member="Dux Kotass"] [member="Hakora Rhapsodos"]

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Hakora listened to her words and then looked at the giant. "What do they feed them here?" Hakora walked over and grabbed a lightsaber moving it around in his hands studing what to do with it and bringing it near his face. "How are you sop pose to even... KARK!!!!!" Moving it around, Hakora had acidently switched it on which made the beam shoot out near his face and singe off some of his hair. In shock he dropped it and the blade burnt the side of his leg. "Stupid weapon!" Hakora picked it up again carefully and noted that it practically had no weight to it, there was no balance which made this even more complicated. Hakora held the lightsaber out to his side, very untrusting of it and walked over to the giant. "Ok big boy, let's get this over with. Go easy on me, I have never held one of these." Which wasn't exactly true. Before his mind wipe, Hakora had mastered a few forms and was quite skilled in all of them, but now that was all gone as far as he knew.
[member="Malachite Avachei"]
[member="Dux Kotass"]

 

[Darth Banshee]

She looked at [member="Malachite Avachei"], and her face soured slightly. She then asked [member="Hakora Rhapsodos"] Are you okay to continue? She then sent a message to the padawan, the message was sent through the force. Do not use the force, this is saber practice only! Only he would of heard it, he was getting near knighthood, all he need to do was demonstrate he could wield his blade, and he could use their code. She sat waiting for her bodyguards answer, and if he tried that again she would show him how the force was really used. As force bellows would knock his flame, by starving it oxygen and she make it him hard. Though she had enough control to make sure, it hit hard enough not to do any lasting damage.

 

[Darth Vaildra]

Hakora looked over at Dux Kotass, " Continue? It hasn't even began. Frankly, this lightsaber feels all wrong, it doesn't have the proper weight of a sword and feels all wrong. I wonder how any of you can use these bloody light sticks." It was apparent Hakora was frustrated with this weapon he could not understand, but the fact that a giant was before him and about to fight him placed no fear in him, but did place concern when the giant lit himself on fire. "You force users are nuts."

 

[Darth Vaildra]

[member="Malachite Avachei"]

(Waiting on you still)