Lead me to Salvation

[Zayani Brin]

Everything Asher felt, Lexa could feel as well. So much raw emotion. It made her grin. Morna was like that. He never held anything back around her. It felt familiar, comforting. Then the emotions began melding with her own. She began to feel them as powerfully as if they were her own. It became difficult to separate them. Rage, Happiness, Despair, Love, Passion. All began melding together inside of the two of them. The sheer strength of it all made Lexa's breath become shallow.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

As I was kneeling before her, she didn't say anything to me. I wondered if she could see and feel the emotions that went through him every day. Morna didn't have physical strength. Nor a mental strength beyond that of what most others had. However, he had the strength in heart. It was something that you don't train. You don't gain it by doing something. You gain it through emotions that are for others. And I hoped that lexa understood that as much as I did from the thoughts given to me from a Master Fire Shaper.

"I um... we're here?"

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa nodded slowly, and gently recoiled her hands from Asher's. She was almost reluctant to. The emotions may have been overwhelming, but she longed to feel them again. She stood up and began making her way to the door.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

Her hands left mine. And as she did, I could feel a cold chill from where her hands used to be. I let her walk away. I turned to the console and brought the ship down to land. I knew exactly where we needed to go even if I have never been here before. Opening the ramp up, I stood and walked towards the direction in which Lexa had gone. Following after her as I lit a cigarette. I had no clue what made me start smoking them, but I really like the Kolto ones. Smooth and actually quite....... revitalizing.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

The wind and snow greeted Lexa as the ramp opened in front of her. It was a mere gentle chill to her. She stepped into the open, her footfalls leaving white tracks behind her. Her hair whipped wildly around her form as she looked out at the horizon. It had been a very long time. And yet, nothing had changed. "Immortal..." She said aloud to herself.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

As I got to the open ramp, I already saw that lexa was walking. Leaving prints in the snow, I followed after her. There were no storms in this area at the moment. However that could change quickly. Walking forward, I lifted my right hand and acted like pressing a button in front of me. And consequently, the ramp began to lift as though I was on the inside pressing it. Continuing to go forwards, after the trail of Lexa's boots that made the foot shapes in the snow, I could feel the cold winds try to break into my jacket and touch my skin.

Grabbing onto the cigarette, I took another puff as I walked on. The cottage that the two had stayed in for a while was still sitting there. Almost covered in snow.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa continued on. She reached the cottage within minutes. Half of her had a burning desire to go inside. But the other half was... afraid. She didn't know why, but she didn't want to enter. Everything was starting to get very confusing. Her steps slowed. She was inches from the door. But all she managed to do was stare at it.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

I continued to go after her. But when I saw that she was stopped at the door, I could see that she was hesitant to open the door. It had been three years since she had closed the very same place. I looked and watched as she stood there. I was a good two or three meters behind her. I knew how it must feel to try and rehash the past. I walked up behind her, I reached out for her shoulder, but stopped.

Letting my arm drop, I spoke in a soft voice. "You don't have to go in. I am sure that he would understand."

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Asher's words brought Lexa to the present. She shook her head. "No. I have to do this. I have to face it now, or I never will." With that statement, she reached down and punched in the lock combination. Finally, her finger hovered over the enter key. With a deep breath, she punched it, and the door opened. She gasped unintentionally as she stepped inside. Nothing had changed. Everything was as it was when she first came there with Morna for their honeymoon. Her hands ran over the soft cushions on the loveseat. Her eyes wandered to the empty fireplace, remembering light blue flames. "Everything's here. Nothing's changed...."
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

I watched her. Seeing everything that happened. Wishing that he never died. Wishing that I wasn't there. Then I wouldn't have been thrust into this world. I allowed her to go first. Walking inside, she spoke of it being the same. I nodded my head. A flash came to me of the two of them laying down next to one another. Morna messing around with the flames to change colors. I smiled a little at the memory and how Lexa started to talk to him about how that it was so unfair that he had not taught her that.

I already knew how he changed it. "He changed the level of heat." Speaking out loud. I looked and instantly I already knew where Morna wanted us to go. However, I would allow Lexa to have some time first if she wanted it. I walked over to the dresser. Seeing a set of rings that once belonged to morna. The taloned rings that he had sometimes used in battle. I picked them up. Just looking at them as the three years worth of dust fell off of them. I felt sadness. Placing it back in the same spot, I simply looked round the room to see the bed. The empty fireplace, even the blanket that they had used that night was still on the floor. Crumpled up from when Lexa woke up the next day. Wondering where Morna had gone.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa looked over at Asher. How did he... Right. Morna was kind of in his head. She turned back to the fireplace. She got down on her knees in front of it and shoved her hands in the ashes. Closing her eyes, she concentrated on crating a second fire. She thought of the color of cold flame. She'd only seen it a few times, but she knew that she could create it. Within a few minutes the room became dimly lit with blue flame. She smiled a little. "Whaddya know, Morna? Now I'm just like you..." She murmured.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

I moved to the bed as Lexa went to lite a fire. While she worked on it. I looked inside the bedstand. Knowing what would be inside. I opened it and saw a small square box. It was about the size of a head. Reaching in. I picked up the black box. A code needed to be entered. Digital lock that used numbers in galactic basic. I looked at it. Knowing that inside held what was once Morna's legacy. But after calling myself that, and taking the information of his life, and absorbing it into my own. I didn't know if this was really his thoughts that he left behind.

Looking up as Lexa started the fire and mumbled to herself about being now just like Morna, I smiled sadly. "I found it..."

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa got up from the fire and went into the bedroom. She sat on the bed next to Asher, staring at the box. Whatever happened next, she wouldn't leave or look away. She was going to see this through to the end. "Open it..." She mumbled.
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

Lexa came up. And after walking over to me. She sat down on the bed to my right. I still holding the box in my hands, but it suddenly felt like a ton of bricks were in my hands. Slowly I reached up. And punching in the code for the date when they first met. Almost six years ago now. The numbers on the box flashed green with a click. Opening the top, Inside rested a dull grey pyramid. A holocron. I reached for it and picked it from the box and slid the empty but heavy safe away from me to fall onto the floor. Holding it in my hands, I then moved it to her. "You can open it. The gatekeeper is Morna. So you will be able to talk to him as though you did before he left." After giving it to her, I got up and started to leave the room. "No reason for me to be here any longer. But please, don't talk to him as though he died. if he finds that out......" I let my head hang as I walked.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa sat with the Holocron in her hands. She stared at it, afraid. Could she really pretend as if he wasn't gone? when she heard his voice again, it would take all her strength not to cry. She took a deep breath. Focusing on the Holocron, she sent her Force signature to all sides of it. "Hey there, Fireboy..."
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

Leaving the room, I could hear Lexa mutter something. And feel a pool of the force well up within her. And hearing a click I knew it was on. I opened the door and went out to have a smoke. Already knowing what he would say.

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The Holocron began to glow with life. Flashing a few times to become a red color. Deep blood red before brightening up to a rose. The pyramid opened up to reveal an orange crystal that then emitted a hologram of Morna. Dressed in his normal clothing of a ripped shirt, leather vest, a sithsword over his back and a lightsaber on his belt. His hand was held up. Wearing the talon rings except for his left ring finger where his wedding ring was. His voice almost booming, "Stop, I ask who is it who has acquired my holocron?" As an image, Morna would act as a gatekeeper. Having part of his soul within the holocron meant that if someone told him their name, and he knew them then he would allow them to access the information inside. As well as talk to them. "Wait, that Signature, have I met you before?" Seeing as how he was just barely a soul trapped within a pyramid of the force, he could not really see unless they introduced themselves. As well if they gave forth their force signature so he could "see" them through the force.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Seeing him standing there, Lexa almost lost it. Why couldn't this be real? Why couldn't he be here? She swallowed, and gave Morna a wry smile. "Wow. You really are an old geizer if you can't even recognize your own wife anymore. It's Lexa."
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

Reaching out for a moment, Morna then could smile. His eyes rolled as he now focused on Lexa where she sat on the bed. Reaching out almost as though he wanted to touch her for another time. "I already know what you are going to ask." Dropping his arm, He walked forwards, well more so floated towards Lexa so he stood just inches from her. "I am sorry Lexa. I... I just..." His words were lost on how to continue. Almost as though he was an actual living being that had emotions and feelings. He wanted to speak to her. To hold her and make love with her. To have children and grow old together. But he already had a feeling that this was not possible if she had found the Holocron. She also looked older. Worn. However he did not ask about what happened to him. He was only worry about what happened from now on.

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Standing outside in the cold, I zipped my jacket up and took another puff of the cigarette. I don't remember ever wanting to smoke them. Holding my hands out, I had another flash. One that was of my hands. looking up I could see I was on some water planet and a older woman in front of me. With another blonde but beautiful one. The woman spoke but I could not hear words. I got from her lips something about a question directed at me and was waiting for my response. Only before I could give her one, it faded. Now I was looking down at my hand again, and this time I was standing and watching a Red and black twi'lek get crushed by a large hunk of a building from the older woman. once more it changed again to looking up and seeing the older woman. only younger and standing in an open tent after a battle. A few dirt marks over her face. When I realized that this person made a difference in Morna's life somehow down the line.

[member="Lexa Imura"],

 

[Zayani Brin]

Lexa shook her head, smiling sadly. "No. You don't need to be sorry. You made me happier than I've ever been before. I'm so grateful for the memories we shared." She said. She reached out her hand as though she could actually touch him. "I wish there could've been more, but I'm glad that there were any at all. Don't be sad. I'm still here."
[member="Asher Kellan"]

 

[Garza]

Morna seemed to brighten at that, but it was only a little. He huffed a small chuckle as he stood there. Looking at Lexa as though this was the last time he would see her. In which it might have been. Pointing to the holocron, Morna spoke in a tone that was hardly above a whisper. "How did you find the holocron, and please..." He shook his head knowing that the answer may hurt him. "Tell me the truth."

[member="Lexa Imura"]