(A/N Chapter is not edited read at your own risk.)Jack was torn, his family was gone he had no one and it was the clan that took it all away for him. He sat in Anakin"s and Shim"s room for a long time just staring off into s.p.a.ce. Anakin could tell something bad had happened but when he went to ask Jack about it he was stopped by Trish.
"Just give him some time little Anai, Jack is not doing too well right now. Have you and your mom finished packing your things? If not lets finish that as we are going to leave this place soon." Anakin nodded at Trish then took his mother by the hand as they left the entrance to finish their packing.
At that moment Jack stood up abruptly and started to head to the door. Keith and Trish we shocked and where about to ask him what he was doing when a knock at the door stopped them cold. Jack placed his had on his blaster before he spoke with venom in his voice," Who ever you are we don"t want any leave now if you know whats good for you!"
Their was silents at first until laughter could be hear from the other side, " Is that they way you plan on greeting all of your guess Platoon leader maybe I should have demon forge train the next back with manners as well as for combat." Jack was stunned, he slowly opened the door to confirm it was who he thought it was.
When the door was finally opened Sharia got to see a very stunned Jack standing in the door way, with his hand still resting on his blaster pistol. Sharia chuckled inside "At lest he has the mind set to be a mandlorain". She waited for Jack to recover his sense before she asked, " Jack can I have a moment of your time." Jack shuck from his stupor, stepping outside and closing the door Jack stood at attention and awaited what ever the women wanted to say.
Sharia sighed, " Jack you don"t have to be so formal I have shown up on your off time so relax I am just hear to bring you some information." After waiting for Jack to visibly relax Sharia continued, " Jack what I told you when you left the command building before was not completely true. The people who killed your parent had not be punished because they were children of consul elders. I was given the complete information right after you and the others left the build. I came here to inform you that when you return from leave I will have the two murders waiting for you at command. I have already been given authorization to allow you to do what ever you want with them."
It took a few seconds for Jack to process what Sharia just told, but when he did he just smiled, " We will return in two months Ma"am I will be ready by then." Then giving Sharia a quick snap to attention he turned to re enter the room when Sharia"s hand grabbed his shoulder. " Jack I am sure I told you to knock it off with the formal stuff just call me Sharia when we are alone like this we are about the same age any way. It makes me feel old when people call me ma"am."
Jack turned he head to look as Sharia though he still disliked this women it had changed from complete hate to just moderate dislike. She was doing him a favor not a big one but a favor none the lest." Maybe I wont kill her just completely humiliate her in front of the entire clan." Jack thought to himself. Before the silents could make the moment awkward Jack nodded his head, "Ok Sharia". Then open the door went inside and closed it.
"Well that went better than I though it would", Sharia thought. As she slowly walked away she felt confidently that she would be able to mend the damage that the clan had done to him. Inside the room Jack was being bombarded with questions from Keith and Trish. He informed them of what Sharia had come to talk about they both knew what this meant but at the moment they could not see a down side for their friend in it so they dropped it for now.
They stayed in the hotel for only a few minutes Anakin and Shmi did not have a lot of things so it did not take too long for them to get ready. Jack headed with Anakin and Shmi to his old home. With no one there it would be a lonely four day stay there. Jack had decided to give all of the demon dogs four days with their families before they would head off to the Arctic. So for the next four day Jack spent time with Anakin and his mother.
For the three of them it was a new experience. Anakin and Shmi were not really use to being free and Jack was not use to not having his family in their home, but their were moments when the three of them would smile. Jack had soon grow to love Shmi"s cooking and Anakin had already been looking at Jack as an older brother.
During the last day Jack finally told Anakin why he had been down for the last few days. The boy surprised Jack with his response to it all. " Though we can"t be your real family I have always wanted to have an older brother so if you don"t mind you can be apart of our family, am sure mom wont mind. I am sure it would ease her burden too if she knew you thought of us as family."
Jack contemplated Anakin"s response, it did make sense and though Shmi was not his real mother she had been treat him and the other demon dogs very well for the last 3 weeks, and if it would ease the thought that she some how owed Jack and the others that would be good as well.
Sighing Jack looked at Anakin," Very well little brother...this does not mean I will go easy on you during training." Anakin beamed then jump Jack ,and for the last 24 hour the now Skywalker residents was filled with joyous emotions.
The very next day the Demon dogs meet at the s.p.a.ce port to book pa.s.sage to the Arctic research base. If they had no been clan members they would not have been able to go as it would have looked suspicious for a group of teens to head to the Arctic circle for no reason. However clan members could be on any type of mission for the clan so it was best for the rank and file to not ask clan members any questions.
The trip took a little over three hours, and where they arrived they rented land speeders and took off before the base commander could even come out to greet them. They were on a time crunch and wont want to waste time talking to a person they would not remember a few weeks down the line.
After a few hours of travel the group made it to an artificially created cave, the same cave that Count Dooku and the other jedi had created. Making their way to the bottom the group found the same structure as before shooting out of the ice. When Jack spotted the writing on the top of the door he knew they where in the right place.
The Star forges new master had arrived and the structure began to power up in the presents of their arrival. Just before they enter the Outcast appeared before them, " Well it took you long enough quick we have much to do and many plans to make." No one had a chance to respond for just as quickly as she appeared she was gone. " Well this is about to get interesting" Keith spoke to no one in the group in specific but they all could not help but agree with him.