Not Gone Until Forgotten

[BZenwrath]

"Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them."


MID RIM REGION--CHOMMELL SECTOR

NABOO SYSTEM--NABOO: THEED

DAY AFTER BATTLE OF NABOO


A grayish white fog began to snake its way through the rubble filled terrain of Theed like blood seeping from an old wound. Columns of smoke rose from craters as shattered war machines and mutilated corpses littered the worn landscape. The Rebellion had stopped the Imperials within sight of their objective, but only barely.

Weary to the bone, the Rebels who could still stand began the "Mercy and Salvage" part of their job: Collecting weapons, unspent ammunition, any still functional mechanical parts, and gave the final moments to those who could'nt be saved while retrieving those who could. It was the part of war no one thought of, it was this part the soldiers tried to avoid. With the resources of the rebellion still small in stature, every little bit helped. Anything salvageable would be given a good home.

Surveying the battlefield from a short distance was Serrah Volsung, who, along with others from the order, were attempting to help where they could. For the first time, she was experiencing what a battlefield really looked like. She looked over the carnage and knew that these soldiers had just been through the longest day of their lives. The usual grass scented air reeked of explosives and ionized gas. She breathed in the unfamiliar stench, doing her best to ignore every impulse that told her to stay away from the area. Behind her, other Jedi and Rebels prepared to make their way through the field.

Serrah began her walk, covering her face with cloth as she made her way through. Every instinct she had told her to steer away from this place. It was filled with death and pain. She could feel the pain. It made her want to collapse where she stood. It was at that point where she stopped, pausing over a charred imperial corpse. She looked into the man's eyes and saw fear... no... she reached deeper, using the force to steady herself. She felt fear. This man was still alive.

She panicked, too unsure of what to do to. The pain this man felt was immense, it was flowing off of him like waves and crashing upon her senses as if they were a shore. She began to tear, but much to even her own surprise she knelt next to the injured storm trooper. Gently she cupped the burnt troopers hand and was about to call out for help, but was cut short by the sudden loss of pain emanating from the soldier. He was dead.

Depressed, Serrah stood back up, wiped a few tears away, and solemnly gazed upon the ruins.

 

[Richie B.]

Many of the Jedi healers had come which included the sage himself a young Jedi but still one that was adept with the healing arts with the battle of Naboo done many came to give assistance to the people of Naboo the planet know for the peace and tranquility it represented but after what the Imperium did to it many came to rebuild that symbol afraid that if Naboo was no longer the center of peace in the galaxy then there is no peace left. Jaleer had been walking around Threed using his powerful Telekinesis abilities to left building off of trapped civilians, while using his healing abilities to fix those that were hurt, with his brown cloak covering most of his body the sage looked like death but not of people but of the earth the ground that once had happy and living people walk on it was now a place where the dead layed and those that still lived just stood unable to comprehend what happened to the once people city.

But once the sage arrived with many of his order that sight was slowly but surely disappeared replaced with one were the free people of the galaxy helped each other out no matter what state they were in. Many would be able to sense the work Jaleer was doing, fixing the broken, taking care of the hurt and saving the weak the sage continued until he walked up to a young Jedi crying over a stromtrooper, the young man was able to tell the stromtrooper only recently died many of the scenes the young Jedi saw would haunt him for the rest of his live but it left a mark on him one that would make him more mature and wiser for it.

Placing a comforting hand on the crying Jedi's shoulder, if she turned around the other jedi would find Jaleer with his hood down his blonde hair parted to the side his padawan tail falling over his right shoulder and a small smile, an a pair of eyes that showed her that she was not alone. Ready for anything even though the sage was already tried from helping out the young man thought it would be good to walk with her to maybe calm her nerves.

"My name is Jaleer, why don't we go for a walk?" The young man asked hoping to take the woman away from the body that caused her to have the emotional breakdown.

 

[BZenwrath]

Serrah was brought back to her senses by a young man's hand. She turned to see he was very young indeed, but he wore the robes of a jedi, and while it was fairly common, she still wasn't used to seeing such mature eyes in such a teenager. She nodded in reply, "Sure. I'm Serrah by the way."

She assumed the Jedi thought to get her away from the death and she wasn't against the idea. She wanted to help but it was proving to be a difficult task for her. As they walked she spoke up, "So, did you fight during the battle?" She spoke inquisitively, trying to appear friendly towards the new face. Again though, that young face made her think about how odd it would be to see him fighting to the death among other men and women. But that was how it was, war always stole from the youngest and brightest. Or at least, wise people had always said such things.

The two of them continued their walk until they reached a triage tent, filled to the brim with wounded civilians and soldiers from both sides. The stench was awful, that of burnt flesh and sterile equipment. A few Jedi and medics tended to the patients but it was obvious that they were low manned. Serrah stopped in her tracks, concentrating on keeping her senses dulled to the best of her ability. For most, using the force as a sensory gland was something they would turn on and off at will, for her it was a ability that was permanently in the on position and it took concentration on her part to turn it off.

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer walked with Serrah in quiet their surroundings gave them little to speak about death was everywhere an the dying was something many were wishing for at the moment. But the sage would not cry he had seen what death was like an knew that this would be nothing compared to what would have happened if the Imperium had won the fight.

Once they made it to the medical tent the warrior walked in and saw the scene looking to the woman an was ready to give his answer.

"No but right now I am in a different battle." The young man said walking to a patient that was not being treated on since there wasn't enough people working to get to the poor man.

"Its alright sir I got you." Jaleer said kneeing down to the man an placing both his hands over the injured man.

The young sage felt that many of the internal organs were bleeding and several bones were broken but nothing the healer couldn't fix, using the force to mend his broken bones and fix his bruised organs the young man just stood there his hands over the injured man, the sage's hands glowing. The young man felt how little energy he had left and once he was finished almost fell to the group drained and exhausted. Looking at the other Jedi he wasn't sure if she knew how to heal with the force but under these conditions she would be learning quick or many would be dying.

"So you know how to heal? If not don't worry we have many to practice on it seems." Jaleer said trying to keep the mood light even though it wasn't really working.

 

[BZenwrath]

Serrah stepped forward, watching the Jaleer go to work. She knew there was a practice that allowed for the force to be used to heal another, she had never seen it in use though. It was an embarrassing fact that she, in fact, did not know a thing about the force other than its sensory and telekinetic uses. Still though, the fact that the teenager was as proficient as he seemed impressed Serrah somewhat. Even still, years after knowing the Jedi order, she was still impressed by the skill some of its youngest members showed with the force.

She answered as she knelt next to one of the other patients closest to Jaleer. "I've never had the chance to learn it officially, I understand the concept though." She looked down to a older man lying unconscious in front of her. She raised her arms above the older rebel, preemptively focusing energy into the palms of her hands. "So, what now?"

 

[Richie B.]

Jaleer watched as the other Jedi got into position, glad to have someone help him considering how many that needed the help. Looking at the woman the sage smiled hoping to be encouraging even if he is tried right now, taking a moment to let the force entire him the young man wanted to have enough energy soon to continue healing soon.

"Alright so imagine it like this let the force entire your body, for you are the catalyst than you channel the force using the lightside to the other person's body. If you do it right the bodies natural healing process should increase far beyond anything normal an once your done the person should be as good as new. Some warning's to heal with the force it isn't like magic we cant grow back limbs or replace bones, so if you push the body to much by increasing the natural healing process to a point where the person's own body starts attacking itself your putting to much into. So try to make sure you find a good middle ground if you don't put enough into it than your not really doing much good if your put too much into it you will risk killing the person but don't worry I will be watching to make sure that doesn't happen." Jaleer said with a smile trying to be encouraging he has taught many the healing arts even those older than him have come to learn from him.

"Now let the force flow through you and get ready once you feel like you have enough energy than begin, take it slow at first and direct the force to the places the person needs it the most, than let the force take over your just a catalyst and a funnel for it. Yet later on if you want I can teach you the more advance healing arts but that is what you will need to know for now." Jaleer said hoping to get the girl rolling so that they could hurry up and stare healing the injured.