Path of the Stars- Chapter 9 (Patreon)

I made my way towards the cartel that gave Talon trouble with a head filled with 'what ifs', as I was still focused on that tight assed Asari black op's agent.

Either way however. Once I reached the cartel's base I gave the sand stone wall surrounding the compound a thoughtful look before I chuckled and said helplessly. "This planet is one where the weak feed the strong. You guys were the ones who attempted to hunt us."

And I felt myself traveling further on the Path of the Abundance as I acknowledged the way of the Borisin in the hunters of the cycle of life truly.

I looked upon the court of gangers and filthy xenos whose lives were entirely based upon sin and the taking from others and my stride became long and calm.

"Wazzot you doing." A heavily scarred male Cerean demanded as he lifted up a blaster and pointed it directly at me before I could even say a word.

"You... Yeah you things are hopeless." I muttered before my eye's firmed and I felt the force sing to me as I made a grabbing motion with the alien flying into the air and grabbed at his squashed throat as I force choked him.

But I didn't just strangle the alien, I used him as a battery ram to launch him at high speed into the metal gate, and broke the small hinge that acted as the lock for the gate when it wasn't fully locked it seemed.

Which also shattered his spine, and probably ruptured most of his internal organs.

"Don't worry... You won't die so easily." I said gently as I leaned down to the broken alien whose race matched the Jedi Master Ki Mundi.

I blessed him with the Abundance. But sadly this guy's potential wasn't even half as great as that woman who got sent to shake us down as he only turned into a minior Abundance monster.

Said monster, however, had Abundance-enhanced wood blades on his arms, and with a loud crack, he swung through the air and blocked a laser bolt that was shot at my chest.

And without a verbal order's the mara struck warrior charged towards his former gang members with his form covered in the blessing of Abundance. Ignoring the laser bolts hitting him as he visibly healed from any wounds.

"Without force power, Mass Effect energy, or just overwhelming power in general. Wounds caused by simple blaster bolts and slugs won't take down a Mara struck." I said thoughtfully as I summoned a wave of thorn covered wood to block the laser bolts still shot at me.

I took a deep breath and then I came around the corner of my wood wall and I slammed a hand forward to send a telekinetic wave of force that smashed into the low sandstone walls on the second floor of the gang compound which had the gangsters shooting at me.

The stone low wall they were hiding behind became a giant press that smashed the gangsters into the thick wall behind them, leaving a red splatter that shot up the wall.

All the while, the Mara Struck soldier I created was tearing through the gangsters leaving mutilated forms from it's large swords attached to it's arms.

Until someone came out of the compound with a grenade launcher and with a series of thumping noises, a half dozen grenades were shot into my monster even as a chunck of the compound collapsed from the force of the half dozen explosions.

And seeing my monster exploded into tiny pieces... I just strolled over as everyone waited for the smoke to clear. And by the time it did so. I healed the mutilated still living gangsters and also turned them into another wave of a half dozen more abundance monsters.

The half dozen monsters howled with their Mara struck madness and ran into the gangster's compound building with screams ringing out with the gunshots from within... Quickly slowing down as the occupants were also cut down.

I strode into the cartel's compound with barely a grimace at the carnage as I muttered helplessly. "The immortality I give drives these poor bastards utterly insane. They coudn't even give these gangsters a clean death." 

Not only that. But I saw one of the Mara struck actually had more 'intelligence' and was walking the path of consumption as it was leaning down with it's arm blades shoved into the shoulder of some large Gamorean.

And was currently eating the head of the pig in loud crunching bites of bone and gristle being torn away from it's head.

I raised a hand and a spiraling tree of Abundance wood broke through the ground and swallowed both the gamorean and the mara struck soldier with them both being compressed into paste as the tree closed around them.

Then the blinding heat and light of Tatooine's twin stars entered the compound as the tree broke through the roof of the compound.

'I wonder how the people of Tatootine will react to seeing a tree in their city line.' I mused with amusement at the thought of some kid asking their parents what the hell a tree was.

Then, with the cartel members who were here. Being dead, or in the middle of dying in the next couple of minutes, I went about the most important thing to do next, which was to loot all the bodies using a mara strike while I myself looted the safes I could find.

"Well, well... No wonder criminals prosper so much." I couldn't help a light chuckle as I needed to stuff several pillow cases with the money I collected as the actual bags I could find woudn't fit all the Hutt coinage I snagged.

And that was another 'funny' part about how Hutt currency worked. Due to how their coins used actual precious materials, it's currency was never overinflated because it actually cost the Hutt's materials and money to make the coinage.

But not only that... Having a purely physical and materially valuable currency meant that people could actually melt down the currency after brutally murdering the previous holders, and no one could trace the money around when someone traded down the bricks of metal back to a Hutt or Hutt bank for a small fee.

"Whelp, time to get home then." I muttered before I gave the Abundance monsters a look, and then with a hum, I reached towards them with the power of Abundance to turn them into blessed trees that tore into the foundation of the compound before I left as the half dozen more trees busted through the ceiling.

I swiftly made my way home with my goodies and as I came into the shop section, I saw Talon casually lying out on a long couch with my expression going still as I saw she was playing with what was clearly the handle of a lightsaber with a slight curver to the handle.

'The lightsaber's style reminds me of Count Dooku's own lightsaber.' I mused as I spoke thoughtfully. "You already made a lightsaber shell huh?"

To which Talon nodded, and with a clicking noise a raspy jolting noise rang out before she clicked a button again before she said helplessly. "I got the entire lightsaber done... I just need a kyber crystal. Or a Kyrat Dragon Pearl."

I hummed thoughtfully before I said. "Kali brought the weapons back, right?" 

To which Talon gave her own nod, and so I continued. "Good, we already got some information on some both hibernating and migrating dragons. We can go on the hunt tomorrow then." 

With that, I walked past the scantily clad red-skinned Twi-Lek and headed down into the cooler basement, where I could relax and actually meditate away from the noise of the surrounding city life of Mos Elsey.

I laid down on the padded couch I had set up in the basement, and in the darkness that was only filled with the sound of the slow trickle of the blessed trees. I had created for the purpose of us having all the water we wanted.

Along with the ability to sell any water we didn't need. I just relaxed as I let the Force flow through me.

As even after dealing with that tiny cartel that overstepped. I was still thinking about that Spectre Asari agent.

'The force is really a fucking piece of work... What the hell does it want me to do with a Spectre? Does it want me to get involved with the events of Mass Effect?' I thought helplessly.

As really what events were there for me to get involved in? The Reapers were a very well-known enemy after all.

But then it struck me that just because the Reaper's were a known threat. That didn't mean at all that they weren't active.

As one of the Reaper's most terrible tools to take down the organics of the galaxy was the fact that they could use almost force like mind control to indoctrinate and bend the wills of others to their wills.

'Wait... Is the force reminding me to worry about ANOTHER Specter in reality? Does the force want me to go after that fuck Saren Arterius? Or hell is the force slamming my mind into the reminder of a fat assed Asari milf to remind me about Benezia?' 

"God dammit. No wonder Yoda always looks high when he is probably getting all kinds of heavy ass hints from the force to go on stupid adventure." I muttered with a sigh as I was just at a fucking loss as to what to do.

Then with a shrug I sat up and muttered rather tiredly. "Fuck it. I might as well see what I feel like after I get that dragon pearl and make a lightsaber."

As there was no point to fucking about in Citadel Space without a light saber as should I go there... I had a fairly strong feeling I would be killing alot of Batarians to say the least.

Even in this fused double galaxy, there was the strong saying that you could only trust a Hutt to sell you for a profit... A Batarian would only sell you to be worked in the Spice mines and face a fate of dying horribly.

With that self meditation done I went back to considering the Path of Abundance as I could my adventure today had furthered my understanding of the path. Which in turn had made myself stronger.

Though I was still nowhere near the power of an Emanator of Abundance.

But as I considered what it would take to gain the gaze of Yaoshi and have it accept me as a conduit of it's own path.

I paused as an alien thought brushed past my own and my mind was filled with stars intertwined with cosmic branches.

And then a false memory filled my mind as I saw what could only be a Reaper hive ship that was hiding on a planet... No, I recongized that planet. Further memories filled my mind, droids being made enmass in harsh factories.

A bug like people enslaved into working the mines, and the factories as a cult of what could only be Indoctrinated Sith working at the behest and under control of a Reaper buried deep within the planet's earth.

The planet was clearly Geonosis which that planet was very near Tatooine in reality. Only a single system over in fact. Not even a couple hour long flight in Hyperspace.

Then... Yaoshi's androgynous form loomed with cosmic height as it's pale form looked past me and towards the Reaper hiding in the depths of the planet and clearly up to some bullshit.

And unlike the force. The Aeon Yaoshi's desire or point for me to do something was very fucking clear in fact.

It being the Aeon of Abudance. Of life itself, even if it was horrible overwhelming life that would drive all but the strongest willed into insanity with it's immortality and energy. It was completely opposed to the existence of the Reapers.

'Wait... Is that Specter here on Tatooine looking for Reaper activity?' I mused as the stars faded from my vision and I coughed as golden gleaming blood spat out of my nose and mouth.

As my Path Energy was running so hot from Yaoshi mentally contacting me even with a sliver of it's will and attention. Clearly showing that I wasn't ready for the Aeon to gaze upon me truly and bless me with it's power.

"Well, once again... At least Yaoshi is giving me a hard target." I muttered with a slight scowl as I now had another issue.

How the fuck do I kill a Capital Ship sized Reaper? 

I didn't have the resources available to me to do so. Talon coudn't connect to the Sith to tell them a cult had formed out of Sith that were enslaved to a Reaper. And likewise I sure as hell coudn't get an army out of fucking Jabba the Hut.

As I had zero delusions that I would need an entire small armada of hundreds of ships and their large weapons to blast the shit out of Geonosis to get that Reaper out of the ground and be able to be blown up properly.

Then I had a... Sly idea. 'Wait... What if I have like Talon land on the planet, play at being one of their sith cult members. And then sneak in a giant nuke or something to hurt the Reaper a good deal on the inside.' 

As from the false memories that Yaoshi clearly had collected from the cultists themselves. They regularly had to enter the body of the Reaper to get cybernetic enhancements as the cultists were using both the Force and Biotics to enhance their power in combat.

Still I shook my head as I think I got what the force was pushing me towards. Or maybe the force was pushing me to just plow the Asari Spectre because the Asari born of our union would become a new chosen one.

Who fucking knows with the force... But I did know for a fact that the Citadel would be very interested in the information of where an active Reaper was.

Then my period of meditation, and pondering was broken as the metal door of the basement was opened and Kali called down. "Jake, Shmi has dinner done."

And with a thoughtful hum I realized the rest of the day had passed in my heavy meditation which made me also realize I was in fact rather hungry actually.

So I got up and got going as I headed on up to the kitchen and I came into the conversation as Talon was saying with some tiredness. "We should expand this place. Even if Jake doesn't pick up any more stray's it would be nice if we at least have enough rooms for us to have our own private rooms."

And at seeing me, Talon added rather bluntly. "Also we can't just bury and hide any nice things that we can't easily fit inside the shop, and living area by covering it with scrap from the yard." 

"That's a fair point." I admitted sheepishly before I shrugged and pointed at a bin and said. "Got a few thousand Hutt Credits over there. First thing when you wake up, go ahead and get some workers over here then. Then we can go on the hunt for the Krayt Dragon Pearls."

Then Kali with a bit of sarcasm asked rather blandly. "Why the hell are you two even going out for those damned pearls and hunting a fucking giant monster in the desert? Why can't you just buy a few pearls anyway?"

"Because... Dragon Pearls have a spiritual element to them, just like how Sith can corrupt a jedi's normal lightsaber crystal we can have to be the one to take the pearls from the Krayt Dragon." Talon said flatly before I needed to explain.

Then I smiled and said with a thoughtful expression. "Also. I am curious. I can't help but wonder if I can bless a Krayt Dragon with the power of Abundance as well. I wish to see such a being with infinite life force and possibly a stronger mind."

Both Talon and Kali shared a look before Talon said bluntly but helplessly. "That sounds... Extremely stupid Jake. What if you can't control such a monster?"

And I just shrugged and said thoughtfully. "Control isn't the goal. Merely spreading life where it can is the thought. And also I would be curious to see if the blessing can breed true with the other Krayt Dragons."

All three women shared looks of horror at my idle wonderings of making super regenerating Krayt Dragons that could already shrug off rockets and lower classes of artillery.

Either way I dug into the weird pasta that Shmi made as the ladies violently moved the conversations towards the various cartels, gangs, and people working for Jabba in particular.

Shmi being a native to Tatooine and having been dragged around by a certain dead Toydarian who loved to gamble in all sorts of seedy locations also knew alot of the movers and players even if she didn't know much about them.

But knowing of someone who controls such and such. Where they held their business, and especially their gambling vices was a good bit of information.

"Oh also there is a fixer for Jabba the Hutt who works out of the Lalasa Mesley Catina. Who does lower level local bounty work." Shmi seemingly remembered.

"Some low level bounty work could be interesting. Especially if the force helped me find said bounty's but that sounds like alot of work for little pay when we don't know the land it's people and where people like to hide." I said before shaking my head.

If I got a bounty to hunt down some cartel leader that worked openly and I knew where he/she was. I would go for them happily. But low level bounty meant that they woudn't be so open due to lacking the men and connections that higher tier bounties were involved with.

Either way, after the dinner was done. Kali and Talon quickly went to bed again as I knew Talon herself was very much looking forward to having a Lightsaber again.

And I... I went straight to bed into Shmi Skywalker's bed as her room only smelled of a woman and still didn't carry the thick stank of a unwashed Toydarian.

"Hmm, very nice." I said with a chuckle as Shmi nodded at the clear approval I gave at the newer sleeping clothes she had clearly bought today as I ordered.

And she quickly climbed into bed beside me and pushed herself into my arms. Clearly expecting my desire and... With how she exhaled slightly at feeling my warmth.

I could tell even with how beaten down and submissive she was. She enjoyed the embrace.

'Hell I also very much enjoy the embrace without needing to worry about Kali fucking stabbing me in my sleep.' I thought with a wry smile.

As for Talon killing me in my sleep? Yeah there was a reason I blocked the door way into the room with a heavy metal panel that also had a bunch of empty can's on the panel that would make a huge wracket if moved.

I myself had the power over death in some ways if you think about... I wasn't going to end up like Darth Plagueis the Unwise who didn't fucking block his door when he slept.

There I was... Sleeping with a big titty virgin milf in my arms and I was thinking about how Plaqueis was fucking retarded in the base world of Star Wars in a verse with the Sith, Rule of Two.

He slept in a room in which his apprentice could sneak in without waking his ass up, and cut him down in his sleep.

And what the hell kind of 'The Wise' Sith Grandmaster woudn't be fucking woken up by the loud ass hiss of all these sci-fi doors that are always hissing when they open?

I was pulled out of my thoughts by the far more important thought of Shmi's fantastic ass filling my hand as I pulled her closer so could rest my chin slightly on her head.

And after taking a real shower and using actual soap. Shmi actually smelled good with a pleasant floral scent though it wasn't any recognizable flower like smell.

Still even as the desert world of Tatooine welcomed darkness and the world became a bitterly cold frozen hellhole now. I went to sleep with Anakin's thicc ass mom in my arms and I swear...

I swear in my dreams, I could hear Anakin's voice scream out as he was back on Coruscant. And currently still in the Jedi Academy. "No! I don't a daddy, mom! Don't give me a daddy!"

'Yeah... Totally a dream.' I thought with a grin as Shmi gently kissed my collar bone and pressed her chest against me at feeling my hand squeeze her ass.

-

After waking up bright and early with my morning wood shoved between the soft thighs of Shmi, I rolled out of the rather uncomfortable with a sigh and brushed a hand through my hair.

'Fucking force dreams. I didn't need to dream about weird planets I never even seen or been too.' I thought with a yawn escaping me as I got up and stretched.

Then I woke up Shmi, as she obviously needed to be ready to get out of the shop so the workers could begin to expand the shop and house.

Coming out of our room, I saw Kali messing around with a rocket launcher which made my face twitch at the sight.

"Quit fucking with the rocket launcher Kali." I said flatly as I didn't want her to pull a fucking cat move and blow us all up because she wanted to knock the rocket launcher off the table or some nonsense.

Kali threw a pout at me as Talon meanwhile, was just meditating in her chair.

And seeing the failed Sith, I asked curiously. "Kali do you plan to come with us as well?" 

To which Kali grimaced and said flatly. "Hell no! I will be fine here watching our home and making sure any workers and droids don't empty that scrap yard!"

"Fair enough." I shrugged before I looked back to Talon who nodded and stood up.

"Let's get going then." She said simply before she helped me load up the weapons into the larger speeder we were going to use.

The two of us then left our house and, with the speeder. We drove out of the city of Mos Elsey with Talon saying rather blandly. "We are being followed."

I looked at the mirror on my side of the door and hummed thoughtfully as I saw a stream of dust behind us as well but generally out of our vision with them being a couple of miles behind us.

"They are staying out of our sight. Hmm, then I suppose we just ignore them for now." I said with a hum as odds were. It was most likely some bandits thinking we were carrying our meager earnings back to our moisture farm or something.

Because if they knew we were both 'space wizards' I highly doubted it would just be another speeder following us just out of sight.

Still I pulled out the map I got off that gang that also helped visiting nobles who wanted to kill such beasts as well. And with a hum I thoughtfully pointed out.

"Let's head over to this mesa area. There is supposed to be a couple Krayt Dragon's hiding in the caves in the walls of the canyons." I called out.

Talon pulled the speeder off to the side. The high-speed hovercraft brought us across the sea of sand that surrounded us as we crested over large hills and past crevices that led into darkness.

And the ride itself was rather boring honestly. Thankfully, we left only as the first sun began to rise above the horizon as I knew that riding a speeder through the desert was like getting sand blasted and air fried all at the same time as well.

Finally, we reached the Mesa area that I believed those arms dealer let us know about because hunting in it was just too much trouble... And too dangerous as it didn't take us long to realize that in the center of the massive canyon at the intersection was a massive pit.

"Is that... That's a Sarlacc pit." Talon said, rather wary of the sight of the pit that led to being digested alive for years by the monster within.

I looked to Talon, and she grimaced before saying darkly. "I was born on Tython... Where Rancor's and Sarlac's were common in the dense jungles. I recognize the sloped pits where it smoothed it out with its tentacles." 

She shook her head before pausing and saying thoughtfully. "Hey Jake... What are the odds that there are like a dozen Krayt Dragon Pearls inside that pit? Lost in the stomach of the Sarlacc?"

To which I gave her a loooong look before I said flatly. "Yeah Talon I bet there are... How about you climb down and see?"

There was a pause as even Talon's pinched at my rather cutting sarcasm before I sighed and said with a chuckle. "You aren't wrong though... It can't hurt to try. And I don't exactly feel bad about killing such a being either." 

I walked over towards the Sarlacc pit and as I got closer... In the depths of my feet I could feel a soft vibration as things shifted under the sandstone below which confirmed that it was in fact a Sarlacc pit for sure.

And most importantly alive...

I looked over to Talon and I said with a grin. "Alrighty get out the mortars and dynamite! We are going fishing!"