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The vision hadn't been very specific, such things never were of course. Only the most learned Masters could get any specific information out of a sudden Force visions like that, one that came upon them instead of them trying to sift through the Force to see the future. But Harry was able to explain enough to convince all of them that it was a real Force vision. Aayla tied to a table of some kind, with some sinister droid thing moving towards her, her eyes unfocused and almost mindless as hands reached for her from the darkness by the bed.
Listening to Harry describe the vision, and the feeling of dread and fear that came with it Lily wondered where Quinlan was. But then she realized that if something had happened to Aayla it had probably also happened to Quinlan.
It took Harry several hours to recover physically from the trauma, during which Fay and Lily explained to the other three Jedi how Harry and Aayla were bonded. Dooku and the others were not certain what to think about Harry's connection to Aayla. Dooku was leery about the emotions behind it, but was willing to admit that was because of all the things he had thought the Order needed to change, the rules against emotions and connections was not among them.
In contrast Vosa looked somewhat wistful as she heard about it, before shaking her head and saying, "Wait, they can see each other's thoughts? No, um, just no. I would not be comfortable with that at all, I doubt I ever would have been if I was younger and inclined to romanticism."
Luminara was concerned, for much the same reason, and at first stated that in her opinion the connection should have bene forcibly severed. She was deeply concerned about the vulnerability it created in both padawans, and the fact that Yoda had bent the rules to allow the bond to remain in place. She understood Harry's abilities were important to the Order as a whole, but to allow the boy to step so far beyond the bounds of the Order's rules? She and Fay had a very polite argument about it, and in the end she decided to take a wait and see attitude.
When Harry recovered, Lily led him to a room he had not previously entered. This was a circular room set on the fourth floor of the mansion in the dome Harry had initially thought was some kind of observatory. Inside w a massive hologram of known Republic space emanated out of the floor. It was so huge you could actually walk into it, reach up and manipulate things. "This is a jewel of my house," Dooku said simply, shaking his head lightly. "It was our spoil after the Sith occupation 2,300 years ago."
Master Fay smiled wanly at Harry. After her argument with Luminara she had contacted the temple on Coruscant in order to discover where Aayla had been sent to. Unfortunately, the Council didn't know where she was. Master Windu and the other Masters involved in actually sending Aayla on her current mission were all out of contact, taking care of their own parts of the larger operation. Master Yoda knew they should have been the inserted into Ryloth, but that hadn't happened. Quinlan had changed the plan, and no one knew how.
She spent a few moments informing Harry and Lily of this, then gestured to the massive hologram all around them. "Use the Force Harry, meditate and see if you can at least find a direction."
Harry bit his lip but nodded. This kind of thing was an area of the Force he did not perform well in, to put it mildly. Still he was willing to try for Aayla's sake. He knelt down placing his knees together as he closed his eyes, sending his thoughts out into the Force. Lily stood behind him, her ethereal hands on his shoulders, wordlessly encouraging him, and after a moment, one of Harry's hands rose to pat Lily's, passing through her hand in the normal manner.
A moment later she floated backwards as he stood up, and pointed out a single planet. "Here, I'm certain of it."
Tatooine, that is also a logical destination if they are investigating the illegal slave trade," Dooku said with a nod. I believe two Hutts have made their homes there, it would make sense for at least one of them to be involved in the slave ring. The question now is what you do about it?" Dooku frowned thoughtfully then turned to Master Fay. "Does your ship have any offensive weaponry?"
"Very few," Lily said before Master Fay could.
"In that case, I believe I will have to take one of the ships here. One of the small system patrol craft should do nicely for us." Dooku mused.
"We?" Master Fay asked.
Dooku twitched his shoulders in a half shrug, his lips twitching likewise into an almost-smile. "Recall that the Hutts are immune to mind powers, and the fact they might well have been able to hire an army of mercenaries and cutthroats. You could have to cut your way through to save this young Twi'lek padawan."
"It they get between me and Aayla being cut to pieces is going to be the least of their concerns," Harry said grimly. He looked up at his mother and Master Fay almost defiantly, his hand beginning to flare lightly with Force Light, a sight that made Dooku and Luminara's eyes widen.
But Lily and Fay merely laughed. "I believe the time has come to show off a bit Harry." Lily said, smirking evilly. "Let's show whoever has Aayla that taking her captive was a very, very bad idea."
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Aayla was not having fun. At first the mission had not gone nearly as horribly as she had worried it might. Quinlan and Aayla had inserted themselves relatively easily into the spacer scum that came to Tatooine, having to rely on their false identities as they had feared given the local population included several representatives of species immune to Jedi mind techniques. Quinlan had outdone himself with how he had fallen into his roll. Aayla too had pulled off a perfect little docile slave girl act if she said so herself.
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