Star Wars: The Expansion

Part 3 – Nexus Under Fire

After seven days of meditation, Raavik Yaan emerged from the chamber. He felt older. Far older than when he entered. His hands shook and his breathing was more labored. He went to the washroom to rinse his face and hands. As reached for the water he saw spots that covered the back of his hands. His first cupped was immediately drunk and downed, for he was parched. In fact, it wasn’t until his fourth handful of water, that he noticed that he had grown a long silver beard.

He looked up into the mirror and saw an old man looking back, weathered and worn. He rubbed his eyes. He looked again. He sighed in exasperation. He rubbed his eyes again, this time with his thumb and forefinger.

“Voice!” He yelled out with his raspy voice.

The wraith of the Nexus appeared before his old eyes. It wasn’t all the time that the wraith appeared, but using his own power and he was able to summon the mysterious being. The power that connects all the beings in the Nexus.

“I am here.” It answered in a quiet whisper. It appeared next to Raavik in the washroom.

“Why, pray tell, am I twenty years older than when I went into the chamber? My life span will wear out faster before the expansion can take place at this rate.”

“It was necessary to retrieve the other two containers. As long as you stay in the Nexus, you shall stay alive.”

“So you can just extend my life indefinitely? That’s pretty convenient.”

“As long as you stay here, then yes.” The wraith vanished as it felt that the questions had been answered.

Raavik looked in the mirror once more as he left the washroom, he had to get used to his new appearance. He sighed again and exited to the kitchen. He was hungry, like always every time he left the meditation chamber. 

Food and water was a calming process and much needed. Something that could remind him of being normal. 

Keely came in, in a rather impatience manner. She sat down across the table from him, and without looking at him, laid her head down on the table and sighed.

“Something wrong?” Raavik asked, he noticed that his voice had a certain gruffness to it.

“No… Well, yes,,, I don’t know. It is to be expected I guess.”

“What is to be expected?” 

“This place has a terrifying secret.” She shuddered and looked up at Raavik, and was taken aback by his appearence.