The Choice

Twenty years after the Battle of Ord Mantell, Orono Zoiji faced one of his first fears: not being able to return from death. The Sith had been creating technology to drain Force energy from parts of the galaxy, weakening the power that preserved his body making it rapidly wither and decay. As a safeguard he began storing amounts of what power remain into his lightsaber and robes. It did not take long for those closest to him to discover his deteriorating condition. The one most affected was his padawan,now lover Nadia Grell. Her care for him was so great that she would forsake the Jedi Code to keep Orono alive. It was also at this time Orono was tasked to destroy the very technology that was killing him. Once inside the research facility on an uncharted world, his location to the technology threatened to cause a black hole upon death. Using what little power remained, he flung Nadia and the ship out of the area, telling her to keep a weather eye through the Force. This was said only to comfort her for Orono didn't think even he would survive. Then to Nadia's horror the black hole opened and engulfed the entire planet with it...