" You said you need help. Well?" Keira was getting annoyed with the newcomer.

" Yes I ummm had people after me and your Jedis. Can you help me ?"

" Listen Jaq I can't promise that but if you introduce yourself to my fellow friends instead of stalking us and maybe prove you can be trusted , well we protect each other. So your enemy would become our enemy and vice versa."

" I can do that."

" Good. Now follow me and I'll introduce you to Tia."

He followed her and when they reached Tia and Payne he introduced himself.

" I knew it! You were the one I sensed. For a minute there I thought my Jedi senses had gone haywire."

Cade activated his Lightsaber, which again looked as though it was floating. Sith weren't stupid, but can be confused.

"Hello master..." he greeted Talon. He then saw the other three accompanying Sith; Maladi, Stryf and his arch nemesis, Nihl.

He stroke his first at Stryf, which he had managed to block.

"I sense you, Skywalker..." he muttered. The floating Saber parried the attacks of his enemy. The sabers met together, and made a loud hissing noise. Cade looked over at Lyna and Blue.

"Its good to see you guys have made up. Makes me proud..."

"Less talking, more fighting!" Stryfe interupted. The sabers continued to slash and bash against each other.

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Payne saw the battle outside the circus tent. He had been longing for some action... he was about to be mistaken.

He was grabbed by the shoulder by a very strong hand, and was thrown back into the circus. He hit the sandy floor, and looked up to see two identical men, who were much taller and muscular then Payne. They had to be twins, because they both were wearing the same outfit: a black tank top, armoured pants and their arms were covered with protective pads. These guys had to be with the circus. They had beetle-black eyes, shaven head and very square jaws. They were twice as scary as Payne could ever be.

One of the twins kicked his blaster rifle away, and kicked Payne in the stomach. The blow was quite powerful.

"Don't... (cough) worry. I'll handle them..." he brought himself up.

Talon began to battle Lyna. The Sith smirked as they clashed lightsabers. "Interesting. Your duel is focused as ever. But not like Skywalker's."

Lyna glared. "You will not take Cade away! Never!" Blue nodded her head, as she shot some of the circus guards. "Tell it like it is, sister!"

"Fool. Did you not know that Skywalker was once my appretice?" The two females fought again, and lightsabers met with each other again. "I sense that... you and him have a bond. Amazing. We had a bond before you two even met!"

The young woman shook her head. "No. I... I don't believe you!"

Talon chuckled. "What was more interesting was our relationship. You should've seen the look on Cade's face when we... kissed."

Lyna was shocked! Suddenly, angered tears came out of her eyes. "You're.... you're lying!!"

As they continued to fight, Talon smiled coldly. "Good! Embrace your anger!"

"I... can't! Gotta... focus!" Lyna thought.

((Don't worry. Circus pals will come soon. ;) ))

Tia looked at Payne and chuckled. " Your handling them alright. I'm not one to burst the male ego ,so I won't help you until ask for my help. "

Another attacker headed there way and pushed Tia into Payne. " I wanted us to get close but this is not what I had in mind. Frikkin schutta broke my arm. Schutta going down."

Lyna got so worried about Cade. If he got hurt... who knew what Lyna would've done. It probably wouldn't be a pretty sight either.

"Cade! You gotta save yourself! Please!" Suddenly, she heard a speeder bike go "Vroom vroom!!"

When the speeder bike flew in the air, the person on it was... Rock!

Lyna smiled brightly. "Rock!"

He grinned. "Stand back, butterfly!" When he pointed his blaster at Stryfe, it only shot at his hand, which made his lightsaber fall off.

Rock stopped his speeder by Lyna's side. "Darn! Almost had 'em! Ah well..."

Lyna smiled. "Rock. Why... why are you doing this?"

"Because I love you... and I think that Skywalker deserves a chance."

Ganner grinned. "There's a warrant for your arrest on Coruscant. All we need to do is bring you to them and you won't be killed or a free man. If I were to kill you, that wouldn't be jedi like and I the authorities would look for me not my friends." Ganner looked at Zam, thinking he knew he outsmarted him.

He needed to get Zam to Coruscant. He knew a shuttle was outside, but nobody had come in to tell him or see him at all. He pointed the gun back at Zam. "Alright, start moving we need to get you out of here." He pushed Zam with the barrel of the pistol. "Keep going, or I'll shoot."

They eventually made it out of the tent and into the cooler outside, with lightsabers clashing and colliding. He noticed the shuttle. But he had to help the others fight. He grabbed his saber ready to ignite, but he just kept heading towards the shuttle.

Keira and Jaq tried to fight of their attackers but were knocked unconscious as was Tia. When the woke up they were inside the circus.

"What the Force?" Tia wondered.

As Payne was knocked over by Tia, he brought himself up and moved Tia away so that she would avoid the punch from one of the twins, which had instead met his face.

"Ouch!" he muttered. Payne fought back by punching both the twins in the stomach. That didn't seem to have much effect at all. One of the twins grasped his last punching hand. The twin smiled wickedly which made Payne very worried for the first time in years.

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As Stryf was shot in the hand, the Lightsaber fell from his grasp. He howled in pain, and fell on his knees. The floating Lightsaber now had the advantage. Cade stabbed the blade through the chest, and killed Stryf.

He slid the blade out, and deactivated the STG. There was simply no use for it.

"Thanks, buddy!" he smiled at Rock. "I owe you one..."

"You shouldn't make promises you cannot keep, Skywalker!" said Nihl, as he launched himself towards the man. "You may not survive from us... not yet anyway..."

Cade swung his Lightsaber to parry the villain's attack.

Talon kicked Lyna on the stomach, which made the girl fall. The red-bladed lightsaber pointed down at Lyna. "Give up, Jedi. You are beaten."

Lyna grinned. "I don't think so." She whistled loudly. Suddenly, out of nowhere, came Lyna's Circus Pals!

There was the Mantellian Savrip strongman named Normo, The Chadra-Fan animal keeper named Fid, The Twi'lek Acrobatic Twins named Kyra and Myra, and The Human flameblower named Dero. They were friends of Lyna since the day she joined the circus.

"Guess you're outnumbered, Sith..." Lyna Force pushed Talon on a rock, and stood up. She looked back at her circus friends. "Thanks, guys."

Fid smiled. "Aww, it was nothing. Now... let's go kick some Sith rear!"

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Rock smiled back at Cade.

"See? I told you I've changed." He aimed his blaster at Nihl and missed. "Darn it, Sith! Hold still!"

He placed his goggles on, to make himself look cool. Hey... he was Rock.

Nihl and Cade continuously clashed Lightsabers together. The movement of Nihl was fast, and Cade had trouble trying to keep up with him. The two duelists moved sidewards, in hopes to have the upper advantage.

Cade flourished his saber, but Nihl force pushed him away. Nihl then launched himself and positioned his blade like how a person would hold a spear. Cade rolled away, and Nihl only mangaged to stab the ground. Cade kicked Nihl's legs, to knock him down, but he quickly brought himself up.

Cade then used a butterfly spinning attack, which didn't have much effect at all as Nihl blocked all fast attacks. Cade called upon the power of the Darkside, and cast Force Lightning at his villain. It hit him, but most of the Lightning hit the ground, as Nihl force jumped to avoid it. His jump was so high, he met the very top of the circus tent. He landed on the metal catwalk, waiting for Cade to join him.

Cade followed, but he didn't have the energy to jump straight to the top. So he tried an alternative method by using Force Speed and jump. He only landed on the surface, but ran as fast as he could up the top. He joined Nihl atop. It was pretty high up, and the view was somewhat spectacular. Cade positioned himself in Fast Form Stance, and glared at Nihl.

"c'mon..." he said.

As Lyna and Talon duel, they suddenly heard loud rumblings. They turned, and saw... animals of the circus, trampling all over the guards and minions of the Dark Side! There were three Banthas, two Rontos, a Reek, the Nexu, and five Kowakian monkey-lizards. Cyan had led the attack. She then bit Talon on the arm, which made the female Sith yell in pain.

"Let go, you disgusting thing!" Talon hollered. She began to circle around, trying to make Cyan let go of her arm.

Lyna laughed. All of her circus friends and the animals helped the group out, without any questions.

As Rock was shooting at Maladi, the female Sith Lord launched in the air at him, landed on the ground, and stabbed him through the chest!

Lyna turned, and witnessed Rock's defeat. "NOOOO!!! You son of a Murglak!!" She used the Force to lift Maladi in the air, and threw the Sith Lord on a rock, which made her unconscious.

The young woman ran to Rock, and knelt by his side. When she held him up on her arms, blood rushed from his mouth and chest. He slowly looked up at Lyna. "Butterfly..."

Lyna shook her head. "Don't talk. You'll make it worse." Rock didn't listen. "Lyna... take this... in remembrance of me." He gave her his goggles. Then his last words were, "Take... good care... of... Skywalker..." Suddenly, Rock died.

The young woman cried, holding Rock close. "NO! Please... please don't go..." She began to cry. "Rock!!" She trembled. First her real parents, then her adoptive mother Coral... now Rock. She felt that the world was crumbling down on her.

Ganner had managed to sneak by everyone fighting and forced Zam into the shuttle. "He used the force on the shuttle door closing it shut locking Zam inside. He ran over to Rock and Lyna. "What....." Ganner looked at the man. Now was the time he had really felt sorry for him. He held Lyna close to him. "It's going to be O.K. Rock helped you many times, and I could sense the good in him, but I was too late to realize it."

Lyna glanced at Ganner, as tears fell from her eyes. Since the day that she lost her loved ones... she began to feel the anger and hurt inside. But she tried her very best not to give into them.

When Lyna placed Rock on the ground gently, she threw her arms around Ganner, crying. "Oh Ganner! What am I gonna do?! First my real parents... then my adoptive mom... now Rock! It's all wrong! Please... don't you, Cade, or any of our friends die on me! Please..."

The young woman began to cry as she held on to Ganner. Her life was going miserable for her. But she tried to hang on.

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When Talon threw Cyan off her arm, she pointed at the little bininphant.

"I'll deal with you later, pest!"

She comlinked Nihl. "Darth Nihl! Capture Skywalker, so our master won't have our heads! Figure out a way!" After that, she continued to fight off some circus animals that tempted to eat or trample her.

Cade saw down below the herd of circus animals, which was being led by none other than... Cyan?

"Aw come on!" he complained in his head. "What are the chances of that ever happening??? This has to be the most unlikely, most crazy thing I have ever seen!"

(^ :lol: Thought I'd add this line to make the moment seem funny))

Then he saw just in time to see Maladi pierce her blade right through Rock. He saw Lyna grabbing hold of him, watching him die with tears in her face.

"I'm sorry Lyna... he... he was a good man!"

He turned to face Nihl.

"You sith have gone too far!" the said.

"Much hatred I sense in you Skywalker. The Dark Side has consumed you..."

"Yes it has... and I intend to use its power against you psycotic bastards!"

Nihl cackled. "HA Ha ha... Do you seriously believe you could defeat me? Now that you have returned to the darkside, you should instead make your contribution of it to the Sith, instead of wasting it on defeating us!"

"Sorry... but the chances of that ever happening are zero, murderer!"

He jumped in the air, and swung his saber at Nihl. It missed by inches, and instead Nihl was the one who inflicted damage. He grazed Cade on the arm, causing a tare on his coat.

The sabers clashed, fought and bashed, in hopes of inflicting pain against the opponents.

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Payne was knocked down, again. He brought himself up again, and was punched in the face. He spat blood on the dry sand. He unleashed his Combat Knife, and sliced it against one of the twins knuckles.

Blood oozed out, but what was even more suprising was that the Twin didn't scream.
Payne brought himself up, and when the Twin was about to hit him again, the Zabrak stabbed the knife through the clenched fist and into the hand. That made the Twin scream.

Payne slid the knife out and brought in through the stomach. He pushed it deeper, and deeper. The Twin howled in pain and agony, and eventually fell to the floor.

Payne smirked at the remaining Twin. "One down, one more to go!"

"AARGHHHH!!!" The second Twin cried, and kicked, punched and head-butted Payne.

((That was funny, PK! Good joke! :lol: ))

Maladi stood on her feet. "That's right, Jedi. Give into your anger! Soon, Skywalker will rejoin the Sith, and you won't do nothing about it."

Lyna turned. She got up, and jumped at Maladi. "Scutta! I'll kill you for this!!" As the two woman fought, Lyna heard Cade's voice.

"I'm sorry Lyna... he... he was a good man!"

She smiled. "I know. I'm glad you now know that he was worth it. Thank you, Cade." The young woman continued to fight Maladi, clashing lightsabers.

Ganner ignited his saber after Lyna let go of him, as Maladi, was taunting the jedi. Darrick jumped behind Lyna to Maladi. He waited for a good striking point,then made it. He came in from the back in the middle of a hold off, between the two women. While in the air he brought the saber to his side ready to stab Maladi through the back.

He knew Lyna seen him and would take her out also if she didn't move. "Lyna move!"

Duel continued between Nihl and Skywalker atop of the Circus Tent. Cade combined force power and Kata to create a devastating attack. Which ended in failure, as Nihl was quick enough to dodge... barely. Part of the Sith's armour was sliced off.

Nihl did a cartwheel to get behind Cade, and lunged. Cade blocked the attack, and the saber stuck together creating a sizzling noise.

Nihl was strong enough to push down Cade's blade, giving him immediate advantage and sliced Cade's hand off.

Cade howled, and dropped to his knees. "You... schutta!" he sweared. Nihl chuckled in a sinister smile.

Cade called upon the power of crystal, once again transforming him into the Light Warrior... to bad it was his last time. The smile spread across Nihl's face. "Now is the perfect time to use the artifact to use!"

Nihl pressed his Gauntlet against the Light Warrior's chest, and shock went through Cade's entire body. He transformed back into his normal self. Then his Lightsaber exploded, shattered pieces flew everywhere, one of them scraping against Skywalker's face.

Cade dropped his destroyed Saber. "What did you do...?"

"You remember stealing a DataPad from me? You didn't bother reading it, did you Skywalker?"

Cade remembered the duel on Ossus, and how he sort of stole Nihl's DataPad.

"So you didn't know I uncovered an artifact from Korriban? Say hello to my new Gauntlet, Skywalker..."

Cade fell to the catwalk.

"And now you have weakened!" Nihl put him in a stasis.

((I got rid of the Crystal for a very VERY good reason I prefer not to talk about))

((Oh that's cool with me, PK. :) ))

As Lyna went out of Ganner's way, she witnessed Cade's defeat. Angered tears fell from her eyes.

"NOOO!! Cade!" She Force jumped towards Nihl. "Son of a Murglak! You'll pay for this!!!"

Lyna was ready to clash her lightsaber against Nihl's chest.... but she missed, because of his lightsaber.

The young girl glared at him. Then she Force bonded Cade. "Cade! Please... please don't die! I care for you! Please!!"

(Did I kill Maladi? <_< or is she a killable NPC? I"ll kill her just tell me if she can die or not. and I'll change it.)

Ganner landed on Maladi's back knocking her to the ground with a saber stabbed through her back. He pulled the saber out as Lyna had jumped away and towards Nihl. He jumped after her towards Nihl. He then pulled the same move as on Maladi from behind.

((Uh... well, I was gonna use Maladi for further use, because she's gonna torture Lyna in the Sith Temple of Coruscant, when Lyna tries to save Cade. You don't have to change it. I got it all covered.))

Luckily, Maladi staggered up. She used Healing trance on herself to stop the wound on her back. She turned, and looked at Ganner. Then she glared. "He'll pay for that."

She could see that Skywalker was defeated by Lord Nihl. So it was a good oppurtunity to capture him. She comlinked the other Sith apprentices to help place Cade on the Sith shuttle.

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Cyan ran towards Logan and Jorgan, whom were attacking Payne. Keira, Jaq, and Tia were tied up.

The little binjinphant started to jump on the Twins, biting and clawing with all her strength. The Noghri Twins howled in pain.

"It's got me! Help!!" Logan hollered.

Jorgan screamed. "Get this rat off me!!" The two struggled, because thanks to that experiment on Cyan, the Twins were no match for the little binjinphant.

((Heh, heh... I wasn't at first thinking of the Noghri Twins, but hulk-like, identical circus freaks who are punishing Payne. I believe he already killed one of them so far, but meh... we could always assume the Noghri Twins joined the fight.))

Cade was unconcious at the time, but he heard the words in his head. If only he had the strength to respond, but he felt weak.

Nihl gave Lyna a Sinister smile.

"There, there girly... don't make this harder on yourself!"

He spun his Saber staff and clashed it against Lyna's. "Great hatred I sense within you. If only you were one of us! Free from restrictions. Give in to your anger!"

Ganner instead of stabbing Nihl in the back landed on his head and jumped a distance fom him. He landed on the tent a few meters away. "Come on Nihl you know you want to fight me, not Lyna. You wouldn't kill us now would you, even if you tried."

He didn't want Lyna to get hurt, "Lyna get Cade to the safety of the shuttle."

When Lyna jumped by Cade's side, she was hit on the back of the head. She fell towards the ground, unconcious.

It was Talon who hitted Lyna on the back of her head with the hilt of her lightsaber. The female Sith smiled coldly at Ganner. Then she Force choked him.

"Give up, Jedi. You are outnumbered." (Talon's not gonna kill Ganner, just to let ya know. :D )

Then she turned to the Sith apprentices, who were carrying Cade into the Sith shuttle. "Hurry! Our master will be pleased with this!" Using the Force, Talon slammed Ganner on the ground. She was done using Force choke on him.

Payne was pushed against the wall and pinned to it, due to the Twin's enourmous strength. His knife was still in his hand but the twin held his onto his arm and slowly pushed it towards Payne.

The knife entered Payne's shoulder, which made the Zabrak scream in agony. Payne brought his knee up against the Twin's chest, and slammed it against his jaw. The twin let go of him, with a bruised Jaw.

Payne brought his knife from the wound and stabbed the Twin through the skull. The twin spat blood, and fell to the floor.

Payne slid the knife out of the head and cleaned the entrails off. He put it back into its sheath. He panted, and clutched at his stabbed wound. Blood was rushing out pretty fast, he needed a stitching desperatly.

As Logan (I think) was finished, Jorgan screamed for his brother's loss. "You're gonna pay for that, Zabrak!!!"

When he ran towards Payne, a huge rock fell on him, squashing Jorgan. Thank goodness Wolf, Shado, and the other 4 remaining Jedi came.

Wolf looked around. "Where's Cade?" he asked Payne.

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Lyna woke up, dazed, seeing Cade carried on the Sith shuttle. "Cade... no..."

She fell back to sleep.

Cyan came by her master, and licked her face gently.

Ganner fell to the tent grasping his neck, while coughing a bit. He finally could breath better and he stood up, looking for Nihl and the other Sith. He noticed Lyna knocked out along with Cade being put onto the shuttle with Payne and the other jedi not to be seen.

Ganner ignited his saber and with all his remaining force, he threw the saber at Nihl hoping to hit anyone of the Sith getting on the shuttle.

((Well... Cade's the only one being put on the Sith shuttle. The others are by the circus still, JA. :) ))

When Lyna got up, she could see that the Sith shuttle was about to take off. She ran towards it.

"NOO!!! Cade!!!" Shado grabbed her. "It's too late, Lyna! He's gone!"

Lyna began to cry. "No! We can still get him!"

Wolf shook his head sadly. "By the time we reach our shuttle, they'll be in hyperspace already."

The young woman sunk to her knees on the ground. "Cade!!!"

(That's not what I meant :p but oh well doesn't matter.)

The door shut before his saber got their and he forced it back and concealed it. He jumped down to Lyna. "Bonty Zam was inside that shuttle. That's like three loses in one shuttle."

((Can Nihl kill Bonty Zam? I promise it'll be the most painfull, most brutal death imaginable :) ... Or did you have further plans for him?))

Cade groaned... he slowly opened his eyes and let the scene adjust to his sight. He was inside of a the interior of a shuttle. He was laying center on the metal floor, where he spotted three figures staring at him. He recognised Talon, Maladi and Nihl.

"Talon? Your a sight for saw eyes!" he gave a negative smile to her, a note of sarcasm in his voice.

((Go ahead. Kill that Son of a Murglak!!! And sorry 'bout that, JA. :lol: ))

Talon ignited her lightsaber, and placed it near Cade's throat. "Be thankful Nihl sliced your hand instead of taking your life."

She deactivated the lightsaber, and placed it on her utility belt. "Lord Krayt wants you alive... traitor."

Maladi threw Bonty on the ground in front of Nihl. "By the way... what do you want us to do with this... slime?"

"I... I had everything under control! Please, Nihl, spare my life!!" Bonty shouted.

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When Lyna ran in her star room of the circus, she cried. Then, looking at herself in the mirror, she stood up, and changed into her normal clothes again.

As she was about to leave, she spotted something on the bench. She walked towards it, and picked up a beautiful orange choker. It had a clear crystal in the middle, hanging and twinkling.

There was also a datapad on the bench. She picked it up and read:

Dear Lyna,

I understood that you didn't want to see me again... but in my heart, I've changed. I'll always love you. Even towards the day I die. But do me a favor. Take care of Skywalker. You and him make great friends.

Love, Rock.

Tears fell from Lyna's eyes, as she smiled. Then, placing the choker on her neck and carrying the datapad in her brown bag, she went back with Ganner and the others.

Ganner noticed Lyna come up, "Okay we need to somehow trace or find out where they are heading to. Any suggestions?"

Lyna looked at the sky quietly. Dawn was almost rising from the horizon. Had they all not sleep at all? It's been a long night.

She sighed. "First, we go back to Lemia's house. Then we make a plan." As Cyan bit the rope off of Tia, Keira, and Jaq, Lyna frowned, and glanced down.

"Yeah. Let's do just that. Go back to Lemia's house."

Deliah nodded. "I agree, Lyna. I'm tired of Cade getting captured! We gotta get him back!" As much as she loved him, Blue didn't want anything to happen to Cade again.

Lyna sat by Rock's body, who was lying on the ground still. "But first... we got to bury Rock's body, and honor him."

"How about over there in between those two bushes." Ganner said pointing to two bushes in the sand, some distance from the tents.

Nihl walked over to the pathetic human, who Nihl had thought he had once proven useful.

"You have failed, Zam! I tire of your attempts at becomming useful to the Sith. And you are needed no longer..."

Nihl placed the emitter of his Lightsaber underneith Zam's jaw and activated it. The crimson red beam shot through his skull, and its radiating light beamed out of his mouth. Nihl pulled the saber out through the skull to release its impressonment of being in the head of a pathetic wamp rat.

Zam fell to the flaw, dead. Cade couldn't be more glad to see this day come.

"Good riddance..." he muttered under his breath.

"You know Skywalker, you and your companions have put up quite a challenge against us." Nihl said. "Your comradship is indeed strong..."

"Or maybe they aren't a bunch psycotic, dim-witted lunatics... such as yourself!"

Nihl smacked his his long cane saber across Cade's face.

"You mind what you say next time. It may be your last words..."

Skywalker sighed and rolled his eyes. Captured again, by the same bad guys. What are the chances of that ever happening?

"I also must commend that girl of yours put up quite a challenge... but not strong enough!"

"You leave Lyna out of this!" he glared. He couldn't believe it. After what he had said to her previously, Lyna fought Nihl. All for him. He felt terrible, after what he said.

Then he realised, and never thought about it before, he had a growing attraction to Lyna. Then again, he always knew she had feelings for him. He didn't know why he didn't say anything before. Just thinking about her face brought Cade the courage and determination he could use to overthrow Nihl.

"So what happens now, Sith? What is going to happen when you take me to your temple... again?"

Lyna smiled sadly, and nodded. "Yeah. That looks like a good spot to bury Rock."

Before they could pick the body up, Lyna knelt by Rock's side. "Hey. Just wanted to tell you... thanks. For everything. What is past is past. And I knew... deep in my heart... that you've changed. I love you."

She kissed Rock on the lips softly. Then, after that, she stood up, and looked at Shado and Ganner. "Carry Rock's body to the bushes. After that, we'll dig up a grave and place him in it."

Lyna began to Force bond Cade. "Cade... if you can hear me... there's something I have to tell you..."

"Yeah! I can hear you loud and clear!" Cade responded. Hearing Lyna's voice made matters better. "You probably know they are taking me back to Coruscant... do yourself a favor and leave me be! I don't want you and the others to get hurt trying to save me!"

Cade has this rule: "no one dies for me!". It became one of his motto's.

Lyna couldn't believe what Cade was saying! What was he thinking? She cared about him, even if they went through hard times together.

She sighed. "Well... I don't know, Cade. I'll think about this. But what ever happens... know that I care for you. We all care for you."

After their conversation, she walked back to the others. "Guys! I Force bonded Cade, and... he said that he doesn't have to be rescued. He had a plan."

But deep in her heart, Lyna had a plan to sneak away from the others... to save Cade herself.

"Guys?" She turned to her old circus friends. "You've guys have been so grateful to me. And so now... you're free." The circus friends began to smile, and gave Lyna a hug. After that, they waved goodbye, and went their seperate ways.

Lyna smiled sadly. Then she grabbed a few shovels to dig up Rock's grave. "Well'p... let's get started."

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Talon glared down at Cade.

"Lord Krayt will deal with you, Skywalker, when we return. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees you. Why betray the Dark Side, Skywalker? Remember? You and I are bonded."

The female Twi'lek Sith smiled coldly.

"And? What do you think ever happened with that bond? It broke, shutta!"

Nihl smacked his cane across Cade's face again. Cade turned his face back to the Sith and smirked.

"Is that all you got?" he said, daring to stare into the face of danger!

"Don't make this harder upon yourself, Skywalker!" said Nihl.

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Although Payne wasn't much for funerals, he thought it best to contribute hs part in grave digging. He cautioned everyone to stop digging, and placed his rifle on the dry, hard soil.

He set hs gun to single blast mode, and pulled the trigger. There was a loud bang underneith the ground, which helped loosen the soil for easier digging.

He brought out a Dilnlexan cigar and lit it. He blew out the smoke he inhaled and puffed out of the hazardous stick. "Want one?" he asked everyone.

Lyna shook her head, smiling sheepishly.

"No, thank you, sir. I don't smoke." She picked up the shovel again and started to dig. While she continued to dig, Lyna glanced at Rock sadly.

After all they've been through, Rock had changed. From a reckless and dim-witted teenager to a responsible and kind young man, Rock had sacrificed his life for the others.

Lyna tried to hold back the tears, and continued to dig. Then she looked at everyone else. "I... I want to thank you all for helping me. If it weren't for Rock... I'd still be mad at him."

She sighed, and chuckled warmly. Then she wiped a tear from her eye.

Ganner watched Payne shoot the ground loosening it up. "Huh...."

"Want one?" Payne said to everyone.

"No thanks, its bad for the digestive system." He patted the ground as the hole was filled.

"That should do it, and no problem Lyna. He was a good guy."

Lyna smiled. "Thanks, Ganner." When she went by Rock's side, she looked down at him and sighed.

"Well... this is it." She glanced at the others. "C'mon. Let's place him in. After that, we'll pile the sand over the grave."

Lyna walked towards a good rock, and placed it in front of the grave. She then carved the rock with a good sharp bone and wrote "Rock" on the brownish-gray rock.

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A Sith guard came into the interior. "Lord Nihl. We have reached Coruscant. Shall I tell Lord Krayt that we've reached the orbit?"

Talon stared at the view. When they were out of hyperspace, the planet Coruscant was present. A smile came upon her face. Finally, Lord Krayt would deal with Skywalker... after what he did.

Nihl stared at the Sith guard, "Unquestionably!" he responded. "Make contact immediatly!"

"I have a very bad feeling about this..." he muttered under his breath.

"And so you should, Skywalker!" Nihl turned away from the Jedi and waited for a holographic projection of his master to appear from the computer near him.

There, in the holographic image, appeared Darth Krayt.

"Nihl! I sense that your shuttle is near the planet. Do you have Skywalker with you?"

It's been long since Cade had that fierce duel with Krayt. He wanted to deal with Skywalker personally.

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After piling the sand on top of Rock and his grave, Lyna patted the shovel on the sand, making sure it was covered well.

She stepped back, and gathered everyone in front of Rock's grave. Then she gently touched the orange choker on her neck.

"This is a song that Rock made for me years ago." Then, she began to sing with the most beautiful voice.

"Sometimes, when I close my eyes
I think of you when I am really blue.
No one else is like you.
Please, please don't leave me.

Come and stay, because I need you.
Come and heal me, because I am...
Broken!
No one is like you, my love!
Please come and heal me...
My Loving Sunshine."

After her song, Lyna knelt down, and cried sorrowfully.

Tila took Payne up on his offer and took a Dilnlexan cigar. " Thank you. " she smoked and watched the smoke from the cigar rise to the sky. " There's something about smoke that when I watch it leave ,it's as if some of the weight on my shoulders temporarly vanishes with it. "

"Absolutly, m'lord. We found this left over piece of Jedi trash on Tatooine. I dealt with him myself, but he is still alive!"

Cade's force powers were too weak for him to do anything at the moment. And even if he did, could he stand a chance against three sith lords at the same time? He looked upon the hologram of A'Sharad Hett, aka Darth Krayt.

"Very good, Nihl. I'm impressed." The hologram of Krayt stood up from his throne, and chuckled coldly at Cade. "Well, well, well. Cade Skywalker. I've heard that you had a... run-in with my Sith minions. I recall that our last duel was quite... unpleasant, as you say."

He smiled, waiting for what the weak young Jedi had to say.

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Lyna got up, and wiped her tears. Cyan climbed on her master's shoulder, and licked her.

The young woman smiled a little. Then she walked over to an unused Speeder bike. "Well... I'm headed off back to Lemia's house. And I thank everyone for coming together. You all are like true family to me."

She glanced down. "So! You guys ready to go?" She was trying really hard not to think about the death of Rock.

"So! You guys ready to go?"

"Whenever you are." Ganner grabbed a different speeder bike and started it.

Cade didn't say anything. He refused to look up and respond to the thing that needed to be ridded most from the galaxy.

Coruscant's atmosphere was begining to take place outside.

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Payne grabbed his own Speeder Bike, and started up the engine. Then he saw Tia.

The Zabrak sighed for breath, and said "Get on!"

Tia grinned. " Keira went with Jaq so I guess I really have no other choice."

She got on his Speeder Bike. " You just can't seem to get rid of me." she joked then in a serious tone." I hope I'm not a burden."

Krayt grinned. "Not so tough now, are you Skywalker? Well... no matter. We'll continue this conversation after your interrogation."

And with that, the Dark Lord turned off his hologram.

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Lyna, with Cyan in her bag, turned to Deliah and Syn. "What about you guys?"

Deliah shrugged, and both former bounty hunters got on their Speeder bikes. "You guys go ahead. We'll meet you back tonight."

Lyna could tell that Blue wanted Cade again. She smiled. "Hey. It's gonna be okay. Cade said that he had a plan to get out. Don't worry."

Blue nodded. "Yeah... you're right. See you all later." And with that, Blue and Syn drove off.

Lyna drove back to Lemia's house as well, followed by her other friends.