"I got one" said Joe proudly to the sith.

"Proove it" he said.

He showed the sith a lightsaber and some spits of blood on it.

"They're dead and in a few days i'm going back for more."

"Good" replied the sith.

"So where's my credits?"

He handed the thousand over and walked away.

"If you get three on the day you go back all in one i'll give you an extra five hundred."

"Thousand!" shouted Joe.

"No you pillock, five hundred normal credits i'm not Darth Mevo!"

Joe jumped into his ship and flew to Mos Eisly to bring home the backon for his family.

Calmed down, Greea replied, "I'm fine. I believe it was some sort of assassin. I thank the Force that Master Hethera came in time."

"Neva i'm home!"

"I've decided I don't like you going around killing people!"

"It's great money Neva i got a thousand today from a sith!"

"A sith?" "There enemies to the Rebublic!" "We were born under the Rebublic and we love them!"

"I normally don't do Sith but it's good money we can go on a holiday this next summer!"

"Blah, blah, blah!"

"I'm fed up with you being a murderer!"

"Get a new job!"

"I will after i get thse credits but I don't know what to sign up for!"

"I already have!"

"What is it" Joe cried.

"You are going to be an assistant to one if the jedi in the temple at Coruscant."

"What" an aprentice, you don't understand they have to be like fove to be an apprentice i'm an adult!"

"You work for the Rebublic and you help one of the Jedi prepare them for battles and advise them and be their friend."

"That pay will be crap!"

"No it's two fifty a week that's one thousand credits and we have enough for a holiday plus you have no chance of being killed."

"I might have to change my name!"

"Why?"

"Thye might find out who i'm called and think i'll be assasinating them!"

"Fine then do that!"

"You'll be safe and you can work for the rebublic like you have alwyas wanted too!"

"So when do I first go?"

"Whenevr you want. But i want you to join in twi days so tell that sith your not working for him anymore!"

"He'll kill me!"

"Ok this will be the last person you ever murder!"

"I promise Neva, I really do!"

"I'll just shoot him and get out of there."

"Good!"

He gave her a kiss and flew off.

The small Ihskhar let out of screech of surprise as the bounty hunter burst through the window above and a small firefight ensued, with it in the middle of it. Luckily though, none of them spotted it for some reason. Of then was the time that it noticed a large shard of glass stuck in its right shoulder. And then that was when the pain came. It let out a long wail/screech of pain and one of its hands lost its grip on the ledge, so it was now dangling with one hand. Surely one of those Jedi inside had heard it and seen its hand now.

He parked outside the Sith's house and said to him.

"I forgot something."

"What?" asked the impatient sith.

"Killing you...."

He stabbed the sith and shot him in the head and the sith crumpled. (Don't worry again, no one soecial.:)))

He flew back to Mos Eisly and was glad that he didn't have to kill anyone anymore but a few hours later his gang of bounties came outside.

"How much did you get?"

"A thousand" Joe said.

"Well done."

"Ok bye" said Joe. But the bounties stopped him from closing the door.

"Where's are share."

"I'm done with killing people."

"What about the hall?"

"You can find someone else i'm not a murderer."

"What about that sithy guy?"

"Havn't told him."

"Well we will!"

They got in their ship and flew off and and Joe ran into the house.

The kids we're playing on the floor and neva was on the telephone.

"We'e going to stay with Aunty in Mos Espa for a while Daddy's got a problem or two nothing to worry ahout."

Neva looked at him strangley and the nsaid on the phone.

"Loook Serena i gotta go fast bye!" She dropped the phone and grabbed everything she needed.

"Look kids take your favourite stuff and go we will come back in a few months."

The kids grabbed all their favourite stuff and ran outside and jumped in the ship.

They flew over Mos Eisly and landed beside a small house which was Aunty's Nevalines house, Joe's sister.

She opened the door and pulled a starnge face.

"What are you doing yhere?"

"Long story!"

Hethra opened the window above the Meditation room, and jumped down. "Are you three alright?" He asked Reyvan, Quinlan, and Greea. "If your husband was here already this wouldn't be an issue." He then said specifically to Greea.
Komad's X-38 jumped out hyperspace near Coruscant. "This is Jedi Master Komad Kaltas requesting permission to dock at the Jedi Temple." He said to the Temple Guardpost operator. "Permission granted, and welcome home."

((One of you will have to pick me to be your assisant. Thanks))

A few hours later he set of for Coruscant and went to the guards.

"I'm the new assistant for the Jedi Jacen Yelos" he lied.

"I'll let you in go to the third top floor they'll see who you go with."

"May I ask, Who?"

"Er it's well there's alot of people there, senators, Jedi I know three of them they had an attack a few days ago i think their called Greea, Reyyvan and Quinlan oh Hethra too and some children too."

"Thank you" said the new so called Jacen.

He felt guilty for making the attack and one of them was pregnant! He was truley sorry.

He stepped into the room wondering who he'd be helping for maybe the rest of his life.......

(@Darth Aida: You should probably know that Hethra is not just any Jedi. He's the current head of the Jedi Order.)

((I know just hoping that he may be able to be an assiatnt well i'll just stick to normal Jedi for Joe to be their assistant))

Joe spoke first.

"Hi i'm Jacen so who's assistant am I going toi be then?"

(Darth Aida, listen up, if Komad was docking, then you did you interfere by saying a few days later? :tsk: :tsk: Btw, it's Reyvan not Reyyvan)

((sorry don't know what your trying to say just someone pick me and we could have no more mistakes.))

(What i mean is that you're messing with main storylinees. Komad was landing and then you posted a thing that was some days after.)

((oh sorry won't do that again! er no more mistakes sorry foor messing it all up we'll just pretend that Komad landed a few days later if not well.... you think of something.))

(No. The best solution to this problem would be to replace "days" with "hours" in your post)

(( thanks good idea Alkonium, sorry everyone i'll go back.))

"Yes Master Hethra, we are alright. Nothing serious here since Quinlan did a pretty good job in protecting Greea," Reyvan said, looking at Quinlan as the 15-year old Padawan smiled.

((good we're back on track))

One Jedi said to him.

"Not everyone is here, a while ago there was an attack and some of the Jedi are recovering also one is pregant.

"I heard don't mind i'll wait."

He sat down on a bench and waited for more Jedi to gather and welcome him.

Who would he be assisting? It sound's like a hard job he thought.

"Oh well i'm good at that sort of stuff" said to himself.

"Alright. Greea, come with me. Komad's fighter is about to dock in the hangar." Hethra replied.

Darth Mortis, aboard her ship, reeled from the confusion she felt through
the Force...

Joe felt nervous so he asked a questio neh already knew.

"What was this "attack like?"

"Bounty Hunter probably" said one Jedi.

"Still one person was killed and the guy stole his lightsaber!"

"Oh dear i'm sorry to hear."

Greea nodded her approval at her padawan and nearly frowned/blushed at Hethera. Obediently she followed Hethera to the dock. She would be glad to see her husband again. Before leaving she said tp Reyvan, "She is leaving now. Expect her in three days."

After that announcement on board, Alkйa took matters into her own hands. She left Chief Tabula and commandeered her fighter to head back to Coruscant. She had enough babysitting politicians and frankly, she had a war to direct and Hethera needed to be notified. She ignored everyone as she made her fighter ready for takeoff. She was going home to her family and, though she chose not to admit it, a certain Jedi who accompanied her on board the station.

The jedi he was talking to then said.

"The fool jumped out of the window so the Council needs to fix this palce up he blew a hole in the floor as well so people ave to watch it on the fifth floor."

Darth Mortis, aboard her ship, reeled from the confusion she felt through
the Force...

"Master, we have detected a ship on the planet." Reported on of the drones (name for the mindless subjects of Caos.)
"Hail them," Order Caos, the drones did so and Caos sent the message "Unidentified vessel, identify yourself or be destroyed. Whichever makes you happy."


"What about you? Even if you don't have family, you're still a Jedi Knight." Komad said to Solidus.
(Sry for the late reply on this.)

"After staying in that hell-hold, that doesn't mean much to me. While there I talked with verious other Jedi knights and there I had learnt that there was never an investigation into my disappearnce. And to be honest I'm not surprised. I don't have any family, my master died several years before and I haven't had a mate in seven years."

Komad's X-38 touched down in the Jedi Temple hangar, where Hethra and Greet were waiting. He thought about how different he looked from six months ago, when he had last seen them. His hair was twice as long as it was then, and a scruffy beard covered his lower face. He stepped out of the cockpit and Hethra said to him, "Welcome back." "It's good to be home." He replied. He then walked over to his wife, and held her tightly in his arms. "Greea, I've missed you so much." He said to her.

Then the jedi he was talking to said looking out the window.

"Looks like Komad's here then you'll be picked sir."

Greea replied serenely, "As I have missed you." She applied a little pressure to get him to release her for it was a tight fit. She then said, "Not too tight. You might squish something."

"What do you ... oh." Komad thought about how before he left on the mission to Dantooine six months ago, she tried to tell him something, but he told her it would have to wait. "Is that what you tried to tell me six months ago?" He asked.

A Jedi Intercetper entered the hanger and hovered over Komad just to show who was inside, it was Solidus, he took Komads advice and decided to return to the Jedi Order. Solidus did a quick wave before moving his ship to park on the far side of the hanger, leaving Komad time with his beloved.

"Yes but we will talk of that later. Right now I think a certain Jedi needs to know about a certain someone." Greea replied it with sweetness. She wondered if Komad caught on to the fact that someone liked his sister as she led the way into the temple.

"Looks like there's a bit of a gathering" said the Jedi.

"Follow me i'll introduce you" he said.

"I can wait" he said.

"No, come on let them meet you."

"So, kid, how good are you?" Reyvan asked Quinlan.

"Me? Well, i don't think very much of myself. My Master says someday i'll be part of the Jedi Council, but it's probably just motivation."

Reyvan let out a small laugh with a grin.

"Well, the way you protected your Master, i'd say she's right," He told him.

The small Ihskhar now sat in a perch high up in the temple, watching everything while it nurtured its shoulder. It was surprised that no one had heard its screech of pain earlier, but it wasn't complaining. It saw the pregnant female rodian leading a strange looking human and decided to follow them, crawling along the ceiling high above them, its advanced hearing picking up their conversation.

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Shadow was on top of the Jedi temple. Why? Because he was hired by the one who sent the Ihskhar to make sure that if the small Ihskhar was captured, that it would be destroyed. He wore a black body suit with a faceless visor and was sitting on a chair, a tracker in his hand indicating the location of the Ihskhar. He personally hoped that the little thing didn't fail, because Shadow didn't enjoy killing babies of any species, as he knew this Ihskhar was. But if it came down to it being required, he would. Besides, he had a debt to pay to his current employer also.

Alkea piloted the fighter with the dexterity that she piloted the swoop bike on Coruscant a while back. She didn't really care but she had to see her old master again. Thinking about it, she instinctively reached out through the Force towards him, Master Hethera, are you there?

He followed the Jedi outside to the docking bay and interupted the crowd.

"Sorry to interupt but this is Jacen Yelos the new assistant working for the council in an hour or so we'll have a chat with him see his skills and who he should work for."

"You mean Reyvan about Alkйa? Some things never change." Komad replied. He then saw Quinlan talking with Reyvan. "So, you must be my wife's apprentice." He said to him.

"Yes," Greea answered. "This is Quinlan." Silently she sent, Yes some things don't but others will.

"Pleased to meet you Master Komad," Quinlan said, bowing to both.

"Well now I think you Komad should discuss something with Reyvan and I'll go and finish the lesson with Quinlan," Greea said. It had to be done. Komad was Alkйa's brother after all. She motioned for Quilan to follow her, leaving the two there.

Hypersapce could be dull and boring. That was the downside of such things but it had a purpose. The bad thing this time was that the ship was incredibly small. Alkйa flexed her stiff muscles as best as she could in the cockpit of the fighter she had commandeered. She reached out again to Herthera through the Force, waiting for a response.

The jedis turned around after a greeting each other he gathered some names like Quin something and Komad.

He was nervous incase they found that he was the killer but bowed but fell over and fainted.

He though about some strange things but it seemed almost immeditatly he woke up and he saw the Jedi that was talking to him earlier looking over him.

"You alright, you tripped."

"Very well Master," Quinlan said as he followed Greea out of the room.

"So, what is it that Greea thinks we need to discuss?"

((I thought you was outside near Komad?))

"I think it has something to do with my sister, but I wouldn't really know. I've been gone for a while." Komad replied.

Of course it is Komad. You are her brother, Greea sent through the Force. Komad needed to see and make friends. There would be time later to work on Alkйa.

All right. He replied.
"I've seen the way you act around her, or at least how you did six months ago. How did she take my disappearance anyway?" He said to Reyvan.

"Your sister is like an unresolved enigma. She didn't show any indicies of being really worried. But that's just how she is though. She never shows any signs of emotions."

((Alkonium: Alkйa is still waiting for Hethera to respond))

Greea took her padawan back to the meditation chamber. Using the Force she laid out a circle of candles and lit them. She turned to her padawan and said, "This is a meditation technique that is intended for focus. The object here is to see how many you can levitate and keep lit. Do what you can." She then sat on one of the meditation couches and motioned for Quinlan to take his place. She watched and waited.

((This idea I took from a fic that I read at KFM and thought it very interesting. I can't remember the author but I owe big points to him))

((everyone is ignoring me))

I'm here, my former apprentice. Where are you? You're supposed to still be with your father and the Chief of State. Hethra replied telepathically to Alkea.

Heading home. I sensed that the Temple was in danger. I shall be there in two days. Father can take of things. Alkйa replied. As usual she betrayed nothing save for the annoyance that she had with everything that wasn't related to her duties. There was still a hint of respect as she relayed everything to her master.

Well, since you're coming back to Coruscant anyway, I should tell you your brother is here now. Hethra then told Alkйa.
"I know. She's been like that ever since she returned from her three-year self-exile on Dagobah." Komad replied.