A few minutes and a thousand credits richer, Rana madfe out that the man and woman were talking.

"Do you know Dash Hawkbat?"

"I . . . I know little of him. I never met him, but i heard of him," were the only words he was able to make out.

Rana's eyebrows met. She wasn't a pirate.

He turned to the entire den. "EVERYONE! THERE'S A TRAITOR IN OUT MIST!" he roared in the room. Everything was silent. Seconds later, the entire room was in confusion and everyone was shooting at each other.

Rana smiled. He would now have more of a chance to get at the man and woman. He wondered who they were.

Lulana turned around, and saw that everyone here went crazy. "Aww, not again!" She grabbed Kane. "Get down!" Before she could get under the table, a hand grabbed her wrist, tightly. Lulana turned around to see the same man who came up to them, drunk.

Rana stared at the woman who was trying to break free of his grasp.

"Who are you?" he demmanded. "You're not a pirate! People who are here and not pirates usually die."

The girl's eyes widened and Rana laughed. "I'm not going to kill you - unless, you are in league with the East Corellia Trading Company! Now, tell me who you are!"

"She's with me," said a voice. Rana looked up and saw a man walking through the chaos.

Rana's eyes narrowed. "Kane Bishop," he said coldly.

Bishop smiled. "Ah, Mister Macina. Let her go," he demanded.

Rana reluctantly let go of her hand. "Who is she?"

Bishop blinked. "I'm . . . I'm not sure. I know her name, but . . ."

They were interrupted when a grenade landed between them.

"JUMP!" roared Rana, and he was just able to get away in time. He looked around. "Dammit, I lost them!"

(( Hey, Lord Spitfire? Try not to control other players characters. It can get discouraging for others. I learned this when I first came here myself. ;) ))

Lulana followed Kane out of the center. She panicked, trying to hide the tears. "I... I didn't do anything wrong! I'm just new to this, and... and I'm just trying to find a job!"

Now she wasn't sure if she wanted to be a pirate. The fact of not being a pirate, and being killed, was not the best thing for her. Lulana grew frightened.

((Yeah . . . sorry about that, I can get a little overeager at times))

Rana shrugged the thought of the woman and the man off as he turned hsi attention to the fighting.

He laughed. "Sorry, Boys!" he raored as he jumped on the table. He gulped down a bottle Juma Juice, and took out three plasma grenades. 'A pity . . . I spent all night working on them.'

He threw each one by one in three seperate places in the room. There was a deaphening explosion, and about twenty seconds later, the room was a jar of smoke. Rana could make out a few people run out the door. After a while the smoke cleared, and bodies were littered everywhere. Rana grinned.

He walked among the bodies. "Kane Bishop . . . hmf, seems like everybody's in Roon now," he said. He shrugged. The girl was probably BIshop's slave girls . . . but did Bishop have slave girls? Anyways, she was no concern of his.

((S'okay Spitfire! I forgive you. Just don't let it happen again, savvy?))

Bishop pulled out his Blaster Rifle and aimed it at Rana. He turned his head at Lulana.

"Sorry, not a very good first impression. Especially on our first date!" he chuckled. He continued to aim the blaster at Rana.

"What do you want, Rana?" he glared, and set a laser sight target on his head.

***

Dash walked along the wet metal tiles of the dock. He looked at Anulla and answered her question about the Pirate Lord.

"It has just come to my attention that a young pirate, like yourself, has not heard of Lord Sakon, Pirate Lord of the Outer Rim..."

He sighed and ran a brief summary.

"Lord Sakon is a mangy pirate lord and captain of his legendary ship "The Dragon Spike". He kills those who choose to resist him and choose to become an independant pirate! Of coarse, evidence supports this fact from how he blew my ship up!"

He took a moment, and wondered about any last minute details.

"For more details, I can of coarse tell you he is a Weequay, he is in his Sixties, and commands a legandary ghost ship which is said to bring him, and only himself, immortality."

Analla's eyebrows shot up. "Ooh. Sounds creepy. I'm glad I'm not part of his crew." As she thought about what Dash said, it was like telling her a scary story. If she ever saw Lord Sakon, she'd be scared to death. Then she turned to Jordan.

"I'm glad we're outta Rav's "prison". If I ever see them again, they'll pay big time," she told her best friend.

"What do I want? I want to cause trouble," said Rana with a frown.

Before Bishop could react he looked at the window and leapt out of it.

He found himself falling down the tall building. He quickly grapped a passing speeder. He took a lightsaber and stabbed the owner from the outside. He jumped in and steered the Speeder back to his ship, The Black Crystal.

Bishop ran to the window and managed to see him steal a flying Speeder, which belonged to someone he had just stabbed.

Bishop fired a few rounds from his rifle, which had missed. Rana may have won this round, but this wasn't over between the two!

He turned to Lulana. "Sorry 'bout that! Stuff like that usually happens almost everyday here, but never this intense." He put away his weapon.

"You okay?"

Lulana smiled. "Yeah. Thanks." She came beside Kane. "I just don't get it, though. What's he got against you?" Lulana looked out the window. This Rana guy didn't look like the nice type, and she grew afraid of him, because the way he told her of "not being a pirate and killed."

Suddenly, her lightsaber fell out of her bag. "Oh, no!" Lulana exclaimed. She looked at Kane, with a worried look.

Analla's eyebrows shot up. "Ooh. Sounds creepy. I'm glad I'm not part of his crew." As she thought about what Dash said, it was like telling her a scary story. If she ever saw Lord Sakon, she'd be scared to death. Then she turned to Jordan.

"I'm glad we're outta Rav's "prison". If I ever see them again, they'll pay big time," she told her best friend.

Jordan chuckled. "They've already paid a bit... on my way out, I was ripping out random wires and such in the walls... they'll have a pretty little mess to deal with before they can go anywhere."

Analla grinned. The fact that Jordan was telekinetic was awesome. She was glad she had her for a friend. "Good. I bet they're crying to their mommy's right now!" She laughed.

A few hours later (Around the time Bishop encountered Rana in the Pazaac Den), Dash and his fellow crew found themselves at the entertainment center. People exited the many clubs, cantinas, illegal gambling casinos in the section of the city. This was the perfect place to gather a crew.

Over in the distance, he saw a familiar face who had just exited a Pazaak den, rifle in hands. He was next to a girl, talking to her. He recognised the long, blonde hair, piercing blue eyes and broad shoulders. Dash's old friend, Kane Bishop!

Dash walked over to him to give him a surprise visit, when all of a sudden he was pulled by the coat. He spun around... one of his old girlfriends. She wasn't happy to see Dash after many years.

"Angie!" he pulled a phony smile. All of a sudden, a hard, quick hand hit his face. As he recieved the slap, he spun around stupidly, facing his companions.

"Not sure I deserved that!" he added. He spun around and continued to walk towards Bishop.

***

Kane noticed immediatly the long, cylindar-like object was a Lightsaber. He picked it up and handed it to her.

"Huh! Haven't seen these things for a while. You a Jedi?" he wondered. He smiled. "Don't worry, people will love you anyway... even though you are a Jedi--- Dash?"

He saw the man walk in his usual drunken-like posture towards him. Happy to see him, Kane ran over to his father-figure. He shook his hand and gave him a bear-hug.

"How ya doin', you old loser? So good to see you!"

"Ah, mate! It is quite a pleasure to see you again, but please stop!" Dash chuckled. "You'll crinkle my coat! This thing is expensive!"

"How ya doin'? Whats this I hear about your ship getting blown up?"

"An interesting question, but a long story. Because, fortunatly, I do not hold the time to speak of it now, at this current moment!" he looked over at the girl he was standing with. "So whose the girl?"

Dash called Lunala over. He introduced her. "Lulana, this is Dash Hawkbat. Dash Hawkbat, this is Lulana!"

"A fine greeting to you madam! And, it is 'captain', Kaney! Captain Dash Hawkbat!"

"Captain Dash Hawkbat! I heard so much about you." She saw two other woman, and greeted them as well. "Hello. Lulana Mecho." Analla, the young pirate teen, shook hands with Lulana. "Hi there! I'm Analla Danble, and this here's my friend, Jordan Lake."

Analla noticed Kane. She bowed her head, and smiled warmly. "Hello."

"Hey!" Kane greeted back at the young teenager. "Name is Kane, but you can call me Bishop!"

"I think right now, we have had enough warm greetings and introductions." Dash smiled. "Right now, let us get a drink!"

"Well, I have had a few... but one more won't hurt I suppose!"

The group followed Dash to his favorite cantina (not the one with the sleeping pirates caused by the grenade). They all sat at a big, round table.

Bishop sipped on his alcoholic beverage.

"So, Dash! What brings you here to Roon?" Bishop wondered.

Analla answered, "We're trying to find a new crew and a new ship. Jordan and I joined Captain Hawkbat, because we use to work for Rav." She looked down. "We abandoned him, because he and his crew were so mean! They made me do chores, and never let me have my freedom. But Jordan was the only friend I had."

She glanced back up. "I'm glad I have a new captain, and I'll be trustworthy to him, no matter what!" Analla smiled.

Kane smiled back at Analla.

"No doubt; this captain will be the best one of them all!" he chuckled. "But I must ask as to why you are assembling a crew and a ship?" Bishop took a gulp from his drink.

"I am hunting for Sakon! And I'm taking you with me!"

"Sakon? Isn't he the one who destroyed you last ship?" Bishop pondered his memory.

"Indeed, the Pirate Lord himself has done some naughty things to me' boat!" Dash announced. "But nobody, and I mean 'nobody', messes with Captain Dash Hawkbat!"

"Yeah, well... after hearing about what you experienced, what makes you think Sakon won't blow your ship up again? And further more; what makes you think I'll be there when your ship (if you even have one, of coarse) blows up?"

Lulana looked at Kane, and grinned. Then she turned to Dash. "Captain... I'll join your crew as well. I use to be a Jedi, and I'm very skilled in combat. Since the Massacre on Ossus, I've been still practicing my lightsaber skills. I'm kinda gettin' the hang of it."

Analla smiled. She always wanted to meet a Jedi. "Wow. A Jedi! I can't believe it!" Lulana shushed the young pirate. "But I'm trying to keep it on the down low. You may never know if there's any Sith around." She glanced at Kane. "Ya know, Bishop... we all look like we can outsmart the enemy, if we work together. And you look like the skillful type." Lulana smiled.

Bishop considered it. True, he was a skillful lad. This could be a good reason and opportunity to put them to good use.

"...Alright, I'm in!"

Dash walked over to shake the man's hand. "You will bareyl regret this, rest assured!"

"But there is a catch; I'm your First Mate!"

"Easier said than done, mate. However, you and I have seemed to reach an agreement! we have an accord!"

"So... where is your new ship?" Bishop wondered.

Dash considered the question for a moment, then said simply; "I'm working on it, rest assured, mate!"

He looked at Lulana. "And a fine, warm welcome to you too on me' list of crew members, darling!" he smiled.

Jordan had been listening to all the quick conversation running back and forth between those around her with a faint smile of amusement. But once Dash welcomed Lulana into the crew, Jordan leaned forward.

"I think it's already fairly obvious I'm on your crew," she told Dash, "and I believe I've already established myself as your pilot. And as a pilot isn't good for much without a ship, I'll help you find one."

As an afterthought, she added, "Although, keep in mind, I will not keep to the ship in a fight. If and when a fight occurs, you could use all the hands you can get... and I'm hard to beat."

Lulana grinned. "Thank you... Captain Hawkbat." She turned to Kane. "This is gonna be fun." Analla rose up from her seat, and smiled. "Sweet! So it's settled! We can find a ship, kick some bad guy's rear, and have an adventure of our lives!" She looked at Dash.

"Sir? I can look out for enemy's, if you want me to. I'm good at that." Lulana added, "And I'm good at combat. If you need someone to fight with their lightsaber and blaster... she's right here."

"Did I just happen to hear the word "Lightsaber"?" Hawkbat smiled. He unclipped his own Lightsaber from his belt and placed it on the table. "'Cause incase it hase just occured to you this instance, I carry me' own! However, rest assured, I am no Jedi!"

The Lightsaber was a trophy from a Dark Jedi Dash had killed a few months ago. Though he knew little about building them, he customized his Lightsaber to a Blue Beam and added various upgrades.

"Perhaps at a more appropriate time..." he spoke to Lulana. "Maybe you could teach me a few sword tricks!"

"'kay, Dash! Put that away, before somebody see's it!" Kane urged. His former mentor did as he was told. He looked over at Jordan.

"If your going to help Dash find a ship, I suppose I'll tag along too! Afterall, nobody knows the Docks well than I do!"

"Ship must always go first! But another matter we need to deal with is finding more crew members!" Dash pointed out.

Lulana smiled, and nodded. "I'd be honored to teach you, Capatin." Analla looked at everyone. She wanted to know when they were going to find a ship. She even wanted to start the adventure. "So... we're going then?" Analla asked, smiling nervously.

"To bed!" Dash answered Analla question. "Good night!" He walked off to the accomidations of the Cantina.

"What he means to say;" Kane glanced over at the crew "Is that we will all meet at the dock tomorrow... early!" He stood up, took one last gulp of his drink.

"I'm hitting the sack, too! G'night!"

Analla looked at the others. "Good night, everyone! I'll go to bed as well, 'cause I haven't had a good night sleep for a while!" She walked out the cantina. Lulana smiled, and shook her head.

"I'll... just be by the lake. I need to meditate before I go to bed." She walked outside, heading for the lake. "Good night, guys."

The next morning, Dash and Bishop were by the Lake, waiting for there accompanying crew members. The suns were bright, and shone beautifully behind the buildings and skyscrapers.

The were sitting on barrels, looking in front of them holograhpic Blue Prints and Maps of the Docks.

Bishop glanced up at Dash "Now, each section of the Docks are divided by Citizen Class Ships. Now the question I should be asking you is; what sort of Ship are you looking for?"

"To find, and erradicate Sakon at the same time, I require a space-worthy ship. For more precise details, mate, I'm looking for a ship; heavily armed and very fast!"

Bishop looked at the Blue Prints. He pointed his finger on a certain section of the map.

"Then we should probably have a look in the Cargo Shippers deck! That place is usually filled with Smuggler and/or mercenary ships. Those guys are always shipping cargo for Freelance Work, and plus, those ships are heavily armed for security and incredibly fast for deliveries. I recommend we start there!"

Getting out of the shower, and placing her clothing on, Lulana comes out of her quarters, seeing Dash and Bishop. She walks over to them, and greets them. "Morning! What'cha doing?" Lulana could see that they had a blueprints and maps of some sort.

"Morning, sunshine!" Bishop smiled as he greeted Lulana. "Dash and I were just looking for our new ship."

"My feeling tells we should of course query this rather, strange looking contraption for any new arrivals of ships!"

"Dash, it is called a computer!" Bishop stared.

"So it is!" Dash rubbed the holoprojector, but Bishop slapped the captains hand off it. Bishop hacked into the database for any new arrivals. There were; and only one.

"The Dark Angel. Captained by Jolan Reed, a spice smuggler. But his ship... is very impressive!"

He glanced over at Lulana. "Can you please wake everyone else up? We're heading for work straight away..."

Lulana nodded. "Sure thing." She ran back to Analla's and Jordan's quarters. "Hey, Analla! Jordan! Rise n' shine!" The young teenage pirate, who slept in her own bed, moaned, and sat on her bed. Analla yarns. "G...Good morning, Lulani." "Lulana." Analla replied, "Yeah, forgot. Where's Dash and Bishop?"

"They're at the docks, waiting for us. So... lets get movin', girls!" Lulana walks out, smiling. Analla gets up, and heads for the bathroom. "Ooh... I wish I went to bed earlier."

"Check this out!" Bishop said to Dash, looking at the details of the Dark Angel.

"Dual light turbolasers, Dual ion cannon turret, Triple blasters, Concussion missile launchers, modifed Hyperdrive and navigational charts."

Dash looked up and smiled. "YV-929 (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/YV-929_armed_freighter) ?"

"You know it! Very nice Light Freighter, and perfect for pirating!"

"That's our ship!" he said gleecefully.

Bishop looked up at the arriving crew.

"Good news! We've found our ship!"

As Analla followed Lulana, they found Dash and Bishop in front of a ship. It was huge! "Woah! That's a sweet lookin' ship! Oh, oh! I wanna get on, I wanna get on!" You could tell that the young girl was excited.

Lulana walked by Bishop's side, and chuckled. "Yes. That is a sweet looking ship. She might do just fine."

"Now! According to these maps..." Bishop stated, as he ran his index finger on the holographic projections. "Security forces have been placed in several sections of the Dock. We need some kind of distraction to allow us to enter the Shipment sector so we can steal the Dark Angel!"

Dash glanced up at Bishop, then the rest of the crew. He was open to any suggestions.

Jordan laughed softly as she joined the others, just a few seconds after Analla came down... and just in time to hear that they needed a distraction. Without warning, the drink in Dash's hand was torn away and lifted high into the air.

"I am a distraction," she said, lowering the drink back into Dash's hand. "Leave the distraction to me. Get the ship powered on and into the air. I'll join you there and take over the piloting."

With a grin she said, "Just like that," and snapped her fingers to emphasize 'that'.

Lulana nodded and smiled. Although she couldn't feel the Force in Jordan, she was good at lifting things without touching them. Telekinesis was her best guess. "All right, then. Let's do it."

Analla, who began calm after her excitment, agreed. "Yeah! Let's get ready for adventure!" She turned to Jordan. "Ya sure ya don't want me to come with you, Jordan?"

The crew faced the structure of the dock. It looked like framwork of an unfinished buidling, but it was very usefull to serve as a dock. It grew into the sky, towering the other skyscrapers around it. The levels of the dock was crowded with parking ships, landing on platforms that hung like leaves on the structure.

Dash walked silly towards the elevator, and urged the crew to come inside the elevator wit him. Until everybody was inside the cramped chamber, the elevator moved up. Silence.

"A question has just suddenly popped into my mind!" Dash finally spoke. "Is that little stolen shuttle of ours still there? I suppose if our journey leads us to this Dark Angel, we shan't be needing our little theft from Rav anymore!"

The elevator stopped and the door slowly opened. They were on the Shipment Level, where all the Light Freighters were. Over in the distance, they saw the ship they were looking for; The Dark Angel. Waiting for its owner to return. Like most ships of the same model, Dash imagined the Dark Angel would be a gun-metal grey colour. He almost laughed, as he saw why it was called "the Dark Angel". Because the entire ship was painted jet black. Dash couldn't help but admire the gorgeous freighter.

"She sure is pretty! Let's get this plan over and done with, shall we?" He walked over to Jordan, and put a hand around her shoulder.

"Fill the blanks, but I assume it is you, girly, who is going to create the diversion? And what exactly did you have in mind, if you do not mind me asking as my curiosity drives me insane!"

He looked over at the two, armoured uniformed guards standing by the gate of the level.

Jordan laughed softly and stepped out in plain view of the guards before Dash could stop her. As she walked forward, she called back to him, "You just worry about getting the ship."

The guards automatically aimed their high-powered blaster rifles at her as she approached. "You're not allowed to be here, miss."

"I will be here," Jordan stated boldly. "You would do well to stand down."

She waited for a moment as the guards conferred with one another.

"Reed said an arrogant little schutta would come 'round after a while," one of them murmured to the other. "If this is her, then aren't we supposed to let her in?"

"Think he said to call him when she got here too..." the other guard answered. "She's some sort of... hotshot pilot, I think he said." He began to laugh and his partner joined in.

"Sorta helps for him just gone and shot his old pilot!" the first man exclaimed through his chuckles. Then, they turned back to Jordan.

"You a pilot, little miss?" the second demanded.

"Of course I am," Jordan snapped, falling into the character of an 'arrogant little schutta'. "Now if you don't mind, I've got a security team with me and I want them to go over the full of the ship before the Captain is called, understand?"

"Ah, right," the first guard agreed, winking at her. "We'll give you twenty minutes before we call him... should give you thirty minutes to have your security team scour the ship and get out before he gets here. You're quite picky, aren't you?"

"Wouldn't you be?" Jordan demanded. "The ship's a spice hauler for kark's sake! No telling where those tempting scents are gonna end up..." She rolled her eyes. "Excuse me, but I'll just go get my team now. Thanks."

She went back to Dash and the others.

"They're just gonna let us in," she whispered, a little surprised. "You're a security team hired by me to examine the ship. Once we're inside, I'll take care of anyone already on board and we'll power up and take off long before the thirty minutes is up."

With that and a gesture to say, 'follow me', she headed back toward the dock. The guards stepped aside to let them in and they began to approach the ship. But that's when everything started to go wrong...

Alarms rang out through the dock and guards began rushing about. Jordan stopped abruptly, almost as if she'd slammed into an invisible wall and been held there.

"Get to the ship!" she yelled. "I'll hold them off until you can get airborne."

Four guards came from four separate directions toward the pirates and with four hand gestures in each of their directions, Jordan sent them flying. "Go to the ship!" she screamed. "I can handle them, but you've got to get the ship up or we'll never survive. I can jump high enough that you won't leave me behind... trust me!"

"Blast it!" Lulana yelled. She really wanted to help Jordan on fighting these guys with her lightsaber, but she did as she was told. So did Analla. "Be careful, Jordan!" Analla said, as they went in the ship. If anything happened to her long time friend... someone was gonna pay.

"C'mon" Dash ran unsteadily to the Dark Angel. He pulled out his Gun and Lightsaber, charging to his chosen ship.

Halfway across, they were greeted by a group of Security Guards, armed and ready to fire. They aimed there weapons at the crew.

Dash (for the very first time) ignited his Lightsaber. A blue beam rushed out of his trophy weapon. Though he didn't know any Jedi Techniques, he just simply thrusted and swung the melee weapon at the guards. Sure enough, he sliced off a limb with the awsome power of the weapon. With a leg cut off, the Guard fell down in pain. Dash aimed his gun at the guard and finished him off.

Bishop pulled out his Repeating Blaster Rifle from his Back Holster and fired at the guards. Enemies instantly fell down at the mighty weapon he carried...we'', probably not all "that" mighty, but had enough firepower to kill a Zaakeg.

Suddenly, he felt somekind of disturbance; like a warning of somekind. He instantly turned around, and saw three guards about to gun down Lulana.

"Look out!" he fired his weapon. Instantly, the three fell down with multiple laser bolt wounds through their chest. Bishop whistled

"Wow, pretty thorough job! Hate to be those guys!"

Lulana glanced at Bishop, and grinned. "Thanks, Bishop! Now... to do my part!" She used the Force to take out her lightsaber. When it got to her hand, she ignited it. The blade was glowing purple. Her favorite color. Lulana began to swing her lightsaber on the security guards, using her best Jedi Techniques.

She looked at Dash, who swung his lightsaber at the other gaurds. Lulana began to laugh. "Ya know, Captain? Maybe when we get outta here, I could teach you on how to use the lightsaber better!"

Analla ran by the ship. "C-C'mon, everyone! We gotta get out of here!"

((Sorry i haven't been on for about a month))

"Set a course for Corellia!" said Rana. His ship, The Black Crystal, had been repaired.

"C- . . . Corellia, Captain? Rana, you know that they don't call it the East Corellia Trading Company for nothing. And you also know that you have a fortune on your head." said the first mate.

Rana frowned. "I've heard that Lord Sakon is going to leave Roon. I have every intention of getting as far away from him as possible, even if it means going to the Core. He is much more of a threat than Dreanear and the company. And, of course, I do NOT intend on seeing the Dead Man's Ship again."

The First Mate nodded. "You seem on edge, Rana, what's wrong?"

"I ran into Bishop a few days ago. As you know, he hasn't forgotten that day we raided his ship and stole his raids from the entire year. I would hve parlayed him, but I would rather jump off a building, and I did. I hear that he's joined forces with Dash Hawkbat. Seems like we'll need to work together, then," he said ominously.

Sakon, escorted by his crew of pirates for extra security, exited his ship on the docking bay of Baroonda. He didn't just come to the tropical planet for gambling on the Podracers, playing Pazaac and all other sorts of pirate activities. He came to Baroonda for a different reason.

According to his datapad, which had recently gathered new information from sources too confidential to speak of, there was a hidden tomb in on of the volcano.

But what was inside the tomb was of great importance to Sakon. He may be immortal, but he didn't possess an Iron Fist over the indipedant Pirates. He wanted more power! And what ever was inside the tomb, was his only ticket to exploit that desire.

He followed the map displayed on the screen. He was to go through the swamp from there, in order to reach the Volcano.

***

Alas, the crew (temporarily excluding one) made it to the ship that was to be they'res.
Dash walked up the entry ramp, and to his slight shock, was greeted by two thugs.

"Well, wall! Wha' do we have 'ere, I wondarr?" one of the thugs pulled out a blaster rifle.

"Looks to me 'ere, we have Captain Dash Hawkbat. Whom has trespassed on our property---"

Bishop erupted the thug's sentence by firing his Light Repeating Blaster Rifle. He looked over the dead bodies.

"When you're gonna' shoot; shoot! Don't talk!" He ran all the way to the cockpit. He sat on the pilot's seat.

"Oohh... comfy!" he immediatly settled in. "I'll get us outa' here, no prob!"

He fired up the Dark Angel.

Lulana sat on the passenger's seat, and glanced at Bishop. "Phew! Glad that's over!" She buckled her seat belt and kicked back on her seat. Analla jumped up and down.

"Boy, I can't wait to start our adventure!" the young girl said out loud. She made a "Yeee-haa!" noise.

Bishop flew the Dark Angel over the collection of ships which stood on the platforms.
He drove the ship near the Access Gate of the Level, where Jordan was fending off the enemy guards.

He lowered the ship, and opened the access ramp for Jordan to jump in.

Jordan 'felt' rather than saw the ship coming and pushed hard with her power in every direction, tossing the guards away, and then used her power to execute a massive leap, which took her directly to the access ramp. She almost lost her balance, but quickly regained it and ran up into the ship. Once she'd found her way into the cockpit, she took Dash's place at the pilot's controls and directed the ship out of the planet's atmosphere.

"Where to now, Cap'n?" she asked.

"Take the Black Crystal in for a landing," said Rana. He had decided to stop and Baroonda for a while to regain fuel from one of the settlements.

The first mate nodded. "Aye, aye, Captain!"

* * *

Rana breath the fresh air of the peaceful planet of Baroonda. IT reminded him of Naboo, with a beautiful Royal City and forests. Though on Baroonda, there were volcanos dotted across the land. Just as he took a few steps forward in the docking bay in the royal city, he blinked.

There was a disturbance in the force.

"Are you allright, Captain?" asked the third mate. Rana gasped once he found the source of the presence. He had learned to sense the force from an old man - though never learned to really use it.

Rana turned to the third mate, a shocked expression on his face. "I . . . I've felt the Dead Man's Ship. It emnates a strong persence of the dark side. He's here! Lord Sakon is here!" Rana thouight for a second, then looked back up, "If he finds out that I, ther owner of the Black Crystal and one of the most notorious independent pirates, are here on Baroonda, he will unleash . . . the Leviathan! Quickly, we need to get back into space! How soon qwill we be able to do so?"

The third mate blinked. "Eh . . . about six hours, sir."

Rana groaned. "Then get to it!"

Lulana sat in her seat, resting. While she took rest, a disturbance in the Force came to her mind. She couldn't figure out what it was... but it was dark and evil. Lulana sat up, gasping. Analla noticed the young woman waking up.

"Hey, you okay?" Analla asked, placing a hand on Lulana's shoulder. Lulana turned to Analla, and smiled nervously. "Y-yeah. I just... had a bad dream." She looked out the window, trying to find out what the disturbance was all about.

"Have you already forgotten, or had you already known we require more crew members?" Dash said, for the first time actually frowning. He put a hand on Bishop's shoulder and gave commands in his drunken-like stance.

"We of coarse need to take this boat to another Pirate Infestation, where we can find and gather more crew members. Savvy?"

"And where do you propose we start?" Bishop shot. "Though its a nice place, we can't go back to Roon. You never know if Reed and his crew of miscrits may be after us... which reminds me; we will have to change the ID signiture of this stolen ship."

***

Sakon Force Pushed the Ithorian Mechanic against the wall. He walked closer to him, his Lightsaber ignited.

"I will tell you only once more, I need one of your Speeders!" The Weequay demanded in a cold voice. Part of his crew members were behind him, aiming their weapons at the Ithorian.

"I apoligise, Lord Sakon!" the Mechanic spoke in great fear and sadness. "But I can't just lend you a Speeder without the proper Credentials..."

"I am not lending, I am owning!" Sakon spat out. He pinned the poor Ithorian to the wall and raised the blade of his Lightsaber close to the Alien's neck. "I don't want to hear excuses! You will give me a Speeder!".

Sakon needed a Speeder to cross the wetlands and other terrain in order to reach the Tomb's destination. There was no way he was going to walk on Foot, that would take longer!

"P-perhaps I can give my own credentials!" now the Ithorian was getting the attention.

"Yes, perhaps you can! Now do hurry up, before I lose my patience!"

The Ithorian placed his Credentials in the Register Machine. The Doors of the Garage flew open, and revealed a fine selection of Speeders, waiting to be used.

"Thank you!" Sakon smiled pleasingly at the Ithorian. He slashed his Lightsaber across the belly of the Alien. He fell on the floor into two pieces.

"Men! Grab a Speeder and follow me..."

Lulana continued to look outside the view. She narrowed her eyes, thinking about that disturbance she had. Then she turned to Bishop. Something inside him was... hidden. She felt a little bit of the Force in him, when she concenrated her mind on Bishop. Finally, she asked, "Hey Bishop? Do you... believe in the Force?"

"But,sir! The fuel,what about the hyperdrive we stopped here for?" demmanded the second mate, Fredric.

Rana turned to him. "If Sakon catches us, our blood will be his fuel! If he summons the Leviathan, our dead boodies won't have any blood to use as fuel. So I suggest you start workign on gettign this ship into space!" he spat.

Fredric blinked. "But how will he know that you're here?"

Rana looekd out at the port. "He's been . . . trained in ways that he can sense presences. I'm probably the second or third most popular independent pirat captain, and unfortunately next on his hit list. In a few minutes, he'll be able to sense my presence, so we need to-" Rana stopped as he slowly turned to hisright, where an evil presence was coming from. "Oh no. He's close. He's . . he's near that volcano, there," said Rana softly. "QUICKLY! Get all crew members out of the ship, and get weapons. In space, The Black Crystal and his ship are equals, but he'll send the Leviathan after us; on land we might have a chance. HURRY! He's probably already sensed me!"

((Leviathan? What the heck are talking about? Sakon isn't summoning the Leviathon))

Sakon sensed the presense of someone familiar. Not Hawkbat, but someone whom was on his hit list; Rana. He could feel the man's blood pumping a great distance away, like a Vampire Bat.

There was no way he was going to let Rana intefere with his plans! He pushed the Speeder to it's limits to the dark region of the Volcano's. According to his DataPad, the tomb oughta be in the verified Volcano in the proximity of his coordinates. His quest for more power will soon be exploited!

***

Bishop glanced at Lulana. His heart nearly sank as he heard those words.

"You know how many times I have been asked that?" He always felt uncomfortable when he was told he was Force Sensitive. "I have seen a lot of strange things in my days as a Pirate, but I suppose those could be under the influence of some all powerful, mystical energy. So in answer to your question... yes, I suppose I believe in the Force. Why?"