((Okay. :) ))

Lyna looked down. A tear came out of her eye. "He... he always feel hurt inside. And it feels like no one cares. That's why I care about him." She looked up at Nihl. "Why? It's not like you care anyway." Lyna sniffed, and wiped a tear away.

Suddenly, she heard Cade's voice through the Force. She answered back, "No, Cade! Please! It's a trap!! Please!"

"Aye!" Ganner knew that If he'd would help Cade, they wouldn't escape in time and they would all die. He patted his thigh, "Cmon, Cyan let's go into the shuttle."

The Sith was at the ramp when a shout came from inside. The Sith turned around igniting his saber, disappearing into the shuttle. Ganner hurried up to the ramp and peered inside. "Hey you okay? What happened?"

The Sith appeared, "Yeah, I'm fine, just some Imperial pilots, wondering why I'm here."
"Are they going to pilot us?"
"Nope."
"Oh, well I see. I've escaped on one before, so I'll pilot this here shuttle."
The Sith walked over to the ramp and guarded it as Ganner headed over to the cockpit and started up the engine. "Hopefully Cade pulls through and finds Lyna, huh Cyan?" he asked the binjinphant(sp?) while patting its head, twice.

Cyan closed her eyes happily, when Ganner patted her on the head. But deep inside, she was afraid for Lyna and Cade. She hoped that nothing happened to them.

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Bonty and his henchmen flew out of the Flagship. "If Nihl ever needs me again... he better ask one of you guys!" Logan and Jorgan were confused. They looked at each other. Then back at their boss. "I don't get it, boss. What about Lyna? And the creds?" Jorgan asked.

The ringleader glanced back, and glared at them. "We'll worry about that later. Right now, let's focus on getting away from Nihl, before he catches us."

Cade ran through the corridors as fast as he could. Time for a little assistants.

He focused his Force Energy into the crystal, and out sprung his Inner Light Warrior. His running speed trippled, and sensed Lyna's presence getting closer.

Over ahead in the distance was a Team of Imperial Officers (the bomb squard). When they looked at Cade in astonishment, they aimed their Blasters at him. But Cade knocked them out cold (or dead) which a great strike of his Fist.

Lyna continued to sit on the floor, until she sensed Cade's presence, coming for her. "Oh no. Cade."

She looked up at Nihl, wondering and afraid if he sensed Cade's presence as well. "What are you gonna do with me?" Lyna asked Nihl, frightened.

"Like I said" Nihl smiled coldly down at Lyna. "I am going to kill you once Cade arrives to your rescue, which I can sense he is doing right now! Unless, you swear allegiance to me by becoming a minion of the Dark Side!"

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Cade gained speed, and atlast was facing a locked door. Eleven Minutes remained. Using his enhanced senses, he immediatly found Lyna and Nihl behind the door, as well as dark apprentices.

Lyna sobbed. What could she do? She placed her hand on her forehead, and thought. Suddenly, she stood up, and screamed, "I will never go to the Dark Side! You... you can trick someone else by your lying words, but me... no, no! I will always keep my word as a Jedi!" She glared at Nihl, while her eyes were still covered with tears.

She sensed Cade at the other side of the locked door. "Please, Cade. Don't!"

Too late! The Light Flowing Cade burst through the door, and found Nihl, Lyna and other Minions of the Darkside inside the Room. He glared at the Dark Jedi he saw before him, especially Nihl. Great anger was flowing through his veins. He reached for his Lightsaber, and the Fire-flowing like beam emited from the enhanced weapon.

((Hey SR! Sorry for being a little annoying, but what is going to happen after the Battle of Ossus? I mean, we aren't just stay on the same planet, are we?))

((No, you're not being annoying. You know what: We could warn all the Jedi to go to Tatooine with us. There, the Dark Side will overflow in Cade. How's that? :D ))

Lyna cried out, "Cade!!" One of the dark apprentices got out his lightsaber, and activated it. But as soon as he ran towards Cade, Lyna got in the way. "NOOO!!!" she yelled. The Sith's lightsaber swung, cutting Lyna's side severely.

The young woman began to yell out, and fell on the floor, crying. She started to shake from the pain. "Cade... I'm sorry..." Suddenly, she fell silent. The Sith laughed. "That's what you get for trying to be a hero, princess!" ((Again, Lyna's not dead. But if Cade could heal her... :D ))

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Cyan was getting a bit worried about Cade and Lyna. She whimpered, and jumped on Ganner's head. She wondered if he thought the same about them.

Ganner sat in the seat waiting for Cade and Lyna to get back, when Cyan jumped on his head, whimpering. He looked up slightly so Cyan wouldn't fall off, "Yeah hopefully they get back soon."

The man guarding the boarding ramp, came into the cockpit quickly, "There are stormtroopers outside the shuttle wondering why I'm standing there."
Ganner looked at him. "How many?"
He thought for a second, "bout 15."
"I think we can take them."
"Yeah but they are spread apart and can easily notify that we are here, with an alarm."
"Kill the stormtroopers near the door or alarm, then block the others escape temporarily." He stood up from the seat, Cyan still on. "You coming with Cyan?"

(( <sigh> if I must... I'm just kidding :). Of coarse I'll make Cade heal Lyna))

Cade watched Lyna fall before him. These Sith were going to pay!

With great speed, he swung his enhanced blade across a Sith's belly. He then force pushed the rest against the wall, knocking most of them out cold. Cade finished the unconcious ones with a swipe of his blade across the necks of the Sith. Once he was done decapitating, he faced the remaining three Dark Jedi. One of them was dumb enough to attack Cade directly, but instantly found a blade pierce through his stomach.

Cade tore his blade out, and conjured a Powerful Force Lightning attack on whimpering Dark Jedi. There was only one left; and Cade paced towards him, and used the Force to lift him up in the air. As he clenched his powerful fist, the Sith's spinal cord broke ((Force Crush))

He looked around the room. No sign of Nihl... he must have fled while Cade was killing these Sith. He calmed himself, the Light surrounding him vanished, turning Cade to normal. He felt a little dizzy afterwards, but his eye's went into focus.

He stared down at the girl laying on the floor, blood pouring out from the wound.

It looked like quite a serious injury. Cade knelt down beside her, and put a palm on her forhead. He then checked her pulse. She was still alive, but almost near death.

He placed a golved hand over the blood rushing wound, and used the Force to heal Lyna. He used everything he had remaining in his exhausted Force Powers. At last, and most fortunate, she was fully healed... sort of...

"Gee, you sure can take a lot." he chuckled, hiding away a tear in his eye. He was just relieved Lyna was okay. He never knew what he could do without her.

((I'll edit this if you want me to, PK.))

Lyna slowly opened her eyes, and looked up at Cade. Then she smiled. "Oh, Cade..." She hugged him. "Thanks for healing me. The reason why I did that was to save you. Because I care about you. And I'd sacrifice my life for you."

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Cyan gave Ganner a squeal, indicating that she'll come with him. She jumped on the floor, and looked up at him, wagging her long tail.

He grabbed his saber walking to the back of the shuttle. "Cyan you run ahead and distract them." He stood out of site of the troopers but could see them still. "Once Cyan distracts them take out the doormen."
"Yessir."

((No I'm cool with it. It's your RP, anyway.))

"Do me favour..." he smiled. "Never try to save my life again. Now lets get the hell outa here before this ship gets blown to a million-gazillion pieces."

He pulled her up. "You might feel a slight pain by your side, but I think you should be able to walk."

Lyna winced when she got to her feet. Then she looked up at Cade and smiled. "Thanks, Cade. I don't know if I'll keep that promise... but I'll try hard to keep it." She wrapped her arms around Cade.

"All right. Let's go."

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Cyan did as Ganner told her. As she ran out of the shuttle, the Stormtroopers caught sight of her. "Hey!" They started to shoot at Cyan.

The little binjinphant went on top of their helmets, one by one. Then she jumped down, and bit them. "Aaaaah!! Get this rodent off of me!" One stormtrooper said.

Cyan knew she was going to have fun distracting these Stormtroopers.

Cyan was doing her job successfully and even pulled the guards from the door trying to grab the little binjinphant. "Ready? go for the troopers closest to the door."
"On it." Both men jumped out igniting saberscutting down the troopers. Ganner threw his saber at a trooper heading for the oor penetrating his armor threw his left thigh. He fell screaming in pain. Ganner pulled his saber back and caught it. He sliced the arm off another and cut the hand off another. One by one the troopers were held from the door, until all were cut down. "Good job Cyan and," he looked at the man. "What's your name?"
"Michael, of Dantooine."
"I was born on Dantooine too." Ganner rubbed Cyan's furry(?) head.

"hurry back onto the shuttle I feel there coming back now."

8 minutes left! Thats what Cade was thinking right now. If they didn't get off this hell-hole of a ship, they were pretty much screwed! He had to hold on to Lyna's hand so that they can run at the same pace.

"Hurry! The Hanger is just ahead!" and they both ran down the hall and into the Hanger.

He could see that both Ganner and the Shuttle were waiting for Lyna and Cade.

As soon as he entered the Shuttle he yelled "PUNCH IT, GANNER!!!"

Lyna sat in the passenger's seat, and breathed. The pain was going away now. Cyan jumped on Lyna and licked her happily. The young woman laughed.

"Oh, Cyan! It's good to see you too." She placed the little binjinphant on her lap. "Hey Ganner? Warn the other Jedi on Ossus that we're going to Tatooine. Tell them to get on the Jedi shuttle now."

((There are 4 remaining Jedi now, including Wolf and Shado on Ossus.))

"okay!" he pushed the trottle and the ship started out of the hangar. The shp rocked as they got hit by shots from the destroyer. "Ganner opened a link with the jedi down on the planet. "Hey Wolf, Lyna, Cade, and me are headed to Tatooine. Also get to a jedi shuttle now and we'll meet you there. Over." He left the channel open as he wandered if Wolf or somebody else got the message.

Down on Ossus, Wolf heard Ganner's directions through the comlink. "All right, Ganner! Thanks." He turned to the others, who were still fighting. "Shado! Everybody! Head to the Jedi shuttle, now!"

As everyone went to the hangar, they got in the Jedi shuttle, and blasted off into space. Shado set a course for Tatooine.

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Lyna rested her head on the table, and sighed. She stared at the view, waiting for the Flagship to blow up. Cyan went on the table, and wagged her tail.

Cade stared out into the Ships porthole, watching the Flagship they had just survived from.

"Three... two... one!" he counted, and watched the firework display. The huge ship exploded! Large bursts of raging fire burst out at completely random spots of the ship. Surrounding ships evaded the destruction, as large chunks of the destroyed ship flew everywhere and took out parts of the blockade. Within seconds, the ship was spilt into two.

Cade whistled. "Yowch! Hate to be those guys!"

He suddenly sensed the unsurprising yet inevitable survival of Nihl. He must have took his shuttle out before the escape.

Cade turned around to face his comrades.

"So what will we do at Tatooine once we have caught up with the others?"

"We'll go to my old friend's house. Her name is Lemia Kof. There, we can rest and discuss how we're gonna defeat the Sith and find more allies." Lyna scratched her hair nervously. "If that's okay with you guys, that is."

Cyan jumped on the table, and rested. She was really tired than hungry. She'll eat later though. Lyna rubbed Cyan's fur. "I really hope that things go well in the future." She rested her head on the table, looking at the stars out in space.

"Hopefully!" Ganner said sarcastically as he piloted the shuttle out of the debris. "You want to help us Michael."
He didn't even hesistate and said, "I would love to. I want to help you defeat the Sith since it was them that killed my family. I was to die or surrender to them and become them. I surrendered to make sure I would live to fight them another day."

Lyna gave Michael a warm smile. "Don't worry, Michael. You'll get the chance to defeat the Sith. But don't do it with anger or revenge." She then turned to Cade.

"You feeling okay, Cade?"

((Sorry about the absence guys, I was too busy getting stoned xp. No seriously, I just got a new computer and it was a real bitch setting up the Internet))

Cade glanced at Lyna.

"I'm alright. No need to worry." he lied. He had every right to feel a bit agitated at the fact Nihl survived the explosion.

"What about you? Hows that wound the Sith gave you?"Or better yet, how are you feeling after your traumatic experience with Nihl?

((That's all right, PK! I kinda had some stuff to do too. :) ))

Lyna sensed deep in his heart that everything had been bothering Cade. She didn't want to mention it though. "Well... the wound's healing up good. Thanks to you. And about Nihl..."

She didn't want to tell Cade about how Nihl found out about their bond and her feelings for Cade. But she glanced down, hiding a tear. "Nihl was... kinda scary. And he threatened to kill me when you came to my rescue."

The young woman shook her head, and covered her eyes. "I was so scared." Lyna knew if Cade found her dead... he might've went to the Dark Side. But she was glad to be alive with her friends.

Cyan sat on the table, looking at her sad master worringly.

"Well, I'm just relieved you're okay Lyna. I admit, I might not know what I would do if you were dead."

Cade wondered over to the cockpit, to where Ganner was piloting the shuttle.

"Do you think this piece of junk can take us all the way to Tatooine? Will it have enough fuel?"

Lyna thought about what Cade said. If she was dead... what would he do? She was glad to be among friends who cared about her and each other.

She looked at Cyan, and picked her up. "Oh Cyan. How am I gonna tell him?" The little binjinphant licked her master's nose in response. Lyna giggled, and placed Cyan on her lap.

As Lyna stroked her pet's fur, she looked at the stars, wondering if the Sith were going to be overthrown soon... or not. Lyna also hoped that Cade wouldn't embrace the Dark Side either.

Strange things have been going on around her. The dream... Cade turning into a Light Man... Nihl's master wanting him. Was is all a warning? Only the future held the answers.

"It was filled as we waited so yeah it will." Ganner said looking at Cade. "But It'll take a while and hopefully there's no raiders or pirates on the way."

Bonty began to think of where they should go next. Then, something came up. "Tatooine. We're going to Tatooine! Fasten your seat belt, you two!" And with that, his ship flew into hyperspace for Tatooine.

There, he thought, he could start a new show. He also hoped that he wouldn't have to worry about Nihl neither... or so he thought.

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Lyna fell asleep by the view. Her beauty was matching with the beautiful stars in space as she slept. As she and Cyan slept, Lyna dreamt of the Jedi coming together, and saving the galaxy. Cade was a great Jedi Master, with her by his side.

The young woman smiled in her sleep, hoping that the future would turn out just like her dream.

Cade sat beside Ganner in the co-pilot's seat.

"Allright, Ganner. Lets send this piece of crap into hyperspace..." Cade activated the Hyperdrive, the stars sudden'y grew into lines, and the shuttle blasted off into hyperspace to their destination; Tatooine.

They entered the sector of Tatooine. Many spacecraft were flying around. "Boy, there are sure a lot of craft here than usual. Wonder why Tatooine is so crowded, today."

He pushed the throttle and the shuttle began going faster towards the surface. "So where we headed?"

As Lyna awoke, she noticed that they were in Tatooine now. She went between Cade and Ganner in the cockpit. "Head to Mos Espa. That's where my friend lives."

She rested her chin on Ganner's back seat, watching the view of Tatooine. Cyan had woke up as well, and sat on Lyna's head, looking at the desert planet.

"who's your friend?" Ganner said as he made a turn towards Mos Espa. "Have we met her before?"

Lyna looked down and closed her eyes.

"You guys haven't. I have. She's a Togruta. A very kind one. Lemia let me stay at her house after I ran from the Massacre of Ossus... and after my adoptive mother died. I had to leave her then, because I didn't want to endanger her life because of me being a Jedi."

She looked up at the view of Mos Espa. "I'll show you guys where she lives right after we land." Lyna had sadness in her tone. She felt kind of ashamed about leaving Lemia alone like that. But it was the right choice.

"Whats a Togruta?" Cade wondered, asking Lyna with slight curiosity. He never saw a Togruta... at least, he didn't think he did.

The shuttle flew through the atmosphere, and a sandy desert landscape appeared in his vision. In the distance, he saw the structures of a settlement. Mos Espa, no doubt about it.

Darrick gave a confused look, he had never seen a troguta either. "Never seen one either. Your not the only one Cade."

A holocom popped up with a very proper looking man, with a goatee. "Verification?"

"Verification? For what?" He looked confused, still.

He turned to Lyna, "Do you know about this?"

"A Togruta are those species that look like Twi'leks... only difference is that they have horns and black and white lekku. Also they have gray lips, black eyes, and red faces." Suddenly, Lyna saw the man in the holocom.

She spoke with a gentle voice. "Let me speak to him. Hello, sir. We're just here on vacation to see my old friend. Her name is Lemia Kof. It's okay. We mean no harm." Lyna hoped that the man would accept what she said.

The view of Mos Espa was getting closer and closer. Cade searched through the hologram map of the city to find a dock.

Cade had then suddenly felt the presence of someone very familiar in the city. His old friend: Jariah Syn.

The man in the hologram sighed. "All right. Just don't do anything foolish around here. You may land now." Lyna smiled and nodded.

"Thank you, sir." As they tried to find a place to land the ship in the dock, Lyna glanced at Cade. "Hey? You okay? I sense that you feel someone here." She couldn't figure out who... but it must've been someone good to Cade.

Cyan jumped on the floor and snorted. She was real happy to get out of space and on planet again.

Cade glanced at Lyna. "Your dead acurate. An old friend I may want to see. His name is Jariah Syn, a former crew member during my pirating days."

He tried to sense Deliah Blue's presence, Cade's former lover. Then he realised that after what had happened between them, was there any chance Blue would be happy to see him.

((Heh, heh! This oughta make things interesting :naughty: . The clash between two girls whom like Cade shall make things veeeerry interesting :swrd2: ))

((Oh yeah! It's about to be a what? Girl fight! You're right, PK. This will be intersting. :lol: ))

Lyna smiled and looked at the view. "Oh. Well, if we see him anywhere, we can go meet him. I mean after all, he's your friend."

The young woman closed her eyes, thinking about Lemia. She wondered if she was doing okay. If anything happened to Lemia... Lyna would be heartbroken.

She opened her eyes and turned to Ganner. "Hey, there's a good spot." Lyna pointed at an open space in the dock of Mos Espa.

Cyan scratched her head. Being on a desert planet with strange beings made her feeling uncomfortable. But she knew she had to get use to it. Cyan squealed, wondering if they were going to land.

Ganner looked at where Lyna pointed and started flying towards it. He pulled the switch for the landing gear and began descending to the ground. They landed and lowered the boarding ramp. Michael walked off to make sure it was good and waved to the others. Ganner started walking,"ladies first."

Lyna smiled at Ganner. "Why, thank you." She walked down the boarding ramp and looked around the spaceport. Different creatures talked to each other and walked from one place to another. This was Tatooine all right.

As Lyna began to walk towards the entrance of the city, Cyan jumped on her head and squealed happily. "Oh Cyan. You're like the happiest little binjinphant I've ever seen."

She looked back at the others and laughed. "C'mon guys!"

Cade tried his very best not to think of any bad thoughts about Cyan and continued on ahead to the exit of the Docking Bay.

"So where do you suppose this friend of yours might hang around? I suggest we look through the Cantina... or something." in truth, after every Cade had experienced, he needed an alcoholic beverage to skull down. But that could wait...

"Or, we could go to that house you said she lived in."

Lyna stopped, and placed her hand on her chin. "Hmm... Lemia does work at this Cantina nearby. Maybe we could stop there and buy us a drink. We need a good drink anyway, after what we've been through."

Wolf and Shado came out, greeting Lyna, Cade, Ganner, and Michael. "The other Jedi decided to stay on the Jedi Shuttle, because they were tired. So Shado and I wanted to come along."

Lyna nodded. "Okay. That's cool. Let's get going." As they walked through the city, she saw a little building with lots of people coming in and out of it.

"There it is." Lyna walked inside, and placed Cyan in her bag. "Better hide in here, Cyan. I don't know if I'm suppose to have you in here."

Lyna saw a female Togruta behind the counter, serving drinks. That, was sure enough, Lemia Kof. Lyna walked up to her, smiling. "Uh, yeah. I'll have the special." Lemia looked up, and screamed joyfully.

"Oh my gosh! Lyna!" "Lemia!" The beautiful female Togruta, who was about in her late thirties, came from behind the counter, and hugged Lyna tightly. Then they did their special move whenever they greeted each other.

"Girlfriends!!" They laughed. Lemia smiled happily. "It's so good to see you again! It's been so long." Lyna glanced down timidly. "Yeah, I know. I just felt like I had to see you again."

Both woman hugged each other once more. "Oh, Lyna. I missed you like the sister I've never seen for so long." Tears came out of both their eyes.

Ganner grabbed a seat at the bar as the two greeted each other rather loudly. "Loud enough? Your next to each other." he said sarcastically, waiting for the girl to ask what he wanted, patiently.

As the two woman ended their greetings, Lemia looked over at Cade, Ganner, Wolf, Shado, and Micheal. She smiled. "Oh. Who are your friends?"

Lyna turned to Cade and the others. Then she glanced back at Lemia, giving her a warm smile. "Lemia... these are my friends. Here. Why don't you guys greet each other."

Lemia loved to meet new people. She gladly strecthed out her hand for a handshake. "Hello everyone. My name's Lemia Kof. Bartender of Mos Espa Cantina!" She smiled brightly.

Tia watched this conversation.She was sitting on one of the bar stools.

" Interesting ,Jedis here? This just got a whole lot more interesting.Perfect timing too, I was getting restless." Tia thought to herself.

Cade took Lemia's hand and shook it. "H'chu apenkee." Cade greeted in Huttese.

"Always a pleasure to see one of Lyna's friends. I'm Cade, by the way."