Cade snatched the paper flier from Rock's hand. It could be a trap...

"Oooh, a circues! I love circuses..." he crunched the paper into a ball and threw it away.

"So this is your way of apoligising, eh? Well... okay, I guess we're cool for now. But whats so good about this "circus"? Who's hosting it?"

This made Rock sweat even more. "Uh... uh... I dunno. But he's probably a great guy! His circus is gonna be located outside of Mos Espa, I heard. And about "the trick..."

Rock waved a hand worryingly.

"This ain't no trick! Honest!" He gulped, looking at Cade's angered eyes.

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Lyna jumped out of the window silently and looked around in the night. Cyan was back with the baby and Lemia, which was a good thing.

But as she looked around, a hand clasped over her mouth.

"Quiet, girl! The boss wants to see ya."

Lyna recognized that voice. It was Logan's. He led her into the landspeeder, and drove off. When they stopped, they were at the big top of The Crazy Bantha Circus.

The young woman gasped. "What are we doing here?!" Logan didn't answer, and cuffed her in Stun cuffs. Then he led her into the star room of Bonty Zam.

Bonty turned around in his seat to face Lyna. He gave her an evil smile. "Welcome home... Lyna."

"What do you want, Zam?! Didn't you lose your ear the last time for this?" The ringleader laughed.

"Yes, I did. But I just want to offer you something..."

"Ehhhh... I'll think about it. I mean, if I have time, I might go to this crap circus! But this better not be some kind of trick, or I'll get irratable..."

He walked across the room and picked up the crunched up flier, and put it in his pocket.

"Is that all?"

Rock nodded quickly. "Yep! That's all." He stood up. "Well... I better get back to my friend's house. I'll be seeing you guys later!"

Rock winked, and made a clicking sound with his tongue. Then he went out the house, got on his speeder bike, and drove back to Bonty.

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Lyna glared at Bonty. "What 'offer' are you trying to give me?"

Bonty smiled. "I knew you'd ask that." He got up, and walked towards her. "Tomarrow, which I sceduled, we're having a Circus Blast here in Mos Espa. When the sun is up, everyone's gonna see this big tent and walk in it to enjoy the shows."

He stepped closer. "I just wanted to ask you... don't you want to be remembered for the last time by your fans?"

Lyna glanced down, wondering. If she did... would Cade get angry if he found out? But it didn't matter. "Where do I sign?" she finally asked, quietly.

Bonty smiled coldly, and handed her a contract. "Sign right here." Lyna looked at the contract, and began to sign her name.

AS soon as Rock exited the door, Ganner looked straight at Cade, "Should we follow him? That sounded suspicious to me."

"I was thinking the same thing..." Cade agreed. "Yeah, following that human-rat may be a good idea..."

And with that, Cade grabbed his coat and started heading to the front door. "Lets go..."

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An Imperial Star Destroyer came into orbit of Tatooine, which Darth Nihl was aboard.

He walked across the Hangar, where he met lines and lines of Storm Troopers stood still to show their respect to an Apprentice of Darth Krayt. Nihl walked up the railing of a shuttle, when all of a sudden stopped when the Commander caught up with him.

"My lord, our Star Destroyer is in orbit of the planet below. I also issued a very small fleet to acompany us, if Skywalker chooses to be resiliant."

"Excellent work, Comander. My master will be very pleased when he learns we have captured Skywalker." Nihl then saw across the Hangar the additional assistance: Darth Talon, Malady and Stryf.

"With all due respect my lord, I come to understand Skywalker has gained... a new ability? How is it you will obtain him with a few Sith Apprentices?"

"You mind your place, Comander. But to fill in your curiosity, I carry with me a very powerful Sith Artifact. One that is able to cripple Skywalker's ability and terminate its source..." he looked down at the gauntlet wrapped around his arm. "Continue your duties, Comander! Don't allow any ships to leave the planet. If so, you are given the option to fire at will!"

"Y-yes, my lord... I understand..."

Nihl turned his back on the Comander, and was followed by his assistance into the Shuttle...

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Payne exited the Cantina, and walked down the lightly populated streets. The night was rather peaceful, which the Zabrak actually found irratable. It was not so long ago had he completed his mission with Syn and Blue, and earned a reasonably good pay.

"Hey you! Come here..." it was a whisper...

Payne turned around to see the outline of a human figure in a dark ally. Payne entered the allyway to find the human was carrying a blaster pistol.

"Hand over all your money!" the thug demanded. But instead of what he demanded, he received a punch in the face which knocked him on the ground. Payne kicked the pistol away, and kneeled beside the thug. He reached inside his jacket.

"How much is in here?" said Payne, as he pulled out a huge wallet.

"2000 Credits..." he responded shakily. Payne grabbed the thugs hand.

"How many people have you robbed tonight, worm?"

"T-t-three people..."

And with that, Payne broke three of the man's fingers. The thug screamed in agony.

"For every person you have robbed, I break a finger. Understand? Good! Now get back home to your mother and rethink your life!"

The thug brought himself on his feet and ran off. Payne stuffed the wallet inside his Combat Suit. He sighed, rolled his eyes and continued to walk.

He came across a house where a Speeder Bike had parked. Then he saw the man, whom Skywalker had attampted to kill in the Cantina earlier today, walked out of the front door, climbed on his Speeder Bike and took off...

Jaq Starfire followed the gang closely." The Arkanian sensed me.Memo to self : Must learn to get more stealthy and possibly her number."

Ganner jumped onto a speeder that was outside, near Lemia's house. He noticed another one in the alley. "Hey Cade, there's a speeder in the alley." Ganner said pointing into the alley.

Ganner started the speeder and it started hovering. He slowly started moving waiting for Cade to catch up.

((The part where Payne breaks that thug's fingers... that was hilarious, PK! :lol: ))

"Hey boss!" Jorgan said, rushing in Bonty's star room. "Make that schedule tonight. Lots of people are out in the audience already!"

Bonty smiled even more. "Good, good! They must've seen the tent. That's just what I need! Soon... when everyone sees the last show of Lyna Honso, the whole galaxy is gonna watch her die tonight!" He gave the twin Noghri an evil smile.

"Let's get this show started!" He said, walking to the ring. "And get the Nexu ready for the last performance..."

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Lyna stared at her reflection on the mirror of her star room, brushing her long blonde hair. Although she was dressed as a beautiful young slave girl again... something didn't feel right. She could feel it.

Suddenly, Rock bursted through her door. Lyna turned, and smiled. "Rock!" She got up, and hugged him.

Rock smiled, closing his eyes. "You okay, butterfly?"

Lyna nodded weakly. "Yes, but... I don't know if I'm making the right choice of doing this." Rock grinned.

"Don't worry. If you feel like you're making a right choice... go for it!"

Lyna kissed him on his cheek. "Thanks, Rocky."

Rock brushed her hair gently. "Anytime, Lyna."

((Whats with Padme? Wrong RP or something?))

"You touch my Speeder Bike, and your dead!" came a familiar, cold voice from the shadows. The tall, muscular Zabrak walked out of the alley way, and glared at Ganner and Cade.

"Uh-oh... its that Zabrak guy..." Cade muttered under his breath.

"Yes it is, Mandalorian wannabe!"

Cade was quite surpised the Zabrak had such sharp hearing.

"And you may call me Payne, scummy!"

((Huh? Oh no, PK. That's her other character. :) ))

Lemia heard what was going on outside. She came out, and spotted Cade, Ganner... and that same scary Zabrak. She gulped.

"Y-You leave them alone, you big bully! They're trying to... uh... figure out if that Rock guy is up to no good. And how do I know? I overheard the conversation."

Although a loving mother and friend, she didn't want this Payne guy hurting her or her friends.

She stood her ground, glaring at Payne.

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Bonty was in the middle of the ring. Audience of all kinds cheered and clapped. The ringleader was pleased to have this kind of crowd. He lowered their voices to calm down.

"Thank you, thank you all! What you all are about to see are spectacular, wonderous, and amazing shows ever shown throughout the Galaxy! I am Ringmaster Bonty Zam, and I'm here to tell you... let the show begin!!"

The crowds cheered, as the performances of all kinds of acts were beginning to start.

"I have heard about this "Rock" guy you're after. He works for Bonty Zam and his crap circus."

"How do you know?" Cade wondered.

"Because after when I returned from my mission with Blue and Syn, I saw the construction of the circus. Looks rather arcaic, if you ask me... anyway, I noticed your perpetrator entering the the place. Indicating he indeed works for Zam."

Cade was quite impressed with Payne and his analysis. Perhaps this was the secret to hunting: observe and take note of your prey.

"Wait a minute..." Cade had spoke out of suspicion and curiosity. "Lemia, wheres Lyna?"

Ganner jumped off the speeder and looked at the Zabrak. Then realized Lyna hadn't been around for a while. "Yeah she has't been around helping us lately."

"I... I thought she was up in her room, when she left Tia, Keira, and I in the kitchen." Lemia held baby Toz to her close, wondering.

Then it hit her. "She must've jumped out the window! She said that she sensed a disturbance in the Force. Then... she must've got caught!"

Cyan ran out of the house, sniffing the air. Then she ran back in Lemia's house. When she got out, she had Lyna's lightsaber in her mouth. She handed it to Cade, and squealed that they should follow the little binjinphant.

Lemia looked at Cade and the others, craddling Toz. "I think she wants you guys to follow her. She might know if Lyna's at Zam's circus."

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Lyna and Rock sat down on a bench inside Lyna's star room. Rock could tell the ashamed look on Lyna's face. "What's wrong, butterfly?"

The young woman glanced at Rock. "Hm? Oh, it's nothing. I was just wondering... are you mad that I'm a Jedi?"

Rock squinted his blue eyes, and shook his head. "No. Even if you were raised by Bantha's I wouldn't be upset."

They both laughed. Lyna then rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm glad I saw you again..."

Rock smiled. "Me too." Working for Zam was the most wrongful thing Rock has ever done. But if anything happened to Lyna... he'd kill that no good greedy ringleader.

Logan opened the door. "You're up in 15 minutes, Lyna." He closed the door again.

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"Where's Skywalker and his friends?! They should be here any minute now!"

Bonty was getting impatient about Skywalker and his companions not being in the audience yet. He sighed.

"No matter. They'll be here... just gotta calm down..."

" So were of to follow the wizard...er binjinphant. Never thought those words would be coming out of my mouth. " Tia laughed.

"If you want to infiltrate the Circus, you'll encounter tough security. Five people won't be enough..." Payne planned out.

"You think three jedi, one ex-Jedi and some brute won't be enough?" Cade remarked.

Payne ignored him, but shot him a quick cold look which gave Cade the shivers down his spine.

"As I said, five people won't be enough... looks like we're gonna have to hire my previous clients."

"You mean... Blue and Syn?"

"Precisely!"

Hearing the names of his old crew enlightened Cade greatly. And the fact he will be together with them again after all this time.

"Blue and Syn? Where have they been all this time?" Ganner looked at Payne wondering how he knew where they've been.

"Did somebody say... Blue and Syn?"

Deliah Blue walked along with Jariah Syn from the shadows. Blue was smiling, happy to see Cade again.

"We asked if anyone knew where a nice looking man with blond hair and black trench coat was at. So a Rodian told us to look here, since he passed by this block a couple of times."

Blue ran by Cade's side. "So... what's this all about?" She smiled.

Lemia smiled, rocking Toz off to sleep in her arms. "Good. They're here. Guess Toz and I will stay here to keep watch for things."

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Lyna got up, along with Rock. "Well'p... I better get out there." As she walked towards the door, she stopped.

"Rock? What do you think about Cade? I mean, I know the Dark Side is trying to take over him... but what do you think?"

The question scared Rock. But then he grinned. "Although he's mean sometimes... Skywalker's a cool guy. And if the Dark Side tries to take over him, you'll be there. He's a good guy, Lyna."

The young woman hugged Rock. "Thanks." When she unwrapped her arms around him, Lyna began to walk towards the ring.

"Bo shuda Blue and Syn. You guys always do show up at the most appropriate of moments!" Cade smirked as his old crew arrived. "We were just talking about you."

"Lets get to the chase: Blue, Syn! As much as I don't want to (and I don't even know why I'm doing it), this Madalorian-wannabe here requires your assistance. One of his teammates has been abducted by Bonty Zam, of the Wacko Bantha circus (or what ever the hell its called). So what I imply we do is barge in the circus, kill anyone in our path and retrieve this bloody girl!"

This had to have been the longest time Payne had ever spoken, as he was usually the quite type.

"Do you have any Speeders?"

" It's always the quiet ones.Why do I find that attractive? Payne are you single ?" Tia asked.

When Lyna came in the middle of the big circus ring, everyone cheered her on. The crowd was so loud, that Lyna looked up, and smiled. It was like being a star again. Then... the music began.

The young woman started to dance slowly with grace. The spotlight shone at her every moves, not missing her. Every dance move Lyna made was perfect.

The peaceful music began to turn up the rhythm, and that's when Lyna danced faster and more graceful than ever. The crowd cheered her on.

Rock, standing at the entrance, smiled at Lyna. She looked more beautiful than when he first met her. He covered his eyes, trying to hide the tears. Was he doing the right thing? Or did he make a mistake by seeing her again? He couldn't decide....

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Blue narrowed her eyes, and sighed. "Oh. You mean that... little Jedi clown?" She shrugged. "Fine. I guess we'll help."

Cyan smiled, and wagged her long tail. She couldn't wait to save Lyna from that thing you called "circus".

Ganner looked at Payne, jumped onto a speeder and stared at the others. "I'm going to the circus right away. Make sure everythings alright. Make sure Lyna's okay." He took off.

Ganner arrived at the circus with big tents rising high above the sand. He noticed some guards, and walked up to them. "Your late for the show it's already begun."

Ganner looked at the man. "You'll let me in though, for free then."

"Uh, of course, go on ahead." the man rubbed hs head as he watched the jedi walk into the big tent.

Ganner heard music fast paced. He entered and noticed Lyna right away danceing away to the music. He grabbed a seat to watch her. He noticed she was fine and not under any physical restrictions. He looked around noticing Logan's head vanish behind one of the tarp walls. He then knew it was a trap or a set up. He noticed Rock and came up behind him. "Nice trap, but we aren't falling for it."

Payne glared at Ganner as he stole the Speeder. "He'll pay for this..." Payne rubbed his hand over the rifle he held in his hand.

"Lets not waste another minute!" Cade announced. "We've got to get to that circus and grab Lyna out! Blue, Syn! Lets get your Speeder and head to this circus! Bonty Zams career ends tonight!"

It seemed like Cade was being Captain once again for the Mynock.

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After a few minutes cruising across the desert in the Speeder, the structure of a rather arcaic looking circus came into view. Bright Lights, floating bill-boards and parked Speeders surrounded the circus.

Payne parked the Speeder around the outer limits of the structure, in the darkness where they couldn't be seen in the night and sand.

He stepped out of the Driver's seat, opened the automated hatch of the boot of the Speeder to reveal an assortment of weapons. He pulled out six, strange looking belts and threw each one at a team member to catch.

"Stealth Field Generators." said Payne. "We will use them to enter the circus and head for the power generator to shut down the lights. This will make things interesting..."

He then passed everyone a Blaster Rifle, while he gave himself the biggest weapon he had: a Light Repeating Blaster Rifle.

"How come you get the biggest gun?" Cade complained. Payne ignored him, and loaded his large weapon.

"Lets move! Follow my league..."

Tia pulled out her Mandolorian Assault Rifle." Let's get this party started.I've been itching for some action all day."

Cyan, who was in Cade's pocket, jumped out, and snarled.

She was ready to get her master back! The little binjinphant jumped on Tia's shoulder.

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Lyna continued to dance peacefully. As she danced, white blossoms fell from the sky, as she danced along with them.

The memory of Lyna dancing for the crowds made her feel like her younger self again. Tears fell from her eyes as she closed them. Then she smiled, thinking about nothing but dancing.

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Rock turned around to face Ganner. Tears fell from his eyes.

"Look man... I don't know what I'm doing... but something doesn't feel right. To tell ya the truth... I don't really work for Zam. He captured me, forcing me to trick Lyna into coming back to his circus."

He sadly looked at Lyna again. "You guys gotta help me. I feel like I'm doing something wrong. I... I want to help you."

((Is Keira with the group?))

"Ughh!" Cade yelped when Cyan burst out of his pocket. "How long has that little rat been in there!"

Payne clasped a hand on Cade's mouth. The Zabrak glared and whispered.

"Shut... up!" he whispered. Cade obeyed the scary man and put the belt around his waist. He activated it, and was rendered completly invisible.

"Okay, lets split into groups!" Cade whispered, planning out the assault. "Payne, Tia and Keira can go straight ahead and take out the guards. Syn, Blue and I can go backup!"

In a way, this pleased Payne. Having the part of being a Silent Assassin and taking out the guards was part of his specialities.

"As much as I hate Zam, try not to kill anyone. We don't want to arouse attention by open firing!"

The words "not-kill" disapointed the Zabrak. "Don't worry about the guards. We will take care of them one-by-one... "

Payne activated his Stealth Field Generator, and silently jogged across the sand to the very large tent. He saw a guard pacing around the entrance, and krept silently behind him. Then he hit the back of his weapon against the man's head, which knocked him out cold. He dragged the body over a hill to hide the victim.

Keira and Tia followed Payne.

Keira remarked to Tia ." Try to stay stealthy this time Tia."

Tia whispered." I mess up one time and it's hung over my head for life."

Keira replied." Twice and try to keep your hormones in check around Payne until after this mission."

The Arkanian got scarlett red in the face and if looks could kill, they would have been planning a funeral for Keira in the morning.

Ganner hesitated for a moment. He didn't see that reply coming. He then thought, "Rock if you really want to help get Bonty Zam to come out of his tent or wherever he is and bring him somehow to this tent. Hopefully the others figured out a plan and will take care of him. I'll stay here and make sure everything good with Lyna."

He found a seat and made sure he could get to Lyna as fast as possible if something were to happen.

After Lyna was done dancing, all the audience started to cheer her on. The young woman was happy to be cheered by crowds again, and smiled brightly.

Bonty came by her side. "Thank you all! Now... this last performance is a circus trick that Lyna will be showing! Bring down the cage!"

Lyna got confused. "Cage? Trick?" Suddenly, the cage came down, and closed Lyna in! The young woman grew afraid and suspicious. Out from the darkness... came a ferocious Nexu! It began to roar at Lyna.

"This is not part of the show! Zam!!" Lyna shouted. The audience grew afraid, hoping that this wasn't a plan to kill her.

This was all too pleasing for Bonty. Rock ran by his side as the ringleader sat down. "What the kriff are you doing, Zam?! I thought you weren't gonna harm her!"

Bonty glared, and clicked his finger for his Noghri henchmen. Logan and Jorgan grabbed Rock, holding him down. Rock struggled to break free.

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Cyan decided to go with Cade and his crew. Blue looked down, and squinted her eyes, making a face.

"What's that thing suppose to be? I've noticed that it's been following you."

Payne was nearing the Generator. It was hidden inside of some kind of plasteel hut. Guards were likely inside.

He opened the door of the hut, and sure enough, he was right. The guards peered out of the entrance wondering who it was. But they couldn't see anything, thanks to the STG's.

"What the?"

Payne pulled from his pouch a Concussion Grenade. He rolled it in the hut, and immediatly closed the door. A small bang was made, and he doubt anyone could hear it due to the amount of noise which came from the tent.

He opened the door again, and saw two unconcious bodies lying on the floor. He entered it, allowed the two girls who followed in, and stood by the Power Generator. The machine was fairly large, with the typical complicated devices and mechanisms.

"How to disable it I wonder..." he thought.

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"Its Lyna's irratating pet-thing..." Cade groaned "Whats its name? Cyan.... He suddenly felt a disturbance in the force... Lyna was in trouble!

"There's no time, we can't wait for Payne to shut down the Generator!"

And with that, he jogged with his Stealth Field Generator activated across the sand and towards the Circus. Payne and his team obviously did a good job taking out the guards.

Cade ran through the tent entrance, and saw what you would typically see at a circus... except in the center arena there was a woman in a cage (wearing something quite revealing), and a beast snarling at its prey.

"... some show... WAIT A MINUTE!" he immediatly recognised the crazy woman. Cade reached for his Lightsaber.

Lyna grew very frightened of the Nexu. She had to think of something quick! Suddenly, it came to her. Animal Friendship! Lyna opened her mind to the Force of the Animal Friendship.

"All right, you monstrous cat! C'mon!!"

The Nexu roared, and ran towards Lyna. But when the beast almost came near her, ready to claw her down, the Animal Friendship tamed the Nexu. The Nexu slid in front of Lyna, and stopped, staring her in the eyes.

Suddenly, to the crowds surprise, they all cheered, standing up. Bonty got furious. "What the--"

"Face it, Zam..." Rock said, getting out of the Noghri twin's grips, "she's one in a million." He then ran out to his speeder. When he got outside, he looked up. There were ships coming from the night sky. "Oh no. It looks like the Empire... or Sith..."

The Nexu happily jumped on Lyna, and licked her. Lyna giggled. "Ha ha! Stop! That tickles! Down, boy!"

Ganner stood up and jumped down to the bottom level grabbing his saber from his belt. He knew something was likely up. He tried to get there but was to slow, as the Nexu was jumping towards her. Then landed by her and started licking her face. Ganner was confused. "What just happened?" He was inside the middle ring with a ignited saber.

He looked around the tent, unigniting his saber. Is this another trick to get him to the middle of the floor. He noticed Zam. He jumped over in front of Zam. "Get her out of there. NOW!" He ignited his saber making both faces glow a lavender-green color. "I'm not afraid to use force."

Tia looked at the Power Generator. " This is not my area of expertise.I'm a Flygal. Hmm how to disable this thing....I have no idea."

Keira looked at it." Does it have red wire always cut the red wire.Blues blow up everybody."

Tia gave a puzzled look." What in the Force are you talking about? "

" It's a bomb right?"

Tia shook her head." It's times like these that make me wanna go Sith on your -"

" Hey!"

Lyna got up, patting the tamed Nexu. "I knew this was a set up!"

She glared at Zam.

Bonty smiled sheepishly at Ganner. "Heh heh. Take it easy, son. Ya don't wanna make a scene in front of the audience... do you?"

The audience were stunned to see Ganner with a lightsaber. They all wondered if he was a real Jedi... or part of the act.

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Cyan squealed, and ran towards the other direction. Blue turned. Then she glanced at Cade.

"Where's that little thing goin' to?" Blue wondered.

Payne sighed, rolled his eyes and aimed his weapon at the machine. He pulled the trigger, and rapid bolts of energy blasted from his huge weapon and severly punished the generator.

The huge machine lay in ruins and was a complete wreck. He gave a short smirk to the girls and back into his serious manner. The lights in the hut went out.

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"Beats me.." Cade replied. "But I really, personally don't care. Lets go" he still had his STG on, which he didn't take note.

He walked to the cage where Lyna was, ignited his Lightsaber and cut out a space of the bars so she could get out. When he cut it, it looked like a floating Lightsaber was doing the work.

"Get out..." he said.

The circus was in shadow. No power was running the lights anylonger. Payne must have destroyed the generator.

Tia looked at Keira." Boom." Tia covered her mouth from laughing so hard.

" It's not funny." Keira fumed.

" It really is." Tia said. Tia looked at Payne." Good job." then gave him a kiss on the cheek.

The audience went crazy when the lights were out. People screamed and knocked over each other. Some couldn't see and some saw others a little.

Lyna got confused. She heard Cade's voice, but couldn't see him. The only thing she saw was the floating lightsaber in the air, which confused her more. The young woman noticed that the lights went out too.

"Uh... okay." She turned to the Nexu. "Stay." The Nexu obeyed and sat there.

Lyna got out, smiling. "Well, Zam. Guess this is between you... and me."

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Rock, who was still outside of the circus, continued to look up. "If the Sith gets any closer to this circus... Lyna and the others are in trouble! Gotta think of somethin'... quick!"

Payne glanced at Tia after she kissed him.

"What was that? Some attempt at hitting on me?"

He walked out of the door and headed straight to the circus. His weapon armed and ready.

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Cade deactivated his STG. There was probably no need for it, now tha the circus was shrouded in darkness. His Saber's radiating light blended in with Ganner's.

He pulled out Lyna's Lightsaber from within his coat, and passed it to Lyna.

"I think you're gonna need it, lady!" he was clearly angry with her for joining the circus... again.

The tent went into darkness. But his saber lit up himself Zam and Lyna. "Your staying right here, Zam." He looked over and noticed a saber floating towards them, but Cade appearing from behind it.

"Cade got him right here." Ganner yelled keeping an eye on Bonty Zam.

((Are the Sith coming yet? Just curious...))

Bonty gulped. "Cade, my man! What it do?!" He sounded like a dumb-founded thug, who couldn't use words right.

He sighed. "Well... there goes my career." Jorgan and Logan stood by their boss, but were afraid to move because of Ganner's lightsaber pointed towards them and Bonty.

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Lyna caught her lightsaber from Cade. But deep inside, she was sad that she hurted Cade again. This made her feel awful.

"Cade... I'm sorry. I--"

Blue shot a glare at Lyna. "I think he heard enough of your apologize... Jedi."

Lyna glared back. "I wasn't talking to you... Zeltron!"

"Uh, sweetie? I got a name! It's Deliah Blue." She smirked. "When can you give up, Honso? Cade's with me! So why don't you just... run along home, and never interfere between me... and Cade. Got it? Jedi clown?"

With her anger rising up, Lyna punched Blue right on the face!

The Zeltron began to cry, covering her mouth on the ground. "Aww! Cade!! My nose's bleeding!"

"Uh-oh." Lyna thought.

Tia smirked at Payne as she headed to the circus ." You looked like you could use a good kiss." Tia laughed and patted her rifle . " And now to save the fair lady."

Keira shook her head , out of the corner of her eye she swore she saw a shadow. " Guys I'll catch up with you okay , you go on ahead."

Tia looked at her friend with concern. " You okay ?"

" I just need a minute or two to myself."

" Okay. Don't take forever."

Ganner watched as Lyna punch Deliah in the face making her nose start to bleed uncontrolably. "Now Lyna. Why'd you have to go and do that?"

He then looked at Bonty, "How about we arrest you and have you sent to jail for attempted murder? Does that sound like a good enough punishment? Along with your sidekicks. Or would you rather resist and most likely die?"

Bonty glared at Ganner.

"You don't scare me, boy. Go ahead! Kill me if ya like! But after you do... the authorities might come looking for you. And your little friends!"

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Lyna squinted her eyes at Ganner. "She.. she started it!"

Deliah was still on the ground, covering her nose. "When I'm done with you... I'm gonna kill ya! You broke my nose! Cade!!!"

Lyna bit her lower lip. "Oh, man. This is not good."

"Both of you guys..." said Cade furiously to the two girls, "are pathetic! If there are any more words to describe your nature, I'd use them! I'd hate getting critical, but this has got to stop!"

"Blue, you had it coming! You asked for it! And mind you, your first meeting with Lyna wasn't all that pleasant to begin with, as you immediatly judged her without getting to know her a little more! And you!" he pointed his finger at Lyna.

"You are by far the worst! You should know better than to hit Blue. If it were me, I'd ignore her tacky remark and get on with life. You have to be, by far, the most ignorant! Blue came through all this way, all this trouble to help you! But you rejected her. And tell me something! How long did it take for Rock to convince you come with him, after what he had done to you? How long did it take for this scum-" he pointed at Zam. "to convince you to rejoin the circus? After what he did to you???"

He turned his back on the girls, looking disgusted.

"I may have turned away from the Jedi, but this has to stop! I recomend BOTH of you make up and start working as team for once. Now if you'll excuse me, I sense an old enemy!"

He walked out of the circus, activating his STG. As he came out, he came just in time to see a shuttle landing on the sand. The ramp opened, and out of the black came four figures... all of which were carrying lightsabers.

Lyna looked at Blue.

Blue looked at Lyna. Cade was right. This had to stop. Lyna helped Blue up, and glanced down. "I'm... I'm really sorry, Deliah. I guess... I'm going through changes."

The Zeltron shrugged and smiled. "I'm sorry too. Cade's right. I had it coming."

They both laughed. Lyna handed Blue a tissue, so it would stop the bleeding. Maybe Blue wasn't such a bad person after all. Blue thought the same about Lyna.

What Cade had said about Lyna made the young woman feel hurt. It was true. She became ignorant and... irresponsible. Tears came out of Lyna's eyes. She sat on the floor.

As Lyna cried, Blue patted her on the shoulder. "Hey. Don't let yourself down. I'm sure Cade didn't mean those things he said about you."

"Yes he did! I'm ignorant, just like he said I am!" She continued to cry.

Suddenly, the girls heard a shuttle land in front of the circus. Lyna sensed that the shuttle belonged to... the Sith!

"You two go check who just landed." Ganner looked at them. "There's no time to sit and cry we have Zam right here and somebody just landed outside. I'll stay here and watch Zam." He pulled his pistol from his leg holster and pointed it at Zam.

Ganner stared at him. "So what makes you want Lyna, really?"

Zam shrugged, and continued to raise his hands. "I've been around. Ya know... trying to make creds." He sighed. "I only want what's best for my circus. Plus, I'm trying to get rich too."

He smirked. "So there... Jedi. I answered your question. Anything else?"

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Lyna stood up, and went outside, along with Deliah. There, they could see four Sith, standing there, holding lightsabers.

The young woman glared, and activated her orange bladed lightsaber. She Force bonded Cade. "We're gonna help you, Cade! I know you want revenge, but we can help you get rid of them!"

Keira followed the shadow then lost track of it. She felt someone was behind her and pulled out her blaster and turned around. She found herself pointing her blaster at a male human.

" Easy now.I'm not gonna hurt you. Not when I need help." the man said.

" Stalking people isn't a good way to ask for help." she said with a hint of anger.

" Sorry about that I had to see you guys in action first. You guys are crazy but good.Now put the blaster down cause if you were gonna use it you would have already."

She put the blaster back in her holster." Who are you ?"

" The name's Jaq Starfire."

Ganner hadn't known Zam, only heard about him. His story sounded believable, but then Lyna popped into his mind. "What was with the Nexu? Were you trying to kill the poor girl, in your get rich scheme?"

Ganner lowered his pistol, "Oh you can lower your hands if you want, but don't do anything fishy."

Zam sighed in relief. "Thank you. About the Nexu... I did it because I wanted to get revenge. It's just that my brain isn't normal like everyone else's. When someone gets me angry, I start going off... crazy!"

He lowered his head. "Guess... I'm not normal." He sighed heavily. "Go ahead. Kill me. I don't deserve to live."

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Darth Talon glared at the two girls. "Ah. Deliah Blue. And..." Talon made a face at Lyna.

"Lyna. Lyna Honso. And don't you dare try and take Cade away! He's far better than being a Sith... like you all!"

Talon raised an eyebrow. "Oh?" She activated her red-bladed lightsaber. "We shall see, Jedi fool. He was once my apprentice... until he betrayed us."

Deliah turned to Lyna. Although they couldn't see Cade, she had to fight by Lyna's side. "Lyna? I'm with you. Friends?"

Lyna turned to Blue and smiled. "Friends." They shook each others hand. Then were ready for battle against the Sith.