Vtorym caught the blaster and winked at Keriz for thanks. "Much appreciated, comrade." She stayed low beside the smuggler, waiting for the slightest movement, listening for the slightest sound. Nothing answered them except the cool breezes outside, whispering.

Kerlaya's eye's burst open, with deadly focus. She immediately reached for the net, quickly determining the shatterpoint. She gently tapped a single piece of the rope and it fell off from around her, the Yslamari applicant already fading. She summoned her lightsaber in time to deflect an expert shot from the nearby cliff and she quickly muttered to Draze. "I appreciate the help, so thank's." She smiled then her expression faded, leaving her alone against the Hunter.

She still felt weak from the whole ordeal, many blaster shot's still giving off smoke and heat. She held her lightsaber to her chest, skyward and closed her eye's. A few blue circle's arose around her body, bathing it in a cool azure color. Within moment's the mark's became less severe and she found it easier to focus. The Sniper was not the only threat. The Yslamari had also prevented her ((And likely the other Jedi)) from detecting a new presence. Alot of them . . . within second's what seemed like an entire battalion emerged from the foliage, quickly advancing upon the Jedi. The Assassin saw the oncoming Horde and quickly abandonded his prey, knowing full well the danger's of remaining.

At the head of the small precession was the very same figure whom she had fought by her fighter. She took the Form III ready stance and gestured for the battalion to engage. The fact that the Sith had returned bothered her, as if his last defeat wasn't really a victory for her. Within second's the Sith figure leapt at her, roaring in rage and focusing upon his primal emotion's She quickly ducked under the jump, quickly attempting to trip him as he fell. The Sith exerted energy as he moved past Kerlaya's trip, coming at her with a vicious thrust. His lightsaber almost decapitated her, as she redirected his attack at an approaching trooper. The Sith did not cease his attack, sacrificing the troop to maintain his assault.

He brought a powerful blow down upon her, trying to break through her tightly weaved defense. The two came to a stalemate as their lightsaber's locked. Kerlaya brought her left palm forward, attempting to throw him off balance. The figure quickly followed suit, unleashing lightning at her. The two forces met, causing a large force eruption which shoved away and electrified all it touched. Kerlaya quickly span on her heel, slashing at the figure's leg. He simply grunted as he moved to recover, unleashing lightning upon his own blade.

Kerlaya's form could not stand such precision and pressure, as she fell backward's into a tree. The figure thrust his lightsaber into the ground, Kerlaya narrowly rolling out of the way. She re-summoned her blade, igniting it mid-air so that it cut a tree upon it's return. The structure toppled upon the Sith, only to be throw backward's by his force push. It's form was tossed into the air, only to be brought back by Kerlaya. Once again they fought a battle of the force, the center of it being the tree. Meanwhilst the battalion advanced upon Draze, intent upon killing or captulating him.

The battle continued, the tree now torn asunder by the horrific force's unleashed by the Sith. Kerlaya quickly moved away, flinging object's idly against the Sith. Within second's she was upon the river bank, the Sith threatening to topple her now small defense. She quickly threw her lightsaber at a branch above the figure, bringing it down upon his head. The branch split and a large shard ran down the Sith's face, ripping off the hood and leaving a large cut down his left eye. He snorted, using his pain to fuel his power. A powerful death field unleashed by the Sith reassured Kerlaya that she had a chance.

She quickly span, using the speed built up to redirect the blast at a nearby tree. The tree burst into flame's, which Kerlaya then unleashed upon the Sith. He in turn struck with lightning. Within second's the Sith had won control of the flame's, directing their blazing fury at Kerlaya. A skillfull dodge caused the flame to smash into the river, causing a large amount of steam to arise. The Sith advanced into the haze, seeking out his prey. Kerlaya leapt at him, throwing him off balance and into the river's sweeping current. He landed upon a rock, baring his teeth in rage at Kerlaya.

Kerlaya crossed her leg's and meditated, awaiting the Sith's next strike. He meanwhilst stood staring at the water, gathering his fury and primal rage against his foe. A stray shot from a trooper brought a rockslide down upon the river, blocking Kerlaya's view of her foe. His life signature vanished, but his force pulse remained. Kerlaya knew full well that he had simply gone into a stasis state, to preserve himself and allow him to gather his thought's. She rose and departed, already concerned for the welfare of her friend's. A blast of lightning stopped her still, sending her flying back to the ground next to Draze.

The Sith advanced upon the Padawan, his face contorted in a outright look of rage.

Keriz peeked over the edge of the bashed window. The Jedi girl had rushed into battle, but only a few minutes later was thrown back into view by some strange blue lightning. He then caught sight of a figure in black, something all to familiar for those fleeing the New Republic.

He scrunched back down.

"I think they'll need help....I'll go around and flank whatever that guy is...you stay here, this is the only safe place right now. You'll be able to gaurd the doors and windows properly if you just stay here in cover. If any of the guys attacking us get in here, let me know. I'll be back."

Keriz moved in a crouch towards the back door and quickly opened it.

Draze watched as Kerlaya ran into battle against a Dark Jedi of some sort. He really believed this day was not turning out for the best. He had hoped to just pick up his ship, fly some where and just live a simple smugglers life he had planned out for himself. Now he's got himself involved with the Jedi again, into some kind of mess of trouble, and was now facing some type of certain death.

"Today definitely isn't getting a positive rating." he mumbled to himself as he watch a battalion of Sith soldiers approach him.

A couple ran forward before the rest of they're troop to confront him.

"Give up Jedi, you are out matched" one of them said in a low cold tone. He sounded however as if speaking Galactic Basic language was not his first language.

Draze grinned "Well one thing I've never been is smart. So giving up really isn't an option."

The Sith Soldier drew out his light saber attacking Draze. He quickly activated his defending himself from every attack. As he defended himself he study his opponents movements and eventually began to predict what the next attack might be.

As his opponent came crashing down from the air Draze dove underneth the blow came up behind him swiping his lightsaber low cutting off the Sith Soldiers legs. Draze pushed the Sith's lightsaber away from him making sure he wouldn't grab in his pain filled rage.

Draze then felt a sharp pain in his back that started to burn.

"It's poison my young Jedi friend. You want a cure you have to find me" said a low female voice whispering in his ear. Draze quickly turned around slashing at the other sith but missing. Anger started to fill his mind, he was poisoned, how could he have been so careless?

He looked at the the approaching battalion showing his rage towards them searching for the person who poisoned him. He then realized that Kerlaya was standing next to him, he grinned slightly saying "A little late don't you think."

She nodded at Draze, her breathing ragged as she recognised the Sith Lord emerging from the foliage. "I fooled you Jedi, I analyzed our last battle, calculating best the way to defeat you." His triumphant beckoning turned into spite. "But there was no way apparent to me, no way to end you save to wait for a fault. It never came. The fury of my failure fueled my power and now, I am unstoppable!" Kerlaya sighed, having heard the speech before.

She noticed that Draze had poison applied to him and quickly healed the wound, albeit temporarily. He would live a few more day's without a cure, but he would have slight trouble. She redirected her focus to the Sith Lord.

The Sith retorted and glared at the Jedi. "Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion I gain strength. Through strength I gain power. Through power I gain victory. Through victory my chains are broken--"

The Sith attacked suddenly, unleashing a relentless blast of lightning from his fingertip's. Kerlaya flipped behind him and ignited her saber underarm, impaling the Sith Lord. He gasped for air as he finished. "The force . . . shall . . . free me." His eye's shone with the dream of the Sith, infinite power. He smiled as he died, realizing his life was a lie. "Thank you Jedi . . . no . . . the force shan't free me . . . only death . . . can serve such a purpose." She looked in surprise at the Sith and spoke gently. "No . . . that is wrong." The Sith wheezed and spoke his final word's with a sense of purpose. ""There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no death; there is the Force." He spoke the final phrase with pride and closed his eye's to the eternal sleep.

His body dispersed, becoming one with the force. She withdrew her lightsaber from his dissappearing form and leapt back to Draze's side. The Sith ignited their blade's and began to charge. Four advanced upon Kerlaya, five upon Draze. She tripped one as he came at her, slashing him as he fell. She then cut off the hand's of a second foolish Sith, disarming him. She threw this second Sith against a tree, knocking him out instantly. The other two came at her at once, forcing her to move against both at the same time. Kerlaya moved to put a Sith between her and the other.

Upon doing so she unleashed a force push, sending the female into the other Sith. The Sith broke his neck as he hit the tree, the force of the other crushing him. The survivor quickly charged, unleashing a petty display of lightning against Kerlaya. She used her lightsaber to redirect it at the charging Sith's feet, causing her to slide into a nearby tree. She tried to get to her feet, but as she did so a branch fell upon her. It was obvious that these 'Acolytes' were unable to cope against a Jedi and so she climbed up into a tree near Draze. Kerlaya then crossed her leg's, going into a state of Battle Meditation, empowering Draze against the Sith.

Keriz peeked around the corner of the building, right in time to see a large number of Sith attacking the Jedi in the field.

He immediatley went back into the house and looked to Vtorym.

"It may be better if we hold out here, these numbers aren't good."

Keriz took out a couple grenades.

"Here. Help me set up some booby traps, they won't get in here without a few casualties."

Draze saw five of the Sith Acolytes approach him. His vision was starting to become blurry however. He realized this wasn't good, if he didn't get the cure fast who knows how long he had. One of the acolytes charged at him his blade out stretched ready to impale him. A move like that Draze could easily deflect and kill his opponent with ease. As the Sith drew closer Draze spun and jumped into the air impaling his lighsaber into the back of the acolyte killing him. Then he quickly spun around to another approaching Sith cutting him in half before the sith had a chance to defend himself.

Draze counted in his head, there were two down that left three more. He saw one charging and another one trying to hide his position by following behind his companion matching her step for step. This move probably would of worked better if the man was leading in front instead of the female, but that was a mistake they were about to learn the hard way.

He used force pushed and sent the female flying into the male behind her, his blade running threw her abdomen and his head cracking against the rock. That left one more, one more Sith to find. Then he looked at the tree line and saw her. The one that poisoned him. She had removed her mask, a Human Sith Female Acolyte. She let her long dark brown hair blow with the wind, allowing some of her hair to cover her smile of delight.

"Remember Jedi if you want the cure. Return to where you Journey started." she jumped into the shadows and dissapeared.

Draze stood there gripping his lightsaber tightly, feeling the rage grow inside him. He knew these feelings were the dark side, but he didn't care. He recognized that Sith Acolyte and it pained him deeply to see what she had become. Threw his rage however he retrieved clarity and knew he had to try and save her, somehow in some way.

Kashrak, Commander of the Sith Battalion, advanced upon a nearby building. His troop had detected some life sign's within, two by his count. After running a diagnostic one was finally identified; Vtorym Rtasi, Assistant to Senator Doran Kinta. He had thought her kidnapped, but apparently not so. At least, not if she was in the company of Jedi. The thought brought the world back into focus, as he thought of how best to deal with the sighted Jedi. The Soldier's stood now about one hundred yard's from the building. His troop's halted, readying their rifle's and vibro-blade's for battle. Ten second's of respite was all these men had, as within the next instant Kashrak ordered a breach maneouver.

The troop numbered eighty men, all in the Sith Armor from the time of Revan. Kashrak wore the signature crimson armor, marking him as a Seniour Officer. The troop quickly moved to initiate the breach and sprinted toward's their goal with precision and speed. The main group consisted of ten men, who would come in from the rear. A group of six would come in front the left side and a group of three from the front. Two Sith Apprentice's, wearing the Robe's of Korriban, moved onto the roof, where they would enter from. Another two soldier's moved to the front window's, preparing to break them open and enter via there.

Kashrak's troop moved silently through the long grass, sacrificing no speed in their movement's. Kashrak himself would enter from a connected building, which was in effect a large corridor leading into the main building. His troop's armor was blast resistant to a degree, meaning grenade's and such would be a futile gesture. Their visor's also absorbed 'flash' class lighting, preventing a blinding trick. The armor also had a nice little feature; personal shielding. These men were the Elite. The Sith Lord himself had taken a group of failed student's, hoping to dispose of the two major Jedi. The failed student's were sent to their death's, as Sith society had no room for failure's.

Kashrak also had a very useful attatchment assigned to him; a squad of Sith Assassin's. These 'units' were armed with stealth generator's, quarterstaff's, specially adapted vibro-blade's and precision blaster's. This group of five was already in the building, stalking the two occupant's from the shadow's. If either was a Jedi, however, all these extra troop's would be necessary in capturing him. If not, he could still cause trouble. A small holo-droid entered the building via a door, allowing two more Assassin's to enter without being detected. It moved to Keriz's side and projected the image of a uniformed Sith officer.

"Greeting's fugitive. By order of the Sith you are commanded to stand down, failure to comply will result in the use of brute force." The sound of rifle's being readied carried through this message, ensuring that the target's got the message. As if on queue the small crawler droid opened a hatch for the target's to deposit their weapon's in. Kashrak quickly activated his holo-viewer, causing the officer's image to be replaced with Kashrak's. "I assume the Officer has already gone through the formalities, so I will get to the point. We are of the Sith, soldier's employed by them to do the task's. We simply need you for negotiation purpose's, as we wish to defect. I also wish to extend my service's to both of your Jedi friend's, to serve as Peacekeeper's of the sort."

Kashrak spoke the truth, but he truly wondered what the word of a Sith was worth. He didn't really wish to harm them, but the breach was necessary in case this was a Jedi trick. He quickly berated himself for such thought's, knowing Jedi incapable of such treachery that would end in death.

Keriz made eye-contact with the hologram of the Sith Officer. Today was not going as planned.

At the same time, Keriz's HUD spotted several objects moving in the shadows. Apparently the Sith had come prepared.

"Greeting's fugitive. By order of the Sith you are commanded to stand down, failure to comply will result in the use of brute force. "I assume the Officer has already gone through the formalities, so I will get to the point. We are of the Sith, soldier's employed by them to do the task's. We simply need you for negotiation purpose's, as we wish to defect. I also wish to extend my service's to both of your Jedi friend's, to serve as Peacekeeper's of the sort."

Keriz didn't quite believe what he was hearing. He knew it had to be a trick, he'd been hunted long enough to know that Sith could never be trusted.

He looked at the position where the Sith stealth troopers were hiding. Luckily, they were directly underneath one of his pre-placed bombs, all of those Sith were doomed from the second they entered the building.

Keriz looked back at the little holo-droid with the Sith officer and chuckled.

"Why would you need us for negotiations? Bait? Leverage? If you really wanted to defect, all you had to do was just..surrender."

He raised his foot and with one kick, the droid was dismantled, he then activated the bomb above the Sith soldiers. He jumped onto Vtorym to protect her from any shards of shrapnel that came her way. The explosion came, and the death of the troopers was confirmed by their screams as they were ripped apart by the well-placed trap.

Keriz grabbed his blaster-rifle and awaited the inevitable entry of Sith troopers.

"Very well. My battalion surrender's. The droid's frequency can be tweaked to match that of my personal shield. If you altered it, you could overload my shield's and kill me instantly." The droid's light flashed rapidly as a small dial emerged. "The frequency is 000209581." Kashrak thought this the only way to go about his task, even if it meant the death of him.

Draze looked over at Kerlaya knowing with absolute certainty that they're newly found companions in all this mess were in some sort of danger. He sorted threw the choices in his head, go help out them, or go help her. Draze hasn't seen that person in years, before he joined the Jedi order. Most of the order if not all knew where he came from and who his parents were or at least what they were. Followers of the Sith teachings, but Draze didn't want that life full of hate and anger, he wanted to know and feel peace.

He found that peace when he spotted a Jedi spy hidden with in the academy. Everyone thought that the academy was hidden on a deserted planet, but the should of known that a large about for force sensitive beings would bring attention form the Jedi, especially gathering all in one place. Draze followed the Jedi spy upon his vessel and stayed hidden. Shortly after the ship was in orbit away from the planet he got to meet what would be his first master face to face.

The memory of that day brought Draze a simple peace and calm to his drastically shortened life. At this point he didn't care if he died, he just wanted to be able to show her that following the path her parents and taught her wasn't always the best way.

Draze sat down on the ground pretending to be warn out "Why don't you go take a look at the situation. I'm going to sit here and try to catch my breath" he said with a grin, trying to keep up at least half of his personality. He was never good at making plans but doing this may bring more trouble to his new found friends. He thought best if he did this on his own.

Keriz nodded,"I accept your surrender. But I think your buddies near here won't appreciate your defecting. Go...handle them, and then I'l think if I'll kill you or not."

He then shut off the hologram and stood, checking out of habit to see if his blaster was still loaded. He sighed and chuckled.

"Well, today is really eventful if you ask me..."

((Kyv, I don't understand your last post in the slightest :confused:))

Kerlaya moved quickly to the building, to find it surrounded by Sith Trooper's. Their thought's were shielded by year's of practice and she found the shield's to be quite efficient. Kerlaya moved into the building, the Soldier's not challenging her in the least. She walked up to Keriz and sealed the door behind her with the force. "What's with the battalion here?" As if to answer her question Kashrak entered from a nearby dooway. Kerlaya sighed and sat down, meditating as she waited.

"Greeting's Jedi, I am Kashrak, Commander of this defected Regiment." Two H-Trooper's emerged from the doorway behind Kashrak, moving to flank him. "Stand down." The Soldier's quickly moved aside, standing to attention either side of Kashrak. "I thought there were two Jedi here . . ." Kashrak stared at Kerlaya searchingly. Without moving or opening her eye's she spoke.

"I am Kerlaya Honz, Jedi Knight of the new Order." She rose from her position quickly, brushing aside her flowing robe's to reveal her lightsaber. She allowed the robe to fall about her form again, leaving her warning hidden. Kashrak silently nodded, acknowledging the warning.

"I mean you no harm Master Jedi, I have simply come to offer Draze Hodrenn my battalion's services." Kashrak knew full well that Kerlaya did not intend to accept his offer, so he exchanged her for Draze. He hoped he would have more luck, as he wished to be of some sort of service.

"Well Vtorym, you are now safe and this occurance does not concern me. Do what you will." Kerlaya then departed back to her fighter and flew back to her hangar. After ensuring the vessel was in good condition, she went downstair's to the garage. "Hey HK, hello R2." She smiled at the pair as she wiped some oil of her hand's. HK was working on a nearby console, whilst R2 moved quickly about each of the vehicle's, repairing them as he went. "Greeting's Mistress. R2 say's you have a new message."

Kerlaya nodded and moved over to the R2 unit, moving him away from the speeder. "Activate holoviewer." The R2 chimed as it responded, projecting a blue beam onto the nearby speeder. The image showed a Hooded figure seated inside an office. The red orb's under his hood discomforted Kerlaya, but she showed no such emotion's.

"Jedi . . . long have I hunted you, but yet you elude me. My hunter's, the Sith . . . give in. I will never stop hounding you, I will walk in your shadow, you will never hear the end of it." The figure snorted, his orb's shifting from Kerlaya to a small orb on his lap, fingering his lightsaber which rested on the arm of the chair. "The Jedi are gone, dead. You are merely a faltering remnant of a dying breed, Jedi. You and Draze . . . yes. I know of your companion. Even now he verges on death, as my plan's succeed his life force fail's."

Kerlaya closed her eye's and blocked all distraction's, cutting her off from the ranting's of this mysterious figure. She reached out to Draze, warning him of a great danger. The laughter of the hologram cut her off. "Soon . . . I will find you. I will kill you and destroy all you hold dear." The hologram flickered for a moment and then vanished. Kerlaya stared at the space the hologram only a moment ago occupied, thinking about his word's.

(I was medicated at the time, basically it was a little background on his life before. You'll understand because I'm going to explain further.)

Draze watched as Kerlaya moved closer to the building. He didn't make any quick attempt to get up knowing that a little rest would do him some good. He wasn't sure what type of poison was coursing threw his body, but he could feel it making him weaker and more tired. His mind started to feel like it was becoming a liquid paste inside his own head. If he was going to die he needed to find her, needed to talk to her at least once.

When he saw Kerlaya's ship raise off the ground and head to the hanger bay by the building he knew his time had come. He stood up and ran towards his ship, coughing as he ran. Draze reached his ship and ran up the cargo bay ramp and headed straight to the cockpit. He punched in the coordinates where his journey began. He felt his ship lift off the ground and head into space his destination...

"Korriban" he mumbled to himself.

Vtorym had not usually been one to get into trouble--at least, not the sort of trouble that she was in right now. Slipping out from beneath Keriz' hold, she scrambled toward one of the bedrooms, locked herself in, and set a trap before the door--the fatal tret'evo, a three-tiered mine of poison, sonic damage, and plasma. She herself had helped to create it as a demolitionist, and her employer's staff had put on the final touches. She wasn't coming out until either Keriz or one of the Jedi deactivated the tret'evo--or a Sith.

She climbed onto the bed, covered with a stained blanket, and saw that there was an intact comlink nearby. Perfect! She'd use it to contact Kinta. The assistant reached for it to activate it, but then had second thoughts. Keriz was a smuggler, and the Galactic Senate sent even ones that were minor annoyances to hard labor. So they did with their accomplices as well. Legally, she was obligated to report any hint of criminal activity on the planets where she was assigned to go as a diplomat and strategist, but this time she stayed her hand. Also, legally, she was required to report any gathering of more than three Jedi in the same place. There was the woman, Draze, and a few others...that was enough. She'd have to let her boss know.

Vtorym held the comlink in her palm, thinking of climbing out the window.

Keriz watched as some of the defecting Sith troopers began to fall in to a line, this was a pleasing sight. Not many people to kill, and only a few scratches for it. Things had changed in a good way.

Keriz stepped outside to greet the other two people, but Draze was running to his ship, and the other Jedi had already left. Leaving Keriz in a rather unfortunate set of circumstances, for once in his life, he had no objective. But then one came to mind: Vtorym.

He let out a breath of relief and walked back inside the house.

Vtorym had fled to the other side of the house during the fighting, but he wasn't quite sure where. He hoped that she had not fled all the way, she was after all, the Senator's assistant, the Senator who hated people like Keriz, and wouldn't hesitate to destroy him.

He walked down the hallway and checked each room until he reached one with the door closed.

He knocked,"Vtorym? Are you in there?"

He was about to open the door when he noticed wires on the controls.

He smiled and knew that she had done this, because nearly all civilians forgot that a trap is supposed to be hidden, wires gave it away. He quickly disarmed the wires and opened the door.

Kashrak fell in behind Keriz. The Soldier's moved to flank him, but he waved them off. "Keriz right? You might want to know that your being Hunted, alot of bounties on your head ya know. I can only offer you some protection, but I can't really help you if the Senate goes all up on your @$$."

Draze sat in the cockpit meditating slowing down the poison that was coursing threw his veins. He tried curing himself several times with no success. He grinned slightly, he wasn't sure if she was telling the truth but it be worth it to find out he guessed. The council in front of him started beeping telling that he was nearing Korriban. His heart started to pound with in his chest, he was certain it was fear. He never wanted to step foot on that dark place again, but here he was willing returning to a place he once called home.

He placed his hand on the top of the pilots chair peering down at the council. As he gaze drifted to the window in front of him, there he saw the massive planet once again. It was memories he didn't want to relive but it would seem destiny or the force wouldn't allow him to ignore this part of his life.

Draze sat in the pilots chair and landed the ship on the planets dry desert surface. Slowly he walked threw the ship hearing the howls of the wind scrap across the ships surface. The wind sounded like it was tearing at it, trying to break it open and rip Draze right out the ship. He reached the cargo bay door and lowered the ramp. With each step he took upon the ramp and it echoed threw the interior of the ship and vibrated threw his body.

He could sense her she wasn't far. He just hoped he would be able to save her form her self destructive path.

Vtorym did a double-take at Keriz. How had he disarmed her tret'evo so quickly?! Ah: he was a smuggler, and so he was probably used to such things--and worse. There was only one mine worse than the tret'evo, and that was the pyatyx--a trap combining elements of frag, sonic, plasma, poison, and CryoBan damage all at once. She knew how to make and disarm them, and that was part of the reason why Kinta had hired her. Assassination attempts weren't just carried out on the Jedi Knights...

As for the man behind Vtorym, he caused her to shriek and start to open the window.

"WAIT! WAIT!! Don't worry, these guys are with us now. I took his surrender, and now he wants to help!"

The appearance of the Sith officer was not improving the amount of trust between Vtorym and Keriz. This would take a bit to explain.

He looked to the Sith,"Yeah, it's Keriz, and no, I don't need protection, I've handled myself pretty thus far. To be honest, you being here isn't entirely helping the situation, but I'm sure we'll find a way..."

Keriz walked into the room and moved to stop Vtorym from opening the window. He needed her to trust him in the judgement of the Sith defectors.

Vtorym blurted out six words that would either save her life or doom her in Keriz' eyes: "I-can't-believe-this-is-happening!" She shut the window and locked it for good measure. Turning to the Sith in red armor, she said, "My name is Vtorym Rtasi, First Assistant to Galactic Senator Doran Kinta. If you have truly surrendered and want to help us, then the first thing you'll tell me is where all of your compatriots are coming from. Who is their master? Did they follow Darth Caedus in the galactic war two years ago, or not?"

She mentioned for Keriz and the Sith to sit, either on the bed or the floor. "As far as I'm concerned, you've got a lot of questions to answer if you want to escape the electric cages. Kinta doesn't take kindly to the Jedi, let alone the Sith. Start talking."

Keriz let out a breath of relief as Vtorym settled down. He was extremely glad that she believed him, and her honesty on the situation.

He sat down on the bed and activated the safety on his blaster, settling, but not letting his gaurd down.

"As far as I'm concerned, you've got a lot of questions to answer if you want to escape the electric cages. Kinta doesn't take kindly to the Jedi, let alone the Sith. Start talking."

That made Keriz cough a bit in surprise.

"Vtorym, I think we should try to find even ground with these defectors, after all they do outnumber us and outgun us. They surrendered but they could still reverse that. They can help us, let's try to help them..."

He hoped that he'd gotten through soemhow without being disrespectful or offensive, he'd just have to wait and see.

Vtorym felt a pang of guilt and sorrow rise up within her. "I'm sorry, sir. We're trained to treat those who surrender with respect and dignity, and I gave you none. I'm so...on edge...that I have trouble thinking before I speak," she told Keriz and the Sith officer.

"What I really meant to tell you is that there's something worse than the electric cages that awaits you and your men if I--I mean, if Senator Kinta--doesn't think you're giving us enough information about your superiors. There is a method of execution called the 'stakefield', similar to a more...crude and medieval way to put someone to death. After you are chained to a wooden pole with glowing Force bonds, the executioner sets concentric circles of traps around you. Each layer is set off, one by one, twenty seconds apart so that you have a chance to confess or beg for your life before they all go off. This was learned from Darth Caedus, although he only did such a thing once.

"The outermost ring is made of Flash Mines, which act as cameras for the holovids so that a record of your ignominious death will be all over the comm channels. The second ring is Devastating Frag Mines, to make all who are standing too close dash for cover. The third ring consists of Devastating Sonic Mines, to drown out the noise of protesters and send you into a state of shock. The fourth ring? Devastating Gas Mines, which are filled, if you're lucky, with a halothine sedative gas to render you unconscious. If you're unlucky, the gas attacks your nerves and increases your pain. The fifth? Plasma. You're burned, alive but unconscious, at the stake. That, or else you slowly writhe in agony."

Vtorym saw Keriz' eyes bug out of his head. "The stakefield is only reserved for traitors."

Keriz took a breath and felt a rather sick feeling in his stomach. As a Merc, he ahd seen many things that were gruesome, but not many caused by torture, let alone something as cruel as this. Still, Vtorym made her point, but one question was still in his mind: Which side was Vtorym on? He'd jsut have to trust her for who she was at the moment.

"Okayyy, I believe your point was made....now who's up for lunch?"

He tried his best to lighten up the situation.

Draze walked along the surface of Korriban, taking in its ugliness again. It’s harsh unforgiving environment made him just want to leave and not return. But he knew the reason why he was here, why he had come all this way leaving his companions behind. He needed to talk to her just one more time, she was his friend, and to him she never stopped being that. Draze knew things between them had changed, had been mutilated twisted and corroded. When he saw her on Datooine however he sensed something, something that told him to try and save her. It felt like it was calling to him even now, if this was his final act as a living being then he hoped it would save her.

“I knew you would come” a female voice echoed through the canyon he was walking through.

One thing he hated more than uneventful days was echoes they just made it hard to pin point some ones location without the use of the force. Draze smiled a little and turned around his lightsaber firmly in his grasp but unactivated.

“It’s good to see you again Alli” Draze said to her looking into her blue-green eyes.

“Don’t mock me with pleasantries Draze” Alli said sounding insulted.
Draze watched as Alli paced back and forth acting as if she was thinking upon something. He had to take the opportunity to talk to her, even if she wasn’t in the mood to listen to him. He wasn’t positive as to why she was so angry with him, why she seemed to detest his very presence.

“Alli listen to me. I’m not sure why you hate me so much but…” Draze was cut off by her.

“Hate you? Hate you?! I despise your very existence. I want you to suffer like I have been.” She said to him, rage showing greatly in her eyes. But in the distance behind all that rage he saw something, some kind of sadness, loneliness. Then it hit him so hard that it felt like his very breath was being drawn out of his body. He left her alone, to be treated so harshly and raised so badly by the brutal Sith.

“Alli I’m sorry I left you. Believe me if I could have taken you with me I would have.” He said to her trying to calm her down.

“You’re sorry? All my life I have been waiting for this moment. This moment to drain your life from your body.” She said as she activated her lightsaber. Her blade was a vibrant purple, it seemed to show the life she wanted. The freedom she craved deep down inside herself.

Draze held up his hands looking straight into her eyes he refused to lie to her, he refused to lie to anyone it just wasn’t who he was. His eyes showed her how determined he was to save her, to show her that the path he walked was a justified path, a path of peace.

“Alli, please listen to me” he said slightly desperate “Let me show you my life. And you’ll see how amazing it is. And you can have the same life, a life of peace.”

“Peace” Alli responded in a mocking tone “How can you have peace when you are hunted down like an animal?”

“Its inner peace Alli, the kind of peace that helps you make good reasonable choices.”

Draze could see slightly that she was thinking slightly on what he was telling her. The part of her that wanted freedom, a new life was shining more vibrantly in her eyes now. He started to cough more, feeling more of the effects of the poison. He wasn’t sure how strong the poison was but he was certain he didn’t have a lot of time, and he was greatly positive he didn’t have the energy to fight her.

“Travel with me and my friends. We can show you what peace looks like. You don’t need to follow the ways of the Sith so blindly, you don’t need to follow the Jedi ways so blindly either. You just have to follow what you believe in. What your soul, your heart tells you.”

Draze watched as Alli deactivated her lightsaber and walked towards him. Then all of a sudden he felt a slight pinch in his neck. He was certainly surprised at how fast she was, but in a way in was pleased.

“You better be right” she said coldly “or next time I won’t poison you”

Draze only nodded with relief and led her back to his ship. Once they were both on board he set a course back to Dantooine hoping that everyone was still there.

Vtorym smiled slyly. "Relax. I wasn't thinking that the stakefield would come in handy immediately, if at all. I'm only saying that--" She felt her right temple throb. "You know what? Maybe you smugglers and you Sith have the right idea." She smoothed the worn blanket underneath her. "The whole reason the Jedi were all sent into exile is because of Darth Caedus, but as far as I can tell, none of the Jedi I've seen, even in passing, are remotely like him. The woman tried to help rescue me from the slavers, and that man, Draze? He seems all right, too. They're nothing like 'galactic terrorists'!

"I guess this proves how the Galactic Senate, more specifically the Cadre of Three, has overreacted to the situation. They banished some good people to the ends of the earth, and for what? To prevent the next Darth Caedus from coming to power? The way I see it, the Sith are still in power, without any fallen Jedi having come to lead them. The fault lies mainly with Kinta, and--"

Vtorym stood up, brandishing the makeshift blaster and pointing it at the door. "That's it. Keriz--you may be a smuggler, but you're the one who saved me from that Twi'lek and the Rodian. Sir?" she asked. "You defected from the Sith, and you haven't turned a blaster on me or anything like that. The slavers may have gotten me into this mess, but they're not the root cause. They're only tools, like droids, for some larger purpose--I know not what. The real blame is on my boss, who did absolutely nothing to try and rescue me. He didn't call a ship in to track down the slavers. He didn't try to pay the ransom. He didn't even contact the intergalactic authorities! All he did was play the same old tune of "we don't negotiate with terrorists", and that's that! He could have let me be sold as a slave, or burned as a human torch!"

She pressed the blaster to her lips. "I'm going to go back to Kinta--and I'm going to kill him." She looked Keriz in the eye. "That's the way to fix this."

What Vtorym said really caught him off gaurd. Sure, he had killed countless people on the job, that's what mercs were, but high-level assassination. He had yet to try that.

"Well, he may be the problem, but killing him may cause something worse, are you sure on this decision?"

He wasn't questioning Vtorym, she'd trusted him this long, and if this was her decision, he would follow her whole-heartedly, but he wanted to know where this was coming from. She no doubt was deeply infuriated by the Senator, but there may be an even better solution than assassination.

"What do you mean, am I sure? Well, I'm...not." She sighed and obeyed when Keriz gave her a signal to stand down and hand him the blaster. "What else could we do? I think you're right that maybe assassinating one of the highest-profile Galactic Senators may not be the best of ideas, but I don't think he'll call off the exile, either. Unless...

"...unless the Sith show themselves, which they have." She thought for a moment.

Keriz smiled, he knew that there would be something better that would cause more damage than any bullet to the head. He didn't mean to sound contradicting to Vtorym, but he did want to make sure that she didn't make a choice that she would've regretted greatly, Keriz didn't want that to happen. He also knew that Vtorym was a very smart woman, and could easily come up with some way to foil her boss, and if Keriz was right, an attack of the man's reputation would work quite well, and the arrival of these Sith worked to that.

He then noticed that his gas mask was getting stuffy, so he quickly took it off, still smiling.

He let out a breath,"Well, that plan doesn't sound so bad, not bad at all. If we arrange this just right, the Jedi could be back, and you'll have some sweet vengeance. Clever..."

Keriz leaned back on the wall and relaxed.

"Killing a member of the senate? However you do it, the Jedi will recieve the blame. Making the Sith come out of hiding? That will put innocent planet's on the warpath. The only way for the Jedi to come out of Exile is simple, but unlikely. It's too late for the Order to be reformed, as the sentence has been carried. If the Jedi were to help the galaxy now, they would break their principle's and their code. They would also break the law." Kashrak knew full well that is was too late for such an action to have any real effect. It would take month's to reform the Order and when the Sith learnt of such movement's they would initiate a fullscale purge . . .

With the Jedi scattered and the population against them, a purge would be even easier than the second great purge. "It seem's to save the galaxy, we have to follow the law. The only way to do that? Have no more than two Jedi at our side. They cannot revoke the right of passage on a planet such as Dantooine, only the core world's. Know this much, I stand with you to the end, whatever it may be. I'm done with the Sith, I'm done with murder. If your 'senate' wishes to detain me, then they will have to use physical force, because I won't go down without a fight." Kashrak tried to summon the Jedi oath to memory, but he remembered no such thing.

He turned from the small room and stood in the doorway, leaning against the wall slightly. "Prepare to march, we leave in ten minute's." A nearby Captain nodded and moved to excecute the order. He turned back to Keriz and Vtorym. "No . . . that's it. We are going to Korriban." Kashrak was done with this small time defection, he would decimate the Sith's rank's or die trying.

Alli Keyfel walked around the ship for a while. She didn't see anything of great importance or anything of particular interest so she went into one of the crew cabins and sat upon the bed. She hadn't really figured out why she was going along with him, she was ordered by her master to kill him, to show the Jedi female how powerful of a reach Alli's master held. Alli had a feeling however that Draze sensed something inside her that didn't belong after all her years of training and used that against her. She slightly laughed thinking that Draze would of made a better Sith than Jedi.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door followed by Draze's voice "Hey, can I come in?"

"Yes" she said in a harsh tone. Alli wasn't completely positive as to why she was being so harsh towards him, maybe it was because she knew he was a Jedi and she was a Sith.

She watched as he walked in smiling at her. He pulled a chair out from under the desk and sat on it backwards, resting his arms across the top back end and resting his chin upon his arms. He looked at Alli moving his head from side to side in a rocking motion. He grew up from the little kid she knew, the blond streaks in his hair are more pronounced, his eyes a deep brown, his very feature made him seem to fit right in with the Jedi.

"I'm still poisoned huh?" he said to her smiling a little. It felt like it was almost as if he was trying to make it so she wouldn't worry. She didn't understand why she wasn't going to worry about him at all, or was she?

"I gave you the first treatment out of three. I have the second but..." Alli broke off feeling a little saddened "but my master as the final third one."

"Oh" Draze said "Well how long do the first two give me?"

Alli looked down at the ground intertwining her fingers together she responded "A year at the most. That's if you use minimal force powers. My master made this poison. I'm not sure what it consists of."

Draze moved his head this time nodding at her then his face turned into a happy smile. He leaned away from the back of the chair and stood up pushing the chair back under the desk. Draze turned back to her still wearing the smile "No sense crying over spilt ale." he started to laugh.

Before she could say anything Draze walked out of the room and back to the cockpit. What he said had hit her hard, she always thought she'd be the one to kill him. But now that she had a chance to understand his ways and might now lose that chance it left a hurt inside.

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Draze thumped back down into the pilots chair rubbing his eyes. Minimal force powers and he had a chance of living a year. He cracked up laughing deciding that if he was going to die by some force activated poison then he was going to use his powers when they were needed as much as they were needed. He refused to let other people control his life, and he could be a pretty suborn person.

"Guess I'm just going to have to work on repairing the bridge some other time" he said to himself as the ship came out of hyperspace showing Dantooine in view.

The ship rocked a little as it entered the planets orbit, but quickly settled down once it was on the planets surface. He guided the ship closer to the building he was near earlier. The mansion building that was now surrounded by Sith.

"I believe you need to work on your piloting skills Jedi" he heard Alli say from behind him.

"Sorry I didn't really get basic training in How to make sure you don't crash 101" he said sarcastically back to her.

The fact that the Sith forces were still here concerned Draze. It either meant that his friends were either captured or worse dead. He quickly walked passed Alli making her hair flow behind her and gently touch his face. He reached the cargo bay and lowered the ramp, removed the lightsaber from his side and walked down low. He was positive that the Sith saw the vessel land, he just hoped that they wouldn't put up much of a fight. He could sense that Alli was right behind him not really sure what to make of the situation.

A Soldier approached the vessel as it landed, moving to the landing ramp as it extended from the vessel's hull. "Ahh you must be the other Jedi the Captain was talking about." A moment later a uniformed officer without any Sith armour approached the Soldier, keeping his hand's behind his back and walking at a casual pace. "Ahh Master Hodrenn. I was informed you were coming. Welcome to Dantooine." The officer shifted his gaze to the Sith acolyte and then returned his gaze to Draze. "I was unaware that you kept that sort of person in your company." The officer sighed, cocking his head slightly.

A moment later a dozen Trooper's lined up along the ramp's exit, making a straight line to the building from the ramp. The officer signalled to a nearby Soldier in crimson armor and the unit rushed off to obey some unknown order. "If you would both just come with me and have a seat in the lounge, my superior and his companion's will speak with you in a moment." Just then three speeder bike's burst into view, hitting the break's as they span to dismount. A Soldier dismounted the lead bike and rushed to the Captain, giving him a salute as he halted.

"Sir, the perimeter is secure, however there is no sign of the Female Jedi you wished to speak to." The Captain nodded and absently waved a hand to the Soldier, who then saluted again and returned to his vehicle. As the Soldier shouted command's to his Scout Detatchment the Captain stroked his chin slowly. "Well I suppose we'd best be going in, it would be rude to keep them waiting."
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A Soldier alerted Kashrak about the new arrival's and then led him into the lounge. "May I ask who his companion is?" The Soldier thought for a moment and shrugged. Kashrak sighed and waved a dismissive hand at the Soldier. He attempted a salute, but thought better of it and left. Kashrak sat down and removed his helmet, sipping at a small cup of Tarisian Ale.

Draze cocked his head slightly. What did that soldier mean by that kind of company? Draze felt like he should almost be insulted. Who he wanted to travel with was his business and no one else. Draze sighed slightly as he followed the soldier to the house.

"This day is just really strange." he wasn't going to deny that part. In fact he was pretty sure all of this was avoidable if he hadn't stopped to watch the spinning ship.

As Draze walked he placed his hands behind his head keeping his lightsaber firmly in his grasp. They walked into the lobby and he noticed another Officer sipping a drink. This was probably the person who wanted to talk to him, but at this point in the day nothing would really surprise him.

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Alli followed behind Draze noticing these Sith soldiers were acting strange. Why would they not attack the Jedi and his companions? Of course she had to laugh a little at herself because she was traveling with a Jedi herself. Once her master found out about this betrayal she was certain he would kill her instantly, and that thought killed her.

When they entered the lobby she recognized the officer but stayed silent at Draze's side.

"Ahh Master Draze." Kashrak replaced his helmet and stood, moving to shake his hand. "My battalion and I have been looking for you for some time. We wish to offer you our service's in fact." Kashrak didn't feel like conversing for hour's over pointless chatter, as getting to the point was so much more efficient.
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The Scout's zipped across the ridge, moving at top speed's and weaving around natural obsticle's. Scout-38 activated his comm as he moved over a large rock. "All unit's, form on my position and prepare to engage." The formation closed around 38, moving quickly to ensure that all avenue's of attack were secure. Scout-66 quickly moved to the side of 38 and checked his weapon system's. "Sir, squad ready." 38 nodded and tugged his control's left, rolling the bike twice as it shifted direction. The squad mimicked his manouever and quickly kept the formation intact. 66 quickly shifted his direction, moving right and going into an arc, flying out from the left flank. The squad did a 270 degree turn right, keeping behind 66's position. He quickly moved under a small bridge with the rest of the squad in tow, closing fast upon the position. A moment later a small camp materialized upon the horizon, occupied by pirate's.

They were loading a number of crate's onto an 'Interceptor MK-II Class Frigate'. The ship's engine radiated a violet light, but remained inactive. "Deactivate cloaking device's." The Pirate's noticed the appearance too late, as a salvo of plasma blast's rained down upon their position. The survivor's quickly moved behind nearby crate's, drawing their pistol's and returning fire. Those who were too slow were impaled upon the end of the speeder bike's, their bodies sent flying as the squad turned for a second volley. The Pirate's sped the loading process, covered by a small platoon of Merc Trooper's. The disruptor's they utilized were dead;y and expensive, but ineffective at such long range. Upon the second pass the squad slowed to a halt, dismounting and leaping from their vehicle's. 38 passed the squad as they formed a circle with their bike's, making a small fort in the center of the area. He threw a few gas grenade's into the fray, blasting their foes with gastly fume's.

He quickly returned a message to Kashrak, informing him of the assault's progress. He quickly returned his focus to the present, moving his bike slowly past the loading bay, grabbing a paticulary aggressive Tradonshan and throwing him over the front of the bike. A quick stun shot from a blaster put down any resistance, as 38 moved his bike to the other side of the ship. Meanwhilst 66 moved the squad onto the Ship, their Sith armour proving a key advantage over the Pirate's kevlar. Just as they were about to enter the cargo bay, the ship's engine's began to ignite. The squad quickly moved away, knowing that securing themselves would take far too long. The ship burst into the air, a Sith trooper who had moved too slowly dragged with it. A moment later he fell from the now-distant form, his frail body crashing upon a rock formation below. 66 sighed as he moved next to 38's side. "Sir, two casualties. We managed to plant an ion emitter on-board the ship." 38 nodded and drew out a detonator.

The ship came about, preparing to fire a cluster rocket at the defenseless Trooper's. 38 flicked the detonator and the ship was brought down almost instantly, it's system's failing from the ion blast. It came down quickly and it's nose ran into the ground upon impact. "Check the crash site for survivor's, load the rest of the crate's onto the transport. Within second's a large Cruiser emerged from cloak and landed next to the formation, it's loading bay already extended. A large amount of trooper's moved to assist in the loading process, as a Captain contacted Kashrak, informing him of the success.
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A moment later Kashrak's holo-viewer flashed three time's and projected a small image from his wrist. He listened to the muffled speech as static fuzzled the hologram, making the voice inaudible to both Draze and Alli. "Very good Captain, return once you are finished." The figure nodded and faded back into the wrist plate, Kashrak's attention returning to Draze. "Sorry about that."

Draze switched his lightsaber to his other hand and shook the commanders hand. Draze was certainly confused by the events that were happening. First he gets attacked by bounty hunters, then he runs into a spinning ship, then he gets dragged along to Dantooine, then to Korriban, now back to Dantooine to what lead an army. If he was going to agree to anything, which would seem highly unlikely considering today's events he would need more answers.

"What kind of Services? and Why me?" Draze asked as he took a seat signaling for Alli to sit next to him. He wasn't any leader, he wasn't even the best follower.

He did what he wanted because he wasn't bound by rules any longer. And now all these events seemed to want to drag him back into rules and regulations that he had to follow.

(Uh, are Vtorym and Keriz still in the safe house on Dantooine? Just asking! *LOL*)

(Yeah, they still are, just that Admiral Thrawn's Sith left and Draze is back, except he's outside:D)

(Uh...I don't exactly know what to post! Could you? :))

(Sadly, I'm unable to at the moment, maybe later though:D)

((Can we keep the OOC to PM's please? :) Thank's in advance, you might want to delete those spam post's))

After the crate's were loaded onto the frigate and safely carried back to the safe-house, the squad moved to a new destination. The speeder's moved across mile's in but a blur of motion as they held tight and moved through the countryside in formation. Within but a few minute's they had arrived at their next target, a small fort. It was currently used by the very same pirate's they had only a moment ago foiled and now they were on high alert. The base had a shield to prevent any large scale incursion's, so 38's squad was vital to success. The speeder bike's stopped just short of the enemies sensor range, abandoning their ride's in the nearby foliage. Moving through the cover of the long grass they advanced upon the base. They had to avoid certain sensor node's and patrol's, lest the base be alerted to their immediate presence. "Squad, here's the plan . . . 66, I want you to take 21 and 50, then I want you to draw them away from Alpha Bunker." He indicated a small position on his PDA. "We will infiltrate the bunker and disable the sensor network. After that we will have two minute's before the system reboot's and we are found." The group nodded approval and moved out to accomplish their individual task's.

38's retinue waited silently next to the entrance, awaiting 66's diversion. Meanwhilst 66 was slicing into a sensor pod, programming it to emit a disturbance beacon. The trigger gave them 30 second's to clear the sensor range, otherwise the plan would be for nothing. The sensor node sounded and a group of armed personnel sprinted from the bunker, leaving it vulnerable to attack. 38 moved in and began to crosswire the transmission signal, overloading it with false message's and encryption's. The system crashed almost immediately, leaving the area vulnerable. The personnel returned, just in time to see 38 finish the job. Immediately they advanced upon the seemingly alone individual, only to be ambushed a moment later. They were all either blasted or rendered incapacitated. They immediately moved outside for pickup, awaiting a gunship. It arrived a minute later and quickly moved them onto the fort's far wall. The gunship escaped just in time to avoid the sensor reboot, allowing the group to enter undetected.

After infiltrating the HQ they initiated a override procedure, causing the defense system's to open fire upon the pirate's immediately. Within second's a dozen gunship's had landed within the vicinity, all rushing to engage their now defenselss enemies. The fort was captured within the next few minute's, a very efficient job with minimal casualties. The result's gave Kashrak's company a place to set up base and work from, a very good target.
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"Why you? Because you, Draze Hodrenn, are a Jedi. A very skilled Jedi at that, long have we watched you from the shadow's. Your companion, Alli, is not unknown to us either. We have alot of source's, as a coup on this scale take's a huge amount of planning. The Sith were a mistake . . . a big mistake." Kashrak put two finger's to his earpiece as a message came through, albeit troubled by static. "Good. The pirate's in this sector are closed down. Initiate a sweep in the immediate area around the fort and re-program the sensor grid."

He gestured too two nearby Soldiers, again adorning crimson armour. "You two, take the company and rendevouz at Checkpoint Alpha, I will call for pick-up later." They saluted and rushed off and within the next few minute's the sound of marching and gunship's taking off drowned out most noise's. "So Draze, do you accept our service? Or do you walk away . . . ?"

((Feel free to visit Kerlaya any of you, she isn't inactive at all))

Draze sat there moving his lightsaber back and forth between his hands. He had no interest of leading any type of army. He didn't really have any interest in taking part in any war. His plan was just to become a simple smuggler, doing what he wanted when he wanted. For him there was no greater peace then following his own set of rules and that was be straight forward and honest no matter the cost.

"In all honest 'commander' I don't see where I would fit in your plan. You seem to have everything under control on your own. If your planing a war against the Sith, then you certainly don't need me for it."

Draze leaned forward holding his lightsaber tightly in both hands. This whole situation was bothering him. The force it seemed wouldn't let him just live a simple life. He was happy to have Alli back in his life, and he would do what he needed for her but he had planed his life to be severely different. Draze raised his gaze to meet the commanders eyes.

"And for the record I was a Jedi, then we were exiled. I don't follow by they're code any longer. You and your men can do what ever you feel like, what you do will have little effect upon me"

Keriz was slightly surprised by the Sith's abrupt statement and departure.

"Well, obviously, our Sith friend did not pay attention to what we said. He wants to cause some damage in his own way, so who are we to stop him?"

He slid forward and stood from the bed.

He looked to Vtorym,"Well, we're stuck together until we handle the problem, where do you suggest we start?"

"I suggest...hmm. There's a Senate outpost here on Dantooine, in the ruins of Khoonda. They're not sure to know you, and perhaps we can warn them that the Sith have shown themselves. Usually, the only people at the outpost are staffers and whatnot."

Keriz nodded,"That would be a good place to start. And thank you, it may be better if they didn't know who I am, it would make our situation much more difficult."

Keriz re-slung his rifle and stretched for a second.

Another thing came to mind,"Before we go, is there anything you need here? I'm not sure if we're going to return here soon, so we best be prepared."

Vtorym shook her head. "I don't think so." She and Keriz headed out of the safe house.

Khoonda was a building that had been constructed and re-constructed many times over, to the dismay of many a taxpayer on Dantooine. Nevertheless, it was considered a historical site, and it was kept open as a Galactic Senate operation center and outpost. It was here that minor Senate personnel kept watch over the daily goings-on of all the farmers, laborers, and other insignificant galactic dwellers. It was also here that Vtorym set her sights on a familiar face, or at least somewhat familiar...

"Can I help you?" asked a staffer amiably.

"Brianna?" asked Vtorym. "I can't believe you got sent out here..."

Keriz shadowed Vtorym not too far away. He had put on his gas mask again, if there was any here who could recognize him, the mask would throw them off. He merely watched the perimeter and made sure Vtorym was safe, she probably knew more than he did on the procedures of a facility like Khoonda.

He then decided to stop being paranoid and just stand next to Vtorym, he didn't know what he found so scary about that prospect, she was after all quite...

Keriz shook the thought off, he was here to help, he'd need to focus. He walked over to Vtorym and observed the situation.

The senator called Brianna raised an eyebrow. "Vtorym Rtasi...is it really you? I thought that you were based out of Coruscant," she said. "Assistant to Senator Kinta?"

"That it is," replied Vtorym, "and the reason why I'm not on Coruscant right now is that it involves a long story featuring slavers, a battered freighter, and...my comrade here." She gestured toward the masked figure with her. "Brianna? This is Keriz," she announced.

"So you were featured on the holovids!" Brianna cried, her eyes wide. "Hello to both of you. Why haven't you reported back in to your boss yet? He's surely worried about you."

"Not so much," replied Vtorym. "He didn't do anything to try and rescue me."

Keriz nodded to Brianna on the other side of the desk.

He was going to say something, but decided that he should leave this to Vtorym, she'd be more able to communicate than Keriz, this was very nearly her type of work.

He chuckled silently at the thought and continued playing the quiet friend in the background.

Kashrak laughed. "Your still a Jedi, whether you'll admit it or not." He refitted his helmet and rose, moving to the doorway. "If your going to hide from yourself then go ahead, I have no authority to stop you." Kashrak quickly mounted a Speeder bike left behind by his squad and moved at fullspeed to Khoonda. He stopped a mile short and deposited his bike in a bush of sort's, along with his armour. After drawing on his Commando kit he deposited a blaster in the holster and advanced toward's to looming sight.

A few moment's later he arrived to find Vtorym and Keriz here, though he doubted they would recognise him without the armour or voice modulator. He leant against the wall whilst he awaited them to finish their task.
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The squad waited in the center of the forest for further order's, all the whilst setting up a temporary camp. The men set about making sensor probe's and a relay tower, whilst other's moved about pulling up tent's and heater's. A small group including 38 sat around off duty, chatting idly about random topic's. "Good job guy's, any new's about the Commander?" 38 shook his head. "I think he's gone to Khoonda station, but that's about as much as I know." 25 moved over to 38 and company, quickly seating himself upon a crate. "Yeah that's right, unfinished buisness they say." 66 cocked his head as he examined the squad. "What buisness is it to you what our Commander does?"

38 laughed slightly as he shifted his gaze to 66. "We're off duty you know, a little idle gossip won't do us any harm." 66 shrugged his word's off and sighed. "Still, it's a bit rude to be nosing about the Commander's life." 25 thought for a moment. "Well, I guess your kinda right. But we're not on about his personal life are we? Just some idle chatter." 66 nodded and turned away, defeated. 90 quickly moved to 38's side, tapping him on the shoulder slightly. He gestured to a nearby empty seat and 38 nodded. 90 quickly seated himself and engaged in the idle chatter. All of the squad had removed their armour by now, replacing it with their casual uniform. All still had a blaster rifle at their side's, deactivated just in case.

A few guard droid's lumbered about, carrying out patrol's and routine check's. For the most part the squad was simply chatting, though a few still set up the camp. A few minute's later and the entire squad was around the plasma heater, chatting and discussing point's of interest and tactic's.

Draze sighed and shook his head,he wasn't going to argue with some one who didn't know him that well. He was better at avoiding pointless arguments if at all possible. Since his exile Draze had meditated a lot upon what being a Jedi meant, and since the Republic felt the need to exile the Jedi it certainly wasn't really meant to protect them. But he supposed if the Republic asked for they're help Draze would do his best to defend them. He laughed slightly wondering if the Jedi did help the Republic out of a mess, would they only end up sending them into exile again.

Draze shrugged at himself "Well no sense sticking around here." he turned to Alli and waved his hand as he stood up "Come there is some one I want you to meet."

If anyone could help Alli understand what it meant to be a servant of the light it would be Kerlaya. Of course so far she has made her self scarce during current events, but she was still near by. Draze with Alli in tow wandered into the garage where they found Kerlaya attempting to meditate.

"Kerlaya" he said with a devilish smile waving "Don't mean to distribute you. But I'd really like you to meet some one."