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Knights of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords

Knights of the old Republic and Starwars are owned by George Lucas (I think he owns them both). Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all characters belong to Joss Whedon. I own nothing here. As said by many wise men..and women…please don't sue me.

The timeline for Buffy takes place about three years after the end of Buffy. No exact date has been decided. KOTOR 2 timeline starts right from the beginning of the game. I apologize now for my lack of grammar etc, etc. I've never posted anything I've written until now. This bug has been floating in my skull since I first read Slayers of the old republic by Michael Weyer. It definitely fed my imagination. Thanks Michael. Anyways on with the show. Please comment. It won't get better in quality or quantity without constructive criticism.

I am currently cleaning up small sections at a time and posting them, and writing the next stop in the adventure at the same time, I do have plans that will seriously send the KOTOR game into AU.

Cantina, a short while later

Xander entered the Cantina hesitantly, pushing through a small gathering of off duty Czerka employees. Not security personnel thankfully, just normal employees.

He sighed as he reached the main area unscathed, and searched the room for one specific individual, he spotted her by the bar on the other side of the room.

And she spotted him, and smiled.

"Her goes nothing.." he whispered to himself and made his way towards the pink skinned woman they had encountered earlier.

"Hello again" she purred, as he moved to lean against the bar "You know, I heard about what happened at the Docks, can we talk for a bit?".

Xander just nodded, the woman definitely made him feel uncomfortable, it was a similar feeling to the ones he got when he found out so many of his x-girl friends hadn't been human.

Of course he was always the last to know, and Luxa here at least had the decency to give him the wiggin's right away.

"I handle vice - you know, spice, gambling, the good things in life, for the local Exchange boss, Loppak Slusk" she explained in his ear.

Yeah, this woman was definitely a piece of work, the things he did for the greater good.

"Your Exchange?" he asked, already knowing that piece of information.

"Don't worry" she smiled, it looked dangerous even though she was trying to appear not-so-threatening, "I won't make a move on you, or your friends, Loppak and I don't see eye to eye on a lot of things, you and your friends are one of them".

"Thanks…I guess" he smirked, trying to quell the knot in his stomach.

"Look, are you really a JedI?" she asked.

Xander shook his head "No", Not really anyways, he thought.

Luxa smiled "Exactly, This Exchange bounty has nothing to do with you, but my boss won't listen to me. Still, you seem like a capable sort. Tell me, are you capable?".

Xander resisted the urge to slide a few feet from the woman as she leaned close to him "Yeah, well, I like to think I am" he managed to say without any hint of emotion.

"Good, I like that in a man. So here it is, help me with Slusk, and I'll keep the Exchange off your back, and find your missing ship" she looked away and grabbed her drink.

"How would this work?" he asked.

Luxa smiled as she took a large mouthful of her beverage "I can get you into the Exchange suites in Residential 082. They're went of the entrance. More than a few of the guards are in my pocket so there shouldn't be too much resistance inside. When Slusk is out of the way, i'll clear up this bounty matter, and get your ship back, deal?".

Xander took a moment to think about it, he already agreed, it was the only way to get it, the gang knew she was their best shot at talking to Slusk, he just wanted to appear as though he was considering her offer.

"Well?" she asked.

"Yeah, it's a deal" he said finally.

Luxa put the drink down and followed up with a few credits "We'll speak again, Good luck Handsome" she smiled and then left the Cantina.

Xander turned around and looked at the bar tender "Give me something with a kick" he muttered, after that encounter he really needed a stiff drink.

Shuttle Module Waiting Area

"I do not approve of this Alliance with Chodo Habat and his Ithorian's" Kreia said coldly.

Shayla looked at her, mentor, "Why is that?".

"Habat has an agenda, and he hopes to tie you, and your two new Padawan's into it, to use you to his own ends" she explained.

Shayla nodded "I see that as well, but we have little choice, Chodo has resources we need, whatever help he can give us is necessary".

Kreia looked away, considering her words "True, he may be able to help us locate the Ebon Hawk, but still, we need to remain vigilant".

"Yes" was all she could say, her mind focusing on another individual and her hopes that we was okay.

Dawn was barely aware of the conversation between her master, and her masters master, she smiled at the thought, who would have ever thought she would call someone master, even if it was just a title of respect.

The abrupt interruption of Atton sitting down on a chair next to her jarred her thoughts, she looked at him with a slightly annoyed expression.

"Sorry" he muttered "All this running around seems to be catching up with me".

She nodded "Yeah, I'm feeling rather tired myself, can't wait for a break, can't wait for a shower" she said gripping her pony tail and huffed in disgust at the greasy content she could feel.

"Showers.." he twitched "Showers are good".

She watched his odd behavior and shook her head, You sir are a strange one, she thought.

"You know, you seem calm" he said abruptly.

"Huh?" she asked, not expecting that.

"It's almost streaming off you, Shayla and Xander too, A lot calmer than you guys were back on Peragus, when we first met" he added quickly.

Dawn was slightly confused "What are you talking about?".

"On Peragus, you seemed…well, you were a girl trying to deal with a bad situation, not like now, now your different" he sighed "It's hard to explain".

"I'm fine, in fact I haven't felt this good in a long time" she said, realizing that she really did feel a lot better about herself.

Atton smiled "Well, it's nice to see. You're a nice counter to that old witch over there. And your psychotic friend".

Dawn closed her eyes "And you were doing so well" she couldn't help but smile "Either you really don't have a clue about how to talk to people, or you are really good at sounding like an ass".

Atton nodded "I've heard that before" he said cryptically and then stood up and walked away.

Dawn watched him go "Okay, can we say Issues.." she said to herself.

Faith heard the entire conversation with both groups as she stared out the view port at the Station exterior, so many shuttles and other ships flying in nearly every direction.

It was actually kind of pretty.

Somehow, in all the craziness of the last week, she had found a kind of peace she never thought she'd find, granted they still had crazy baddies after them, and no real idea of what was gong on around them, but she felt like she used to, before everything that went wrong in her life happened.

Then she felt it.

A strange familiar pressure inside her head, her eyes instantly focused on the sight just beyond the station, the planet below them.

They made it.

She glanced at the remaining crew members and smiled, Dawn and Xander was going to freak.

Then she spotted Kreia stiffen.

You can feel it too ya old bag

Finally, with Buffy around, she'd have some back up to keep an eye on the old witch, she remembered Atton's instinctual reaction to the woman and smiled, he had good instincts.

She just hoped Buffy and whoever came with her would be okay down there until they could meet up, the planet was mostly under Czerka control, which meant things could get rough for the reinforcements.

"Hey guys, I'm back" Xander called out from the Entertainment Module ramp, shattering her train of thought.

She watched Shayla smile as she heard his voice and stand to approach him, a dawning realization slammed home, She's got the bug.

She smiled, Xander and Dawn had admirers and neither of them knew it, she wanted to laugh out loud but kept it to herself.

"How did it go?" Shayla asked him as he moved to a chair directly behind dawn and flopped down like it was a comfortable couch.

"Pretty good, great in fact, Luxa singled me out as I walked in, I didn't even have to try and convince her to help" he answered.

Dawn frowned "Something tells me she isn't going to help us, out of the kindness of her heart".

Xander nodded "True on that one, she wants us to get rid of Loppak Slusk" he said quietly, glancing around to make sure no one else was in hearing distance.

Faith remained quiet, she figured the woman was the ambitious kind.

"I'm not surprised" Kreia said "This deception however will allow us to meet with Loppak however, and allow us to deliver Chodo Habat's message, that is all that matters".

Dawn snorted "Sorry, I don't see this going all that well, we walk in unannounced and things are bound to get messy".

Shayla nodded "Events do seem to work against our intensions".

"Well, let's play this by ear, try to keep anyone from getting all Grr..Arg, I for one want a break from seeing corpses on the floor" Xander said, exhaustion filled his speech.

"You and I both Xan" Dawn agreed.

Kreia stood up "Conflict is inevitable, it strengthens you, to focus on the events negatively only breeds doubt and doubt leads to failure".

Everyone stared at the one handed old crone in silence, Faith had to give it to the woman, she didn't trust her, but she had a point.

"Kreia is right" Shayla spoke first "We must stay focused on our goal, to get off the station and find the Ebon Hawk, we have likely been on the station far too long and our enemies will not be far behind".

Faith really hated it when the blonde spoke like that, she really was spending too much time with Kreia. A plan formed in her head as she glanced out the view port at the sliver of Telos that poked out over the station.

Xander stood up and stretched "Well, shall we go meet this Loppak guy?".

"The sooner this gets done, the sooner we can leave" Atton finally spoke.

Faith watched as everyone moved towards the Shuttle that lead to the Residential Module, then quickly fell in behind them, she just hoped they could get through this without bloodshed.

Bumani Exchange Corporation, "Exchange Front"

Xander pointed to the door with the lone alien standing outside "That's the place I think she was talking about".

Shayla nodded and lead the group towards the door, the short Alien looked up with an expressionless gaze, "You have no business with the Exchange, I suggest you leave".

Shayla smiled "Luxa sent us".

The doorman's posture changed dramatically "I hope you know what your doing human" he quickly turned to a communication console, quickly tapping a button.

"Vula, a human is here to see Slusk, everything check out, open the door" he glanced once to the group and then walked away quickly.

Dawn shook her head "He expects the worst".

"Smart guy" Faith remarked as the door opened.

Shayla lead the group through the door without hesitation, the interior of the suites looked almost identical to the layout of both the Czerka offices and the Ithorian compound, the only difference was the interior decoration.

"Nice place" Atton said as the approached a secretaries desk, a human woman with tightly braided black hair stood to great them.

"I'm terribly sorry, there must be some mistake, I don't have a record of your appointment..are you certain it was for today" the secretary asked, her voice full of suspicion.

Dawn answered before anyone could react "There's no mistake. Open the door".

The woman seemed to space out for a moment "You know what…There must be some mistake in the system. Let me open that door for you. What was your name again?".

Shayla smiled at Dawn quickly "Shayla Kracek".

The secretary, Vula, touched something on the computer out of sight "Excuse me, Loppak Slusk's appointment is here, please open the door" she looked upon as the door slid open "There you go, please have a nice day".

Shayla nodded and lead the group into the next room, ten mercenaries lounged about, a few were playing Pazaak, which caught Atton's eye, the rest were watching the local Swoop Bike Races.

Everyone of them turned and checked out the new comers, even apparently off duty, they still took their duties seriously.

Of course the group had 'Permission', to be here, and they managed to pass through the room unchallenged.

Reaching the next door however, she knew that within moments, their relative safety bought by Dawn's use of the force to 'Push' the secretary into letting them in, would disappear.

Reaching out she touched the door pad and spotted another ten Exchange mercenaries, three of whom she recognized, Benok and his two cohorts from the cantina.

A Quarren, a species with small tentacles that draped down from their mouths, stopped what he was saying to the obnoxious thug, to see who had dared to interrupt him.

"Wha..You've got a lot of nerve coming in here JedI. with the bounty we've got on your kind. What do you want?" the Quarren demanded.

"Loppak Slusk I presume" she said and stepped into the room, in order to give her companions a chance to enter and fan out, just in case things turned for the worst.

"Yes" he hissed.

"We're here, representing Chodo Habat.." she began to explain.

Slusk spun to Benok "I gave very specific instruction regarding that hammerhead and any of his cronies. Who let these idiots in?. Matu bring me whoever's watching the door. Nahata, tell Chodo if he sends anyone else we'll come after him, and Benok.." he ranted, finally looking back to her "Dust these foolish JedI".

Benok smiled and drew two blaster pistols "With Pleasure".

The next thirty seconds slowed down instantly, Shayla quickly crossed the distance to engage Benok and the two thugs standing next to him, the man was Slusk's right hand man, making him the more dangerous of the group.

Benok managed to snap off two shots before she reached him, one barely missed her head, the other deflected off her Lightsaber literally as she ignited it.

Apparently the thug wasn't stupid, he dropped the blasters and pulled a Vibro-sword from a sheath across his back, managing to parry several blows from her own weapon.

The next ten seconds stretched out, both striking and parrying with nearly equal speed and skill, she quickly stepped back to avoid a low slash from his sword and she knew the fight was over.

Stepping inside his swing she brought her saber up, severing the mans weapon arm just below the elbow, and then sent him flying back into a wall using a little bit of the Force.

Turning to engage the two closest thugs who had apparently hesitated due to the ferocity of the duel between Benok and her, she also caught a brief glimpse of how her friends were faring.

Dawn and Xander were back to back, defending themselves from four thugs, Atton was still in the doorway, taking any opening he could see with his dual blasters.

Kreia had engaged one thug who wielded an Echani staff and Faith had managed to reach the center of the room and was forcing the last two thugs back with shattering strikes from her double bladed sword.

Her own two opponents, Matu and Nahata rushed her, each brandishing Vibro swords, she easily parried several assaults, and countered with a series of precise strikes that pushed the two thugs back against a low backed couch.

She slid back several feet and again felt the force course through her as she pushed them over the couch, the two thugs fell over, losing their swords as they hit the floor.

She quickly moved to cover the two, resting each weapon mere inches from their throats, both men relaxed, they knew better than to push the issue.

From the corner of her vision she spotted her companions finishing their own engagements, Dawn and Xander just finished with the last two thugs who tried to surround them.

Faith was looking around the room for more threats, her two opponents laying still on the ground, again she noticed that no blood was present on her blade.

Kreia was pushing her opponent from her blade, the man had been impaled through the chest, her sword now stained dark pink from the smeared blood that coated most of it's length.

Atton was already moving into the room, quickly joining her "That was fun" he quipped.

Shayla said nothing as she waited for everyone to join her and then turned to the door Loppak Slusk slipped through as the fight began.

It opened without hesitation, the quarren was apparently rather confident in his employees ability to defeat the group.

Four Gamorrean warriors, seven foot tall hulking brutes with pig like faces waited within, they all backed up upon seeing them.

"Luxa said you were strong!. I will get you inside" one of the warriors grunted and turned to the next door, hitting an intercom "Boss. Matu is here with Koobis, from the door, You want to see him?".

"Yes, send him in" echoed the voice of Slusk.

The gamorean quickly moved past the group, without saying another word, his three companions moved after him just as quickly.

The door opened a second later, Slusk stepped back in surprise "What?. Whoever let you in better be dead!. Or they'll wish they were when my droids finish with you!".

He stepped back and two Security Droids with blaster rifles stepped through the doorway, Xander and Dawn reacted however, each cut down a droid before they could even raise their weapons.

Shayla stepped through the doorway, both weapons at the ready.

"You've handled yourselves well getting this far, but you should think things over carefully. I can be a rather powerful ally" he quickly said backing up behind his desk "What is it you want? To join the exchange? Money?".

Shayla shook her head "To leave the Ithorian's alone".

Loppak definitely looked shocked "Really, all this toruble for just that" he stopped and she could barely see a smile cross his face, at least she thought it was s smile, she wasn't familiar with Quarren to actually identify if they were smiling.

"Ah, it seems we have some company" he said, placing both hands on top of his desk "I was wondering when you'd show up Luxa".

"Slusk" said a familiar voice from behind the group.

Loppak cocked his head to the side inquisitively "I assume this is your doing?".

Shayla turned enough to see the four Gamorreans had returned with the pink skinned woman.

"I may have had a small hand in this, yes" she purred, holding a Sith War blade firmly in her right hand.

"I suppose I should have known, You always were an ambitious one, but enough with that though. Onto business at hand, I don't think it's likely everyone here will leave alive" he said calmly.

Shayla was sure he had something up his sleeve, no one facing two hostile groups could be that calm "We didn't come here for a fight".

Luxa sneered towards Xander "I guess it's just as they say, if you want something done right, do it yourself".

She launched herself at Xander, and managed to take one step before his blue saber slashed across her stomach twice, she slowed and looked down, dumb shock flashed across her face, then she fell backwards.

Faith and Dawn stepped forward towards the Gammorean's, all four realized how bad things were for them and scrambled for the door.

Shayla turned back to Slusk "Will you leave the Ithorian's alone and stop interfering in their restoration efforts?".

"Why would I want to do that?. The Ithorians are ruining my profits!" Slusk bellowed back.

Faith stepped forward "If you don't, you won't be alive to enjoy your profits".

Slusk nodded, "I believe I'll choose to take my chances" his hand brushed something on the desk and two concealed blaster turrets popped up on either side of his desk.

Shayla slashed three times, the turret on the left was a smoking wreck, she turned to see Xander had effectively destroyed the one on the right and Dawn was kneeling on Slusk's desk, her Green blade burried in his chest.

The former Exchange boss for Citadel Station slowly slipped from her blade and slumped into his own chair, lifeless.

Ithorian Compound, One hour later

Shayla left Chodo's office feeling drained, the last few days had really begun to take it's toll on her, the constant fighting, constant death.

She could only imagine the difficulties Xander and Dawn were having, even Faith, though she had not taken a single life.

She spotted Atton leaning against the wall next to the Ithorian Vivarium room door, he seemed to be sleeping, his eyes were closed and his chest was rising and falling with a regular rythym, the man was strange, strange enough that him sleeping while standing up wouldn't have surprised her in the least.

"What's so interesting?" he asked, opening his eyes as she slowly approached.

Shayla smiled "Chodo has another job for us, this one doesn't seem so bad".

"Like talking to Slusk?" he laughed "Yeah, we didn't see that one falling apart now did we?".

She nodded "I learned along time ago that death is inevitable, that we all make choices that will lead us to death's door eventually".

"If that's your way of saying that everyone who's died by our hand, knew It was coming, save it" he snapped "Those kids in there didn't ask for this crap, yet there they are, standing by you, taking lives and dealing with it the best they can, and, and, I don't even know why I'm getting pissed off!".

Shayla smiled and stepped up next to him "You care about her don't you?".

"Wha…, who?" he asked.

"Dawn, I've seen the way you look at her Atton, don't deny it" she said quietly.

The shaggy haired pilot looked away "Don't know what your talking about…she's just a kid".

"I know what you mean" she sighed and leaned against the same wall.

"Huh?" he asked "I'm not sure…oh, Xander right?".

Shayla nodded slowly, then took a deep breath "He never once questioned me about my past, why I am no longer a JedI…no, that's not why" she sighed.

"Your not making any sense" Atton chuckled.

"I know" She admitted "It's so damn confusing, I grew up in the temple on Dantooine, taught that relationships and attachments were a danger to any JedI, I believed the line".

"Yet you followed Revan and joined the Mandalorian War" Atton commented.

"I believed that what we were doing was right, I still believe it was the right thing to do" she said "And up until now, I believed that emotion was a weakness, that it could drag me down the same road Revan followed".

"What changed?" he asked.

"His smile, his sense of humor, he is infectious in that regard, he smiles and I can't help but feel stronger, more focused, well, once he's stopped looking at me that is" she laughed.

"Xander is a good guy, one of the few I'd trust watching my back" Atton said.

"And what about Dawn?" she nudged him in the ribs.

"What?. I thought we were talking about your feelings for Xander?" he retorted.

"There is no point in denying it Atton Rand, you care about her, I can see it and at least Faith can see it" she said.

"Faith?" he asked, the colour draining from his face slightly.

She nodded "Forgot about her did you?" and with that she walked past him and into the vivarium.

"Why me" he said quietly.

Ithorian Vivarium

Faith nearly fell asleep as she watched her two closest friends meditate amongst the Ithorian garden, oh she knew they called it a vivarium, but to her it really was just a glorified garden, plants and grass everywhere, it was actually rather nice.

She shook her head and adjusted position to keep sleep from claiming her, then focused on the faces of Xander and Dawn, both seemed so at peace but every few moments she could see a facial twitch, a momentary sag in the shoulders.

They were not doing well, and it was pissing her off.

"Something's bothering you?" Xander asked.

She rolled her eyes, Damn JedI senses "Yeah, you guys okay?" she asked.

Dawn answered without opening her eyes "Strangely yes, even with the violence, the death, I feel alright, pretty good in fact" she said "I assumed that's what you asking about".

"Yeah" she nodded "How about you Xander?".

Xander however actually moved from his place next to Dawn and joined her "I'm good, how about you?".

"What?. I'm fine" she smiled.

"Yeah, you really expect me to believe that?" he asked.

Faith didn't answer quickly "How can you guys do it? The killing, I can see it tear you up after the fighting, but during the fight your so calm, controlled, calculated" she shook her head "I just don't get it".

Xander nodded as he lounged across a patch of grass "In the last few days, since I started meditating, I've come to the conclusion that the basic instruction Shayla received from the Academy was copied into Dawn and I, that includes the basics of emotion control, meditation, the Lightsabers training, everything, most importantly it includes a rough understanding of the JedI code, heavily influenced by who I am".

Faith got comfortable, this is what she was curious to know.

"To the Jedi, emotion in any form must be controlled, as an motion such as love can be as dangerous as anger when it involves the force, the Sith embrace the the emotions, passion being one aspect of the Sith code, the hides from emotion, the other embraces it, both are extremes, both have their strengths and weaknesses" Xander explained.

"You guys can't love someone?" she asked "Man, that's gonna suck!".

Xander shook his head "JedI supress their emotions faith, we're not JedI" he smiled.

"We're not Sith either Xan" Dawn added.

Faith was confused "So what are you guys then?".

Xander shrugged his shoulders "Don't have a clue, we can use the force, do crazy acrobatics and all sorts of other neat tricks though".

Dawn finally stood up from meditating "What I think he's trying to say is why limit ourselves with a label, JedI or Sith, the names evoke a response, JedI a sense of good, Sith a feeling of fear, besides, who says either of them has sole access to the force, their just factions, organizations with a form of beliefs, like the Watchers council back home".

Faith got it "So you guys are like Buffy after she told Travers where to go, your not rogue your just independent".

Xander nodded "Free to walk our own path's, without rules or opinions of others telling us right from wrong, it all is a matter of perspective anyways".

Faith frowned "Ain't this dangerous though, I mean the dark side according to Shayla and even Kreia is a powerful thing, without serious guidance…you guys might get lost?".

Xander nodded "Yeah, it could happen, so could anyone of us being hit by a bus or something like that, if, there were any buses…do you think they have buses here, or just shuttles?".

"It comes down to choices, and living with the consequences of the choices" Dawn added as she got a little more comfortable on the grass "I don't intend to fall prey to this dark side, however, I know I have you and Xander to help me out if I start to waver".

"Ah, shuttle buses" Xander just nodded, his smile adding to the serenity she felt in the room.

Both women shook their heads at his ability to so completely forget a conversation.

"That's a relief, I mean you guys were seriously starting to worry me, all this killing can't be good for the soul" she began to ramble.

The door opened at that moment and Shayla entered the room "Sorry to interrupt guys, Chodo has one more job for us".

Faith nodded "Why am I not surprised".

"Cause even here destiny is conspiring against us?" Xander quipped.

Shayla moved to the edge of the small patch of grass "Maybe, but we still promised to help them, backing out now would not be in our best interests".

"So what's the sitch?" Faith asked.

"Chodo want's us to acquire files from Czerka's mainframe, files that detail exactly how corrupt the corporation is, that way they don't need to rely on just Batono's testimony" she explained.

"Any idea's on how we can achieve this feat?" Dawn asked as she stood up, brushing a few bits of grass from her clothes before moving to retrieve her armour.

"She knows of a Czerka employee who might be willing to help, he spends most evenings in the Cantina down on the Entertainment module" Shayla replied.

Xander nodded "Well, time to start planning then" he said as he too stood up "Any ideas?".

"I can probably convince him to help" Faith grinned mischievously.

Xander smiled "Feminine whiles?".

Faith shrugged her shoulders "If ya got it, why not flaunt it?".

Dawn strapped the last piece of her amour on "Let me talk to him".

Shayla looked to her apprentice "You think you can convince him?".

"Won't know unless I try" Dawn said as she grabbed her weapon belt.

"What do you guys think?" Shayla asked.

Faith stood up, strapping on her own belt "Yeah, why not, she's getting pretty good at the whole mind trick thing".

"Not what I was planning" Dawn said.

Shayla looked at Dawn "Well, If you think you can do this".

"Yeah, I think I can do it, just got to find the right approach" she said.

"C'mon shay, let her try, if he isn't willing to help we can always lock him in a room with Kreia" Xander smirked.

Shayla shot him a dirty look "All right, you can try, we'll wait in the shuttle lounge while you talk to him" she said to her brunette Padawan.

"Here's a question" faith interrupted "Where is Kreia?".

Shayla glanced at the door "She's meditating in the main room".

Xander slapped his hands together "Okay then, let's get this show on the road, I for one really want to get off this damn station".

He left the room without another word, the three women silently moved to follow.

Four hours later

Shayla cursed mentally, as she dragged the unconscious body of Xander onto the Ithorians Orbital Shuttle provided by Chodo Habat in order to get to the planet below.

Faith was next up the ramp, helping a seriously wounded Dawn, "He's alive" she said after a quick examination of his wounds "He's already slipped into a healing trance".

Faith said nothing as she helped Dawn into a seat then turned to the ramp "You guys better move your asses!" she bellowed.

Atton and Kreia quickly joined them, both showed minor wounds of their own "Thought you guys might want these" their pilot said as he dropped an arm load of Sith Lightsabers on another seat.

Kreia strapped herself in while Atton moved to the pilots seat "We should go, their may be more Assassins on the way".

"How the hell did they find us?" Faith growled.

Kreia closed her eyes "As I explained before, these assassins are force sensitive, they can feel those in touch with the force, they were trained to track JedI".

"Fuck" was the only response.

Shayla strapped herself in just as Atton brought the shuttles engines online "Hold on" he called out.

Shayla closed her own eyes as she felt the shuttle lift off, her mind slowly began to play through the last few hours, Dawn's successful conversation with one Corrun Falt for assistance on getting into the Czerka mainframe.

Bribing the droid technician Czerka used, to maintain their droids to get his technician credentials.

Waiting for the reprogrammed B-4D4, Lorso's personal assistant droid to acquire the files for them.

And fighting the army of Czerka mercenaries Lorso sent after the Ithorians just as they thought they were done.

Within a span of ten minutes the group had been involved in two rather large encounters, the mercenaries were better than most they had encountered so far, Xander had taken several wounds in that engagement, as did Faith who was now checking the nasty gash across the left side of her ribs.

"Fuckers ruined my armour" she muttered.

The last encounter was the one they had feared the moment they first touched down on Citadel Station, Sith assassins, waiting for them in the Ithorian docking bay.

It was a fight she wished they never had to endure.

The entire fight played out in her mind, the six of them entered the docking bay expecting no trouble, even Kreia was unprepared.

She remembered the shock of Xander and Dawn being lifted off the bay floor and tossed nearly fifteen meters, then the assassins, ten silent killers moved into view from out of nowhere.

Faith and Kreia had managed to engage them quickly enough, even Atton had kept his cool and managed to draw his weapons.

Things got worse however when five dark jedI moved in from behind them, how she managed to face them and hold her ground she still wasn't sure.

Their presence explained what happened to Xander and Dawn however.

Her own actions against the five Sith, played out in her mind slowly, every move, every strike and parry. She was certain she would have fallen had Xander not recovered from the force push that sent him flying.

She remembered seeing him appear to her right, his blue saber cutting down two opponents before they could react, a third tried to defend but the young mans assault was too much for him.

The ferocity of his attack distracted the remaining two sith just enough for her to gain a moments advantage, they both fell to her blade within seconds.

By the time the five deadly enemies had been dispatched, Faith, Atton, Kreia and a recovered Dawn had managed to reduce the grey clad assassins numbers to six, both Xander and she moved to assist.

Only for Xander to find one of the first Dark JedI he engaged had enough life left in him to thrust his short red saber through his back. That moment repeated itself in her head, over and over.

She opened her eyes and spotted Faith kneeling by the man, several medpacks tossed on the shuttle floor around them "That's it, no more".

Shayla nodded but remained silent, she knew what needed to be done now, she just didn't know how to do it.

"Were clear of the station, entering Telos atmosphere in about five minutes" Atton said from the pilots chair.

An eerie silence descended upon the shuttle cabin for the duration of their flight, Faith watched over Xander, Dawn succumbed to the exhaustion from the fight and the pain of her own wounds, Atton making sure the flight went smoothly and Kreia slipped into a trance, the woman seemed to do that a lot.

She looked out the main view port at the approaching planet and prayed that what ever awaited them below gave them the time they needed to recover from the defeat they had just experienced.

They were all alive, but to Shayla, it was still a defeat.

End Volume One.

Those of you familiar with the game will notice several omitted events. Touched on in the last scene but not in detail. Mostly due to a large difficulty in trying to write them well enough as well as story length.

The game also does not have a Sith ambush at the end of Citadel Station, I added it as a balance point since there are now two additional JedI n the group. The assassins can track and sense force users.

Many will notice the addition of LightSabers really early here. The first obviously back on Peragus and the several grabbed by Atton at the end of the story. I like Lightsabers, enough said.

Next: Volume Two - Telos. The Ebon Hawk crew encounters new friends and new enemies. An encounter with someone from the Exiles past sends the group racing against time to find answers about who is behind the attacks. While Dawn, Xander and Faith come to terms about their roles in the shaping fate of an entire Galaxy.