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"If the word innocence would be looked up in the databanks, this girl's face would be the face you would see." Zek thought to himself.

"Not your fault," Zek said to the lady, "Here let me help you up." Zek offered a hand for her to grab onto. He took in her features. She looked as though she had never been to the cities, probably a farm girl. Her goggles put her solidly for the pilot position, whatever the case, she was what the Republic stood for. Her bright-eyed optimism was the reason there was a Republic so people like her could dream for a better future.

Ezekiel thought to himself. "That's quite a poetic thought, Zek, but it's probably just that."

"Well, I'm no Jedi, I'm a mercenary for the Republic, call me Zek." The two shook hands. "This is a pretty bad area of Coruscant, If I were you I wouldn't be wandering around here alone...are you lost?"

"Tatooine huh, Coruscant must appear to be quite...huge, Do you want to see the Jedi Temple? I'm going there to report on an..." Zek looked at the ex-Jedi. "Incident, you're welcome to join me if you want."

Raine stretches as she gets out of her bed in the small bedroom of the apartment she stayed at while she was at Coruscant. The room was rather devoid of anything that made it seem like home, but she was rarely there, so there was no need. Glancing at the light on the comm blinking, she activates it.

Accessing. Please state your name.

Raine McLeod.

Name and voice recognition, confirmed. You have one message.

A holo pops up on the small receiver of an Admiral. Captain McLeod, while the Rimward Guard is being repaired, you and its crew will be temporarily relieved of duty. Feel free to do as you please, though try and keep in touch; as you said, it didn't take as much damage from that meteorite as it could have. Don't feel like you're to blame.

The Admiral looks to the side and nods. Also, it seems that there will be a mission by the Spec Ops in containing something on a planet not too far from the border with the Empire. It's not that far from some of the planets you were assigned to patrol. If you're interested, place a call in to the Army HQ, and ask to find a way to get in touch with a man named Iero. I mentioned to the General that you might inquire, so just mention me and it'll be fine. Good luck, if you decide to go.

The holo cuts off and Raine mulls over this. Well, it'll be about a month before the ship's repaired, and I don't have any plans right now anyways. She activates the comm and calls the Army HQ and gets the runaround until she mentions the Admiral. After a few transfers, she gets in touch with the General mentioned.

The General listens to her and nods. Yes, I was talking about it with him earlier. You'll have to talk with the leader of the group, Iero, though. I may have put the mission together, but it's on him to choice the team. He doesn't seem to like the ones he's grouped with by my choice.

The General moves off screen for a few seconds then returns. He holds up a holocube showing the profile of a man. If you want to go on this, go ahead and find him. I don't know where he would have headed off to, so it's up to you. You must excuse me, but I have some things to take care of.

The holo cuts off as the General cancels the connection. Raine mulls over this for a little bit, debating whether or not to have to find this man that could be anywhere on the planet. Well, if nothing else, it'll be a challenge, and I love a challenge.

She gets dressed and conceals her issued weaponry within a long black coat. Leaving the apartment, she smiles at the game she was about to play. I always did enjoy 'Hide and Seek' With that, she leaves the building and goes off seeking.

Before the girl answered, Zek got a message from a squadron leader.

"Hang on one second." Zek turned away and read through the request, some mission probably would be more exciting than spending the rest of his time, patrolling.

"Just got a message from base, I gotta get back, ASAP. I've been requested for a mission from Spec Ops. Pleasure meeting you, Ro, I hope we meet again, hopefully under better circumstances."

Zek smiled and bent down and heaved the ex-Jedi over his back. He noticed a vacant taxi nearby and headed to it, he looked back and waved.

"Next time we meet, dinner my treat!" Zek climbed into the taxi and sped off. He laid the dead guy onto the nearby seat. Zek looked back and Ro was gone. He shook his head.

"Duty calls."

He muttered to himself to justify the exit.

The brunette walks to a public access terminal half a megablock away from where her apartment was.

Well, it's been a while, but I'll give it a shot.

She looks around her before entering the booth and settles down in the seat in front of the monitor. Turning it on, she gets to work on attempting to slicing into the Army's database. After a number of tries, she curses lightly and thinks. I knew I should have brushed up a bit... Not giving up, she continues attempting, then finally manages to get though.

She smiles and wipes some sweat off her brow. Okay, let's start looking for this guy named Iero. She starts digging into the personal data of those serving within the Army. Skimming down the files, she runs across a great deal of names, but none close to Iero. She gets to the bottom and then goes back up, taking a closer look this time around.

The name comes up, though when she opens it, there was next to nothing there. Well, at least it has a contact number. She writes down the frequency and number before logging off the terminal. Opening the door to the booth, she walks briskly, but not in too much of a hurry away from the terminal.

Two blocks away, she pulls out the flimsy that she had wrote the number and frequency on. Taking out her comlink, she sets it to the desired settings.

She bites her lower lip in thought, wondering if she'd get denied. Granted, she did not have much experience as a fighter on the ground, and she had no idea if he all ready had a full crew. Shaking her head, she pushes those thoughts out of her head, trying to be optimistic.

Hi Iero, this is Captain Raine McLeod, of the 364th Defense Squadron, Mid Rim Sector. I was informed that you were going on a mission into that region of space. I was wondering if you'd mind if I came along.

The taxi stopped at the mercenary base and Zek paid the man. Dragging the Ex-Jedi out of the taxi, the guard gave him a weird look, but he nodded him in.

"Commander Kop is in a meeting right now, you could-"

Zek ignored her and pushed open the doors. There was almost a shock of the room of commanders. Zek never really followed protocol very well, but he did manage to remember to salute. Commander Kop returned.

"You were right about the Dark Jedi sir, got this one from the Detonators. Couldn't get him to come willingly."

Zek threw the Dark Jedi onto the table messing up the plethora of documents and maps spread everywhere.

"Here's his comlink, he should have the recorded info in there. Get Jedi from the Temple to clear out the gangs of these scum. I've requested a mission over at the Headquarters."

Everyone looked at the Commander.

Commander Kop laughed to himself.

"At least he gets the job done, well done, soldier, we'll take the appropriate actions, we can't afford having Dark Jedi on Coruscant. You're free to go Zek, I'll have the funds transfered." He said to the others in the room.

With that, Zek threw the comlink onto the body and walked out. He went to his room to load up his belongings once again. "I never stay in one place too long." He noted to himself.

Soon, he was on the landing pad, piling into his starship, he lifted off and sped off to the Army base.