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Travanor flew around the hangar waiting for Master Reith and Daniel to take off. He checked teh ships weapons while in air. "Everythings green. Thats good.," he said.

((This post will introduce my upcoming new character when I'm done with Zeth))

The Furyan slowly decended onto the barren planet of Tatooine. The ship had landed at a ruined site where the house was split open in many areas and burned from the effect of Force lightning. The images clouded his mind as he slowly opened the cockpit of the Furyan. The bloody images of his parents dying and the intense anger he felt on that day. He stood infront of the ruined establishment for a good while until he heard an old voice from behind him.

This old man stood about 4'6 as he bent over due to his back problems. He looked at Zeth with an interested look on his face. When he came closer, his eyes widend from it's rinkled state to closely look at Zeth, who seemed to know who he was

"Ahh.....young Zeth.....You've come back"

Zeth recognized this old man as well. His slight smile he gave to the old man as he put his hand near the old mans face to wipe the sweat off his head

"It's good to see you again......old man."

The familiar face used to come and take care of Zeth when he was younger, and he was the one who implanted the eyes into Zeth to see his dark soul, Urias, after his entire family was massacred 4 years ago by his own hand. The two began to talk on a peice of rubble next to the burned house

"It certainly has been a long time....My have you grown"

"What are you doing out here, old man?"

"I always come by here.....to pay my respects to your departed parents. They were so proud of the child they raised.....and I am too"

".......I bet they would be."

Zeth's eyes narrowed in sadness as he began to think about his parents again. Their smiles, their screams, and their blood on his hands.

"Have you completed your training, Zeth?"

"I don't know if 'completed' is the right word to choose. I have improved, but my standing was uncertain there at the temple, due to all that has happend there. And......."

Zeth went on to continue what had happend since he had left for the temple. The wound on his arm, the strange training by Master Manic, the formation of the TA and Neutral Force Users, The wild battles he had, and the infatuation he had with Kari. The old man stayed quiet as Zeth explained his entire time with the Jedi and the TA. When Zeth finished, the old man sunk as he was going to tell Zeth something that would change his life forever

"Zeth.........I am sorry...."

"Huh? what are you sorry for?"

".....Before you left, I hid something from you this whole time....."

"Hid something?.....some sort of trinket?"

"No......I hid your brother from you"

Silence fell on the two of them. Zeth looked at his with a confused look. That seemed impossible to Zeth, seeing how he could've sworn that his entire family was killed and that he was an only child

"I don't understand.....I was an only child, old man"

"He was brought into your family a day before the killings happend.....he saw you kill his adoptive parents along with me. The impact of what happend put him into a comma for two years. When he awoke, he had changed. He does not speak, he barely sleeps, he sheds no tears and he never smiles. He has a heart, but it seems......that he has lost his soul. I hid him.....I had prepared for this in turn that if you had returned for him.....as A sith, seeking to kill him or.....turn him."

Silence befell them once again. Zeth was speechless, unable to react to anything of this nature. Minutes of silence had passed before Zeth looked at him and all he said was

"...Show me"

Zeth and the old man rose and began to head for the old man's home in boonta eve. The long walk seemed short since Zeth was going to see his younger step-brother. The two arrived at a slightly large building where his brother was being kept. The young boy was 4'9, short white hair and slight blue eyes. In his right hand was a short sword as he faced against a taller man while people in scientific clothing watched all around them. The young child charged at the adult with sword in hand, deflected to strikes and slashed downward on the taller mans body. Zeth stood there watching the whole ordeal, wondering how a young child could beat an adult so quickly.

"I.....sense that he is force sensitive."

"Hmm?.....so you noticed. That is the strange thing about him. We have been told that this young boy is strong in the force. Not as strong as you were at that age, but it is still there."

".....What is his name?"

"He had forgotten his old name, but the people here have given him the name....Ryukai. Which loosely means 'Dragon Spirit' in an unkown language"

Zeth uttered the young boys name under his breathe. Then, Ryukai looked up through the crowd of scientists to see the face of his brother. The next thing that happend, a tear fell from the cheek of Ryukai. The scientists rushed to him to put him in a small room and study him. Zeth could only stand there and watch with the old man.

"How old is he?...."

"He's about the age of when you awakened with Urias....14. He'll be 15 this week"

"......I feel......strange for some reason"

"Are you okay lad?"

"I'm fine......I just need to absorb all of this......thank you, old man"

He exited the building and began his way back to the Furyan. The shock overcame him when he left, that he began to shed more tears. He pulled his hood down to hide the emotions. The desert felt alone until he came across the Furyan again.He wasted no time in plotting a course and leaving Tatooine

"OOOOH SHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT!!!"

KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diving off of a building, Vorzana and Saara barely managed to escape the explosion of the personal transport that WOULD have carried their bounty to the safety of space.

Both tucking forward, the human and Twi'lek curled their heads to their chests and rolled on their shoulders, tumbling a** over elbows to a safe, though not graceful, landing.

Standing and looking at the destruction, Vorzana rounded on Saara, picking herself up.

"Did you give the signal early!? Or did Ji'Weth just get trigger happy!?"

"I think something went wrong on their end, Vorzana," Saara said, unabashed by the blazes in Vorzana's eyes."I heard a crackle over the com that sounded like Ji'Weth only a second before the timer for five seconds started."

Vorzana quelled her surge of anger and nodded.
"You're more than likely right. Dimir and Ji'Weth were probably found..."

Thinking quickly, Vorzana only nodded.

"They'll be fine. Greg and Ricket are running back up for them. Let's go get our mark."

Saara didn't pause in the least. She dusted herself off and nodded, and she and Vorzana ran off in the direction they'd left for their mark to run. When you cut off all other escapes, of course, there is only one way to go...right into your captor's arms.

A few moments later, a young twi'lek boy, only about sixteen years old or so, was plastered against the wall with a well-aimed shot of Vorzana's Stikoli Stun Stick.

"So kiddo...I think it's time you came with us. Saara, call the ship for a pickup."

Saara pulled out a com and immediately called the two droids running the ship to pull down for a pickup, while Vorzana kept her eye on the struggling twi'lek boy.

A scant moment later, the ship came down over the building they were in, and the skylight was blown out for the drop ladder.

She motioned for Saara to go up first, and when she was up, she poured the solvent for her Stikoli glue over the boy's bindings, and he came free in an instant.

Grabbing him before he could run, Vorzana immediately yelled for the ship to ascend.

"Kid...if you wanna live, you're gonna hang on."

With those simple words, the boy latched around her waist and held, terrified.

Once she and the boy were pulled into the ship by Saara and her protocol droid, Vorzana put the boy in a chair and strapped him in tightly, binding his hands. "You're not moving for a few minutes, kid."

Turning to Saara, she noticed something...Dimir was piloting, Ji'Weth was standing by grinning like an idiot, and Greg was grumbling, with a giggling Ricket on his shoulder.

"........Let me guess. You guys overpowered the ones that found you in the control room in time to get back to the ship for our pickup."

"In only thirty seconds, Vorz!" Dimir said from the pilot seat, matching Ji'Weth's grin.

"Seventy if you count Dimir drooling over the female guard..." Ji'Weth snickered. Dimir let out a shout at the Bothan, something slightly resembling, "HEYICANLOOKCAN'TI!?"

"Not on a job, you can't!" Vorzana shouted back, red in the face. She walked up and cuffed Dimir over the head, and spouted, "Take us to the Twi'lek homeworld, we got a runaway to hand back to Daddy!" before striding off to the back.

The only thing she heard as she shut herself in her quarters was the boy shouting, "YOU CAN'T MAKE ME...I DON'T WANT TO GET MARRIED!!!!"

"So......you remember....everything?"

"I remember bits and pieces.....I only remember seeing fire.....and a boy holding a sword.....then I blacked out"

"Ryukai......that was almost three years ago, you've only been awake for a few months. During that time, you were not able to speak, smile, show emotions for that fact. You were almost in a trance-like state to practice with your weapon"

"My sword?....Where is me sword!?"

Kraz was taken aback by the sudden yelling from Ryukai and pointed to the corner where his sword laid. Ryukai suddenly jumped from the bed and ran to get his weapon. He retrieved it and held it close to him, cradeling the blunt end of the sword like it was a small child.

"Why do you hold the sword like that, lad?"

".....This sword is all I have left....It's my prized possesion."

Kraz smiled at Ryukai and gave him a nod. Understanding why Ryukai whould say something like that. Kraz had atched over him when he was only 10 and seeing him grow, it was no different than watching his own son grow up

"I need to step out for a bit......I'll be back"

Hours passed while Ryukai stayed against the house walls, nursing his wound from that recent battle with the Tusken Raiders. The wound was getting better slightly by the hour. When Ryukai was about to go to sleep, he could see the shadow of old man Kraz coming throught the sand dust, which gave him a sigh of relief. He didn't want anymore fighting, so he was relaxed alittle. Kraz walked over to Ryukai with a serious look on his face

"Ryukai......do you want to know more of your brother, Zeth?"

Ryukai looked up to Kraz and gave him a quick nod

"Then you should travel to Coruscant....to the Jedi temple"

"The Jedi temple?...was Zeth A Jedi?"

"For a time, yes......but you should find out for yourself of what happend to him."

Ryukai got up quickly, ignoring the pain in his arm to follow Kraz back to town. The public refugee transport was full of rag tag ruffians who wanted to escape Tatooine. The only baggage Ryukai had was his sword, which was trouble to get in, which was later solved. Kraz saw off Ryukai, the two stared at eachother, Kraz shedding tears from his old body. Ryukai gave him a heartfelt hug before leaving on the transport. He would be heading for Coruscant and the Jedi Temple

"I hope he is here," Len said as he knocked on a metal door. There was no awnswer. Again, Len knocked. It still did not open. He headed back to the ship.

Len got to the ship. He noticed he had a message.

"Could it be from Travanor?," he said playing it.

"Len! It's me, Travanor. Listen, I need you to bring a weapons stockpile to the dark jedi temple on Korriban. Don't bring anything in there until I get to you. If you haven't realized by now, i'm going through training to become a dark jedi. I hope to see you soon. Goodbye for now."

"Alright! We've gotta find some weapons for Travanor.," Len said starting the ship up.