"Aww ****" said Tarix, running to the wreckage and digging through it. She eventually came up with a pile of sticky pink ooze, and sighed in relief. "It's one'oer our signs- a big ball filled with t'stuff gets left a'hind if they think e'ryone's out okay" she said, sticking her claw in the ooze. "Dammit, they coulda been KILLED. And the'er probably 'alfway 'cross the planet and un'er ground b'now, 'tll take m'months t'find 'em again!" She seemed upset, but not all that surprised, and it sounded as if she'd been through this sort of thing before.

"You sound as if this sort of thing has happened before... who was the culprit the previous times?" Avenger said an walked over to the wrecked hut, Tarix's former home. "Well at least they're safe, but where could they be hiding?"

Raziel stood inside the doorway of the medical bay, a medical droid then whizzed upto him, "how is he?" raziel asked the droid, "the next few hours will be critical, we're not entirely sure but he may not make it through the night" the droid said to raziel, raziel then looked angrily at the droid, his eyes started to glow a dark blue, the droid was surrounded by a blue aura and was lifted of the ground, raziel then held his hand out and began to make a fist, as he made the fist the droid was compacted until it was the size of a small garden pea, 4 more droids whizzed upto him, they to were surrounded by the blue light but they were glowed and then exploded, raziel heard alarms go off, darkblue flames then surrounded raziel and he started to hover in the air, he then hovered off down the hall towards the droid storage.

"Last time they sent 'oer a pair 'o Jedi t'stop us. This is a class A minin' planet, we're not leg'ly allowed t'industrialize. T'senate says it'd harm t'planet, but the way we see it it's there way a'keepin' us d'pendant on 'em" she said, standing up and wiping her claw off on her tunic. "They'll've found one'o our contacts b'now, I'm'a guessin', and keepin' a low profile fer a bit."

"I just have this strange feeling that the New Republic came after me. They've made it a policy to destroy all Sith they discover, they think we're a danger to galctic peace." Avenger laughed at this and continued, "but what about you, Tarix, what are you going to do? Are you going to go look for your friends or..." it had become a kind of habit for Avenger, to trail off as he did now.

"Nah, I'll get 'Avec t'give me a place to crash, since either way you Sith 'er th'uns a'hind this particular destruction o'my workshop" she said, returning to her hovercraft. "'Ope they didn't get t'your ship, or I'm chargin' you fer the stuff it'll take me t'swipe some sap's shuttle."

((gryphflame why are you ignoring my posts?))

"No I concealed it quite well, it should be just behind that big boulder," said AVenger as he began to stroll in that general direction, "But if you're coming back with me what will you do with your speeder?"

((Your character isn't in the same area as Havec any more- he went back to the students, remember? IC, she has no idea what's happening to him, so I can't have her react to your posts.))

((go up about five posts and read the bit about the alarms))

((Whoops, sorry- I didn't see that post))

Havec sighed deeply as the alarm went off again. "I really need to install punching bags or something, the way we go through these droids is ridiculous" she said, concentrating for a moment to find the source of the problem. She intercepted Raziel halfway to the droid storage room and stood quite calmly in the hall. "What seems to be the trouble, then?" she asked, arms crossed.

(( Kryten how did Rahab get hit by a laser bolt, isn't it a computer simulation training program? ))

Raziel stopped as havec stepped in front of him, "the droids, have you seen what they have done to rahab?, they must be punished" he said in a distorted voice, "i will destroy anyone who tries to get in my way" he said, a large ball of electricity then appeared in his palm, raziel then writhed, his voice returned to normal, he was straining to speak, "havec, somethings controlling me, i'm trying to fight it but its too strong, run" he said, the distorted voice then took over, "you will pay for that" the voice said, the voice then shoved the ball of electricity into raziels chest.

((Undead's probably right- I don't think the kids would have unsupervised access to anything that dangerous, just stun rifles and practice sabers.))

Havec sighed deeply, drawing upon an inner well of tranquility. She held out her hands, quietly and calmly drawing the excess energy in Raziel into herself. It passed over her body instead of through it, dancing over her feathers and causing her to appear to glow for a moment as she channeled the majority of the lightning ball into the floor to ground it. But she didn't stop at that- her mind sought out the electricity in his brain, touching at just a few sparks to see if she could lend some strength to Raziel's subconscious, enough to let him break whatever control was being placed on him.

((oops my bad))

Raziel could feel the strength that havec was channeling to him, he struggled to break free, but after a few tries he was able to do it, he fell to his knees and started panting, "what.......was.....that" he said inbetween pants, he clutched his chest as he gasped for air, he managed to stand up, "i'm sorry havec, i don't know what happened" he apologized.

Steelven had been thinking intensly. Everything's getting out of control here. The entire universe is at risk, and so are the Sith and Jedi. We must stop this! It was then that Steelven knew what he had to do. He hastily made his way to Havec and Raziel. He soon reached them. "I know what I must do. I must go to Coruscant myself and make sure nothing will go wrong." He wanted to save the lives of others so badly. He wanted Havec to let him go there, but he worried that she wouldn't let him.

"It's alright, Raziel, many strange forces seem to abound at this time" said Havec. "But I must leave you for a moment. Steelven, will you walk me back to the communications room, please?" She added, indicating that she wanted to talk along the way.

"Yes ma'am..." He started to walk with Havec to the communications room. I wonder what this is all about? I guess I'll just have to wait to find out...

"I am not an oracle" said Havec as she walked, "but I sense a great wrongness in the force where Aven was only minutes ago. There is a great danger to the galaxy, and it moves with astounding speed. And worse, I believe it has some influence over the mind, as I do, which may explain why I have not yet received visions. We are all anxious to head into battle, but at the moment we do not know where the battle is, and Coruscant may be where this force is trying to draw you." She said, then she paused, hesitant to continue.

"I know but I..." Steelven realized that he just needed to slow down and to regain his common sense. "I know you're right, I just can't bear the thought of learning the things we need too little too late." He paused for a moment. "How are we going to handle this situation Havec? Nothing as dire as this has arisen since the days of the Galactic Empire." He sighed as he realized that he could do nothing to solve anything at the moment.

Havec looked at the ground. "I'm going to contact Aven, and then I am going to go to Coruscant myself" she said quietly. "The force involved in this is neither Sith nor Jedi, and it is against all that the Force stands for. I… I am going to share information with the Jedi, and ask for their help. We cannot win against a droid army on our own."

"Well, if you're going, I'm going!" He just couldn't let her risk her life alone, no matter what she said.

"Steelven, when was the last time you talked to a Jedi while not actively trying to put a lightsaber through their gut?" asked Havec, but her usual calmness faltered a little. "…It wouldn't be easy to disguise you, Steelven. They know who you are at the Jedi temple."

I must not let her go alone! "...Perhaps I could stay on the ship while you talked to the Jedi? That way I could sense if things went awry. Please, let me accompany you." He was so desperate to go with her. Not even death could change his mind.

"I… I'll need to contact Aven before I can do anything, Steelven, perhaps all this is really simpler than it seems" she said, averting the subject.