My colr was let go suddenly as I scrambled towards the room that Hondo mentioned. I had already pulled away Luminara from the dark forergies that were getting hold of her mind. The influence of the dark side reading rapidly, as the number of living jedi was less and less by the mihousands of jedi had died, but the light was still present. It seems many had survived the initial assault of the es; they were either hiding hting back at this very moment.

  I finally reached Hondo's rented room and all of us entered after he opehe door, inviting us in with a kingly magnanimity. We marched into the room, which had quite a few empty witles ying about in the pany of some leftover food from this m. Ay bottle of liquor rolled across the floor after the opened door actally hit it.

  I looked at Hondo with a mock gre and said.

  -Man will be man… it seems…

  He smirked, but didn’t say anything. Feeling shy, eh?

  We id down the injured senator on the bed, and I sat dowo her, looking over her arm injury. Hondo's man stood guard, their hands oer pistols hanging on their belts. They were vigint, watg over us, but their focus ced on that other woman. To my surprise, they have suddenly tied together both Luminara and that other woman's hands.

  After they tied her hands behind her back, Luminara came over to my side looking at the injured senator with a dire expression... She was still doubting the truth of Padme being in a retionship with Anakin. It was clear from a gnce. Oh, girl... how will she react when she realizes the true extent of that retionship?

  More importantly, I looked at Hondo with a questioning gre and asked him.

  -What is this supposed to mean? Why do you tie them up?

  He smirked and said, like it was the most natural thing in the world.

  -I saved them from a bunch of ando droids that were obsessed with exterminating them. They should have been thankful for su act, but you know how it is. Nobody appreciates genuifelt kindness and things like that nowadays... I am a pirate, not some white knight. My boys o eat well, and drinking isly cheap either. One leads to another, and well, here we are. As my dear mother always said, you 't live well just from ho work.

  -In other words, you kidhem!

  I shouted angrily... it ical Hondo thing... I felt foolish, that I didn't realize it earlier.

  -Bingo, but I wasn't the one who injured her, so do not look at me with those eyes, kiddo. e here, let me give you a hug. o worry your pretty little head over such grown up stuff.

  I turned away from the smirking bastard, who even dared to act hurt, because I ignored his request.

  -Ah… she must be in her rebellious phase. They grow up so quickly. Sniff…

  -But… boss she looks the same as two years ago.

  Pointed out one of his men, but Hondo ig.

  I whispered to Luminara while eling powerful healing energies into Amida's injured arm.

  -So... do you have a tracker on you?

  Luminara looked at me with a suspicious gnce. She was far from trusting me. I guess she was right to doubt my words at this point. To my surprise, she eventually nodded, while saying.

  -Yes, it is in my pocket right here... wait? Where is it?

  She started to check over her pockets in a frenzy. Then I heard a feminine voice speak up for the first time since I saw her again. It was the voice of Cire.

  -Are you looking for this, perbsp;

  She asked while twirling a small circur device betweehin fingers. There roud smirk on her face, so much simir to Hondo's that I felt irritated seeing it.

  Cire was currently smiling at us, feeling somewhat haughty, no doubt.

  Luminara shouted in surprise.

  -You? But when did you take it!?

  Cir looked annoyed for a sed as she shouted bainara.

  -e on! Why do you think I searched you shly while you were sittio me in the hovercraft, ag like a maiden in bloom hi-hi!

  -You did... oh? So you did it because of that... I thought... well, nothing...

  There was a smirk crossing the facial features of Cire as she asked coyly.

  -Are you disappointed, perhaps? We do other things, if you are ied...

  -I... I khat you were a pervert!

  Said Luminara in a burst of red-faced anger, no it was more like burning embarrassment. She was trying to cover it up with anger. I guess these two had a story to tell... but I was ly keen on listening to it. I turned back to Hondo and said.

  -Look... I 't let you sell these two...

  I felt a dangerous killing ihrown at me from a certain er of the room. This one was no joke. I could sense raw bloodlust filling the room all of a sudden.

  I turowards the dire and saw the other woman, whose name I didn't know, gring at me like a ed wild beast ready to poun its juicy prey. I decided to ge my w.

  -... I mean, these three, tell me how much do you want for them. I will pay for it, as long as it is reasonable.

  Hondo looked at me with a clearly surprised gaze. He didn't expect that, and was suspicious of my offer.

  -And, from what money do you exactly pn to pay me? Five my doubts, sweetheart, but seeing that you don't even have the credits to buy a full pair of socks... I 't see how you would be able to fulfill such a cim. Or did you mean to take their pstead? But I am not into the sve trade industry, especially with children.

  Everyone in the room looked at my feet, and sensing their ridicule, my face burned bright red.

  Seeing my rea, the other pirates ughed at me without further hesitation. Even Cire giggled.

  Hondo added with reinvigorated fidenbsp;

  -Now, you see. We are old friends and all. I know that you are pretty troublesome, so I won't mess with you. It simply isn't worth it. In exge, I wish you to not mess with my business ei-the-...r... argh?

  Hondo's hand quickly reached up to his neck. There was disbelief and fear crossed his eyes for a fickle sed. The other pirates did the same except for Cire, who I didn't want to traumatize any further. Sensing the growing invisible pressure around their throats has quickly dispersed their overly jovial mood. My eyes turo a glistening yellow as I whispered coldly.

  -I believe that it is not me who is in a misuanding, my old friend. But since we are so called old acquaintances, let me give you a choice this time. You give me a reasonable price, and I will pay you, or I will kill you and be doh it. Now how does this sound to you?

  At this point, Hondo's face was covered in yers of perspiration. He had to gather his strength to nod back at me, accepting my offer.

  With that, I lowered my gaze and tio foida's injury, which I opped treating. There were a few loud gasps in the room, as the pirates could breathe normally once more. I heard Hondo pin to Cire almost immediately.

  -Damn... you should have told me that she was crazy...

  I heard her whisper ba a weak, fearful tone.

  -I told you exactly that! You just never listen to me!

  -But how was I supposed to believe that she had that kind of money? She works as a server in a random restaurant!

  -Think for once dad, if she is that strong... do you think she couldn't take as much money as she wants?

  -Now that you mention it that way... hmm... But then why is she w here.. Is she retarded...

  -Who knows... she is a kid, kids will be kids no matter how strong they are... She could be ag as an adult iionally for all we know.

  -Hmmm... you are right. I didn't think about that, also the half pair of socks, actually it might be some sort of new fashion trend here... Corust people are pletely crazy with ridiculous fashion trends. Do you remember that woman wearing a banana formed hat just the other day?

  -Ah, you might be right, Da... I will look it up on my holotool.

  -...

  -Did you find something, is that it?

  -Eh... no, she might be just that poor, actually...

  At this particur moment, I was seriously pting if I should just smother them with my bare hands, but I somehow mao swallow my anger and pride. Deg to act like I didn't hear them at all.

  Unfortunately, the fools didn't make that part easy. They were talking loud enough for me to hear without even trying. Crazy fuckers. I 't believe this. I just threatehem and they ig almost entirely.

  Then I felt another cold threatening aura focused on me. My hand shook from the ued iy.

  -You are a Sith! You have revealed your true nature! I should have realized this much earlier!

  Luminara shouted at me with a betrayed expression fueled by righteous anger.

  -Eh?…

  Oh, shoot… my eyes must have ged to yellow… I fot to cover it up since I spent most weeks in the near past at home where it doesn’t matter…

  The moment my attention was strongly focused on my eyes, I found my vision blurred, and with a powerful wave of nausea, my vision gradually darkened as spots of colorful dots began to dance everywhere, making my head suffer a splitting headache...

  Ahhh…! This pain… why does it have to ge right now? At the worst possible time, what did I do to… wait…

  In the moment of crity, as the pain hammered against my temples and a series of shouts filled the room. Just before my vision turned pletely dark, I saw a green lightsaber being ignited as a few bster shots were sent around wildly. What was going on? Did she get a hold of her saber? How did she get rid of the binding around her hand? I decided to throw myself on the floor o the bed the moment the first bster shot whisked by my head.

  It was at that moment, when I had this eureka moment. My eyes! I was almost entirely sure about this. It was so simple! They turn when I focus orongly. It expin why it always ged back to normal while I slept, and the moment I trated on them, just after I awakened in the m, they immediately turo this new form. Since I was so focused on figuring out how they work, I trated on the fact that I was mostly blind almost every wake hour. I have mao overlook something so simple.

  Now I must stop fog on my eyes, and then it will turn baaturally, at least if my assumption is correct.

  The chaos in the room seemed to calm down evidently. I was lying on my back, while trating on anything, then my eyes, aually it happened. My eyes began to clear and ge back to normal.

  I was feeling so happy about this oute I wao jump up… Almost missing tister the green lightsaber poi my neck.

  -Eh?

  I slowly looked to the side and saw as Hondo and his man had run away.

  -Turn on your stomach, kid. I won’t let a dark-side user roam freely, especially not after today. No matter your expnation, you are under arrest. If you oppose any further, I will have to use violence, since you dared to impersonate a jedi padawan and have those hateful eyes…

  Oh no! Not again!

  -…-You must be losing yrip, master… you seriously have to n me while your temple is on fire! I was trying to help you here, without causing trouble… yet you had to damage the restaurant room, no doubt sg away the ers and such…

  -Silence, you e here, bind her hands tightly merary… We ’t let her slip away, she might be one of the people behind this entire mess.

  -Now turn around, kid… I won’t say it again.

  I was looking at the brainless idiot with a shocked gre… I was trying to help them… yet she was doing this to me without no reason… I hate these indoated idiots!

  I heard a pair of heavy feet running towards the room, then a colossal form with four arms, all equipped with a different type of heavy bster on, burst into the room.

  There was a moment of awkward silence as Ava took in the sery.

  I was lying on my stomach with a lightsaber poi the bay head as a merary was about to tie my hands together. The room was in shambles, filled with still smoking bster shot marks, while the kidnapped senator was lying on the bed, injured and unscious.

  All of that is iel where she works.

  -…

  -…

  -…

  -…

  -Anakin… please… hurry…

  Amida breathed out tiredly.

  -Get your hands off that girl, before I decide to shoot you fuckers to bits. I don’t give a shit if you are jedi or not.