Garowyn sat in the smoked filled cantina sipping her bitter ale. She stared out a window at the stars remembering old times. Horrible memories filled her head as she thought about her past. She shook her head and stood up from the bar. She took out two credits and tossed them to the bartender. She turned around and walked out of the cantina relieved to get some fresh air. She took in a deep breath and closed her eyes. God was she tired.

She opened her eyes back up and walked slowly towards docking bay 57. She walked past closed shops and beggers . A couple times she would stop and toss a credit to one the poor people, then she would move on without a word.

Garowyn finally got to docking bay 57 and she opened the door and walks to her beat up ship. The New Chance. She looked at her ship in pride. True it was always breaking down and needing repairs but for some reason she always loved it. Maybe it was because Shuwalkie, her wookie friend gave it to her. She quickly walk to the ship, pressed the security code, and walked up the ramp. She closed the ramp after she entered and walked to the small bedroom in the back. It wasn’t actually a bed room. It was more like a hammock and some crates she stored her stuff in. She walked into the room, discarded her lizard hide armor, and climbed into the hammock. She pulled the covers over her and closed her eyes.

Garowyn gasped as she felt her foot slip from the tree branch. She tried to grab onto something but there was nothing. She fell backwards and hit her head hard against the tree branch then felt her self fall of the branch down to the ground of Kashyyyk. She closed her eyes and tried to use the force to lift her but her mind was to tired and wanted to fall asleep. She knew it was the affect from hitting her head. She frowned and felt a tear fall from her eyes. She was going to die. She knew it, nothing could save her know. She opened her eyes and saw that she was getting closer to the ground. In a couple minutes she would hit it. If the fall didn’t kill her, the horrible animals would. She cursed the jedi brats for doing this to her. That’s when she realized something. She had brought this on her self. She shook her head and said one thing before she closed her eyes. " I love you Deson." She then closed her eyes and let her mind go to sleep. Before the darkness surrounded her she heard a wookie call near by and she felt a heavy hand grab her. She opened her eyes to find herself swinging through the air with a wookie.

Garowyn woke up gasping for air. She wiped the sweat off her face and got out of her hammock. She hated when she dreamed about her past. She grabbed the lizard hide armor from the ground and put it back on. Garowyn walked to the small refresher and started to braid her light brown hair. It took her only a few minutes before she was done. She took one last look at herself in the mirror then walked out of her ship hoping to find some new business.

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Deson felt another round of blast from the enemies ship laser cannon hit his shields as he tried desperately to out maneuver the pirates ship. He looked back down at the hyperspace controls and cursed when he saw them still adding up. He wasn’t going to last much longer out here. His radio crackled then he heard the same message he had got earlier. " Space vessel, like I said before, stop your vehicle and turn over your cargo."

Deson looked at the radio and pressed a button. " And like I said before. You can take my cargo when you take it from my dead hands!" Deson screamed into the radio. The pirates responded with another round of blast. Deson’s shields were down to 32%. Deson let out a string of curses then sent his ship into a roll barely missing more blasts. He straitened the ship back up and then flew towards a passing comet at full speed. He felt his pursuers laser blasts hit his shields knocking them down to 7%. Deson hoped he would get to the comet before the pirates managed to destroy his ship. He wiped the sweat off his head, then he looked back down at the hyperspace controls. Still adding. "I really need a faster hyperdrive," Deson mumbled as he pushed his ship to the left missing some more blaster fire. Nope he wasn’t going to last long out here.

Deson stared at the near comet as he got closer to it. He felt a blast knock his rear shields to 1%. He bit his lip as he dodged some blast knowing he had to get to that comet.

Deson turned his ship to the left some more and sped right into the comets tail. Deson dodged chunks of ice and rocks the best he could. Deson smiled knowing he had escaped the pirates. The smile quickly faded when a blast barely missed him and hit the chunk of ice in front of him. The pirates had followed him in. Deson looked around for a second then turned his ship to the right and headed towards a huge piece of ice. He knew this was his only chance. Deson fired his lasers and blew a hole into the ice block. He sped his ship up and flew right into it barely making it. Deson turned his ship left in right trying to not hit the ice walls of the ice block. Finally the cave came to a dead end. Deson screamed as he got closer Suddenly his ship crashed through the thin layer of ice and into space. He had made it through the tail. Deson heard the beeping of the hyperdrive. He grabbed the lever quickly then pulled it back and entered hyperspace.

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Jacen sat on a cliff staring down at the beautiful jungle of Yavin Four. He felt millions of species all around him. In the grass and in the trees. They were all over the place. Jacen sighed and laid back on the rocky terrain. He looked up at the beautiful blue sky and closed his eyes.

Ever since he escaped from Kia B27 two months ago he had been doing all right. He and his friends had been knighted already and Lusa and Raynar was about to have there wedding. Yes, everything was perfect. Until two days ago.

That’s when Jacen started to remember everything he had done with Kia. He remembered how angry he felt. He remembered how evil he was. And the scary thing is that he remembered how it felt to be evil. He loved it.

Jacen opened his eye quickly and sat straight up. He took in a deep breath and stood up. He was not going to let himself fall to the darkside. He was not going to become his grandfather.

Jacen took one finally glance at the jungles below then started back towards the temple. He had to meet Tenel Ka for lunch. Jacen walked slowly through the jungle staring at all the plants and animals. He smiled softly.

" I control you Jacen, You are still my puppet," A voice from behind Jacen said. Jacen swore he heard that voice before but he couldn’t put his finger on it. Jacen twirled around looking for the person. He didn’t find anyone. He looked into the deep jungle. " Hey who’s here?" He called out into the dark jungle. Silence.

Jacen took one last glance around then turned around and walked slowly towards the temple. As Jacen got closer to the temple he could have swore he felt someone’s presence right behind him. He kept looking behind him but he didn’t see anyone. Suddenly Jacen heard a battle cry then he felt something wrap around his feet. He fell to the floor and hit it hard. Jacen shook his head and smiled. " Tenel Ka you freaked me out!" He yelled still staring at the dirt.

" Guess what sweaty it ain’t Tenel Ka, It’s Kia," He heard the same voice say from behind him. Jacen struggled to get up but something was holding him down. He opened his mouth to say something but it was like something was covering his mouth.

" No don’t talk, just listen Jacen my dear." The voice said in a harsh tone. " You, Zekk, and Deson thought you kill me but I warn you I have returned to have my revenge."

Jacen struggle some more. Suddenly he heard a snap-his of a lightsaber then he felt something against his neck. " You have been warned."

Suddenly everywhere around Jacen shattered like it was glass and he woke up on the cliffs laying on the rocky terrain. He had fallen asleep. Jacen quickly got up and spun around looking for Kia. She wasn’t there, it was nothing more then a dream. Or was it. Jacen mumbled some rodian curses under his breath then took off running towards the temple at full speed.

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Jaina laid under her new ship, The Century Falcon, making repairs. She loved working on her new ship. She always kept it clean and working. She had got for a gift for her father. It was almost identical to the Millennium Falcon but was alittle bit faster. He dad still said he could beat her in a race.

Jaina smiled slightly as she replaced a cyberfuze on the Century Falcon that did not need replaced. She finished with the cyberfuze and then checked it out. It was perfect. Just like always.

Suddenly Jaina felt someone grab her feet and pull her from under her ship. She let out a scream of terror and kicked wildly. " Hey! That hurt," She heard a familiar voice say. Jaina stops kicking and quickly got from under her ship. She smiled and yelled. " Deson!" Then she gave him a tight hug.

" Hey know I can’t breath!" Deson said with a goofy smile on his face. Jaina pushed away and stared at Deson. He still looked like the same old Deson. Only with longer hair. He was a little taller then the last time she seen him but he still looked like someone you dragged out of a jungle.

" Deson what brings you to Coruscant?" Jaina said as she put her hands on her hips and stared at him. He shrugged. " I just got enough money to buy a bigger ship here," He said as he looked past her and looked at her ship. " And talking about knew ships when did you get this beauty?"

Jaina grinned and happily bragged about how her dad gave it to her and how her ship could beat anyone in the New Republic.

Deson shook his head. " Sorry to say Jaina but this knew ship I’m getting could run circles around that thing!" He said smiling his goofy grin. Jaina raised a eyebrow. " What happened to the Jedi’s Echo?" She asked as she took out a white rag and started to wipe off her hands.

" Well I’m still going to keep the Echo but I need a faster and bigger ship for smuggling missions." He said. Jaina raised a eyebrow. " Will aren’t we the Han Solo of the next generation?" She asked. Deson chuckled then looked at the crono on his wrist. " Hey you want to get a bite to eat?"

Jaina smiled and nodded her head. " Sure."

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Zekk sat at the long table surrounded by the top generals in the New Republic. He didn’t know why he was here he just woke up and found a message from them telling him to arrive in the meeting room at twelve.

So there Zekk was sitting in a chair listening to the generals speak on and on. After the first couple of minutes of the meeting Zekk figured out that the generals were worried about the number of attacks by pirates that had occurred lately. A couple of times he wanted to make a suggestion but before he could say something they would go on. Finally Zekk stood and cleared his throat loudly. Everyone looked up at him. Zekk straitened his shirt then spoke. " Excuse me generals, I was just wondering why I am here, I’ve been sitting here for most of the day and I haven’t been called on yet."

The generals all looked at Admiral Ackbar. Ackbar turned his fishy head towards Zekk then gestured for him to be seated. Zekk sat down quickly and waited for the generals response. " Zekk, We need inside men on this mission. The pirates are starting to hire bounty hunters and smugglers for soldiers. We need good men we can trust. We want you, " He said.

Zekk raised a eyebrow and said. " Admiral We have thousands of spy’s out there couldn’t you ask one of them?"

Ackbar shook his head and frowned. " The last four men that tried to sneak in were killed before they even got onto the main ship. We know that you used to be bounty hunter. You would be the perfect man for the job."

Zekk stood back up. " Sir I was a bounty hunter only for a couple months and that was about four years ago." Zekk debated. How could they think he could slip in because he was a bounty hunter 4 years ago.

Ackbar cleared his throat then nodded his fishy head again. " We are aware of that but Zekk… Only your friends and the top generals here know about you quieting, No one else knows. You would be a good man for one of the men I’m sending in."

Zekk gave a confused look to Admiral Ackbar. " How many people are you going to send?" He asked. Ackbar looked around at the table of generals then looked back at Zekk. " You and one more, Jedi Master Skywalker suggested him… He’s been a smuggler for two months and many people know him," Ackbar said.

Zekk closed his eyes and cursed under his breath. " It’s Deson isn’t it?"

He opened his eyes and looked back at Ackbar. He shook his head. " Yes, you will be teaming up with a young smuggler called Deson B27."

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Jaina walked into a smoking cantina with Deson giggling. Deson had just told her about the time he had flown his ship through a comets tail.

" Deson you the most craziest pilot I know. You would fit right in with the Rogue Squadron!" Jaina said as Deson led he to a table.

They both sat down in the old looking chairs and grabbed the small menus. Deson looked up at Jaina and smiled when he saw he expression on her face as she read the menu. " You not used to eating with the scavenger group?" He asked still smiling. She looked up with a confused look on her face. " May I ask what is a Rodian Lizard steak?"

Deson chuckled then leaned back in his chair waiting for the waitress.

" Well it’s a lizard that comes from Rodiania. They’re pretty good… maybe a little to hot for a spoiled rich girl like you," Deson said with a little sarcasm in his voice. Jaina gave him a smirk then he felt someone kick him from under the table. " Hey if you can eat it I can!" She said. Deson shrugged. " Suites yourself."

A waitress in a skimpy dress finally got to there table. " Welcome to The Glowing Hawkbat , were you can get good food for a low price." The waitress said in a duel voice. " What can I get you two?"

Deson smiled and laid his menu down. " Well sweetheart We’ll both have the Rodian Lizard hide." He said trying his best to flirt with her. The waitress looked down at him and gave him a weak smile. " Oh great another smuggler trying to score with me!" She then winked at him and asked.

" Anything to drink?"

Deson looked at Jaina and smiled. " We’ll take the strongest stuff you got." He saw Jaina straiten up in her seat but then she relaxed. The waitress looked at Jaina and then back to him. " It’ll be done in 15 minutes."

Deson smiled and nodded his head. " Thanks sweetheart."

The waitress rolled her eyes, turned around, and walked away. Deson looked back a Jaina and smiled. " You might be right. I am turning into the Han Solo of this generation."

Jaina rolled her eyes then smiled at him. " All you need to do is save the New Republic from being destroyed."

Deson shrugged and said. " I could do that with my eyes close."

Jaina stared at him for a second then shook her head slowly. " I don’t know where you get you fantasies Laser Brain." She said as she got up from the table. " And if you will excuse me I have to use the little smugglers room." Then she walked away.

Deson sat there for a minute just smiling. Jaina had not lost her spunk. He was about to go to the bar and ask what was taking so long for there drinks when a tall young man walked up to him. " Are you Deson B27?" He asked in a squeaky voice. Deson nodded his head and smiled. " Yea that’s me, Why? You need a smuggler?"

The tall man shook his head slowly. " No… We want you in a group… A very powerful group, The pays good." He said softly trying not let anyone around him hear him. Deson raised his hands and shook his head. " Oh No, Sorry pal, I don’t join groups. I work alone!" Deson said smiling. " But thanks for asking.

The man stared at him for a minute then drew his blaster in a matter of seconds. " Oh I insist you come with me!" The man hissed. Deson smiled and shook his head. " And I suggest you sit down." Suddenly bar stool from acrossed the cantina flew through the air and smacked the man right in the feet tripping him. Before the man fell he got off a shot. It barely missed Deson, but the alien behind him wasn’t so lucky. It hit the huge blue skinned creature right in the leg. The alien bellowed in pain and fell to the floor. Before Deson could draw his blaster the man on the floor was surrounded by men holding blasters. Finally one man with red hair yelled. " That was my co-pilot you just shot! Know you die!" The guy with red hair raised his blaster and pointed it down. He never got to pull the trigger. A blaster bolt struck the man right in the head. Deson twirled around to find about 20 men wearing strange robes. That’s when the violence erupted. People were ducking behind tables firing at the men in robes. It was a all out war. And Deson and Jaina was stuck in the middle of it. " Crap I just wanted a nice dinner with Jaina and I get a war." Deson cursed as he pushed his table over and ducked behind him. " This is just great!"

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Garowyn walked slowly towards her favorite cantina, The Glowing Hawkbat. Half of her wanted her to go back to sleep but she knew she would probably have more nightmares. Plus she needed to get some work to pay for the repairs she had just got on her ship.

As she approached the cantina she heard some commotion from inside. ‘Probably another bar fight,’ She thought to herself. She smiled slowly.

‘ Well, I wonder who started it?"

Garowyn picked up the pace and walked towards the cantina. Maybe if she hurried she would get there in time to watch the end of the fight. When she got to the door she quickly walked through and barely moved out of the way before a blaster bolt hit her.

Garowyn quickly grabbed her two blasters at her sides and pulled them out of there holsters. She aimed at the man that had shot at her and fired. She struck him in the chest sending him down to the floor.

Garowyn ran quickly to a table and pushed it over, then she got behind it. What the hell was going on?

She looked to her left and saw one of the smugglers she usually saw here at this time. " Hay Mac, What the hell is going on here?" She yelled at him. Mac looked over at her and told her what him.

" And then this kid said I suggest you take a seat and a stool floated up and was thrown into this guys knee-" Suddenly a blaster bolt shut Mac up for good. Mac fell forward and laid there not moving.

Garowyn let out a shriek of anger and stood up and fired at two robed men. They both went down in seconds. She ducked back behind the table trying not to inhale the smell from Mac’s smoking body.

Suddenly she saw something from the corner of her eye. She turned her head quickly and found her self staring at her ex-boyfriend leaping over the bar barely missing a round of blaster shots. She couldn’t believe it. Deson was still alive.

She quickly got up and ran towards the bar. Blaster bolts hit the wall behind her as she ran. She kicked off the floor and did a flip behind the bar. She landed in a crouch right near Deson. Deson turned and pushed a blaster against her forehead. He then saw who it was.

" Garowyn? You’re alive?" He barely manage to sputter out. She stared at him and nodded. " Yea I’m still alive but we won’t be soon. Lets get the hell out of here!"

" No, Jaina still here! I need to find her." Deson yelled as stood up and fired another round of blaster bolts. ‘ Who’s Jaina? Deson’s new girl?’ She thought as she stood up and fired. Deson looked at her and shook his head.

" Didn’t mean to read your thoughts but Jaina is a friend and the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia!" Deson yelled. She could barely hear him because of the blaster fire. And that’s when she smelled something. She knew that smell. It was from a chemical that knocked people out. She grabbed Deson’s hand and tried to drag him to the door but it was to late. She was surround by darkness and she fell unconscious.

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Zekk walked slowly down the hall thinking about what just happen. He still couldn’t believe that the New Republic was going to send him to spy on pirates just because he was a bounty hunter for a month or two. He grumbled a few curses. The worst part of the mission was that he had to be with Deson. He knew that Deson was a good guy still but ever time he saw him he reminded him of his past. Zekk didn’t like this.

" Zekk! Hold on!" A voice from behind him yelled. Zekk turned around and saw Admiral Ackbar running towards him. Zekk waited for Ackbar to catch up.

" Zekk I didn’t tell you everything about the mission." Ackbar said when he got to Zekk. Zekk raised an eyebrow. " What didn’t you tell me sir?" Zekk asked in a confused voice. Ackbar looked around for a second then leaned close to Zekk. " What I didn’t tell you is that one of a spy’s did get into the group." He whispered into Zekk’s ears.

Zekk crossed his arms acrossed his chest. " What do you mean? Who is the person?" He asked. Ackbar looked around again and then said. " Lets just say Lando suggested her and that she is off spice."

Zekk smiled slowly. He knew who Ackbar was talking about. It was Anja.

" Know Zekk you have to meet up with her when you are in." Ackbar said before he turned around and started to turn around. " Hey Ackbar why didn’t you tell me that during the meeting." Zekk yelled. Ackbar turned around and gave him a smile. " You and me are the only ones that know about it and I plan to keep it that way."

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Deson woke up slowly with the worst headache he had ever had. He staggered to his feet holding his pounding head. Stars! What the heck did he drink last night? Deson opened his eyes and looked around. He wasn’t in his ship. This place was ten times better then his room in his ship. It had fine furniture and everything. Suddenly he heard a groan behind him.

He quickly turned around reaching for his blaster but found that it was not there. He walked slowly towards the bed. There was someone in it. He grabbed the silk cover and slowly pulled them down. Brown hair was under the covers. Oh shit please say it ain’t her Deson thought as he pulled the covers all the way down. When Garowyn face appeared Deson let out a sigh of relief. Deson was about to ask himself how she got here and how she could still be alive when he remember the attack in the cantina.

Deson gently touched Garowyn cheek and said softly " Wake up."

Garowyn stirred alittle then slowly opened her eyes. Deson smiled down at her. " Well, good morning."

She stared at him. " What happened? Where are we?" She asked in a weak voice. Deson shrugged. " I think we were captured by the people at the cantina." He said still looking into her eyes.

Garowyn closed her eyes again and groaned. " I feel like the force is not with me… It makes me feel sick."

Deson smiled and said. " They have those ysalamiri up, You know what those are?"

Garowyn nodded slowly and then pulled the covers off her and steped out of bed. Deson helped her to her feet. Deson noticed that she was wearing a black robe. He also noticed that he was too.

Suddenly the door opened behind him. Garowyn and him turned quickly and stared at the person in the door way. It was a teenage boy about his age. The teenager walked into the room did a slight bow and then said. " Sir, I’m glad to see that you are awake. Miss Kia would like to speak with you. You can bring your mate with you."

Deson stared at the teenager for a second then asked. " What do you want with us? Why are we prisoners?"

The boy stared at him for a moment. Finally he spoke. " Sir you are not a prisoner. You and Kia are the boss of this group."

Garowyn and Deson exchanged glances and then looked back at the boy. " Um… Wait for us outside… we need to get dressed." Deson finally said. The boy nodded and stepped out of the room.

" What are we going to do?" Garowyn asked with a little fear in her voice. Deson looked back at her and shrugged. " Get dressed and get ready to meet a ghost.

TO BE CONTINUED