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Nasil and Magnus had nearly mopped up the last of their Pirates before the older Jedi noticed that the Leader was approaching him. Nasil was almost ready to rush him until he raised his hand, "Stay back!" Making the girl stop in her tracks. "This guy will be too much for you…" he said looking over his armor and his weapon that he held, a simple handle.

"You should listen to him girly…" said the T-Visored Pirate in his thick accented voice as it filtered through his helmet, "So you know what I am do ya, jedI?" he asked his opponent.

Magnus nodded and said, "It's your visor. The only men or women I know who wear those are Mandolorian… You're the only people crazy enough to think up a scheme like this. I figured you would be able to get better crew then this."

"Mandolorians don't mix well now a days… And these are the only people who were stupid enough to join me." he said before rotating his shoulders and saying, "Are we just going to stand here jabberin' ? I got people to rob."

Magnus gripped his saber tightly and said, "I can't allow you to leave this place. Not if your going to hurt more people."

"Music to my ears. Come'on jedI!" he said flicking his finger and revealing the black bladed Energy Sword he had. In many ways it was similar to a Light saber, but with out the same construction, but they both cut the same. The Mandolorian had a similar stance to Magnus, albeit a more aggressive approach.

The two warriors circled each other for a moment, Magnus staring in to the blackness of the Mandolorian Leader's visor. Finally with a feral yell the Mandolorian let loose his attack giving the older jedI a good flurry of blow. Magnus blocked each, not surprised at the aggressiveness of the other man or at the skill of which he used with his blade.

After the attack the Mandolorian backed up again still in his fighting stance, "Not bad jedI… You've been trained well… I've been waiting for a good opponent for YEARS. If one of us has to die this day then I will make this a day nether will ever forget!" he yelled as he attacked again, this time not relenting.

Magnus couldn't believe that this guy was so strong, even with out the force, Mandolorian Warriors were known to sometimes outwit and overpower JedI, but Magnus wasn't going to let this happen. With a parry he would start his own offensive giving him quick strong strikes and every once in a while would give the warrior a flourish  and slam into his blade with extra power. Finally Magnus would twist the blade around and catch the Mandolorian's hands , slicing both of them off. The Mandolorian let out a pained yell but didn't make much more sounds other then loud hissing noises at the intense stinging pain.

Nasil let out a sigh of relief as he saw Magnus over come the Pirate Leader and ran up to him.

The Mandolorian looked up at Magnus and would let out a pained grunt, "Fuck… I can't believe it… What the hell kind of technique were you using?"

"Echani, My master was a great warrior in her own right." said Magnus giving the Mandolorian a small bit of kindness.

The Mandolorian only nodded and said, "You are good." he said looking up, "Your not going to kill me?" he asked.

The older Jedi shook his head, "Your going to be taken in… Your more valuable alive then dead." he said before feeling his danger sense go off and then would hear the creaking of metal and would look over, along with his apprentice and the Mandolorian.

As the Mandolorian and Magnus were fighting, Asisu and Braelin were cleaning up the last of their Pirates. Baelin had killed the three that were left on his side. Asisu had shot the last one in the hand and made him drop his blaster. While the man was fumbling to get the blaster back, the Mon Calamari in all of his splendor ran up to the man while he was bending down and kicked him harshly in the head while saying at the top of his lungs, "Asisu Kick!" This earning a groan from his partner.

They too looked towards the sound of creaking, scrapping metal. All five of these people: Asisu, Baelin, Magnus, Nasil and the Mandolorian let out at almost the exact same time a loud, "Oh shit!"

"If that son of a bitch falls out into space we'll all get sucked out!" yelled the Mandolorian.

Nasil tried to stop it with her force powers but couldn't get the large craft to stop from sliding, a small bit of pressure already giving way making a wind start to pick up, "I can't stop it!"

Magnus put away his light saber calmly, the mechinism closing around it. Slowly he walked forward and closed his eyes.

"Mags what the hell are you doing?!" Yelled Nasil, "Get out of there!"

"Just stay back Nasi." said Magnus confidently as the air around him started to waver slightly, like the heat waves off a desert dune. After a moment Magnus would throw out his hands, as the ship started to fully dislodge and grab it with as much energy as he could. The thing would stop before it fully dislodged the wind becoming stronger.

"Holy shit." said the Mandolorian bracing as much as he could, "There's no way."

Magnus would hold the ship there as best as he could before letting out a loud groan, "I'm not letting this kill us!" he yelled as he would concentrate harder and start to drag the large ship back, inch by agonizing inch. Finally Magnus, taking steps back would start to pull the thing back into place and with a strong tug would lodge it back in tight, sealing the hole tightly again. Magnus would then fall to one knee letting out long gasps, "That… I never … want to do again…" he let out trying to catch his breath.

Nasil was stunned for a moment not understanding what just happened but upon seeing her friend and master dropping to a knee, would rush over and kneel down next to him putting a hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright? What did you do?"

Magnus would place his cold metal hand on hers and say , "I'm… I'm fine, Nasi." he said before looking at the craft lodged in the side, "I was summoning up more power… I couldn't have done that normally. I've not had to summon that much power up in a very long time." he said starting to stand up.

"I've never seen any body lift or move something that heavy… I couldn't even budge it." said Nasil.

"There are stories… " said the Mandolorian, "Ones even I have heard of. Of JedI and Sith being able to influence small star fighter. I've heard these stories from old Mandores. I now know… Why I could not best you." he said looking at his hands, or lack there of.

Their conversation was cut short by a odd yelling voice that came from behind all of them, "Why when ever bad things happen your always there?!" it yelled.

Magnus stood up and turned and with a wary look gave the voice a greeting, "Oh, Its you Asisu… I didn't know you were the ones fighting back. I assure you this." he said motioning to the handless Mandolorian and the Boarding Craft Plug, "This is just a coincidence."

The Mon Calamari Captain and his Zabrak first mate were more then displeased to see the JedI, as he had stated, when ever Magnus was around bad things happened to him or his ship, and today it was just proven, "Bullshit. Your just bad luck all around!"

Nasil was more confused at this then anything else, "Who are these people?" she asked Magnus.

Magnus was fixing to answer before the Taris Space Guard came running in and with raised rifles, only to see that the job they were summoned for was already done for them, "What the hell?" one said walking over to them the group that seemed to be the ones that took the pirates out, "You people killed all these criminals?"

"All of them except the leader here." said Magnus motioning to the handless Mandolorian, "I figure he was worth more alive then dead. " he added.

The T.S.G Commander nodded, "HE is worth just as much ether way. There's been a string of incidents like this through out the system. He has a hefty price on his head. You boys and girl, respectively. Just earned yourself a good bit of clink in your pockets"

Asisu and Braelin suddenly had a change of heart at hearing there was money to be made off the capture of this Mandolorian and suddenly had a great affinity for the jedI that they had previously had a quarrel with, "Oh yes! My friends and I couldn't bare to see such a evil do as he pleased! Since we had a hand in the capture and ridding of him and his gang we get a cut of the bounty right?" he asked looking at Magnus.

Magnus just rolled his eyes and nodded, "Sure sure. " he said before looking at Nasil, who had a confused look on her face and would wave his hand and mouthed, 'I'll explain later.'

"If you folks will come to the Station Brig we will just settle this here and now and get you people down to the planet. I'll vouch for you personally." said the TSG Commander leading them down the hall to the Station Brig and paid each a sum of 1500 Credits, 6000 split four ways.

"That guy alone was worth 6000?" asked Magnus.

"Yeah, he was a big disruption in Trading" said the Commander before asking, "Do you people have a way down to the planet?" then looked between the four of them.

Magnus would then look at Asisu and say, "Yeah… We have a way down… And I would suggest you get a seal on that hole. That ship could come loose."

The Commander nodded, "Already putting up Plasma screens."

With that Magnus would take his leave along with Asisu, Braelin and Nasil following behind. When they got out in the hall he would turn to Asisu, "Willing to shuttle us down to the planet? I'll buy you a few drinks as an incentive." he said looking between the two.

"Well…" said Asisu looking at the Credits in hand, "You did let us share in the rewards of that bounty. Why not? It's not like our luck can get any worse." said the Mon Calamari then looking to Braelin, who looked indifferent about everything but the credits.

"I don't care. As long as we get out ship-" the Zabrak would say before getting cut off by Asisu.

"SO, How about we get going eh?"

Magnus and Nasil looked at each other and then at the two, "Sure. Lets get going." he said following to the Eagleheart.

"Magnus…" began the Cathar girl, "Who are these guys?" she asked as they walked through the sterile metal halls.

Magnus would just walk straight while he would respond, "These guys are Asisu and Braelin. I traveled with them a while before I came back to the order. We had… A lot of things happen while we flew together."

Nasil heard that kind of pause before, Magnus was holding back from her. What was it this time?

When they arrived back in the hanger the place was full of Repair crews putting a temporary seal around the hole where the Boarding Craft had busted through, A large energy shield now in its place.

"I did not want to pull that thing back in." said Magnus rolling his shoulders, "I'm still hurting from it." When he saw the Eagleheart he noticed that it was not the same ship he knew from when he traveled, "What happened to the old Eagleheart?"

Asisu would just turn around and glare, "You know DAMN WELL what happened to the last Eagleheart!" before boarding in a huff.

'The last Eagleheart?' asked Nasil looking to Magnus who had a bit of a look on his face but when he noticed the Cathar girl he would straighten it out.

"It's a long story." he would say simply before boarding the ship.

Nasil just sighed and nodded, 'What is it going to take for you to tell me that one?' she thought again as she too boarded the ship.

The Eagleheart Mk. II was a big freighter, about the size as the one that brought them to Dantooine but with a larger cargo hold. It was also, in nearly perfect working condition.

Magnus was perhaps the most shocked out of  the two JedI, "What the hell… Have you been doing to get a ship like this?" asked the older JedI as he heard a sound coming from the cargo hold. "Are those Gizka?" he asked afterwards.

"You don't need to know." said Asisu, "Transporting them for a Zoo."

Braelin would roll his eyes at the fool of the captain trying to lie to the jedI, "You're an idiot. He is a jedI."

"So?" asked Asisu, "Is his magic hoodoo going to magically make me answer?"

Magnus rolled his eyes and sat in a chair that was in the cockpit, "Well nice to know you haven't changed."

Nasil at the moment just kept quiet, Asisu's strange attitude and Magnus' new secret was drawing heavily on the girl. She too sat down in a cockpit chair, watching slowly as the dark void turned blue as they entered the atmosphere, the Mon Calamari Captain taking almost loving care not to jar his 'baby' around too much. As they came in above the city she would look out over, "Wow, It's almost like Corusant. Is the entire planet like this?" she asked.

Magnus would nod, "Almost totally, there are some oceans but they are toxic. There are three levels to the place. The Upper Level, where the rich and normal people live, the Lower Levels where the Slums are, there's lots of swoop gangs down there, and then the Undercity, where they send their criminals. The place is famous for not liking aliens, but Taris has become a lot more accepting since the New Republic started."

Nasil nodded slowly, "It's a shame… This place looks almost beautiful." she said blowing a stream of air out of her nose and watching the decent onto a Upper City landing pad. Where the ship would come to a soft stop.

"And now… To the Cantina!" said Asisu as he sprung up, "Your buying the drinks right?" he asked looking right at Magnus, "Right?"

Magnus sighed and nodded, "Fine fine. Where are we going. The Upper or Lower Level?"

Braelin would then turn around, "Lower Level. The Upper Level is full of snooty ass holes. I bet we couldn't get in anyway."

"Lower it is!" said Asisu leading the party in getting off the ship.

"What about our Cargo?" asked Braelin as he looked at the Captain, who had was almost out of the Cockpit.

"Wha? Oh right. We'd have to go to lower level anyway right?" said Asisu.

Slowly, Magnus and Nasil looked at one another, the same thought passing through their head, Asisu and Braelin might have connections to the people they were investigating. "Alright…" began Magnus, "Lower level it is. What do you think Nasil?"

The Cathar girl looked between the three and would ask, "I'm out voted. I guess I'll go with you." she said standing up, "As long as no god awful drunk tries to get at me again." she said shuttering a bit.

"Nah, They won't your with us." said Asisu with a confidence only he could muster.

Nasil nodded and giggled lightly, as weird as he was, Asisu wasn't a bad sort, for a Smuggler.

When they all reached the Lower Level, Nasil looked around at her dirty surroundings and would say, "Well… This is just like Corusant… Slums always look the same, but didn't you say Swoop gangs run the place?" she asked Magnus as they headed down a long corridor.

"Yeah but not All of the Swoop gangs are bad. Like the Hidden Beks, the oldest gang on the planet, they are mostly just a gang that enjoys riding their bikes. They are like the police down here, they make sure the other gangs don't get out of hand, not everyone listens to them however."

Nasil would only nod and ask, "How do you know all of this stuff? Everytime I have a question you have an answer."

"He's a JedI? They always think they have the answers to everything." said Asisu before clamming up again.

Magnus would think and say, "Actually, I don't really disagree with Asisu on that one. At least some jedI." he said before really answering Nasils question, "I was traveling the Galaxy for Five years. I picked up a lot of information. I needed to know who not to piss off. Though I ended pissing people off anyway."

Asisu again would pipe up, "Yeah, me and Braelin know that part." he said before coming to the entrance to a cantina, or what sounded like one from the sounds coming out of it. "This is it!" he said before walking forward, the door opening automatically.

The Bouncer standing next to the door would just look at the group, "If you cause any trouble, I'll bust you in the knee caps. Other then that Enjoy." he would warn the unknown group going into the bar before he would go back to standing guard. The group collectively agreed to this stipulation, as the guard was very big lizard man with an awfully big club on his waist, and would only nod to signify this agreement.

The Cantina was more or less a biker bar, however it was nice for what it was, serving girls going around from table to tables along with a few droids, a band was playing on a stage opposite from where the group entered. All four of them took a seat at an empty table before a serving droid would come up and take their order, all three order Juma Juice except Nasil, "Um… I would just like water thanks." she said.

The four would then turn their attention to each other and start to talk.

"So, what exactly are you doing here Asisu? And please I know your not her to deliver Gizka… Good luck trying to get rid of them by the way." said Magnus chuckling.

Asisu would shrug, "There ain't nothing you need to know about."

Nasil would then say, "Please? It may be very important to what we are doing here, Captain." she said politely.

Taken aback by the Cathar's polite tone, and having stroke his ego at her call him  Captain and not Idiot, he would ask, "What exactly are you two here for?"

"Well…" said Nasil looking at Magnus , who would nod at her to continue, seeing as she had more of an effect on Asisu then he did., "We came here looking for some missing jedI. They were sent here to root out some of the criminals on Taris, as requested by the Senator here, but they haven't reported back in months."

Braelin would look over at Asisu, who would look back at Braelin, "Well…" the Zabrak would start.

"Oh, Please?" asked Nasil, "We need to know everything we can."

Braelin would nod, unable to resist the insistence of the girls tone, "We were smuggling a load of weapons here for a group of Mercs. Lots of them have been coming to this planet lately and the group employing them has had a time arming them. We don't know who they are but they contacted us and said they would pay a hefty sum if we bring them a load of weapons. Blasters and things like that."

"Sounds like our Crime Syndicate." said Magnus, going quiet as their drinks arrived, and would wait for the droid to leave before speaking up again, "But…You don't know who they are? That doesn't sound right. It seems to me that if someone was buying up weapons and Mercs all over the place they would be drawing a lot of attention."

"That is strange." said Asisu, rubbing his dark red chin, "I suddenly got that feeling…"

Nasil turned to the Captain then back to Magnus, who had almost the same look on his face.

"I know what your talking about, buddy." said the older jedI sipping his drink and then would ask, "Are you supposed to meet these people? Or what?" he asked to Asisu.

"Yeah, they're rep is supposed to meet us here. You guys might have spooked them off." said the Mon Calamari Captain and then would exasperate, as only his race could, "Damn it!" As he said that a tall, heavily armored Human would walk into the bar, "Oh wait, no that's him. Yo, Over here!" he yelled waving over to the man.

The Human would come over and sit down, looking at the extra pair that were sitting with Asisu, "You have extras… I don't know how to feel about that." he said looking at the Mon Calamari, "Who are they?"

Asisu thought for a moment before speaking up, "That one there is Saren and the little one is his assistant. We've needed a Mechanic for a while so we hired them." he lied.

The Human would nod, seeming to accept the lie and would say, "Well, I'll have to tell the boss but it shouldn't be a biggie. You got the stuff?" he asked.

"You got the money?" asked Braelin.

The Human would let out a loud, guffaw of a laugh, "Plenty of it… Where are the goods?" he asked.

"On the Ship. We had a hell of a time getting through Customs." said Asisu.

The human seemed satified at this and said, "Okay, We will pick the stuff up later tonight. Where you guys landed?" he asked.

"Landing Pad A-24, On the upper level." said Braelin.

With that he would look to Magnus and say, "Nice to meet you, Saren… Saren's…" he said his eyes gliding up and down Nasil's body, "Assistant." before he left.

The look from the man had made the Cathar girl shutter a bit, "I do not like that guy." she said softly.

Magnus then looked over to Asisu, "So… Who was that?"

Asisu would look to Magnus and say, "That guy is Break. And he is a mean son-of-a-bitch. He is famous for breaking bones. He used to be in the Fighting Pits on the upper level. He quit after he got bored of breaking peoples spines." the Mon Calamari would explain.

"I thought you couldn't Kill in those fights." said Magnus.

"Who said they died?" asked Braelin flatly, "But that is why he left and started his own little Private Military Company with the earnings he got from his fights, so he can be paid to kill people." he continued, "So like Asisu said, he is a mean son of a bitch."

The two jedI would only nod, "Well we will have to be careful then." said Magnus, "So when is this happening? Tonight right? So we just wait at the ship?"

Asisu nodded but then would smirk with his fishy face, "Not before we get some more drinks… You're buying remember?"

Magnus nodded and chuckled, "Of course. A few more." he said as he ordered another round.

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Meanwhile, Break had arrived back at the Headquarters of his PMC company, and would go into his office and start to walk over to his desk, "Have you met with the Mon Calamari?" asked a dark toned voice coming from behind his desk. Break would let out a bit of a growl seeing the dark hooded figure in his chair, "I wish you would stop doing that, but yes. The army your master wanted is getting well supplied." he said, "But, I have to thank you…For getting those JedI off my case. They were starting to get wind of my doings here… But how did you know?"

"I have my ways." said the dark voice said, the man it was coming from turning around in the chair, revealing himself as a Dark JedI, "But, I was surprised when you said you would join up… You truly love to dispense pain do you not, Break?" he asked.

"What can I say. It's what I was born for, Mr. Sith." said Break before adding, "But the fish-captain had a few extra crew members when I met him."

The Dark JedI would just nod, "Who are they? Describe them for me."

"The fish-face said that they were just some Mechanic and his brat assistant. The guy looked pretty strong though. He had one of those robot-arms and his skin was tanned and the girl that was with him was a Cathar. Why?" said the Mercenary Commander seeing a wide grin grow upon the Sith's face.

"Oh… Things are going just as we planned… It seems our good Captain has run into the exact person I have been waiting for. He came just as my Master has foreseen. Break, go to the pick up as per the agreement. We are going to give our Mechanic and his friend a proper Sith greeting."

Break only nodded, "Well, alright. You're the boss." he said getting up and leaving the Sith walking behind him.

"Exactly as planned…"

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Later that night, Asisu and Braelin had moved the load of weapon off the ship and then onto the landing pad, Magnus and Nasil were standing mostly as look outs for the moment. The air was a nervous one, even those with out any Force sensitivity could feel it.

"Magnus… I don't like this." said Nasil.

Magnus only nodded with agreement, "These guys have to be the criminals that we are looking for. This will only confirm it. Then all we have to do is report back to the Council." he said softly but then would say, "But I am getting the same feeling."

Asisu would then just shout back to them, "Will you stop it with your damn Feelings and shit? Your freaking Braelin out." he said having a good amount of nervoiusness in his own voice.

"Yeah, I'm fucking nervous. We are doing a deal with one of the meanest bastards on the planet with people who want to send him to jail." said the Zabrak.

"Don't worry… It'll be fine." said Magnus.

"With our History, Magnus… I don't think that is as reassuring as you might think." said the Mon Calamari.

Finally a few moments after Break and a group of six of his men would come walking onto the Launch Pad, his men were outfitted what looked like bright grey military style armor, possibly smuggled in for them. Break calmly walked up to Asisu, "So, this is it?" asked the large human patting the small crates in front of the ship.

"Yeah, that's them. So where's the money?" asked Braelin, noting the lack of a case.

Break would laugh, "Nervous?" he asked before adding, "It's close by. When we are safely away with the weapons you'll be safely away with the money."

"No money, No Cases." said the Zabrak with a growl, "You know how this goes."

Asisu was more then nervous at his first mate's insistence on the money being shown, "Well, That's how we do business."

Magnus couldn't shake the feeling of a dark presence coming from some where, he didn't know where from until he saw a dark figure coming from behind Break and his men, then it all became clear.

"Our smugglers know how business works…" said the Dark Jedi as he stood next to Break, "… Business with Jedi is never simple… Is it Magnus?" he said looking at the older of the two Jedi.

Nasil then looked to Magnus too, "Do you know him?"

Magnus couldn't respond, in the depths of his mind he knew who this Dark Jedi worked for, "N-no… I don't know him."

"Oh yes. He does not know me… But I know him… All of my Masters pawns know him. My master speaks of him often." said the Dark Jedi before looking to Break, "Get your weapons… I don't believe these people will object."

Asisu knew this would happen, every time Magnus showed up, more jedI bullshit happened to him, "God damn it, I knew this would happen." he would say.

Break would just laugh and nod, "Well I have Six guns saying I can take what I want." he said grabbing a case and then motioning for his men to keep guns trained on the group as they got their own respective cases, "Are you coming?"

"Yes yes… In a moment. I have some business to take care of here, than  I will come." said the Dark jedI looking at the group again.

Magnus growled and looked to Asisu and Braelin, "Sorry, I didn't know this would happen." he said apologetically before yelling to the Sith, "So what… Are you here to kill me or what?"

The dark Jedi almost let out an exasperated laughed from under his mask, "What? Why no… I am here to bring you back to My Master… He so wants to see you again. You have much to catch up on, Darth Bane and you." he said.

"Well you can tell your dark lord to go stick it up his ass. I'm not going anywhere!" said Magnus his mechanical arm flexing and then clicking and shifting around to shove his light saber into his hand and then turning it on, the silver light of it sparkling, seemingly reacting to his emotions at the moment.

"Well if I can't get you… I suppose I could invite your new Apprentice…" said the Dark Jedi smirking.

Magnus ran forward, "You'll not lay your filthy hands on her you bastard!" he said taking a swipe at the Dark jedI, feeling wind rush past him but thinking nothing of it. He let out a growl when all he sliced through was his Robe, "Where did he go?!" he shouted. With a loud whistle coming from behind him he would see the Dark Jedi with a short red bladed light saber at Nasil's throat, an arm around her neck so he could control her.

"Your fast Magnus… But in the Dark and with my speed… You don't stand a chance." said the Dark Jedi his dark, heavily filtered voice sounding in Nasil's ear.

Magnus would slowly walk towards him, "You let her go…"

The Dark Jedi would then wrench his captives arm a bit making her yelp out in pain, "Nah uh uh!… No no… No farther. If you want this lovely, lovely girl unharmed…" he said, making Magnus stop in his tracks, his anger starting to spill out in the form of rippling Force energy.

Asisu and Braelin couldn't do a thing to help, despite personal feelings towards Magnus were not especially good, they were Smugglers with a conscience, and Asisu had taken a bit of a shine to the girl. Who else would be so polite to him?! Braelin would just growl under his breath.

Finally the Dark Jedi would speak up, "If you don't want this girl to see My master… Then you will come to Break's Headquarters and hand yourself over." he said as he shuffled away, as a Speeder would come up behind him, and would push the girl into the thing and follow suit.

Magnus could do nothing but watch them fly away with his dear Friend and apprentice, switching off his light saber he would start to exit the Landing platform, he was going to the headquarters, he was going to do as that Assassin said.

Asisu and Braelin just looked at each other before Braelin would speak up, "We could just leave. It's not our fight." he said.

The Mon Calamari Captain would nod, "Your right it's not our fight." he said walking towards the ship and then would look at Braelin, "But we can't just let it go this time… We tried that and look where we are again, back into the thick of it… And with the same guy." he said turning to the exit, "Besides we haven't been Paid yet. They took the guns and we have no money… "

Braelin would just nod, "Alright… So we are doing this then." he said before the both of them started to chase after Magnus.

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Magnus was already a good way down the empty streets. He was going to turn himself over but while he walked he couldn't help but beat himself up over all of this. "I should have fucking known better then training that girl… I knew I would get trapped like this sooner or later." he said to himself, "I was careless… "

"Yeah, you fucked up." said Asisu behind him.

Magnus would turn around to see the tall Zabrak and eccentric Captain and would just say, "I figured that you two would be halfway to Nal Hutta by now…" he said, "Why are you guys here?" he asked.

"We figured… We left you on Corusant Months ago. And don't get us wrong we were glad to be rid of you. Your bad for business." said the Aqualish, "But.. Low and behold, here months later we run into you again… Not saying that I believe in this force shit… but something's pulling us together. And that girl was nice… She actually called me Captain."

Braelin would add, "Besides… Break double crossed us and left us holding the bill. We don't like that." he said.

"I don't know… It's not your guys' fight. It's mine. I don't want to drag you into this." said Magnus letting out a sigh, "I've dragged too many people into it anyway."

Braelin would just growl, "We're already dragged into this… You probably didn't mean to drag that little girl into this but you did. I bet that girls thinking right now any minute your going to bust though those doors and save her. Are you going to let her down?"

"Are you going to let yourself down?" asked Asisu after, trying to give another small push.

Magnus, closed his eyes, then thought back to the past few months with Nasil. From the beginning all the way up to now. He then remembered what he told her that first night, 'You don't need to worry. I'll be there.', then at the cave when they found her crystal,  and in the months leading up to this. Nasil believed in Magnus and everything he stood for, and now she depended on him to save her from the Dark Jedi Assassin. He would not let his apprentice, his friend down. With that he opened his eyes and gripped his light saber, "No. I'm not." he said in a deep determined voice, "You two just get behind me… Clean up any of Break's men that I leave behind. I'll be damned if I let them take Nasil." he said heading towards where the Dark jedI's speeder was heading. Asisu and Braelin would follow behind.

Braelin would whisper to the Mon Calamari, "We are still going to keep our eyes out for the money aren't we?"

"Of course. We might be helping him but I still want money for smuggling that shit." Asisu would reply as they headed towards Break's Lair.

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Break sat back in his chair, The Dark jedI standing in one corner of the room inspecting Nasil's light saber color, and on the Sofa in Break's office sat Nasil, hands bound behind her. She was just sitting quietly as she looked between the two.

"This light saber's color is very beautiful… Unique as well…" said the Dark jedI actually admiring the saber, "This must be the envy of the Enclave."

Nasil would only let out a growl and say, "Your in for a world of hurt when Magnus comes… I hope you know that."

Laughing the tall Human Merc would say, "You have a lot of confidence in this Master of yours…" he said standing up, "My friend here knows a lot about your Magnus… Or so I have heard."

The Dark Jedi Assassin would switch Nasil's saber off and would nod letting out a loud breath from his mask, "That I do… My Master, as I said, speaks of him often…" he said.

"Darth Bane…" recalled Nasil, "What is he some kind of wannabe Sith Lord?" she jabbed.

"He IS the new Dark Lord you…… Sweet… Girl." said  the masked man almost losing his cool there for a moment, "And yes… That is the name he has taken. Though I imagine you must know his true name. I mean… He and Magnus were such friends."

This caught the girl's attention, "What? Magnus did not have any friends named Bane."

Break would sit next to the girl and run his armored hand up and down the girl's arm, making the Cathar shutter and want to scoot away, "I heard he has another name… Does he not my Sith friend?" he asked looking at the Masked Sith.

"That he does… His true name is…" he would start to say until the lights flickered and a loud crash was heard at the entrance to the base.

Break would jump up and run to his intercom and press the button for the front desk, "Front Guard what the hell was that?… Hello? Hello?"

When he couldn't get a response he looked back up to the jedI girl who was smirkling a bit, "What he fuck are you smiling about?" he asked clearly angry that his guards weren't around.

"I told you before… When Magnus comes you will be in for a world of hurt. And guess … who is here?" she asked feeling the strong presense of her master.

"The hell he is… " said Break before looking at his Sith friend, who had now moved to the center of the room and was transfixed on the Elevator, "Don't tell me…"

"He is here… And the Force is with him." said the Sith.

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Magnus wasn't one for subtlety in any of its forms and now that a loved one was taken and held hostage by some evil son of a bitch. He wasn't in the mood for any of the sort. When he approached the Headquarters' entrance, Asisu and Braelin were behind him, keeping their distance, so they wouldn't be caught in the fallout of the Jedi's path of destruction. Finally, at the Entrance, Magnus was blocked by two of Break's Soldier's who thought they could stop the JedI with just their guns aiming at him.

"Halt, Give your self up and we will take you to the Boss…" one said and then noticed that the Jedi wasn't stopping, "I said stop!"

"You really think…" began Magnus quietly as he lifted his arm a strong shimmer of blue surrounding it, "That your fucking guns are going to stop ME?!" he ended loudly with a thrust of his hand, releasing a powerful shock wave from his hand easily blowing the men aside and blowing the front door from its placing. The Force was flowing freely through him, whether it was his determination or his sheer will that made it do this, it wasn't certain, but it was certain something had awoke deep inside him, something that had been dormant for Five years, A reason to care, a reason to be strong, a reason to resist against the forces that wanted to tear him apart. These simple things had made the Jedi strong.

"Why am I having a flash back to Nar Shaddah?" asked Braelin.

Asisu would only look at the crumpled mass of man Magnus had left behind, "He was no where near this level of pissed off on Nar Shaddah."

Magnus would enter the building looking from left to right and activated his saber, he wouldn't need his pistol for this. Finally he heard the constant  clanging of foot prints coming for him. A squad of six had come in through the door behind the desk and they all pointed their blasters at Magnus. "Six of you against one of me… Why am I not scared?" asked Magnus before the shimmer started to encompass his whole body.

"You cocky bastard, You should be scared!" said the leader of the squad before they opened fire.

Time slowed down for Magnus as they fired, the Jedi ran to the side dodging the blaster fire and would make a long lunge at the six soldiers. Landing in the middle of them, to him they were moving at only a three quarters of their normal speed, but that was enough for him to take advantage of. When one would turn, Magnus would take his light saber and give a slash upwards, cleaving ones entire front, then he grabbed another by the collar of his armor and used him as a human shield as time returned to normal, his friends ending up firing into their team mate instead of the Jedi, then with a violent force push he would launch the body into two of the soldiers, knocking them down. The next to go down had panicked and shot randomly at Magnus, who deflected the shot  back at the man hitting him in the chest. The only soldier still standing had made a run for it out the door.

He did not get far as he was met with a vicious clothsline from Braelin ,who was waiting just outside the door with Asisu,  making the soldier do a near half flip and  land hard on his back. When it was finally quiet inside the two looked in and saw Magnus  heading down the hall. The two of them had begun to run after them until they noticed the two soldiers that were knocked down by their comrades body were getting up, but they were met with two blaster shots from the Smugglers.

When Asisu caught up with Magnus he would say, "You know you missed two."

"Right… I didn't really pay them no mind, you two were there." he said before continuing on.

It wasn't before long that they had reached the Barracks where more Soldier waited. The number was a good deal bigger then what he had dealt with at the entrance, numbering at thirteen. All of them with their blasters beaded on the JedI. "I might need some help here…" he said as he saw a Thermo-detonator sail over his head, "That works…" he said drawing his blaster, As it started to dip into the crowd of soldiers Magnus took aim and fired at it, making explode prematurely, taking 5 with the one explosion, and knocking the others down, then spinning on his finger and pushing it back in its holster.

As the soldier's started to recover, Magnus disregarded most of them, all but those who were in his path to their Leader's office. He could feel Nasil's presence getting closer and closer. It was pushing him on. So he only dealt with the soldiers who got in his way and quickly cut them down.

Asisu and Braelin shot down the Soldiers that had been left behind by the rampaging Jedi with quick and decisive shots with their blasters. They were having a hard time keeping up with Magnus now with all the people he was starting to leave behind. They would finally catch up to him by the time he was at Break's door.

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Break was seething, How could his trained killers be taken out by three men, how could a Jedi break through their ranks. He was pacing back and forth, hoping the men in the barracks would beable to stop the infiltrators. It was when he heard the other explosion from the Barracks that he let out a fit of rage, "What the hell is Happening!?" he yelled out.

"He shouldn't be this strong… When my Master encountered him in person he had hardly a fraction of this I don't get it!" said the Dark Jedi starting to feel Magnus getting closer and closer before finally feeling him at the door.

Using his speed he would grab Nasil and held her, his short lightsaber at her throat, "This will dissuade him…" he said as the doors blasted open revealing a shimmering, dark figure behind the shattered door.

"I figured you would try that again.." said Magnus as he would take a step forward his hand shimmering again.

"Ah ah!" said the Assassin filtered through his mask, as he held his blade close to the Cathar girls flesh, "By all means I could kill this girl right now and be justified… You've failed to come quietly… I, however, will let the deal stand. If you drop your light saber on the ground and come with me."

Magnus growled and nodded, he had to do it, the Dark Jedi was too fast for him to do anything, and if he did do anything he would risk killing Nasil in the process. He then dropped his Saber on the floor and then unbuckled his Blaster Belt. "Fine, See I'm doing what you said."  he said, "Now let her-"

He was then cut off by the Dark Jedi's yell of pain, while he wasn't paying much attention to where his light saber was and as he talked to Magnus it was getting farther and farther away from Nasil's throat. When Magnus had thrown down his weapons, the saber was far enough for her to maneuver her neck and with a sudden pull forward and then back she crashed the back of her head into her captors face, and then drop his guard, allowing the girl to escape his grasp.

"Good girl!" exclaimed Magnus, pulling his light saber to him and switching it on, "Now get out of here, Asisu and Braelin are behind me." he said, "I'll take care of this." he said glaring at the Assassin.

Nasil didn't argue, her hands were still bound up so she couldn't help anyway, "Okay, Be careful Mags." she said as she hurried out of the room.

The Dark Assassin shook the cobwebs from his head and then saw Magnus standing across from him with his light saber drawn, "That girl has more power to her then I thought… But no matter. You could hardly catch me when we were on the Launch pad… You won't be able to out match me now." he said holding his short light saber in a reverse grip. "Break are you  going to help me with this?"

"Sorry to say but your 'friend' has already escaped." said Magnus motioning to a hidden door that he had use to escape while the two Jedi were staring down, "He was the smart one. Do you think I came all this way to be  killed by a coward like you?" he asked, "I don't think so."

"You severely over estimate your chances…" said the Dark Assassin as he dashed towards the Jedi, then seemingly zip suddenly one way and then the other, it was the same speed technique that Magnus had used before, in the dark he would have never seen him, but now he did.

Magnus's instincts, guided by the force, helped his silver blade block the blood red blade of the Dark Jedi, "And you forgot who you pissed off!" he shouted and  then would follow it with a strong Force Push from his mechanical right hand, blowing the Dark Jedi back into the desk and would follow it with his blade dragging against the floor, sparking and then sliced the disoriented Assassin up the middle, completely, the two halves falling limp against the desk and falling their separate ways. Panting, Magnus walked up and would pick Nasil's light saber from the corpse, "And that… Is not yours." he said before turning and seeing Braelin walking in.

"Well…" he said looking at the Dark Assassin, "… I was coming to help… But you got this sliced up nicely."

"Nice… Did you get Nasi out?" asked Magnus walking out of the Office.

Braelin nodded, walking beside him, and said, "She's with Asisu. I was supposed to come and help you but it looks like you had things handled. Where did Break go?"

"He escaped while I was confronting the Dark Jedi. Like I told him, he was the smart one." said the Human as he looked to Braelin, "He is probably going to tell 'Bane' what happened here."

Braelin nodded, "Well… Nothing more to do then wait." he said.

Magnus nodded as he and Braelin entered the HQ Foyer where Asisu and Nasil had been waiting for the two to get back. Nasil didn't waste any  time leaping at Magnus and hugging him tightly. The taller Jedi just chuckling and hugging her back.

"Oh, god…" said Asisu walking out the door, "If I see this I am going to throw up." he said, being followed quickly by Braelin.

"You two, Hurry up. The Taris Police are probably going to be here any moment. We did blow up a building here." said the Zabrak before leaving.

Magnus would nod to the gruff alien before looking back at Nasil, "Let's get out of here then we will talk."

Nasil nodded, "Good, I'm more than willing to leave this entire planet." she said looking back up at the older Jedi and letting go of him, following the other two, Magnus quickly following suite, giving only a sparing glance back at the HQ.

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Aboard the Eagleheart, Asisu, Braelin, Magnus and Nasil had all strapped in and were ready to get off this planet. The Authorities hadn't guessed what happened but if they took a look at the Surveillance Videos then they would know exactly who did what. With no time to spare the Mon Calamari Captain powered up the engines and lifted off, heading straight through the atmosphere and then into space.

"Alright, where are we headed?" asked Asisu, looking back at Magnus.

Magnus could only think of one place to go, "We need to go to Corusant and tell them what has happened." he said looking over to Nasil, "Everything." then back at Asisu.

"Alright, I'll lay in the course. The ride should be smooth enough." said Braelin, "I think we should take the time to rest up. It's been a long day." he said going to the Navi-computer.

Nasil would be the first of the two Jedi to get up and head to the back.

"Your going to tell her right?" asked Asisu.

Magnus nodded as he unstrapped himself, "Of course. Of all people she deserves to know. I'm the one that got her caught up in this piss fight." he said standing, "See you boys later." he said going to the Port Bunk room.

After both of the Jedi left, Asisu would let out a groan, "We didn't even think to check any of those bodies for money." he said.

"Not to Exacerbate things…" said Braelin taking the Co-pilot's seat, "But I think we forgot to unload those Gizka too."

Asisu would just lay his head down on the controls before letting out, "Ffffffuuuuu…"

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Magnus walked into the Port Bunkroom, where Nasil was sitting upright at the table that was located in there. Quietly the older Jedi would sit across from the younger. They would sit there for a while just looking at each other. Nasil only smiled at the human.

"I knew you would come for me." she said softly.

Magnus nodded and patted her hand that was on the table, "I couldn't let you down, though in a way I think I already have."

"I think I know why." said the Cathar girl, "I heard about 'Darth Bane' and how he is some how connected with you."

Magnus would nod and fold his hands in front of his mouth, "Then I guess you know who Bane really is." he said, watching Nasil's head nod up and down.

"It's Vriggs… Isn't it?" she asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I couldn't tell you something that I didn't even want to tell myself… My best friend's now trying to kill me!" said the older Jedi, "But, I suppose you deserve the whole story. The story I'm going to tell the council when we get back."

"They don't know ether?" asked Nasil.

"Master Tori knows something was up when I wanted to return." Magnus said, "But the others I don't think caught on."

Nasil nodded and then would ask, "So, What happened between you in Vriggs?"

"I said before… it's a long story."

"Well, we have got the time, Mags. I'm here to listen." said the Cathar girl smiling, "I want to know."

Magnus would nod and let out a long breath and sit back in his seat, "It all began a few months before I returned to the Order…."

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Nasil and Magnus had nearly mopped up the last of their Pirates before the older Jedi noticed that the Leader was approaching him. Nasil was almost ready to rush him until he raised his hand, "Stay back!" Making the girl stop in her tracks. "This guy will be too much for you…" he said looking over his armor and his weapon that he held, a simple handle.

"You should listen to him girly…" said the T-Visored Pirate in his thick accented voice as it filtered through his helmet, "So you know what I am do ya, jedI?" he asked his opponent.

Magnus nodded and said, "It's your visor. The only men or women I know who wear those are Mandolorian… You're the only people crazy enough to think up a scheme like this. I figured you would be able to get better crew then this."

"Mandolorians don't mix well now a days… And these are the only people who were stupid enough to join me." he said before rotating his shoulders and saying, "Are we just going to stand here jabberin' ? I got people to rob."

Magnus gripped his saber tightly and said, "I can't allow you to leave this place. Not if your going to hurt more people."

"Music to my ears. Come'on jedI!" he said flicking his finger and revealing the black bladed Energy Sword he had. In many ways it was similar to a Light saber, but with out the same construction, but they both cut the same. The Mandolorian had a similar stance to Magnus, albeit a more aggressive approach.

The two warriors circled each other for a moment, Magnus staring in to the blackness of the Mandolorian Leader's visor. Finally with a feral yell the Mandolorian let loose his attack giving the older jedI a good flurry of blow. Magnus blocked each, not surprised at the aggressiveness of the other man or at the skill of which he used with his blade.

After the attack the Mandolorian backed up again still in his fighting stance, "Not bad jedI… You've been trained well… I've been waiting for a good opponent for YEARS. If one of us has to die this day then I will make this a day nether will ever forget!" he yelled as he attacked again, this time not relenting.

Magnus couldn't believe that this guy was so strong, even with out the force, Mandolorian Warriors were known to sometimes outwit and overpower JedI, but Magnus wasn't going to let this happen. With a parry he would start his own offensive giving him quick strong strikes and every once in a while would give the warrior a flourish  and slam into his blade with extra power. Finally Magnus would twist the blade around and catch the Mandolorian's hands , slicing both of them off. The Mandolorian let out a pained yell but didn't make much more sounds other then loud hissing noises at the intense stinging pain.

Nasil let out a sigh of relief as he saw Magnus over come the Pirate Leader and ran up to him.

The Mandolorian looked up at Magnus and would let out a pained grunt, "Fuck… I can't believe it… What the hell kind of technique were you using?"

"Echani, My master was a great warrior in her own right." said Magnus giving the Mandolorian a small bit of kindness.

The Mandolorian only nodded and said, "You are good." he said looking up, "Your not going to kill me?" he asked.

The older Jedi shook his head, "Your going to be taken in… Your more valuable alive then dead." he said before feeling his danger sense go off and then would hear the creaking of metal and would look over, along with his apprentice and the Mandolorian.

As the Mandolorian and Magnus were fighting, Asisu and Braelin were cleaning up the last of their Pirates. Baelin had killed the three that were left on his side. Asisu had shot the last one in the hand and made him drop his blaster. While the man was fumbling to get the blaster back, the Mon Calamari in all of his splendor ran up to the man while he was bending down and kicked him harshly in the head while saying at the top of his lungs, "Asisu Kick!" This earning a groan from his partner.

They too looked towards the sound of creaking, scrapping metal. All five of these people: Asisu, Baelin, Magnus, Nasil and the Mandolorian let out at almost the exact same time a loud, "Oh shit!"

"If that son of a bitch falls out into space we'll all get sucked out!" yelled the Mandolorian.

Nasil tried to stop it with her force powers but couldn't get the large craft to stop from sliding, a small bit of pressure already giving way making a wind start to pick up, "I can't stop it!"

Magnus put away his light saber calmly, the mechinism closing around it. Slowly he walked forward and closed his eyes.

"Mags what the hell are you doing?!" Yelled Nasil, "Get out of there!"

"Just stay back Nasi." said Magnus confidently as the air around him started to waver slightly, like the heat waves off a desert dune. After a moment Magnus would throw out his hands, as the ship started to fully dislodge and grab it with as much energy as he could. The thing would stop before it fully dislodged the wind becoming stronger.

"Holy shit." said the Mandolorian bracing as much as he could, "There's no way."

Magnus would hold the ship there as best as he could before letting out a loud groan, "I'm not letting this kill us!" he yelled as he would concentrate harder and start to drag the large ship back, inch by agonizing inch. Finally Magnus, taking steps back would start to pull the thing back into place and with a strong tug would lodge it back in tight, sealing the hole tightly again. Magnus would then fall to one knee letting out long gasps, "That… I never … want to do again…" he let out trying to catch his breath.

Nasil was stunned for a moment not understanding what just happened but upon seeing her friend and master dropping to a knee, would rush over and kneel down next to him putting a hand on his shoulder, "Are you alright? What did you do?"

Magnus would place his cold metal hand on hers and say , "I'm… I'm fine, Nasi." he said before looking at the craft lodged in the side, "I was summoning up more power… I couldn't have done that normally. I've not had to summon that much power up in a very long time." he said starting to stand up.

"I've never seen any body lift or move something that heavy… I couldn't even budge it." said Nasil.

"There are stories… " said the Mandolorian, "Ones even I have heard of. Of JedI and Sith being able to influence small star fighter. I've heard these stories from old Mandores. I now know… Why I could not best you." he said looking at his hands, or lack there of.

Their conversation was cut short by a odd yelling voice that came from behind all of them, "Why when ever bad things happen your always there?!" it yelled.

Magnus stood up and turned and with a wary look gave the voice a greeting, "Oh, Its you Asisu… I didn't know you were the ones fighting back. I assure you this." he said motioning to the handless Mandolorian and the Boarding Craft Plug, "This is just a coincidence."

The Mon Calamari Captain and his Zabrak first mate were more then displeased to see the JedI, as he had stated, when ever Magnus was around bad things happened to him or his ship, and today it was just proven, "Bullshit. Your just bad luck all around!"

Nasil was more confused at this then anything else, "Who are these people?" she asked Magnus.

Magnus was fixing to answer before the Taris Space Guard came running in and with raised rifles, only to see that the job they were summoned for was already done for them, "What the hell?" one said walking over to them the group that seemed to be the ones that took the pirates out, "You people killed all these criminals?"

"All of them except the leader here." said Magnus motioning to the handless Mandolorian, "I figure he was worth more alive then dead. " he added.

The T.S.G Commander nodded, "HE is worth just as much ether way. There's been a string of incidents like this through out the system. He has a hefty price on his head. You boys and girl, respectively. Just earned yourself a good bit of clink in your pockets"

Asisu and Braelin suddenly had a change of heart at hearing there was money to be made off the capture of this Mandolorian and suddenly had a great affinity for the jedI that they had previously had a quarrel with, "Oh yes! My friends and I couldn't bare to see such a evil do as he pleased! Since we had a hand in the capture and ridding of him and his gang we get a cut of the bounty right?" he asked looking at Magnus.

Magnus just rolled his eyes and nodded, "Sure sure. " he said before looking at Nasil, who had a confused look on her face and would wave his hand and mouthed, 'I'll explain later.'

"If you folks will come to the Station Brig we will just settle this here and now and get you people down to the planet. I'll vouch for you personally." said the TSG Commander leading them down the hall to the Station Brig and paid each a sum of 1500 Credits, 6000 split four ways.

"That guy alone was worth 6000?" asked Magnus.

"Yeah, he was a big disruption in Trading" said the Commander before asking, "Do you people have a way down to the planet?" then looked between the four of them.

Magnus would then look at Asisu and say, "Yeah… We have a way down… And I would suggest you get a seal on that hole. That ship could come loose."

The Commander nodded, "Already putting up Plasma screens."

With that Magnus would take his leave along with Asisu, Braelin and Nasil following behind. When they got out in the hall he would turn to Asisu, "Willing to shuttle us down to the planet? I'll buy you a few drinks as an incentive." he said looking between the two.

"Well…" said Asisu looking at the Credits in hand, "You did let us share in the rewards of that bounty. Why not? It's not like our luck can get any worse." said the Mon Calamari then looking to Braelin, who looked indifferent about everything but the credits.

"I don't care. As long as we get out ship-" the Zabrak would say before getting cut off by Asisu.

"SO, How about we get going eh?"

Magnus and Nasil looked at each other and then at the two, "Sure. Lets get going." he said following to the Eagleheart.

"Magnus…" began the Cathar girl, "Who are these guys?" she asked as they walked through the sterile metal halls.

Magnus would just walk straight while he would respond, "These guys are Asisu and Braelin. I traveled with them a while before I came back to the order. We had… A lot of things happen while we flew together."

Nasil heard that kind of pause before, Magnus was holding back from her. What was it this time?

When they arrived back in the hanger the place was full of Repair crews putting a temporary seal around the hole where the Boarding Craft had busted through, A large energy shield now in its place.

"I did not want to pull that thing back in." said Magnus rolling his shoulders, "I'm still hurting from it." When he saw the Eagleheart he noticed that it was not the same ship he knew from when he traveled, "What happened to the old Eagleheart?"

Asisu would just turn around and glare, "You know DAMN WELL what happened to the last Eagleheart!" before boarding in a huff.

'The last Eagleheart?' asked Nasil looking to Magnus who had a bit of a look on his face but when he noticed the Cathar girl he would straighten it out.

"It's a long story." he would say simply before boarding the ship.

Nasil just sighed and nodded, 'What is it going to take for you to tell me that one?' she thought again as she too boarded the ship.

The Eagleheart Mk. II was a big freighter, about the size as the one that brought them to Dantooine but with a larger cargo hold. It was also, in nearly perfect working condition.

Magnus was perhaps the most shocked out of  the two JedI, "What the hell… Have you been doing to get a ship like this?" asked the older JedI as he heard a sound coming from the cargo hold. "Are those Gizka?" he asked afterwards.

"You don't need to know." said Asisu, "Transporting them for a Zoo."

Braelin would roll his eyes at the fool of the captain trying to lie to the jedI, "You're an idiot. He is a jedI."

"So?" asked Asisu, "Is his magic hoodoo going to magically make me answer?"

Magnus rolled his eyes and sat in a chair that was in the cockpit, "Well nice to know you haven't changed."

Nasil at the moment just kept quiet, Asisu's strange attitude and Magnus' new secret was drawing heavily on the girl. She too sat down in a cockpit chair, watching slowly as the dark void turned blue as they entered the atmosphere, the Mon Calamari Captain taking almost loving care not to jar his 'baby' around too much. As they came in above the city she would look out over, "Wow, It's almost like Corusant. Is the entire planet like this?" she asked.

Magnus would nod, "Almost totally, there are some oceans but they are toxic. There are three levels to the place. The Upper Level, where the rich and normal people live, the Lower Levels where the Slums are, there's lots of swoop gangs down there, and then the Undercity, where they send their criminals. The place is famous for not liking aliens, but Taris has become a lot more accepting since the New Republic started."

Nasil nodded slowly, "It's a shame… This place looks almost beautiful." she said blowing a stream of air out of her nose and watching the decent onto a Upper City landing pad. Where the ship would come to a soft stop.

"And now… To the Cantina!" said Asisu as he sprung up, "Your buying the drinks right?" he asked looking right at Magnus, "Right?"

Magnus sighed and nodded, "Fine fine. Where are we going. The Upper or Lower Level?"

Braelin would then turn around, "Lower Level. The Upper Level is full of snooty ass holes. I bet we couldn't get in anyway."

"Lower it is!" said Asisu leading the party in getting off the ship.

"What about our Cargo?" asked Braelin as he looked at the Captain, who had was almost out of the Cockpit.

"Wha? Oh right. We'd have to go to lower level anyway right?" said Asisu.

Slowly, Magnus and Nasil looked at one another, the same thought passing through their head, Asisu and Braelin might have connections to the people they were investigating. "Alright…" began Magnus, "Lower level it is. What do you think Nasil?"

The Cathar girl looked between the three and would ask, "I'm out voted. I guess I'll go with you." she said standing up, "As long as no god awful drunk tries to get at me again." she said shuttering a bit.

"Nah, They won't your with us." said Asisu with a confidence only he could muster.

Nasil nodded and giggled lightly, as weird as he was, Asisu wasn't a bad sort, for a Smuggler.

When they all reached the Lower Level, Nasil looked around at her dirty surroundings and would say, "Well… This is just like Corusant… Slums always look the same, but didn't you say Swoop gangs run the place?" she asked Magnus as they headed down a long corridor.

"Yeah but not All of the Swoop gangs are bad. Like the Hidden Beks, the oldest gang on the planet, they are mostly just a gang that enjoys riding their bikes. They are like the police down here, they make sure the other gangs don't get out of hand, not everyone listens to them however."

Nasil would only nod and ask, "How do you know all of this stuff? Everytime I have a question you have an answer."

"He's a JedI? They always think they have the answers to everything." said Asisu before clamming up again.

Magnus would think and say, "Actually, I don't really disagree with Asisu on that one. At least some jedI." he said before really answering Nasils question, "I was traveling the Galaxy for Five years. I picked up a lot of information. I needed to know who not to piss off. Though I ended pissing people off anyway."

Asisu again would pipe up, "Yeah, me and Braelin know that part." he said before coming to the entrance to a cantina, or what sounded like one from the sounds coming out of it. "This is it!" he said before walking forward, the door opening automatically.

The Bouncer standing next to the door would just look at the group, "If you cause any trouble, I'll bust you in the knee caps. Other then that Enjoy." he would warn the unknown group going into the bar before he would go back to standing guard. The group collectively agreed to this stipulation, as the guard was very big lizard man with an awfully big club on his waist, and would only nod to signify this agreement.

The Cantina was more or less a biker bar, however it was nice for what it was, serving girls going around from table to tables along with a few droids, a band was playing on a stage opposite from where the group entered. All four of them took a seat at an empty table before a serving droid would come up and take their order, all three order Juma Juice except Nasil, "Um… I would just like water thanks." she said.

The four would then turn their attention to each other and start to talk.

"So, what exactly are you doing here Asisu? And please I know your not her to deliver Gizka… Good luck trying to get rid of them by the way." said Magnus chuckling.

Asisu would shrug, "There ain't nothing you need to know about."

Nasil would then say, "Please? It may be very important to what we are doing here, Captain." she said politely.

Taken aback by the Cathar's polite tone, and having stroke his ego at her call him  Captain and not Idiot, he would ask, "What exactly are you two here for?"

"Well…" said Nasil looking at Magnus , who would nod at her to continue, seeing as she had more of an effect on Asisu then he did., "We came here looking for some missing jedI. They were sent here to root out some of the criminals on Taris, as requested by the Senator here, but they haven't reported back in months."

Braelin would look over at Asisu, who would look back at Braelin, "Well…" the Zabrak would start.

"Oh, Please?" asked Nasil, "We need to know everything we can."

Braelin would nod, unable to resist the insistence of the girls tone, "We were smuggling a load of weapons here for a group of Mercs. Lots of them have been coming to this planet lately and the group employing them has had a time arming them. We don't know who they are but they contacted us and said they would pay a hefty sum if we bring them a load of weapons. Blasters and things like that."

"Sounds like our Crime Syndicate." said Magnus, going quiet as their drinks arrived, and would wait for the droid to leave before speaking up again, "But…You don't know who they are? That doesn't sound right. It seems to me that if someone was buying up weapons and Mercs all over the place they would be drawing a lot of attention."

"That is strange." said Asisu, rubbing his dark red chin, "I suddenly got that feeling…"

Nasil turned to the Captain then back to Magnus, who had almost the same look on his face.

"I know what your talking about, buddy." said the older jedI sipping his drink and then would ask, "Are you supposed to meet these people? Or what?" he asked to Asisu.

"Yeah, they're rep is supposed to meet us here. You guys might have spooked them off." said the Mon Calamari Captain and then would exasperate, as only his race could, "Damn it!" As he said that a tall, heavily armored Human would walk into the bar, "Oh wait, no that's him. Yo, Over here!" he yelled waving over to the man.

The Human would come over and sit down, looking at the extra pair that were sitting with Asisu, "You have extras… I don't know how to feel about that." he said looking at the Mon Calamari, "Who are they?"

Asisu thought for a moment before speaking up, "That one there is Saren and the little one is his assistant. We've needed a Mechanic for a while so we hired them." he lied.

The Human would nod, seeming to accept the lie and would say, "Well, I'll have to tell the boss but it shouldn't be a biggie. You got the stuff?" he asked.

"You got the money?" asked Braelin.

The Human would let out a loud, guffaw of a laugh, "Plenty of it… Where are the goods?" he asked.

"On the Ship. We had a hell of a time getting through Customs." said Asisu.

The human seemed satified at this and said, "Okay, We will pick the stuff up later tonight. Where you guys landed?" he asked.

"Landing Pad A-24, On the upper level." said Braelin.

With that he would look to Magnus and say, "Nice to meet you, Saren… Saren's…" he said his eyes gliding up and down Nasil's body, "Assistant." before he left.

The look from the man had made the Cathar girl shutter a bit, "I do not like that guy." she said softly.

Magnus then looked over to Asisu, "So… Who was that?"

Asisu would look to Magnus and say, "That guy is Break. And he is a mean son-of-a-bitch. He is famous for breaking bones. He used to be in the Fighting Pits on the upper level. He quit after he got bored of breaking peoples spines." the Mon Calamari would explain.

"I thought you couldn't Kill in those fights." said Magnus.

"Who said they died?" asked Braelin flatly, "But that is why he left and started his own little Private Military Company with the earnings he got from his fights, so he can be paid to kill people." he continued, "So like Asisu said, he is a mean son of a bitch."

The two jedI would only nod, "Well we will have to be careful then." said Magnus, "So when is this happening? Tonight right? So we just wait at the ship?"

Asisu nodded but then would smirk with his fishy face, "Not before we get some more drinks… You're buying remember?"

Magnus nodded and chuckled, "Of course. A few more." he said as he ordered another round.

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Meanwhile, Break had arrived back at the Headquarters of his PMC company, and would go into his office and start to walk over to his desk, "Have you met with the Mon Calamari?" asked a dark toned voice coming from behind his desk. Break would let out a bit of a growl seeing the dark hooded figure in his chair, "I wish you would stop doing that, but yes. The army your master wanted is getting well supplied." he said, "But, I have to thank you…For getting those JedI off my case. They were starting to get wind of my doings here… But how did you know?"

"I have my ways." said the dark voice said, the man it was coming from turning around in the chair, revealing himself as a Dark JedI, "But, I was surprised when you said you would join up… You truly love to dispense pain do you not, Break?" he asked.

"What can I say. It's what I was born for, Mr. Sith." said Break before adding, "But the fish-captain had a few extra crew members when I met him."

The Dark JedI would just nod, "Who are they? Describe them for me."

"The fish-face said that they were just some Mechanic and his brat assistant. The guy looked pretty strong though. He had one of those robot-arms and his skin was tanned and the girl that was with him was a Cathar. Why?" said the Mercenary Commander seeing a wide grin grow upon the Sith's face.

"Oh… Things are going just as we planned… It seems our good Captain has run into the exact person I have been waiting for. He came just as my Master has foreseen. Break, go to the pick up as per the agreement. We are going to give our Mechanic and his friend a proper Sith greeting."

Break only nodded, "Well, alright. You're the boss." he said getting up and leaving the Sith walking behind him.

"Exactly as planned…"

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Later that night, Asisu and Braelin had moved the load of weapon off the ship and then onto the landing pad, Magnus and Nasil were standing mostly as look outs for the moment. The air was a nervous one, even those with out any Force sensitivity could feel it.

"Magnus… I don't like this." said Nasil.

Magnus only nodded with agreement, "These guys have to be the criminals that we are looking for. This will only confirm it. Then all we have to do is report back to the Council." he said softly but then would say, "But I am getting the same feeling."

Asisu would then just shout back to them, "Will you stop it with your damn Feelings and shit? Your freaking Braelin out." he said having a good amount of nervoiusness in his own voice.

"Yeah, I'm fucking nervous. We are doing a deal with one of the meanest bastards on the planet with people who want to send him to jail." said the Zabrak.

"Don't worry… It'll be fine." said Magnus.

"With our History, Magnus… I don't think that is as reassuring as you might think." said the Mon Calamari.

Finally a few moments after Break and a group of six of his men would come walking onto the Launch Pad, his men were outfitted what looked like bright grey military style armor, possibly smuggled in for them. Break calmly walked up to Asisu, "So, this is it?" asked the large human patting the small crates in front of the ship.

"Yeah, that's them. So where's the money?" asked Braelin, noting the lack of a case.

Break would laugh, "Nervous?" he asked before adding, "It's close by. When we are safely away with the weapons you'll be safely away with the money."

"No money, No Cases." said the Zabrak with a growl, "You know how this goes."

Asisu was more then nervous at his first mate's insistence on the money being shown, "Well, That's how we do business."

Magnus couldn't shake the feeling of a dark presence coming from some where, he didn't know where from until he saw a dark figure coming from behind Break and his men, then it all became clear.

"Our smugglers know how business works…" said the Dark Jedi as he stood next to Break, "… Business with Jedi is never simple… Is it Magnus?" he said looking at the older of the two Jedi.

Nasil then looked to Magnus too, "Do you know him?"

Magnus couldn't respond, in the depths of his mind he knew who this Dark Jedi worked for, "N-no… I don't know him."

"Oh yes. He does not know me… But I know him… All of my Masters pawns know him. My master speaks of him often." said the Dark Jedi before looking to Break, "Get your weapons… I don't believe these people will object."

Asisu knew this would happen, every time Magnus showed up, more jedI bullshit happened to him, "God damn it, I knew this would happen." he would say.

Break would just laugh and nod, "Well I have Six guns saying I can take what I want." he said grabbing a case and then motioning for his men to keep guns trained on the group as they got their own respective cases, "Are you coming?"

"Yes yes… In a moment. I have some business to take care of here, than  I will come." said the Dark jedI looking at the group again.

Magnus growled and looked to Asisu and Braelin, "Sorry, I didn't know this would happen." he said apologetically before yelling to the Sith, "So what… Are you here to kill me or what?"

The dark Jedi almost let out an exasperated laughed from under his mask, "What? Why no… I am here to bring you back to My Master… He so wants to see you again. You have much to catch up on, Darth Bane and you." he said.

"Well you can tell your dark lord to go stick it up his ass. I'm not going anywhere!" said Magnus his mechanical arm flexing and then clicking and shifting around to shove his light saber into his hand and then turning it on, the silver light of it sparkling, seemingly reacting to his emotions at the moment.

"Well if I can't get you… I suppose I could invite your new Apprentice…" said the Dark Jedi smirking.

Magnus ran forward, "You'll not lay your filthy hands on her you bastard!" he said taking a swipe at the Dark jedI, feeling wind rush past him but thinking nothing of it. He let out a growl when all he sliced through was his Robe, "Where did he go?!" he shouted. With a loud whistle coming from behind him he would see the Dark Jedi with a short red bladed light saber at Nasil's throat, an arm around her neck so he could control her.

"Your fast Magnus… But in the Dark and with my speed… You don't stand a chance." said the Dark Jedi his dark, heavily filtered voice sounding in Nasil's ear.

Magnus would slowly walk towards him, "You let her go…"

The Dark Jedi would then wrench his captives arm a bit making her yelp out in pain, "Nah uh uh!… No no… No farther. If you want this lovely, lovely girl unharmed…" he said, making Magnus stop in his tracks, his anger starting to spill out in the form of rippling Force energy.

Asisu and Braelin couldn't do a thing to help, despite personal feelings towards Magnus were not especially good, they were Smugglers with a conscience, and Asisu had taken a bit of a shine to the girl. Who else would be so polite to him?! Braelin would just growl under his breath.

Finally the Dark Jedi would speak up, "If you don't want this girl to see My master… Then you will come to Break's Headquarters and hand yourself over." he said as he shuffled away, as a Speeder would come up behind him, and would push the girl into the thing and follow suit.

Magnus could do nothing but watch them fly away with his dear Friend and apprentice, switching off his light saber he would start to exit the Landing platform, he was going to the headquarters, he was going to do as that Assassin said.

Asisu and Braelin just looked at each other before Braelin would speak up, "We could just leave. It's not our fight." he said.

The Mon Calamari Captain would nod, "Your right it's not our fight." he said walking towards the ship and then would look at Braelin, "But we can't just let it go this time… We tried that and look where we are again, back into the thick of it… And with the same guy." he said turning to the exit, "Besides we haven't been Paid yet. They took the guns and we have no money… "

Braelin would just nod, "Alright… So we are doing this then." he said before the both of them started to chase after Magnus.

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Magnus was already a good way down the empty streets. He was going to turn himself over but while he walked he couldn't help but beat himself up over all of this. "I should have fucking known better then training that girl… I knew I would get trapped like this sooner or later." he said to himself, "I was careless… "

"Yeah, you fucked up." said Asisu behind him.

Magnus would turn around to see the tall Zabrak and eccentric Captain and would just say, "I figured that you two would be halfway to Nal Hutta by now…" he said, "Why are you guys here?" he asked.

"We figured… We left you on Corusant Months ago. And don't get us wrong we were glad to be rid of you. Your bad for business." said the Aqualish, "But.. Low and behold, here months later we run into you again… Not saying that I believe in this force shit… but something's pulling us together. And that girl was nice… She actually called me Captain."

Braelin would add, "Besides… Break double crossed us and left us holding the bill. We don't like that." he said.

"I don't know… It's not your guys' fight. It's mine. I don't want to drag you into this." said Magnus letting out a sigh, "I've dragged too many people into it anyway."

Braelin would just growl, "We're already dragged into this… You probably didn't mean to drag that little girl into this but you did. I bet that girls thinking right now any minute your going to bust though those doors and save her. Are you going to let her down?"

"Are you going to let yourself down?" asked Asisu after, trying to give another small push.

Magnus, closed his eyes, then thought back to the past few months with Nasil. From the beginning all the way up to now. He then remembered what he told her that first night, 'You don't need to worry. I'll be there.', then at the cave when they found her crystal,  and in the months leading up to this. Nasil believed in Magnus and everything he stood for, and now she depended on him to save her from the Dark Jedi Assassin. He would not let his apprentice, his friend down. With that he opened his eyes and gripped his light saber, "No. I'm not." he said in a deep determined voice, "You two just get behind me… Clean up any of Break's men that I leave behind. I'll be damned if I let them take Nasil." he said heading towards where the Dark jedI's speeder was heading. Asisu and Braelin would follow behind.

Braelin would whisper to the Mon Calamari, "We are still going to keep our eyes out for the money aren't we?"

"Of course. We might be helping him but I still want money for smuggling that shit." Asisu would reply as they headed towards Break's Lair.

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Break sat back in his chair, The Dark jedI standing in one corner of the room inspecting Nasil's light saber color, and on the Sofa in Break's office sat Nasil, hands bound behind her. She was just sitting quietly as she looked between the two.

"This light saber's color is very beautiful… Unique as well…" said the Dark jedI actually admiring the saber, "This must be the envy of the Enclave."

Nasil would only let out a growl and say, "Your in for a world of hurt when Magnus comes… I hope you know that."

Laughing the tall Human Merc would say, "You have a lot of confidence in this Master of yours…" he said standing up, "My friend here knows a lot about your Magnus… Or so I have heard."

The Dark Jedi Assassin would switch Nasil's saber off and would nod letting out a loud breath from his mask, "That I do… My Master, as I said, speaks of him often…" he said.

"Darth Bane…" recalled Nasil, "What is he some kind of wannabe Sith Lord?" she jabbed.

"He IS the new Dark Lord you…… Sweet… Girl." said  the masked man almost losing his cool there for a moment, "And yes… That is the name he has taken. Though I imagine you must know his true name. I mean… He and Magnus were such friends."

This caught the girl's attention, "What? Magnus did not have any friends named Bane."

Break would sit next to the girl and run his armored hand up and down the girl's arm, making the Cathar shutter and want to scoot away, "I heard he has another name… Does he not my Sith friend?" he asked looking at the Masked Sith.

"That he does… His true name is…" he would start to say until the lights flickered and a loud crash was heard at the entrance to the base.

Break would jump up and run to his intercom and press the button for the front desk, "Front Guard what the hell was that?… Hello? Hello?"

When he couldn't get a response he looked back up to the jedI girl who was smirkling a bit, "What he fuck are you smiling about?" he asked clearly angry that his guards weren't around.

"I told you before… When Magnus comes you will be in for a world of hurt. And guess … who is here?" she asked feeling the strong presense of her master.

"The hell he is… " said Break before looking at his Sith friend, who had now moved to the center of the room and was transfixed on the Elevator, "Don't tell me…"

"He is here… And the Force is with him." said the Sith.

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Magnus wasn't one for subtlety in any of its forms and now that a loved one was taken and held hostage by some evil son of a bitch. He wasn't in the mood for any of the sort. When he approached the Headquarters' entrance, Asisu and Braelin were behind him, keeping their distance, so they wouldn't be caught in the fallout of the Jedi's path of destruction. Finally, at the Entrance, Magnus was blocked by two of Break's Soldier's who thought they could stop the JedI with just their guns aiming at him.

"Halt, Give your self up and we will take you to the Boss…" one said and then noticed that the Jedi wasn't stopping, "I said stop!"

"You really think…" began Magnus quietly as he lifted his arm a strong shimmer of blue surrounding it, "That your fucking guns are going to stop ME?!" he ended loudly with a thrust of his hand, releasing a powerful shock wave from his hand easily blowing the men aside and blowing the front door from its placing. The Force was flowing freely through him, whether it was his determination or his sheer will that made it do this, it wasn't certain, but it was certain something had awoke deep inside him, something that had been dormant for Five years, A reason to care, a reason to be strong, a reason to resist against the forces that wanted to tear him apart. These simple things had made the Jedi strong.

"Why am I having a flash back to Nar Shaddah?" asked Braelin.

Asisu would only look at the crumpled mass of man Magnus had left behind, "He was no where near this level of pissed off on Nar Shaddah."

Magnus would enter the building looking from left to right and activated his saber, he wouldn't need his pistol for this. Finally he heard the constant  clanging of foot prints coming for him. A squad of six had come in through the door behind the desk and they all pointed their blasters at Magnus. "Six of you against one of me… Why am I not scared?" asked Magnus before the shimmer started to encompass his whole body.

"You cocky bastard, You should be scared!" said the leader of the squad before they opened fire.

Time slowed down for Magnus as they fired, the Jedi ran to the side dodging the blaster fire and would make a long lunge at the six soldiers. Landing in the middle of them, to him they were moving at only a three quarters of their normal speed, but that was enough for him to take advantage of. When one would turn, Magnus would take his light saber and give a slash upwards, cleaving ones entire front, then he grabbed another by the collar of his armor and used him as a human shield as time returned to normal, his friends ending up firing into their team mate instead of the Jedi, then with a violent force push he would launch the body into two of the soldiers, knocking them down. The next to go down had panicked and shot randomly at Magnus, who deflected the shot  back at the man hitting him in the chest. The only soldier still standing had made a run for it out the door.

He did not get far as he was met with a vicious clothsline from Braelin ,who was waiting just outside the door with Asisu,  making the soldier do a near half flip and  land hard on his back. When it was finally quiet inside the two looked in and saw Magnus  heading down the hall. The two of them had begun to run after them until they noticed the two soldiers that were knocked down by their comrades body were getting up, but they were met with two blaster shots from the Smugglers.

When Asisu caught up with Magnus he would say, "You know you missed two."

"Right… I didn't really pay them no mind, you two were there." he said before continuing on.

It wasn't before long that they had reached the Barracks where more Soldier waited. The number was a good deal bigger then what he had dealt with at the entrance, numbering at thirteen. All of them with their blasters beaded on the JedI. "I might need some help here…" he said as he saw a Thermo-detonator sail over his head, "That works…" he said drawing his blaster, As it started to dip into the crowd of soldiers Magnus took aim and fired at it, making explode prematurely, taking 5 with the one explosion, and knocking the others down, then spinning on his finger and pushing it back in its holster.

As the soldier's started to recover, Magnus disregarded most of them, all but those who were in his path to their Leader's office. He could feel Nasil's presence getting closer and closer. It was pushing him on. So he only dealt with the soldiers who got in his way and quickly cut them down.

Asisu and Braelin shot down the Soldiers that had been left behind by the rampaging Jedi with quick and decisive shots with their blasters. They were having a hard time keeping up with Magnus now with all the people he was starting to leave behind. They would finally catch up to him by the time he was at Break's door.

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Break was seething, How could his trained killers be taken out by three men, how could a Jedi break through their ranks. He was pacing back and forth, hoping the men in the barracks would beable to stop the infiltrators. It was when he heard the other explosion from the Barracks that he let out a fit of rage, "What the hell is Happening!?" he yelled out.

"He shouldn't be this strong… When my Master encountered him in person he had hardly a fraction of this I don't get it!" said the Dark Jedi starting to feel Magnus getting closer and closer before finally feeling him at the door.

Using his speed he would grab Nasil and held her, his short lightsaber at her throat, "This will dissuade him…" he said as the doors blasted open revealing a shimmering, dark figure behind the shattered door.

"I figured you would try that again.." said Magnus as he would take a step forward his hand shimmering again.

"Ah ah!" said the Assassin filtered through his mask, as he held his blade close to the Cathar girls flesh, "By all means I could kill this girl right now and be justified… You've failed to come quietly… I, however, will let the deal stand. If you drop your light saber on the ground and come with me."

Magnus growled and nodded, he had to do it, the Dark Jedi was too fast for him to do anything, and if he did do anything he would risk killing Nasil in the process. He then dropped his Saber on the floor and then unbuckled his Blaster Belt. "Fine, See I'm doing what you said."  he said, "Now let her-"

He was then cut off by the Dark Jedi's yell of pain, while he wasn't paying much attention to where his light saber was and as he talked to Magnus it was getting farther and farther away from Nasil's throat. When Magnus had thrown down his weapons, the saber was far enough for her to maneuver her neck and with a sudden pull forward and then back she crashed the back of her head into her captors face, and then drop his guard, allowing the girl to escape his grasp.

"Good girl!" exclaimed Magnus, pulling his light saber to him and switching it on, "Now get out of here, Asisu and Braelin are behind me." he said, "I'll take care of this." he said glaring at the Assassin.

Nasil didn't argue, her hands were still bound up so she couldn't help anyway, "Okay, Be careful Mags." she said as she hurried out of the room.

The Dark Assassin shook the cobwebs from his head and then saw Magnus standing across from him with his light saber drawn, "That girl has more power to her then I thought… But no matter. You could hardly catch me when we were on the Launch pad… You won't be able to out match me now." he said holding his short light saber in a reverse grip. "Break are you  going to help me with this?"

"Sorry to say but your 'friend' has already escaped." said Magnus motioning to a hidden door that he had use to escape while the two Jedi were staring down, "He was the smart one. Do you think I came all this way to be  killed by a coward like you?" he asked, "I don't think so."

"You severely over estimate your chances…" said the Dark Assassin as he dashed towards the Jedi, then seemingly zip suddenly one way and then the other, it was the same speed technique that Magnus had used before, in the dark he would have never seen him, but now he did.

Magnus's instincts, guided by the force, helped his silver blade block the blood red blade of the Dark Jedi, "And you forgot who you pissed off!" he shouted and  then would follow it with a strong Force Push from his mechanical right hand, blowing the Dark Jedi back into the desk and would follow it with his blade dragging against the floor, sparking and then sliced the disoriented Assassin up the middle, completely, the two halves falling limp against the desk and falling their separate ways. Panting, Magnus walked up and would pick Nasil's light saber from the corpse, "And that… Is not yours." he said before turning and seeing Braelin walking in.

"Well…" he said looking at the Dark Assassin, "… I was coming to help… But you got this sliced up nicely."

"Nice… Did you get Nasi out?" asked Magnus walking out of the Office.

Braelin nodded, walking beside him, and said, "She's with Asisu. I was supposed to come and help you but it looks like you had things handled. Where did Break go?"

"He escaped while I was confronting the Dark Jedi. Like I told him, he was the smart one." said the Human as he looked to Braelin, "He is probably going to tell 'Bane' what happened here."

Braelin nodded, "Well… Nothing more to do then wait." he said.

Magnus nodded as he and Braelin entered the HQ Foyer where Asisu and Nasil had been waiting for the two to get back. Nasil didn't waste any  time leaping at Magnus and hugging him tightly. The taller Jedi just chuckling and hugging her back.

"Oh, god…" said Asisu walking out the door, "If I see this I am going to throw up." he said, being followed quickly by Braelin.

"You two, Hurry up. The Taris Police are probably going to be here any moment. We did blow up a building here." said the Zabrak before leaving.

Magnus would nod to the gruff alien before looking back at Nasil, "Let's get out of here then we will talk."

Nasil nodded, "Good, I'm more than willing to leave this entire planet." she said looking back up at the older Jedi and letting go of him, following the other two, Magnus quickly following suite, giving only a sparing glance back at the HQ.

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Aboard the Eagleheart, Asisu, Braelin, Magnus and Nasil had all strapped in and were ready to get off this planet. The Authorities hadn't guessed what happened but if they took a look at the Surveillance Videos then they would know exactly who did what. With no time to spare the Mon Calamari Captain powered up the engines and lifted off, heading straight through the atmosphere and then into space.

"Alright, where are we headed?" asked Asisu, looking back at Magnus.

Magnus could only think of one place to go, "We need to go to Corusant and tell them what has happened." he said looking over to Nasil, "Everything." then back at Asisu.

"Alright, I'll lay in the course. The ride should be smooth enough." said Braelin, "I think we should take the time to rest up. It's been a long day." he said going to the Navi-computer.

Nasil would be the first of the two Jedi to get up and head to the back.

"Your going to tell her right?" asked Asisu.

Magnus nodded as he unstrapped himself, "Of course. Of all people she deserves to know. I'm the one that got her caught up in this piss fight." he said standing, "See you boys later." he said going to the Port Bunk room.

After both of the Jedi left, Asisu would let out a groan, "We didn't even think to check any of those bodies for money." he said.

"Not to Exacerbate things…" said Braelin taking the Co-pilot's seat, "But I think we forgot to unload those Gizka too."

Asisu would just lay his head down on the controls before letting out, "Ffffffuuuuu…"

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Magnus walked into the Port Bunkroom, where Nasil was sitting upright at the table that was located in there. Quietly the older Jedi would sit across from the younger. They would sit there for a while just looking at each other. Nasil only smiled at the human.

"I knew you would come for me." she said softly.

Magnus nodded and patted her hand that was on the table, "I couldn't let you down, though in a way I think I already have."

"I think I know why." said the Cathar girl, "I heard about 'Darth Bane' and how he is some how connected with you."

Magnus would nod and fold his hands in front of his mouth, "Then I guess you know who Bane really is." he said, watching Nasil's head nod up and down.

"It's Vriggs… Isn't it?" she asked, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I couldn't tell you something that I didn't even want to tell myself… My best friend's now trying to kill me!" said the older Jedi, "But, I suppose you deserve the whole story. The story I'm going to tell the council when we get back."

"They don't know ether?" asked Nasil.

"Master Tori knows something was up when I wanted to return." Magnus said, "But the others I don't think caught on."

Nasil nodded and then would ask, "So, What happened between you in Vriggs?"

"I said before… it's a long story."

"Well, we have got the time, Mags. I'm here to listen." said the Cathar girl smiling, "I want to know."

Magnus would nod and let out a long breath and sit back in his seat, "It all began a few months before I returned to the Order…."