RL: So, this is another ridiculous idea we thought of. We've been working on it for about a week. I hope you all like Canderous, 'cause he's going to be in almost all of these…

PG: I don't know what to say soooooo... Have fun reading! We sure had fun writing this!

Is There a Law For That?

The horizon was afire as the bright sun of Manaan set over the pristine metropolis of Ahto City, the only city accessible to off-worlders on the blue planet of the Selkaths. Bright yellows, vibrant oranges, and brilliant crimsons painted the sky behind the deep azure of the seemingly infinite ocean. It was perfect for Revan's purposes.

With a splash, she jumped off of the lip of the floating city into the cool ocean. She was quickly submerged, the water cool and refreshing. Revan shivered despite herself in the water, whether from the cold or anticipation she could not say. Then she smiled: little did Carth know of the devious trap he was walking straight into…

The sunset would have been beautiful, but Carth was too worried to enjoy it. Revan had been missing for hours, and no one seemed to know where she had gone. HK-47, her constant companion and assassin droid, had no clue as to her whereabouts. Not even the Selkaths, who were one of the most observant sentient beings Carth had ever met, had seen her. He had been asking since noon, and was close to giving up.

So, worried and anxious, he paced the lonely, seaside boulevards, looking for any sign or trace of Revan. If she turned to the dark side…but no, he could not think that. He had seen her true self, the side of her that she never showed anyone else, and despite the darkness that was there, he knew she was good and light.

Then, by chance, his eyes fell onto a shadowed mass hidden in the dark recesses of an alley, where no casual glance would have noticed it. Curious and slightly afraid of what it might reveal, Carth approached the object and realized it was a pile of clothes. In fact, the clothes seemed suspiciously familiar. He bent down and gingerly picked up a garment. The tan leggings unwrinkled and fluttered slightly in the gentle breeze as Carth's eyes widened in shock. These are—

"Carth," a woman's seductive voice called to him from the water.

—Revan's pants, he thought, turning ever so slowly towards the ocean. Carth could feel his face start to burn red, from his jaw to the tips of his ears. Revan was giving him a smoldering gaze through shadowed lids, her irises dark and sensual against the fiery sky. Her shoulders were bare, exposing her beautiful collar bones. She smiled, as if about to let him in on a juicy little secret; one eyebrow was delicately arched. Carth felt his jaw dropping, and something started dripping from his nose. He raised a hand to wipe, but his hand came away bloody. He quickly turned away from the water and pulled out his handkerchief, stuffing it up his nose.

Once the handkerchief was sufficiently rooted in his nose, he cocked his head slightly toward the ocean, enough so Revan could hear him, but he couldn't see her except out of the very corner of his eye. Perturbed and flabbergasted, Carth inquired, "Revan, are you…are you naked?"

He barely saw Revan's smile broaden. "Maybe," she said with her suggestive voice. "Why don't you come and find out?"

Carth stood, dumbstruck, as his jaw fell again even further. In the corner of his stunned mind, he realized someone was standing at his shoulder. He gathered his senses, mustered the will, and managed to turn his head. Canderous was standing there beside him, just as dumbstruck, with his mouth gaping open and blood gushing out of his nose. He had heard every word. The two men exchanged a glance.

"Carth," Canderous succeeded in saying after a moment, "if you aren't going in there, I will."

Canderous then proceeded to strip down to his underwear. Running, he did a swan dive out into the water. Revan was falling over backwards from laughter, though she was trying hard to suppress it. The laughter in her eyes made her even more beautiful to Carth, so he quickly turned away.

She finally managed to stop giggling. "Canderous…when did you become so…graceful?"

"Graceful is my middle name," he stated, full of pride.

Revan snorted, and they both started laughing hysterically. Carth did a face-palm, which made them both laugh even harder. They shared a look, then looked at Carth, and back to each other, then they cracked up again. Revan then again turned to Carth and shouted, "He who hesitates, loses!"

The splashes, however small, soon attracted the attention of the Selkath authorities. A contingent of three of the native, amphibian beings approached Carth and the two submerged party members.

"What is going on here?" the head Selkath addressed him in the coarse, almost unintelligible language of the planet.

"I…I'm so confused…" Carth sobbed.

"Do not worry, officers," Revan called from the water in the Selkaths' language. "We are just…taking a swim."

One of the other Selkath caught the attention of the leader and, in a low voice, asked, "Are they even allowed to do that?"

The lead Selkath looked to the other, but he found no answers. "Fine," he responded after a minute of intense thinking. "Be at ease, off-worlders. We will leave you to your…'swimming'."

The Selkaths walked away, quietly murmuring amongst themselves. Revan cracked up laughing again as soon as they were out of earshot, and Canderous joined her. Carth face-palmed himself in exasperation. Those two were helpless.

All of a sudden, large bubbles started floating to the surface of the ocean around Revan and Canderous. The giggles ceased as they tried to figure out what the source of the bubbles was. Then, Revan smiled mischievously.

"Canderous, did you—" she started.

And then, Revan disappeared beneath the surface as a huge kolto bubble surfaced. She was dragged under by the bubble's massive undertow, and the breath was knocked out of her. As she was pulled under, she knew she would run out of oxygen within forty seconds, and could die within a minute.

Carth and Canderous stared for a moment, not quite grasping what had happened. Five seconds gone. Carth then stripped out of his armor as he realized she was in danger. Twenty-five seconds.

"Gah! Cursed boot!" Carth screamed as his right boot got caught in his haste.

Finally, he managed to yank it off. Thirty-three. He leapt off the edge of the city into the water after her. Thirty-eight. He saw her below, struggling to rise, but quickly running out of air. He used the momentum from his jump to dive after her, but by then she had blacked out. Forty-two. Her eyes lolled back in her head. One very small part of him finally noticed that she was actually wearing a skimpy bikini, the kind a Twi'lek dancer would wear. A boost of natural adrenaline allowed Carth to reach her, grab her waist, and drag her back to the surface. Fifty. Taking a deep breath of air, he handed Revan's limp form to Canderous, who dragged her onto the lip of the city. Carth quickly followed them, and listened to see if she was alive. Fifty-three.

"She's not breathing!" Carth shouted to no one in particular, then took her by her bare shoulders and screamed, "DON'T DIE ON ME, REVAN!"

He started doing compressions on her. One, two, three… he counted until he was desperate. Carth then tilted her head back, plugged her nose, and gave her the kiss of life. Immediately, her eyes flew open, glaring intensely at him. Revan decked him in the face, knocking him back into the water.

"So, you thought you'd get some when I was unconscious, did you!" she screamed at him.

"I was just trying to—"

"DON'T LIE TO ME, CARTH ONASI!"

"I'm serious; I was just trying to—"

"I'm ASHAMED of you, Carth! Taking advantage of a defenseless, innocent, UNCONSCIOUS woman!"

In the background, Canderous scratched his head. "Innocent? Revan? Preposterous!"

Carth opened his mouth to speak, but he finally realized it was futile. Throwing his hands up into the air, he climbed up the embankment back to Ahto City. Canderous then scooted over to Revan. She grinned naughtily.

"So…I take it went well?" he asked, a slow smirk spreading across his face.

Revan's grin became even naughtier (if that was possible). "Well, it didn't exactly go according to plan…I didn't exactly want to almost die…but the end result was satisfactory…"

Later, when Revan had changed into something decent, they returned back to the Ebon Hawk. Carth was nowhere to be seen. After one last laugh, she returned to her quarters to reminisce. A few minutes later, Canderous returned, holding a folded paper.

"What is that?" she pointed to the paper.

He silently handed it to her. Upon opening the paper, a confused look crossed her face. It was a birth certificate. Then, her eyes widened.

"Hey! Your middle name is Graceful!"

Suddenly, Carth appeared out of nowhere in the background. "Wait, what!"

Meanwhile…

The party of the three Selkaths entered the open courtroom. The five judges stood in their respective booths, listening to their cases with impartiality. As usual, there was a Sith and a Republic representative arguing before one of the lesser judges. The head Selkath walked up to Shelkar, the Chief Justice of the Ahto High Court. He had been conversing with a Republic soldier in low tones, but looked up when the lead Selkath came before him.

"Your Honor, there were…uh…some off-worlders swimming in the ocean," the Selkath reported, averting his eyes.

"What?" another judge, Jhosa, leaned over.

"What should we do, your Honors?" he asked respectfully.

The two judges looked at each other in puzzlement; Jhosa then responded, "Wait, is there a law for that?"

The Chief Justice shrugged. "I don't believe so…"

All five Selkath glanced at each other, then shrugged and went back to work.