They arrived at Ryloth a few weeks later. Medical teams from the planet had been transferred to the ship to bolster the fleet medics. The reports were not good somehow the spice was laced with a rare virus a hive virus. This was slowly affecting the crew. Nearly ten percent were in some state of psychosis and every human on board was infected. Fain felt this virus as he did his best to control it with the force, but even he felt more and more paranoid. All of the none human crew had been cleared of the virus and had been ordered to the surface. The Twileks were immune which was a good thing, but he was beginning to suspect they were causing more harm then good. He also was suspicious of Master Doosa as she had been having secret meeting with the captain and leaving him out of the loop. He wanted to be there he needed to be in on these meetings. It was time to confront her, to root out her deception to the rest. Fain got up and stormed his way to the conference room.

"I need answers and I can no longer stand by being left out of the group." Fain angrily stated. "I demand to know what is going on."

"Knight Green I suggest you calm down and center yourself." Master Doosa replied. "There is nothing that is being discussed here that you do not already know about."

"No, I am tired of your lies." Fain screamed as his lightsaber activated. "Explain yourself, explain to us of this disease that you brought on board."

"I did no such thing." Doosa calming countered. "We haven't found out who did, but it goes beyond just the stimcaf. All the food had been laced with this drug as well. Only the continuation of the drug has kept the virus at bay. This also creates a problem as soon as the laced food and water is used up then the virus will take full effect. I am sorry I left this out, but I fear it will do more harm then good."

"What do you mean and don't lie to me." Fain demanded.

"The virus will turn the crew, including you, all mad. The medical staff say that we must leave known space or have all the ships self destruct. We can not allow this hive virus to spread to the rest of the galaxy." Doosa explained. "I am sorry." Fain was shocked she didn't have to say it, he knew he was going to die. Slightly more than a million beings would be condemned to die just because they had no cure. He couldn't even scream that she was lying, as the truth was thick in the air. His blade deactivated as he dropped it and fell to the floor. He sank to his knees. Hope had vanished and along with his anger. Master Doosa helped him stand up and he allowed her to guide him out of the room.

"Commander Sal get the fleet ready to leave. I want us out of this gravity well within the hour. Inform the Twileks that if they do not leave now they will be coming with us." the captain ordered.

"Where will we go?" Sal asked.

"Away from the galaxy. It really doesn't matter, but I will not order my fellow captains to engage the self destruct. It would take just one ship to spread this to the rest of the galaxy." he explained. "Better to take the fleet out where we can control where we are going."

"I am not sure that will help, but I am willing to try." Sal replied. Tarwin watched the commander leave and he went back to his desk and for the first time since he was a child he started to cry as he entered his cabin. Doosa took Fain to his cabin and helped him into a healing trance. She wasn't sure if it would help, but she had to try something. She thought back years ago to the bright youngling that he was so long ago. Over the years she had be more than just his teacher. Friend, mother, guardian, and she loved him very much. She even helped him realize that at one point he had fallen in love with her. Such a foreign feeling to her and with him being human she barely understood what he felt, but she slowly turned that love back to the partnership that a jedi should have. She spent many hours with him and only after he was deep in the trance did she finally leave his side. She made her way back to the captain and sat down next to his command chair as he looked aimlessly on a screen showing the hyperspace kaleidoscope of colors.

"All I ever wanted to do when I was younger was to fly the space lanes. Never did I once question this. Whether as a trader or a judicial or a pirate I was determined to be in space." Tarwin stated. "I would think that you would have remained behind. Then again none of the Twilek medical personal left either."

"I follow the force, captain and I feel that not all is lost." Doosa replied. "I maybe immune to this virus, but I feel that we will survive."

"Ha! You must be mistakenly confident. Any hive virus that has been encountered before has killed nearly 99.9% of the ones infected and even the ones who have survived didn't survive the effects as they were attacked just because they didn't get sick themselves." Tarwin countered. "No we need to go extra galactic before this virus turns us all mad."

"Even so what would stop someone from turning the ship around or the whole fleet for that matter?" Doosa asked.

"I have the command lock out code once I set it the hyperdrive will be locked until it runs out of fuel. It takes very little to keep use in hyperspace, so it will be hundreds of years before the ships will fall back out." he replied. "By then we will be long dead. It maybe a form of madness, but I am not mad yet."

"So that is where we are going into the void between galaxies?" Doosa asked.

"Yes that is true." he stated. "I will allow all none humans to leave before hand, but you must be ready. Even now I have given orders to transfer all to the Katana even the jedi. This ship must remain sane the longest." This worried Doosa, but the force was clouded. She felt that somehow things will not go that far, but she couldn't see how. Fain had waited a long time. Just barely on the edge of consciousness. He had to, in the end, fully embrace the healing trance and it had brought some well needed peace.

What it also brought was another vision of this girl. This time she was practicing her fighting style so unusual, but familiar in so many ways. Shii-cho, Makashi, Soresu, Ataru, Shien, Djem So, and Juyo. He saw all these forms mixed together in a blinding ever changing stance. It was like she couldn't decide what form she wanted to use. The fact that she was using a normal sword sent a shiver through his body. The one thing he did see was her pain like she had lost someone very close to her. As she continued to practice she calmed down considerably. She then came close to the edge of the building she was practicing on and Fain was shocked at the destruction that had claimed her world. Bodies laid in the street, vehicles smoked or burned slowly as well a buildings some just lightly smoking and others burning brightly. He felt now this was a possible future and he became determined to stop this from happening.

He knew he had to bring the fleet to this world and he got a hold of one of the astromech droids that assisted on the bridge. It took hours to gain access to the core programming of the droid and many more hours to program in the changes needed, but he was confident that the next stop to calculate corrections in their course would then bring them close enough to enable the droid to slice in the system and bring the entire fleet to this system. He smiled as the droid rolled out of his cabin. Soon young lady we will meet soon.

Brandon watched his sister practice in the backyard. He was mesmerized on how amazing she was. It had become a ritual to watch her every morning before school. He knew she was his sister, but he wished with all his will that she wasn't. She was full of grace and style. Her every word was a perfect example of meaning. She answered with no chance to get it confused with anything, but the meaning she wanted to get across. He had tried to spy on her or sneak up on her, but she always knew. She was not completely immune to teasing and she took advantage of him at times. The cosplay outfit she wore that first day had set this in motion and he begged her to wear it again. She had disappointed him by giving it away to her childhood best friend who had a crush on him. This did help in distracting him as she was his girlfriend, but was also torture only a sister could dish out.

Several alarms went off as multiple sonic booms rattled the windows. Sara stopped mid form and looked up into the sky. Brandon went cold as the look on her face changed from the calm he always saw to near panic. What happened next he was unsure of as she screamed. Small things that were spread out over the back yard, mostly dog toys suddenly flew away from her. His jaw dropped and he wondered if she had caused it. She then looked a him and the calmness returned to her face, but he knew this was just a mask that she had thrown up.

"What was that?" Brandon asked. "How did you make that stuff fly?"

"I don't know, but I think it was my Qi or chi. I have done this a few times, but never has it shown itself this strongly and never in front of a witness." Sara explained. "I belief something really bad is about to happen. Stay home today. That was no jet that flew overhead."

"I can't stay home I am nearly at the limit. One more day absent and I will have to do the entire year over." Brandon countered.

"School is over Brandon. Just listen to the sirens. Those are air raid sirens not fire department sirens." Sara explained. A series of explosions are heard in the distance. Brandon suddenly believed her. Ten minutes later Amanda came over crying hysterically. It took nearly the same amount of time to figure out why.

"I was talking to my father and he was telling me to stay home not to go anywhere." Amanda explained. "Then I heard and explosion just before the phone went dead. I tried to call him back, but all I get is a busy signal. Sara held her and Brandon was trying himself to call her father or their for that matter. The TV was on, but only certain channels were showing and the radio was just as useless as each were showing or playing normal shows. Brandon wondered why the emergency broadcasting didn't come on until he realized this was satellite TV.

"Wait here I am going to get the TV from the garage." Brandon said as he rushed out of the house. Amanda cried for him to stay, and did so until he returned. When he plugged the TV in the only signal he could find was the test signal of the emergency broadcast. They let it play its recording over and over again, but no message came through. The power went out and the TV's died right along with the radio.

"Are we under attack? Is it the Chinese?" Amanda asked. Sara shock her head no, but she barely could understand herself. Her dreams had been warning her, but the memories were so fleeting. She knew they would be attacked, but she had no idea by who.

"Come let's go to the basement. I am feeling a bit hungry and Brandon needs to get the generator running. While he does that I see some chocolate ice cream with our names on it." Sara offered and Amanda nodded weakly. Twenty minutes later Miko came home and nearly started Amanda to panic again.

"Now settle down. I don't know anymore than either of you do." Miko said as she saw how upset Amanda was. "I came home since there was no need to sit in a shop with no power. Mark should be home soon as well." Soon a few more neighbors came over as they had a slightly bigger house. Though others came and went. By the time Mark did come home a near picnic like atmosphere developed as people emptied their fridges. A radio DJ did start talking, but the signal was weak and he didn't say much other than that certain buildings on the naval base were on fire.