A/N: Hey everyone! am back. Now, I would have liked maybe more reviews but that's fine, still don't be shy people, I like hear people's opinions, it will also help if you point out mistakes for me to attempt fix. Also big shout out for hflores74, his been a big help in this story. Anyway, hope you people enjoy.

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"... Oh god, not again." I groaned once I was feeling that spitting headache again, I really need stop getting knocked out.

"Oh your awake!" I weakly open my eyes, I looked around, I found myself on a bed somekind, it looked like I was in the medic room, I looked around to see where the voice came from.

Standing near me was one of the former Twi'lek slaves, a orange skin Twi'lek woman, wearing now some fitted clothes then what her and other slaves use to wear.

"How are you feeling?" She asked, I try stand on my elbows, cracking few bones into place, "another then a bad headache, pretty fine. What happened?" Thoughts were racing through my head, I was quite worried about Mission and Shaleena, seeing their home get destroyed like that was horrible.

The Twi'lek helps me up. "We'll on Dantooine, you and your friends were able get us away from Darth Malak and his fleet." Ah good to know, I nodded to her, she then points to a footlocker.

"Your armor and blasters are in there if you need them, just call me if you need anything." I nodded, "thanks miss?" It would be rude not know who the woman is.

She smiled. "You can call me Kris, and it should be me thanking you. You and your friends have now helped me get my chance freedom." She walks out of the room, probably take care of something.

I turn to where the footlocker was at, I walk over to it and opened, I was happy to see my armor was in one piece. "Alright, now what to do? I better check what the others are doing."

000

"Wade! your awake!" I grunted when Mission crash into me, hugging me. I decide try find what were the others were doing, I found Mission, Zaalbar, and Carth in the main hall.

Mission pulls back. "Yeah am fine, are you doing okay Mission?" I was worried here, seeing your home destroyed like is not something a kid her age should ever see.

Mission grimly nodded but I could still see sadness. "Yeah, am fine. Still, I just wish we could have done something, I know even with your knowledge." I nodded, Mission was someone saw some truth of things.

I turn to Carth. "Do where's the others?" Carth cross his arms, he looked little angry here, "Hondo and Bastila are talking with the Jedi Council right now. Canderous and Shaleena are over at the small shop near the ship. Something wried has been going on with Bastila and no one seems be keen on telling me, think you can share light on that?"

Ah, so we'll on that part I see, damn looks like we'll gonna be here for a while. "Oh that, yeah their talking about a vision Hondo and Bastila had, you probably hear the rest of the story once Hondo gets back." Carth nodded, though he still looked little angry.

Can't say I blame him, Jedi can be annoying at times.

Zaalbar turns to me, saying something in his language, I looked little confused here, I really need learn that language, Mission quickly translated.

"Zaalbar is just wondering what you plan on doing now?" Oh alright then, I take a sit within the room. "Well of course am gonna stick with you guys, got no where else to go anyhow. But there are some things we'll gonna need to be careful of now." Carth frown here.

"What you mean by that Wade? there something you should be telling us?" I turn to him, "more like don't know. There's been changes that had happened that shouldn't have happened. For one, Shaleena wasn't suppose be coming with us, but that wasn't bad one. But Bendak Starkiller was."

I looked at the three. "Means there's new things happening here, stuff I aren't gonna know. We should be careful now." Everyone share a concerned look here, I was having one too.

Who knows what else we could end up encountering on this adventure.

We suddenly hear the ramp of the Ebon Hawk opening. "Hey! we'll back." I hear Shaleena's voice coming in, I turn to see her and Canderous walking in, carrying couple items. Shaleena's eyes widen once she saw me. "Wade! you're awake." Shaleena places down some of the items, she comes over to me, "yeah, am fine. I see you guys have been doing alright."

Canderous however gives me a serious look, the kind that he wanted answers. "Wade, follow me. I need to have a private chat with you. While you follow help me with the ammo. These boxes are pretty heavy mind you." I was little confused but I nodded, I walked up and picked three of them like they had been three bars of bread. I could have sworn I heard Shaleena say show off as I began following Canderous.

As we got to the place in the ship where Canderous liked to used for ammo and item storage, Canderous turned around to face me. "Set those boxes down, I will be brief so don't sweat it. Sit down." I sat the three large boxes and sat down on a crate,

Canderous was giving me a look. "I need to know what exactly do you know about me. Hondo told me that you knew more than you let on. So I need to know how much you know of my past." Ah that was the reason, well good thing there wasn't much regarding Canderous's past all that much,

I looked at him and began scratching his chin. "Okay, but you gonna be paranoid as Carth?" That just made Canderous laugh and asked not to be compared to him.

"Just tell me what you know, I swear that Republic flyboy is more paranoid than a Hutt." I nodded, I can understand why he would be wanting know what I know, people can be very touchy when it comes to their pasts. "Well lucky for you Canderous there wasn't much regarding you're past, I do know however you served in Battle of Althir, you were force to break off once you saw a weakness in enemy fleet, causing lives of most of Mandalorians under a warrior name Jagi?"

Canderous's face frown here, but nodded. "Yeah, that's right, don't go spreading that around now you hear me." His voice become hostile here, I raise my hands. "Whoa, it's alright, I understand, I wouldn't want anyway. I also know you mastered how to use a Baslisk War Droid faster then any other warrior in you're time, all but Mandalore himself."

Canderous cross his arms. "And that's it? nothing else?" I shook my head, "nope that's everything, most of other bit of history was kept in the dark. Though I do know you were married to Veela Ordo? you mind if I ask something?" That was when Canderous's eyes narrow, his steel gray eyes looked pretty damn scary here. "Yes, that is corrected, why you ask kid?"

I wanted to be careful here, I didn't want say anything that would piss Canderous off big time. "Why did you leave you're wife after the war? you two shuk'la riduurok?" Shuk'la riduurok meant 'broken love', the Mandalorians version of a break up in a marriage, it was rare but it happened. From I saw of relations between Veela and Canderous, it looked to be that way.

Canderous was quiet, just giving me a look that suggested he was thinking his words. "You know, if someone else had said that, I would have probably broken their noise. But luckily for you Wade, you earned my respect after seeing you fight. Veela and I are kind of a shuk'la riduurok, but we didn't leave on that term, I left because I couldn't face her in the eye.

Wait, what now? "I failed to keep my promise keep her little brother safe in the final battle. He died when Revan had active that secret weapon of his at Malachor V, his ship was ripped apart." Jesus stakes, my eyes were wide here, I didn't realize that was why he left, Canderous's face become a dark frown. "I failed her, I.. I couldn't face her after that, things were bad with Clan Ordo, there were hardly any of us, our clan leader was dead, so I left in exile, not looking back."

We were quiet, I couldn't believe this was the reason, this was something I have never seen of Canderous, was this why he avoided meeting any Mandalorians? "Am sorry to hear that Canderous, can't image what that was like." I really couldn't, Canderous nodded, grimly.

Canderous then looked at me with a serious look."But now we got bigger plans deal with. I've seen how you fight, very impressive but you got long way if you really want call yourself a Mandalorian. So here's what am offering you, I seen how you look to Mandalorians, Shaleena and Mission filled me in about you're interest in my people's culture. How would you go through the training become a Mandalorian?"

I had a smile on my face, I knew this was gonna be probably toughest training of my life, but I knew I wanted this. "I accept Canderous, I've always dreamed of this chance, when does the training start?" Canderous began laughing.

I frown. "What is so funny? Training is the official Mandalorian past time. Hell, we practically do it to find ourselves a significant other." Canderous nodded his head, "that's true for most cases. That's actually how I met Veela." Huh, aren't that interesting.

"You met you're wife during training? how that go?" I figure might as well get on lighter tones here, Canderous chuckles, probably remembering it well. "I met her when my clan and her clan, Vizsla, were doing training together. That was when I met Veela, she and I sparred for many hours, the two of us refused to give up." Wait, Veela was from Clan Vizsla!

That may explain her rough personality. "Finally it ended in a draw, we made both our clans proud that day. But Veela wasn't too happy about how it ended, so she offer we do a rematch in her quarters. You can say we.. came to a agreement." My jaw was dropped here, that sounds a lot like what happened with Garrus and that female Turian scout.

"Wait a minute, don't tell me you two had-" Canderous laughed at the look of my face, "yeah, we did. Though, her father was not very happy once he found out what happened." Oh boy, that must have been bad big time.

"But anyway, you just got up from a pretty nasty concussion, so let's wait from Hondo and that Jedi Princess to come back. Once we tell them what we plan to do. We find a nice clearing and we get to enjoy some training Mandalorian style." I nodded, something tells me things are gonna get very interesting, Canderous then decide ask me a question.

"Now that you asked me a question, I want ask you something. When I was talking with Mission regarding you're stance with Mandalorians, she said she notice how angry you seem get when talking about Cassus Fett." Huh, wonder why his asking me about that? I lean back. "She did? what, you got a problem with that?" I wasn't sure how Canderous's felt about Cassus Fett, it never was much stated how Canderous felt about some Mandalorians during the war.

Canderous snorted. "Hell no, Cassus always was a zealot bastard, he tended take things too far, even for us Mandalorians. Cathar was proof of that." I nodded in agreement, Cassus Fett was a zealot alright, a military mastermind yes, but a zealot none the less. "Agreed, still. His reasons for hating the Cathar, what caused him hate them so much? it sounded like he had a personally grudge against them."

Canderous nodded. "He did, Cassus fought in the Great Sith War, his clan fought the Cathar, I heard they lost badly to them. I even heard Cassus lost someone very close to him in that battle." Huh, that would explain things, so it was hatred that drove Cassus and revenge. "I see, still doesn't mean he had any right of what he did to the Cathar, that was very dishonorable, it left a stain there."

It always pissed me off when ever that matter is brought up, something Canderous noted. "Agreed. But anyway, let's get back to see what the others are doing, after that, we begin you're training." I nodded, we get up and walk out of the room, we headed back to the others. "Oh and Canderous, what's going happen with those former slaves we saved?"

I was concerned what was gonna happen to them, Canderous shrugged. "Eh, most of them decide try help around with the Jedi here, finding some work. Ones like Kris there is actually sticking with us, she actually has useful medic training that might come in handy." Huh, looks like we'll be having quite a few people following us in the game, good, it might help with things.

As we enter the main room, we find Hondo returned, he looked like he was deep in thought, he turned to look at me and Canderous. "Oh Wade, you're awake, how you feeling?" I nodded, "am feeling fine, had a nasty headache but overall alright. How the meeting with Council go?" I take a sit near Hondo, while Canderous just went out to do something else.

Hondo sighs. "Well, it was interesting. I accepted to become a Jedi, we'll gonna be staying here for a while, but I take it you knew that part already?" I nodded, "yeah, I did. Still, I take it Carth told you about my concerns?" Carth must have told him, I figure he must if Hondo ran into him when he came on board. Hondo nodded, "Yes, he has. You're right, we need watch our backs here, who knows what we might face here." I nodded.

Hondo then got up and started heading out of the room. "Well am gonna get my stuff, something tells me am gonna need few things for Jedi training." I nodded, I decide I might as well find where am gonna be sleeping for most of this adventure.

However before I could go try find myself a good room, the ramp opens up, hearing someone coming up. "Ah Wade, you're awake. How you feeling?" I turn to Bastila coming up from the ramp, "alright, all things considered. I see Hondo has been accepted into training by the Jedi?" I cross my arms, leaning on the wall.

Bastila nodded, though I could tell she was thinking something here. "Wade, you mind if I ask something of you?" I raise my brow, her voice sounded off, there was some level of disbelieve as well, I nodded, letting her know she can ask. "Alright, Wade, how is it that I can't sense anything of you?"

Wait what? I was frown. "What? what you talking about?" What was Bastila talking about? Bastila narrow her eyes. "I mean I know you're standing right here, but I can't sense that you are here, if someone like Carth or Canderous walked in a room, I would sense them right away. But when it's you, I can't feel anything, it's like you're dead in the force."

This starting sound like Jacen Solo's force power, but far as I am aware of, I aren't a force user. "You're saying you can't sense me?" Bastila nodded but corrected me, "it's not just me, the whole Jedi Council here can't sense you, they were shocked when I told there were 7 people on board while they can only sense 6 of us, T3 wouldn't count as it is a droid, but they can't believe they can't sense you."

Okay, now this is little concerning, there was only one other race I know that are dead in the force, and they haven't even shown themselves until the Vong War. "Well, I don't know what's going on then." Bastila frown, she can probably tell I was telling the truth, "I see. Well whatever the case is, it may come in handy in our fight against Darth Malak."

Huh, now I think about it, it probably would. "Alright then, now if you need me, I'll be trying find myself a room for me to stay in." Bastila nodded and I walked away, I thought about what she said. So other force users can't sense me? now that is interesting, looks like my time in Star Wars is gonna be a lot more interesting then I thought it would be.

5 Weeks Later

"Come on Wade! hit harder!" Yelled Canderous as I charge at him, I try strike him with a vibrosword, Canderous blocks the attack and kicks me hard in the stomach, sending me flying. I hit the ground hard, but I quickly got up as Canderous swings a larger blade at me, I blocked it before I then try side kick him, but Canderous grabs my leg and sweeps me to the ground.

It's been at least 5 weeks since we arrived on Dantooine, it's been rather interesting. The training with Canderous has really improved my skills, it's very damn well hard, but I've learned and improved from this. Overall, I feel more ready to go out in the galaxy. I jumped back onto my feet, I jump spin attack him, Canderous block the attack and moved to slice me.

I blocked it but the blow threw me back, Canderous finally finishes the fight by kicking me right into the wall, I grunted in pain as I hit the wall hard. "You did good Wade, feels good to finally fight someone worth my skill." He offers his hand to me, I take it as he helps me up, I shrug. "Eh, I still got a long way go I see." I go over to grab a towel, me and Canderous were only wearing combat gear, not our beskar.

Canderous grabs the towel as I threw it to him after I finish wrapping off my sweat. "You still getting better. Come on, we better see what the others are doing, I hear Hondo should be finishing his Jedi training." I nodded and we made our way out of the room, passing some Jedi padawans, some of them gave me and Canderous dirty looks while only 3 nodded.

Yeah as you can image, me and Canderous aren't very popular around here, most of the Jedi tend think of us in same line as most people think of Mandalorians, they haven't given us too many problems but they still kept the glares, it was actually getting very annoying. "So how's matters going with Shaleena? she adjusting well to the training?" I asked Canderous as we get in view of the Ebon Hawk.

I wasn't the only one who was gaining lessons from Canderous, he was quite to surprise to hear the history between Shaleena and Ergeron. She wanted train as well, Taris must have change her, she probably wants be able fight better. Canderous though not much of a teacher, did agree and started training her with me. I've been helping with her with Mando'a, she's been picking it up fast.

"She's doing fairly alright, shows lot of promise, she may become a very skilled warrior in time. She still planning stay here?" I nodded, Shaleena was actually growing like it here on Dantooine, she figure she might try help the farmers here with various of problems they have been having lately, though Canderous disapprove of helping those rely on others.

Shaleena stated hopefully their learn how defend themselves on their own, Canderous let her chose her choice there. "Yeah, she seems like it here, though she misses her friends and family back on Taris, she's learning fast at least."

The two of us headed inside the Ebon Hawk, I wave to Mission as she looking through the holonet. "Hey Wade, you and Canderous had a good training run I see?" I've was noticing Mission was getting little taller since these weeks, Canderous passes me, likely get his armor. "Yep pretty much, been improving good. I'll be in the shower if anyone needs me." Mission nods as I head over where the shower was held on board.

I spend about 5 minutes in the shower before I finally stop. I stepped, heading to where my armor was kept. "I don't know why and I don't even think their is an explanation but wearing the armor feels a whole lot better than anything I wore before. I don't know why but I feel very comfortable with this armor on." I started placing on my armor, starting with the leg gear.

Canderous said it was because the armor actually helped him make the most of his muscle strength and endurance. "Some people might think that this is just an iron armor, but my old armor saved my life more times than I can remember. We train with combat gear because then we can actually make ourselves work those muscles the armor usually helps you with."

That made a lot of sense, I've seen fighters use similar training. I had a feeling that my attacks would be that much more devastating with the armor after all the time we had to look forward waiting for Hondo to finish his training.

I smiled and looked at him as he finished putting back his armor, I place on my helmet. "Just look at it another way, do you think you can put up with hours upon hours of lectures about how emotions are bad for you, days of learning the code that to me it is practically a mental lobotomy. Now come on, let's go hunting and kill ourselves something good to eat. The stuff in those tubes might be nutritious but everything has the same taste."

Canderous places on his helmet as I grab a blaster rifle, Mandalorian model. "Sounds good to me, I get to teach you some field cooking techniques and maybe we can get to your first aid training." I laughed and said that I knew some techniques so he didn't have to teach me mouth to mouth, the image of it though then started making me regret it.

Kris comes out of the medical bay, she looked disappointed for some reason. "Too bad, I would have liked teach you that." I coughed hard there, I was damn well glad I had a helmet on, because then the others would have seen my redden face, though that didn't stop Kris or Canderous from laughing.

I hate it when they do that.

000

We soon left the Ebon Hawk and made it to the fields, same, nothing but a few Iriaz. "Huh, nothing worth hunting here, at least we be eating something good." Said Canderous as he finishes up skinning up the Iriaz, this reminded me days where I use to hunt with my father on deer.

However before I could say anything, I heard what sounded like cry in pain, I turn to look at a clearing, I could make out what looked like Kath Hounds surrounding a young dark skin man. "Looks like we'll about get some action Wade! let's go!" I nodded as me and Canderous charged at where the Kath Hounds were at, we started firing our blasters at the Kath Hounds, it wasn't that hard to kill them all.

The young man looked very surprised as the Kath Hounds fell dead, soon as he sees us showing up, he fell on his knees and began doing something we both found rather unnecessary and annoying. "I have to credits on me and I am far from home. Please, please don't kill me. If you escorts me to my father's estate he can even reward you."

My helmet began showing me that the young man had a few cuts, and bite marks. He had infection and was clearly dehydrated. I looked at Canderous, he knew what was gonna happen, he looked annoyed but nodded, "fine, we'll heal him, hurry it up though." I nodded and I start patching his wounds up, luckily we had some medic gear with us.

Canderous began skin and meat out of the Kath Hounds. "Relax, let's take care of your injuries and get a meal. We will take you to the Matali Estate when we are done. Canderous is already taking care of our food. I am just dealing with your cuts and giving you an antibiotic shot for those bites." Now I think about it as I looked at the man, I think I was looking at Casus Sandral, the man wince as I heal him but he took it well.

As I finished healing him, Canderous was already finished skinning the Kath Hounds. "Come on, you look hungry, me and Canderous here got some meat we'll gonna cook." The young man who I think is Casus looks unsure, but he nods.

We headed back where most of Canderous and my stuff were at, I grab some makeshift poles from a pack we brought with us. I placed the meet in the makeshift poles Canderous told me to look at the side of the flamethrower and saw a small nob. He told me to touch it and give verbal commands through my helping it was the flamethrower range and temperature interface.

As I did the flame became shorter and changes color. I roasted the meet and Canderous took out a jug of juice from his pack it seems. I gave the young man a piece of meat, Canderous and I took one too. Canderous gave each of us a glass of juice. We began to eat, as Caus saw we didn't drop dead, the young man began to eat as well.

Casus looked unsure of something here. "I just need to check, you guys are Mandalorians aren't you? You aren't some other mercenaries?" I turn to him. "No, we'll aren't mercenaries, well Canderous here use to be one but not anymore."

The young man looked confused so I decided to change the subject. "So tell me Mr. Sandral, why are you out here risking your life? What drew you to come into these plains?" I had asked him something that he had never expected. He took out a small data pad and began to explain that he was trying to learn the ancient history of the planet.

Canderous found that to be quite boring, but I smiled. "I will tell you something that will make it quite easy for you to understand why what you are doing is in fact suicide. But you must promise me never to share this with anyone, or you will endanger that person's life. Not by me but by making that person curious enough to risk to test the validity of what you told that person."

Casus looked very confused, but he promised that he would take the secret to his grave. He also promised to listen to his advice. I smiled as he said that, it was possible that this would prevent the feud between the two families.

"This planet was once a slaving colony of an ancient Empire. The Empire used this planet and placed thousands of slaves of many species. The masters of the Empire were cruel, selfish and power hungry creatures. This made them fall to the Dark Side as Jedi are fond of saying. The places that they used and lived in became tainted with the evil of their culture and minds. Anyone that spends too much time in such places will slowly be corrupted by the evil of those places."

I took a drink from my cup and continued, "It will consume everything that is kind and moral about you and leave you as selfish and cruel as the masters. So heed my warning that corrupting is what has made normally calm animals, turn to attacking everything with a pulse and sometimes without one. Don't go to these places or you might hurt those you love."

Cassu looked shocked to the core, Canderous was raising his brow, yeah I'll have to fill him in on that matter later. "How you know all this? where's you're proof?" Asked Casus, I give a very serious look. "Well, that's up to you to decide, but tell me, have you felt how dark it was when ever you were near the ruins?" That was when Casus was quiet.

Huh, guess he was feeling that when ever he was near that. We were quiet after that, just eating up the meat and juma juice. After that, we headed out, heading towards where the Sandral family land was at, he turns to us. "Thank you for escorting me here, here, take it." He hands me some credits, "isn't much but it's least I can do. Thanks again." I nodded as he runs to his home.

Canderous turns to me. "Why did you warn the kid?" We started heading back to the Jedi Encalve. "Only force sensitives are in danger of falling like you said anyways." Said Canderous as we pass some rocks that seem to symbol we were at Sandral land.

I shook my head. "Oh trust me Canderous, it doesn't just effects force sensitives, those Kath Hounds who have been very violent lately have been effect by the Dark Side, someone has been making them go wild like that." Canderous thought about it for a moment before nodding, "alright kid, whatever you say, you seem to be right on these things." Eh not always.

We walked to the Jedi Enclave for couple minutes, however as we got to a clearing, one I remember being where Revan would first encounter the Mandalorian Raiders, but as I looked to the right side, I saw a very familiar sight. "Canderous, get ready, we got trouble." Canderous follow where my eyes were at, I could see his fists tighten around his blaster.

Standing over the right of the far field was a large speeder car, standing near it was frighten family of four humans, two children and a blonde hair woman standing near them, a short older man stood front of them. However what caught me and Canderous's attention was the fact that a Mandalorian in blue armor, backed by two Duros in light combat armor, stood front of them, pointing his blaster at them.

Me and Canderous were already on the war path, I took out my blaster pistols, already going over my fuel. "You been holding out on us again. I guess now that you don't have the money, we'll just gonna have to tear you limb from limb." His voice sounded little familiar, a accent I have heard once, but I couldn't place it where. However the coward of a man did something that made my blood boil.

"NO! Please! take my wife and children instead. Anything!" That made the family gasp in horror, I could see the children crying now. The disgraced Mandalorian simply blasts the coward, he drops dead. The Mandalorian then looks at the family, I could tell he was smirking. "Wife and children huh? sounds like a good idea." That was when me and Canderous were in just right near them.

"Sorry, but that isn't gonna happen!" Before the two Duros knew what hit them, I blasted the two with my blasters, killing them, the Mandalorian turns around. "What the-" Canderous charges right at him, hitting him hard with his beskar fist. The disgrace Mandalorian grunted in pain, Canderous shows his impressive strength as he picks him up and threw over to my feet.

I stepped on his chest to stop him from moving, I place my blaster at his face. "So, you thought you could carry out these dishonorable acts without getting caught? well guess what, you aren't gonna leave here alive." The coward quickly puts his hands, "wait! you're a Mandalorian! we shouldn't be fighting." I snorted, I looked to see Canderous was doing something surprising.

He was over to the family, the woman looked very frighten once she saw Canderous, but I could tell he was doing good job calming the kids down, I looked back at the disgraced Mandalorian. "You aren't Mandalorian, you're dar'manda, I bet your one of the hut'uuns who left the Mandalorians before the final battle." I decide end this now.

I pull off his helmet, showing he was human with tan skin, he looked frighten. Call me ruthless, but I pull the trigger of my blaster, killing him. I bet ya this piece of work did some pretty nasty things, something I aren't gonna forget. But as I got up, I couldn't help but then take a look at the dead Mandalorian's shoulder guard, I notice a symbol on it.

"What do we have here?" I mutter to myself, I could hear Canderous had gotten the family calm down. It took little bit but I was able get the shoulder guard off, I take a closely look at it, the symbol looked very familiar. "What got there Wade?" I turn to Canderous who comes over, I see the mother was talking with her children, they stopped crying but their eyes were still red from it.

I hand Canderous the shoulder guard. "You know that symbol Canderous? Looks like a Clan Symbol on it." Canderous takes a closely look at it, his eyes soon widen once he gotten good look at it. "Kid, looks like things are gonna be more interesting now. This is the symbol of Clan Varad." 'What!' Clan Varad, one of the most violent Clans in Mandalorian history, that's the clan these raiders came?

"Wait? Clan Varad? you mean his from those bloodthirsty bastards." Canderous nodded, "yes, I see you already know about it. Should have known, Clan Varad is known for it's raiding, they did most of the attacks on Duros and Iridonia." Huh, so it was them, always wonder who it, I look over the family, they were getting their stuff out of the speeder car.

"I take it we'll be taking them to the Jedi Enclave?" I asked, it looked like I was right as the family were coming over to us. "Yes, the woman said their vehicle is damaged, so since we'll heading to the Jedi Enclave, their coming with us." I notice Canderous's voice seemed little soft, guess Canderous has a soft spot for children. "Alright, let's get going, Kath Hounds get nasty out here." Said Canderous, getting the family's attention.

Looks like me and Canderous might set better example for Mandalorians around here.

000

"Thank you so much! We won't forget this!" Said the mother of the children, it didn't take too long for all of us get to the Jedi Enclave, we were now standing at the bridge, the family was very grateful for us. "It was no problem, we were heading this way anyway. Try stay out there, oh and try get a man that's actually gonna protect you." I said before me and Canderous leave, letting the family head back home that luckily near the Enclave.

As we headed to the way inside, I turn to Canderous. "So how you want deal with Clan Varad here? Just try find out where their head out is and kill them all?" I wanted hear what Canderous was thinking here, we enter the Enclave, passing the droid that waited at the door. "For now, we'll wait till we hear something from them, once we do, we'll gonna be hunting."

I nodded, looks like things are gonna get interesting. "Well there was a farmer who daughter was killed by one of the disgraced Mandalorian, their leader is name Sherruk." Canderous looked angry here, "did the farmer try do anything defend his freaking daughter from these ge'hutuuns?" I shrug, I take off my helmet, wrapping off sweet from my head, we finally get near the Ebon Hawk. "Not sure, he claim he couldn't do anything against Sherruk's dozen Mandalorian and Duros allies. Not sure who if he did or not."

I was really not sure or not, but now I think about it, am starting wonder if maybe that little girl Sasha is his daughter. However as we get near the Ebon Hawk, me and Canderous could hear some shouting going on. "What the hell? whose shouting?" I said out loud, I could make out Mission was yelling, but I couldn't make out who was the other voice, it was a woman I could tell.

Canderous and I walk to where the Ebon Hawk was kept at, now the two of us at a view what was going on, my face frown once I saw who Mission was fighting with. "Oh boy, hey Canderous, you want a take a bet that's Lena who Mission told us about?" Yep, standing right near the Ebon Hawk was Mission fighting with a attractive yellow skin Twi'lek in tight red shirt and black pants.

Canderous snorted. "Sucker's bet, come on, might as well see what's going on." I nodded and head over to them, I could see Shaleena and Hondo was there. Shaleena was wearing a purple Mandalorian heavy suit, me and Canderous figure Shaleena would do better in a combat suit until she was ready fight and train in armor. We walked over to them, we were now able hear what was going on.

"No-You're the one whose lying! Griff wouldn't... He wouldn't try leave me behind!" I could see Mission was having doubts here, now if we ever met Griff, I was gonna kick him in the nuts for leaving Mission like that. Shaleena looked like she was defending Mission here, "Yes, why should we believe you? for all we know you could be lying." Hmm can't blame her on that part.

Hondo was just having his arms cross, he looked like he was going over facts in his head, Lena place her hands on her hips. "Think about it, if Griff didn't leave you, why didn't he tell you where we were going? After we left Taris, Griff told me looking after you was holding him back. Griff always found it easy to blame others for his own problems." Her face then turn to a scowl.

"He started blame me too for his problems, soon as I was out of money. He started blaming me for his problems, like it's my fault his quick get rich schemes never worked out!" That was when me and Canderous were right behind them.

I cleared my throat and it caught the attention of the people in the area. "Come on now people, let's just try calm down here." Canderous tried to change the subject of the argument, sadly it wasn't enough. "How can I calm down when this harlot is talking bad about my brother!" Mission's eyes were filled with fury.

I could see that she was indeed angry, I began shaking my head. "Alright you two let me see if I understand what is going on. Lena came to greet you, happy that you were alive and you began screaming at her for everything you think she made Griff do? Is that about right?"

Lena began to laugh and praised how accurate my guess was. "Pretty much, you sure are quick on taking a quick assessment of the situation. I wish I had someone like you in my life." Lena's flirting aside, I did my best try keep my face from going red, I could see Mission who was angry now, while Canderous laughed at this.

What is with Twi'lek women flirting with me?

I focused on Mission, Hondo saw what I was thinking and he walked over to her, placing his hands on her shoulder, trying relax her. "Mission we both know he always is trying his quick rich schemes and we know they failed, you know he will always try and run away. That is how you ended up traveling to Taris as cargo after all."

Mission looked at him with the look that screamed that she was both hurt and that she couldn't deny that there was some truth behind his words. She just broke down into tears and Hondo did the only thing that he could. He hugged her and let her cry. I went over to her and rubbing her back, trying help comfort her. Lena was smiling as she saw how I was trying my best to comfort her.

She finally finished crying, she walked over to Lena. "Lena, I apologized for all I said, am sorry." Lena looked at her and smiled, "I don't blame you Mission, your brother could be quite the charmer but he is nothing but trouble. I know that I probably shouldn't but he is your family, so I will tell you, last I heard of that son of a Hutt he was working for Czerka on Tatooine. Chances are he is still there trying to scam someone else."

Shaleena cross her arms. "Thank you for telling us, sorry for way I acted." Lena shrug, "it's alright, I can understand you defending Mission here. Anyway, I better go, I got some work get done." Suddenly she turned to me, she was giving me a look that made me discomfort. "I would like to see you a again, if you're ever in the shop nearby, look me up." She walks away, swaying her hips as if try get my attention.

Canderous slap my shoulder, laughing. "Haha! you know kid, am beginning wonder if you got some Cadera blood in ya, cause you're acting quite like one." I scowl at him and Hondo who were chuckling, Shaleena however was little confused, "wait? what you mean by that Canderous?" Huh, good question, I was curious what Canderous might by that.

Cnaderous chuckled. "Oh the men from Clan Cadera seem have this ability have attaching women to them, and the younger members tend react same fashion as Wade here, though they prefer women making the move, they like brave and strong willed women." Huh, I was always curious what Clan Cadera was like, I only seen two members of that clan.

Jicoln Cadera and Torian Cadera, both people whom I respected greatly. "Though that is interesting information, I need get going, Jedi want me take care of what's been making the Kath Hounds so wild lately in the grove. Mission and Shaleena will be coming with me on this." I nodded, I turn to Shaleena, "you gonna be ready for this? sounds like we'll dealing with a force user here?"

Shaleena nodded. "If I could survive the last Sith we fought, I can survive this. Besides, if am gonna stay on this planet help defend these farmers, I need get experience." I nodded, I just hope she won't get hurt by Juhani. Speaking about Juhani, me and Canderous are in some very serious fights with her, not that I would blame her disliking towards Mandalorians.

It's something I can understand. Hondo looks to me, "Anything I should know while am out there?" I nodded, "yeah, me and Canderous ran into some rogue Mandalorians from Clan Varad. Be very careful, Clan Varad are very violent and skilled but undisciplined. As for whose making grove tainted with dark side, well that's up to you find, just be careful." I feel it'll be better for Hondo find out regarding Juhani.

Hondo nodded. "Alright, thanks." Hondo then walks out of the area, Shaleena and Mission following him. Canderous turns to me, grinning, "So, you gonna take up Lena's offer there?" I walk to the Ebon Hawk, "ah shut up Canderous." Canderous laughs hard as he follows me inside.

000

"Oh hey Wade, what you doing?" Asked Kris as she enters the room as I was working on my armor in room where the swoop bike was kept. I turn to her, I was wearing googles at the time, I rub the black stuff off the googles. "Oh hey Kris, working on my armor, I was adding something to it." I point towards where my home country flag was on the shoulder guard, the maple leaf of Canada.

Kris raise a brow at it, I remember telling her a bit about Canada, she become interested in some of the things I told her about my home. Kris decide change the subject and decide ask me something. "So Wade, I've been noticing something that has me curious." I nodded, letting her know I was listening as I went back working on my armor, I needed work back on my dart launcher.

"How come you turn down most women who come up to you?" I stop working on my armor here, I turn to Kris who was giving me a curious look, like she wanted to know why I turn down most women who hit on me, it's been happening a bit these last 5 weeks. "Well you see, those women were only interested how I looked, not how I was. If I was gonna enter in a relationship, I don't want be a one stand night thing or just after sex and stuff, am prefer liking know whose the woman before me."

It's something that I would prefer if I was in a relationship, I would like it as least be a woman I would want be with for a long time. I turn back to my armor, "Besides, I aren't interested in dating right now, this time of war isn't what you would call a good time for something like that. Why you ask?" I was little curious why she was asking this.

I turn to her, seeing she was looking surprised. "Wow, I don't think I ever met a guy who was actually caring what a woman was caring, I've spend most of my life as a slave, being used, but now after meeting you, I think whatever woman you meet, is gonna be very lucky." I blush a little at the praise, "thanks, it's nice to know that." Kris smiled. However we then heard someone coming in, I turn to see Canderous in full armor coming in.

"Hey Wade, get armor your armor on and weapons ready, Hondo just called, saying his ran into more members from Clan Varad and something about a family feud." I didn't need be told otherwise, I grab my armor, placing it on. "Well, looks like this is gonna be a interesting day." I mutter as I finished placing on my chest plate.

Here's hoping my possible meeting with Juhani will not end in violence...


A/N: Okay people, not as long as last time, but this was just something get out of the way. Now with Caus Sandral now alive, expect things to be different with the family feud, it'll still be tension but not as much. Also, I have came to who Wade's pairing will be, but I won't be telling who, all you need know, it's someone who will show on Tatooine.

Now any problems with Shaleena deciding stay on Dantooine and Kris joining the crew as the Ebon Hawk's doctor? Anyway, till next time!

PAR KOTE BAL IJAAT BE MAND'ALOR!