A/N: I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to post this. I've been busy with many things, including writing updates for my other stories. This is co-written by Adali Odai, a good friend of mine, we decided upon co-authoring this because I wanted to use her character. I hope you enjoy. The story will get a bit lighter for a while, but not to fear, it'll return to the angsty wonder you all began reading. Please keep reading and reviewing! Review and I'll continue it!

Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Star Wars universe, that belongs to George Lucas. Azah Keel is mine, as well as Orly Meola. Adali Odai belongs to my co-author, known here as Adali Odai as well. Enjoy!

Part 4- Escape

"We've just come out of hyperspace, about two parsecs from Mirial" Adali said to Azah and Lyyr. As much as she loved visiting Mirial, actually coming to live there permenately wasn't something she was looking forward to. The Jedi weren't meant to live on their home planets, they were meant to be on Coruscant at the temple; but, that wasn't going to happen now.

"How much longer will it take to get there?" Lyyr asked, still a little too young to completely understand the art of intersteller travel.

"If we keep our direct course to Mirial we should arrive at the main spaceport by mid-afternoon." Azah replied, entering a cube into the map reader. She pulled up the charts of the spaceport, searching for the swiftest way in and out, into and around the main part of the capitol city.

Adali continued to steer the ship, waiting for Azah to find an adequate spot for them to land. "Lyyr, won't you go check on the younglings? Make sure they are ready to land." Adali said as Lyyr turned and walked out.Once she was sure Lyyr had gone, she turned to Azah, "What are we going to do once we land? We have no where to go, no family to fall back on. We don't even have a home, or a building to stay in, we can't just stay in the ship forever."

"We can stay on the ship long enough, until we find alternate housing." Azah began. Suddenly she jumped, grabbing at her belt frantically. Her commlink came into view, vibrating and buzzing with an occasional beep, indiating she had a call coming in.

Adali jumped as well, not expecting Azah's comunicator to go off. "Who is it?"

She looked at the code. "It's...Orly?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Hello?" Azah answered.

"Azah? Oh, I'm so relieved to hear your voice." Orly's voice floated into the room over the commlink.

"I assume you've heard of the disaster that has come about then?" Azah continued.

"What have you heard?" Adali cut in, not wanting to be left out.

"Only what has been floating around on the Holonet. They say that the Jedi have betrayed the Republic, that most were wiped out during their struggle for power. I didn't know what to think, so I contacted you." Orly replied hastily.

"I... I can't believe it. How could this have happened?" Adali said almost to herself, not wanting to believe what Orly was telling her.

"What!" Azah asked, raising her voice. "They attacked us, they stormed the Temple. We were defending our home, defending our place in the galaxy. It's the Republic who has betrayed us."

"I really want to believe you, but..." Orly hesitated.

"But what? You've known us since the first day we came to the Temple, and now, when we really need a friend the most, you don't know if you can trust us?" Adali started, a little surprised at Orly's remark.

"Orly, you know us. We would never betray the Republic, you must know that. And if you can't be sure of it, then you really don't know us at all." Azah said, glancing at Adali.

He sighed on the other end of the connection. "All right. What can I do to help?"

"Well, we need help finding a place to stay."

"As a matter of fact, I'm your man. I settled into a house here not long ago." Orly replied, cheerily, despite the situation.

"How many people can this home comfortably accomidate?" Azah inquired.

"Yes, how big of a house are we talking about?" Adali asked, steering the ship closer to the planet.

"How many people am I going to be housing? I was under the assumption that it was only the two of you." He began.

"Somewhere in the neighborhood of ten, including Adali and myself." Azah replied.

"We'll explain when we get there." Adali said. "Can you give us your coordinates so we can land?"

"The closest place to land a ship safely is about two miles from my home. I'm sending the coordinates now."

"Thank you Orly. How can we ever repay you?" Adali said, punching in the new coordinates, heading to the 'safest spot' for them to land.

"I'm sure I can think of a way." Orly replied, maybe even teasing them slightly.