Sabri, Rik, and Rubble sat on the sleep couch in Rubble's dorm. They were prepared to leave for their first job. Vex wouldn't be left behind, at least. Rubble had smuggled the nexu in his suitcase.

"I can't believe that we're leaving," Rik muttered.

"Me neither," Sabri agreed. "We've been here so long."

Rubble still looked blue. He hadn't gotten over the death of Jalaen.

Yoda stood in the doorway of Rubble's dorm. "Come now, younglings. To your shuttle, we must go."

Sabri looked unsettled. "Why aren't you taking away our lightsabers?"

"Need them, you will," Yoda replied. "Disappointed you are?"

Rik and Sabri nodded, Rubble said nothing.

"A bummer, this is," Yoda agreed. "Promising, you were."

Rubble looked up from his ruminations. Yoda was looking at the Kaleesh. "Miss Jalaen, do you?"

"Well of course I miss her!!" Rubble snapped.

Yoda shook his head. "Leave you now, I must. May the Force be with you."

Out on the shuttle pad, Rubble, Rik, and Sabri looked at their transport: an ugly, gray, dull shuttle. But Rubble wasn't focusing on the shuttle that would take them to an unknown planet, he was looking at the cruiser that was heading to Mon Calamari. Aayla Secura, Kit Fisto, and Shaak Ti were about to board.

"We can stay in the Order," Rubble said.

"How?" Rik and Sabri asked simultaneously.

"You see that cruiser?" Rubble replied. "If we sneak on board, and help the Jedi settle the dispute on Mon Calamari, we'll be welcomed back!"

Sabri looked at Rubble. "How do you suggest we sneak on?"

Rik smiled. "Through the loading dock," He said.

Five minutes later, Rik, Rubble, and Sabri were tucked in an empty box. "We got lucky," Rubble said.

Sabri pushed open the box. "Wow, that was close," She agreed. "Do all our lightsabers work?"

Rubble boosted his to full power. "Yes," He answered. "We better lie low. It'll be a few days, though."

"Do we all have protein pills or something?" Sabri asked.

000

Aayla Secura, Shaak Ti, and Kit Fisto sat in the cabin after the cruiser had jumped to light speed. "I sense something," Kit said randomly.

"Stowaways!" Aayla yelled.

Kit Fisto tore apart the younglings' hiding place.

"Sabri Andul, Rik Illoth, and Hailen kei Yamaen," Shaak Ti narrowed her eyes. "Why aren't you on your shuttle?"

"We want to stay in the Order," Rik said irritably.

"We'll help you defeat your enemy," Sabri promised.

Shaak Ti glanced at Rubble. Her tone, a few seconds before angry, grew much softer. "I heard."

Rubble nodded. "I can't believe Jalaen's gone!!!" He yelled, enraged. "She didn't deserve to die!"

Shaak Ti hugged Rubble. "I know."

Vex popped his head out of Rubble's bag. The nexu cuddled up against his master. Rubble cried again, soaking the nexu's striped fur.