Rex and Cody were walking back to the medical bay.

"Rex, do you think that transmission from the General sounded a bit odd?" said Cody.

"A bit, I just think it's the transmission, you know the older models," said Rex.

"True," said Cody. When they got to the hall leading to the medical bay they heard what sounded like a scuffle going on in there. Rex and Cody readied their blasters. The ran to the door and stood on either side SWAT team style.

"You don't think that they found them do you?" he asked Rex.

"Only one way to find out. Let's go," yelled Rex. Before they could even touch the door the wall and the door exploded outwards, sending Rex, Cody, and four others into the wall down the hall from the medical bay. They landed all landed with thuds on it, half dazed.

"Sir, what the hell was that?! And where's the kid?" said Rex. Before Anakin could talk Rex saw a shape in the hole that was once the wall to the medical bay. He took a closer look and saw what he thought was Taran.

"Kid, where's the assailant?" said Rex as he walked to Taran. Ahsoka dragged him back.

"Rex, that's not Taran. He's been possessed," she said.

"By what?" he said, confounded.

"By me," said Ruusan. He ran at them lightsaber drawn. Cody started shooting, but Ruusan blocked them all.

"We can't defeat him, fall back," said Obi-Wan. They all ran, except for the clone who was wounded. He had somehow got a blaster and was shooting at Ruusan.

"Go now!" he shouted. Everyone ran down the hall, hearing the trooper firing round after round. When they rounded the corner they heard a scream, and then all was silent. They went to the hangar of the ship and huddled together for a meeting.

"We have to figure out someway to get that spirit out of Taran," said Ahsoka.

"No offense, but I think the safest way is to just kill him," said Rex.

"Rex, how can you say that? Taran's not doing that, that Sith Lord is," said Ahsoka.

"She does have a point Rex," said Cody.

"What we need to do is draw him in, then strike until he's convinced that he nedds a new host body," said Obi-Wan.

"And how will we do that?" said Anakin.

"We need to lure him in here and ambush him so that the rest of the crew isn't harmed in anyway," said Obi-Wan. "Now who wants to do the luring?" As expected, no one piped up. Finally one person volunteered.

"I'll do it Master Kenobi," she said.

"Ahsoka, this is going to be dangerous," said Anakin.

"I know, but I feel like I must do this," she said.


She paced stealthly down hallways, her lightsaber held at the ready. Most of the crew was asleep, thank the Force, and only the bridge crew was still up. The hallways seemed more hostile and less inviting then before because she knew at any minute, Taran's possessed body could leap out of anywhere and attack her. Every corner she took she cautiously looked around to make sure he wasn't lying in ambush. The farther she went, the more scarier it got for her.

"He's got to be here somewhere," she thought. As she turned one corner she saw what appeared to be him on the floor, struggling with himself. She advanced cautiously towards him, lightsaber held at the ready.

"Taran?" she asked. He looked at her and she saw he was back, for now.

"Ahsoka, I don't know how long I can hold him," he said. She rushed over to him and tried to comfort him.

"Taran, you have to keep fighting him," she said.

"I can't, he gets more powerful everytime he takes over," he said.

"Taran, look at me. You can defeat him," she said. Taran looked and then his face twitched back down to the floor.

"Taran?" she said, placing her hands on his shoulders. He reached up and held on to them, but his face turned back up and the red eyes were back.

"Foolish girl," said Ruusan. Ahsoka barely had enough time to leap away when his lightsaber turned on and swung at where she was. She was one second away from being decapitated. He got up and started chasing after her. She ran down the halls, leading him to the hangar and him blindly following her.

"Come back girl, I'm not going to hurt you; much," he called. Ahsoka didn't buy into it and burst through to the hangar. He followed behind her.

"Now!" shouted Obi-Wan. They jumped out from their hiding places and started attacking. Ruusan deflected lightsaber attacks and blaster shots with ease. He jumoed into the air and used airbending to bring himself down to the ground, sending out a gust of wind that knocked everyone back. He then began to attack Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan deflected and slashed, trying to knock the lightsaber out of Ruusan's hand. He sent Ruusan back using the Force, causing him to fall to the ground. Obi-Wan went and tried to bring his lightsaber down. But at that moment he saw the eyes of his Padawan and stopped mid-swing.

"Master, do it now!" shouted Taran. Obi-Wan hesitated, but he couldn't do it. He couldn't bring down his lightsaber and kill Ruusan without killing Taran as well. Taran's face twitched and Ruusan was back.

"Too late fool," he said and he gusted Obi-Wan away into the adjacent wall. Next Rex and Cody tried to take them on, but Ruusan just used the Force to send them crashing into some fighters. He went for Anakin next. He was relentless when he was attacking him. Anakin had fought many Sith before him, but Ruusan was starting to top at number one on his list. He pushed him back and back until Ahsoka joined in the fight too. The battle evened out and soon Ruusan found himself on the defensive. He backed up into plasma cannon canisters and thought up an idea. He sent one rolling to Anakin, and when Anakin was close enough he shot some fire at it and the canister blew up. Anakin managed to twist in the air and escaped much of the ferocity of the blast, but he was still caught in the shockwave and he hit his head on the wall, knocked out cold. Smiling, he turned to Ahsoka.

"You're next," he said. Before he moved he sensed a blaster pointed at the back of his head.

"Stand down now," said Rex.

"I don't have time for this, soldier boy," said Ruusan. Instead of trying to fight Rex he did the unthinkable, he held the lightsaber near his neck.

"One more move and me and your friend will become one with the Force the hard way," he said. Rex hesitated and did not move, not knowing what to do. Ruusan saw this as weakness and sent a droid at him. The droid collided with him in his chest and Rex was knocked out. Ruusan turned to Ahsoka, an evil smile on his face.