Remla watched as the doors slid open to reveal the dark corridor ahead of her. She hurried in and activated her lightsaber. The place was very similar to the other building on the first Korriban, with the stone corridors and dimly lit rooms.

Anakin and Obi Wan caught up to her and walked along behind her, their lightsabers activated.

"This wasn't a very good thing to do, Padawan." Obi Wan hissed as they quietly made their way down the corridor, their lightsabers humming softly.

"We have to get Taffo out of here." Remla answered quietly, noticing a grate in the wall. Just like in the first building on Korriban.

Suddenly Remla could sense her in the Force. Taffo was here, she was close. It seemed like she was waiting. No, she was fighting! Remla ran forward, hearing the sound of clashing lightsabers. Ahead, she could see Taffo fighting against the Sith Lord. So she wasn't going to join the Sith after all. It looked like Taffo hadn't fully been corrupted yet.

"Taffo!" Remla shouted, running toward her only to be stopped when droidekas started firing at her.

"Padawan!" Anakin ran beside her and they swung their lightsabers, deflecting the laser fire.

"Thermal detonator, get back!" Obi Wan pulled out a thermal detonator in his belt, throwing it at the three droidekas. Remla watched the flashing metallic ball land before the droidekas and then deactivated her lightsaber and dove to the side. She hit the ground and rolled, the detonator exploding. The burning flames roared past her, the heat making her wince as she rolled into Anakin.

"Come on!" Anakin got up and helped Remla up. The two of them hurried down the corridor, stepping over the burnt remains of the droidekas.

"Where's Obi Wan?" Remla glanced around but couldn't see Taffo's Master nearby.

"He's gone." Anakin replied dismissively. Remla jumped forward and activated her lightsaber and swinging it at Von Sander.

The Sith Lord stepped back and glared at her. She swung her lightsaber and blocked an attack from the Sith, who had put a cloth into his empty eye socket. Then behind her she sensed an attack from Taffo. Remla could hardly believe that her friend was attacking her!

Remla spun and clashed with Taffo's lightsaber. Remla swung and blocked, swinging and hitting, their two lightsabers clashing together. Remla crouched and rolled to the side then got up and swung her lightsaber at Taffo. She hit Taffo's lightsaber with such force that it was knocked from her hand.

Taffo's lightsaber clattered to the ground and Taffo held up her palm and Remla was suddenly thrown back by the Force, hitting the ground and losing her grip on her lightsaber. Her lightsaber hilt rolled across the ground.

Remla glanced back and saw Anakin in a duel with Von Sander. Obi Wan was still nowhere to be seen. What was he doing? Taffo jumped at her and swung her lightsaber down at her head. Remla quickly rolled across the ground, reaching out to the Force and grabbing her lightsaber as it flew into her hand. Remla jumped up and activated her lightsaber in time to block Taffo's attack. She couldn't believe that Taffo was trying to kill her.

"Stop this Taffo!" Remla snapped. She swung and defended herself from Taffo's strong attacks. She could tell that Taffo had fallen to the Dark Side. She could sense the power from the Force crystals, the crystals had corrupted her. If they were destroyed, Taffo would be free from their corruption. Or would she still be in the Dark Side?

"You won't take them from me!" Taffo said angrily. Remla didn't know how to answer. She didn't know what to say to her best friend who had turned to the Dark Side. Fallen to the Dark Side. She still kept thinking of their first mission in Tatooine, and what Taffo had been like before the Force crystals had been found. Remla was beginning to worry that she wouldn't be able to see Taffo like that again.

"How many do you have?" Remla asked, stepping back as they both started circling. Remla held her lightsaber high and watched Taffo warily.

"Two." Taffo smiled, which unnerved Remla. "Two. And they will be mine!"

Taffo swung her lightsaber and the two of them swung and spun, their lightsabers spinning and clashing. Remla stepped back and spun, knocking Taffo's lightsaber to the side. Taffo exhaled loudly and stood in a stance that Remla recognised that of the Sith.

Remla stood in her own stance, holding her lightsaber slightly to the left and raised slightly. Taffo stood with her lightsaber raised, holding it before her face and glaring at Remla.

"You're my friend, Taffo!" Remla cried. "Don't let the Force crystals corrupt you!"

"I won't let you take them!" Taffo snapped. "I don't care anymore. These crystals make me stronger!"

"Obi Wan cares about you!" Remla shouted. "Let go of this! Forget about the Force crystals!"

Taffo looked at Remla and for a moment Remla thought she was actually listening to her. Then Taffo turned and ran, deactivating her lightsaber and running down the corridor.

Remla started to run after her, but she looked back and saw Anakin fighting the Sith Lord. Remla looked back at Taffo. She couldn't leave her Master behind and go after Taffo. That reminded her of the time she had done that when she was on Bespin and Taffo was on Dantooine.

Remla ran to Anakin and swung her lightsaber at the Sith Lord, who spun and blocked. Remla glanced at Anakin who attacked the Sith Lord from behind. Von Sander swung and blocked, his red lightsaber clashing against their blue ones.

"You know that if you strike me down, Taffo will take my place." Von Sander smiled.

"Not when I'm here." Remla retorted, spinning and blocking the Sith's attacks.

"Padawan, go!" Anakin shouted.

"Why?" Remla got confused at this. Why would her Master want her to go?

"Obi Wan will take care of this! Go!" Anakin snapped.

Remla stepped back from them and ran down the corridor, confused at how Anakin had wanted her to leave. What did he mean by saying that Obi Wan would take care of this? Remla ran out of the building to hear the whirring of the engines of their ship.

Remla glanced up in surprise to see Obi Wan pilot the ship to land in front of her. The landing ramp opened and Remla had no other choice but to get in. Remla deactivated her lightsaber and ran in, taking a seat behind Obi Wan.

"Why did you get the ship?" Remla asked.

"A tactic." Obi Wan smiled.

Remla nodded and then started thinking about Taffo. What was going to happen to her friend? Where could she go? There were no other ships around here, not that they knew of.

"Taffo's gone." Remla said sadly.

"I know." Obi Wan said quietly.

"There is hope that she can be saved." Remla said. "Isn't there?"

"Taffo isn't fully in the Dark Side." Obi Wan answered. "You can try and save her, but I am afraid that if she has fallen too far, then-"

"I will have to kill her." Remla finished. She couldn't think of killing her best friend. It was the Force crystals, the Force crystals had caused all this. Remla began to feel guilty. If she hadn't opened the vault of the Force crystals back at the ship, then Taffo wouldn't have taken them.

Remla looked out of the view screen to see Anakin run out of the building and enter the ship. He looked worn out from the battle against the Sith Lord.

"Let's get going." Anakin said breathlessly. Remla looked out at the building as the ship rose into the air. Remla saw the Sith Lord run out of the building. He glanced up at them and Remla saw a flicker of fear across his one eyed face. He knew what was going to happen.

Obi Wan fired. The blue laser fire struck the ground in front of the Sith Lord who went flying backwards to hit the ground in front of the building. Obi Wan continued firing, laser blasts hitting the building, stone crumbling and breaking apart, falling to the ground in a cloud of dust and burnt rock.

The sound was deafening but Remla just watched as the building was blown apart and they kept rising into the air. Soon they were above the rubble of the building, smoke rising around them. As it started to clear, Remla could see that the building had become a pile of burnt rubble. There was no way that the Sith would have survived that.

"He's dead." Remla spoke. Finally, after all the months of hunting him, the Sith Lord was dead. She didn't need to worry about the Sith who had made her believe that Taffo was dead all those months. But now she was worried for Taffo, and what the Force crystals were doing to her.

"And now we have Taffo to go after." Obi Wan said quietly. Remla nodded, brushing her hair back, suddenly feeling tired. Tired and worn out after everything that had happened. The ship sped out of Korriban II and Remla closed her eyes to meditate on what was going to happen, and prepare herself for the confrontation against her old friend.

Next chapter: Remla must prepare for another duel against her former best friend. A duel to the death.