After waiting for around 15 minutes Melody and Jack decided to go ahead and order, because after all what could be happening to them? Most likely Alex got lost, they summarised, or held up and Ahsoka would find him and bring him here. In the meantime, they passed the time with some talk.

''Do you honestly like her?,'' Melody asked.

''Who do you mean?''

''Ahsoka.''

Jack just pursed his lips into a thin line. ''I'm not so sure about her. I mean, I sympathize what happened to her, although only us and a few know about where she really came from.''

''But she came from a government that is already at war with separatist faction, and from what we can gather, the so-called 'Republic' is only slightly better than the people they are fighting against,'' She responded. ''To be honest, I wouldn't be all surprised if the Jedi are wiped by the end.''

Jack made a wry look. ''Isn't that being a little pessimistic sister?''

''Maybe, or maybe not Jafar.''

He gave her a glare. ''Don't call me by my full name. That implies I'm some sort of movie villain.''

''Anyway, I can't be very sure about her. I don't think I can trust her right now, but if she proves herself then I'll consider.''

''Speaking of which,'' Melody started to say ''Where are they? Not like they encountered anything supernatural. Oh, and by the way Jack, don't let this be like the Primo V incident.''

He started. ''What incident?''

''You know what I mean,'' she face palmed herself. ''Your're banned from that planet for 500 years.''

''Okay, so I accidentally blew up 2 national monuments! Big deal! At least we got what we needed.,'' he almost yelled defensively

''Did I forget to mention you have automatic death penalty when you go with a 700,000 mile radius? Because you still do,'' she bantered.

''Well I said I was sorry!''

''Doesn't make up for-''

''That's enough!''

She casted her gaze around and let it fall dreamily on a pair of roses in a bush. Once upon a time, roses once represented something precious in her Nyeeron culture, something steadily becoming cheaper with a rash of murders happening. That was over 3,700 years, before the Outsiders came. Although much still remained traditional, Nyeero was never the same again when they arrived. Some of the Elders still remember the days before, when they were blissfully unaware of intelligent life in the cosmos and was merely a popular theory. Yet in a second, one encounter changed an uncontacted species forever.

She wondered what life was like before.

Suddenly, she heard running footsteps running in their direction. She cocked her head in their direction and was surprised to see Alex and whom she considered to be her new friend race to them. What was the rush, she wondered in alarm, that could make them run so quickly? She noted that her Nautolans friend's face was a shade paler than usual. They abruptly stopped themselves in front of them.

''Guys, come with us, fast!,'' he gasp out.

''But what's wrong?,'' she asked with a start. Her friend wasn't usually like this.

''No time for chit-chat, someone is trying to kill us!,'' announced Ahsoka. Melody and Jafar's senses went into overdrive like they always did when someone spoke of trouble near.

''Where?''

''There's no time, we'll explain when we get back to the apartment.''

Before anything else was said, they gripped their hands and half-led, half-dragged back to their apartment. Melody noticed that her friends eyes' were darting everywhere. He seemed to be afraid that someone, something, was going to pop out.

But there is no one here to attack us, she wanted to say to him.

Some miles later, Melody thrusted her hand out of Alex's grip.

''What's going on?,'' she demanded. ''You been all crazy nervous since you came. You seen a ghost or hey! a demon?''

Melody immediately regretted those words when she saw her friend flinch upon hearing 'demon'. She wondered at what did they see.

''Mel, I'll explain later,'' he simply said.

They silently entered the elevator, except for Jack who was demanding as to why they had to interrupt their meal so early. Finally Alex simply raised a hand and said ''Shut up.'' And he did. Although he did try to open his mouth but couldn't.

When they finally entered their room, he completely let go. Melody was surprised too; she hasn't seen her brother/friend this angry since the Harzon incident.

''What the hell is the matter with you?'' he shouted. ''First you don't show up in time, and then you suddenly appear, white as a ghost and demand we leave? What happened to you?''

''We have a reason,'' explained Ahsoka.

Jack merely stared at her. ''And what do you have to say about this? Did you do something to him?''

Ahsoka simply rose an eyebr- er marking in annoyance. ''What? You think that I would attack him?''

''We barely know you,'' he yelled back ''All that we know about your past is that you came from a corrupt government! How are we to know that you didn't attack him? Do you realize that the only reason you are here is because of a vision a Seer had in connection to you?!''

''I am aware that you don't trust me,'' she replied carefully.''And I hope to earn that trust. However, I have no control over what is happening right now. I just wanted to leave when I found out!''

''Please you two! Don't get into a fight!,'' Melody begged. She needed to diffuse this situation before it got out of control. The last thing that was needed was for two allies to become enemies before they got to really know each other. ''Can't we at least let Al explain? He'll confirm!'' All eyes instantly fell to her Nautolan best friend who had been in shock over what happened in the sewers and thus hadn't really been paying attention. The sudden attention broke his slight stupor.

He sighed and said ''I'll explain what happened if don't believe her, then.'' He expounded everything, down to turns he made. When finished, his friends gone a slight shade paler. It was the green girl who spoke first. ''What should we do?"

Alex shook his head, tentacles swaying side to side. ''I don't think there's much we can do for now. We cannot investigate because its getting late and we'll be jumped. In fact, I'd say he was long gone by the time we got to the restaurant."

''So what can we do?''

He shrugged. ''Just sleep and contemplate it I guess.''


And so ends another chapter! I hope to get another one written in a couple of weeks, and you maybe surprised at what you'll find at who appears! Please review and write!