Nar Shaddaa

The next day on the planet of Nar Shaddaa, Raven and Bramax stalked along the side of a tall building as they came closer to the signature they were following. Inoma was below with Chewbacca and a few of the Clones who had chosen to walk on solid ground instead of braving the extreme heights.
"How do you think the others are fairing Raven?" Bramax asked curiously.
"I think we partly got the easiest planet to search," Raven said confidently.
"What makes you say that?" Bramax asked in alarm.
"Because we don't have to deal with any politics or leaders of the planet," Raven pointed out and then he cursed himself for his loss of focus on the task at hand.
"What? What's wrong?" Bramax exclaimed as he almost walked straight into Raven and fell to his death. Thankfully he caught his balance before he fell and then turned to glare at the other Padawan and complain about no warning being given.
"I lost the signature," Raven said into his comlink, "Head back to the ship," he added before scaling the building down back to solid ground.
"What do you mean you lost it again?" Inoma asked in frustration when she reached Raven's location.
"I mean exactly that, it was probably a false trail anyway either that or this Sith moves around too much for their own good," Raven growled in response.
Then Bramax landed in a crouch nearby and the group began the trip back to the ship.
"How does someone just keep disappearing like this?" Bramax asked incredulously.
"With training and lots of it too," Raven answered the question as if it was the simplest and easiest question in the Galaxy to answer.
"I have a feeling that they already know we are here and from what my Master has told me that is never a good sign when you're dealing with Sith," Raven said as he led the group back to the ship.
"Should we implement Ash's plan?" Inoma asked.
"No not yet, it's too soon and besides she told me to make one hundred per cent sure that this is the place they are hiding," Raven responded with certainty, "It's still possible that these are all old or false trails that the Sith are leaving."
"How can you be sure there is more than one?" Bramax inquired.
"That's what Master Vos said there is only two; no more, no less," Raven answered.
When they reached the Millennium Falcon one of the Clones approached the group and informed them that there was a holocall from the others. Raven walked straight over to the holoterminal and pressed a few buttons. Holo images of Ashlyn, Jania, Serin, Ancor, David, Daly, Stret, Gav and Treb all appeared which caused Raven to sigh in relief.
"Thank goodness, how is everyone's searches going so far?" Raven asked.
"We found out the Death Watch has been recruited by the Sith, they must have promised control of Mandalore to them," Ashlyn said.
"They have a warehouse full of weapons: bombs, blasters and lightsabers," Jania finished for her.
"Lightsabers?" Raven exclaimed in complete shock.
"We have also discovered that the Neimoidians have joined the Sith as well and that the Death Watch have become the special guards of the new leader, Semper Haruuk, who became the leader of the Trade Federation after the assassination of the previous leader. No doubt this is also the work of the Sith," Daly revealed.
Raven groaned, "Could this get any worse?" he asked himself.
"Well I'm afraid it just did, a few of the Hutts have broken off from the main clan and have made a treaty with what they called the dark shadows, apparently at blade point. The Sith now have access to all of Hutt space and their supplies," Serin informed everyone, "What about Geonosis?" he asked, turning to Gav and Treb.
"We have made very little progress, even with C3-P0 to translate, it's been difficult to get anything useful out of these creatures," Gav said.
"But we went snooping around and found one of the old factories from the Clone Wars is back up and running but this time from the intel we have gathered these droids are far more sophisticated and deadly than the ones these bugs were building for the Separatists," Treb continued where Gav had left off.
"How much more deadly?" Ashlyn asked in concern.
"The numbers are small but somehow I think that was intentional on the part of the Sith who are paying for these droids to be made," Gav said, "They are able to almost think for themselves."
"How about you Raven?" Ashlyn inquired as she turned to look at the other teenager.
"If they are here they are doing a very good job of hiding themselves. We have followed multiple trails for the past week and nothing has been achieved. These might just be hoax trails and it's possible they aren't even on this planet's surface," Raven explained.
"Alright, contact us the moment you find anything," Ashlyn said.
"Ash, if you don't mind there is nothing more we can do on Cato Neimoidia," Daly mentioned.
"Sure thing Daly, head back to the fleet," Ashlyn answered, "May the Force be with all of us."
The holocall ended and Raven groaned as he fell into one of the seats nearby the terminal in frustration and he allowed himself to doze off. Then all of a sudden a memory came to the forefront of his mind.

"My father and twin sister are Force Sensitive," Daly's voice said in the back of his head, "I ran away from home, my father was a drunk and treated my sister and me harshly."

The thought came to Raven that maybe Daly knew something that could help the investigation and then began to put in the communication number for Daly's shuttle. After a few moments, Daly answered and greeted him as if nothing were amiss.
"Mate, what area of Nar Shaddaa did you live in before you ran away from home?" Raven asked curiously.
"Why do you ask?" Daly inquired.
"I think your sister might be connected to this somehow," Raven pointed out, "Remember you told me that your sister was Force Sensitive, maybe she knows the people we are looking for," Raven explained.
"Raven, are you suggesting that my sister is one of the Sith we are looking for? Cause that is preposterous besides we are looking for a Master and an Apprentice," Daly answered, "Either way you have a good point, I lived in New Vertica," he added.
"Thanks mate, it's just the only thing I can think of at the moment. I'll try and find people connected to me as well, best to explore all the possibilities," Raven said before ending the holocall.


A/N: Stay tuned for what happens next.

Ashlyn Dubreas.