Quesh

Meanwhile, on the planet of Quesh, Serin and Ancor were following another trail left behind by the Sith which seemed to be hours old from what Serin had said before becoming totally focused on the trail. Eventually, they came to a building which was owned by the Hutts and Serin held his arm out to stop Ancor in his tracks. They snuck around into a group of bushes and then Serin hid their presence so that nobody would sense them. After a few moments, someone came out of the entrance to the building and began to walk back the way they had come. The person passed their hiding spot without noticing that someone was watching them. Serin crept out of the bushes with Ancor close behind him and they slowly followed the person. After around a half hour of walking, they came across a shuttle and Ancor reached into one of the pouches on his belt. He withdrew a tracking device and was about to activate it before using the Force to attach it to the hull of the shuttle. However, before he could the Sith turned around suddenly and was staring right at them and Serin motioned for Ancor not to move. The older Padawan then began to stalk around the clearing in the trees when someone jumped him. The Sith had sensed him and they began to fight.
"Serin!" Ancor yelled as he came out of hiding and joined in the lightsaber battle.
"You both made a grave mistake following me," a voice said from under the hood of the Sith and they realised it belonged to a girl.
"No you will regret coming back here," Serin growled back as their blades connected and made grating sounds. Then all of a sudden the Sith kicked Ancor which sent him flying back from the Force of it and she let lightning loose on him. Serin jumped in the way to block the onslaught with his lightsabers. She began to laugh maniacally which sent shivers down the spines of both the Padawans.
"Fools!" she yelled as she released the lightning, "I am a Sith Lord, not a puny little Padawan."
Serin growled and then charged the Sith again with picked up speed, "I am not a puny Padawan," he snarled through gritted teeth as he became more dangerous with the moves he used. He knew that these moves were risky especially when mixed with uncontrolled emotions but he did not care at that moment. The fighting continued when the shuttle suddenly took off and the Sith in front of him disappeared leaving only the cloak and lightsaber behind. Serin looked up to see the real one in the pilot seat of the shuttle and he growled under his breath as he realised she had fooled them. He stood there for a few moments then heard a groan from behind him and then remembered that Ancor had been hit with the lightning. He turned to find the other Padawan slightly unconscious and was only just waking up. Serin walked up to him, shaking his head, "You should have left it to me."
"And let you have the fun?" Ancor said in a parched voice as he began to cough.
Serin leant down and helped the fellow Padawan to his feet and then helped him walk back to the shuttle where the Clones were waiting for them to return. The medic came over to the pair and helped Serin walk Ancor over to one of the bunkers in the small ship's crew quarters. Serin did not stay in the room and left immediately to go to the holocommunicator which was situated in the cockpit. He entered in the numbers to contact the main fleet and waited a few minutes for an answer. Anakin Skywalker appeared and asked Serin what was happening.
"Master Skywalker, we came across a new fresh trail today and ran into the Sith," Serin explained.
"Please tell me you did not engage her?" Anakin asked almost in a pleading tone.
"Sadly she sensed us and we fought for a few moments. Ancor got hit with Force Lightning and how did you know it was a girl?" Serin answered before asking his own question.
"Because Daly said the Sith he came across on Katarr was a girl," Anakin responded, "You need to get back here as we have new leads to follow."
"I'm not finished here Master," Serin said defiantly.
"Yes you are, you risked your life as well as Ancor's by following that Sith when you knew to keep your distance. You will be back here in three days which is the time it will take you to get that shuttle back to the fleet," Anakin ordered before ending the holocall.
Serin glared at the empty space where the holo-image of the Jedi Master had disappeared and wished that his Master was in charge and not Master Skywalker. The Padawan rose from the seat and headed out to talk to the Clones and give them their orders to pack up the camp and get ready to leave the planet. Which they followed without hesitation or questioning and that is how Serin liked things to be. However, instead of hanging around to help he went to scout the area and he was confident that if he found the clearing he would be able to find something the Sith left behind to help them in their search. Which he did find some items of interest: a holocron, the cloak and lightsaber that the apparition had been using. Serin picked the items up and took them back to the shuttle which he handed to a Clone.
"Put them in a crate on their own," Serin ordered.
The Clone saluted and did as he had been instructed straight away without question and soon enough the entire camp had been packed away in the shuttle. Not long after the shuttle was in Hyperspace with all of its occupants on board.


Two days later, they came out of Hyperspace right next to the fleet and they entered the hangar of the Scoundrels Constellation. Serin and Ancor strode down the loading platform and were met by the others except for Gav, Treb, Raven and Bramax.
"What's happening?" Serin asked.
"We lost contact with Gav and Treb on Geonosis, we believe they have been taken prisoner by the Geonosians," Ashlyn revealed solemnly.
"What?" Ancor exclaimed in alarm, "We have to go rescue them."
Ashlyn shook her head, "The Jedi Council won't allow us to go and help them."
Serin frowned deeply, "To hell with those old fools, we are going to Geonosis whether they want us to or not," he said.
"Yeah, except we're due to go to other planets to investigate more leads and how do you propose we go to Geonosis without our Masters finding out?" Jania asked incredulously.
"When we all are about to enter Hyperspace again tomorrow we need to put in the coordinates for Geonosis instead of our intended destination that our Masters want us to go to," Serin revealed his plan in full.
The others all looked and listened to him in complete shock as he divulged his plan to rescue Gav and Treb. When he finished they all agreed on the plan and the course of action willingly and without question.
"What if the Clones ask?" David inquired.
"We will tell them that the orders were changed," Daly answered.
"You guys do realise that our Masters will find out one way or another?" Ashlyn pointed out the obvious as they all nodded in response.
"Yeah we could get into really big trouble for this if we are not careful," Ancor added on top of it.
"As I said before, I don't care what our Masters think we are not leaving Treb and Gav to die," Serin stated clearly.


Ashlyn Dubreas