Qui-Gon Jinn was having a hard time concentrating on the race. He wasn't sure what to think about the two new arrivals. He could feel that Anakin's twin's connection to the force was strong like her brothers, just how strong he couldn't say until he got a sample of her blood and had it tested. He wasn't sure how that changed the whole chosen one prophecy but the girl worried him less than her owner. He suppressed a shiver, she had less of a force presence than a droid which typically had no more of a presence than their base metal. His eyes and ears were sending conflicting reports verses his force senses. They were telling him that a rather happy spirited young girl was standing next to Anakin's sister, his other senses were telling him that there was a void in the force where the young girl was standing. He wasn't exactly sure why she was a void in the force but it was worth investigating. Besides if the way she was looking at him out of the corner of her eye when she thought he wasn't looking was any indication she knew that there was something different about her.

Lilyanne tried to focus on the pod racing and not screaming in pain when Breena squeezed her hand particularly tight. She looked back toward the race to see Anakin's pod racer barreling toward the ground at an unhealthy speed. She let out a breath of relief as the engines of his racer flared back to life and the pressure on her hand eased up. She wasn't sure she liked the idea of pod racing but she knew that Gaby would love it.

Breena watched in relief as Anakin crossed the finish line. She was slightly taken aback when a large portion of the crowd started cheering. She smiled, let go of Lily's hand and hugged her mother. "He made it, he really made it."

Shmi smiled at her daughter, "He really did."

"I'm going to go congratulate him. Come on Lily."

Lily rolled her eyes as she was pulled through the crowds by an excited Breena. She felt some relief that Anakin had won the race, not only for Breena's sake but for Lexie's betting and money making schemes. She was always easier to deal with when she was making money. She wondered how things would play out now that the Jedi had enough credits to fix their ship. She figured they would want to take Breena along to the temple if they could swing it. Lily wished that they didn't have to go but knew that they did, if for no other reason than to get pictures of Jedi that could be turned into magical portraits.

Lexie grinned as she collected the last of the credits from her winnings. She was on her way to find her wayward charge when she spotted something out of the corner of her eye. She just barely managed to turn her head in time to see the floating camera that had just vanished around a corner of a building. She calmed her breathing even as she took off at a run. She knew that she wasn't going to be able to keep up with the camera without giving herself away but she couldn't afford to lose it.

She formed a mental picture of a midnight black rose complete with thorns, she envisioned the rose opening to draw in the power around her. She smiled as the untapped forces of magic surged into her. It was nowhere near the amount she was capable of drawing in but it was enough for what she was planning. She stepped around the corner and wove weaves of spirit and fire around the camera. The weaves were mostly harmless but would make the device easy to track. She sighed as she allowed the power to slip away. She hated letting go of the magic but it just wasn't healthy or feasible to hold onto the magic forever. She grinned as she ducked behind a building and pulled out her phone.

Lily frowned as she looked down at her ringing phone, "Excuse me." She made her way through the crowded room of Shmi's apartment and onto the balcony as she flipped the phone open and brought it to her ear. "Hello?"

"Heya Lily-pad, hang tight with Breena, I'm going Sith hunting."

"No, no way are you going after that thing by yourself, they are really dangerous."

"I can feel it's evil from here, I wouldn't be much of a slayer if I let that thing run around the galaxy causing evil."

Lily sighed, "Just be safe please… And whatever you do don't test out your sword fighting against it please."

Lexie grumbled, "What, you don't think I can win?"

"While I'm fairly sure a light saber can't cut through Bode's heartstone blades, I really don't want you to chance it. Besides, you aren't Gabrielle, you might not be good enough to beat it in a fair fight. Plus, getting cut in half is a poor way to test your healing abilities."

"Your concerns are noted. Wish me luck?"

"Always Lexie." Lily closed the phone.

Qui-Gon Jinn moved carefully away from the archway that led to the balcony, while he didn't normally approve of eavesdropping sometimes one had to resort to unpleasant tactics if one wanted more information. He had had a nagging feeling that he was supposed to listen. Now he almost wished he hadn't used the force to amplify his hearing, he hadn't liked what he had heard. Someone the girl was talking to was talking about hunting a Sith. The Sith were supposed to be extinct. But here was this girl, he couldn't sense with the force, talking calmly with a friend about hunting one of the most dangerous beings in the universe. He was just about to walk out on to the balcony and confront the girl when a thought stuck him that caused him a brief moment of fear. What if the reason that the Sith hadn't shown themselves in hundreds of years wasn't because they were biding their time but because they were being hunted. He wasn't sure he liked where his thoughts were wandering. Any group that could hunt down a Sith could just as easily hunt down a Jedi. He briefly wondered how many missing Jedi over the years had been killed by this rogue group. He knew that he had to get the girl and her mysterious friend to Coruscant so that the Jedi council could decide what to do with them.

Lily didn't like the idea of her babysitter out hunting the Sith apprentice. She knew that Lexie was a trained slayer but Darth Maul was good enough to kill a Jedi, she couldn't help but be a little worried. She sighed, she hoped that Lexie would call for backup if she needed it. She would just have to trust her. She didn't have to like it though.

Breena frowned slightly as she noticed a worried looking Lily walk back into the room. She wasn't sure what was making her new friend sad but decided to walk over and cheer her up. She whispered, "How's it going?"

Lily forced herself to smile before continuing to whisper, "Not too bad I guess."

"You know I'm not going to abandon you don't you?"

"They are going to want to take you to the Jedi temple for training."

"Well, I guess I'll just have to tell them no thanks."

"I don't want to stand in your way."

"Of what, the chance to be selfless and continually put my life in danger for others? I think I could do that, but not if it meant giving up on friends and attachments. I don't have that many." She smiled at Lily, "I'm not Anakin with his dreams of being a Jedi, I'm not willing to give you up just for the title of Jedi."

Lily pulled Breena into a hug, "I'm not ready to give you up either. There is nothing to say that we can't travel with Anakin and see the universe a bit."

"I think I would like that."

Lexie was happy that she had packed her sunglasses. The trek out into the goddess forsaken bright desert to find the dark creature was taking much longer than Lexie would have liked. She was in a particularly grumpy mood by the time the creature's ship came into view. She carefully kept low on the sand hoping he wouldn't notice her. She reached back and pulled her camera out of her pocket then snapped a few pictures. She had barely put her camera away when the creature having seen or heard something ignited his light saber and looked toward her position. She sighed as she stood up. She briefly considered drawing her sword and fighting fairly but after the long trek out here decided the sooner she got the fight over with the better. "Any last words?"

Darth Maul wasn't exactly sure what to make of the creature in front of him. She looked human enough, though she was extremely tall for a human female. He figured she was a few inches taller than he was. It was hard to get a precise read on the girl as he couldn't sense her at all with his force senses. He wondered briefly if she was another Sith that his master hadn't told him about. Her ability to hide from his senses was impressive. She looked calm enough, he couldn't detect even a trace of fear in her eyes. He figured his master would forgive him if he killed the girl. "Die."

She smiled as she formed her mental dark rose and pulled on her power, "I think that's my line." She reached out with her power and wrapped a large coil of air around the creatures head and quickly twisted his head around three hundred and sixty degrees. She ignored the gruesome sound as the creature's neck made horrible noises. She briefly considered leaving the creature for the bugs. "No, I think I want to be sure." She used the flow of air to lift the creature up into the air. She carefully split the flow into a few separate tendrils of air which she used to carefully undress the creature. "No sense in wasting things." With a flick of her hand she used the tendrils of solid air to rip the creatures head off. She used a couple of flows to scoop out the inside of the creature's head. She didn't need it rotting after all. She smiled as she used small flows of air to cause its jaw to move. "What's that?" She leaned over slightly as if to hear better. "I can have your ship? That's nice of you." She carefully used the flows of air to set the head down on the sand. She shook her head, she knew that if she was making jokes worthy of Xander she needed to get out more.

With a small smile and a flick of the flows of air she tossed the body fifty feet into the air before channeling fast amounts of fire at the body. She watched as a mere dusting of ash fell to the sand. She glanced at the now dead Sith's ship. "You my pretty are going to go a long way toward helping with my plans. Now if I can just talk Dawn into collecting the ship and hauling it back home. Probably going to have to split the profit with her when I trade it to the SGC." She sighed as she glanced down at the Sith's head, "I wonder how much Andrew would give me for the head of Darth Maul?"