Sekot pushed the steam out of the valley and called a wing creature to It. As the bird landed, Sekot could see Tahiri, while severely injured and horribly burn, still crawling away from the battle. Her skin was cracked and a shining deep red, her breathing labored, parts of her uniform fused to her body, most of her hair missing but she still had a core of determination that mystified and excited Sekot. Even as Bangor and the other creatures in the valley laid still under the smoky haze that blotted out the sun, Tahiri was still trying to fight back. Sekot watched her with awe and happiness; once Sekot was able to bring her back to the fold, nothing would stop The Bridge.

"You shall be the greatest warrior of the universe, Tahiri," Sekot whispered as the warrior stumbled and fell, letting out a new cry of pain. "With you by my side, nothing shall ever stop us."

"Never join you," Tahiri whimpered out as she tried to crawl towards the cool river nearby.

"Oh, you will Tahiri; it is your destiny after all. You and I shall rid the galaxy of the Dark Side; true peace shall reign for all times. Once you heeled both physically and mentally, we shall return to the galaxy spread the True Way."

"You mean the Dark Side, Sekot." Tahiri's breathing became labore as if her lungs were as burned as badly as her skin. "I'd die before I join you."

"Death is not in your future My Bridge" Sekot reached out to command a few surviving primates near by to move Tahiri to a safer place for now. Not that there were that many safe places left on Zonama.

Sekot felt real anger at the small-minded creatures who dare attack here. True, many of the attackers had retreated to space and there were fewer and fewer explosions but still the damage was already done. Forest and grass fire raged out of control, the warm life giving rays of sunlight unable to penetrate the thick smog and smoke, hurricanes and tornados hammered the coastal areas and huge surges of sea levels splashing up on the shore.

So much damage, especially after all those jumps four standard years ago, Sekot was just starting to bring Zonama back in balance, to revive the ecosystem. Now this, Sekot let out silent sigh.

"Tahiri!" Luke Skywalker's scream snapped Sekot out of It train of thought.

"She will be fine, Skywalker after she has had time to recover," Sekot replied as the three fighters and a freighter screamed over head drawing away some of the flying bats that had been following them since they entered the valley. Sekot then let lose a bolt of lighting to stop Skywalker from reaching Tahiri. "Do not approach her, Luke. You and your kind have done enough damage to her!"

--

"What have you done to her?" Luke screamed out so he could be heard over the howling winds.

I released her, The voice of Sekot echoed in Luke's head as he watched a large group of primates run into the valley and began to carry Tahiri away, down stream. I released her from the poison that you and the others had inflected on her.

"Sekot, she needs medical help, allow me to take her …"

NEVER! She would have joined me if not for the dark spell you had placed her under Skywalker! Luke watched as the fake Anakin's eyes flared dangerously. "You and the Evil One clouded and twisted my love and you dare to call yourself a Master!

"Sekot, what you want to do is wrong," Luke said as he slowly turned to keep both Tahiri and the image of Sekot in view. "You can't control people like this with the Force."

"Why not! Why can't I stop everyone from doing evil and harm? Why can't I protect not only myself but also everyone in the galaxy? I have the power …"

"But not the right! Might does not mean you have the right to impose your will on others!" Luke watched as a cloud of steam fell across the stream, blocking his view of the limp but moving form of Tahiri. The little that he had seen of her was enough to sicken him; she had appeared to have been burned badly all over her body. "What if another force more powerful then you …"

"There is NOTHING more powerful then I!"

"What about the Other One Tahiri mentioned to me? Even you believe that this 'Evil One' was twisting Tahiri's mind, fighting you for her soul." Luke saw rage fill Sekot's face, "or what of the many, Sekot? Look around you, are you sure that you have the right when so many are willing to fight against you?"

"They do not yet understand Luke what it is that I am offering them." Sekot raised one hand and Luke felt a surge in the Force as it smiled. "But in time, they shall unlearn your lies. Tahiri, the Jedi and others on the Guardian shall learn the truth and sing my praises. Sadly, Luke, you and the Wraiths, no you shall not join us in our holy quest or our journey to the new sanctuary. Goodbye Luke and good riddance!"

Luke threw up his lightsaber and a personal shield as huge bolts of lightening shot out of Sekot's free hand. Falling backwards Luke heard an unnerving giggle as the world spun around him.

--

Leia felt Luke's surprise as the Guardian stopped its forward movement. Luckily, Han was standing next to her; helping her stay on her feet as various, reports began overwhelming the bridge intercom.

"This can't be good," Han muttered as they made their way over to Grand Admiral Pelleaon.

"Tell me about it," Mara snarled out as she quickened her pace. "Something is going wrong for Luke."

"I know I can …" Leia stopped in mid-stride, causing Han to bump into her. In the middle of the command bay stood someone she never thought she would ever see again, well at least not alive.

"Yunder," Han hissed out as he pulled out his favorite pistol. "What is he doing here?"

"I don't know, but I going to ask him right now!" Mara snapped as she marched over to him.

"Mistress Mara, Mistress Leia, General Solo, oh thank the maker you are well," 3PO greeted them as he caught sight of them marching over to his group.

"Stand aside 3PO, I have a bug to smash," Mara said as a protective ring, which to Leia's surprise included Meewahl, formed around Yunder. "You too Meewahl."

"I am sorry Lady Jade-Skywalker; my orders are not to allow any harm to befall Mr. Darren Yunder until Major Tahiri returned from the battle."

"On who's orders," Leia asked gently, remembering the tart exchange on Denon. Leia had hoped she could take to Meewahl privately to explain why she had seemed so out of character. Leia still felt the shame of her actions even if she knew it was not her own doing.

"Major Tahiri," Darren said in a smug voice. "She knew that only I could help her in this bloody and yet necessary battle to save the galaxy." Leia saw the young dark skin girl, who attention seemed to be on the main scanner, smirk and shake her head in amusement. "That is why she pursued me and begged me to assist her. That is why she also assured that I would remained unharmed during the course of endeavored."

"Is this true 3PO," Han asked him not taking his eyes or pistol off Yunder.

"Yes sir, although I am afraid that I had to give Mister Yunder some of your clothing sir. It seems that his undergarments were too soiled to be salvaged after we found him on the space station."

"Oh really," Leia said as Yunder turned a bright red and shuffled his feet.

"Oh so bravely done Yunder," the young girl muttered out as Yunder glared at her.

"So you have nothing to do with Sekot then." Leia said stifling a grin.

"Clearly not," he said trying to regain his composer, "I was instrumental in retrieving the weapons we used to distract Sekot at the beginning." He then turned his attention towards Grand Admiral direction as his command crew huddled for some kind of discussion. "I had hoped that would be enough to escape but it seems I was a bit too optimistic."

"We are not done yet," Mara snapped as she headed, with Han and her, in tow over to the command area.

"Rotate the ship 180 but make sure the bow is pointed towards space and at full speed, also have all batteries prepare for a coordinated strike against single target." Leia heard the Grand Admiral order to the various commanders, including Face, as they walked up. "General, any word on our missing Jedi?"

"Nothing yet sir, there is too much interference," Face's voice was as controlled as always but Leia could see the concern he had for Tahiri in his body language. "Mara, Leia do either of you …" Leia and Mara both let out a gasp as Luke's surprise and pain flooded the Force, over ridding the pain they all have been feeling from Sekot. "What?"

"Hun," Han's and Face's voice, sounding distant, as Leia tried to gauge what was happening to her brother as new alarms began sounding in the back ground. "Frak, what going wrong now?"

"We're being pulled back down," Face answered calmly as he headed back towards the rear of the command area.

--

"Get out of here you three," Kell yelled into the comm as he tried to twist the Falcon away from a new cloud of winged insects.

"No can do Explosion Boy," Socket responded as they tried to burn the cloud away from them.

"Kell, we loosing shields again!" Doc yelled from the tunnel as he tried spinning down away.

Doc, Piggy and Elassar were rushing madly around the ship trying to keep it together long enough to go back and get Luke and Tahiri when he called them. The flight in had been some of the worst fighting he had seen since joining the Wraiths, however since they dropped off Luke, Kell wondered just what was the upper limit of the planet. He has been flying to avoid insects, birds, lighting, lava, and boulders, almost made him miss the good old days of Death Stars, arms dealers, Hutts and mad scientist. Saving the galaxy had never been this hard when he was younger.

Must just being getting to old for this, Kell though as he banked to the port.

"Look out magma port side!"

Kell swore as Snip's warning came just a fraction too late. The mighty freighter shook and then went into a flat spin, pinning Kell to the port side. He could hear everyone screaming as he desperately tried to reach the controls as the spin and inertia increased. Ever few seconds, he could see flashes of a large mountainside that was directly in his path.

--

"Hello my children," Sekot said as it allowed those on the bridge of the Guardian gaze on It's false face of Anakin Skywalker. Sekot could see the shock faces of the Solos, Pelleaon and the others. Well, almost everyone, there was one small area around that stupid evil creature that was still dark to It. Sekot made a mental note to destroy that planet as soon as possible. It was sacrilegious to allow such creatures to exist and blind Sekot to all of It's children. "I'm afraid that I can not allow you to leave just yet."

"What have you done to Luke?" Mara Jade-Skywalker screamed out, pulling away from Leia Solo, storming over to Sekot.

Giving her a sadistic smile, Sekot lashed out, causing Mara to scream out and fall to the floor like a drop of water. Leia yelled out and ran to her as Mara writhed on the floor like a fish out of water.

"I am your god now, Mara Jade-Skywalker. I answer to no one, especially from a creature as small as you." Sekot released the imp and directed It's voice to all on the ship. "I have activated my hyper-drive, once it's ready we all shall leave this system to find a new home, a new sanctuary, where I can heal and teach you all about the True Way. When Tahiri, you all and I are ready, we shall rejoin the galaxy to heal it and spread my love."

"Don't be sure about that Sekot," Pelleaon said as he signaled one of his underlining. "We've won't stop fighting you, not now or in the future." Sekot smirk got broader as the admiral turned to find out why the guns hadn't fired as he commanded.

"Little man, you have lost!" Sekot reached out to fling the insect across the room. "You are not in command here anymore. I will not allow the Dark Side to control my children any long." Sekot's laughter grew as Han Solo and others around It pulled their weapons and began firing at It's image. Sekot allowed the beams to be absorbed to avoid any unnecessary lose of life. "You all are so deluded; see what the Dark Side has done to you all! This is why I must prevail, to save you from yourselves, to teach you my love!"

"You're just another tin-plate dictator with delusion of grandeur, Sekot!"

"You are incorrect Han Solo," Sekot said as It pressed down on Han's body, causing him to grunt and drop to his knees. "I am your God now! Moreover, you cannot defeat a god! Get on your knees and beg me to forgive you, BEG for forgiveness Han Solo!"

"Sekot stop this!" Leia Organa-Solo implored, "We don't want to fight you but you're leaving us little choice!"

"A God can not be defeated," Sekot quietly replied as It released Mara and Han, "No one can stop me!"

They can't Sekot but I can, Sekot expanded It's awareness to space and time to locate the owner of that voice, it sounded very familiar almost like the voice of … a small dark skin girl stepped out of the hole in the Force projected by the Ysalamiri. The difference is between them and I is that I don't want to destroy you but I will to protect them.

"Cindy stop, stay away for it," Face screamed as the young girl walked boldly towards Sekot.

Sekot felt fear, real fear, for the first time since the Evil One attacked It while in the qahsa … "No, this is the Evil One!"

Wait a minute, I guess there is no difference between them and I, the girl said as she walked rapidly towards Sekot and slowly morphed into a ball of light and darkness. Last chance to quit Sekot. I will kill you if you don't, I will not like it but I will do it.

"Never, I will KILL YOU!"

Wrong answer Sekot, Sekot felt two arms like extensions, one of hot light and one of cold darkness, touch It. The pain wasn't as bad as the immobilization and numbness that started to seep into It's senses. Sorry Sekot, I didn't want to do this but you left me no choice.

"NO!!"

--

"NO!!"

Luke, bloodied and burned, rolled on his side to see the fake Anakin Skywalker, face contorted in fear, screaming out in pain and surprised. The great mind of Zonama then threw both arms out and launched the brightest bolts of lighting yet. Luke watched helplessly as the bolts flew towards him, too tired to even attempt to offer any resistance. Then the bolts hit …