Authors Note: This will be one of the smallest chapters..don't get used to it! Starts RIGHT after the end of Ch. 5. Enjoy!

Ch. 6 The Nishia

"Could at least one of us stay outside the quarters?" Obi-Wan asked seeing that no one else was going to say anything.

Voric and Rcure again looked at eachother,

"I suppose that could be arranged." Rcure said.

Qui-Gon smiled slightly at his apprentice.

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"I'll take first round." Mace said as the four-som headed back toward Sreina's quarters.

Now that they knew were their own were the 3 Jedi could think of just what to do about Sreina's.

"Alright, I'll take second." Obi-Wan said leaving the last to Qui-Gon.

"Honestly, you three..Nothing is going to happen.Hardly no one knows where we are." Sreina said stopping outside her door sliding the access card in and out allowing it to open.

She turned to them,

"I'll be just fine without you standing outside my door like hired guards."

"It's just to be safer Sreina." Qui-Gon said.

She sighed and then answered again,

"As you three see it.But make sure you sleep tonight."

Qui-Gon smiled at her knowing it was aimed at him from the way she looked at him.

"I'll see you all in the morning." and with that she turned into the quarters.

Mace turned to the two with him,

"Might as well get back and sleep..I'll wake you in 4 standard hours Obi-Wan."

Obi-Wan nodded with a yawn.Mace laughed,

"Good night."

Now Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon turned and left.

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Only an hour had passed and Mace could feel his eyes droop.Shaking his head fiercly to wake him again he stood up and paced the door way to stay awake.

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Sreina stirred in her sleep as a cold wind blew over her.She soon settled again, pulling the covers closer and tighter unaware of the two beings watching her as they slithered further into the room from the large glass door they had just entered from the balcony. They watched her for a moment as the wind continued to blow over making the long curtains wave as if trying to wake her, to warn her.After a little while the large human motioned for the Telhex, a type of creature with thick arms and stuby legs with too large head for its body, to give him the injection.The human skimmed over to the side of the bed and hesitated a moment.He lowered a little making sure the Telhex was watching the door. Within a second he simutanuoisly put his hand over her mouth and injected the liquid.

She woke with a jult and thrashed trying to free herself but he held her down with one hand over her mouth and his forearm over her neck.After a few hecktict second the injection took it's course and calmed her until she slipped into the blackness beckoning her to come.

He muttered to the Telhex and threw her over his shoulder and they went out the window.The Telhex was careful to shut the two doors.

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Mace was about to drift off into sleep when Obi-Wan shook him.Opening his eyes he saw Qui-Gon as well.

"Did you feel it?" Qui-Gon asked.

Mace was confused and looked from the apprentice to the master.

"What?...Feel what?"

"The sudden Force signature? The Jedi signature?"

Mace shook his head trying to focus.

"It was very faint but we decided to come and check on Sreina..I nearly recognized it." Qui-Gon said.

Mace shrugged,

"It couldn't hurt."

He stood pressing the door chime. He pressed it again after a second then again adding,

"Force, that girl can sleep."

"Perhaps she not sleeping." Qui-Gon said as if he just realized something.

Mace and Obi-Wan looked at him.With a quick tug on the Force Mace opened the door entering with his hand on his saber and the other two right behind him in the same fashsion. He started to panick when no one stirred in the sleeping chambers when they entered.Quietly he entered and cursed himself when the bed was empty.

"She's not here." he said as Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan entered from their own search.

They paused a moment surving the room.

"Look." Obi-Wan pointed out lifting an injection capsule with the Force so he wouldn't touch it. They couldn't feel anything in it which meant it was a drug called Cellian..a stimulent knocking the being unconcuiss first then seeming to erase their Force presence. The reason they had felt her was because as it entered her blood stream it cut through the Jedi blood making them rush aware then disappear.

"Noviak has her." Qui-Gon stated in certainty.

"We should contact the Council." Mace said starting to turn.

"Right.Obi-Wan talk to the security here, see if they saw anything suspiouse."

"Yes, master." Obi-Wan replied.

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"Well done Damon.I look forward to seeing the, precious, cargo."

Damon nodded looking at the holoimage of Lord Noviak,

"We shall be there within 12 hours."

Noviak now nodded and shut down the image.

Damon glanced at the tied female Nishia in the holding cell. He then returned his eyes to the streaking stars just outside the cockpit listening to the Telhex sleep loudly.