"Any luck yet?" Obi-Wan asked.

Casey shook her head. "Nope, none. What about you?" she asked.

"No luck here, either," he answered.

Casey sighed. "Well, just keep looking. There's got to be some kind of clue or something around here somewhere. I don't think that explosion was created with the Force itself," she said, starting to get frustrated now.

She and Obi-Wan were down in the Meditation Garden where the explosion had gone off, looking for anything that might lead them to Xanatos. They had been at it for almost an hour, and had not had much luck.

Just when they were ready to give up, Obi-Wan spotted something lying on the ground near some foliage. He picked it up and gestured for Casey to come over. She moved over to where he was standing, staring at the piece of shrapnel in his hand.

"What is it?" Casey asked.

Obi-Wan shrugged. "I don't know. It almost looks like shrapnel from a thermal detonator or something, but I've never seen anything like this before. Look at the strange markings on it," he said.

Casey took it from him and turned it over, holding it up to the dim sunset light. "I don't really know either. The markings look almost Egyptian, but I don't think they are," she muttered.

"How can you be sure?" Obi-Wan asked.

"See right there? They resemble Egyptian heiroglyphs, but if you look closely enough, you can just see the subtle differences between the two," she explained.

Obi-Wan looked closer and realized that she was right. "Hmmm. Maybe there's something in the archives," he muttered.

"Maybe," Casey agreed hesitantly.

Obi-Wan noticed and raised an eyebrow. "Is something wrong?" he asked.

She shook her head. "No, but I'm wondering if something like this would be in the archives at all. I'm thinking someone like Dex might know more about it than Jocasta does," she said by way of an explanation. She didn't bother to voice the fact that both she and Layla had been on the wrong end of that woman's indignant personality more than once.

"You've got a point. How about we split up, that way we can cover more ground," Obi-Wan suggested.

She nodded her agreement. "All right. You go check the archives and I'll go talk to Dex," she said.

"Right. Good luck," Obi-Wan said.

"Thanks. You too," she said.

Then she turned and headed towards the hanger where she kept her speeder bike. She jumped on, started the engine and took off towards the lower levels where Dex's diner was, hoping he would be able to give her at least some kind of a lead.





TBC...MWA HA HA! R&R and let me know what you think. Sorry this is so short and that it took so long. More to come soon, so stay tuned!
~*Celestia Vitaria*~