Kieron, the pilot, was a rather tall man. He was only 25 years old and at six foot seven. He had hazel eyes and chocolate brown hair that war cropped short.

Obi-Wan kept an eye on Kieron. He wasn't too sure about entrusting his life to a stranger.

"I didn't catch your name sir." Qui-Gon said as he boarded the ship with the pilot. "Sorry, I'm not all that used to taking on passengers. The name is Kieron Kayden, pilot extroirdinaire." He said with a slight grin on his face as he extended his hand out to Qui-Gon then to Obi-Wan.

As they prepared themselves for take off Qui-Gon and Obi-wan conversed about the mission. Kieron was interested but didn't want to interfere.

*Why in Yoda's name would they want to go to Kendorin?* Kieron thought to himself. Kieron stopped what he was doing for a moment when he saw the two Jedi come up behind him.

"Kendorin is about a day away. There are bunks that fold down in the back and there is food and anything else you could possibly need. If you have any questions just ask me." Kieron went back to busying himself with the control panels and gauges. "Master, he seems very nervous around us." Obi-Wan inferred. "A lot of people are nervous about what they know very little about. Don't worry about it. Things will be fine."

After take off.

The group of men flew through space late into the night and were still up at 12:30 am. The three men had kept quiet all day. Obi-wan was just ready to get off the ship. He was beginning to feel woozy half way through the flight.

The next day.

Obi-Wan emerged from the bathroom. He was worn out from staying up all- night and hugging the toilet bowl. When he emerged Qui-Gon and Kieron were chatting and laughing with each other. Obi-Wan slowly shuffled near the two and realized what they were talking about. Qui-Gon was telling him about some of the mission stories they had, and of course sharing the most embarrassing ones. Obi-Wan rolled his eyes and decided to lie down. But before he could even set up the bunk they were getting ready to land.

Once they landed Obi-wan was the first person off. He ran to the side of the hanger and found a patch of grass and lost his cookies again. Qui-Gon looked at Kieron with a puzzled look. Then they both went over and helped the sick padawaan up.

"Come now Obi-Wan, we should get some food in that stomach of yours." Qui- Gon said as he patted Obi-Wan's stomach gently. "Kieron, do you know your way around this town?" "Sure do, I have been here quite a few times. There are some very pretty girls here, err, umm, I mean nice places to eat." Kieron's face sank as he said this. Qui-Gon chuckled. "Really, well you'll have to show me around one of these times. Oh, If you don't mind. Would you be our pilot throughout this mission that we are on? We don't have anything otherwise." "Sure, it's always nice to be of some help."

The three men found a small cantina and settled in for some food. Qui-Gon ordered a sample platter that had everything. Kieron ordered a plate with a smoked local fish, and Obi-Wan had soup with some bread.

"Next time we will get some medication for that space sickness that you are suffering from, Obi-Wan." Kieron chuckled. "Yeah, funny for you, you're not the one spilling your guts out; literally!" Obi-Wan sipped at his soup gingerly and nibbled at his bread. "So what is this place like and how do we get to the palace?" Qui-Gon took a chunk out of a meat patty. "Well, this place is mainly a forest. The people are relatively hush-hush, keep to themselves type. They usually won't even talk to strangers unless necessary. And when you get them angry they have this low growling noise that comes from their throats. It's kinda menacing when a really big guy does it but when a lady does it.. mmm...mmm! Anyway, the palace isn't too far from here. It is about a 10-minute walk if you just keep going and don't stop for anything along the way. These people may keep to themselves but they sure know how to con you out of your money."

After their lunch they all got up and headed toward the palace. Along the way they had people trying to sell them things and put on the best salesman routines the men had ever heard but with the guidance of Kieron and the power of the force the men did fine. When they reached the palace Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon were not as impressed as they thought they would be. The palace really didn't look much like a palace, just an overgrown house with extra rooms and a rather large gate around it.

Qui-Gon approached the gate and explained to the guard who they were and why they were there, and that the Queen and King were expecting them. The guard gave them a quick look over then opened the gate and led them to the door. From there another guard took over and led them to the main room. The Queen was sitting at a large table reading a book. The woman wasn't young anymore. She looked as if she were going to die any day now. She wore many necklaces and bracelets and had gold earrings dangling from her ears. Her face had a worn concerned look upon it. She was genuine in how she seemed to carry herself even while just reading a simple book. She glanced up and saw the two Jedi and the pilot and began to grin.

"You're here! Now you can find my daughter before that evil man Xanatos does!" "Excuse me your highness but can you give us some details before we go looking for your daughter?" Qui-Gon said gently. "Oh, yes of course." The woman sat down again and then took a deep breath before explaining her predicament. "My daughter and I had a fight a few nights ago before she disappeared. I was talking about how she would be having a coronation ceremony to crown and recognize her as the next heir to the throne. She got angry and screamed that she didn't want to be a queen anymore and that she was old enough to make her own decisions about life and this wasn't one of them. I wish there was more for me to do." "And this man, Xanatos, that you were so adamantly angry with, who is he?" "Oh, yes, Xanatos, or Xanny as some of us called him for a while. He was one of her boyfriends for a while. Then she dumped him because he wanted to take over the universe in tiger pajamas and have a neon blue cat." The queen rolled her eyes. "Quite frankly I have always thought that he was insane. Anyway, she must have said more to him than that, because he was white hot furious. One night he tried to come in through her window and kill her. Thank the force she was still awake reading. She is a tough girl and very strong headed. She knocked the boy out with her coat rack, and these coat racks are not light either." She pointed into a corner near the door. "One like that."

The men looked back into the corner and their eyes grew.

"She picked that up and hit him with it?!?!?!?" Obi-Wan gulped. "I don't know if I really want to meet her now." "She must be on hell of a gal." Kieron said rubbing his chin. Qui-Gon just grimaced for a second and took note to all of this. "So why would she need to be protected from this Xanatos guy. Is he still angry with her?"

"Yes, quite furious still. He says that she made him look like a total fool when she had him publicly humiliated for his punishment for attempted murder. She had him put into stockades and then after that hung upside down and forced him to sing a child's lullaby. I would be angry too. But this man is obsessed because he still claims to love her. I swear the man has a BI-polar disease of some sort." The Queen looked at the men as they all took note of these events. Then her eyes lit up. "Oh, I should tell you what she looks like shouldn't I?" "Yes, your highness that would be rather helpful, a picture would be even better." Qui-Gon stated. "Well, the most current picture I have of her is her senior picture, and that was about five years ago. She is now 23." The queen got up and began rummaging through a desk drawer in the back of the room. After she found what she was looking for she returned. She handed the picture to qui-Gon who studied it for a few brief moments than stuck it in his knapsack. "She looks very similar except she keeps changing her hair color. He hair I believe right now is red, matches her fiery personality, and she is about five foot five and is rather slender and as you know she is very fit. She dressed pretty modernly or at least in "today's" clothes. She has the prettiest blue eyes you have ever seen. She is such a pretty girl. Is more into the natural look except these last few months. I wish she would come home. I think she ran off because of her fathers death, it hurt her badly. He died suddenly in a military operation. Rest his soul." The queen was almost in tears now.

Qui-Gon and the others decided that it was time to look around and try to find some clues to where she might have gone.

"Can you name her friends, favorite hang outs, diary, books, something that might give us a lead?" Kieron chimed in. "Umm, she really didn't hang out with too many kids here. She was more of a loner. She would take long walks in the jungle areas and then come home late in the night. She has a diary I just don't know where she hides it. She is keeping it from prying eyes. If anything could help you it would be in her room."

The men nodded and headed upstairs with guidance from a maid. Once in the girls room they began their search.