Dev was strapped in the new chair that they were testing, he looked down at his left hand were his master had stuck a knife in. His head was throbbing in rhythm to the pain in his hand. This was not right Dev thought. His masters could not be this cruel to him. He had been strapped to this chair for hours now. He glanced over as his master Firwirrung walked in with Blue Scale. His master walked over to check on Devs vital signs. He nodded in approval. The door swished open again as two p'w'ecks walked in holding a prisoner.

"Dev we want you to entech this human for us." Firwirrung told him.

"It hurts" Dev complained. He did not want his fighter droid anymore.

Firwirrung looked over and said with amusement, "Wouldn't it be amusing if humans had souls when our p'w'ecks have none." Blue Scale nodded in agreement.

"Entech this human for us." Blue Scale commanded. Dev stretched out with the force to the other human. He heard a bloody scream, when he was done enteching the other human, Dev realized that the scream had come from him.

His master nodded in approval, "It works." Everyone cheered. Dev cheered so that no one would suspect that he was in his right mind now. This is cruel he thought again, they have no right to treat me like this.

Firwirrung walked over and un-strapped him from the chair. Dev looked away, trying to hide the fact that tears of pain had sprung to his eyes. His hand hurt so much. His master yanked the knife out of his hand; Dev clutched his hand as it began to throb even more.

Blue Scale walked over, "See me after you have cleaned up here and I will give you a renewal." Dev nodded, with the right amount of enthusiasm, renewal again? He found that it has been more constant lately, after he touched Skywalker's mind, it seemed that he kept going back into his right mind more often then not.

Dev began to clean up trying best to ignore the pain in his hand. He sighed, there was nothing he could do. He was trapped, and there was no way out for him. He hoped that they did not get what they wanted this time, if they got Skywalker and brain washed him too, then the whole galaxy would be in trouble. Then another thought caught up with him, Skywalker was fully trained and most likely he would not be taken down so easily.

When he was done he went in search of Blue Scale, he was not looking forward to this at all. He knew what was coming; they always messed with his head. He was wondering on how much more of this he could take before he cracked down and confessed his habits.

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When Kay woke up the next morning she noted that everyone was gone except for Anakin who was standing over by the window. Kay got up and walked to the fresher, when she walked back out Anakin was waiting for her over by the table. There was a plate with food on it. Anakin motioned her over to the table. Her stomach rumbled in response, she could not remember when she ate last. Kay walked over and sat down, she thanked Anakin for everything that he had done for her and dug in without hesitation.

When Kay was done, she looked up at Anakins mask as he told her, "Padme is over at the office, looking up your relatives, I am hoping she will have results soon." Kay nodded in acknowledgement. Kay sat there thinking for a few minutes before asking, she was not sure if Anakin would answer the question that had been on her mind.

"Anakin, if you don't mind me asking." Anakin encouraged her to continue. "How did it happen? With the armor and mask."

Anakin knew that this had to be on her mind and somehow, he already guessed that Kay's curiosity would eventually get the better of her.

"My master Obi Wan Kenobi came to confront me about slipping to the darkside, he was hoping to turn me back to the light. We got into a lightsaber duel over a molten pit; I lost my footing and fell in. I crawled back out. My body was so badly burned that I had to wear this armor for the past twenty-four years." Anakin told her.

"Where is your lightsaber?" Kay asked with sudden interest, she heard so much about them but she has never seen one before.

Anakin took the lightsaber off his belt and walked over to the middle of the room and activated it for her. A silver blade shot out.

"Where's your red one?" Kay asked; this is not the same one that she heard Anakin usually carried on him.

"I gave my old one to Leia, I am in the process of training her in the ways of the jedi." Anakin answered.

Kay was fascinated at the glowing blade. Anakin deactivated his lightsaber and walked back over; he showed her the design on the handle. She studied it with great interest.

The holo comm. started to beep for attention, Anakin excused himself and walked over to answer it. Kay stood up and strolled over to the couch, she sat down and waited.

Padme was on the other end. "Angel, did you contact Kay's relatives?" Anakin asked.

Padme shook her head with a look that told Anakin that there was something wrong. "Ani, we have a problem on our hands. The news is not good."

This startled him, "What is it?" Anakin demanded suddenly all concerned.

Padme was not sure how to tell Anakin. "Apparently Nereus has been searching for Kay, since she watched her parents being shot by him, he has been wanting to get his hands on Kay, since her relatives did not know her where she was, Ani he had them killed." Anakin felt like someone just stabbed him with a lightsaber.

"So what is it you suggest we do now?" Anakin was at a loss; he did not know what to tell Kay.

"Find someway to break the news to her gently. I am on my way back, we will have to come up with a new plan." Padme told him.

Anakin acknowledged. He did not like this one at all. "Be careful sweet angel."

"I will Ani" She broke the connection. Anakin stood there for a few minutes trying to find some way to break this news to Kay. Nereus was out to get Kay, since she is the only one who knew who killed her parents. Anakin walked back over to where Kay was sitting on the couch. For once he was glad he had the mask on, she would know something was wrong if she seen the look on his face. Anakin sat down and enfolded Kay in a hug.

"Kay I have some bad news." Anakin began, Kay looked scared. "Nereus had your relatives killed." Silent tears fell down Kay's face. How much more of this could she take, she was only ten, this was not fair.

"Is there something you are not telling me? Why does Nereus want to get you so bad?" Anakin asked. Somehow he knew the answer, he was not able to get all of the jedi children.

Kay swallowed, how to tell him since he killed the Jedi. "My parents told me something, Nereus had information on my parents. They were children off the Jedi."

Anakin suddenly felt cold, so that is why Nereus killed them; he was holding them on black mail, to keep their secret from reaching him. He thought it over; she had nowhere to go. Now what am I going to do, he knew this was his fault, if he was not so wrapped up in killing Jedi, then this would not have happened to Kay. He tapped into the force and felt her presence; Anakin noted that she was force sensitive. He was not going to let the young girl out of his sight.

"Padme is on her way back. We will come up with a new plan than." Anakin told her. He suddenly felt horrible about this. Kay nodded in silence.

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Luke and Gaeriel walked into the Beldon's apartment, Eppie called out from her bedroom, "Let him in Gaeri let Roviden in."

Luke threw Gaeriel a question. She nudged him, "Go on and pretend to be her son."

Luke was unsure, but what choice did he have? Luke walked in to see an old wizened woman sitting up in bed, her face lit up when she saw Luke.

Eppie said, "Roviden, they told me you were dead, but I knew that you weren't."

Luke walked to her side and took her hand into his, "I'm sorry, I had all that work to do with the rebellion."

Eppie nodded, "I knew that is what you were doing." Luke glanced at Gaeriel and mouthed how long has she been like this?

Three years she shot back.

Luke opened himself to the force to get a reading off Eppie, "Someone hurt her. The Empire did this to her." Luke said.

Gaeriel was startled, "Are you sure?"

Luke nodded his head, "Yes." He also noted that Eppie was force sensitive. //Eppie open your mind to me. I will show you how to heal yourself. Eppie nodded as she followed Luke's instructions. He showed her what his father showed him. //may the force be with you Eppie. Eppie left her gratitude before she began to repair herself.

Luke walked out and motioned for Gaeriel to follow him. She did, "What did you do?" Gaeriel asked icily.

"I showed her a healing technique she can use to heal herself. That is all. If Beldon has any questions, he can contact me anytime. She will sleep, maybe even for days at a time." Luke was quick to defend himself.

Gaeriel relaxed when she heard this.

"What happened to her son?" Luke asked.

"He was killed when we tried to repel the Imperials back three years ago." Gaeriel answered.

Luke nodded when he thought about Kay. "Gaeriel, do you know a girl by the name of Kay?"

Gaeriel stiffened. "Yes, Nereus has been looking for her. Do you know where she is, because if you do then I suggest you do not say anything more on her. Nereus will kill her."

Luke nodded, as he understood the warning. This just made the situation much more complicated.

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Leia and Han walked into Yeorg's office; he looked up and motioned for them to sit. Threepio and Artoo followed them in. "I am not fond of droids, but at this point I'm willing to give it a shot." Yeorg told them.

"Well if any one is good at talking, that would be our golden rod." Han said as he slapped the droid on the shoulder.

Threepio turned his head, but he could not say anything. Leia had reprogrammed him to talk when he was asked too. She turned to Threepio, "Threepio introduce yourself."

He ran his best recording. "I am See-Threepio, human cyborg relations. I am programmed in one million forms of communications."

Yeorg nodded impressed, "Ok See Threepio"

"He answers to Threepio" Leia supplied.

"Ok Threepio listen to this." Yeorg played the recording. They sounded like big ugly birds.

Threepio said, "I am sorry sir, but I cannot place the language."

Leia was disappointed but she could not let it show. She jumped when she heard a sound, she looked over at Artoo, "Threepio, isn't that what they sounded like?"

"No, he was 2 frequencies off," Artoo told Threepio off. "Soak your own transistors, I will not tolerate that language." Threepio said.

Yeorg shook his head; "It looks like we have a native speaker on our hands. Leia I want to borrow your droids, between the two of them they could crack the language. I have enough recording to last them late into the night."

Leia and Han nodded, "I would be happy too Prime Minister." Leia said.

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Governor Nereus leaned back in his chair. He would have to find out if Skywalker ingested those eggs. If he did then most likely he would have less then 48 hours to hand Skywalker over to the Ssi Ruuk. How was he supposed to get a diagnosis off of the young commander without getting him suspicious? He would come up with something.

He was confused on why Padme wanted to contact the Shrans. It could only mean one thing. She knew where Kay was. That was the only answer he could come up with, in this case he would have to move with caution because, if he had figured out Vader, then he knew that he would not let the young girl out of his sights. The young girl had witnessed him killing her parents, he was not too worried until some one started an investigation on the murder, now they were close to finding out that he did it. There was only one thing that would point the murder on him. He had paid off Kay's friends, if she showed up then they were to notify him at once.

He commed his Secretary, "Ari, I have an errand for you to run." Ari walked in, he handed her the disk and access codes. After Ari sent off the details to the Ssi Ruuk about how he was going to get them onto the planet with out anyone the wiser. He would find some way to take care of the young Jedi girl. He was pretty sure that Vader was with her at this moment. How to get past Vader was another subject all together.

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