The Blade Runner slowly approached the desert planet; a planet that Jade didn't know existed until now. Jade had assumed that their stop would be Tatooine, it being the only desert planet she knew of.

"What is this planet called again?" she asked, looking over to Paul.

"Eirakin," he replied, not lifting his face from the control console.

"I see," she reclined in the copilot's seat, hands behind her head, "I've never heard of it."

"There aren't many who have," he replied.

"Why is that?"

"They refuse to be a part of the Republic, and only smugglers, mercenaries and the like live and stop by there."

"Oh," she said, seeming uninterested, much like he did.

Paul kept control of the ship as Jade took a temporary rest. She rested her feet on the control panel and was just about to get some much-needed sleep.

"Prepare for planet landing," Paul ordered.

Jade sighed, "Yes, sir."

The ship rocked back and forth as they entered the atmosphere. They broke through the atmosphere and transferred into a nice, smooth ride. The planet seemed very much like Tatooine to Jade. Desert stretched out as far as the eye could see. The main difference she could see between the two worlds was that there wasn't a single moisture farm, or any other civilization for that matter, around.

Before long Jade noticed something appearing in the horizon. Soon enough it got bigger and bigger until she realized what it was. A giant city, even bigger than Mos Eisley, was where they were heading.

"Another reason many people haven't heard of this place is that this is the only city on the entire planet."

"Wow," Jade was amazed to the point where she was leaning forward.

"Blade Runner requesting permission to land," Paul announced into the commlink.

"Welcome to Eirakin, Paul Serkanin, you are clear to land and docking bay 94," a female voice replied.

"Here we go," he muttered turning the ship towards the docking bays.

They came up on a dome, which Jade assumed was the docking bay. The dome slowly opened up and Paul brought Blade Runner down into a landing position. He extended the landing gears and performed a perfect landing.

"What are we here for anyway?" Jade finally asked.

Paul just stared at her with a look of both anger and surprise.

"Due to the rushed take of from the colony, we didn't have time to prep the ship," he stood and headed towards the exit, "So, we have nothing, no food, no weapons, nothing."

"We don't have any weapons?" she asked.

"Only what we took with us," by now they had exited the ship and were just leaving the docking bay.

Jade frowned, all she had was her lightsaber and a blaster, and taking a quick glance at Paul he just seemed to have a single blaster. Hopefully that would suffice until he got the weapons he was talking about.

Within a few minutes Jade was already lost. Paul was walking too fast for her and all the people treading along the hot sand road slowed her down. She also had an uneasy feeling, a disturbance in the Force. One that caused her to keep looking behind her, which didn't help her speed issue.

She shrugged off the feeling to reach out and find Paul. She found him, or rather felt his presence, in a nearby cantina. The cantina was bursting with music, live musicians played an assortment of music from all corners of the galaxy. She looked around and found whom she was looking for, at the bar, ordering a drink. She chuckled a bit, enjoying a drink when he should be conducting business; it was just like him. She made her way towards Paul, to set him back to his task.

She was elbowed out of the way by a Twi'lek male, also making his way towards the bar. How rude! She thought, walking right behind him. She noticed him grab a hold of his pistol holsters at his side. He brought it up with the full intention of firing. Jade knew that it might not have been aimed at Paul, but she couldn't let him kill anyone. Her lightsaber hummed to life and, in one swift slash, his head flew to the ground a few feet away from his body, which fell shortly after.

The cantina went quiet and everyone's eyes were on Jade. She deactivated her saber and returned it to her belt, yet the stares did not stop. Paul rushed to her, grabbed her arm and dragged her out into an alley.

"What do you think you are doing?" he asked, pressing her up against the side of a building.

"I couldn't just let him kill someone!" she replied.

"Why not?" he asked.

"I don't know, I just couldn't!"

"But why did you have to use your lightsaber?"

"Instinct, I guess."

"Then I suggest you change your instincts!" he voice was still stern.

"Why?"

"These people here don't like Jedi! They are criminals, smugglers, bounty hunters, and anything else that could get the Jedi really ticked off! They work for the highest bidder!"

"I understand," she replied.

"Good! Now I have to go conduct business, alone. I'll meet you back at the cantina in two hours," he said.

"Right," she sighed.

Now what am I going to do for the next two hours?

A laser shot flew through the air, only to be cut from its target. More shots flew form the hovering remote, only to cut off from their destination as well. This process continued for over half an hour. He slowly approached the flying sphere and destroyed it in one slash. He deactivated his lightsaber and fell to his hands and knees, panting, his sweat dripping down his bare torso and off his face.

"Did I say you could stop, Reven?" Sidious asked his pupil from atop his command chair.

"No, master," he panted out his reply.

"Then why did you stop?"

"I… I felt a disturbance… in the Force," he panted.

"You did, where?" he asked.

"A planet called Eirakin, Jade, my friend Jaina's sister, is there. She became a Jedi, but left the order to join her husband, Paul Serkanin, a former bounty hunter." He replied.

"Ah, yes. No need to worry, my apprentice, I have dispatched someone to take care of her."

"Darth Tyranus?" he asked the spite eminent in his voice.

"No."

"Then I must accompany him," Reven stood to his feet, gaining a second wind, "He will be useless against a Jedi, even one that has left the order!"

"He can handle her, he is a Dark Jedi after all."

"Who is it, then? There can be only two Sith!"

"Then explain yourself, and Asajj Ventress."

"We are not Sith, yet."

"And neither is he. He is nearly a clone of a Jedi that was killed years ago. Now, to further advance your training," he pressed a button on his chair.

A door opened to Reven's side. The room was so dark that he couldn't see where the door led to, but he could see the blades of the lightsabers as they activated and prepared to face his new opponent.

"I have a surprise for you," she told Paul, giddy as a little schoolgirl.

"Oh really, what is it?" he asked, forgetting the anger he had just two hours ago.

"It's a secret. You'll see it when we get back to the Blade Runner," she told him.

"Alright," he replied.

"So, what about those supplies you were supposed to get?" she asked.

"They're being delivered, they should arrive in fifteen minutes."

They made their way through the docking bay and came to the clearing with the Blade Runner. They came to an abrupt stop; a dark, mysterious figure was awaiting them.

"A friend of yours?" Jade whispered.

"No," he whispered back, hand coming to a rest on his blaster.

"Don't," she extended her arm across his chest, "I think we should go on my instinct on this one."

She drew her green lightsaber as the cloaked figured removed his cloak and drew his red saber.

"See? My instinct does help. Now hide, I will take care of him."

"Right," he said reluctantly running back the way they had come.

He made the first move, charging towards Jade. She blocked his strike and took one of her own. It was parried, but she still kept on the offensive, driving him back. She drove him back to the point where he was nearly against the hull of the ship. He parried her attack and retaliated with a swing aimed at her neck. Ducking under attack she hit his shoulder, the smell of scorched skin filled the air.

With that Jade jumped into the air, flipped around and landed on the Blade Runner, with enough room left for the Dark Jedi to join her. She lifted her saber up, blade hung horizontal over her head. They stared at each other for what seemed like several minutes to Jade, when in reality it was no more than two minutes. Jade launched an offensive that dragged them across the entire length of the Blade Runner. They reached the end, he was at the edge and Jade took full advantage of this. Using the Force, she pushed him off the ship, landing on his back.

She jumped after him and, with all her rage, attacked. He parried all her attacks, while still on his back, but she kept going at it. She knocked his saber out of the way, brought hers back around and sliced off her foes hand. Jade held her lightsaber up against his neck.

"Now, who are you?" she asked through gritted teeth.

"I'll never talk, just kill me!" he replied.

"Alright," she smiled.

She took a step forward, swinging her blade and decapitating him.

"That should take care of that," she muttered, deactivating her lightsaber.