Rian woke up that morning and instantly realised the difference, he couldn't feel a connection to the force. He raised a hand to his neck and found the reason…someone had placed an inhibitor on his neck, then he realised that Cataran wasn't in the bed next to him as usual. He was getting extremely worried, and it didn't help when he found a note addressed to him.
Meanwhile Cataran was sitting down on a ship that would fly her home to Alderaan. It was a public ship; it felt it would be safer to travel this way as not to travel on her own.
Rian had summoned Da'el to his quarters and Da'el read out the note to Rian.
It said that Cataran had left because she was carrying a child and she did not want that child to grow up in their lifestyle, she didn't want their child to need to avoid the republic or be trained as a bounty hunter or trained under Rians Jedi training scheme.
Also she had taken enough credits to get her home and buy some things.
"We must find her!" Rian was very upset, and sounded powerless, he didn't know how to cope without the force, he had had it for so long now, it was strange not to have it.
"I know my friend, lets get that inhibitor off your first." The two travelled through the corridors of their underground base and eventually found someone who was a member and had some knowledge of how to remove an inhibitor.
"Oh my, my oh my." The elderly man said this over and over again as he inspected the inhibitor.
"What's the problem?"
"This is a custom built inhibitor, not only does it have state-of-the-art security systems, but also a bomb."
"A bomb?"
"Yes, if some clumsy fool were to go at this then they'd blow this whole place to the outer rim. And it gets worse."
"How can it get worse?"
"Well, oh my, oh dear, its been built with a very powerful substance, this thing would be worth thousands and thousand, maybe millions to the right buyer if we could get it off."
"Uck. So what can we do?"
"Well, it looks like it needs a key, and if this thing is as sensitive as I think it is, any other key could set off the bomb."
"Uck. Thank you for your time, I appreciate it, is there anyway I can repay you?"
"Well, yes, but…"
"Well?"
"I need someone to travel to Dantooine for me."
"Might I ask why?"
"Yes, someone's found a very very old droid and I've bought it from them, it's a custom built Sith assassin droid built by Darth Revan, I need someone to pick it up."
"Are you talking about HK-47?"
"Why yes that's the one? You've heard of it?"
"I did some work on Darth Revan a few years ago, he was an amazing general for the republic, I studied his battle plans."
"Well could you send someone to get it for me?"
"Of course I'll send someone today." Rian and Da'el left the old man at that and Rian dispatched some trustworthy wookies to collect the droid.
Meanwhile Rian needed to find Cataran.
"Da'el, did she ever mention her home planet to you?"
"No, she didn't talk about it."
"Yes, she always changed the subject when I mentioned it."
"Do you have any files on her?"
"No, but I can get some." Rian walked down more corridors until he reached a robotics room. A small wookie (well small in wookie standards) walked over to him and in a wookie roar asked him.
"How can I help you?"
Rian could speak most languages as he had dragged them out of his mind using the force, and they lasted forever even now when the force was gone from him.
"I need an droid who can infiltrate a base and download information."
"I can put something together from spare parts but, I'll need to order something's off world, and it'll take a few days."
"That's fine, I'll pay you for any expenses later."
"Thank you."
Rian now needed to be calm and just wait for a while. Rian also started training with different weapons, as using a lightsaber was now dangerous. He found that two blasters served him well and weren't hard to use, but they'd fail him against some foes so he also spent a lot of time practicing with an ancient vibrosword, most people didn't use these anymore and but Rian was use to close combat and this was a close combat weapon.
And a few days later when the droid was finished and had stolen the information Rian read what it stole, but it was pointless, Rian forgot that he had had most the information on anyone in The Coven erased, including Cataran.
But Da'el did find something, a photo that Cataran had left behind, her family were also in it. Da'el showed Rian the photo and pointed to the father figure.
"Recognise him?"
"Yes I do, but It can't be."
"It is, I checked it out and looked up his family tree, and he has a daughter named Cataran."
"This is so unfair."
"I know, but we also have a few inside men there, very dangerous men."
"Who?"
"The storm rage brothers."
"That lot are psycho's! They'll rip everyone in there to shreds!"
"But they are extremely efficient psycho's. The problem is Cataran knows that we have them there and will probably alert her family."
"Right."
"But, she doesn't know what their real names or identities are, we only know their alias's."
"If we can't get her back then I might call them. Only might."
"Alright, its your choice."
"Meanwhile I better organise a way to get there and speak to her." Rian threw down the picture of Cataran and her family…the Alderaan royal family.
Cataran had docked down on Alderaan; she had forgotten how beautiful the planet was. She made her way to the palace and her family and a few others were waiting for her, she had sent message before hand.
She saw her father, a man standing only about five and a half feet, than again he wasn't a soldier he was a king, he wore violet regal robes. She saw her mother, taller than the father being about six foot; she was an intimidating woman full of strength and vigour, she was wearing a regal suit that looked blue but it was mostly gold. She saw Count Adamar, an old friend to the family and when she left a fine general, he was the tallest of them and the oldest, old enough to have white hair and a piece of facial hair on his chin, he wore a black full length jacket that had a thick white rim.
"Ah my daughter, it is brilliant to see you again! Did you make your fortune? Did you have your adventures?" said the king as he approached his daughter, he gave her a hug and held her hand in his two, somewhat rubbing it and patting it.
"Yes I had adventures, and I discovered that I'm force sensitive!" all three were taken back.
"How did the council miss that?" Asked count Adamar.
"Well, I'm wasn't that strong back then."
"But now?" asked her mother.
"I have learned from my master and he says I'm getting very strong."
"That's marvellous dear!" said her father and he gave her another hug." The four went inside and when they were eating that night Cataran launched the news of her pregnancy.
"What!?" shouted her mother.
"I'm pregnant!"
"So that's why your here, you don't want the order finding out! Well maybe this can be salvaged…who's the father?"
"He's the head of the order."
"Oh a Jedi how wonderful!" said the father.
"Not quite, he's the head of a Jedi order, but not that one." She started to play with her spoon as she said this.
"No, no no no, don't tell me you're the Sith lords apprentice." Said her mother.
"No! Not that group either." said Cataran.
"Ah…The Coven, how did you get involved with Rian?" Count Adamar said this to Cataran, Cataran looked to him in shock.
"How did you know?" she was totally taken back.
"Rian is not as smart as he thinks he is, we know all about him, we just don't know were to find him. But now we have his old apprentice and his unborn child on our side." Said the mother.
"Well as I am the chief of security I shall want to speak with you soon enough." Said the count.
"I thought you were a general." Said Cataran.
"I promoted him about two years ago after he drove off some mad mercenaries about a year ago. What were they named Adamar?" said the king, her father.
"The storm rage brothers I believe. It was nothing really. But they are still out there somewhere." Replied the count.
"That's great news, I expected Da'el to ask for their services." This brought up Cataran's spirits.
"Now dear, I suppose you'll be telling us were Rians base is?" asked her mother, speaking in a cheery voice.
"Ask him yourself, he'll be here in a few days."
"What, how could you bring that monster here?" the mother wasn't pleased
"I'm not, but he'll find me, he has resources, people trained for this sort of thing."
"I see, Adamar could you step up security and monitor all incoming vessels."
"Of course king."
But two weeks passed by and there was no sign of Rian, but she could feel him, he was preparing to come.
Meanwhile a few weapon experts were presenting Rian with a gift.
They gave him a very strange sword.
"What's this?" asked Rian, swiping it in the air and requiring two hands to do so.
"That is what we call a power sword! Its are latest creation, it should serve you well, twist the handle to see its real trick."
Rian twisted the handle and the sword went active, he watched as electricity passed through the sword and sparks shot out of the intricately designed blade, also every few seconds a shock would travel up through the sword and a thin piece of electricity would come and stick out a few inches as it travelled up the sword.
"Thank you, I love it." Rian watched as electricity ran up and down the sword.
"That sword won't cut someone, it will shatter them!" said one of weapon experts.
"It shall do me well."
"Thank you, sir."
Rian had been practicing with the sword for days when a droid came into him.
"Sir, a ship and bodyguard are ready to transport you to Alderaan."
"Thank you C5PL."
The droid walked out and occupied himself with some other task.
Rian walked up to the streets of Coruscant and found a speeder waiting for him, sitting in it were Da'el and two others. Rian jumped in and they drove off to a secret location were a ship was waiting and flew them to Alderaan.