Juhani quickly explained to Carth the deal she had made with the merchant. He would be arriving within the next day or so to collect his ship. Carth needed to make sure the new droid repaired the ship and all traces of their prior existence and records on the ship were deleted. She also advised him to download the medical report on the scout to a datapad before deleting the records.

"There may be something there we could find useful. I will follow the tracking beacon while you and Revan follow up on the leads the merchant provided. I will be in touch, but, if things should go wrong, the droid also has the ability to follow the tracking device – but I suggest you do not rely on Revan if you have to follow that path. Recruit others, Revan cannot be tempted. I am trusting you Carth, these are dangerous times and if not for our friendship, I fear my only choice now would be to eliminate Revan before she falls."

"Juhani, you are talking as if you know for sure that Revan will return to the dark side. I am sorry, I just do not believe that. If she didn't turn before, on the Star Forge quest, then she never will, she has a much greater reason now!"

"Perhaps not consciously Carth." Juhani moved towards her new ship. "May the force be with you."

Carth stood silently watching as Juhani's ship left The Fore Runner. After it had disappeared from his vision he slowly moved into action. His mind kept moving as his hands fell into play. He programmed the droid to repair the central computer. Leaning over to pick up some of the parts Juhani had brought, he started carrying them to their destination. His mind drifted to what he would say to Revan. Should I tell her? Force I should have asked Juhani that. What do I do?

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"Feeling better beautiful?" he said when he entered the room. "I have some good news, we have the parts we need. Now we just need to let our new droid carry out the repairs."

She looked at him, narrowing her eyes, "Where did they come from?"

His gave her an upbeat reply, "Juhani stopped by, dropped off what we needed. She needed to head back though, we'll catch up with her later."

"You are lying to me, and I don't appreciate that!" she stopped as she turned to him, taking a few steps towards him. "Do you know what happened to the last person that said things to me that I did not like?" menace played in her voice.

Focus Onasi, this isn't Revan. "I can only imagine." He gave her a light hearted laugh. "Don't worry, I have nothing up my sleeve." He leaned over and kissed her playfully.

"I'm not sure I should believe that" she replied, melting into his embrace.

"Believe it!" he smiled down at her, truth flowing from his next words. "At this point I don't think I am capable of anything but loving you."

He moved, cupping her head in his hands, bringing her face into his kiss. I know you're in there. Come on Rev, fight it. Don't let this happen.

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Something was wrong, she felt it. But she also knew she had to play along. She leaned in to his embrace, letting his kiss fall on her lips.

She reached up, giving him another kiss. She let the hunger flow as she kissed him, feeling him stiffen in response. They had played this dangerous game long enough and she knew they both wanted each other.

She used it to her advantage as she slowly moved her hands over his neck, up through his hair. Pulling him in closer to her waiting lips. "Let's go to your room" she whispered in his ear.

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Carth knew this wasn't right. He could feel the difference in her. But he couldn't stop himself, in all appearances it was the woman he loved. It was everything he longed for and she kept kissing him, her lips nuzzling against his neck, whispering in his ear.

Unable to control himself any longer, he grabbed her hand and headed towards his room, pulling her along behind him.

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"You know we have the ship to ourselves, we didn't need to come here." He said as he pulled on her arm, bringing her into his hold.

"I know, but you have the largest bed" she replied playfully as she kissed him, pulling off his shirt.

"Revan, are you sure…I won't be able to stop myself in a few…"

She stopped his words with a kiss while she loosened her robes with her hands. He reached up, finishing the task, as his hands slid the robes off her shoulders. He bent down, kissing her bare shoulder just as she reached up.

He moved his face towards hers, their lips meeting as she ran her fingers through his hair. He leaned further down, kissing her neck, before returning to brush his lips against hers.

She moved, pulling him with her as she fell backwards toward the bed. They landed hard but the moment continued as he began kissing her stomach, moving down to kiss her inner thigh after he slid off her trousers.

He rose back up and kissed her, sucking on her bottom lip. Excitement growing between them.

He rolled over, pulling her with him as his hand caressed the small of her back….

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Carth rose from the bed, glancing at the sleeping form. Why the hell did I do that! This is only going to make everything harder.

He knew he had made a mistake. Force I love her! I know her, well… I knew her. Dammit there has to be another way. How can I give her up. He leaned over, brushing a kiss across her bared shoulder. I can't do this. She is not evil! I have to tell her what Juhani suspects, she has to know. I can't do this without her. I'll find a way to get through to her. Dammit, I'll find a way. She hasn't fallen yet!

She smiled up at him, waking from her sleep, obviously feeling his gaze. "Did I fall asleep here?"

"Yes, No… Revan don't you remember?" he inquired, pleading with her to remember.

She searched through her memory, recalling the suspicion she felt at first. Then she recalled the longing she had felt…followed by…"OH" as she realized what had transpired. "Carth, I'm sorry." Dammit there I go again, is that ALL I can say to him!

"It's okay, nothing memorable, I understand."

"No Carth," she reached out for him but he had already moved off the bed. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's wrong with me, I…"

"I know" he replied. He turned to look at her. "Revan…Rev…" he moved back to the bed, pulling her into his arms.