Carth sought her out, not for any reason other than a sense of duty to inform her of what he was about to do. "Have you found out anything?" he inquired.

"No, nothing!" desperation in her voice.

"I'm going to pull rank, see what I can find out." He replied, as if his mind was already made up.

"Carth, you can't! It could put us all in danger. We don't know who to trust."

"Revan, I've thought about this. If the fleet is here then it has to be some indication about what is going on. We know nothing and we're not getting anywhere. They have some of the answers we need. How things are going since the Jedi have gone into hiding, the state of the Republic." His jaw turned into a hard line, "I need to know. Especially if it will help find Aaron and Ariana."

"You need to know because you are concerned about the Republic! Don't try and hide it under the guise of my children!" she spat back.

"Revan, please, don't start this right now."

"Don't start what Carth? My goal, my only goal, is to find my kids! I don't give a damn about the Republic!"

His hand ran through his hair. When did it get so hard to agree on something? "Revan, it could help."

"Fine Onasi, do what you want. Take your leave of Rubicon, I don't need you here anyway." She rose from her chair in a stiff motion and turned towards the door.

He grabbed her arm and spun her around, "Dammit, I'm not leaving you. I just need to find some answers. They can shed some light on everything."

"However you justify it to yourself Onasi." She tried to pull away from him but his grip grew tighter.

"Dammit woman, why do you insist on fighting me about everything!"

"What are you going to do? March onto their ship 'Onasi here, tell me everything, but don't tell anyone you saw me' Then just walk away with this newfound knowledge. No Carth, I'll tell you what will happen! You'll be taken into custody, they'll interrogate you for days until they either believe whatever lies or truth you tell them or not. Now I'm in danger, you're gone and Aaron and Ariana are still missing! I've seen how you look at me, what are you going to tell them about me? Huh? Think they'll just walk away, let you go, when there are no other Jedi and you possess the knowledge of where one can be found? Do you think they'll just ignore my past in light of what is going on? Force Onasi, for all I know I'm supposed to be hiding from them!"

Carth began to weaken as her words sank in. She was right on so many aspects but still he refused to believe that he couldn't rely on the republic. "After we land, you and Treg can seek out the next informant. I'll make contact. I won't say anything about you. If things go wrong you'll still have the ship. If things go right, I'll be back with information that may prove useful. Twelve hours after we land Revan, that's all the time I'm asking for. After that you can take off if I'm not back. And I promise, I won't tell them anything about you."

"And how do I know that after 11 ½ hours I won't be surrounded by troops? Or that when I try to take off I'm met with an entire fleet to contend with?" she challenged.

"I promise Revan, twelve hours, that's all. I won't say anything for twelve hours." He shook her arm, trying to emphasize his promise.

"Twelve hours Onasi, no more! With or without you I'm gone." And then she broke from his grasp when his pressure subsided.