The scout arrived first. He was barking out orders and issuing demands before he even touched the ground. The children were to be taken from his ship, still in their containment cells, and placed in a room that had already been prepared. Once there six guards would remain inside and another dozen outside. The only passcard available was to remain with the Scout. Once the elusive pilot, Juhani realized that was herself, was captured and it was verified as being safe to do so, the children would be moved to the new containment chambers, until then, no one entered or exited the room except the Scout himself. "Inform me the moment Darth Gnillihs arrives," were his departing words as he followed the entourage that was escorting the children.

Moving quickly, Juhani left the ship and followed behind at a close pace. She could remember only too well her earlier try at following the scout, but hopefully this time, knowing what she was up against, she would be successful. Knowing just her stealth wasn't enough she tried to hide her presence by shuffling along among the guards instead of separating herself and falling behind at a lagging distance. It seemed to work and after just a short distance they arrived at their destination. Her biggest decision came when they separated into the groups that would stand guard outside and the six who would follow inside. To enter the room with them would be ideal but also a bit too risky. She would have to wait outside with the others. She would have to secure that pass card. She would have to take down eighteen guards by herself and possibly even the scout. But I am close, I have found the children. And I will send Carth and Revan a message as soon as I am able.

Once the scout left Juhani wended her way through the guards and retraced her steps. Stepping back into her hiding space on the now empty ship she composed her message. "I have found the children. They are indeed with the Scout and Darth Gnillihs is due to arrive. The scout has some plan but I haven't be able to discover any details as of yet. I am going to attempt to rescue them. If you do not hear anything from me in the next twelve hours then I will have failed. I am sending my destination but be aware that they will be looking for anyone entering the area and be quite ready. I do not believe you should attempt this alone." She swallowed before she continued, "There is a chance that the children are already lost. They are secured in a chamber and I have not sensed any presence from either of them, nor seen any movement." She cut off, not knowing what else to say, indeed hadn't she just said it all.

Leaving the security of the ship Juhani made her way to a guard that appeared ready to exit the building. She carefully placed the message inside his backpack after ensuring that it was ready to relay the transmission in an hour. That gave her sixty minutes to secure the pass card and be ready at the entrance to the children's room. Hopefully, once the transmission was sent, the scuttle and apprehending of the guard who had unknowingly carried the message would create enough of a distraction for her to rescue Aaron and Ariana. If nothing else, the compound would be absent a few guards, at least for a short while.

She didn't have to wait for the scuttle, nor worry about how she was going to secure the pass card from the scout. A few minutes after the guard had left the building the entire place fell into a frenzy. Darth Gnillihs was arriving.

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"Treg move!" she shouted as her finger pressed against the device.

Sharp pain shot from Revan's temples, radiating down her body, giving it a few twitches. The saber fell from her grasp as Treg moved to grab it before she crumpled to the ground.

"Force Mio, what the hell did you do to her?" Treg implored.

The dazed voice replied automatically, "She was going to kill you."

Annoyance refused to be hidden, "Thanks, I wasn't aware." He was crouching by her body, reaching to hold her wrist in his hand, thumb moving to locate the vein that he hoped was still thumping. Relieved, his head turned, "What the hell is that?" he rose, grabbing the device from Mio's limp hand.

"Something we've been working on, to broaden our control on the implants." Her hands were waving wildly, "Shut down, self-destruct, amplify sensations. It only works at close range. I wasn't even sure it would work since Revan has an original, unique implant. The shut down only works for an hour." Mio was becoming hysterical, "She was going to kill you. Treg, what have we done?"

He gave her a hard look, "You mean what have YOU done!" His head turned straight up, composing himself before he thrust it toward her, "This was never my intention. How could you take everything good I was trying to do and twist it into something so corrupt?"

His head shook slowly back and forth in disbelief, "How did he do it Mio? How did Sargac get you to turn over my designs, to use them to further his own twisted schemes? More importantly, how did he get you to switch his with mine, when you knew I was going to be experimenting on myself?"

He sank back to the floor, his eyes moving across the collapsed body, his voice becoming hollow, "And then it was all blamed on me, the divorce, the baby..."

He stroked a hand across Revan's forehead but continued to speak to Mio, "Can you imagine how I felt when all this was revealed to me through a damn intelligence report?" His head turned, looking at the woman that had betrayed him, "You owe me Mio." His gaze returned to Revan, "How do I save her?"

When Mio didn't speak his head turned violently towards her, the words coming through gritted teeth, "You were my wife dammit!"

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