A/N: Hey folks, here's the next chapter sorry about all the cliff hangers! (no i'm not :P) This one was so amusing to write, try putting an imperial a jedi and a sort-of-sith in one room. quite a good chapter i reckon. Next chapter the battle starts.
Nerwen Aldarionand ShotgunChiefthank-you so much for sticking with this story!

Desperation

"What's wrong with her?" Kelron demanded as he entered the med-bay.

"We don't know sir, physically she should be healing, it was, in theory, a simple wound." Replied the medical droid.

"Then get her out of there!" Kelron snapped.

"But Sir-" the droid started.

Kelron held out his hand and the tank started to drain.

Khael arrived as he removed Cara from the tank.

"Why did I not think of this." Kelron was muttering.

"Of what?" Khael asked.

"Drain a Sith or Jedi of their power and they can be less then an ordinary man. But our kind have lived so long in the Force that to strip it entirely from us can lead to death." Kelron said. "We need Katarn."

"Already here." Kyle said as he came through the door.

"How did you-?" stammered Khael.

"Please, its not the first nor the last time that I will sneak through Imperial or Sith bases." Kyle said. "Why do you need me?"

"She needs the Force and this place is drowning in the Dark Side. If she uses that to come back she'll be different and Narcis will have won." Kelron said.

"What about you?" Kyle asked.

"I'm precariously placed in the middle, that's too unstable for her." Kelron glared briefly at Kyle.

"Well what about me then?" Kyle suggested ignoring Kelron's glare.

"That would be better, you're about in the same area of the Force as she is." Kelron nodded.

"Then what do you suggest?" Kyle asked.

"I suggest she drains you of the Force." Kelron said simply.

"What!" Kyle yelled at him.

"If you two would stop arguing and get on with it…" Khael muttered, ignoring the dark glares he got from both of them.

"It's going to be difficult but I can trigger a Force technique from her." He reached out as he spoke and took Cara's hand. "Take her other hand, I'll start a Force drain from you and direct the energy to her. She'll end out getting a bit from both of us at the start. Then she'll have enough to drain some from you. Step away when she's taken enough."

Kyle nodded and took Cara's hand

"Hang in there kid…" he said quietly.

Kelron's arm seemed to glow red when he triggered the Force drain. Kyle let the glow creep over Cara and up his own arm. He gritted his teeth against the discomfort.

Kelron went to step away but was prevented by Cara's hand grasping his own.

"I think something's going wrong!" Kyle said to Kelron.

"I noticed!" he snapped back.

Cara had taken full control of the drain, and had turned it on both of them.

"Just get out of her grip!" Kyle yelled at Kelron.

"Believe it or not but I'm trying!" Kelron snapped back. "If she doesn't let go soon I'll have to try something else…"

"Like?" Kyle asked.

"This." Kelron held out his other hand and shot a bolt of lightening at Cara.

Both Kyle and Kelron felt it through the link but it worked. Cara dropped both their hands.

"I think she got enough." Kelron said sounding a little tired.

Kyle punched him in the face.

"You idiot! Are you trying to kill her?" he yelled.

"Alright!" Khael stepped between them. "I know we are all a little tense but lets resolve this as soon as we can so everyone can go where they are needed."

"He should go." Kelron glared at Kyle. "The Sith are attacking Yavin 4 they'll need you since Narcis has all the power that Cara had earlier combined with his own. I'm going with the Imperials and then home. And I'm taking Cara."

"Over my dead body." Kyle snapped back. "If Yavin is under attack she would want to be there!"

"Alright since technically she is an Imperial prisoner." Khael paused and continued despite the glares he was once again receiving. "I will allow her to be taken to Yavin on the condition that Kelron goes to. In return the Jedi must assist the Imperials in the peace negotiations with the New Republic."

"I'll see what I can do." Kyle said. "We'll take the Raven's Claw."

"Fine." Kelron agreed.

Most of the trip passed before Cara's unconsciousness shifted to sleep.

Kyle found a lot of the trip passed with him sizing Kelron up and vice versa.

"Your not true Sith are you." He finally said.

"My people don't really believe in labels. But these past years have been my darkest." Kelron replied.

Kyle left the conversation there. He reached under the controls for something and handed it to Kelron.

"Switch this with your lightsaber crystal. That way the Jedi wont try and kill you." He said. "You better go check on Cara, we land in under an hour and she might need to fight."

Kelron looked at the blue lightsaber gem and nodded. The rest of the trip consisted of him changing his lightsaber and waiting for Cara to wake up.

Kyle had difficulty landing due to the heavy fire from three Sith ships.

Kelron came back to the cockpit with Cara.

"Glad to see you with us." Kyle said to Cara before turning his attention back to the ships.

"Dodge to the right and go straight down towards the forests. Then fly low until you reach the Academy. They won't expect that." Kelron said after quickly studying the formation of the battle ships.

Kyle nodded and pulled the ship sharply to the side before sending it into a hurtling dive towards the planet.

"Nice way to wake up…" Cara muttered.

Kyle pulled up sharply and flew just above the tree line.

"Can you fight?" Kelron asked Cara.

Cara thought for awhile before answering.

"I'm still weak but I feel stronger then before. I can drain what I need out of opponents if I have to, but I don't have my lightsabers." She replied.

"I know where they are." Kyle said. "If you can fight your way through with us we can get to them. Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Quite sure." Cara nodded. "And Kyle? I'm sorry about err... sucking the Force out of you earlier" she finished sheepishly.

"Nothing to apologise over kid. Just don't kill yourself out there." Kyle responded lowering the ship.

"You know what Luke once told me? There is no 'Light' or 'Dark' side of the Force. Its all in the intentions of the wielder." Cara said as they exited.

"You saying we could have dragged Palpatine in there and let you drain him?" Kyle asked her sarcastically.

"Well, in my state I think I was too easily influenced by the people wielding the Force." Cara paused to glance at Kelron. "That's how I know I can trust both of you."

Kyle began to say something but was cut off.

"KYLE! Emperor's Black BALLS where the hell have you been?" shouted Jan's voice through Kyle's com-link.

"Jan!" he practically shouted. "Jan I have Cara and someone else who can help what's going on in there?"

"Well I'm playing baby sitter to the little kids, but there are three other Knights with me so we will be fine and we are safe. But they could really use you guys in there!" Jan replied quickly.

"We're on our way." Kyle said.

"May the Force be with you guys…" Jan said before turning off her own com-link.

"Here we go then." Kyle muttered and led the way through the undergrowth to the closest entrance.