The corridor was a dead-end and she stopped. "Hm… a hidden door?" she whispered silently and she ran a talon down the wall. It was vibrating ever so slightly. She pondered it for a moment and turned when she heard a loud commotion a few rooms down. Curiously, she trotted over and stuck her head in the door. Rin's jaw fell to the floor.

Standing there in the middle of the room surrounded by soldiers and bounty hunters with a double-bladed lightsaber in hand stood an Aurelian. She was brown from head to tail, similar to Rin's color, but not exactly.

She glanced in one of the more concealed corners of the room and her eyes widened when she saw two of the soldiers setting up a portable torpedo launcher. Seconds before it was fired, Rin dashed in and pulled the Aurelian out before the room filled with smoke and debris.

She jumped back to her hind lets and pointed her saber at Rin's chest. She was still lying on the ground and examining a laser-shot in one of her legs. "Why," she asked quietly, "would any descendant of Malvadioum help one of Gryphex?"

Rin blinked a few times and responded, "They wouldn't." She backed up and rose on her hind legs as well. "Fortunately for you, I am of no such lineage."

She stared in confusion and demanded, "Then explain your physical attributes.

Rin stared in silence for a moment and then smiled. "And fortunately for me, I was the only one who took Vivek's ability to shape-shift." She changed back into her normal physical self and internally was laughing at her sister's expression. "Salutations, Callista. It's Rin."

Callista stared in stunned silence and her lightsaber retracted back into the hilt. "You're dead."

"I survived," she stated, "but I have to admit, I really didn't want to."

"But… the Klingons-"

"-Hate me?" She glanced over her shoulder when she heard commotion in the next hallway. "We'll need to speak later. Will you come with me?"

"I will indeed," Callista responded and suggested, "I recommend that you finish any business here quietly before we are overwhelmed by guards and bounty hunters."

"I agree," Rin responded and she walked back to the vibrating wall. "There is a hidden door here I need to get through. Do you suppose you could het it open?"

Callista put her talon on the wall and closed her eyes. Seconds later the wall gave way and they ran in the door.

Rin ran around in the room and opened all the crates she could find. In the last crate she found the dilithium crystals wrapped in a burlap sack and she put it on her back.

"Dilithium crystals?" she asked curiously and her sister nodded.

"We need them for the ship," she briefly explained. "I'll tell you more later. We have to get back."

At that moment, there was an explosion near the door and they were knocked off their feet. Callista fell unconscious. Rin picked her up into her arms and flew through the hallways packed with soldiers. She got nicked a few times as she made her way through the corridors but she was for the most part alright.

She stopped midflight and her heart dropped when she realized that the exit was sealed off tight. She whipped out her communicator and shouted into the device, "Scotty, beam us up N-OW!"

There was static. Rin was panicking more than she ever had before as the door that was separating them from the hallway took a blaster shot. She kept shouting to the shop for help and she was pushing all the buttons on the communicator until the door gave way. A bunch of people ran in through the door and help both of them at gunpoint.

A man covered in fiber armor stepped through the crowd and stopped in front of her. Rin glared at him and acknowledged, "Ah, if it isn't the best-known Mandalorian bounty hunter in the galaxy, Bendak Starkiller."

He was almost surprised by the respect she showed and he returned it. "And if it isn't two of the descendants of Gryphex, Rinsaku Hiroshi, the well-known third officer of the Federation Starship Enterprise commanded by Captain James Tiberius Kirk, and her sister, Callista Hiroshi, Jedi Knight of Coroscant."

She too in turn was surprised at him and rose to her feet. "Why the respect?" she asked curiously.

"You are a worthy adversary and are a warrior after what you have managed to survive," he answered honestly. "And why from you?"

"For the same reason." She glanced around the room. "We cannot stay here, and I cannot allow you the chance to kill me." Even through his helmet Rin could feel his frustration and added, "But, I will acknowledge the fact that I am cornered. When I have time and I am not crucial to our mission, I will return and give you a fair death match. Agreed, Starkiller?"

He gently laughed. "It is agreed, Hiroshi."

At that moment a hole was blasted in the ceiling of the room by the Enterprise and a second later Rin recognized the transporter room aboard the ship.

"What took you guys so long?" she demanded instantly as she dragged Callista off the transporter pad.

"We were having… difficulties," Kirk responded and he glanced down at Callista.

Before he could ask, Rin informed, "My younger sister," and he said nothing.

Minutes later they were all sitting in med-bay liking over Callista. Rin had taken the lightsaber for safe-keeping and had given Scotty the sack of dilithium crystals.

"You have a sister?" McCoy asked curiously and she nodded.

"She's about a year younger than I am," she notified. "Her name is Callista, and from what I hear, a Jedi."

Kirk raised an eyebrow. "Where's the lightsaber?"

"I… put it away," she answered honestly.

Kirk suddenly smiled. "Are you still going to attack my family?"

She laughed. "Oh, I'd better explain myself! I ran into the head of the bounty hunters and IU needed to persuade Visquis that thus ship was completely under my control. Thanks for sounding so convincing."

"Of course."

"More interesting news," Rin continued as she plugged her data pad into the computer, "I have a bounty on my head. She as well."

Kirk's expression was one of concern. "For what?"

"Merely for breathing," she supposed. "I escaped Klingons many years ago. I suppose the one who lost his eye to me cast it."

"So," McCoy began, "why have we only just now heard about this bounty of yours?"

"Because I'm protected in Federation space," she explained. "All Klingon-placed bounties are off in Federation space, but the second I leave it, someone can legally take my head. Understand?"

"How big is the prize?"

She smiled at him. "A fool could buy his own planet, or so I hear. I downloaded the information. You're both free to look at it if you wish, but try anything against she or I and…"

"We get it. We never would anyway," Kirk promised. "We need you more alive."

"Right." she mumbled and then continued, "Soon, I'm going to need to visit Starkiller again to participate in his promised death match."

McCoy raised an eyebrow, nearly surprised. "Death match?"

Rin nodded and sighed, "It was what he was known for." She explained. "In a death match, two contestants fight to the death. Simple as that, and Bendak Starkiller is a legend in the game. He is said to have killed hundreds of people, enough to the point that Czerka Corporation had the nerve to put a bounty on his head."

Kirk was surprised with the mass of information. "How do you know all this?" he asked.

Rin smiled and informed, "He's an old… acquaintance of mine."

Callista stirred and she awoke. She lifted her head and rolled onto her front. "Where am I?" she asked Rin as she glanced around and memorized the new faces in the room.

Kirk stepped forward and introduced himself. "I am Captain James T. Kirk of the Federation Starship Enterprise. Welcome aboard."

Callista looked him over and responded, "Greetings, Captain. I am Callista Hiroshi, descendant of the branch of Gryphex."

"A pleasure," he said with a smile.

"Likewise."

Spock entered the room and informed, "The dilithium crystals have been installed and are working perfectly."

"Excellent," Kirk stated and he left med-bay to check up on a few things.

Rin looked back at her sister and noticed she was staring at Spock with a plain expression. "Have I seen you before?" she asked curiously and he raised an eyebrow.

"This," Rin introduced, "is Captain Kirk's First Officer Spock. He's the son of Sarek. That's probably why he looks s familiar."

She moved her head in silent greeting. He returned it and Rin spotted their medical-brain over in the corner. "And Callista, this is Doctor Leonard McCoy." He turned around at hearing his name and smiled. Rin continued, "He's been with us for as long as I can remember."

"I've heard of you before, Doctor," Callista recalled. "I hear you are an excellent medical officer aboard your vessel. You have quite a reputation."

McCoy looked like he was about to laugh at the compliment but Spock interrupted and stated flatly, "May I remind you that Doctor McCoy is merely a country doctor, not a miracle worker."

Callista and Rin smirked at the comment and McCoy had a look of death on his face. "Be that as it may," Rin accepted but in a careful tone, "he's still an excellent physician in my opinion."

"Thank you, Rin," McCoy muttered hotly and in a tense tone as he went back to what he was doing.

"Are they always like this?" Callista questioned in a whispered but amused voice, and Rin nodded.

"Always."

Kirk's voice sounded over the intercom calling Rin and Spock to the Bridge. Callista slid off the bed and asked, "Cam I come with you?"

"Certainly," Rin agreed. "I'm sure you've never been aboard a Federation Space Cruiser before. Come on."