"Brunn, any word from Master Carly?", Jared asked him.

"No. I am afraid the Sith must have killed her whilst releasing Zexar"

"That is very disturbing news Brunn, I shall send Masters Relle and Fren down to Chandrila to look for Carly and Lauren"

Jared walked over to his communicator and sent for a transmission to the Jedi cruiser where Relle and Fren were located, The Redeemer.

"Master Relle", Jared started, "As we can all sense, Zexar is abroad Darth Jonai's Jedi cruiser. No word has been received by Master Carly or Lauren, so you and Fren are to take your cruiser down to Chandrila's surface and find Carly"

"Yes Jared"

"May the Force be with you"

Jared then sent a transmission to Darth Zexar's ship, The Fallen Jedi.

"They've rejected", Jared muttered.

"Jared", Brunn began, "I can feel a disturbance in the Force. Zexar is attacking The Redeemer"

"I sense it too. How though?"

"That's impossible, that ship weighs more than any Jedi could move, let alone destroy"

"This mission has become too dangerous"

Jared and Brunn watched in terror as the massive Jedi cruiser began to fall apart, no physical attack given. Parts of the ship began to fly away into space as the ship now began to crumple, explosions marking a few hundred deaths within. The escape pods now began to disintegrate, one by one, leaving no exit from the ship, due to the hangers having already been destroyed. The ships final blow came from the bridge, glass and metal exploding into the vacuum around it, killing everyone inside, Relle and Fren included. The ship let off a few more explosions before heading down towards Chandrila. All they could hope for now was that the cruiser didn't hit a settlement below.

"Jared, what just happened?", Brunn asked, overflowing with shock.

"Darth Zexar has become more powerful than we could have imagined. He is run by anger"

"But that cruiser, surely he didn't do that alone"

"Master Brunn", Jared started to say, "Even if he didn't do that alone, we all know there are only two more Force-sensitive beings on that cruiser. If all three of them contributed, that does not bode well for the republic. One immensely powerful Sith is bad enough, but three? We can only hope Darth Zexar did it alone"

"I agree, shall we pull the fleet around"

"No, we need that cruiser's hyper drive damaged. That is the only way we can get Zexar out alive"

"He will never leave the Sith, not with his new power"

"We have plans, now we stick to them", Jared said, his word final.

"Jesus Zex", Telon said, watching in shock as the Jedi cruiser was finally destroyed and heading towards Chandrila.

Zexar lay back on the floor where he had been sitting, panting and sweating madly. The Force had strained him completely, taking all his energy and strength to pull the cruiser apart.

"Concentrate on flying Telon", Zexar panted out.

Telon shifted all power to the forward shields, but the Jedi cruisers had already damaged their hyper drive beyond repair.

"Zex, hyper drives gone"

"Shit, get to the small Sith fighter", Zexar ordered Telon and Jonai.

They all ran from the cockpit and boarded to small Sith ship Telon and Zexar had been given for their mission. Telon quickly fired up the engines and left Jonai's Jedi cruiser.

"Telon, set the co-ordinates for Tatooine", Zexar stated.

"Done, the hyper drive isn't working right, they must have hit it somehow", Telon replied, waiting for a few seconds, "Alright, it's working enough now, hold on this is going to be a bumpy ride"

"Nothing more than expected", Jonai remarked.

Telon pulled the lever and sent them all into hyperspace, headed towards Tatooine. The ship was rocking violently, threatening to explode any second. Telon was trying to repair the hyper drive a little more so they would be able to reach Tatooine, but was failing so far.

"Zex, the hyper drive isn't going to get us to Tatooine, I'm pulling out of hyper space"

"Okay, we can stop on the nearest planet to repair it. Jonai, can you send a transmission to Grunto, informing him of the situation"

"Yes Master"

Telon pulled them out of hyper space, which shook the ship more violently than before, knocking Jonai and Zexar off their feet. They were above the planet Rodia, a tropical world covered in jungles and swamps, well known for being the home world of Rodians. A small explosion in the hyper drive rocked the ship violently once again, but there was enough time for Jonai to inform Grunto they needed help on Rodia. The rear end of the ship exploded and caused them to plummet down to Wesessa Sea below and crashed into the shallow waters near the An'yettu Islands. At the collision, Zexar was thrown through the cockpit window as it smashed out, and floated face-down in the still waters. Telon was strapped into her seat and received a blow to the head on impact, but remained conscious. Jonai got thrown around inside the ship and smashed her head onto a gas pipe, nearly knocking her out and spilling gas into the air.

"Zexar!", Telon shouted as she cut herself out of her seat harness and leaped through the window.

The clear, warm tropic water reached up to her neck as she waded towards where Zexar was drowning, and lifted him up with the Force, before sending him slowly towards land. Behind her a small spark ignited as a metal panel fell and scraped on the floor, causing a massive explosion from the gas leak. Telon was sent flying towards the island, as parts of the ship flew in every direction. As she pushed herself back to the surface of the water, a sudden thought hit her. Darth Jonai.

"Jonai?", Telon called.

"T-T-Telon, help me", Jonai called back, having just resurfaced where the ship had been.

Telon swan to where Jonai was located, and used the Force once again to lift her above the water, before sending her in the same direction as Zexar. Telon was now able to swim to the shore herself, where she lay back to the white sand and regained her breath.

"That was eventful", Jonai stated.

"What even happened?", Telon replied.

"I don't know why we went down, but the explosion was my fault. I burst a gas pipe during the crash impact"

"Does Darth Grunto know we're here?"

"Yes, I informed him that we were in need of help on Rodia"

"Good, we just need to survive this place until help arrives"

Telon stood up and tended to Zexar, placing her hand over a large gash on his head, using the Force to heal him.

"Telon?", Jonai began, "Aren't Sith in Grunto's academy meant to abandon any Jedi skills in healing"

"Yes but we're not in Grunto's academy. What he doesn't know won't harm him, will it?"

"No"

"Well then"

"Do you have a problem with me?", Jonai asked.

"Your a recently fallen Jedi, so yes"

"Didn't Chandrila prove anything?"

"Yes, that you are capable of killing a Jedi, whether or not you are involved in a Jedi plan, I don't know"

"So that's what you think? I'm a Jedi spy?"

"I never said that. I'm just not ruling the option out"

"Theres more. Zexar is involved"

"How do you mean?", Telon asked, flinching ever so slightly at the mention of his name.

"You feel threatened by me don't you?"

"No, spit out what you want to say before I gut you"

"Nice. You've fallen for Zexar, I know you have, and you feel threatened by my presence"

"My relationship with Zexar concerns no one, least of all you"

"I think you'll find it does concern me, considering he is my Master"

"Jonai, I have not fallen for Zexar, and I am most certainly not threatened by your presence"

"Oh come off it. I've seen the way you look at each other, most noticeably on my cruiser after Chandrila"

"Jonai, we have a strong bond, you know that. But we don't feel anything towards each other in that way"

"So the intense eye-contact and leaning towards each other was just part of your routine then?"

"What is your interest with me and Zexar's relationship anyway? Why does it matter to you?"

"Well you claim to be Sith, but you have shown yourselves to be nothing more than an emotional Jedi"

Telon unclipped her light-saber and ignited it, pointing it towards Jonai, who ignited her own saber at the same time. Jonai laughed as she had found what she was looking for: a weakness.

"Jedi. What did they do to you to make you that hateful"

"You know damn well Jonai"

"It is you, Master Veronica", Jonai started, "So Master Carly was correct. That is disturbing news isn't it?"

"I am Darth Telon. No one else", Telon shouted.

"Your as messed up as Zexar. Fallen Jedi, not totally lost to the darkness"

"How dare you, Zexar could have killed you on your cruiser"

"He would have been killed by Vett, Tepel, and my apprentice Drelo"

"As I am aware, you were taken out by Drelo, who lasted mere seconds against Zexar, who took on and killed two Jedi Masters. That's more than most Sith accomplish. He has removed six Masters from the council, five of which are now dead"

"He cared enough to let me live"

This comment made Telon lose control, and she swung at Jonai. They both engaged each other and fought quickly and fiercely until they were interrupted. Zexar had awoken from his state and had engaged in the fight as well, fighting them both off each other in between them.

"Stop both of you", he shouted as he disarmed Jonai and used the Force to push Telon backwards, away from Jonai, "What's going on?"

"Nothing", Telon shouted as she deactivated her light-saber and ran off towards the small islands jungle.

Zexar looked at Jonai, who was smiling in a twisted way, as if she had intentionally caused Telon pain. He then turned to run after Telon, catching her mid-way through the jungle.

"Telon, wait", Zexar called.

Telon stopped but didn't turn around, "You can't begin to understand how I feel Zex"

"I can, Ronnie"

"What did you call me?"

"I remember you. From Coruscant during my training. I remember I left for Dantooine when I was fourteen"

"I thought you had forgotten me, I was made a Jedi Master a month after you left, and I fell to the dark side a year after that"

"What happened to make you fall? You were so sure of the light"

"My Master, Vandan Bray, betrayed me on Veron, and I killed him in hate and anger. I had been played by Fanu, who had used Vandan as a pawn in his plan, much like Grunto is using me now"

"What are you talking about?"

"Grunto's plan", Telon started, "There is no weapon Zexar, he has sent us on a mission to destroy the Jedi, filling ourselves with hate and anger. He plans to let our bond grow, and kill me, to make you lose control and strike him down. This would fill you with the hate and anger needed to lead the Sith to victory in this war"

"We need to stop him, Telon"

"I know, we will be taken back to Korriban once they arrive here, and once we are inside the academy, his plan will commence"

"No, it won't, I won't allow him to succeed"

"Why? I'm only another Sith"

"No, your not", Zexar started, placing his right hand on her cheek, "Because I-"

"What is up with you two? Seriously", Jonai shouted, interrupting Zexar mid sentence.

Zexar's anger over flowed and he lashed out, spinning around to face her with tremendous speed and used the Force to leap at her, tackling her to the ground. He pulled out his light-saber and ignited it inches from her face, and then moved the saber lightly onto her face, cutting a line down the left side, from her hair line to her chin. A permanent scar. He resumed his anger-full attack and used the Force to lift her up before throwing her full force into a large tree, which subsequently collapsed.
"Master, what are you doing?", Jonai screamed, writhing around in pain.

"I may not be as attuned to the dark side as the others, but I can't control myself when I'm pissed off"

"Zexar, you are nothing more than an emotional Jedi. You attack out of anger not hatred for your enemy. You're a waste of Sith space", Jonai shouted as she rose to her feet and ran from the forest.

Zexar dropped to his knee's, burying his head in his hands as the reality of Jonai's words hit him.

"Zexar, you can't listen to her", Telon said, comforting him as she walked over to sit at his side.

"It's true though"

"No, it's not"

"Telon, I left the Jedi order to get revenge on Marsh, but I have failed. I have been tricked by Grunto. I'm a failure"

"Don't say that Zex, together we can destroy Grunto, along with the entire Sith academy on Korriban"

"Why do you want to help me Telon?"

"You know how I feel about you"

"As do you. I just can't. Not yet", Zexar finished, standing up and walking back towards their crashed ship.

"I understand", Telon replied, getting up and following him.

Zexar sat with his back on the rear end of the ship, staring out into the Wesessa Sea as his thoughts were filled with Telon. She was sitting at the top of a tree nearby watching him as he thought, he pulled her in in so many ways he would never understand.

We both know we can't be together, should Grunto find out he will use it as a weakness, exploit it. The Jedi code suddenly made sense to me, as I have fallen against it and fallen in love, I finally understand their reasoning. Love within the Jedi would allow the Sith a critical advantage: should they come into possession of one participant, the other will become angry, their fall would become much easier. I can't understand why Zexar had been allowed to continue his relationship with Lauren, but the Jedi are unpredictable, at times more so than the Sith, and have also been known to bend the rules for specific reasons. The Jedi may have set this as a trial for Zexar, but I find that unlikely. If they were trying to unlock his true power they would never risk the lives of their fellow Masters, or would they? At times I find the Jedi as ruthless and corrupt as we Sith, but at least they have morals, at times. Me and Zexar may well be the most merciful Sith but we've had our fair share of battles, all of which we come off on top. My feelings towards Zexar have destroyed what little amount of the dark side was within me, as he has filled me with hope and true feeling, a feeling I wish to feel. I doubt I would ever be able to rejoin the Jedi, I have abandoned them, but at times I wish I had never left, no matter how I felt towards them. I feel the Jedi will cause the destruction of themselves one day, pushing out a talented Jedi in the hopes of protecting his destiny from the ways of the dark side, something they will fail at due to the interference of a powerful Sith Lord. The future is clouded for me by the light side, as a Jedi the dark side clouded the future. I miss my days as a Jedi at times, but they don't compare to now, Zexar is my world. A large Sith cruiser has come into view, it's now descending from space, no doubt our escape route out of here. Zexar looks agitated, and he keeps his hand on his sabers hilt, no matter what. I admire him for that, he never lets his defence down. With any luck, Grunto will not expect his demise on Korriban.