Ranna's POV

If Tharen wasn't like a father to me I probably would have punched him for even suggesting that I go into the Clone-trooper infested Jedi temple, with one of the most annoying guys I had ever met! From the moment we started crawling through the air ducts he wouldn't stop talking, and the worst part was he tried flirting with me.

I had made him crawl in front of me so that he couldn't stare at my... you know what, you can guess what I'm talking about. "So... how does a pretty girl like yourself end up as a jedi?"

"No business of yours." I responded dryly.

"Come on." He continued. "We're going to have to spend a lot more time together."

"You do realize that the jedi code forbids me from forming relationships?" I stopped crawling and waited for Dain to override one a ray-shield in front of us. "And even if I wasn't, you annoy the blasted heck out of me." I snapped.

"So you pick and choose which parts of the code you are going to follow?" The force field dropped but he didn't move. Instead he turned around in the cramped ventilation tube and looked at me. "You seem to be getting pretty mad, and if I'm correct, anger is also against the jedi code." I fought the urge to pummel him, but only because I would have to explain it to Tharen. "You seem to have forgotten that I was once a padawan too."

"Can we just continue with our mission." I barked as I pushed him in the direction we had been going.

Dain didn't move. "If there is anything you should have learned from your master, it's that the council isn't always right." He must have been referring to our masters' relationship. "Over the past few thousand years the jedi order has been rebuilt so many times and changed so many times, who is to say what view point is the closest one to being correct?" After a moment he turned back around and continued crawling into the temple.

"That is why I follow jedi like master Yoda."

"If you truly believed that, you would have reported Tharen the moment you found out that he and my master had a thing for each other." He didn't turn toward me again but I could sense the grin growing on his face.

"I didn't tell the council because Saras was gone, it was irrelevant." I defended.

"Is that the truth, or what helps you sleep?" He didn't give me time to answer. "Under the guidance of 'master Yoda' the jedi order has been all but destroyed. This never would have happened if leaders like Meetra Surik or Sateele Shaan had been in charge. No, they would have foreseen this and prevented an evil man like Palpatine from becoming leader of the Republic." He must have sensed how much this was bothering me because he stopped his rant and said calmly "just something to think about."

We continued on for a while until the ventilation made a sharp left toward the fan blade shaft. We didn't need to go that way though, our destination was beneath us. I took out my lightsaber and ignited one side and be an cutting a round hole in the floor of the ventilation beneath us. Dain, who was surprisingly good at slowing the decent of the heavy ventilation floor, lowered what I had cut onto the ground a ten meters down. We checked to make sure nobody else was in the room then jumped down.

I had guessed right, we landed in the center of the strategic office. This had been the last place we saw Master Caren. I could only hope she was still alive. I told Dain to stand watch by the door so I could look at the security cameras so we knew what we were up against and so I could get away from him for a moment. I made my way to the security console and swiftly browsed through each of the cameras until I found the holocron vault. Among the library data banks that surrounded the vault door stood several clones in blue and white armor. ARC troopers. Then upon further inspection I saw an eighth trooper.

"Blast, Dain get over here and take a look at this." I ordered pointing to a clone commando in midnight black armor. The emblem markings on his shoulder told me exactly which one it was. Lieutenant Frag. Dain arrived at my shoulder and attempted to wrap his arm around my waist "to get a better look at the small screen" but I swiftly swatted him away. "That's one of the commando's that tried to kill us." I explained, still revolted from his attempt at being romantic. "And let go of my hand." I added as he slipped his fingers away from my hand.

"So what? We can get past eight clone troopers."

"We still need to warn Tharen, where ever Frag is, Horn is probably nearby." I remembered my com-link was broken so I had to ask Dain for his. "Master, we've got a problem." I said as soon as he answered. "Frag is at the vault, and Horn probably isn't to far behind."

"Thanks for the heads up." Answered Tharen,his voice was fuzzy which meant his com-link was damaged, but at least his worked.

"What should we do?"

"Continue with the plan, go shut down the power, we'll meet you in the hanger bay when this is over." He ordered.

"Tharen, with all due respect, we should help you against the clones."

"No, do as you are told and go get a star ship ready after you shut down the power. We will need a fast way off Coruscant after this."

"Yes Master..."

"Okay, stay safe Etch, I'll see you soon." Then he closed the channel.

"Well you heard the man." Said Dain slapping me on the back. "Let's get this over with... Etch."

Then I punched him.

An/ tell me if Ranna and Dain's interactions go a little to far but I find it funny. As always read and review.