As Valin and Ben waited for Jysella–she already discovered that Rowdy had gone in after her–they began getting impatient. "What's taking her so long?" Valin asked, worried. There's no reason for her to be taking this long. He thought.

"Maybe she's held up by a surviving Sith?" Ben suggested.

"But look around! Our parents have managed to kill these guys with superior skill!"

"But they're not perfect. Perhaps maybe they missed one or two."

Valin nodded, accepting Ben's theory. Just then, their comlinks gave a chime revealing that Jysella was contacting them. "All clear. You two can arrive now." Jysella's voice called over their comlinks.

Ben and Valin let out sighs of relief. "Thank the Force." Valin remarked.

They headed down the corridor. As they went, Ben stopped as he felt something black and slimy hit his shoulder. He reached his hand over, and touched it with his forefinger and middle finger. "The kriff?" He remarked.

"What happened?"

Ben showed him his shoulder. Valin looked repulsed. "That's new. What is it?"

Ben's eyes widened as he remembered previous fights with Abeloth. "Oh no. This has to be from Abeloth!"

"Are you sure?" Valin was greatly hoping that it could've come from a simple leak in the pipes. But Ben's response confirmed his fears.

"Yeah. It's what she has in place of blood. So I guess it can be seen as a good thing?"

"It means we can hurt her."

"Yes! Unfortunately, it also means that she's here."

The 2 Knights decided to play it safe, and drew their lightsabers, and ignited them. Valin was startled by a clump of black slime that dropped from the ceiling. "I have a bad feeling about this." He said.

Just then, he felt a blunt blow to the head. Ben's eyes widened in shock and fear! He tried to reach out through the Force to warn Jysella, but he suddenly felt sick. He felt as though the Force was ripped from him. Then, he felt a swift blow to his head, and he lost consciousness.


Jysella investigated the semi-circle room. It smelled of burnt flesh and some other substance that made her sick to her stomach. She turned to the astromech following her. "Stay by me, Rowdy." She insisted. I can't believe I'll have to get closer to find the source.

Rowdy ignored her, and dashed him. Jysella clenched her fist, and shook her head. I should've seen that coming. She thought. She followed the droid deeper into the room. "I need to talk to Jaina about your programming."

Rowdy whistled in anger, then connected himself to an interface slot.

Jysella saw blaster holes in the back of a chair. She saw a body in it, and discovered it as Rokari Kem! Why is she even here?! Jysella wondered. She looked around, and saw the mangled body of Wynn Dorvan! She covered her mouth in shock. His left eye was badly swollen. His jaw looked slightly dislocated. All around, he had bad bruises. His presence in the Force was faint. That explains the small presence I detected. She thought.

Dorvan weakly looked up. He weakly smiled. "J-Jysella…"

"Chief Dorvan, what happened here?!"

"Sh-she undeerest-stimated me." He weakly pointed to Rokari's body.

"Chief Roki Kem?" Jysella asked.

Dorvan painfully shook his head. "That's… not R-Roki…"

Jysella immediately understood what she was certain he was getting at. "Oh my gosh, is she a Sith Lord?!"

Dorvan shook his head a little faster. It seemed to ache his neck badly, and he grimaced in pain. "No… no-not either…"

"Who else could it be? She had to be a Sith Lord!"

"N-no! You're wr-wrong…"

Jysella couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Then who?!"

Dorvan took a few strained, deep breaths. "Ab-Abeloth…"

Jysella turned to Rowdy. "Rowdy, order the computer to track down Abeloth's position."

Rowdy whistled an affirmative response, and his interface arm rotated a few times. Text appeared on the screen. ACCESS DENIED.

Jysella was confused, but refused to give up. "Rowdy, override command." Jysella continued.

Rowdy tried, and was met with another error. YOU WILL NOT UNDERMINE YOUR BELOVED QUEEN OF STARS. Jysella snarled in anger. "Rowdy, demand its identity." Rowdy did so. YOU FOOLISH MORTAL. YOU ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM.

"Chief Dorvan, what the devil is this thing talking about?!"

"Sh-she wanted… m-me to k-kill her b-body… to merge."

"Save your strength." Jysella urged. A lump developed in her throat. "Rowdy, disconnect immediately!" She wasn't sure if Abeloth actually merged with the temple's computer core, as Dorvan said, but she didn't want to know if she could merge with other electronics.

"Dorvan, why did we fail in the assault?!"

"I… wanted t-to draw… in th-the Sith… she had o-other plans…"

Jysella felt like the answers she had received were good enough. She managed to get Dorvan off of the wall. "I'll get you help." She promised. They slowly got out of the room. Jysella used her lightsaber to break the door down, and saw her brother lying on the ground! She immediately set Dorvan down, and rushed to Valin's side! "No, no! Valin wake up! Please wake up!" She shook him gently.

"She sees… the future!" Dorvan groaned.