Part 5

Gaia stretched out her legs from where she was sitting on board the Millennium Falcon as it was about to reach the Academy on Yavin IV. Glancing around her looked at her fellow passengers. There was the president, Leia Solo and her three children along with two other senators.

Gaia had not really talked with either of them. One of them she did not like but the other from what he had said was guanine about his concerns about the academy. Chewbacca and Han Solo were still up in the cockpit as the ship was about to come out of hyperspace.

Gaia wondered what her master, Fie-Tel had in store for her once she had landed at the academy. She had not found out that much during her time away other than a little about the Jedi Master Bri and a few visions of two Jedi, or she had thought they were two Jedi but now was not sure about that.

Glancing back down at the report on her lap there were reports of disturbances in the Force that might endanger the academy. From what the Jedi could find out it seemed that Tavion was gathering the remaining forces that Desann. Tavion was visiting Force sensitive areas draining them of Force. The only problem was there was not any information as to what she was planning to do with all of the stored Force power.

Gaia had the feeling that everything she had been reading about did not have anything to do with her visions. There was something inside her that just did not feel right about it. With that thought she realized that there was something else going on that no one knew about.

"So how far along are you in your training," one of the senators called Ollo asked Gaia.

Gaia looked up at the question not having expecting it. "Not long, I'm not as strong as many of the others," Gaia answered honestly.

"Our philosophy is that even the weakest can defeat the strongest," Ollo replied.

"Which is why your people fell so easily to the Empire when the Emperor took over," the other senator said making Ollo bristle slightly.

"That allowed them to gather so much intelligence for the rebellion. The Emperor did not view his race as a threat Ulti," Leia replied having heard the conversation between the two senators.

"When it comes to the Force, it always works in mysterious ways," Gaia replied. "I'm better off now than I was before I joined the order," Gaia said as she now looked at Ulti.

"Really, that's interesting," Ollo said. "How are you better now?"

"My family is poor and father and mother had a hard time providing for the three of us," Gaia replied.

"They should work then," Ulti said with a bit of a snort in his voice.

"They did," Gaia said looking him right in his eyes. "At least they had a job before a high corporate bigwig decided to downsize."

"Then they should have just looked for another job," Ulti replied a bit uncomfortable with the way that Gaia was looking at him.

"They would have if the business had not controlled everything," Gaia told him.

"Then they should have just left for something new," Ulti said regaining some of his smugness.

"Well, they might have if the company had paid the severance pay they promised everyone, but you should know about that," Gaia said evenly knowing that what she was about to say would shock them all. "After all my parents worked for Intergalac."

Ulti suddenly stiffened at that comment. Everyone knew that he was the majority owner of Intergalac. At the moment the company had been under investigation for several wrongful business dealings that many said it was doing both to other companies and its employees.

"Really," Leia said with interest at what Gaia had just said. "I think that the investigating council would like to hear that."

"They can't prove anything," Ulti said but without his smug tone that he had earlier in the conversation.

Gaia felt the ship land and got up and was about to turn around when she stopped and looked back at Ulti. "You may try and deny it, but you've destroyed just as many lives as the Emperor did. Excuse me Madam President, Senator Ollo," she said with a nod of her head to the other two then left the ship. She could hear an argument start as she walked out but really did not care at the moment.

Gaia wondered if anything she had said would make a difference. She was not sure but either way it had felt good telling the man what she thought even though it went against her Jedi training. Looking around she saw Master Fie-Tel standing there waiting for her.

"Gaia, how are you doing," he asked glancing at her. He could feel that something had changed but could not see it. He would have to wait to see if she would tell him.

"I'm doing fine Master Fie-Tel," Gaia replied to him.

"And how did your research go," he asked her wondering if she had found anything.

"Very little survived the war but I was able to find a name," Gaia replied. "A Jedi by the name of Bri Lighter."

"I am not familiar with that name," Fie-Tel said after thinking about it for a second.

They both turned around that the yells of Uncle Luke and watched as Han and Leia's kids ran to their uncle. Luke gave each of the kids a hug before also giving his sister and Han a warm greeting as well.

"I see that a couple of council members are here as well," Fie-Tel said noticing the two men.

"Yes, Senators Ollo and Ulti," Gaia replied. Fie-Tel could tell by the way that Gaia had said Ulti's name that the young woman did not like the senator. He quickly made a mental note to see if he could find out what had happened between the two of them. It was not like Gaia to not like someone.

"Have you been keeping up with the reports I've sent you," he asked changing the subject of the conversation.

"I was reading them on the way over here. Does Tavion pose that much of a threat to the Jedi," Gaia asked her master.

"We believe so," Fie-Tel replied to her question. "Do you think that your research is connected with it?"

"My feelings on the subject tell me no but that also scares me a lot. Whatever it is the pull of the Dark Side is very strong," Gaia replied.

"Then we'll have to keep our guard up," Fie-Tel said not sure if they could guard against two threats.



"Thousands," Tyi and the captain whispered together. They could not believe that so many ships existed in one place.

"It is the remnants of the Sith fleet that Darth Malak used and then hid," Rizon said as she glanced out at the fleet in pure joy. "Soon it will be alive again," she said.

"I thought that it was all destroyed by the Republic fleet at the end of that war and the Jedi Civil war," the captain asked as he recalled his history.

Rizon turned to look at the captain. 'At least this one knows his history,' she thought to herself. "You are only half correct. Darth Malak hid this part of the fleet in case of an emergency. Anyone who knew about was killed," Rizon said.

Tyi and the captain exchanged glances with each other at her statement. They each wanted to know how she knew about it if no one else did.

"I am a true Sith Lord, that is how I know," Rizon stated knowing that they would wonder about how she knew. She would not embellish any more though.

"Of course my lord," Tyi replied with a slight bow not wanting to anger her at all.

"Prepare a landing part captain. We're going over to one of the ship," Rizon said picking out the ship that would serve as her flagship. She glanced out at the fleet until she found the one that she wanted. She then told the captain to make his way to that ship.

"Of course," the captain replied as he went to carry out his orders.

A few minutes later they were on their way to the ship that Rizon had selected. She watched as the ship grew larger though the shuttles window. The pilot followed the directions that Rizon gave as if his life depended on it. He was able to land on the ship without any problems.

Getting off the shuttle the men noticed that while the air seemed a bit stale it was at least breathable without any equipment. Most of the group was heavily armed and they wondered what was on board that would require such heavy weapons. They quickly started to make their way to the bridge.

The group rounded a corner and saw a droid unlike anything they had ever seen before. It reminded them of a giant spider. When it noticed them the droid immediately began to screech and beep at them. They all readied their weapons not sure what the droid was going to do next.

The droid stopped its noises and opened fire on the group with a deadly accuracy. One man quickly went down before anyone could return fire. When they recovered enough to open fire they noticed that the droid was protected by an unknown type of shield.

Another man went down to the droid and the group was wondering what type of droid they had just encountered. The droid suddenly seemed to freeze for a few seconds before finally exploding. The men looked around wondering what had happened when they noticed that Darth Rizon was now standing behind them.

Rizon had silently watched the encounter with the droid and realized that her men were not equipped with the right weapons for this mission. They would need ion weapons against these droids. Deciding to end the confrontation she used the Force to destroy the droid. She then walked past the group of men and continued on her way to the bridge.

The men glanced at awe at the woman who passed them. She had power that most of them could only imagine. The ease at which she had destroyed the droid had left the men with their mouths open. They quickly hurried to catch up to their leader not knowing if other droids were on the ship.

The men's thoughts were confirmed as another droid was encountered. Rizon quickly destroyed that droid as well as they finally made their way to the bride of the ship. Everyone was silently amazed at the room that the bridge had.

"Reminds me of an Imperial class star destroyer," one man said. Rizon glanced at the man and realized that he had experience from the Imperial Navy.

"The droids can be disabled from here," Rizon said walking over to where a console was. After a few moments of hacking into the system she had access and had the droids disabled.

The men looked around the ship wondering if everything was still working. The one man who had served in the Imperial Navy quickly walked over to the console and brought up the power levels of the ship.

"What's the reading," Rizon asked the man hoping that it was still good.

"Everything's normal. It just requires the starting of the main engines. Everything has been on auxiliaries at the moment," the man replied looking at the screen.

"Perfect, take teams of three and explore the ship. Make sure that there are no other visitors on my ship," Rizon said watching as the men slowly split up into groups. "The droid's security features have been disabled," she told them watching as they relaxed a bit at that.

A few of the men remained on the bridge a bit longer. Rizon realized that one of them was the man who had served in the Imperial Navy and a thought came to her.

"Do you know how to bring the main engines on line," she asked the man who nodded his head yes. "Good, go and activate the main engines," she told him as he left the bridge with two other men and went in search of the engine room.

"Tyi," she said activating the communicator. "What's the count?"

"Two thousand and twenty-three ship my lord," Tyi replied.

"Excellent, the Republic and Empire won't know what hit them," Rizon said pleased that things were going so well and smiled at that thought of being the Empress of the universe and the heart of a new Sith Empire.

The others looked at her wondering if she had gone mad. She was going to take on both the Imperial and New Republic.



Gaia walked up to the main meeting area of the temple. Master Skywalker had called for a meeting of all the Jedi in the area. She thought she had an idea of what was going on. Tavion had been stirring up trouble for a while now and it appeared that everything was about to reach the climax.

"Thank you for coming so quickly," Luke said as he glanced around at all the Jedi who had shown up. "Jaden has come across some information that Tavion has been influenced by an Ancient Sith Lord. Right now she is currently on her way to resurrect this Sith Lord. We must stop her at all costs. I won't lie to you though we will be up against other Force users who can handle a lightsaber just as well as any of us so be careful out there."

Gaia suddenly felt unsure if she should have even shown up for this meeting. She was not much of a swordswoman with the lightsaber. She decided to approach Master Fie-Tel about her going on this mission.

Luke finished telling everyone what to expect and Gaia went in search of Fir-Tel. She spotted him standing beside Luke and Kyle Katarn. She wondered what they were talking about as they quieted down as she approached.

"Gaia, what can I do for your," Fie-Tel asked the young woman. He already had an idea about what she wanted but wanted to hear her ask it.

"I don't feel like I should participate in this mission Master Fie-Tel. My skills are not as good as the others," Gaia said wondering what their reaction would be.

"Gaia, I need all available Jedi to help combat this threat," Luke said quite seriously.

"Then I will do my best," Gaia replied hoping that she would be able to live up to her mentor's expectations.

"I have a feeling that you will do just fine," Luke replied as the group began to head for the ships. Luke had felt that something inside the young Jedi stirring but was not sure what it was. He would have to talk with Fie-Tel and see if he knew anything about it. That would happen when they returned back to Yavin.



Tyi listened to the report that was coming in from one of his spies that he had in the New Republic government. The report listed that a couple of senators were visiting the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV and noticed something strange going on.

The Jedi were concerned with a group of rebels who might be working with remnants of the Imperial military. The group was being led by Tavion who had been a pupil of Desann. Tyi figured that his master would want to know about this. He activated the communicator and waited for her to answer.

"Yes Tyi," Lord Rizon said over the communicator.

"My lord, I have received come news that the Jedi are moving against Tavion and her forces," Tyi told her.

"Yes, I know that already. The Jedi will win this battle," Rizon said not really concerned with the outcome of the battle.

"This might be a way to boost our forces my lord," Tyi said carefully not wanting to anger her. There was a moment of silence and Tyi was a bit concerned about his safety.

"So be it," Rizon finally said to Tyi who let out a sigh of relief. "Just be sure to remain in the shadows."

"Yes my lord," Tyi replied as Rizon signed off. He would have to gather a small group of loyal people to act as recruiters. They would have to remain hidden to avoid detection from the Jedi and the Imperials.

Tyi quickly gave out the orders to the group that he had assembled. There was a bit of silence when he realized that someone else had come into the room. He turned around and was shocked to see Lord Rizon standing there.

"I've changed my mind," she stated walking up to him. He was a bit nervous that she had changed her mind about the mission. "I will be going with them. Captain Pietete will be in charge until my return. I wish for you to continue on your current mission," she said then walked out of the room. Tyi looked at the others who were in the room and each of them had faces of both awe and fear in their eyes. He did not have to tell them that she was going only for them to be careful.



Gaia checked out the equipment that she was issued on the way to their destination. She was feeling nervous about what was sure to be a fight. She did not want to hurt anyone during the fight that she was sure would occur.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out she tried to concentrate on something else other than fighting. It was hard for her to as she could feel that there was something about this mission.

"Everything all right," another Jedi asked who was sitting next to her.

"I don't know. I just feel that something is going to happen during the battle but I can't pinpoint it," Gaia said not sure how to explain her uneasiness that she felt.

"Prebattle jitters, we all get it," the other Jedi replied. He had been in battle before as a rebel pilot years ago during the last part of the war against the Empire. "I remember the first time I went into battle. I thought for sure that I was going to throw up," he said to her.

"I guess so," Gaia replied hoping that the other Jedi was right.

They felt the ship touchdown on the planet's surface and the door opened. Gaia went to her assigned area and waited to see what was going to happen. They were there to stop Tavion's forces from trying to resurrect a dead Sith Lord. Gaia waited to see if anyone came near her area while she could hear the fight all around her.

A flash off to her right caught her attention. She noticed that it was a Jedi facing off with an attacker. She turned and headed in their direction. She engaged the opponent and together they overwhelmed the attacker.

The Jedi muttered thanks before heading back into the fray. Gaia was about to follow when she felt something strange. It was much different than what she had been feeling earlier. This felt more like the strange attacker she had seen back at the academy when it had been attacked earlier in the year.

Gaia quickly made up her mind and decided to see if she could follow the source of what she have been feeling. She quietly made her way around the ruins avoiding others. Right now she wanted to be hidden.

Gaia could hear the fighting begin to die down as the report of Tavion's defeat came down though the ruins. She could still hear the occasional fight going on but as she turned the corner she could hear voices. Trying to be as quiet as she could she glanced around the corner. She could see that many of Tavion's forces were leaving the ruins heading up a secret exit that she was sure no one knew about.

Gaia was about to head back to tell the others what she saw when she noticed the person who appeared to be in charge. It was a woman who was dressed in black with a deep crimson cape that seemed to flow around her. The woman had long black hair that shimmered and caught Gaia's attention. The thought that the woman was beautiful entered her mind.

'What am I thinking," Gaia thought to herself as she regained her senses and looked around for any signs of trouble. She could tell that there were quite a few that were leaving using this tunnel as an exit. Gaia realized that she had to tell someone and was about to leave when the woman turned around and look in her direction.

Gaia felt caught as deep blue eyes seemed to penetrate her being. Her rational mind tried to tell her that she should leave as she was in danger but her soul was telling her something else. Something deeper inside her was speaking louder than her mind was. The deep blue of the woman's eyes seemed to draw her in with a strange feeling of belonging that she had never felt before.

One of the men headed down the tunnel dropped his lightsaber startled her and realizing that she had been discovered turned and fled the scene. She ran as fast as she could to where she knew the others would be. Her heart was pounding erratically from her encounter as she finally made her way to a small place where Luke, Kyle Katarn and other Jedi named Jaden were standing.

"Gaia, I'm glad to see that you made it," Luke said knowing that he had lost some good Jedi in the fight. They would have to step up their training later.

"I think we have more trouble in the future," Gaia replied catching her breath from her run.

"What do you mean," Kyle asked pretty sure that he was not going to like what Gaia was going to tell him.

Gaia waited a few seconds before replying to fully catch her breath. "I had a feeling of something different so I went searching. I saw a group of the survivors heading out of a secret exit. They also appeared to have a woman leader who was not Tavion," Gaia told them.

"So someone took some of the survivors," Luke replied as he thought about the ramifications of what he had just heard. "Do you know how many," he asked her trying to gage the threat they might pose.

"From what I saw over twenty," Gaia replied honestly. "I was only there a few minutes before leaving."

"They'll have a hard time leaving the planet. We've got a Republic cruiser patrolling the planet to prevent any ship from leaving. We'll be able to find out who they are shortly," Luke said as he recalled the cruiser.



Jessica waited in the shadows as her men did their job. She could feel that something else was going on inside the tomb. She figured that it was Tavion trying to resurrect the ancient Sith Lord but there was also something else there. She would keep a close eye out for anything was out of the ordinary.

Jessica also silently counted the number of people that her recruiters were able to gather from Tavion's forces. The woman was not very competent if so many of her people were leaving their ranks for her. A few of them stopped to look at her and a few she recognized but she now had the persona of Darth Rizon. Many looked at her with a bit of fear and awe in their eyes. That was good for her as it meant there would be fewer who would challenge her in her attempt to take her title of Sith Lord.

She noticed that most of them were Force users and already had their own lightsabers. That would be a great head start in training for her. The training that she had in mind for these people would be different as they would make up her elite troops that she would use against the Jedi.

The news had come though the hallways that Tavion had fallen to a Jedi called Jaden. The news was no surprise to Jessica. She had already seen Tavion's failure and was using it to strengthen her own forces.

The last of the group was heading though when she became aware of someone watching her. She turned around and scanned the area for whoever it was. She saw the person almost right away almost as if she had been guided right to the person by some unknown force.

Jessica locked onto green eyes that were looking right back at her. She could feel the intensity and it caught her off guard for several seconds. She almost felt lost in the depths of the mysterious green eyes of the stranger.

One of the men walking past her made a slight noise breaking the contact with the woman. Jessica turned to see what the noise had been. She noticed that one of the men had dropped his weapon as anger flashed though her.

"If you can't hold onto your weapon then don't carry one," Jessica said slipping into the role of Darth Rizon very easily.

The men stopped as they watched what was going on between the two. The man seemed to not even have heard the woman and his reply reinforced that face as several suddenly backed away.

"Whatever," the man said as he retrieved his lightsaber. He was annoyed at having this woman play like she was something special. He had worked for several others and would wait for the next big person.

The man suddenly found himself hurled off his feet and thrown up against the wall. The force that was used was tremendous and he had to work to see who it was who had attacked him. Turning his head he noticed the woman who he had just passed.

"I will tolerate no disrespect among my troops," Rizon said as she now approached the man who was struggling to get back up.

"I don't care who you are. I was the commander of Tavion's forces and soon I will be the new commander once I talk with whoever is in charge of this," he thought activating his lightsaber to take care of this woman.

"That was a mistake," Rizon said as she activated her own. The other men watched from a distance as the tall woman quickly struck down their former leader. "Anyone else who wants to challenge Darth Rizon?

The men looked at each other each knowing that they would not be able to defeat the woman. The power she gave off made most of them almost giddy at the thought of someone who seemed to be so powerful. Tavion never was able to give off this much power.

"Us excuse me Darth Rizon," one man said trying not to flinch when the blue eyes pinned him. "Do you want us to go after the woman who was watching us," he asked her having seen her look at the woman.

"No, we are leaving this place," Rizon said to the group. "She will already be with the rest of the Jedi by now and there is no reason for a confrontation now."

"But there's a Republic cruiser orbiting the planet. How are we going to get off now," another man said as they began to walk thought the secret passage.

"Let me worry about that," Rizon stated as they walked though the hallway.

The men walked along a bit skeptical about what the woman had just told them. She was obviously not worried about the Republic cruiser making them wonder what she had planned.

They quickly boarded the shuttle and waited to take off. Rizon went to the front of the shuttle and quickly barked out several commands. They left the shuttle life off along with two other shuttles.



"Captain, we have three shuttles lifting off from Korriban's surface. What are you orders," the scanner operator said looking up from his position.

The captain turned to his own console and brought up his communicator to contact Luke Skywalker. This was the Jedi's mission not the Republic's so he would ask them what to do. Luke quickly told him that he wanted the shuttles captured. The captain relayed the message back to the crew.

"Battlestations, we are to disable the shuttles and take the crew and any passengers as prisoners," the captain ordered.

The Republic cruiser went to full alert and began to close in on the three fleeing shuttles. Orders for the shuttles to stand down and be boarded went unheeded. The cruiser had just come within firing range of the shuttles when another ship arrived.

"Captain we have a new contact just coming out of hyperspace," the scanner operator said. "Computer says it's a Sith battleship," the man said with a bit of wonder in his voice.

"A what," the captain asked not sure what he had just heard.

"A Sith battleship," the scanner operator repeated.

The operator barely had time to tell the captain that the battleship had them targeted when it opened fire. The firepower on board the Sith battleship might have been old, but it was still enough to take out the cruiser's shields. Within a few minutes the cruiser was destroyed leaving the battleship to take on the three shuttles. A few minutes later the battleship entered hyperspace and left the planet.



Luke was walking back to the shuttles to head back to Yevin when he felt something was wrong. Kyle and Gaia looked at him when he suddenly glanced up at the sky.

"Skywalker to Captain Yept," Luke said into his communicator. He was greeted with nothing but silence. The longer the silence went the more concerned he became about what my have happened.

"What's wrong," Kyle asked breaking the silence.

"I have a bad feeling about the cruiser," Luke replied.

"Great, when you have a bad feeling about something the entire universe trembles," Kyle said half joking half serious.

Gaia remained quiet even though there was a comfortable banter going on between Luke and Kyle. There was something about the mysterious woman who had seemed to be in charge of the group. The woman seemed to be familiar to her somehow. She turned her attention back to the other two who were now standing there looking at her.

"Are you all right," Luke asked her a bit concerned when Gaia was not paying any attention to them.

"Yes Master Luke, I was just thinking about something," Gaia replied.

Suddenly another Jedi came running up to them. He appeared to be a bit shaken up by the news he had just be told.

"Master Skywalker, I'm afraid that we've just received news that the cruiser was destroyed," he told the group.

The news shocked everyone that was standing there. A New Republic cruiser was not something that was easily destroyed by a group of shuttles.

"Any clues as to what happened," Luke asked wondering what had happened.

"Not at the moment Master," the man replied. "The fleet is sending out a recovery team to sift though the wreckage to see if they can find out what happened."

"It seems that we have another mystery on our hands," Kyle said more to himself than anyone else.

Gaia wondered if the woman she had seen earlier had anything to do with the attack on the cruiser. A part of her hoped that she was not but her more rational side figured she was. She also wondered as to why she did not say anything about the person being a woman to Luke.

Gaia walked to the shuttle lost in her own thoughts as she tried to sort out what was going on with her. She should not have kept any information away from the others but she was. There must be a reason for her behavior and she was determined to find out what it was before telling Master Skywalker.



Gaia went though her training even though she was still wondering about what her next step would be for the mysterious blue-eyed woman. She was meditating when Master Fie-Tel came walking into the room.

"Gaia, you're wanted in Master Skywalker's office," he told her and waited for her to get up from her meditating position.

Gaia was a bit surprised about being summoned to Master Skywalker's office. She wondered what he could want with her. She walked along with Fie-Tel who did not offer any clues as to why she had been summoned. Luke was waiting for her in his office and turned around when they walked into the room.

"Gaia, come in," Luke said. "Master Fie-Tel and I have been going over your record lately. You've demonstrated that your abilities are that of a full Jedi Knight. So as of right now we are promoting you to the rank of Jedi Knight."

"Jedi Knight," Gaia replied in a bit of a stunned voice. She did not feel like she deserved such a promotion.

"Yes, your actions at Korriban and the previous attack here at the academy have proven that you are ready for the next step," Fie-Tel said to her. "Just remember that a Jedi never stops learning or being tested."

"I won't master," Gaia replied to Fie-Tel.

"Then I have a mission for you Jedi Knight Gaia," Luke said to her. "Lately I have been feeling a disturbance in the force. I think that it might be related to what happened to the cruiser at Korriban and what you were researching earlier. I want you to fine out what is happening and report back to me."

"I will," Gaia replied then walked out of the room and headed back to her mediation. She needed to see if she could find something in the Force that might guide her. She had reached the end of what she knew for the next step for the mission. She was missing something and she was nut sure what it was.

As she sat down she decided to try another approach. This time she would concentrate on the dark haired blue-eyed woman she had seen. Perhaps she might be able to see something about her in her visions.

Gaia had been at it for several days without having anything and was about to give up when something came to her. The name of a planet that she felt was important. She quickly looked it up and noticed that it was just outside Republic space.

She told Luke and Fie-Tel where she was going and that she might be out of touch but would try to remain in contact with them. She just hoped that that she would find something that she was looking for. She climbed into the ship and punched in the coordinates for the planet.



"My lord," a man said as he bowed to the tall dark clothed woman standing on the bridge of the ship.

"Report," she replied curtly.

"The attack fleet is ready to strike," he reported to the woman. She scared him and he was not afraid for other to know it. He had seen her kill a person just last week just because they said something wrong to her. He was not going to let that happen to him.

"Excellent, tell Admiral Pietete to have everything ready to go when I say so," the woman told him. She then turned and walked off the bridge and headed towards one of the hangers.

Several people were training with lightsabers inside the spacious area of the hanger. A few of the people were acting instructors. They wore a dark cape and grey clothing to make them stand out from the others. The door opened up and a tall woman wearing a dark red cloak walked into the room.

"Darth Rizon," a woman said along with a bow as Rizon walked into the room. She surveyed the room to see how everything was coming along.

"Katie," Rizon said to the woman who was standing in front of her. "How are the recruits doing?"

"We have a great group that was mostly trained already," Katie replied.

"Then they'll be ready for our next attack," Rizon said.

"See for yourself," Katie replied.

Rizon said that she wanted to and walked further into the hanger. She motioned for one of the students in the room to attack her. He glanced over at Katie who nodded her head and he recovered from the shock and ignited his lightsaber. He attacked her with a fury of strikes.

Rizon easily blocked the man's attack but that was not what she was looking for. Her continuing blocking added to his frustration as his anger got the better of him. He growled and put his anger behind his attack.

Rizon threw him back easily with a quick Force push and called the session to a halt. "Excellent work, you are ready. Get everyone ready for a planetside attack," she said to the group then walked out of the hanger.

When she arrived back on the bridge she told Admiral Pietete to head to the planet she told him to. She then went over to Tyi to discuss her plans once the planet was hers.



Gaia arrived at the planet and landed on the surface with out a problem. The population there at first greeted her with a bit of hostility. Then they realized that she was a Jedi and they seemed to be a bit more at ease with her.

Gaia could only figure out that the people must have had a previous encounter with a Jedi Knight somewhere in their past. She still did not know what she was looking for. She had no idea that it was about to find her.

End Part 5

Continued in Part 6