My eyes flashed as Kate came into the room, one of the last people that I needed to see right then. She was followed in shortly after by Kenshin. The time in the training centre came back to me, flashing in my mind. The trail of water on the ground gave me the idea. I jumped forward as Kam held my arm. I shot a bolt of Force lightning into the water.

"I'm sorry."

Kate's eyes widened in horror and for once, she spoke the language of her people, the odd Gaelic/Latin mix which sounded more Gaelic then not. In essence she screamed," Jacen..NO!"

"NO!!!"

Jace hit the water and Kamon fell to the ground. He was unable to move. Tears streaked down his face. He realised he was crying.

"Why? Why Jace?"

He looked up at Kate and mouthed for her to get him out of the water. Maybe he wasn't dead. Kamon hoped so. He wouldn't be able to bear it otherwise.

I felt myself hit the ground, I felt the lightning course though my bones. It was a strange sense of detachment, adn it didn't really hurt. My bare back hit the ground, and I felt my bounce slighty, but that was all I remembered before it going dark.

Jacen....

Jacen.....wake up...

Jacen Solo......get up...

The voice was a soft one, but I knew that it wasn't one from anyone I knew. I couldn't feel my body. I couldn't see anything. This was what it felt like to be asleep..a deep deep sleep, but I wasn't sleeping. That left only one option. I must have been dead...

No, not yet.

Kate ran to Jace's side and slid to a halt on her knees next to him. She searched for his pulse," It's there..but it's weak. Kamon, I need you to help me carry Jace, Kenshin..I need you to run to Kamon's office, look in my black bag and find my data pad and a small black box which should be sitting under it."

Kenshin watched unblinkingly as Jacen sent a bolt of Force lightening into the water and charged foward.

Then a moment later all he saw was Kamon and Kate, broken over the sight of Jacen's body.

All Kenshin could do was stare quietly in shock at the tense situation. He didn't know what to think or do.

Then he registered Kate's command. Nodding somewhat numbly, he ran off and returned just as quickly with the objects she requested for.

Kamon stood up and wiped the tears from his eyes. He walked over to Kate and Jace and lifted his padawan up.

"Damn you, Jace. Why?"

He headed toward Kenshin and looked back at Kate.

"What are you going to do?"

Kate remained by the pool of water, and popped open the case, inside, were various instruments, needles, syringes, some empty. some full of odd looking liquids. She took out a pair of black gloves and slipped them on. She then took out a syringe and a needle," We're going to see if my instincts are right about this stuff."

With that, she plugged in the needle to the empty syringe and stuck the tip into the vail, drew some of the liquid out then set the vail down. She flicked the edge of the syringe and held it up to the dim lighting. Her eyes narrowed slightly, she then reached into the box and pulled out another small conatiner, this time containing three small slits one containing a small black beetle, the other a thin silver strip of magnesium and the other a thin peice of red paper. She carefuly dripped several drops onto the beetle, several on the magnesium strip, and two on the paper. Nothing happened at first. Then, the beetle began to writhe in agony as the exoskelton was melted off, the strip soon began to fizz and the paper turned a dark blue.

She stood and shook her head," Just as I thought... this stuff is a nasty little number. I've seen it a few times in use among the lower of bounty hunting ranks. It's like a sulfuric acid but twice as worse. It'll melt most everything in comes in contact with." she said, a grim expression on her face.

Wake up, Jacen...

Get up!

Jacen Solo, there people care about you, so get your ass up off the floor and tell them you are alright!

And if they don't care? What if none of them do?

Are you a complete idiot? Can you not feel or hear what they are trying to do? They are trying to save your worthless ass! You @#%$ jackass! How could you be so self centered!

It was the easiest thing to do at the time, and I didn't want to bug them anymore.

Do these people look like they are bugged about havoing you around? Doesn't look like it to me! Open your damn eyes, Jacen!

Grow the hell up!

"Damn."

Kamon accessed his comlink and called the medical ward.

"Prepare a bacta tank."

"Yes, sir."

Kamon looked at Kate.

"That stuff hasn't done much harm, yet. I'm going to give him a bacta dip. That should help."

He walked past Kenshin and into the turbolift. He shot down several floors and stepped out of the lift. He walked into the first room on the right.

"We're ready, sir."

"Get him in quick. He's been hurt pretty bad."

The tech nodded and they took Jacen and hooked him up. They put him into the tank, and Kamon leaned back against the wall.