Naboo

Kyra woke late in the morning. Both of her parents left for work and she was alone. She had hardly slept the night before because of the thoughts racing through her mind. A plan she had begun almost a year ago was about to start.

Kyra dressed and went into her father's den and accessed the terminal there. She entered her father's security password she had gotten from him by peering through the window the week before. She then accessed the personal family files and found the beginning to the puzzle of her life.

On the screen before her it read:

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Name: Kyra DOE
Race: Human

Parents:
Father - ************
Mother - ************

Siblings:
Sister - ************
Brought To Adoption Center By - **********
Reason:
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Parent Applicant(s):
Adoptive Father - Raymond Sinclair
Adoptive Mother - Mary Sinclair



Kyra was shocked already even with so much blocked from the file. She knew she had biological parents but never thought of the possiblility of having a sister.

Kyra shut down the terminal and went to her speeder outside. It was a long trip to the Naboo Adoption Services Center and she wanted to be back before her parents arrived home from work.



Two hours later, Kyra arrived at the center and went inside. She walked up the the clerk.

"I need to access public files regarding previous records please. Where is that exactly?"

The clerk then signalled to follow him. They walked down a long corridor and she could hear children playing in the background. It was almost familiar.

"Right in here. The public terminals are to the right."

"Thank you."

Kyra sat down and access her files. To her diappointment, they showed the same information her father had.

"Dammit!"

Kyra then looked up and noticed the clerk who was in this room left her desk. The terminal was left active. She jogged over the the clerk's terminal and accessed her files giving her more information.

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Name: Kyra DOE
Race: Human

Parents:
Father - ************ (Deceased)
Mother - ************ (Deceased)

Siblings:
Sister - Ishara (Coruscant Adoption Services Center)
Brought To Adoption Center By - Jedi Knight ***********
Reason:
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Parent Applicant(s):
Adoptive Father - Raymond Sinclair
Adoptive Mother - Mary Sinclair



Kyra was saddened when she read that her parents were dead but also felt better knowing that it wasn't because they didn't want her.

It was then she read the next section.

"My sister's name is Ishara. What a beautiful name! Why was she brought to Coruscant?"

Kyra entered a data card and copied the information. At that moment, the clerk returned.

"You can't be using that terminal!!!!"

"I-I'm sorry, I-I must have made a mistake."

Startled by the clerk's return Kyra jogged out of the office and left the building. She returned to her speeder and began heading home.

"I have to go to Coruscant. I have to find Ishara."

Kyra had saved money since she was very young for this and had enough to pay for a transport to Coruscant. She also knew where her parents kept their savings for her schooling. She knew her parents would be upset with her but Kyra was desperate to find her sister and anything else about her true parents.



Kyra was in bed as her mother checked on her. Mary knew her daughter was upset over something but didn't know what. She shut the door behind her and Kyra's eyes opened. Kyra waited another half an hour until both her parents were asleep. She removed the blankets and was fully dressed.

Kyra snuck out of her room and back to her father's den. There were three old books about Jedi history that she opened and saw the money that was hidden away in each one. Kyra stuffed the money onto her pockets. She also went to her father's cabinet in the same room. She entered the security code and opened it. Kyra took her father's DL-44 blaster and belt and put it on. She checked the blaster and it was charged. The belt also had several extra power units in the pouches.

Kyra headed for the door and stopped as she saw her reflection in a mirror. She looked at herself dressed in black pants and a black shirt with the blaster strapped to her right leg. She couldn't recognize herself and wondered what she was doing.

"I have to do this."

Kyra left a message for her parents that she was leaving and she felt it was her time to leave home on her own. She ran out to her speeder and began to head to the transport station.

Once at the station, Kyra purchased her ticket to Coruscant. Before entering the transport, Kyra took one look back to the Naboo city she called her home. A small frown came to her face and she entered the transport but she was on her way to find some answers... and her sister.

Coruscant

It was early morning and still dark when the transport arrived on Coruscant. Kyra stepped out from the ship and walked over to an observation platform.

"What an amazing place."

Kyra left the station and decided to walk towards the Coruscant Adoption Services Building. It wasn't far and she really wanted to see what was here.

Kyra was amazed by the lights and crouds of people of all species in the streets. She saw the colorful cantinas and shops of all kinds lining each side of it as well.

Light had started to fill the sky as Kyra arrived at the adoption building. She walked inside and stopped a clerk.

"Where are the public records please?"

"Straight down that corridor and to the left."

"Thank you."

Kyra walked down the corridor and arrived at the public records room. It was larger than the one on Naboo. She knew the public terminals would be vertually useless to her so she began to pretend she was doing research and watched the clerk who was at his desk hoping he would leave.

Time had passed and the clerk finally did and Kyra jogged to the terminal. She was lucky again as this clerk also left the terminal unsecured. Kyra accessed the information on Ishara.



Name: Ishara DOE
Race: Human

Parents:
Father - ************ (Deceased)
Mother - ************ (Deceased)

Siblings:
Sister - Kyra (Naboo Adoption Services Center)
Brought To Adoption Center By - Jedi Knight ***********
Reason:
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Parent Applicant(s):
Adoptive Father - None
Adoptive Mother - None

Disappeared from center at age 17.



"Nobody adopted her, how terrible!"

Kyra scrolled down.

"Disappeared! No!!!"

Kyra was upset and almost began to realize this was the end of her search. She had no idea if Ishara had been killed. She then saw there were file attachments about her sister. There were numerous records of behavioral issues and attempts at escaping the orphanage. Kyra realized her sister would have been miserable here. Nobody ever adopted her. Ishara had to have been lonely.

Kyra saved the information on her data card and left the terminal before the clerk could return. She began to walk around the center and noticed an old woman at one of the various stations around the building.

"Excuse me, have you worked her long?"

"I've worked her too long it seems to me!!"

"Do you remember a human girl who used to be here named Ishara?"

"How can I forget Ishara! Runnning around here with that Lexian friend of her's name Xara. The two of them were more problems than they were worth I tell you."

The old woman's face changed to one of concern.

"I suppose they were all each other had here. Neither were ever adopted which I'm sure explains their behavior."

"Do you know where Ishara of Xara might be now?"

"No, they disappeared at the same time. I know they just left together and got tired of living here."

Kyra's face saddened and the old woman had noticed.

"I shouldn't tell you this but I will because you have the same look on your face as many others do when they want to find someone here. I remember hearing a rumor from one of the janitors here that they thought they saw Ishara dancing at Gordo's Cantina which is not too far from here. I'm not certain but you may want to check there first."

"Thank you! thank you very much!!"

Kyra was ready to jog back down the corridor before the old woman grabbed her arm.

"Gordo's Cantina isn't a good place to be child. Be careful and be ready to pull that blaster of yours if you need to."

Kyra gave the woman an odd look and knodded. She then began to head towards Gordo's Cantina.



Kyra arrived at Gordo's Cantina and was shocked at what she saw.

"The old woman said dancer, not exotic dancer!"

Kyra never had seen a place like this but got the courage to go inside as the thought of finding her sister came back to her.

Inside the cantina was dim and neon lights were everywhere. Dancers were on poles and on stage as everyone there threw money at them. It was then a large man grabbed Kyra and pulled her close to him.

"Hey baby, want to earn some cash? Come dance for me!"

Kyra began to struggle with the man who was upset she didn;t want anything to do with him. A purple Twi'Lek dancer came up to them and pulled Kyra away. she then yelled at the man.

"Can't you see she doesn't work her?"

The Twi'Lek pulled Kyra to the back of the cantina.

Leila turned to the young girl as she pulled her to the back of the cantina.

"In here honey."

Leila lead her into back room. It was a private dance room.

"I'm Leila, head dancer here."

Leila sat down on the couch in the room.

"Ok honey, take your clothing off and show me what you've got. When you're done I'll let you know if you've got the job."

Leila started the music.

Kyra was startled at what Leila said.

"I'm not here for a job!"

Leila stopped the music.

"What are you here for?"

Leila smiled and walked up to Kyra and started to rub her shoulders.

"You here for some entertainment then? I won't charge much if this is your first time."

Kyra pushed Leila off and shouted.

"I'M LOOKING FOR A WOMAN NAMED ISHARA!"

Kyra noted the look on Leila's face.

"I'm sorry I shouted. Is Ishara here?"

"Ishara hasn't worked here in a long time honey."

"Do you know where she is?"

Leila gave a serious look.

"Do you have your chip?"

"My what?"

"Your chip, the chip."

"I don't know what you mean. What chip?"

Kyra noticed Leila's face went cold. Leila then did a spinning kick to Kyra's face which knocked her to the ground. Kyra wiped blood from her nose and remembering what the old woman said, grabbed her blaster. Leila countered kicking the blaster away then kicking Kyra in the face again. Kyra bounced off the wall and leila hit her over the head with a chair.

Kyra was on the floor and rolled over onto her back. She saw Leila look down at her and the room went dark.

Leila looked down as the woman went out cold.

"Why would anyone send you after Ishara. You never even got a punch in."

Leila began to search her. She found loads of money and her identification.

"Kyra Sinclair of Naboo. I've never heard of you before."

"Uhhhhh...."

Leila looked at Kyra and noticed she was coming around. She ran over to the back of the room and placed her hand on the wall which then slid open. ELila ran in and grabbed a bottle and soaked a napkin. She ran back to Kyra and placed the napkin over Kyra's face.

"I can't have you waking up on me Kyra."

Once Leila was certain Kyra was out she threw the napkin away. she removed her top and went back to the door the two entered and leaned out. Leila signalled one of the other dancers.

"Big party in here, we need one more!!!"

The other dancer entered and locked the door behind her. Leile put her top back on.

"She came looking for Ishara! Help me drag her into the cell!"

Once they had her in the cell Leila looked to the other dancer.

"Clean the room and close the back door then get back to work on the floor. I'll have Gordo tie her to the X."

The dancer left and Leila went down the back hall to get Gordo and retuned with him. gordo was a huge and dirty besalisk.

"Tie her to the X!"

"Ok Leila, Ok."

It took gordo no effort at all to lift the small girl's frame onto the X-Shaped table. He cuffed her hande to and feet to the table.

"You need Gordo anymore Leila?"

"No, go back and monitor the screens."

Gordo exited the room and Leila went to a control pad in the cell. She activated the controls which raised the table so it was upright.

"You made a big mistake today Kyra girl. We'll see what Cierra wants to do with you now."

Leila closed the cell door leaving Kyra hanging on the X.

Cierra received Leila's coded message earlier and arrived at Gordo's Cantina. Entering throught the back door, Leila greeted her. She walked down the hall and placed her hand on a random wall which then opened.

"Cierra, her name is Kyra Sinclair. I have her in cell two and she's been strapped the the X. She's still out."

Cierra and Leila walked down the corridor to cell two. She saw the girl hanging on the X and looked over at a table in the cell which had all of her belongings.

"That's a great deal of cash for a girl to carry around. There are no marks on Ishara so the cash is a mystery."

Cierra gave a brief look at the blaster then picked up the identification card.

"Naboo?"

Cierra then noticed the data cards.

"Leila, have Gordo analyze theses data cards. I need to know what's on them. Ishara's on business so it's up to us to investigate. Once you give these to Gordo, you can get back on the floor. You're the star attraction and will be missed by our patrons."

Leila smiled and left the cell. Cierra looked at Kyra who had dried blood running down her face from her nose injury. She started lightly slapping Kyra's face who started to wake up.

"Come on, come on. Time to wake up."

"Uhhhhhhhhh..."

"Wake up Kyra. You didn't take much care hiding you identity or money before coming here. You're either new at the game or stupid. Why are you here Kyra???"

Kyra was coming around.

"Wh-What???"

The woman then asked Kyra again.

"Why are you here?"

Kyra realized she was strapped something X-shaped.

"I-I'm looking for Ishara. All I'm doing is looking for Ishara and that Twi'Lek dancer started beating the shit out of me. What is this place?"

Cierra's voice got firm.

"I'm asking the questions here. I see you got paid pretty well. Who gave you the money to come here?"

"Nobody paid me to come here. I said I'm just looking for Ishara. she's my sister."

Cierra laughed.

"Your sister is she? Well, how is mom and dad doing along with the rest of the family? You really are new to this game aren't you sweetheart?"

"I'm serious! I was adopted and came acrossed some records. Her name was on them so I came To Coruscant to find her dammit! An old woman at the center said I might be able to find her here. I have the information on my data cards."

Cierra's face went blank.

"I have the data cards being analyzed now. Once that is done I'll be back to discuss this further."

Cierra left the cell and Kyra was alone in the dark.

Cierra walked into the room Gordo was. Hi eyes were twitching back and forth analyzing the validity of the data cards.

"Well Gordo, what does it look like?"

"Gordo has accessed the data records for the Coriscant Adoption Center. What she had on the data cards is accurate, at least to their records. Gordo is having a problem accessing higher level security to get further missing data."

Cierra was stunned but seemed to expect this after talking to Kyra.

"So, she is telling the truth. This is going to go over really well with Ishara. Gordo, the old women at the center that recomended coming here, she needs to be dealt with. Lexx needs to pay her a visit."

"Gordo will contact Lexx. Gordo will send Lexx the job. Local job takes only 24 hours for completion by Lexx."

Cierra left Gordo to take care of his orders and began to walk back towards the cell holding Kyra. Many thoughts were coming to her and most of all the way she was going to inform Ishara. Most guests who make it this far are usually disposed of. Kyra was Ishara's sister and has seen the facility and operation and it would be Ishara who would have to make this call.

Kyra stuggled with her restraints but it was no use. She was their hostage and was not going anywhere. She thought about how she got herself into this and if she would be killed by the people holding her.

Cierra returned and activated the contols which leveled the X back to the horizontal position.

"Well Kyra, your story checked out. I'm sorry we had to meet this way. stay still while I release the restraints... and please don't try to get away. I assure you no harm will come to you now. My name is Cierra."

Cierra released the restraints. She helped Kyra sit up.

"Sit up slowly and drink this. Please, it will help your circulation after being suspended for so long."

"May I ask what is going on now?"

"I can't go into details until I'm permitted to do so."

"You know Ishara, don't you? You found out I am her sister, right?"

"I validated you story, nothing more. I will confirm that I do know Ishara."

Cierra cleaned up Kyra's injuries and lead her down the corridor. Along the way Kyra noticed several other cells and closed rooms. Cierra then stopped and looked at Kyra with a serious face.

"I'm going to take you to my place Kyra. I must not stress the fact that if you feel the urge to slip away without telling me where you are going that you will never see Ishara and you will most likely go to bed one night and not wake up. With that I will ask you, do you wish to stay here or come with me?"

"Is Ishara going to be here anytime soon?"

"She's out on business for the next few days."

"I will go with you."

Cierra led Kyra out the rear entrance to her speeder. They then left the cantina and were heading to Cierra's.

"How do you know Ishara?"

"I work for her and have known her for several years."

"Does Ishara know about me?"

"No, none of us did. Ishara leaves the past as it is and choses not to turn back. She has never tried to do what you just did and the notion of having any family has never come to her mind."

"I made a mistake looking for her didn't I?"

"I hope not. It's for you and Ishara to work out."

Cierra looked over at Kyra and gave her a small smile.

"You do look alot alike and that Kyra is the most you will get out of me."

Kyra gazed at Cierra after she said that and a shiver came over her. She looked out the other side of the speeder and her mind began to wander. Kyra had already come to the conclusion that she just seen things she would have been better off not seeing but there was no turning back now.

The speeder arrived at Cierra's and the two exited the craft. Cierra's home was very elegant andKyra was amazed by the view from her terrace.

"Come on in Kyra, I'll show you around."

It took a short time to be shown around and Cierra showed Kyra a guest room she could stay in. It too matched the elegance of the rest of the place.

"Thank you Cierra."

"Your welcome. I figured you'd like it more than hanging on the X."

The two retuned to the terrace and sat down. Cierra poured Kyra a drink.

"I've sent a message to Ishara that she is needed back here as soon as she is done. I should hear back from her soon. In fact..."

Cierra reached down and pulled a device from her belt.

"...seems she will be back here tomorrow. Your reunion with your sister will be sooner than I thought."

"Cierra, I was wondering. Did you find out anything else I didn't know?"

"Not that I could tell you but no. The same information you had we found. You were brought to Naboo and Ishara brought to Coruscant. Both by an unknown Jedi. Maybe the same one, maybe not. The records are blocked out. I have someone working on it but Ishara could very well put a stop to that."

"We're nothing alike are we?"

"In a subtle way, you do have some of the same facial expressions and body movements. You grew up with a family Kyra, Ishara grew up on the streets and you can see it in her eyes. She had only one friend in those days and she even disappeared."

"Xara. What is a Lexian?"

"A species that is rarely seen. They're light purple skinned people with blue hair. Very beautiful. I've never seen one myself and only know what Ishara has told me. Lexia's location is also a mystery, just like Xara herself. Ishara had me try to find her a few years ago but I never discovered anything about her."

Cierra looked over at Kyra who was obviously nervous and upset over hearing her sister had such a hard life.

"You should get some rest. There's a big day ahead of you tomorrow."

"I will. Thanks for talking to me Cierra."

"Good night Kyra."

Kyra walked to her room and got onto the bed. The excitement she had of meeting her sister when she arrived on Coruscant now gone. She was sad but still wanted to see Ishara. Even if Ishara sent her away she would have seen her sister and the only family she is truly related to.

Outside on the terrace, Cierra still sat in her chair looking out at the passing lights.

"It's interesting where our bloodlines go when you don't know anything about them. Ishara has a great deal to consider."

Cierra looked down at her empty glass and to the empty seat next to her. There was something she truly liked about Kyra and she did remind her of Ishara in her own way. Kyra is the image of Ishara had things been different for her. Cierra looked up and again down at the empty seat. She hoped that Ishara wouldn't want Kyra disposed of but her loyalty to Ishara was not in question and she would do what Ishara told her to do.

Cierra stood up and went to bed.

Early in the morning, Cierra woke hearing the beep from her communication link from her belt. Ishara was on her way here. Cierra got dressed and checked on Kyra who was still asleep. The girl was obviouslyy tired after all she had been though so far.

Ishara arrived and walked up to Cierra who was standing on the terrace.

"What the hell was so important that you said it was urgent? You've never done that to me when I was at a job before."

"There's been a development. You had better sit down Ishara."

Ishara kept standing and crossed her arms.

"A development? You called me here for a development?"

"Ishara, I don't know how to put this so I'm just going to ask. Have you ever looked into finding you family?"

"Finding my... you mean the two pieces of shit who dumped me off at the center? HELL NO!"

"Actually, it was one piece of shit and involved two little shits."

Ishara was losing her patience. Normally she enjoyed joking with Cierra but when her so called family was brought up, her temper took over.

"You're really pissing me off C. If you're going to tell me something then tell me."

"You have a sister."

"You're right, I should sit down. Well this makes it all better. The two pieces of shit just didn't like me."

"I said it was one piece of shit and he was a Jedi. Your parents were listed as deceased in the files. And both of you were dropped off. You here and she was dropped off on Naboo. I don't know why you were split up either but I have Gordo working on it."

"So where is this sister now, on Naboo?"

"In my guest room. She researched into her adoption and learned of you. She came here to find you and made her way from the center to Gordo's Cantina. She asked for you and Leila followed the drill and she couldn't provide a chip and was detained."

"Your guest room, right now?"

"My guest room, right now. she's sleeping."

The voices were enough to wake Kyra from her sleep. Kyra got up and opened the door and she saw Cierra sitting on the terrance. she also saw another woman sitting next to her but their backs were turned.

"Cierra, is everything all right?"

Ishara froze when she heard the voice. She slowly stood up with her back still turned to the direction the voice came from.

Cierra stood up as well and looked at Kyra and then to Ishara.

"I will leave you two alone."