The group strolled over to a shuttle craft that had been parked near a launch ramp. As Lavality walked by it she could see the outer doors on the very edge of the launch ramp closing, the two side doors of the hanger also began to close. "Look's like we are about to jump." she stated as the ship lurched forward for a split second then settled.

She waited near the shuttle as the ship continued to fly through hyperspace. "Should take us around thirty minutes or so." she said to no one in particuler. After about five minute's she decided to check up on her marine's to make sure everything was sqaured away, well, the marine's on this ship that is.

Trazu and Asri watched her go, both opting to stay by the shuttle since they didn't know their way around the ship very well. After a moment's silence Trazu looked up at Asri and saw a far away look on her face. He knew what she was thinking about.

"Asri?" He called to her.

Yes?" She replied, looking down at him.

"I don't suppose now would be a good time to tell me what's on your mind."

"I suppose it is." There was another moment of silence, Trazu seeing the debate in her eyes. No doubt she was trying to think of how to tell him. When she spoke again it was in Dosh. "Remember when I told you what Miknak told me?" She said.

"Yes." Trazu replied in Dosh. "He told you you were a second donor."

"Lavality is part T'Doshok." Asri said and said no more.

At first Trazu was confused. Yes that explained a lot in regards to some of Lavality's traits, but what did....

It hit him like a speeder slamming into a durasteel wall.

"You're telling me...that they used your DNA in Lavality...." He said, getting a nod in affirment. "That would mean...."

"Lavality is my daugther..." Asri said softly. "In the technical sense at least, depending on how much of her is T'Doshok." A sigh. "Her refusal to let me reveal this to her myself is going to cost her when we face Miknak...I just know it."

"Can't be helped now." Trazu said quietly. "We just have to hope that Lavality is right that Miknak is too stupid to think of using that against her."

"Using what against her?" Another voice spoke from behind the shuttle. Another officer stood there wearing the colors of an admiral, on her left side where the words: Tertiary Grand Admiral Lumier

The older girl stared at the two Trandoshans. "Well?" she smiled at them.

-Elsewhere-

Lavality walked into one of the marine quarters on board the ship and saw one of the Trandoshan's that had been with Trazu, she watched as he explained things to them, most of the marines where Trandoshans, but a few where also human and wookie. As a common practice, the wookie's where taught how to understand human and Trandoshan, but not how to speak it. That meant they could understand this Trandoshan well, just couldn't ask any questions in there language.

She watched the Trandoshan for a second before walking out of the room and into the second hanger bay. Drop ships and other shuttles where prepping for launch, tanks and artillery where being loaded onto the heavy drop ships, while light speeders and fast attack craft where being loaded on other craft. "This'll be a fight where we will lose a good amount of people.." Lavality thought to herself and smiled. "Although... perhaps the new Trandoshan commanders will be able to pull some sort of maricle... while I know it's not likely to lead to slaughter, it is lkely that a few hundred will be dead." she sighed and left the hanger bay.

"Who knows... perhaps we'll be lucky and the weather will go to our advantage." with that said she crossed her arms and was about to walk away when she heard something. It sounded like someone had dropped a tool, but the sound wasn't solid, it was hollow. She pushed back her cloak and put her hand on the Katana that was clipped to her belt.

She walked into an adjacent room to the hanger bay and looked around.

ABOVE! yelled Kasyyyk as she sensed something above Lavality. The young girl dove forward just in time to avoid being smashed by a container, she rolled on the floor then came back up on her feet. She looked around before seeing someone walk out from a dark area of the room.

"The price... on your head is much..." the armor cladded hunter said. "In fact... it's more than doubled... your little excursion on Nar Shaada really shook up a few hutt's." the hunter said. Lavality could tell it was a Trandoshan Bounty Hunter, not because of the height, but because of the language being used.

Lavality smiled slightly. "You've done your research... or else you wouldn't know that I know your language." she said to the hunter who just smiled back at her. "I know a lot about you, perhaps more than you want someone to know." he said and started to walk around her.

"Let me guess, a certain Trandoshan sent you here to take my head?" she said to him. "Who? Miknak? No. In fact the Hutt's are getting rather angry at him as of late, he failed to bring Tradosha and Kashyyyk to there knee's... and it's not good to anger a hutt."

Lavality stared at the Trandoshan for a second. "But, enough talk. The Price on your head will be enough for me to retire from hunting."

"Ahhh... still the same then." Lavality said and unclipped her Katana, the hunter noticed a light sabre on her and was taken back. "You would rather use a blade and not your light sabre?" he said in confusion.

The young girl shrugged. "Wouldn't be a fair fight.." she said and the hunter snarled. "You take me for a FOOL?"

"Do I REALLY need to answer that?" she said as a grin formed on her face. The hunter burst forward and swung his sword at Lavality, who parried the attack and forced the hunter to the ground.

The hunter got back up and aimed what appeared to be a wrist launcher, and fired off a rocket at her which slammed into the back wall, but didn't explode. "What the...."

Lavality shrugged. "Don'cha just hate it when you get a dud?" she said to him. The hunter wasn't about to lead a teenage human girl get the better of him, he got up and threw a punch at her, which she dodged and slammed her own elbow into his face plate.

The hunter staggered backwards and reloaded his launcher. Lavality looked behind her to find a door that was now closed. irk.... well.. this is bad. she said as the hunter aimed his wrist launcher at her and fired.

Lavality reflexed and brought up a force barrier which, while it protected her from the explosion, it didn't protect her from the concussion which sent her through the door and into the hanger bay. She flew backwards for a few feet before landing on the deck, she wiped the blood from her mouth and looked at the door, she shook her head a few times and sighed.

"Your not taking this seriously..." The trandoshan said to her as he readied his blade. Lavality just shook her head as the Trandoshan bolted for her, only to be stopped when Lavality ran her Katana right threw the Trandoshan's shoulder blade. His arm fell limp from the attack, she heard running and saw several groups of Trandoshan marines heading for her, including a few of the commanders that had accompenied Trazu.

Lavality smiled and put her foot on the battlemet and pushed the hunter off her blade. He fell backwards against the deck and stared at her, she looked at her Katana, blood dripping onto the deck of the hanger bay. She put it back in it's shelth and turned around, just then the hunter got up, grabbed the blade, and swung at her with his right arm.

Lavality vanished before him only to appear behind. "Stupid.... Jedi Knight...." he said as Lavality placed her Katana up against his throat. "there's just one problem. I'm not a Jedi Knight, in fact, I'm just a padawan."

The hunter snarled.

The young girl then sifted through the hunter's pocket before taking out what appeared to be a strange badge of some sort. "So...." she said in a cold voice. "Your the one...."

A strange odor suddenly filled the general area.

(ooc: Yay! Lumier is back! :))

The two Trandoshans stared at the Admiral a moment, Trazu not really sensing anything 'bad' about her, yet cautious all the same as he had never seen this person before. He kept thinking he heard of the name 'Lumier' before from somewhere, but couldn't place from where.

"Her past." Asri finally replied to her question. "Something in her past we recently figured out, but she doesn't want to know it herself until after the upcoming battle."

"Which we feel is a bit risky." Trazu added. "She already has a bad temper and Miknak could use it to goad her on."

"Not that it takes much to goad her when it comes to him." Asri muttered, remembering how she reacted on Nar Shadda when she saw him.

Around them people were getting ready to leave. On the far side they could see various vehicles being loaded into a couple of ships. He probably wouldn't have noticed it if he hadn't looked that way, but some kind of commotion was going on over there. With a frown he accessed the Force to extend his vision that side of the hanger. What he saw was blurred and only in hues of grey, but it was enough. "Dammit...." He growled as he returned to his normal sight. "Looks like we have a Bounty Hunter after Lavality again."

"I thought we were over that...." Asri said with a groan. "Should we go see if we can help?"

"Nah...I see some of my K'Satikur heading over there. They will be more then enough...."

~~~~

The three K'Satikur warriors stopped a few feet away from Lavality and the Hunter. All three got a whiff of that scent and knew what it was and they burst out laughing.

"Some Bounty Hunter you are." One of them said.

"Or rather...some T'Doshok." Another said. "To lose control of body functions to a mere girl." The warrior winked at Lavality to tell her that no offence was meant to her, but it was all part of the taunting and humiliation.

Suddenly the third drove his lance through the Hunters remaining good arm, causing him to scream in pain and preventing him from attempting anything. The first pointed his lance at his chest.

"The Admiral may not be willing to kill you due to her training." The first said, now deadly serious. "But we are. If the Admiral wills it...we can give you a reason to shit your pants...."

Lumier watched what was going on before breaking into a run.

----

Lavality sighed and released the hunter, who fell to the ground, or rather, as far he could considering he had a spear in his arm. "I'm rather tired of being hunted, as it really make's it difficult to get down to bussiness." she said as she began to walk away. "I don't care what you do to him, just as long as *I* don't see it." she smield at the three Trandoshan's before walking away

The hunter gulped and looked at the three Trandoshans. "Lo-look... I... err...." he looked around before seeing Lavality glare at him. "Don't kill him... I plan on having him stand trial for the terrorist attack on Lina Colony." she said and was about to turn away when the hunter got serious. "Pathetic..." he said and her movement suddenly stopped. You didn't even need to be near her to feel the shear anger resonating off her. "Your colony was weak... it's people where weak... you didn't 'deserve' that colony to begin with."

"so killing 3,500 innocent men, woman, and CHILDREN... was ok?" Lavality said in a calm voice.

The hunter smiled. "All part of bussiness... besides.. the bounty on that station was enough to pay off the ammo needed to-" he said before Lavality slammed her Katana into the right side of his chest, the hunter winced slightly. Lavality yanked her Katana out of the hunter's chest and raised it high.

"Lavality! STOP!" Came a yell that resonated off the walls, a bluish form appeared a little to the left of the three Trandoshans. The form was that of a Trandoshan female, she wore a tattered Jedi robe. "Lavality...... stop this right now..." the spirit said to her.

The young teenager stood there, her Katana held high, the look on the hunter's face was that of a smirk. "You can't do it can you..." he continued to stare at her.

Soon Lumier arrived and placed her hand on Lavality's arm, slowly bringing the Katana back down. She whispered into the admiral's ear. "Don't forget your training, Master Frakutusk would be angry if you allowed your anger and emotion's to run you." she said and Lavality closed her eyes. "Your right...." she said and dropped her arm. She put the Katana back in it's shelth.

"Weak..." the hunter grinned at her, but then he winced when he saw the glare on Lumier's face. "Lavality may not be able to give this order due to her training, but I can." she said and looked at the three Trandoshans. "Do whatever you want with this slim ball, get him out of our sight... shit... cut him up and throw him out the air lock if you want.. just get rid of him." she said in a cold, yet authoritive tone.

She turned around and, with Lavality in tow, made there way back to the shuttle. Kasyyyk stood there and sighed, before looking at the two other trandoshan's near the shuttle. "I guess... she still has a lot to learn." The spirit said before returning the Lavality's mind.

The hunter, on the other hand, was giving a very worried look at the three trandoshans. "Ummm.... I don't... suppose I can interest you in some credits... eh?" he said with a slight smile on his face.

The three K’Satikur grinned down at him; savage grins that made his blood run cold. Around them a crowd started to gather, morbid curiosity of the marines and ship workers wanting to know what these three were going to do to the Hunter. Silently from behind, Trazu and Asri also took attendance.

The warrior that had used his lance to pin the Hunter’s remaining good arm suddenly withdrew his weapon, drawing a gasp of pain from him. The Hunter watched as they sheathed their weapons and spread out around him. The tension was thick. What were they going to do to him?

“So…uh…” The Hunter said faintly, looking around at the warriors. “You considering my offer?”

The warriors laughed.

“We don’t take bribes from those who would sink as low as you.” One of them said. “We are a Clan of honor and to willfully take the life of a child is dishonorable.”

“So you are bunch of soft hearts…” The Hunter said bravely.

The warrior behind him suddenly shot forward, grabbed his bad arm and twisted it behind his back: the Hunter screamed in pain.

“True T’Doshok only look for targets that are a challenge. What challenge is there in targeting helpless children?” That warrior hissed in his ear. “Attacking a defenseless colony was pathetic and cowardly. No amount of credits is worth that stain on your honor. As far as we are concerned…you are a dishonorable fool, an Akisi. The Scorekeeper will not welcome you into her arms and what we will do to you will see to that.” The warrior then looked toward his fellows. “Let’s strip him.”

The Hunter’s eyes widened in horror and started struggling for the first time. It was futile though, the three warriors were on him in a flash, ripping off his armor and clothing as quickly as they could, not bothering to find any fasters or buttons. This of course brought new levels of pain on the parts of him that was already wounded, but they warriors didn’t care, didn’t stop until he was completely nude.

“So that’s what a Trandoshan looks like nude.” One of the marines remarked. “Can’t say it’s too my tastes though.” The marine around him chuckled.

“Consider yourself lucky….” One of the warriors said as they backed off from him a bit. “If we had more time and room, we would do you in through a Blood Hunt.”

“Blood Hunt?” The Hunter, feeling exposed and frightened said.

“Yes…don’t tell us you forgotten what it is.” The warrior said with a cruel smile. “I’ll remind you: it’s where those that have betrayed their Clan, or their people as a whole, become the hunted rather then the hunter, members the betrayer betrayed being the hunters. It is the Warrior way….”

“Since we can’t do that….” Another warrior added. “We have to be satisfied with just beating you to a pulp.”

The Hunter didn’t have a chance to respond, the warriors converged upon him again. Between the three of them, the Hunter looked like a lizard skinned punching bag. The beating went on for about five long minutes, the occasional sound of a bone snapping echoing through the hanger: some of the marines had to turn away.

“Aneagh!” Someone shouted in Clan Dialect and the warriors instantly stopped, backing away from the blooded and broken Hunter. All eyes turned to the source, Trazu and if it wasn’t for the look on his face, some would have thought he stopped the attack out of pity. The marines in front of him wisely parted for him and he strode toward the Hunter, a look on his face that would melt ice. The three warriors bowed to him, took positions of equal distance apart, unsheathed their weapons and adopted a sentinel-like pose. Trazu himself had drawn his sword and in a flash he had it pointed at the Hunter’s snout, it’s tip drawing blood.

“Years ago…” Trazu said coldly. “I had cut down dozens of scumbags like you. I am not opposed to doing it again.”

“Then kill me short ass.” The Hunter growled.

One eye twitched, but Trazu didn’t take the bait. “You will die this day, in disgrace as promised.” He replied. “But not by my hand.”

“Why not? Grown soft?” The Hunter taunted.

“Defiant to the end I see, but that won’t help you. I won’t kill you because it would have been too quick.” He removed his sword and leaned in close to him. “Your type deserves a slow death…”

Trazu straightened up and backed away, sheathing his sword as he did so. “Everyone, if you have weak stomachs…I don’t suggest you watch….”

Again there was silence, everyone wondering who would finish the Hunter: the warriors hadn’t moved. A faint sound of metal on metal tapping could be heard then and the audience looked around for the source, until they laid eyes on Asri. Asri had her K’Zur on and was purposely clicking the blades together as she strode toward him, a deadly purpose in her eyes. The Hunter’s eyes widened when he saw her.

“Y…y…you allow an Akisi to walk among you?” He said, looking around at the warriors and Trazu.

“The only Akisi here is you.” Asri said with a growl. “And the souls of innocent children are crying out for vengeance.”

She rushed forward then, screaming a battle cry that sent chills down the spines of the most hardened marine. What happened next was almost a dance, rather then an attack, but the result was the same. The Hunter found himself getting literally shredded by Asri’s sharp K’Zur and when she was done he was practically skinned alive, his flesh covered with countless wounds. Yet the Hunter was alive still, showing everyone just how much punishment a Trandoshan could take and still live. By now though, the Hunter’s will had been broken and he was sobbing, pleading in ragged whispers for mercy.

“Mercy?” Asri said coldly. “Why should we show you mercy when you gave those children none? You ripped their lives from them unjustly for the cause of greed and now you know how ‘they’ felt when you mercilessly slaughtered them. You deserve no mercy.”

“Throw him out the air lock.” Trazu growled. Now the three warriors moved, in perfect sync. Two grabbed what was left of the Hunter by the arms, while the third went on ahead, and dragged him toward the nearest air lock, leaving a bloody trail behind them.

“Show’s over folks.” Trazu said, looking around at the marines and other workers. “We got work to do.”

Lavality was up in the observation deck. He hand's over her eye's, it appeared she was either covering them due to sadness, or perhaps hidding from something else. To her side was Lumier, who had watched the entire event, "you know.. I probably should've had him tried first."

Her superior didn't respond at first, but after about five minutes she took her hand away from face and looked at the badge, then threw it onto the ground. One of her body guards blinked before seeing Lumier nod, he picked up the badge, crushed it with his hand, then exited the room. "The same fate would've befallen him, only difference is that I would've requested that he be tried by Rissonik and Naosha."

"why's that?" Lumier asked and Lavality glanced at her. "Because they would've had him go through that Blood Hunt."

The older admiral nodded. It wasn't common knowledge that when alone, Lumier and Lavality didn't act like Admiral's, in fact, Lavality was the least mature of the two. But when around her own people, giving orders and getting thing's done, it was as if someone else had taken her over.

"We have four others who we captured awhile ago, all bounty hunters down in the brig." Lumier said as she stared out of the window. "Do you want me to send two of them out here to be taught a lesson?"

"No.... we will have them transfered back to Trandosha when we get back. Besides, those four didn't single handedly take out an entire colony. Only he did." Lavality said

Lumier nodded. "But with help."

Again, Lavality mumbled the name - Miknak. "what does he have against my organization...." she said before hearing a 'beep beep' on the console. "Where coming out of hyperspace." Lumier said as the ship lurched forward for a split second before it settled down.

~All hands this is the captain speaking, we have arrived in Korribon. A moderate sized fleet has been detected over the planet, we'll be holding position near Korribon's moon. All marine's are to get ready for landing operations, all fighter pilots and bombers are to prepare for close support action. We'll be drawing there main force away while the marine drop ships and drop pods insert onto the planet~

The message repeated itself six time's before the comm. went quiet

"Good luck." Lumier said and turned away. "Lumier..." Lavality spoke up which caused the admiral to stop. "Please take charge of the ground operation."

"Don't you need me up here?" Lumier said as she turned around

"No, I need you more on the planet. You have a keen sense of sight and ears, you'll know if anything strange is happening. And besides, you have your own people on board each ship that'll relay any orders that you give to them, to the captains." With that said Lavality pushed herself off the console and grabbed her cloak, it was stained with blood in some area's from when she impaled that hunter. "Good luck, I look forward to reading your report."

Lumier nodded and gave a salute before leaving. Lavality then took the lift back down to the hanger floor where she began to make her way to the shuttle. A group of marine's followed her to the shuttle. Two of the marine's where equiped with a personalized cloaking drive. "You two are our forward observers for our artillery, board the heavy transport and keep your heads down." she said and the two marines saluted and made there way to the transport.

The rest where ordered to join Lumier, who was now boarding another transport that was carrying a mobile command center. Lavality sighed and watched as the shuttle lifted off the ground, she then walked into her own shuttle and waited for the rest.

---

On the bridge the captain turned in his chair. "It's party time folks!" He yelled as the two forward frigate's suddenly opened up with a barrage of turbo-laser fire and torpedos.

Trazu lingered only a little longer before heading back toward the shuttle, knowing his warriors would have done what he asked to the letter. Asri, who was taking her K'Zur back off, joined him.

"I never heard the term Akisi used in that way before." Asri commented.

"It was the proper use of term that has been long ago forgotten by most." Trazu explained. "It used to simply mean 'outcast', nothing more."

"How did it get to mean 'white demon' then?" Asri asked curiously.

"Blame the K'Satizitus." Trazu replied bitterly.

"Huh?"

"When it was still alive, it was a mutated albino T'Doshok." He said. "Given it's abilities by a fallen deity."

"I see...how did you find this out?"

"When I was trapped in my own mind I was able to view it's memories." Trazu said softly. "I have a clearer view of it's history then anyone else, but unfortunately no one will likely be able to believe me, as superitous as our people are."

"Besides the Akisi thing I don't see how are people are superitious."

"I've been doing some research on our history when I could recently." He said. "Long ago there was a Clan of healers called the Ataki. Unlike the other Medical Clans they didn't use science to heal, but something they called the Maishi. As science and technology advanced their services became less needed and eventually they became shunned, even hunted and killed. If there are any of them left today they hide in the deepest shadows."

"Is the Maishi the same as the Force?"

"I believe so." Trazu said. "From what I could tell, the Force used to be strong in our people until about the time the K'Satizitus came around. It's appearance just drove the final nail in I think."

~All hands this is the captain speaking, we have arrived in Korribon. A moderate sized fleet has been detected over the planet, we'll be holding position near Korribon's moon. All marine's are to get ready for landing operations, all fighter pilots and bombers are to prepare for close support action. We'll be drawing there main force away while the marine drop ships and drop pods insert onto the planet~

The pair paused a moment to listen, then quickened their pace toward the shuttle. They could see Lavality enter it up ahead.

"So why the sudden interest in our history?" Asri asked as they neared the shuttle.

"There had to be a reason for the Force to suddenly reemerge in us." Trazu said. "So far only myself, Silonik, and his friend Mortor are known to have the Force. Usually the most logical reason is by blood."

"So you think you could be a distant desendant of an Akati member?"

"It's possible." He said as they entered the shuttle. "As I doubt my own ability is due to traces of the K'Satizitus left in me, for that wouldn't explain my son's strong ability with it."

"Makes sense." Asri said with a nod. "By driving the Ataki underground, our ancestors likely ensured the talent spread through out the populous."

"I think there are still some pure Ataki around." Trazu muttered. "Just well hidden."

"Do you want to seek them out?"

"No." He shook head. "I would put them at risk of being discovered."

"Still, the Jedi Order probably would be interested in this."

"Likely so, but the Jedi Order have their own problems right now."

"They do? They seemed fine when we were there."

"I don't know...just a feeling I have...."

Lavality rested her head on the console before noticing a red flashing light on the side wall. She looked at it before it turned green, "Looks like we are clear." she said to no one in particuler and looked over her shoulder, "we're clear!" she yelled as the engines came to life and the shuttle lifted off the deck and proceeded toward the hanger bay doors.

"Can't use the launch ramp this time around." She said as she guided the shuttle out of the hanger bay and on course toward the planet.

Trazu and Asri quickly found a seat and buckled up, remembering 'fondly' how Lavality 'drove'.

"So, what's the plan once we set down?" Asri asked.

"It will depend on what's going on after we land." Trazu replied. "If the storm is still going we can use that to our advantage when it comes to evading enemy patrols. If it's subsided...well we will have to hope we are lucky when we come in. It would be best to avoid combat at all cost once on the ground until we reach the base: taking out any patrols could arise suspicion to our presence when they fail to check in. Our priority will be to get to the base and break in as quickly as possible while the frontal assault is going on."

"So speed and stealth." Asri said with a smile. "I can do both."

Trazu nodded slowly. "May the Force be with us...."