Jax grinned beneath his helm, passing his hand before her face once more.

"You no longer wish to have anything to do with Kamon."

He said in the same hypnitic tone.

"You now wish to be my willing slave and mistress." he continued.

"You will not break your bond with me or your life must end..." he repeated.. ".. or your life must end."

"If we are ever seperated, you would take your life.".. he concluded.

He looked down on her, then offered her a hand. "Shall we contact Kamon?"

Kamon was sitting in his office, still contemplating the reason for his brother's reappearance. Another beep brought his attention. It was a call waiting. He pressed the button to receive it.

"Sir, your not going to like what I am going to tell you." Grand Admiral Radon Mont said.

"Go ahead, Admiral."

"A distress message was received form Whispers shuttle. It has disappeared. The tailing drone was destroyed."

"Impossible! Who would do such a thing? Oh no."

"Sir?"

"It must have been TCE. Do you know the last known position of Whispers shuttle?"

"Yes, sir. But I don't see how that is going to help. It's not like we can take on TCE by ourselves."

"We won't have to. Upload the coordinates to the nav computer on the Hope."

"Yes, sir. May I ask why?"

"I am going to surrender myself. It's the only way to get her back and alive."

"No! You can't!"

"I can and I will. I will not allow her to be controlled by any Sith. Now do as I said."

With that, he shut off the screen. He clipped his lightsaber to his belt, and ran out of the room. He ran to the Hangar bay where he jumped into his ship from Zonama Sekot. He received clearance ot leave, and shot out of the hangar.

He reached space and shot away from the planet. He programmed his computer for the coordinates, then shot into hyperspace.

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Hours Later

He came out of hyperspace in an area with nothing but darkness. He knew she had been ambushed, but not where they had taken her. He had a series of droids with him, and he ordered them to see where they had taken her.

A few minutes later, the spot where they had jumped from was shown to him. He neared it, and jumped himself. Not before launching a probe however. The probe was fast, but not as fast as a ship in hyperspace.

He waited a few minutes then came out of hyperspace. Minutes later, he received a report redirecting him to a system a few hours away. He turned the ship and jumped.

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Hours Later

He came out of hyperspace in front of a massive fleet. Before allowing them to hail him or attack him, he sent them a message.

"I am Prince Kamon Vondiranach. I am here to surrender myself. I wish to speak with your leader."

He shut the message down. Leaving his shields online, he powered down the engines.

"You no longer wish to have anything to do with Kamon."

"Nothing to do with Kamon.." she repeats in whispered tones, her eyes stare into his, seeing nothing.

"You now wish to be my willing slave and mistress." he continued. "You will not break your bond with me or your life must end..." he repeated.. ".. or your life must end."

"I am your willing slave and mistress. The bond will not be broken or my life is forfeit." Again, that distance is heard in her whispered voice.


"If we are ever seperated, you would take your life."..

"I shall take my life.."

Blinking once, slowly, she sees him for the first time; the veil of fog lifting slowly from her mind. Taking his hand, she rises from the floor and eases her hair from her cheek.

"Aye, contact Kamon."

The comm unit inside Jax's helm spoke to him.

"That will not be nessisary, he is contacting us. Let us allow you to respond."

He motioned to the bridge commander.

"Open the channel for her."

"Aye sir."

Zerxes had been waiting for Whisper to be brought out of hyperspace at a certain point. When she didn't show up, he knew Jax had followed through with his threat. He turned Darkness Fleet around and jumped to the last location of Saveriegn Fleet.

He was seething. Anger and Rage welled within him. He came out of hyperspace just outside of the gravity well range of the Sovereign Fleet. He immediately hailed Jax. His figure was shown to be in extreme anger.

"Jax you fool! You have ruined my plan. It was my idea to pick her up before she got to Kamon. It was my idea to use her. I was going to reclaim the thrown but you have destroyed my chance of that! Give her to.... What in the name of my father? Kamon is here? He mustn't be allowed to board your ship."

Zerxes bent his will to tormenting Kamon. He began to play with Kamons mind.

Jax slammed a hand over his comm unit.

"Who do you think you are addressing, Boy? First of all, none of this was 'your idea' second.. you have just signed your own death warrant. You will die, slowly and painfully for your insolence. Fool indeed, perhaps you should look in the mirror, boy."

Jax cut off the comm and ordered Zerxes ship to be encircled by Interdiction Pickets and Star Destroyers. The insolent whelp would pay for his treasonous words. He would pay in blood.

Zerxes stopped tormenting Kamon and focused his attention on Jax.

"It was my Idea. I cleared it with Master Maim. She is mine. However, this bickering is not going to get us anywhere. Let me have Kamon. If he boards your ship he will kill you."

Zerxes knew very well what Kamon's abilities were. He knew he could tear matter, and that his fighting skills were comparable to that of the best. He knew what Kamon would do to Jax.

Jax responded coldly to the 'Sith'.

"Why don't you both come aboard and we will see who ends up dead." Jax cut the transmission.

He turned to Whisper, echoing in a hypnotic voice.

"The scum who claims to love you is coming. He is obviously a liar. He is to be destroyed, at any cost."

Kamon sat onboard the Hope. He was concentrating on keeping Zerxes out of his mind. Just as suddenly as it started, it stopped.

His comm picked up a lot of chatter between the two command vessels. He couldn't tell what they were saying of course because the messages were scrambled.

His ship lurched underneath of him as a tractor beam targeted his ship. He was being pulled toward the ESD that filled his screen. He was getting closer to his goal.

He had figured out who was onboard the ESD by then. It was the Carnor Jax of TCE. Kamon drew on the Force.

I will kill you Jax. Let me have Whisper and you won't die.

Diete Somir, also known as Lord Maim, stalked silently onto the command bridge. His face showed both interest and displeasure at the same time.

"We have waited long enough. Bring them both in, now."

"Yes, Sir." Came Jax's reply.