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Kadea's eyebrow rose sharply, this girl knew her language...or at least a form of it, was it possible that there were others like her somewhere, had some of her people survived, had any of her family survived? She brused the thoughts aside and focused on the girl who called herself Ryshel. SHe slowly drew her katana from it's sheath and held it at rest at her side in a peaceful position. "DOes this sword look familiar to you?" She questioned, noting the girls hand drift slightly towards the weapon at her waist. "Peace mistress, I mean no harm I just have to know? Are their more like me?" She questioned holding up her hand.

Kadea's hopes shoared, her personal mandate went from finding a way of life to finding what remained of her culture. She had totaly forgotten about her promise to have Cat home by dark. A sharp pricking on her arm reminded her and she turned to look at the sun. "It grows late, I made a promise, my word is my honor I will not fail." She said and knowing she would regret it later sheathed her blade walked up to Cat in a seemingly harmless maner and in a flash of motion hit a pressure point in her neck that would put her to sleep for awhile. Cathing her before she fell she slung her potatosack style over her shoulder and motioned for the other two to fallow. "Though I am no leader, I think Cat would agree with me when I tell you, you are welcomed, if you so wish." She said. She started to walk away and herd a rustle to her right. She looked over her shoulder, "Try not to make to much noise." She said. The other two looked at her strangly then at each other and shrugged. Another rustle and a weird looking metal creature came roaring out of the brush. Kadea reeled back in surprise, shock, and confussion forgetting that Cat was on her shoulder she reached for her sword buther movement was limited. "Surrender Jedi!" Screamed the thing in a robotic voice. Kadea's eye's widened and she made an effort to draw her sword but with Cat on her shoulder it came out to slowly. The strange metallic creature saw the sword start to leave it's sheath and without pausing to aim fired a shot at Kadea. With a powerful motion Kadea leaped into the air, landing on a low tree branch and dropped into a croutch. She removed Cat from her shoulder, she groaned, "Oh shutup." Kadea snapped hitting the pressure point again just to be sure, she checked her arm. She had forgotten that her arm had been wounded earlier that day and the metallic being's shot had worsened it greatly. The world span crazily around her as the exaustion and blood lose came rushing back, she steadied her self and taking Cat back onto her shoulder lept to the ground. What ever it was pointed it's black blaster at Ryshel....

With Kadea between herself and the stormtrooper, there was little she could do. He fired a shot and nailed Kade on the arm that looked to already be injured. She leapt into the tree with Cat, quick as lightning. The stormtrooper had been aiming for Ryshel, and had Kade not been there, he would have only met her lightsaber anyway. The trooper had good aim, but she was too quick, and every shot was deflected. She felt Kade drop to the ground again, this time behind her. It distracted the trooper just long enough. With one swing of her lightsaber he was no longer armed, and with a second, he was lying on the ground, missing an arm, the pink-tinted saber at his chest.

"Who are you? Are they any others?" she demanded.

The trooper just laughed. "She's here," was all he said, too quick for the killing blow that detached his head and body.

Ryshel felt the color drain from her face. Wherever she was in relation to her home galaxy, the word was obviously out she was still alive somewhere, having escaped the Intrepid.

Kadea's urge that they get moving jerked Ryshel back to her senses. She hurried along after the girls, following them towards a little clearing just ahead. After the encounter with the trooper, Ryshel had put her senses on heightened alert, and they were erupting with the presence of at least a couple dozen bodies.

She cursed under her breath. I should've known there'd be more! she thought angrily, quickening her pace until she was even with Kadea and Lillith. "Hurry!" she urged softly.

Just in time, Kade lifted a hidden door that even impressed Ryshel herself, so well was it disguised. The distant roar of an Imperial transporter sounded across the forest, and she heard more stormtroopers approaching. They slipped inside and shut the trapdoor just as the ship appeared above the trees.

Ryshel breathed a sigh of relief and followed the others into the hideout.

Kadea blanched and backed away knowing she was a dead person. Still she couldn't surpress a small smile from forcing it's way onto her lips. "Shhhh....You can kill me later." She hissed drawing her sword and looking through a camofauged window.

Boss bursted past her and pulled Cat close, hugging her tightly, spining her around in multiple circles. "thank you for bringing her back safely to me." He said and Kadea nodded directring his eyes to theapproching danger. He ignored it. "As for you little, I;m to stubborn for my own good....If you ever." But Cat silenved him, her attention on the apporaching threat.

"Listen Ryshel, your no bother, you savedmy life and Cat's and for that at least you are welcomed here. Besides I have a few questions to ask you? And I think for the time being we should stick together me and you, and Lillth if she so wishes. We al came here by starnge means, from diffrent times, diffrent cultures, and diffrent situations. We need to find out why we were brought here and I at least need to find away back to my own time." She said laying a hand on Ryshels shoulder.

Kadea shrugged simply, she no longer minded if people knew what time period she was from or hr profession for that matter. " Yes, Ryshel san," She addressed her with all the respect of a commanding officer. " I am from the fourteenth centry from feudal Japan, I served as a assassin for Emprorer Tyogasan." She explained pateintly sheathing her sword, it seemed for thr moment at least the danger had passed.