Note: Just a quick summary from the other thread for a starting point. J
BYSS
"Come on, beast… time for another bout in the pit."
Yellow feral eyes gleamed from the dark corner of the cell regarding the man impassively as he unlocked the door. Braedon didn't respond. He simply rose
and followed the handler to his entrance. Stepping out onto the blood stained dirt floor, he glanced briefly up at the observation platform. There he saw
Master DeVitro flanked by his two guards. A glimmer of a smile creased his lips as he selected a lightsaber from the weapons rack and tested it. Deactivating
it, he walked a few meters from the base of the wall below DeVitro. Suddenly without warning he grabbed the two guards by the throat with a force choke and
pulled them over the edge into the pit with him. The light saber snapped on and whipped out. The first guard's head bounced across the pit floor before his
body hit the dirt. The other fared slightly better, scrambling to his feet and trying to gain separation from his attacker. Drawing his blaster, he aimed at
the newest sith and fired striking Braedon in the side.
Braedon's pain and rage reverberated through the force, finding and piercing the heart of the one that cared most for him.
At the same time, somewhere along the Byss Run
Philip was exasperated. First some unknown ship begins to trail him enroute to Byss; then, he receives an urgent, and, rather confusing message from Adrianna.
"Brae my love. I know you're angry about something. I can feel it in the Force. If you can forgive Philip so can I. I promise. Just find him and bring
everyone back. I love you, Mahalla."
He gave Sariad a rather embarrassed smile before saying, "I have no idea what that's all about, but, I guess I'd
better respond before does something desperate."
He opened a channel and transmitted a brief statement, "Don't be concerned. Everything is fine here. Saraid and I are near
Byss and hope to find Philip soon. We will report our progress after we land and assess the local situation."
Meanwhile on Corellia…
A sudden burst of pain went through her again. Adrianna had hardly gotten up from the death of Youri when a
sharp physical pain went through her as though she had been shot in the side. the Jedi Master knew full it was Brae. But it was not the Brae she knew to be in
the holo. It was someone else. Braedon was somewhere else. His consciousness was. This was not right. What had happened that day on Balmorra?
Braedon Burke, I know you can hear me. Please come back to me. We are one with the Force and with each other. Where are you? What happened that day on
Balmorra? Who have I been living with? Please tell me... I need to know. I'm on the floor of My Mahalla in great pain and I know it's your pain. Not
who I see in the hologram on your ship with Saraid. I need to know the truth, Mahalla. Please help me understand. I love you more than anything in this world
and so does your Princess. She is waiting for her father to come home. She loves you dearly. Instead of sending a holo to Brae she sent it to Jon.
"Jon, I don't know who is on that ship with Saraid, but it's not your brother. Where ever they are headed, that is where my Mahalla is and
he's in trouble. He's going to the Darkside and fast. He's been wounded. Please get there quickly and do something. Bring your brother and my
Mahalla home! Lee and I will be waiting for you on Dantooine. I'm already en route so Lee I'm sure is right behind me."
Now… continuing with our saga…
Jon listened to Adrianna with a deepening scowl growing on his face. He was now certain the person in the
Baudo-class he was following was, despite his appearance, not his brother. A quick reply was formulated and
transmitted.
"Adrianna, I agree… the Braedon that was on Corellia is NOT Braedon my brother. I can feel him through the force,
but, he is far ahead of us… probably on Byss."
Well, that cat was certainly out of the bag. Now she knew he was also force sensitive.
What she would make of it, he had no idea or care at the moment. It was one reason he wanted her to get to know him, to gain her trust, before she
found out. That discussion could come later.
"Anna… he was with you for weeks. Could you not tell? Could anyone assume
another's form that well, that long? Or… do we have a bigger problem?"
A pause as Jon responds to an announcement from the flight computer…
"Oh… got to go. My next hyperspace jump is coming up and I want to get this off to you before I loose the
ability. I'll contact you during my next real space course adjustment."
Jon hit the send icon and turned his mind to the craft he was following. A quick check revealed it was making the next
short jump in the series that make up the Byss Run. He sighed and sat back to wait, as his J-type prepared to follow
suit.




