Scene goes to inside the cantina where Crynoth and Opal are still washing dishes, Crynoth picks up a crate of clean glasses and carries them out to the counter, he freezes when he hears the name Seekus come out of the crowd somewhere, he sets down the glasses and peers around, at first he looks right past her, then he sees her, a dark caped figure sitting next to a drunk at the bar.

SCALE: I said do you know anything about a creature called Seekus? (Her voice is agitated, the drunk takes a sip of his drink and passes out on the counter. A man at a small booth motions Darth Scale over. She walks through the crowd, again many of them don't even notice her, she sits down. Crynoth pulls a small cylinder out of his vest pocket and holds it up to his ear with one of his hands, while the other three go to work putting away dishes.) Yes?

BARFLY: You said something about Seekus? Yeah I know of him, always helping rebels and such, anyway, rumor has it that some of his 'customers' are entering a pod race. (The man takes a sip of his drink, then sets it down.)

SCALE: Anything else?

BARFLY: Well, rumor also has it that the racer might be a droid, heh heh heh. I remember when droids couldn't have their own ship much less race, heh heh heh heh. (He takes some more drinks, Crynoth slips the cylinder into his pocket and walks back to Opal.)

CRYNOTH: Opal. There's a strange female in a black cape in the bar.

OPAL: Excuse me?

CRYNOTH: No, I mean she was looking for us! I don't know how to explain it but she almost doesn't exist, I mean I almost couldn't find her, my eyes kept wandering away.

OPAL: They better not stay on her long. (She scratches under his chin and looks out into the bar.) Where? (Crynoth looks around the bar, Darth Scale has disappeared.)

CRYNOTH: We better tell the others. (They run back into the dish area.

Inside the Voyager Silverbolt, Blackarachnia, Anarchy and Cheyenne are lounging comfortably while Seekus reads off the finished repairs.)

SEEKUS: And that's about it, I'm sorry for wanting up-front payment but if anything were to happen to you I would be sunk.

SILVERBOLT: Yes we understand but- (Crynoth's voice comes in over the comm channel.)

CRYNOTH: Voyager this Crynoth come in! (Silverbolt turns on the channel.)

SILVERBOLT: Yeah, what is it?

CRYNOTH: Someone's lookin' for us, it's hard to explain, she seemed to exist outside of perception, I almost couldn't see her. (A light goes off in Seekus's head.)

SEEKUS: A Jedi. Did this assailant where all black clothing?

CRYNOTH: Yes, she left searching for the new coming racers.

SILVERBOLT: They've already left, they called in a few minutes before you, we were going to leave soon to watch the race.

CRYNOTH: We'd better head there to. I'll tell stripes and feather-duster, over.

Scene goes to a canyon in the desert somewhere, one side is all stadium seating, the seats are barely half filled, at the starting line there are six pod-racers lined up, the pilots are all preparing their racers, Inferno, B'boom, Luna, Pun and the strange man are standing next to theirs.

MAN: You did a fine job, I have entered the bets, all favoring you, if you win, you will have more than enough to pay your debt. Good luck. (The man walks away leaving them by the racer.)

LUNA: I'm starting to get used to that. (A voice comes over the loud speaker.)

ANNOUNCER: Could all the non-racers please exit the course now.

INFERNO: Good luck buddy. (He and Luna and Pun walk off of the starting line and see Silverbolt come in with the rest, they run up to him in the stands.)

PUN: Glad you could show.

SILVERBOLT: We have bad news, there's something called a dark Jedi searching for us, and from what Seekus says we don't have much chance of escape.

LUNA: (The announcer goes on in the background.) Well that's a downer.

SILVERBOLT: The best thing we can do is spread out and stay inconspicuous.

(They do so and spread into the corners of the stadium seats, the count down goes for the race to start, 3, 2, 1, engines rev and blast to life as the six racers take off, at the start B'boom is in third place, the camera goes to Pun, who is sitting towards the top, he then sees the dark female described by Crynoth, she fluently slides by the spectators and out back behind the arena, he then sees the old man follow her into a door way.)

PUN: Oh no, she'll find out from him! (Pun runs down the side of the stair seats and slowly goes into the doorway, making sure Darth Scale doesn't notice him, the old man walks up behind Darth Scale.)

MAN: What are you doing here? I have sensed the disturbance since you arrived.

SCALE: What? I will tear you apart old man! (She raises her hand to apply the invisible force to his neck, the man waves his hand and Scale is knocked off her feet into the wall behind her, she flips and lands in front of the man, in her hand is a cylinder, about nine inches long, a red beam of light slices out of it and forms a blade, she swings the light saber through the air, the man quickly blocks the blow with his own green light saber and the two break off.) So an old Jedi knight, I thought you were all gone. (The two continue to circle each other.)

MAN: The dark side can never triumph. (Darth Scale thrusts her light saber, the man blocks the blow and barely misses her neck, she stumbles back and regains her composure.)

SCALE: I will not lose old man!

MAN: I am sensing something in you, a lightness.

SCALE: You sense nothing! (The two light sabers clash and the scene goes to the pod-race, where a slightly larger pod-racer is slamming into B'boom.)

B'BOOM: Hey! (When the racer tries it a second time B'boom slows down, the pod-racer misses him and travels into the side of the canyon, the right engine is disintegrated, for a few seconds the pod-racer is suspended in the air, it then goes down, scattering debris everywhere. the now five racers come out of the curve and over the finish line, ending lap one, B'boom is now in second. A pod-racer comes up behind him and bam! The light sabers come apart and you are again watching Darth Scale and the old man.)

MAN: I know your heart now, you are not evil, the dark side has not enslaved you, you can leave it.

SCALE: Shut up! Shut up! (She lunges at the man, the man spins and Scale's light saber skitters to the floor, far out of her reach, the force of the hit knocks her to the ground, she looks up to see the old man's light saber inches from her chest, her wings and cape are uncomfortably pinned under her body.)

MAN: I sense a goodness in you, don't fight it. (The old man reaches his hand and offers it to her, she looks at the hand, reaches up and takes it. The whole time Pun has been watching this, he hears something behind him and ducks into a small closet, he sees through the crack in the door a dark caped figure, a reverberating breath sound through the hall, the old man turns and sees Darth Vader's light saber, instead of flinching the man stands firm.)

SCALE: No!

PUN: NOOO! (He runs from the closet toward Darth Vader, Vader raises his hand and Pun slams into the wall.)

VADER: This is one of the new-comers, I can sense it. Scale! (She struggles to a sitting up position, then stands.) Finish him.

SCALE: No.

VADER: What! (He cuts the air with his light saber, the old man's saber flies into Scale's hand and she blocks the blow.)

SCALE: I no longer serve you! (She flips backwards and lands by Pun, Vader's light saber barely missing her, she then grabs the collar of his vest and runs, the two run from the hallway out into the blinding sunlight, Pun turns around in time to see a large piece of machinery fly out of the door, it is held up by an invisible force and travels straight for Scale's head, Pun jumps in the way and grabs it with his clawed hands, his massive muscles strain to resist the force but it is too strong, he and Scale dive to the ground to dodge some more flying machinery, they then flat out run out of sight, Vader comes out of the doorway, looks around, not wanting to attract attention he goes back inside.)

PUN: Thank you.

SCALE: No, thank you. Who was that old man?

PUN: I don't know, we'll never know, (He looks at a screen showing the race, B'boom has fallen back into third and they are on the last stretch of the race.) Oh no, we're going to lose. (Scale looks at the pod-racers in the distance.)

SCALE: (Her thoughts are heard aloud.) What do I do? I cannot return to Lord Vader, I can't expect these new-comers to take me along, perhaps a persuasion is in order. (She closes her eyes and raises her hand toward the racers, concentrating only on B'boom's. Pun watches the view screen, suddenly B'boom's pod-racer comes to life, the engines glow with sheer power and it gains speed. B'boom's body is compressed into the back of the cockpit.)

B'BOOM: Holy slag! (The announcer is going wild.)

ANNOUNCER: Incredible! It seems that the new-comers have saved the best for last, they are now gaining on first place! (Scale, concentrates harder, then, BOOM! the back of B'boom's pod-racer engines explode as the raw energy is forced out of them, he rockets past the pod in first place and over the finish line.)

B'BOOM: Whoo-Hoo! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PUN: YES! Yes! I don't know what you just did but it was incredible. (Out of the sheer excitement Pun takes her in his arms and kisses her.)

Scene goes to outside the Voyager on the last day of the week, Silverbolt is talking to Scale.

SILVERBOLT: Scale, Pun has explained all of what happened to me. (Scale's head hangs low, dreading the outcome of this.) And if it weren't for you we would not have been able to pay off our debt, not to mention you probably saved us all. Therefore I am happy to ask you this, will you come with us?

SCALE: I've got no other choice. (She smiles for the first time and walks aboard the ship.)

SEEKUS: Goodbye! Good luck! (The ship lifts up into orbit, on the bridge everyone is sitting or standing at their stations.)

SILVERBOLT: Let's go Crynoth.

CRYNOTH: Eye-eye! Oh no! It's it's huge! (He brings up an image of the Imperial star destroyer, it's right in front of them.)

SCALE: We won't survive a frontal attack!

CRYNOTH: Wait, wait, I have an idea. (He begins initiating dimensional jump.) Hold on!

Scene goes to the bridge of the star destroyer.

TIECT: Lord Vader, they have initiated dimensional leap! They're heading straight for us! (Everyone on the bridge of the ship dives to the ground except Vader, the Voyager disappears with a thunderous bang meters away from the bridge into a portal.) They are gone lord Vader, along with your 'apprentice'!

VADER: What apprentice? It never happened!

TIECT: I am sorry Lord Vader, I have already prepared to report it to the Em- (He never finishes the last word, for he is cut in half by Vader's light saber.)

VADER: Would anyone else like to argue!? (No one speaks up. Until a man at a computer console receives a scan.)

MAN: The princess's ship has arrived Lord Vader!

VADER: Continue the mission as planned. (The star destroyer begins to attack a smaller ship, inside the smaller ship two droids tumble about, one gold, and one a small blue and white astro-mech droid.)