Joshua removed his helmet, then his gloves. As he climbed out of his X-Wing, he tossed them on the seat. Jumping from the craft to the permacrete, he immediately found himself being knocked off his feet by Peenk Montal. He smiled as stared up at her. While he was looking at her, she was looking at his ship, Sasha. "You want to get your hands on her very baddly, don't you?" He asked. "From the moment they gave it to you." She said with a brilliant grin. "I want to take her apart, and put her back together again. I want to find ways to make her better." "I knew it. I can see the lust in your eyes." "That T-65 is not the only thing I'm lusting after." Peenk said as she tapped the tip of his nose with a finger. "I've been lusting for your short ass since the day you left. Which reminds me, What took so long. You should have been back a week ago." "It's because of the damage done by Dr Matthews and his associates. It was so extensive that we had to build a whole new impulse engine." Joshua cocked an eyebrow as he smiled mischeviously. "Now about you lusting after me." "It'll have to wait till tonight. We have company." She said as she got up and tried to pull him up. "Ateia and Nani." "No. Nani is hanging out with Mala at my mother's. And Ateia is meeting with Skywalker and Horne about something Jedi related. No, our guests are Mulk and his wife Zana. You'll like Zana. She reminds me of Zanat." "I can't wait." Joshua jumped up and waved on the droids who were waiting to tow the fighter away. "But what's the word on Zell?" "There might be some good news there." Peenk told him. "Merrik was contacted by someone who once worked at an Imperial research center. He told him that Zell worked there when Carida was shut down during the summer months. It's somewhere here on Coruscant." "He Doesn't know where it is?" "No. Just that it's somewhere here, below ground level. He said that some of the floors were stone." Peenk paused as they stepped through the blast doors. "Can he die?" "Pok says no. But he's worried about Zell's state of mind. The boy will have to be awake through the process, He has to give constant input to MU-SO 2." "Is that what happened to Melee?" Peenk asked. "Yes. But Pok says there's more. Something he said Matthews added. He found a way to induce Rapid Onset Growth. He discovered it too late to use on Melee's group. He's afraid that Zell might try it. We're worried what the pain might do to him." "Oh please!" Peenk shot back. "He's tough. Don't forget what he's been through, Zell is no stranger to pain." "No. Not like this." He said stopping to stare into Peenk's eyes. "Every year, might people take an oath that we will never allow this kind of thing to happen again. And on that day, all children who turn ten must undergo what we call the Experience. We step into a pain booth and are shown the level of pain that girls like Melee went through when they were altered." "They do that to you?" Peenk was shocked. "That sounds rather cruel." "We need to know just why we must oppose this. And trust me, after ten minutes you'll be ready to swear never to allow any one else to go through that." Kirk grinned. "But let's go meet Zana."