Thanks for all your support and replies! Joshua jerked up on his bed, instantly awake. Kinna sat at the foot of his bed, Metla sood next to it, and Mulk sat on his lounger. Joshua smiled at them. "Is it time for the poker game?" He asked, uncomfortable with their presence. Mulk shook his head. "No time for sex games, boy." Kirk laughed. "It's a card game, not a sex game." "Oh. I thought you said poke her." "Damn," Kinna said jokingly. Joshua poked her with his big toe. "Maybe later." "Maybe," she said, not looking at him. "I'm in trouble?" He asked as he glanced at the trio. "What happened at the port security station?" Mulk asked, impatiently. Kirk thought for a moment. "Well, I remember watching holos of the attack on the girls. Then the chief of security telling me she wasn't going to give them to me. I remember a Wookiee. Then I was walking out the door with the kids." "That's all?" Kinna asked. "Yeah," Joshua said, nodding. "Only bits and pieces." "Your back is nothing but one big bruise," Metla said, angrily. "What were you thinking fighting a Wookiee?" Joshua stared at her with shock. "I fought the Wookiee?" "You really don't have any memory of it?" Kinna asked. Joshua shook his head. "How about the fight in the docking bay?" Mulk asked "I remember every second of it. But it was like watching it happen through the eyes of someone else. It was like, well... I can't describe it." "Like there was some one guiding your movements?" Mulk said. "Yeah!" Kirk blurted out, sitting upright. "That's what I thought." Mulk said. "When we brought you back on the ship," Kinna told Joshua. "We had Mu-So 2 run a blood test." "I hope I'm clear of STDs." Kinna slapped his foot. "We tested for midichlorians." Joshua looked confused. "How high did I rate?" "8550." Metla said. "It's higher than Mulk or I have, but not as high as Kinna." "Which means what?" "It means you have a stronger connection to the Force than we thought," Mulk said, staring Joshua in the eyes. "Kinna and I felt it outside the bay. You were using the darkside." "You felt this?" "Yes," Mulk said with a nod of his head. Kinna walked over to the large monitor Kirk had mounted to the wall, and turned it on. "I want you to see what you did. First the video from the port security building." Joshua watched as he viewed the holo of Melee killing the slaver, then walking out for the rear of the station when they would not release the four. He sat in stunned silence at the size of the Wookiee he'd fought. He then grunted in pain as he saw himself being slammed into the ceiling. And finally, he viewed himself being hit with a multitude of stun bolts. "Why did I do any of this?" He asked the others, fear creeping into his voice. "I was going to wait for Merrik to get there with the governor. And why did that Kinsie woman fall all over herself to get away from me? She struck me as a ballsy lady." "This is why, my boy," Kinna said. The scene shifted to a shot behind Kinsie. He watched as she fell over the chair again. Kinna froze the scene, and zoomed in on Joshua's face. "What happened to my eyes?" The Human asked, his voice now devoid of emotion. "That is what happens when you use the darkside," Metla told him. "Now watch yourself in the docking bay." "No need," He said, looking at Kinna. "I remember every second of the fight. I also remember thinking that I could have taken all of them out in a few seconds with the blaster. I guess I was making them suffer for what they tried to do to the kids. For what they were trying to do again. I'm just glad Melee stepped in when she did." "We all are," Mulk said, proud of Melee's actions. "We're not here to talk about Melee," Metla said sitting next to him. "we're here to talk about you." Joshua looked over at the screen and watched as he killed the four mercs once more. "This makes me a danger to the girls, doesn't it?" "This makes you a danger to everyone, including yourself," Mulk said. "Then I'll get off at the next port. I will not put any of you at risk." "Don't be dumb," Kinna said as she reached across and slapped Joshua on the back of the head. "We're not here to kick you off the ship. We want to offer to train you in Force discipline. Like we've been doing for Melee." Joshua sighed in relief. "I'll do anything you want." "Then be ready to start training in the morning with Metla," Mulk said. "And Merrik has left Zell with us. You and I are going to teach the boy to fight. Force knows the kid needs the training. And Kinna and I are going to help him with some Force training." Just then the door opened and Melee stepped through, worry written across her face. "What's wrong?" Mulk asked standing up. "It's Zell. He's locked himself in the Rumpus Room and refuses to talk to anyone." Everyone jumped up and headed for the door. Joshua stepped through the door into the Rumpus room. Zell sat on the couch, tears running down his cheeks. "Come to beat up on me too?" The older man rolled his eyes. "No, it looks like you're doing a good enough job of that on your own." The boy gave Joshua a sour look and turned away. "Listen, your sisters are out there in the passage worried about you." The Joshua said as he sat in one of the egg chairs and turned to Zell again. "So you got knocked on you ass. Mulk told me about the snake lady who put you down. A Zolinite. The old man said that he could have punched her and she would have laughed it off." "I know what's wrong," Joshua said quietly. "You've searched for your sisters for what, three years? And the day you're reunited with them this happens. You finally have your chance to protect those two girls. And in the end, they protected you." "Yeah," Zell nodded. After a few moments he turned back to Kirk. "Why are my sisters worried?" "I saw the holos of the fight. They're worried about that little suicidal stunt you pulled, grinning and snapping your fingers at her." With a smile, Zell closed one eye and shrugged. "Wait!" Kirk said as a grin formed on his face. "You used the force to switch the safety on, didn't you?" "No, even better," Orinie told Kirk with a smile. "I used it to break the blaster's power coupling." "Turning the blaster into a high tech club!" "Hey," Zell shrugged once more. "It gave Melee the chance to apply some pain to her." "She did more than that," Kirk replied. "She killed her." Zell grimaced. Looking at his chronometer, the oldest Orinie sighed. "I was hoping to spend a couple days with my sisters, but one day is gone now, and most of it was spent getting fixed up by your medical droids, or sitting in a holding cell." "Oh, don't worry about that. You'll have two weeks to get to know them." "What?" Zell jerked up where he sat with this news. "Yep! Merrik's given you to us. We'll meet him on Coruscant in two weeks. Until then, you better get used to bruises, because Mulk and I are going to teach you how to fight. Your sister Melee has offered to help, too." Zell brightened up at Joshua's words. "We're going to drop Mulk off at his home on Mazur. We'll be there for a couple days. He's going to get some of his friends on Concord Dawn to give you some tips as well." "Thank you." "Mulk and Kinna are going to give you some Force training also." "What? I don't get to work with Metla, too?" Zell asked with a smile. "Actually, she's going to be working with me." "Yeah, I saw what happened on the monitor," Zell said, shaking his head in disbelief. "Merrik had me copy the holos and then delete what was on the cams. I handed the video off to Kinna. That was when the rest of the crew of the Runner entered the room. Melee and Ano then introduced their brother to their friends. Soon everyone was talking. It was like one big happy family. Which it was.