The news had reached Area Kane in the early morning hours, her second in command had control of the bridge, when he had commed her and told her he needed to speak to her immediately she knew something was wrong. She had expected to arrive on the bridge to news of a rebel attack or even a sighting near them. Instead, the Bridge had been cleared of non-crucial staff, as Koran had directed her towards the command channel’s comm station. A soft quirk of an eyebrow had resulted in nothing but a silent nod. Area had settled down in the seat and listened to the channel, as they went over some basic information before the information about her Father had been mentioned. Her body froze in place as her mind went blank, it couldn’t be her father, no. He had always pushed for her to excel. She forced herself to listen to the rest of the transmission before removing the headset and placing it down.<br/><br/>Her skin was normally already a soft pale tone had became also white, she felt numb. Completely numb. Koran cleared his throat as he shifted uncomfortably at her side, the pair had worked together for a few months now, she had given him a chance when he was only new to the ship and he had quickly proved himself worth the risk. He reminded Area a lot of herself, driven and passionate about what they were doing, about serving the Empire. Now, she was a traitor. Her father’s actions would mean death for her and her family. Oh god, Her mother. Her siblings had all grown and left their family home, she had managed to make a place for herself. At least she had, now that would all be gone. How could he do this to them, she felt a surge of anger run through her body at the idea of him helping rebel scum and in the same instance sentencing his family to death.<br/><br/>The Hydra had been her life for the last few months, when she had got the post she had been so happy, she finally had proven herself to those who had doubted her. Now she was going to lose it all, through no fault of her own. She had worked her ass off for this position, fought and crossed every barrier that had been placed before her, but this one. This one she couldn’t cross and fight through this was set in stone. She had given the bridge back to Koran’s command and fled to the safety of her room, after asking him to keep the information to himself at least for now.  Back in her room, she sent the next few hours making sure her notes were up to date, that all her files were complete. If she was going to die she would make sure that the Hydra was in good hands. Koran would no doubt be given her role at least for the first few days after she was relieved of her duty, she had come to care about those under her command.<br/><br/>Hours later when Koran commed her to tell her that a vessel was approaching, she made her way to the bridge. A sith vessel was approaching, her crew was talking and gossiping about what the approaching sith wanted on the Hydra. Only Area and Korn knew, she commanded her people to prepare for the sith’s arrival and gave a nod to Koran, he would take control of the bridge and she would go down the hanger to greet the Sith personally.<br/><br/>Area stood at the edge of the landing area of the shuttle, her form still as her hand moved to tug at the bottom of her jacket, as it laid neatly on her form. It was form fitting showing off her slender waist and full chest as she took a deep breath and her icy blue eyes framed with thick long lashes locked upon the slowly descending vessel of the Sith as it landed softly. As the ramp lowered slowly she saw the figure come into view, and she straightened to attention as a hand rose to push back the full raven hair which curled around her face-framing her heart-shaped face. There was the normal staff who were needed for the arrival of anyone on board, Area stood alone and silently as she awaited her destiny at the hands of the male before her as he and two others made their way down the ramp.<br/><br/>His form was foreboding in the dark robes associated with the order, the guards flanking him on each side, as he moved towards her, his eyes scanning over the open area before settling on her as she bit down softly on her bottom lip.