Alethea gave a small nod to Thal-ion as he told her to keep them away from the blockade for now. She had every intention of doing so. She wasn't exactly the type to just rush headlong into something that could end up being trouble for them. She could feel the fight that was happening, too, hear the thoughts of the two Jedi as they fought. She fought not to look too closely, lest she find herself living the battle in her mind instead of focusing on piloting the ship. Still, she got enough information from her instinctive skimming of their thoughts to tell her what was going on. Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi.<br/><br/>Thal-ion spoke up with something he remembered reading in a journal. They had been ambushed. He was about to suggest they go back through the storm, but before he could even get the suggestion out, the station exploded, causing the portal to vanish. "About that..." she spoke up, her weak attempt at humor. Not that it was incredibly unexpected, considering that she thought they had both felt that the Force was telling them that they would happen. Still, it was a rather disconcerting feeling, knowing that their only way home had just vanished, and they were now stuck in an unfamiliar time, a place they didn't belong.<br/><br/>Before she could say anything else, the comm suddenly came on and an alien voice spoke up, telling them to withdraw or be destroyed. "Roger. Withdrawing," she answered over the comm. She didn't know what exactly they were going to do now, but what she did know was that being destroyed was not part of any plan she had in mind. She wouldn't take them too far away, as they didn't exactly have anywhere to go, or anywhere to be, but she would take them far enough away that they didn't have to risk destruction. As promised, she changed their course and steered them away from the blockade.<br/><br/>She sighed lightly to herself as they moved farther and farther away. "Well, do you have any bright ideas?" she asked, glancing at Thal-ion. She could come up with a plan, sure, but he knew more about this time period, she thought, than she did. At the very least, she would need some more information before she could make any sort of decision. "I have to wonder, were we the only ones who came through? I mean, they created the storm for a reason, right? They wouldn't just let it go to waste, would they?" she questioned, shaking her head and sighing. "If someone else did come through, then we need to find them and stop whatever it is that they are planning. But what do we do in the meantime? Do we go to the Jedi? Or try to do this on our own?" she wondered aloud, though she would welcome any input he had.<br/><br/>Whatever they chose to do, they needed to be united. At least for now, they could only rely on each other, and no one else understood what they were going through, what was going on, or what was at risk. Then again, did they even know what was going on? Either way, they would have to rely on each other to survive. But they would survive and they would defeat this threat, somehow.