“Not surprising. As a whole, they aren’t exactly known for their sense of adventure, so they tend to stay on their own world,” Jax replied. Once they were ready, he headed towards the next destination, saying nothing as he drove. Jek seemed to be meditating, and the two recruits in the back were also quiet, so he tried to keep his mind clear and focused, even though that was difficult to do when he kept going back to what the man had told him about An, trying to figure out what it meant.<br/><br/>When they arrived at the next house, he offered for Jek to take the lead and walked with him to the door, hanging back a couple of steps to allow Jek to step up in front of him. He smirked a little when the man didn’t answer the first time Jek had knocked and yelled for him to go away when he had tried again. He hadn’t given up, though, telling the man that he was not meant to stay here, that they could teach him so much more. The man seemed to be considering his offer when Jek told him that they didn’t have all day and that he should pack a bag if he wished to go with them.<br/><br/>The man hesitated, watching as Jek turned away and headed back to the speeder. “He’s right, you know. There’s so much more out there, things you probably haven’t even dreamed of. But if you are happy as you are, stuck on this rock, then by all means, stay,” he added, watching the wheels turning behind the man’s eyes before he nodded and disappeared back into his home. Jax then turned and headed back towards the speeder where Jek was talking with the recruits.<br/><br/>He wasn’t opposed to picking up a fourth, but he didn’t mind heading back with the three they had now, either. They could potentially fit a fourth in their speeder, as long as they weren’t too large in size, but only if the smaller woman was willing to cooperate, which was currently anyone’s guess. She had narrowed her eyes at Jek when he looked at her as he spoke but had yet to say anything.<br/><br/>“Where exactly do you expect me to sit?” she asked after a pause, “I won’t sit in someone’s lap like a child,” she told him rather harshly. Jax chuckled a little and shook his head, “No one’s asking you to sit in someone’s lap. It might be cramped for all of you, but we could probably squeeze someone else in between you,” he told her and she let out a sigh that almost sounded like a growl. “Fine. But if you accidentally pick up a large person, you’d better hope one of these clowns is willing to help you make room, because I won’t,” she told them, crossing her arms.<br/><br/>“Yeah, yeah,” Jax waved a hand dismissively as he headed for the driver’s seat and hopped in as their newest recruit came out with his bags and loaded them up. He closed his eyes and tried to let the Force guide him on where he was to go next. Once they were all loaded up, he headed off towards the east this time, allowing the Force to guide him towards their final recruit.<br/><br/>--<br/><br/>Aeris smiled just a little to herself when Jek told her that Jax thought there was some deeper meaning to what the man had told him.<span style="font-style: italic">“Sounds about right,”</span>she replied, imagining the things Jax must be thinking, knowing that the truth was probably not even on his radar.<span style="font-style: italic">“Yes, I did. I was quite pleased,”</span>she told him, narrowly managing to school her features to avoid grinning like a fool.<span style="font-style: italic">“We will,”</span>she assured him before they both had to loose their connection so that they could focus on the task at hand.<br/><br/>She was glad when her next recruit had gone smoothly, and they headed for the next. As An-Lok talked with their next recruit to convince him to join them, Aeris closed her eyes to meditate, reaching out in the Force finding their next recruits. There were two to the east that wouldn’t take long for them to reach, and another not far south of them, with a hand full of others scattered around.<br/><br/>She remained open to the Force as she allowed it to guide her decision. By the time An-Lok had finished and was heading back towards the speeders, a frown had formed on Aeris’s face. She couldn’t quite place what it was, but she felt a disturbance in the Force, a sense of foreboding, as if something bad was coming their way. As for who was in danger and what the source of this feeling were, she couldn’t tell.<br/><br/>She opened her eyes and pursed her lips slightly before looking up at An-Lok after she had spoken. “Yeah,” she replied absentmindedly, pinching the bridge of her nose to stave off the oncoming headache she felt. “Not long. Fifteen minutes, maybe,” she answered her question about how far it was to the next one, opting to go for the closest one to the south, then head towards the two in the west to wrap things up. She then shook her head, “Sorry,” she apologized for being so distracted.<br/><br/>Knowing that An would likely pick up on her behavior and know that something was wrong, she decided to answer the question before it was ever asked. “I feel something coming. Something bad. I just… can’t quite put my finger on what it is,” she told her, sighing lightly. “We can head for the next one when he is ready. Just be on your guard,” she told her, gesturing towards the home of their newest recruit as she sat up a little straighter in the seat.<br/><br/>She then closed her eyes again, reaching out to Jek.<span style="font-style: italic">“Have you felt any changes in the Force? A disturbance?”</span>she asked him, wondering if he felt it, too, or if it was just her.<span style="font-style: italic">“I felt something when I was meditating. I don’t know exactly what’s coming, but it isn’t good,”</span>she told him.<span style="font-style: italic">“Be careful, love,”</span>she repeated her earlier sentiments, wishing now more than ever that he was by her side. For now, she would just have to focus and try to keep calm, keep a level head, and stay alert for anything that could tell her what was heading their way.<br/><br/>When the fifth recruit had loaded up, she signaled An that she was heading out before she pulled out to lead the way towards the next town, where they would find their next recruit. With this foreboding feeling breathing down her neck, she went a little faster than before, cutting their travel time down to around eleven or twelve minutes. When they pulled up next to the first house, she hopped out of her speeder and headed to the front door, knocking on the door and waiting for the door to open, revealing a young man with green skin and tattoos on his face who stood about the same height as her.<br/><br/>She kept herself calm as she explained to him what she was here for, using the Force to show him when they had to offer. He was surprisingly easy to convince when she told him that the Force had led them to him, that there was something more that he was meant to do, a destiny that await him beyond this planet. When the man returned to his house to collect his things, Aeris returned to the speeder, sitting in the driver’s seat without a word, contemplating what she had felt before.<br/><br/>She closed her eyes and opened herself up, trying to see if there was anything more to find. She would stay in this meditative state until their sixth recruit joined them, finding nothing new, other than a perplexing sort of familiar feeling in the Force, but like the disturbance, the cause of this feeling was illusive. It was almost as if the Force itself was somehow shrouding her mind, preventing her from seeing what was right in front of her.<br/><br/>She was tempted to get frustrated and groan, but she didn’t, instead focusing a little harder until something hit her. She still couldn’t put a face or even a name to the presence, nor did she know exactly what was coming, but something in the Force told her that it was Jek and Jax who were in danger. Her eyes popped open, “Damn it!” she cursed, turning her gaze to An-Lok. “Forget the other two. We need to leave. Now,” she told her, unable to hide the urgency in her voice. Through the Force, she allowed An-Lok to feel what she had felt, the foreboding feeling, the feeling that the two men were in danger.<br/><br/>Just then, their newest recruit came out of his home and, upon hearing the words what she had said, he tossed his bag in the trunk and hopped in. The moment he was in, Aeris had the speeder moving. She waited until the recruit had buckled his belt and they were outside of the town before she floored it, pushing the speeder as fast as it would go towards the direction where she felt Jek and Jax. As she drove, she reached out in the Force to find Jek, to give him the warning that the two of them were in danger, hoping that it wasn’t too late.