Jek paused with the glass half way to his lips when Jax called him out on not using the Force. He had been trying to think of a solution to tracking the rest of the Force Sensitives without calling attention to themselves or the fact that they were Jedi. It seemed that the planet they were on did not know enough about the Jedi to realize that with the way that they were dressed was such a large hint. He however, now had to answer to his friend, his partner on a mission given by the Jedi Council. He let out a soft sigh, setting the glass down instead.<span style="font-style: italic">"I was concerned with what I might feel, I was concerned that I would get pulled away from you and our mission."</span>he told him, taking a deep breath.<span style="font-style: italic">"I have only been using it a little bit here and there. But I shouldn't be leaving you to do it all."</span>he added, getting himself comfortable in the chair. He glanced around, pulled the head up to hide his face as he folded his arms into his sleeves.<span style="font-style: italic">"I'll see what the Force provides me. Watch me, please."</span>he said, aware that opening himself up to the Force and mediation would leave him in a bit of a vulnerable spot. He closed his eyes, evening out his breath and sending out a complete calm all around him and engulfing the Cantina with it.<br/><br/>Jek let the Force engulf him, stretching out as he first tried to locate the other Force Sensitives on the planet. He sensed Children a town over, as well as two very strong, very familiar feelings. His bond with Aeris tugged hard at him more than the one he had with An-Lok, and his heart leapt at the prospect of seeing her again. "They're here." he breathed out, eyes snapping open. The bond he had held with Aeris would not go away, it would pull her right to him. His emotions ranged strongly from utter joy and happiness to concern and fear. He had not seen her since truly since that night when they kissed at 13, all full Padawan's. Brief glances in the temple had not been enough, and then the wars happened. He didn't hesitate to rise up from the table, dropping credits. "I'll be back." he told him, heart hammering in his chest. He downed the drink before heading out into the night and straight to the transportation hub to hide in the shadows, waiting for her arrival. She was coming for him, he knew that she was coming for him.<br/><br/>*****<br/><br/>An-Lok looked down and away from Aeris, allowing her to shout at her as she covered the little girls ear as she held her to her while the others watched on. The tables seemed to have flipped, with An showing a softer side with Aeris let her emotions out. She could feel the others guilt over the children, it intensified her own as she looked down at the innocent sleeping face and shook her head as she gently brushed hair away from the childs face. The other woman left, the shuttle was radioing that they were nearing the hanger and her heart felt heavy as the Force tugged at her hard to go with the other woman. Standing up, she grabbed the communicator she had and smashed it beneath her boot as she stood up. The shuttle would wait, circling as they attempted to locate her and the hanger. She walked over to the other woman "Take her... Take the children and run... I can't take something so young to share in my fate. Darth Revan can kill me before I let him corrupt Younglings." she said to the elderly woman, waving her hand to open the door out of the hanger. "I'll make it look like an ambush, just go!" she said, pointing as they began to run into the street. She also hoped they would find the credits she hid on the sleeping child and use them to feed all their little mouths.<br/><br/>She knew a trick to making false carbon scoring with her lightsaber, but knew it would be too close a call. Instead, she did something that was risky, and would keep the Force from trying to push her towards Jax. She was just too scared to face him. Walking back over to the crate she had been sitting on, she took a deep breath and using the Force tugged a spanner hard into her head. She went cross eyes for a moment before slipping into darkness. In her unconcious state, releasing the children had caused some of the darkness to ebb away from her looks. Her finger tips were not so black, the ash grey veins by her eyes fading almost completely from view.