Justin smiled in success as his speeder had finally coughed to life, he'd been fiddling with the blasted repulsor for close to an hour trying to coax the old machine back to life after he'd made the necessary modifications so that they could use it to cross the water to the island on the lake. He turned to face Roma, who'd been lost in his own thoughts waiting for Justin to finish, sitting beside a small pile of gear that Justin have removed from the speeder; they would need the craft to be as light as possible to avoid going down. "She's finally ready Roma, sorry it took so long to make the modifcations," he chuckled, "They don't make'em like this any more."<br/>The former Jedi Sentinel stood slowly, "What's done is done Justin, now let's just be on our way, I'm sure the Sith and his pirate allies are aware of our presence or at least that something has happened to their comrades. The Sith are not known for their patience, we must move swiftly."<br/>Justin nodded in a agreement as he climbed into the speeder, "Agreed, we'll make for the southeastern edge of the island, that should put us close to the landing pad and any other structures they have built, but should put us at the edge of any search pattern they may have started since your drop pod's impact area is more to the southwest." Roma hoped in beside him and Justin jammed the speeder's throttle on as rapidly as he dared with the old craft.<br/>They had just cleared the trees and started to cross the water when the speeder's old communications system crackled to life, a voice filled with hate and distain came through even eaten by static as it was, "My dear Jedi friends, as you might know, I am the... well, boss here I suppose, and I was wondering whether you would care to come out of hiding at once!! I will warn you, there are consequences to you Jedi not coming out..."<br/>Justin started, "Well I guess that answers the question of whether or not he knows we're here. Time is of the essence, you must find him and I have to find the children and Apprentices before anything happens to them." Justin jammed the throttle of the old speeder all the way to full, not even caring if the old craft burned out,<em>It was my job to protect those children, if anything happens to them because I let myself be distracted from my main mission I'll never forgive myself.</em>His hands tightening around the wheel of the speeder Justin started to search the shoreline for a place they could keep the speeder if they needed to use it for a quick escape.<br/><em>There!</em>Justin pulled the throttle back on the speeder as it pulled into a batter building that was partly submerged in the lake, forming a perfect docking spot for the speeder. He pulled in his Force presence and climbed out of the speeder, "I'm going for the children Roma, you find that Sith. Once I've located the children and the Apprentices I'll find you." The veteran Jedi pulled his hood over his head and quickly, but stealthily headed off into the ruins, leaving Roma to search out the Sith as he continued after his mission.<br/><br/>(@nik200 and Karasu - I'm not going to be able to post again after this until Monday and I want to let Piester00 get back into the flow a bit before the story gets any further, so I'll ask that we have a brief pause here before any other posts until Monday when Piester00 is able to rejoin us. Thanks guys its looking great so far!!)