I walked out of HQ with my helmet under my arm. Dar was waiting outside. "Dar, what are still doing here?"

"I was waiting for you to finish working. Adenn told me you were on your way out."

"Well, did you want to talk to me?" I walked over next to him.

"Well," he casually reached his hand up and scratched his head, "We were waiting for you."

I just had time to ask, "We?" when a bag was pulled over my head. I felt myself being thrown into a speeder. The speeder started up, and I felt the speeder shake as more people enetered the speeder. Then it lifted off and left.

"Dar, where are we going?"

I felt someone shove me. "Be quiet." The voice was disguised, but I recognized Beviin's voice. I sighed. What had I gotten myself into?

The speeder landed. I was dragged by my hands out onto hard ground, then I was dragged a short distance. Someone pulled the bag off my head. Taryn stood in front of me. Dar stood off to her side, and Scathe stood on the other side. Beviin stood by a window, staring outside.

I also saw Kyramla and Ashron standing at the door with guns. I looked at Taryn. "What is this, your private army?"

Taryn rolled her eyes at me. "No. This is our prank council."

I looked around at everyone again. "So, this is to get back at me for the Ryshcate?"

"No. Under Dar's request, we have decided to ask you to join us."

I gestured towards the bag in Dar's hand. "And this is how you treat new members?"

This time, Beviin stepped forward and spoke. "It's security. If they don't want to join, they don't know where we are."

"Oh, Beviin, surely you can think of something better for security." I smiled at him.

"Tal, don't insult us. Are you with us or aren't you?"

I thought over, then nodded. "I'm in. Is there any pranks you need me for, or did you just want my charm in your group?"

Taryn rolled her eyes again, this time joined by Dar and Scathe. But Beviin spoke. "Yeah, we do need you for a job. Here's what we want you to do..."


The next night, I stood on the roof of Jaing's apartment building, with Adenn and Kaiden right beside me. Dar and Beviin lay on the opposite rooftop with surveillence equipment. Taryn was below, with Scathe, Kyramla, Ashron, and Nekra. Ashron was using his lightsaber to cut open the door.

I turned to Kaiden. "Okay, let's do it." Kaiden nodded, then started chipping into the roof with a drill. When we broke through, I waved them through. Adenn jumped down, then Kaiden. I followed. We walked down the steps and onto Jaing's floor.

Taryn and company were already there. Ashron cut the lock and we all entered into Jaing's apartment. Jaing was asleep in his bed. Kyramla and Kaiden started turning out his drawers, while Nekra, Ashron and Adenn headed into the other rooms. Scathe stayed in the main room.

Taryn and I headed over to the closet. Over my comm, I heard Beviin speak up. "We have security personnel arriving at the front door."

"Roger Beviin. We'll hurry." Taryn pulled out some spraypaint cans. She handed one to me. Then we got to work on Jaing's armor.

I spread the baby blue paint across the green trim, while Taryn's pink paint spread over Jaing's nice silver armor plates.

"Hurry it up. Security is on the floor below you."

Taryn and I finished. We came out of the closet. Scathe, Kyramla, and Kaiden stood by the door, blasters ready. Jaing's clothes were all over the floor. I heard a crash in the kitchen and Nekra walked out, carrying a bag of food. Ashron came out of the bathroom with a look of disgust on his face, until he replaced his helmet. Adenn came out of the spare bedroom carrying a box. "Credits," he said.

Taryn motioned for them to go. Then he turned to me. "Time for the grand finale."

I grinned behind my helmet. We went over to the side of Jaing's bed and looked at him for a minute. Then Taryn said, "Time to wake up, Jaing." Then we reached under the edge of his bed and flipped it. Jaing cried out and then it was on top of him. I heard the security personnel running down the hall. Scathe gestured towards the window.

Taryn walked over and broke it. Alarms started going off. Scathe gestured again, and said, "Ladies first." Taryn leaped through. Then I went through, with Scathe right behind me. Then we headed for the speeders.

The next morning at HQ, we all sat around talking. Suddenly, we heard laughing. I looked up, along with the rest of the Leader Council. Then we laughed. Jaing stood in the door, glaring. His helmet was under his arm. And his armor was bright blue and pink.

The End