Kayen starts over...

[Kayen/Saul/Katarina]

Kayen Storm had barely gotten away from the Jedi Temple with his life, but most of his body was not so lucky. His left arm and leg were so badly burned that he couldn't even use them. His left eye had been blinded by the nova flash and was now clouded over. His face was scarred grotesquely by the boiled flesh.

He pulled the stolen hovercab into the parking area of a small charity medical facility, hoping that the Jedi hadn't put his face all over the holonet by now. Opening the door, Kayen tried to stand up but the skin on his leg was stuck to the seat. He screamed as he tore his leg from the seat and got out of the car, weakly with most of his weight on his right leg.

"Damn Jedi..." he muttered as he limped into the facility. The secretary handed him a bunch of paperwork and Kayen grinned as he wiggled his fingers and imprinted her mind. "You don't need paperwork. My name is Joe and you will give me bacta treatments immediately!"

The girl's eyes went blank and she immediately escorted Kayen to a doctor. Kayen looked at the doctor as they bandaged his leg and arm with bacta wraps. When the doctor finished, he looked up to Kayen and asked. "Where should I send your bill?"

Kayen smiled slowly as he replied. "To your grave..." he grinned and grabbed the doctor by the throat with his good hand, using the force to aid him in choking the doctor to death. After he dropped the doctor to the floor, Kayen gathered up the rest of the bacta wraps and left the room. As he walked past the secretary, Kayen smiled softly to her and left the facility, still limping badly.

He knew the bacta wouldn't heal his injuries, but he was trying to stop infection from setting in. Kayen returned to his hovercab and left the area.

[Kayen/Saul/Katarina]

Using his good hand, Kayen drove the hovercab through the Coruscant traffic lanes nonchalantly. He had just killed a doctor and stolen a lot of bacta wraps, and he was driving in a stolen vehicle. As he was driving, Kayen glanced at a passing pedestrian on one of the sidewalks and noticed that he had a robotic leg. He smiled and got an idea.

Kayen turned the hovercab down a side lane and thought back several years. He had an acquaintance who lived in the lower levels of Coruscant who was an expert in cybernetics.

He bought the hovercab down to the lower levels of the city and parked in a small alley, checking to make sure he had his lightsabers in his belt before he left the cab. Still limping painfully, Kayen made his way through the dark undercity of Coruscant, keeping his good eye opened and using the force as a radar around him.

[Kayen/Saul/Katarina]

Kayen had been traveling for several minutes, painfully dragging his bum leg behind him, when a Rodian stepped out of a dark alley and fired a blaster bolt at Kayen's back. Kayen spun around and activated his lightsaber just in time to block the bolt when another bolt hit him in the back. He screamed and fell to his face, unconscious...

His eyes opened slowly and Kayen looked around to see that he was in a small bed. As he tried to sit up, a very tall felinoid covered in black fur stepped into the room, yellow eyes looking at Kayen. "Kayen, you're awake! You're unharmed. I saved you... life debts apply even when they are refused, my friend! What happened to you? You look like you were in a super nova..."

Kayen had never meant to save the overgrown cat's life many years ago, but now he was glad he had. "I was... that is why I was looking for you, Trey."

The large Trianii tilted his head inquisitively before he asked. "What can I do?"

"I need a new leg, arm and eye... I know you're no doctor, but I also know you're the best cybernetics expert on Coruscant, can you help me?"

Trey thought about it for a few moments before he nodded and spoke. "I have the limbs already, and once attached I'll be able to tweak them for you. But, Kayen, how do you plan on getting rid of your own limbs that are still attached?"

Before he could even finish the question, Kayen had ignited his lightsaber. Trey gasped but it was too late. Diving deep into the force, Kayen blocked himself from pain and sliced his own leg at the thigh all the way through. In a quick switch, the lightsaber came up and severed his arm at the shoulder as well. He dropped the lightsaber just as his body went into shock and he collapsed unconscious once more.