As Wedge and Han near their target, Leia tells Han that one of their pursuers is Wedge’s daughter.

Separated in their quarters, Luke and Mara are both faced with evil versions of Jacen and Ben attacking them just as Ben and Jacen are inside the mine.

Syal moves her ship in behind Han who uses two of his spotter droids and launches them at her. The droids hit her and she is forced to abandon the pursuit. She tries to escape when she sees an explosion in the street and the two bombers disappear into the hole. She lifts away from the battle and radios to all channels of the new bomber attack then surprisingly orders them to take out the building next to the base.

Jacen and Luke battle each other’s doppelgangers both adapting to each other's attacks easily. Brisha calls off the battle and the hologram disappears, and Jacen realizes that she was behind the phantom attacks all along! She then leads him off to another tunnel.

The attacks on Tralus continue and Han blasts towards Syal's ship to slow her, but not kill her. Missiles begin to reign down on the GA shield and eventually it gives way and the attacks begin to hit the base.

Luke and Mara relate their own phantom experiences to each other. Luke tries to contact other members of his family to investigate.

Brisha and Jacen reach a new well lit chamber. He looks around and sees many people inside various windows going about their pleasant business all bound by Dark Side energy. Brisha tells Jacen that she was trained by Darth Vader and she is better known as Lumiya. She was once shot down by Luke while hoping to discredit him within the Rebellion. Since she is mostly mechanical now, she will never be able to know the significant powers of the Force. Jacen says that Vader could never be the Master of the Sith. He now understands that she has lured him here to turn him to the Dark Side. Nelani, who was separated from Ben, interrupts them. Jacen wants to arrest Lumiya for a previous crime, but she mocks his fear that he is destined to be the Sith Lord that will use the power to help others. Jacen doesn't believe her. Nelani begs him not to listen, but Jacen is intrigued when Lumiya says "Everything I say is a lie", a phrase Vergere used. She says Vergere was training Jacen to be a Sith. She says Vergere trained with Sidious and tried unsuccessfully to kill him before fleeing to Zonama Sekot and the Yuuzhan Vong. Nelani attacks her and Lumiya digs her lightwhip from inside her leg to hold her off. She admits to killing the Security Chief on Toryaz station and learned that he was working for Thrackan Sal-Solo. She also says that the man Luke is having visions of is none other than Jacen himself! Nelani strikes out, but Jacen blocks it and says he isn't finished talking and that he has decided to let her go and learn what he can from her. Lumiya agrees to be arrested as she knows Jacen is destined to be the next Sith Lord and will do as he wants. Jacen is unsure what the future consequences of this will be, but he knows that it will end in him killing Luke in battle. After Jacen decides to free Lumiya, he flashes again to the future and sees no future where Luke lives as long as Nelani does....we strengthen ourselves through sacrifice....Nelani tries to flee, but Jacen catches up to her. She tries to dissuade him from killing her because who knows what he'll become. Nevertheless, he strikes her down!

Above Tralus, Leia gets the word that the headquarters was destroyed and all hell is breaking loose. Han sends word that Wedge, Syal, and Jaina are all alive. Leia talks to the admiral and two believe that this battle has a strange feel about it.

As Jacen and an unconscious Ben prepare to depart, Lumiya urges Jacen to embrace his destiny and become a Sith. Once they've left, Lumiya again speaks with the dark figure, only now it is seen to be the form of an evil Jacen Solo.

When Ben comes to, Jacen lies to him that both of the women were killed.

On Coruscant, Luke tells Mara that the mystery man now really exists