Anakin and Vua enter a cavern through a tube.  After working on his lightsaber, Anakin has trouble getting it to work.  Anakin begins doubting Yoda’s philosophy of keeping balance with the Force.  The Yuuzhan Vong do not affect the Force so perhaps they should not be bothered with.  Anakin knew this premise could not be true.  Light and Dark are the same regardless of the galaxy they came from.  They had to be stopped no matter what.  Perhaps it was something inside of him that must be changed.  With this new knowledge he reaches deep inside the Force and his weapon.  Suddenly it ignites!

Yim tells Kwaad of her forward progress with Tahiri and that her memories may become permanent.  After telling her of the apprentice, Kwaad realizes that they have been tricked and that Yal Phaath now has the proof of their heresy!  At that moment, they are arrested by guards and accused of heresy.

As Anakin and Vua make their way to the shaper compound, Anakin realizes that through the Vong crystal he can now sense Vua’s presence!  Upon entering, shapers sound an alarm and they are trapped until Anakin slices through a wall and Vua demands a Vong to take them to Kwaad.  They reach the laboratory, and are attacked by a dozen Vong warriors as Tahiri is taken out of the room.  The warriors stop and argue with Vua about bringing a Jedi inside.  He vows to get Kwaad to admit her treachery.  Anakin vows to hold off the others until she confesses.

Anakin has a vision of Tahiri and the shapers boarding a ship and the two companions head towards the shipyard.  They are held back by the Vong Commander who is holding Tahiri.  Tahiri tells him her new name.  Anakin is faced with chosing between Tahiri and his vow to Vua.  Anakin says he’ll only go, if Kwaad is compelled to confess her wrongs.  The Commander agrees and Kwaad not only confesses she admits that she does not believe in the gods.  As she does, a mutiny begins killing the Commander and many others. They attempt to take Anakin and Vua onto the ship, but halt when Anakin’s lightsaber floats into the air towards Tahiri who grabs it and cuts off Kwaad’s head.  She threatens Anakin as well, but he speaks softly to her and her spirit returns to him. 

As many warriors move on Anakin, Vua stands beside him and tells the others to let Anakin go.  He attacks the warriors as Anakin and Tahiri run on board the ship.  They frantically attempt to decipher the controls as he watches Vua Rapuung die in battle.  Tahiri speaks in Vong tongue and the ship responds, but it doesn’t take long before they are under attack.  She is able to control the ship and they fly out until the ship begins to falter and begins to fall back towards the ground.

Back on the ground, they flee from approaching ships.  Anakin feels the damage Tahiri has taken.  Working together they begin tossing huge trees at the ships knocking them out of the sky.  Through the chaos a ship of metal flew in.  It was the transport of Remis Vehn and Qorl invites them inside.

In space over Yavin 4, Talon Karrde’s ships await.  He picks up the transport on radar and Solusar senses that Anakin and Tahiri are on board.  On the transport, several Jedi sense that Solusar is nearby and Vehn begins aiming the ship in that direction, but they are still 30 minutes apart.  They’ll have to hold off some Vong ships in the process.  Karrde takes several ships and begins heading towards them to cut the time down.  Shada’s ship takes several hits and is destroyed along with any Vong ships in its area. Karrde’s ship is the only one left.  A red Star Destroyer suddenly appears and Booster Terrik announces his intention to destroy Vong targets.  Anakin is holding off coralskippers, but several shots are still getting through.  A couple of X-Wings piloted by Jaina and Jacen come to his rescue, just as the Star Destroyer finishes things off. 

After the battle, Corran Horn brings good news to Karrde in the form of Shada.  Horn had picked up her escape pod.  Anakin tells his siblings that he has a new understanding of the Yuuzhan Vong now and is ready to continue the fight with renewed energy.  He is also glad they he has the two of them watching his back.

Anakin meets with Tahiri and tells her he’ll be going back to fighting the Yuuzhan Vong, but not until she heals and can go together.

Nim Yim faces Warmaster Tsavong Lah to account for her activities with Kwaad.  She pleads for her life as the sole surviving holder of the information learned from the Jedi.  Lah agrees, but refuses to allow anyone from her domain to work on the project again.  Phaath will take over instead.  Yim vows to continue the work in secret if she must.  Yim also tells Lah that because of Vua’s redemption at the hands of Anakin, many of the Shamed Ones now feel that the Jedi are the way to their own redemption and not prayer to the gods.