And to make up for the lateness last week's update, this week's is something like 12 hours early!

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Bounty Hunters

Having reset the message, the three Jedi Masters were in the process of escaping, when they heard footsteps approaching. Ducking into a side hallway, the trio waited for the makers of the footsteps to pass.

Soon two people rounded the corner, and ducked into the shadows, just as the Jedi had done. Neither of the pair seemed to have noticed their companions, and the three Jedi were more than happy to keep it that way. They watched as a patrol of clones marched past. Surprised that the pair they had joined them would be hiding from troopers, the Jedi decided to wait for the duo to reveal themselves.

First one stepped out of the shadows, this one obviously female, but with a hood drawn over her head. She was slim, and small in stature, moving with the grace of a calm nexu. The second, obviously male, also had a hood, but was recognised as the female had not been, due to the slimness of his frame, but most of all, because of the slight cocky swagger, in his moderate gate, that spoke of confidence almost lost. A whisp of ginger hair was visible just beyond the confines of the hood, and way his thin lips curved upwards in a half confident smile, as he reached into the Force.

He whipped around, startled, as he heard the whispered question. "Garen?"

Sitting in the clearing, keeping watch, Garen Muln glanced at his sleeping companion as the memory faded. He smiled as he recalled the shock he had felt at the time, at hearing his name spoken by a voice he had not thought to hear again; the voice of his best friend.

They had been extremely lucky to survive. Before the Purge, neither of them had believed in luck, but now it was as real to them as the Force. Many had not been as lucky as they had been; Obi-Wan's Padawan among them. They had, against all odds, found his body, many levels below, along with one other.

He turned and reached for his comlink, a fraction of a second before it alerted him to an incoming call.

TBC...

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