A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF STAR WARS OR YU GI OH 5DS! I ONLY OWN MY OCS AND THAT'S IT!
Chapter 10: Meeting
The two survivors of Jelapitgose flew for another thirty minutes before the Delsia seemed to give up on their chase. Ezra sighed in relief, though when he looked at Yusei he seemed tense.
"Something wrong, Yusei?" the Padawan asked the Signer.
"Hm? Yeah," he answered. "It's just… the deeper we get into Delsia, the more I can sense something that I haven't been able to sense in a while."
"What?" Ezra asked.
"The dark energy of the Underworld," Yusei answered. "The last time I felt that was during the fight against the Dark Signers that I had told you about."
"Do you think they're involved?" Ezra asked.
"I'm not sure. When we defeated the Dark Signers, they turned to dust and were sent off into the Underworld, though three of them were returned to being humans with no memory of what happened except for Kalin, though I don't know about the others entirely. All I know is that Kalin didn't want to return that time again and even if Greiger and Misty, two others who were Dark Signers, remembered, they wouldn't want to go back either," Yusei responded. "So if one is involved, I want to know who is and why they're doing this."
"I've been able to sense the Dark Side of the Force growing stronger since we've entered the Delsia Sector, too," Ezra responded.
"How do you know it's the Dark Side of the Force and not Insects?" Yusei asked.
"It's… cold. When I sense something from the Dark Side, it always feels cold," Ezra explained.
"Who runs the Dark Side of the Force?" Yusei asked.
"I know the Emperor does and he's a Sith. The only other one I've felt that around is the Inquisitor," Ezra answered.
"Inquisitor?" Yusei questioned.
"Yeah," Ezra answered. "He's been after Kanan and I and trying to kill us since he first discovered about us."
"With you and your friends working against this Empire faction, I would guess they would send their best pieces to take out the two best pieces in your rebel group," Yusei responded.
Ezra gave a light hearted chuckle. "Yeah, well," he responded.
He looked around the area to notice it had become like a giant lake that went on for a while though had trees popping out here and there. The weird thing about the trees… They were dead and scorched.
"We're almost to the coordinates," Yusei said. "Five minutes at most."
"And how far from there until we reach your uncharted section?" Ezra asked. "And why are the trees dead?"
"For your first question, ten minute flight. As for the trees… I have no idea. I know the lake and this area, but the last time I was here, the trees were alive and healthy," Yusei answered. "Whatever happened here, it isn't good. After all, a normal fire couldn't kill trees that are surrounded in water this thoroughly."
"Think any Delsia are by the trees or in the water?" Ezra asked.
"Let's find out," Yusei replied. "Stardust, shoot a small amount of flame into the water."
"Why?" Ezra asked as the flame was shot. When it hit the water, he turned to see the outlines of Delsia swimming off.
"Delsia can camouflage into water, but they can't imitate any ripples that go through it. If the water moves or ripples at all, they're revealed," Yusei explained. "As for the trees, Delsia survive on the sap inside the trees." He looked at his dragon. "Land on that tree branch, Stardust." It growled and agreement and did so. Yusei hopped off and began to feel around the back and looked at the ash as it covered its hand. "These trees have been so badly burnt that there is no sap even remaining in them. These trees, even after they were burnt a bit, they still produce sap to heal itself after being burnt or cut. If you can cut the bark, that is. If these trees have been sucked dry, there is no way for a Delsia to want to come here. I'm guessing the ones we saw in the water were moving away from this area and froze in fear after we arrived."
"Insects? Afraid of us?" Ezra questioned.
"Put in the right situation, anything can be afraid of something," Yusei replied. "With no food in this area, which is typically the most populous, for some weird event that caused this, they were probably afraid of losing food or starving themselves. Without enough food, they can't produce enough venom to kill their prey with and can't attack as quickly or strongly. So adding to that original fear of food and hunger, you adding the fear of not being able to fight back as well in a hard battle for survival."
"I guess that makes sense," Ezra responded.
"Why don't you contact Kanan and let him know we're about three minutes from the coordinates and see where he is?" Yusei suggested.
"Alright," Ezra agreed. He took a deep breath before turning to his telepathic capabilities. "Kanan… Kanan, are you there?"
"I'm here, Ezra," came Kanan's response. "We just entered this planet's atmosphere and are about two minutes flight from the coordinates. Where are you?"
"Three minutes," Ezra answered. "I'll see you-" he stopped as they heard screeching of Delsia Insects coming this way.
"Ezra, we have to go," Yusei stated.
"Ezra, what's going-?" Ezra cut his master off with the answer.
"More Insects are coming. We had lost their trail for a bit but they're on there way back. I'll meet you at the rendezvous," he told his master and cut the connection before Kanan could respond.
Yusei and Ezra jumped onto Stardust who took off again. Yusei brought out Nitro Warrior and Junk Archer who kept the Insects back while staying close to their master. They turned to see a Delsia Insect coming towards Ezra from the side. Ezra instinctively brought out his saber and sliced its wing off making it fall to the ground with a loud thud as it landed.
"Okay, that was close," Ezra stated.
More Insects began to appear around them and Yusei said, "Alright, we need to find somewhere safe to land."
"Yeah, but where?" Ezra responded nervously.
Suddenly, sounds of a gun blasting were heard being shot and about a dozen Delsia Insects went down dead. They turned to see a ship fly beside the dragon they were riding. Inside was the Twi'lek, Lasat, Human, another human looking girl, and a droid looking at the two. The male human, Yusei recognized as Kanan.
"Follow us," Yusei called. He turned to his dragon. "Stardust, find the safehouse here." It nodded before blasting the Delsia Insects in front of them so a path was formed and they darted through the gap while it was there. They flew through the area for a bit, getting rid of any attack Delsia along the way.
"How far are we from the uncharted area?" Ezra asked.
"We're in it," Yusei replied shocking him. "From what Kirara told us, they found a safehouse in this area before we were able to map it. Stardust should be able to sense it since Kirara had said it was surrounded by a power to keep out Insects."
"Well, let's hope that power still holds," Ezra stated.
They flew for a while before a small house with a white, subtle glow to it appeared in the distance. "There!" Yusei called. When they arrived, they quickly landed and Yusei opened the door to the house. Ezra walked in while Stardust and the two monsters disappeared. The ship landed and the group of people and the singular robot came out and hurried into the house. Yusei closed it behind them and the door glowed once it was sealed.
"Alright, what have you gotten yourself into now, Ezra?" the Lasat asked.
"He didn't get himself into it," Yusei immediately said making them turn to him. "Just like everyone else brought here. We didn't try nor want to come here, we were forced by the Creator."
"The Creator?" the human girl questioned.
"Who are you anyways?" the Lasat asked.
"My name is Yusei," the Signer answered. "It's been a while since I've seen a Twi'lek and Lasat."
"What does that mean?" the Twi'lek asked.
"Before it was me and Ezra alone and before Ezra showed up, there were five other survivors left on this world. A Pau'an named Jityr, a Wookie named Nitar, a Twi'lek named Kirara, and a female Lasat named Kila," Yusei explained. "The fifth was a friend of mine from my world named Syoku. The other four died by some Insect I haven't seen before and don't want to see. Two years ago, Syoku died to an Insect. I've been alone looking for a way off this planet until Ezra came here. All other beings brought here though that weren't Insects were killed by the Insects. We are brought here to die and the Creator probably does this as a game of some sort to him."
"So who's the Creator?" Kanan asked.
"I know Kanan's name, but what about the rest of you?" Yusei replied not answering the question.
"I'm Hera Syndulla," the Twi'lek stated.
"The name's Zeb," the Lasat stated.
"And I'm Sabine," the human girl followed.
"How do you know my name?" Kanan asked.
"Ezra told me it while on the flight here," Yusei answered. "And for your question on the Creator, I don't know. No one has ever known. In the years of this place having people be brought here, no one has found the compound with the Creator or learned what the Creator looks like."
"So this Creator just takes all these people here for some sort of killing game?" Zeb questioned.
"From what we can tell, yeah," Ezra answered.
"Then we need to get off this planet," Kanan stated.
"Not yet, Kanan," Ezra retorted shocking him. "We need to stop this Creator before he can kill anyone else through this… game of his."
"He's right, Kanan," Sabine agreed. "This can't go on. I mean, you saw what those things that we trying to kill Ezra and Yusei."
"And those are the only Insects out there. There are so many more to it than just those," Yusei chimed in. "Those are the Delsia, the most deadly and ruthless of the Insects. That's why Ezra and I feel that the Creator is hidden in this Sector. Right now, we're in a safehouse in an area that isn't charted on the maps I've made of Jelapitgose."
"Jelapi-what?" Zeb asked.
"Jelapitgose," Yusei answered. "That's what this planet is called."
"How long have you been trapped here?" Hera asked.
"Five years," Yusei answered. "You should be happy that Ezra was able to find a way to contact you as easily as he could. If not, he could've been stuck here as long as me, if not longer."
"He is a smart kid when it comes down to it," Sabine stated with a grin.
"So any idea where this Creator is hiding out?" Kanan asked.
Yusei pulled out the map and laid it flat on the ground for everyone to see. "This blank area of the map is the area I haven't charted. We're here," he pointed to the location. It was just east of the coastal region of the Sector. "If I had to guess where the Creator would be hiding, it would be safe to guess it would be closer to the coastal areas of the Sector. That's where the Delsia Insects can hide well and can better protect the hideout like a wall."
"We just have to smash through that wall," Zeb stated. "Then we can take out the Creator and get off this blasted planet."
Yusei heard Stardust Xiaolong calling to him and looked with the others to see the little dragon pointing towards something.