Temple Times
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The padawans stopped at a large tree that was about ten feet diameter to rest. Everyone gasped for air as they sat down.
"Do you… think we… lost them?" Ani asked, through breaths.
"We must have… otherwise we'd hear them." Anakin answered.
"Good." She replied.
Barriss started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Nakomi asked.
"We are free from those no good sleemos!" She answered.
"Yes but at what cost? We do not have our lightsabers; we are bound together by these" She rattled the hand cuff like objects, "And, to top that off, WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A KRIFFIN JUNGLE!" She shouted that last part and it echoed through the trees.
"But, we're free nonetheless." Barriss said.
"Uhg." Nakomi flopped down, defeated.
While the others were arguing, Anakin was studying the surroundings. By the looks of it, they were in pretty deep and that there must be water nearby, for there were many creatures scurrying around.
"Hey, guys, lets see if we can find a river or something." Anakin stated.
"What? Uh, ok…" They all stood again and followed Anakin to a small clearing with a brook going through it. It was only about two feet wide, and less than a foot deep, but it was still water. To the right they could hear what sounded like a small settlement. Completely forgetting about the water, they made their way to a village.
The padawans entered the village expecting to find a peaceful setting of people going about normal duties, but they were wrong.
"Are you absolutely sure they went this way?" Mace asked as the four Jedi exited another patch of thorn bushes.
"Yes, they had to; see how the brush is trampled?" Obi-wan replied.
"That's because we trampled it! We've been going in circles!"
"No we haven't otherwise we'd have passed that stream by now!"
"Oh really?" mace crossed his arms and fell silent. Obi-wan was confused at his actions at first, but soon knew the reason. He heard the silent trickle of water behind him. He turned and found that it was just behind the next tree.
"Well what do you think we should do?!" He asked.
"I don't know, Track them???" Mace replied sarcastically.
"Fine then, you lead the search, see if I care!" He held his arm out, signaling for Mace to pass.
"Fine then I will!"
"Fine! You'll just do a lousy job as me!"
"No I won't! I know what I'm doing unlike YOU!"
They kept bickering on like this until finally, Luminara cracked.
"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP AND WALK!!!!!!!!!!!" Both men stopped yelling at each other just long enough to realize that they were acting like younglings. Without a word, both Mace and Obi-wan walked in a different direction that they had been taking. They didn't get far before they heard the scream.
When the villagers spotted the four teens, they dropped what they were doing and attacked. At least half of them had blasters, and the rest sported various other weapons. They charged at the padawans and they screamed.
Anakin practically dragged the other three behind him as he ran, and the villagers were still chasing them. That's when chaos broke loose.
Somebody leapt out of the brush behind the padawans and Barriss heard the whir of a lightsaber. In a flash, three more figures jumped out of nowhere, and the villagers started blasting like crazy. Anakin had attempted climbing a tree, forgetting about the whole 'linked together' deal, and ended up falling on Nakomi.
"OW!!! GET OFF ME!" He scrambled up, and saw Nakomi, her leg twisted in a strange direction. "YOU KARKING IDIOT!!!" She winced as she tried to move her leg. Barriss and Ani swiveled around to see what all the commotion was.
"What happened?!" Ani asked.
"Mr. 'I think I'm going to climb the tree' crushed my leg!" Nakomi answered.
"I did not! It's probably just a twisted ankle or something." Anakin said.
"What do you think?!?!?!" Her leg was turning a shade of purple.
"I can probably heal th-" Barriss was cut off by a stray blaster bolt that missed her face by mere centimeters.
They all turned their attention back to the battle. The four figures that had leapt out of nowhere were none other than Obi-wan, Mace, Luminara, and Saras. By this time, the battle was nearly over; many villagers were either dead or wounded. One was attacking Saras with a pitchfork. Saras could have easily taken him out, but his arm was still injured from the incident at the temple, so this was a disadvantage. He sliced of the tip of the pitchfork with his lightsaber, and knocked the handle out of the man's hands. The villager took off running back to the direction of the village.
Now the fighting was over, and the four masters went to their padawans.
"The forest??? Honestly?!" Mace said as they approached.
"It's seemed like a good idea at the time…" Ani replied.
"Well it wasn't, five more minutes, and you'd have been one with the Force!"
"How did you find us?" She asked.
"Anyone that has ears can hear Anakin scream a mile away." Mace said, smiling.
"Hey! That was a battle cry! I did not scream!" Anakin said, trying to act macho.
"Of course you didn't." Obi-wan replied.
"I didn't! You must have heard Barriss or something! Anakin Skywalker does not, I repeat, NOT scream!" He crossed his arms and sat down.
"So, now that we've found you, we should contact the counsel." Saras said. He pulled out his comlink and signaled the Jedi counsel. All he got was static.
"You have got to be kidding me…" He stared, wide-eyed, at his comlink.
"Ahh, can this day get any worse!" Barriss complained.
And there it is! Chapter 10! I hope you like it please review!