In the next morning

For a short time right after waking up Degu did not remember at all what had happened and where he even was. Then a mostly healed spot scorched by blaster fire reminded him about the escape from Hopeakuu's complex.

Degu turned his head and saw Jedova being still fast asleep. The previous day had taken its toll on them both and Degu felt quite hungry and powerless. He had not eaten since the quick breakfast the previous day and had used a big part of his energy after that.

The chrono on the wall showed that it was 1200 local time and 2100 Coruscant time. Degu yawned, got up into a sitting position and put his undertunic on. Its holes were a good reminder about the many shots he had taken.

Jedova slept for an hour and then he finally woke up.
"It's late on Coruscant," Degu said and nodded at the chrono.
"So it seems," Jedova said and yawned. "But we really needed the sleep, right?"
"Yeah. You snored for an hour more than I did. And you say that I sleep a lot," Degu teased, grinning. Jedova lifted one eyebrow as he looked at his Padawan, asking wordlessly, Do I really snore?

Degu snickered and said, "Nah, you don't snore, Master. But you did sleep a lot just now!"
"Now that sounds better to me," Jedova said. This was not the first time Degu had jokingly said that he snores, but Jedova did not mind it. It was good to have some humor even if one was not known as "The Unlucky Jedi" like he was.
"When do we contact the Council and tell them what we have discovered?" Degu asked. Jedova noted that the Padawan said "we" even though Degu himself had found out it all on his own.
"Why don't we try right away? There may be a member of the Council still awake," Jedova said, taking comlink, the only communication equipment they had not lost. "Especially Reg Tug tends to be insomniac."

Degu grinned. He had heard quite a lot of different stories about Master Reg Tug and Jedova working on same missions. Those two were not friends but Jedova had, during the course of time, learned a thing or two about the Jedi-become-Council-member.
"This is Jedi Council member Reg Tug on the behalf of the rest of the Council who are currently sleeping. Do I need to wake them up or can we have the chat right now with this crew?" Reg Tug's voice came from the comlink. Degu could imagine the annoyed face of the Kel Dor Jedi while hearing the words and their irritated tone.
"This Jedova Wang," Jedova began, ready to explain it all to Reg Tug alone.
"Then I do need to wake them up," Reg Tug said.
"Please wait! Can't we tell our case first?" Degu called out to the comlink. The two Jedi heard the Council member sigh and mutter "I hate dealing with these two" before saying, "Tell."
"We have information about the plans of Hopeakuu," Jedova began.
"Then intercept with them!" Reg Tug snapped.
"Are you sure, Master Reg Tug? We would have to infiltrate their complex again and we just got out of there. We nearly got killed," Degu asked, very worried.
"If you got in and out, you can repeat the cycle again and put a stop to their scheme. Call the local security forces to help if you need to! Did I make myself clear enough?" Reg Tug snapped. He did not know anything more aggravating than talking with Master-Padawan teams on mission at night, telling them what to do.
"You did, Master," Jedova said gravely. He did not want to anger the fellow Jedi Master any more than was necessary.
"Good! Reg Tug out!" the comlink silenced.
"Well he was in a veeeery bad mood!" Degu noted, crossing his arms.
"He always is when he can't sleep. But now he seemed to be even more annoyed than usually," Jedova noted. "I'm not sure if I want to know why."
"Yeah, who knows? Maybe some younglings painted his lightsaber pink or something," Degu cracked.
"Degu," Jedova said in a cautionary tone but could not help the twitch of the corner of his mouth. The thought of Reg Tug's lightsaber being pink was amusing. "He told us to intercept with their plans, so that's what we shall do, right?"
"Can we eat before that? I'm starting to be a little bit too hungry," Degu asked and, as if to reinforce the plea, his stomach growled. Jedova gave laugh.
"Definitely, my young Padawan, definitely!" he said, hearing now his own stomach roar angrily. " Besides, your stomach growling would just expose us! My appetite is not at its best after seeing the moldy bread but I am indeed hungry too!"
"Are you not always?" Degu asked with an innocent-looking grin, but not only that the joke was old, Jedova had learned to see through the innocent face of his apprentice.
"Now is that really how you talk to your elders, Padawan?" he asked, putting chide to his tone.
"No, but that's how I crack some jokes aloud," Degu said, his grin widening.
"Well at least make sure that you don't crack your face apart with that grin. I'm not sure if even the Jedi healers or bacta can fix that up," Jedova remarked. Degu's grin faded a bit – he did feel his facial muscles scream – and chuckled.
"Yeah, that would be a real disaster," he said. "Now let's go."

Jedova smiled at the Padawan's positivity. It was good to see Degu back to normal again.

/Author's note: Star Wars (c) Lucasfilm, any characters you cannot find on Wookieepedia, Veledos, Veledosians and their language (c) Me/