Chapter 21: The Labyrinth
Vader stood up and looked around, there was nothing but darkness. Traya was still on the floor above him, he sensed and still trying to enter the room beyond her. Vader called his lightsaber to his and ignited it. Immediately the hallway where he now stood was bathed in an eerie red light. The walls surrounding him where made of the same bricks as the rest of the tomb though they appeared much darker. They were encrusted with an enormous amount of grime and dust and every few inches or so some kind of shriveled green vine was protruding out of the wall. Yoda stood up; he had been lying right in front of Vader.
" Mm, most interesting this place is." He said. " Like a doughnut."
" Excuse me master?" Vader asked. Yoda did have a slightly purple and black bruise on his head.
" Powdered sugar, all over the walls it is, mm." Yoda muttered picking up his gimmer stick and approaching on of the walls. He extended on of his stubby fingers and wiped some dust from it. Then he inserted it in his mouth.
" Mmm." He said. " Just like Windu used to make."
" Master you are not well." Vader said.
" Worry about me not Fannybin, alright I will be."
" I think you mean Anakin master."
" Oh, yes I do."
" Come on master we have to get out of here."
" No!" Yoda shrieked. " The walls, tasted they must be! Or forever cursed the galaxy will become."
" Old age is really making your concussion worse isn't it?" Vader asked.
" Just wait you will Canatin! When nine hundred years old you reach let you lick the walls I will not!" The little master stated with finality.
" I'll be dead before I reach nine hundred master and I assure you I will have no desire to lick walls, now come here so I can heal that bruise."
" Never will you touch my hair! Had a perm I just did."
" Master I'm willing to bet you lost all the hair on your head at least one hundred years ago."
" Keep telling yourself that then. Mm, jealousy… though envied my hair is to be."
" My god." Vader muttered seriously considering leaving Yoda like this until the concussion wore off just to hear him rant on.
" Jealous you are for your head is as shiny as the bottom of a wookie!"
" Master that would mean I had an enormous amount of hair growing from my helmet." Vader replied.
" Mm, very arrogant are you! Not even bothering to taste the wall."
" Master you are making absolutely no sense."
" Expect more do you? Just came back from the bar I did. Insane amount of cursing there was so drank I did a whole bottle of corillian whisky to drive it out."
" Corillian whisky is not powerful enough to make you go completely insane."
" Never doubt the power of whisky Lord Venter! Never, no, no, no. Cursed you will be if you do."
" Master just come here so I can heal that bruise and concussion."
" NO!" Yoda shrieked. " Received this coat for my birthday I did."
" Master that is your head."
" NO! A leather coat it is."
" Come here master."
" Never! Try to steal my coat you will."
" No I wont. Besides we have to defeat Traya."
" Oh so kill my dog you want to hmm."
" What is a dog?"
" A cross it is between a bantha and a stone pillar!"
" Master will you just come here?" Vader asked exasperated.
" NO! Except your help, I will not. Very capable I am of feeding myself." The tiny master shrieked heading back to the wall and attempting to bite it.
" Oh forget it, I'll have to hold you down myself."
" No! Feed myself I can!" Cried Yoda, trying to bite the wall again.
Vader extended his hands and the tiny master froze. Slowly the bump on his head faded until it was nothing at all. Then the man returned to normal and they ran down the hallway without and exchange of words since Yoda clearly remembered what happened.
After only a minute of walking they found a patch of light on the ground. Vader stepped into it and looked up. There was indeed a hole above them and it was their way out. Tapping in the force they both jumped up and through it. They landed hard in a large circular room, it was lit but hundreds and hundreds of pyramid shaped objects that were glowing. They were to holochrons.
Just then the door to the room burst open and peppered Vader and Yoda in dust. Traya stepped in, her eyes actually turned the most vivid black when she saw them. She extended her only hand before Vader and Yoda could react. They fell back down the hole and back into the labyrinth.