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Chapter 3

Obi-Wan's head was throbbing when he awoke. He carefully propped himself up on his elbows and took in his surroundings.

He was in some sort of cargo hold. There were no windows and the lighting was dim. He could feel the vibrations of engines. Around him there were about 30 or 40 people whom he recognized from the tribe. Obi-Wan pulled him self into the sitting position. Dizziness came upon him. He touched the back of his head. When he looked at his hand he saw there was some blood on his fingertips.

"Hey welcome back to the land of the living." A females voice said. He turned and saw Damia sitting a short distance away from him. Despite the pounding in his head Obi-Wan gave a small smile. Damia returned the smile but it soon faded and was replaced by a look of sorrow. Obi-Wan was confused by her sudden change of mood but then the events of only a few hours ago came back.

"Damia I'm so sorry about Lukas. If only I could have gotten to him in time—" Damia shook her head.

"Ben it's not your fault." She said quietly. She lowered her head. For a split second Obi-Wan could have sworn he saw Damia's shoulders shake. She lifted her head and quickly got up to hide her tears. She leaned against the wall and stared into nothingness.

"Where are they taking us?" Obi-Wan asked. Damia looked down at him then looked back up.

" To be sold as slaves." She said defeated. " They killed about 50 people and sent the rest to camps." Damia's defeated tone worried Obi-Wan. She had always been so determined and refused to give up. Losing Lukas, the only family Damia had must have killed that determination.

"Damia we can't give up. We can find a way to get out of this some how. Maybe—" Damia cut him off.

"No Ben! Its over! We lost! I failed them!" Damia sank to the floor and let the tears flow freely. "I promised I would take care of him." She said through the tears. Obi-wan drew closer to her. She looked up at him. She needed to talk to someone. "When I was 15 the Cumi attacked our tribe one night. My mother and Father took me and Lukas and we began to go through the forest. We knew that the Cumi were right behind us. My parents took Lukas and me to this rocky mountain foot. There was a small cave. My mom told us to stay there and not to say a word. She said that her and my dad would lure the Cumi away from Lukas and me. Before she left she gave each of us a hug and kiss and when she hugged me she whispered for me to take care of Lukas. My parents were killed and I vowed I wouldn't let anything happen to Lukas. But I have failed him. I have failed them." When she was done her narrative she hung her head.

Obi-Wan wanted to say some thing to comfort Damia but before he got the chance the door to the cargo hold opened. The Cumi entered the cargo hold and began herding the humans outside.

Chana Reis sat in her cloud car. Outside her fellows Cumi were herding the humans into a line where potential buyers would look them. Chana ran her hand down her dress getting out the small wrinkles. Sitting next to her was her husband Soma Reis. Chana despised the man. She cursed her parents for setting up the arranged marriage, but that was the way things were in their society.

Chana was one of those people who wanted to look beyond the way things were and look to see how they can be made better. The man next to her was the exact opposite. He was happy with the way things were. Of course he is happy, She thought to herself, he's in power! Soma got out of the cloud car then offered his hand to Chana. She reluctantly took it and climbed out of the car.

The two walked arm and arm down the row of humans. A lot of then were scruffy looking. The young ones clung to their mothers. Her heart ached for them. They were so young and innocent and probably had no idea what was going on.

Soma stopped after a while and looked at a young woman with short blond hair. The salesman came up to them.

"You like sir. This one here is a fine young flower." Soma took the woman's chin in his hand and lifted her head. The woman snapped at his fingers. Chana could not help the smile that came to her face.

"More like a snake." Soma said rubbing his fingers. Soma turned to his wife. "Well my dear its up to you." Chana thought. Though she hated the idea of buying a slave, she liked this woman maybe it would be nice to have her around. And if Chana didn't take her someone else would and probably that person would be a cruel master.

"I like her." Chana stated without a hint of emotion in her voice. Soma nodded.

"Well take her and these four to the right of her." Soma instructed the salesman. The man pushed Damia, Obi-Wan and three other men out of the line up. The five slaves were led to a speeder that was parked behind the cloud car. Chana and Soma got into the cloud car.

"Why did you buy those four other humans?" she asked already knowing the answer. He looked at her.

"For the fights of course." He said. She let out an exasperated breath.

"You talk about being the higher species yet you take pleasure in that barbaric display!" She said, the disgust clear in her voice.

"Please lets not get into this again." Soma said with an irritated calm. Chana sat back against the plush cushions in the cloud car. If she didn't do something soon she would go insane!

Sorry it took me so long to write this but now that I got everything situated expect the next chapter soonJ