Chapter 2- Dead Man Walking
The escape pod that Yaeb was in careened down into the jungle that covered about twenty percent of Galia. His pod slammed onto the hard ground, bounced up, and nested in the top of a thirty-foot tall tree. Yaeb popped the hatch, secured his weapons and gear to his equipment harness and looked down. " Might as well get a view while I'm up here," Yaeb mumbled to himself. He then proceeded to climb the remaining five feet up and look over the jungle. He was a few hundred miles away from the nearest city. According to his briefing, there should be about twenty outposts spread out randomly over the dense jungle. He checked his scanner and found that the nearest area where comm activity was heavy was about two miles from the tree. Through the force, he sensed that ten life forms were less than a mile away from the location of the escape pod. Scouting part, he thought to himself, but he knew there was more to it. They were coming for the pod. They knew someone was here. Jumping down from the tree, Yaeb stashed his lightsaber in a hidden storage compartment on his harness. The way he saw it, they wouldn't be expecting a Jedi, and when things got really hairy, then he would pop his saber out and start going all Jedi on them. He secured a large vibroblade with a cover on to the ring where his lightsaber normally was, slipped an extra power pack into the backup container for his holstered DH-17 and hefted his fully loaded, scope enabled, LAR42 with connectable grenade launcher. The launcher was connected and contained a concussion grenade. The ten enemies were split up into five pairs of two and were armed with G-9 power blasters around their necks and a backup Merr-Sonn Power 5 pistol on their waist. The opponents were an assortment of Ishi-Tibs, Klatoonians, Duros, Humans, and Nikto. They were dressed in camouflage and bandoleers of ammo. Yaeb saw the first pair consisting of a Human and Klatoonian step through the thick foliage. Yaeb saw the last four pairs with an Ishi-Tib and a Duro, a Human and a Nikto, a Klatoonian and an Ishi-Tib, and a Duro with a Nikto walk through in a semi-circle around the tree. He saw two of the groups come together and become a group of four. Two more did the same and the last group started to climb the tree. The other two went on either side of it. Yaeb crouched in a bush. His scope eyeing the tree. His index finger stroked the secondary trigger, which would release his grenade. He pulled the trigger and the base of the tree exploded in an array of shrapnel and fire. All of the enemies were dead or dying except for four. He leapt out of the bush, diving as he fired. He nailed two before the rest ran, firing scattering bolts that didn't come within a meter of him. He loosened his vibroblade and flicked it on. He then threw it and nudged it with the Force to send it searing through the Duro's hand that was steady on the trigger. The Duro used his other hand and let loose a volley of bolts at Yaeb. Yaeb grunted as he fell to the ground and barely missed getting his skull fried as the bolts made a light show only a few feet over Yaeb own eyes. He shot a piranha beetles nest above the Duro and grimaced as he was torn to pieces. Though he was very good at defending himself and even attacking, he was still a life-sensitive Jedi, and didn't take any please in the pain or death of others. He ran after the one remaining Human fired a flurry of crimson bolts at him. He saw one of his bolts hit home and explode against the man's back. He screamed, " Kill me, please, just kill me, I'll tell you anything you want, just kill me." Even though the man was a traitor to the whole galaxy, Yaeb still felt a deep sense of pity for the man. He took the man's blaster, fired until there was one shot left, and gave it to the screaming man. The man put it in his mouth, then whipped it out and fired at Yaeb, who dodged and stomped on the man's neck, killing him immediately. The amount of bloodshed that Yaeb himself had spilled was sickening. Maybe I should have at least gave them a chance, he though, No that would be stupid, they'd kill me or sound the alarm and I'd be as good as dead. Then he noticed the dead man's comm. It was on and the voice on the other side was ordering a group of elites to chase Yaeb down. Yaeb was a dead man walking.
Tell me how you liked it. I thought the dead man walking thing was a good touch. I thought all the action stuff was a little much but give me your opinion. Tell me stuff you might want me to make Yaeb have or any specific things you'd like to say or do lie a wisecrack or a stunt. Thanks for reading.
The escape pod that Yaeb was in careened down into the jungle that covered about twenty percent of Galia. His pod slammed onto the hard ground, bounced up, and nested in the top of a thirty-foot tall tree. Yaeb popped the hatch, secured his weapons and gear to his equipment harness and looked down. " Might as well get a view while I'm up here," Yaeb mumbled to himself. He then proceeded to climb the remaining five feet up and look over the jungle. He was a few hundred miles away from the nearest city. According to his briefing, there should be about twenty outposts spread out randomly over the dense jungle. He checked his scanner and found that the nearest area where comm activity was heavy was about two miles from the tree. Through the force, he sensed that ten life forms were less than a mile away from the location of the escape pod. Scouting part, he thought to himself, but he knew there was more to it. They were coming for the pod. They knew someone was here. Jumping down from the tree, Yaeb stashed his lightsaber in a hidden storage compartment on his harness. The way he saw it, they wouldn't be expecting a Jedi, and when things got really hairy, then he would pop his saber out and start going all Jedi on them. He secured a large vibroblade with a cover on to the ring where his lightsaber normally was, slipped an extra power pack into the backup container for his holstered DH-17 and hefted his fully loaded, scope enabled, LAR42 with connectable grenade launcher. The launcher was connected and contained a concussion grenade. The ten enemies were split up into five pairs of two and were armed with G-9 power blasters around their necks and a backup Merr-Sonn Power 5 pistol on their waist. The opponents were an assortment of Ishi-Tibs, Klatoonians, Duros, Humans, and Nikto. They were dressed in camouflage and bandoleers of ammo. Yaeb saw the first pair consisting of a Human and Klatoonian step through the thick foliage. Yaeb saw the last four pairs with an Ishi-Tib and a Duro, a Human and a Nikto, a Klatoonian and an Ishi-Tib, and a Duro with a Nikto walk through in a semi-circle around the tree. He saw two of the groups come together and become a group of four. Two more did the same and the last group started to climb the tree. The other two went on either side of it. Yaeb crouched in a bush. His scope eyeing the tree. His index finger stroked the secondary trigger, which would release his grenade. He pulled the trigger and the base of the tree exploded in an array of shrapnel and fire. All of the enemies were dead or dying except for four. He leapt out of the bush, diving as he fired. He nailed two before the rest ran, firing scattering bolts that didn't come within a meter of him. He loosened his vibroblade and flicked it on. He then threw it and nudged it with the Force to send it searing through the Duro's hand that was steady on the trigger. The Duro used his other hand and let loose a volley of bolts at Yaeb. Yaeb grunted as he fell to the ground and barely missed getting his skull fried as the bolts made a light show only a few feet over Yaeb own eyes. He shot a piranha beetles nest above the Duro and grimaced as he was torn to pieces. Though he was very good at defending himself and even attacking, he was still a life-sensitive Jedi, and didn't take any please in the pain or death of others. He ran after the one remaining Human fired a flurry of crimson bolts at him. He saw one of his bolts hit home and explode against the man's back. He screamed, " Kill me, please, just kill me, I'll tell you anything you want, just kill me." Even though the man was a traitor to the whole galaxy, Yaeb still felt a deep sense of pity for the man. He took the man's blaster, fired until there was one shot left, and gave it to the screaming man. The man put it in his mouth, then whipped it out and fired at Yaeb, who dodged and stomped on the man's neck, killing him immediately. The amount of bloodshed that Yaeb himself had spilled was sickening. Maybe I should have at least gave them a chance, he though, No that would be stupid, they'd kill me or sound the alarm and I'd be as good as dead. Then he noticed the dead man's comm. It was on and the voice on the other side was ordering a group of elites to chase Yaeb down. Yaeb was a dead man walking.
Tell me how you liked it. I thought the dead man walking thing was a good touch. I thought all the action stuff was a little much but give me your opinion. Tell me stuff you might want me to make Yaeb have or any specific things you'd like to say or do lie a wisecrack or a stunt. Thanks for reading.