Chapter Eighteen: Leaving Yuuzhan'tar
Tahiri scrambled through the woods Ganner following closely behind. Tahiri made a sharp turn then looked at Ganner. "We have to stop here." She told him "I want to see if Illiosh and Pancha will come with us. The Galactic alliance has a right to know what's going on, and I think it would be easier for them to hear it from Yuuzhan Vongs." Ganner nodded his head solemnly.
Knocking on the front door of the hut, Tahiri waited. No answer. She knocked a little harder, still no answer. She looked at Ganner and shrugged "You want to try?" Ganner walked up and rapped his knuckles loudly on the front door. The door eerily swung open, and Tahiri gasped.
The house was a wreck; nothing was in the place it was in just two weeks prior. The chairs were torn to shreds as much as plant as wooden chairs could be. The table was overturned and there were papers and stuff everywhere. Tahiri stumbled through the house trying not to make the mess any bigger. "Illiosh" she called "Pancha"
Ganner waded through the mess and then put his hand over Tahiri's mouth. "Shhh" he whispered "They might not have come threw that long ago. We don't want to get captured, then we'll have the same fate as Raynar and Jacen." Tahiri nodded.
Tentatively making her way to the back of the house, Tahiri crept out the back door. Most of the vegetables that Pancha had been growing were still there and looking healthy. "Ganner" she whispered loudly
"What is it?" he caught up to her
Tahiri pointed at the vegetable garden. Ganner stooped down beside the plants, looking for any clue of what had happened to the two Yuuzhan Vongs. "There's no indication of anything happening here. No foot prints, no broken amphistaffs, no dead Yuuzhan Vong. Whoever took your friends did a good job of covering their trail."
"I hope they're all right. They're probably being held with Raynar and Jacen." Tahiri sighed, "It's going to be a lot harder to convince the Galactic alliance without them."
Motioning her to follow Ganner and Tahiri crept back outside "There is good chance that the Presidents men have found the ship. Lets hope we don't have to fight to hard for it. He winked at her pulling a shiny object out from under his cloak "I suppose you want this back huh?" handing her the object.
Tahiri looked down and quickly grasped it "Its always good to have your lightsaber. I thought I lost it when I got attacked"
Ganner smiled at her "Did you think I wouldn't save a Jedi and her weapon too?" he chuckled quietly.
Creeping slowly through the meadows of Yuuzhan'tar, they made their way to Solo's Pride. Stopping about 15 feet away, Ganner and Tahiri eyed the situation.
"There's about 12 of them" Ganner counted
"2 against 12, it hardly seems fair for them" Tahiri grinned
"You take the right side and I'll take the left" Ganner winked at her
Creeping through the bushes, Tahiri decided the best attack was to let them come to her. Standing up and walking towards the ship the Vong looked at her in surprise. Shouting something in Vong, that Tahiri could barely make out as "Stop you are our prisoner" before they charged towards her, amphistaff pointed.
Tahiri ignited her lightsaber stopping them all in their tracks, but momentarily, they drove forward. Tahiri pivoted on her heel and kicked the first Vong in the chest. He stumbled backwards. Thankfully all the Vong on Yuuzhan'tar were the shamed ones, who didn't fight or yield an amphistaff as well, but Tahiri felt bad killing them. The next Vong charged and Tahiri countered catching the amphistaff dead on. Twirling Tahiri swept the Vong off his feet as two more attacked. A mischievous grin enveloped Tahiri's face. Trying to concentrate as the Vong attacked. She swirled the air around her forming a small whirlwind. It tossed her golden locks away from her face and made Tahiri look slightly wicked. The Vong stepped back at the sight. The wind formed a tunnel around her. The Vong's eyes widened and they watched the tunnel walk away.
"Jeedai Magic" one screamed as he pointed toward the whirlwind that was Tahiri. The Vong could not take any more as Ganner took a note from Tahiri and created a tornado around himself, and began to flee into the distance. As soon as the Vong were out of site, the cyclones dissipated and Tahiri opened the ship and boarded while trying not to laugh.
Hitting a few keystrokes she started prepping the ship for take off. "Remember how to fly a ship?" she inquired
"I've been living on Yuuzhan'tar for five years, but I didn't lose all my talents" he winked at her "This ship is gorgeous, whose is it?"
"You have to ask?" Tahiri giggled. "Jaina's."
Ganner nodded as he settled into the copilot's chair. "So where are we headed captain?"
"I guess to Mon Calamari." She said skeptically