Disclaimer:
George Lucas = owner of Star Wars
Me = Bored teenager with way too much time on my hands.
See the difference? 'Nuff said.
AN: Thanks for your review, Anorithil!
I added TWO MORE chapters since I haven't updated for so long! You people are so lucky!
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
Mattan sat close to Aro-Ken, holding the foxxin in his arms. Aro-Ken somehow found the boy's presence reassuring. He'd grown very close to him in the past two days. Mattan and Dahna were two of the ones that were going to be on the first transport back to Crixxin.
Aro-Ken found it a bit odd that on his first mission to Crixxin, he'd found himself fighting to get off the planet. Now he was going to be fighting to get back onto it.
Right now, half the villagers, about fifty, were hidden behind a large hill. They had been there for the better part of the day, waiting for the transport that they knew would come.
"What if it doesn't come?" a voice called.
"Be patient. It will come, I know it. Dom, Sejos, Sono, Rulm, are you ready?" he asked the four spearsmen at his side.
"Yeah, we're ready for anything," Sejos said.
"Good. It won't be much longer now," said Aro-Ken.
Aro-Ken had learned that Sono and Sejos were twin brothers. Both had brown hair and dark blue eyes. You could tell them apart because of the scar above Sejos's right eye, and Sono's chipped front tooth. They had been smugglers known as the Pair of Pirates when they lived on Crixxin.
Dom had been born on the moon. He had brown skin and no hair. His father and mother had been exiles who were married on Jadda.
Rulm was a very young man. He had short, dark blond hair and blue eyes. He'd been falsely accused of assassinating an important church leader on Crixxin and exiled.
"Aro-Ken, what will happen when we get there?" asked Mattan, breaking the tense silence that had come over the large group of waiting villagers.
"I'm not sure. I have to go to the palace and try and talk to the king and queen. Do you have family on Crixxin that you could stay with?" asked Aro- Ken.
"I don't know. Wait, there is someone! My father!" cried Mattan excitedly.
"Your father? He's alive? Who is he?" asked Aro-Ken. He looked around to make sure Dahna wouldn't stop Mattan from telling him, but her back was turned as she talked to Lani.
"My father is on Crixxin! I don't remember his name, but I know what he looked like. He was-"
"Look! There it is!" a voice from the rather large crowd shouted.
Aro-Ken looked up, and saw that a transport was coming towards the moon, preparing to land.
"Mattan, you'll have to tell me later. The transport is here. When it lands I have to go get on. You stay right here, all right?" Aro-Ken said.
Mattan nodded his head.
"Good. Don't leave your mother," he instructed. "Are you ready?" he turned to the spearsmen.
They all nodded.
"Good. Just wait," said Aro-Ken.
They watched as the large, boxy transport landed. The repulsorlifts on it pushed aside grass and dirt, making it seem windy. Aro-Ken peeked over the hilltop cautiously.
The repulsorlifts stopped as the landing struts were lowered, and the hatch began to open.
"Take aim now," he muttered to the spearsmen.
They leaned over the hill, tightly gripping their spears. Their eyes were intently glued to the spot where the guards would appear.
There was a moment of tense silence, and then someone came down onto the moon. Instantly, two of the spearsmen hurled their spears, striking him in the back, killing him instantly.
Right away, five guards armed with blaster rifles charged down the ramp and onto the moon. Luckily, they were not wearing armor.
"Now!" Aro-Ken shouted, igniting his lightsaber and charging down the hill. The four warriors followed him, three of them throwing spears. Two more guards were struck down.
Blaster fire began, hitting the dirt and showering it.
Aro-Ken jumped about, skillfully using his blue lightsaber to deflect shots. He hit a guard in the leg, and then approached another from behind. The young Jedi struck him down with grim satisfaction.
The spearsmen were doing a good job. Soon there were only two guards left.
"Rulm, stay with me! The rest of you get on board! Try and find the cockpit!" he yelled to them.
Instantly the young man called Rulm was at his side, and his three companions were darting up the boarding ramp.
"You take him, I'll get the other," Rulm said, pointing out the guards.
Aro-Ken did not object. He began moving closer and closer to the guard he was to kill, hitting away the blaster bolts.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Rulm had taken care of the other guard. "Get on board and help the others!" Aro-Ken called to him.
Rulm hesitantly turned and boarded the ship.
Aro-Ken moved in, going in circles around his opponent, trying to confuse him. Finally, he managed to get close enough to slash the guard across the wrist. He cried out and dropped his blaster.
Aro-Ken instantly switched off his lightsaber and snatched the fallen weapon. He set it for stun and fired. The guard slumped to the ground with a moan.
He didn't hesitate as he tossed the blaster aside. He saw that the ship was starting to take off. The hatch was closing.
Running as hard as he could, he kept the hatch in sight. He jumped, using the Force to go higher. He flipped as he got high enough, and his feet landed on the ramp. Aro-Ken waved his arms and managed to keep his balance.
He found Rulm waiting for him.
"I told you to go help them," he said, referring to the other spearsmen.
"Sorry. I couldn't find them," Rulm said.
"Come on. We need to get to the cockpit," Aro-Ken said, beckoning for Rulm to follow him.
As they rounded one of the corners in the long metal corridor, a blaster shot suddenly rang out, followed by a shout. Rulm fell at his side.
"No! Rulm!" Aro-Ken shouted.
He turned and ran at the person who had fired the blaster, who had been hiding in a doorway, and instantly struck him down.
Aro-Ken then turned and ran down the hallway, using the Force to help him find the cockpit. He found the three spearsmen waiting outside the door.
"We're glad you decided to show up! We can't get in! The door is locked!" cried Dom.
"And they shot Sono in the leg!" Sejos said.
"Where's Rulm?" asked Sono.
Sternly, Aro-Ken said, "Rulm was killed."
There was a brief moment of silence.
"I'll get the door. Stand aside," Aro-Ken said.
He turned his lightsaber back on and raised it above his head. He brought it down and jammed it into the door, moving his blade about. It easily sliced through the metal.
Aro-Ken slipped through the hole he'd made and held his lightsaber out in front of him.
Right away the pilot's chair turned around, and the pilot had his hands up. "I surrender! Please, don't kill me!" he cried.
"I'm not going to kill you. Turn this transport around right now," Aro-Ken said, seeing that the transport was facing the planet of Crixxin.
"Yes, right away!" the pilot cried. He grabbed the steering mechanism and turned.
A few minutes later, they landed on Jadda again. "Open the hatch," Aro-Ken instructed the pilot.
He turned to Dom and Sejos. "Go tell everyone to board. We have to leave as soon as possible," he told them.
Instantly the two warriors were gone. The pilot began to rise, but Aro-Ken pointed his lightsaber at him. "You stay here," he ordered.
The pilot allowed himself to whimper and collapse in his chair again. A few minutes later, everyone was aboard the transport, and they were finally on their way back to Crixxin.
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So what did you think? Please review! Flames, like, no-like, I don't care! I'll read anything! I'm a review freak, I live for reviews!
George Lucas = owner of Star Wars
Me = Bored teenager with way too much time on my hands.
See the difference? 'Nuff said.
AN: Thanks for your review, Anorithil!
I added TWO MORE chapters since I haven't updated for so long! You people are so lucky!
*****
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Mattan sat close to Aro-Ken, holding the foxxin in his arms. Aro-Ken somehow found the boy's presence reassuring. He'd grown very close to him in the past two days. Mattan and Dahna were two of the ones that were going to be on the first transport back to Crixxin.
Aro-Ken found it a bit odd that on his first mission to Crixxin, he'd found himself fighting to get off the planet. Now he was going to be fighting to get back onto it.
Right now, half the villagers, about fifty, were hidden behind a large hill. They had been there for the better part of the day, waiting for the transport that they knew would come.
"What if it doesn't come?" a voice called.
"Be patient. It will come, I know it. Dom, Sejos, Sono, Rulm, are you ready?" he asked the four spearsmen at his side.
"Yeah, we're ready for anything," Sejos said.
"Good. It won't be much longer now," said Aro-Ken.
Aro-Ken had learned that Sono and Sejos were twin brothers. Both had brown hair and dark blue eyes. You could tell them apart because of the scar above Sejos's right eye, and Sono's chipped front tooth. They had been smugglers known as the Pair of Pirates when they lived on Crixxin.
Dom had been born on the moon. He had brown skin and no hair. His father and mother had been exiles who were married on Jadda.
Rulm was a very young man. He had short, dark blond hair and blue eyes. He'd been falsely accused of assassinating an important church leader on Crixxin and exiled.
"Aro-Ken, what will happen when we get there?" asked Mattan, breaking the tense silence that had come over the large group of waiting villagers.
"I'm not sure. I have to go to the palace and try and talk to the king and queen. Do you have family on Crixxin that you could stay with?" asked Aro- Ken.
"I don't know. Wait, there is someone! My father!" cried Mattan excitedly.
"Your father? He's alive? Who is he?" asked Aro-Ken. He looked around to make sure Dahna wouldn't stop Mattan from telling him, but her back was turned as she talked to Lani.
"My father is on Crixxin! I don't remember his name, but I know what he looked like. He was-"
"Look! There it is!" a voice from the rather large crowd shouted.
Aro-Ken looked up, and saw that a transport was coming towards the moon, preparing to land.
"Mattan, you'll have to tell me later. The transport is here. When it lands I have to go get on. You stay right here, all right?" Aro-Ken said.
Mattan nodded his head.
"Good. Don't leave your mother," he instructed. "Are you ready?" he turned to the spearsmen.
They all nodded.
"Good. Just wait," said Aro-Ken.
They watched as the large, boxy transport landed. The repulsorlifts on it pushed aside grass and dirt, making it seem windy. Aro-Ken peeked over the hilltop cautiously.
The repulsorlifts stopped as the landing struts were lowered, and the hatch began to open.
"Take aim now," he muttered to the spearsmen.
They leaned over the hill, tightly gripping their spears. Their eyes were intently glued to the spot where the guards would appear.
There was a moment of tense silence, and then someone came down onto the moon. Instantly, two of the spearsmen hurled their spears, striking him in the back, killing him instantly.
Right away, five guards armed with blaster rifles charged down the ramp and onto the moon. Luckily, they were not wearing armor.
"Now!" Aro-Ken shouted, igniting his lightsaber and charging down the hill. The four warriors followed him, three of them throwing spears. Two more guards were struck down.
Blaster fire began, hitting the dirt and showering it.
Aro-Ken jumped about, skillfully using his blue lightsaber to deflect shots. He hit a guard in the leg, and then approached another from behind. The young Jedi struck him down with grim satisfaction.
The spearsmen were doing a good job. Soon there were only two guards left.
"Rulm, stay with me! The rest of you get on board! Try and find the cockpit!" he yelled to them.
Instantly the young man called Rulm was at his side, and his three companions were darting up the boarding ramp.
"You take him, I'll get the other," Rulm said, pointing out the guards.
Aro-Ken did not object. He began moving closer and closer to the guard he was to kill, hitting away the blaster bolts.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Rulm had taken care of the other guard. "Get on board and help the others!" Aro-Ken called to him.
Rulm hesitantly turned and boarded the ship.
Aro-Ken moved in, going in circles around his opponent, trying to confuse him. Finally, he managed to get close enough to slash the guard across the wrist. He cried out and dropped his blaster.
Aro-Ken instantly switched off his lightsaber and snatched the fallen weapon. He set it for stun and fired. The guard slumped to the ground with a moan.
He didn't hesitate as he tossed the blaster aside. He saw that the ship was starting to take off. The hatch was closing.
Running as hard as he could, he kept the hatch in sight. He jumped, using the Force to go higher. He flipped as he got high enough, and his feet landed on the ramp. Aro-Ken waved his arms and managed to keep his balance.
He found Rulm waiting for him.
"I told you to go help them," he said, referring to the other spearsmen.
"Sorry. I couldn't find them," Rulm said.
"Come on. We need to get to the cockpit," Aro-Ken said, beckoning for Rulm to follow him.
As they rounded one of the corners in the long metal corridor, a blaster shot suddenly rang out, followed by a shout. Rulm fell at his side.
"No! Rulm!" Aro-Ken shouted.
He turned and ran at the person who had fired the blaster, who had been hiding in a doorway, and instantly struck him down.
Aro-Ken then turned and ran down the hallway, using the Force to help him find the cockpit. He found the three spearsmen waiting outside the door.
"We're glad you decided to show up! We can't get in! The door is locked!" cried Dom.
"And they shot Sono in the leg!" Sejos said.
"Where's Rulm?" asked Sono.
Sternly, Aro-Ken said, "Rulm was killed."
There was a brief moment of silence.
"I'll get the door. Stand aside," Aro-Ken said.
He turned his lightsaber back on and raised it above his head. He brought it down and jammed it into the door, moving his blade about. It easily sliced through the metal.
Aro-Ken slipped through the hole he'd made and held his lightsaber out in front of him.
Right away the pilot's chair turned around, and the pilot had his hands up. "I surrender! Please, don't kill me!" he cried.
"I'm not going to kill you. Turn this transport around right now," Aro-Ken said, seeing that the transport was facing the planet of Crixxin.
"Yes, right away!" the pilot cried. He grabbed the steering mechanism and turned.
A few minutes later, they landed on Jadda again. "Open the hatch," Aro-Ken instructed the pilot.
He turned to Dom and Sejos. "Go tell everyone to board. We have to leave as soon as possible," he told them.
Instantly the two warriors were gone. The pilot began to rise, but Aro-Ken pointed his lightsaber at him. "You stay here," he ordered.
The pilot allowed himself to whimper and collapse in his chair again. A few minutes later, everyone was aboard the transport, and they were finally on their way back to Crixxin.
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So what did you think? Please review! Flames, like, no-like, I don't care! I'll read anything! I'm a review freak, I live for reviews!