Chapter 3
Answers That Only Bring More Questions
Mark ran to the cargo hold fearing the worst. In the command center he disabled the fan and unlocked the door. Running across the narrow bridge he saw as Oom delivered the finishing blow to Greebo.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled mark as he drew his saber. He was in a dark rage. He instantly went into a deadlock and kicked at Oom. He fell over and his Lightsaber was deactivated.
Mark went over to see if Greebo was still alive. He was dead. A huge cut along his chest proved it. Oom slowly got up "Ugh" he said "Where am I?"
Mark was puzzled "What do you mean?"
"The last thing I remember was when a man named Eur came up to me and moved his hand."
"A mind trick..." Mark looked down at him and held out his hand.
"Thank you." Said Oom. He looked down at Marks dead co-pilot. "I'm sorry about your friend."
"I understand. The dark side clouds all vision and sense of right and wrong."
"You're right. You know, it will be hard now that they know you're here. I'm a pretty good shot and I know how this ship works. Maybe I can be your co-pilot until we get to SM-344."
"SM-344?" asked Mark.
"My home planet. That is the last place I remember being until I got here."
"Well, well, well, the famous Mark Temis in person." Mark heard a chilling voice. A door slid open and the Rodian that escaped with Eur stood there.
"Who are you?" answered Mark.
"It matters not. I am here to kill you."
"Good luck."
Just as Mark drew his saber, the Rodian flew towards him. He barely blocked the blow. Mark faked a dash to the right and jumped to the left of the Rodian. He slashed at him while he was still open. It barely missed the Rodian's arm. The Rodian pushed at him and knocked mark down. "I find your efforts amusing, but its time to go."
The Rodian jump slashed at him. Mark rolled to the side and cut the Rodian right across the waist. The bottom half fell limp but the first half fell down choking and sputtering. Then all was silent.
"We should leave." Oom said.
"Yes we should." replied Mark.
Getting out of the freighter was no problem but escaping the TIE's was a real pain in the butt. There were about 2 waves of them. They all were shot down with exelent marksmanship, Oom was a good shooter. Mark pushed up on the hyperspace jump lever and they headed to SM-344.