A/N: Yes! Finals are over! And to celebrate, here's the next chapter. Also, sorry for the delay, my computer crashed, and it took some time, but now it's fixed :) So hope you enjoy, and don't forget to review after your done!

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Chapter 11: Mining Tunnels

It took him forever, but as the last of the mining droids finally fell down into a scrap heap in front of him Kyros released a breath of relief. He had battled his way through the tunnels and could now feel the heat hitting his face.

"Damn." He thought as he walked a few feet closer to the opening and the heat increased ten fold.

"Guess this is where Atton's should comes in…"

He stopped walking.

"Speaking of Atton..." He thought, and started counting down in his head. "Five...Four...Three...Two..."

Sure enough, Atton's voice filled the air. "Pazaak Master to Schutta, do you read"

"Must he call himself Pazaak Master" Kyros groaned inwardly. "How good is he anyways? I bet even the little T3 unit can beat him…"

"Yeah, I'm here..."

"Good." Atton replied "There's"

Kyros cut him off. "I know, don't worry..."

"But how would you"

"Because Atton" Kyros replied through clenched teeth, his voice strained, trying to keep from yelling at the scoundrel. "The steam and intense heat threatening to burn me alive pretty much tells me that there are high temperatures ahead..."

He tried to make Atton feel bad by adding the 'burning him alive' part, but it went completely unnoticed by the young scoundrel.

"Great then" Atton exclaimed cheerfully.

"You know? You really aren't being much help Atton..."

"Oh" He asked.

"Yeah" Kyros replied. "Maybe you should be the one down here instead of me, that way at least you'd know where your going before you actually get there..." He felt a little bad after he had said it.

"Well...he is trying, not sure if it's his best, but at least I should be glad he's even trying to help..." He thought.

"Alright Kyros...I'm sorry." Atton replied, his tone low and sad. "It's not my fault for falling asleep..." he mumbled fast, hoping the Jedi wouldn't hear.

Kyros did however, and all thoughts of guilt left his mind as he exploded, (not literally of course :P) and yelled into the communicator.

"YOU...FELL...ASLEEP! WHILE...I WAS...DOWN...HERE...FIGHTING...FOR MY...LIFE!"

Atton grinned sheepishly from the spot where he sat and spoke into the communicator. "Heh...Sorry" He was just glad that right now the angry Jedi was forty-two feet (A/N: I'm just guessing...I suck at math.) below him, far away from where he was sitting. Of course, he half expected him to come charging up the elevator and run into the room, threatening to kill him with the viroblade.

Back below, Kyros was thinking just that, but decided that it would be a waste of time and effort. He just sighed and told Atton what to do.

"Alright just stay alert, and don't even try to fall asleep or you just might find yourself floating outside of the station..."

"WITHOUT a space suit." He added.

Atton chuckled nervously. "Of course great Kyros, Heh…"

"Alright then" Kyros smiled. Threatening always worked when he needed cooperation from the idiot scoundrel. Now he just had to get pass the volatile tunnels, hopefully with all his hair still intact and not burnt into a crisp. He shuddered at the thought of it.

"Hey, Kyros after you get pass the tunnels, I won't be able to reach you for a while."

"What?" He asked, surprised at the news, with just a hint of happiness.

"The signal won't reach that far…" Atton replied. "Won't you just miss our lovely conversations?"

"Oh…I think I'll live." Kyros smirked.

"Allright then, Pazaak Master to Jedi Schutta, over and out…and don't die until after we get out of here ok?"

With that the room became silent, leaving Kyros by himself.

"Why am I risking my life for an idiot scoundrel and a creepy old lady?" He looked up and asked out loud, to nobody in particular. It took a while before his conscience answered him.

"Oh yeah, because it's right…" He groaned, rolling his eyes. If only Master Onasi could see him now…

He sighed, "Well…here I go."

Kyros equipped the miner's shield and activated it. Feeling the heat somewhat die down, he rushed forward and into the smoldering tunnel.

Kreia gasped and was momentarily taken out of her meditation. She could feel what he was feeling as the flames engulfed him. The tiny bit of pain he had to endure before he finally reached the opening and stumbled out the other side. It surprised her, the fact that she could sense him, and how she was able to feel what he felt, especially considering how far he was from her. She didn't know what it meant, but something told her that she could use it for her advantage. She silently mused as she continued meditating, focusing on regaining her strength first before considering the possibilities this 'bond' of theirs had.

He stumbled out of the tunnels, and hissed as a sharp pain ran down his arm. He was thankful that that had been the only thing that had happened. He wasn't horribly disfigured, and his wound hadn't been fatal. "Guess Atton's should worked better then I thought it would." Kyros muttered as he hissed again, louder this time. His arm was hurting pretty badly. "Well," He thought. "No time like now to use the Force again."

He closed his eyes and concentrated. He could feel the pain lessen as the skin in his arm began to re-grow. He was feeling more and more in tuned with the Force. He concentrated a while longer and soon his arm was completely healed. He opened his eyes and rested a little before moving on.

He got to the central controller and immediately sliced into it. He was able to deactivate the containment fields and raise the temperature in the area to mess up the droids' infrared sensors. That would help him, but he couldn't reprogram the mining droids to shut down or even just to attack each other. Being a Jedi with very little computer skills sucked. "Guess I'll have to ask Atton to teach me." He quipped. "Guess even he has his uses…"

He battled another array of Peragus mining droids before he reached a closed door.

He opened the door and was greeted by the sight of an HK protocol droid and a dead body lying on the floor. "Great," He groaned "This was going to be fun."
"I just can't wait to find out what happend here..."

A/N: Well that's it for this chapter please review :)

To be continued…