The Battle Within

Chapter Two

By Angel

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Domaskus wheezed and coughed violently as the medic droids rushed around him. He was connected to a respirator to help him breathe easier.

"His condition gets worse and worse everyday. We don't know how much longer he will live."

Domaskus' apprentice looked at his teacher through the window and sighed. He no longer knew what to do.

The Sith Lord was taken back to his chambers and Darth Bri-Sel kneeled at his bed side. "Master, what am I to do?"

"I have had the droids researching it for some time. We will have to perform a transplant but first we need…"

"R6, see if you can get a signal to anywhere." beep "I know we are on Endor but how do I get off and where is the closest human civilization?"

Leebon Kizadeck climbed out of the cock pit of hispod and took in his surroundings. Nothing but trees. Trees, trees, and...a girl. No he had to be seeing things. It was nothing more than a mirage. He blinked his eyes and looked again but all he saw was bushes.

"R6 haven't you gotten anything y…" Sitting on the nose of his pod, examining R6 was the girl he had just convinced himself he had not seen. "YOU!" The girl looked up quickly and jumped down scurrying in to the forest. He went running after her.

After running for quiet some time he stopped to catch his breath. She had run into a sort of caves and from experience Leebon knew not to go into a cave, but this girl intrigued him. She was like none other that he had seen in all of his travels. She was surely no Ewok.

Leebon slowly crept into the cave against his better judgment. Deep inside was a small waterfall and pool. He walked to the water's edge and bent down to take a drink. As he stood up he felt an arm circle around his neck.

The girl had him in a head lock and was saying something in Ewok that he could not understand. She kept repeating the same, what he assumed was a, threat over and over before throwing him into the pool. When he hit the surface she was standing over him ready for the next round.

"MERCY! MERCY!" Leebon yelled his hands up in surrender. Her muscles relaxed but her eyes still held a glare of hatred; she had not completely let her guard down.

"Who are you and why are you here?" she said in plain English. He was shocked he hadn't expected that.

"You speak English?"

"Obviously. Now answer my questions! Who are you and why are you here?"

"I am Leebon Kizadeck and I am lost." He knew not to move from his spot but looked at her from her unprotected feet to her long black hair. Her dark complexion was that of Ewok fur and her eyes were an alarming shade of gray. With out a doubt this girl was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. "What is your name?"

"Kadok."

"What are you doing here, Kadok?"

"I live here."

"Where are you from? Before here I mean."

"I have always been here, since I was a baby."

"How old are you?"

"I turned sixteen a few weeks ago."

"Sixteen?" He had heard about the ship that had crashed into Endor sixteen years ago. She couldn't possibly have been on that ship.

"Do you mind if I ask you some questions?" Kadok asked kneeling at the water's edge.

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"Where are you from?

"Naboo."

"Where is that?"

"In the Third Quadrant. Have you ever been off of Endor?"

"No. Fizak says I was a gift from the Gods and fell from heaven."

"Who is Fizak?"

"My father. He would probably like to see you. Besides he's the only one who could help you get back to your Naboo." Kadok helped him to his feet and he followed her out of the forest still asking questions.

"So you don't know how you got here or where you came from. How do you know English?"

"I don't know. I just do." They approached the village and many of the Ewoks were scared and ran into their huts. She found her father outside of their own hut having his lunch. She knelt down beside him and told her about the man that she had found during her berry hunt.

"Queja dova tufi wancha?"

"He says what do you want?"

"Tell him I only want to find a way back home. I mean no harm." Kadok told him this and Fizak softened a little sensing that there was no real danger.

"Queja dova tufi neela aba estaya oya wacha?"

"What do you need to be on your way?"

"Nothing but time really. Tell him also that I would like to find out where you are from and take you back."

Her eyes glowed at the thought of her seeing another place besides Endor for once. She loved her home but longed to see new worlds and new faces, ones more like hers. Fizak didn't have the same enthusiasm. He jumped up and started screeching. Kadok couldn't translate.

"Run!"

"All that means run?"

"No! Just run! Go!" Without more questions Leebon ran as fast as he could. Hemanaged to find his ship in the heart of the forest and finally stopped running since the girl had instructed to do so. He didn't think that that Ewok would have such strong affections for the girl they being two different species.

"R6, have you made any progress?" beep "Well how much longer." beep "Three hours?" It was getting dark and he didn't want to be on in strange place in the dark with an irate Ewok. He climbed back into the cock pit and decided to take a nap until the pod was ready for take off.

An hour and a half later Kadok found her way to where the he was stranded. She tapped on the hood of the cock pit to wake him up and climbed down. He joined her on the rock where she was siting.

"What happened back there?"

"Oh. Fizak is very protective of me. Did you mean what you said about taking me to Naboo."

"Yes. I think it is remarkable how you have managed to survive here and you speak English and you should be in place where there are more people like you. More humans."

"I like it here, but I want to see other places as well. To know how other people live. To learn new things."

"And you could. In Coruscant there are fantastic schools where you can learn virtually anything!"

"Is Curuscant like your Naboo?"

"It's similar." There was a rustle in the bushes behind them and Leebon jumbed up turning on his light saber.

"Don't it's just Nadok."

"Who?" He asked putting his weapon away.

"Nadok, my twin. Saliba Nadok." Come out Nadok. Sure enough an Ewok came from the bushes.

"That's your twin?"

She reassured the creature that everything was okay. "He was born the same day I was found."

"Queja estaya doiba? Fizak dijova…" What are you doing? Fizak said…

"Iya knopai queja elya dijova. Iya nunka doiba anitinya buza hablaro." I know what he said. I'm not doing anything but talking. She went back to he rock hat she had occupied moments before. "Tell me about Coruscant."

Leebon told her about all the places that he had been the adventures that he had, anthing that he could think of until her "twin" told her for the last time that they had better leave. Nadok had sat there watching intently the entire time, never taking his beady eyes off of Leebon.

After he could no longer see Kadok and her brother arguing into the dark forest he climbed into his cock pit started the pod and flew away.