"Chiding Statement: Ah, Master, you should have followed my advice to stay put. Did you not hear me?" The grey HK model droid blocked the Jedi's path ominously. Mærin glared at the hunk of metal, clearly irritated.
"Oh, I heard you alright. Just like I heard you kill all of those innocent miners. I don't normally listen to homicidal assassin droids." Atton marveled at how quickly women could change moods. Amazing.
"Offended Retraction: Homicidal is such a harsh word. I prefer hard-working."
"I didn't want to fight you, but I guess it's going to be necessary."
"Anguished Conclusion: Then I am afraid that you will need to be disposed of." The fanatic droid's burning wave of blaster shots rained down on the group.Mærin rushed past him, flashing her dual longswords menacingly at her adversary. She took the HK unit down with great broad strokes and knelt, catching her breath.
"Meddling droid." Kreia spat, disgusted at the turn of events.
The droid began to chime quietly. "Self destruction countdown initiated. Three."
Self destruction? But that meant—
"Everybody down, NOW!" Atton barked, hitting the floor.
"Two."
"Kreia! MOVE!" Mærin screamed. An invisible hand pushed the old Jedi out of the way of harm. Mærin looked at Atton with fearless eyes.
She's too close.
"One."
The explosion was deafening.