Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt
Aida paced the main area of the Demons Foe impatiently, some two bit bounty hunter wanted by the city had made an escape, firing a few random shots in the process, and because of this the whole system had been clogged, keeping Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in the air and away from helping her.
A rapping on the hull drew her attention, she stood up and looked around confused for a moment having been paying more attention to her emotions than what was going on around her.
It only took her a second to realize that it was someone at the hatch, hurrying over she opened it up to be greeted by Qui-Gon and his Padawan, "Master Jinn." She bowed in respect, "I have news regarding where they're holding my Master."
"What is it?" The tall Jedi asked.
She thought for a moment on how to say it, "It wasn't there."
"What do you mean?" Qui-Gon asked, searching for clarity.
Aida didn't like to even think about it, being raised by the Jedi since before she could remember the Force was all she knew and it was incredibly unnerving to think that it was possible for it to not exist, "I...scouted the building out and when I tried to reach inside to find my Master I couldn't feel anything, like the Force just wasn't there, not even rudimentary life."
Obi-Wan looked confused, "That's impossible isn't it?"
Qu-Gon seemed to stare right through Aida for an instant before he answered his Padawan, "Not entirely."
"Master?" Obi-Wan questioned.
"There have been a few instances where something like that was possible, Force dampening machines, animals which push back the Force, and even a voids created by some natural phenomenon." The Jedi Master clarified.
Aida shook her head, "Machines are out, we've faced them before they only cut off a person's ability to use the Force they don't completely...remove it, from the area."
Obi-Wan broke in, "How do we expect to do this without the Force?"
Aida shifted over to a control panel by the dejarik board and hit three buttons in rapid succession. With a loud mechanical rumble a hidden panel in the wall opened up, revealing a vast array of weaponry. Walking over to it she plucked a blaster pistol and two frag grenades from the wall and turned to them smiling brightly, "Take your pick."
Obi-Wan stared, astonished at the massive amount of weapons layed out before him, "Why would a Jedi need all of these."
Aida's smile grew broader, "I asked him the same question when I first saw it, he told me that a Jedi only needs a lightsaber, but in certain extreme circumstances it was handy to have a few other options available, such as." She left it hanging for the young Jedi to answer.
"Such as when a lightsaber might be useless." He filled in.
Qui-Gon stared at the blaster he took from the wall for a moment, "Such an uncivilized weapon."
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Aida pointed to a rather large structure on the holographic layout of the city, "That's the warehouse, its only a few klicks away."
Qui-Gon nodded, "Entrances?"
"Three, but odds are they'll have at least one lightsaber and in combat without the force it's use may diminish but if they need a way out they can still just carve through the walls."
Obi-Wan looked over at her, "Walls? I thought this was just a warehouse."
Aida nodded in confirmation, "It is, but I did some asking around before you got here, I know you said stay safe but I just couldn't, anyway apparently several prefabricated walls were delivered as far as I know we're looking at around fifty different rooms, and most are still pretty damn big that warehouse is huge even on the scales of a warehouse."
Qui-Gon stood still for a second, "So three ways in, much space to cover, many rooms with potential traps, and no use of the Force, this is not going to be easy."
Aida grunted, "I asked the local defence force, they said this was Jedi matter to be dealt with and they were sure we could handle it, so we'll get no help there."
Qui-Gon shook his head, "I don't like it."
"We can't just leave him!" Aida said, growing defensive fast, "I'll go alone if I have to!"
"Don't worry, we're all going, I just wish we had an advantage of any type." The Jedi Master said gravely.
Aida hit the button to open the hatch and then turned around, "You do have an advantage."
"What?" Obi-Wan asked.
Aida suppressed a grin, "They don't know how far I will go to get my Master back."
Qui-Gon stayed behind for a moment, watching the two of them leave and then whispered under his breath, "That's precisely what I'm afraid of." Before following after them.
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In a flash Nevan broke free of the restraints and was on the nearest one of his captors, breaking the mans neck before he knew what had happened. Whipping his arm around Nevan's fist caught the man, who had stepped forward to stop him in, the face.
Grabbing his lightsaber off of a nearby equipment table he stepped forward and in a broad slash cut down two more opponents.
He looked around, it seemed the rest were gone for now. Immediately he dashed to the door, barely slowing a beat, simply to kick it down.
He was confronted by two more, unarmed, and no doubt alerted by the battle from the next room. He closed down his lightsaber and clipped it to his side, and in a single motion dared them to attack.
The first men sped forward but was quickly met with a knee to the head, eliciting the sound of bone cracking.
The second circled for a minute, trying to find a gap in the Shadow Master's defence. Nevan didn't wait, sending a fist in towards to mans right, only to have it blocked. He sailed in with his left arm, but that was stopped as well. Nevan moved to kick his opponent but only met with the others skull crashing into his own.
Nevan stumbled back and braced himself against a wall, trying to shake the blur from his vision.
His opponent had no such troubles as he landed a kick to the right of Nevan's face. He flew forward raining blow after blow down on Nevan.
Concentrating his strength Nevan pressed both of his legs into the attackers stomach and with all he could pushed, sending the men flying backwards to the ground.
Nevan wearily got to his feet and pulled his lightsaber free. Before the man had a chance to stand Nevan was straddling his chest, and in one motion decapitated him.
Stumbling around the building Nevan finally found the exit after a few minutes, and just as it seemed it was over he pushed open the door to find Aida standing in front of him smiling.
A grin crossed his face, and slowly faded a moment later along with Aida's as she slumped to the ground, a charred wound in her back, and a Dark Jedi behind her with a blaster.
Nevan woke screaming and battling against his restraints with a renewed vigour, yelling out curses and threats he didn't even noticed the hilt of his lightsaber as it crashed into his face, sending him back into the darkness of unconsciousness.
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Aida handed the microbonocularsto Qui-Gon, "The front door is probably our best bet, they'll probably see us coming a mile away but they most likely placed more people at the other two locations, seeing as how no one expects us to be crazy enough to walk in the front door."
"Not even insane Jedi." Qui-Gon reminded her.
"Point taken, any suggestions?"
Obi-Wan nodded, "You said there was nothing stopping them from cutting their way out right? What if we cut our way in?"
Aida could only grin at the plan.
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A/N: Nice eh? Anyway hope you all love it, and please R and R.