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Chapter Three:
"WHERE did you get this!", these were Nolee's first words after Lyloo showed her the Kaleesh necklace next morning."From my father last night!", she answered, laughing at her friends expression. Her reaction was just the same when her father handed her the beautiful present. Lyloo was eager to find out about the story of this fascinating gift. Last night lasted much longer for them than usual, Alton telling about the origin of the jewel and the women listening to him with delight...
It was a very long time ago when Alton Felvis was still a young adventurer himself, that he met his life-long best friend Nil Cleeve on one of his travels. Nil was a Nelvaan warrior. He belonged to a race not so distant from the Sphinxes. They lived on the planet of Nelvaan, a world not far away from Eoz...thousands of years ago, they belonged to a same species...until groups of them left Eoz to start a new life in an other world...Eoz was not always such a peaceful planet like nowadays. That's why the Sphinxes have never given up their traditional fighting techniques, caution set itself into their hearts for the centuries to come...
Alton and Nil were two particularly restless young men. They thrilled for adventure, always surching for something to do...They have often traveled far from their home in such an attempt, they were most curious about the galaxy and hoped to get to know as much of it's many secrets as possible...However, sometimes they were pressed to go on separate ways. In such cases, they could hardly wait to meet once again afterwards and share their experiences with each other...That's how Alton received this exotic jewel from Nil one day...to pass it over to his family members...Nil has spent a longer time on the planet Kalee earlier and he got to learn a few things about the native customs there...This necklace was a special talisman which was given to beloved ones before important events, trials, ordeals...fights, symbolizing all the best wishes one had for another person who was close to one's heart...to bring them luck on their trials and to let them know they are always loved and remembered...
Nolee was listening to Lyloo's telling with great interest while the two females made their way into the forest.
"Oh wow, I would love to see that world one day...", she said with excitement in her voice.
"Yes, me too! That would be great...", Lyloo replied, wandering off in thought while saying that.
"Just imagine...visiting other worlds...meeting new species...", she mused, a dreamy expression on her face.
"You took the words right from me! Say, when are we leaving...?", Nolee suddenly asked, turning to her friend. Lyloo looked at her with surprise for a moment...then both of them bursted out into laughters.
They continued their walk, wrapping their dark-brown cloaks tighter over themselves. It was a cool and windy day...
It didn't take long for them to reach the state of unclouded friskiness. Soon, they were on the run again, like the day before...Lyloo running in front, with huge jumps in between as usual, Nolee right in her wake...A few twists and turns and Nolee lost her friend out of sight. Lyloo's cloak was flying behind her like big brown wings...She felt the wind in her face and had a sensation as if she could fly away, leaving the ground far behind. After a few minutes, she reached a small clearing surrounded by huge trees. She stopped in the tall grass to catch her breath and to wait for her friend...
She looked around herself with a wide smile, listening to the silence of her environment...and all of a sudden had a strange feeling about it...It was quiet. So quiet she could almost hear her own heart beat...There was no bird song, no rustling in the foliage. Even the wind died down around her...
"Too quiet...", she thought in herself.
She scanned the area with her keen eyes one more time. High above her the clouds parted for a few seconds, allowing the sunlight to break through their thick cover...and Lyloo suddenly spotted a shiny point on the other end of the glade, shimmering among the leaves for a moment...
Lyloo was just about to move forward to invastigate, when of a sudden she got swept off her feet by something bumping into her back with great speed...
"Hah, got ya this time!", Nolee chuckled, rolling off of her. She wanted to stand up, but got pulled back to the ground again.
"Shh! Wait a minute...", Lyloo quickly whispered to her ear.
"What?", Nolee asked, staring at her, not knowing what to make of her friends behaviour.
"Take a look over there...", Lyloo pointed out in the diraction.
Nolee lifted her head a bit to see what was going on. Soon, she spotted the shine as well...
In the tall green grass, the two Sphinxes slowly approached the object, driven by curiosity. Warily, they poked their heads out through the stiff leaves of the bush, wondering what they'll find on the other end...What they saw literally caused their mouths to drop. Droids...tens, or maybe hundreds of them, standing in strict, organised lines. The Sphinxes have never seen droids like these before. They looked different from the few ones they had at home. Those droids were desined to help the inhabitants in their every day duties...but these were holding rifles in their hands...
"What in the...", Nolee started in a whisper, but quickly got a slight stab from Lyloo to keep quiet.
Lyloo tried to lift her head a little higher as warily as possible...She couldn't make out any movement around the droids. They were standing still, in readiness...but to what purpose?
"Are they even activated?", she heard Nolee's silent voice.
"I'm not sure...", she answered, keeping her tone low as well.
Lyloo risked a little more movement to get a better view...she moved gingerly about, so as not to make any noise. But Nolee was getting impatient...
"Damn it! We can't stay here all day...Let me take a closer look.", she whispered, then started moving further into the bushes next to them.
"Nolee wait!", Lyloo called after her, but her friend was tough about it...
Lyloo stayed where she was. She didn't have the courage to go after Nolee...Somehow, she had a bad feeling about this whole thing. Then suddenly...
A blaster shot...followed by another...Lyloo's blood froze at the sound. She turned her head towards the noise, terrified. In a split second, Nolee bursted out from a nearby bush, horror in her eyes.
"Bloody Hell! Run for it, these things are flipped!", she screamed out, scooting away near Lyloo.
She didn't have to say it twice. Lyloo jumped to her feet, leaping out of the shrub she was hiding in and ran as fast as she could after her friend. From the corner of her eye she could make out the forms of another type of droids...bigger and deadlier than their smaller mates, constantly firing after them with their wrist blasters. They dodged the bolts with meteoric movements, jumping to the right and the left, running with great speed, keeping their body close to the ground. They soon managed to leave the group of sentinels behind...only to run into another squad of them, approaching the two of them from the front. The girls made a side jump to elude the confrontation...All of a sudden, they found as if the whole forest got under invasion by these droids. No matter which diraction they chose, they could hear the heavy steps closing in on them...
"This won't be good!", Nolee puffed, stopping for a moment to think the situation through.
"It's already not good...", Lyloo sighed, taking in a deep breath.
"We must get back to the village...", Nolee said, scanning their surroundings. "There are too many of them. There's only two of us, but alone, one is harder to be detected...", she spluttered, trying to think.
Lyloo listened to her and although she was very nervous and didn't want to leave her friend behind, felt that there was reason to her train of thoughts...
However, they didn't have time to discuss the matter further. The leaves began to rustle nearby and more blaster bolts struck into the trees next to them like lightning.
"SCATTER!", Nolee shouted, while leaping to one side, Lyloo to the other...
They had to flee for their lifes and fast.
Lyloo tore through the forest as fast as her feet could carry her, never looking back anymore. All her being was now concentrated on one thing only, to escape this living hell around her and make it back to her home alive...Her home. Great Gods, was her home still secured from this madness...? She quickened her pace, only to get caught in a jumble of fire again. She threw herself into the thick bushes infront of her, crouching to the ground, arms folded over her head. She could almost feel the bolts shooting over her...then all went quiet around her once more.
Lyloo lifted her head slightly, the sounds of the attack still ringing in her ears. "What was that all about?"
She was confused and utterly shocked at these happenings. What just happened back there...?
Her ears started to quiver a little. She suddenly realised that not everything was quiet near her...
She cocked her head to take a better look around herself. She found that through all the commotion she reached the borders of the forest. She was on a higher elevation now, overlooking the clear meadows. The sound that she heared reminded her of the stampede of a herd...But it wasn't a herd...The sight which unfolded infront of her eyes took her breath away...
As the minutes passed, the landscape slowly turned into a battle front. Troops of droids began to emerge from amongst the trees, not far from the spot Lyloo was hiding. Their rifles ready to fire, aimed at the far end of the region where an other army reached the scenery. Unknown troopers, dressed in white armour and helmets, guns raised and ready to attack.
A huge battle was about to evolve on the fields of the Sphinxes, right near their peaceful village...
Lyloo shook with horror, she saw her family, her friends with the eyes of her soul...The mere existence of her home was at stake. These troops were huge. They will wipe out everything in their path once they start the attack...Lyloo didn't want that to happen...She wished she could do something to prevent all this from happening...She felt extremely helpless, sitting in the shrub all by herself.
She was just about to move on, scurry back to her village before the insanity broke out and warn the people...But her movement was cut in half...She froze immediatly, as another form emerged from the woods...Lyloo was close enough to examine the phenomenon. It made her heart stop with shock...
A tall duranium form, white cape on it's shoulders. Slim body made of metal, clawed hands and feet with huge talons. She could even make out it's eyes...piercing, yellow reptilian eyes which coldly scanned the landscape. A terrifying blending of flesh and metal... The intimidating being regarded the view of the little valley for a minute, surveying the sight. Then, one clawed hand disappeared under his cape, revealing a hilt...a saberhilt. With one swift motion, he activated the blade, a bright flash of blue and flung it into the air, letting out a loud martial roar, calling it's troops to battle...causing a wild shiver to run down on Lyloo's spine...