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I slipped away into the shadows of the dimly lit room. It wasn't hard, even for someone who wasn't very skilled at hiding his presence, because the room had one light, and it was shining on the table with Jeidal still not trying to be very agreeable. I moved quickly until I reached the smooth steel wall, and followed it carefully until I reached my target: a hidden trap door that led to the hidden area where the engine was hidden. After slipping in quietly, I looked around carefully but saw nothing. Just the short, narrow, hallway that lead to where the engine was hidden at. I felt a flash of heat that didn't indicate danger to my life, but the danger of discovery. I leapt into the air, catching onto the handle on the bottom of the trapdoor I'd just came through. I was careful not to turn the handle, lest I open it and give my presence away. As I watched for what I'd sensed, I saw a group of the monsters Johan and I had battled when we were looking for the Temple Masters. There were about 7 of them, the exact same number that we had battled earlier, and about 4 small creatures. They had yellow skin, red eyes, and fanged teeth that matched the demon's green tinted incisors. Their heads were peanut shaped, and seemed too large for their body. I relaxed my mind letting the Force flow through it, and directed my thoughts at the yellow skinned creatures. I was hit with sensations of authority and defiance, and a feeling of a near victory. I recentered my thoughts back on myself, and realized with a shock that the yellow skinned creatures were the Temple Masters. I remembered the theory about the Kashill being heroes to the people of this part of Yavin IV. Apparently, the Temple Masters shared that opinion. But what do they plan to do with the creatures? If they have them attack Nora that would only serve to prolong the battle; which might be what they want. My thoughts stopped as they stopped in front of the huge engine and the Temple Masters began to convene amongst themselves. I wondered immediately where Raena was.

"I'm fine don't worry," Raena's thoughts entered my mind.

"Where are you?" I responded mentally.

"I'm in the engine room, there's a comfy little corner where I can watch the Temple Masters work." Raena's smirk was almost visible in my mind.

"How long have you been watching them?" I answered.

"Since the negotiations beginning," Raena informed me.

"What's been going on?" I inquired.

"I can't tell, they've just been walking around mostly, like patrol duty," she thought back at me.

"Then what was I sensing from you?" I responded.

"Déshawn I've had my presence hidden from anyone, even you." Raena's surprise was conveyed clearly.

"The Sith Lord must be here, and tricked me to come down here." I reasoned mentally.

"But why?" she asked.

"To get Shomari alone!" I turned the handle to the trapdoor that I was hanging from to try and open it.

Several things happened in quick succession that served to establish a state of chaos that quickly escaped my control. First I realized that door handle was locked, this clued me in to the next few happenings. The next moment, I felt the building vibrate as the Temple Masters activated the engine. In my minds eye, I looked through Shomari and saw the slats, that made up the dome, begin to retract, revealing a wiry frame. Through this thin frame, several hundred militia soldiers dropped through, identifiable by the two-headed dragon emblem that Nora Tressle had describe earlier. I dropped to the ground quickly, my light saber's blue side quickly extending as the monsters that had been guarding the Temple Masters turned quickly and attacked me. I executed a smooth running aerial over the first one, keeping my presence of mind enough to cut through it as I vaulted over it. Landing I quickly flipped into the air, planting my feet onto the ceiling, and pushed off hard. My light saber was pointed out at the ground, and I drove the humming blade into the spine of a second creature. I felt a flash of heat on my neck, and ducked as one of the surprised monsters finally tried to break up my fatal timing. Raena slipped out of the shadows smoothly and smiled devilishly, as she always did in battle, decapitating the monster easily.

"Don't leave me," I quickly thought to Raena, who was making to fade away again.

She flipped into the circle of 5 monsters, her back to mine, and we quickly spun out towards seperate monsters. I stabbed my blade into the wide jaws of one, but it managed to bite down on my wrists with the glowing fanged teeth. I yelped in pain as the monster swallowed my light saber handle. I grasped the mechanism with the Force, and extending the blade again. It ignited, searing the monster's innards causing a roar of agony to emanate from it. I waved my hand violently and the blade made a 360 degree turn, then ripped out of the demon's ribcage from the side and punched through a second dog-like enemy. I made to catch the light saber, when I noticed the blood on the handle. I let it fall to the ground, still extended, as the last dog-demon jumped at me, but Raena slammed into it with a flying kick in the side. I waved my hand again, and the blade jumped to life, sliding across the floor before it hit the ground, the end result causing the demon to breathe it's last breath by landing on top of the blade. I raised my hand and it corkscrewed from under the corpse, and did a dry-spin to shake the blood off. I caught it, and wiped it on my robes, a visibly disgusted look on my face.

"That's disgusting," Raena spoke my mind for me.

"Tell me about it," I complained.

"You did it," she criticized.

"I didn't want it to eat my hand," I retracted my light saber and examined the bubbling, hissing blood in my wound. I noticed that it was deeper than normal. "Force, that is not good."

I suddenly felt weak, my knees buckled, and I felt to the ground on both knees. I felt burning in my forearm where I'd been bitten, and everything donned an odd white outline as my vision blurred. The last thing I could see were the Temple Masters standing over me smirking, and Raena backing up as 2 more groups of the 7 demon dogs approached her. Then my eyes got wide momentarily, as I felt several sharp pains from Shomari, who seemed to be getting battered brutally.

"No..." then my last breaths left me as I passed out.