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Chapter Five: Drifters of The Force
Takashi
Takashi was frustrated. Not only had they lost half of their fellow survivors to Them, but now they were stuck traveling on foot. But, as always, Kade seemed to know what to do. "Ms. Marikawa, Where is your friends' house?" Kade asked her, and she thought for a moment before pointing to the north. "Ok, then we go there. I will take point, Takashi will be behind me, and the ladies will be in the center, with Hirano and Saeko bringing up the rear." Takashi almost objected to not being up front, but then he remembered what Kade could do. He quietly fell in line and they started off. After about 15 minutes they arrived, and Hirano could barely keep quiet when he saw the Military Humvee out front.
Kade
Kade couldn't believe Hirano. Even after all he'd seen, he still didn't know enough discipline to keep quiet. Luckily there weren't any creatures in the area, so Kade quickly ushered the group inside. Once the gate was shut and the doors locked, Kade signaled that is was ok to quietly talk. Hirano immediately erupted into excited chatter about the vehicle, and Takagi smacked him on the back of the head, quieting him down. Kade looked at Ms. Shizuka. "Ma'am, are you absolutely sure no-one else can get in here?" The curvy female nodded violently. "Absolutely! Rika only gave me the spare key so I could keep the place clean when she's gone." Kade's shoulders visibly relaxed as he smiled. "Good. Then that means we have the place to ourselves. Let's spread out and look for supplies." Everyone nodded in agreement and went in separate directions to search.
Saeko
As everyone began to search, Saeko took a moment to study her new comrade more closely. She noticed he wore clothes that she hadn't seen before, almost like they were ceremonial. as she continued to stare, Kade saw her, and she slightly blushed as she quickly turned her attention back to searching the fridge. All of a sudden Rei screamed from upstairs and everyone rushed to her aid. When they got there, however; Rei wasn't in trouble. She was simply excited when she found out that the showers still worked. "Well then, you all should probably freshen up. Me, Takashi, and Hirano will continue searching." Kade said after a few seconds. "Are you sure? We can wait until after we've finished searching." Saeko said, looking at him almost as if she'd known him for more than a few hours. "Yes, I'm sure. Besides, we only have the master bedroom left; so it shouldn't take that many of us to search." Kade said, gesturing to the room at the end of the hall.
Takashi
After the girls had left to go shower, Hirano had the bright idea to try and peep on the girls. "No thanks, I don't want to die just yet." Takashi said, jokingly scolding Hirano for his stupid idea. He then looked at Kade, who was holding his hand out to the room, his eyes closed. "Um, what are you doing?" Takashi asked, placing a hand on Kade's shoulder. "I'm searching." Kade replied, moving his hand towards a steel cabinet in the corner. "There. There's something in there; weapons, I believe." And with that Kade balled his fist, and the door to the steel cabinet peeled off as quietly as bending steel could, revealing all kinds of guns. Hirano immediately turned into a child on Christmas morning, picking up each weapon and admiring it before moving on to the next one. Once he calmed down, Kade reached out a hand and one of the rifles moved into his hand.
"Slugthrowers, huh? I'd only seen these in the Jedi Temple Archives." he said, studying the gun intently. "A what temple?" Hirano asked as he quickly began pushing bullets into the magazines. "On Coruscant There was a Temple where I lived. It was known as the Jedi Temple. Inside there were all the necessities we needed: a med bay, archives, meditation areas, training rooms, and much much more." Kade replied with a smile that slowly faded. "That is, until..." Takashi looked up from his gaze on Hirano's work. "Until what?" Kade sighed as he set the gun down. "That, my friend, is a story for another time."
Kade
Kade walked over to the balcony, his thoughts turning to his last memories of the Temple. As he looked down upon the burning city in front of him, a disturbance in the Force caused him discomfort. He squeezed his eyes shut and placed two fingers on his left temple when Takashi noticed. "Hey man, are you alright? Maybe you should lay down." Kade nodded. "I'm fine, but..." He said as he looked to his left, staring into the distance. "Something bad just happened." Hirano chuckled, "You mean all of this wasn't?" Kade spun around, looking at Hirano with tears in his eyes. "I sense great sorrow... sorrow only a child is capable of." Hirano's smile immediately turned serious. "What do you mean?" "I mean that there's a child out there in danger, and I'm going to save them." Kade said as he walked out the bedroom door. Takashi immediately followed, starting to protest. "But Kade, you can't go out there alone! you'll be killed!"
"I don't care. You remember how I said that I'd tell you the story about what happened at the Temple?" Kade said, looking back at Takashi as he nodded. "Well our soldiers, OUR soldiers, killed everyone. Masters, Knights, Padawans, even Younglings, children who weren't even 10." Takashi gasped as Kade turned back around and came face to face with Saeko, who was wearing nothing but an apron and a thong. Her eyes were filled with concern for her new friend. "So that's why you're here. You were trying to survive." Kade nodded, before he brushed past her and towards the door. "Takashi, tell Hirano to grab one of those slugthrowers and keep those creatures off of that child. She's down the street, at the house with the porch light on." Takashi nodded and hurried back upstairs, and Kade held out his hand, as Saeko's saber flew towards it. "I'll need to borrow this, two sabers are typically better than one." Saeko nodded slightly as she spoke under her breath. "Yeah, go ahead." As Kade walked out the front door, He could hear Hirano firing from the balcony above. He ignited the two sabers and jumped over the wall, landing with his feet already moving towards the girl.