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Chapter Six: A New Hope Among The Dead
Kade
As Kade landed, he swung his sabers to either side of him, killing two of the creatures, while a shot from Hirano killed the last one. Kade glanced at the open gate and closed it with the force before deactivating his weapons. He looked at the scared little girl and slowly approached her, his hand out in a nonthreatening gesture. "It's ok, I'm not going to hurt you. You're safe now." The girl looked at him with terror in her eyes as she looked behind him. "Are... are there any more of Them?" She asked, scanning the surrounding area. Kade smiled at her cautiousness. "No... but there will be if we don't move." He said, gently taking hold of the girl's hand. "My name is Kade, what's yours?" he asked, trying to get the girl's mind off the situation. "A-Alice." She said as she looked down at one of the corpses. Kade followed her gaze and immediately knew this one was different. It didn't show the typical features of the creatures, as this one looked... normal.
"That's my daddy." The girl said, tears starting to well up in her eyes. Kade immediately understood the reason for the disturbance. This girl was mourning the immediate loss of her father, and he had felt it too. Kade crouched in front of the girl, making her look at him. "He was a brave man." Kade said, looking Alice in the eyes. "He fought to protect you, and he will watch over you, as he is now one with The Force." He said, lifting a shirt off the clothesline with the Force. He laid it over the man's face as he hand picked a flower and gave it to Alice. "He wants you to go on, to be strong for him." Alice began to cry again, and Kade let her mourn as he watched the creatures bang their bodies against the gate, trying to get in. He stood up, and he could sense Alice watching him with curious, but still sad eyes.
Saeko
After they had finished moving their stuff into the Humvee, Saeko joined Hirano on the balcony to see how the rescue was going. She grabbed a pair of binoculars from a stuttering Hirano and looked towards Kade. Surprisingly, after he activated them, he threw them over the gate, where they began to spin around at high speeds, slicing Them one after another. Saeko lowered the binoculars, shocked at what Kade was about to do. She scanned the street, seeing how many of Them there were between her and Kade. "They're not gonna make it." She mumbled, and she began to head towards the door. "Do you not trust me?" She heard, and she froze. "What?" she said, looking back at Hirano. "I didn't say anything." He replied, confused. "Do you not trust that I can get back on my own?" Saeko heard, this time inside her head. "I am a Jedi Knight. I have the power of The Force on my side. We shall meet again shortly." Kade's voice echoed in her head. Saeko smiled and turned back to the balcony, looking through the binoculars as Kade led the girl through Them.
Kade
Satisfied that Saeko and the others weren't going to put themselves in danger, Kade led Alice down the street, His sabers slicing through any creature that dared to come close. "Mr. Kade? How are you doing this?" asked Alice, awestruck by the display of the Force. Kade smiled at her innocence, saying "It must be magic." He knew that it wasn't magic, but he wanted to spare her the immense knowledge of the Force, for now at least. "Coooool." She replied as she watched the brightly colored blades fly through the air. Soon, Kade and Alice were nearing the condo where the others were at. "I'll need a distraction if i'm not going to draw any of those creatures to the gate." Kade thought, as he looked around for a suitable distraction. Finding an abandoned car farther down the street, he held Alice against the gate and broke the car's window with the Force, causing the alarm to go off. Kade immediately deactivated his sabers and motioned for Alice to be very quiet. After a few moments, the creatures began to walk past them towards the noise. Kade could sense her fear, and it was concerning to him. "I know she's still a child, but i really need to teach her to control those fears." he thought, as the last of the creatures walked past them. Kade silently opened the gate; and he slipped Alice through, before sliding through himself, closing the gate as silently as he had opened it.
Takashi
Takashi couldn't believe his eyes. Kade had pulled off a rescue mission on his own, and the creatures still didn't know they were here. As the girls huddled around the girl, who Kade introduced as Alice, Takashi led Kade over to the kitchen and handed him a bottle of wine he had found earlier. Kade accepted it with a slight smile, then downed half of the bottle in five seconds. "Whoa, dude! don't get too drunk!" Takashi warned, seeing how much of the bottle was gone. "It is fine, Takashi. It will take more than this to intoxicate me." Kade replied with a smile. "However, we will need to move on soon. That distraction, while it did draw those creatures away, is sure to bring more than we'd be comfortable having." Takashi nodded, and he remembered Takagi saying how her family owned a mansion. "What about Takagi's place? They're sure to have a good defense." Kade seemed to think about this for a moment before he spoke. "Yes, that should do for the time being. why don't you come up with the plan for this one? I could use a shower." And with that, Kade left Takashi alone in the kitchen with a half finished bottle of wine.