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Chapter 6
For the next few days, the girls trod towards the nearest civilization, which was now only about two to three miles away. The girls talked about mostly everything: from boys at school to politics to blaster pistols and Jabba the Hutt.
"You know, a Jedi Master name Vodo-Siosk Bass established a training facility here on this planet thousands of years ago," Elena remarked as they trekked through the open fields. "For generations, the facility trained many notable Jedi Padawans, including the future Sith lord, Exar Kun. Though it survived the Great Sith Wars, the place was raised to the ground by Dark Malak in the decades that followed."
"Fascinating," Mara replied, extremely interested. "It seems amazing that this planet was actually home to the Jedi battlefields. Now, hardly anyone lives here, except lizards and a few villages."
Elena nodded. "I think I like it this way better," she admitted, glancing at Mara and smiling.
Mara agreed. "Except the fact that we're tracking Rebels," she added, shooting Elena a look.
Elena made a noise in the back of her throat, a troubled expression on her face.
In no time at all, they came to the closest village, where they began asking people if there were any bases around. The villagers all denied any knowledge of a base, but Elena felt they were hiding something.
"If you could help us out, that would be great," Mara said to the shopkeeper earnestly. "We're trying to join the Rebel Alliance."
The shopkeeper shook her head and replied in a frightened tone, "I'm sorry, I don't know anything. Please leave me alone!" She ran off into the street.
Mara threw up her hands and hurried back to Elena, who was standing in the street, tossing a fruit into the air. "Well, this is just perfect," she snapped. "No one will tell me anything. You have any luck?"
"Nope," Elena replied nonchalantly, "I didn't get help, either."
Mara frowned. "What makes you so happy? We're not getting anywhere!" She fumed.
Elena caught the fruit and shot Mara a look. "Would you relax?" she asked, "Force, you're so uptight!"
"Uptight?" Mara gaped.
Elena nodded. "Mmm-hmm. You need to chill. I've already figured it out."
"So you know where the base is?" Mara asked incredulously.
"Yep."
"Why in bloody Force's name didn't you tell me?" the Emperor's Hand hissed, folding her arms over her chest angrily.
Elena shrugged. "I don't know, I wanted to see if you could figure it out yourself. Anyways," she continued before Mara could say anything else, "The base is a few miles east of here. If we rent a speeder, we should be there in a couple of minutes."
The girls stared at each other. "I'll go find a speeder," Mara finally sighed, trudging off into the village. Elena grinned.
When Mara had rented a speeder, the girls got in and started for the Rebel base. "So how'd you find out where the base was?" Mara demanded as she sat, annoyed, in the passenger seat.
Elena thought hard for an excuse. "I used the Force," She eventually told her friend. "I searched for other life forms, or signatures, on this planet, and found some all gathered together."
"I didn't know a Force user could detect non Force users," Mara said suspiciously.
Elena shrugged. "Well, I guess I can," she answered, hoping Mara didn't ask too many more questions. The truth of it was, Elena had used one of her mutant powers, Professor Xavier's, in fact, to find the Rebels. But of course, she couldn't tell Mara that information.
The girls drove until they came upon a few one-story buildings, plus a hangar bay. However, at least two dozen different sized ships were leaving the hangar bay, one following the other out and zooming into the sky.
"What's going on?" Mara wondered, staring at the disappearing ships.
"They've had an Imperial tracking device on one of their cargo," Elena said distantly, "They've left the base permanently. The Rebels are gone."
Mara shook her head in disbelief. "What, all of them?"
"Yeah."
"Well, c'mon," the redhead continued, "Maybe they've left some technology behind." She hopped out of the stopped speeder and ran towards the base.
Elena also got out of the speeder and followed her friend into the buildings. Everything was cleaned out when the girls entered. Nothing was left.
"Well, guess they pretty much cleaned out everything," Mara observed glumly, kicking an empty chair across the room.
Elena nodded absently. "Guess so," she answered. "Something just doesn't feel right."
Mara looked up and frowned. "What do you mean? Your intuitions are usually right."
"I just…" Elena started, but suddenly paled.
"What?" Mara demanded. "What is it?"
Her friend stared at her. "We have to get out of here," she said.
"What?" Mara was confused.
"You heard me," Elena hissed, snatching her friend's arm and dragging her out of the room. As she pulled Mara down the hall, Mara said, "Hold on, what's got into you?"
"This place is going to detonate in less than twenty seconds," Elena explained, worried. "We have to get out of here."
Mara's eyes widened. "Why didn't you say so in the first place?" she muttered, and began to rush for the entrance. "Let's get out of here!"
Elena quickly followed Mara's lead as the two young women sprinted back for the door out of the base. Elena began to panic, as she knew there were only a few seconds left.
Three… she heard the detonators tick, Two… She saw Mara nearly at the entrance, and hurried to catch up with her. One….! Elena, using the Flash's powers, super-sped through the doors, pulling Mara out with her.
It was then that the Rebel base blew to pieces, debris flying everywhere. Elena and Mara were thrown into the sky, pulled apart as they tumbled to the ground.
Palps: HAH! Elena deserved it... bloody mutant Jedi!
Reviewers: Gasp
All rightie, that's IT!! You are SO DEAD!!
Sith: RUN AWAY!!!!
Well, that's all for now, folks!! Please review and let me know what you think!
