Next chapter. This is shorter than I expected. PLEASE REVIEW AND DO MY POLL! A special thanks to DeathGoddesses, Aurora Lunar 0Love This0, and Jaguar101 for reviewing! :D

The next morning Acher was shook out of bed by the troop who was guarding. "What's going on?"

"Nothing; the general said to get you guys up" Marksman said. Acher checked the time when he said this.

"It's only 0500; what is she thinking?"

"I don't know but you'd better get your shebs out of bed." Acher groaned and sat up; all the other troops were getting woke up by the guards. He struggled into his armor, grabbed his "bucket" and raced outside to where the men were gathered. They were all standing in front of the general in orderly rows. Acher and the rest of the boys made the last line.

"I know you were thinking that we'd have a shorter walk today but unfortunately this will be as long as yesterdays or longer." All the men groaned at this and Del smiled. "I'm thinking the same thing you are."

"Going through the pass shouldn't take THAT long, General."

"We aren't going through the pass, Fly. My informant says it's crawling with droids. The only other way to get to the cavern is over the mountains. There are sentry's are posted to watch the droids; someone from the village is running ahead to tell them we are coming. We wouldn't want anyone's head blown off," she smiled and the men chuckled. "There isn't anything else to tell you except watch your footing; move out!" The men grabbed the gear they would need for capturing the cavern. Now unless you've been on Kanani you'd have no idea what it looked like. Kanani means beautiful but where they were was nowhere close to looking like that. As they trudged on they were bored to death and so they began talking among themselves about what prank they were planning next.

"We should put a snake in her sleeping bag," said Trip.

"Nah, she'd be expecting that. I say we pour water on her bed."

"Gun, that wouldn't work. We could set a trap." Instantly all the brothers became quiet.

"Go on Dark; what kind of trap?"

"We could rig a trap with her cloak in the center and when she goes to grab it, presto! She'll be hanging in the forest."

"What forest, Dark? We're in the middle of a des…" Canto fell quiet. All of them gaped at the forest surrounding them. This was how Kanani got its name. It was beautiful; there were trees, grass, streams of cool clear water and gorgeous flowers all over. "When do we string her up?" Acher asked.

"After the mission; she won't be expecting it then." They all laughed and talked about how wonderful this prank would be.

"Alright men; this is where the uphill climb will begin. I'll advise you to fill up your canteens here. This mountain climb is going to dehydrate you." The men moved to the water to fill their canteens like Del had said. She too knelt at the stream and filled hers. Then she sat quietly and waited for them to finish. When they did she stood and led them up the trail. It was rough going; there were narrow paths, rock slides, uneven footing, poison snakes, slippery rocks and above all the sun was beating down on them the entire time. By the time they got to where the scouts were it was 2300 and they were exhausted. The only one that didn't seem bothered was Del she looked wide awake. She told them the men already up here would stand guard during the night and that they were dismissed. Then she sat down to talk to the scouts about what they had seen.