Wow! I finally got this chapter posted before you all sent an angry mob after me! Yay! Please enjoy (note how it is a long chapter!)
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Wars.
"Are you guys all right?" Ahsoka exclaimed, running into the room followed by Latts and Dengar.
They were surprised at what they saw. Embo and Ventress were laughing like crazy and Sugi was sitting on the ground with a look of anger on her face.
"We're fine. I don't know about Sugi though." Ventress managed to say through her laughter.
"What are you talking about?" Dengar asked.
"So we walked in the room and this skeleton kind of fell out of no where, scaring the crap out of Sugi, who then fell down." Embo chuckled.
"I actually think this string was in the doorway and was the trigger." Sugi stated, holding up the string.
"That's pretty funny." Dengar laughed.
"No it wasn't." Sugi stated, standing up and dusting herself off.
Suddenly they heard a noise from the other side of the room. It sounded like ragged breathing. Then they saw something stagger into the light. It was and oddly clothed Gungan. He seemed completely normal except that he was missing one of his eyes. There were many scars and some infected looking wounds on his body. They drew their weapons to be on the safe side.
"Who are you?" Ahsoka yelled to him.
"Who is mesa? Mesa is mesa. Mesa no know name no more." The gungan slurred with a string of odd, creepy giggles at the end.
"OK, psycho has been identified." Latts stated, cocking her blaster.
"This creep's wanted dead right?" Dengar asked.
"Yeah, why?" Latts responded. Dengar began firing at the Gungan, Latts assumed that was why.
The Gungan, with startling agility, flipped out of the way and ran into the shadows. Suddenly the door closed behind them, enveloping the room in darkness. They couldn't even see the person next to them.
"He he! Yousa been avoiding mesa traps! Yousa be cleverer than others." They heard the Gungan say from somewhere in the room.
"What're we gonna do?" Dengar asked.
"Not shoot, that's what. One of us could accidentally get shot like that." Sugi said.
They stood around listening for the Gungan for a few seconds. Then they heard the creepy laughter again. They couldn't exactly pick out where the voice was coming from.
"He he! Mesa will kill you, well most of you…. females not right away." They heard him say with a creepy chuckle.
"Oh," Sugi growled. "If I could see you right now I'd solve all your problems you creepy little-"
"Sugi, shut up! We need to hear where he is." Embo interrupted.
Suddenly, they heard a different noise. It sounded like a pressing of a button. Then they heard a metallic groaning noise from the floor. The floor opened up into a tunnel that was lit up.
The bounty hunters fell into the tunnel and slid down into another room. This one was lit but they didn't like what they saw.
The room had various sharp things hanging from the ceiling and coming out of the floor and walls. Some of these included but were not limited too knives hanging from ropes, saws coming out of the floor, spinning knife contraptions coming out of the walls, and more.
The floor also had obstacles on it. There were boxes, tables, chairs, and many more things to block one's path or cause them to trip into the deadly room decor.
"Sugi, I think you're in heaven." Dengar joked.
"Just because I like to fight with knives, doesn't mean I enjoy being in a room full of deadly sharp things." Sugi defended.
They saw a door open across the room. Out strode the insane Gungan. Maybe this was the room where he lost his one eyestalk.
"Did anyone else notice most of the sharp things and the floor are stained red?" Latts asked with a worried look.
"I did, I just decided not to think about it." Ventress stated.
"Yousa gotta defeat mesa, but mesa will defeat yousa." The Gungan laughed.
"You wanna bet?" Embo asked, cocking his crossbow.
"This is gonna be fun." Ventress said sarcastically, tipping her head to the left to crack her neck.
"This is gonna get messy." Latts corrected her.
The Gungan began jumping around, making it impossible to shoot him. Sadly, he knew the layout of the room well, as opposed to the bounty hunters who had only been in the room for a minute.
Dengar finally grabbed the Gungan's heel as he hopped by, causing him to trip. The Gungan psycho let out a feral growl. Dengar grabbed his thin neck, attempting to choke him. The Gungan coughed, shoving Dengar off of him. Dengar had to dive to the side to avoid a hanging saw and roll to avoid a spinning blade in the floor.
Sugi went after him next. She had gotten on top of some boxes and blocked his path as he was climbing up. He gave her an evil smile. She went to kick him in the face but he grabbed her heel and gave it a sharp tug, causing her to fall. The Gungan climbed up onto the same box as her, grabbing a hanging knife. Sugi stood up, a small snarl escaping her lips. Quickly the Gungan grabbed her and wound the rope around her neck creating a makeshift noose. The Gungan shoved her off the boxes with a chuckle. She grabbed the rope at her neck, using all of her strength to keep herself up so she wouldn't get strangled. Embo saw his partner in danger and quickly shot the top of the rope, releasing Sugi.
The Gungan then ran at Ventress. Ventress was wishing she still had her lightsabers right now. She used the force to raise him into the air, choking him. She was confused when she saw a look of happiness on his face. She dropped him and turned around, right in time to see a spear emerging from the wall. She flipped up onto a box to avoid being impaled.
Embo then tackled the Gungan to the ground. They fought each other for a bit, not really getting anywhere. They both got back to their feet to continue the fighting. The Gungan got the upper hand though, taking out a vibroblade. Embo dodged just a bit too late, the knife slashing part of his chest. He growled a curse in his native tongue, wiping bloo
d off the wound.
From on top of a box, Latts grabbed one of the hanging knives, using the rope to swing down into the Gungan, preventing him from killing Embo. Falling over, the Gungan accidentally let go of his vibroblade. Latts went to kick him in the side, but he grabbed her leg, twisting it and causing her to crumple to the floor in pain.
Ahsoka force pushed him into the wall, the Gungan just missing a saw coming out of the wall. He let out an evil cackle. Ahsoka grabbed one of the hanging knives, pointing it at the Gungan.
Sugi looked over and saw Ahsoka on the other side of the room fighting the Gungan. Suddenly she remembered her dream. 'Crap, she's gonna get killed!' She thought. She began running across the room. Just as she got there, the Gungan's body dropped lifelessly to the floor.
"You killed him?" Sugi panted.
"No, I threw the knife at him. He dodged into one of the spinning blades in the wall." Ahsoka explained.
"Oh." The Zabrak breathed.
The others all came over to where the two girls were standing. They all took a couple of seconds to breathe and get a grip on the situation.
"Well, we did it!" Dengar exclaimed, pumping his fist in the air.
"Thank goodness." Latts breathed a sigh of relief.
"Goodness had nothing to do with it." Embo stated with a laugh.
"Hey, you OK Sugi? You look like you've seen a ghost." Ventress stated, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Not like this place wouldn't creep you out or anything." Dengar joked.
"No, I'm fine. Just- just out of breath, that's all." She lied.
"Well, we better go cash in on this creep." Embo stated. "This, honestly, was almost not worth the credits."
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