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The Training Camp
Chapter Twenty Three
Kale Lasek
He watched as Rath’s light saber sparked and died after stabbing threw the chest of one of the droids. “Catch,” He called throwing his adjusted shoto over to the other man. He turned back to dealing with his own droid opponents.
“Move,” Rath called behind him and he darted to the side quickly as a tree came down on the droids. “That seems to be the last of them.” Rath picked up his discarded light saber and began to check it. “It seems the focusing crystal has shattered it’s useless for now.”
“Hang on hand me back my shoto,” He said and when Rath handed it to him he opened a belt pouch and pulled out a small tool kit to open the housing. “I’ll give you the crystal from the full length blade setting, it should work in your saber.” That way he could have his shoto back since he was used to fighting with two blades.
“Thank you,” Rath said pulling out his own tool kit and setting to work removing the shattered crystal. “I do not know why the crystal shattered when I plunged it into that droid.” He saw Rath staring at the droid that had done it. “Perhaps a trap set specifically to snare a light saber user?”
“Most likely,” He said as he popped the green gem out. “Here see if this will fit your saber.” He knew it would seem strange to non Jedi but the act of handing over that crystal to Rath felt far more intimate than a lot of what they’d done together. A light saber was such a part of a Jedi that handing over one of the gems felt like giving Rath a part of himself.
“Here goes,” Rath said once he’d closed the casing and finished hooking everything up. He hit the power stood and a green blade flared to life. Rath took a moment to adjust the focus and then it was ready. “We should find the others.”
“Swa Lu is that way and Mak is that way,” He said pointing out two directions. “Mak seems to be heading toward Swa-lu so we should do the same.” Rath nodded and they set off toward her. “I can’t sense Master Nextor or Master Codi in the valley can you?”
“No I cannot,” Rath said after a moment. “I fear that they may be dead since there were no instructions following the panic alarm.” He hated to think it but it was probably true he couldn’t see Master Nextor or even Master Codi sending the alert and then not giving them information if they could help it.
“Who do you think is responsible, Pirates, The Hutts, or someone else?” He asked. There was a feeling deep in his throat that the usual trouble makers in the galaxy were not responsible for this attack. He just wasn’t sure how to put it into words exactly yet.
“No this requires knowledge only a major player could provide,” Rath said as he looked around warily. “I do not believe this was done by out side parties but instead by someone within or with intimate knowledge of the Empire or the Alliance.” He didn’t look happy about saying that. “They are the only places where information about this training camp can be accessed.”
“At least as far as we know,” He quickly pointed out. “At the very least if it is an outside player your right that they’ve penetrated deep into either the Empire, the Alliance or both.” He said and then another thought occured to him. “Isn’t there some kind of major negotiations going on with the Empire right now?”
“Yes, the meeting with the Hapan Queen Mother finally began yesterday,” Rath said shaking his head. “It does not feel like a coincidence that the problem plagued meeting finally happened.” Rath narrowed his eyes as he thought about it. “I do not have much knowledge of the Consortium could they be behind this?”
“I doubt it,” He said shaking his head. “They did try once before to found their own group of force users but I can’t see why they’d want to attack a group of Jedi and Imperial Knights training.” He paused, “Still it feels like there is some connection and we should definitely try to contact someone in higher authority who can look into it.”
“Once we meet up with the others we should head for the valley maybe we the communication equipment will be in one piece.” Rath said and he nodded. He had been thinking along the same lines. “We should hurry.” The other man said and they picked up the pace.
To be continued...
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The Training Camp
Chapter Twenty Three
Kale Lasek
He watched as Rath’s light saber sparked and died after stabbing threw the chest of one of the droids. “Catch,” He called throwing his adjusted shoto over to the other man. He turned back to dealing with his own droid opponents.
“Move,” Rath called behind him and he darted to the side quickly as a tree came down on the droids. “That seems to be the last of them.” Rath picked up his discarded light saber and began to check it. “It seems the focusing crystal has shattered it’s useless for now.”
“Hang on hand me back my shoto,” He said and when Rath handed it to him he opened a belt pouch and pulled out a small tool kit to open the housing. “I’ll give you the crystal from the full length blade setting, it should work in your saber.” That way he could have his shoto back since he was used to fighting with two blades.
“Thank you,” Rath said pulling out his own tool kit and setting to work removing the shattered crystal. “I do not know why the crystal shattered when I plunged it into that droid.” He saw Rath staring at the droid that had done it. “Perhaps a trap set specifically to snare a light saber user?”
“Most likely,” He said as he popped the green gem out. “Here see if this will fit your saber.” He knew it would seem strange to non Jedi but the act of handing over that crystal to Rath felt far more intimate than a lot of what they’d done together. A light saber was such a part of a Jedi that handing over one of the gems felt like giving Rath a part of himself.
“Here goes,” Rath said once he’d closed the casing and finished hooking everything up. He hit the power stood and a green blade flared to life. Rath took a moment to adjust the focus and then it was ready. “We should find the others.”
“Swa Lu is that way and Mak is that way,” He said pointing out two directions. “Mak seems to be heading toward Swa-lu so we should do the same.” Rath nodded and they set off toward her. “I can’t sense Master Nextor or Master Codi in the valley can you?”
“No I cannot,” Rath said after a moment. “I fear that they may be dead since there were no instructions following the panic alarm.” He hated to think it but it was probably true he couldn’t see Master Nextor or even Master Codi sending the alert and then not giving them information if they could help it.
“Who do you think is responsible, Pirates, The Hutts, or someone else?” He asked. There was a feeling deep in his throat that the usual trouble makers in the galaxy were not responsible for this attack. He just wasn’t sure how to put it into words exactly yet.
“No this requires knowledge only a major player could provide,” Rath said as he looked around warily. “I do not believe this was done by out side parties but instead by someone within or with intimate knowledge of the Empire or the Alliance.” He didn’t look happy about saying that. “They are the only places where information about this training camp can be accessed.”
“At least as far as we know,” He quickly pointed out. “At the very least if it is an outside player your right that they’ve penetrated deep into either the Empire, the Alliance or both.” He said and then another thought occured to him. “Isn’t there some kind of major negotiations going on with the Empire right now?”
“Yes, the meeting with the Hapan Queen Mother finally began yesterday,” Rath said shaking his head. “It does not feel like a coincidence that the problem plagued meeting finally happened.” Rath narrowed his eyes as he thought about it. “I do not have much knowledge of the Consortium could they be behind this?”
“I doubt it,” He said shaking his head. “They did try once before to found their own group of force users but I can’t see why they’d want to attack a group of Jedi and Imperial Knights training.” He paused, “Still it feels like there is some connection and we should definitely try to contact someone in higher authority who can look into it.”
“Once we meet up with the others we should head for the valley maybe we the communication equipment will be in one piece.” Rath said and he nodded. He had been thinking along the same lines. “We should hurry.” The other man said and they picked up the pace.
To be continued...
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