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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 31, 2007 15:31:15 GMT -4
Fi glared at him. Her first question was why should she let him near their daughter, but she shook it off. "Fine," she bit out. She gazed once more at the wounded bodies of the Rebels, and almost couldn't believe what she was about to do.
you're leaving them here to die...
mommy, are you going to let me die, too?
Unfortunately, Fi's concern for her daughter weighed more than the concern of the wounded Rebels. Fi whispered a quick apology, and once again glared at Selas. She kept her anger in check, and turned on her heel, heading back inside the city to fetch her daughter.
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"This hallway's clear!" he shouted. "Prudii, go find your brothers. I'll escort Mariel downstairs. Keep a look out for my sister!" Prudii nodded, yelled something that sounded remotely like how Scout wasn't easy to miss, and ran down the hall where the stormtroopers were entering.
More blasterfire could be heard amid the explosions outside. "Come on!" Nait shouted above the noise. "I need to get you below level with the others. If you can't handle fighting out here, have Padme teach you how to work the auto-turrets and cameras."
And they took off.
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The explosion should have been the first clue. Tipoca City seemed to move with the wind, giving Padme the impression that any sudden gust would make the city snap like a twig and float all the way down to the bottom, infested with firaxa and other deadly sea-creatures.
Her second real surprise came when a stormtrooper rounded the corner and spotted her. He raised his E-11, standing in a classic shooter's stance, and fired.
Reflex saved Padme. She dropped to the ground and took shelter behind a large crate of supplies. She heard the footsteps of the enemy come closer to her place of cover, and felt the butt of the blaster rifle press ominously against her back. She bit her lip and stood, hands raised.
She turned to her left, pressing all of her body weight on the unlucky soldier. She gripped his helmet with her right hand, and his blaster with her left. Pushing him down, she tugged the blaster up and behind her. She heard the crack! of snapping bone, and kicked him to the ground. Holding the E-11, she hastily set it to Stun and shot him.
Heart pounding, she took out her comlink.
"SORA!"
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 31, 2007 17:03:29 GMT -4
Sora
I was running through Tipoca, blasting through Imperials and shoving through Rebels, searching everywhere for Padme. I had to find her before Vader did. People had already said he was here. Many. They said they had spotted him. Selas and I had split up shortly after we got up to the city. He went to lead an outer defense on the exterior of the city, I scouted out to look for Padme and whoever else I could find.
She had to get out of here. And the Killer was the ultimate way. Might be suspected, but I didn't trust to put her on one of the regular transports much less be able to get there. Vader was storming through the city and he'd likely find her if he's going to the landing platforms as well.
As I rushed through one of the halls above the cloning areas, where the armour and clones themselves were if they weren't already fighting, I heard a familiar shout through my comm. I quickly came to a stop, nearly falling, and snatched my comm up. "Padme?! Where are you!? I've been looking all over Tipoca from you! Vader's here! He's come! We have to get you out of here now!" I shouted, looking back and forth to make sure no Stormtroopers were nearby
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 31, 2007 17:17:42 GMT -4
Padme was angry beyond imagination. "I'm sure you have a perfectly good excuse for not telling me about this," she said. "Sanji and Erin are on the sea-floor, and I'm just outside the door. Only one stormtrooper so far. Where are all the others?"
Padmé let out a gasp of surprise and ducked as two twin bursts of energy aimed directly for her passed over her head. "Correction: two more stormtroopers."
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 31, 2007 17:21:40 GMT -4
Sora
"You were down there the whole time?!" I said in shock and anger, and kicked one of the boxes nearby in frusteration "I thought you were up here! I've been charging through Tipoca looking for you!"
I sighed, and said "Look, sorry. I assumed you were up here, because I hadn't seen you down there for hours, and most of the others are up here except for some of the regular crew. Stay where you are and don't go anywhere. I trust you can defend yourself, and I'll be there as soon as possible."
I cut the communication, and just shook my head lightly before turning around and heading in the exact direction I came.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 31, 2007 17:31:26 GMT -4
Padme wanted to roll her eyes. She really did. Instead, she dropped behind her makeshift cover and leveled her newly acquired E-11 at her two remaining targets. Closing one eye, she leveled the barrel of the '11 at the stormtrooper on the far left. They couldn't see her yet, though they would have a good idea of her position once she fired...
Which one works better? A double or triple-tap?
Triple.
Padmé squeezed the firing stud one, two, three times. The first shot went wild, but the next two clipped the stormtrooper on the shoulder. Gritting her teeth, she readjusted her aim and his him square in the chest. She didn't look at him as he fell, and switched to her next target.
Observers would have thought it looked funny to see a high-class noblewoman down on the ground with a blaster. Others would have thought it resourceful. The thought barely crossed Padmé's mind when her second burst of fire hit the second stormtrooper right below the belt.
Owch.
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 31, 2007 22:54:18 GMT -4
Sora
I slowly made my way past bodies in the halls. The Imperials weren't here now, but they would be back. I was sure of it. Vader likely had more re-inforcements on the way. And even more after that. He hadn't gotten a good lead on us or the Rebels in two years. And over the course of six months after the Empire took control it was a mandatory thing to meet him or have some huge battle with his henchman.
Padme better not get herself killed. If Scout is here as well, we're all in huge trouble. I thought as I slowly leaned against the wall, holding my rifle upwards
I could hear footsteps nearby, in the other hall. I heard a voice that confirmed it was a Stormtrooper. I looked around for an alternate way that could get me back to the entrance to the underwater base. I didn't have time to go on some shooting spree with the bucket-heads, as many called them.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 31, 2007 23:13:03 GMT -4
“Hurry up,” Padme muttered impatiently. Her bouncy brown curls had come undone from her low ponytail, and while she waited behind her makeshift cover, she hastily tied it back up again to keep it from getting in her eyes.
And explosion behind her made her scream in fear. Only a quick relexive maneuver to the other side of the cover must’ve saved her life. The corridor no longer had a dead-end, Padmé summarized. Panting, she gazed at the large hole, and down into the ocean below. And right in her line of sight, a distant Star Destroyer.
“Sora!” She fumbled for her comlink. “Sora!”
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 31, 2007 23:29:58 GMT -4
Sora
I could hear Padme's voice through the comm, and suddenly the building shook lightly. "Oh no...."
I looked around quickly, and took the quickest door I could see that might lead me back to where I was. I ran through the halls, slowly going upwards, and shoving my way past Rebel troops. Apparently the Imperials hadn't made it to this area yet.
I got to a crossroads, and nearly rolled my eyes. I took what I could see that might take me back to the elevator, and as I ran through the door and through the empty hall, suddenly it shook, and I hit the window. Oh Force no...
Suddenly the whole hall collapsed on me, under fire from a Destroyer, and it shattered right in front of the elevator to the underwater base.
I kicked the window open, shattering the glass, and climbed out to where Padme was.
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Post by Force_Flow on Jul 31, 2007 23:33:46 GMT -4
Her throat was choked with fear as she stood, shaking. She dropped the E-11 and ran towards Sora, throwing her arms around him, burying her head in his shoulder. Her breath came out of muffled sobs. A mix of feelings were assaulting her now: relief that Sora was still alive, terror at the fact that Vader and Scout were here in the base, and anxiety about the whole thing.
“I thought I lost you…” she said. “Where’s Anakin?”
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Post by hk47fan on Jul 31, 2007 23:51:17 GMT -4
Sora
I was breathless as she put her arms around me. "It's alright, Padme. We're going to get out of this. Vader couldn't stop us before, he won't stop us now."
In truth, I almost had no idea, but I had to try. For my son. For Padme. For my crew. I didn't want to leave without Scout but it might be necessary. It would be hard to take her down, and we still have to gather everyone and get off the planet. Vader was marching about, along with "Cerasi".
I looked down at her and said "I have no idea, but I get the feeling in my gut he's closing in on us. I want you to get down to the Killer, gather everyone down in the underwater base, and get out of here. I'll try to make it to one of the Rebel transports with the rest. But you need to go. Who knows what Vader will do if he finds you."
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