Fennex Zeerda
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Dantooine Crystal Caves
"Thanks..." Fennex stumbled over a rock and fell to the ground, gasping for air, "For nothing... You... Faint-hearted... Dingi"
The little Knight clambered back to his feet and held his bright blue blade in front of him as a light source in his tingling and bruised left paw, where one of the pulse wave blasts had bounced off his armor when he misjudged one of the many deflections he'd made. He could smell singed fur too, and would have to give his tail a thorough inspection when they finally made it out of this place and escaped the hulking deathbots that had just tried (nearly successfully in his case) to murderize them. He could still hear the thundering cracks of their cannons behind him, and the thumping explosions that sent dust and pebbles falling to the floor of the cave with every blow as they mercilessly pounded the small cave entrance the Jedi had escaped into with continued fire. Held aloft, the faint glow of his saber showed a corridor of smooth, naturally carved rock- something that might indicate an ancient underground stream or some such. The walls shimmered faintly, and the warm, pulsating sense of energy permeated him now, clouding his senses in a not unpleasant way. In fact, it felt slightly rejuvenating. He was finally able to place the sensation- it was the same, or at least very similar, to the caves on Jedha, where he had retreated several times to meditate in the company of the Kyber Crystals. Both Jedha and now Dantooine had a very similar feeling to Illum, before it was ravaged by war, where he had first been chosen by the twin crystals that now nestled in his matched sabers. Incredible. He knew that Kyber crystal deposits had been found in far flung, scattered locations throughout the Galaxy, but this was the first he had heard of them here on Dantooine.
"Master Dan'ela? Art? Cav?" Fennex called out into the darkness. He hoped the other Jedi they'd started this mission with had been able to escape, wherever they were when the mechanical monsters had come knocking.
He adjusted his hold on the collar of the unconcious youngling he'd dragged into the cave with him, and hoisted her with much effort onto his little back- her feet and roughly made slippers dragging the floor and occasionally catching on his tail. He'd used a lot of Force energy moving her so quickly as he twirled his saber defensively around them, and was slightly amazed he'd managed to make it out relatively unscathed. The girls was still breathing, but would be unconscious for some time after the trance Fennex had forced her mind into. With any luck it would break whatever spell or trauma had been put on her by the droids would be broken when she awoke, but he wasn't holding his breath. Fennex made his way slowly forward, half carrying and half dragging the child, deeper into the cave. He could see more faint glow ahead of him, and could now make out occasional phosperescent shimmers in the rock wall that often indicated or preceded crystal deposits. He only hoped this wasn't some dead end grotto that they'd found themselves in. Trying to blast their way out of the rock the way they'd come wasn't a plan that filled him with confidence, and they hardly seemed any closer to finding the councilor on top of it.
"Oi, numbskulls! Somebody help with this child shaped sack of bantha poodoo!"
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