Another shadow loomed through the smoke, but somehow she knew not to fire. "Where's Deep Blue?" Raezyr shouted over the din of blaster fire. They were both crouched low behind some debris as firing was now nearly constant. People were firing at anything that moved, being unsure of friend or foe. The only thing their enemies all seemed to be in agreement about was that the the lightsabers were a target.
"I saw her right before you morons fell through the ceiling, but then she was gone," Dianna shouted back. "Deera can take care of herself, though. She may look like a petite Twi'lekki Dancer, but she's as deadly as the rest of us."
"Fine, let's get out of here. She should know the fall back rendezvous point anyway."
"Not so fast, Lover," Dianna stated. "Sootoo is behind this blast door. If we leave here and she's not dead, this assassination attempt will likely be the end of us all. If we don't get Sootoo, we might as well not go home."
"Very well," the Sith replied.
"Striker, this is Sun Ray," he said into his comm. "I need you to find the controls to the safe room door and over ride them."
"I read you, Master, but the safe room is not showing up on the program Master Trident gave us," came the reply. "I believe it is on a separate system. And not to pile on the bad news, but battle droids have been activated all over the building. Redman believes they are being controlled from inside the safe room. We have no access to their control matrix."
At just that moment, dozens of battle droids stormed into the large smoke filled chamber and began open firing, using their sensors to determine targets rather than their photo-receptors.
"Sun Ray, Night Rider and I are cut off. We can't get to you through these battle droids without putting ourselves in a cross fire. I might get through by myself, but not with Rider," Trychon's voice came across the comm.
"Send Night Rider down to Striker and Redman," Raezyr said with a sigh. "He still has the package and we need to get him out of here. Right now, I need you over here."
"Copy." Trychon turned to the kid fighting next to him. He wasn't much of a kid anymore, except in appearance. He'd come a long way from being the excited puppy dog following two strangers from stars. The Sith warrior pushed those thoughts from his mind.
"You heard Raez. Go down that corridor and if you are unsure of where to go, contact Reed or Schyrt for directions, got it?" He said to the boy.
"Yes, Master Trychon," Mannix replied. He ran for the opening, and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Now to get through these droids, he thought to himself, and with a quick deflection of a blaster bolt that came too near, he charged the droids.
The droids responded by concentrating their fire on the incoming attacker, but the black and red blades of Trychon's dual-bladed lightsaber spun and flashed, redirecting the incoming fire into different directions. At the last moment, the Sith launched himself into the air, boosting his jump with the Dark Side. The warrior sailed through the air, spinning and landing in a crouch near Dianna and his brother.
"You beckoned?" he asked with a grin, deflecting the incoming fire.
"Yeah," replied Raezyr. "You two cover me while I open this door."
"I thought it was controlled from the inside," Dianna questioned over her shoulder, clearly a bit confused.
"It is."
"How are you going to slice in and override the system?" Trychon asked, trying to figure the technical aspects in his head.
"An ancient Sith secret," Raezyr replied with a rare grin. Quickly he stabbed the blast door with his lightsaber, the red blade sinking all the way to the hilt. Immediately the thick durasteel began to glow. First deep red, then brighter and brighter as Raezyr slowly twisted the weapon until the metal became molten and began to flow.
"I saw her right before you morons fell through the ceiling, but then she was gone," Dianna shouted back. "Deera can take care of herself, though. She may look like a petite Twi'lekki Dancer, but she's as deadly as the rest of us."
"Fine, let's get out of here. She should know the fall back rendezvous point anyway."
"Not so fast, Lover," Dianna stated. "Sootoo is behind this blast door. If we leave here and she's not dead, this assassination attempt will likely be the end of us all. If we don't get Sootoo, we might as well not go home."
"Very well," the Sith replied.
"Striker, this is Sun Ray," he said into his comm. "I need you to find the controls to the safe room door and over ride them."
"I read you, Master, but the safe room is not showing up on the program Master Trident gave us," came the reply. "I believe it is on a separate system. And not to pile on the bad news, but battle droids have been activated all over the building. Redman believes they are being controlled from inside the safe room. We have no access to their control matrix."
At just that moment, dozens of battle droids stormed into the large smoke filled chamber and began open firing, using their sensors to determine targets rather than their photo-receptors.
"Sun Ray, Night Rider and I are cut off. We can't get to you through these battle droids without putting ourselves in a cross fire. I might get through by myself, but not with Rider," Trychon's voice came across the comm.
"Send Night Rider down to Striker and Redman," Raezyr said with a sigh. "He still has the package and we need to get him out of here. Right now, I need you over here."
"Copy." Trychon turned to the kid fighting next to him. He wasn't much of a kid anymore, except in appearance. He'd come a long way from being the excited puppy dog following two strangers from stars. The Sith warrior pushed those thoughts from his mind.
"You heard Raez. Go down that corridor and if you are unsure of where to go, contact Reed or Schyrt for directions, got it?" He said to the boy.
"Yes, Master Trychon," Mannix replied. He ran for the opening, and quickly disappeared around the corner.
Now to get through these droids, he thought to himself, and with a quick deflection of a blaster bolt that came too near, he charged the droids.
The droids responded by concentrating their fire on the incoming attacker, but the black and red blades of Trychon's dual-bladed lightsaber spun and flashed, redirecting the incoming fire into different directions. At the last moment, the Sith launched himself into the air, boosting his jump with the Dark Side. The warrior sailed through the air, spinning and landing in a crouch near Dianna and his brother.
"You beckoned?" he asked with a grin, deflecting the incoming fire.
"Yeah," replied Raezyr. "You two cover me while I open this door."
"I thought it was controlled from the inside," Dianna questioned over her shoulder, clearly a bit confused.
"It is."
"How are you going to slice in and override the system?" Trychon asked, trying to figure the technical aspects in his head.
"An ancient Sith secret," Raezyr replied with a rare grin. Quickly he stabbed the blast door with his lightsaber, the red blade sinking all the way to the hilt. Immediately the thick durasteel began to glow. First deep red, then brighter and brighter as Raezyr slowly twisted the weapon until the metal became molten and began to flow.
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