We slowly make our way further down into the dark base. It's surprisingly empty of things wanting to kill us.
Sure, there are a few combat droids and some turrets, but all in all, there were maybe a total of twenty things that wanted us dead and that's counting the four that attacked us in the first area.
The base is large, but not massive. As I follow the Jedi through it I can't help but be happy that they actually have corridors I fit in… even if I make a big damn mental note to get infantry drones sometime soon because something tells me this won't be the last time the Jedi...or someone else pulls me into this kind of crap.
We make our way past storage rooms, dormitories, meditation chambers, and control rooms before we reach the bottom and find a pair of massive blast doors.
I frown and look them over, "Think we can get through this?"
Jedi Knight Meroc, a tall, for a human, red-haired woman walks over to the controls before nodding.
"Give me a moment."
I replace the power pack on my laser while we wait, and the doors do indeed slowly start to open a couple of minutes later. I drop another transmitter on the wall and we get ready.
The first set of massive doors, almost half a meter thick, slowly slide into the walls while a second set lower into the floor and ceiling.
All in all, the door is a meter thick and looks strong enough to handle a contact nuke.
The chamber they reveal is almost fifty meters across and just as tall, circular with the floor gently lowering towards the middle.
In the middle, there are three pillars, the middle one taller than the other two.
The entire chamber is lit by a soft red light from the three pyramids that sit on top of the pillars.
We stay by the door as I reach into a pouch on the harness to pull out a light rod. I turn it on before tossing it into the room to light it up a bit more. It rattles along the floor until it comes to rest against the base of the middle pillar.
I swallow as the Jedi look around and shake my head, "This is a bad idea...we should leave." Yoda hesitates before answering,
"A point, you might have. But what we are looking for, these are. Too dangerous to leave, they are."
Nodding, I lift my laser "So let's blast them." and Kal shakes his head.
"I don't think that would be a good idea. Sith artifacts or not, they should be recovered and stored in the Jedi archive." he says and Yoda nods.
"Dealt with things like this, the Jedi have before. Relax you can, Atreus." he tells me before they start to slowly walk into the chamber.
I sigh and then start to follow them, seriously not happy with the situation, but they are the experts.
As we get closer, they stop ten meters or so from the pillars and Kal extends his hand "I'll lift down the middle one first. It would be a bad idea to actually touch these things, so make sure you don't, Captain. We will carry them out with The Force. One at a time."
He reaches out with the force and as soon as the middle pyramid shivers as it rises they all glow a bright red and lightning lashes out from the two on the side to the tip of the middle one before a large bolt flashes out, hitting Kal in the chest and carrying him through the air to slam into the wall.
As he goes flying the blast doors slam shut behind us. I quickly turn to check on them as Trok rushes over to check on Kal.
I shake my head, "No controls on this side of the doors." before I heard a humming of a lightsaber and snap around just in time to see Trok's head drop off her shoulders before Kal throws his lightsaber at Meroc.
Even Jedi can be surprised and while she managed to partly deflect the lightsaber, it still cut deep into the side of her chest, causing her to drop to the floor with a choking sound.
Kal chuckles as I raise my laser, aiming at him and Yoda ignites his saber "Three down. One to go…" Kal says with a grin while extending his hand towards a podium I didn't notice earlier at the other end of the chamber and a pair of lightsabers fly into his hands before he ignites them, adding more red light to the chamber.
He smiles, "How rude of me not to introduce myself. I am Sirk, Dark Lord of the Sith. And you will all die or bow before me."
I look at him for a second before quickly shifting my aim and blasting the pyramids to shrapnel, he just chuckles, "Too late, beast. I am in here now...now behave." and waves his hand at me, throwing me across the chamber and into the wall on the other side.
Even though my armor, the impact seriously rattles my brain and when I find myself able to pick myself off the floor again Sirk and Yoda are in a fast-paced duel across the chamber.
Yoda is faster, more skilled...But Sirk has more range and two lightsabers.
That absolute fucker. That 'dustling' DARE throw me around like a toy!?
I take a slow breath and pick myself off the floor, extending my hand towards my laser, making it fly into my hand. But I am not angry. I am not furious. I am not vengeful. I am not afraid.
I simply know what is going to happen.
He is going to die.
My glamor snaps up to full power in less than a second as I dig deep into the Force and I feel it flow through me as I spread my wings and PUSH at him.
He knocks Yoda back and spins to me, his eyes going wide as he put his hands up to resist the push but even then he slides a couple of meters backward.
My glamor shines like an Angel as I take aim. My first bolt he reflects to the side but the force behind it knock his left saber from his hand.
Lightsabers are not made to deflect anti-vehicle firepower.
I keep firing and now Yoda is back in the fray.
He starts to dodge, very careful not to parry any more blasts and tries to avoid them instead. The force guides my shots, making it ever harder for him.
The distraction was exactly what Yoda needed and only a few seconds later Kal's hand flies through the air together with the lightsaber and I pull the trigger, blowing his chest apart.
Red lightning crackles over his skin as he collapses but soon dissipates.
I carefully let go of the Force, my glamor collapsing as I pant softly, "Yoda, you still you?" I ask while keeping my weapon ready.
He drops to his knees and puts his saber away while using the Force to pull his cane to him "Still me, I am." before he looks over at me "Gotten stronger in the Force, you have."
I slowly approach and nod "I have been practicing...just simple things like lifting stuff." before looking down at Kal as Yoda moves over to check on Meroc.
He shakes his head and sighs "Dead, she is." he tells me and I shake my head, keying my armor to retract my helmet, letting me smell the dusty air, blood and burnt flesh for the first time.
"What do we do now?" I ask and he looks up at me, looking every single one of his seven hundred years before answering.
"Find a way out, we must." before picking himself off the ground, shaking his head "Too old for fieldwork, I am getting."