"Wake up, Jack. Quick."
Jack stirred to find Ava crouched over him. Her hair was tangled and messed up. Her eyes, red and puffy, blazed at him urgently.
"What is it?" he snapped, a jolt of panic charging through him. How long had he slept again? he thought as he looked around the room.
"There are people, outside," Ava whispered as she grabbed his arm and pulled him up from the couch. Jack rubbed his eyes and stumbled over to the window. The sky was caressed with the last traces of sunset and four dark figures in masks, holding blazing torches, were on the green fields below, gradually closing in on the farmhouse.
"Jedi?" Ava yelled, turning from the window. "Jedi!"
Jack frowned as he whispered. "He's not back yet?"
"I thought –" Ava drew in a sharp breath. "I thought I heard the front door open."
Together they slinked to the darkened kitchen and peered inside.
"Hey." Jedi's voice sounded softly out of the gloom, making them jump.
