Heart Of Darkness (Star Wars)

Chapter 28: Calodan

"Hey, Delmira, look at me."

Din's voice brought me back to the present. I looked up at Din to find his gloves around my cheeks. It was then when I realized that I was now on the ground on my knees. Tears were streaming down my cheeks.

"It's all right." He assured me.

Without thinking twice, I threw my arms around him. Din wrapped an arm around my waist, while his other hand rested on the back of my head. I felt him caressing my hair as he spoke, trying to calm me down.

"You're all right, cyar'ika." Din insisted.

Once I pulled away from the hug, Din moved his hands, placing them in mine. I forced a smile. "Thanks, I'm better now." 

"What happened?" Cara inquired.

"Bad memory...this isn't the first time the Empire has tried cloning." I explained.

Reluctantly, I pulled away from Din, turning around to see the Mythrol behind the controls. At that moment, the Mythrol uncovered a transmission, revealing a hologram of an Imperial scientist. "Replicated the results of the subsequent trials, which also resulted catastrophic failure. There were promising effects for an entire fortnight, but then, sadly, the body rejected the blood. I highly doubt we'll find a donor with a higher M-count, though. I recommend that we suspend all experimentation."

"I fear that the volunteer will meet the same regrettable fate if we proceed with the transfusion. Unfortunately, we have exhausted our initial supply of blood." He continued. "The Child is small, and I was only able to harvest a small amount without killing him. The same for Lady Jinx. If these experiments are to continue as requested, we would again require access to our donors. I will not disappoint you again, Moff Gideon."

I glanced over at Din, who was looking over at me. I could feel his fear and worry, radiating off of him. We believed Gideon was killed after we left Nevarro, but was he really dead?

"This must be an old transmission. Moff Gideon is dead." Din argued.

The Mythrol shook his head. "No. This recording's three days old."

My heart clenched. Gideon's still alive. This isn't good at all. We need to get Kaytia and Selba off of this planet as soon as possible.

"If Gideon's alive then..." Din trailed off.

"Both Kaytia and Selba are in trouble." I mentioned, finishing Din's sentence.

"Over there!"

At that moment, we saw several stormtroopers at the entrance of the room. They pointed their blasters at us. Din, Karga, Cara, and I all hid towards the edges of the room, while the Mythrol behind the controls. Din, Karga, and Cara all took out their blasters, firing at the stormtroopers. I closed my eyes, sensing how many stormtroopers there were and where they standing. I then took out my lightsaber before igniting it, revealing the purple blade as it emitted the loud Krayt dragon howl, frightening the stormtroopers. I lunged towards the three stormtroopers, who were by the door.

I swung my lightsaber, striking the first stormtrooper in the chest. The stormtrooper let out a cry as he collasped to the ground. The second stormtrooper rushed towards me, I dodged him before spinning around, slashing the stormtrooper's stomach, causing him to drop onto the ground.

The third stormtrooper turned towards me, firing his blaster in an attempt to kill me. I swung my lightsaber around me rapidly, deflecting the blasts. A few of the blasts were thrown back and headed back towards the stormtrooper, killing him in a matter of moments. I then whipped around to find the rest of the stormtroopers taken down by Din, Cara, the Mythrol, and Karga. I turned off my lightsaber before putting it back in my belt.