Open Terrain

*Rhyiianna remained unconscious as the Jedi found her, still dreaming of her Daddy. As Zuli made his way through the durasteel scrap toward her, the dreams faded. Inch by inch, as his body came closer, her Daddy disappeared.

As he wrapped her in his cloak, hoisting her out of the ship's rubble, a feeling of calm washed over her mind. She didn't know she was safe, she was unconscious, there was no way she could know, but somehow, in her dreams, she felt it.*

*Joshua led the team of medics and rescuers around the flaming remains of the cockpit area, deftly picking out a path that didn't involve the team to have to resort to acrobatics to dodge the falmes and debris. He spotted Zuli cradling the girl in his massive arms and dashes over the help the big Jedi Master out and to his feet. He reached out, pushing against the intense heat at Master Madoons back, allowing Zuli to concentrate on the girl*

*The rescue team, led by a quartet of medics arrived at Zuli and lowered her onto a floating gurney to examine her. Zuli stood above them, like some great sentinel, watching their progress intently*

*Joshua quietly, somberly, stepped to Zuli's side, a look of deep concern on his still young features. The girl was a youngling. Around the same age as Joshua's brother had been when.... He shrugged away the painful memory and glanced over towards Sabriel, with the survivor then back at Zuli*

Who are they Master and what went wrong?

*He spoke softly to avoid disturbing the medics*

We should of sensed their plight far sooner than we did....

*He hesitated, glancing back towards the ship. He had felt it earlier as he was sure the other two Jedi had. A tinge of deepest black. A void even. It felt similar to when he had met Jacens ghostly apparition*

That feeling Master.... Master Man'sell always told me the darkside clouds our vision.

*He stared down at the girl as the medics started to move the repulsor powered stretcher to the transport, noticing the lightsaber for the first time and raised an eyebrow. Exchanging a glance with Zuli, the two Jedi followed*

[narration:28jfhfdv][color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv]Zuli[/color:28jfhfdv] had the wrapped up girl cradled close to his body to protect her from the[color=#BFBFBF:28jfhfdv] jagged remnants [/color:28jfhfdv]of the crashed ship. He knew wrapping her in his [color=#40BFFF:28jfhfdv]robe-jacket [/color:28jfhfdv]would serve two purposes:

[color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]1: To protect her from the[/color:28jfhfdv] [color=#FF0000:28jfhfdv]he[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FF4000:28jfhfdv]at a[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FF8000:28jfhfdv]nd[/color:28jfhfdv] [color=#FFBF00:28jfhfdv]fla[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FFFF00:28jfhfdv]mes[/color:28jfhfdv]
[color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]2: The tight wrapping would stem any[/color:28jfhfdv] [color=#BF0000:28jfhfdv]blood loss[/color:28jfhfdv] [color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]until help could be found[/color:28jfhfdv]

Luckily, that help wasn't too far away..

[color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv]Zuli[/color:28jfhfdv] was greatful for[color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv] Joshua[/color:28jfhfdv]'s assistance, it gave him some respite from the heat until he was close enough to hand the girl over to the [color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]Me[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FF0000:28jfhfdv]di[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]cs[/color:28jfhfdv].

He stepped back to give them room to assist the injured girl. [color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv]Zuli[/color:28jfhfdv]'s body was drenched in sweat. The intense heat was unavoidable, but worse still, some of the [color=#BFBFBF:28jfhfdv]Durasteel shards[/color:28jfhfdv] had managed to score [color=#BF0000:28jfhfdv]deep gouges[/color:28jfhfdv] into the [color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv]Jedi Master[/color:28jfhfdv]'s back and his arms. He didn't seem to pay much attention to his own wounds. He'd make it, the girl was much worse off..[/narration:28jfhfdv]

[quote="Joshua Kierra-Solo":28jfhfdv]Who are they Master and what went wrong?

*He spoke softly to avoid disturbing the medics*

We should of sensed their plight far sooner than we did....[/quote:28jfhfdv]

[narration:28jfhfdv][color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv]Zuli[/color:28jfhfdv] waved off the attention of a couple of [color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]Me[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FF0000:28jfhfdv]di[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]cs[/color:28jfhfdv] and turned his head to[color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv] Joshua[/color:28jfhfdv] as he spoke..[/narration:28jfhfdv]

[quote="Joshua Kierra-Solo":28jfhfdv]That feeling Master.... Master Man'sell always told me the darkside clouds our vision.[/quote:28jfhfdv]

"Indeed.. The Darkside is able to cloud our vision, even to give us the false pretence, that we are free and clear from Danger.."

[narration:28jfhfdv]He followed[color=#0080FF:28jfhfdv] Joshua[/color:28jfhfdv] and the [color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]Me[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FF0000:28jfhfdv]di[/color:28jfhfdv][color=#FFFFFF:28jfhfdv]cs[/color:28jfhfdv] towards the transport..[/narration:28jfhfdv]

"We should investigate this incident, delve deeper into it's mysteries.."

*Zuli and Joshua clambered aboard the Transport after the injured girl was loaded by the medics..

Zuli grabbed onto a Medkit and slowly began patching is own wounds with bandages. He'd sort the wounds out properly when back at the Overlook Base..

He turned to Joshua..*

"I wonder what brought her here.."

*Several small rodent-like creatures, Related to Lepi, foraged busily in the tall grass. One of the older members of the pack rose on its hind legs as it became alert to something. Suddenly, the pack scurried for cover as a low rumble came to their acute hearing followed by a slightly higher pitched whine. The elder mammal watched from the cover of a lone Wroshyr tree as two shadows flitted along the ground, the first smaller than the second. It took the creature a moment to realise they were shadows and looked up at the strange, shiny, creatures that seemed to fly with no wings. The first, a slender and aerodynamic craft the size of a bantha but more streamlined and obviously designed for speed and stealth, glided past several meters above the ground. The second, three times as big and bulky with stubby wings folded to its sides, floated past not nearly as gracefull as the first. Both were heading for the settlements of the things that walked on two legs. The small mnamalian creature did not know what the creatures were called and didn't care. The flying creatures of shiney stuff passed and the elder motioned for the rest of his pack to get back to foraging. Unfortunately, it didn't notice the winged creature come soaring out of the treen until it was too late. The Mammal squeeled once as the talons sunk ihn and the Rishii-like creature swooped away. The ships, an XJ-9D StealthX and a modified Lambada shuttle dissappeared towards the Jedi Temple in the distance*