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Chapter Forty Two: Caves

"Geonosis, take three." Kaar joked, strolling into the command center with Sparkler. Yet another month without his soon to be ARCs, but in another two they'd be home free.

A few more Jedi had been brought up to speed of Kaar's status. Hand picked by the council.

These two were a pair that did.

"So, we're flying blind this time?" Yesir asked, crossing her arms. Kaar nodded.

"Not entirely. We do have Kummar's intel, but we have to trust him on faith alone. I was told that Flash Legion and Berserker Legion would be best suited for this." He added, then hummed, "Thank you for joining me."

"Happy to be here Sunna." Ahl hummed with a grin, leaning more into Commander Agol.

"Yep, Bavar has been itching for a good fight, and I'd say I agree." Yesir said with a smirk, resting a hand on Commander Bavar's shoulder. Kaar had only heard stories of Sparkler's four squadmates.

Bavar, their walking tank, full name Bes'bavar.

Agol, known for biting every problem and taking a chunk out of it.

Arla, the charmer of the group.

And finally, Wish, the optimist.

Jedi General Yesir Davan, a Kjemperinne from the planet Kaistae, Jedi Master and partner of her own commander. Known for her ability to dream walk and easily pop into someone else's mindscape.

The race was actually called, collectively, the Kjem. Men were called Kjempe, Women called Kjemperinne. The Kjem separated by male or female. Those who didn't fall into the binary could choose which villages they lived in, and those who transitioned later in life simply swapped around.

Jedi General Ahl Cohol Dassyne, unknown race and completely unknown how he even got into the temple. Supposedly his master was his grandfather, and it was rumored that his twin sister was a galaxy wide cryptid called The Storyteller. Ahl never spoke on the matter himself, just giving a calm smirk and changing the subject.

"Alright, well I happen to have a plan. Slick and Boba helped Sparkler and I come up with it." Kaar started, "This time, we flood the tunnels. We have good intel from Kummar that they've set up in the caves this time, instead of out in the open. So no orbital strikes, but we can cause cave-ins. If Berserker charges the upper entrances, while Glow and Flash go in through the bottom, we can catch the seppies in an impasse and take them out. Strategically placed charges can force bottlenecks and make things easier on us."

He noticed Sparkler's concerned look. It'd only been one month and a half since Zygerria and... all of it hit Kaar very hard. That sickening feeling of knowing he shouldn't be surrendering so easily and yet doing it, fighting his instincts to just kneel and losing. The only reason she hadn't chopped off his hair, his long blond locks he was so so proud of, was because he was a good pet. She said it herself. To her, cutting his hair would've taken from his beauty. And from anyone else, it would've been a compliment.

But to hear it while in chains? For the person saying it to be the one fully prepared to whip you if you didn't obey her every whim? It was disgusting. It horrified him and chilled him to the bone, to be thought of as a plaything for her amusement.