Earthlings 2: The Dark Age

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The droids turned towards the batch as Hunter leveled his blaster pistol at the Axis leader, glaring at him from under his helmet. "They're with us."

The Wookiee said something to Echo.

"I would advise you to take your soldiers and extricate yourselves from the situation," The leader warned.

"No!" Omega exclaimed, drawing her bow. "They're going to hurt him!"

"Not on my watch." Noble proceeded to crack her knuckles.

"Oh-? On the contrary," The leader clarified, turning back to her and the boys. "The Wookiee is worth a great deal to our buyer... alive."

"Kriff your buyer, Tin Can!" Noble shouted in objection.

"You can't smuggle living beings," Hunter protested.

"For the right price... I can do whatever I want," Was the leader's response. "Now stand down, or be destroyed."

Something flew from the droid's holster, and the next thing Hunter knew, a green blade sprang from the stolen hilt in the Wookiee's hand as he roared at his captors. All attention turned to him as the droids opened fire on the Wookiee Jedi and his entourage. A firefight soon erupted as lasers were exchanged between the two sides. Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Flash, and Noble took a repulsorcraft to use against the clankers, taking them on with it and their own weapons as well. As for Eli and the other kid, they used a mix of blasters and the Force.

"Get to the ship!" Hunter urged, taking down a few droids with his blaster pistol. They were multiplying now... reinforcements were coming in...

"Come on!" Omega shouted to the others. "This way!"

The Wookiee deactivated his lightsaber before following the rest of the group out. They made their way to the hangar bay, only to be met with more droids.

"So... you taking their ship or ours-?" The other kid asked. He was tall and redheaded, with a little bit of facial hair, but not too much. Hunter thought he might be Chandrilan for a second, by his accent.

The Wookiee said something shortly before an explosion was heard nearby as a shuttle exploded near the Marauder.

"Well-" Eli said, force pushing some droids back. "There goes our ship... and BD."

"Then our ship it is," Noble decided. The group ran onboard as lasers hit the hull.

"Hurry!" Omega shouted as Hunter finished off the remaining droids. The Wookiee hesitated, then reluctantly boarded as more droids arrived. With him onboard, Hunter joined him as the ramp closed. After a few moments, they were off that blasted spaceport for good.

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"So... how'd you two end up over there with the Wookiee?" Flash asked. Eli, Eliezer and the batch were sitting inside the cockpit as the Marauder traveled in hyperspace, and Eli had a lot of stories to hear.

"Well, we came to retrieve the Wookiee and get him somewhere safe," Eliezer explained. "Axis droids weren't going to let us in for no reason, so I told them I was a client while he went to free him."

"And as you could probably tell, it didn't go as well as I'd have wanted," Eli added with a chuckle. "How'd you end up there?"

"We were delivering for Cid," Hunter replied. "The Axis droids wanted forged chain codes."

"Ugh..." Eliezer muttered. "Chain codes."

"I know, right?" Noble piped in from one of the backseats while working on a necklace.