Earthlings 2: The Dark Age

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Smoke enveloped the surroundings below. It covered blackened twigs and branches, suffocated Eli, and was coming from a burning piece of... a hut?

"A clan must have lived here..." Eliezer said beside him. "Before their homes were destroyed and they themselves were killed... or worse."

"Tanks came through here," Hunter added, looking up before sighing softly. "The Empire incinerated the entire village."

"Not the Empire," Noble interjected, holding a charred twig. "Kriffing Trandoshan lizards."

"Poor Gungi..." Eli murmured, watching the Wookiee sink to his knees, overcome with grief at the destruction of his apparent home. Omega went to comfort him.

Something rumbled, sending vibrations through Eli's feet. Sensing another presence, he along with the rest of the group ran into the thick as to not be seen by the newcomers. 

"What do you see?" Hunter asked Tech, who was holding his electrobinoculars.

"Trandoshans," Was his obvious response. "And they have a Wookiee hostage."

"How did they get their hands on Imperial tanks...?" Hunter muttered.

"Maybe they stole them," Flash theorized.

"No..." Eliezer said softly. "They're working with  the Empire."

"Well, I don't see any troopers," Eli remarked.

"You don't have to see troopers to know what side they're on," Eliezer said before a Trandoshan riding a tank commed his boss. A second later, flames shot from the barrel, incinerating the stone carvings. The Wookiee roared in despair. His captor cracked his whip.

Omega whispered something to Hunter, then pointed to something in the distance. Next thing Eli knew. Gungi had run out into the open, roaring angrily at the Trandoshans.

"This one must have a death wish,"  One could be heard hissing. A second later, against Hunter's warning, Gungi had ignited his lightsaber and deflected the Trandoshan's laser.

"Are all Jedi kids this reckless?" Hunter asked.

"In certain circumstances, yes," Eli replied before going after Gungi, drawing his weapon as well- his backup green lightsaber, which Dean had somehow kept safe while he was in that bacta tank. "Hey, Ugly!"

A Trandoshan turned to him, his slit eyes narrowing. "Another Jedi..."

Seconds later, red, blue, and pink blaster bolts were exchanged between the Trandoshans, clones, and Jedi. Noble wielded her pink dual blades, slicing tank barrels with Eli. Eliezer on the other hand, used a blaster pistol that looked modified to accommodate lightsaber mode as well. Using blaster mode. 

The Wookiee captive roared as he was freed by Gungi's blade, and ran off as the group finished off the Trandoshans. Gungi, Eli, and Noble deactivated their blades before looking around at the surrounding flames.

"We need to stop the fire from spreading," Hunter declared, picking up a few shovels. "Start digging."

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(Sometime later...)

"What do we have here...?" Venomor hopped out of his tank, walking over to 2 clone troopers examining large gashes in one of the fallen tanks.

"Lightsaber marks," One clone noted. 

"A surviving Jedi...?" Another wondered. "We need to notify Imperial command."

"And what if the Jedi escapes before someone comes here from Nur?" A third asked. 

"Not if I find the Jedi first," Venomor cut in before heading back to his tank. This Jedi would bring in a large bounty... whoever he was. Climbing the tank, he looked at his fellow Trandoshans. "Raze the jungle to its roots! A hundred Wookiee pelts to whoever finds the Jedi."