Star Wars: The Jedi Chronicles:Enter The Shadows (Books 1-4)

Chapter Three: Nathan Hall

Joel, Luna, Cassandra, Jacklinea, Eve, Elena, Anthony, Andrew, Shain, Michael, Elizabeth, and Sarah land on south side of the Kamino cloning facility. It takes them couple hours longer to reach Kamino because it’s so far beyond the outer rim.

They are spaced out on two different platforms. Shain, Cassandra, Jacklinea, Eve, and Andrew get a good running start, and then leap as far as they can to the other hanger, which is a great distance, especially with the wind and rain.

The other Jedi use the Force to grab a hold of their friends and pull them over. The group walks up to the door to the cloning facility and enter. Down the hall come eight Kamino guards, blaster assault rifles in hand.

Elena: Run!

Everyone runs except for Joel, Shain, and Michael. Luna, Cassandra and Elizabeth stop and turn around.

Elizabeth: Aren't you coming?

Joel: Go! We got your back!

Shain opens his elemental saber. It opens up in the water stage. Michael opens his green saber, holding it with a reverse grip in his right hand, and Joel opens his purple saber. The cloners start firing at the three boys. The three start backing down the hallway.

Michael: Why are they after us again?

Shain: It’s Censes; if they ain’t evil or naturally dark, they’re shadow.

Mike deflects a blaster shot back into one of the guard’s neck. A few guards fumble to see if their man is alright. Mike, Shain, and Joel bolt down the hallway. Anthony uses the Force to pull Shain and Joel into a side room on the left side of the inner ring.

Mike turns into the room from behind. There lie six of the cloners that the rest of the group knocked out. Joel and Shain slide across the floor. They shut the door and wait for the cloners to run by.

Shain: Couldn’t have just set us down?

Luna: Joel!!! Are you ok?! You’re not hurt, are you?

Joel: I’m fine.

Shain: Next time, how about not throwing us across the floor?

Anthony: Sorry. I didn’t want to miss you guys and have you slam into the corner or something.

Anthony grins and smiles. Shain and Joel laugh.

Shain: Yeah, that would be bad.

Anthony helps them up off the ground.

Elena: What’s our plan?

Shain: Well, I was thinking run.

Jacklinea:That’s your plan? You are such an idiot...

Andrew: An idiot that comes up with plans that work!

Shain: Thanks... Andrew, you’re going to run out first and make sure the path is clear. We’re just gonna continue around the outer edge of this building. When we get to the bridge, we go topside; up and over the next four buildings, then drop in and walk the last building so we can be pretty dry and warm before we fight Nathan again and back down on the northeast platform where Nathan should be.

Sarah: Won’t we be wet?

Shain: We got two options: instant dry or blow dry.

Cassandra: Water or wind?

Shain: You guessed it!

Elizabeth: You make the worst plans...

Luna: But oddly, they usually work.

Eve: Well, let’s try it.

The whole group takes off down the hallway. Andrew normally wouldn’t get point, but the leftover shadow power allows him to outrun even Shain. Shain and Joel are next in line, followed closely by Sarah, Anthony and Elena. Everyone else is running in a big pack behind them.