Star Wars: Legacy of the Darkness

Chapter 18

Kylas and Alo sat across from each other, cleaning each other's wounds in the cold cell.

"Don't move," Alo said, "Or I can't..."

"I'm not moving," Kylas retorted. He sat completely upright, his back and arms stinging from that fight in the pits. Alo took some spare cloth and began to wrap Kylas' wounds on his back. Kylas winced slightly, his fists clenching as he could still feel the burning sensation on his arm. Alo tied the cloth tight around the wounds, taking deep breaths.

"You should be good right now," Alo said, lightly tapping Kylas' left shoulder. Kylas nodded and stood up slowly.

"We're running out of time," Kylas said, "Any minute now, the First Order will be here and everything here is going to die. And that includes us..."

"...if we don't get out of here as well," Alo said. He nodded and sat in the middle of the space, closing his eyes. Before Kylas could speak, the door opened behind them. Both men turned to the sound of the door and saw another escort standing in front of the door.

"Another one? Really?" Kylas huffed.

"Lady Ciella requests your presence," one of the escorts bellowed. Kylas and Alo both turned to face one another, a worried look glossed over their faces. Alo began to stand, the other escort shook her head.

"Not both," she continued before nodding to Kylas, "Just this one." Kylas huffed and nodded slowly.

"One minute," he said.

"You get half that," the first escort replied before turning to walk back out the door. Kylas immediately rushed to Alo, kneeling next to him.

"We need to find a way out of here," Kylas said, "Can you try to channel any Force ghosts to ask for guidance?" Alo shrugged and sat back down in the middle of the room.

"I can try," he said, "Don't do anything that jeopardizes where we stand." Kylas nodded and stood as the escorts came back. Kylas sighed before turning to follow the escorts down the cold hallway. As they walked down the hall, Kylas tapped the woman ahead of him.

"If I'm allowed to ask..."

"You're not," the escort responded.

"Why does Ciella want to speak to me?"

"What part of 'you are not allowed to ask questions' did you not understand?" They led him out to an open clearing, overlooking large forests and a fairly huge weapons cache below. Kylas raised an eyebrow, that was until he heard footsteps storming away. He wheeled around to see the escorts leave him alone in the clearing. Kylas walked over to a railing, leaning on it as he looked down. He could hear the indigenous creatures in the night. It was a relief he hasn't felt in a very long time.

"Beautiful, isn't it? " a voice echoed behind him. Kylas sharply turned to the voice. Ciella walked up to him, her hair braided with white roses. She was dressed in a glowing white dress with a dark cape wrapped around her shoulders. She carried a second cape in her arms as she stood directly in front of Kylas. She looked down at her arm before handing him the cape.

"It'll get cold soon," she said. Kylas took the cloak cautiously and wrapped it around his shoulders.

"Are you trying to make nice to your captives?" Kylas asked.

"Call it what you want," Ciella said, leaning on the same railing.

"Why did you bring me here?" Kylas asked, turning to face Ciella. She sighed and then pulled out her sabers. Kylas took a step back in fear, but Ciella tossed them aside.

"I'm not here to kill you," Ciella said, "Yet. That will come later. I came to speak to you as a way to..."

"Make nice with your captives?" Kylas finished, shaking his head, "I don't do friends."