HTTYD-Star Wars: ECLIPSE

Part 13

Savro part 4

"So you can't use your Force powers?" Navida asked as Tris muttered how he hated those small furry lizards.

"It's not that he can't use the Force. It is a common misconception. Force powers are in fact repelled." Thrawn explained. "The Ysalamir only creates a Force-neutral bubble spanning ten meters as a protective measure. Their natural environment included Force-sensitive predators."

"A ten-meter diameter isn't big enough to hide all those space pirates." Navida reasoned. "They must have more with them."

"One was bad enough." Tris groaned as he remembered encountering a few in his training with his creator. "I really hate those things."

"Ssshhh, something's happening." Navida shushed them as she peeked outside. The pirates were close enough to their tower in the square that they could hear some of what they were saying. ".......not enough tribute." She caught one of the men gruffly say as he sneered down at the unarmed and cowering villagers.

"Dunno why Alvin keeps them around." Another could be heard saying.

"The boss isn't gonna like this. We're already low on food." The previous man replied before grabbing one of the villagers. "Where ya stash the rest?!!" He could be heard shouting.

"They can't understand you, you numbskull." Another voice cut in. "You know the boss' orders. If they can't deliver they get punished."

"This can't be good." Navida whispered as someone ordered "GET THE CATS!" That word seemed to get a response from the children as they started to whimper again and huddle together further. Navida's eyes widened when she saw two Sabercats on leashes being dragged out of a hovercraft. The villagers seemed rather nervous as these large horned cats came nearer to them. She heard some sob loudly as one of the cats growled at the prostrated villagers, baring its sharp fangs.

"Oh Maker!" Navida gasped, horrified, as the pirates laughed were enjoying terrifying the villagers. "Are they actually going to let those cats lose on those people?"

However what Navida heard next was far worse. "Get a good whiff kitties!" The man holding the leashes commanded as he let the Sabercats sniff one of the prostrated men. "Time for you to go hunting for some of the kiddies!" Navida couldn't listen anymore. She stepped back from the curtain with her hand covering her mouth and looked at the others like she was going to be sick. She saw Tris bending down, trying to calm the whimpering children. "Makers, they're sending the cats after the-" She couldn't finish her sentence as a loud roar sounded close by. Navida and Thrawn took out their blasters and trained it on the door while Tris stood in front of the children and unclipped his lightsaber from his thigh. He didn't ignite it yet but tried to feel through the Force. "You guys aim at chest height!" He ordered just as the curtain to the room was ripped open by large paws.

Navida and Thrawn obeyed quickly and shot immediately as the large Sabercat was busy tearing up the curtain. Their shots hit the man holding the leash to the carnivore right in the center of his chest causing him to fall backwards. As the man tumbled backwards, he let go of the leash causing the Sabercat to pounce towards Tris and the children. Stretching out a hand, Tris used the Force to catch the large purple-furred cat mid-pounce. The animal let out a roar of frustration as it tried to move its limbs. After igniting the red-bladed lightsaber he quickly cut down the large cat. As the body of the animal fell to the floor he told the others "Stay here and watch the children."

"Wait what are you going to do?" Navida asked.

"I'm going to end this."

"But the Ysalamir?" She worried.

"I could feel that man and beast approaching. The Ysalamirs' Force-repelling shield does not reach over the whole area." he informed them as he determinedly walked out of the room and stepped over the dead body of the pirate with ease. He didn't descend the steps but leapt off the wooden staircase and landed in a crouch in front of the Outcasts, catching their attention.

"Who the hell is that?!" One of the burly men sneered as blasters were aimed at Tris. A roars came from the right of him. One of the other pirates let go of the leash of the second Sabercat, smirking. The large feline charged towards Tris at full speed. The clone didn't have much time to stop this feline and dodged out of the way, or at least tried to. The cat's five claws managed to embed themselves into his left leg. The villagers cried out in horror as blood seeped from the large gash while the Sabercat tried to bite Tris's neck.

'I've had enough of this thing!' he thought as he let out a burst of Force lightning, flinging the large feline backwards. The smoking carcass of the cat landed on the pirate that had released him, knocking the man off his feet and towards the ground. Tris wobbled a bit and summoned his powered down lightsaber, that was flung out of his hand by the feline's attack, back to him.

"Looks like this one is dangerous." One of the men remarked.

"He's just Force-sensitive. It's not like he can hurt us with those little parlor tricks if we got this." Another man laughed as he pointed to the Ysalamir on his shoulder. Tris shot a burst of Force lightning at the pirates. The lightning didn't hit any of the villagers and instead dissipated against the Force-neutral bubble. "See" The same man from before chuckled. "He can't even harm us."

"That wasn't intended to harm you." Tris commented loudly enough for the Outcasts to hear.

"Oh really tough guy!" Several men laughed. "What was that little parlor trick for then?"

"What the kriff is he doing?!" Navida asked as she looked outside.

"Just measuring my reach." Tris smirked before concentrating the Force on his surroundings. Several large boulders floated towards him and then he started throwing them in the direction of the pirates. The boulders caught them by surprise as they weren't stopped by the Force-neutral bubble, and slammed into the large group of men without hesitation.

Several men had been crushed, others were down on the ground disoriented, while three or four stood up quickly and fired several blaster bolts at Tris.

Tris, holding out his hand, stopped the bolts in mid-air like he had done in Minta's palace. The men watched the floating plasma bolts incredulously. "You know, giving me ammo was a really bad decision." Tris mused aloud before sending the plasma bolts back towards the pirates. Those that had survived, only about a fifth of the whole group, turned tail and ran back to their hovercrafts.

"I did not expect him to use rudimentary physics on the pirates." Thrawn mused as he watched the fleeing slavers. "It is so simple, and yet so ingenious." Thrawn noticed Tris trying to give chase but the man wobbled and instead pressed his hand to his thigh to try and stop the bleeding.

"That man!" Navida exclaimed as she saw the wound Tris was trying to cover from the tower they were still hiding in with the children. "I'll kill him if he dares bleed to death!"

"That makes no sense." Thrawn stated.

"Fine! I'll revive him and then kill him again!" Navida amended. "And I'll kick his Force-ghost into next century for good measure for making me worried like this!"

"Duly noted." Thrawn merely raised a brow while keeping his expression stoic.

"Watch the kids." Navida ordered as she strode out of the room, determined expression set on her face.

"She does remind me of a certain Miss Syndulla." Thrawn mused as he looked at the small grey humanoid children that had quieted down after tris had killed the Sabercat. They were staring at him with curious expressions, completely unafraid. "I should have probably mentioned to her that my experience with children is............ highly limited." He then mumbled, for once not entirely sure what to do.

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AN: This chapter is finally out!!! Finally!!! I had to rewrite this a couple of times because action scenes are not my forte. Anywho I hope you have enjoyed it. Next chap things will get interesting. This planet was inspired by the movie 'The Road to El Dorado' if any of you guys were wondering. More adventures to come.... until next chap ;)