Miscellaneous Missions - A Star Wars Spinoff Series

Mission Log #10

Mission Log #10

Location: Dathomir

Operative: Pvt. Asha Cerie

Squad: Inferno

Year: 34 ABY (Continuation of Mission Log #5)

Asha hadn't realized how much time had gone by, being to occupied with admiring the different ships of the hangar. Surprisingly, Sheira was the one to remind her about the download of the base's data.

"Ash, let's go. I think the data's been transferred."

"B-but I wanna look at the-"

"Ash don't make me babysit you. Come on."

Sheira teased, pulling Asha by the arm. The girls walked at a brisk pace back to the main conference room, passing by several soldiers jogging down the corridor. They were in full gear, with rifles drawn.

"Uhhh, what's going on?"

Asha asked Sheira.

"Nothing we need to be a part of, we need to leave."

Sheira replied, starting to jog herself. Asha entered the room first however, snatching the datapad and making sure everything was in place. Sheira stayed outside, anxiously tapping her foot on the ground.

"Ok, it looks like-"

Before Asha could finish updating Sheira on the status of the download, the door slid shut, and the lights flickered off. It took a couple seconds before the backup generators  pumped energy back into the emergency lights, tinting the entire room in a dark red.

"Sheira! Sheira?!"

Asha exclaimed approaching the door, a hard glass panel separating them. Banging on the door, Sheira tried to communicate. But no sound passed through.

"I-I can't hear you!"

Asha tried to explain, only feeling ridiculous knowing that Sheira couldn't hear her either. Sheira looked to her left and dropped her jaw. Turning back to Asha she mouthed the words.

"I'll. Come. Back. For. You."

Then she took off, sprinting back down the corridor from which they came. Red streaks of blaster fire followed, colliding with the door, only to ricochet off and hit the adjacent wall. Then the sirens came.

"Attention! Attention! This is Lieutenant Kade of Green Squad, all pilots report to the hangar, we have a situation."

A familiar voice came from the intercom. The blare of the sirens and intercom buzzing with chatter started to give Asha a headache, causing her to drop the datapad and cover her ears. The blaster fire from the corridor started flashing by the window in more rapid bursts, meaning the source was getting closer. Then, a squad of Rebel pathfinders reached the window's field of vision, giving Asha a front row seat to the most horrific thing she would ever witness. A gigantic spider, almost the size of the corridor itself, also entered the window's field, sending a neon green orb at the pathfinders. The bubble of liquid splashed as it hit one of them, melting the skin and flesh right off the victim's bone. Asha couldn't hear it, but she knew that he was screaming in agony.