BATTLE SCARS [✓]

× Chapter Four: Hunted ×

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"What if we connected these two wires over here?" Sinker asked as he connected two cables together. They all sighed in relief quickly when the power began to be restored to the pods and Maleshei went over to the communication panel to check the signals.

"I'm picking up a signal from one of our other pods. They're under attack! I got the coordinates!" She said while she looked back at Plo Koon.

"Hopefully, we can try to reach them in time." Plo Koon said, however as soon as he said that, Wolffe looked through the glass and saw something latched onto the pod that was contacting them and droids were coming from out of it.

"Um, sir? I think it's too late." Wolffe said while pointing out the large machine. Maleshei saw it, as well as Plo Koon, and she gasped in horror as she saw the droids break the glass open and the two survivors in it was sent floating into space.

She had let out a shaky breath before she looked at her Master. Plo Koon noticed her behavior and looked at her, only to see the horror, the fear, all of it, in her teary eyes.

"What do we do, Master?"

"We will fight for as long as we can. We will not go down without a fight." Plo Koon said before the pod hunter began to make it's way towards them.

Maleshei nodded, though still in fear of what will happen. This was her first day as a Padawan and she didn't want to die on her first day. She went to grab her single bladed lightsaber when Plo Koon raised his hand.

"No, Maleshei. For your safety, I want you to stay here with Commander Wolffe and keep our signal alive." He said as Maleshei nodded. "I understand, Master. Hopefully, when the day comes, I'll fight beside you."

"And the day will come. For now, your safety and the safety of the others is what matters right now." Plo Koon said as Maleshei smiled under her mask. "Boost, Sinker. Get your helmets on and be ready."

"We're going outside, sir?"

"Yes. I can withstand the pressure temporarily. But I will fight until help arrives." Plo said before he grabbed his lightsaber, Boost and Sinker threw on their helmets, and proceeded to march their way outside the pod.

"Sir, we should really try and reach other pods." Wolffe mumbled to Maleshei while walking over to the communication panel. "Right. Okay, let's do this."

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"Wolffe! I'm getting a signal! It's really weak, but I can tell it's a ship!" Maleshei exclaimed while looking at the faded red dot on the scanner. "Is it the Malevolence?"

"No. It's a small ship. The Malevolence would have produced a stronger signal." Maleshei said before there was a rumble and she looked down see that the pod hunter had latched itself onto the pod. "We're running out of time."

"How can we contact this ship? We don't have anything to contact them with." Wolffe said frantically as Maleshei thought quickly. Her eyes had closed and she began to sense the ship. She was hoping to at least make contact with someone on the ship.

However, she wasn't expecting the person to be..

"Ahsoka Tano?"

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"Master! We have to stay!"

"Ahsoka, I know how much you want to find Master Plo, but we have to go back."

"No, I mean, we have to stay! I just sensed something!"

"Was it Master Plo?"

"No. It's someone else. An old friend of mine from back in training at the Jedi Temple. She must be with Master Plo."

"Alright, Snips."

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"What? What is it?" Wolffe asked as Maleshei looked at him, pure shock and confusion written through her face.

"What's Ahsoka doing all the way out here?" She mumbled before she looked outside the pod, seeing her Master, Boost, and Sinker still taking on the droids. "Master! We have a signal on a small ship! And I sense Ahsoka Tano's onboard!"

"Keep the signal alive! Maybe she will find us." Plo Koon said as Maleshei nodded and went back to the communication panel. "Wolffe, we need to keep the signal going in order for Ahsoka to find us."

"Already on it, sir."