Think Twice

Chapter 6

            He wandered the cave system trying to hold down his anger. His master said he was some Chosen One, didn’t that mean he was meant for so much more than retrieval missions? He tapped the datapad in front of him and swore. There was some kind of electrical interference in these caves. It must be all the crystal formations. There was one in particular Darth Sidious was keen to find, and supposedly was somewhere in this cave on Vanqor. But with his datapad not working properly, he had no idea how he was supposed to find it. The tunnels seemed to go on forever, deep into the mountain. He had half a mind to throw it against the wall, but then he’d have no chance of retrieving the right crystal.

            “Hey, Skyguy! Wait up,” Ahsoka shouted from somewhere back near the entrance. Oh great, just what he needed.

            “What are you doing here?” he demanded when she got closer. He didn’t look up from his datapad. He slid off the back panel and tried wiggling some wires to get it to work properly. How had she even found him anyways? This moon was uninhabited other than one of their listening post a few clicks away. Unless the Jedi had come for that and she just happened to sense him.

            “Looking for you,” she replied simply, stopping next to him. “What are you doing?”

            He looked up from the piece of equipment and glared at her. “Don’t think because of what happened on Zygerria, we’re suddenly friends now. You’re still the enemy.”

            “Oh well…” She shifted uncomfortably and stared at her feet. “So, uh, is there another way out of this cave?” she changed the subject.

            “No, why?”

            “Because the entrance collapsed.” She chewed on her lip and he stared at her in disbelief.

            “You’ve got to be kidding me.” He almost did throw the datapad this time. “No wait, I forgot, Jedi don’t know how to have fun.” He snapped the panel back on and turned back the way they’d come. He could feel her trailing behind him. Sure enough, the large stone that held open the entrance had fallen in on itself, along with enough of the mountain, it was going to take awhile to unbury themselves. “Great, just great,” he muttered to himself and shoved the datapad into her hands, so he could try to move the heavy stones with the force.

            “I already tried that,” she said in frustration.

            “Yeah, well I’m stronger than you.” He reached into the force trying to move the pile of rocks. Several of them trembled, but nothing moved. After trying for awhile, he leaned against one of them to take a deep breath.

            “I tried to tell you.” She put her hands on her hips. He pursed his lips, grinding his teeth together. This day just kept getting worse and worse. There was a small hole at the top of the pile where light was coming in, but even from the bottom he could tell it wasn’t big enough to get through.

            He took a couple deep breaths. “Well, we might as well get cozy. It looks like we’re stuck in here together.”

            “Don’t worry, my master knows I’m in here. Once they finish fighting the battle droids, they’ll come for me,” she said, crossing her arms and sitting down. He raised his brow at her.