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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ankh-Morpork Guard" data-source="post: 3088479" data-attributes="member: 10079">Chapter 399: Regrets to ComeFlames engulfed most of the city by the time that Jyren and the others got anywhere near the docking bays. Not moments earlier, waves of tear-dropped shaped Coralskippers broke through the minimal defenses of the planet and performed a series of random, but very destructive, strafing runs. It had been hard to tell, then, what exactly had been hit beyond random buildings...but now it was obvious.    “I think we have a problem,” the Mon Calamari pilot, Loro, said flatly as they stared at the mostly destroyed series of docking bays that were concentrated in the area of the city they had taken a long five minutes to run to.    They all exchanged a series of quick glances, and it was Venda who spoke up, “The other port is on the north edge of the city...” as she trailed off, she caught on to the fact that they were all staring at her, then clarified, “A ten minute walk on a good day.”    Rea sighed and shook her head, resting a hand on her blue forehead, “So an hour today. Wonderful.”    Jyren had only considered trying to check the other port for a few short moments. This ended when his eyes glanced up to see more of the rock-like ships coming down and littering the entire sky. He shook his head, “We don’t have time for that. This planet is lost and we need to get out of here now.”    There was a silent agreement on this, and all eyes turned to what was left of the docking bays. It was about that time, conveniently enough, that four very large, very well armoured Yuuzhan Vong rounded the corner right in front of them.    They stopped short when they caught sight of the four others, and Jyren took that moment to step in front of the rest and say, “Find a ship and get off this rock. I’ll keep their attention.”    Any and all arguments to that were silenced when Jyren withdrew a small object from his jacket’s inside pocket. Though he knew, if he survived this, that he was going to regret this, Jyren eyed the four Vong, who were now starting towards them, and thumbed the activation switch on his lightsaber.    Snap-hiss!    The noise alone caused another slowing by the Vong, their eyes locking onto the bright, blue-green blade immediately. One of them growled something that Jyren couldn’t undersand, and in another second the four Vong were charging at him, amphistaff’s rigid like giant staves.    “This is the part where you run, dammit!” Jyren growled over his shoulder. It was all he had time for. And, unlike every other fight he’d been in, the Force wasn’t screaming at him to move. Thankfully, Jyren was expecting this and his eyes and ears were doing their jobs.    In a quick motion, he dropped to the ground and rolled to his left, barely dodging both a vertical and a horizontal slash of two amphistaff. As he came up into a crouching position, he whipped his lightsaber around and slashed at one the nearest warrior. There was a grunt of pain as the blade cut through the armour at his ankle and found the skin beneath. It was enough to throw the warrior off balance and to the ground, putting him out of the fight for maybe ten seconds.    The long sweep of Jyren’s blade ended just above his head, catching another vertical slice at him, and parrying away the amphistaff meant to cleave him in two. While delivering a strong kick to the Vong’s stomach to throw the warrior back a few steps and give Jyren room, he caught sight of Venda, Rea, and Loro running past towards the docking bays.    Finally.    But it wasn’t going to be that easy, apparently.    Just as the kicked warrior charged in for another violent series of strikes and the injured one got off of the ground and came for Jyren’s flank, the two remaining warriors turned and headed for the fleeing trio.    That was typical.    The minor distraction that provided meant that Jyren’s felt a sudden, sharp pain across his right shoulder. He spun away to end the amphistaff’s blade from going any deeper, backing up and parrying two more fast strikes meant to carve him to pieces.    This was not a fight he was going to win.    Resisting the urge to remorph the wound and simply ignoring it for the moment, Jyren took another two steps back, sidestepping a heavy swing from the first Vong and then using the Force to propel him over the two warriors. Jyren landed easily and started sprinting after the two others warriors as fast as he could, calling on the Force both to help him ignore the pain and give strength to his legs. Realizing he wasn’t going to catch them and knowing that the other three were being smart enough not to turn and fight and instead simply run for it, Jyren decided on an alternate course of action.    One good thing about the heavy attacks on the city was that there was debris everywhere. While it made running somewhat difficult, it also provided Jyren with a series of very heavy, very lethal weapons. Reaching out with the Force, Jyren found a rather large piece of rubble and took a mental hold of it. Then, with all of his ‘strength’ he hurled it at the two Vong in between him and the other three.    This was much easier said than done...as, normally, the Force could be used to aim the projectile, also. In this case, however, the Vong were simply not there according to the Force, and so, Jyren had to aim with his eyes and throw with the Force...something very awkward and unlike anything he was used to.    Perhaps that was why the thud of the human-sized piece of duracrete hitting the two Vong and flinging them to the ground felt so damn good. The heavy noise also caused the other three to turn around and see Jyren catching up to them. But they stopped when they turned, with both Rea and Loro drawing their blaster pistols finally and waving at Jyren to move.    He didn’t risk glancing behind him, and instead ducked as low as he could while still running to give them clear shots. A series of blaster bolts shot straight over him, some close enough that Jyren could smell the ozone burn in the air, and it wasn’t long before he heard two more thuds. At that time, he stood up straight and managed a glance back to see the other two Vong were down, unmoving.    By now, he’d caught up to the others, two of whom were staring at him in disbelief. The human woman, Venda, however, was giving him a very cautious look. Jyren simply ignored it and looked to the two pilots, still somewhat out of breath, “This is no time for what both of you are about to say so keep it sealed,” he shook his head then pointed to the docking bay facilities in front of them with his lightsaber, “We’re not out of this yet.”</blockquote>

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