[OOM] Ilum, Jedi Enclave.

[stuck_mynock]

They have all of an hour to get up, shower, have breakfast and get ready before Atton is rushing off, yelling back at Will and Guppy about how they should start making tracks.

Five minutes later, they arrive in the hangar bay, and Atton starts looking around for their snowspeeders. He's a little miffed when he sees what they have instead.

Furry animals, about halfway between mammal and flightless bird, with reins and harnesses.

"I thought we were getting snowspeeders, not tauntauns," he protests.

The Jedi he's talking to shakes their head, sadly. "Snowspeeders are all broken."

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[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay." Guppy is relieved to be getting out of this place.

[will_scarlett]

"Oh aye, thank ye. Where're we 'eaded next?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Tython, the birthplace of the Jedi Order. It's nice, you'll like it there," Atton says.

[guppy_sandhu]

"What's it like?" Guppy hurries, keen to get away as fast as they can.

[will_scarlett]

"Aye, then let's get movin'."

Will wants to be out of this weird place.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

It isn't long until they reach the shaft upwards again. Atton reaches out, grabbing Will and Guppy around the waists and jumping upwards, landing on the rock next to the shaft and setting them both down.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Are we safe from the visions out here?" Guppy asks, not looking down again.

[will_scarlett]

Will gets his footing and takes a breath,

"Glad to be gone from there."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton looks around.

"We should be. I'd hope. We won't be completely safe until we're out of the system."

As Atton cocks his ear slightly, listening to something, there's a slight tickle of cold by Guppy's ear.

Then, the Clown is leaning there, close.
"Showtime."

He's gone in an instant, as something bright and burning comes zooming over the edge of the pit towards them. Atton flings a hand up, sending it flying away to one side, where it explodes.

Three figures come to the edge of the pit. They're droids, not unlike Teja's training droid, but silvery with blue eyes.

"Delighted Exclamation: Greetings, organics!"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy gives an involuntary half-scream when the clown appears, immediately reaches for his blaster and steps back.

"I guess it would be too much to ask for one of you to secretly be HK and remember me as an ally." he mumbles, recognising the pattern of speech.

[will_scarlett]

When the droids appear so Will draws his blaster and starts firing at them.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

They don't seem too fazed by the blaster bolts. They are, after all, made of thick metal.

"Overly Enthusiastic Introduction: I am HK-51!" One of them says.

"Similarly Enthusiastic Introduction: I am also HK-51!" The second says.

"Markedly More Enthusiastic Introduction: I, too, am HK-51!" The third says. "Euphemistic Reassurance: We are here to facilitate communications, and put an end to hostilities."

"I really wish our HK, HK-47, had come along on this trip," Atton murmurs to Guppy. "Their self-preservation modules would've forced them to obey him. Also, he could've made us some snacks."

He draws his blaster, aiming it at the droids.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy keeps his blaster trained on them, but can't help looking around edgily for the clown.

"At, just before they appeared, I saw the clown."

[will_scarlett]

"Bothersome when they talk."

So he keeps firing, hoping he can somehow take one down.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"I know," Atton says to Will, sympathetically. To Guppy: "Another vision, maybe? If you see him again, tell me."

Will gets in a hit on one of their eyes.

"Irritated Observation: My vision," the first HK-51 says, "is compromised. Enraged Command: Vaporise their fleshy organic bodies."

The droids level assault rifles at them, and start firing.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy ducks and shoots back, but feels something slam hard into his left arm.

It's odd. Feels more like being hit by a sledgehammer than being shot. He's sure the pain will kick in in a minute, but for the moment, he fires off a few more shots whilst being glad that he's not dead.

"I think I might have been shot." he says to Atton, in a disproportionately calm voice.

[will_scarlett]

Its hard to duck the bolts and Will's glad he got one hit in as he keeps dodging and firing.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Find cover, I'll heal you when they're all gone."

One of the droid crumples as one of Will's shots sears through its neck. Atton spins his gun in his hand (show-off), before gunning down a second one.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy looks for cover; he's not bleeding but the pain is suddenly very intense. Spotting a nearby ice formation, he makes a stumbling run for it, then continues to try and fire at the last droid with his remaining arm until his vision clouds and he decides it's not safe to do so any more.

He looks at his arm; the bolt has struck the edge, leaving the bone broken and the skin burned. He lies as flat as he can without getting face frostbite and presses the burn to the ice.

[will_scarlett]

Now that Will's started to see the weak points, he's firing with more accuracy though its worrying to see how Guppy stumbled off.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Under fire from blaster bolts from both Atton and Will, the last droid quickly crumples.

Atton mutters something about bounty hunters, and hurries towards Guppy, setting a hand to his arm and starting to heal it.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy is starting to lose consciousness by the time Atton gets to him, but is alert enough to feel the relief as the pain subsides and the world starts to come back into focus.

"'m sorry." he whimpers, trying to sit up, in case reinforcements are coming.

[will_scarlett]

Will comes to help support Guppy and get the beast ready again,

"Ye'll sit front o'me, Guppy an will be gone soon."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"They're pretty efficient bounty hunters, in fairly limitless supply, they won't have come all by themselves. We should make tracks for the ship."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Thanks." Guppy says to both of them. He leans on Will a bit, and manages to get up onto the tauntaun.

He makes a mental note to ditch the shirt with the blaster hole in before he goes home.

"So there's a price on our heads?"