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Xam woke up with what she could only describe as a terrible headache, and an entire body full of dull aches and pains. She slowly pushed herself around so that she could see her surroundings, at which point she heard a synthetic laugh.
"You really did it this time." Shab stated in amusement, she was in the middle of tweaking her blasters.
Xam glared at her. "What happened?"
"I found you in what was left of your ship, dragged you away, and then the war broke out." Shab efficiently summarised.
"I guess that explains why you've been a little sparing with the kolto." Xam suggested, annoyed that she couldn't see the look Shab was giving her through the enviro-suit.
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Shkala and Kric were carefully treading their way through the apartment block, which they'd only ducked into to avoid a skirmish outside between the Sith and Jedi. The war on Junkka had broken out fully, and their old streets and hideouts were now overrun by fighting by outsiders.
Many of the more affluent locals had wanted to stay out of it, but the locals that they knew? Well they took a side, and it was to be against both sides. Antagonising both equally in the hopes that eventually they'd take their war elsewhere.
Shkala suddenly put her hand on Kric's arm, stopping him as she slowly rolled her head as she listened with her montrals. "There's a group up ahead." She stated quietly. Kric nodded and they decided to turn back and find a different way out of the block.
However the group came around the corner before they had a chance to disappear. "You there, identify yourselves!" A voice demanded, and both of them turned to see a group of grey Sith uniforms.
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"How many is that now?" Astra asked tiredly.
"Another 27 students still outstanding." Fraya replied.
Astra took a breath as she foolishly looked out of the window again. Few of the Council buildings still stood after the bombing, they were currently in one of the outer most buildings within the compound, low standing so had remained relatively in tact. But from there you could see the destruction caused that they were desperately trying to search for any remaining souls.
"Once we've accounted for everyone we need to call on our allies." Astra started.
"What?" Fraya asked, snapping more easily due to her tiredness, and Astra shot her a concerned look as she regained her composure. "I mean, don't we have more important things to worry about here?"
"It is about the bigger picture." Astra reminded her. "This will be the scene playing out everywhere if the Sith win."
"Yet they already stopped their attack here."
"They could not sustain a long attack on Coruscant, the planet is too well defended for that." Astra paused. "Anyway it is for what is left of the council to decide, not us."
"What's left of it."
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