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elixirphoenix — TBOO II Chap 10
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The Books of Oyja II: JashChapter 10 Destruction of the Academy
Disclaimer: Andalites are from the book series ANIMORPHS by K.A.Applegate. Asav, though, is my own creation.
Asav’s tail seemed agitated.
“Asav,” Jash said. “Most of the students at the Training Academy will become Master Tenju’s personal guards. Besides, it will slow him down long enough.” Asav gave a questioning look and then decided not to ask. We then left for the Training Academy.
I always thought that, when going to do something dangerous, the surroundings seemed darker. As though depression had taken a different route to the same thing. Naz made a little comforting sound as we went out. Thirty-five ships went too: some bombers, fighters, and ships to allow for magic. The fighters who went on foot were well trained. Asav walked beside me.
“You are going.” I replied and Asav gave me a glare. “I am a better warrior than you, Asav.”
“Okay, it’s because I want to be part of this group. I have realized that I have forgotten myself.”
I pondered for a second. “You know, you can come home after a war and not fit in. You can’t really be home again. I am not Carrie Minaz; I can never turn back. I have lived a life here and I don’t want to forget it.”
“Yes, but only for memory’s sake. Her body provides no comfort for me anymore. I like living without hormones, you should try it sometime.”
“I do not hate anyone in this group, but I don’t love.” I growled.
“That is coming only from her side, not from mine.” But I, myself, had been going to see Jash a lot lately; I would make an excuse, such as having to check something. We got closer and broke up into smaller groups, mine was Graceful Dewback. My group consisted of some Rodians and Yuuzhan Vong.
We crept quietly to the sides, or as close to them as we could get. Suddenly a magic shot fired to one of the towers. The sound was loud. It was aimed at destroying the weapons in the tower and not the people. Some of the people jumped and changed into flying creatures, while others ran down. The alarm was sounded.
The Rodians held blasters and the Vong held biological weapons and magic. The Rodians had some magic, but not as great as the Vong. We all raced toward the wall and tried to break through. “Cover my back.” I said. The members of Graceful Dewback protected my back as I jumped over the wall on Naz. I encountered a mental wall but convinced it to go down as I went over.
A group of Arconans attacked Naz and I; I defended myself with magic long enough to make a crack in the wall by weakening some of the wall. I activated my lightsaber and jumped off Naz. I fought and found their enchanted swords to be well made. The rest of Graceful Dewback broke through. Some of the Vong helped me fight my group of Arconans while the others made sure no one interfered and made some of their own attacks.
Overhead I could tell that the fighters were attacking dragons and the bombers were having some trouble. I then came back and noticed a Falleen female. One of our own? No. This one was well dressed; our side had good clothing but had more wear and tear to them. I was about to attack her in pure fear, but held myself back. I couldn’t do that, she wasn’t Padawan Kino. I had killed Kino and female Falleen shouldn’t scare me so.
The Falleen female then attacked some of my own people. She got into a fight with a Wookie, who looked like he was loosing. I rushed over to save him. He was fighting with force fields, mainly. I then shot some light at the Falleen. She blocked it but I had bought time for the Wookie.
I then blocked as three unknown Vong came at me. I reacted quicker than they did but their shots were well aimed. My lightsaber cut through one’s face and another’s arm got cut off. Then a Rodian, from Graceful Dewback, came and helped me. We killed two of the Vong and the third one was wounded so much he couldn’t move, I decided to leave him. Maybe another would come after him. To be on the safe side, I made sure he wouldn’t move until after the battle was over and I had left.
I got Graceful Dewback to regroup enough to fight off another of the opposing group. Five of the ten Rodians had been killed: two of the ten Yuuzhan Vong had been killed. The bombers were still dropping bombs but I considered it well worth the risk, the real mission would take place inside.
The thirteen remaining members of my group came with me. Naz would help the Daring Daemon group. I was sad at having to leave Naz, but it would be hard for him to function in a building. Everyone has their strengths and everyone their weaknesses.
I passed by room with fighting going on. I decided not to get into any fight besides the ones I had no choice. I directed a female Yuuzhan Vong, Huriiki, to come beside me; she would be safer that way. The mission depended on her. She had worked here before and knew the place. The thing she was an expert on was the files. I could find the room but she would have to find the files we needed.
As we nearly got into a fight that wasn’t ours, I had to pull my group away from doing anything. I wanted to help them, too, but time was precious. But, out of pity, I sent one Rodian out to help. That wasn’t going to make a difference, but it was the best I could do.
We finally reached the room. I looked at the metal doors and turned to Huriiki, she nodded. I directed the others to be prepared and I pushed the doors open. The room was empty. I stretched my mind out to search for any problems but found none; that meant nothing. I nodded for the group to follow me inside.
I was tense entering the room, although I saw nothing. I directed one of the Vong to make sure the files didn’t have protection on them; and, if he did, to hack them the best he could. As he went out to search he fell down. The other members were about to go to his aid but I demanded they stay still. Hopefully this would only be a demon, in which case I could destroy the demon and not have to do anything else.
The others looked at their fallen comrade with anguish. The Vong had started to twist and turn violently, a soft moan started to come and then it all stopped. The Vong stood up and looked at me. I put out a hand and made a wall. The Vong smiled at me and ran towards me. It was useless.
The Vong ran into the wall and was stunned. Then I started to burn it with fire but he blocked it. But he couldn’t do that forever. The fire started to affect the Vong and you could smell the flesh burning. The other members held their noses.
The demon got scared and tried to run off. But I destroyed it and it went outside of Master Tenju’s mind. I then repaired the damaged Vong. True, it was going to be a little sore but that was it. Nothing else. “Get the files, Huriiki.” I said.
At the edge of the mire was silence. The ground was moist and there was a lot of tree cover. I was grateful for that. I was sitting on a boulder and just thinking. The burning flesh of the Vong called Ijni was hard for me to take. I was just suppose to destroy the demon, not destroy the entire person!
As I was pondering this, Jash came by. I continued to look ahead and tried not to pay any attention to her. "Oyja,” She asked. “What is the matter?”
“That doesn’t concern you.” I growled.
“Your well being concerns me.” She replied and started to rub my shoulder. “It does concern me.”
Author’s Note: This file was accidentally deleted so I had to rewrite the whole thing, except for the part that I printed out. The ending has changed.
