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The Books of Oyja IV: Mistakes
Chapter 10 Sprung

Naboo came into view. Here was where Teimn would be and here I would make my stand. No number of highers could stop me now. I would defeat Lum Ka and return home to Jash. We would hide from the Republic, but we would be safe. Safe since Lum would be gone and we would have a chance to prove our innocence. I smiled as I saw Jash in my mind’s eye.

“We are approaching, zir.” Kori said and aimed for the swamps. Getting into one of the Gungan cities would be an easy thing to do. I prepared my mind and body fully. The freighter hovered until we could find a good area and I could see thousands of shapes on the ground racing towards us. I smiled as I knew that I would triumph and today would be a glorious day for the Great Oyja.

We landed and I made sure Kori was ready and she checked that I wasn’t being too impatient. Impatient? Ha! This was a day for impatience to go away. I was saving a friend and proving myself to my wife. I went out of the freighter and looked at the forest. The forest seemed like it was anticipating the moves that I would make. Seemed like it would anticipate even Tas’ moves. This was a day of destiny. A destiny for all.

Kori and I ran across the swamp. The grass seeming to wither before we ever set foot on it. A loud roar could be heard from behind us and our freighter exploded as the sky darkened with ash. Then Hist came running at us as night also took over. I only turned around to catch a glimpse of them and saw their large wolf forms. Kori, who was not used to such darkness, slowed down. “Come on,” I encouraged her. “We just have to make it underwater.”

She nodded and seemed to draw strength from me, for her speed increased. We saw water and I prepared my respiratory system to accept water as air while Kori put a breather on. The water caved in around us and we swam as fast as we could. Kori stayed behind and shot at the Hist who dared to follow us. I turned on my lightsaber so I could attack whatever we would run into. The fear of Hist running into us from behind was soon gone, for we were deep enough in the water to not have to worry about that anymore.

A Gungan city came into view. I wanted to make a dramatic entrance and drop through the ceiling, like a trashy vid where the hero was all muscle and had no talent at all; dumb lines being called out.

We made our way to one of the side entrances. No guards were waiting for us. I smiled deeply. This was going to be more satisfying than I could’ve hoped for. I entered and felt around with Tas’ glory and laughed loudly. “Come and fight me!” I yelled out. “Lum Ka, I know you are here! I will not let you go for what you have done! You have hunted my family, destroyed my reputation, and are holding my friend hostage!”

Kori entered a few seconds after I said that and shots were fired by hidden snipers. I blocked each hit and Kori tried to find where the snipers were hiding. It was hard to tell since structures, with no visible purpose, had been set up. I had orange lightning go into every part of the city. There were cries heard and the shooting stopped.

All of my vision turned orange and then it went back to normal. I smiled as I signaled for Kori to follow me. She came, but not after seeming to sense some darkness that eluded me. I didn’t bother to look. Teimn was counting on me and I would not let him perish. Lum would feel my blade and would feel real fear for the first time.

I saw an elevator and went into it, talking to it and convincing it to take Kori and myself down to where Teimn was. I felt something trying to stop the elevator from continuing down. I then told the elevator to stop and had it open onto the floor that was right above the one I was aiming for. I noticed Hutts were waiting for us. With just a wave of my hand they were both down. Kori looked at me, shocked, but I paid her no mind. It had to be done if Teimn were to be rescued.

Suddenly there was Lum Ka in front of me. “So, Carrie, you have come.” He said and smiled, if such a thing were to be called a smile. “You realize that I have the Dark Lord of the Night on my side and you have only your pride? A dark side emotion, am I correct? Your darkness fuels the darkness I draw off of. You will lose this battle. Jash is not going to rescue you now.”

“I don’t need her.” I replied harshly. “I am strong enough! Who cares that you have the Dark Lord of the Night on your side? He ran from me! He ran! I can kill him now if I wanted to! Let Teimn go and if you refuse your head will roll along the floor!”

Lum laughed loudly. “Do you think I fear you?” He asked and opened up his hands and green smoke came forth. It turned into a poor image of Jash and tried to attack me. I was taken aback and barely blocked the image. It was not Jash! No! She would never attack me! Ever! Not even when we first met did she harm me. She only opened a door that I thought would be forever closed. The door to change.

“Jash!” I yelled out. “Jash!” I felt fear and I swung at the image that quickly invaded my lightsaber. I threw the lightsaber and Lum caught it. “How dare you use my own love to attack me, Caim!” I opened both my hands and sunlight hit Lum whose inner darkness covered his outside. His darkness ate the sunlight and only seemed to be strengthened by the sunlight. “Foul creature!”

“Yes, I am foul.” Lum said. “I am foul, Carrie, as you should very well know.”

“I am Carrie Minaz no longer!” I yelled. “I am now Oyja! I have forsaken the name of Carrie Minaz to a past life! I am stronger than she could have ever been!” I conjured a sword of pure starlight and ran at Lum who took out a sward of ash with orange lightning leaping out of it in odd bursts. Clashing with his sword, ash went everywhere and orange lightning enveloped me. I grimaced as ash came into my eyes and orange lightning crept through my skin. I yelled and dropped my sword as I noticed myself reverting back to female human.

“You are still that girl.” Lum replied. “Still that weak little girl.” I cried as my old human form came over me. “Nothing has truly changed. You just hide behind the future to conceal all you did in your past. Nothing can save you now.”

Author’s Note: I just love blowing things up. Forever Faithless went bye-bye! Excuse me as I prepare the marshmallows.

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The Books of Oyja IV: Mistakes
Chapter 10 Sprung

Naboo came into view. Here was where Teimn would be and here I would make my stand. No number of highers could stop me now. I would defeat Lum Ka and return home to Jash. We would hide from the Republic, but we would be safe. Safe since Lum would be gone and we would have a chance to prove our innocence. I smiled as I saw Jash in my mind’s eye.

“We are approaching, zir.” Kori said and aimed for the swamps. Getting into one of the Gungan cities would be an easy thing to do. I prepared my mind and body fully. The freighter hovered until we could find a good area and I could see thousands of shapes on the ground racing towards us. I smiled as I knew that I would triumph and today would be a glorious day for the Great Oyja.

We landed and I made sure Kori was ready and she checked that I wasn’t being too impatient. Impatient? Ha! This was a day for impatience to go away. I was saving a friend and proving myself to my wife. I went out of the freighter and looked at the forest. The forest seemed like it was anticipating the moves that I would make. Seemed like it would anticipate even Tas’ moves. This was a day of destiny. A destiny for all.

Kori and I ran across the swamp. The grass seeming to wither before we ever set foot on it. A loud roar could be heard from behind us and our freighter exploded as the sky darkened with ash. Then Hist came running at us as night also took over. I only turned around to catch a glimpse of them and saw their large wolf forms. Kori, who was not used to such darkness, slowed down. “Come on,” I encouraged her. “We just have to make it underwater.”

She nodded and seemed to draw strength from me, for her speed increased. We saw water and I prepared my respiratory system to accept water as air while Kori put a breather on. The water caved in around us and we swam as fast as we could. Kori stayed behind and shot at the Hist who dared to follow us. I turned on my lightsaber so I could attack whatever we would run into. The fear of Hist running into us from behind was soon gone, for we were deep enough in the water to not have to worry about that anymore.

A Gungan city came into view. I wanted to make a dramatic entrance and drop through the ceiling, like a trashy vid where the hero was all muscle and had no talent at all; dumb lines being called out.

We made our way to one of the side entrances. No guards were waiting for us. I smiled deeply. This was going to be more satisfying than I could’ve hoped for. I entered and felt around with Tas’ glory and laughed loudly. “Come and fight me!” I yelled out. “Lum Ka, I know you are here! I will not let you go for what you have done! You have hunted my family, destroyed my reputation, and are holding my friend hostage!”

Kori entered a few seconds after I said that and shots were fired by hidden snipers. I blocked each hit and Kori tried to find where the snipers were hiding. It was hard to tell since structures, with no visible purpose, had been set up. I had orange lightning go into every part of the city. There were cries heard and the shooting stopped.

All of my vision turned orange and then it went back to normal. I smiled as I signaled for Kori to follow me. She came, but not after seeming to sense some darkness that eluded me. I didn’t bother to look. Teimn was counting on me and I would not let him perish. Lum would feel my blade and would feel real fear for the first time.

I saw an elevator and went into it, talking to it and convincing it to take Kori and myself down to where Teimn was. I felt something trying to stop the elevator from continuing down. I then told the elevator to stop and had it open onto the floor that was right above the one I was aiming for. I noticed Hutts were waiting for us. With just a wave of my hand they were both down. Kori looked at me, shocked, but I paid her no mind. It had to be done if Teimn were to be rescued.

Suddenly there was Lum Ka in front of me. “So, Carrie, you have come.” He said and smiled, if such a thing were to be called a smile. “You realize that I have the Dark Lord of the Night on my side and you have only your pride? A dark side emotion, am I correct? Your darkness fuels the darkness I draw off of. You will lose this battle. Jash is not going to rescue you now.”

“I don’t need her.” I replied harshly. “I am strong enough! Who cares that you have the Dark Lord of the Night on your side? He ran from me! He ran! I can kill him now if I wanted to! Let Teimn go and if you refuse your head will roll along the floor!”

Lum laughed loudly. “Do you think I fear you?” He asked and opened up his hands and green smoke came forth. It turned into a poor image of Jash and tried to attack me. I was taken aback and barely blocked the image. It was not Jash! No! She would never attack me! Ever! Not even when we first met did she harm me. She only opened a door that I thought would be forever closed. The door to change.

“Jash!” I yelled out. “Jash!” I felt fear and I swung at the image that quickly invaded my lightsaber. I threw the lightsaber and Lum caught it. “How dare you use my own love to attack me, Caim!” I opened both my hands and sunlight hit Lum whose inner darkness covered his outside. His darkness ate the sunlight and only seemed to be strengthened by the sunlight. “Foul creature!”

“Yes, I am foul.” Lum said. “I am foul, Carrie, as you should very well know.”

“I am Carrie Minaz no longer!” I yelled. “I am now Oyja! I have forsaken the name of Carrie Minaz to a past life! I am stronger than she could have ever been!” I conjured a sword of pure starlight and ran at Lum who took out a sward of ash with orange lightning leaping out of it in odd bursts. Clashing with his sword, ash went everywhere and orange lightning enveloped me. I grimaced as ash came into my eyes and orange lightning crept through my skin. I yelled and dropped my sword as I noticed myself reverting back to female human.

“You are still that girl.” Lum replied. “Still that weak little girl.” I cried as my old human form came over me. “Nothing has truly changed. You just hide behind the future to conceal all you did in your past. Nothing can save you now.”

Author’s Note: I just love blowing things up. Forever Faithless went bye-bye! Excuse me as I prepare the marshmallows.