Luminara moved quickly twirling and jumping through the battlefield like a feral wild cat dodging or defleg multiple ser shots. She threw out a forcepush towards a nearby ando droid that was trying to sneak up on her in an attempt to cut her down with a vibrosword. The forcepush sent the droid backwards crashing into another droid that was sending bolts after bolts of psma in her dire. The two droids crashed into one another, ao the ground with a loud crabsp;

  However this was not enough for them to be destroyed and sooried to stand up. Luminara's attention was drawn away, as she twirled around and blocked another series of ser beams. She sehe danger behind her as the fallen droids were about to shoot her, but she was simply uo react because she was already too occupied with defleg the shots from the other droids.

  Finally defleg another shot bato the face of a cursed droid, she moved her head towards the earlier damaged droids and saw as a red beam was sent into her dire.

  Her reflexes and thoughts seemed to qui in that sed, causing the world to slow down around her.

  It is too te to dodge or deflect!

  She realized as the beam was heading towards her unprotected back at aremely high speed.

  Is this how it ends?

  She thought to herself while looking at the ining pulsing k of red psma. To her surprise, the fear she initially expected to feel in a situation like this, didn't appear, she only felt peace.

  If this was how it ends, so be it. I am ready.

  This was what she thought, as the world began to sped up around her.

  It all happend in the blink of an eye. A rge shadoeared in front of her, blog the shot of psma with it's own body. Luminara's eyes widened in shock... Why? Why would anyone sacrifice their life for her? It didn't make sense... She was a Jedi, it was her job to defend the republid it's citizens...

  However before that thought could go any further, the rge shadow moved, charging towards the damaged droids crashing into their thin bodies and literally fttening them into the ground and the wall.

  For a moment Luminara felt a bit light headed... She felt her mouth part slightly as she looked at the back of that huge alien, creature.

  Did he just shook off a ser beam shot from this close, like it was nothing?

  Now her eyes were also drawn by the two pulsing energy ons attached to the alien's wrists. She sensed a peaceful presen those bdes, much like in her own lightsaber, but also different. This presence was much weaker then the one all lightsabers tained, it was diluted.

  All this information was observed and uood in a few seds of time by Luminara, she couldn't waty longer as the battle didn't stop around her. She sensed another series of warnings in her mind, and sprang to a. She dodged a few bolts then shouted.

  -Cover me!

  This strange group of people who escorted the senator, defending her while risking their lives must have been some famous bounty hunters who have mao rescue the senator. Even now, they were defending her as if their lives depended on her survival. Luminara as a jedi master felt ashamed by such selfless and heroic as.

  Just now they had even saved her life, so she decided to trust them with her life once more. There was no other choiyway, if she didn't cut an impromptu exit on the wall, then they would be eventually killed by the droids. They were trapped here, after all!

  With that thought in her mind, she pluhe lightsaber into the thick metal wall of Sodome pub, and with a new yer of perspiration appearing on her face from the raisi radiating from the melted metal. She slowly begins to move the bde in a circle rge enough for them to step through it.

  e on! e on, move o already!

  She urged the metal to melt quicker as she heard the sounds of battle and loud crashes behind her.

  She was at two thirds to create the exit, when she heard a series of curses ing from behind her. It was the voice of a woman, and si was not the voice of the Senator, it could only be the other woman, who was currently bringing the senator with her.

  -Are you ready yet, it's not that I am in a hurry, but then again, I doly pn to die here... You know...

  Luminara felt speechless, this shameless person was just standing behind her and dared to criticize her efforts! And doing all that in aremely unreasonable way... For a moment, Luminara felt like she adawan once again. Trying to fulfill her master's unreasorials and requests, that always appeared on a whim.

  he less, she wasn't a child anymore, and decided to shout ba a moment of annoyance.

  -I am doing my best here!

  However her remark felt too childish, even in her owhis made her feel quite embarrassed. Whiecessitated another remark in quick succession.

  -Would you remind me, what you are doing to tribute to our escape at the moment... miss, who are you exactly?

  Now that felt much better.

  The answer of the previously injured woman was quid tacit.

  -Are you do?

  -...

  Luminara felt a sense of hopelesshat she hadn't felt for a long time... This... The plete and utterly shameless disregard of her entire question made her feel a strong sed hand embarrassment.

  However, and maybe luckily she didn't have the time to experiehat sense, as she finally cut through the wall. She stepped back, a a strong force push into the circurly cut metal wall and pushed it to the outside. With aremely loud k the pieetal hit the ground finally.

  Luminara jumped through the opening and looked around, warily. Luckily there were no droids outside, however she hat this would not be the case for long. The droids will try to intercept them soon enough. Even so, they will have the paneuverability outside, and hopefully there will be reinfort ing soon! Such a battle will no doubt cause a rge otion!

  -Would you help me, finally?

  Sounded a clearly annoyed voice, from her side. She looked at the woman seeirying t the senator over the exit she just made.

  The womahed heavily, as she sent her a chilly gre.

  -Right about now?! She ain't that easy, for fucks sake!

  Luminara looked at the se feeling awkward as she turned off her saber and skipped over to help the woman lift the senator's unscious body over the melted and still extremely hot opening covered ied metals.

  Luminara was about to put down the senator, after all three of them were oher side, but the woman dripping with perspiration and blood scolded her in aremely annoyed and authoritative way.

  -STOP, do you expect me to run with her in this iate while carrying her on my back!?

  -Uh... no-no?

  -Then don't put her down, and run!

  -But the others are still there...

  -They will e along, they are probably just trying to gain some time for us to escape! Now scoot!

  -But, wait, what? Since when are you the boss and all...

  -Do you wao give you a written request or just a ki the ass?! RUN!

  -...

  At that very moment, Luminara decided that from now on, she will be much-much more siderate with Barriss... As the old mental injuries, and traumas buried deep in her soul were suddenly cut open by the most shameless and self tered person she ever met... beside that one...

  This was how Luminara found herself in aremely ued situation. She was running through the dark streets of Corust underground streets, as a known and quite famous jedi master, while carrying an even more famous missior with the help of a woman whose name she still didn't know!

  -I swear, if anyone sees me from the temple now...

  Right after they turned in ohird er after they left the burning pub in this ridiahey were suddenly stopped. She felt a sense of danger. She reflexively looked in the dire of the premonition, but at the same time a strong blinding light burst happened in the exact same pce. It lighted up the entire dark street, blinding her momentarily. It was a fre grenade and they walked into a trap!

  She felt her arm grabbed, and soon she ushed to the ground with a pair of strong arms. She heard the curses of the other woman... as she was, based on the sounds she made, also treated in a simir fashion.

  At this, moment, Lumainara, had absolutely no clue of what was happening anymore... This was too much for her... She was a simple girl... really, she liked peace, meditation, good books and night snacks. Even so she wao keep that pea the gaxy, as she firmly believed that peace was the basis that allowed people to prosper and live a happy life.

  But, now, after this entire chaotic day, she ushed into the ground and someone wearing armor just jumped on her back, searg over her body for any possible on...

  Her eyes ticked as the person doing the search seemed to linger a little bit lohen necessary while feeling her behind...

  This...

  To her surprise there was an unknown female voice speaking up, and based on the position of the voice, it could only belong to the person that ushing her down. She was actually a woman? Then why is she harrassing her... is she, oh... I-I see...

  -She has no on on her... only this strange der, oh wait! This is a lightsaber, cool!

  Luminara tried to escape, kig off to the side, trying to shake off the extra luggage that sat on her... but her attempt failed.

  -Wohoo! Calm down, sweety... You have quite a tom, I almost envy you.

  Luminara felt her cheek blush a bit, this ent only added to her pletely ruined day... This, she is being hit on by a girl who is based on her voice must be youhen her...

  Luminara, erson ted other peoples ideals, she believed in freedom, and the freedom of choice. She didn't have any prejudice towards people, of the same gender having intimate thoughts towards each other... But... that didn't make her, being a... l-lesbian. She felt extremely fused, and embarrassed by such open flirtations and as directed at her. As a jedi, she obviously didn't have much first hand experieo handle such situations. And even, though, that she used to act like a very fident and decisive woman, which was expected from her, as she was a general, and a master of a padawan.

  In this sort of situation, which was as far from her actual fort zone as it could be, she simply found herself pletely and utterly indecisive and shy. Realizing this, she felt a blush appear on her face.

  The situation was simply too awkward!

  The other party, obviously, mao utterly misuood the euation. Especially the sudden blush that appeared on her face.

  There was a loud whistle from the girl, as she leaned a bit closer to her head while didn't letting go of her wrists for a single moment.

  -Look at that... you are into this! Aren't you?

  Hearing those, words, Luminara's mind blew up. However, having nowhere else to vent her frustration she began to search for the reason she was here. She quickly found an easily accessible culprit to bme: Obi'Wan Kenobi.

  She will never listen to Obi'Wan's suggestions anymore! This whole situation was, because of him! I should have known it from the start, no mission that was meant for that fool could be a normal mission, but a disaster mission! Curse you Obi'Wan Kenobi, fio this!

  With a frustrated yell, Luminara shouted at her assaints. Her eyes were still partly blinded from the fre grehat went off earlier and even mao catch her off guard.

  -Who are you, state your name! You have nht to stand in our way, we are on an official rescue mission here! I demand you to let me... no, I mean us go immediately!

  The voice of the unknown peared again.

  -Haha! Hej da-... I mean boss, you believe this? She was really the missior as you suspected! We are going to be rich soon!

  -You... you were aiming for the senator?

  Luminara asked in a voice of disbelief.

  -Uh-hum!

  Answered the young woman cheerfully while she tio push her to the ground.

  Luminara was fused. She didn't uand, how could they know of the missior being in that pub, it was impossible to know of this pletely random occurrence so soon... Not eveioning that they set up an ambush for them, almost as if they were present and saw the whole thing blow up.

  Luminara's eyes widened with a new realization. Her eyesight was still hazy, but she forced herself to look up at the ominously croug figure... She couldn't see the face just yet, but she clearly saw the red color of the familiar raincoat.

  -You...? YOU SLIMY BASTAR- AJJJ!

  Luminara's words were cut in half by her own surprised scream.

  She tried to look behind, as she sensed a painful pin her buttobsp;

  Then she heard the scolding voice of the annoying girl who had tackled her earlier...

  -Don't say such things at da-... I mean boss, or I will pinch you again.

  Luminara felt speechless, this was going to bee a habit she realized...

  While Hondo who was currently croug hed cheerfully.

  -Hahaha! That's my Cire one deserving of the name Ohnaka! Did you hear that, master jedi? If I were you, I wouldn't disregard such threats... Hmm... your voice was surprisingly lively for a jedi, I quite liked it, unfortunately I don't think that I afford another wife at the moment... I mean... The others put too many bounties on my head already. Saying that I cheated on them, ME! Could you believe suonsense?

  -...

  -But, da-... I mean boss... you did cheated on mother multiple times...

  -Oh, did I?

  -Yes.

  -Hmmm, I must have fotten, wait... whie is your main?

  -...

  -Ah, it doesn't matter, I love all my children in the same way! BAHAHA! Cough... cough! Ughegh! Cough... Damn, I almost choked.

  With that, he cpped awkwardly while saying.

  -Now, e on boys and girls, pick up the dies, especially the senator and bring them to the base, chop-chop! Oh, and don't hurt them too much, after all we are going to exge them for a nice reward hehe!

  With that, a piece of cloth was forcefully pulled between Luminara's and Mady's lips, especially the tter, who was stantly cursing at them in an unreizable nguage, while a transtor device tinuously trahe curse words in aionless robotie, that made the whole situation turn out to have a certain edidertone. Unfortunately, Luminara was uo truly appreciate that, in her current situation.