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Something is about to happen. They are going to pour that liquid down her throat, you can’t allow them to fulfil this strange ritual. You figure that either this is a ritual sacrifice of a hated powerful enemy where the vicious bubbling liquid would burn her insides or a ritual making her one of these Shades. Or you could be completely wrong, and it's something else, but what they are doing doesn’t matter; all that matter is you are going to stop them, whatever their goal. The plan can’t be long, intricate and well thought out; it has to be enacted right now.
“Claire, Scion, I want you to rip apart the canopy, allowing as much light to fall within the camp. Alyla and Luke, set ablaze to the perimeter walls. After your tasks, everyone join me within the camp and help fight the ones that do not flee.” You bark out a voice full of authoritative commands, allowing no descent or questions.
You do not wait for a reply, not even a scan of everyone’s face to see a level of understanding; you leap off of the grand branch you and your allies are perched upon. Empowering your body with the Force, you speed along the jungle floor; you are a blur to the rest of the world, a lightning bolt speeding across the ground. You feel Luke and Alyla behind you, racing to their target. Approaching the barricade surrounding the camp, you throw yourself into the air; your speed sends you hurtling over the wooden wall like a ballistic missile.
Landing within the camp with a thud of an impact that threatens to steal your breath, you refuse to allow the Shades to get in the first action. Looking at the captured Jedi and the flask of evil liquid you call upon the Force, the jug goes flying out of the Shade’s hands, spinning in the air, harmlessly spilling its contents on the camp floor as it lands with a loud clang. At the same time, the contraption that imprisons Arine explodes with your careful control, not allowing splinters to shoot from the eviscerated structure into Arine. Finally, you rip the falling form of the broken Jedi towards you through the horde of Shades into your arms.
