Defenders of the Dead by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson [Watson, Jude]
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure - General, Action & Adventure, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction; Fantasy; Magic, Children: Grades 4-6, General, Science Fiction; Fantasy; & Magic, Science fiction, Children's Books, Ages 9-12 Fiction
ISBN: 9780613224406
Publisher: Bt Bound
Published: 1999-12-13T20:00:00+00:00

It was hard to tell what time it was when he awoke. Cerasi rose from her sleeping area and leaned over

Nield to touch his shoulder. Nield was already awake and stood immediately.

Obi-Wan stood as well. He was ready. He was acting not as a Jedi, but as a person - a friend. He

grabbed his lightsaber and the slingshot Cerasi had given him the night before. There was an entrance

from the anteroom directly into the tunnel toward Daan. Qui-Gon wouldn't see him leave.

Obi-Wan knew he was wrong not to ask permission, but he wasn't sure how angry Qui-Gon would be

when he discovered he was gone. After all, Qui-Gon himself had offered to help with strategy for the

battle.

Obi-Wanwas glad he'd made the decision as he joined Nield and Cerasi on the deserted streets of

theDaan-controlled Outer Circle . The three moved as one unit in the chilly early morning air. They

walked purposefully down the deserted streets, their soft footfalls barely making a sound. Nield and

Cerasi had already decided on their first targets.

They shimmied up a pipe and climbed onto the roof of a dwelling. From here, they could see the sun,

more a suggestion of gathering light than a source of radiance.

"I hate to wake everybody up," Nield said, flashing a grin.

"It's time they were out of bed anyway." Cerasi held up a toy missile tube. "I'm ready."

Obi-Wan had clipped various projectiles onto his belt. He stuffed one into the missile tube. The

projectiles had been fashioned around tiny amplifiers so that the sound they made when they hit would

mimic the sound of a real proton missile. Cerasi and Nield had chosen a street that would echo the

sound.

"Let's go," Obi-Wan agreed.

Cerasi aimed the toy missile at the abandoned building across the street. She fired.

The loud sound of the explosion surprised them.

"Listen to that. It worked!" Nield exulted.

He fit a laserball into his slingshot and fired at the wall across the street. The unmistakable ping ping ping

of blaster fire erupted. Obi-Wan quickly stuffed another projectile into the tube and Cerasi shot it off.

The blam echoed off the building fronts below.

Nield continued to shoot laserballs from his slingshot, and Obi-Wan followed suit. They shot ball after

ball, reloading and firing rapidly. The sound of blaster fire echoed down the street. Someone emerged

from a door across the way and looked up and down the street quickly. Nield and Obi-Wan shot a rain

of laserballs into an abandoned building, where no one would see them land.

Crackcrackcrack! The laserballs hit the solid surface, making an even louder sound. The Daan quickly

ducked back into the building.

"He'll sound an alert," Nield said. "We're done here. Let's go."

Jumping from building to building, they made their way to another quiet street. They repeated the

procedure,then moved on. Racing now, they fired down randomly with laserballs while Cerasi shot

projectiles where their explosive sound would echo the most. While they moved from block to block,

they shifted barricades where they could to block any military vehicles. At checkpoints, they rained their

false weapon-fire over the heads of the guards, who took

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