Junior Jedi Knights 4. Anakin's Quest by Rebecca Moesta

Author:Rebecca Moesta [Rebecca Moesta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Star Wars
ISBN: 1572971363
Published: 2019-03-03T23:00:00+00:00

NINE

Tahiri and Anakin cried out at the same time.

“Peckhum!” Tahiri said.

“No!” Anakin yelled.

The two friends whirled and ran back toward the Lightning Rod. Ikrit sprang down from Artoo-Detoo’s head and dashed after them. The barrel-shaped droid followed, whistling and beeping his distress.

Tahiri’s loose blond hair streamed out behind her as she ran. Her bare feet thudded softly against the muddy ground. She was a fast runner, but Anakin kept up with her. She heard the voice calling for help again.

“Hang on,” Anakin yelled back, “we’re on our way.”

Tahiri felt her heart pounding in terror, but not for herself. She jumped over a rotten log and ducked under a curtain of moss that hung from a tree branch. A part of her mind was thinking how proud she was that Anakin had reacted so quickly to hurry to the aid of a friend.

With her next step, Tahiri felt a sharp pain in her foot. She gasped, but there was no time to stop now, she decided. The Lightning Rod was just up ahead. She could see it. Limping ever so slightly, she ran the last few steps into the clearing. She panted for breath as she looked around in dismay. There was no sign of the pilot.

“Peckhum, where are you?” Anakin called, running up beside her.

“Heeelp!” A faint voice drifted toward them from the far side of the Lightning Rod.

“This way,” Ikrit said, scrambling past them. The Jedi Master’s white fur was filthy and matted from running through the mud. Tahiri and Anakin followed him to the far side of the ship, where half of the Lightning Rod rested in a shallow pool of scummy water.

Tahiri’s mouth gaped open with the shock of what she saw there.

“Uldir!”

.

Uldir nearly fainted with relief when he saw his friends Anakin and Tahiri round the side of the ship. He had been frozen with fright for what seemed like hours; but maybe it had only been minutes since he had opened a tiny escape hatch in the cargo bay of the Lightning Rod and climbed out—only to land in what looked to him like a sea of swamp slime.

Of course, Uldir had realized instantly that he’d made a dreadful mistake by leaping down from the exit hatch without looking first, but it had been too late to correct his error. He’d turned and tried to slosh toward solid ground, but lost his footing and plunged face-first into the muck.

He’d panicked. Thrashing with his arms and legs, Uldir had managed to get his head back above the swampy water, only to find that his struggles had made him sink deeper into the ooze. He was now up to his armpits in the stinking grayish-green water. To make matters worse (if that were possible), his splashing had attracted the attention of one of the ugliest and, well, slimiest creatures he had ever set eyes on.

Uldir froze. The thing, whatever it was, had a long sausage-shaped body—about ten meters long, Uldir guessed. Its melon-round head and its long body were covered with slick greenish-gray fur, the same color as the swamp water.

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