Star Wars - Episode I Adventures 009 - Rescue in the Core by Ryder Windham

Author:Ryder Windham
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Surprisingly, Jar Jar marveled at the beauty of the Quarry. Besides the stalactites, the chamber was illuminated by the cumulative glow of over a thousand long-leaved, highly prized woosha plants.

The bongo drifted to the edge of the pool, where it came to rest on a narrow beach of fine-grained black sand. A tall, thick-rooted cambylictus tree grew up from the edge of the beach, and the tree’s upper branches shaded the sub from the light of the stalactites. The cambylictus tree was also valued by the Gungans, for its roots had many medicinal properties.

Despite the sub’s rollicking journey through the cavern and Jar Jar’s occasional yelling, both Boss Nass and Commander Wollod remained in a deep slumber. Now that the sub was in a stable environment, Jar Jar did his best to examine them for injuries.

Commander Wollod had a nasty-looking cut on his forehead. Jar Jar couldn’t find a med kit in the cockpit, so he figured he’d look inside the port and starboard cargo compartments. Since the cargo compartments were only accessible from outside the bongo, Jar Jar deactivated the hydrostatic field generator, causing all three bubbles to vanish.

Jar Jar climbed out of the cockpit and found the med kit in the port cargo compartment. He couldn’t believe it, but someone had actually forgotten to put bandages inside. Fortunately, Jar Jar remembered the cambylictus tree, and he tossed the med kit back into the cargo compartment.

Since no one had ever really taken care of Jar Jar, he had learned many tricks to take care of himself. He’d seen Gungan military troops using a cambylictus tree’s bark as both a disinfectant and a bandage. The cambylictus tree’s roots were within reach of the sub, and Jar Jar did not have any difficulty in pulling a long strip of flexible bark from one root. He climbed back into the bongo’s cockpit and placed the strip across Commander Wollod’s forehead.

“Unnnn,” Boss Nass moaned. “Mesa gotta maxi-headache.”

“No moven,” Jar Jar cautioned, keeping his voice low. “Wesa ina Quarry. My afraid dares no go-backie by da way wesa came in.”

Boss Nass slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Wollod’s prone figure, then asked, “Isa he pasted?”

Jar Jar shook his head and answered, “No, hissen just pass-ed out. Both-n yousa need rest. Stay ina sub while my lookie for anutter way outta hair. Mesa combackie soonest possible.”

Boss Nass looked suspciously at Jar Jar. “Yousa no tinken of escapen, isa yousa?” he asked.

“Heh heh heh,” Jar Jar laughed weakly. “Dat’s a good one, Boss. No, mesa just want to hep yousa out.”

Boss Nass didn’t hear Jar Jar’s response. He’d already passed out again.

For the journey to the Quarry, Commander Wollod had brought two weapons: an electropole and a stunner. Jar Jar retrieved both weapons from the bongo and slung the electropole’s carry strap over his shoulder. He checked the stunner and saw it carried a full charge. Jar Jar didn’t know whether he would need the weapons, but he thought it was best to be prepared.

Jar Jar scrambled out of the sub’s cockpit and jumped down to the narrow beach.

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