Star Wars - One Thousand Levels Down by Alexander Freed

Author:Alexander Freed
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-07-13T23:00:00+00:00

She didn’t try to retrieve the weapon. The trooper would have caught her, broken her wrists and pried the blaster back. She only needed to pull it out of its holster, maintain momentum and release. It went sailing, skidding across the catwalk and quivering at the metal’s edge. For that moment, Anandra had the advantage.

Then the stormtrooper kneed her in the chest. She fell back, barely tried to break her fall. He can’’t shoot me, she thought. If he killed her now, at least she’’d cost him his dignity.

Two solid kicks to her midsection, and her whole body seemed to fold. When he hesitated, she was up again, jumping forward, wrapping her arms around his neck and jabbing her thumbs under the rim of his helmet. His fingers dug into her sides as she tried to crack the helmet’’s seal. She slammed her head against the black eyeplate, saw red, hoped she’’d bought herself a few moments.

Somehow, when her vision came back, she was on the ground and looking up at the stormtroopers unhelmeted face —— the face of a scarred, middle-aged man who vaguely reminded her of her uncle. Then the stormtrooper screamed as he rose into the air and plummeted over the railing.

Behind him stood the Pau’’an’’s monstrous partner, nearly too big to fit on the catwalk, flicking stubby fingers as if the stormtrooper had left a residue.

“““Level 1782,””” the creature said, its voice higher-pitched and breathier than Anandra had expected. ““You may find shelter there.”” It stared for another moment before adding, ““I had no part in this.””

Anandra realized she had the stormtrooper’s helmet in her hands. The white surface was stained with her blood. “““Why are you doing this?”” she asked.

Enormous muscles rolled under skin as the creature seemed to shrug. “““You are of Alderaan, yes?””” it asked.

“““Yes,””” Anandra said.

“““I know what your people suffer,””” the creature said, and turned away.

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