Star Wars - First Contact by Timothy Zahn

Author:Timothy Zahn [Zahn, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 1994-02-15T22:25:00+00:00

“Nonsense,” Falmal bit out. But he was looking around, too. And he was starting to tremble. “My liege, I suggest we move on. Quickly.”

The roars came again. “Falmal, take the prisoner,” Gamgalon ordered, his voice suddenly grim as he pulled a blaster from beneath his tunic. “You others: to the sides and rear. Shoot anything you see.”

Warily, the three pilots spread out into the jungle, blaster rifles held high. Falmal stepped to Karrde’s side, closed a tense hand around his arm. “Quickly,” he hissed.

Gamgalon stepped to Karrde’s other side, and together the three of them hurried forward. Ahead, through the trees. Karrde could see the glinting of sunlight from an airspeeder. Another chorus of Morodin roars came, all from behind them this time. They reached the last line of trees, stepped into the clearing —

And with a gasping sigh Falmal suddenly released Karrde’s arm and stumbled to sprawl on the ground, a knife hilt protruding from his side. Gamgalon snarled and spun around, his blaster searching for a target.

He never made it. Even as Karrde reflexively ducked to the side, the Krish’s tunic erupted in a brief burst of flame as a quiet blaster shot caught him neatly in the center of his torso. He fell backward to the ground and lay still.

Karrde turned; but it was not one of his fellow hunters whom he saw emerging from the cover of the tree they’d just passed. “Don’t just stand there.” Celina Marniss growled, lowering the tiny blaster in her hand as she passed him and headed toward the airspeeder. “My airspeeder’s too far away — we’ll take theirs. Unless you want to be here when those other Krish catch up.”

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