Mags

Cloud fought sparingly. He was hoping to use most of his energy when they gained the Advantage.

"NOOO I won't goooooo! You can't take me!"

"I don't want to be poked with a needle by monsters!!" Mayo started to panic.

I don't know if I can join this time, but I'll think about it! If I change my mind I'll try and get a character in before the deadline.

Cloud suddenly felt a wonderful warmth inside him. When was the last time he had felt like that? "I . . . I'm happy I found you too!" He stood up, her cut was all healed now. "So, we should go help Feisydd! I can't loose you guys after just having met you!" He ignited his lightsaber, and rushed into the battle, swinging at Krarik.

"I," It had been a long, long time. "Yeah I guess I'll . . . I guess I can stay, I mean there's no reason for me to leave so . . ."

"Well not right now, obviously, but uh . . ." "Do- do you want me to stay?"

"I just said, it doesn't matter what you want right now. We're all going to die!" He looked up at the sky the time had almost come. "Listen, in a minute we'll be able to attack the Sith without him turning into mist- that's our chance to survive this, and everyone here is counting on you to help out! Every body has to do the best they can if we want to get out of this alive!"

"You've I gotta do stuff even though you're scared, that's how you become a brave person in the first place!" "I- I think." Cloud had never really done the pep talk thing before. The cut on Nayli's cheek was almost closed now.

Cloud couldn't help but laugh a little. "Where did you get the idea that I'm brave? I've been terrified this whole time! And anyway, whoever said you had to be brave to fight back?"

"I know, but this isn't of matter of what we want, this is a matter of what we have to do. This Sith . . . he's going kill us all. Fighting is the only thing we can do, so we've got to do our best!"

"You can do it! I know you can! . . . we need you." The cut was about halfway closed now.

"I know, but it won't hurt forever, you can be strong right? for Feisydd." The cut continued to close slowly.

Cloud stayed with Nayli, continuing to heal the cut. He was agonizingly slow at it, but that was better then nothing. After awhile, he thought he caught the hang of it, and the regenerations speed increased a little. "It's okay Nayli, you're gonna be okay."

Hufflepuff! As a kid I wanted to be ravenclaw, but then I got to highschool and realized that being smart is hard.

It wasn't perfect, but a better outcome then many he'd imagined. Cloud immediately moved to Nayli. There was no need to worry about the Holocron, they would get it back if they could defeat Krarik, which was the goal here. "I've got her Feisydd, focus on Krarik." He kneeled beside his friend, and reached out with the force. He gently put a hand on her face, trying to avoid touching the wound itself. Cloud had never healed someone with his magic before, but he tried anyway, focusing best he could. And maybe it was just his imagination but the cut did look like it was closing. Slowly, but still.

Stupid indeed, he should have seen that coming. Just a few more minutes and then they could descend upon the Sith. But first he needed to get Nayli out of immediate danger. He glanced between Nayli and the Holocron, pretending to think. He couldn't stall here forever though, he doubted Krarik was a patient man. The Sith's attention was focused on Cloud. Come on, He thought, I have him distracted, someone attack from behind. After a tense moment, he lowered the blaster. He didn't want Nayli to get hurt. The Soul snapped shut, and fell into Clouds open palm. Another few seconds. Come on. "I . . ." Another few seconds. He looked over the Holocron, pretending to hesitate. Somebody attack now!

"Right. Exactly. I was testing you." Penn really didn't know how to play poker.

"Do- do monsters have HR? That's . . . nice." Mayo flicked open one of his notebooks and wrote it down despite himself.

Cloud's heart thundered in his chest. This was a dangerous game. How many minutes had passed? He was counting on his friend's to attack the Sith when the sun eliminated the shadows. He just needed a little longer. "First of all bud, not a padawan." He lifted the soul up, inspecting it in the sunlit. "This must be pretty important huh?" Agreeing or disagreeing to Krarik's deal would end the distraction. He needed to stretch this out, even it was risky. Cloud Pushed against the pyramid with his magic. He had opened the Soul once before, maybe doing so again would distract the Sith, and waste more time. Heck, maybe Feisydd would be able to use some of the information inside. He continued pushing, pulling power from the darkest parts of his soul. Using anger he hadn't used in a long time. I knew you'd come back, She whispered. He ignored her. The pyramid levitated out of his hand and popped open, it's corners releasing and floating outward. It projected pictures of bright red light; symbols and writing he didn't understand. Cloud knew he was doing something stupid, but it was better then nothing. "Are these important secrets?" He pulled his blaster out of his belt and sighted it on Her Soul. "How badly do you want them?"

It was working. The sith had come out of hiding and engaged them. It had to last long enough though. "Holo . . . cron." Cloud pulled Her Soul out of his pocket. He thought it might come in handy today somehow. "Is that what this thing is called?" He hoped the older jedi could be okay, for now he just needed to distract Krarik.

"Just as I planned, of course."