“Fine they will be moved to your rooms at the earliest convenience.” He said with a sigh.
“Thank you, sir, we are very grateful for all you have done for us.” She said with a little bow before they left.
“So, what do you think they are hiding.” The boy asked the eye.
“Not sure just yet other then there not sisters their connected in some form I think it some rank thing and they are clearly afraid of something there in trouble. So that’s why I let them keep their weapons and money they are in more need of them then I am.” the eye said as the light outside started to dim
“I guess but we could still use it you know I swear if you actually had a heart it would never stop bleeding. Your to kind for your own good you know that.” The boy said with a resigned sigh.
“If it wasn’t for that kindness you wouldn’t be here would you .” the eye teased.
“You’re never going to let that go are you.” The boy said with a sigh knowing he had already lost.
“No no I will not.” The eye said before retracting.
The girls noticing the change in light and as they remembered the blarinas warning decided to head back to the cantina. Meanwhile at the salvaging sight some one looks at the crashed shuttle through electrobinoculars and as another transport started to leave. They decided to follow it back to the settlement before using their vehicles communicator.
The next morning came far too quick for the young guard and the princess but as the blarina warned them that they wouldn’t be fed if they didn’t get up they had no choice but to do so or go hungry tell later that night. After eating the two girls where led into a back room of the junk shop that had a com terminal and a droid to help them the young guard started to list off the needed call codes that she was now thankful that her father had made her memorize the codes but the call wouldn’t go through the droid tried a few other call codes. The third of which was to the castle and though it connected but no one responded after that the young guard asked the droid if it would continue to try and contact them and to let her know if the droid got a response. After leaving the junk shop they were met with the pink painted droid who greeted them
“Oh, hello did you manage to reach um whoever it was you were trying to reach.” The pink droid asked.
“No not yet I’m actually getting worried I mean it’s been days I don’t know what could be wrong?” She said putting her hand on her blade nervously she wasn’t intending to use it, but she felt safer with it in her hand
“I’m sorry to hear that you can’t get in touch with who you need to but don’t worry we will keep trying tell we do you and your sister are welcome to stay hear. I know it’s not much but it’s at least safe and friendly I used to be a protocol droid and I can tell you there’s a lot worse places to be lost in.” The pink droid said.
“You used to be a protocol droid what happen why are you in a battle droid body now.” The young guard asked.
“Oh well I used to work in a palace long before the clone wars, but I got to old and they traded up to a newer model. So, I was sold to a farmer who kept me tell his great grand sun went off and became a smuggler. I was then used mainly as a maid and interpreter tell he was shot down by pirates. They didn’t want me, so they chucked me in the nearest junk heap that just so happened to be where my current master happened to be salvaging at that time. He found me but my body was badly damaged in the crash, but my data was in tacked so he found me this body and loaded me into it and I have served him like this ever sense.” The droid said sounding happy.
“And you like it here?” The young guard asked.
“Yes, my master treats us droids very well we are all well maintained and well treated he even allows us a small amount of free time to use as we see fit. I have had many masters, but none has treated me as well as my current one. Oh, and I do hope I can continue to serve him for years to come.” the pink droid said sounding proud.
“Well he sounds like a good guy my father once told me an easy way to tell the character of someone is to look at how he treats his droids or those who work under him.” She said with a smile.
“Hmm my master once said something similar to me once before he was right then so I can’t see how he’d be wrong now. Oh oh no what ok I’ll securer her sir” she said clearly responding to some transmission before turning to the guard.
“We have to go raiders have been spotted I need to get you to th.” but that was all she could say as shots started to hit the dome the shield held but the main gate was a different story it barely survived the first salvo and it definitely wasn’t going to survive the second thankfully no one needed to tell the droids this as combat droids popped out of hidden hatches in the ground and along with barricades For cover and turrets.
“wow over kill much you think raiders wouldn’t be much of a problem with those perimeter defenses.” the young guard said as she tried to keep up with the pink droid.
“We actually don’t have any perimeter defenses except for a few patrolling automated vehicles the cannons retract whenever a threat is detected they are to valuable to lose in the attack. As they are needed to shoot down debris that falls down from the sky.” The pink droid said reaching a hatch unfortunately right then the gate was blown open and the security system locked the hatch.
“No no no the junk shop run for the junk shop we can take cover there now go.” She shouted sounding worried the young guard ran as fast as she could but as she did the first shots started to ring out. She reached the door, but it was already locked she slammed her fist on the door.
“Hay let me in please let me in.” She cried as the door opened so she could bolt in before it shut and locked behind her.
“Are you ok your lucky I was still above ground now we need to hurry into the tunnels.” But right after the togruta boy said that the wall exploded nearly buried the young guard in junk and rubble.
“Hay you ok?” The togruta boy said as he tried to shift the door off him.
“Yeah I think so but I’m stuck I don’t think I can get free” the young guard said as she attempted to do just that. the togruta boy ran over trying to shift the rubble but in the end it took the boys buzz droid cutting through a metal rod before she could get free.
“Look it’s not safe hear we need to get to the cantina I have the code to get the door open look we need to run and stay low try to stay out of sight best you can and keep moving.” The togruta boy said taking the young guard’s hand before darting out into what could only be described as chaos. Raiders and modified vehicles pored through the gate some ran in wiled and crazed where most came through like well trained soldier but the droids weren’t giving an inch. On top of that every time that a droid was damaged or destroyed two or three more pored out of some hidden hatch or door but that’s not to say the droids where in effective. On the contrary they were not only holding their own but actually pushing the raiders back that was tell a makeshift tank charged through the gate. It clearly wasn’t what blew open the gate as it had a shield projector where the tank turret would have been. This gave the raiders a safe place to shoot from unfortunately this happened as the two kids’ maid there run for it. They didn’t make it five steps before having to dive behind the junk shop.
“What is going on hear there raiders they shouldn’t even have this many numbers let alone this level of teck and fire power and where is command they charge us for protection. They should at least hold up there end none of this makes any since.” he said shocked.
Meanwhile in a room beneath what was left of the junk shop an aged droid powered on for the first time in years as he preferred to spend his time in a massive core computer looking at the many worlds through the eyes of his fellow droids. He stood up pulling cables out of himself before heading over to a wall of mechanical arms that set to work readying him for combat as alarms blared. “Warning the raiders have deployed armored vehicles with in the settlement security level 2 is now in effect.”
At that point commando droids along with droideka’s took to the battle as the b1’s retreated. As the last b1 vanished down a hatch in the ground several dwarf spider droids started to rise up from under the sands, but it seemed like no matter what they threw at it the shield held that was tell he joined the fray. Out of nowhere the wall of the junk shop exploded outwards as a droid unlike any other walked out it was a patchwork made up of modified stock droid parts.
Going bottom to top its waist and legs where from a ig 100 magnaguard. It was painted a blueish green with white trim, but the paint was chipped and in the corners was small flecks of something red but its left leg from the knee down didn’t have any paint on it making it look like a replacement. on its right hip was a small red painted box that was clearly maid of welded pieces of scrap metal. This housed a small detachable turret that had a small twin barrel blaster and a grapple launcher. On his left hip was a holster for tools and a mandalorian iron sword. The chest was a b1 chest that had several holes cut in it to run wires through that had later been patch welded over to seal the housing and on the up right near the center of the chest on both the front and back was a patch welded hole as if something had burned a hole straight through it on top of the torso was a support frame that had been welded onto the body. On top of that was a poncho like armor that had been made of pieces of scrap that had been welded then later melted by blaster fire then patched repeatedly. The biggest pieces of which was a blue painted piece of metal that was salvaged from some form of racer. It still bore the racers marking though now it was nearly illegible except for a large upside down number 11. On its left shoulder was a collapsible long range blaster equipped with long range multi scan optic. On the right shoulder was a more advanced multi scan optic set in a small transparent rotatable dome that set on a small yellow box that was bolted on the armor this housed a holoprojector and high power light. On his back was a large pack containing a micro missiles pod launcher a long range extendable transmitter and receiver and a small heavily armored reactor and a shield generator. And attached to the pack was three weapons racks along with several storage compartments the three weapons racks were positioned so one was on each side and one on the bottom. The right one held two E-5 blaster rifles the left held two staff weapons and the bottom one had a modified Z-6 rotary blaster cannon. Also, on his back was a collapsible arm that was actually mounted on the back of the droid its self but was ran through a hole in the pack. The arm had a claw hand and custom made multi tool. The right arm as on a extendable bolt shoulder the arm was a cluster of b1 arm parts and a twin barrel wrist blasters a welder and grappler launcher. The left was a b2 arm with wrist blasters on the upper arm was a extendable combat armored shield. Lastly was the head it was a b1 head but the face plate around the right optic had been blasted off and replaced with a dark grey piece of metal and the right synthannoied was replaced with a black ball like mechanical eye that had a plus shaped track that the synthannoied moved on. The eye itself could rotate 360 degrees also several cables snaked from the head down to the body.
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