Millisyn looked down. Below was a dim room, and a foul smell wafted up from it.
For some reason, Millisyn felt disgusted.
"What is this place?"
Kexi jumped down first. "This is where Dead Hand keeps prisoners."
"Oh." Millisyn followed closely and jumped down as well.
All around them were prison cells cast from alloy. Each cell door had only one connected slot in the middle, which could be opened to shove things inside. It was the window used to deliver food to the prisoners.
After jumping down, Kexi walked straight deeper inside. Millisyn did not ask why. She simply looked around curiously and continued forward.
At last, Kexi stopped in front of one cell door. He reached out, pried open the meal slot, took several strips of nutrient paste from his pocket, and pushed them inside.
"Kexi!" Millisyn heard voices from within as she approached.
There were three children inside, all just as filthy. At that moment, they were eating the nutrient paste Kexi had passed in.
"They're my friends. Mek, little Eris, and Aeliz," Kexi said calmly, but the look he gave the inside of the cell was extremely cold. "They were caught by Dead Hand. I've been trying to figure out a way to save them, but..."
Millisyn looked at the three children inside. They were even younger than her, every one of them skin and bones. Back when she was in the lab, at least she had been able to eat her fill!
"We'll get them out!" Millisyn's eyes grew determined as she spoke.
"Shh! Keep your voice down. Dead Hand has people guarding the entrance," Kexi hurriedly said, glancing around after hearing her.
"We don't have a key. I've tried this door many times. I've never been able to open it!" Once Kexi confirmed they had not been discovered, he whispered to Millisyn.
Millisyn gave a confident smile. "Leave it to me. I have this!"
Kexi saw Millisyn take out a very exquisite cylinder from beneath her robe. It looked extremely valuable. In his impression, only the richest people could own something like that.
"What is that?" Kexi asked.
"This is a lightsaber. Alloy like this is nothing in front of it!" Millisyn stepped back a few paces and prepared to activate the lightsaber. "Tell your friends to move back a little."
Kexi immediately did as she said, then asked again, "Won't this be really loud?"
Millisyn froze for a moment. She had not thought of that.
"We'll only know if we try!" After saying that, she no longer hesitated. She directly activated the blue blade and stabbed the tip, which carried a faint streak of crimson, into the prison door.
The blade gave off a slightly piercing hum. The alloy cell door was melted and cut open as easily as butter.
Kexi grew anxious. That sound was already loud enough for the people outside to hear. If they were discovered, they would have to leave immediately! But if they could get all his friends out, it would be worth trying!
Very quickly, Millisyn cut open a circular gap. She extended her right hand and pulled backward through the air, and a slab of alloy fell outward.
"The door's open!" the three children inside said in delight. But they were all extremely weak. They could only barely stand and support one another as they shuffled outside.
The sound of cutting had not drawn attention, but the noise of the steel plate falling could no longer be concealed.
The clanging sound alarmed all the prisoners around them. They stood up and pressed themselves against the windows of their cell doors, looking outside. When they saw that someone was actually breaking out, they all grew excited.
"Kid, get me out too! I'll give you ten thousand credits!"
"Save me first! I'm at..."
But all the noise came to an abrupt stop when the outermost valve door opened.
Dazzling light shone in from the entrance. Kexi narrowed his eyes. He was helping the last child, Aeliz, out of the cell.
Seeing this, Millisyn activated her lightsaber again and quickly charged toward the entrance. The instant a fat Gamorrean walked in, she cut through his thick layers of flesh with the lightsaber. He only had time to let out one cry of pain before collapsing to the floor.
Kexi was startled. Millisyn was so brave! But there was no time for him to be shocked.
Ignoring the shouts from the surrounding cells, there was only one thing in his mind: get his friends out!
After reaching the window they had used to come down from the roof, Kexi skillfully moved a crate over from the side and said to the three children, "Climb up, quick!"
Millisyn, meanwhile, did not dare relax her guard and continued watching the doorway.
Sure enough, the commotion here had already drawn Dead Hand's attention. Another Gamorrean ran to the entrance, and the first thing he saw was his companion's corpse.
The Gamorrean raised his pig-like head and charged directly inside, but Millisyn had long been waiting.
This little girl had never been the softhearted type. On the contrary, after being tainted by the dark side of the Force, she even enjoyed the thrill of battle.
Just like her love for lightsabers and her enthusiasm for weapons.
The blue blade once again swept through the Gamorrean's body without obstruction, easily splitting him in two. The smell of blood and charred flesh rushed into Millisyn's nose, but it did not make her retreat even half a step.
Millisyn raised her hand and used the Force to pull the corpse away from the valve door and into the room. With no obstruction left, the valve door closed automatically.
"Millisyn!" Kexi shouted anxiously from behind.
"Mm!" Millisyn replied, then swiftly ran back. She hopped onto the crate in two steps, then leapt up, grabbed the broken hole in the roof, and flipped herself through.
"Go, quick!" The valve door below was opened again. Millisyn spoke to the four children.
"Follow me. As long as you follow me, you won't be discovered!" A look of joy appeared on Kexi's filthy face.
The group quickly escaped from the rooftop and reached a hidden corner.
"You take them and leave," Millisyn suddenly said. "I'm staying here."
Kexi suddenly came back to himself. That was right. Millisyn had originally come here for her own reasons. Saving his friends had only been something she had done along the way.
"But we've already been discovered. It'll be very dangerous!" Kexi wanted Millisyn to leave with them. He knew all too well how powerful and cruel Dead Hand was. Even if Millisyn had unexpected powers and powerful weapons, what if something went wrong?
"Can you get them away safely?" Millisyn asked him in return.
"I... I can." Kexi looked into Millisyn's eyes and knew there was no need to persuade her anymore.
"Good. Protect them." After saying that, Millisyn took off the Bat Backpack and handed it to Kexi. She quickly explained how to use it and even left him her blaster pistol. Once she finished, she headed back the way they had come.
Watching Millisyn's back, Kexi tightened his grip on the blaster pistol, then turned and left with the three children.
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