Star Wars: Knights of War - Chapter 1 - Taris

Cylan didn't take his eyes off the droids, "Hey now boys, you heard the lady. We're here on accident. We're guests..."

The droids would respond only with blasterfire.

Cylan would follow Illya as fast as he could, firing back at the droids and letting the vine-silk drop to the floor. Cylan's blaster didn't do anything to the droids, as they continued their assault and moved closer to the their targets.

Illya and Cylan would use the corridor as cover for as long as it would hold out, which wouldn't be long.

Cylan fired twice more in the droid's direction, "We need to keep moving."

Cylan would run into the room after firing three more shots toward the droids. "Apollo really knows how to pick his security. You find a way out yet?" Cylan would ask as Illya searched the room for a window to the outside.

The room wasn't big, just a simple guest room with a few unique holo-statues and portraits to liven the place. There were three window slits in the room, but each of them were too small to slide through, even for Illya.

The duo would notice that the droids had stopped firing, but were still headed in their direction. Cylan would offer his opinion on the matter, "Well, this room is useless. We need to circle around and get to the ground level. I can keep them at bay while you-"

Cylan was cut off by the sound of Illya's holo-communicator going off. She was getting a call.

"Well go," Cylan would say as he would join Illya as they ran to the next room. Luckily, this room as more than one door that they could exit.

After picking one of the exit doors, it would lead them to an old fashion staircase that would take them down to the ground level. Illya's communicator would continue to go off.

"Someone really wants to talk to you," Cylan said. "Especially since the blockade has stopped most transmissions..."

The staircase would lead the two to the ground level patio. From there, they were outside so it would seem as if they were clear from the droids. Cylan however, would continue to run.

"Follow me, we need to get the to the Gypsy," Cylan said as he passed Illya.

Illya's communicator stopped ringing, and instead began to beep. Signalling that the device was holding a recorded message.

Cylan would wave his hand in response. She'd see him jump the edge of the walkway before turning to get to the Sky-Wing.

Once at the speeder, she would check the message on her holo-communicator. It seemed a reasonable time to do so as the droids seemed to stop their pursuit. Apollo probably didn't want them to cause any commotion anyway with all the Republic troopers around.

The message seemed to be, as predicted, from Vik. He was in his new uniform and seemed a little crouched in the way he was standing. As if he was hiding somewhere so he could have privacy.

"Hey it's me. All comms have been scrambled by the blockade, but some of us here have gotten past it. Won't work for long, but I figured I'd check on you while I had the chance. Are you alright? The officials come by or anything?"

Vik turned his head to the side as if he'd heard something then turned back to the recording, "I better get going. I hope everything is alright. I'll be back as soon as I can but I can't be sure how long this will last. Please be safe."

The message ended.

Illya took off on the speeder after leaving her message. There was no way of telling if Vik received the message, but there was hope that the message got through. In the meantime, Illya would fly through the Upper City until she found a junction where she could transition into the Middle City where the Gypsy was located.

Once she'd arrive at the hanger that housed the Gypsy, she'd see that Cylan had also arrived. He apparently just landed on the landing platform when she arrived.