Gritting my teeth I turn away from the unconscious inquisitor. We need a few things before we leave and we will have little time before reinforcements arrive.

"Roan, you're bleeding!" Teya exclaims.

Looking at my arm I notice a deep red leaking from my right arm's sleeve. Thinking about it I realize I had been feeling a light pressure from there since Retra's lightsaber exploded. I'd been stuck by shrapnel.

I pulled out an advanced med kit I had put together over the years, my long tweezers, and a magnet. The latter two are both from my workbench but would be pivotal to removing bits from my forearm.

First I tried waving the magnet over my arm only to discover that the foreign matter in my arm either wasn't metal or was a non-magnetic one. Pouring a glass of water over the open wound to make it more visible I tried to remove it with my tweezers. The bullet-like ball of matter was too deep to remove. It had hit nothing vital but had lodged itself to the bone.

"Try using the force to remove it, Roan. You have amazing control and it should be easy for you," Teya.

I nod in response before attempting to do so only to stop just as I started. A severe burning sensation overwhelmed me as I tried to remove it with the Force. A glance at my wound reveals it to have stopped bleeding from cauterization.

"Of all the crazy shit to happen today this has to be the most unlikely," I scoff.

Teya frowns," What do you mean? What is it?'

"It's a shard of her kyber crystal embedded in my arm down to the bone. I don't think it can be removed surgically and if I try channeling the force through it the thing will burn my flesh."

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"Ouch, well look at the bright side at least you finally got a crystal of your own," Teya beams.

"Too soon Teya, " I frown.

"Sorry, will you be okay?"

I grin, "Yeah I'll just apply some Bacta to it."

"You have a Bacta tank?" Teya inquires.

I shake my head," No I have a stabilized gel I made that I keep in here" gesturing to my med kit.

Taking a canister out of my med kit, I apply a light blue liquid to the wound. " I cultured it myself from base ingredients after learning how Bacta is made. It's super expensive when bought fully produced and in a tank-sized bulk. Which is why I came up with this instead."

Examining the canister Teya replies," That's very clever and useful ".

I began repacking up my med kit putting my magnet and tweezers inside because they'd potentially be useful in the future. I look back to see the bleeding heart Jedi already applying some of the Bacta to Retra's scorched stumps.

I sigh internally while walking up to Retra's limp body and grab some of her possessions from her bag. The items in question are her ID/access card, activation cylinder, and code cylinder.

Teya glares at me, "What are you doing?"

"Hey, we need a ship and she won't be using hers. That is at least she won't be using one for a long time. Now all we need to do is take down a few troopers and take their armor," I explain.

"Gross! I don't want to undress them or wear their sweaty humid armor!" Teya complains.

"Get over it, we all gotta do things we don't like to survive."

Teya doesn't respond but grabs her things and follows me outside. We arrive outside the imperial hangar and take cover nearby. I use the force to first make a sound nearby for the two guards by the door to investigate. Then I make a pebble move quickly around on the ground to make them look down.

"Bang!"

The two troopers drop from being hit by one of my bearings. Putting on the armor I laughed when Teya sniffed hers and made a scrunched-up face. I got a light slap on the shoulder which didn't stop me from chuckling further.

With the armor on we advanced into the facility and with Retra's clearance we proceeded smoothly into the hangar and onto her ship. Security in the hangar itself was pretty low but made sense considering someone needed all the methods of ID and clearance to get there.

Teya sat in the pilot chair and activated the ship. We remotely opened the way but as the ship took off I heard an alarm start blasting in the distance.

"Speed up as much as possible Teya! Pursuers will be right behind us!'