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It was a statement, not a question.
"We can't blow it up," Obi-Wan said. "But we could drown it." He turned to Swa
Swa
"You have forty minutes," Obi-Wan said. "We'd better get started."
Swa
"We could use a diversion," Obi-Wan murmured to Yaddle as they hid behind a utility box.
"Accomplish this we must, if the Provisional Committee is going to be successful," Yaddle said. "The longer it takes, the more things can go wrong."
"Look," Obi-Wan said, pointing at a stream of water underneath the double durasteel doors of the substation. "Swa
The flood has begun."
Yaddle opened her comlink to signal the power grid team that Euraana had arranged to stand by.
Up on their repulsorlift platforms, the guards didn't notice the water streaming out from underneath the crack in the durasteel doors. Their gazes continued to rest on the targeting computers that would show them attacking beings or airborne weapons.
"When it gets deep enough to endanger the equipment, the alarm should sound," Obi-Wan murmured. "I'm betting the operators will leave their grenade mortars and let the droids guard the entrance. They'll call for reinforcements."
"One problem, there is," Yaddle said. "Burst open, the doors might."
"And that would release the flood into the tu
"In which case, the equipment might keep functioning." He thought for a moment. "Can you use the Force to hold the doors?"
Yaddle nodded.
The water was now streaming down the tu
They could see that the water inside was rising, since the water was now leaking out of the seam between the double doors. The pressure of the water was causing the doors to vibrate from the strain.
Obi-Wan felt the Force surround them as Yaddle gathered it around her.
The doors and the water stopped moving. It began to collect around the wheels of the grenade mortars and the legs of the droids.
They watched as the water deepened, held back by the Force. Soon it was lapping at the repulsorlift platforms, but the guards still did not notice, intent on their computers.
Suddenly a light flashed red over the doors. The alarm began to beep insistently. The two operators sat up in their chairs and swiveled to check behind them.
They saw the water.
"What's going on?" one of them shouted.
The other spoke into a comlink. "They're sending reinforcements. Just stay calm."
"I am calm!" the second guard shouted. "I just can't swim!"
The other guard began to enter a code into a handheld sensor.
"They'd better boost the grid now," Obi-Wan said. Yaddle listened intently to the comlink.
"Bypassed the station, they have," she told Obi-Wan. "Wait we must to see if the power surge will restore the grid…."
Suddenly the attack droids snapped into formation, splashing in the water.
"They must have engaged a life-form sensor sweep," Obi-Wan said.
"A few minutes more, they need."
"We just ran out of time." Obi-Wan activated his lightsaber. "Let's go."
He charged out into the tu
Right behind Obi-Wan, Yaddle took out an attack droid with a flick of her lightsaber while she sent the other guard flying against the tu
Attack droids ca
It felt easy and natural with the Force so strong. Yaddle took out ten attack droids in what seemed like no time and then buried her lightsaber in the two grenade mortar controls. Within minutes, all of the droids were sizzling in the puddles of water.
"Reinforcements should be here soon," Obi-Wan said.
"Feel them near, I can," Yaddle said. She listened to the comlink and then nodded. "Success," she said to Obi-Wan. "Up, the power grid is, and in our hands. The city of Naatan is lit once more. Go now to the Mawans, I must. Time to return to their homes, it is."
Obi-Wan nodded. "I'll wait for the reinforcements. They'll most likely return to brief Striker."
"As soon as I can return to help find Anakin I will," Yaddle said.
Yaddle moved down the tu
They took one look at the spreading water, the still-sizzling droid parts, and the absence of the guards. The superior officer activated his comlink and spoke into it. Then he signaled to the others.