Duel! Sith Apprentice vs Jedi Master!

The “bzzt” sound of two lightsabers as they clashed with each other filled the surrounding ship pad as Wes fought the mysterious Jedi Master. The two circled each other, one waiting for the other to strike first. Both these Force Users had attacked the other, just to prod the defenses of their opponent. Each opponent had come to the conclusion that the other was holding back, waiting to see who would unleash their full power first.

This Jedi is far more powerful than I thought a Jedi could be. I don’t think I can beat him. Wes’ mind raced with all possibilities that could allow him to win. Dammit. I just don’t see a way I can beat him. Even with all the power of the Dark Side, his martial prowess is just too impressive. But perhaps I don’t have to beat him...just distract him long enough to grab the artifact and get away. With a plan in mind, the young Sith rushed his opponent.

“We’ve done this before, boy!” yelled the grizzled Jedi Master as he expertly intercepted Wes’ charge and blasted him with a powerful Force Push. Unbeknownst to the Jedi, this was all part of the young Sith’s plan. While airborne, Wes flew over the Jedi’s fighter and hiding place of the artifact. Wes reached out with the Force and touched the fighter, forcing it from its stationary position and making it tumble with him towards the edge of the platform. “No!” cried out the Jedi as his ship was torn apart as it rolled along the landing pad. Some Force Lightning from Wes to prevent it from crushing him caused the ship to catch fire and fly back towards the Jedi Master, who had to use the Force to toss it aside.

“Hah. Thanks. That went exactly as planned,” Wes said as he held up the artifact in his hand.

“What?! How?!” the stunned Jedi Master said, flabbergasted.

“Oh I’m sure it was hard to see with all that happened. But you did exactly as I hoped you would. Now that I got my prize, there is no reason for me to stick around, goodbye!” Wes said as he shot another round of Force Lightning at the Jedi fighter. The lightning ignited the fighter’s fuel which caused a large explosion right next to the Jedi. The explosion engulfed the man completely.

“Toovee, this is Wes. Come pick me up. Sending location now,” Wes communicated to his droid.

“Ah, master! I’m so glad to hear your voice! I was afraid you had perished in your attack and had failed the Mistress, who would have certainly taken her anger out on me!” the droid responded happily. “I shall be there momentarily. I’m afraid the airspace around the planet is rather packed full of fighters.

“Get here quickly droid, or you’re as good as scrap metal,” the Sith growled to his servant as he watched the blast doors to the landing pad be blown open and Republic troops swarmed the landing pad.

“There he is, open fire!” the commander ordered. Wes quickly ignited his lightsaber and began to deflect the blaster bolts as he bolted for the nearest defensible location. “Close in! We’ll surround and blast him back to where ever these freaks came from!” the commander said as he and the rest of his troops closed in on Wes’ location. Wes readied himself for a final stand off as he rose up to meet the Republic troopers head on only to see blaster fire from above decimate the troops in front of him.

Wes turned around to see his ship hovering behind him. A smile spread across his face as he realized he was going to get out of this alive. The ship turned around and began to land as the entrance opened to allow the young Sith access. Wes made his way to his landing ship when he heard some noise but ignored it, knowing his exit was all but assured. A few steps from his escape, his ship was violently thrown off the side of the platform and towards the ocean below.

“YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE HERE ALIVE, SITH SCUM!” a very angry Jedi yelled as he quickly rushed towards Wes. Wes looked at the man, clearly burnt badly from the fighter exploding so near him, but still quite alive and now fully embracing the Dark Side.

“So, you have realized the Light Side is weak and the only way to beat me is to embrace the Dark Side, eh?” Wes said, clearly taunting his opponent. The Jedi Master quickly ignited his lightsaber and threw it at Wes, who easily blocked the spinning weapon, only to be hit by a powerful Force Push. Wes flew through the air and noticed he was heading directly for the edge of the platform. He quickly reached out with the Force and had a stray hose fly into his hands that he used to swing under the platform. The Jedi Master peaked over the edge, which worked out quite well for Wes, who was able to swing back up to the platform.

“I think you need to cool off!” mocked Wes as he used his own Force Push to send the Jedi Master toppling over the edge of the platform and into the cold ocean below. Wes peered over the side of the platform and saw no sign of the fallen Jedi. With the coast clear, Wes took a look around to see if he could get himself out of this situation.

“Well, my ship is at the bottom of the ocean, his ship is a flaming pile of rubble, the base is on lockdown, and I don’t know where the nearest Sith platoon is,” Wes muttered to himself as he headed towards the exit of the platform.

“Master, where are you going?” asked 2V over the comms as Wes stepped through the doors. Shocked, Wes stopped mid-step and quickly pivoted around to see his ship hovering above the platform.

“TOOVEE!” Wes shouted happily as he ran towards the fighter. “I thought you were destroyed!” he said as he leapt towards the open door of his hovering ship.

“I was able to perform an emergency thrust to miss the surface of the ocean and was able to stabilize the ship,” explained the droid. “Then I waited for you to deal with that rather unreasonable Jedi before I brought the ship back down to pick you up,” the droid told his master.

“Good job, Toovee,” Wes said as he entered the cockpit and took his seat. “Now, let us return to the Valtricous. I’m sure master is eagerly awaiting our return with this,” Wes said as he pulled out the artifact. At this point he noticed the artifact had been cracked in the battle between himself and the Jedi. Wes brought it up to his eye to take a look inside. There he saw a faint, red light coming from within the artifact. Wes looked at the droid who merely shrugged at his master. “Well, let’s see what’s inside!” Wes said as he used the Force to vibrate the artifact. Pieces of the artifact began to fall off as the vibrations shattered its rather fragile outer casing. Once the casing had fallen off, Wes held the true artifact in his hand and brought it up for a closer look.