Judgment
of a path: Observer's reckoning
Chapter:
1
Vonta stood ready to die to protect the innocent persons in her care from the ravages of death; death that came in the form of two Sith lords that were steadily overwhelming her with attacks that she could barely counter. That she had only 'just' countered, with consequences.
Her short brown hair, soaked with sweat, was wet and matted to her head. Her armor and clothing were torn and tattered; the Jedi robe that she wore was the only thing that concealed the cuts and lacerations that she had collected. Her eyes, colored green as the sea, were filled with a defiant strength that did not reflect the present state of her being.
Her abilities were waning, and no matter how strong she acted, she was now at the very limit of her stamina. As the two foes moved in for a final attack she saw her own mortality before her eyes.
She perceived the two Sith to move as if they were in a slow motion holo-picture scene; When the evil protagonists smiled with disturbing glee in the moments just before they cut down the antagonist, the tragic hero, with that last, fatal blow. Her silver bladed light saber and Teepo blaster would be batted aside and two blood red blades of light would dismember her.
As she perceived what she saw as her final moments, she became aware of a shimmering aura, an energy that formed around her that began to penetrate her every molecule. She felt some thing like it when phase-shifting through solid matter. When in phase-shift, she could pass her molecules through a solid form by shifting her body's mass slightly into another dimension of space and time.
But, this was different. She was not the one controlling this effect. It was coming from somewhere, 'else', infusing her with energy that she had never encountered before.
She felt an increased in intensity. The energy was pouring into her and, like a rain on a desert, she was quickly becoming saturated. The shimmering appeared to manifest itself in her hands. A light surrounded them sparkled and she could see the ground through them! She was becoming immaterial!
Somehow, someone was trying to end her life or do something to her. She could not allow it. The energy that was trying to claim her was just that, energy. And she was a master of energy manipulation.
She began to absorb the power, taking it into the very core of her being. She flickered for a moment and the shimmering disappeared, returning Vonta to a normal, solid state. Though she stemmed the tide, the flow of energy did not abate. It was as endless as the force. Already at her limit Vonta lost control and began to fade in the shimmering light even faster than before. Vonta was losing the fight against the unknown opponent but she was not willing to go when she knew innocent beings would die in her stead.
Even if it was her place to die here today it was her choice to make. No one had the right to make her leave these people to die alone! As she shimmered into nothing, red light blades passed through thin air where she once stood.
All that the two Sith could hear was the final echo of her last, tortured word.
"No!" the scream echoed through Otta Gunga until it was only a memory.