Trip felt a disturbance in the Force and cocked his head slightly to the left accordingly. A good sized rock flew past his head. He had excellent reflexes and he used the Force to slow down time. He snatched the rock out of mid air and flung it back at his attacker who was taken by surprise as it hit him full in the chest. That was always a Jedi's helpful tool, surprise. Trip decided not to let his attacker know that he was a Jedi Knight yet because after all it could just be a street thug who was bored. He probably would not be anymore. The person ran away swearing as he did so. But he had something of Trip's; he had a certain sheet of paper Trip had previously written. This piece of paper contained a series of trigger phrases that brought Trip's anger dangerously close to unleashing his anger on who ever said the words phrases even though they probably did not know that what they were saying had such a tremendous effect on him.
Trip had plenty of things to be angry about therefore he had a lot of anger pent up inside of him. Jedi Knights were supposed to be experts at patience. Because of their rank known through the galaxy, they were given full clearance to investigate whatever they needed. They would often be left waiting because the places they investigated always had something to hide. They would hope that the Jedi would grow impatient, and then leave. However, they would always still be there until they had to have their interrogations answered. Patience was something Trip had with some people more than others. Before Trip moved to the academy he was often very impatient with his family. He had friends but he was never allowed to go and play with them, he always had to come home. He was the eldest of 6 siblings, and they were supposed to respect him, but they never did. Because of this he became very impatient with them. That's usually what happens when a kid of his age had all of the responsibilities and never got out of the house. But Trip had patience with just about everybody else. He had always thought that this was the case with everybody, but now that he was a knight he knew better. He had seen true older brothers who acted/did what they were supposed to. So that was an area of lack for Trip as a knight, and an area of lack made him angry.
Besides anger of lack Trip was also always made fun of. Even now as an 18 yr old man, he was still made fun of. He was made fun of all the time as a young boy. They made fun of his hair, his clothes, his shoes, his skin color, but especially they made fun of his teeth. If they made fun of his hair, he could get a haircut. If they made fun of his shoes, he would get a different pair. If they made fun of his skin color, he could act like he was their own. But when they made fun of his teeth, he could not do anything to fix it. He could not even keep his mouth closed they were so messed up. Because he was Force-sensitive then, he always knew that the kids that made fun of him the most were the ones that were most unhappy with themselves. His dad always told Trip that they were jealous of his good looks. Trip never thought himself attractive. He surmised that they were jealous of his happiness, nothing more. Trip was always a happy child growing up. They may have been unhappy for one reason or the other, but at least their teeth were straight. His parents did not have money for braces, he was too young anyway. At least he still had parents that were together.
The older Trip got, the worse his teeth got. And the older his peers got, the worse the insults got. By now there were gangs, and they would say that his teeth made gang signs. But there was one kid who was relentless in his jests. The worse part about it was that in his area, nobody was supposed to talk about you. If they did then you had better come up with something worse to say to them back. If you could not do that, than you better be able to fight them and beat them up. If you could not do that, then you were lame, and if you were lame, then nobody would be your friend. And one always wanted friends. That's why today there are so many minors doing drugs. Besides that Trip was called fat and un athletic. He was too, until he became and athlete and discovered the power of sports.
And so now here he was. He had a powerful athletic build, his teeth were straight, he was intelligent, and he was a full grown Jedi Knight. But there was always one kid that talked about his teeth the worse. He hurt Trip so deeply that he was sure that if he ever saw him again, he would not hesitate to stick a lightsaber right into his perfect teeth and see what he had to say about it then. But that is
revenge, and revenge is not the Jedi way. He felt a disturbance in the Force again; it was him. He whirled around and instantly put a hand on his hilt, checking to make sure his lightsaber was secure.
"I bet you never thought you'd see me again, Trip," he said.
"I've dreamt about this day for a long time," Trip replied as he dropped his cloaked revealing his strong athletic build, but not his lightsaber, not yet.
"What the-?"
"I could deck you with one punch."
"But your still slow!" he said as he revealed a blaster.
"Don't try it," Trip commanded as he used the force to send the blaster flying into the air.
"Oh, so you know one little trick huh, and you think you are somebody?" he sneered.
"That's one more "little trick" than you. But you were never smart, so how could you know simple math?"
"I was always smarter than you, carrot boy!" That was one of the trigger phrases. Trip charged in a blind furry and delivered a hard precise blow to his rival's jaw. He decked him, just as he predicted. But because of Trip's anger, his mind was clouded and he was not able to pick up the warning. A wave of Force lighting hit him full in the chest. He felt like his body was on fire as he flew back.
"Did you really think it was going to be that easy?" his rival demanded incredulous. "I am a Sith Lord now. I am Darth Lazer, now." Trip saw a red lightsaber ignite. "So you got stronger and you thought that it would be enough to deal with me? You thought that your new strength alone would be enough to get you revenge? I sense great fear in you, Trip, and this is rightfully so."
"That is where you are wrong, I have no fear. My only concern is what how I explain to your family your corruption, and the consequences of it. I am a Jedi Knight," Trip replied as he used the force to call his own to his hand.
