Author's Note: I looooovvvveee cliffhangers! Especially when I write them! So here ya go….the much anticipated meeting of Caylee and Cray….enjoy!
Chapter Four: Sibling Rivalry
"I'm sacred Cray! What if a monster finds us and eats us?" three-year-old Caylee asked crying softly. She and Cray had gotten lost in the jungle that surround the Jedi Academy on Yavin 4.
"Don't worry Caylee, I'll protect you. I'm your big brother by 3 minutes." Cray said confidently as he held his sister's hand.
"But what if we are never found?" Caylee asked still scared.
"At least we'll be together…"
Caylee snapped from her memory and slowly took a step towards her brother. Out of nowhere Cray leapt up using the Force and landed a few feet away from her, with his lightsaber drawn and powered on. A red crimson blade pointed straight at her.
"Dear sister, I've been waiting for this for a long time," he said with a sense of cruelty in his voice.
"What?" she asked confused.
"I've seen this moment, time and time again in my dreams. It's the downfall of the Jedi and the rise of the Sith. And it begins with your death," Cray said powering up his lightsaber before charging at Caylee.
Caylee quickly lit her lightsaber and blocked Cray's downward blow. She didn't want to fight him, but she had to. He was now a Sith. No part of her twin brother remained. All she could feel was darkness emitting from him.
Then she remembered what her grandfather had told her….one must die. She held back the tears as she fought with all her might.
She used the Force to push Cray back so that she could get to her feet. He stumbled backwards and almost lost his balance, but quickly regained it. There was a snare on his face as he approached Caylee once again.
"That wasn't nice," he said.
"It wasn't supposed to be."
Cray quickly swung at her as she did a flip over him. He spun around and swung again, but Caylee was just too fast and too limber. She did another somersault beyond his reach. This continued on all across the clearing until she was finally backed up against a tree.
"End of the line," he said.
"I don't think so," she said as she pushed the Force downward and it propelled her upwards. She gently landed on a tree branch high above the ground. It wasn't going to hold her long though. She quickly jumped off of it and landed on the other side of the clearing.
"Nice try," Cray said heading for her again.
Caylee knelt there with her lightsaber powered off ready for whatever Cray was about to send her way. She wasn't scared to die. She knew that it was going to be him or her.
'Let the light shine in…'
The voice whispered through the Force to her. She knew who it was – it was Anakin Solo.
She briefly closed her eyes and connected to the Force and wrapped herself around it. She literally became one with the Force. She had let the light in.
Just as Cray was at her, she powered her lightsaber on and swung upwards at him. The blow knocked Cray backwards and sent him flying into a near by tree. Caylee stood up and made her way towards him.
Cray looked at her in a daze. "What did you do to me?" he demanded.
"I simply did what I've been taught to do all my life," she said running at him head on.
This was far from over.
Jacen and Kyler had gotten as close as they could to the fortress like structure, without being seen. They managed to get a few holos in hopes that somehow they could figure out what was going on here. They saw several young children in the distance, practicing with lightsabers. And that was really disturbing to them both.
By then the hour was almost up and they headed back to the Silverdancer. So far they hadn't heard anything from Caylee, but that was to be expected. She wasn't the kind of person who liked to ask for help.
Caylee and Cray had been sparring for what seemed like a lifetime. And both of them were getting worn down from the constant blocks, flips and Force pushes.
'He's not going to give up until I'm dead,' Caylee thought to herself. She knew that she was going to have to call for help.
"JACEN
HELP ME!"
"Jacen how long has it been?" Kyler asked worriedly as he wrapped his Jedi robe around him. Night was falling on the planet and it was beginning to get cold.
"It's been over an hour since she should had been back here." Jacen said looking at his chrono.
"I'm gonna go look for her." Kyler said beginning to walk in the direction that Caylee had gone in a while ago.
"JACEN HELP ME!"
Jacen suddenly heard his cousin's cry through the Force. It was directed at only him and not Kyler.
"Kyler you stay here with the ship. I'll go look for her."
Kyler wanted to argue with his master, but he didn't. He knew better then to argue with anyone related to Anakin Skywalker. He didn't like it, but he did wait.
"I promise I won't be long." Jacen said taking off after Caylee.
"Don't
worry Caylee, I'm coming."
When Caylee received her cousin's response, she suddenly found a new inner strength. Soon this battle was going to end. But with what consequences.
The siblings continued their volley back and forth across the clearing. Occasionally one of them would do a flip or something and turn the battle the other way. Caylee quickly spun in a different direction and raised her free hand up in an attempt to send a Force push towards Cray. But instead something else happened…
Jacen not only heard it but also felt it. There was a young woman's scream coming from near by as well through the Force. Something had happened to Caylee.
He quickly found her in a clearing, laying in the sunlight. Off in the distance, he heard someone running off. He paid no attention to that. His focus was on Caylee.
He knelt by her side and gently touched her side. Her entire body was shaking. He rolled her over and was in shock at what he saw.
Caylee's left arm had been cleanly sliced through halfway between her wrist and elbow. The good thing was atleast it wasn't the arm that she used to fight with. But where was the rest of it? He looked up and saw her limb laying close by on the ground.
"Come on. We gotta get you help." Jacen said helping his cousin up and wrapping her in his cloak. He also made sure he got her severed limb. He sure didn't want whoever was on this planet, cloning her.
Cray watched from the darkness of the forest as a young man, who seemed familiar to him, helped Caylee up and they disappeared in the other direction.
"This is just the beginning. We'll meet again. I promise and next time I won't be so generous." Cray said through the Force directed at his sister.
"We'll see about that," she replied, much to his surprise.
