Chapter 6:
Count Dooku and Qui-Gon have made it to the netherworld for their lightsaber duel. The scenery is a dark, desolate place where fog surrounds them. Both changed into their human forms to prepare themselves for the fight, which will determine who will be the best of the two spirits.
"Well, we're here." Dooku stated. "You know what happens to the girl if I win do you my former padawan?"
Qui-Gon nodded to his former master, for he is aware of the agreement that he accepted of what will become of Alana.
"If one of us happens to win and return back to India, what will happen to the spirit who lost the duel?" Qui-Gon asked Dooku.
"The spirit who loses the duel will be stuck in the netherworld for all eternity, never again to go back to Earth to be reincarnated, in other words you will never see her again nor witness me crushing her to death with my powerful coils." He answered to the Jedi Spirit with a sinister tone in his voice before he gave a wicked snicker to Qui-Gon.
Not fazed by Dooku's cruel answer to what will happen to the loser of the lightsaber duel, Qui-Gon took off his brown robe and drew out his green lightsaber while Count Dooku took off his black cloak and drew his red lightsaber as they prepared themselves to duel to the bitter end.
As they start their duel, both begin to clash their lightsabers at one another. Both spirits have swift reflexes as they keep attacking on their opponent while keeping their defense up. They were so locked in battle that they kept dueling each other while they are walking. Neither of them showed any mercy as it rages on, Dooku fights to kill Alana while Qui-Gon fights to save her. Both give each other a strong force push that sends them flying back onto the ground and continue the long battle as the sounds of humming and clashing of their lightsabers filled the air. They occasionally punch and kick each other as they try to lower each other's defenses. Qui-Gon dodged every bolt of force lighting that Dooku strikes upon him through his fingertips.
As they kept battling on, they landed on a large, flat boulder that floats on a river of deceased souls of Sith Lords. As Qui-Gon notices a piece of elevated yet sturdy land he leaps off the boulder that he was standing on and did a somersault in the air before landing on the land.
"The duel is over Dooku, I'm on safer ground!" Qui-Gon yelled at his former master as he is catching a breath.
"You underestimate my capabilities, Qui-Gon!" Dooku roared.
"No, don't you dare attempt that height." Qui-Gon warned the Sith Lord spirit.
With that, Dooku sprang up on Qui-Gon in an attempt to land on solid ground where Qui-Gon stood. Knowing that would happen, Qui-Gon uses his lightsaber to chop off his legs, causing him to tumble on his side and wade at the river's shoreline. As Count Dooku is in immense pain from losing his legs, the deceased Sith Lord spirits came out of the river to take him to the river. As Dooku was being dragged away to his well-deserved demise, Qui-Gon withdrew his lightsaber and teleported out of the netherworld knowing that he won the lightsaber duel against his former master.
Back in India, Alana sits on a tree branch faithfully waiting for Qui-Gon to return from a deadly duel against Count Dooku. She notices a white flash from the right side of the branch, as she shifted her body so that her back was resting against the tree trunk to see who made it out of the netherworld; to her pleasant surprise, Qui-Gon's reincarnated form appear in front of her. She hugged Qui-Gon's cat form and scratched behind his ears to show her gratitude for saving her life and defeating Dooku once and for all. Qui-Gon began to purr from being scratched behind his ears.
"I'm glad to see that you're alright, Alana.", Qui-Gon said telepathically to her.
"Yes, I felt a bit better thanks to you." Alana replied
"Alana before I go, you must know one important thing about your amulet's power." Qui-Gon informed her. "It has the ability to heal you from illnesses that means you can use it to heal yourself or somebody that is ill but you must use this power for emergencies only understand?"
"I understand sir, and thank you for that important tip that you gave me regarding my amulet." Alana told Qui-Gon.
"You are welcome, now go get some sleep you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow." Qui-Gon instructed Alana as he began teleport to Domino City.
After Qui-Gon left, Alana laid down on the branch knowing she could sleep easily tonight after the tense moment with the lamia.
After the sun is up, Alana hopped down from the tree to search for her older brother. As the jungle's humidity as well as its heat spiked up in the afternoon, Alana felt hot and tired from a long trek in the dense jungle. As she continued the tiring search for him, she noticed Keith lying unconscious on the ground which was caused by the tense heat and humidity that came from the jungle. He had a red colored blush on his face indicating that he had a terrible fever that was taking its toll on him. As Alana supported Keith's head, she sensed that he suffered from dehydration as well. Without any hesitation, she took him to a river that she had found during her long trek to help her brother cool off.
When she got him to the river, she walked into the river and dragged Bandit Keith along with her to cool off. With her knees together, she sat down in the water; it went up to her waist. Then she had her brother's body submerged in the cool water but kept his face above water while she submerges the back of his head in water to help cool down his overheated body while she support his head. She used a torn cloth from her headdress as a damp washcloth to dab the water on his forehead. Even though Keith is in cool water, he was still unconscious, which worried her. As she begins to feel a sense of helplessness in her heart for her unconscious brother, she remembered what Qui-Gon told her about the healing abilities of her amulet. After she put the damp cloth on Keith's forehead, she put her free hand under her amulet as she used the force to undo its clasp so it could land on her hand. After she put her amulet on Keith's soaked shirt, she tap into the amulet's healing powers covering the glowing amulet with her hand. After her amulet stopped glowing, she used the force to put her amulet around her neck and put the clasp back on as Keith began to stir from his state of unconsciousness.
"Wh–wh-where am I, and why am I in a river?" Bandit Keith asked as he was totally oblivious during his unconscious state while taking off the damp cloth that was resting on his forehead.
"I took you to this river to help you cool down, your body was suffering from the heat and humidity of the jungle and you had a fever." Alana explained to her confused brother. "You also suffered from dehydration. So I used my healing powers which the Egyptian goddess Isis gave me when I was little to help you feel better."
"Thanks Shahra, I wasn't in very good shape for a moment there; if you weren't here to help me, I would've been a goner right about now." Keith expressed his gratitude to her. "Whatever your parents did to tip these two gods in their favor, they knew how to deliver a child with powers which they gifted to you as a blessing of some sort."
"Yes, I have to agree that Isis and Ra gave me their powers as a great blessing for me and it has helped me along my life's journey." Alana remarked to Keith.
After Keith sat up in the water, Alana tipped her head back to cool herself after her long hike in the jungle. She then rubbed her hot face with water as well and thankfully her eyeliner was waterproof, which made it less smudgy around her eyes.
After they got out of the river, Alana used her powers to dry herself as well as Keith off and used her amulet's powers to teleport them out of the jungle.
