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The next day…
After that awkward dinner the previous night, Luke decided that he should go try to find a way to try to get a breather. As he walked with Leia and Han, he couldn't help, but notice some Stormtroopers guarding the area near the gym. What was going on?
Huh? What's this? He thought while looking at the scene.
"Something wrong, kid? You look distracted." Han commented.
"There's Stormtroopers guarding the gym nearby. I'm going to check it out." Luke told his best friend before walking off, but he was stopped by Leia.
"Luke, what if it's a trap? Xanatos is probably setting you up, I recommend not going to the gym." Leia suggested in worry.
"If he is, I'm going to stop him. In the meantime, both of you go find Lando. No other questions asked, got it?" Luke said with a sigh.
"NO! LUKE, IT'S A TRAP!" Leia screamed at her brother while Han pulled her away.
"Come on, your worship, let's go find Lando." Han told her as Luke walked off.
"IT'S A TRAP!" Leia repeated. (A/N: Yes, people, Leia said it first!).
Luke overheard his sister's warning and sighed before cursing to himself. He always listened to her since she was always the one to take control and boss him around, but this time, he couldn't have her help, he needed to handle this on his own.
He went into the gym and put his backpack on the bleachers where he usually put them before hearing an evil chuckle and running over to the rack and grabbing his sword.
"Who's there?!" Luke demanded sternly.
"You fell for my trap, Skywalker. Who knew that for someone as intelligent as you, you're so gullible?" Xanatos taunted, grabbing a sword from the rack.
"Shut up, Xanatos! I'm going to stop you from causing more trouble!" Luke declared with a determined expression.
With that, the duel began. Luke had no idea that Xanatos could fence that well or that he could fence at all! The two clashed over and over again for some time until the blonde fell over while still clenching his sword as the evil student pointed the sword he was holding at him.
"All too easy…" Xanatos smirked. "You really think that the skills your dad taught you can save you? Pathetic!"
Luke glared at him and immediately got up, resuming the duel. In the middle of it, Luke scratched Xanatos on the shoulder, much to his rage as he immediately slashed at Luke's hand, causing a scar to appear as the blonde cried out in pain while collapsing against the wall and clutching his hand.
"I've finally got you where I needed. Don't make me destroy you, Skywalker." Xanatos said menacingly.
"You'll NEVER destroy me!" Luke yelled.
"If you only knew what I'm capable of!" Xanatos snapped.
"I've seen enough of what you can do! My friends and I won't stand for this!" Luke shouted at him.
"Well then, I believe I should strike you down myself…" Xanatos commented before raising his sword.
Suddenly, Luke threw his sword to the ground and ran off while holding onto his injured hand. The pain was unbearable, but he kept running to the nurse's office. Once he arrived, Luke collapsed in exhaustion onto the bed he was on last time.
Meanwhile…
Leia and Han were walking with Lando near the gym until they saw what looked like small pools of blood making a trail to the nurse's office.
"Is that…blood?" Lando gasped in fear.
"Definitely, Lando." Leia nodded.
"Let's follow it then." Han suggested before leading the trio towards the nurse's office.
Suddenly, once they got to the nurse's office, they saw Luke on the bed as he panted while holding onto his hand which appeared to be bleeding.
"KID!" Han screamed in horror.
"Oh god, are you alright?!" Lando exclaimed.
"I told him it was a trap…" Leia grumbled as she began texting their parents.
Sometime later, Anakin and Padme showed up while they heard the explanation from Leia, Han, and Lando.
"What do you mean you don't know what happened?! He's bleeding!" Padme pointed out in fear as her husband was trying to wipe the blood off of the now conscious Luke's hand.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Skywalker." Han apologized sadly.
"Yeah, there was nothing we could do since we didn't know where he was." Lando added with a sigh.
Padme sighed while Leia went up to comfort her.
"So, what now, dad?" Luke asked his father.
"Well, you should start wearing a glove on this hand to not let people see the scar. When I was your age, I got a pretty nasty scar on my hand too." Anakin answered before taking the cloth away from his son's hand.
"Everything will be alright, Luke. I believe it." Padme reassured her son.
"I need to stop Xanatos somehow though." Luke protested.
"Don't worry, we'll continue to stick together." Leia told him.
"Yeah, kid. You, me, Leia, and Lando. We're a team." Han nodded.
Luke sighed while he started thinking of plans to stop the Imperials.
TO BE CONTINUED…
