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Chapter 9: To Kill A Jedi
Geran lead the Sith to an abandoned docking bay. The docking bay was filled with rusting starfighters, old abandoned stalls, and useless crates filled with junk.
Geran stood with his back to the Sith, as calm as ever. He knew his skills would probably be sufficient to take down the warrior. He stood like an obstinate stone, never moving, and only waiting. Then, the Sith warrior moved to strike.
As soon as Geran heard the lightest rustling of the Sith's cloak, he ignited both his own lightsaber, and the blue lightsaber of his former apprentice, Gufton Kugin. He performed a back flip, slashing at the Sith at the same time.
Instantly, the Sith's hand moved to his belt, and pulled out a lightsaber. Effortlessly, he blocked Geran's strikes with one fluid motion of his crimson lightsaber. However, the force of the impact led him skidding on the ground.
Gripping the ground, the warrior sprang forward, igniting a second blade at the same time. He lunged forward, and Geran sidestepped him, slashing at the same time.
However, the agile Sith man dodged the blow, and flew through the air, rebounding off of an old X-wing at the same time. He glided towards Geran, and unleashed a torrent of Force lightning.
Geran barely blocked the rippling electricity with his dual sabers. He could have blocked it with the Force, but that would alert everyone to his presence.
The Sith knew of this disadvantage, and continued to silently blast the young Jedi Master with one handed bolts of lightning, as he sheathed his lightsabers.
Geran racked his brain for ideas, and soon, one came to him. He reared back, and threw his lightsaber at the Sith.
Quickly, the Sith pulled out a lightsaber pike to block the incoming lightsaber. However, what he failed to realize was that the lightsaber was a decoy.
As the silent warrior blocked the blow, Geran came around from the side, and yelled as he leapt forward, both hands on his lightsaber, ready for an overhead smash.
As Geran smashed down on the Sith's helmeted head, the Sith was smashed backwards.
Geran assumed the warrior was dead, and picked up his other lightsaber, when he heard a hissing chuckle. He whirled around in shock.
The cloaked Sith ripped off his badly dented helmet, revealing a male Nagai with an evil grin spreading.
"Foolish Jedi! Did you really think we would not manufacture our armor to be lightsaber resistant? Now, you have truly unleashed the wrath of a Sith Warrior! I am Reian N'Golllidocanstife, Captain of the Sith Warriors!" Reian hissed.
"Who are Sith Warriors?" Geran questioned.
"We are specially trained warriors of the Sith! We have no allegiance to the Master, and only to the apprentice! We have trained for years since childbirth, mastering the Sith arts and knowledge on how to wield dozens of Sith weapons! And now, Jedi, you die!" Reian growled.
Even as Reian finished, a cloud of black smoke seemed to rise from the ground. Rippling and lapping at Geran, they enshrouded him.
Geran was hit with a sudden sense of nausea and dizziness, and fought the urge to vomit as the noxious fog surrounded him. A voice echoed from somewhere within the fog.
"Do you like it, Jedi? Or should I call you Skirata? That is your name of course. Our pathetic target. This fog is a tactic specific to the Sith Warriors. We call it Darkside Fog. It enshrouds the area, and the more an individual is of the light side of the Force, the more symptoms they feel! It's quite effective towards moronic Jedi such as yourself." Reian cackled.
Geran gagged and staggered around. He knew the suffocating fog would kill him if he did nothing. However, every attempt to escape the fog was met with more of the poisonous substance. Geran realized that he had to use the Force, or die. Gathering up his energy, knowing that it would alert every Force-sensitive and every bounty hunter with a Force gauge in the area, he drew deep into himself, and let loose his power.
Losing his famous calm head, he roared, and exploded with sheer, unbridled and raw Force energy, into a huge Force Maelstrom, a withering torrent of sheer Force energy. Nothing else would be enough to blow away the noxious fumes.
Reian hissed with anger as the maelstrom destroyed his concentration and blew away the fog. Then, the sheer power hit him, and he staggered back, shocked at the sheer amount of Force power within Geran.
Simultaneously, every Jedi in the area flinched at the amount of power radiating from a certain docking bay in Nar Shadaa. The intense power hit everyone strongly.
A certain Quarren Jedi took great interest at the particular Force profile, and nodded to his squad of Jedi. They dashed to the docking bay.
Rewat Juskan grinned with glee. Now, he would finally be able to exact his revenge on the Mandalorian Jedi.
At the same time, many other sources were noticing the power as well.
Gynaen's bounty hunter force's Force gauges went wild. The Force gauges were specially designed to detect the concentration of the Force in an area. Also, the gauges could also read the Force profile unique to each Force-sensitive.
Gynaen pulled out his Force gauge, and used the pre-set setting for Geran Skirata. He whipped another Force gauge from the hands of the sleek Cathar femme fatale named Sylvar Bata. She growled, but let him proceed, as she understood what her leader was doing.
Gynaen rumbled with a chuckle. Sylvar's Force gauge, set to the Force profile of the unknown source matched perfectly with the Force profile of Geran's.
He barked at this bounty hunters. "Come on you slugs! We got him!" The assorted 5 or so bounty hunters whooped with glee and followed their leader to the source of the Force maelstrom.
Geran continued to explode with Force energy, but realizing that the fog was gone, he dropped, and let the energy subside. Panting, he ignited both lightsabers. He turned towards Reian, eyes glowing with the Force. Calm, yet brimming with energy, he silently charged forward, using the Force to bolster himself.
Reian shot forward bolts of lightning, but Geran simply met them with blasts of the Jedi version of Force lightning, Electric Judgement.
Shocked, Reian roared, and an aura of the Dark side of the Force surrounded him, shrouding him in the Dark side of the Force. He leapt forward, preparing to make one huge smash with his spear-like weapon.
On the other end of the docking bay, Geran continued to sprint forward, and adjusted his grips so he could make a huge slash as well.
The two sides closed in. Both tensed for impact, flying through the air with the power of the Force. As they were about to strike, another force flew through the air, and smashed down in between the two combatants, cracking the ground beneath them.
Both Geran and Reian abruptly stopped, and looked at the third combatant. Standing up slowly was Rewat Juskan, grinning at both combatants.
At the same time, 6 bounty hunters dropped from the wall of the building. It was Gynaen's force.
Then, even more bounty hunters on the search for Geran stopped at the gate of the docking bay. It was Bost Tanen, the one-eyed Bothan.
Following Juskan, 10 other Jedi dropped from the rooftops of the nearby buildings. Soon, there were dozens of people in the abandoned docking bay, all looking at each other. Then, Gynaen shrugged and whipped out a blaster, shooting one of Bost's hunters.
Like a starfighter in neutral suddenly jumping to lightspeed, a battle erupted. The bounty hunters all shot at each other, and also attempted to shoot the Jedi. The Jedi were skilled, but under so much fire, 4 quickly went down screaming. Soon, three-way battle between Geran, Reian, and Juskan erupted, each desperately trying to kill the other two. Soon, however, Geran got the upper hand, and pushed Reian and Juskan apart. He ran through the crowd, slashing at everyone who tried to catch him.
Gynaen roared, and leapt forward. He took aim, and fired a timed rocket at Geran, who deflected it with a kick into the crowd. Screams echoed as the rocket went off.
Bost threw a thermal detonator at Geran, who sliced it in half, rendering it useless. Sylvar attempted to use a wrist flamethrower, but Geran cleverly used the Force to make a small vacuum of air around himself, where the lack of oxygen caused the flames to die out. Geran's helmet was oxygenated and airtight as well, so he was able to breathe.
Soon, Geran sprang out of the docking bay, pushing aside crowds of people in Nar Shadaa, and also cloaking himself in the Force. After a few seconds, he was no longer detectable in the Force.
Sprinting to his starfighter in a different docking bay, he jumped in, quickly making preparations to take off. R2-F5 whirred questioningly, but Geran simply answered back in Droidspeak that they had to leave, now.
Geran checked all of his sensors, and made sure that the ship had not been tampered with. Everything was fine. He lifted off, and prepared to make the jump to hyperspace, when a Republic Liberty-class Battlecruiser came out of hyperspace. Geran stayed calm even though on the inside he was slapping himself in the face.
Geran had hoped to avoid the battlecruiser, when suddenly, the tractor beam flared on, and trapped him. He could do nothing but wait. However, unbeknownst to him, he was not doomed to arrest aboard the battlecruiser. However, he was under threat by another source.
Darth Vicinious sat in his dark throne, as he was contacted by a bounty hunter. An armored Mandalorian appeared on the screen in front of him.
"Hello. My name is Lucarn Zosa. I understand that you're looking for a certain Jedi named Geran Skirata. I can give you a few leads, for the right price." The Mandalorian bounty hunter calmly told the Sith Lord.
"Oh? We can negotiate the price later. Right now, I'm listening." Vicinious grinned.
Geran is in for a boatload of trouble. I hope you guys are happy, two chapters in two days is ridiculous! Hahaha, just kidding, I love to write this stuff. But don't expect too much of it.
I'm starting to work on more drawings, and those should be up in a while.
By the way, I've been reading this excellent story by a friend of mine, Comandante Barricade. He really picked apart my chapters, and helped me a lot, so be sure to check out his story, "Befitting Destinies" Read it!
