Chapter Twenty One: Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith
The sound of a lightsaber activating on the other side of the room drew Banes attention. A Jedi came through the doorway wielding a blue lightsaber and lunged for Bane.
Bane easily parried it with his own blade. Zannah came up right after the Jedi and forced the attack. So she used her cunning to trick a Jedi, Bane thought. He couldn't help but smile. She was truly worth the time he spent training her.
It did not take Bane long to realize that this Jedi has great skill. The Jedis skills and Zannahs skills working together like this, would actually prove a tough fight, even for Darth Bane.
Zannah and the Jedi moved in unison unleashing a barrage of attacks which put Bane on the defense. He was slowly being forced backwards by their combined attacks. The Jedi tried a leg sweep to knock Bane off his feet, but Bane easily jumped over his leg and flipped backwards. Upon landing he thrust his palm forward, throwing Zannah up against the wall on the other side of the room with the dark side of the force.
Bane wanted to fight this Jedi one on one. The Jedi charged forward pressing the attack, twirling his lightsaber in expert fashion mixing it with his attacks. He swung his blue blade down and Bane put his red blade up and the two clashed with a crackle. They held their connection, trying to force the other back. "You're good" Bane complimented.
"Shut up" the Jedi shot back jumping backwards and unleashing a huge force push.
Bane put up his force shield and was only pushed back a few inches. Zannah came from behind and tried to swipe at his head. Bane ducked out of the attack and landed a kick straight to her chest which sent Zannah staggering backwards. He sensed the Jedi moving in. He spun around and unleashed a storm of violet-blue force lightning at the Jedi.
The Jedi brought his lightsaber up and absorbed the electricity. Zannah recovered quickly and flipped forward slicing down on Bane. Bane rolled backwards to escape the attack then quickly flipped to his left to avoid the blue blade of the Jedi's.
The two continued to press their attack against him. Once again, Bane found himself slowly being forced backwards towards a door on the far side of the room. He was forced yet again to be on the defensive end of this battle.
The blades of Bane and his two opponents clashed and echoed throughout the room. The battle was growing into a fierce one. But Bane was not worried; even with their combined skill the Jedi and Zannah were not capable of beating him.
As if only to smite his very thoughts, he heard the sound of two more lightsaber activating from behind him. He jumped to his right and looked towards where he heard the noise. Two more Jedi, both female stood in the doorway he was being pressed to. One was a teenager, and the other a slightly older women probably late twenties with red skin.
They both lunged in to join the battle. Bane was now fighting for opponents: Three Jedi; One Sith. A combination of five lightsaber blades, and many ways this could go wrong for him. But he was Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith. He would not be beaten by Jedi, let alone three Jedi.
He allowed the two new Jedi to engage him. He parried and blocked as they pressed their attacks upon him. The teenage Jedi thrusted her green lightsaber at Banes face. He batted it aside with his red blade and threw her backwards with the force. The red skinned women attacked with her purple lightsaber: her attacks were elegant and melted into the other perfectly. She was skilled with form and sequence combinations and transitions.
He sensed Zannah and the male Jedi coming from behind and leapt into the air. He landed on the other side of the room, at least twenty meters distance between him and his opponents. Somehow Zannah had tricked these three Jedi into helping her fight Bane. Cunning. Secrecy. Deception. Betrayal. She used them all in one plan, he smiled. She was truly worthy of succeeding him.
His four opponents moved in pairs. Zannah and the male Jedi; and the two other Jedi women.
Zannah and the male moved in first. Bane was now ready to get serious. He gripped his lightsaber hilt with both hands now and held his lightsaber above his head. The two of them attacked at the same time, and in a flash Bane parried Zannah's strike and at the same time evaded the Jedi's strike, landing a kick right to the Jedi's kneel bringing him to one knee. Which he succeeded with a jaw breaking punch that sent the
Jedi flying through the air and slamming on the ground about twelve meters away.
The other two Jedi moved in the instant the other Jedi had slammed on the ground. It would seem that Zannah was getting serious as well, her attacks were becoming more fierce, more powerful, and more skilled. The two female Jedi reengaged Bane and he was put on the defensive once again.
The teenage Jedi had stamina, and a great strength in the force, but lacked skill and the proper training to use the force in unison with her lightsaber and physical attacks. That was going to be her downfall.
Parrying the blow from the girls green lightsaber, Bane spun on the heel of his foot and preformed and three sixty turn and plunged his red blade through the chest of the girl.