Chapter five: Corosant
The flight took several hours to travel between Naboo and Corosant, so the ghost of Mace Windu appeared one last time to teach Dack, D'looa, Nick and Ecks everything there was to know about being a Jedi. Even while the Jetstream was still in Hyperspace, the quartet of Jedis had mastered the skill completely. They knew everything. The force push, the mind tricks and, most importantly, fighting other Jedis. Soon afterwards, Kaluko flew the Jetstream through Corosant's ozone layer.
"Alright, where to?" Kaluko asked Dack, who was now sitting in the cockpit with him.
"I don't know. Just a minute." Dack replied as he got up and left the cockpit, walking back to the room used for training, where Windu was standing. "Master Windu, where are those Sith Jedis hiding?"
"They are hiding out at an old temple not to far away from here." Windu replied.
Nick stood up. "Hey, I know where that temple is." He said. "It's the only building on the planet which still has grass in its area. The planet didn't want to destroy such an old building, so they just left it as it was, complete with several acres of grass around it." He started walking out of the room. "I'll go direct Kaluko."
After Nick left, Dack turned to Mace's ghost. "Thank you for training us, master. We shall definitely need all of our skills against these Sith Jedis."
"Dack's right." D'looa said, walking over to the blue ghost. "We owe all our Jedi knowledge to you, master. We shall try our very hardest not to fail this."
Ecks too walked over, chattering in his native language, but everyone bet that he was thanking Windu as well. R7 bleeped in agreement from the corner of the room, where he was plugged into.
"Well, I have extreme confidence in you four." Windu replied. "I know that you will succeed. May the force be with you." With that, Windu vanished from their sight.
Five minutes passed. The Jetstream had arrived outside of the old temple. Compared to every other building in view, the temple was tiny, even though it was well more than fifty feet high. D'looa, Nick and Ecks got off the ship, and Dack, followed, but not before telling Kaluko to take off and not land until he saw them leave the temple. Dack didn't want a trap to spring, causing the Jetstream to explode, which would take R7 and Kaluko with it.
After the Jetstream took off, it started circling the temple as the four Jedis entered the temple.
Inside the temple, a long hallway greeted the Jedis. They walked forward towards the end of the hallway. Suddenly, everyone stopped. Standing at the end of the hallway, looking at them, was a mysterious figure clad in a black cloak and hood. Without removing his hood, the figure spoke to the group.
"So, YOU are Dack Raltar and his friends." The figure hissed in a deep voice. "We've been looking forward to your arrival." He then called into the shadows. "Boys!"
Suddenly, three figures stepped out of the shadows. Dack knew who these newcomers were: Darth Dread, Darth Yazuk and Darth Ibuki. Dread and Yazuk each drew a lightsaber from their belts, but Ibuki, much to Dack's surprise, carried TWO lightsabers. All three activated their weapons. Dread's beam was purple, Yazuk's was jade and Ibuki's were yellow. Ibuki held his weapons like samurai blades.
"Well, who wants to take who?" Dack asked his friends. "I'll take on that leader."
"I'll take Darth Dread there." D'looa said. "He seems to be the second-in- command."
"I'll take the freak with the two lightsabers." Nick added. "I don't want little Ecks to have much trouble with his opponent."
"You think you can take on Darth Yazuk, Ecks?" Dack asked his Jawa companion. Ecks quickly nodded his head, which made a familiar rattle.
"Very well." The Jedi leader hissed, taking one step forward and pulling out his lightsaber. After taking the one step, his leg let out a metallic thud.
Dack raised an eyebrow. "A cyborg Jedi?" He asked aloud.
The leader held his extra-long lightsaber in the middle, activating it. A red beam sprouted on each side. The Jedi then removed his hood. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw the Jedis face. The red face with black markings. All those spikes in his head. Dack only managed two words.
"D-Darth Maul..."
"Impossible!" Nick exclaimed. "You were sliced in half more than fifty years ago!"
"It's amazing what a pair of robotic legs will do." Darth Maul replied. "Now then, shall we fight?" He then looked at his henchmen. "Get them."
Dack, D'looa, Nick and Ecks watched as the four Sith Jedis rushed towards them.
"Ready, guys?" Dack said as he gulped.
Ecks surprised everyone as he let out a Jawa battle cry and rushed headlong towards the evil Jedis. He clashed lightsabers with Darth Yazuk as he pushed the deformed humanoid back. Dack proceeded to clash with Darth Maul and D'looa fought off with Darth Dread while Nick tried his best to fight Darth Ibuki with his twin lightsabers.
All eight Jedis fought for two minutes, and no one was showing any sign of getting tired. However, the Jedis had forced his or her opponent into another room. Ecks had forced Yazuk into a room to the right, D'looa had forced Dread into a room on the left, and Darth Maul had high-jumped to a support beam leading to an upper room, and Dack had jumped after him. Nick and Ibuki were left alone.
Ecks and Yazuk clashed lightsabers. Both Jedis were growing tired, but neither of them wanted to show that to his opponent.
"Man! This Jawa is tough for someone so small!" Yazuk thought to himself as he took a swing at Ecks, who blocked it with his own weapon.
Ecks pushed his hand out, doing a force push. Yazuk was pushed to the ground. Ecks used this opportunity to attempt to bring his lightsaber down on his opponent. Just as he was, Yazuk brought up his own lightsaber, blocking the attack.
Yazuk got up and the two clashed one more time. This time, Yazuk was the victor. He knocked the lightsaber out of Ecks' hands. Ecks' weapon landed behind Yazuk. Yazuk started laughed.
"Well, I guess I'M the victor now, my friend." Yazuk snickered.
Ecks' eyes narrowed as he stared at his weapon. He started chattering in his native language, which made Yazuk lower his guard. Ecks did a Jedi flip overtop of the evil Jedi, focused on his lightsaber and made it return to his hand. As soon as Ecks landed, he thrust his weapon forward, stabbing Yazuk in the stomach. The evil Jedi gasped for breath and collapsed to the ground after Ecks removed his weapon. Yazuk looked up at Ecks, who was standing over him.
"What...Are...You?" Yazuk managed to say before fading from sight, leaving only his cloak and lightsaber.
Ecks grabbed the handle of his lightsaber with both hands and raised it above his head in triumph. Suddenly, for the first time in history, he spoke two words. "Ecks...JEDI!"
Meanwhile, Nick was trying his hardest to deflect any attack Ibuki made at him. Ibuki slashed one of his lightsabers at Nick; Nick blocked it. Ibuki immediately took a slash at Nick's back. Nick quickly pulled his lightsaber behind himself and blocked the shot.
Suddenly, Nick took a hard slash at Ibuki, knocking one of the lightsabers from the Jedis hands. Nick smirked.
"Now it's a fair fight." Nick said slyly. Ibuki growled and muttered something that Nick couldn't make out.
The two continued to clash. The fight continued for another minute, but one fighter was finally knocked down: Nick. Ibuki had pushed the human to the ground and knocked his lightsaber out of reach. Ibuki stood over Nick and prepared to deliver a final blow.
Nick, however, had focused on a large pillar that wasn't connected to the ceiling. The pillar was pulled from the ground and it sailed towards the evil Jedi. Ibuki heard the rumbling, looked back and saw the large pillar sailing towards him. Before the Jedi had time to react, the pillar hit him, but continued going until it hit the wall.
Nick stood up and walked over to the pillar. He looked behind it, but didn't see Ibuki. Instead, he saw the dark Jedis cloak. Nick smiled. He had done it.
In another room, D'looa was having a tougher time against Darth Dread. She could tell that he was three times as strong as she was, but she wouldn't give in easily.
Dread took a slash at D'looa; she blocked. D'looa returned the slash; Dread blocked. The fight went like this for another minute, and Dread looked like he was gaining the upper hand. Dread took one quick slash, clipping D'looa's left arm.
D'looa let out a short cry of pain as she grasped hold of her shoulder. Dread used this opportunity to use a force push to knock D'looa against the wall. The dark Jedi smiled evilly.
"Well, it looks like I have won, my dear." Dread said, laughing. D'looa then noticed that he could blink with his third eye. D'looa shuddered in disgust, then looked back at Dread, a sly smile on her own face.
"Maybe not." D'looa replied.
"What do you mean by that?" Dread asked.
With one hand, D'looa hurled her lightsaber at Dread, using the force to keep it steady. The lightsaber spun in circles as it sailed towards Dread. Before Dread had time to react, the lightsaber sliced through his midsection. The Jedi vanished instantly as his cloak fell to the ground.
D'looa smiled weakly as she stood up and walked over to her lightsaber, still holding her wounded shoulder.
High above the floor, on a long beam, Dack and Darth Maul clashed their weapons. Both fighters had been dueling for a while, and Dack was surprised that he had survived this long against Maul's double-bladed lightsaber. Maul was getting a little frustrated.
"Why won't you just die?!" Maul hissed.
"I'm a Jedi!" Dack replied. "Jedis don't give up that easily!"
The fight continued for another thirty seconds. By now, D'looa, Nick and Ecks were gathered on the floor, looking up at the fight. Maul was quick, but Dack was quicker. With one quick slash, Dack had sliced Maul's extra- long lightsaber in half.
(Author's note: Whoa. Déjà vu)
Dack smiled. The odds were now even. Maul, now infuriated that his lightsaber had been cut in half again, started slashing at Dack faster than ever. Dack was still quick enough to block all the attacks.
Suddenly, while both lightsabers were locked in combat, Maul held out his hand. Dack was wondering what Maul was doing, but he quickly found out. Dack couldn't breathe. Maul was using a force-powered chokehold on the young Jedi. Dack broke away from the weapon lock and grabbed hold of his throat, desperately trying to breathe. Maul grinned evilly as he turned off his lightsaber with his other hand, figuring he wouldn't need it anymore.
"You were good. I'll give you that." Maul hissed. "But I'm better."
Dack looked at Maul, furiously, as he still tried to breathe. He knew that unless he took immediate action, he'd be done for. Dack thrust his lightsaber forward, straight through Maul's stomach. Immediately, Dack was released from the choke hold. Dack stood up straight and looked at Maul, who was now gasping for breath.
"Survive this." Dack taunted. He pulled his lightsaber from Maul's stomach and pushed him back with his foot.
Maul tumbled back and toppled off of the beam. He fell about thirty feet until he finally hit the floor. Dack looked over the edge of the beam, and saw nothing but Darth Maul's cloak, lightsaber and metallic legs.
D'looa, Nick and Ecks immediately started cheering. Dack quickly joined them.
Little did they know that Mace Windu's ghost appeared again, standing in the shadows. Windu smiled, proud of his pupils. All four of them were now Jedis.
Author's note: Sorry for making the fights a little too quick. I'm not very good when it comes to writing about fights.
The flight took several hours to travel between Naboo and Corosant, so the ghost of Mace Windu appeared one last time to teach Dack, D'looa, Nick and Ecks everything there was to know about being a Jedi. Even while the Jetstream was still in Hyperspace, the quartet of Jedis had mastered the skill completely. They knew everything. The force push, the mind tricks and, most importantly, fighting other Jedis. Soon afterwards, Kaluko flew the Jetstream through Corosant's ozone layer.
"Alright, where to?" Kaluko asked Dack, who was now sitting in the cockpit with him.
"I don't know. Just a minute." Dack replied as he got up and left the cockpit, walking back to the room used for training, where Windu was standing. "Master Windu, where are those Sith Jedis hiding?"
"They are hiding out at an old temple not to far away from here." Windu replied.
Nick stood up. "Hey, I know where that temple is." He said. "It's the only building on the planet which still has grass in its area. The planet didn't want to destroy such an old building, so they just left it as it was, complete with several acres of grass around it." He started walking out of the room. "I'll go direct Kaluko."
After Nick left, Dack turned to Mace's ghost. "Thank you for training us, master. We shall definitely need all of our skills against these Sith Jedis."
"Dack's right." D'looa said, walking over to the blue ghost. "We owe all our Jedi knowledge to you, master. We shall try our very hardest not to fail this."
Ecks too walked over, chattering in his native language, but everyone bet that he was thanking Windu as well. R7 bleeped in agreement from the corner of the room, where he was plugged into.
"Well, I have extreme confidence in you four." Windu replied. "I know that you will succeed. May the force be with you." With that, Windu vanished from their sight.
Five minutes passed. The Jetstream had arrived outside of the old temple. Compared to every other building in view, the temple was tiny, even though it was well more than fifty feet high. D'looa, Nick and Ecks got off the ship, and Dack, followed, but not before telling Kaluko to take off and not land until he saw them leave the temple. Dack didn't want a trap to spring, causing the Jetstream to explode, which would take R7 and Kaluko with it.
After the Jetstream took off, it started circling the temple as the four Jedis entered the temple.
Inside the temple, a long hallway greeted the Jedis. They walked forward towards the end of the hallway. Suddenly, everyone stopped. Standing at the end of the hallway, looking at them, was a mysterious figure clad in a black cloak and hood. Without removing his hood, the figure spoke to the group.
"So, YOU are Dack Raltar and his friends." The figure hissed in a deep voice. "We've been looking forward to your arrival." He then called into the shadows. "Boys!"
Suddenly, three figures stepped out of the shadows. Dack knew who these newcomers were: Darth Dread, Darth Yazuk and Darth Ibuki. Dread and Yazuk each drew a lightsaber from their belts, but Ibuki, much to Dack's surprise, carried TWO lightsabers. All three activated their weapons. Dread's beam was purple, Yazuk's was jade and Ibuki's were yellow. Ibuki held his weapons like samurai blades.
"Well, who wants to take who?" Dack asked his friends. "I'll take on that leader."
"I'll take Darth Dread there." D'looa said. "He seems to be the second-in- command."
"I'll take the freak with the two lightsabers." Nick added. "I don't want little Ecks to have much trouble with his opponent."
"You think you can take on Darth Yazuk, Ecks?" Dack asked his Jawa companion. Ecks quickly nodded his head, which made a familiar rattle.
"Very well." The Jedi leader hissed, taking one step forward and pulling out his lightsaber. After taking the one step, his leg let out a metallic thud.
Dack raised an eyebrow. "A cyborg Jedi?" He asked aloud.
The leader held his extra-long lightsaber in the middle, activating it. A red beam sprouted on each side. The Jedi then removed his hood. Everyone's eyes widened as they saw the Jedis face. The red face with black markings. All those spikes in his head. Dack only managed two words.
"D-Darth Maul..."
"Impossible!" Nick exclaimed. "You were sliced in half more than fifty years ago!"
"It's amazing what a pair of robotic legs will do." Darth Maul replied. "Now then, shall we fight?" He then looked at his henchmen. "Get them."
Dack, D'looa, Nick and Ecks watched as the four Sith Jedis rushed towards them.
"Ready, guys?" Dack said as he gulped.
Ecks surprised everyone as he let out a Jawa battle cry and rushed headlong towards the evil Jedis. He clashed lightsabers with Darth Yazuk as he pushed the deformed humanoid back. Dack proceeded to clash with Darth Maul and D'looa fought off with Darth Dread while Nick tried his best to fight Darth Ibuki with his twin lightsabers.
All eight Jedis fought for two minutes, and no one was showing any sign of getting tired. However, the Jedis had forced his or her opponent into another room. Ecks had forced Yazuk into a room to the right, D'looa had forced Dread into a room on the left, and Darth Maul had high-jumped to a support beam leading to an upper room, and Dack had jumped after him. Nick and Ibuki were left alone.
Ecks and Yazuk clashed lightsabers. Both Jedis were growing tired, but neither of them wanted to show that to his opponent.
"Man! This Jawa is tough for someone so small!" Yazuk thought to himself as he took a swing at Ecks, who blocked it with his own weapon.
Ecks pushed his hand out, doing a force push. Yazuk was pushed to the ground. Ecks used this opportunity to attempt to bring his lightsaber down on his opponent. Just as he was, Yazuk brought up his own lightsaber, blocking the attack.
Yazuk got up and the two clashed one more time. This time, Yazuk was the victor. He knocked the lightsaber out of Ecks' hands. Ecks' weapon landed behind Yazuk. Yazuk started laughed.
"Well, I guess I'M the victor now, my friend." Yazuk snickered.
Ecks' eyes narrowed as he stared at his weapon. He started chattering in his native language, which made Yazuk lower his guard. Ecks did a Jedi flip overtop of the evil Jedi, focused on his lightsaber and made it return to his hand. As soon as Ecks landed, he thrust his weapon forward, stabbing Yazuk in the stomach. The evil Jedi gasped for breath and collapsed to the ground after Ecks removed his weapon. Yazuk looked up at Ecks, who was standing over him.
"What...Are...You?" Yazuk managed to say before fading from sight, leaving only his cloak and lightsaber.
Ecks grabbed the handle of his lightsaber with both hands and raised it above his head in triumph. Suddenly, for the first time in history, he spoke two words. "Ecks...JEDI!"
Meanwhile, Nick was trying his hardest to deflect any attack Ibuki made at him. Ibuki slashed one of his lightsabers at Nick; Nick blocked it. Ibuki immediately took a slash at Nick's back. Nick quickly pulled his lightsaber behind himself and blocked the shot.
Suddenly, Nick took a hard slash at Ibuki, knocking one of the lightsabers from the Jedis hands. Nick smirked.
"Now it's a fair fight." Nick said slyly. Ibuki growled and muttered something that Nick couldn't make out.
The two continued to clash. The fight continued for another minute, but one fighter was finally knocked down: Nick. Ibuki had pushed the human to the ground and knocked his lightsaber out of reach. Ibuki stood over Nick and prepared to deliver a final blow.
Nick, however, had focused on a large pillar that wasn't connected to the ceiling. The pillar was pulled from the ground and it sailed towards the evil Jedi. Ibuki heard the rumbling, looked back and saw the large pillar sailing towards him. Before the Jedi had time to react, the pillar hit him, but continued going until it hit the wall.
Nick stood up and walked over to the pillar. He looked behind it, but didn't see Ibuki. Instead, he saw the dark Jedis cloak. Nick smiled. He had done it.
In another room, D'looa was having a tougher time against Darth Dread. She could tell that he was three times as strong as she was, but she wouldn't give in easily.
Dread took a slash at D'looa; she blocked. D'looa returned the slash; Dread blocked. The fight went like this for another minute, and Dread looked like he was gaining the upper hand. Dread took one quick slash, clipping D'looa's left arm.
D'looa let out a short cry of pain as she grasped hold of her shoulder. Dread used this opportunity to use a force push to knock D'looa against the wall. The dark Jedi smiled evilly.
"Well, it looks like I have won, my dear." Dread said, laughing. D'looa then noticed that he could blink with his third eye. D'looa shuddered in disgust, then looked back at Dread, a sly smile on her own face.
"Maybe not." D'looa replied.
"What do you mean by that?" Dread asked.
With one hand, D'looa hurled her lightsaber at Dread, using the force to keep it steady. The lightsaber spun in circles as it sailed towards Dread. Before Dread had time to react, the lightsaber sliced through his midsection. The Jedi vanished instantly as his cloak fell to the ground.
D'looa smiled weakly as she stood up and walked over to her lightsaber, still holding her wounded shoulder.
High above the floor, on a long beam, Dack and Darth Maul clashed their weapons. Both fighters had been dueling for a while, and Dack was surprised that he had survived this long against Maul's double-bladed lightsaber. Maul was getting a little frustrated.
"Why won't you just die?!" Maul hissed.
"I'm a Jedi!" Dack replied. "Jedis don't give up that easily!"
The fight continued for another thirty seconds. By now, D'looa, Nick and Ecks were gathered on the floor, looking up at the fight. Maul was quick, but Dack was quicker. With one quick slash, Dack had sliced Maul's extra- long lightsaber in half.
(Author's note: Whoa. Déjà vu)
Dack smiled. The odds were now even. Maul, now infuriated that his lightsaber had been cut in half again, started slashing at Dack faster than ever. Dack was still quick enough to block all the attacks.
Suddenly, while both lightsabers were locked in combat, Maul held out his hand. Dack was wondering what Maul was doing, but he quickly found out. Dack couldn't breathe. Maul was using a force-powered chokehold on the young Jedi. Dack broke away from the weapon lock and grabbed hold of his throat, desperately trying to breathe. Maul grinned evilly as he turned off his lightsaber with his other hand, figuring he wouldn't need it anymore.
"You were good. I'll give you that." Maul hissed. "But I'm better."
Dack looked at Maul, furiously, as he still tried to breathe. He knew that unless he took immediate action, he'd be done for. Dack thrust his lightsaber forward, straight through Maul's stomach. Immediately, Dack was released from the choke hold. Dack stood up straight and looked at Maul, who was now gasping for breath.
"Survive this." Dack taunted. He pulled his lightsaber from Maul's stomach and pushed him back with his foot.
Maul tumbled back and toppled off of the beam. He fell about thirty feet until he finally hit the floor. Dack looked over the edge of the beam, and saw nothing but Darth Maul's cloak, lightsaber and metallic legs.
D'looa, Nick and Ecks immediately started cheering. Dack quickly joined them.
Little did they know that Mace Windu's ghost appeared again, standing in the shadows. Windu smiled, proud of his pupils. All four of them were now Jedis.
Author's note: Sorry for making the fights a little too quick. I'm not very good when it comes to writing about fights.