"Well, well!! My master was certainly right about you!"
Jinn looked at the evil apprentice only after he looked at his padawan and assessed that he was not injured, just captured.
"Oh and what was your master right about?"
Jinn was just taunting the dark one. He did not care to hear anything about Darth Sidious' comments or thoughts.
"He said you were smart; a very wise man were his exact words. Now I know he was right. He said something else about you and I guess I just might get a chance to see if there is any truth in that too."
"And?"
Jinn waited for the dark one to continue.
Xanatos and Bruck lingered around the corner. They did not want to be seen by Maul and the truth told on them.
"He said you were the most talented and studied Jedi in the order with the light saber. Am I going to have to have you prove that to me?"
"It depends on whether you plan to release my padawan or not."
Obi-Wan could not believe he was hearing correctly. What wonderful news, that he was to be Master Jinn's apprentice, to hear at such a precarious time. His very life hung in the balance as his master and the dark one faced off. He waited to see which one would make the next move.
It was in that instance that Maul shoved Obi-Wan out of the way and drew his saber, which until now had been sheathed.
The twin blades glowed an eerie red as Maul swung it threatening in the air and headed toward Master Jinn to begin his attack.
Jinn's saber of green did not have two blades, but it's presence was no less dramatic when he whirled it over his head, intent on making his own attack on the dark one.
The air above the two seem to come alive with an electrical show when the saber blades made contact with each other; throwing sparks of colors in the air as the sizzling sound echoed all over the transport landing.
It drew the attention of the soldiers, travelers, and the other two Jedi, Bruck and Xanatos.
People started to gather around the two that were in the intense battle. Maul was quite talented with the saber. He had evidently practiced a lot to be able to handle a double blade. Two blades on one saber was more difficult to maneuver than a one- bladed light saber.
It took all of Jinn's concentration to meet blow for blow the dark apprentice's attack.
In the mean time, Xani and Bruck came over to watch the battle. Xanatos intently watched the battle and tried to decide what he should do.
If he sided with Jinn and defeated Maul, Obi-Wan would still tell on them for so willingly handing him over. It was with that thought that he decided he must help Maul and that Jinn and Kenobi would meet their deaths quite possibly by his own hand and not Maul's.
He directed Bruck to get Obi-Wan and hold him in place until he could deal with him
Bruck drew his saber and rushed over to Obi-Wan. He meant to threaten the boy but in the heat of the moment, when he pointed his saber at Obi-Wan, it made contact with the boy's chest, burning through his tunic all the way to his skin. Obi-Wan who thought at first he would try to get away, held his place. He did not want to be "fried" by Bruck's saber.
There was no doubt where Xanatos' loyalties lay when he drew his saber on his former Master.
Jinn was at first surprised then realized to himself, that it was not all at surprising that Xanatos had swayed to the dark side.
Ever since Obi-Wan had been kidnapped, Qui-Gon had gotten the feeling that Xanatos was not telling the entire truth about the kidnapping and deep down Jinn feared that Xanatos might have had something to do with Obi-Wan's kidnapping.
The battle for the big master had just become doubly hard.
He had trained Xani well in the use of the saber.
There was not a move that the Jedi master made that the former apprentice did not know how to counter. Their battle was turning into a human chess game. Jinn kept going back and forth dealing first with the saber of Maul's then with the saber of Xanatos'.
The soldiers on the transport was too afraid of the advanced weaponry of the Jedi and of Maul. Their blasters were drawn but they stood to the side and watched. They reasoned it was not their battle and as long as one of the travelers or themselves were not in harms way they would let the battle continue. They owed nothing to the Jedi, certainly not their lives..
Bruck had Obi-Wan cornered off to the side. The hand holding his saber trembled with fear. If Xani lost, Brcuk would be in more trouble than he could think about. He did not know what he would do if Xani and the dark one lost their battle, leaving him at the mercy of Qui-Gon. He tried to watch the battle and keep an eye on Obi-Wan, all at the same time.
It only took one look toward the battle for Obi-Wan to sense his chance to escape. When Bruck turned to see what was happening Obi-Wan kicked the hand of Bruck that was holding the saber. The hilt of Bruck's saber clanged against the cement as it flew across the landing port.
The boy, shocked that "Oafy-Wan" would dare attempt such an undertaking, tried to run to get his saber. Obi-Wan was as determined as Bruck was to get to the dropped saber, he stuck his right leg out and tripped Bruck. The boy fell hard on the ground and Obi-Wan jumped on his back. Even with the painful burn to his chest Obi wrestled with the other initiate trying to keep him from getting the saber.
Obi-Wan remembered what his new master told him when he was using the saber.
Reach for the force.
That is what the smaller boy did when he was sitting on top of Bruck. With the aid of the force, Obi-Wan used a force hold to literally tie the other initiate down where he was.
How easy can that be?
Bruck was glued to the ground by the force hold, not able to move even a finger.
Obi-Wan ran over and picked up Bruck's saber. He then continued on to where his new master was battling both Xanatos and Maul. He tried to insert himself in the battle by landing a blow to Xanatos back.
The young knight turned on Obi-Wan. He was not worried about battling with Obi-Wan. He thought the child would be taken down with one clean swipe of his saber. He was all so wrong.
Obi-Wan met the first blow that Xanatos tried to land with expert accuracy. He managed to stop Xani's saber from hitting him. He could not do much more. Xanatos put both of his hands on his saber and with all the power he had, tried to strike Obi-Wan yet again. Still the child held his own, not able to strike the former apprentice with his saber, but he was able to stop Xanatos' saber from landing its intended death blow.
Qui-Gon had his hands full with Maul, but he would glance over at Obi to see how he was dealing with Xanatos. He took the sight in with pride when he realized that the child was actually holding his own ground with the dark knight. Jinn knew that Obi-Wan would tire soon and he wanted to finish Maul off so he could help his apprentice. Maul was an expert with the saber in his own right. Jinn had never battled someone so good with the saber. Sidious had trained this one well.
Master Jinn turned and did a flip, surprising his opponent. When Jinn landed on his feet he took his saber and knocked Maul's saber out of his hand.
Maul stood waiting to see if Jinn planned to kill him. At the same time Jinn was disarming Maul, Xanatos finally wore Obi-Wan out. He knocked Obi's saber from his hand and pushed the boy to the ground. His heavy boot kept the child down when he placed his foot right on the neck of Obi-wan, almost cutting off his air supply.
Qui-Gon now had his and Maul's saber. He turned to face off with Xani.
"Let the child go Xanatos. You don't have a fight with him."
"You are so wrong Qui. I can't stand the boy. I know you want him as your apprentice and that makes me hate him more. Do you think you can do better with him than you did with me. I doubt it. No, the boy is going to die and you are going to watch. Now when he dies is up to you. Hand both of the sabers over to Darth Maul and I will let him live a little longer. Hey maybe you can find a way to save him, if he lives longer.
Xanatos roared with laughter.
"I am not going to hand my saber to Maul. Neither of us will have a chance then."
"But like you reminded me, it your absolute duty to protect a Jedi youngling. You will just have to hope for a way out of this for if you don't drop your saber, his death will be immediate."
Xanatos ground his boot into the side of Obi-Wan's face making the boy scream.
Just as Knight Crion looked down at the screaming boy, Jinn made a lunge for him. Jinn had thrown both the sabers he was holding over the railing of the transport, down to the next level. Maul could not retrieve his saber to do battle.
Qui-Gon knocked Xanatos off of Obi-Wan and the knight's saber flew from his hand.
Jinn and Xanatos were locked in a hand to hand combat. Both landing hard blows with their fists as they rolled on the pavement.
The battle continued, as the two tumbled over and over, each hoping to get the better of the other.
From where Obi-Wan was standing he could see Xanatos reach down in his almost knee-high boots and pull out a dagger. His master had not seen it and did not know the knight had the weapon in his hand. Just as Xanatos raised his right arm to bury the dagger in Qui-Gon's back he stopped.
Jinn could see the look of terror, pain, and surprize on Xanatos' face, but still did not know what was going on. The young knight rolled off of Jinn and fell face first to the ground never to take another breath. His own light saber was buried to its hilt in the knight's back. It was then that Jinn saw the dagger as it fell from the limp right hand of his Xani.
Obi-Wan had killed Knight Xanatos Crion with the dark knight's own saber.
There was no time to do anything else but to try and reach Darth Maul who was headed for Bruck Chun.
He picked the boy up as he was still in the force hold Obi-Wan had put on him. The child still could not move. Maul did not have a weapon, but Bruck was his bargaining chip.
Now Jinn knew that Bruck must have been in on the hoax to kidnap Obi-Wan, but he was too young not to still protect him. He would be taken back to the temple and the council would have to decide what should be done with him.
"Indeed Master Jinn, I must compliment you on your intelligence and your saber skills. Now let us see if you truly follow the Jedi mantra. I will give you this boy only if I am allowed to leave."
"You know I won't let any harm come to him Maul. Just get on your speeder and let the child go."
"Fine with me. I am sure my master doesn't want this one. My spark plug please and I will be on my way."
Jinn had no choice but to trust him. He had to step over his former padawan's body to give the plug to the dark apprentice.
Once Maul had the spark plug, he went over to his speeder taking Bruck with him. He got the bike started and he shoved Bruck toward Jinn before he took off.
The people on the transport landing cheered over the fact that the Jedi had won their battle.
Obi-Wan released his force hold on Bruck, who by then was terrified and offered no resistance. Qui removed his robe and covered the body of his Xani.
Both he and Obi-Wan had a lot of healing to do, but they would do it together as master and apprentice. He put his arm around his new padawan and walked away leaving Xanatos' body to the authorities. Bruck Chun followed, knowing his career as a Jedi had just abruptly ended……..
PEACE ewen
For those who want to know what happened to Bruck!!!!!!
There was an official ceremony for Obi-Wan and Master Jinn for their master and apprentice joining. It was attended by the entire temple who celebrated in Obi's good fortune at finally being chosen by a master.
Needless to say Bruck Chun was sent to the Agricorps. Obi-Wan tried very hard not to think it was funny, but he was unsuccessful.
Imagining Bruck Chun with a hoe in his hands digging in one of the many fields of Bandomeer brought great delight to the little padawan.
His master had to remind him more than once that it was not Jedi-like to have such visions even if they were of one's enemies. Qui-Gon smiled with the thought of the evil little initiate digging in the fields.
Jinn looked at the evil apprentice only after he looked at his padawan and assessed that he was not injured, just captured.
"Oh and what was your master right about?"
Jinn was just taunting the dark one. He did not care to hear anything about Darth Sidious' comments or thoughts.
"He said you were smart; a very wise man were his exact words. Now I know he was right. He said something else about you and I guess I just might get a chance to see if there is any truth in that too."
"And?"
Jinn waited for the dark one to continue.
Xanatos and Bruck lingered around the corner. They did not want to be seen by Maul and the truth told on them.
"He said you were the most talented and studied Jedi in the order with the light saber. Am I going to have to have you prove that to me?"
"It depends on whether you plan to release my padawan or not."
Obi-Wan could not believe he was hearing correctly. What wonderful news, that he was to be Master Jinn's apprentice, to hear at such a precarious time. His very life hung in the balance as his master and the dark one faced off. He waited to see which one would make the next move.
It was in that instance that Maul shoved Obi-Wan out of the way and drew his saber, which until now had been sheathed.
The twin blades glowed an eerie red as Maul swung it threatening in the air and headed toward Master Jinn to begin his attack.
Jinn's saber of green did not have two blades, but it's presence was no less dramatic when he whirled it over his head, intent on making his own attack on the dark one.
The air above the two seem to come alive with an electrical show when the saber blades made contact with each other; throwing sparks of colors in the air as the sizzling sound echoed all over the transport landing.
It drew the attention of the soldiers, travelers, and the other two Jedi, Bruck and Xanatos.
People started to gather around the two that were in the intense battle. Maul was quite talented with the saber. He had evidently practiced a lot to be able to handle a double blade. Two blades on one saber was more difficult to maneuver than a one- bladed light saber.
It took all of Jinn's concentration to meet blow for blow the dark apprentice's attack.
In the mean time, Xani and Bruck came over to watch the battle. Xanatos intently watched the battle and tried to decide what he should do.
If he sided with Jinn and defeated Maul, Obi-Wan would still tell on them for so willingly handing him over. It was with that thought that he decided he must help Maul and that Jinn and Kenobi would meet their deaths quite possibly by his own hand and not Maul's.
He directed Bruck to get Obi-Wan and hold him in place until he could deal with him
Bruck drew his saber and rushed over to Obi-Wan. He meant to threaten the boy but in the heat of the moment, when he pointed his saber at Obi-Wan, it made contact with the boy's chest, burning through his tunic all the way to his skin. Obi-Wan who thought at first he would try to get away, held his place. He did not want to be "fried" by Bruck's saber.
There was no doubt where Xanatos' loyalties lay when he drew his saber on his former Master.
Jinn was at first surprised then realized to himself, that it was not all at surprising that Xanatos had swayed to the dark side.
Ever since Obi-Wan had been kidnapped, Qui-Gon had gotten the feeling that Xanatos was not telling the entire truth about the kidnapping and deep down Jinn feared that Xanatos might have had something to do with Obi-Wan's kidnapping.
The battle for the big master had just become doubly hard.
He had trained Xani well in the use of the saber.
There was not a move that the Jedi master made that the former apprentice did not know how to counter. Their battle was turning into a human chess game. Jinn kept going back and forth dealing first with the saber of Maul's then with the saber of Xanatos'.
The soldiers on the transport was too afraid of the advanced weaponry of the Jedi and of Maul. Their blasters were drawn but they stood to the side and watched. They reasoned it was not their battle and as long as one of the travelers or themselves were not in harms way they would let the battle continue. They owed nothing to the Jedi, certainly not their lives..
Bruck had Obi-Wan cornered off to the side. The hand holding his saber trembled with fear. If Xani lost, Brcuk would be in more trouble than he could think about. He did not know what he would do if Xani and the dark one lost their battle, leaving him at the mercy of Qui-Gon. He tried to watch the battle and keep an eye on Obi-Wan, all at the same time.
It only took one look toward the battle for Obi-Wan to sense his chance to escape. When Bruck turned to see what was happening Obi-Wan kicked the hand of Bruck that was holding the saber. The hilt of Bruck's saber clanged against the cement as it flew across the landing port.
The boy, shocked that "Oafy-Wan" would dare attempt such an undertaking, tried to run to get his saber. Obi-Wan was as determined as Bruck was to get to the dropped saber, he stuck his right leg out and tripped Bruck. The boy fell hard on the ground and Obi-Wan jumped on his back. Even with the painful burn to his chest Obi wrestled with the other initiate trying to keep him from getting the saber.
Obi-Wan remembered what his new master told him when he was using the saber.
Reach for the force.
That is what the smaller boy did when he was sitting on top of Bruck. With the aid of the force, Obi-Wan used a force hold to literally tie the other initiate down where he was.
How easy can that be?
Bruck was glued to the ground by the force hold, not able to move even a finger.
Obi-Wan ran over and picked up Bruck's saber. He then continued on to where his new master was battling both Xanatos and Maul. He tried to insert himself in the battle by landing a blow to Xanatos back.
The young knight turned on Obi-Wan. He was not worried about battling with Obi-Wan. He thought the child would be taken down with one clean swipe of his saber. He was all so wrong.
Obi-Wan met the first blow that Xanatos tried to land with expert accuracy. He managed to stop Xani's saber from hitting him. He could not do much more. Xanatos put both of his hands on his saber and with all the power he had, tried to strike Obi-Wan yet again. Still the child held his own, not able to strike the former apprentice with his saber, but he was able to stop Xanatos' saber from landing its intended death blow.
Qui-Gon had his hands full with Maul, but he would glance over at Obi to see how he was dealing with Xanatos. He took the sight in with pride when he realized that the child was actually holding his own ground with the dark knight. Jinn knew that Obi-Wan would tire soon and he wanted to finish Maul off so he could help his apprentice. Maul was an expert with the saber in his own right. Jinn had never battled someone so good with the saber. Sidious had trained this one well.
Master Jinn turned and did a flip, surprising his opponent. When Jinn landed on his feet he took his saber and knocked Maul's saber out of his hand.
Maul stood waiting to see if Jinn planned to kill him. At the same time Jinn was disarming Maul, Xanatos finally wore Obi-Wan out. He knocked Obi's saber from his hand and pushed the boy to the ground. His heavy boot kept the child down when he placed his foot right on the neck of Obi-wan, almost cutting off his air supply.
Qui-Gon now had his and Maul's saber. He turned to face off with Xani.
"Let the child go Xanatos. You don't have a fight with him."
"You are so wrong Qui. I can't stand the boy. I know you want him as your apprentice and that makes me hate him more. Do you think you can do better with him than you did with me. I doubt it. No, the boy is going to die and you are going to watch. Now when he dies is up to you. Hand both of the sabers over to Darth Maul and I will let him live a little longer. Hey maybe you can find a way to save him, if he lives longer.
Xanatos roared with laughter.
"I am not going to hand my saber to Maul. Neither of us will have a chance then."
"But like you reminded me, it your absolute duty to protect a Jedi youngling. You will just have to hope for a way out of this for if you don't drop your saber, his death will be immediate."
Xanatos ground his boot into the side of Obi-Wan's face making the boy scream.
Just as Knight Crion looked down at the screaming boy, Jinn made a lunge for him. Jinn had thrown both the sabers he was holding over the railing of the transport, down to the next level. Maul could not retrieve his saber to do battle.
Qui-Gon knocked Xanatos off of Obi-Wan and the knight's saber flew from his hand.
Jinn and Xanatos were locked in a hand to hand combat. Both landing hard blows with their fists as they rolled on the pavement.
The battle continued, as the two tumbled over and over, each hoping to get the better of the other.
From where Obi-Wan was standing he could see Xanatos reach down in his almost knee-high boots and pull out a dagger. His master had not seen it and did not know the knight had the weapon in his hand. Just as Xanatos raised his right arm to bury the dagger in Qui-Gon's back he stopped.
Jinn could see the look of terror, pain, and surprize on Xanatos' face, but still did not know what was going on. The young knight rolled off of Jinn and fell face first to the ground never to take another breath. His own light saber was buried to its hilt in the knight's back. It was then that Jinn saw the dagger as it fell from the limp right hand of his Xani.
Obi-Wan had killed Knight Xanatos Crion with the dark knight's own saber.
There was no time to do anything else but to try and reach Darth Maul who was headed for Bruck Chun.
He picked the boy up as he was still in the force hold Obi-Wan had put on him. The child still could not move. Maul did not have a weapon, but Bruck was his bargaining chip.
Now Jinn knew that Bruck must have been in on the hoax to kidnap Obi-Wan, but he was too young not to still protect him. He would be taken back to the temple and the council would have to decide what should be done with him.
"Indeed Master Jinn, I must compliment you on your intelligence and your saber skills. Now let us see if you truly follow the Jedi mantra. I will give you this boy only if I am allowed to leave."
"You know I won't let any harm come to him Maul. Just get on your speeder and let the child go."
"Fine with me. I am sure my master doesn't want this one. My spark plug please and I will be on my way."
Jinn had no choice but to trust him. He had to step over his former padawan's body to give the plug to the dark apprentice.
Once Maul had the spark plug, he went over to his speeder taking Bruck with him. He got the bike started and he shoved Bruck toward Jinn before he took off.
The people on the transport landing cheered over the fact that the Jedi had won their battle.
Obi-Wan released his force hold on Bruck, who by then was terrified and offered no resistance. Qui removed his robe and covered the body of his Xani.
Both he and Obi-Wan had a lot of healing to do, but they would do it together as master and apprentice. He put his arm around his new padawan and walked away leaving Xanatos' body to the authorities. Bruck Chun followed, knowing his career as a Jedi had just abruptly ended……..
PEACE ewen
For those who want to know what happened to Bruck!!!!!!
There was an official ceremony for Obi-Wan and Master Jinn for their master and apprentice joining. It was attended by the entire temple who celebrated in Obi's good fortune at finally being chosen by a master.
Needless to say Bruck Chun was sent to the Agricorps. Obi-Wan tried very hard not to think it was funny, but he was unsuccessful.
Imagining Bruck Chun with a hoe in his hands digging in one of the many fields of Bandomeer brought great delight to the little padawan.
His master had to remind him more than once that it was not Jedi-like to have such visions even if they were of one's enemies. Qui-Gon smiled with the thought of the evil little initiate digging in the fields.