Chapter X: Bar Fight
"Jedi!" hissed Aurra, venom raging as she spoke the vile word.
"Quite the observant one aren't you Aurra?" asked Raza sarcastically, his lavender blade pointed towards the Dark Warrior's torso area.
"How do you know who I am?" she hissed, backing away into the rather comfortable booth in a vein attempt to escape the lightsaber.
"I have my ways Aurra Sing. Now if you will be so kind as to just surrender to me and my comrade, and come with us to the Royal Palace, it will be quite appreciated."
"I am afraid I must refuse!" with a further expressed hiss, Aurra tapped into the endless sea of the evil energies that made up the Dark Side and projected an invisible wall towards the Jedi.
Because the Jedi was caught off guard by the sudden attack, even with his acute danger sense active, Raza was forced into the far end wall, his slender body creating a rather large crash. This crash caused the immediate chaos of the Cantina, every sentient being running for his or her own life.
Before the situation arose to such atrocities, Anakin Skywalker merely sat there, his presence a quiet shadow in the Force. He had located the target, and merely waited for his chance to make the best move possible. Regardless of what the Council, and even his former master thought, he did have some sense of tactical assault and a limited-well of patience.
Then, to his surprise, he heard the well-known snap-hiss sound of a lightsaber being activated. Already realizing through the Force whom the lightsaber belonged too, Anakin walked over there with as much haste as possible, pushing through the melting-pot of humans, aliens, and other sentient (or in some minds: non-sentient) beings of the Cantina. That is when, he saw his comrade fly through the air into the far wall, and chaos broke loose.
Aurra pushed through the running peoples, focusing in on the target at hand. She knew that if she let a Jedi get out alive with the information on whom she was, her master would not be happy. And when her master was not happy very few who went under his tutelage survived his anger.
She also knew, that even through the panicking crowds, she did have some allies within these walls, and those allies, along with her, should be able to take down one Jedi. What Aurra didn't expect however, was that Anakin Skywalker was more than she could expect.
Although caught by surprise, Raza would not let his little crash slow his pursuit. Therefore, when his slender body hit the ground below, he immediately arose to his feet and went to meet Aurra in the middle of the cantina. He was well aware that a few beings within the cantina did not leave, and quickly put together that these certain sentients worked for Aurra. He did not worry about those particular creatures, he was confident enough in Anakin's abilities.
Therefore, when Raza and Aurra met in the middle of the cantina, each drew out his respective lightsaber, and began to duel.
The panicking crowds had left, and Anakin looked around to see four other beings remain. It didn't take a Kaminoin Geneticist to figure out that these four beings worked for Aurra.
Taking a quick glance around he took in information on each of the beings as his hard eyes fell upon them. The first Anakin looked upon was a Rodian male. He held a vibro-knife in his right hand and a dl-44 blaster in the other. To the Rodian's right were two humans. They obviously were identical twins for Anakin could find no physical difference between the two. Each being slender in build, and average height. The only difference between the two was the weapons they carried. The one directly next to the Rodian carried a vibro-pike, similar to an old-age lance, it sent a strong electrical current when the skin piercing sharp blade touched a person. His brother carried no physical weapon and therefore Anakin assumed that he was more of a melee fighter rather than a weapon fighter. Finally, the person whom Anakin assumed to the leader was a rather intimidating Wookie. Anakin nearly lost concentration at the site of an evil Wookie. Wookie's were known to be peace loving jungle folk, and were ones for strict justice and fair trials. But, like all beings and things in the universe: there is good and evil in everything.
The first attackers to come at Anakin were the twins. Obviously having been in battle several times before, the two synchronized their assault with perfect accuracy. The one with the pike sent out a jab towards Anakin's mid- section. Feeling the attack before it was even thought of; Anakin quickly took a side step. Then, taking firm feet in the ground, he locked the pike between his elbow and forearm, quickly spinning his body around to rip it from the man's grip. While in the spin, he brought about the blunt end of the pike across the now non-armed man and quickly sent him into the world of the unconscious. His brother, caught off-guard by the Jedi's quick reflexes sent his "perfectly" well aimed punch into the air to Anakin's side, and like his brother before him, was sent into the world of the unconscious with a blow to his temple.
Although taught that killing should be a last resort, but is necessary when there is no other option, Anakin was forced to resort to killing with the male Rodian. After Anakin had finished with the twin's, the Rodian took advantage of the "obvious" open spot in Anakin's back, but because the Force was with Anakin, like it was all Jedi; Anakin brought his body around and merely extended the piked end of the weapon towards the oncoming Rodian. And because the laws of physics worked, especially on the physical plain, the Rodian's momentum and inertia gave him no time to step out of the way of impaling himself. Therefore, with a muffled gasp, the Rodian fell to the ground, the pike extending just through his body, blood dripping down his clothing.
That left the evil wookie. Anakin decided to resort to the "traditional" way of the Jedi and ignited his lightsaber. The snap-hiss sound brought about the light blue blade, it humming with light and casting a grim shadow on the advancing Wookie. Whether or not the Wookie was intimidated Anakin could not tell, but he did not have the time to "discuss" it with the Wookie. Therefore, not particularly caring for the art of chivalry, Anakin stepped up to the Wookie and brought down his blade in a quick vertical slash and immediately separated arm from body. And before the Wookie could howl in pain and anguish, Anakin spun around, his lightsaber extended outwards as he disconnected the head of the Wookie from the rest of his body. With the associates now taken care of, Anakin left the bodies on the ground and headed towards Aurra, only to find her already dueling with Raza.
Thrusts, parries, and dodges that are what the duel between Aurra Sing and Raza Dactari consisted of. Aurra's next attack was a vertical slash towards the alien's head, this was easily parried off with a simple holding of his lavender blade over his head. Raza and Aurra both knew whom the superior duelist was at the moment. Even though Aurra had trained with lightsabers in her childhood in the Temple, she did not advance therefore never learned the art of lightsaber combat. Raza however, had had several years of practice with his lavender blade, several more years than most realized. Raza took the next attack with a well-calculated thrust forward in an attempt to poke his lavender blade through Aurra's right thigh. Barley able to knock it away with a full body spin, Aurra lost her balance and fell to the ground. However, because she was a bounty hunter for so many years, her experience caused her to roll back just before Raza brought down his blade that would have sliced her in two symmetrical pieces. However, when she brought herself to her feet, she had to go right back down to a crouched position in order to avoid a horizontal slash provided by the human Jedi Knight. "This is far from over Jedi!" hissed Aurra. She then removed something from her belt and threw it to the ground where a blinding flash of light blinded the two Jedi. When the two were finally able to open their eyes, they looked around to find that Aurra had most indeed vanished. But to where, neither could say. However, they could still feel her dark presence residing within the area. "Let's go Anakin, we must track her down," not even waiting for a response from the human, the alien Jedi Knight set off into the darkness and followed Aurra's trail as best he could.
"Jedi!" hissed Aurra, venom raging as she spoke the vile word.
"Quite the observant one aren't you Aurra?" asked Raza sarcastically, his lavender blade pointed towards the Dark Warrior's torso area.
"How do you know who I am?" she hissed, backing away into the rather comfortable booth in a vein attempt to escape the lightsaber.
"I have my ways Aurra Sing. Now if you will be so kind as to just surrender to me and my comrade, and come with us to the Royal Palace, it will be quite appreciated."
"I am afraid I must refuse!" with a further expressed hiss, Aurra tapped into the endless sea of the evil energies that made up the Dark Side and projected an invisible wall towards the Jedi.
Because the Jedi was caught off guard by the sudden attack, even with his acute danger sense active, Raza was forced into the far end wall, his slender body creating a rather large crash. This crash caused the immediate chaos of the Cantina, every sentient being running for his or her own life.
Before the situation arose to such atrocities, Anakin Skywalker merely sat there, his presence a quiet shadow in the Force. He had located the target, and merely waited for his chance to make the best move possible. Regardless of what the Council, and even his former master thought, he did have some sense of tactical assault and a limited-well of patience.
Then, to his surprise, he heard the well-known snap-hiss sound of a lightsaber being activated. Already realizing through the Force whom the lightsaber belonged too, Anakin walked over there with as much haste as possible, pushing through the melting-pot of humans, aliens, and other sentient (or in some minds: non-sentient) beings of the Cantina. That is when, he saw his comrade fly through the air into the far wall, and chaos broke loose.
Aurra pushed through the running peoples, focusing in on the target at hand. She knew that if she let a Jedi get out alive with the information on whom she was, her master would not be happy. And when her master was not happy very few who went under his tutelage survived his anger.
She also knew, that even through the panicking crowds, she did have some allies within these walls, and those allies, along with her, should be able to take down one Jedi. What Aurra didn't expect however, was that Anakin Skywalker was more than she could expect.
Although caught by surprise, Raza would not let his little crash slow his pursuit. Therefore, when his slender body hit the ground below, he immediately arose to his feet and went to meet Aurra in the middle of the cantina. He was well aware that a few beings within the cantina did not leave, and quickly put together that these certain sentients worked for Aurra. He did not worry about those particular creatures, he was confident enough in Anakin's abilities.
Therefore, when Raza and Aurra met in the middle of the cantina, each drew out his respective lightsaber, and began to duel.
The panicking crowds had left, and Anakin looked around to see four other beings remain. It didn't take a Kaminoin Geneticist to figure out that these four beings worked for Aurra.
Taking a quick glance around he took in information on each of the beings as his hard eyes fell upon them. The first Anakin looked upon was a Rodian male. He held a vibro-knife in his right hand and a dl-44 blaster in the other. To the Rodian's right were two humans. They obviously were identical twins for Anakin could find no physical difference between the two. Each being slender in build, and average height. The only difference between the two was the weapons they carried. The one directly next to the Rodian carried a vibro-pike, similar to an old-age lance, it sent a strong electrical current when the skin piercing sharp blade touched a person. His brother carried no physical weapon and therefore Anakin assumed that he was more of a melee fighter rather than a weapon fighter. Finally, the person whom Anakin assumed to the leader was a rather intimidating Wookie. Anakin nearly lost concentration at the site of an evil Wookie. Wookie's were known to be peace loving jungle folk, and were ones for strict justice and fair trials. But, like all beings and things in the universe: there is good and evil in everything.
The first attackers to come at Anakin were the twins. Obviously having been in battle several times before, the two synchronized their assault with perfect accuracy. The one with the pike sent out a jab towards Anakin's mid- section. Feeling the attack before it was even thought of; Anakin quickly took a side step. Then, taking firm feet in the ground, he locked the pike between his elbow and forearm, quickly spinning his body around to rip it from the man's grip. While in the spin, he brought about the blunt end of the pike across the now non-armed man and quickly sent him into the world of the unconscious. His brother, caught off-guard by the Jedi's quick reflexes sent his "perfectly" well aimed punch into the air to Anakin's side, and like his brother before him, was sent into the world of the unconscious with a blow to his temple.
Although taught that killing should be a last resort, but is necessary when there is no other option, Anakin was forced to resort to killing with the male Rodian. After Anakin had finished with the twin's, the Rodian took advantage of the "obvious" open spot in Anakin's back, but because the Force was with Anakin, like it was all Jedi; Anakin brought his body around and merely extended the piked end of the weapon towards the oncoming Rodian. And because the laws of physics worked, especially on the physical plain, the Rodian's momentum and inertia gave him no time to step out of the way of impaling himself. Therefore, with a muffled gasp, the Rodian fell to the ground, the pike extending just through his body, blood dripping down his clothing.
That left the evil wookie. Anakin decided to resort to the "traditional" way of the Jedi and ignited his lightsaber. The snap-hiss sound brought about the light blue blade, it humming with light and casting a grim shadow on the advancing Wookie. Whether or not the Wookie was intimidated Anakin could not tell, but he did not have the time to "discuss" it with the Wookie. Therefore, not particularly caring for the art of chivalry, Anakin stepped up to the Wookie and brought down his blade in a quick vertical slash and immediately separated arm from body. And before the Wookie could howl in pain and anguish, Anakin spun around, his lightsaber extended outwards as he disconnected the head of the Wookie from the rest of his body. With the associates now taken care of, Anakin left the bodies on the ground and headed towards Aurra, only to find her already dueling with Raza.
Thrusts, parries, and dodges that are what the duel between Aurra Sing and Raza Dactari consisted of. Aurra's next attack was a vertical slash towards the alien's head, this was easily parried off with a simple holding of his lavender blade over his head. Raza and Aurra both knew whom the superior duelist was at the moment. Even though Aurra had trained with lightsabers in her childhood in the Temple, she did not advance therefore never learned the art of lightsaber combat. Raza however, had had several years of practice with his lavender blade, several more years than most realized. Raza took the next attack with a well-calculated thrust forward in an attempt to poke his lavender blade through Aurra's right thigh. Barley able to knock it away with a full body spin, Aurra lost her balance and fell to the ground. However, because she was a bounty hunter for so many years, her experience caused her to roll back just before Raza brought down his blade that would have sliced her in two symmetrical pieces. However, when she brought herself to her feet, she had to go right back down to a crouched position in order to avoid a horizontal slash provided by the human Jedi Knight. "This is far from over Jedi!" hissed Aurra. She then removed something from her belt and threw it to the ground where a blinding flash of light blinded the two Jedi. When the two were finally able to open their eyes, they looked around to find that Aurra had most indeed vanished. But to where, neither could say. However, they could still feel her dark presence residing within the area. "Let's go Anakin, we must track her down," not even waiting for a response from the human, the alien Jedi Knight set off into the darkness and followed Aurra's trail as best he could.