"This is amazing," Kima breathed as she and Zekk walked through Calrissian
Park, a newly erected botanical park that Lando had told them about. All
around the two were exotic and rare flowers from all over the galaxy. The
place was a little humid but it was beautiful nontheless.
Zekk gestured to a plant called the Weeping Violet. It was a shade of purple in color and had petals that, when it was a little more mature, would open up. "I've never seen a flower like that in my life," he said. Gently, he let the Force envelope him and he probed the plant, sensing its life force. "It needs special conditions in order to survive," he said, gesturing up to a glowing red light hovering some five feet above the plant.
Kima leaned forward and innocently touched the plant. All of the sudden, thorns burst out, one catching her index finger and piercing the skin. Kima reflexively yanked her hand back, scowling at Zekk who was chuckling.
"It's a defense mechanism in the plant," he explained.
"Defense mechanism? No, I think that Weeping Violet is-"
Zekk was cut off by a jolt in the Force. Instinctively, he ducked, pulling Kima down with him. A lightning bolt seared the air above his head, destroying a nearby plant exhibit. Zekk whirled around to see a figure standing behind them. He was dressed in a black cloak that obscured everything but the lower portion of his face. The man's hand was outstretched and there were wisps or residue smoke hovering around it.
With a snap-hiss, Zekk whipped out his lightsaber. The dark figure did not say anything, he just launched another bolt of Force lightning.
Zekk outstretched his hand in much the same way that the other man was doing and a blue-tinted Force shield appeared in front of Zekk of Kima. Zekk winced at the sheer difficulty of maintaining his defenses against the deadly Force lightning.
The assailant laughed coldly, letting his hand drop for the moment. With a brief gesture, he removed the hood, revealing a strikingly handsome face, marred only by his pupil-less eyes. "I am Darth Omega,' he announced, using the Force to amplify his voice. "Give me the girl and I shall not prolong your demise."
"Ha, that's almost funny," Zekk said as he moved into a fighting stance. He looked around. The place was vacant except for Zekk, Kima and Darth Omega. He shook his head. "You leave and I won't have to kick your Sith wannabe butt to the Outer Rim.
In response, Darth Omega pulled out his lightsaber and a blazing red blade materialized, which was OK. It was when another blade came popping out of the other end of the lightsaber. "What in the Sith is that thing?" Kima asked Zekk from behind. Zekk shrugged slightly. "Looks like two lightsabers that were welded together or something."
Darth Omega grinned and leaped at Zekk and Kima, using the Force to create a sort of flying effect and telekinetically adding momentum to his swing.
With a hissing sound and a flash of sparks, the two weapons collided. Zekk gritted his teeth, trying to keep the upper hand.
Then Omega slipped his blade away and used the opposite blade on his double lightsaber to jab at Zekk. Zekk, having lost his balance with the resistance of the other blade being removed, would have been cleaved in two if Kima hadn't jumped up from behind and delivered a martial arts airborne kick that would have killed most creatures three times over. The only effect her attack had on Omega was to force him back.
Omega glared at her, muttering something in a strange language.
Kima opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out as he psychically attacked her mind, practically ripping the information out that he wanted. Kima fell to her knees and collapsed in psychic shock.
Zekk maneuvered behind Omega and stabbed at his back, a maneuver that would have worked had the powerful Sith not been so fast. He whirled around and immediately intercepted Zekk's blade with one of his own.
The battle was on. Zekk fought desperately, trying to remember everything Luke had taught him at the Jedi Academy. He swung low, attempting to cut Omega off at the knees but Omega blocked that and countered with a lighting bolt that Zekk blocked, absorbing it into his lightsaber.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked between strikes.
"You are not worthy to know." Omega sent another lightning bolt flying at Zekk.
Zekk stopped it with a Force shield. "Try changing tactics," he suggested. "I learned a long time ago how to defend myself from Force lightning."
"As you wish." Omega stepped back and deactivated both blades of his lightsaber, putting it back into his cloak. He held both hands out in front of him, palms facing towards each other. At first, nothing happened but then a small spark of light appeared between his hands and that soon grew into a sphere easily the size of an adult's head.
Zekk frowned. He could feel Omega's energy increasing vastly, as if he were now tapping into a different and much greater power source.
Omega's hands were glowing now and he gave cold smile. "Catch," he said, and then launched the energy at Zekk.
Zekk leaped high into the air and the ball of energy zoomed past underneath him. It crashed into a fountain and the entire stone structure went up in a sizzling fireball.
Zekk landed lightly on his feet, assuming his fighting stance.
"You can't hope to defeat me. Just surrender and our life will end quickly and relatively painlessly."
"What's the word I'm looking for?" Zekk asked right before ducking a glowing ball of energy. "Oh yeah. NO."
"We shall see how sarcastic you are as a corpse," Omega shot back. Both of his hands began to glow and two deadly energy spheres erupted from his palms.
Zekk called upon the Force and with it propelled himself high into the air. The energy globes whizzed by underneath him towards a group of flowers but at the last instant changed their course 180 degrees and back towards Zekk.
There wasn't much he could do about it since he was falling so he simply used the Force to increase his downward velocity, allowing the two energy projectiles to fly right over him. With a tuck and roll to dispel some of the impact, Zekk leapt to his feet.
The two balls of energy were hovering right in front of Omega. "Your reflexes are pitifully slow," he said, "and now that I have been given the opportunity to test them, I will finish you-"
Zekk was pretty sure the next word out of his mouth was going to be 'off' but he never got the chance to find out because a loud, and surprisingly familiar voice cut Omega off.
"Over here!"
Zekk's eyes went wide. "Jaina?"
Zekk gestured to a plant called the Weeping Violet. It was a shade of purple in color and had petals that, when it was a little more mature, would open up. "I've never seen a flower like that in my life," he said. Gently, he let the Force envelope him and he probed the plant, sensing its life force. "It needs special conditions in order to survive," he said, gesturing up to a glowing red light hovering some five feet above the plant.
Kima leaned forward and innocently touched the plant. All of the sudden, thorns burst out, one catching her index finger and piercing the skin. Kima reflexively yanked her hand back, scowling at Zekk who was chuckling.
"It's a defense mechanism in the plant," he explained.
"Defense mechanism? No, I think that Weeping Violet is-"
Zekk was cut off by a jolt in the Force. Instinctively, he ducked, pulling Kima down with him. A lightning bolt seared the air above his head, destroying a nearby plant exhibit. Zekk whirled around to see a figure standing behind them. He was dressed in a black cloak that obscured everything but the lower portion of his face. The man's hand was outstretched and there were wisps or residue smoke hovering around it.
With a snap-hiss, Zekk whipped out his lightsaber. The dark figure did not say anything, he just launched another bolt of Force lightning.
Zekk outstretched his hand in much the same way that the other man was doing and a blue-tinted Force shield appeared in front of Zekk of Kima. Zekk winced at the sheer difficulty of maintaining his defenses against the deadly Force lightning.
The assailant laughed coldly, letting his hand drop for the moment. With a brief gesture, he removed the hood, revealing a strikingly handsome face, marred only by his pupil-less eyes. "I am Darth Omega,' he announced, using the Force to amplify his voice. "Give me the girl and I shall not prolong your demise."
"Ha, that's almost funny," Zekk said as he moved into a fighting stance. He looked around. The place was vacant except for Zekk, Kima and Darth Omega. He shook his head. "You leave and I won't have to kick your Sith wannabe butt to the Outer Rim.
In response, Darth Omega pulled out his lightsaber and a blazing red blade materialized, which was OK. It was when another blade came popping out of the other end of the lightsaber. "What in the Sith is that thing?" Kima asked Zekk from behind. Zekk shrugged slightly. "Looks like two lightsabers that were welded together or something."
Darth Omega grinned and leaped at Zekk and Kima, using the Force to create a sort of flying effect and telekinetically adding momentum to his swing.
With a hissing sound and a flash of sparks, the two weapons collided. Zekk gritted his teeth, trying to keep the upper hand.
Then Omega slipped his blade away and used the opposite blade on his double lightsaber to jab at Zekk. Zekk, having lost his balance with the resistance of the other blade being removed, would have been cleaved in two if Kima hadn't jumped up from behind and delivered a martial arts airborne kick that would have killed most creatures three times over. The only effect her attack had on Omega was to force him back.
Omega glared at her, muttering something in a strange language.
Kima opened her mouth to scream but nothing came out as he psychically attacked her mind, practically ripping the information out that he wanted. Kima fell to her knees and collapsed in psychic shock.
Zekk maneuvered behind Omega and stabbed at his back, a maneuver that would have worked had the powerful Sith not been so fast. He whirled around and immediately intercepted Zekk's blade with one of his own.
The battle was on. Zekk fought desperately, trying to remember everything Luke had taught him at the Jedi Academy. He swung low, attempting to cut Omega off at the knees but Omega blocked that and countered with a lighting bolt that Zekk blocked, absorbing it into his lightsaber.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked between strikes.
"You are not worthy to know." Omega sent another lightning bolt flying at Zekk.
Zekk stopped it with a Force shield. "Try changing tactics," he suggested. "I learned a long time ago how to defend myself from Force lightning."
"As you wish." Omega stepped back and deactivated both blades of his lightsaber, putting it back into his cloak. He held both hands out in front of him, palms facing towards each other. At first, nothing happened but then a small spark of light appeared between his hands and that soon grew into a sphere easily the size of an adult's head.
Zekk frowned. He could feel Omega's energy increasing vastly, as if he were now tapping into a different and much greater power source.
Omega's hands were glowing now and he gave cold smile. "Catch," he said, and then launched the energy at Zekk.
Zekk leaped high into the air and the ball of energy zoomed past underneath him. It crashed into a fountain and the entire stone structure went up in a sizzling fireball.
Zekk landed lightly on his feet, assuming his fighting stance.
"You can't hope to defeat me. Just surrender and our life will end quickly and relatively painlessly."
"What's the word I'm looking for?" Zekk asked right before ducking a glowing ball of energy. "Oh yeah. NO."
"We shall see how sarcastic you are as a corpse," Omega shot back. Both of his hands began to glow and two deadly energy spheres erupted from his palms.
Zekk called upon the Force and with it propelled himself high into the air. The energy globes whizzed by underneath him towards a group of flowers but at the last instant changed their course 180 degrees and back towards Zekk.
There wasn't much he could do about it since he was falling so he simply used the Force to increase his downward velocity, allowing the two energy projectiles to fly right over him. With a tuck and roll to dispel some of the impact, Zekk leapt to his feet.
The two balls of energy were hovering right in front of Omega. "Your reflexes are pitifully slow," he said, "and now that I have been given the opportunity to test them, I will finish you-"
Zekk was pretty sure the next word out of his mouth was going to be 'off' but he never got the chance to find out because a loud, and surprisingly familiar voice cut Omega off.
"Over here!"
Zekk's eyes went wide. "Jaina?"