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Encounter

Chapter 16

Will of the Jedi

Serenity knew that she couldn't fight her way out of this predicament as she realized that the ledge was too far for her to grab. Serenity looked towards the rooftops only to see Lisa descending towards her. Lisa grabbed for Serenity's wrist while looking for a place to either stop or at least slow down the descent.

"What now? There's nothing to…"

At that moment, Lisa saw a flagpole that was hanging at a horizontal position on the school just below her. Lisa couldn't grab it by hand because of how it would be difficult to stop the descent, so she decided on one thing. Lisa made a quick maneuver and bent her legs to catch onto the pole. Not even a second passed as Lisa felt her legs catch the pole, stopping their descent for now. Lisa looked down to Serenity, seeing in her eyes that same fear.

"H-hey…is everything all right?" Serenity asked.

"Yeah…every…thing is…fine," Lisa said.

Yugi and Bakura went over to see Lisa hanging from the flagpole, holding onto Serenity's wrist. Bakura called over Fox for help as Yugi could see that the flagpole could give away at any minute.

"Oh man! That flagpole is too old to have that kind of weight hanging from it!" Yugi thought.

Lisa looked towards the ground only to see the Reborn below. The Reborn leaped up into the air to attack the two as he pulled his lightsaber out. Lisa couldn't reach for hers, leaving them vulnerable. The Reborn was 5 feet from being able to hit Serenity, but before he could strike, he saw someone jump off the roof with a staff over his head while yelling out a loud battlecry. Before the Reborn could bring his lightsaber up, he felt the staff crack his head, causing the Reborn to fall back down. The Reborn hit the ground in a heap as the body was lifeless. Falco landed into a single knee kneeling position soon after, looking up to see if the two girls were okay.

"Good, they're not hurt at least."

Falco stood up soon after, waiting for Lisa to let go of Serenity. Fox looked down to see the situation to see if the two girls are still alive. He could see that the hanging flagpole that they're on is starting to bend, making the situation too risky to have Fox fall down and grab for the two girls. Lisa could hear the metal bending on the wall, then she looked to see that the support screws were starting to rip out as the threads were beginning to tear. Lisa had no choice but to risk letting go of Serenity.

"H-hey…Serenity; I'm going to have to let you go, okay?" Lisa asked.

"I…trusted you ever since I met you, but I haven't lost my trust yet," Serenity explained.

"I'll t-take it that y-you're ready, r-right?"

"Yeah."

Serenity loosened her grip on Lisa's hand, preparing to let go. Lisa then made the final move and released Serenity's wrist. Serenity could feel the air beginning to pass by her, but she wasn't descending too fast at all. Before she knew it, she felt hands grabbing her; seeing that Falco was able to make the jump high enough to catch Serenity. Falco was able to land with Serenity in his hands unharmed, but he all of a sudden saw a screw land on the ground as soon as he made his landing. He looked up only to see Lisa falling down feet first, seeing that the flagpole broke from its support. She landed as soon as the flagpole hit the cement ground, making a loud echoing resonation. Fox jumped down as well, seeing as it's the fastest way for him to get down. As soon as Fox landed from his descent, he heard the doors swing open as someone came running out for someone. Serenity looked over as well to see Joey approaching her, knowing that his sister is still all right. They both ran to each other, embracing each other as they knew that the other is still alive.

"Serenity, you're all right, right?" Joey asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Serenity responded.

Soon after, Yugi, Bakura, Téa, Duke, and Tristan all came out to see what has happened so far.

"You're all okay!" Téa said with glee.

"Yeah, we're fine," Fox responded.

"Can someone tell me what's happened so far?" Tristan asked.

"For now, we're under attack, so I advise…"

Before Falco could finish, he saw something fly by him at such speeds nearly impossible to dodge. Only one with fast reflexes or Jedi powers could possibly dodge it. Everyone knew what it was as soon as they saw the hole that was made in the wall of the school.

"Ah hell, snipers!" Fox yelled.

Fox pulled his gun out and pressed a few things on the barrel part of his gun. As soon as he pulled something off of his belt, his gun began to slightly illuminate as the modified 9 mm was changing into something else. Falco pulled his gun out and began to fire it with the standard shots he's given. Luckily, the bullets that their guns use are energy based, so the shots will fly for a long time. Fox's gun finally finished as it appeared to have an extra long barrel, which is not for normal standard combat, but for sniping. Fox loaded the magazine as he kept careful aim while watching out for enemy fire. He couldn't see much, but he knows they're there.

"Fox, what should we do?" Duke asked.

"Get inside," Fox responded.

Without hesitation, Tristan, Duke, Téa, Yugi, Joey, and Bakura all got inside for protection. Lisa stayed out to watch for any Sith waiting in ambush, but Serenity couldn't leave since she doesn't want to leave anyone behind. Lisa could only think on the situation.

"Damn it, Serenity. Get inside!"

Falco was able to see someone on top of a building, ready to take a shot at Serenity. Falco fired a few shots, letting those shots fly to see if they hit or not. As soon as he saw the body fall over from one of the shots to the face, he knew for sure he hit his mark. Fox saw a strange green creature with an odd weapon that appeared to have something similar to a scrunched up M-16 with a barrel that appeared to go in and out like a piston if fired. He knew what kind of a gun it just by how the gun is outlawed.

"Shit; Tenloss DXR-6 Disruptor Rifle!"

Without hesitation, Fox took his shot; making sure that the Rodian doesn't get a chance to shoot his rifle. The problem is that he fears that there may be more of them. Before Fox could even search more out, he began to sense more Sith presences all over the city.

"Falco, I need you to take care of the others while I'm gone," Fox explained.

"What?"

Without another word, Fox ran off into the city to fight the other Sith that roam around in Domino. Falco stood there in confusion, not knowing why Fox would run when he could've used the truck. Falco began to walk towards Lisa to explain something when he saw something fly by him. Lisa activated her lightsaber after seeing the bullet fly by at nearly impossible speeds. Falco kept looking at the source, seeing nothing there. He then all of a sudden saw someone on a roof pointing a sniper rifle at them. Falco could see that the rifle itself is very powerful, but the kick in it is what causes such inaccuracy. Falco began to shoot his gun again, trying to kill the sniper before the sniper could kill one of them.

Lisa realized that someone invisible was behind Falco, waiting to strike. Lisa came up behind it and began to attack the invisible figure. As soon as Lisa took a powerful swing, the body appeared and revealed it to be a Shadowtrooper, waiting in ambush. Lisa began to attack the Shadowtrooper with a flurry of strikes, but the Shadowtrooper was barely affected by the attacks. Falco turned around and quickly used a leg swinging motion as his right leg began to rise up while Falco was turning in a clockwise position. As soon as the Shadowtrooper turned around, the Shadowtrooper was hit by Falco's roundhouse heel kick, which resulted in the Shadowtrooper's neck being snapped. Falco turned to Lisa, seeing if she's all right.

"Hey, you okay?" Falco asked.

"Yeah, I'll be fine," Lisa responded.

Without hesitation, Falco pulled out his 9 mm blaster and began to shoot again, trying to stop the sniper from being able to pull off a shot. Falco fired only five shots before something happened. The top slider was back in a position that would only mean one thing.

"Oh shit, this is not a perfect time to run out of bullets."

Without hesitation, Falco began to struggle with his gun, trying to take the magazine out. The problem is that the magazine is now jammed in the barrel. Lisa looked back to see Serenity still standing there, too paralyzed to even move. Lisa began to approach Serenity only to sense another Sith on the roof.

Lisa could only yell, "SERENITY, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

Serenity heard Lisa's call and only stood there to think what it was. Lisa made her approach and was able to block the Reborn's incoming attack. Serenity looked back to see that Lisa and the Reborn were standing there in a deadlock, pushing at each other to gain an advantage. Falco looked back to Lisa for a second just to see the situation.

"Man, if I try to help Lisa out, it'd be suicide with that sniper," Falco thought.

Serenity began to back off to where the others were, making it so that it'd be safer for her. She wanted to help Lisa out, but because she doesn't have a lightsaber, she doesn't have any way to help Lisa. Falco finally shot down the sniper only to see another sniper with a less powerful sniper, but powerful enough to kill someone with one shot. Falco began to get annoyed by the fact that there were multiple snipers. If he stopped now to get his 9mm blaster transformed into a sniper, then someone might be dead by then.

"Damn it, how many snipers do they have?"

Lisa used a Force power to gain an advantage during the lock, but all it did was cause her to fall down through that. The Reborn began to wind up, but Lisa was able to roll out of the way before the Reborn could give a powerful top-down hack. Falco was able to shoot down the sniper finally and pulled his staff out. By the time he did, he heard a loud scream of pain coming from Lisa. Falco turned around to see the situation only to see that Lisa was stabbed in the abdomen near her side. Falco rushed in quickly and tried to give a powerful baseball swing to the Reborn's head. The Reborn ducked it and pulled his lightsaber out of Lisa, ready to deliver a swing of his own. The Reborn brought his lightsaber over his head and began to swing down. Before he could land the strike, Lisa managed to hold the lightsaber down with her own while Falco went in for an attack. Falco lunged the tail end of his staff into the Reborn's chest, causing a red fluid come out of the area where Falco stabbed. Falco removed the staff and let the Reborn fall over. Lisa stumbled to the school wall, trying to regain her strength. Serenity went over to her and tried to help Lisa out.

"Lisa, are you okay?" Serenity asked.

"I…don't know for sure…" Lisa managed to say.

Serenity could hear a strange sound in Lisa's voice, indicating something isn't right. Falco was about to go and help, but what stopped him was a shot that flew by him. Falco turned around and began to shoot his gun at the source, trying to lure him out. He only shot a couple of shots to try to seduce the sniper into thinking that Falco ran out of bullets and is trying to reload. Serenity was trying to find a way to help Lisa, but because there wasn't any bleeding, then that only leaves to keep Lisa from dying from anything else that might still be affected.

"Lisa, just hang in there," Serenity said.

As she heard that, Lisa looked over Serenity's shoulder to barely see the sniper, ready to shoot both her and Serenity. Lisa began to realize that nothing could be done to reverse what happened. The only thing left is to give Serenity something that may be dangerous.

"If only I could give Serenity some of my combat abilities…then maybe there's a chance."

Serenity was struggling to get Lisa up to move her inside. Lisa took this opportunity to try to get her hand near Serenity's head. By the time she could, Lisa realized that Serenity's mind was too scattered and clouded with thousands of thoughts. Lisa needed to find a way to calm Serenity's mind, but there are very few ways of doing it. Serenity could barely move Lisa since the burden of carrying Lisa to the interiors of the school is hard enough. Serenity leaned against a wall, trying to catch her breath. Lisa tried to support herself, but the pain from her abdomen was already getting to her while she leaned against the wall with her back.

"Lisa, we're almost there," Serenity said.

Lisa knew the danger of sitting there, but she only has enough energy to give Serenity some of the combat skills she's learned over her years of training at the academy. Serenity went in front of Lisa and tried to lift Lisa to her feet.

"Please, just-"

"Serenity…it's…too late…for me," Lisa said.

"But…you can't die yet!"

"What choice…do I have? It's…my duty…to protect…the…weak."

"Please, don't say that!"

Lisa kept trying to transfer those skills into Serenity's mind, but it's still too clouded for anything to be done. Lisa couldn't do anything else but one thing. She had to do it or else it'd never work and it'd be too late before she could explain. Lisa made a last attempt at it and began to hug Serenity, trying to calm Serenity's mind of her own emotions. Serenity's mind began to be unveiled as Lisa began her energy transaction. Lisa knew it was working just by how Lisa could feel the flow of energy in Serenity as the power within Serenity is being unlocked.

"Good…it's working."

Lisa felt that it was finally done and decided on one last thing. Lisa saw the sniper rise up, preparing a shot at them. Lisa then made one last move as she went up next to Serenity's ear, saying one last thing.

"Serenity; forgive me…but…it's the will of the Jedi."

As soon as Serenity head that, Lisa shoved Serenity away from her; throwing Serenity to the doors that were just to the left of them. Serenity was looking at Lisa, who kept her focus on the sniper. Lisa could see the sniper while the sniper finally pulled the trigger. As soon as the sniper pulled the trigger, Lisa was hit in the chest where her heart is as the bullet went through her. Serenity saw all of this as Lisa flew back into the wall as it was only a few inches away. Lisa began to slowly slide down the wall as a very small trail of blood began to smear across where she slid down it. Serenity went over for no other reason than to weep for her. Serenity couldn't hear any breathing from Lisa as Lisa's eyes remained closed without life. Serenity's eyes were beginning to fill tears as Falco began to change his gun while taking this opportunity for a stronger scope and a sniper rifle. As soon as the gun finished its transformation, the sniper rose up again with a shot loaded and aiming at Serenity. Falco took a shot without hesitation and finally hit the sniper at the cost of Lisa's life.

"Damn it, I failed."

On Fox's side, he just defeated three Sith as soon as the sniper that Falco was fighting against was finally killed. Fox could feel that one life force was gone.

"Lisa, you were just doing your duty…but you were so young."