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Encounter

Chapter 17

The Will to Fight

Fox stood there, thinking about Lisa's death. This happening was unexpected, but it's something that could've been prevented if it hadn't been for the snipers. Fox began to run to the nearest sith he could feel. The problem is that this one is a lot stronger than the rest of them.

"Who is this person? I've never felt energy from a Sith this strong before…unless it's the ringleader." Fox thought.

Fox began to run faster, trying to get to this predecessor. He knows that this one is too strong to be either a Reborn or a Shadowtrooper; although, somehow he knows this from somewhere.

Over where the Sith is, he's already done killing an old man as a crowd of people were gathered around him in a large circle. Two young children, a girl and a boy, and a woman, who is assumed to be the mother, were on the ground trying to escape. The reptilian has a hard gaze, that of a warlord. The three were too afraid to even move at all. The mother kept begging the reptile to spare the children.

"Please, spare my children and take my life!" the mother pleaded.

"Fine, but that doesn't mean that I will let you die a fast death."

With that, he brought up his left arm that had a two claw end on it, pointing at the woman. The mother began to gage for air, trying to resist this slow form of death.

"You think you can stop me? I'm going to kill your children either way."

The woman opened her eyes wide in surprise of this deception. There was a sudden cracking sound from the mother's neck as her body became limp. The two children began to scream in horror as their mother fell limp to the ground. The green reptilian dinosaur like creature began to approach the children as he began to brandish his sword. The two children began to run, but the reptilian jumped in front of them and had his sword high and back. He began to sadistically laugh as the two kids were on the ground, too scared to move.

"It's useless to stop me now."

Just as he began to laugh again, he began to swing his sword down. The children shut their eyes as they began to scream at the top of their lungs. They all of a sudden heard metal scraping against the ground as they also heard the reptilian creature yelling as it was also somewhat fading for a few seconds. After the yelling stopped, the two kids looked up to see that the reptilian creature flew back a good 15 feet as they also saw a long blade mark that barely missed both of them by an inch. The reptilian creature got up again and began to look to his left and to his right to see if there was anyone there.

"Come out, Jedi. I know it was you."

Before he knew it, he heard something activate as the weapon began to make a low humming sound. He was about to turn around, but a voice stopped him in his tracks.

"That would be me, General Scales," Fox said.

General Scales only smiled and turned around to see Fox standing there. Fox appeared to be calm and confident about all of this as the two were facing each other, ready to do battle and finish what they couldn't start.

Over at the school, Falco was still standing there, not too confident that he could do anymore to help the group. He knew that they're vulnerable by standing there, but without Lisa, it's impossible for him to do this by himself. Falco looked over to the group as they stood there in shock of this event. He then looked over to Serenity as she's still traumatized by Lisa's death as she still was sitting at Lisa's body. He had no choice but to let the group out of the city. The other students were already in an underground shelter, which has been locked up already. Falco saw someone else coming out of the school, rushing out as if he's in a hurry for something, or someone. Yugi looked over and tried to stop him.

"Seto, no; it's too dangerous to be out here now," Yugi explained.

"I don't care," Seto said "I have to get to Mokuba!"

"If so, then please take this," Falco said.

Falco tossed Seto a set of keys, one of which is for the truck. Everyone began to look at Falco, seeing that he's getting something out of the back of the truck. Falco pulled a tarp off of an object that was in the truck as it appeared to be something used for transportation. Falco pulled the strange hover craft out of the back as it appeared to have some kind of curved nose as there are two bars supporting it. The end where it's connected to has some kind of strange control system as it also has long bars on the sides, most likely meant for controlling it. Falco pressed a few buttons on the control panel, making it so that the nose began to extend a bit longer. After a few seconds, it finished extending itself to its maximum size, which is about 8 feet long. It would appear to be a motorcycle, but without wheels and more highly advanced for its time.

"Falco, what is that?" Tristan asked.

"It's called a Speeder Bike," Falco responded.

"So what of it?" Duke asked.

"It's a very fast unit used for quick travel. It can match the speeds of a race car at its maximum speed."

"Wow, that's fast," Yugi said.

"I don't have time for chit-chat right now," Falco explained.

Falco was about to mount onto his bike as he looked to the group. What stopped him was the lightsaber that was lying on the ground. He picked it up and looked at it for a minute.

"I can't just give this to anyone…I need to know who would take this risk."

He stood there, holding the lightsaber out to the group. Everyone that was actually paying attention stood there, wondering why Falco would hold Lisa's lightsaber like that. Falco stood there; ready to say what he wanted.

"Is anyone willing to give their life up to defend each other for this? If so, then please take this lightsaber," Falco explained.

Everyone stood there, not willing to answer. Most of them weren't willing to give their life up, but they know that someone is going to die either way; whether or not someone takes the lightsaber. Duke began to proceed up to receive the lightsaber. Before he could get it, someone else already swiped it from Falco's hand. Duke looked over to see that Tristan already took it upon himself that he's willing to die for his friends if that's what he's thinking.

"Hey, Tristan, are you sure you want to do this?" Duke asked.

"Yeah, I know the risk, but I have to do this for my friends," Tristan said.

"I don't think that's a great idea."

"Well, at least I'm willing for it."

"Hey, I bet I can do better than you you big buffoon."

"Hey, shut up!"

"Why don't you?"

At that point, they both had a good grip on the lightsaber, ready to yank it out of each other's hands. Falco went up to Joey to ask something that he's curious about.

"Would this be an example of those two fighting to win Serenity's heart?" Falco asked quietly.

"Yep, that's my guess," Joey said.

Before anyone knew it, Seto was already at the truck, ready to start it up. Falco saw that Seto was going to leave without the group, but Falco ran over to Seto to stop him.

"Seto, what are you doing?" Falco asked.

"I don't have time for them," Seto said. "I have to get to Mokuba."

"Well, if you don't have time for them…"

Falco jammed his staff into his own window and set himself up to the point where his head could be torn off if Seto began to drive off.

"Do you have time to kill me?"

Seto sat there in the driver's seat, hesitating about this decision. Seto began to smirk, thinking that this is one of Falco's tricks.

"I know you aren't ready to sacrifice your life just for some stupid game," Seto said.

"This isn't a game," Falco replied. "This is a matter of life and death."

Yugi and Téa went over to stop Seto as best as possible by standing in front of the truck.

"You'd sacrifice us as well?" Yugi asked.

"I don't care if I do or not," Seto responded.

"Well, I don't think that Mokuba would like you to do that," Téa said.

Seto sat there, thinking about how he would assess the situation. He knows that he has to save Mokuba, but he's now taking into account how Mokuba would feel about it.

"I…fine. Everyone get in."

Before anyone could, someone jumped down in front of Tristan and Duke as they both still have a good grip on the lightsaber. The Reborn activated his and tried to attack with it, but Falco slammed his staff into the Reborn before he could attack. Falco gave his staff a quick back spin into a fighter's stance as he's prepared to fight a Reborn again. The Reborn got up, ready to attack Falco with all the tricks up his sleeve, ready to eliminate one threat.

"You're no Jedi, you fool," the Reborn said.

"Who said I was?"

"I don't care; you're ready to fight me, that's why."

"I see, then let's dance."

Before Falco could fight, the Reborn was already attacking him. Falco was forced into a defensive position, trying to find an opening after each attack.

"Man, where's an opening for an attack?" Falco thought.

Before Falco knew it, he saw an opening for an attack. Falco was able to parry away a top down hack, which gave him an opening for an attack. Falco began to wind up quickly for a fast slash attacks, doing what he can to keep the Reborn away from the others. Before Falco could swing in for an attack, he was forced again to defend against an attack.

"Man! When can I attack?"

Tristan and Duke weren't doing anything to help, but they felt someone yank the lightsaber out of their hands without notice. They both looked at their hands, then to each other. They looked to see who was in front of them only to see something that was unexpected.

"S-Serenity?"

Before they knew it, Serenity was already on an attack path as she began to run towards the Reborn. The Reborn didn't notice that Serenity was already behind him as she already activated the lightsaber. The Reborn looked back only to see Serenity already giving a quick swing with the lightsaber she's holding in a reversed position. The Reborn felt something cutting across his leg as he saw Serenity in the corner of his eye. The Reborn fell over from losing his leg, giving Falco an open chance to strike. Falco brought his staff over his head, ready to wind up for a powerful blow. The Reborn looked up at the last second as Falco unleashed a powerful top down hack to the Reborn's head. As the impact came, the Reborn fell over as a small amount of blood began to form on his head. Falco stood there looking at Serenity as she was standing there with the lightsaber that belonged to Lisa.

"S-Serenity…was that you?" Falco asked.

"Falco…I don't care what or why…I just want to avenge Lisa," Serenity said.

Everyone could see something different about Serenity. One thing that bothered everyone was the fury passion to get her revenge. No one has seen this side of Serenity before; not even Joey.

"Serenity…are you okay?" Joey asked.

Serenity only stood there with her head down, looking at the Reborn. Joey could see in Serenity's eyes that she wanted revenge.

"…Joey…get in the truck," Serenity said

Joey looked at the truck to see that everyone else was already in the truck, ready to go anytime soon. Joey began to run to the truck to get in as Falco waited there.

"Serenity, aren't you getting in the truck?" Falco asked.

"I will…I'm just waiting for Joey."

Seto sat in the driver's seat as Joey got into the cargo bed with Tristan and Duke. Yugi and Téa are in the back seat, waiting for Serenity to get in. Serenity hopped in the cargo with the others, ready to drive off now. Seto began to drive out of the parking just as Falco left the premises. Serenity sat there, thinking about what she's doing. Somehow, she knows that she can do this, but she doesn't know where any of this came from.

"Why do I have this need to fight? Why am I like this? Either way, I have this will to fight now."