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Encounter

Chapter 20

Lost Secrets

Fox and Dessan were standing there in a face off, waiting for the other to make a move. Fox stood there with his Titan Slayer was being held to his side in a way that would make it easy for an upward slash while Dessan had his lightsaber in front of him, waiting for the opportune moment to attack. Fox wanted to attack, but then that would put him open for Dessan to make a move that would be lethal. Fox saw Dessan deactivate his lightsaber and stood there with an evil smirk on his face. Fox deactivated the beam on his Titan Slayer and stood there, waiting to hear what Dessan has to say.

"What do you want from me?" Fox asked.

"To bring you down to the Dark Side," Dessan responded.

"Well, it won't be as easy as last time since I know your ways."

"Oh, but I know many weaknesses to you; for example, your Titan Sword thing."

"What about my Titan Slayer?"

"That sword requires you to use your Force energy to be able to wield that thing. You focus your energy to your strength to be able to hold that sword with ease. If you were to use a Force power that requires you to focus on something like me, then you don't have the strength to hold that sword up."

"So what? I'm able to use the Force to increase my speed a little."

"That's if you're out of combat."

Fox stood there, becoming a little more aggravated by this. He stood there with a firm grip on his Titan Slayer as his thumb is on the activation button. Dessan stood there, beginning to laugh.

"Just because I can't use my Force powers doesn't mean that it's a big weakness," Fox explained. "I'm thinking you think you exploited my weakness, haven't you?"

"But that's not your only weakness."

Fox stood there, staring at Dessan in hopes that something that he's kept deep doesn't get out. Dessan wasn't done toying with him yet.

"You haven't told them about the truth, the truth about what happened to Lauren on that day."

"Dessan, I don't want you to-"

"Well, if you're not going to tell your friends, then I will."

Without hesitation, Fox activated his Titan Slayer again and began to proceed towards Dessan.

"Friends of Fox McCloud; you want the truth about Lauren, well here it is," Dessan started. "The truth about her is that she was-"

"SHUT THAT DAMN MOUTH OF YOURS!"

Without hesitation, Fox tried to impale Dessan on his Titan Slayer. With ease, Dessan was able to dodge the incoming attack and tried to stab Fox with his lightsaber. Fox was able to dodge that attack easily himself and backed off a few feet. Without hesitation, he pulled his lightsaber out of his Titan Slayer and stood there with it high and back.

"Fox, I understand your burning passion to kill me, but you can't reverse what has been done," Dessan said.

"But I can kill you and get rid of you once and for all."

Fox charged in with a quick lunge to cut Dessan in half with one quick upward strike. Unfortunately, Dessan was able to anticipate the attack and dodge it without a problem.

"That's it, use your aggression to strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete,"

Dessan brought his lightsaber above his head and began to slash down in a top down hack formation. Fox was able to block it with a horizontal block over his head, but Fox has a major leverage disadvantage. Serenity was trying to get up, but Joey got to her and picked her up.

"Serenity, we have to get outta here," Joey said.

"Joey, I need to help Fox!" Serenity yelled.

Without hesitation, Serenity pushed Joey away and tried to run to Fox. As soon as she started to, she collapsed onto the ground because of the fall she made earlier. Serenity was on all fours, trying to catch her breath. Joey looked at Serenity, looking at her as she's changed a lot through just a few hours.

"Serenity, why have you changed?"

Seto started the engine to the truck again and began to turn the wheel. Yugi had his head through the window, trying to get Seto to stop.

"Seto, we have to wait for them!"

"Why, so we can get killed?"

Without hesitation, Seto began to press on the gas, preparing to leave the others behind. Falco looked over to see that the truck was beginning to turn, but as Falco saw the right opportunity, he threw his staff as if it was a spear to the engine of the truck. The truck only turned 90 degrees when the staff hit the truck, immobilizing it. Seto sat there, looking at the staff that impaled the engine to the truck. Everyone then bailed out of it away from the battle just in case it might blow. Falco ran to the truck and pulled the staff out of the engine to use again as his weapon of choice in melee situations. Fox kept his hard stance, trying to balance against Dessan. Falco tried to run in to help, but by the time he could prepare a swing, Dessan used his Force energy to throw Falco back against a wall. Unfortunately, Joey was in the way and got hit by the impact. Joey slammed into the wall with Falco as they both fell unconscious.

Serenity finally gathered enough energy to charge in and strike Dessan down with what she's got. Without hesitation, Serenity grabbed her borrowed lightsaber and began to charge in as the purple beam was active. Serenity was only about 10 feet away when she decided to throw her lightsaber at Dessan instead of striking him down with it. Dessan looked to see that a lightsaber was flying at him. Dessan had no choice but to stop his lock and jump out of the way. Without hesitation, Dessan did that and came back down to strike at Serenity. Fox pushed Serenity out of the way and made a quick defensive block only meant for against fast attacks. Dessan was able to knock Fox to the ground, but as soon as Dessan tried to attack Fox, Fox used a sweep attack similar to a breakdance technique. As soon as Fox got back to his feet, he attacked Dessan in a top down hack, but before his blade could hit, Dessan used a Force power and threw Fox against the truck. The truck tilted a little as Fox impacted the truck, leaving a dent in the door, leaving Fox unconscious. Serenity picked her lightsaber up and stood there with it activated in front of her, ready to attack. Dessan stood there with a big smile of confidence, ready to kill Serenity as if she was nothing else but another person in his way.

"You don't have the power to fight," Dessan said.

"My friends and I were actually able to dispatch two of your comrades."

"Like that matters, they were just my pawns."

"I'm still not that bad of a fighter."

"You don't know the full truth about my intentions, do you?"

"And that would be what?"

"I'm trying to get Fox to fall to the Dark Side…"

"Yeah, I know that already."

"…again."

As soon as she heard that, she stood there trying to not believe a word that he's saying. Serenity could see that Fox is quite angry, but there's also the fact that Fox was using his aggressive feeling to strike rather than use his own offensive skills.

"Fox…is that true?"

Serenity couldn't believe what she was hearing, but she had no choice. Without hesitation, Serenity began to attack Dessan with every she's got. Dessan was able to block every attack that came at him without a problem. Dessan saw an opening for an attack and began to swing his lightsaber. Within seconds, Serenity dropped to the ground and tried to use a sweep kick to Dessan. Dessan was able to jump the attack and went back a few feet to get out of harms way. Serenity stood up again, keeping her focus on Dessan.

"Little girl, you don't even know half of Lauren," Dessan said.

"What else is there to know?" Serenity asked.

"What else you ask? I'll tell you what else there is. Lauren never existed."

"I know that's a lie. I can see through that."

"Oh, but let's just say that she might be…someone else."

Serenity stood there, thinking about what Dessan said. She knows that Fox has told stories about Lauren, but Fox never truly had a way of backing most of those things up. The only thing Fox had was that one photo of him and Lauren, who she doesn't even know if she even existed.

"You're…lying…aren't you?"

"No, it's the truth. Lauren never existed in this world."

"But…how…Fox has-"

"Yes, he has pictures of proof, but can he back that up? It's possible to just create someone by pixels and such with the technology today."

"But…it…quit trying to mess with me!"

With that, Serenity began to charge in with a powerful swing. Just as Serenity got to Dessan, she began to swing with all her might tat Dessan. Despite the fact that Dessan didn't put his lightsaber up, something stopped her. That something is someone calling out to Serenity through her mind.

"Please, don't do this. It isn't right."

"Who…who is that?" Serenity asked in her thoughts.

"Just trust me. I don't want you to plague your life."

"What? Why?"

"Your mind can't take this without the proper training."

"Who…are you?"

"…I saved you years ago…when you were only a little child."

With that, Serenity began to get minute flashes of a time in her past that she can remember. She remembered that she was lost in a forest somewhere. She remembers seeing some strange person embedded in a light blue aura. Serenity clearly remembers that day…as she could also remember something that looked very similar to some form of a humanoid animal. Serenity pulled her mind back to reality and can clearly see what her actions had led her to.

"What…have I been…doing?"

Serenity deactivated her lightsaber and slumped onto the ground, beginning to weep for certain things. Her emotions began to flood her mind as every aspect of what has happened began to replay in her head, yet it hitting her more emotionally.

"What…what have I done?"

Yugi and the others who were hiding behind the truck began to look over to see Serenity over there on her knees, slouching down as if she failed. Yugi's puzzle began to glow, giving a bright aura around Yugi. Just as the aura disappeared, someone similar to Yugi stood in his place.

"What the…Yami?" Tristan wondered.

"What is it Tristan?" Yami asked.

"…Nothing."

Yami looked over to see that Dessan had his lightsaber up and ready to make the kill to Serenity. Yami began to run to Serenity, trying to save her.

"NO SERENITY! GET OUT OF THERE!" Yami yelled.

Serenity didn't listen at all, she just sat there with no emotion whatsoever. Yami knows that he couldn't get to Serenity in time at this rate, but he knows a trick that'll slow Dessan down.

"Serenity, don't move!" Yami yelled to Serenity.

Still, no answer from Serenity, which is fine. Yami put his hand up as something that looked similar to the eye on the puzzle began to glow on his forehead.

"MIND CRUSH!"

Dessan looked over to Yami only to see a world of a reversed color. Everything around him started to change colors as the aura of energy that was forming around him was threatening to kill him. With that in the way, Yami got to Serenity and began to move her. Within seconds after, Dessan was able to fight off the aura of energy and looked to Yami and Serenity. Dessan brought his hand up and began to point it in their general direction. Instead of focusing his energy on them, he focused it on the ground below them. Yami saw the ground coming at them like a tidal wave and began to run. The road began to fall, creating smaller pieces of the road that Yami began to slip on. Yami fell over and was lying on the ground holding Serenity close to him. Serenity looked over to see Yami staring into the eyes of Dessan. The only thing on Serenity's mind now is Yami.

"Yami…why?

Dessan kept approaching them with his lightsaber at hand with a sadistic smile on his face. Just as he got up to them, he heard a lightsaber as if it was flying at him. Just as he began to turn around, his lightsaber got cut down by a lightsaber with a blue blade. The lightsaber dropped to the ground away from Dessan. What he's more concerned about is who did that. Before he could look at the lightsaber, something started to beep. He pulled out a small white cylindrical like object and began to talk into it.

"What do you want?" Dessan asked.

There was no sound, but the reason why is that Dessan's wired to the system so that he'd be the only one to hear the stuff.

"But………….Okay, I'll return right away."

With that, his body began to slowly disappear as the only thing left of him was nothing. Serenity looked over to see the lightsaber only to see something that surprised her. The lightsaber design that she can remember Fox telling her about.

"It…can't be…is it ours or is it Lauren's?"

Serenity looked over to an obvious direction to see something interesting. The only person that was actually able to do something like that from that distance was Fox. She could see that Fox's right hand was extended as there was also a strange mist coming out of the small carrying backpack on his back. Serenity went over to pick the lightsaber up and give it back to Fox. Just as she did, Serenity began to think a minute, trying to comprehend the situation. Yami also got up and looked over to Serenity only to see something on the bottom of the lightsaber. He could barely see something on the bottom, but he couldn't tell what it meant.

"What does W-seven mean?"

Yami stood there, thinking to himself what it meant. The only think he can do is let it go. Serenity went over to Fox just as he fell unconscious again as she was about to give Fox the lightsaber back. Serenity was wondering why Fox had this lightsaber and what the purpose of having it was for. The biggest question is if what Dessan said is true.

"Fox…is all what Dessan said true?"