Shadows of Heroines and Heroes
-- Judgement and Battle Part 1 --
Padme and Alison managed to leave the building without any further hitches until they reached the middle of the field. There was shouting as Derallians jumped up from various concealed hiding places as the Ebon Hawk roared in the air above.
Alison raised her arm to shield her face from the dust as the Hawk hovered downwards, stopping short of landing with its ramp lowered as several figures leaped out of it.
"PADME!" Kail fell downwards, breaking his fall with a roll and coming up besides the half Zabrak, half Mandalorian and crushed her into a rib breaking hug.
"Raner, what the hell are you doing?" Padme gasped out as he crushed more air from her.
"Kail, let her breathe or you'll be weeping at her funeral." Alison laughed harshly as she watched Padme push him away with a bit of extra Force.
"Yours, maybe Stareth." Padme replied and arched an eyebrow at Rick. "You took your time." Rick looked back indignantly at Padme.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Rain looked close at Alison's face and frowned at the chair her friend was sitting in.
"Alison, how are you feeling?" Alison glared back at Rain as Rick turned to look at her.
"I'm fine! Why, is there a problem?" Rain just stared wide-eyed at Alison, "You're sitting in a med chair and you're not complaining at all? Rick, haul your butt over here and tell me if I'm seeing an illusion or something."
Lightening crackled overhead as thunder rolled in the darkening sky. The wind picked up and howled as it blew the young Jedi' robes around their ankles and behind them the as dust rose.
"We're not done yet!"
Jaden looked down at Padme and Kail, utter hatred on his face as he stared at them, Kail holding Padme protectively, again.
Blood ran down the left side of his face and dyed the various strands of white blond hair it touched as the boy leaped from the cloud and landed with his lightsaber activated.
Padme and Kail broke apart, Kail pushing his secret love to the ground behind him as he brought up his weapon to bear on Jaden.
"You won't hurt her or anyone else I promise you." He said in a low voice, his eyes narrowing as Jaden grinned.
"Try me."
Rick grabbed the buckle that was clinched around Alison's waist and unclipped it, hauling her into his arms quickly before she could protest.
"Wait!" Alison yelled sharply in his ear and pointed up at the sky as a black robed figure stood on nothing, watching the battle between the two youths, laughing.
Alison's eyes flashed and for a brief instant Rain saw yellow and red in her best friend's eyes as Alison reached over and pulled Rick's lightsaber from his belt and activated it.
"Close your eyes!" Alison yelled out, and the lightsaber shot form her hand like a javelin, propelled by the Force.
It went right through the black figure's chest and the laughter stopped as she turned to look at Alison.
"You," she said, pointing a single finger at Alison. "why are you still alive?"
Alison motioned for Rick to put her down, digging her elbow into his gut when he refused. He dropped her and grabbed an arm as Alison raised her right one.
"What are you trying to do?" He shouted over the screaming wind as Alison struggled to control his lightsaber.
"Bringing the fight to the true heart of our problems." She shouted back, the wind making her eyes tear up.
Rain staggered to their side as the wind increased.
"What do you mean? Shouldn't we be worrying about theblonde one over there?"
"No, they can take of themselves." Alison shook her head. "It's not enough! I need more power to strike her." Rick was thunderstruck.
"What the hell are you talking about, Alison? You just lost my lightsaber, and now you want more? Do you know how long it took me to make that!"
Alison closed her eyes as her lightsabers sprang off her belt and Rain's as well, activating in the sky as they shot like javelins into the dark cloud of black furry.
"Die, mother, die like you should have all those years ago!" The voice that issued from Alison's mouth was not her own, but a much harsher and deeper voice, more guttural and raspy, as Alison's lightsabers, her double bladed cyan, the single topaz and two interlinking silver and violet flew upwards.
Rain's interlinking lightsabers, green, violet and silver followed with Rick's two more interlinking lightsabers blue and yellow, as they connected in mid-air, turning the blades orange, the now linked lightsaber, the last to follow, whirling in the dirt imbued cloud.
Rain looked startled and Rick grim, the same thought was racing though their minds as they clung to Alison who seemed oblivious to the increasing gale.
What was happening to Alison? Why was she changing like this? What was she changing into?
Two screams rented through the air, as the day turned to night and blackness descended on them all.
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