A Galaxy Not so Far Away

Chapter 2

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The mysterious attacker looked down in surprise at the emerald green blade that had stopped his strike. Rebecca's face was calm, but a cold anger burned in her eyes.

"Leave her alone." She said quietly.

Without warning, the black figure spun and attacked her fiercely. Slashing at her chest, her attacker suddenly spun and swept his blade at her legs. Jumping over the blade, Rebecca quickly stabbed at his neck. He blocked her attack, and pushed her away with his blade. She jumped at him, and brought her blade down hard on his head, then swung at his chest. As he parried her blows, she spun and kicked him in the stomach. He grunted and stumbled. Taking advantage of this, Rebecca ran up to him, and held her saber to his neck.

"Stop! You are beaten. Drop your weapon." She demanded.

Suddenly, Rebecca was thrown backward into the wall by a tremendous push from the Dark Side of the Force. Her assailant jumped to his feet.

"I regret that I cannot finish you here, but I am needed elsewhere."

He turned and ran out of the house. Rebecca ran to her mother. She was unconscious, and there was blood trickling from a gash in her head.

"Oh no." said Rebecca desperately.

Slowly, she tried to lift her mother, but her battle with her mother's attacker had weakened her. She groaned and sank to ground, laying her mother back down on the floor.

"This isn't working." said Rebecca to herself. "I need Sam's help."

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Sam was in Algebra, trying to figure out an especially difficult problem, when she felt a blast of pain hit her like a bucket of ice water. She gasped and fell to the floor, hitting her head on the tiles. Then, as suddenly as the pain came, it left her.

"Samantha, are you all right?" asked her teacher.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just tripped." said Sam quickly.

"Well, that looks like a nasty bump on your head. I think you should go to the nurse."

"Ok."

As Sam walked down the hallway towards the nurse's office, she thought about what had happened to her. She suddenly realized that the pain that she had felt didn't come from her. Somehow, she knew her mother was in terrible danger.

"Hang on Mom. I'm coming" said Sam urgently.

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Rebecca drove as fast as she could down the road towards Sam's school.

"What am I going to say to Sam?" thought Rebecca. "What is she going to say when she hears what happened?"

Rebecca had made up her mind. She knew that she had to tell Sam the truth. Suddenly, she passed a young girl on the side of the road, running the opposite direction. Rebecca glanced at her in the rear-view mirror of her car.

"Why isn't that girl in school?" she wondered.

She quickly put that thought out of her mind, and focused on getting to Sam's school.

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Sam sprinted down the side of the road towards her house.

"Man, I really wish I had a car like Rebecca." said Sam tiredly. "I could be home much faster."

Sam pushed herself to run even faster. Finally after what had seemed like forever, Sam threw open the front door and ran inside. Gasping for breath and sweating heavily, Sam looked around the house. Her eyes widened as she saw the incredible destruction of her home. Walking into the kitchen, she saw her mother lying on the ground. She ran over and knelt beside her mom.

"Mom, Mom wake up!" she cried.

Sam's mom opened her eyes and groaned. Groggily, she tried to sit up. She groaned again and lied back down dizzily. Sam sighed with relief.

"Just lie down Mom. You'll be ok.

Sam saw the gash on her mother's head. She stood up, and grabbed some paper towels. Pressing them on the gash, the towels quickly became bright scarlet. Finally, the blood stopped flowing from the wound. Sam stood up and looked around the kitchen.

"Who could have done this?"

Suddenly, Sam saw something that caught her eye. Walking over, she picked it up.

"I know what this is." said Sam, staring at the small cylinder in disbelief. "But I can't believe it."

Carefully, Sam found the switch, and ignited the beautiful azure lightsaber

"I can't believe it! It works!"

Sam turned to her mother.

"Is this yours, Mom?" she asked.

Suddenly, the saber flew out of her hand and into the hand of a tall, black, hooded figure.

"No." it said. "It's mine."

Sorry for the cliffhanger again. I should be able to update in a week or so, so stay tuned for Chapter Three: Secrets of the Jedi.