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"Well, this is awkward," Shomari commented lightly. "Here I was expecting him to electrocute us."

"Like my last apprentice did?" Johan commented. "I'm here to avenge them not follow them."

"Too bad," I spoke up taking a step forward. "Because I'm going to end your life on the same note I took your apprentice's life on."

"Why you!" was the only roar that escaped Johan's throat before he spun into a vicious attack.

I raised my light saber in reflex and made to block the overhead strike, but the Sith Lord was angry, not out of control, and he let the blade in his hand rotate down towards my exposed middle. Shomari's blade intercepted his attack as he stepped in front of me. I flipped over the battling pair and landed behind Johan and gave a distractionary slice at his back. Raena took advantage of the battle and began to escort Nora out of the room. I sensed her moving quickly through where we'd came from up the ladder. Then I felt her presence fade away again, as Shomari and I fought off the angered Sith in front of us. He had an annoying, and dangerous, habit of feinting his initial attack before making his real swipe. It got to the point that I began to feint my block at his initial attack, but I nearly lost my head as he actually intended it. I felt Shomari's frustration grow at our continually being backed up by one man, and soon he began to attack with a viciousness that put Johan on his heels. Shomari swung a powerful low swing that was caught midway by Johan's own blade. I spun into the air as I sensed Shomari's next move coming; Deuce planted his left heel into the teeth of Johan lifting him into my path. As I rotated, I extended my light saber, Johan had the amazing presence of mind to stop my blade. I followed through with my own spin kick that redirected the grieving master's route, from a parabola back towards ground, towards the wall behind him. He slammed into it heavily, his breath forced from within his lungs, and he slid to the ground. I lifted my hand, palm facing his limp form, and tendrils of light Force sprung from my hand, lifting him from the ground, and I bent my elbow. Johan's body obeyed my overpowering command, and he was summoned towards my waiting blade. I smirked, his Force was gone, but something tingled at the base of my neck, and I remembered how completely he had hidden his power before. Then, I realized it was a trick, however, I wasn't quick enough. I began to lean to the right in a panic, when he was about 6 feet away, Johan's eyes snapped open viciously and he slapped away my light saber which was attempting to pierce his chest. This left my body completely open, and he took full advantage of it. His burning orange blade pierced my body, pushing completely through to the other side and I yelled in agony. This burning was far beyond what I had endured when we'd escaped his unique prison. I was fortunate in the fact that I had seen his ploy, even if late, and had tried to avoid it. This ended up with him shoving his blade into my left shoulder, just wide and above my all-important heart. Shomari landed in front of me, to the right of Johan, who'd begun to drag his blade down slowly. The situation was an odd twist of fortune and misfortune, combined into one chaotic, painful twist for me. It was simply the fact that I'd killed his previous two apprentices that Johan was completely focused on his slow torturing of my body. However, the same type of care that brought Shomari to my rescue, drove him to kick Johan yet again; but this made the orange light saber rip out the side of my body. As I layed on the ground bleeding profusely as my heart pumped blood, almost directly, out of my body, I wondered why my left arm was still attached, as it had been hanging limp by my side when the light saber swung past where it was. A flash of memory allowed me to recall some heavenly force lifting my arm out of the way, but it wasn't completely enough. I twisted my neck and looked at my gruesomely twisted body. The underside of my arm had been burned, and heavily skined, by the light saber as Johan slammed into the wall. I had fallen at a bad angle, and landed on my extended arm, which was now bent against the normal direction an elbow allowed. My eyes watered from the pure torture my left side had endured: a blood spouting wound right above my heart in my left shoulder, the underside of my arm having a lot of the skin burned and cut away, and a broken elbow. Shomari lifted me up gently by my right arm, and I found it amazing how the pain didn't spread all over my torso as with most people. It seemed to be isolated for the most part, which was oddly fortunate for me. I leaned against the wall, panting heavily, as I observed what I could through the blood drenched Jedi robes on my body.

"Go Déshawn, find Raena and the Ambassador," Shomari said urgently as Johan got up from his blow laughing evilly.

"Where are you headed young Déshawn?" His eyes gleamed venemously as he raised a hand towards me.

"Get out of here!" Shomari gave me a mental shove and I took off.

Bolts of Force lightning poured from Johan's hand towards my body. For the second time of the fight, Shomari saved me by intercepting the bolts with his light saber. I turned and ran as fast I could with my light saber in my right hand, and without moving my left arm. I leapt up the ladder with an enourmous boost of Force and found myself in the middle of a heated battle field. A shriek of surprise and horror brought my eyes towards Raena.

"Deshawn?" she put her hand out and waves of power rolled off of her in massive tides.

The hordes of Kashill assassins were tossed to the side, dropping their silenced blasters, vibro blades, and other quiet methods of killing other than their bare hands. "Force! What happened?"
"Johan is one of the most cunning opponents I've ever faced," I explained shortly through gritted teeth. "Where's Nora?"

"I'm here," she put her hand gently on my right arm.
"Good, let's move," I said.

"What about Shomari?" Raena's eyes were still wide with fear and shock at seeing me arrive in such a state.

I closed my eyes and reached out towards my brother, and found him to be in combat still, as I knew he was, "he's fine."

"Are you sure?" Nora sounded concerned.

"This is Deuce we're talking about," I said. "Light saber battle is what he does."

I felt a rise in Shomari's ferocity as he ignited his second light saber. We stood up together and Raena drew her pink light saber, I ignited the red side of my own weapon, all 3 pairs of our eyes focused on one obstacle: the masses of Kashill had regathered themselves and now rallied their numbers between our trio and the door we so desperately needed to get out of. I heard the hum of a swinging light saber, a sharp snap of light saber energy and then a high pitched, almost squeaky, hum to my right. I turned my head and look at Raena, who now held two light sabers. Her normal saber was now held in an inverted grip with it pointing towards the ground, and a small, curved dagger-like blade in her left hand. It was about 1 foot in length, a matching pink to her other blade, and was held in an inverted grip also. I smirked as I realized that it was the weapon she'd told me about back on Tatooine.

"Déshawn, stay here and protect the ambassador; I'll clear us a way out of here." Raena told me confidently, her trademark devilish grin playing around her lips.