Sam wasn't even sure if Luke had touched the stairs on his way up them. The strange robot was making what sounded like delighted squeaking sounds. Sam followed him upstairs muttering about finally having a guy in her room, and he's more interested in a machine than her. She followed them into her room
"so you got your robot, now what?" said Sam "now I must leave, thank you for taking care of him" said Luke "ah sure, no problem.. ah I mean anytime" she said nervously
This guy was making her nervous in a way Josh never had before. "So I guess that means your leaving huh?" said Sam Luke smiled at her, he could feel her emotions from there and it was a bit flattering. He smiled at her again perhaps under different circumstances, he thought. Then he turned to go towards the stairs. When they heard a loud crash downstairs. "Stay here!" said Luke
He went out her bedroom door and towards the stairs. Sam peered around the corner.
Maul had pulled up to the small dwelling with the numbers that matched the local boys description. He could feel the Jedi inside already. He got out of the ground vehicle and strode across the lawn. He activated his saber just as he reached the door and sliced apart the wooden covering. Then stepping inside he growled one word "Jedi!"
The pieces of the crude door had fallen in with a bang, announcing his arrival to the occupants within.
Luke spotted his adversary and went over the railing to meet him. He activated his saber on the way down. Maul blocked his blow and danced towards the living room. Sam crawled to the balcony's edge and watched. The combatants were dancing around her living room and simultaneously destroying it.
They sliced through furniture and threw potted plants at each other. The taller tattooed one was quite vicious and very destructive. "You can't win Jedi, just give me the plans and I'll make your deaths short," said Maul
The dark one seemed to be trying to beat Luke into submitting to him. Sam watched them in fascination until Maul leapt, yeah leapt, up to the first landing. Sam ran for her room, just as Luke cut the stairwell support out from under Maul. Maul rolled back into the living room area.
Sam was breathing hard on the other side of the door to her room. R2 squeaked at her and she jumped "R2! Damn it, don't do that," said Sam
"Today will see the end of Skywalker," said Maul "not today Maul" said Luke
Luke rolled over what was left of her sofa.
Sam grabbed her jacket and was going to run. This was way too freaky for her. Whatever weird weapons they were using, Sam didn't want any part of. She could always hide out at Josh's. She opened her window and put her leg over the sill. R 2 cheeped at her again.
"What?" she said. It made the noise again "all right already, come here" said Sam. The small robot rolled forward and then rotated its eye lens thingy, towards the door. Then it made a sound like it was saying Luke.
"C'mon R2, he can take care of himself" said Sam
The little robot stayed put. "Okay suit yourself, but I'm out of here" said Sam She started to climb the rest of the way out the window.
The small bot bumped into her leg. "Well c'mon then, close up," said Sam It made a sound like it was asking why. "Because I'm going to roll you down the roof, you wouldn't want to lose a leg would you?" said Sam
It looked skeptical or at least as close as a small robot can to it. Then it reluctantly did it, so she wouldn't leave it behind. Sam set it on its side on the roof and let it roll. It made a screaming noise when it went off the edge. Sam used the trellis to climb down. She was trying hard not to grab any of the rose branches as she climbed down. She got unlucky a few times and almost fell off when she grabbed a thick branch covered in thorns, instead of the trellis.
When she finally reached the ground she was swearing and R2 was upended in a bush protesting loudly. Sam grabbed him out of it and set him on the porch. Instead of rolling for the driveway, which would have been the sensible thing to do. It rolled up her brother's old skate ramp and towards the door.
"oh shit, R2 stop" said Sam. It ignored her and disappeared into the house. Sam swore, she really wanted to run for it, but R2 went back inside and Luke was still there.
"Psst.. R2 come back here, oh man" she said and followed it up. Instead of using the damaged front door. Sam climbed in through the half open window in the bar area. She headed for the door in time to hear Luke scream in pain and fall backwards. Luke was inching his way backwards across the floor. Maul raised that red glowing blade to finish him off and Sam screamed.
Maul looked up at her and grinned "I'll be with you in a moment" he said He didn't see R2 roll up behind him and pull his arc welder out
One-minute Maul had his blade up and was bringing it down in a killing blow. The next his knee was exploding in searing agony. He screamed and instinctively turned his blade backwards and swept it up behind him.
"No!" screamed Luke as he watched R2 explode in bits of metal.
Luke was back up and retreating for Sam's position. Sam winced when she saw what had made him cry out. He was missing his right hand. Maul advanced and Luke stumbled. Sam ran for the area behind the bar and hid. Luke fell at the end of it and looked up at her.
"You failed Jedi; now its time to die" said Maul
Sam could tell Luke was in a great deal of pain. He seemed to be trying to apologize for failing to protect her using only his eyes. In that instant Sam had an epiphany, somehow it wasn't about the droid any longer. Luke was trying to protect her. She resolved he wasn't going to die doing it.
Sam glanced at the backside of the bar. The air tanks for the seltzer system had a full charge. Her dad didn't have them loaded with seltzer water though. They were hooked up to vodka and whiskey bottles on a pressurized delivery system. Sam cranked the power and grabbed the nozzles, one in each hand. She said a silent prayer.
When Maul came around the corner to finish Luke off, Sam soaked him to the skin. Maul ignored the girl spraying him with the foul scented liquid. Instead he raised his saber. Right between Sam's stream and himself. The stream ignited and Sam dropped the sprayers and scrambled back.
Maul's robe caught and he was engulfed in a fireball. He screamed and backed away. Furiously batting at the flames. Sam darted forward and grabbed Luke under the arms.
She dragged him towards the window and shoved him through it. She scrambled after him as the house started to go up. She was dragging Luke towards the van in their driveway. It was her van, so she had a spare key on her key chain.
She got him to the lawn "leave me, run, he'll kill you" said Luke "hell no were both getting out of here, now help me damn it!" said Sam He pushed himself up with his legs and Sam helped him move across the lawn. She unlocked the sliding door and climbed in to pull Luke inside. Then she closed the door behind him and tried to start the van. It wouldn't crank over and the carport was catching on fire
"C'mon baby please, just start just this once" said Sam She tried one more time, this time it started. Sam threw it into gear and floored it out of her driveway. She was just pulling away when she saw Maul striding through the flames towards them. Her mailbox hit the car parked next to her on the roadside. "Ah shit!" said Sam and floored it all the way to the highway.
"Hang on okay I'm going to take you to the hospital" said Sam "no time, I've got to get back to my ship" said Luke. "Okay where's it docked?" said Sam. She was thinking of harbors and was scanning road signs. "In the forest about four clicks out" he said.
Sam looked at him weird "Okay strange spot for a ship" said Sam Luke had levered himself onto one of the bench seats. "Turn here" he said. Sam recognized the dirt road they had turned down almost instantly. "This is the way to make out point," said Sam. "Really, interesting how you know that" said Luke. Sam turned bright red.
