Chapter 9– Dueling Duo
Ralic and Yun climbed out of the trench they hid in after the bombardment and came running in a hurry as soon as they heard blaster fire coming near by.
"They're coming! Battle Stations!" Called a man behind a machine gun.
Captain Jolly was standing out in the open trying to see where it was coming from. When the gunfire stopped he turned around with a smile on his face.
"Don't worry, it was just…" Before he could finish what he was saying a horrid species of alien dived down on him and slashed him from behind.
"Aaagh! That hurts!" The captain fell to the ground, and remained motionless.
Ralic and Yun were shocked at the sight and began to run back to the trench when suddenly another freakish creature jumped in their way armed with the same weapon held ready to kill.
The man behind the machine gun was about to pull the trigger to fire at them, but the second creature threw a knife at his neck killing him instantly.
"Who are you?" Asked Yun.
"I am Maw and this is Eekay," Said the first alien in what sounded like English.
"We've been sent by Darth Adanus to bring you to him. Dead or alive!" Eekay spoke with a strange accent that made it very difficult to understand. He then pulled out another sword and spun both of them simultaneously until he came to halt in a combat stance. The other spun his staff and stood in another stance for battle.
In an instant both teams split up and paired with their opponents.
Yun parried the attacks of the staff-bearing creature.
High attack, high again, then low and high.
Yun didn't have trouble with his defense but it's getting out of it that was a problem.
Ralic on the other hand swung at his opponent with ease.
The creature although wielding two swords found it difficult to deflect Ralic's strong attacks. In the process he lost one of his swords and continued to battle with the other.
Ships landed with aliens dashing out of them.
Men climbed out of the trenches and engaged the enemy.
Artillery did its part and machine guns blazing, leading to yet another scuffle.
Yun battled hard to try to get off the defense but Eekay, who was battling him was fierce and savage. His staff was flying in all directions. Yun trying to go low, then high but both approaches failed.
He saw a gap in the alien's defense though; his back was vulnerable.
Ralic kicked Maw, dropping him on his back.
"This battle is over!" Ralic said.
"Oh really? Go ahead…kill me!" the creature sneered.
"You cant, can you? You Jedi have always been like this…"
Ralic began to get frustrated at the creatures taunts, but he pushed the temptation a side and merely put the sword to its neck.
"Am I not worth it?" His sneer got wider.
"Do you want to know what happened to your…pet,"
Ralic's eyes widened, "It's dead," the creature laughed.
"I had the honor of eating it!" the creature said. Ralic's teeth were now gritting with hatred…he raised his arm to kill the alien while he was still laughing.
"Ralic! Don't!" cried a voice.
Ralic turned around to find Dan.
"He killed my pet!" Ralic shouted in rage.
"That is no reason to kill him," protested Dan.
"Its more than enough reason to kill him!" Ralic stated with hatred in his voice. The creature was still laughing.
"Ha! I didn't keep it all to myself of course, it was shared among us all, and I had the honor to place its head on a spike for all to see… " The monster continued to laugh till Ralic lifted his sword over him to silence the laughter but Dan jumped, "Ralic! No don't do it!" Cried Dan, he pulled his sword out and blocked Ralic's attack before it struck.
"Bad move, master!" Ralic whispered through gritted teeth.
Master Dan's eyes widened as Ralic circled around and sliced the Master across the chest and then stabbed the alien through its heart.
Yun tried again and again to get behind Eekay but his staff kept swinging towards him.
Yun called upon the force to give him strength and he jumped above the alien and landed behind him, he then slashed his back several times while he fell to the ground in pain.
Darth Adanus watched the events turn out on screen. Frustration was an understatement. He was mad!
"That's it!" the dark lord of the sith's fist slammed the control panel, and with that he stormed out of the bridge. Several of his deck officers were blown apart from yet another explosion. He can't allow these mere under-trained humans stop him from taking control of this small planet.
"Commander Wily," the commander approached his master, "take me to my ship, I will deal with this…personally!" his eyes narrowed to those words.
"Sir!" the commander led his master to his transport.