A/N: Argh its been a whole month! Sorry guys! In return i worked for two hours on this chapter and made it one chp instead of 2. I really hate writing huge long battles. Tell me how i went :) One more chapter and the second installment is finished! Better get my butt in gear and start working properly on the third... Actually you all have an option here. the third is going to heavily involve Cara and Kelron's people. Is that at all intresting to you guys? or should i skip to the fourth installment. your choice:D

Showdown

Two Sith guards where stationed at the side entrance, both where armed with lightsabers.

"They're Narcis's guards." Kelron said quietly as the group ducked behind cover.

"No problem." Cara said confidently before disappearing into the undergrowth.

"Is it just me…or is she different?" Kyle asked.

"We probably woke her up finally…" Kelron muttered quietly his focus still on the guards.

"Meaning?" Kyle asked.

"Meaning that all those dormant midi-clorians are finally awake. Your not dealing with the limited Knight turned Padawan any more. She probably has enough Force power to rival some Jedi Masters now." Kelron suddenly paused.

Cara dropped down behind the two guards and thrust out an arm sending one of them flying. She grabbed the other before he could react and pushed him down into the ground. Her arm glowed a pale red as she drained him of the Force and knocked him out.

The other guard ran out with his saber activated.

Cara called the unconscious guard's saber to her own hand and activated it in time to block the other saber.

Instead of pulling away the guard tried to trap her in a saber lock.

The two red blades hissed as they where forced together.

Cara suddenly let go with one hand and grabbed the arm of her opponent.

She kicked his knee hard causing a loud snap.

The guard cried out in pain and Cara snatched the lightsaber off of him. Dropping both to the ground she drained him of his energy as well. She let his unconscious body join the other guard.

"Nice…" Kyle said to her.

"Thanks" Cara nodded barely out of breath. "After you." She gestured at the door.

Kyle grinned. She may be a bit different but it was still Cara. It was good to have her back.

--

"LUKE!" Mara called from across the room.

Luke dodged in time and activated his lightsaber again in time to plunge it straight into the Sith attacking him. He rejoined Mara in front of the doors that Jan and the younglings had evacuated from. Ten other Knights stood with them.

"We're too spread out!" one called out to him.

"We can't do anything about that!" Mara called back.

"Jan's last com said that Kyle was back." Luke said

"Let's hope she was right!" Mara said as another wave of Sith came at them.

--

Kyle, Cara and Kelron fought their way through the narrow passageway towards the main hall were Luke had hidden Cara's sabers.

"Were here!" Kyle called to them as he punched in a code to open the door.

The door slid open slowly and they all stepped in.

Someone applauded slowly.

Standing on the raised platform stood Narcis, holding Cara's sabers in one hand and surrounded by other Sith warriors.

Cornered was a group of young Knights including at least three Padawans and Bey Holden.

Outside the main door came sounds of battle.

"As you can see the Academy is lost. Everyone is either captured, killed or in battle. You are all the Academy has left." Narcis paused to laugh. "And look what that is? A turned Sith apprentice, One Jedi Master, and a Force drained Knight, no a Padawan. Surrender there is nothing else you can do!"

"Stay back." Cara said quietly, "I've got a trick that might level the playing field but it's a bit uncontrollable."

"As you can see Narcis." Cara began as she walked forward. "I am not as drained as you may have thought. So why don't you just give it your best shot."

Narcis smirked and many of the Sith warriors stepped forward.

"Even at your best you couldn't fight off an army foolish child." Narcis smirked.

"Depends on your definition of best." Cara said gathering her energy.

"Get back." Kelron suddenly shoved Kyle back.

Cara focused the energy and struck the ground with her hand, a field of energy pulsating out from her knocking the surrounding warriors to the ground. Some of them lay unconscious while others screamed in pain.

"Not very Jedi of you." Narcis said without his previous sarcasms.

"No it isn't is it?" Cara said using the distraction to pull her sabers from his hands.

She gripped her weapons and activated the green blades.

At that point Mara and Luke ran in and Kyle and Kelron re-entered.

"Attack!" shouted Narcis.

Lightsabers activated all over the room.

The battle was on.

--

Mara and Kyle both found their way to where the captured Jedi where. A few fell before they could reach them.

Kyle landed in front of Bey Holden in time to block an attack from an attack warrior.

"Get the door open and get the Padawans out of here!" Kyle shouted at him

Bey nodded and started to fight his way to the door.

Mara landed near the Padawans and killed an attacking Sith.

Immediately she spun to defend herself trying to give the Padawans enough time to run.

Three more Sith advanced towards her.

--

Luke found himself fighting against two of the cloaked Sith leaders.

Dodging back and forth he avoided their vicious saber thrusts and managed to keep just out of reach, infuriating the attacking Sith.

His saber spun widely blocking the never-ending barrage of blows.

The Force flowed around him, heightening his reactions keeping him one step out of reach.

He drew out the battle trying to give time to Mara and Kyle as they hurriedly evacuated the captives.

One blow came close to taking off his hand.

Luke dodged and struck out, his saber took off the attacker's arm.

Luke was recovered in seconds and continued his fight against the other Sith.

--

"I will destroy you both for this." Narcis said dropping his Sith cloak as he walked towards Cara and Kelron.

Kelron activated his lightsaber, causing Narcis to hesitate only briefly at the unexpected blue blade.

"How dare you turn on me…" he snarled at his former apprentice.

"You were never my master to turn on." Kelron spat back.

Kelron jumped forward to attack but leapt back at the last moment when Cara jumped forward at the last second.

Narcis jumped onto the defensive at the unexpected attack.

Blue and green blades met red as all three moved rapidly into the fray, dodging and attacking.

Despite being against three lightsabers Narcis was good.

Viciously he bounced each of his defences into blows desperately keeping Cara and Kelron guessing.

If they where to move in on him he could very well lose…

--

Kyle and Mara were having problems of their own.

Slowly they had gotten themselves surrounded and where now back to back on the defensive trying to gain the upper hand.

There was only so much they could do against the Force empowered army.

"WATCH OUT!" yelled a voice from the side door.

Both Mara and Kyle leapt using the Force to throw them out of the way.

A rocket missile landed where they had previously been, hitting the group that had surrounded them.

Kyle and Mara fell to the ground.

"Jan!" Kyle yelled.

Jan grinned and gave him mock salute by raising the large rocket launcher to her head and then re loading.

"Typical Jan." Mara said to him. "You say a gun is no use against Sith, so she finds a bigger gun."

Kyle smirked and blocked an attack before it hit Mara.

"Come on Mara we have a battle to win, bad guys to defeat!" he said almost sounding cheery.

--

Narcis barely noticed that his forces were being decimated. Everything was focused on the two in front of him.

After draining Cara's powers he had thought he would be unstoppable.

Now the brat had awoken to an even greater power, and was combining that with his previous apprentice.

Cara had focused everything on the immediate battle.

The Force swirled around her more vibrant then ever before, guiding her.

But it was also binding her to Kelron.

Their attacks became smoother.

Cara feigned an attack on his legs.

Kelron attacked his arms.

Narcis began to lose ground.

With the two powerful minds Force-melded into one he knew he would lose unless he broke the connection.

They had to fall they had to die!

Grimly he gripped his saber tighter.

He focused on his former apprentice.

A vicious blow caught Kelron off balance.

Narcis shot a bolt of lightening into him.

Kelron went flying across the room.

Cara quickly caught him with the Force.

Narcis attacked.

Cara dropped to the ground and rolled.

Narcis moved in.

He plunged his lightsaber down towards her.

"No!" Kelron yelled and leapt forward.

The distraction was enough.

A sudden pain ripped through his arm.

Looking at it he saw it fall to the ground and Cara move back out of reach.

Kelron's saber was at his throat.

"Call off your warriors, maybe then I will spare you." Kelron said quietly.

"You bastard apprentice. The Jedi will never accept you or the girl, you're both too Sith for them! You-" Narcis was cut off as Kelron's saber went straight through his neck severing his head.

"Let's help your friends clean up." Kelron suggested.

"Good idea." Cara replied.