It's almost over, people! And then onto the totally AU sequel!
Super Tinfoil Man: Well, we'll see. It will be different, yes. Thanks!
xXxArwenxXx: thanks so much for sticking with my story, I really appreciate it!
Adame shmi Skywalker Vader: Thank you, I'm glad you think I caught Obi-Wan's understanding. What's gonna happen with Jean? Well, she's not turning evil like she did in the movie... and Xavier's still here! BTW, did you stay after the credits in the X-Men 3 movie? If you didn't, I'll tell you what happened in the next chapter.
Chapter 19 (just a warning, these two chapters aren't going to be very long. Sorry!)
Disclaimer: If I owned Star Wars, Obi-Wan woulda gotten a Jedi Chick.
Anakin and Obi-Wan watched as Count Dooku's speeder parked outside the tower; the Gunship parked next to it. The two Jedi leapt down and ran inside the tower.
Count Dooku, now inside, threw switches on a control panel, his Interstellar Sail Ship as parked nearby. He turned slowly as the Jedi appeared.
"You're going to pay for all the Jedi you've killed today, Dooku," Anakin snapped, furious.
"We'll take him together - you go in slowly on the..." Obi-Wan began to say to Anakin, but the young man was too rash.
"No, I'm taking him now!" he shouted.
Obi-Wan gaped. "Anakin, no!"
Anakin charged across the open space at Dooku, who smiled faintly, watching him come. Anakin raised his lightsaber, but at the last moment, Dooku thrust out an arm and unleashed a blast of Force lightning. Anakin was hurled across the room and slammed into the opposite wall. He slumped to the foot of the wall, semi-conscious. Count Dooku moved toward Obi-Wan.
"As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours, now, back down," he said, and unleashed another string of lightning.
Obi-Wan lifted his lightsaber and blocked it. "I don't think so," he replied firmly.
Count Dooku smiled and ignited his lightsaber. Obi-Wan came in fast, swinging at Dooku's head, but Dooku parried the cut easily. As they fought, it quickly became clear that Dooku was the complete swordsman, elegant, graceful, classical - a master of the old style.
"Master Kenobi, you disappoint me," he mocked. "Yoda holds you in such high esteem." He parried another cut and then thrusted; Obi-Wan stepped back quickly, panting for breath.
"Come, come, Master Kenobi. Put me out of my misery," Dooku continued to taunt.
Obi-Wan took a deep breath, got a fresh grip on his lightsaber and came in again. For a moment, he drove Dooku back; but Dooku's superior skill began to tell again, and he forced the Jedi Knight to retreat. Count Dooku then increased the tempo of his attack, and Obi-Wan was pushed to the limit to defend himself. Dooku pressed hard against Obi-Wan lightsaber, smiling evilly. His lightsaber flashed suddenly, and wounded Obi-Wan in the shoulder, then the thigh. Obi-Wan cried out and fell to the ground, his lightsaber skittering across the floor.
Count Dooku raised his lightsaber to deliver the final blow; Obi-Wan looked up at him helplessly. Anakin panted for breath, and looked in horror at the scene.
Dooku's lightsaber flashed down and clashed suddenly against - Anakin's lightsaber! He and Anakin stared eyeball to eyeball.
"That's brave of you, boy - but foolish," he commented, not noticing when Obi-Wan used the Force to bring his lightsaber to himself. "I would have thought you'd have learned your lesson."
Anakin grinned cockily. "I am a slow learner," he replied, and charged at Dooku.
"Anakin!" Obi-Wan cried, and tossed his lightsaber to his Padawan. With two lightsabers, Anakin attacked, and the force of his attack caught the Count slightly off balance. Anakin's lightsabers flashed, and Dooku drew back.
"You have unusual powers, young Padawan," he said curiously. "But not enough to save you this time."
Anakin laughed grimly. "Don't bet on it!"
The Count parried and riposted. It was no contest, and Anakin was driven back against the wall, losing one lightsaber. Finally Count Dooku, in one flashing move, sends Anakin's arm, cut off at the elbow, flying, still gripping his lightsaber, and Anakin dropped to the ground in agony. Count Dooku drew himself up, looking at Anakin lying, unconscious, next to Obi-Wan, who looked at him sadly.
Suddenly, he started, for hearing many footsteps approaching. He turned, and through the thick smoke, emerged the figure of Serena. She stopped on the smoke-filled threshold, simply studying him, her eyes darkened.
More footsteps could be heard coming, and Obi-Wan looked around him to see fourteen more figures moving closer, surrounding the Count, who was looking rather frightened at this point. The figures, who were of course the X-men, stopped in a circle around the Count, simply looking at him darkly.
He frantically tried to use the Force lightning on a white haired lady, but she simply smiled as the lightning ran through her body, not even harming her. His jaw dropped, and he tried to hurl a piece of machinery at another younger looking girl, but the machinery simply went through her body and came out the other side, dropping to the ground. He stared at them.
Whoa ho ho, I guess Dooku didn't count on the X-Men, did he? Review and find out what happens next!