Call of Aid – Jedi Apprentice – Chapter 5
Acker fiddled around with his arm, scrolling through the options available, looking for some way to even the odds against the master. While his confidence in his own swordplay is high, the chances of him being able to beat a Jedi master was low. Other than the sword, there was the option of using other skills, but would that fall under an acceptable level of violence for the Council?
Republic Soldier
A soldier in the employ of the Republic. Fights for to defend the peace and freedom of the galaxy.
Sith Trooper
A soldier in the employ of Revan and Malak's Sith Empire. Possibly a former soldier of the Republic. Fights for either loyalty to those that fought against the Mandalorians or for the strengthening of the galaxy.
Dark Jedi
A Jedi that has fallen to the dark side. While anyone can fall to the dark side, it is more common for lower ranking Jedi to fall. On occasion high ranking Jedi may fall, though typically they will refer to themselves as Sith in that case.
Mandalorian Soldier
A Soldier of Mandalore. Once upon a time they waged war against the Republic. After their lose many became freelance mercenaries, bandits, or bounty hunters, though Mandalore itself still boasts a respectable military.
War Droid
A droid made for war. Only basic intelligence, cannot speak. Generally follows basic combat patterns.
Sentry Droid
A droid with float capabilities. Used for essentially the same purpose as a war droid.
Those options were the only ones Acker hadn't looked at yet. Immediately off the bat he had eliminated the Jedi Initiate as an option as trainees wouldn't do much to a master, not to mention that it probably not a good idea having Jedi fight other Jedi. A similar issue existed for the Dark Jedi, though he couldn't afford them anyways. He also wasn't sure if using a soldier from a specific planet might cause bias, so Mandalorian Soldier was also out. That just left the Droids and the Soldiers. However, just as with the Initiates, the Droids probably would do nothing in the fight. So, the debate had condensed like that.
In the end, the only debate was in what combination to spawn the soldiers. Two Republic Soldiers? Two Sith Soldiers? One of each? That was what Acker was brooding in the dark corner of the room, waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. Acker had went on ahead in order to get ready, while the Council finished up with whatever business they still had. Ban had stayed behind, so the only one with Acker was HK, who was on an upper floor.
"HK, what'd you think I should do?"
"Query: Why do you need to ask? Statement: You could test the various options before they arrive."
Acker shook his head. "No, I don't know if the armband would charge in time. I don't know its charge rate at all."
"Inquiry: What other features do you have to assist you?"
Raising his left hand to his chin, Acker's eyes closed for a second before replying. "How much do you know about magic?"
Hk-51's figurative eyebrow shot up. "Query: Do you mean the force? Statement: The force is typically referred to as magic."
"No, no. Magic, I mean…" Acker's hand rose from his chin to cover his eyes.
Explaining an ability to someone from a dimension where that ability was not a thing always irritated Acker, as they always try to compare it to something from their dimension. Oh, what's that you say? You can shoot water at stuff by shouting Watera? Well I can bend that shit! Acker then proceeded to punch that Bender in the face. If his opponent was going to be stupid, might as well take the free hit. And another time. Demon fang, well more like shit Fang! What does that even mean? Acker punched that guy more for the fact that the insult was horrendous.
"So," Acker starts of, "I have ancestry from different dimensions. This universe has stuff such as the Force." At HK's nod of understanding Acker moved on. "Other dimension's universes have abilities of their own. I possess some of my own, being artes, magic, and special attacks," Acker's voice quieted a bit as he continued, "Though I haven't been able to use most of my specials."
HK-51 nodded again. "Understanding Confirmation: You have abilities of your own, not dissimilar to force-wielding organics."
"No, that's not what…" Acker sighed. "Nevermind, you can see during the spar."
No sooner had Acker finished talking had the door to the room opened and Jedi poured in. Among the members were the Council, and Ban. However, there were many other Jedi as well. The news that a master on the Council was going to face an outsider spread quickly throughout the temple. Acker was sure he saw the same initiates from earlier sneaking in as well on other floors. Obi-Wan had found seats next to an aquatic looking humanoid Jedi and another male. He gave a small wave to Acker before sitting down. Over to the right of where Obi-Wan was, the other one from earlier, Bruck, also had found seats with a group. He glared at Acker before turning away.
HK-51 scanned the room himself and saw that there was a small Jedi on the same floor trying to see through the crowd, noting that it was the same girl who had him as saber point. . HK made his way over to her quietly before saying, "Query: Should you be out of the medbay?"
She jumped slightly at the sudden question, before turning and glaring at the droid. "The Healers let me go after I regained movement."
HK stared at her for a moment before turning back down to the floor below. If that was how it was he wouldn't pry.
"Spar with me!" HK turned back towards the initiate at that. "You got a cheap shot off before! Once more, no cheap shots!"
HK was quiet for a moment for replying. "Rejection: No."
Before the initiate could continue on Mace Windu walked across from Acker. The room quieted as the two began getting ready to duel.
Acker gave the room one last scan. "Is it really ok to have all of these people here?"
"There is no rule stating that a duel cannot be observed, and there is no reason for this duel to be any different."
At Windu's answer Acker sighed under his breath. "Then can you at least make sure information about this duel doesn't go beyond the temple?"
Windu had a brief pause before he nodded.
At that both parties took up positions on opposite sides of the room. Yoda walked down from a seat next to the other Council members and Ban to the dueling level and handed Acker a lightsaber.
"Temporary, it is. Lowest setting, set it is to."
Acker quickly nodded before turning it on. A burst of cyan came out from the blade, with Acker giving it a few swings to check its weight. As soon as Yoda was off the floor Acker immediately moved to his armband. With a few quick movements, Acker quickly selected his choices and spawned them in. With a haze of light fell on both of his sides, before fading away to reveal two people. On his left was a man wearing yellow and orange armor. The helmet the guy was wearing allowed for his face to be seen. On the other side of Acker, a soldier in chromatic armor appeared. Silver adorned the entirety of the upper body while the lower part had a noticeable amount as well. Barely noticeable protrusions on the armor allowed for one to deduce that the owner was female. Both had blasters on their side along with a sword. As they looked around the room they faced each other. Noticeable tension appeared on the both of their bodies, though by the way the two of them struggled they couldn't draw their weapons to attack each other.
All across the room murmurs started. How'd he do that? Where'd they come from? It's three against one! Acker could only hope that Yoda had already informed the Council members about that particular skill, or this could seem bad.
"You two, set blasters to stun." At Acker's command the two drew their blasters and flipped a switch. Acker then nodded to Master Windu. "Stun him." At his command the two aimed their blasters and began firing.
At that Windu leapt into motion, lightsaber blurring as he sent the bolts back at the two soldiers, who quickly attempted to dodge their own shots. Acker drew his blade in time to block Windu's strike, the force of which caused Acker's arms to ache. The attack didn't stop there as Windu continued to rain blow after blow on Acker's defense. The occasional bolt sent towards Windu was deflected back towards the soldiers as Acker was forced back. Out of nowhere Acker shouted, "Haste!" Suddenly Acker's speed increased as he began launching his own attacks towards Windu. While by no means forcing Windu back, Acke was no longer being one-sidedly being beaten. Rolling under a close slash he gained some distance from Windu as the two soldiers peppered him with blaster fire. Windu once again deflected the barrage, this time successfully taking out both soldiers from the fight. Acker stood his ground as Windu advanced on him again, only to be sent flying backwards by Windu's outstretched hand. He quickly rolled to his feet in time to see the Jedi close in on him. Drawing the lightsaber back, he slashed it in a vertical motion, sending energy through it as he did. The energy quickly turned into a shockwave across the ground headed straight towards Windu. Windu quickly sided-stepped it only to be faced with more. Acker had given up on trying to fight him in a melee and was sending out as many Demon Fangs as possible to force him back. Acker did not expect the Jedi to hold out his hand again. This time the once-mercenary was sent flying towards Windu, where he landed not quite in front of, but not too far away from. Windu jumped backwards which caused Acker to realize what he had done. A last second barrier was barely enough to stop the mass amount of demon fangs from crashing into him. Acker laid drained, thinking about the irony that his Demon Fangs drained the rest of his energy. The lightsaber that Yoda gave him laid in his right hand, and attempting to have his fingers move to turn it off caused them to twitch in agony.
"I give up."
At that Master Windu turned off his lightsaber before bowing to Acker. "Solah, Karl Acker." At Acker's confused look of pain he continued on. "That is what we say at the end of duels." Acker gave a nod of comprehension as his fingers gave one final attempt which managed to turn off the lightsaber.
At another Jedi's orders, some more Jedi entered the room with a stretcher to take Acker and the soldiers to the Healers. Everyone inside the room began clearing out, leaving Ban and HK with following Yoda to find out where they would be staying.
A/N
Yeah, I don't know how to write fight scenes. Unless it wasn't bad. Then… you know.
Acker would not win at his current level. He has no equipment that allows him to resist force abilities such as telekinesis and his skill with a sword/saber is not on the same level as Windu's. While haste did allow Acker to keep up with a Jedi's force enhanced speed, it was not enough to get the win. Demon Fang would be useful en-mass, though this turned against him when Windu through him into them. Gravity magic might help him not get thrown around, but he doesn't even have access to basic gravity yet.
Didn't really want Acker to use any of his other spells/artes yet, and as mentioned he's not able to use his Limit Breaks at the moment. Also the decision on Special Attacks. I had originally only planned on Acker having artes. However as I went through the story over and over again, and replayed some games, I decided having a Final Fantasy world as part of his heritage would be fun too. So the choice ended up being either Mystic Artes or Limit Breaks for me. Guess what I choose?
The Two Soldiers: An excuse to add characters that can do stuff separate from the main characters. Also they were knocked out, and didn't disappear because Acker didn't order/make them disappear. So the still take up spawn points for now. They also don't like each other because of Republic/Sith conflict. Who knew? They didn't attack each other because Acker made an unconscious command for them to not kill each other.
Acker – Obi-Wan Ban – Yoda and Bruck HK-51 – Siri
Everyone doing stuff (Acker hanging out with Obi-Wan and friends, HK-51 getting harassed by Siri, and Yoda putting Ban in charge of making Bruck less %*# ish), Coming soon to a Jedi Temple near you! Eventually…
Hopefully
Also if you want to give me suggestions on where they go after Jedi Apprentice timeline please tell me. I keep on making spawn lists for other locations where they could go.
Current Level of Armband
LV: 4
Max SP: 2
SP Available: 0
Training
Weapons
Star Wars
Old Republic
Jedi Civil War (LV2)
The Chosen's Tale
The Master's Start (LV2 Max)
Next up – Ban and Bruck, HK and the Initiate (you know who), Acker and Obi-Wan
If you want to beta or help write, go ahead. As previously stated, if someone thinks they can do it better, please do. I would love to read some fics that I think about with better writing. Just don't copy and paste. Although I just copied and pasted my own statement
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